The Broken Possessors of the Infinite Regression Academy

Chapter 230 – Side Story: A-Class Hunter Kang Ra-hye – 2

“Just give me a little more time. I’ll bring them over.”

He whispered quietly right next to her. Kang Ra-hye nodded slightly to show that she understood and approached the remaining three. The three of them were still standing there blankly, their faces still not fully recovered from the shock.

“It might be a trap.”

“You said it was a trap… . May I ask why you thought that?”

While everyone’s attention was focused on that side, I quickly ran along the path the ogres had fled. My footsteps continued in a straight line, even though they were erratic.

There were large pupils here and there, and the number of footprints increased as they passed by. The surroundings were empty, as if they had run away with those who had run away first.

Judging from the fact that I couldn’t sense it, it seemed that the ones who ran away first invited me to come with them, rather than the ones who ran away first like the ogres who had first appeared.

After passing the pupil and going deep inside, an open space of incomparable size appeared. In the center of it, I could see ogres struggling.

‘Found it.’

There were a total of 17 of them, and one twin-headed ogre was looking down on them. It was a sight that would give a faint-hearted hunter a heart attack if he saw it.

‘I heard it was definitely an A-5 class dungeon.’

Even if you are a member of the Eternal Guild, it is not a place that can be taken down without taking damage by four A-rank hunters. At least, that was the standard among the hunters I know.

It seemed to be a side effect of the gate formula being reorganized. Recently, there have been frequent cases where not only the existing gate grade calculation formula but also the dungeon break calculation formula have been incorrect.

If Kang Ra-hye and I hadn’t followed in, the disaster of being upgraded from A-5 to A-5 would have occurred.

-Kuaaak!

The Twinhead Ogre struck the kneeling Ogre in the head. The solid Ogre head burst open, and the remaining body twitched and convulsed before collapsing in a spray of blood and flesh.

‘I have to go back quickly.’

It was a rare sight to see an ogre lusting after another ogre, but there was no time to just watch. He released his stealth magic, revealed himself, and began to release his mana in earnest.

-Kuooo?!

Then, the guys who had been quietly kneeling began to scream in unison and hurriedly hide behind the Twin-Headed Ogre. It was a sight that made onlookers doubt their eyes.

The Twinhead Ogre glared at me with its four eyes. As its name suggests, it had two heads and was at least one and a half times larger than other ogres.

The thickness of his limbs was as thick as two adult male torsos put together. The blunt weapon he was holding was as thick as his forearm, so it was a weapon that would explode any hunter with a little blood left behind the moment it hit them.

‘It reminds me of the old days.’

When I first met the Maker in the artificial dungeon, I remember that the guy I fought back then was a chimera assembled based on an ogre.

-Kuaaak!

The b*stard approached me swinging the blunt weapon in his hand. It was said to be a fatal wound if he got hit, but if he didn’t get hit, it was over.

I used both physical acceleration and reinforcement to get right in front of the Twinhead Ogre. Its four eyes were colorless, and it was still staring at the spot where I had disappeared.

He swung his sword and split the b*stard’s left knee, then before it could even stumble, he shattered the other knee as well. He kicked the flailing leg, completely breaking it, and leaped upward, landing on its broad chest.

-Kwaddeok!

I grabbed the left side of my head and applied force, and my whole head came out.

-Kyaaah!!!!!!

A terrible scream came out from the head that was now the only one left. The ogres hiding behind it fled in panic and trembled against the wall.

-Kyaaah! Kyaaah!

The guy, who had one side of his head torn off and both of his knees shattered, screamed and literally rolled around on the floor. However, his body was so torn apart that all he could do was circle around and thrash around.

-What the heck?!

He stomped on its body and pinned it down. The thing grumbled and tried to fight back, seemingly unable to comprehend the situation in which it was completely overwhelmed by the strength of a human who was only 1/3 its height.

Only after the sound of bones breaking where they had been trampled was there a slight silence.

“You’re going to go to the entrance now and start attacking the people there. You’re going to get killed by those humans. Don’t do it too easily, but pretend to fight moderately. Do you understand?”

-Kuaaak!

He didn’t seem to understand. His other arm, which was still intact, tried to strike me with a blunt object. He swung his sword and blew off his wrist, then hit his head. Boom! With a sound, the back of his head hit the ground.

“I guess words can’t do it.”

I tried it because I thought I might be able to understand what people were saying just by looking at their actions.

It didn’t matter since I had to lose anyway. I gave up cleanly and used the highest level of healing magic on the empty space where the head I had just pulled out was. New flesh grew and the torn area was reattached.

-Qoo?!

Then the head that had been stuck on the road suddenly opened its eyes.

The other head that had been lying on the floor lifted its head and looked at each other. Both had expressions on their faces that would have had several question marks floating above their heads if this were a cartoon.

If it was a normal monster, it would have been impossible to revive it even if you reattached its plucked head with healing magic, but this was a twin-headed ogre.

-Huh?!

-Kuaak!

Before the surprised expression could even disappear from his face, he thrust both of his slightly dim hands into his head.

If you can’t do it with words, you can do it physically.

“The footprints continue further inward.”

“How far are you trying to lure me?”

The four of them were steadily moving inward while grumbling. If clearing was impossible, they had to at least check what was inside. That was the purpose for which the Eternal Guild had come.

Everyone was obviously nervous. Except for Kang Ra-hye, who was pretending to be nervous because she had no intention of being moved by an ogre.

“What’s the situation back there?”

“There has been no movement to cut off the retreat route yet. All five drones are patrolling normally, and there is no evidence of any cameras capturing them.”

The hunter, who had checked the drone’s status with the device, made a brief report. It was a drone that had been installed to retreat immediately if the guys tried to cut off the retreat route or if there was a change in the gate.

“Okay. Keep moving forward. The next drone should move forward for about 3 more minutes before it lands… …?”

The leader’s words stopped. His eyes turned toward the empty darkness that stretched far into the distance.

“… … Am I the only one who feels this way right now?”

“No. Me too. The floor is shaking.”

Everyone aimed their weapons without saying who would go first. The entire inside of the gate was shaking.

There was a brief moment of silence before the leader, who had seen a vague figure in the distance, shouted urgently.

“What the hell! It’s a twin-headed ogre!”

“what?!”

The other two responded in shock. In contrast to the other three, Kang Ra-hye leisurely took out her sword.

‘Twinhead Ogre.’

While reminiscing about the monster that Karna had ordered him to catch with his bare hands for the purpose of building up his stamina.

“Tch! I’m not alone! More are coming!”

After that, other ogres followed one after another. At first glance, the number seemed to be in the double digits, and the faces of the three turned pale.

“Huh, what should I do?! Should I just retreat?!”

“… … Even if you run away, you’ll be caught up in no time without any other means.”

“Understood. Just hold on for a few minutes so I can deploy drones and activate emergency evacuation protocols.”

As expected of a Class A Hunter, the time he panicked was short. While Kang Yu-na and the Leader drew their weapons, the Hunter operating the drone started tapping the device repeatedly.

The three people, overwhelmed by the quality and quantity of the monsters, didn’t notice, but Kang Ra-hye could tell. The way they were running gave off a contradictory atmosphere of disorder and order.

At first glance, it looks like it’s rushing in to tear humans apart. But in reality, it’s rushing in to kill them. It must have been brought here by Mira.

“That’s right. I have to go out and report to the guild leader that I think I deserve a grade higher than A-5. No matter how I look at it— W-what are you doing?!”

Kang Ra-hye surpassed the two people and took the lead. Since she had set the stage, it was time to live up to expectations.

“Ugh, ugh, ugh… … !”

The party that escaped after slaughtering one Twinhead Ogre and twelve regular Ogres collapsed on the ground. This was because the adrenaline had subsided and they were quickly overcome by fatigue.

Unlike the other three, Kang Ra-hye was leisurely walking out, even taking all the loot with her. The leader was truly impressed by Kang Ra-hye’s appearance.

“Wow, that’s amazing. How could you… … .”

In fact, it was no different from clearing the gate alone. While the three of them took down four ogres, Kang Ra-hye alone killed nine, and as if that wasn’t enough, she also single-handedly defeated the Twin-headed Ogre.

Even without leaving a single scar on the body. When I heard the story, it said that he climbed up the arm and stabbed the eye, but I wondered if that was possible for a human being.

“Are you crazy? How can someone like that be an A-class person?”

“I don’t know either, so don’t ask. Did the guild leaders feed it to you again?”

“But the people who put you here were the guild leaders. They really talked a lot about you being a parachute since you came in without even taking the test.”

“Shh. Listen.”

Of course she heard it, but Kang Ra-hye, who had become accustomed to such gossip, ignored it and diligently simulated her next actions in her head. Those two weren’t particularly important people anyway.

Kang Yu-na, who had no way of knowing his true feelings, looked at his back and thought about what her younger brother had said yesterday. He was someone who would almost certainly be promoted to S-class soon, so she should become as close as possible.

At that time, I told him not to lie, saying that becoming an S-class hunter was not easy, but now that I look back, I realized I was just telling the truth.

‘We have to become friends no matter what.’

Kang Yu-na made a firm pledge.

After the Twinhead Ogre subjugation, the status of ‘A-class Hunter Kang Ra-hye’ within the Eternal Guild improved rapidly. This was thanks to the rumors that spread like wildfire.

It was also largely due to the fact that Kang Yu-na and that person constantly tried to become close to each other. They were so passionate that it made me wonder if they had anything else to wish for.

“You asked me to be your friend?”

“That was true, but… … .”

I suggested it because I thought it would be good to have friends other than us, but I never thought you would be this active in trying to become close with us.

What was surprising was that Kang Ra-hye and her sister got along surprisingly well. The two became close much faster than I expected, in just a few days.

“Hey, I’m going to go drink with that girl. Tell mom that.”

“uh?”

Enough to say something like that to me.

‘what?’

How on earth did you become friends?