Hunter Academy's Battle God - Chapter 128

Hunter Academy’s Battle God
[Translator –  Daniel Shin]
[Proofreader –  ilafy]
Chapter 128
Battle God Style – Savage Dragon’s Boulder Crushing Palm.
BOOM!!
The dirt scattered away in a strong vortex. Shin YuSung hadn’t restricted his strength, so the Rex Boar turned into dust.
“Grr! Grr!”
The Kald Boars were known to follow the one leading the way and trample on everything in their path, and after Shin YuSung killed their leader, they began to move about in confusion.
“Grr! Grr!”
“Grr!”
BOOM!!
The greatsword the man was holding smashed through one of the Kald Boars’ skulls.
“I got it! Please, watch the right side!”
“Leave it to me!”
The glasses girl waved her wand; as she did that, vines rose from the ground. The Kald Boars’ formation crumbled, and they scattered in all directions.
“Groan!”
“Grr! Grr!”
Shin YuSung made a satisfied smile.
‘It didn’t even take a minute.’
[Rex Boar has been hunted.]
[You’ve fulfilled the condition to enter the 3rd floor. The chances of a hidden monster appearing have been increased by 0.025%.]
[The Hunter that killed the Rex Boar will receive the blessing of the Tower.]
Shin YuSung smiled while looking at the Tower’s hologram.
‘Tower’s Blessing… Should I say that I’m lucky or unlucky?’
[Blessing: Rex Boar’s Strength]
[Effect: You will receive less damage for the next 7 days.]
The blessing was a type of buff the Tower gave you when you killed a certain boss or cleared a quest. It was rare for the Tower to give you a buff after clearing the 2nd floor. 
‘As expected from the 2nd floor.’
Although he’d been lucky to get the blessing, its effect was really weak. Since he knew that there were buffs that strengthened your Trait, increased the latent potential of your skills, or permanently increased your mana, the effect of the Rex Boar buff was too weak.
‘Still, this should be helpful while training.’
Shin YuSung was planning to take full advantage of the Rex Boar’s blessing. He still had the Thousand-Year-Old Jade within his body, after all.
‘With this buff, I’ll be able to absorb the Thousand-Year-Old Jade’s mana more effectively.’
YuSung was thinking about his schedule when a message he hadn’t seen before appeared.
[You’ve unlocked a hidden stage!]
‘This…?’
“Th-that?”
On the other hand, when they saw Shin YuSung’s skills, the active hunters crowded around him.
“But that student…”
The pin hair girl was a bit afraid.
“Woah, you’re amazing…” The glasses girl mumbled in surprise. It didn’t matter how she looked at him—he was way stronger than her.
“Although you’re a student… you should be way beyond rank 5. Is this the power of Gaon?”
“But… I’m also from Gaon.” As the girl with a pin on her hair raised her hand, the girl with the glasses shook her head.
“It seems like they aren’t all like him.”
Even among active Hunters, Shin YuSung was quite strong. At that point, he couldn’t help but question what Yu WonHak had said.
‘A hunter as strong as Master…’
He realized it later on, but Yu WonHak had told him all sorts of lies, and among them, the biggest lie was about the strength of hunters.
[YuSung, listen carefully. Outside of the Martial Spirits’ Mountain, there were many hunters that could kill a rank 6 boss with just a finger. Not only that, but even students can easily deal with a rank 5 boss.]
[Any active hunter is at least as strong as me!]
But after he came down from the Martial Spirits’ Mountain, he hadn’t seen any hunters capable of killing a rank 6 boss with only their fingers.
‘If there’s a hunter like that… it’s probably Master.’
Only his partners—the Sword God or the Dark Witch—were comparable to him. Up until that point, Shin YuSung had been deceived by Yu WonHak.
‘Of course, I’m sure he did it for me.’
While Shin YuSung smiled as he thought about Yu WonHak, the other three hunters started to mumble.
“But if we’re with him… won’t we be able to reach the 10th floor?”
They didn’t know what sort of quest they’d receive on the 10th floor of the Tower, but just like the glasses girl said, their strength was more than enough. 
The man with the greatsword shook his head.
“Just the 10th floor? With enough preparation, I think we could reach the 20th floor. I can guarantee that he’s incredibly strong.”
“The 20th floor?! Aren’t we really lucky?!”
It was understandable that the glasses girl was surprised.
If you reached the 20th floor of the Tower, you basically had a free pass to most guilds. If you joined a mid-sized one, there was a chance they might even give you a good position inside the guild. A hunter’s tower record was basically equivalent to their strength.
“The 20th floor… Just thinking about that makes me feel good.” The girl with the pin suddenly began looking at Shin YuSung.
“You said you’re going to the 5th floor, right?” she carefully asked as she approached him.
“Yes.”
“Why don’t you come with us to the 10th floor? If you wish, we could make even more preparations and aim for the 20th floor…”
The hairpin girl wanted to get Shin YuSung on their team, but he was firm.
“I’m sorry. I already have a party. I’m also not in the best condition today…”
“Really? Then there’s nothing I can do about it. Tsk…”
The greatswordsman seemed disappointed.
Shin YuSung looked at them.
‘I can go up to the 5th floor alone… but there’s no need to go up through it alone.’
There was also another reason he couldn’t go up through the Tower with them.
[Notification: On the 2nd floor of the Tower you fulfilled the conditions necessary to unlock the 6th hidden stage.]
[1st Condition – Have your first kill be on a boss monster.]
[2nd Condition – Kill it with one attack.]
[3rd Condition – Obtain a buff as a reward for killing that boss monster.]
[Only those that fulfill these conditions can move to the hidden stage.]
[Hidden Stage’s Name: Room of Time.]
The hologram contained information about the hidden stage he could enter regardless of the floor that he had fulfilled the conditions for. 
‘Only I can enter.’
There was no need to reveal it to people that weren’t even his party members.
“Then let’s meet again some other time! You pretty boy!”
As the glasses girl waved her hand, the group disappeared. Shin YuSung stood in front of the warp stone.
‘The hidden stage…’
There was a huge difference in difficulty. 
He wouldn’t know what it took to clear it until he arrived on the stage.
There was a chance he’d have to hunt a rank 6 boss monster, or it could be a very simple condition, but most of the rewards were incredibly good.
There was a rumor that, among the rewards, there were even some that fortified the Trait that you were born with like the fragment that Sumire had.
‘I cannot let this opportunity go.’
It was a stage only Shin YuSung could enter. Since he was alone at the moment, it was the best moment to do it.
Swoosh!
YuSung made a decision and moved mana toward the palms of his hands.
‘I won’t back off.’
A white light covered YuSung’s body.
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Translator – Daniel Shin
Proofreader – ilafy
 

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EunAh looked at the bucket list of things that she had wanted to do if she ever got a friend.
[3. See a horror movie together while eating snacks.]
The third item on the list was watching a movie. It was quite a humble wish for someone that was a jaebol heir, but Sumire was really the first friend Kim EunAh had ever made.
Crunch! Crunch!
Not only that, but she was even eating popcorn—something Kim EunAh wouldn’t have eaten if she were alone.
“Hey, what’s the noise coming from the veranda?”
Tsshhh.
Sumie took a sip of coca cola and then said, “It’s the sound of rain.”
“Why did it start raining right when we began watching a horror movie…? How creepy…”
EunAh had confidently said that a zombie movie wouldn’t frighten her, but she huddled up next to Sumire as soon as it began.
“Fufu. There hasn’t even been anything scary yet.”
“That’s right…”
When EunAh nervously ate some popcorn, in the movie, the man wearing a cowboy hat was trying to dissuade the female protagonist.
[Hey, Benna! Don’t open the door~! Come on!]
“Come on! Why is she trying to open the door? She doesn’t even know what’s outside!”
The movie was ‘Cowboy vs. Zombie vs. Samurai’.
EunAh had gotten quite immersed in a classic B movie.
“Fufu. She should open the door so we get something fun.”
Sumire smiled as if she found Kim EunAh’s reaction cute.
‘As expected… Miss EunAh is truly cute.’
[Noo! It’s~ Janson!]
Despite EunAh’s complaint, the female protagonist insisted that it was their partner and was convinced they should open the door.
Clack!
Nobody was on the other side of the door.
[Janson…?] the female protagonist mumbled in a low voice.
[KIIEEKK!] A purple zombie ambushed her from the side.
There was a close-up of the zombie’s face, and the female protagonist screamed.
[KYAAAA!]
Contrary to Sumire’s expectations, EunAh didn’t scream. Instead, she hugged Sumire really tightly.