Chapter 4: Hitting the Guy Who Stole My Girlfriend (1)

“You hit me once and it’s over. That’s enough, right?”

He said, with an expression that seemed to say, ‘Is this enough?’

It was unexpected.

This b*stard.

Not only an apology, but I thought he wouldn’t do anything at all.

It seems like he finds it strange that I’m not intimidated by his momentum.

Are there really no people around him who challenge him?

“You’re not going to apologize even if you die, are you?”

“Yeah. So let’s just hit once and finish it cleanly. I don’t have any more time to spend here either.”

“Oppa. Why go that far…

I even have a recording file, so don’t do something like that and just let him be punished for threatening an S-class Hunter.”

Joo Hyun said, gently trying to appease him.

It’s definitely not because she’s worried her boyfriend will get hurt by a C-class like me.

She’s probably stopping him because it hurts her pride for her boyfriend to be hit by me.

“If we just leave this kid alone, he might contact reporters and put out strange articles in the media, and we don’t know what kind of tricks he might pull. It’s better to just resolve it cleanly.”

He said, looking at Joo Hyun with an intimidating expression.

When he spoke, Joo Hyun immediately tucked in her tail.

Joo Hyun nodded her head weakly at him, as if she understood.

“What good would it do to hit an S-class b*stard? My fist won’t even reach him.”

As much as I wanted to, I wanted to land a punch on him, man to man, as ordinary people.

But that was impossible.

Once awakened as a Hunter, even if magic is not activated, a state much stronger than ordinary people is always maintained.

If an S-class Hunter activates their power to the maximum, I, a C-class Hunter, cannot even inflict a single scratch.

So, for hitting him to have any meaning, that b*stard would have to lower his power to the level of a C-class Hunter.

I said to him to indirectly request that.

“I’ll lower the shield to C-class level on my own, so stop talking and just record it.”

He took out his phone from his pocket, with an annoyed expression.

“Record what.”

“That you won’t do anything else about this matter. That you won’t ask Joo Hyun to meet you again.”

He said, turning on the recording app on his phone.

I did as he wanted.

“You too. Make it clear that you gave permission for me to hit you.”

Combat between Hunters was prohibited, and severe punishment followed, especially if one side unilaterally initiated the attack.

I hit him because he told me to, but it was possible that this b*stard might backtrack later and say that I attacked him.

So, to make sure, I had to record his voice as evidence.

“Ah, wait a minute. Joo Hyun. You’re absolutely not going to apologize either, are you?”

“Yeah!”

Joo Hyun replied irritably.

“Then you’ll get hit twice. For her share too.”

“You really…!”

Joo Hyun flared up and said, glaring at me.

“Okay, okay. Well, a C-class punch, whether it’s one hit or two, it’s all the same.”

He accepted with a confident attitude.

His words were right.

It’s hard to inflict a serious injury just by attacking one or two times between Hunters of the same rank.

To seriously injure or kill Hunters of the same rank, you really have to fight by pouring out attacks to the death.

Hitting once or twice like this doesn’t have much meaning.

I’m just trying to release some of my pent-up frustration like this.

From his perspective, it would end with about the same pain as when ordinary people flick each other’s foreheads.

He clearly stated on my phone that he permitted the two attacks and that he would take full responsibility for them.

That voice was well recorded on my phone.

“Hey. In exchange for letting you hit me twice, you’re not going to do anything else about this, like a man.”

“Don’t worry about useless things, you’re the one who shouldn’t back out of your word later.”

He slowly raised his magic power.

I sensed the intensity of his magic power.

As promised, it was indeed around C-class level.

“An attack from a C-class Hunter hitting without a weapon. How unimpressive could it be? Maybe it won’t even hurt?”

“You’ll find out when you get hit. Where are we doing this?”

“What do you mean where. Just hit here. Hit quickly and finish it. I’m busy.”

“Here?”

Here?

There’s a risk of breaking cafe property.

“Unless you’re going to hit thin air foolishly, if I take the hit, it’ll be canceled out anyway, so what’s there to worry about. Stop talking and hurry up.”

He said, frowning, as if annoyed.

Since he was an S-class Hunter, time must be money.

He seemed to want to finish as quickly as possible.

“If the shop gets broken, it’s your responsibility.”

“You’re overestimating your own strength too much. It will definitely not break, so shut up and hurry up.”

He finished speaking.

I prepared to gather my magic power.

Although I didn’t receive the apology I wanted.

At least I got a chance to release my anger about the wrong they did to me.

Whether this b*stard told me to hit him because he felt his time was too precious to keep arguing with me, or because he was bothered that I might spread word of his wrong through the media.

The reason didn’t matter to me.

This was the only single chance to land a blow on Kim Joon Hyuk, an S-class Hunter, whom I would likely never meet again after today.

And on Lee Joo Hyun, my ex-girlfriend, who would soon be officially S-class.

There probably wouldn’t be another chance after today.

So I put all my strength into it, wanting to land it properly as much as possible.

“Then, here I go.”

I said, looking at him with a serious expression.

He waved his hand dismissively, as if annoyed, signaling me to hurry.

I closed my eyes and slowly drew up my magic power.

As I slowly drew up my magic power, the peculiar mysterious sound that occurs when magic power gathers began to be heard.

I gradually raised my magic power to the maximum.

The sound of magic power radiating grew louder and louder.

I put all my strength into it, raising my magic power to the maximum I could.

The mysterious sound of magic power gathering and radiating began to loudly echo throughout the entire second floor of the cafe.

『Patcheon-kwon.』

I opened my closed eyes.

And, glaring at Kim Joon Hyuk, I activated the skill in my mind.

As I activated Patcheon-kwon, the magic powers began to gather around me like a whirlwind, rotating.

The power of the magic powers gathering stronger and stronger created an increasingly strong wind.

The entire second floor of the cafe was engulfed in the madly gathering magic powers rotating towards me and the strong wind created by the magic power.

I could see the cafe chairs and cups clattering over.

Joo Hyun’s hair was fluttering wildly.

I could also see Kim Joon Hyuk, who couldn’t look straight at me due to the strong wind, covering his face with his forearm and looking at me with his hair scattering.

Something’s strange?

The feeling of magic power gathering is stronger than usual.

Neither Kim Joon Hyuk nor I expected the cafe to be this chaotic just from a C-class gathering magic power.

That’s why we decided to do it here.

I don’t know why this is happening.

I don’t know why, but if I can gather more magic power and hit, it’s good for me.

『Je Samgyeok.』

The enormous amount of magic power gathered around me began to converge, rotating, into my right hand.

My right hand became engulfed in blue magic power.

As the magic power gathered, my right hand became wrapped in a dazzling blue light.

The magic power for skill activation began to explode perfectly.

Due to the immense energy emitted by the condensed magic power, the entire second floor of the cafe began to hum and vibrate tremendously.

Kim Joon Hyuk’s expression changed slightly, as if surprised.

And for some reason, Joo Hyun, who was sitting, suddenly jumped up from her seat.

When someone suddenly jumped up, I couldn’t help but look at Joo Hyun reflexively.

I looked at Joo Hyun with my fist gathering energy.

Joo Hyun, who had jumped up, looked at me with an expression where her eyes were twice as wide, as if something was wrong.

『Patcheonseom Seomyeolgyeok!』

I looked at Joo Hyun for a moment, but I had to do my job.

The cafe’s second floor was still in a tremendous magic power storm and vibration.

From within that storm, I accurately targeted Kim Joon Hyuk and unleashed my fist towards him.

My unleashed fist flew towards Kim Joon Hyuk.

As my fist flew, the magic power that had been condensed up to my right wrist emitted its maximum power.

The dazzlingly shining blue magic powers, emitting tremendous roars and pressure, surged up to my elbow and wrapped around my arm.

And in the shape unique to Patcheonseom Seomyeolgyeok, the magic powers rotated with immense speed, radiating light from my entire arm.

The magic powers materialized in a perfect form on my right hand, reaching maximum power.

Bang.

Simultaneously, my fist struck Kim Joon Hyuk’s abdomen.

Although I felt the magic power gathering more than expected, I thought that even if I, a C-class, gathered all my strength and energy to hit, there wouldn’t be much damage.

Crunching.

From my fist that connected with Kim Joon Hyuk’s abdomen, which I hit with all my strength, I felt his ribs breaking in that instant.

Snap.

One, two, three.

Four.

Five….