The Hunter System
Chapter 49 - 5 Hunter Jobs (2)
"By the way, why don't they move?"
["You see below. You are in a circle. This is a neutral zone. As long as you're here, they won't attack you."]
"So..," Alvin stared at the floor and saw that he was currently inside a small circle.
["Now, attack them."]
"Attent."
["Your tremor will be gone when you've fought."]
"Please shut up."
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Alvin finally began to approach the two hologram creatures that were still standing where they were.
He looked at the hologram creature at the very back that carried no weapons other than wearing a set of armor covering its entire body.
'They are like hunters. But what kind of hunter is behind that?'
To the hologram creature standing in front, it was already very clear that he was a Tank-type hunter. Alvin could guess it just from the sword and the large shield he carried in both hands.
"What's behind that Mage type?"
Just a few more steps closer, the creature standing in front suddenly turned to Alvin. The two previously dark eyes suddenly let out a red glow staring at Alvin with a terrifying look. Shortly thereafter, the creature finally began to crumble.
Wush...
Although very nervous, but Alvin managed to avoid the creature's sword slash by jumping backwards.
Only until there, the creature immediately stopped its attack. He remained silent, bowed, and took refuge behind his great shield.
Seeing the horses, Alvin immediately stood by. He turned his attention again and looked at the creature behind who was still silently sculpting, because he was worried if the creature was a Mage-type hunter who might attack while he was off guard.
They were silent for quite a while until Alvin finally decided to run around the opponent in front of him with his shadow step Assassin to attack the suspicious creature behind.
But, when Alvin almost managed to get close to the creature that was still standing still, inexplicably his focus suddenly shifted to the Tanker earlier.
Alvin loses interest in attacking the creature he was after and turns to attack the Tanker.
As he was already in front of the Tanker, the Tanker suddenly shifted the large shield that hid his body then thrust the sword in his right hand at Alvin who was of course very surprised and too late to avoid it.
Crack...!
"Thanks...!"
Wush...
Crankkkc... Crankk...!
The tanker continued to attack him in slow motion but with enough force to make Alvin's hands tremble each time he resisted his attacks.
Sensing the pressure, Alvin leapt back. He changed his skill job and used ice magic with the intention of wanting to freeze the Tanker.
Crashh...
The tanker took cover behind his large shield and managed to block Alvin's attack.
Alvin again attacked with spider webs that he formed like a mesh to catch his opponent.
This time the attack was successful. He managed to snare the entire body of the Tanker within his net.
Alvin again ran around to attack the Tanker from behind.
Wushh...
Crankk...!
Both of Alvin's eyes widened as his attack was condensed by black smoke bubbles that suddenly appeared around the Tanker's body. The smoke bubble that formed a balloon was felt very hard at the tip of Alvin's sword.
He finally replaced the sword in his hand with Miranda's dagger and attacked the Tanker again with a puncture skill. However, just as he had almost managed to destroy the opponent's transparent protector, the protector suddenly hardened back even harder than before.
"Damn it... How do I defeat this creature?"
["Return."]
"Why?"
["Go back and go back into the circle. He won't come after you when you're in the circle."]
Alvin finally obeyed what the System said.
["Do you not feel strange?"]
"of course. He was slow but his protector was very strong. Not to mention that his sword slash felt extremely heavy "]
["That's not. You wanted to attack the opponent in the back, right?"]
"What's? I didn't..," Alvin fell silent as he suddenly realized that he had forgotten about it. "Y-yes... I was about to attack the creature behind. But... Why do I suddenly not remember?"
Both of Alvin's eyes widened.
"Would his aggro skill be that terrible? Isn't that the innate skill of all Tankers?"
["Yes. But, if you remember the Tanker-type hunters out there, they can't make your opponent lose focus, right? That's the difference between a skill that's really set by a system and one that's not."]
"What do you mean?"
["The system will strengthen all the skills you have. That's your advantage for having us."]
Alvin nodded slowly. "I understand."
"But, what type of hunter is standing behind him?"
["Healer. He gave the Tanker a buff when you almost broke through his protector. It was one of the Healer's skills and for a Healer in the team."]
"That's it..."
Alvin recalled how he used to only be able to help a little by giving healing skills to injured friends. He did not have a buff skill like the Healer in front of him.
["You won't be able to beat them now. You have to level up first to raise your attack power,"]
["I'm quite happy with your intuition. You can guess that you won't be able to win if you directly take the quest before level 65."]
"But, how can I raise my level? I've been in here. Even if I came out, I couldn't find a Dungeon higher than C rank."
["Rimi, open the gate to the future C-rank Dungeon."]
After Rimi spoke, in front of Alvin suddenly appeared a Dungeon gate.
"It's..."
["Dungeon to raise your rank."]
"You... Goddamn bum! Why didn't you say from the start that you guys were going to give me the Dungeon gate here?!"
["You didn't ask."]
"How can I ask something I didn't expect? You should have told me! Aren't you the system from the future that will help me?!"
["Oh look, you've come back cheerful again. Welcome back, my son."]
"Who is cheerful? And I'm not your son!"
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True as what Alvin informed, the Dungeon A-ranked gate opened exactly according to the date and hour that Alvin noted in his picture.
But, even though the City T Association already knew about it, it was still difficult for them to find an S-rank rented hunter from another city.
"What did they say?"
"They're asking us to at least help send us 1 or 2 A-rank hunters, sir."
"Then, what did you tell them?"
"I told them to contact the Maximus guild because they were the only guild that had 3 A rank hunters in the guild."
Norman Lewis laughed.
"good. Let's see how Maximus' guild will reject them. If they reject it, Maximus' guild and ZC group's business relationship may be cut off. At that time, Maximus' guild's financial backing might weaken,"
"But, if they send just two A rank hunters to help, that's when we'll come to attack Maximus' guild."
Norman Lewis laughed again after saying that.
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"Do we have to contact Maximus' guild for their help, Mr Brown?"
"Don't do that. You know for yourself, they want to split the partnership of the Maximus guild and the ZC group if the guild refuses our request."
"But..., what if the leader of the ZC group himself contacts Maximus' guild?"
"Therefore, you should contact the head of the ZC group first. Tell him not to worry. Tell me also that we already have a hunter who will help us to conquer that Dungeon."
"W-what?" Jack's eyes widened, "But who's the hunter? Have you asked someone for help, Mr Brown?"
Lex Brown smiled meaningfully as he tapped on a piece of paper on his desk where there was a picture of a map.
"Alvin Rufino's. He's the one who's gonna help us."
"What?!"
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