Only I Level Up: Ragnarok - Episode 156
Only I Level Up: Ragnarok Episode 156
Baek Yunho.
In Korea, when you stop by and ask passers-by who Baek Yun-ho is, the answers you get are very diverse..
S-class hunter.
Guild leader of the White Tiger Guild.
Korea's best beast hunter.
However, if you catch them and ask them again, this time ‘what kind of’ Baek Yunho is,.
Surprisingly, the answers that came back were almost similar..
as soon as.
hero.
Yes.
President of a large guild?
S-class hunter?
Hunters with that modifier were everywhere in the world..
However, none of them were struggling for the safety of citizens as sincerely as Baek Yun-ho..
Hunters have always been people who work for money..
They all became rich that way..
Of course, such utilitarianism was never a bad thing in this obvious capitalist world..
However, even in a world like this, it was natural for a guild that gave up extremely reasonable practicality and sincerely stepped forward to save the citizens to be praised by the citizens..
It was like that in this villain incident..
Wasn't the White Tiger Guild the only one that put all their effort into a case that all hunters ignored, saying it was a waste of time and no money?.
That's why people respect Baek Yunho..
Therefore, Baek Yun-ho was a proud hero of Korea recognized by all citizens..
but.
Baek Yunho didn't have this image from the beginning either..
When he first awakened as a Hunter.
The special ability he realized was none other than the ability to transform into demonic beasts..
Demonization, a skill that changes the body into an appearance reminiscent of a demonic beast and gains wild power..
Even in the early days of Cataclysm, the view on Baek Yun-ho, who possessed that skill, was not very positive..
No, without even going that far, hunters with the lower level skill, Beast Transformation, also received the same cold stare..
The reason was extremely reasonable and obvious..
No, isn't it too scary?!
The ability to transform your body like demonic beasts pouring out of the gate.!
-Those people, you never know when they might suddenly turn into real monsters..
-A gate appeared, and now people are gradually turning into demonic beasts??
-What if they suddenly turn around and eat us when we're nearby??
-Before that, shouldn't they at least be put to death first??
-No, since he still has some humanity left, he should at least be locked away.…….
At the time, numerous concerns about wild beast hunters stirred public opinion on the Internet..
Such public opinion continued until the Hunter Association was launched and its president, Woo Jin-cheol, supported wild beast hunters on a large scale under his own name..
However, no matter what Woo Jin-cheol said, people's concerns about wild beast hunters did not disappear..
Moreover, the problem is that even the beast hunters themselves were thinking like that..
When will they suddenly lose their reason and turn into demonic beasts? Who can guarantee that that will never happen?.
So, they were always ashamed of their abilities and lived in fear so as not to lose their senses..
And it was the same for Baek Yunho..
He already had an unusually large physique, and had a formidable look as if he could strike down all the demon beasts with one hand at any moment..
Because of his appearance, there was always a mixture of fear and terror in the eyes of people who looked at Baek Yun-ho..
but.
There was someone who gave Baek Yunho courage by his side..
-Yunho.
Baek Yun-ho lived his entire life as a firefighter until the cataclysm..
When he raised his head, he saw the senior he respected the most, Captain Seong Il-hwan, with a warm expression on his face with his hand on his shoulder..
-……Yes, sir..
Baek Yun-ho looked into Seong Il-hwan’s eyes..
Seong Il-hwan's hand, which was holding his shoulder, was hard with old calluses..
veteran.
Or a famous general).
Captain Seong Il-hwan, no matter how he was called, was an outstanding firefighter who always demonstrated an unrivaled presence at the scene of a fire..
He looked at Baek Yunho's face and gave advice in a calm and reliable voice as always..
-No matter what powers you have awakened or gained, nothing has changed..
-…….
-No matter what the world says, you are still a firefighter and my subordinate Baek Yunho..
-…….
-So just like it used to be.
As always.
Captain Seong Il-hwan spoke with a faint smile, with black soot smeared all over his face..
-save the people.
-……!
Baek Yunho was shocked by those words as if he had been hit by lightning..
Actually, anyone could say something like that..
But who was the one who said that?!
It was Captain Seong Il-hwan who risked his life and struggled to save people for the past several decades.!
Because these words came from the mouth of someone who lived and lived those words..
Because it was Baek Yunho who watched that scene closer than anyone else..
There was no need for any more words between the two..
-You're a firefighter, right?.
Grinning.
A confident smile finally appeared on Baek Yun-ho's lips as he looked into the eyes of Captain Seong Il-hwan, who was smiling at him..
And that very day.
in korea,
a hero is born.
S-class hunter Baek Yun-ho.
He went straight to the most famous Shinigami guild in Korea..
He unleashed his demonic skills on the front line more than anyone else and began tearing the demonic beasts to death..
Even his colleagues were afraid of its intense and terrifying power..
‘Does not matter.’
Baek Yunho didn’t care..
Because while I had time to pay attention to those gazes, it was for the people's sake to kill at least one more demonic beast in front of me right away..
‘Just saving people.’
which…….
over the past few decades.
Because it was the most important lesson he learned from Captain Seong Il-hwan while following him..
That was only two years ago.
And just last year.
Baek Yun-ho, who became famous with his amazing performance in just one year, went so far as to establish his own guild under his own name..
But that move was never about making money..
rather the opposite.
At the time, like other hunter guilds, the beliefs of Baek Yun-ho and the leader of the Reaper Guild, who were only pursuing practical purposes, clashed with each other..
Baek Yun-ho called in all the wild beast hunters in the country who were living in turmoil while fighting against people's prejudices, established the 'Baekho Guild', and began rescuing citizens in earnest..
Why does he do this??
There was only one reason.
-You're a firefighter, right?.
The last word he heard from Captain Seong Il-hwan.
This was because that calm and heavy voice was still deeply engraved in Baek Yunho’s heart..
* * *
“……Hehehe! So, hi! Captain Seong Il-hwan said, “I have a firefighter…” … ! Ugh!”
“No, I understand the situation, so please…….”
“Dad, stop crying. Guild members are watching. Let me blow my nose.”
“Boom!”
Baek Yun-ho, who was engrossed in an old story, took the tissue Baek Mi-ho gave him and vigorously blew his nose..
But even then, I saw tears streaming down from my eyes.…….
Baek Mi-ho sighed softly and placed the entire roll of toilet paper in his hand..
Then he apologized to Suho with an expression of sincere regret..
“I'm sorry, Hunter Seong Su-ho. My father is getting older these days and he is crying more..”
“Yeah, whatever. I understand.”
Suho just looked dejected..
The image of Baek Yun-ho, who roared and attacked with charisma upon his first appearance, did not match the image of Baek Yun-ho now, crying and squeezing snot..
At the same time, it was interesting.
‘Is there such a coincidence? Could it be that my grandfather knew Hunter Baek Yunho?.’
Suho also knew that his grandfather Seong Il-hwan worked as a firefighter all his life and then retired..
But of course, I didn't know all of my grandfather's former colleagues..
But who would have thought that the famous Baek Yunho was my grandfather’s subordinate?.
However, from Suho's point of view, it was a matter of curiosity, but from Baek Yunho's point of view, this fact was a very important issue..
Pang!
“Hehehe. Suho, Suho?”
After blowing his nose vigorously again, Baek Yun-ho hesitantly approached Su-ho and spoke to him..
Unlike the first time, his tone was very cautious, as if he were handling glass work that would break if he touched it..
“Huh. I think there was a minor misunderstanding between us earlier. There is no way Captain Seong Il-hwan’s grandson can fall into a bad direction. cancer, cancer.”
It was Baek Yun-ho who knew the personality of Captain Seong Il-hwan better than anyone else..
Didn't he even start working hard to save other people just by saying a few words?.
‘There is no way his grandchild could ever stray. I was wrong earlier. cancer, cancer.’
With that in mind, Baek Yunho gave Suho a subtle look and spoke to him..
“Well, I don't think I'll ever tell my grandfather about such a trivial matter.…….”
“ah! Now that I think about it, I haven't been able to call my grandfather to say hello these days.!”
“Ugh! Now, wait! Calm down!”
Baek Yunho was startled by Suho suddenly taking out his cell phone..
However, no matter how surprised he was, he did not use force to snatch the cell phone from Suho's hand..
Instead, he just lingered around Suho, sweating and trying not to touch a single hair..
Grinning.
Seeing that, Suho smiled mischievously and put down his phone again..
“Haaa…….”
Then, seeing Baek Yunho sighing in relief with an almost corpse-like face, an even deeper smile appeared on Suho's lips..
‘Anyway, it's good. I can't believe I owe this much to Baek Yunho of the world..’
Since one day you will have to deal with Italim's apostles, the more strong allies you have, the better..
Although I became close to Thomas Andre this time, since he was working in the United States, it was difficult to get help when an urgent situation arose..
Suho, who had been thinking for a while about what to do with Baek Yunho, finally decided to dispose of him..
“President Baek Yunho, don’t worry, I won’t contact your grandfather for now..”
“Yeah, really? Hahaha! I knew it! I guess it's because she takes after her grandfather, but she has an angry personality.!”
“However, I have a favor to ask..”
“Hmm? Please?”
Baek Yun-ho, who was greatly relieved by Su-ho's words, suddenly looked anxious when Su-ho put a condition on him..
But surprisingly, the conditions Suho proposed were ordinary(?).
“Could you please find Hwang Dong-su for me? Since he hasn't shown up here yet, I guess I'll have to go look for him myself..”
“……Please find Hwang Dong-su.?”
At those words, Baek Yunho's expression, who had been flustered from before, turned cold..
“Why are you looking for Hwang Dong-su??”
“What other reason do bounty hunters need to catch villains??”
What Suho brought forward along with the answer was the ‘Association Certified Bounty Hunter’ certificate..
“……Right.”
After checking the certificate issued by the association, Baek Yun-ho nodded in understanding..
But the uneasy feeling still remained..
“Hwang Dong-su, I was planning on finding Baekho anyway, so leave it to me. But there's one thing I'm curious about..”
Baek Yun-ho's eyes were suddenly looking at Su-ho, and they were full of doubt, just like before Seong Il-hwan's name was mentioned..
Doesn't saying you want to catch Hwang Dong-soo ultimately mean that you have the confidence to deal directly with even an S-class villain?.
If that's true, then what is the reason for working as a C-rank hunter while hiding that level of power?.
“If you find Hwang Dong-su, will you kill him yourself??”
In response to his direct question, Suho tilted his head as if asking what he was talking about..
“no? If you kill me yourself, of course I'd be happy. It's basic for S-class villains to be directly dealt with by S-class hunters..”
“Ah, that's what you said.”
Only then did Baek Yunho put aside his doubts..
However, he couldn't help but widen his eyes again at Suho's words that followed..
“Even if you kill him instead, please leave behind Hwang Dong-su’s body..”
“……Yes? Why is the body?”
“Oh, I want to see the body. It only takes a moment.”
“……?”
No, Captain Seong Il-hwan..
What kind of grandchildren do you have?.
Baek Yunho felt like he should at least call his captain to say hello to him after a long time..
[beloved grandchildren♥]
“…….”
The profile photo of the captain, who is living a leisurely life after retirement, was full of love for his grandchildren..
So I was more confused.
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