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Teamwork
Morning sunlight bathed the training grounds as the representatives spread across the arena.Steel clashed.Mana burst into the air.The once quiet field quickly transformed into controlled chaos as pairs began exchanging blows under the watchful eyes of Instructor Baek.Unlike the selection matches, there were no spectators today.Only the representatives remained.Instructor Baek observed every movement without saying a word.After several minutes, he spoke."Stop."Every student immediately lowered their weapons.Baek walked to the center of the field."The National Hunter Academy Tournament is not won by individual strength alone."His eyes swept across the group."There are events where you will fight alone.""There are also events where your teammates determine whether you survive."He raised one finger."Trust."Then another."Communication."A third."Adaptability."He lowered his hand."Those three decide victory more often than talent."Silence settled over the arena.Baek p
Training Resumes
The short break came to an end.For a few brief days, Eclipse Academy had fallen unusually quiet.Now—Life had returned.Students filled the walkways once more, conversations echoing through every corridor as instructors resumed their lessons. Across the campus, the sounds of steel clashing against steel and bursts of mana filled the air.To the students, it was simply another semester continuing.None of them knew that, beneath Seoul, history had nearly repeated itself.The Hunter Association had released only a short statement regarding the recent dungeon collapse."The operation has concluded successfully. The incident was caused by an abnormal mana instability. Further information has been classified."Questions remained.Rumors spread.But rumors were all they were.The truth never reached the public.Han Jiwoo hurried through the academy gates."...I'm late."His meeting with the Hunter Association and what happened in the dungeon didn't make jiwoo sleep all night.After return
The Untouchable Lineage
While Han Jiwoo was standing alone on the observation deck watching the sunset, a completely different storm was brewing on the top floor of the Hunter Association Headquarters.Inside the Chairman’s private office—a room shielded by multi-layered mana-damping fields and military-grade encryption—deafening silence prevailed. Chairman Kwon Seonghyeok sat behind his desk, his fingers loosely intertwined. Flanking the room were the two S-rank Guild Masters, Choi Kangmin and Lee Taeyun.The casual, almost dismissive demeanor the Chairman had shown during the public meeting was entirely gone."Run a complete, unredacted background check on Han Jiwoo," Chairman Kwon commanded calmly, addressing the chief intelligence analyst standing before his desk. "Every gate entry, every hospital record, his lineage, and his immediate family tree. I want to know exactly how a normal porter suddenly triggers a dungeon core synchronization."The analyst bowed quickly, his fingers flying across a secure, h
The Chairman's Question
The conference room remained deathly silent. No one corrected the Chairman. No one questioned the heavy, clinical word he had just used.Irregularity.Jiwoo felt the physical weight of dozens of eyes pressing down on him from across the crescent table. Hunters, Association officials, government representatives—every single one of them was evaluating him, measuring him, judging whether he was a ticking time bomb or an asset to be exploited.Chairman Kwon Seonghyeok leaned back slightly in his leather chair. Unlike Kangmin or Lee, he emitted almost zero perceptible mana pressure. Yet somehow, he felt far more dangerous to deal with. Power wasn't the only weapon in this room; the Chairman possessed institutional information, and in hunter society, information could cut deeper than any blade."So," the Chairman said calmly, breaking the silence. "You are Han Jiwoo."Jiwoo offered a stiff nod. "Yes, sir."The Chairman studied him for several agonizing seconds. "A student.""Yes.""A porter
Under Watch
Morning came quietly.Too quietly.Jiwoo stood in front of the bathroom mirror inside the temporary Veilbound residence, staring at his own reflection.Nothing looked different.Black hair slightly messy.Tired eyes.An ordinary seventeen-year-old student.Yet somewhere beyond the sky, beings powerful enough to destroy worlds had apparently noticed him.The thought felt absurd.Until he remembered the servant’s eyes.“…Confirmed.”Jiwoo shut the faucet tightly.The water dripping suddenly sounded unbearably loud.A knock echoed from outside his room.“Jiwoo.”Kangmin.Jiwoo immediately straightened himself. “Coming.”When he opened the door, Kangmin stood there already dressed in fresh black combat attire, his injuries hidden beneath a long coat. Only the faint stiffness in his movements revealed how severe the battle had actually been.“We’re leaving,” Kangmin said.Jiwoo blinked. “Leaving?”“The Association wants a direct statement.”Of course they did.A dungeon disappearing entire
The Irregular
The private conference room remained dead silent after Kangmin's demand. The weight of an S-rank Hunter's undivided attention pressed against Jiwoo's chest, heavier than the ambient mana still swirling outside the safehouse walls.Jiwoo forced his hands to remain steady in his lap, ensuring his expression maintained a perfect mix of confusion and residual fear. He knew he couldn't play completely dumb—not in front of the two sharpest minds in the hunter industry. He needed partial truths."I don't fully understand it either," Jiwoo said, his voice straining slightly to convey vulnerability. "When I was in the lower routes... I heard a voice. It wasn't human. When I got close to the central chamber, the dungeon core itself reacted to me. It didn't try to destroy me like the others. It tried to... connect."Lee narrowed his eyes from the shadows of the corner. "The core tried to synchronize with a porter? That’s structurally impossible unless your mana wavelength shares an identical sig
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