“It’s pretty strong. It’s the first time I’ve seen a guy who asks in front of me first, except for Se-Ah. After all, he must be the leader and do absurd things without hesitation.”

“I understood that from the very first words of the president. Are you saying you’re good at lining up to me? I heard that it would be better to grab one certain thing instead of grabbing it in the hand to grab it in the first place. For me.”

“I’m glad I didn’t talk too long. Seah hired a decent worker.”

Tae Jin-sung nodded, saying he was satisfied.

“What can I do for you? Withdrawal of guild name change? Busan before Bukpocheon? Say what you want.”

“That guild name, you can move one house at will. instead.”

“… … .”

“My request is one. You mean catching goblins? I will fail that very badly.”

“!!”

Kang Moo-hyeok clenched his teeth, then asked again with his chin relaxed.

“What level of failure are you talking about?”

“When a person dies, Se-ah will come to his senses. He’s a kid who’s seen a lot of people die since childhood. At least half of it should be enough. You will be sober when you see the consequences of your own recklessness.”

Something hot surged in Kang Moo-hyuk’s heart. My cold head is heating up.

‘Don’t be angry yet. Getting angry doesn’t solve anything.’

Kang Moo-hyuk lowered his eyes, repeating to himself several times. Don’t make eye contact with Tae Jin-sung. I’m afraid I’ll find out the anger that seeps inside.

He secretly took a deep breath and said.

“Do you really need to work so hard? Why not just disband the guild?”

“why? Don’t you want to?”

“When you make a deal with someone’s life, you have to risk your own life. I am afraid that my head will be blown away by the guild leader Jusea because of this. As you know, the guild leader Ju Se-ah is the best hunter in Korea. Just because the president protects me is not something I can escape from.”

“I’m good at finding excuses to say no. But do you know that? Before you escape Se-ah, you have to worry about how to get out of here.”

As soon as Tae Jin-seong finished speaking, the man who seemed to be the president’s bodyguard stared at Kang Moo-hyuk. He stood far away, but those gloomy blue eyes made me goosebumps.

Kang Moo-hyuk felt his skin tingle. The body reacted to the momentum, causing a slight convulsion. I could feel the flow of mana.

‘It was a Hunter.’

Never, I was never in a hurry.

Among the hunters he met, he had such a momentum that he could count on his hand.

It was Kang Moo-hyuk, who was still not used to feeling mana, but his opponent didn’t show any signs of hiding, and if he had that amount of mana, he had no choice but to know without even having to read it carefully.

‘At least A-rank. maybe?’

Contrary to popular opinion that he is not interested in the guild, Tae Jin-seong has a senior hunter by his side.

‘I thought he was an old man who had no interest in trading as a hunter.’

Kang Moo-hyuk felt the need to revise his assessment of the president.

“If you accept it, go out and go to Pocheon as scheduled. There I do what I say. Did you know?”

Kang Moo-hyuk quickly cleared his mind.

What is the best number you can take now?

If I didn’t accept it, I could have really killed him here.

The fact that the hunter intervened means that there is a way to make Kang Moo-hyuk disappear from this world without even a mouse or a bird.

I was able to throw it at a mountain monster somewhere so I couldn’t even pick out the bones.

The monster was the most perfect collaborator in disposing of the corpse.

‘But it’s a problem even if it goes on to lie. You can avoid the situation right now, but you can’t stop the aftermath.’

It is difficult for large corporations to exert influence in the hunter industry, but as long as the Iron Will Guild is under the Taesung Group, it was not free. If it was Chairman Jin-Sung Tae, it was clear that he was going to interfere in any way.

We needed a way to overcome this.

While Kang Mu-hyeok’s head was moving busily, Tae Jin-sung pointed at him with his chin.

“If you know, go see it. Director Jung, I’ll have you as a guest.”

The hunter moved along with the celebration.

The moment he felt compulsion that he should not step back like this, Kang Moo-hyuk’s head flashed and lightning struck.

He quickly knelt down and said.

“Wait a minute, Chairman, don’t I have to gain something to take a risk?”

“Heh heh, even in this situation, you’re too busy to make up your own mind. You must betray your superior, do you have no remorse?”

“If the role the president wants me to play is a traitor, then it would be the right thing to do.”

“Yeah, what do you want?”

At the end of the conversation, a cold voice made Kang Moo-hyuk happy.

Kang Moo-hyuk used to organize the thoughts that had been floating around in his head.

“Of course, this is Gilma. At the very least, we need the president’s promise to guarantee the position of general manager.”

After a moment’s silence, Tae Jin-seong’s mouth opened.

“Show results first.”

‘Performance… . Is this person talking about the death of a person as an achievement?’

“When you show results, rewards follow.”

As Tae Jin-seong said more, a determined light appeared in Kang Mu-hyuk’s eyes.

“result. I’ll see you. on my own.”

* * *

Dozens of trailer vehicles run on national roads.

A gloomy downtown.

It was a lively street.

Fortunately, a few were out for a late lunch, proving they weren’t a ghost town.

People were drawn to the trailers that filled the road and passed one after another.

Eventually, I found the words ‘Iron Will Guild’ written on the attachments on the side and back of the trailer.

“Iron Will!”

“finally… … .”

They were more hung up on the news of the Taeseong Guild than anyone else in the Republic of Korea, so they could recognize the new guild name.

The citizens of Pocheon believed that the Ironwill Guild would bring hope to the city.

In the SUV assigned as the leading vehicle to lead the trailer, Kang Moo-hyuk tapped the tablet PC repeatedly and checked the plan over and over again.

“how about it? Are you sure?”

Ju Se-ah from the seat next to her asked with a squint.

“I was never confident when making a hunting plan. All we do is do our best to make the best plan, come up with an alternative if something goes wrong, and come up with a new method when the alternative doesn’t work.”

“Haha, what do you mean if you take a light conversation seriously?”

Kang Moo-hyuk did not care about Joo Se-ah, who was complaining, and kept the map of Bukpocheon in his eyes.

In particular, I looked carefully around Sansan Lake.

It was a monster ecology map made from the testimonies of freelance hunters who went hunting to special sites.

‘The goblin village has been confirmed, and I expected the radius of action based on the location of its appearance… `. The information is too old. At some point, the hunters didn’t go hunting near that area, so it wasn’t updated.’

The reason was obvious.

It was because there were a lot of difficult monsters to deal with under the lines of Mt.

Hunters would not have felt the need to go up north while catching these monsters.

According to the previous information, the monsters should stay a little further north.

Their habitat had already descended to the south.

‘It was pushed away. to the goblin.’

Bukpocheon was a magical landscape where many monsters that even hunters could not ignore, such as Watusi Snake, Blood Squirrel, and Ilandria, were located.

How big of a tribe would the goblins have to be to get those monsters out?

‘no. Lack is not the problem. No matter how many rabbits there are, they cannot beat the tiger. The rabbit must have turned into a wolf. that’s a bunch So even the tiger has no choice but to be pushed out.’

In fact, if you look at the information obtained sporadically, the appearance of the goblins was slightly different.

The first encounter and the goblins seen by eyewitnesses years later were slightly different in size and appearance.

The personality of an intelligent, tribal monster that evolves by adapting to the environment through generations is clearly revealed.

Kang Moo-hyuk took his eyes off the tablet and asked Ju Se-ah.

“How ready are the Hunters?”

“Party is smooth. Unless it’s a 5 star or higher monster. To be honest, the overall level is low, so I can’t say for a 4 star.”

“What about raid hunting?”

“I do not know. Is it far below the standards of Director Kang?”

“It seems that the calculation is not good.”

“First of all, because I don’t have enough hunting experience.”

After thinking for a while looking at the map again, Kang Moo-hyuk made a decision.

“First, we check our information-gathering capabilities. After that, we will either activate the party or proceed with a head-on attack.”

* * *

The season is one step closer to midsummer.

The whole forest was tormented by the noise of a concert hall due to the cicada’s cry.

A group of green-skinned dwarfs passed through the middle of the forest road.

The ears were triangular and elongated and drooped backwards. His nose was a hawk, and there were wart-like lumps all over his face. His glaring eyes were the size of a king bell, and his height was around 160 centimeters. Unlike his other dwarf brethren, his body was firm and his muscles were strong. The weapons he was holding were also a proper iron sword and shield, not the main poison stinger or stone axe.

‘Are you sure he’s bigger than the average goblin?’

Two eyes gleamed through the grass swaying in the wind.

Eventually, as the goblins disappeared, the hunter, who was watching with his eyes open, spoke softly into the earphones.

“headquarters. This is Alpha Three. Five goblins are moving towards Green Pension from the direction of Fox Peak. The type is a soldier.”

-Is it Fox Pass?

“Yes. We are moving along the way.”

– Well, it’s a new group. Add identification number ‘A6’. Return to base camp after 17:00 shift.

“Accepted.”

After completing the report, the Hunter leaned back under the camouflage film.

I didn’t forget to spray a spray made from earthworm juice around the area to prevent the human body odor from spreading.

The forest was left with only the cicada’s cry.

* * *

“Five goblin soldiers on the west path of Fox Pass.”

As the situation room operator operated the device according to Kang Moo-hyuk’s instructions, a green circle with a ‘5’ appeared on the 120-inch monitor.

‘So far, there are only 89 reconnaissance teams roaming the outside. The scope of reconnaissance extends beyond the periphery of the lake to Mangbong Mountain and Fox Peak. Excluding the flat road to the west, the radius is almost 4 kilometers. The size of the tribe must be larger than known information.’

Kang Moo-hyuk looked at the map centered on where the base camp was located.

The camp was set up at an elementary school in Nogok-ri, 7.5 kilometers south of Sansan Lake.

Because it was in the northern part of the special area where communication was not smooth due to severe mana distortion, temporary communication antennas were installed on the top of Mt.

All of this was thanks to Ahn Ji-il, who maintained the equipment brought from Warehouse C.

Thanks to his hard work, communication reached the area around Fox Peak in the northeast and Sansan Lake in the center.

‘Ironwill’s hunters don’t have many telepathic skills. It’s a very popular skill, so it’s hard to find it because the top guilds monopolize it. If it hadn’t been devised by Team Leader Ahn after years of research, this operation would have been more difficult.’

Kang Moo-hyuk also thought that the future of hunting depended on the C project.

“Then why are you running a reconnaissance team, Commander? I looked at the equipment team earlier and there were drones.”

In the corner of the situation room set up in the old elementary school’s office, Gong Doo-ri was operating the device and asked.

“Every time you blow it, you get a lower mana stone. It’s still not very efficient, so 20 minutes is the limit.”

“Are you going to write a lower level? Wow, is this a money-eating drone?”

“Besides, flying drones only raises the vigilance of goblins. The reason we put the camp in the south instead of on the west side, where access to the lake is easy, is out of sight of the goblins.”

As for the road to Sansan Lake, there were National Road 78, which ran from east to west, and National Road 387, which ran from north to south.

The goblins moved actively to the west, where it was easy to advance and retreat, while tightly blocking the north-east and north-east of the narrow path.

Just by looking at these behavioral patterns, it was clear that they were a fairly well-developed goblin tribe.

‘Of course, hobgoblins, maybe there are goblin chiefs or clan heads.’

A great lack of a clear map system in place.

The Sansan Lake Goblin Clan was a more difficult opponent than I thought.

“I will collect more information for a few days like this, so I will upload it to the DB as soon as I collect it and share it on the bulletin board outside… … .”

It was the moment when Kang Moo-hyuk gave instructions.

Chwi profit!

-This is Delta Two! Blood Squirrel! The blood squirrel is coming!

An urgent voice rang out over the radio.

Kang Moo-hyeok urged his opponent with a calm voice that contradicted him.

“Aren’t you looking right? Keep calm and follow the instructions.”

-Sorry, sorry. A flock of blood squirrels is gathering. Looks like I’ll be heading south soon. About twenty or so.

“Delta Two Witch discovered?”

-no. You don’t seem to know yet.

“Distance?”

As Kang Moo-hyuk looked at the monitor, Gong Doo-ri skillfully launched the Delta Two position.

‘At the beginning of Mt. Musk, the distance is 2 kilometers. Although it is a 30-minute walk, it takes less than 10 minutes according to the normal movement kinetics of blood squirrels.’

Kang Moo-hyuk judged the situation and issued an order.

“Delta Two stands in place. Keep watch for follow-up monsters.”

-Yes. Okay.

“Team Gong, tell the one-dealing interceptor to retreat to the outpost.”

“Yes.”

Kang Moo-hyuk grabbed another microphone attached to the operator’s equipment and brought it to his mouth.

He pressed the button next to the microphone, and a short beep sounded throughout the camp.

Hunters and staff flinched at the sound of the alarm.

Then, Kang Moo-hyuk’s voice rang out.

– I will tell the camp. First-class combat stance issued. situation propagation. At least 20 blood squirrels are loading south from the north of National Highway 387. Enter the defensive posture in camp. More than.

After giving the order, Kang Moo-hyuk immediately opened the door to the classroom and went out.

It was to check the readiness of the Hunters.

In the midst of the noise in the hallway, Kang Moo-hyuk went out to the central entrance.

There, Ju Se-ah was the first to appear.

She looked around the campus and frowned. Kang Moo-hyuk’s expression, standing next to him, was no different.

“How come I can’t make up my mind? Only twenty blood squirrels.”

“They are the most demanding of the three stars, but… . This is definitely a problem.”

Ju Se-ah sighed at the sight of the hunters in a hurry. It’s a good thing I’m still finding my way while stuttering.

Kang Moo-hyuk felt like he was putting a stone heavier than Joo Se-ah’s sigh on his chest.

‘It seems that even if it is not the request of Chairman Tae Jin-seong, the goblin tribe has been annihilated.’