For Mogyeon, the jungle-type dungeon was as good as his own room. The unleashed beast roamed the jungle as if it were his home.
The tide of battle swiftly turned.
[‘Blue Starlight Centaur(A)’ feels threatened.] [‘Blue Starlight Centaur(A)’ orders its herd to retreat.]The demoralized Centaur herd hesitated for a moment before starting to flee.
“Don’t let a single one escape!”
Whoosh.
Just as they were tightening the encirclement, something darted in the opposite direction.
“What’s that?”
Mogyeon, unable to identify the fast-moving object, paused his chase and focused on the direction of the movement.
“Seol Mogyeon, what are you doing!”
Vice Guild Leader Seokhyun, who was leading the front, yelled out.
Hwarang was a guild formed by Mogyeon and his friends, with no significant hierarchy despite Mogyeon’s highest rank.
“What passed by?”
“Ignore it and come quickly!”
“Chae Donghwa, that bastard. Is he sneaking around here again?”
There had been rumors for years that Chae Donghwa, a hunter from Recon Team 7, roamed this dungeon alone. He didn’t just scout; Donghwa hunted any monsters in his path, even during expedition periods.
Last year, Hwarang and Mogyeon encountered Donghwa taking down monsters in the dungeon. A minor conflict ensued between them.
Regardless of whether Donghwa picked up items or not, items left outside disappear after a while, essentially making it a steal.
Moreover, Mogyeon personally disliked Donghwa. Both awakened as hunters around the same time and often compared to each other due to their similar ages and ranks.
Their rivalry peaked during the annual combat power test by the Association. In the hunter community, this ranking often determined their standing, and Donghwa ranked first, with Mogyeon second.
Despite not defining a hunter’s worth solely by combat power, Mogyeon couldn’t shake off the feeling of being outdone.
“I’ll follow him; you go ahead. If I catch that Chae Donghwa, he’s dead meat!”
“Hey! Seol Mogyeon!!”
Seokhyun shouted, but Mogyeon had already turned away.
‘Sigh, he’s triggered again.’
Their young boss was somewhat hot-tempered. Shaking his head, Seokhyun rejoined the main group.
Not long into their journey, Hwarang discovered ‘Blue Starlight Ent’.
Ents, known for their wide range of area skills, can be tricky, but the guild members, experienced from numerous practices, managed to defeat it without much difficulty.
“Where’s Seol Mogyean?”
“Yeah, where did Mogyeon go?”
After finishing the battle, the other guild members belatedly started looking for Mogyeon.
They asked each other about Mogyeon’s whereabouts, and all eyes eventually turned to Seokhyun.
“Seokhyun, where did Mogyeon go?”
“He said he saw Chae Donghwa Hunter and went after him. He said he’d catch up but hasn’t returned yet.”
“Chae Donghwa Hunter? When?”
“When we were chasing the Centaurs, he said he saw Chae Donghwa going in the opposite direction and followed him.”
“Really? Are you sure it was Donghwa?”
“I don’t know. I didn’t see him.”
“But why is it so quiet?”
Seokhyun also felt something was off. Usually, when those two met, Mogyeon would pick a fight and Donghwa would ignore him.
However, Donghwa wouldn’t just stand by if attacked. If S-ranked hunters like them had fought, the dungeon wouldn’t be this quiet.
No sounds of explosions or anything breaking could be heard, no matter how hard they listened.
“But isn’t the opposite direction towards the waterfall in the Giants’ Forest?”
There was a cliff with a waterfall along the path they had passed. A bad feeling flashed through their minds.
“What if he foolishly charged towards a cliff? He’s done for if he gets wet.”
“Mogyeon is a fool, after all.”
“…”
A silent tension spread among them.
Mogyeon’s skill ‘Alpha of Beasts’ enhances his physical abilities significantly, transforming him partially into a wolf. However, there was one penalty.
If his health drops below 5% or he gets wet with cold water, he transforms into a dog. A useless, cute dog with no special abilities. This was the ultimate reason behind his nickname ‘Beagle’.
“That silly dog needs to learn a lesson. Who told him to impulsively chase after someone? Let’s find him after the expedition.”
“Yeah, he’s not going to die, right?”
“Right. The penalty is just for a day anyway.”
“Let’s take a bone or something for the dog when we go.”
“Yeah, let’s do that.”
“By the way, why haven’t we seen Doldoli today? Is he on vacation?”
“Shh, don’t mention Doldoli! Don’t you know the jinx that he appears whenever you talk about him?”
“Oh, sorry.”
After a brief silence, they resumed their banter and moved on, as if nothing had happened.
Only Seokhyun kept looking in the direction where Mogyeon disappeared. He had a bad feeling about it.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
