[ S

– Highly developed eyesight, moves by jumping.

Strength 550 Health 80,100

Abnormal Status: Excited (Enraged)] [ AAA

– Has a voracious appetite, venom in its saliva.

Strength 510 Health 19,990

Abnormal Status: Poisoned]

‘It’s the same this time too.’

There was about a 1km distance between the predicted location and where the gate actually appeared. While the warning message could be corrected, the dispatched agents had to travel that distance directly, inevitably delaying the response.

‘Moreover… there are abnormal statuses attached again.’

This gate started near Hajodae, and as luck would have it, there was an elementary school not far from Hajodae.

It was in the secondary evacuation zone. As soon as the evacuation order was issued, students and residents would have taken refuge there, so it had to be dealt with quickly to prevent damage from reaching that area.

Seo Suji whistled and, while mounted on the unicorn, gave a hand signal to Elaine. It meant to ask her to take care of the monsters approaching the ground.

As she confirmed that the civil servants were positioning themselves near the school according to her request, she swung and flew straight towards the gate.

Chik.

She had already faced jumping spiders on the 76th floor of the Tower.

Their terrible characteristic was their excellent jumping ability. Even in Team Daphne, only Seo Suji and Elaine, with their exceptional dynamic vision, could barely see their movements due to their speed.

But that also meant they had a weakness.

While their jumping speed was fast, their normal movement speed was slow, so if you killed them before they jumped, you could reduce unnecessary waste of combat power.

Of course, this would be impossible for ordinary hunters, but for Seo Suji, especially with her flying pet, it was entirely possible.

“I’ll catch you all before you touch the ground. Come on, you little spiders!”

As Seo Suji shouted bravely while charging in, her traits activated.

[Trait activates.

20% chance to apply ‘Fear’ status to AAA-rank or lower monsters within 40m radius

Trait activates.

12% chance to apply ‘Fear’ status to one specific S-rank or lower monster in sight

Trait activates.

10% chance to deal 30 continuous damage per second to AAA-rank or lower ‘Poisoned’ status monsters within 10m radius until 50% health remains

Trait activates.

0.5% chance of ‘Instant Death’ for AAA-rank or lower ‘Poisoned’ status monsters in sight]

Some of the monsters raining down like black rain disappeared as if erased on the spot.

The remaining spiders were mostly affected by abnormal statuses and couldn’t even attempt to dodge in mid-air, getting sliced by Seo Suji’s sword before they could try anything.

Even so, exclamations involuntarily burst from the civil servants who had been worried about entrusting so many monsters to a single hunter.

9 AM.

The Wave signal in Yangyang, Gangwon-do was updated twice.

Initially B-rank, it was soon re-observed as A-rank, then upgraded to S-rank, leading to evacuation orders not just for Yangyang County but the entire Gangwon-do.

Additionally, disaster alert warnings were issued for the whole of South Korea and neighboring Asian countries.

As this was the first actual appearance of an S-rank Wave, not only civil servants but the entire country of South Korea was on edge, watching the situation unfold.

If it wasn’t properly contained immediately after the Wave occurred, monsters spreading to surrounding areas would be instantaneous. Naturally, this would lead to severe civilian casualties.

However, the time of intense national anticipation for news wasn’t very long.

It took less than 20 minutes from the simultaneous issuance of evacuation orders and alerts to the declaration that the generated gate was completely closed.

On-site officials unanimously testified that this smooth resolution was due to the support of SSS-rank hunter Daphne.

[SSS-rank Hunter Daphne, Born in South Korea, Shows ‘Brilliant Performance’ in Yangyang, Gangwon-do] [Hunter Daphne ‘Easily Overpowers S-rank Wave’, On-site Testimony: ‘No Time Wasted’] [SSS-rank Hunter Daphne Charges Again, Leads ‘Miracle of Yangyang’……] [‘Skyrocketing Value’ Hunter Daphne Displays Dazzling Performance] [SSS-rank Hunter Daphne Completely Erases Fear of S-rank Wave] [S-rank Wave Predicted? In-depth Analysis of the New Religion ‘Messiah’]

It was natural for the internet to be in an uproar once again as news articles poured out.

Several topics swept through the message boards.

Posts about Seo Suji’s incredible performance, posts curious about the identity of ‘Messiah’ who allegedly foresaw this situation, and analyses on how to deal with S-rank Waves in the future rushed in.

[I’m a new civil servant with my first assignment in Gangwon-do……

In principle, support is dispatched from the closest location, but if the situation is serious, it’s dispatched at the provincial level too.

So my team from Hongcheon was also deployed for this Wave.

While frantically arming ourselves and boarding the helicopter, a senior told me not to be too nervous because Ms. Daphne had shown up.

But I could barely hear those words properly.

Of course, I respect Ms. Daphne too. But I thought this wasn’t just about one person being there or not. An S-rank Wave is really…… Even in simulations, the fear is no joke.

But when we arrived, it was already over.

Seriously.

There’s a separate team for closing the gate, so we really just touched down and came back.

There was absolutely no tension at the site.

Really…… Less tension than even a B-rank scene, let alone an A-rank……

I don’t know. I…… really realized what another class means through this opportunity.

Additional. I’m writing a few more words in case someone thinks S-rank Waves are no big deal just from reading my post.

You know how if an S-rank Wave appears in one U.S. city, even Brazil gets a disaster alert, right? From S-rank, it’s truly a national disaster.

It’s fortunate that this one passed safely thanks to Ms. Daphne, but I don’t know what would happen if S-rank Waves become frequent or if we can’t stop them.

I guess all we can do is either clone Ms. Daphne about twenty times or pray that S-rank never comes again.] [Daphne is insane.

I mean… really……

Until now, I wasn’t that interested in Daphne’s abilities.

The world’s only SSS-rank? I just thought, well, she must be better than SS-rank?

But the gate really closed as soon as it opened;

And yet, not being able to break through to the 80th floor of the Tower is really unbelievable, isn’t it? It’s truly unbelievable.

└? You talk like you saw it on site

└└The 10-second CCTV footage of this battle was released (article link)

└└└Wow

└└└She really is tearing the monsters apart;

└└└Insane

└└└She must have completely memorized the patterns. So relaxed while dodging;

└└└Of course, she’s met these monsters before

└└└It’s not just that, when you go to the Tower once, you have to climb up from the save point again. So you end up visiting floors you’ve already cleared repeatedly. Daphne must be very experienced with all the bosses in the Tower.

└Really, I thought the same…… With those abilities, barely clearing the 80th floor…… I wonder how messed up it is inside;

└But what’s that unicorn in the video above? I thought Daphne never took taming skills

└Well, if Daphne wants to take it, she takes it, what’s it to you~

└It’s the first I’ve heard of it. And a unicorn… It’s never been registered in the Tower monster list. What is it? Did she receive it as a reward?

└Do you want to receive mobs as rewards for killing mobs?;

└Who knows, it’s from the Tower, there could be mobs as initial rewards; Don’t know why you’re picking a fight;

└Actually, I saw Daphne riding a unicorn. She was truly like a goddess… But I kept quiet because it felt weird to make a fuss about it

└Wow… So it was really a pet?

└I’m not sure if she tamed it, I just thought she looked cool riding it with Elaine

└Didn’t you take a picture?

└;;; Let’s refrain from requesting photos other than Daphne’s official photoshoots; Why are you like this, really] [I’m a current teacher.

Hello.

I’m a teacher at a small elementary school in Yangyang, Gangwon-do, with fewer than 20 students in total. It’s not far from where the S-rank Wave occurred this morning.

I’m borrowing this ID to write this post because I want to express my gratitude to Ms. Daphne.

Among the children I’ve graduated, there are some who attended the Academy with Ms. Daphne.

And now, all those children have quit being hunters, discouraged by comparing themselves to Ms. Daphne.

So, until today’s incident, I was secretly envious of Ms. Daphne without really knowing about her.

I just thought she was born with talent and had an easier time as a hunter than others. I regretted that my students couldn’t fully realize their potential because of Ms. Daphne, who I thought was using her talent only for herself.

Yes.

Even though I’m a teacher, that’s what I thought.

You can criticize me as stupid or narrow-minded if you want.

But this morning, I saw Ms. Daphne fighting right before my eyes.

It took my breath away.]