SSS-Class Hunter Goes On Vacation (4 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 1
The moment the sky split open and monsters—beings completely impervious to humanity’s firepower—suddenly appeared is called the “First Wave.”
During the First Wave, monsters emerged globally in numbers proportional to each nation’s population. Simultaneously, a single towering structure, high enough to brush the heavens, appeared in every country, along with Gates—the entrances to dungeons where monsters could be encountered at any time.
Among them, the “Sage’s Tower” stood out as uniquely systematic compared to the other Gates that had appeared at the same time.
It resembled the classic towers commonly found in MMORPGs. Each floor climbed increased the difficulty steadily, new monsters appeared in distinct stages, and the number of monster phases kept growing. Naturally, the rewards increased as well.
Even more notably, the order of monsters appearing on each floor of the tower closely mirrored the sequence in which new monsters emerged during the Waves. Moreover, the buffs granted to all Hunters affiliated with that nation changed depending on how many floors of the Sage’s Tower were cleared.
Thus, it was only natural that people eventually concluded the Sage’s Tower held the fundamental key to understanding the Waves.
Yet, even after more than twenty years had passed since the First Wave, very few people had genuinely committed to—or actually attempted—clearing the tower.
In regular dungeons, one could choose a difficulty level suited to oneself and usually ventured in for personal gain or self-improvement.
The tower was the exact opposite. Only righteous Hunters willing to sacrifice personal ambition for the greater good dared to challenge it.
This was because the tower frequently pitted them against powerful monsters with unknown strategies, often forcing them to risk their very lives.
Among those brave enough to scale the tower despite such danger, the absolute top-tier team was led by Seo Su Ji—Hunter name Daphne.
Team Daphne was an elite party composed of Korea’s four finest S-rank Hunters: Daphne (Seo Su Ji), Elaine (Han Su Ho), Peace (Kim Yi Hyeok), and Saint (Park Se Young).
They had already reached the 80th floor—the highest achievement in the world.
And now.
A massive fire-element monster, standing ten meters tall, was spraying lava-like substance from its entire body before suddenly letting out a terrifying roar to threaten Team Daphne.
“Woooooahhh!”
“Peace, dodge!”
“…Ugh, I almost died! It changes phases too? Honestly, spawning structures on top of that is kind of ridiculous. Show some decency!”
“We anticipated this! Stop complaining and destroy the structure first!”
“Saint, Captain—fall back!”
“Understood, Elaine. Saint, Peace—now! Phase two just started! Everyone drink potions and retreat!”
The fact that these four, whose coordination was flawless even without speaking, had begun grumbling was clear proof they’d hit a crisis point beyond their capacity.
Seo Su Ji took a large step backward and practically chugged a potion—every second wasted on recovery during combat was precious.
After gulping down three bottles in a row, she suddenly glared at the empty vials. Although her maximum HP, as the world’s sole SSS-rank Hunter, was relatively high, her health stubbornly refused to rise no matter how much she drank.
‘What’s going on—am I under some kind of healing debuff?’
But she clearly wasn’t suffering any status ailments.
“Woooooahhh!”
The monster couldn’t even wait a moment before twisting its massive body and roaring again. As flaming orbs began dripping from its bulk, Daphne swiftly sniped each one, redirecting its attention away from her teammates.
It wasn’t just her—her three companions also showed signs of struggling to recover health.
“Everyone healed just now, right?”
“I’m doing it.”
“I haven’t recovered at all either.”
“Eek, Captain! I’m gonna die!”
Daphne narrowed her eyes.
A chill ran down her spine.
Something was seriously wrong.
Nothing happened without reason—every event had a proper cause.
If all four of them weren’t afflicted by status effects yet still couldn’t heal properly, there was only one plausible explanation left.
‘The potions are faulty.’
Su Ji never doubted her own judgment.
That was precisely what a team leader had to do.
In an instant, she opened her inventory and hurled every remaining potion toward Peace.
Since her inventory auto-sorted items by potency, what remained would likely be low-grade—but anything was better than nothing.
“Elaine, cover me. Saint, look after Peace. Everyone stay sharp and dodge! One hit and we’ll all meet at the gates of the underworld.”
Though all were AAA-rank or higher Hunters, their opponent was formidable and their condition dire. At their current HP levels, even a single grazing blow could mean death.
At Su Ji’s command, all four teammates instantly moved to their designated positions.
Su Ji clenched her teeth.
No matter what, they had to kill that monster quickly—they couldn’t afford a prolonged fight. She would rather die than watch someone fall before her eyes again.
They had to endure twenty more minutes of battle without potion support.
Each minute was a blood-draining ordeal.
Thud.
The moment the monster’s massive body finally toppled slowly to the ground, Su Ji—uncharacteristically—gasped for breath.
[Congratulations on clearing Floor 80!Rewards:
190 Time Crystals
280 Destruction Crystals
80 Enhancement Shards
3 Silent Enhancement Shards
8 Demon Beast Bones
2 Demon Beast Wings
2 Eyes of the Eyeball Demon Beast
Winged Fall Greatsword (Tier 8)
120 Low-Grade Weapon Enhancement Stones
2 High-Grade Weapon Enhancement Stones
88 Medium-Grade Armor Enhancement Stones
1 Lucky Ring (Rare)
15,000G
5 Normal Random Boxes
1 Rare Random Box] [The gate to the first checkpoint of Floor 81 has opened.]
Only after the clear message appeared before her eyes did Su Ji slam her sword into the ground with a loud thud.
Elaine, Saint, and Peace, who had also been fighting the tower, now collapsed onto the floor, either slumping down or lying flat.
Everyone’s health bars were down to a sliver.
Watching her teammates, Su Ji belatedly realized how tensely she’d been holding her shoulders.
And understandably so.
A single mistake could have cost someone their life.
Maintaining absolute focus for twenty whole minutes—not mere seconds—was no easy feat. The intense concentration had strained her eyes to the point of pain, bloodshot and aching.
“Is everyone okay?”
Her voice trembled—she’d been that worried.
“I saw the entrance to the underworld, but I haven’t crossed it yet.”
“Captain, why don’t you sit down? You look exhausted.”
“No, but seriously—what even happened? Why are these potions like this? I honestly thought something else must’ve gone wrong.”
After confirming her teammates’ responses, Su Ji nodded. Still too dazed to sit or collect the clear rewards, she numbly reached out her hand.
“If anyone has leftover potions, could you give them to me?”
“Oh, here you go.”
Elaine handed her a potion. Su Ji took it and stared blankly at the vial.
It was true they’d used potions like water during the Floor 80 clear—she’d taken heavy hits repeatedly. But thanks to her skill 〈Vampirism〉, which restored a fixed percentage of health with each attack, she normally used fewer potions than others. Given how many Saint usually prepared, they shouldn’t have run out.
“Then why did we run short on potions…?”
The teammates, still lying down, exchanged puzzled glances.
“Saint, how did our items end up like this?”
Saint, who handled item procurement, barely managed to prop herself up.
“I don’t understand either. I bought them from a trustworthy merchant…”
“Even trustworthy people can scam you. That’s just how people are.”
At Elaine’s remark, Saint’s eyes widened in shock.
Those who pioneered tower progression received special titles and badges—so respected that other Hunters would yield paths in dungeons for them. And yet… someone had scammed them?
“…You don’t mean…”
Peace, the oldest among them and the most experienced in dealing with people, approached Saint. His muscular build—honed from wielding heavy weapons—and his closely cropped hairstyle gave him an intensely masculine aura.
After carefully listening to Saint’s account, he clicked his tongue.
“No way—it’s actually true. They’re joking, right?”
“…Are they out of their minds? They’d benefit if we cleared the tower too.”
Elaine shook his head.
“Do you really think those guys think that logically? They must’ve been certain they wouldn’t get caught—especially knowing an SSS-rank Hunter’s team was involved. They probably swapped a few hundred vials with lookalike fakes, banking on similar names to cause confusion.”
“…Unbelievable.”
That explanation made perfect sense.
Distribution usually occurred through official auction houses. Scamming there would get you permanently banned from trading platforms.
Yet someone still dared—likely planning to vanish after pocketing a massive sum in one go.
Since inventories auto-sorted best items first, they probably assumed a few low-grade potions mixed in would go unnoticed and unused.
Still, something felt off.
Saint had never made a mistake like this before.
“If you look closely, the appearance is different—was there really no reason to check before trusting it?”
At Su Ji’s question, Saint hesitated for a long moment before looking away and answering softly.
“Well… I knew the person…”
“Knew them…? Who?”
Seeing the other three ready to march off and strangle the culprit immediately, Saint fidgeted nervously before finally speaking.
“It was… Zero. I traded with Zero.”
A jolt shot through her mind—as if she’d been struck hard on the head.
Zero was Su Ji’s mother—a former member of Pheneios’s sponsoring organization. Pheneios herself had personally rescued Zero’s mother from the tower.
How could Zero—of all people—possibly scam Team Daphne?
The shock was so overwhelming, Su Ji couldn’t even form words.
When male lead is the homewrecker
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
I’ve read the novel below twice already. Girls, I’m highly recommending it to you!
The female lead? Not a good person.
The second male lead? Not a good person.
The male lead? Willingly plays the third party, breaking up the female and second male lead’s relationship despite all the warnings from his friends—so yeah, he’s definitely not a good person either.
Basically, nobody in this novel is simple-minded or without scheming.
The female lead starts off as the male lead’s secretary, but don’t worry—later on, she takes over the company while the male lead steps back to support her. He won’t steal her spotlight, overshadow her, or dull her shine.
I love novels where men are out here snatching wigs, tearing each other down, and going to war just to win the female lead’s affection. And this is exactly that kind of novel. Most of Hai Dai Ran’s works have this dynamic. You’ll see the male characters’ emotions being pushed to the absolute extreme.
There’s even a scene where the second male lead exposes the male lead online for being a homewrecker. The brotherhood immediately gangs up on him, dragging him through the mud. I find it compelling —it completely flips reality on its head, where usually, women are the ones fighting over a man and getting torn apart by the sisterhood.
For me, female leads in the novels I read should only struggle in their careers, not in love. But if the brainless romantics in the story are all men? I have zero complaints.
I’ve pretty much read all of Hai Dai Ran’s novels and even translated all of them—her works are just my thing. I’ll slowly upload everything here. One day, when my website is official, I hope I can invite her to join as one of the star authors.
Here’s the story synopsis:
One-line summary: She is his lifelong obsession, to the point where he was willing to be a third wheel, scorned by society, just to wedge his way into her relationship with her fiancé.
Cold-hearted and indifferent female lead + Scheming and subservient CEO male lead
Intro 1:
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
With blood trickling from his clenched fist, Rong Xiu gazed at the woman before him, his eyes clouded with anguish. Hidden in the wardrobe, he had witnessed Fan Xia – the woman he desperately loved – in an intimate embrace with her fiancé. Yet his heart still yearned for her, defying all reason.
Fan Xia, the elegant and composed assistant, carried something mysterious in her eyes whenever she looked at her fiancé, Wen Lan Sheng. Strange occurrences began to surface – secret meetings with the young Gu Jin Yi, an unexplained withdrawal of 5,000 yuan… Then suddenly, her fiancé’s sister, Wen Jing, violently attacked her.
In this matriarchal society, Rong Xiu had risen to become the chairman of a powerful healthcare conglomerate, breaking through gender prejudices. But for the first time, he willingly stepped into the shadows as the other man, disregarding his friends’ warnings to become her secret lover.
Because he had discovered the truth – Fan Xia wasn’t the pure angel everyone believed her to be. And perhaps, he was the only one capable of helping her execute her mysterious plan…
Intro 2:
Rong Xiu’s biggest regret in life was missing out on Fan Xia.
He secretly loved Fan Xia for 7 years.
Watched her go public with her boyfriend.
Watched her kiss her boyfriend at their wedding.
Until that man blissfully nestled in Fan Xia’s arms, obtaining everything he could only dream of.
The crazy jealousy stripped away his hidden secret love, layer by layer, burning like wildfire.
Fan Xia, how can I have you!
【Reading and Trigger Warning Guide】
1. Female dominant, male submissive, male pregnancy
2. Male lead schemes his way to the top, male competition
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