The whispers about hunters having rare breeds often spread, but the part-time working female student was, after all, just a civilian.
The media clamors that the era of hunters has come. The hunters are compared to idol stars leading the trend, and countless people reside in genre hunter galleries while constantly watching hunter streamers.
However, none of the female student’s acquaintances were hunters, let alone awakened ones, and since she wasn’t involved in anything related to hunters, she thought the distance between herself and the hunters was as far away as another world.
Of course, she wasn’t completely dismissing hunters.
Just nearby her home, there were dozens of open gates, and even amidst her ordinary university life, news would casually reach her, like her professor saying, “Due to goblins breaking the main road, my commute got blocked, so today’s class is canceled.”
From her perspective, it was nice to have someone protecting her and the citizens, but it didn’t have much relevance to her life… Hunters were people she’d only see on TV, and due to her busy college life, she hadn’t really encountered them much.
Anyway, the first impression that the female student had of Shia was that she was quite a strange person.
She was crying so pitifully that the female student felt compelled to see what was amiss, and to her surprise, Shia was stunningly beautiful. However, it wasn’t unusual, since hunters could maintain their youth and beauty on average due to the circulation of mana in their bodies.
Gasp!
“What’s with those… breasts?”
Even considering that, they were absurdly huge. So while her gaze was naturally drawn, there wasn’t much she could do about it…
Anyway, the female student’s impression of Shia didn’t really change much afterward.
The thought of cooking fugu doves (yes, that’s what she was doing) was a mad idea, but it wasn’t her business, so she didn’t pay it much mind either.
Shia crossing the gate just to catch one of those was something the female student let slide.
Ding dong!
She figured, being a hunter, she’d handle her own business.
But then…
“Alright, look at the camera and introduce yourself.”
“H… Hello. I’m Hanuri, a second-year student from Busan National University, Department of Fracture Complex Engineering…”
“Good girl.”
Bwa ha ha!
[Why is she doing this? LOL]
[Is this for a video?]
[LOL]
[I feel like I know what the streamer’s browsing history is!]
[Right?]
[Seems like a total perv?]
What’s going on?
What am I doing here?
“Come on, there’s no need to be embarrassed.”
Her voice was really nice.
Even though it wasn’t Shia’s intention and she wasn’t aware of it, her body and voice carried a subtle divine power. A voice infused with divine power naturally attracts people’s fondness.
If Shia was seriously intending to charm or convince someone, she could use a voice that possesses strong mind-manipulating properties akin to a succubus or incubus. But usually, Shia used her voice to soothe the people’s hearts from the previous world.
Hearing Shia say, “Can you help me?” or “I need your help,” the female student suddenly found herself standing in the Taurus Great Canyon, almost as if hypnotized.
Of course, her face was replaced with a cute, round character due to the drone camera’s recognition filter.
“Excuse me? What is going on right now?”
“Hmm?”
But this wasn’t good.
Because of her good voice.
Because of her beautiful appearance.
Because of her sweet scent.
Although the female student had followed Shia, once she regained her senses, realizing she was a civilian smack in the middle of the Taurus Great Canyon, she finally recognized that she was in a rather perilous situation.
This isn’t good.
No matter how you slice it, there was absolutely no reason for a civilian like myself to be here when I was supposed to be working part-time.
Oh, there’s trouble for a hunter? That’s their problem to deal with, not mine.
“Hunter, you brought a civilian here. There’s no reason for me to be here, and I can’t really help you.”
“…….”
[Wait, she followed me willingly?]
[For real?]
[Honestly, civilians shouldn’t be coming to dungeons!]
[True.]
[But since Shia is here, what could possibly go wrong? LOL]
[Though, does she not even know who the streamer is?]
[Really?]
Accepting the female student’s legitimate argument, Shia hung her head low.
Sure, no matter how much trouble she believed she was in, bringing a civilian along was pushing it too far.
She had brought her along earlier, saying she would help, but human hearts could change in an instant.
Deciding to understand the female student, Shia resolved to let her go.
“Alright, I’m sorry…”
“Sigh. Please send me back immediately. I really need to get back to the convenience store.”
“Okay…”
She said she would send her back, so the female student had no intention of arguing anymore.
She didn’t understand how she had ended up following Shia here, but it was dangerous.
She had absolutely no desire to remain inside the dungeon any longer.
Shia led the way to the dungeon entrance for the female student.
“…Sorry, this is just a small something…”
Ding! 2,000,000 won has been deposited!
Sender: Shia (Hunter Account)
“Eh…?”
Suddenly, as the female student saw an amount she would need to save for months without eating, her eyes widened in surprise.
“Sorry… I didn’t think it through. Even having me around doesn’t mean I should bring a civilian into a dungeon…”
“Excuse me?”
“Yeah?”
“What’s this about?”
“What do you mean, it’s just my apology… I wasted your precious 5 minutes.”
“………”
Five minutes.
Two hundred thousand won for five minutes…
“Excuse me, Hunter.”
“Hmm?”
Somehow, ‘Hunter’ shifted to ‘Hunter-nim’ in the female student’s speech.
“…Is it dangerous for me to help you… Hunter-nim?”
“Nah, I’m confident about protecting people. I assure you, you won’t get hurt.”
“………. What about the payment?”
“Ah, I mean, after the job is done and as a token of my appreciation, I was referring to a little something for you?”
“Right.”
Shia paused to think for a moment.
What’s the minimum wage these days?
I guess it’s over ten thousand won? Then…
“Would a hundred million won be okay?”
“………!!!”
The female student’s eyes grew wide at those words.
A hundred million is not something you casually toss around! It’s impossible to determine if Shia was speaking truthfully or not.
She had heard that hunter streamers make a lot of money, but could it really be that a hundred million was pocket change?!
“…Oh, is that not enough? Then how about one hundred fifty million? No, you mentioned you were working part-time, so accounting for that… would two hundred million be okay?”
“…Deal.”
“Deal? Really?!”
Working for just an hour and getting twenty million?
Declining would be foolish.
The female student had somewhat caught on to Shia’s vibe and appearance, realizing she was a powerful hunter and a wealthy hunter streamer.
If it went well, she could earn a fortune of twenty million. A strong hunter would never let her get hurt.
“Hehehe, thank you.”
“………”
What was that voice…
Hearing Shia’s voice up close, the female student, who had no resistance against mental manipulation, felt her heart shake intensely.
And so, with a beaming face, Shia took the female student’s hand, and they strolled through the Taurus Great Canyon.
Shia had prepared a strategy as well.
The female student might not have noticed, but centered around her, Shia had already activated [Orphan’s Sanctuary] and was dispersing sensory enhancements to detect all nearby monsters just in case.
“Alright, there it is!”
“Oh, it’s that dove from earlier…”
Shia and the female student arrived at a place where flocks of fugu doves were bobbing their heads up and down, pecking at the ground.
There were thousands of these puffer-doves almost visible to the naked eye, and Shia reached out her hand toward the female student from slightly behind her.
Miracle – Great Healing!
Just in case the female student felt tired.
And she absolutely couldn’t get hurt…
Miracle – Strength Enhancement!
Miracle – Reaction Enhancement!
Miracle – Durability Enhancement!
Blessing – Poison Immunity!
Miracle – Speed Enhancement!
Blessing – Continuous Healing!
Miracle – Orphan’s Sanctuary!
“Alright, we’re good.”
“Uh? What’s good?”
“Enhancements and blessings.”
“Uh?”
Shia’s enhancements and blessings were at a level where the target wouldn’t even feel any discomfort in their body.
Having blessed and enhanced knights and soldiers during the war against the demon king in her previous world countless times, she was quite knowledgeable in enhancement, healing, and blessings.
However, since the female student didn’t feel like anything had changed in her body, she looked at Shia with a puzzled expression.
“Now, let’s head out!”
“Wait?!”
Expression of confusion LOL
[But our streamer knows well what they’re doing. If someone doesn’t know who the streamer is, they’d probably think, what kind of nonsense is this? LOL]
[For real LOL]
“Quick, catch those fugu doves!”
“What!? What do you mean? Didn’t we have a plan or strategy?!”
“Yeah, we do!”
Saying that, Shia suddenly picked up the female student and threw her towards the flock of fugu doves.
“Gyaaaah!?”
“Catch a hundred! If you catch more than that, I’ll deposit more!”
“Waaah, I’m going to crash! I’m going to crash!!!”
I knew this would happen!
Hunters don’t understand human hearts!
She’s a malicious one!
Using me to gather views with brutal, stimulating content!
While flying through the air, the female student cursed at Shia, but while soaring, she found herself balancing her body and landing quite gracefully.
Thud!!!
“Uh…?”
The female student realized she had landed perfectly without any idea how that had happened.
Grrrrr!
– Guuuk!
– Kuuuk!
– Guuuuk!
The fugu doves sensed the disturbance of their territory upon the arrival of the uninvited female student.
They had no intention of letting her go.
For Shia, feeling the overwhelming power radiating from her, the fugu doves instinctively chose to flee. Still, they saw the female student in front of them as someone who posed no threat and naturally looked down on her.
A weakling had invaded.
Pathetic.
Spit at her and drive her away!
Get lost!
Ptooey!
“Eek!?”
One of the fugu doves spat out a substance that could dissolve fabric, and the female student instinctively dodged it, much to her own surprise.
– Guuk?
– Guuuk?
“Eh?”
The fugu doves were surprised, but the female student widened her eyes, unable to comprehend her own actions.
She hadn’t just taken one or two steps; she had jumped more than ten meters in a single bound to evade the attack.
Her body felt incredibly light.
No, it was beyond feeling light. Her brain was processing everything much faster and responding instantly.
What’s happening? Is this Hunter-nim’s enhancement and blessing?
At that moment, the female student finally grasped the meaning behind Shia’s enhancements and blessings.
With this kind of power, she could easily catch them herself, but Shia was offering her such powerful enhancements and blessings along with money, so the female student felt no need to hesitate any longer.
If she had this…!
Guuuuuuk!!!
With that, the female student charged straight ahead to catch the fugu dove that had just spat at her.
She couldn’t believe she had physically caught that puffed-up, irritating dove with her bare hands.
The speed was indeed remarkable, and now that she felt strong enough, the fugu dove’s flabby body didn’t budge at all despite its struggles.
“Alright…”
Before she knew it, the female student was getting drunk on her newfound strength and started taking down the doves one by one.
What’s more, the doves still regarded her as a ‘weakling’ and seemed completely unable to understand the current situation, so they didn’t even try to run away even as their comrades fell.
Thanks to the enhancements and blessings Shia had bestowed—as a powerless civilian, the balance of power had perfectly synchronized—the doves would faint instead of burst apart no matter how hard the female student hit them.
“Wow… she can punch surprisingly well?”
[Go! Pokémon! Capture the doves!]
[Streamer’s now delegating…]
[LOL!]
One, two, three.
The female student had absolutely loathed those fugu doves.
Time and again they’d leap out of the nearby gates, disrupting her work or commutes. In severe cases, their goopy spit had ruined her expensive clothes.
Naturally, the powerless female student had to swallow her frustration and run away, but not today.
“Ha! Now I’m stronger than you, you doves!!”
Ha ha ha!
The female student unleashed a punch fueled by her pent-up frustration at a fugu dove, and soon they began to stack up like small hills.
And thirty minutes later, the female student was able to present Shia with the lifeless bodies of over 300 fugu doves.
“Wow—oh…”
Over 300, huh?
That should be enough quantity.
As a token of gratitude, Shia immediately deposited 25 million won for the female student.
“Thank you! Please use me again!”
“Uh, I didn’t mean I would be using you again…”
After crossing the gate back to the convenience store, the female student instantly texted the store manager that she was quitting her part-time job, but that’s another story.
Either way, thanks to the female student’s help, Shia acquired a bounty of good-quality fugu dove bodies.
Alright, now I just have to dismantle all of this… season it… and get it ready…
“……”
[What are you doing?]
[Let’s not forget: The streamer is terrible at cooking!]
[Fails much more than succeeds LOL]
[But she’s surprisingly good at frying!]
[That’s not cooking, it’s just submerging it in oil!]
“But this isn’t chicken, it’s a fugu dove…? How do I even dismantle this thing….”
If it were a chicken, I could just rip off the head and feathers and that would do the trick. But this is a chimera hybrid of a pufferfish and a dove.
There was zero clue on how to dismantle it.
Even if I searched on my smartwatch, nothing was listed online.
Who on earth would think of dismantling and cooking fugu doves?
Lost in thought, Shia ultimately reached one conclusion.
“Menelapie! HELP!!!”
[Summon Ally – for emergencies!]
This time, I need to gather everyone!
Don’t even think about rejecting me!
As Shia slammed her hand down, sacred divine power began summoning allies across time and space to the Taurus Great Canyon.
“Eh?”
“Aah…”
“Oh!”
Wow! Teresa! Menelapie!
But why is Yeonseo Unnie here too?
She’s even holding corn!
