The Genius Assassin Who Takes it All - Chapter 3

Episode 3 Escape (3)

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While going down the dark slope, relying on the moonlight.

Kanghu thought about the numerous situations that occurred simultaneously in a short period of time.

During the escape, he killed three guards. This is something that never happened in the original.

‘If I think about my still pitiful proportion in this world, the future will not change to this extent.’

I hoped that the future would not be distorted until I grew up enough.

Because you will be able to enjoy what you know.

In any case, with today’s change, the contract with the Holy See was concluded a whopping three years early.

You are ready to become stronger.

You must utilize these characteristics and abilities fiercely and constantly.

Otherwise, the reason you chose to escape will fade.

Sasat. Sasasat.

I heard footsteps coming closer and closer along the slope.

It was early in the morning so I couldn’t make out who it was, but there was one thing I could confirm for sure.

‘I am a hunter who signed a contract with the Constellation.’

It was the red dot visible above the head of the hunter tracking this way.

This is because the Constellation Stealing ability obtained by signing a contract with a Dimension Stealer has been activated as a trait.

If you own a constellation, you have a constellation search ability that automatically displays a red dot above your head, revealing your location.

【Skilled communicator】

【Neutral tendency constellation. It is a constellation with mana tracking ability.】

‘Ah, this is why you can track me. You will feel the flow of mana.’

I found out why I could accurately pinpoint this location from afar without a single light.

Unless there are special cases, that hunter will be at least level 100.

This is because you generally proceed with a contract with a constellation when you reach level 100.

It is a procedure called ‘selection’.

Of course, contracts could be reached at much lower levels.

If it was a constellation of lower status, there were cases where it deliberately tied down a contractor early by seducing a contractor who did not know anything about the world.

In the end, everything depends on one’s own abilities.

In any case, if you are a level 100 hunter, you cannot hope for a fluke in the current situation.

Head-on confrontation should be avoided.

instead.

‘Drag and strike.’

A good idea came to Kang-hu’s mind and he stopped behind a tall tree standing tall in front of him.

Although we could guess where each other was, it was a complete blind spot where we couldn’t see with our own eyes.

wickedness!

Ganghu cut his palm with the long sword he was holding.

And with his hand, which was dripping with fresh blood, he grabbed a stone with all his might.

It was covered in thick blood.

After some time passed like that.

grasp!

I pushed the rock with all my might into a spot that was eye level with the thick tree in front of me.

Because the tree trunk had deep grooves, it was not difficult to push a flat stone into it.

He drew out all the remaining mana and breathed it into the stone once more.

“······.”

Then, while holding my breath, I suppressed my mana hypersensitivity state.

This is because if left in its original state, it explosively attracts mana from the surrounding area.

Then there is no point in camouflaging.

“Wow.”

I immediately felt nauseous, perhaps because I was doing something I shouldn’t have done. At the same time, it tasted like iron.

Signs before fainting due to hypersensitivity.

Because you use and recover too much mana in a short period of time, your body becomes overloaded and cannot withstand it.

Kanghu clenched his molars.

When it successfully moved laterally, targeting the tree visible behind its back, its body became transparent.

Fasth! Fasth! Taang!

Eventually, the hunter, who had narrowed the distance using his movement skills, threw his body forward with all his might.

Since the location where the mana was felt was exactly behind the tree, they concentrated their firepower there without any hesitation.

“You rat!”

The weapon he was holding was an axe.

Pow!

When the heavy ax blade struck the side of the tree, the entire tree shook and the dent in the ax was bent diagonally.

but.

“doesn’t exist?”

The most important being was missing.

It was Ganghu.

The reward that came back to the hunter who turned on the waste was a sharp long sword that came from nowhere.

Phew!

“Kkeokkeok…!”

The long sword pierced under the chin passed through the middle of the face and came out above the forehead.

Kang Hu’s plan worked.

No matter how high-level a hunter he is, he doesn’t have a chin of steel.

It was a defeat by a hunter who was so confident in his own abilities and was certain of Ganghu’s location that he missed the perimeter.

【You killed the target and stole the contract with the ‘Skilled Communicator’.】

【The ‘Skilled Communicator’ becomes a slave to the ‘Dimension Stealer’ and cannot escape it other than extinction or termination of the contract.】 【The

‘Skilled Communicator’ All abilities will be inherited by you.】

If this message appears, it means that the Hunter has died. Or there is no hope of survival at all.

“Kukkeokkeokkeokkeokkeokkeokkeokkeokkeokkeokkeokkeokkeokkeokkeokkeokkeokkeokkeokkeokkeokkeokkeokkeokkeokkeokkeok…”

Hunter fell down with an expression of disbelief and grabbed Kanghu’s body as much as he could.

I’ve never heard of a hunter who can steal a Constellation’s contract and make it his own.

If there was, I would have remembered it.

Because it’s an ability that’s no different from fraud.

But this prison escapee who had a long sword stuck in his face had such an absurd ability.

Coo!

Hunter collapsed.

The heart that had stopped breathing could not beat again.

【View additional abilities】

【Mana tracking ability】

【Night vision】

“Good.”

I gained useful abilities.

As soon as I gained night vision ability, my dark vision changed as if I was wearing infrared night vision goggles.

The Mana Tracking ability will help this Hunter find hidden enemies just like they tracked him.

but.

“Uweeeek!”

Perhaps because I used too much mana again with the previous blow, this time I let out an unbearable vomit.

It was in such bad condition that red blood came out mixed with it.

“If I push myself just a little harder, I’ll just roll over here.”

Kanghu looked around.

Just then, a new road comes into view a little further down the slope.

And not far away, a dump truck loaded with sand was approaching.

“I have to take care of this first…”

Ganghu grabbed his dizzy head and took an ax and a necklace and bracelet from the dead hunter.

Without even having time to check what the structure was, I ran at full speed and threw myself onto the sand of the truck with all my might.

Cheolpudeok!

A body that has become one with the sand.

“Whoa.”

Kanghu let out a hot sigh and looked at the dawn sky.

“It’s so clear.”

I was lost in thought for a long time without saying a word, immersed in the shimmer of twinkling stars.

Where should I start?

First, you need a safe place.

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30 minutes later.

A man who had just received news from the Cheongmyeong camp was checking the information.

Donghyun Kang.

He was the 3rd in Eclipse’s hierarchy and the de facto leader, excluding the 1st and 2nd ranks whose identities were shrouded in mystery.

Eclipse, a criminal organization that was raging in the Chungcheong region, was famous for manpower exploitation.

In particular, many workers were employed in the magic stone mine, and the magic stones made a lot of money.

As the Age of Hunters began, some minerals changed into magic stones, and Cheongmyeong Mountain was also a magic stone mine that changed in that way.

“You’re so smart to think about going out the front door. “The arrogance that was unbecoming of an inmate must have been his weapon.”

Kang Dong-hyun nodded.

I don’t know how he came up with the idea, but I was impressed by Kang-hoo who found the most obvious answer.

【Shinganghu】

【Level 10. Assassin class.】

【All items were confiscated upon admission, and there is no training information afterward. There is no residence information identified.】

I also checked Kanghu’s information enclosed in the report.

Like most inmates, he was a beginner whose specs were such that he could not even properly fight against the guards.

No matter how much it flies and crawls, it will be incapacitated in an instant if it has just one guard attached to it.

Even the lowest-ranking level 3 guard had the basic skills to exceed at least level 35.

however.

“A level 10 hunter has captured 45, 55, 2 constellations, and up to 100…? “You crazy bastard.”

Kang Dong-hyun lit the cigarette in his mouth.

I feel like a blind fool for believing the report literally.

It makes no sense in common sense.

If you are a level 10 hunter, your dungeon combat experience will be limited.

Even after living in the camp for more than two years, the fighting spirit itself must have almost disappeared.

I don’t know what the target is, but it takes a powerful blow to defeat hunters like that without even trying.

“One stabbed the side of the neck from behind with a chopstick. The two were put in the back seat and their heads were split open. The last one also has mana tracking abilities, but got stabbed under the chin…?”

It is a shocking result.

At this level, I wonder if he was just asking me to kill him.

Kang Dong-hyun was not angry about the fact that Kang-hu escaped.

Because prisoner escapes are common.

The absence of Kang-hu does not mean that work becomes paralyzed.

Anyway, kidnapping a worker again would be enough.

However, people are interested because he is said to be a level 10 hunter who instantly defeated a fairly high level hunter.

“I’m interested in a strange place.”

Kang Dong-hyun’s eyes deepened as much as the cigarette smoke he inhaled.

I never thought there would be interest in a prison escapee who was defined as a loser in life.

However, Kang Hu’s actions were special enough to make it worth it.

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Near Daejeon Station.

Kang-hu managed to find a public phone, which is hard to find, and made a call from his memory.

It was a number deeply embedded in my subconscious that naturally came to me as I was synchronized with Shin Kang-hoo in the original work.

– hello?

I hear a woman’s voice.

A familiar voice.

I felt relieved because it seemed like I had made proper contact.

“It’s me, Ganghu.”

– Oppa Kang-hu?

“uh.”

– brother! What on earth happened that I can’t contact you for over 2 years? Even if we broke up, it’s the same…

A voice that seemed to be harsh, but also full of regret and sorrow, was heard.

Her name is Han Seo-yeon.

She was Kang-hoo’s ‘ex’ girlfriend.

They broke up due to personality differences.

So even though we broke up, we often kept in touch as if we were just like a typical male friend or female friend.

We lost contact two years ago.

There was no way she knew what happened to Kang-hu.

“That happened.”

Since I didn’t have the strength to tell the whole story in detail, I stopped talking briefly.

Even though time has passed, since they know each other better than anyone else, she also changed the direction of her answer to Kang-hu’s words.

– What do you need, brother?

“Just one day. “Let’s rest at your house.”

– okay. I’ll pick you up right away. Where is it?

“Public phone next to Exit 5 of Daejeon Station. Sorry.”

-What are you sorry about? Considering what my brother did for me in the past, this is a natural repayment. wait! Go quickly!