Level Up Monster

Chapter 27

It was at night, with deep darkness descending like mist.

A man, Kim Ji-Han, was walking in an alley while talking to someone on the phone.

"One more was killed 3 days ago. Yep. Total 2's. No, I don't know either. Not even the police knew, so it was impossible for me either. Yep. Both are revenge killings. This is revenge, because revenge, because nothing is taken after the commission of the crime itself. Yeah, well. I told you I don't know who it is. I can't even feel this guy. But still, I checked all the pay, just in case. I'll let the result know the end … "

Kim Ji Han suddenly stopped talking. The reason for that was because a man was standing in the corner of the alley. Since the person's back is turned away, Ji-Han can't see his face, but it's not too difficult to know that it's him who is judging from his high altitude and athletic form.

"… Please wait a minute. Don't hang up the phone."

Ji-Han holds the phone in one hand and slowly approaches the man. However, an ominous feeling was suddenly swept away by his senses. He realized that he should not get too close. The instinct of a vampire was busy telling him so. So, he began to carefully rearrange his steps backwards.

"Yes. I'm leaving now."

However, as if to say that his worries were wrong, the man spoke to his own cell phone and left the alley. Breathing in relief, Ji-Han picks up the phone to her face.

"…. That's a false alarm."

As he finished speaking, a gigantic shadow fell on him from above. He couldn't even say a word. Terrifying fangs tore his throat apart, and terrible hands plucked his hands.

The blood of a vampire is cold. A cold feeling like a cold shower enveloped his body. And at the same time, several warning windows appeared.

►The Skill Skill Skill Level for Passive Skills "Beast Meat" has increased from F to D.

►The Skill Proficiency Level for Passive Skills "High Strength Wolf Claw" has increased from F to D.

►The Skill Proficiency Level for "Predator" Passive Skills has increased from F to D.

►The Skill Proficiency Level for the Passive Skill "Wolf Fragrance" has increased from D to C-.

"Oi, oi!!!" – "Oi, oi !!!"

As he enjoyed his level of ecstasy, a sound came out from the mobile phone that fell to the ground.

Kim Sae-Jin lightly stepped on and crushed it.

*

The next day. Sae-Jin heads to the coffee shop to meet Yu Sae-Jung. The meeting had to be postponed for two weeks as both were filled with things to do.

Yu Sae-Jung is waiting for him inside the most luxurious coffee shop in the city. He sat alone in the corner of the store, arranging his phone. Although she still had the youthful feeling of a High School girl, there was an advanced aura flowing from her as well.

Sae-Jin carefully approaches her and sits on the opposite side. Suddenly, the attention from the environment is focused here.

"Ah, have you arrived? It's been a long time."

Yu Sae-Jung speaks casually as she turns off the projection.

"Did you see anything?"

"News articles. Another vampire murder happened yesterday. I heard this is already the third victim."

Sae-Jin's heart loses its beat there. But he quickly adjusted his thoughts and casually nodded his head.

"Oh. I saw that too. By the way .... What's that next to you?"

He did not want to deliberately walk the path of this conversation and make himself more sick, so he changed the subject and asked about the rectangular box next to him.

"Oh, this? I wonder, would you recognize her if you saw her …?"

Sae-Jung puts the box on the table in a strange voice. And with his lips twitching in a smile that was barely hidden, he opened the lid of the box.

"…Huh?!"

Kim Sae-Jin was shocked. However, the reason for that was somewhat different from what he had thought.

"Seeing your reaction, you must have seen the program I was in? It's that dagger. Iron Dagger with excellent Mana infusion."

Sae-Jung has a smug smile on his face. Hey, I'm this kind of a woman . It was as if she proudly declared, Hey, I'm a woman like this.

"… Here, how did you get this dagger?"

He asked seriously. He was really, really curious. This dagger, without a doubt, was his creation. But now it is in the hands of others without his consent. Well, the tournament organizers said that they would take care of the proposed product sales, but still, they did not even ask for his opinion …

"Our Knight Order is the biggest sponsor of the tournament so we can pick one item each Round before the others can. So, we quickly took this dagger."

"… Oh, is that true? Then, did you contact the person who made this weapon?"

Yu Sae-Jung shook his head with a regretful expression.

"I can't. I really wanted to, but strangely enough, this person wanted to be contacted by post only. And that address is not for the house but actually, just a post office in Gangwon as well …. I did send him a letter, but seeing that there was no answer. "

"Ah. Oh…"

Now that he had heard the reason, the mistake lay only in his memory. He smiled apologetically and scratched the back of his neck.

"By the way, does Miss Sae-Jung need something like that? I thought you had a better weapon."

"Yes. Thas right. But this dagger, there's something special about it. Usually, daggers with short blades did not have a good build up in the Mana infusion so it was more difficult to use Mana with it, but this one was different."

He said that, and while gripping the dagger, sent his Mana there. Shunng. A terrifying cold voice accompanied Mana Blade swiftly rising from the dagger itself.

"Hows it? This is great, right? If this is this much, it could serve as my backup weapon. That's why I bought it."

"Ah, haha…. It's a good purchase. Such stuff is hard to come by, after all."

Finding her bright and satisfied expression as if she was a child who had just received a rather adorable new toy, Sae-Jin ends up smiling happily with her as well.

"Yes. I thought the same thing. The carving on the surface of the blade is also very complicated.. Almost like it is a work of art, you know? Even my father was tempted by this dagger."

Yu Sae-Jung pulls his Mana and carefully saves the dagger back into a luxurious box. He felt somewhat happy for some reason and stared at the box for a while. Since his work was stored inside a luxurious container, didn't that mean that his dagger was also a luxury item?

However, Yu Sae-Jung misunderstands the intention behind her gaze. He hurriedly stuffed the box into his bag. It was a rather hasty move.

When Sae-Jin looks at her in surprise, her body trembles for a moment as she avoids direct eye contact.

"…. Are you worried about me asking you for that?"

"… !!"

It looks like he hit a nail on his head. Yu Sae-Jung's face looked stiff, and it was coloring with an undesirable color of defeat. I shouldn't have boasted about it to him – and after biting her lower lip, she reliably opened her mouth to speak . His expression was like, I shouldn't brag about it to him – and after biting his lower lip, he reluctantly opened his mouth to speak.

"… If .. you want it, I can give it to you. After all, you are my benefactor .. Of course I have to give it to you .. If you want it …"

He stuffed his trembling hand into the bag to search for the box. But ... Instead of the box containing the dagger, she started to take out things like make up, purses, books, gold bars ... Gold bars ?! Something with rather large implications appeared in the middle there, but in truth, it was all his tactics to waste time as long as possible.

"… It's okay. I can't use a weapon like that. I can't use Mana."

"Is that true? Too bad, then."

As soon as Sae-Jin says those words – Sae-Jung sighs in relief and starts pushing all the trash on the table back into his bag.

"That's it, but why did we meet here today?"

When Sae-Jin asks the real reason for the meeting, her eyes open wide upon realizing that she has forgotten all that.

"Ah, that. Hunting, I previously suggested that we hunt together. I have to apologize. Two days from now, I'm scheduled to go hunting. I want Mr. Sae-Jin to accompany me."

"Oh .. It should depend on the time ... How many hours do you plan to hunt?"

Since the amount of time he could spend as a human was limited, it would not work for him if his hunt was too long to complete.

"About two hours. I also have other plans after that, so I can't hunt together for too long either."

"Mmc …. All right, then."

Kim Sae-Jin smiles and grabs a handshake.

Two hours . There were more than enough people willing to pay a sufficient amount just to meet Yu Sae-Jung. For someone with his status, he was very willing to invest just two hours of his time.

"See you."

When he started shaking his hand, a black car stopped in front of the coffee shop. It was the right time, it was.

"I'll go now. Oh, do you need a ride?"

"No, thank you. I'll be fine alone."

"If that's the case, then I'll move on."

Sae-Jung walks upright first and then suddenly, starts walking awkwardly as she leaves the store. It seems like he hasn't gotten used to walking in high heels just yet.

Witnessing the high school girl's act, Sae-Jin smiles a little before she herself leaves the coffee shop.

*

After separating from her, Sae-Jin goes to the same lamppost where she finds a brochure. As before, there was another leaflet there. Outwardly, it was an advertisement for "home for sale" but in fact it was information about the next job, judging by the smell of blood coming out of it.

'Gangwon Province, Hoengseong County, Starlight Apartment is soon available for purchase !! Contact 05-01-0239-4039. '

Location is Starlight Apartment in Hoengseong. And the difficulty is .. 05. The vampire he treated yesterday was 02, so in comparison, this one should be 2.5 times more difficult.

"… Hmm."

Sae-Jin suffers for a moment. He was getting stronger, somewhat, after hunting many Monsters and absorbing their Mana Stones, but …

As he continues to suffer, OLED billboards hanging on to a building show shocking news.

Now, we bring you a public announcement from the Special Investigation Division of the Police regarding the serial kills of Vampires . – Now, I, we bring you a public announcement from the Police Special Investigation Division about the Vampire serial murders.

– How are you, this is Chief Yu Baek-Song of the Police Special Investigation Division.

It was the famous Special Police Chief that even Sae-Jin knew. Perhaps, he was the most famous person in the entire country.

Long white hair. A pair of sharp but also elegant eyes, lips engraved with determined vigor. Looking outwardly beautiful, she is the only type of Divine Beast Soo-in in South Korea. He is the White Tiger, Yu Baek-Song.

A bloodline that was widely recognized as having superior strength than the highest ranked High Knight flowed within him.

The days of sanctioned kills ended in utter failure a long time ago, leaving nothing but bloodshed and hatred behind . – The approved murder days ended in a very long failure, a very long failure, leaving nothing but bloodshed and hatred. We at the Special Investigation Division, in order to prevent a repeat of the past mistakes, will swear to the high heavens not to make any effort in investigating a series of murders involving Vampires. We have determined that all three murders were hate crimes committed by one person.

Even Sae-Jin feels momentarily pressured by someone as important as Yu Baek-Song personally announcing it on TV.

– And now, as part of our ongoing investigation, we will reveal the identity of the main suspect.

Ever since he used the name Lycan, he was ready to face the suspicions of the Vampires, but still, his heart had to beat fast here.

But it was only for a moment.

– The main suspect calls himself The Lycan, and he is an A rank Mercenary human, the highest. Operating for almost 2 decades now, and his job completion rate of 100%, he was confirmed to be a true veteran among mercenary veterans. Operating only in the shadows, and as a consequence, few if any people knew about him, this Mercenary even earned the nickname Legend …

Highest rating. 100% completion rate%. A veteran. And a Legend, etc., etc …. Hearing all the blurbs about her unreasonable self, only then did Sae-Jin understand what Boss Tavern meant, as she proudly boasted not having to worry about revealing her identity.

The supervision of the governing mercenaries had collapsed a long time ago. So, as long as the Boss says so, it becomes the truth. On top of that, there were no other mercenaries to refute it as a lie. The boss had already fired the first salvo saying that very few people knew him, but even without such deception, however, the Mercenary was a very independent individual, he said, so that they would not be interested in the affairs of the other Mercenaries.

– That's all we've found so far. That's why, we're looking for those who have worked with this Lycan in the last 20 years. Residents, maybe Retired Army Pay …

'I think I should lie down for a while. '

The false information on the application form had become a veil that completely covered up the truth but, Yu Baek-Song's existence still exerted a lot of pressure. The relationship between wolves and tigers is a relationship between prey and predators, so there is also that. Of course, a fully grown wolf in an unnatural way like him would eat a tiger easily, but Yu Baek-Song was not just any tiger. He was a Divine Beast, a bloody White Tiger, to boot.