I Am The Anti-Mage

Chapter 111: It's Tough

“What business did you come here for it? It is quite surprising. You could have called me instead of bothering to come here, Dal-soo~ya.”

“It’s okay, Hyung~nim. It’s no trouble.”

Dal-soo then stopped his words. He looked at Chief Yoon, who was also in the room.

Chairman Yu understood the gesture and told Chief Yoon to wait and close the door from the outside.

Now, only Dal-soo and Chairman Yu got left in the room. He sat in front of the desk, opposite Chairman Yu.

He took a deep breath before opening his mouth again. He started talking about his experience with Ji-woo. He didn’t cover up all the events that had happened in the slightest. He spoke according to what he saw, heard, and felt.

Chairman Yu listened while frowning. The story he heard was like something that made no sense at all, especially on the part of a hunter who could defeat an S-rank. But able to casually enter a tier-3 Portal Gate without causing any Mana restriction.

Being able to beat an S-rank meant at least the opponent was of the same rank. And the Portal Gate that could get entered was only tier-5 and tier-6. No hunters could enter the Portal Gate below that tier, no matter what method got used. The existence of such a Portal Gate was absolute. The rules of the Portal Gate they already knew had never been wrong.

Apex-ranked Hunters and ArchMage had already tried to break through the Mana restriction before. But as a result, those two classes that others referred to as people from the God realm couldn’t do anything to the Portal Gate.

How could Chairman Yu believe that story!?

Dal-soo knew that what he was telling was hard to believe. Thus, he assured Chairman Yu that he had no intention of making things up.

Chairman Yu tapped the desk for a moment then called the Management Division to inquire about Ji-woo. As already mentioned, Ji-woo was just an E-rank hunter. And no doubt, the assessment came from the Hunters Association who gave the hunters their ID license.

He wanted to know the process. How could a hunter with strength that could defeat an S-rank be able to have such a mismatched license ID?

It was the job of the Hunters Association to register hunters correctly and according to reality. It got done to ensure that the data on hunters belonging to a country was accurate. It could also help to adjust the situation in the event of a Red Gate. On the unimportant side, the hunter ID could serve to facilitate recruitment for small and medium-sized guilds.

Chairman Yu raised one of his eyebrows. The reports he heard from the call were vague and incomplete.

“Chief Lee carried out the assessment. What’s more, it only used the Portable Mana Detection.” Chairman Yu passed on the information he heard to Dal-soo.

“In the meantime, that’s all we have. Chief Lee is currently unreachable due to a field survey. You know yourself how troublesome a Portal Gate can be. If it shows up somewhere and no one knows its whereabouts.”

It couldn’t get helped. Dal-soo could only wait now. He couldn’t conclude or think about his next move if he didn’t know the story from Chief Lee’s side.

“So, what do you want me to do? Honestly, I still can’t believe what you’re saying. As long as I don’t see it in person, I think it’s just an obscure fairy tale from you.”

“Nothing. Just keep this a secret between the two of us. I know it’s hard to believe. But, one thing I ask if Hyung~nim tries to find out about this is not to spy on him.”

Chairman Yu stared for a while at Dal-soo. He wanted to make sure that Dal-soo was really serious. He sighed.

“Alright, I’ll do that.

“Also, let’s say the story is 100 percent true. Isn’t that a good thing? A strong hunter and able to enter the lower-tier Portal Gate would be the ultimate breakthrough for us. It would be beneficial for South Korea. Why are you feeling worried?”

Dal-soo smiled wryly at that statement. “Hyung~nim, he’s a different individual. It’s not like us who think about the fate of our land. He’s almost the same as most hunters out there. Their interests are above everyone else’s.”

“Wouldn’t it be easier if that was the situation?”

“Huh!? What do you mean, Hyung~nim?”

“We only need to make the survival of the country one of his interests. The problem is solved. Isn’t it? You don’t have to worry that he will become a threat again.”

Dal-soo got taken aback by the suggestion. He didn’t think about it beforehand because he was too focused on Ji-woo’s existence. The phenomenon where Mana could not get traced at all on Ji-woo made him unable to think calmly.

However, before long, Dal-soo shook his head in disapproval.

“No matter how hard and far I imagine the idea in my head. It’s still a difficult thing to do. It’s harder than tackling a tier-5 or tier-6.”

“Why do you say that?”

Dal-soo took a quick breath. “That’s because he has the power to look down on South Korea as a country that has a superpower fighting force.”

“Didn’t you say at the start he was below Apex-rank and above S-rank?”

“Do you remember when I said the darkness dawned upon me while trying to stop him from leaving? It was at that moment that I felt that his strength was beyond measure. Not by the standards of our hunter power system.

“Until now, that feeling sometimes comes to me for a moment. It felt like the Mana in my body came alive like it had life and was screaming hysterically in fear like it wanted to run away from him.”

Chairman Yu still thought it was an unbelievable thing. He suspected Dal-soo was exaggerating the story too much.

“Anyway, let’s wait for Chief Lee to come and tell us the story. We’ll know what it’s like later.

“Oh, right. You don’t have anything else to do today, do you?”

“Nothing. The guild affairs are almost all taken care of by Miss Seol. And Junior Choi and Bae are doing well. The two S-rank hunters have also recovered.”

“Yes, you’re right.”

Chairman Yu then asked the other staff to bring two iced americanos to the room while he and Dal-soo waited for Chief Lee to arrive.

The two of them chatted about the armory shop, which had suddenly become bustling. Those few days were indeed the busiest days for the shop. There were good quality weapons and items, which were commensurate with C-rank hunters and above. No wonder many tried to find out and swarmed the place.

Dal-soo was happy to hear that there was a supply of items and weapons for the hunters. Moreover, the quality was promising.

He did have the same principles as Chairman Yu. They were people who prioritized the survival of mankind over profit.

Chief Lee finally arrived at the Hunter Association headquarters after about two hours. He immediately got summoned to Chairman Yu’s room.

Once in the room, he then recounted what happened the day he detected Ji-woo’s Mana and gave the hunter’s ID card to him.

Chairman Yu looked at Dal-soo after hearing what Chief Lee had to say. Meanwhile, Dal-soo just sat pensively, thinking about something.

Chief Lee, who was also in the room, looked confused and didn’t understand why he had to talk about Ji-woo. He looked at Chairman Yu and Oh Dal-soo in turn, waiting for further instructions. However, what he got was instead told to leave the room and continue his activities as before.

“What are you thinking about?” Chairman Yu asked Dal-soo.

Dal-soo tilted his head slightly. “I’ll try talking to him to do a reassessment for the hunter rank.”

Chairman Yu rolled his eyes.

“Do you still want to push the theory about him having no Mana at all? Isn’t that overreacting?

“I’m also a little suspicious of the test results. That’s because, basically, we rarely use Portable Mana Detection for assessment hunters. But reassessing? Are you sure about that?”

Dal-soo nodded his head and made Chairman Yu exhale deeply.

“Fine. Just tell me the time later. And I’ll book the room for a reassessment with the Mana Detection Core. It’s really not that easy to clear the area since it’s the supervision of the Management Division. I’m not an exception to that.”

It was the only way to know whether Ji-woo had Mana or not. The Mana Detection Core was an impartially accurate machine and could detect Mana better than the hunter’s senses. At least it would give some knowledge about Ji-woo to them.

The problem was how to ask Ji-woo to do the reassessment. In bribes with a tier-3 Portal Gate alone can only be rewarded a few questions. What if Ji-woo got told to do that? Should Dal-soo sacrifice another top-tier Portal Gate? The Demigod Guild would certainly not be happy about that. Moreover, Seol In-ah. He would definitely discuss the matter with the guild headmaster, Cho Gang-ho.

“Ah, it’s tough!”