I Possess Too Many Characteristics

Chapter 41

‘I think I need to run away from this.’

That was Suyeon’s honest feeling.

With the current party’s strength, they couldn’t handle the Spirit’s Wrath.

The only option was to concentrate on breaking through one side of the encirclement and run to the Gate entrance.

It could be dangerous while being chased, but she felt like she could somehow cover that much.

That was why.

“What are you going to do?”

The one who asked the question, which could be considered somewhat rude, was.

But in such an emergency, how could there be room for rudeness?

As the most experienced Hunter, she simply asked a question she should have.

Then, instead of an explanation, Jeonghyeon responded with instructions.

“Sunhyeong-ssi, it will be tough, but please endure as much as possible while receiving the attribute attacks. I’ll support you if it gets urgent! Jeongah-ssi, even if it’s slow, take one sure step at a time. Sangsu-ssi, focus on slowing them down as you always do! Doyun-ssi, prioritize Sunhyeong-ssi as much as possible.”

In fact, they weren’t special orders.

When dealing with an encirclement, it was hard to have a strategy.

It was realistically the best to just confront it with the abilities they had.

Just by not taking any unnecessary risks, they could already be considered to have passed.

To be relieved just by not being intimidated and not collapsing under the overwhelming power difference.

That was what an encirclement battle was.

‘W, what?’

However, what surprised Suyeon even more wasn’t Jeonghyeon’s calm instructions.

Even if Jeonghyeon was like that, the other party members were also gathering their resolve without any hesitation at his instructions.

Their appearance was like a fixed party that had been working together for several years.

She had heard that they were a party formed less than two years ago.

Furthermore, that person named Jeonghyeon had joined only a month ago, and he wasn’t even an official member yet.

Was it even possible to unite towards an external center of gravity in such a crisis, just because instructions were given?

At least, Suyeon had never seen a similar situation.

“Okay!”

“I’ll trust you and follow!”

‘Are they really going to try it?’

It seemed like only Suyeon thought it was an unrealistic fight.

A party consisting of one unregistered Hunter and three E-ranks.

There was no way they could withstand the Spirit’s Wrath, was there?

But before she could even point that out, the party finished their battle preparations, and,

Whoosh━

The Spirits’ attack began.

The first was a typical projectile attack from a Fire Spirit.

‘Damn it, I don’t know either! It’s a Lowest-Grade Spirit, so it’ll work out somehow!’

Suyeon, with a tearful face, imbued Sunhyeong with Water attribute magic.

But somehow, the feeling of despair that she would die helplessly didn’t arise.

Maybe things would really work out somehow like this.

Maybe they would win the battle against the Spirits surrounding them.

The blind faith that that man couldn’t have ordered the battle without any confidence had taken root in her inner self without her realizing it.

Sunhyeong blocked the first attack without much damage, and,

Crackle━

Sangsu’s lightning magic, which spread wider than usual, tore through the air.

As before, the Lightning Spirits tried to defend in advance, but there was one variable.

“One Water, one Wind!”

Two Spirits that were attempting a charge from behind couldn’t dodge in time and entered the area of effect.

The charging Spirits were faster than before, but they were only about as fast as they were normally. However, even such a trivial thing was precious at this time.

“Jeongah-ssi, the Water Spirit! It’s moving in a straight line, so it’s easy to hit!”

Jeonghyeon shouted, raising his voice.

Jeongah, who was aiming and waiting for an opportunity to attack, pulled the string tautly according to the instructions.

The speed was quite fast, but as Jeonghyeon said, the path was straight towards them.

Once she aimed, her skill could guarantee a sufficient hit rate.

Ping━

“I hit it!”

The result was a hit, but the destructive power was a little lacking.

The Water Spirit staggered backward with the arrow stuck in its core, but it didn’t disappear.

Jeongah quickly shot the next arrow, taking advantage of the gap, but it was blocked by the Fire Spirit’s interception that flew in at the right time, resulting in failure.

Meanwhile, the Water Spirit retreated completely to the rear and entered a recovery state.

It was an achievement to have separated one Spirit, but Jeonghyeon didn’t have time to pay attention to that.

His senses, which spread out and occupied all directions, were busy just keeping all the Spirits under surveillance.

At that moment, a sharp momentum shot in from behind.

‘Behind!’

Jeonghyeon’s body quickly turned.

There was no front or back in an encirclement, but the opposite side of Sunhyeong was relatively vulnerable.

A Lightning Spirit was charging at high speed.

Its target was the Healer, Doyun.

If the Healer got injured early in the battle, it would cause a major setback.

It was a situation where Jeonghyeon might have to block it with his body if necessary.

Rather than someone in the rear getting hit, Jeonghyeon, who had high natural healing power, had to act as a secondary Tanker.

“Suyeon-ssi, Earth attribute on the mace!”

“Got it!”

The counter attribute of the Lightning Spirit was Earth.

In an attack situation, it wasn’t an extreme counter, but it was enough to prevent conduction through the weapon and significantly weaken the Lightning Spirit’s electricity just by touching the core.

Jeonghyeon, confirming that the mace was imbued with an earthy aura, rushed out at the same time and positioned himself between the Spirit and Doyun.

Fortunately, the situation wasn’t bad enough that Jeonghyeon had to endure it with his body.

It seemed like he could manage one attack.

‘Definitely the core!’

Since it was lightning and earth, hitting anywhere other than the core was meaningless.

Jeonghyeon, who had already set his target, would pass through and reach Doyun.

Jeonghyeon took a breath and focused all his senses on the incoming Lightning Spirit.

It felt like time was flowing slowly.

And in that sensation, Jeonghyeon aimed for the faint red line toward Doyun,

‘Now!’

He swung the mace.

Crack━

The mace completely shattered the Spirit’s core and passed through.

The remnants of the Spirit crackled and wailed, but soon disappeared as they clashed with the Earth attribute magic.

It felt like playing baseball, although the level of danger couldn’t be compared.

Jeonghyeon briefly looked down at the mace in his hand.

It was definitely incomparable to the previous one-handed mace.

Compared to Doil’s mace, the word crude came to mind.

On the other hand, the current mace felt like it was custom-made, fitting perfectly in his hand, from the center of gravity to the striking point.

The magic conduction rate was also much better than he had expected.

That was it.

Jeonghyeon, finishing his fleeting thoughts, focused on the battle situation again.

They were doing well so far.

They had pushed back one Water Spirit and annihilated one Lightning Spirit.

Especially in the case of the Lightning Spirit, it was a troublesome one that endured Sangsu’s magic with its body, so it had a greater meaning than simply reducing their numbers by one.

Suyeon looked at him with surprised eyes and then rather hastily imbued Sunhyeong with magic.

Such a great achievement with just two exchanges of attacks.

It could still be considered a probing attack, but the loss of each Spirit would be painful for them.

Moreover, Suyeon had to drastically revise her thoughts about Jeonghyeon.

‘Wasn’t his trait Throwing Technique?’

Suyeon had only seen Jeonghyeon hunting by throwing daggers.

Even that was more than enough for an F-rank Level 3, so she had been thinking that Jeonghyeon probably had a roughly E or D-rank Throwing Technique trait.

Strictly speaking, Throwing Technique was also classified as an Agility type.

It was still a mystery why his senses were so sharp for an indirect stat boost, and why he was hiding his trait.

But the way he was wielding the mace now was another conundrum that couldn’t be explained by a simple low-grade Throwing Technique.

‘What kind of trait is it?’

The Lightning Spirit that Jeonghyeon had killed wasn’t even affected by Sangsu’s slowing effect.

Throwing daggers and directly wielding a mace were incomparable in terms of accuracy, but to annihilate a charging Lowest-Grade Spirit in one hit, at least a D-rank weapon skill close to Level 2 was needed.

But then, another question remained unresolved.

‘Then what about the Throwing Technique?’

Having more than one trait was ridiculous, wasn’t it?

Then it meant that one trait was extraordinarily high.

‘Maybe B-rank or higher?’

That was the reason why Suyeon’s internal evaluation of Jeonghyeon was skyrocketing.

In fact, in Jeonghyeon’s case, it was a case where he could hit it because of his senses and physical enhancement trait, and the synergy that allowed him to predict the Spirit’s movements, rather than because he was good at wielding a mace.

In short, his mace-wielding skill itself wasn’t special, but it was easy to hit a ball whose trajectory he could clearly see.

To Suyeon, who didn’t know the circumstances, he just looked like a monster.

“Jeongah-ssi, the Wind Spirit at 7 o’clock, can you hit it?”

“I’ll try!”

Suyeon, who had been lost in thought, was finally able to return to reality at Jeonghyeon’s voice.

The Wind Spirit that Jeonghyeon mentioned was protruding quite far forward, even though it wasn’t in a charging pattern.

Suyeon quickly imbued Jeongah’s arrowhead with the Fire attribute.

Ping━

The quickly fired arrow, with a clean trajectory,

Whoosh━

Stuck in the Spirit’s core and ignited a flame.

That was enough to annihilate it.

“Uh…… uh?”

And Jeongah’s slightly dazed expression.

Soon, her expression brightened, and she shouted.

“I, I leveled up! I’m Level 3 now!”

“We’ll celebrate to our heart’s content after it’s over. 3 o’clock, containment!”

Since she had greatly increased her accuracy against a Spirit that was difficult to hit, it was natural for her proficiency level to increase.

The increase in strength was more than welcome when they were short-handed.

Although everyone couldn’t take their eyes off the Spirits surrounding them, smiles played on their lips.

Sangsu’s lightning magic repeatedly slowed the Spirits,

Jeongah took care of the distant Spirits,

And Jeonghyeon countered the charging Spirits.

Doyun and Sunhyeong were also doing a good job of dispersing and covering the countless attacks that were raining down, without putting themselves in danger.

It was a situation where they were working together perfectly.

Suyeon felt her heart swelling with emotion.

Although she wasn’t at a particularly high rank, she was a C-rank, which was more than enough to be treated well anywhere.

She had also received the rare Magic Imprinting trait.

She had joined Jeongjin, which others envied, and had been placed under Cha Junwon in the HR team, where her future was guaranteed.

As she spent her days like that, her life had become dull without her realizing it.

Hunts were always with Hunters of a higher rank than her, so they were no different from being carried, and the low-rank Hunters she met through work were boring.

She thought this hunt would be the same.

‘This is so much fun!’

Certainly, the crisis wasn’t over yet.

Numerous Spirits were frantically trying to kill them with their respective attributes.

But as long as there was hope of overcoming that situation, the kind of people who felt thrilled were Hunters.

Just like that time when she entered a Gate with the first people she met after her first Awakening.

And the person who was leading her, the party’s current situation, was none other than Jeonghyeon.

Whether he was unregistered or had Throwing Technique wasn’t that important to him.

━Suyeon-ssi, a Hunter’s worth isn’t simply determined by their rank and level.

The words he had said to her with a sincere smile when she grumbled about why he was working so hard to find a low-rank Hunter who was just like any other.

Now, Suyeon felt like she could finally understand the meaning of those words.