Ranker’s Return

s a slight slope.’

Hyeonu stopped still and looked at the scenery in front of him. There was no more flat land. A rough, rocky area blocked Hyeonu’s way.

‘The good news is that it isn’t steep.’

There was good luck among the misfortune. The slope wasn’t steep.
Instead, it changed over a reasonable distance like a staircase.

“It is far, Master dude.
Is this a gorge? Isn’t it a mountain?”

Tang-E sat on Hyeonu’s shoulder and looked up like his neck was broken to observe the view of the gorge. The end of the gorge couldn’t be seen. It seemed like it was touching the sky.

“Don’t say that.
I’m already exhausted.”

Hyeonu sighed. This was something he honestly hadn’t thought about. Information on the Avon Gorge was very limited. Most of the videos and texts were limited to the beginning of the canyon.

‘In fact, it is weird to say that it is the beginning.
It is just the entrance…’

Few people who came to the Avon Canyon could maintain their normal power. Casualties were often reported from the first battle.
This led to a quick abandonment.

“Tang-E.”

“Why are you calling me, Master dude?”

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“It doesn’t matter if it is a gorge or a mountain.
A gorge doesn’t mean that this slope will disappear.
A mountain doesn’t mean it will get steeper.”

“That is true, Master dude.
Then we have to hurry and go up.
What are you doing?”

Tang-E tapped Hyeonu’s head. In any case, it was Hyeonu, not him, who would be moving. Tang-E was just asking Hyeonu to take care of him.

“Yes, let's go.
Go.”

Hyeonu tried to erase the anxiety blossoming in a corner of his heart and started moving again.

 

***

 

They climbed the gorge and the number of dark elves blocking Hyeonu increased significantly. Their level of stealth and ambush also started to increase. There was definitely nothing in front of him but the dark elves appeared frequently.

“Master dude, my heart is beating quickly.”

Tang-E raised his paws and placed them on his chest. His heart was beating like crazy.

“Isn’t it because you feel good? I don’t think it is because you are surprised,” Hyeonu responded with a casual face even when he saw Tang-E look like this.

“Aren’t you worried about me?”

Tang-E made a sad expression. Hyeonu’s attitude was too cold.

“Your eyes turned upside down when you saw this meat.
What worry?”

Hyeonu half turned the pork, which was being grilled well. Hyeonu and Tang-E had dug at a corner of Avon Gorge and built a cave. They entered the cave and blocked the entrance, perfectly disconnecting it from the outside. The wind might be hard occasionally, but it was an enclosed space and safe zone where the wind didn’t blow.

“Additionally, why are you surprised, surprised? You just turned them into ashes.”

Hyeonu thought that even if he was surprised a few times, the dark elves would be the ones surprised rather than Tang-E. Tang-E often said it felt strange and cast magic into the air. There were always the bodies of dark elves when this happened.

“It isn’t like you’ve seen a dead body only once or twice.
Just forget about it.
The thing in front of you now isn’t a dark elf but meat, meat.
Barbecue cooked with special spices.”

Hyeonu gently stroked Tang-E’s head and turned the stick with meat on it again.

“Still…
it is so weird here, Master dude.
It is noisy but quiet.”

Perhaps Hyeonu’s comfort that wasn’t comfort worked.
Tang-E relaxed his expression and focused his attention on the meat that was being cooked.

“Hold on for a few more days, Tang-E.
Sooner or later, we will go back to visit your friend and go to Bung Bung Island.”

Hyeonu stroked Tang-E’s head again. They weren’t empty words, but a list of things to be done. Once he reached level 400 and finished the fifth class advancement… 

He had to find Raccoon again to hear information about the divine world. He was even thinking about finding Hugo in case Raccoon’s information was poor.

‘I have to prepare for the worst in advance.’

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In fact, it was a plan that was made because his trust in Raccoon wasn’t that great.

“I understand…
Tang-E will endure it a bit more.”

Tang-E nodded and extended his paw toward the meat Hyeonu was grilling.

Tap!

Hyeonu swung his hand and slapped Tang-E’s paw.

“DIdn’t I say to endure it? Endure it a bit more.”

There wasn’t only one thing that Tang-E had to endure.

 

***

 

[Alley Leader, challenging the worst hunting ground in the East Continent.]

Hyeonu eventually used the hunt in Avon Gorge as streaming material. It was because he had nothing special to broadcast. Additionally, one of the reasons he came to Avon Gorge in the first place was to livestream.

-Challenging the worst hunting ground?

-By the way, why is the background so dark?

-Is it a cave?

-Is there a hunting ground with a cave background? Is this the cave of Mount Gennon?

Viewers speculated on what the worst hunting ground was based on the terrain behind Hyeonu.

“It isn’t a cave of Mount Gennon.
That place’s level is a bit low for me to hunt there.”

The cave of Mount Gennon wasn’t a suitable place for Hyeonu to hunt. It was a suitable field for the mid-300s.

-Then where is it?

-Is it new?

-I don’t know a place like this.

The viewers’ messages plunged into a labyrinth after Hyeonu said it wasn’t the cave of Mount Gennon. To be honest, it would be weirder if they got it right. Who would’ve thought Hyeonu would dig a cave and stream?

Hyeonu answered the viewers’ questions with actions instead of words. He approached the entrance of the cave and kicked a stone wall. There was an intense wind that blew the moment the stone wall collapsed. Hyeonu stood with his back to the wind and spoke to the viewers.

“This is Avon Gorge.
The place I am hunting today is the dark elf village at the top of Avon Gorge.”

After he finished speaking, Hyeonu rushed out of the cave.