Chapter 92 – Reflection

After safely returning home while avoiding CCTVs, Min Do-jun finally examined the trait he’d acquired.

[Trait – Reflection]

-Grade: S

-Description: Upon saying the activation word “Reflect,” reflects all damage received from opponents for 2 seconds. If reflection succeeds, grants another chance to reflect within 20 seconds. Has a 24-hour cooldown.

‘So this was the ability.’

The trait obtained from Lee Se-yun was Reflection, as expected.

A trait that returns damage at the desired timing.

‘Two seconds is both short and long.’

Reading the description, it seemed to reflect everything without limitation during those two seconds.

‘Even if dozens of people attack at once, it blocks and reflects everything for two seconds?’

In other words, it’s like having two seconds of invincibility.

No, it was even better than that.

With proper timing, you could return an opponent’s finishing move right back at them.

‘This is broken.’

And that wasn’t the only overpowered aspect.

‘You get another chance to reflect if successful?’

While failure triggers the 24-hour cooldown, success grants another use.

Though the window for the second reflection is only 20 seconds.

‘Even that becomes infinite with continuous success.’

Meaning if you keep successfully reflecting within 20 seconds after the first reflection, you could use it infinitely.

‘No wonder it’s an S-grade trait.’

Of course, this assumes opponents keep falling for it.

‘It would be hard to succeed more than three times. Anyone sharp would notice as soon as the skin turns golden.’

Min Do-jun himself stopped falling for the Reflection trait after experiencing it once.

‘I shouldn’t use this except in truly dangerous situations.’

Though it could be freely used against monsters lacking learning ability.

‘But I can’t use it in front of party members…’

Using it in front of people would not only expose the trait but could make him a suspect in Lee Se-yun’s murder.

The golden skin transformation wasn’t exactly a common ability.

‘No matter how well Se-yun hid this trait, I need to be careful. Someone might recognize it.’

Closing the trait information, Min Do-jun examined the equipment he’d looted.

Though he’d obtained 14 pieces of equipment, as usual, none were suitable for his use.

‘If the opponent had been a magic swordsman like me, there might have been more usable equipment.’

Still, he was satisfied since they were all level 2,000+ items worth around 1 billion won each.

Planning to sell the equipment gradually, he moved on to examining the skill books.

’19 skill books turned out to all be Magnum Burst.’

It seemed Se-yun hadn’t disposed of them since buying them all up.

‘I can’t sell these for a while.’

Selling them could make him a suspect in Se-yun’s murder.

He’d have to wait until the market was more saturated to sell them gradually.

‘Lastly, the collectibles?’

Checking his inventory showed four collectibles.

[Spring Water of Vitality x2]

[Fire Essence x1]

[Water Essence x1]

‘Huh…’

Min Do-jun’s expression went blank seeing the collectible list.

They were all items he’d been seeking.

Especially…

‘To think he had two Spring Waters of Vitality.’

The most valuable item was the Spring Water of Vitality.

It was the remaining ingredient needed for the Elixir of Life.

‘Now I can make one elixir.’

Min Do-jun opened the combination window.

He inserted the ingredients for the Elixir of Life.

[Life Water Tree Branch]+[Spring Water of Vitality]

When he pressed the button.

[Combination successful!]

[You have obtained Elixir of Life.]

He obtained the item he wanted.

[Elixir of Life]

-Type: Consumable

-Grade: S

-Effect: Resurrects awakened person with 10% health

-Usage restriction: Level 1 or above (Bound)

-Description: Legendary elixir said to revive the dead. Only usable on awakened people and requires the corpse.

‘Great!’

Though limited to awakened people, he was still happy.

‘With this, I can save Teacher even if something happens.’

The reason Min Do-jun wanted the elixir in the first place was for Hwang Ui-cheol.

For some reason, he would be killed by the Black Sea Guild in 1 year and 7 months.

‘Though I plan to destroy Black Sea Guild before then, just in case.’

The elixir was a kind of insurance for Hwang Ui-cheol.

‘Since the Elixir of Life can only be used on others anyway.’

If he could use it to save the life of his benefactor, there could be no better repayment.

He felt no reluctance about using it to repay this debt.

‘If I had just one more Life Water Tree Branch, I could have made two elixirs…’

Though he had one Spring Water of Vitality left, he couldn’t make another without the other ingredient.

Putting aside his regrets, he examined the other collectibles.

‘Fire Essence and Water Essence…’

These were also hard-to-obtain A-grade materials.

‘I can make Element Resistance Elixirs with these later.’

After storing them in his inventory, Min Do-jun lay down in bed.

He needed to hunt hard again starting tomorrow.

* * *

The first to notice Lee Se-yun’s absence was Blue Dragon Guild Master Lee Han-seok.

When his nephew couldn’t be contacted and didn’t show up at the guild, he asked the family about his whereabouts.

But the family, who didn’t even live with Se-yun, had no way of knowing his location.

Checking the rankings just in case, Lee Han-seok couldn’t believe his eyes.

Lee Se-yun’s name couldn’t be found.

A ranked hunter not appearing in searches?

That could only mean death.

Lee Han-seok immediately requested a police investigation.

Though he asked them to investigate quietly, as long as they couldn’t block rank searches, it was like trying to cover the sky with a palm.

[Breaking: Famous Blue Dragon Guild Hunter Missing from Rankings for a Week. Presumed Dead.]

[Deceased Hunter Identified as A-rank Lee Se-yun.]

[Lee Se-yun’s Ferrari Found in Yangja Mountain Parking Lot. Police Consider it Likely Death Site.]

[Large-scale Search Begins Around Yangja Mountain.]

[Blood Traces Found but No Body.]

[Police Unclear Whether Suicide or Homicide.]

News of Lee Se-yun’s death shocked the public.

What reason could an A-rank hunter with money, fame, and power have to die?

└Wow, truly shocking. Hunter Lee Se-yun dead.

└He was my favorite hunter ㅠㅠ

└May he rest in peace.

└But what could kill an A-rank hunter?

└Apparently he didn’t die in a dungeon?

└I think it’s murder. No reason for suicide.

└Yeah agree. With hundreds of millions in the bank, I wouldn’t kill myself either.

└They’ll probably catch the culprit quick if they investigate level 2000+ hunters.

└So tragic anyway.

└Hunter Lee Se-yun please come back ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

Perhaps due to his many fans and good reputation, everyone seemed to be mourning Lee Se-yun’s death.

However, the wave of mourning completely reversed in less than a week.

[Breaking: Lee Se-yun’s Family Reveals They Were Assaulted by Him…]

[Lee Se-yun Repeatedly Verbally Abused, Assaulted, and Threatened Step-family Whenever He Came Home]

[Now We Can Speak! Family Reveals Lee Se-yun’s True Nature]

[Police Secure Video Evidence from Family’s Phone]

[Videos Recorded Just in Case Show Scenes of Lee Se-yun’s Violence and Verbal Abuse…]

└Is this article for real?

└Hah, this is ridiculous.

└Feels like a massive betrayal.

└I liked him because he seemed nice and friendly on TV, but turns out he was human trash.

└Still shouldn’t disrespect the deceased. Something must be wrong with the family’s heads.

└Idiot. They probably confessed when police investigated thoroughly. Don’t you see the assault, verbal abuse, and threats? How can you defend a criminal?

└Above comment is trolling. Don’t feed.

└But if they had videos, why didn’t they upload them before? Could’ve ruined him instantly on YouTube.

└They’d probably get buried first.

└Must have been threatened and couldn’t upload.

└Acting nice outside while being a tyrant at home…

└Real hypocrite.

└Can’t believe I mourned someone like this.

└Rest in hell.

The comments changed from mourning to criticism in an instant.

Meanwhile, Min Do-jun focused only on hunting.

‘I need to reach level 1,600 quickly to enter the new dungeon.’

He paid no attention to the police investigation.

There was no decisive evidence pointing to him as the culprit, and he’d been careful to use invisibility to avoid CCTV cameras while moving.

‘There’s no chance I’ll be suspected as the culprit.’

Police might visit his home, but that would just be routine questioning due to his connection of having dinner with Lee Se-yun.

They wouldn’t find any significant evidence.

[Level up!]

He reached level 1,600 while hunting Rock Lizards.

This was his achievement three weeks after becoming A-rank.

Despite time remaining, he destroyed the lizard eggs and left the dungeon.

“Oh? You’re out early?”

Park Dong-yun was surprised since Min Do-jun usually used up all the time limit.

“I want to change dungeons.”

“Ah, you’ve already hit level 1,600?”

“Yes.”

“Then you’ll be hunting Giant Centipedes?”

When he nodded, Park Dong-yun checked available spots on his tablet.

“There’s one spot. Are you going now?”

“No. I need to move today. I’ll go tomorrow.”

“Oh, you’re moving?”

“Yes.”

“Then if you give us your new address, we can change it in our…”

“No need. I don’t want anyone visiting my home.”

“But legally we need an address for our database…”

“You don’t need to change the address. I’m just buying another house.”

“What? Ah…”

Park Dong-yun had momentarily forgotten.

That the hunter before him was an A-rank hunter earning tens of billions annually.