Chapter 190

Bersok, a man from the Buandurk dimension, told Yoo Seodam;

‘There are more otherworlders.’

Those words were a pretty big hint for Yoo Seodam. If Bersok hadn’t told him that, perhaps Yoo Seodam would have treated him with respect rather than being rude and perhaps, he might have even given him some money to live well.

However, as the result of the energy detection, Yoo Seodam found out that Bersok and the other dimensional travelers were nothing special, so there was no need for him to play along with Bersok’s tricks.

– Master. I will now report the results of tracking Bersok’s destination.

“Put it on the screen.”

Rather, it was better to use him like this.

[Location: Afghanistan → Iran]

“Hmm… it’s a strange place to pass by.”

Since Bersok did not have any ID, it was obvious that he must have entered the country illegally. However, from what Yoo Seodam knew, it was nearly impossible to cross Afghanistan to travel to Iran. But then he thought, maybe it was possible for Bersok was able to do that because of some sort of special skills that he possessed.

“Iran. What a headache…”

Yekaterina murmured next to Yoo Seodam. It was natural for her to sigh like that. After all, their current goal, which was to uncover the hiding place of the otherworlders, turned out to be in a problematic location like Iran.

“It’s one of the most dangerous places in the world.”

Since the outbreak of the Great War more than thirty years ago, Iran had continuously waged wars against its neighboring countries. However, they didn’t start a war for supremacy or something like that. The war was waged to escape the monsters which ravaged their nation… But that was not important, the important thing was that Iran is a dangerous country which destroys anything in its surroundings/anything it touches.

And even after all that, they still failed. Their nation is still being devoured by monsters. Ever since this disaster befell upon them, people following the same faith of Islam gathered together to take control of the situation. Even after all their attempts to stay united and defeat all the monsters, there were still a total of five uncleared SSS+ class dungeons situated there. It was because of this, Iran was classified as the world’s most dangerous country.

Well, apart from this, Iran was also a significant place in its own right because it was the first place where the hunters emerged from.

After the Great War, there were only a few ‘Hunter Training Centre’ in the world. Unlike the General Hunter School found everywhere else around the world, Iran did not give their ‘students’ any theoretical knowledge. Children who were barely ten years old were handed a special modified gun and directly thrown into the harsh and real world.

It went without saying, the graduation rate of these Training Centres was around 1%. Most of the kids were expelled because they either died or were crippled. And even the 1% who graduated would immediately escape from Iran at the first chance they got.

“It’s a terrible place…”

“Don’t be too harsh. I graduated from there.”

“What!?!?” Yekaterina yelped as she stared at Yoo Seodam with her eyes bulged out.

“Did I not tell you? I was raised in an orphanage after I lost my foster parent. And then somehow, I ended up in Iran.”

“I…I didn’t know…” Yekaterina said with a look of genuine surprise. She never knew that Yoo Seodam was raised in the most dangerous country in the world.

Well, back then, even Yoo Seodam didn’t know that he was going to be sold to a distant land. When he recalled that distant past, a familiar face passed his mind.

‘Yoo Haram…’

The guild master of Lost Day, and the man who Yoo Seodam once thought of as his own family member because they grew up together in the same orphanage.

Yet, that very man was the one who sold him to Iran.

“Still, it’s not really a bad place.”

It was true that Iran was a place where blood was spilled every day. However, ironically, because of the same reason, Yoo Seodam had managed to form bonds with people he could trust his back to. Taylor Nine was one of them. And although that woman is no longer in this world, he had also found Reina Ju there, the person who was like a real parent to him.

“It makes sense for otherworlders to hide there. You can easily live there without any ID.”

“Then… are you still planning to meet them?”

“I should.”

Only by meeting them would he be able to know more about the ‘End’ of the worlds.

However,

“Seodam-nim… you know that Iran has always been hostile towards Korea, right?”

And if that is the case, it means that they have no control over their destination or passengers. In such cases, they are more likely to run wild compared to Bersok who come here voluntarily.

“This issue is greatly troubling Iran. It is to the point where Rahvar has personally asked the Hunter Association for help.”

“Well, they used to do that often.”

Iran was a place with a good defensive capability. But, that was offset by the countless incidents that often took place there. This was an expected outcome for a place where five SSS+ rank dungeons had been left unattended.

“That’s why, the Hunter Association will send some agents to secretly infiltrate Iran. Rahvar had also given us his permission.”

At his words, my eyes lit up.

‘This is it!’

However, without knowing my thoughts, Kim Soo-jong exhaled a deep sigh filled with disappointment.

“Of course, we can’t send Hunter Yoo Seodam there since we know you are a busy person…”

But I’m not…

“But, can you spare us some time to brief the agents we’re going to send?”

I have a lot of time.

“Kuhum!” I coughed. Then, I put on a determined expression on my face and looked at him.

“The situation is serious. So many casualties… If we leave it like this, we don’t know what they will do again in the future.”

“Yes. We must uncover the identity of that mysterious group.”

“Hunters are people who cut down monsters for the general populace, sacrificing their own flesh and blood. Seeing this with my own two eyes makes me feel very uncomfortable.”

“That means…”

“I will participate in this mission myself.”

Then, Kim Soo-jong grabbed my hands with bright eyes as if he was moved. This is a very burdensome thing to experience since he is an uncle who looks ten years older than me.

“As expected of Hunter Yoo Seodam!!!”