Chapter 67
Evolution Theory of the Hunter (ETH)
Volume 1 Chapter 66
"Stop over there. Just stop."
As soon as I spoke, everyone looked at me.
"Huh? Aren’t you Jeon Sangmin?"
"Eum….how did you know my name…?"
"How could we not? Weren’t you the one who allowed all of us to pa.s.s through that barricade?"
"I guess but…"
It seemed my name was becoming quite famous. But that also meant I was infamous now to team Ezekiel.
It didn’t matter. Fame had a tendency to bring in negative attention as well as positive. I could handle that much at least.
It wouldn’t have been possible to pierce through the barricade all on our own. At least bringing everyone else over allowed us to not only come through easily but also have a whole slew of people as a sort of ally.
"Anyway, there’s no point in causing unnecessary trouble here. It’s better to just not fight and step away. Same with you guys from Ezekiel."
I Looked pointedly at the other guys.
"What are you saying! This is our land! We even got confirmation from the government!"
"Shut up. Isn’t that only after you’ve cleared the entire land of monsters? It makes no sense for you to claim the land like this when we see monsters crawling all over it."
"I love that way you put it. You’re 100% correct."
He said as he clapped me on the back. Ezekiel’s side was now grinding their teeth, but I paid them no mind.
They were the minority right now and, short of losing their mind, they wouldn’t try and fight now.
"Don’t pick any fights and just focus on hunting. That would be the smartest move right now."
"No. Was it us who picked the fight first? They were the ones who blocked our way first. We had half a mind to just push past them forcefully with our trucks before deciding to try and settle it out peacefully by getting out and trying to talk."
The person who looked to be the party leader explained.
"We…..we!"
"Don’t make me say the same thing twice and just leave. If you don’t want to die, that is."
"Keuk…"
I spoke a bit more roughly than I meant to.
Was this because of my memories from the Baeksapyoung Dungeon? The faces of all the unnecessarily slaughtered men and the melted faces of the survivors came to mind.
Finally the Ezekiel group moved aside. That was their only option.
The truck party’s leader came toward me and said.
"I had wanted to use some force against them but I will let it be only because of you. Then…until we meet again."
All of them loaded back into the truck and disappeared into the horizon.
And then the Ezekiel group looked to me and said.
"You said you’re Jeon Sangmin…? You were the cause of all of this?"
"Whatever. Watch yourself. From now on, there will be plenty of other people not as forgiving as them."
I turned around after saying my piece.
It would have been nice if they just left it at that.
"Stop!"
"What?"
"You didn’t think we would just let you go after you did all this s.h.i.+t?"
"No. I just saved you guys from getting killed, so what the h.e.l.l are you talking about?"
"Save us? Like h.e.l.l! You’re looking down on us!"
"Looking down