I Became the Successor of the Martial God
Chapter 108.
“…You’ll cure my sister?”
“Yeah, I know how to treat her.”
Hearing that, Min Yi-jae scoffed.
“That’s a story I’ve heard countless times… Do you know how many swindlers have approached me with that kind of talk…?”
“So, are you going to send me away?”
Yoo Baek-jun tilted his head.
“You’ll regret it.”
Something was different.
Countless swindlers had tried to deceive Min Yi-jae, blinded by money.
Min Yi-jae had never forgiven any of them.
“……”
The man before him should be no exception.
Yet, his instincts were warning him.
“How do you plan to cure her…?”
Yoo Baek-jun stood up from his seat.
Min Yi-jae watched him warily, shielding his sister behind him.
“Min Hye-yeon was attacked by a boss monster two years ago and was diagnosed as being in a vegetative state.”
That was the official story.
But Min Yi-jae and the medical team knew the truth—Min Hye-yeon wasn’t in a simple coma.
“Yet, there’s nothing physically wrong with her.”
No brain damage, no injuries whatsoever.
Min Hye-yeon was in perfect health—far from being in a coma.
But she wouldn’t wake up. Why?
‘Because that boss monster had a special ability—the power to put people into an eternal sleep.’
Min Hye-yeon hadn’t fallen into a coma from the shock of the monster’s attack.
She had been afflicted by a special ability.
“Others caught in the gate at the time suffered the same phenomenon. The hunters, at least, woke up after a while.”
Hunters had resistances to various conditions.
The ability to endure poison and other status effects. Even they took a month to wake up despite receiving high-level treatment.
So what about ordinary people?
“I heard the civilians affected by that monster never woke up. Most of them died, and only your sister survived.”
“…Enough pointless talk.”
Yoo Baek-jun looked at Min Hye-yeon’s face.
She was thin, but her expression was peaceful—almost as if she were smiling.
“…I’ve tried countless treatments.”
Min Yi-jae gazed at his sister with a complicated expression.
“Rare medicines, magic, everything… But she never woke up… Of course not. There’s nothing physically wrong with her…”
“What did the doctors say?”
“The doctors, and even the alchemists… They said it was as if someone was preventing her from waking up.”
Exactly right.
She was dreaming—a dream so sweet she could never wake from it.
The boss monster that was killed two years ago.
It hadn’t been disposed of it properly.
The thing had split itself into pieces and hidden inside the bodies of those present at the time.
‘It’s probably sucking away their life force.’
It was gathering strength to resurrect itself.
If Min Hye-yeon were left like this, the boss monster would eventually revive.
It would burst out of her body.
And she would die as a result.
‘There are two main ways to save Min Hye-yeon.’
Enter her dream and wake her up.
Or, feed her an Elixir or equivalent potion to dispel the status effect and forcibly inject an enormous amount of life force into her.
The former was tedious but required fewer materials. The latter was easier but required more resources.
Still, the latter was far more convenient.
‘If I wake her up before the monster fully recovers, I can take care of it properly.’
Yoo Baek-jun pulled out a medicine and a scroll from his pocket.
“Like I said earlier, this medicine can cure your sister. Of course…”
“It’s not free, is it…?”
Min Yi-jae replied as if he already knew.
Yoo Baek-jun shook the medicine bottle.
“A contract.”
That was all Yoo Baek-jun wanted.
“Join me. Just for two years. When the contract ends, I’ll let you go without a word.”
Then he shrugged.
“Ah, if you want, we can extend it.”
“…You know I’ve never joined any guild, right? You think you can make a top-rank hunter like me work for you for two years with just that medicine?”
“Yeah. Why is there a problem?”
The value of a top-rank hunter was beyond imagination.
If one transferred to another guild mid-contract, the transfer fee could reach hundreds of billions.
The hunter themselves would also receive an astronomical sum.
But that amount wasn’t excessive.
‘It just shows how much profit a single top-rank hunter can generate.’
And he was trying to lure such a hunter with just one medicine?
It was practically stealing.
Of course, that was only if this medicine were ordinary.
“I guarantee it—no one else can cure your sister but me.”
“……”
Min Yi-jae fell into thought.
From the way he spoke, it seemed like more than just the medicine was needed for the treatment.
He let out a sigh.
“…I have no choice. Fine.”
“Good.”
Before administering the medicine, Yoo Baek-jun set up a magic circle around Min Hye-yeon.
Min Yi-jae, watching, looked puzzled.
“What are you doing…?”
“Don’t distract me with pointless questions.”
Min Yi-jae’s voice had a magical quality that made people drowsy.
After setting up the magic circle, Yoo Baek-jun took out Seol-yeong from his pocket and placed her nearby.
—Meow?
“Hey, do your job.”
“How did you bring that here…?”
“I carried it carefully in my pocket.”
And finally, the medicine.
[Elixir of Resurrection(A+)]
—A medicine, containing life force powerful enough to revive the dead. It can heal all wounds and abnormal statuses and grants a temporary ‘Regeneration’ effect.
—Due to the inclusion of the Flower of Resurrection in its composition, it also possesses potent demon-sealing power.
A medicine created by mixing various herbs and materials, centered around the Flower of Resurrection.
It wasn’t a recipe Yoo Baek-jun had created—it was the work of a famous alchemist.
“Just put this in her mouth.”
Gulp, gulp.
The medicine entered Min Hye-yeon’s mouth.
Then, they waited for it to take effect.
A moment later.
Fwoosh!
A brilliant light erupted.
An overwhelming radiance filled the hospital room, centered around Min Hye-yeon. It was blinding.
“What the—!”
—Kyaaaaah!
Min Yi-jae was stunned. Amid his voice, a faint, almost ghostly scream could be heard.
Human? No—it was the scream of a monster.
—T-This life force, what is this?! Graaaah!
The boss monster inside Min Hye-yeon had been gathering life force to prepare for its resurrection.
In a way, it was like a mosquito.
What Yoo Baek-jun was doing now was forcibly pumping blood into that mosquito until its stomach burst.
—Uwaaaaah!
“W-What’s that screaming…?!”
Boom!
Yoo Baek-jun stomped the ground.
The magic circle he’d prepared in advance activated—like the potion, it carried demon-sealing power.
—C-Can’t control the life force…!
With life force flooding into the point of bursting, the demon-sealing power made it impossible to control.
That was the effect of the medicine and the magic circle.
If it stayed still, its stomach would burst and it would die. And in this situation—
—Uwaaaaah!
It would try to escape from Min Hye-yeon.
Something was trying to force its way out of her mouth.
Yoo Baek-jun urgently shouted.
“Seol-yeong!”
—Growl!
Seol-yeong leaped forward and swiped its claws toward Min Hye-yeon’s mouth.
Something was dragged out by those claws.
—Gyaaaaah!
It was the grotesque soul of a monster.
It looked like a giant spider, its body mangled and covered in insect-like wings.
The forced infusion of life force was causing parts of its body to transform into flesh as it attempted to resurrect.
If they had been even a little late, it would have revived inside Min Hye-yeon’s body and burst out like something out of Alien.
“Kill it!”
“…!”
Snapping out of his daze at the sudden turn of events, Min Yi-jae finally regained his senses.
A flash of his blade, and—
—Guhk!
The monster’s head flew off in one stroke.
Only a novice would let their guard down, thinking it was dead. Yoo Baek-jun knew this thing wouldn’t die so easily.
Whoosh!
So, he maximized the demon-sealing power. The magic circle shone intensely, resonating with the sealing power within the life force the monster had absorbed.
The monster’s body began to burn.
—Nooooo…
—Ghk!
“Feels like I’ve become an exorcist or something.”
Seol-yeong slammed down on the groaning monster.
Its body crashed into the floor. Yoo Baek-jun calmly watched as it burned.
“Well, this should be enough.”
“Is it over…?”
“It’ll handle the rest.”
Seol-yeong stood before the monster.
It raised its paw, which glowed with a faint blue light.
—Whack! Growl! Krang!
—Ghk, ugh! Grk!
It relentlessly pummeled the monster.
With each strike, the monster’s form grew fainter.
Finally, with one last blow—
—Aaaaah…
The monster’s soul vanished.
Not sent to the spirit realm—it was completely annihilated.
As a spirit beast, Seol-yeong possessed the power to manipulate souls. It could send them to the spirit realm or erase them entirely.
“Good job.”
—Hrrmph.
Seol-yeong climbed onto Yoo Baek-jun’s head.
He checked Min Hye-yeon’s condition.
The parasitic monster that had been sucking away her life force was gone.
“Hmm, hmm.”
The remaining effects of the Elixir of Resurrection were rapidly restoring her body.
Her emaciated form was regaining vitality.
“Is it done now?”
“Just wait a little longer. She should…”
Just as Yoo Baek-jun was about to speak, Min Hye-yeon’s eyelids fluttered.
“Ugh, uuuh…”
“Hye-yeon!”
“B-Bro…ther…?”
A voice escaped Min Hye-yeon’s lips. Hearing it, Min Yi-jae rushed to her side.
‘No need to watch this melodrama.’
Yoo Baek-jun stepped back.
Then quietly left the room.
As he opened the door to leave, a voice reached his ears.
The sound of her calling her brother.
* * *
Yoo Baek-jun rested outside.
Since he had sneaked into the VIP room, he left just as discreetly.
Now, outside the hospital, in a resting area.
—Human! Human!
“Yeah, yeah. Flowers, huh?”
Spring was approaching, and flowers were blooming in the garden of the resting area.
Having spent its entire life—well, a short life, but still—on Seoraksan Mountain, Seol-yeong had never seen such a sight.
Perhaps that was why it was so excited.
—Ung… Chomp!
“Hey, don’t eat them.”
As he stopped Seol-yeong from eating the flowers, he checked his watch.
About three hours had passed.
With all the tests and procedures, it would take longer for them to come out.
Yoo Baek-jun was about to lie down on a bench.
“…Are you sleeping?”
If Min Yi-jae hadn’t appeared like a ghost.
“You scared me. I was just about to sleep.”
“Should I come back later…?”
“Nah, I’m not homeless. Better to sleep at home than on a bench.”
Yoo Baek-jun sat up abruptly.
“Finished all the tests?”
“Yeah… They said she’s fully recovered. The doctors who don’t know the details are calling it a miracle…”
“Well, it is a miracle.”
“You were the only one who could cure her… I thought that was a lie, but it was true.”
Min Yi-jae suddenly bowed his head.
“I’m sorry for doubting you.”
“If you’re sorry, how about signing the contract?”
Yoo Baek-jun abruptly pulled out a document.
A standard hunter contract.
Though, for a Ranker hunter, the conditions were incredibly favorable.
Min Yi-jae examined the contract.
“…The terms are generous.”
“Can’t exploit you just because I have leverage. You’re a Ranker—you deserve proper treatment.”
“What will I have to do if I join?”
“Nothing much. I won’t force you into dungeon raids or public events. You can spend time with your sister if you want.”
That wasn’t why he had recruited him.
There was only one thing Yoo Baek-jun wanted.
“But, one condition.”
“…What is it?”
“You’ll help me take over my family.”
The family.
That was all Yoo Baek-jun desired.
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