The Constellation Returned From Hell

Chapter 407

“That’s why I told you not to trust the angel constellation!”

Han Seha shouted at her sister for the first time in ages. Han Sehui bowed her head, unable to speak.

Amelia, the British A-grade hunter next to her, fidgeted as she tried to pacify Han Seha.

“It... It was an unexpected accident. Master probably didn’t notice.”

“Why are you stepping in? Are you part of our family?”

“But that’s not...” Amelia squirmed.

A-grade hunters couldn’t always be confident and arrogant. Moreover, Amelia didn’t have half the temper Han Seha had. Thus, she had no choice but to back down and stay quiet against Han Seha’s fierce shouting.

Besides, Han Seha wasn’t wrong.

“I can’t stand it! Let’s just beat up the angel constellation!”

“!”

Amelia was more flustered than Han Sehui.

Everyone misunderstood Han Sehui as cold and unapproachable because she was quiet, but Amelia cared deeply about her. She would go to the ends of hell in order to save this gentle and sincere B+ hunter.

Amelia didn’t care about her for the ridiculous reason that she would eventually follow in her sister’s footsteps and become an A-grade hunter. It was just that Amelia genuinely thought Han Sehui had potential in her own right.

Naturally, a hunter who quietly did their job and trained rigorously would have a better future than someone who constantly drank, did drugs, and partied wildly just because they had reached B-grade.

Those kinds of hunters who reveled in debauchery often laughed at hunters who trained like workaholics, but Amelia knew how trivial it was.

As a fellow human household member, she had high expectations for Han Sehui...

“N-no... Hunter Han Seha...”

“What do you mean, no?! Get lost!”

Han Seha forcefully pushed Amelia away, and the latter looked around in a panic before calling out for Choi Yeonseung.

“Hunter Choi Yeonseung, help me!”

“?”

Amelia stared at Choi Yeonseung with a desperate expression. Thanks to her dignified demeanor, she could always get people to listen to her requests without them even realizing it.

...But Choi Yeonseung had no intention of siding with Amelia against Han Seha. To be honest, he found Han Seha quite scary when she was angry.

Amelia cried out, “Don’t you have a connection with my master?!”

“I don’t think it’s up to me.”

“Ah, I forgot! Master is preparing a big raid this time,” Amelia suddenly told Han Seha as if she had just remembered.

Han Seha looked at Amelia as though everything she was going to listen to was nonsense.

“You expect me to believe that? In fact, South Korea has also been working on a new concept for the core energy extraction theory. If this comes out, South Korea will likely take over all the core energy companies in the world.”

“What? Is that true?!”

One of the American hunters who rested there couldn’t hide his surprise. If that was true, he would invest in Korean energy companies right that second...!

“It’s a rumor that’s been going around for a long time,” explained another hunter. “Don’t believe it”

“Ah...”

The American hunter lowered his hand in disappointment. This industry was filled with all sorts of fake rumors and false information...

Indeed, people would spread all kinds of false rumors, such as Country A releasing a groundbreaking technology that would change everything, or that Country B had secretly killed an S-grade monster and the items dropped by it were unimaginably valuable, or that the core prices would plummet because Country C had secured a huge amount of cores over the last several years, and so on...

It wasn’t just South Korea that tried to bait people with new technology that hadn’t even come out. All developed countries were guilty of that.

-This is what we’re studying!

-We can lead the world’s technological flow!

...Of course, companies rarely followed up on such announcements with truly groundbreaking technology.

However, Choi Yeonseung became a bit curious.

Amelia and the Six-Winged Angel Who Hunts Dragons wouldn’t blow things out of proportion.

‘A big raid? Maybe an unconquered dungeon on Earth?’

Not all dungeons exploded when their time limit ran out. There were some rare dungeons that either had a very long time limit or none at all. They were called white dungeons.

If those dungeons were too difficult at first sight, the hunters wouldn’t even bother to explore them.

There were very few unexplored white dungeons in South Korea. Of course, the government could be hiding them, but Choi Yeonseung was skeptical about that.

‘You can’t really hide dungeons in South Korea.’

South Korea didn’t have the terrain or the resources to hide entire dungeons. If a dungeon appeared out of nowhere, everyone would share all the information on social media before the government could find and hide it.

The countries capable of hiding dungeons were those that had a vast mass of land and the resources to actually conceal them, or those with governments that controlled information tightly.

Countries who were realistically capable of concealing dungeons from the public eye were the US, China, India, Russia, and so on...

However, it wasn’t only the powerful countries that could do that. More often than not, it was the small dictatorships that hid dungeons, and there were various reasons for that. It could be a matter of national prestige or the self-interest of the dictator...

In any case, unexplored dungeons couldn’t be hidden forever. They would eventually reach the public eye.

If that was the case...

‘The constellation might’ve negotiated directly.’

Most constellations were dismissive of Earth, but that didn’t mean they never negotiated. Some constellations thought of Earth’s governments as kings and made them proposals.

Constellations also wanted to take care of their subordinates, so it was plausible that they would negotiate with governments to obtain unexplored dungeons.

“By the way, Hunter Han Seha. I have a question... If you’re asking her to terminate her contract with the Six-Winged Angel Who Hunts Dragons—”

“You want her to make a contract with the Hound of Instinct and Liberation that you’re currently serving?” interrupted another hunter, unable to contain their curiosity.

The other hunters also looked over with great interest. They were all household members, so it was only natural that they were interested in this kind of topic.

They had all pledged allegiance to the constellations they had signed a contract with and were doing their best to serve them. However, they were human, so they all harbored different feelings toward their masters.

Some hunters were genuinely content and loyal, but others were disgruntled and looking for an opportunity to change constellations.

As such, information about other constellations was bound to be interesting.

If Han Sehui really switched from the Six-Winged Angel Who Hunts Dragons to the Hound of Instinct and Liberation, it meant that the hound constellation had to be really great.

Moreover, Han Seha wouldn’t make a bad offer to her sister, her own blood.

“...No, it’s not the Hound of Instinct and Liberation.”

[The ‘Hound of Instinct and Liberation’ looks at you with sad eyes!]

-Sorry, but this is real life, not fiction.

Han Seha’s reply was cold.

“I think the Undefeated Incarnation of Training would be better. The Hound of Instinct and Liberation... not so much.”

“...!”

“!”

The other hunters whispered to each other at Han Seha’s unexpected words. Was the Undefeated Incarnation of Training really like that?

This constellation had been getting a lot of attention lately for his martial arts, but they hadn’t expected him to be so great...

“What kind of being is the Undefeated Incarnation of Training?”

“If I remember correctly, the other day, a Lithuanian hunter attempted a raid without sleeping for four days and met the incarnation constellation.”

“Wasn’t that just a hallucination? You don’t really believe that, right?”

“The Chinese hunters who are martial artists believed in the constellation and gained strength.”

“If the source is from China, it’s even less reliable...”

“What did you just say?”

The hunters argued among themselves.

However, one thing was certain. The Undefeated Incarnation of Training was quickly becoming the center of attention.

The constellations didn’t pay much attention to the conversations that these hunters had, so they didn’t grasp how relevant it was that these hunters were paying attention to the incarnation of training.

However, Choi Yeonseung didn’t realize it either because he was focused on something else.

“Um... Seha. The Undefeated Incarnation of Training wouldn’t necessarily be a good choice.”

“!?”

Of course, Choi Yeonseung had gained a lot of power recently, but he was still a young, inexperienced constellation.

He was like an up-and-coming venture company, whereas the Six-Winged Angel Who Hunts Dragons was a stable traditional company.

Did Han Seha really need to bring someone who was doing well in a big company into a venture company?

“He... isn’t good?”

“It’s not that he’s bad, but I don’t think the angel constellation is bad either...”

[The ‘Six-Winged Angel Who Hunts Dragons’ expresses gratitude.]

‘It’s even more suspicious to see him say that.’

‘Maybe he’s hiding information because many ears are listening.’

***

The raids in the Abyss were bound to receive less attention than the raids on Earth. Even though a raid in the Abyss was open to humanity, only the household members of constellations participated.

Those household members didn’t casually tell others what had happened with the constellations during the raid lest they incurred their wrath.

However, no matter how much they tried to keep it a secret, information was bound to leak out. Whenever someone got kidnapped during a raid, their government, which was terrified by the prospect of losing a valuable hunter, and their clan colleagues would inevitably leak the information.

Then, rumors would circulate about who averted the crisis and saved the hostages.

-You mean he did it without any support?

-There were several household members at the scene, but this is really...

Everyone knew that Choi Yeonseung had successfully led some of the biggest raids in recent years. There were few A-grade hunters who could keep up with such an intense pace.

Thus, it was only natural that his evaluation was higher than others.

Since the value of a hunter’s life increased exponentially as their rank rose, hunters who disregarded their own safety to save others were put on a pedestal.

However, things related to the constellations in the Abyss were completely different. Politicians and bureaucrats didn’t make contracts with constellations, but based on the records, they were aware of how dangerous and difficult things related to constellations were.

Conducting a raid in the Abyss under a constellation was completely different from raiding dungeons and monsters with full support from the government!

In fact, whenever a large number of hunters went missing in the Abyss, the government officials who heard the news already resigned themselves and were ready to publicly announce the disaster.

-Everyone... Unfortunately, I am here today to make an announcement about a tragedy. The hunters who have dedicated themselves to their country...

Even though they didn’t know what exactly had happened to the hunters, they always assumed the worst...

Many hunters had met a tragic fate in the Abyss.

However...

-The rescue was successful. There were no casualties!

-It’s a battle between constellations in the Abyss. How is that possible? Isn’t information being restricted?

-I checked it. They really got out of it alive.

Not only the civilians and hunters saved by Choi Yeonseung, but even those in positions of power had started to feel it...

Choi Yeonseung wasn’t an ordinary hunter!

Of course, it was rather strange to associate the word ‘ordinary’ with the rank of A-grade, but that was the only way to describe him.

After all, even A-grade hunters were insignificant compared to the power of a government. There was a limit to what they could do.

However, Choi Yeonseung had demonstrated time and time again that he truly had no limitations.

Even though there hadn’t been any accurate analyses from experts, everyone around the world was feeling a similar thrill...

The thrill that they were on the verge of a great change!

***

Choi Yeonseung wasn’t aware that many people out there were excited about him. He was focused on another urgent matter.

“...The Iron-Blooded Ice Emperor is rather busy at the moment. I’m sorry.”

-Is that so? This is a great opportunity... It’s a pity, but if the Iron-Blooded Ice Emperor has his hands full, it can’t be helped.

The Demon clan contacted him to tell him that they had a chance to fight in a clan battle.