The Skill Maker

Money won’t bring them this opportunity . They won’t be able to experience this elsewhere .

On top of that, they were safe .

This alliance was formed for power .

So they didn’t feel the need to help them grow .

Because of that, it was only natural for them to exclude them from the training .

And the members that were participating didn’t have any experience with a colorful portal .

Hyun-Soo was able to predict how shocking it was going to be for them .

‘Just tell all of your friends . ’

That way, their value will keep increasing .

“Let’s start!”

They were still testing the training method with Riri .

Since they didn’t know how many people Riri’s power will be able to protect, they decided to start with a small group .

When there’s a colorful portal involved, it’s best to be careful .

“This would’ve been impossible if we didn’t have Riri . Our Riri is amazing . ”

Before starting the training .

The members complimented her so that they can stay on her good side .

Kyuuuuuu!

But it didn’t matter .

Riri stuck to Hyun-Soo and was begging for his attention .

She was asking for a lot of compliments since she worked really hard .

But for Hyun-Soo, he felt a bit embarrassed .

It wasn’t only because of Riri . The members all looked jealous .

This was really burdening for him .

He really wanted to wear a mask .

“Riri, can you create an illusion for them? An illusion that brings out their worst memories . ”

“Hey, hey, rookie . Let’s not go there . Since we’re training, why not do something easy?”

David was one of the members that were participating in the first training, so he was scared .

Hyun-Soo contemplated for a bit and then nodded his head .

“You’re right . Riri, start by creating an illusion that brings out their happiest memories . ”

“You’re too extreme!”

“Bringing out an ordinary memory isn’t fun though . ”

“You need to experience it yourself······ “

“Unfortunately, it doesn’t work on me . ”

After David made a funny expression to annoy Hyun-Soo, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath .

The other hunters did the same and started concentrating after closing their eyes .

The atmosphere suddenly changed .

When Hyun-Soo tapped Riri with his finger, Riri flew up into the air .

Kyuuuuuu-

Her cry was a lot deeper than her usual cry .

A large amount of energy started pouring out of Riri .

“Grr······!”

“Ack!”

The members were in pain at first, but…

“Wow······ . This is nice······ . ”

“Ohhh······ . Gisel······ . ”

They started saying odd things and released a moan-like sigh .

“······ . ”

Hyun-Soo felt uncomfortable just looking at them .

Since he needed to know the members and Riri’s limits, he decided to stop the illusion .

“5, 4, 3, 2, 1······ five minutes is over! Riri, you can stop now . ”

Hyun-Soo had been counting and when Riri heard him, she stopped .

“How was it? Not too bad?”

Kyuuuu, kyuuuuu .

Riri nodded her small head when Hyun-Soo asked if she was okay during the five minutes .

After checking with Riri, Hyun-Soo turned his attention towards the members .

“It seemed like you guys weren’t trying to break out of the illusion at all . ”

The members were looking at the sky, but seemed distracted .

“Oh, well you see…we would’ve tried to break out of it if it was a painful illusion…”

“Um…there were good illusions that I didn’t want to break out of . ”

“…Then that illusion will be the last thing you’ll see before you die . ”

The members smiled sheepishly when Hyun-Soo mentioned that they could die .

“We’ll do better this time!”

“It’s more like you guys were doing your best to enjoy it . ”

“······We’ll try not to . ”

David commented on how Hyun-Soo became scarier and expressed his fear .

Hyun-Soo firmly believed that the illusion wasn’t the reason why they didn’t break out of it .

They just haven’t found a way to break out of it .

Hyun-Soo asked Riri to create a nice illusion since they were just training, but since they weren’t able to break out of it, they made excuses to cover it up .

“Then we’ll go for 10 minutes this time . ”

“Okay! Ready!!”

They told Hyun-Soo that they were going to break out of it within that time .

And then······ .

“10 minutes . Wake up . ”

“Cough······ . Why can’t we break out of it?”

“The problem is that the thought of it being an illusion doesn’t pop into my head . It happened the first time and during the 10 minutes, I kind of noticed it towards the end…”

“Hm, then the biggest problem is not being able to detect the illusion . ”

“Right and breaking out of it won’t be easy, but we first need to be able to detect it first . ”

“Well, just keep trying . I’m sure we’ll find a way . ”

Knock and the doors will be opened .

He heard it somewhere .

Where there’s a will, there’s a way .

It described the situation perfectly .

They had to keep trying until they got results .

The members complained about how they felt like they were being tested on instead of training, but soon closed their eyes and endured the 15 minutes illusion .

***

“I don’t think it’s working out . ”

Hyun-Soo commented bluntly .

The members were exhausted and they all glared at him as if he was being unfair .

“That’s something I should be saying, not you······ . ”

“Hyun-Soo is right, but why am I so annoyed?”

The more time passed, the more they realized that it was an illusion .

The problem was that a lot of time had already passed .

If they waited that long to realize, then they would’ve already been dead .

“At least it’s good that you won’t be stuck in it forever . ”

But it didn’t mean that it was okay .

Time .

Time was the issue .

“We need to shorten the time somehow······ “

“Maybe it was built so that humans aren’t able resist the psychological attacks . ”

“No way . That can’t be true . ”

The members remained quiet when they mentioned that Hyun-Soo was able to resist .

“We just need to find a way . ”

“No! There can always be excl······ . ”

They weren’t able to get good results even after training for a while .

It seemed like the members were leaning towards giving up on the hunt .

It was good that they were using Riri to train, but the problem was that the people getting trained weren’t getting good results .

But Hyun-Soo ignored their complaints .

There’s definitely a way . .

‘We need to clear this hunt so that I can achieve my goal more easily . ’

That’s why he couldn’t give up .

The members looked scared when they saw Hyun-Soo trying to think of ways to make this work .

“I think he’s really trying to get us . ”

“…He’s worse than Yoo-Na . There’s a reason why they’re getting along so well . ”

Being tired physically was a different story .

Being mentally tired was a lot worse .

Moving a finger was hard and even breathing was difficult .

They just wanted to lie there and melt into the ground .

But the Super Rookie was energetic and was thinking while looking at them .

It seemed like his eyes glistened .

They were cornered .

“Rookie, aren’t you tired?”

“Not really . ”

“…The energy that Riri is using, did you give it to her?”

“That sounds about right . ”

Whenever Riri used her power, a portion of his energy went to Riri .

It was probably because she was a monster that he controlled .

“…And you know that Riri used her powers for a few hours, right?”

“······Of course . ”

“And you’re not tired . ”

The members looked at Hyun-Soo as if he was some kind of monster .

“Ah! I can’t do it anymore! Just take me! Kill me!”

David finally yelled out that he gave up and lied down .

He was already lying on the ground and it was more like his head was up .

“Oh, that sounds like a good idea . I think it’s worth trying . ”

“Huh?”

David didn’t know what Hyun-Soo was talking about, so he lifted his head up .

Hyun-Soo was already deep into his thoughts .

‘They do realize that it’s an illusion as time passes, so that’s been taken care of . That means that they just need to realize it sooner…right, I think that method will work . ’

The thought popped into his head after hearing David .

It was really simple .

It took time for them to realize .

So if they shorten that time, it’ll resolve everything .

That meant,

‘Forcefully waking them up . ’

Hyun-Soo smiled and touched the device that was on his wrist .

A few minutes later .

“······Why did you call me here?”

“I need your help, Marcus . ”

“My help?”

How dare you ask for my help?

When Marcus raised one of eyebrows, that’s the feeling that Hyun-Soo got .

Marcus clicked his tongue when he saw two members lying weakly on the Center Room floor .

“Why did you call me? Do you need someone to drag out these weaklings?”

“Well, something like that . ”

“······?”

“You just need to use your skill on them . ”

“…Are you telling me to kill the members?”

“No way . Just a little bit . Just enough to wake them up . ”

It’s like shocking them .

Marcus’s cold expression changed when he heard Hyun-Soo’s explanation .

“So you’re telling me to shock them…?”

“Yes, that’s right . I can’t do it right now and since we’re in a hurry…I thought it was a good idea and it’s best to test these things out as soon as possible . ”

The test subjects were of course the two members that were on the floor .

“Ridiculous . ”

Marcus thought it was ridiculous, but he didn’t complain .

Marcus really cared about the members .

He really cared about the clan and when a weakling like Hyun-Soo appeared, he was the one that ignored him .

After observing Marcus, Hyun-Soo believed that Marcus acted that way because he had a really big ego .

It was obvious as to why he cared so much about the members .

He was in this situation because he cared about their future .

If this test fails, then they’ll fail the hunt .

“So, what do you need me to do?”

Marcus released a short sigh and gave up on fighting against Hyun-Soo .

Of course Hyun-Soo didn’t really care .

“It’s simple . Once Riri activates the illusion and I give you the signal, you just have to use your skill weakly . You know what an electric shocker is, right? You just need to output the same amount as the shocker . If not, those two will get fried . ”

“I won’t make a stupid mistake like that . ”

“Right, so let’s start . ”

David realized something fishy, so he immediately got up .

It was like a scene from a zombie movie .