Chapter 34: Chapter 34: The Unseen Threat
The training grounds remained silent. The gathered hunters couldn't believe what they had just witnessed. An unknown hunter had taken down an elite S-rank in a single move.
Mai casually stretched his arms, as if the battle had been nothing more than a warm-up. He could feel the gazes locked onto him—shock, admiration, and fear all mixed together.
Jinhyuk coughed, forcing himself to stand despite the pain. His face twisted between disbelief and bitter amusement. "Damn... That's some absurd power."
Mai smirked. "You wanted a demonstration."
Jinhyuk exhaled sharply, shaking his head. "That wasn't a demonstration. That was a massacre."
The other hunters slowly backed away, murmuring among themselves.
"This guy is beyond S-rank…""He's like a walking calamity.""How the hell did we not know about him before?"
Director Choi, who had been watching from the upper stands, tapped her earpiece. "Increase surveillance on Mai Lee. We need to assess his growth rate."
But even as she issued orders, a nagging thought refused to leave her mind.
There's something unnatural about his rise in power.
System Notification
Ding!
[Warning: Higher Entities Have Taken Notice of You]
Mai's smile faded slightly.
'Higher entities?'
That was new.
His abilities had allowed him to grow unchecked so far, but if something—or someone—had noticed his existence, that meant he was stepping into dangerous territory.
He opened his status window once more, but this time, the luck stat flickered strangely.
Partial Stat Window Update
[Mai Lee – Level 40]
[New Notification]: Unknown Observation DetectedLuck: ??? → Unstable
Mai frowned. Luck was usually the most mysterious of his stats, but now it was shifting?
Was he being watched?
By what?
Before he could dwell on it, a sudden pressure filled the air.
A presence—powerful and suffocating.
The other hunters felt it too. Their faces went pale as their instincts screamed at them to run.
Then, without warning—
A gate appeared in the sky.
And it was unlike anything they had ever seen.