My Dad is Too Strong

Do-Jun and Ye-Ji were in a taxi to Seobinggo station after picking up her suitcase from her house.

When they checked the time, it was already about twenty minutes past their scheduled meeting time of 10:00 AM. Do-Jun messaged Choi Kyu-Sik, saying they would arrive in about ten minutes.

Choi Kyu-Sik: No worries! Take your time.

Do-Jun saw the reply and smiled faintly.

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I bet they have no choice but to wait.

The Solomon Guild needed a sacrifice to open the Treasure Chest of Shark Tooth.

“Gulp. Um, so as I was saying, these Mermaids have a unique trait: they secrete a toxic mucus all over their bodies and inject paralyzing venom through their molars to incapacitate Hunters… Are you listening?” Do-Jun asked Ye-Ji.

“Yes, of course. By the way, Mr. Administrator, how’s the sandwich?”

“It’s good. Anyway, once they incapacitate the Hunter, the Mermaids…”

Ye-Ji handed Do-Jun another sandwich from the disposable container that had been in the picnic basket she had brought earlier. She had thought it would be nice to bring snacks, assuming they were going on an outing, and she didn’t want to leave the sandwiches behind, so she brought them along.

“Mr. Administrator, surely you’re not saying you won’t eat anymore? I got up at 6 AM to make these. If Mr. Somebody hadn’t called, I wouldn’t have gone to all this trouble,” Ye-Ji said with a smile.

Do-Jun wanted to say, “No one told you to make any sandwiches, Ye-Ji,” instead, he smiled and took the offered sandwich.

Ye-Ji watched Do-Jun take a big bite of the sandwich and smiled brightly.

The taxi driver, watching them through the rearview mirror, chuckled and asked, “You two look good together.”

At that question, Ye-Ji blushed and smacked Do-Jun lightly on the shoulder.

“Oh, come on, Mister. Do we really look like a couple? Well, he did say I’m the only one for him.”

“Haha! Seems like the gentleman is quite bold!”

Do-Jun glanced sideways at Ye-Ji.

When their eyes met, Ye-Ji was startled and quickly turned her head away. Do-Jun continued the briefing as he ate the sandwich.

***

They arrived at Seobinggo Station at 10:40 AM, forty minutes past the scheduled time.

“I’m Lee Do-Jun, the one who contacted you.”

“Oh... there are two of you?”

“Yes. This lady is Hunter Cha Ye-Ji, who will be hunting with you today. I’m her supervisor,” Do-Jun said, handing over a business card.

Choi Kyu-Sik quickly scanned the card.

“Seoul City Hall’s Fissure Management Division? Civil servants get involved in things like this nowadays, I see.”

“Our division was established about five years ago. We currently manage Fissures of C-rank and below.”

“Is that so? But the Fissure we’re going to is B-rank.”

“I’m here today not for official business but purely to help level up the Hunter I manage. This is a personal matter.”

The three members of Solomon Guild exchanged glances at the unexpected turn of events.

In their line of trade, it was common for Hunters to die inside the Fissures. However, if the deceased Hunter was one that Seoul City Hall managed, the situation was bound to become a bit more complicated.

“And I will also be accompanying my Hunter on the Fissure hunt,” Do-Jun stated.

“Sorry? But civilians are not allowed to enter Fissures,” Choi Kyu-Sik said.

“Employees of the Fissure Management Division are allowed to enter, so there’s no need to worry about that.”

Kim Hong-Yeop, another Hunter from Solomon Guild who had been listening in on the conversation, interjected, “Sorry, but we might need to reconsider—”

But Choi Kyu-Sik talked over him just as Kim Hong-Yeop was about to express his refusal.

“Well then, we look forward to working with you today, Supervisor Lee Do-Jun and Hunter Cha Ye-Ji.” Choi Kyu-Sik nodded in agreement.

Kim Hong-Yeop nudged Choi Kyu-Sik’s side as if asking why he had to complicate things.

We just have to kill them both.

Sacrifice one of them in the boss room, then kill the remaining one right there. If an investigation ever came up, they could just say it was an unfortunate accident during the hunt.

“Alright, let’s get moving.”

***

[A Monarch is present within a 500-meter radius.]

[The Blessing of the Vow effect is active.]

[All stats are increased by 100%.]

[Damage received from enemies is reduced by 50%.]

[Immunity to all status effects has been granted.]

Ye-Ji turned to look at Do-Jun as she walked alongside the three members of the Solomon Guild. Even though this wasn’t a Fissure managed by the Fissure Management Division, Do-Jun held a SpacePad in one hand.

Ye-Ji checked the sword tattoo on her wrist and recalled what Do-Jun had said in the taxi.

“This Fissure has Mermaids. Think of them as creepy-looking fish people. The strategy is simple. If you cut off their wrists, the mucus they secrete will disappear, and you can easily kill them by attacking anywhere on the upper body.”

Kim Hong-Yeop was the tank for the party and walked ahead cautiously. He muttered, “I don’t see any Mermaids… What’s going on?”

It was indeed strange. It had been thirty minutes since they entered the Fissure. By now, they should have encountered at least twenty Mermaids, but there wasn’t even one, let alone twenty.

Hearing Kim Hong-Yeop’s words, Do-Jun stopped in his tracks.

“Ye-Ji.”

“Yes, Mr. Administrator.”

“I’ll stay a hundred meters back.”

“Oh, um... sure, that works for me.”

Ye-Ji tilted her head in confusion, as Do-Jun never stayed more than twenty meters away from her. She had always nagged him to stay at least a hundred, no, two hundred meters away for safety, but today, he offered to distance himself before she even said a word.

“Three Mermaids, ten meters out!”

And just as Do-Jun stepped away, three Mermaids appeared in front of Kim Hong-Yeop, who was leading the group.

Ye-Ji drew her sword and charged at the Mermaids.

“H-hold on!” Choi Kyu-Sik yelled, trying to stop Ye-Ji.

From what he’d heard, she was a C-rank Hunter. Charging recklessly like that, she would likely become prey for the Mermaids.

We can’t have her die before we reach the boss room.

In truth, Choi Kyu-Sik and Cho Hyun-Jin weren’t actually healers. While each had a healing skill, they were low-grade, garbage skills of F-rank.

With Choi Kyu-Sik’s one debuff skill and one healing skill and Cho Hyun-Jin’s one attack skill and one healing skill, they were closer to attackers than anything else.

I was planning to reveal it later… I’ll just have to make something up, Choi Kyu-Sik thought as he drew his dagger.

But just as he was about to charge at the Mermaids, the sword in Ye-Ji’s hand flashed with a white light.

The Mermaids’ wrists were severed, and the mucus that had flowed from their bodies like water dried up.

“Huh…?”

It wasn’t just Choi Kyu-Sik. The remaining two members of the Solomon Guild were also stunned.

Slash, slash, slash!

The Mermaids didn’t even have a chance to think about attacking before they were slain helplessly by just a few casual swings of Ye-Ji’s sword.

Thud.

After finishing her sword dance, Ye-Ji landed on the ground and swung her sword in the air once.

The Mermaids’ blood that had stained the blade dripped down.

Choi Kyu-Sik couldn’t close his mouth. The flawless movements and the power to massacre the Mermaids he had just witnessed were more like a work of art than a battle scene.

Is she really supposed to be a C-rank?

She had to be at least a B-rank—no, even higher, possibly even on par with A-rank Hunters.

The truth was that the B-ranked Choi Kyu-Sik and Cho Hyun-Jin had a hard time killing just one Mermaid. The Mermaids’ unique sticky mucus made it difficult to inflict any wounds.

“Y-you are amazing,” Choi Kyu-Sik said in awe.

“It’s nothing. It’s definitely easier knowing their weaknesses.”

“Weaknesses…?”

“Yes. If you cut off a Mermaid’s wrists, their defense is almost nullified…” Ye-Ji said as she looked at Do-Jun, who was following behind. “At least that’s what Mr. Administrator told me.”

***

[Level up!]

Smash!

The Mermaid’s head flew off.

To the members of the Solomon Guild, Ye-Ji looked like a monster leading the charge and slaughtering the Mermaids. Her movements were swift and fearless, and even when surrounded and attacked by a group of Mermaids, she didn’t seem to take much damage.

“Would you like a heal…?” Cho Hyun-Jin approached cautiously and asked.

But Ye-Ji shook her head as if she was fine. “I’m okay, but please take good care of Mr. Administrator.”

“Okay…”

Crack.

Choi Kyu-Sik bit his nails.

The plan had gone awry. He now fully understood that Ye-Ji’s skill level wasn’t C-rank or even B-rank. Their plan to force her to be a sacrifice when they entered the boss room was no longer possible.

We’ll sacrifice that damn civil servant and gang up on Ye-Ji three to one to kill her, he mentally improvised the plan.

There was no other way.

No matter how close to A-rank her skills were, overwhelming numbers always won. If they combined their strength, they could take her down.

“The path splits ahead,” Ye-Ji said and stopped abruptly.

Having been here more than ten times already, Choi Kyu-Sik knew which way led to the boss room.

“We should go righ—”

“We should go left,” Do-Jun said, interrupting him.

Choi Kyu-Sik quickly turned his head to look at Do-Jun and smirked. “Supervisor Lee, I’m very familiar with this area, so please leave it to me.”

However, without a moment’s hesitation, Ye-Ji started walking to the left.

“Hunter Ye-Ji! We need to go to the right!” Choi Kyu-Sik called out.

“If Mr. Administrator says it’s left, then it’s left.”

Hearing those words, Choi Kyu-Sik chuckled in disbelief.

“And on what basis are you saying that? This is the first time either you or Supervisor Lee have been here. On the other hand, we’ve been here several times. Whose word should we trust?”

“Mr. Choi Kyu-Sik,” Ye-Ji said with a serious look.

“Yes?”

“If you want to go to the right that badly, go ahead. Mr. Administrator and I will go to the left.”

“What…?”

He couldn’t believe it.

For a moment, a surge of anger welled up but now wasn’t the time to lose his temper.

***

“This can’t be...”

With Do-Jun’s guidance, it took them less than ten minutes to reach the boss room.

Do-Jun gave directions as if he knew the entire layout of the cave, and Ye-Ji followed him without hesitation.

“Was there always a path like this?” Choi Kyu-Sik muttered to himself while watching Do-Jun put his SpacePad into his briefcase.

If they had gone to the right at the fork, it would have taken more than two hours to reach the boss room.

Whatever, this works for us.

Now they could get the treasure chest of Shark Tooth.

Choi Kyu-Sik grinned as he looked at the tightly shut bronze door. He asked, “It seems there’s a boss monster behind this door. What will you do?”

He was planning to fight them on the spot if they were unwilling to enter.

“Mr. Administrator, it’s dangerous, so should we head back?” Ye-Ji asked Do-Jun.

“I think it might be worth a try,” Do-Jun accepted without hesitation.

“Then let’s go in. But please don’t leave my side.”

Do-Jun nodded, and the members of Solomon Guild smirked inwardly.

Choi Kyu-Sik decided to place a debuff on Ye-Ji first.

Disease.

It was an A-rank skill that reduced the opponent’s stats by thirty percent. No matter how close to A-rank she was, facing three opponents with almost a third of her stats reduced would be too much.

What? Choi Kyu-Sik couldn’t believe his eyes.

[The Disease effect cannot be applied to the opponent.]

At that moment, Ye-Ji also received a message.

[Choi Kyu-Sik’s Disease was blocked by Blessing of the Vow.]

“Mr. Choi Kyu-Sik.”

“Yes…?”

Ye-Ji turned around and glared at Choi Kyu-Sik.

“Are you a PK?”

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Raise your hand if you think this dude is leading Ye-Ji on!