I Have No Intention Of Training The Male Leads - Chapter 2 Part 1

02. Eve Switched Jobs At The Age Of 20 (1)

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Eve squeezed her eyes shut and opened them a few times, feeling the acrid smell of smoke tickle the tip of her nose.

In her hand was the handle of a dagger. Eve looked down at her hand. She was feeling uncomfortable with the familiar weight, and suddenly realized that this was a dream.

But this was not her dream. Her attention was drawn to a shadow moving towards her. The face of the person approaching was also very familiar, so the sense of incongruity intensified.

“Team leader, we’ve killed the mutant female water tiger in Area A.”

“Ugh… Good work. Send a clear report to the support team. What about the kids scouting Area B?”

“We’re in contact. They said everything seems to be okay so far.”

“Water tigers are solitary creatures, but just in case, tell them to be careful. If they get distracted and mess with the boss, they could be in for a long, long ride.”

“Yes, sir.”

Ju-Yeong chewed hard on the filter with an unlit cigarette in her mouth. The dungeon in her memory still looked desolate and depressing. A dry wind whistled through the half-destroyed buildings, exposing their ugly steel frames. It was a sight she had seen so many times that she could picture it clearly even with her eyes closed.

On a cataclysmic day, when the world was turned upside down and human common sense collapsed, the First Wave changed many things about everyday life.

A lot of people died because of the randomly opening portals, dungeons, and monsters appearing out of nowhere. Ju-Yeong lost her only family that day. It happened the year she turned twenty.

As humans scrambled to survive in a cataclysm that had gone way beyond the scope of cognition. They all underwent an abnormal evolution.

They became ?Awakeners? who was able to gain superpowers.

(T/N: This scene reminded me of the other novel I’m currently translating. Lol, ‘Gate’ Readers, should know what I mean.)

The situation quickly stabilized as humans with bizzare abilities, such as psychic powers, began slaughtering monsters and saving ordinary citizens.

The profession of a ‘Hunter‘, which arose after the Cataclysmic Day, became a lucrative one for?Awakeners?. However, it was also a dangerous job, with a high probability of ending up on the Nether Path, as it involved entering dungeons where vicious monsters hostile to humans, would randomly pop up and slaughtering them.

If it weren’t for the money, Ju-Yeong wouldn’t have thought of stepping into such an unpleasant place, no matter whether she’s an ?Awakener? or not.

A Martial Arts ?Awakener? who wasn’t even an ?Esper? was perfect for being a last-minute meat shield, after all. She was just a little bit stronger, a little bit faster, and a little more sensitive than an average person. A C-Class ?Awakener? who wouldn’t mind dying at any moment. That was who she was.

Hunters had a very short lifespan, as expected of a profession where death was often close at hand. There weren’t many Hunters that worked until their thirties, and very few made it past forty. That’s why Ju-Yeong, who is approaching her thirtieth birthday, held the title of team leader.

As she counted the number of her friends who were still alive, she gave up trying to think and ran a hand through her hair, to shake away the dirt. Her hair, which were trimmed short like a man’s, was disheveled.

“We have two confirmed blue slime entities in Area B. What do we do?”

“Slimes? Tell them to keep their distance and stand by. You don’t have any Flame users in your scouting team, do you?”

“No, Ma’am.”

“Send in Hunter Kang Jun-woo and Hunter Lee Sun-ah. Where are they now?”

“They’re both on their way back from clearing Area A.”

“Um……. Hunter Kang Jun-Woo had been injured, so two operations would be too much…”

After receiving the man’s report, Ju-Yeong made a troubled expression and tapped the scabbard of the dagger at the side with her fingertips. After collecting her thoughts, Ju-Yeong quickly gave the order.

“Then send a message to Hunter Lee Sun-Ah to go to Area B immediately. Hunter Kim Min-ji is at the base camp right now. Send a her a message as well.”

“Isn’t Hunter Min-ji still a newbie, will she be okay?”

“Hunter Sun-ah is a veteran, so she’ll be fine with her around. Slimes aren’t that dangerous, so let’s give her some field practice.”

“Yeah, Alright.”

That was the end of the conversation. After watching the man’s back as he took her orders and returned to his post, Ju-Yeong spoke up.

“Hey, be careful.”

“What? What did you just say?”

“Nothing, man. Focus on your work.”

“Yeah… ”

The man walked away, glancing at Ju-Yeong to see if she was nervous that he’d change the subject and come after her for nothing.

A hunter with grandiose aspirations of buying a house in a safe zone and retiring before his thirties, Yoo Seon-Ho was killed in his twenty-sixth year when a monster impaled him in the abdomen in a rank B dungeon.

The day his teammate and immediate junior died happened to be the day Ju-Yeong was assigned to guard a High-ranking government official who, due to the circumstances of the higher-ups, was not even worth it at that time. Ju-Yeong smiled bitterly and put the cigarette she had been holding in her mouth, back into her breast pocket.

She regretted it, but it wasn’t something she wanted to go back to. She looked up at the gray sky and closed her eyes tightly, then slowly lifted her eyelids again.

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She saw the ceiling she’d known for the past seven years. She let out a deep, involuntary sigh and pushed herself up to sit up. Compared to her past life, where she was under the actual threat of death, this was heaven.

Looking down at her smooth hands, unlike the rough, scarred ones she’d seen in her dreams. She clenched them into a fist once, then relaxed. She slid off the bed and over to the bedside window.

The sky outside the window was dark blue with a little glow in the horizon.

It was still dark because the sun hadn’t risen yet, but it was beautiful compared to the ashen skies of my memory. Eve stood at the window for a while. She watched the dark sky gradually lighten to blue, only then did she turn away when it was bright enough to make out the silhouettes outside. It was time for her morning exercise.

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