After hearing the entire story, Yoo Seongwoon’s feelings became complicated.
“…….”
No, his stomach simply burned.
‘…I never imagined a being of the Source would permit a human. Has anything like this happened before?’
No matter how gentlemanly Gio might be, he was born from the Source. The closest comparison was perhaps a ‘Child of the Source,’ but at this point, that hardly mattered.
The problem was that what Cha Ara had seen was probably….
“…You said it was a cottage in the forest?”
Because he suspected it was a ‘Garden,’ a form of the Source. That was likely the closest comparison.
‘…It isn’t a place just anyone can visit. Someone without the qualifications would die upon entering. It cannot be called an ordinary dungeon in the first place.’
At Yoo Seongwoon’s question, Hunter Cha Ara fidgeted with her fingers, then nodded rather defensively.
From what he could tell, she possessed a sensitive and prickly personality. Yet she was even more intimidated than that, making it easy to imagine how she was ordinarily treated.
“Yes. I never went outside the house… but I think that’s what it was.”
“I see.”
Yoo Seongwoon massaged the back of his neck.
‘What a headache.’
According to her, the atmosphere changed with Gio’s mood.
Hunter Cha Ara did not seem to have considered the implication, but even among Humanoid Monsters, few boss Monsters were synchronized with their dungeons to that extent.
‘At that point, the Monster and dungeon must be treated as one body.’
In other words, Hunter Cha Ara had entered Gio’s belly and come back out.
‘And not an ordinary dungeon, but a Garden… Does this story make any sense?’
Knowing the horrific events that occurred when an unqualified person entered a ‘Garden,’ Yoo Seongwoon found it an implausible and malicious lie.
‘Even if Gio permitted it, a space like that isn’t merciful enough for a frail F-rank Hunter to survive on permission alone.’
If she truly had seen a Garden, then even if Gio were an unusual type of…