There was a rule that all Hunters knew.

If one suddenly gained great power, there would be a proportional side effect.

Many powerful Hunters suffered from these side effects, often in the form of curses. One such example was Ungnyeo, who had been trapped in the shape of a young girl.

Another example were the people in front of him.

“Merlin…”

“Arthur…?”

There was Merlin, the Hunter who had created and controlled the Round Table. She also was one of the few who had suffered side effects after gaining great strength. For her, it was in the form of fusing with Arthur and one other unnamed Hunter. It hadn’t been by choice.

Rather, they had just wished for strength, and in return, their Sponsors had given them what they desired in a horrifying form.

After bestowing them with that “gift”, they then had been given a mission to return to their original forms.

Like a game.

Their Sponsors had mortgaged their lives in exchange for their request.

"This is..."

"Excalibur?"

Arthur and Merlin looked at the colorful decorative sword given to them by Lee Jun-Kyeong.

Their mission had been to find the sword that had been hidden by a Sponsor, Excalibur. They had tried to find it by using the Round Table, but their efforts had failed. Only when Lee Jun-Kyeong had appeared out of the blue that the sword was mentioned again.

Moreover, he...