I Was Possessed in a Hunter Story Where the Protagonist Eats Everything by Himself

001. The protagonist is obsessed with a hunter story where he does everything by himself

The popular web novel ＜Awakened Hunter Academy SSS Class Hunter＞, commonly known as Awakened Hunter.

The settings and universe were flawless.

Except for one thing.

“This is absurd.”

Lee Sunghyun, the protagonist and regresser.

A protagonist who uses all his abilities for his own sake.

He has no interest in saving people or acting for others.

The world exists for him and he feels at ease only after trampling those who stand in his way.

A man who moves only for his own amusement.

‘Yes, this is good.’

Selfishness is good.

Self-interest has been my creed.

I also think I am selfish.

“But still, this is….”

I frown at the letters before my eyes without realizing it.

Up until the 4th regression of Sunghyun, I thought it was not a novel but a setting collection and read it as reference.

From the 5th regression, I read it gritting my teeth, feeling it was a waste of money I had spent.

But this crossed the line.

Sunghyun in the 8th regression.

No matter how trashy he acted, I never thought Sunghyun, whom readers expected to be the heroine, would kill her.

[When the heroine who loved him became useless, he cruelly gouged out her eyes and threw her away in the dungeon….]

Does this make any sense?

And the reason was that the now useless heroine annoyed him.

This is not selfishness, it’s just psychopathy.

It’s not because his mind and body have worn out after long regressions.

He was just born this way.

Selfishness is about pursuing one’s own interests.

Sunghyun’s actions go beyond that.

“With the perfect universe and settings, Sunghyun is….”

What’s the difference between sprinkling grits on cooked rice.

Perhaps because everything else was so perfect, this single flaw of Sunghyun bothered me even more.

‘I have to say something.’

I don’t usually leave comments but this time I couldn’t hold back.

After confirming the traffic light had changed color with a side glance, I fixed my eyes on my smartphone.

[Author, I’ll be brief. The protagonist’s character is a complete mess. You seem skilled at creating settings so I suggest you stop writing web novels and just publish setting collections.]

The moment I posted this polite and respectful comment.

[Notification (1)]

A mail in the messenger.

[Title: Empty Mail.]

[]

As the title suggests, a spacious emptiness without any content.

The body contained no text at all.

It gave me chills.

“Who would play such a prank….”

Just as I tried to close the mail, feeling upset.

A line of text started appearing in the first line of the email which was empty just a moment ago.

[Kim Suna gets possessed by ＜Awakened Hunter Academy SSS Class Hunter＞.]

***

A familiar musty smell.

But the view before my eyes was an unfamiliar room.

The clock showed it was early morning.

“January 20th, 2:50 AM….”

A date and time that seemed somehow familiar.

Something people call deja vu.

‘Moreover 2:50 AM….’

I must have been asleep for over half a day.

Where exactly is this place?

The view outside the window was clearly Seoul.

But it looked different from the cityscape I was used to seeing.

This is definitely not my room.

I don’t have any friends who would lend me their bed.

‘Could I have been kidnapped?’

No way.

There’s no such sloppy kidnapping.

My body was fine and I saw no signs of being confined.

I could just jump out the window right now and escape.

‘Why am I lying in someone else’s room…’

It was an ordinary room but had an unfamiliar vibe.

If I get out of here and go to a police station, I should be able to find out something.

Thinking that, as I got up, an excruciating headache hit me and I remembered the last thing before I woke up.

“The email….”

A common trope of the author making a critic who pointed out flaws get possessed.

I knew it was an absurd idea.

However, the shabby desk made of cardboard boxes and the document on top of it were amplifying my doubts.

[Application for National Seoul Hunter Academy]

“National Seoul Hunter Academy….”

The name of the Hunter Academy which is the main stage of Awakened Hunter.

“Could it really be….”

It’s nonsense.

‘Are you unable to distinguish reality from delusions because you hit your head? Kim Suna.’

I slapped my cheek and scolded myself.

But the questions arising in my mind were growing.

I carefully picked up the papers in the application envelope and looked through them.

[2025 National Seoul Hunter Academy Written Exam Results]

Examinee Number: 0300213

Name: Kim Siwoo

Type: Page 1

Pass/Fail: Pass

Score: 95/100

“Kim Siwoo….”

I let out a snort.

While not very common in reality, there was the infamous ‘that name’ in web novels to consider.

But more than anything.

The written exam where penalties are given based on your Skill Book.

Having a Page 1 Skill Book means you can only use a single skill.

‘In other words, weak.’

Even if an applicant miraculously passes the written exam, they have no chance at passing the practical exam so they don’t even apply.

The 2025 Hunter Academy is the main stage of Awakened Hunter.

If this really is the world of Awakened Hunter, there’s no way I wouldn’t know about such a noticeable applicant.

I was embarrassed at having such an absurd thought and let out an empty laugh.

‘If this really was the world of Awakened Hunter, then a Skill Book should appear….’

Chilling-

＜Skill Book＞

□ Owner: Kim Siwoo

□ Genre: Swordsmanship

□ Pages Owned: One

□ Skills Owned

– Pitiful Single Strike LV. 2 (E Rank)

Before my thought was even finished, a transparent blue screen appeared before my eyes.

Letters floating in the air, an unreal situation.

A familiar trope seen many times in Awakened Hunter.

A Skill Book.

Is this for real…?

That’s nonsense.

But something unreal was happening before my very eyes, so I couldn’t deny it.

Only then did I notice the unfamiliar face reflected in the window, eyes wide open.

A man in his 20s, decent looking but not extraordinarily handsome.

As crazy as it sounds, the situation clearly indicated it.

I got possessed into the world of ＜Awakened Hunter Academy SSS Class Hunter＞.

“Ha… hahahaha….”

An empty laugh escaped me unconsciously.

It wasn’t delight at getting possessed into a novel I enjoyed, nor anticipation of a new world.

In Awakened Hunter where powerful skills meant power and money, having a Skill Book like this….anyone would despair.

‘One page.’

The number of pages in your Skill Book equals the number of skills you can use.

With a Skill Book like this, even the lowest E-rank Hunter would be difficult.

Awakened Hunter is a hunter story.

If I really got possessed into the world of Awakened Hunter.

At the point I’m unable to become a hunter, my knowledge becomes useless.

“Damn it….”

The original world was in this state.

Having experienced it countless times since childhood, I had no intention of complaining about my situation now.

For now, I should try to do what I can.

At that moment, a strong vibration was felt from below.

What’s this…?

The shaking showed no signs of calming down, only intensifying.

At that moment, the date and time shown on the clock flashed through my mind.

[January 20th, 02:50 AM]

“No wonder it seemed familiar….”

A date and time I had seen many times.

If this really is the world of Awakened Hunter, the identity of this shaking is obvious.

The day an anomalous gate appears in the middle of a Seoul residential area, causing countless casualties.

Also the day Lee Sunghyun awakens.

In other words, the beginning of a new regression in Awakened Hunter.

[January 20th, 03:00 AM]

Kugugugung-

Which means—

The gate will soon swallow up the surrounding area!

As the thought occurred, I threw my body with all my might in the opposite direction of the source of vibration.

“Haa.. haa….”

In an instant, half the room was gone.

Between the buildings swallowed by the gate, something massive was revealing its presence.

“Anomalous Gate….”

The place where Lee Sunghyun obtains items and awakens.

I caught my breath for a moment.

Soon, monsters spewed out from within the enormous gate.

Something felt off.

Kim Siwoo has such a garbage Skill Book it’s noticeable.

If he was an applicant to the Seoul Hunter Academy, which is the setting of Awakened Hunter, there’s no way I wouldn’t remember him.

But the reason I didn’t know about him was.

“Because Kim Siwoo was fated to die today.”

Pupils glinted between the debris even though it was deep night.

My whole body’s hair stood on end.

Muscles trembled from instinctive fear.

…Yet paradoxically, the corners of my lips were rising.

‘When the lottery to flip my rock-bottom life is right before my eyes, how could I not smile?’

Running away as fast as I could would increase my immediate survival rate.

But there’s something I absolutely must get from that gate.

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I picked up a dagger placed in the corner of the room.

If things go according to Awakened Hunter’s settings, the march of the monsters pouring out will pause briefly.

That’s my chance.

The moment the gate flashed purple, I rushed towards the broken window.

My body tumbled to the floor along with shards of glass.

Blood was flowing from all over but I had no time to feel the pain.

“Haa… haa….”

I ran towards the gate with all my might.

Tak tak tak tak-

The monsters prowling the ground looked back at my footsteps.

The monsters soon let out shrill cries and turned towards me.

Kyaaak-!

But my feet were already past the gate.

“I’m going in first.”

As the monsters dripping saliva and charging at me faded from sight, I entered the gate.

***

“Here it is.”

A dark and damp scenery without a shred of light.

This was the interior of the gate’s dungeon.

‘More oppressive than I imagined in person….’

But I had no thoughts of shrinking away in fear.

Inside this dungeon, Lee Sunghyun obtains two items from a hidden dungeon.

The important one is a Skill Book titled [Myth of Ashter].

Skill Books are books engraved on one’s soul from the moment of birth.

One then fills its narrative as they live life.

And upon its owner’s death, the Skill Book disappears as well.

This is the typical life of a Skill Book.

Among them, some exceptional beings with outstanding narratives gain titles to their Skill Books.

And when the narrative exceeds normal limits, the story contained within the Skill Book becomes myth.

When a Skill Book becomes myth, it remains as an item in book form even when its owner dies instead of disappearing.

“Myth….”

Lee Sunghyun was an idiot with only two pages, not as bad as Kim Siwoo I got possessed into.

What allowed Sunghyun to rampage in Awakened Hunter wasn’t something like regressions.

It was because he obtained [Myth of Ashter].

A Skill Book engraved on one’s soul never changes.

Even if you’re born with garbage skills, you can only polish those skills, not obtain new ones.

Some are born wielding swords, others wielding guns.

One born wielding swords cannot wield guns.

Unfair as it is, all they can do is wield their swords well.

Such are the rules of Awakened Hunter.

But myths exist outside the realm of common sense.

Obtaining a Skill Book that became myth allows you to inherit those skills.

In other words, even if Kim Siwoo’s Skill Book is trash, obtaining the complete Skill Book [Myth of Ashter] means overcoming limitations.

“Myth of Ashter….”

No matter what, I have to gain that power.