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22

The time is right because Jin Woo is thirsty after a fight.

Still, Jin Woo picked up the cup with a puzzled look.

gulp gulp gulp

Cold water flowed down his throat.

"How,hyungnim?"

Now that he thinks about, Jinho's title for him has gone from "hyung" to "hyungnim".

"Mm, this is refreshing."

He returned the cup to Jinho.

"So what you just saw here"

Jinho interrupted before Jin Woo could finish his sentence, almost as if saying

to him not to worry.

"of course! I'm gonna take this secret to my grave"

"No, you don't have to go that far ..."

"How could I not? That's my promise to hyungnim. "

"Allah ... Okay, if you want to be like that. "

"Don't worry about me, hyungnim."

Moreover, there was no way one would believe that a Rank-E Hunter would defeat

boss Gates Rank-C is alone.

Even so, Jin Woo is grateful that Jinho promised to hide it.

‘Think if he's a bad person in saying something.It turns out he's not too bad'

"Is there anything else, hyungnim?"

"...No."

Thats odd.

Jin Woo looked up and down at the figure of Jinho who stood with attention.

"Well, I think I saved his life."

After all, it was normal for one to respect the person who saved his life.

It is understandable if that is so.

Of course, the truth is a little different.

shaaake ~

The Dungeon lightly shook again, then stopped.

Vibration is a signal that Gates will soon be shut down.

The tremor will increase as time passes, until just before Gates closes,

it will feel like an earthquake.

"Let's go."

"Yes, hyungnim."

Jin Woo started walking towards the hallway.

Suddenly, the collapsed stones were smashed into pieces.

Bang out!

Hwang Dongseok and his friends, enter the boss room.

Seeing the spider lying behind Jin Woo, their appearance became incredulous.

"What, is it dead?"

"Both beat him?"

"Is the only thing frightening just its size?"

"Well, if it's defeated by Rank-E and Rank-D ..."

"Hwang hyung, what are we going to do now?"

Hwang Dongseok looked at Jin Woo and Yoo Jinho and scratched his chin.

With the spider dead, Gates will close soon.

It was too late to start mining magic crystals now.

They were not prepared for it, and the remaining time was less than an hour.

He had to change his plan.

He shouted towards Yoo Jinho, though,

"Yoo Jinho!"

Yoo Jinho gasped and took a step back, his face filled with nervousness.

Hwang Dongseok grinned,

“Your equipment really caught our attention, so we did a little research.

Your father turned out to be someone in power! Chairman Yoojin Construction, Yoo Myunghan"

"So ..so what?"

"Well, we'll give you a chance.We have a few things we want to talk about

but if what happens here comes out, our situation will be a little less

comfortable.So if you want to live, be our subordinate”

"Broff?"

Hwang Dongseok raised his chin towards Jin Woo.

At her unpleasant gaze, Jin Woo grimaced.

"Kill Sung Jin Woo."

"What?"

Yoo Jinho panicked, but Hwang Dongseok looked at his face and laughed.

Their initial plan was to kill Jinho as well.

But they have discovered that Yoo Jinho's father is the chairman of one of the companies

the country's leading construction.

With that thought, a cunning thought came to him.

What if they record Yoo Jinho killing Sung Jin Woo, and using it

to blackmail Yoo Myunghan?

"Yoo Myunghan's known fortune is about 10 trillion."

If everything went well, they could earn several times more

from what they got from the magic crystals.

“That's the way out of here.We'll let you live if you kill Sung Jin Woo

with your own hands, otherwise we'll kill you both"

Hwang Dongseok's eyes were filled with killing intent.

"What are you waiting for? No one will know what happened in the Dungeon

Hunter-D will curl up in fear in front of Rank-E? ”

Yoo Jinho looked at his side.

Jin Woo just shrugged his shoulders in response.

"Do what you want" is what he told her.

Yoo Jinho took his sword with a firm face.

"It looks like he made a decision"

Hwang Dongseok smiled.

But the result was not as he expected.

Yoo Jinho took his sword and stood beside Jin Woo.

"Oh? Against us? "

Hwang Dongseok spoke to himself.

The young master was truly brave after being lucky to defeat a Rank-C boss.

Jo Gyuhwan whispered to her from his side,

"Hyung, what should we do?"

Hwang Dongseok whispered back,

“For now, groom Sung Jin Woo.We will hold Mr. Moneybags for now.

Our losses are too great today"

"okay."

A bright light appeared in Jo Gyuhwan's hands.

And Jin Woo's eyes narrowed.

"Again, we often do it this way"

This will be his first time fighting a Hunter.

However, he had no plans to be merciful to those who had threatened

his life several times.

And suddenly!

ring ~

An electronic voice sounded in his head.

[Emergency quests have been made.]

"Emergency search?"

He raised his head.

He did not give the command to open it, but the Quest screen had opened

by itself.

It was the first time that happened.

[Emergency Quest: Dealing with the Enemy!]

[Those who have killing intent against ‘Player’ have been detected.

Ensure your safety by dealing with these enemies.]

[Enemies live: 8]

[Enemies dead: 0]

[Disobedience will result in a penalty.]

Jin Woo's eyes were wide open.

‘Quest that requires me to kill the entire group of Hwang Dongseok?’

Something behind the scenes lit up.

It was an arrow of light released from Jo Gyuhwan's hand.

Bang out!

A slam!

The wall is destroyed due to the impact and the fragments land on Jin Woo's body.

"Youngnim!"

Yoo Jinho tries to run to Jin Woo in a panic, but Hwang Dongseok stops him,

"Yoo Jinho!"

Yoo Jinho flinched and stopped.

"You'd better ignore the dead and come here."

Hwang Dongseok hinted him to come.

Yoo Jinho turned around and saw where Jin Woo was.

As Hwang Dongseok said, Jin Woo was already buried under the rocks and

it seems to be not moving.

"You ... You're a killer ..."

Tears gathered at the corner of Yoo Jinho's eyes.

Hwang Dongseok and his group laughed at his words.

That's the truth anyway.

They could no longer count how many people they had killed in Dungeons.

When they laugh at Yoo Jinho, Jin Woo questions what he sees with

his eyes are under the rubble.

This was because the content of the Quest changed before his eyes.

[Emergency Quest: Dealing with the Enemy!]

[Those with murderous intent against%*@## have been detected.

Ensure your safety by dealing with these enemies.]

[Enemies live: 8]

[Enemies dead: 0]

[Incompliance will result in # $% ^% @ $ # $% # ^! ^ & # $% ^ $.]

Some of the words became broken and turned into new words.

[Emergency Quest: Dealing with the Enemy!

[Those who have killing intent against you have been detected.

Ensure your safety by dealing with these enemies.]

[Enemies live: 8]

[Enemies dead: 0]

[Incompliance will make your heart stop beating.]

That's a very clear threat, though,

"I'll kill you if you don't do the Quest"

"Kill if I don't want to be killed?"

It was a shocking message, but the confusion did not last long.

The confusion quickly turned to comfort.

He couldn't believe it, but it was true.

From the day Quest and the stat screen appeared, one thought had plagued Jin Woo's mind.

"What if this strange event ends?"

If all this happened by chance, could it end abruptly?

Such worrying thoughts always followed him.

But now, with the advent of this Quest, he obtained certainty.

It's not a coincidence or anything.

If the System comes to him out of kindness, it will give him a choice to

avoiding danger.

It would not use punishment to force him to kill.

The system has a purpose.

Not "to make Sung Jin Woo strong", but "need Sung Jin Woo to

being strong".

"Depending on the situation, even killing that fellow Hunter ..."

That was what he gathered comprehending from the Quest display.

However, Jin Woo found comfort in that thought.

'Thank you God.'

Because it's not a coincidence.

There is a clear purpose.

Whenever he faced danger, he wanted to become stronger.

He wanted a chance to rise above his life that felt like he was on the side of a cliff.

And on that day, in the most dangerous moment of his life, the opportunity came to him.

The System's goals are aligned with Jin Woo's wishes.

‘System uses me, and I'll use System.’

That's all he has to do.

As long as it had a purpose, he would be able to sustain this phenomenon.

Jin Woo came out of the rubble of the wall.

[Health: 1360/2600]

He was actually exposed to the rank-C Hunter magic.

One punch took half of his HP.

There is no room for error as you move forward.

A chill crept into Jin Woo's eyes.

He started walking towards Hwang Dongseok.

"What?"

After besieging the cowering Yoo Jinho, Hwang Dongseok's gang noticed

Jin Woo's.

"What, is he still alive?"

"Gyuhwan hyung, looks like you lost your touch."

"How embarrassing, the difficulty against Rank-E"

Hwang Dongseok scratched his chin, and,

"Gyuhwan, do it right next time."

Jo Gyuhwan's face flushed with embarrassment,

"I-I understand."

No. gabe.

He had already used his most powerful spell just now.

It was an attack that consumed a third of his magic power, how could he

still alive?

Did he miss?

No, if he missed, it wouldn't make such a loud sound.

He had a lot of questions but didn't get a chance to ask.

Because Jin Woo was the first to speak, the,

"You've been playing with other people's lives."

Hwang Dongseok's eyes are on Jin Woo.

Jin Woo stopped in front of them.

Yoo Jinho was surprised, but the other Hunters were indifferent.

Some of them even had ridiculing expressions.

Jin Woo continued flatly,

"You must be ready to pay the price, right?"

At that sentence, Hwang Dongseok snorted.

"What did this motherfucker say?"

"Hyungnim, I will handle this"

A Hunter with narrowed eyes approached and wrapped his arms around Jin Woo's neck.

"It seems you really don't understand your situation here,"

The expression of those narrowed eyes became strange as he gave strength to his arm.

'...Whahuh? Why isn't this working? "

She uses all her strength to try to smash Jin Woo's neck, but doesn't

no matter how much he did, Jin Woo's body did not react.

Isn't this fucker just a Rank-E?

Hunter's narrowed eye brows were moistened by cold sweat.

‘What's with this power-’

slashwas.

The narrowed head of the eye fell to the ground.

thud

"J-Joontae!"

Hwang Dongseok's eyes shook.

"Wait what?"

"When did that son of a bitch pick up a dagger?!"

"Where did it come from ?!"

Hwang Dongseok's party quickly withdrew their weapons and took a step back.

In Jin Woo's hand was Casaka's Poisoned Fang whom he summoned from his storage.

The dagger was covered in blood.

ring ~

[Enemies live: 7]

[Enemies die: 1]

‘7 left.’