Chapter 31

Chapter 31

Level 2 Player

Eight Mad Dogs (2)

“Huh?”

Swift Dog’s expression was dyed with bewilderment. A mage-type player with low Strength, Agility, and Stamina stats swung a staff and sent the tanker Iron Dog flying.

‘What is this?’

An event that absolutely couldn’t exist by common sense occurred, and Swift Dog was greatly flustered. But contrary to such a head, the body moved diligently and aimed at Jin-su. However, no matter how fast Swift Dog moved, it couldn’t be faster than the Ice Dragon Staff Jin-su swung.

Hwiik!

The Ice Dragon Staff flew toward Swift Dog like a single snake.

“Ugh!”

Swift Dog twisted his body at an abnormal angle to somehow dodge the Ice Dragon Staff Jin-su swung.

Pueeeeok!

But in the end, Swift Dog couldn’t dodge the Ice Dragon Staff Jin-su swung.

Ududeuk!

Along with the sound of bones breaking, Swift Dog hit by the Ice Dragon Staff spewed red blood and flew into the sky before falling to the ground.

Kuuuuung!

Iron Dog and Swift Dog fell into a combat-incapable state in an instant.

“Jang-ho! Mu-jin!”

The other Eight Mad Dogs shouted the names of Iron Dog and Swift Dog. But there was nothing those whose feet were bound by the Dragon Tooth Soldiers could do.

“Recovery!”

At that time, the healer Old Dog cast a recovery skill on Iron Dog and Swift Dog.

“Uuuu!”

“You’re dead!”

Iron Dog and Swift Dog who recovered from their injuries charged at Jin-su again but were instantly caught in the Dragon Tooth Soldiers’ encirclement.

“All gathered? First, let’s get hit a bit.”

Jin-su approached the Eight Mad Dogs with a bright smile.

‘Mad dogs are weak to the rod.’

Hwiik!

Pueok!

Jin-su entered the beating while swinging the Ice Dragon Staff.

“Uek! Keuek!”

“I’ll kill you!”

Ppaak!

“Aak! You bastard!”

“I absolutely won’t leave you alone!”

The Eight Mad Dogs charged at Jin-su with eyes full of madness. Jin-su continued the beating without batting an eye.

Pueok! Peok! Ppaak!

“Ugh!”

“Iik!”

The Eight Mad Dogs resisted viciously. Swords, spears, and axes were swung, and magic attack skills and arrows flew. But due to the sturdy guard of the Dragon Tooth Soldiers, not a single attack reached Jin-su.

“Do you think we’ll give up!”

Old Dog shouted while continuously casting recovery skills on his comrades.

“Yeah, don’t give up. Make sure to keep enduring.”

Jin-su continued the beating.

‘How long will it take this time? Similar to before the regression?’

Although the Eight Mad Dogs look like they will absolutely never submit on the outside, Jin-su had realized the truth that mad dogs are weak to the rod through experience before the regression.

‘Well, it probably won’t exceed 3 days.’

The time it took for Jin-su to subdue the Eight Mad Dogs before the regression was roughly that much. Since the level is still low and they haven’t fully ripened, it seemed it might take shorter than 3 days.

“Ugh!”

“Keuk!”

The problem was that the current Eight Mad Dogs were too weak compared to the Eight Mad Dogs Jin-su met before the regression. Because the Stamina, Durability, and Mental Power stats were too low, they all fainted before even being beaten for long. Their body condition was also a mess.

The healer Old Dog tenaciously used recovery skills and resisted even while being beaten. But there was bound to be a limit to mana.

As the recovery skill was cut off, the Eight Mad Dogs fainted as is.

‘Because they can’t even receive recovery skills, they collapsed even faster.’

He couldn’t beat them more like this. Because they could die.

“Su-a, use blessing skill and recovery skill on these guys a bit.”

“Huh? Yeah! Okay!”

At Jin-su’s words, Shin Su-a who had a pale face quickly used blessing skill and recovery skill.

“Uuuu!”

“What happened how?”

The Eight Mad Dogs who received Shin Su-a’s blessing skill and recovery skill woke up.

“Then let’s start again.”

Jin-su smiled and swung the Ice Dragon Staff again.

Pueok! Peok! Ppaak!

“Aaaak!”

“Keuek!”

“This bastard!”

“I’ll kill you!”

The Eight Mad Dogs who barely came to their senses charged at Jin-su again and resisted. But there was no way they could win against an opponent they couldn’t beat even in a fine state with a tattered body that had fainted and woken up.

Jin-su continued beating.

Shin Su-a slightly turned her eyes and used blessing skill and recovery skill while turning away from the suffering Eight Mad Dogs. Time continued to flow. Around the time over 2 hours passed, Shin Su-a’s skill level rose.

“Even now, if you admit you did wrong and apologize politely, I’ll forgive you. Instead, if you resist more, it won’t end with an apology.”

Jin-su said with a bright smile.

“If it doesn’t end, what will you do!”

“We absolutely won’t submit!”

“Do you think we’ll do something like an apology?”

“Rather kill us!”

The Eight Mad Dogs resisted while screaming viciously.

“Then let’s start again.”

Jin-su also knew that the Eight Mad Dogs wouldn’t submit just by being beaten for about 2 hours. He just wanted to emphasize the fact that all of this was something you guys brought upon yourselves.

Pueok! Peok!

Jin-su continued the beating again, and the Eight Mad Dogs continued to spit out curses and resist. Around the time about 6 hours had passed like that.

“Stop.”

“N, now stop.”

“Yeah, please stop.”

The momentum of the Eight Mad Dogs broke.

“Then admit you did wrong and apologize politely.”

At Jin-su’s words, the Eight Mad Dogs struggled again.

“You also did wrong!”

“That’s right! And we were beaten enormously! You’re fine!”

“At this degree, shouldn’t we just pass over!”

It seemed the rod was still insufficient. Jin-su beat them for 2 more hours.

“Heuk! We were wrong! Please forgive us!”

“It’s all our fault!”

“We’ll compensate! No, we’ll do whatever you say!”

“So please stop hitting!”

The Eight Mad Dogs submitted perfectly.

‘Much faster than before.’

Unlike before the regression when they endured 3 days, they raised the white flag before even 10 hours had passed.

“Not even a day let alone two days, no grit. No grit.”

Jin-su clicked his tongue as if empty with an expression containing deep regret. The faces of the Eight Mad Dogs turned pale.

Beating them for 10 hours and scolding them for only enduring that much?

‘You’re regretting that we’re not resisting more now?’

‘Clicking your tongue because you can’t beat us more. Pervert! Enormous pervert!’

‘That’s not human.’

‘It’s a demon. That guy is definitely a demon wearing a human mask.’

The Eight Mad Dogs became resentful that they had endured while screaming until now. The more they endured, wasn’t it giving the opponent the pleasure of beating?

‘I didn’t know Jin-su had such a side.’

Shin Su-a who had been helping Jin-su while applying blessing skill and recovery skill to the Eight Mad Dogs was also quite surprised.

‘Still, it’s not that he hit without reason. He didn’t kill either, and my skill level also rose.’

But she soon pulled herself together and rationalized Jin-su’s actions.

“Then how will you compensate.”

At Jin-su’s question, the Eight Mad Dogs became mute like having eaten honey. They submitted because they didn’t want to be hit more. But they had never thought about how to compensate.

“P, with points...”

The moment Mad Dog who barely collected his senses opened his mouth.

“I’ll decide for you.”

Jin-su cut off Mad Dog’s words.

“Ja, sign here.”

Jin-su took out 8 contracts from the inventory and held them out to the Eight Mad Dogs. The Eight Mad Dogs received the contracts and read them down.

The content was simple.

They will follow Jin-su’s instructions 8 times from now on.

“It doesn’t say what kind of instructions!...yo.”

Mad Dog protested and then subtly attached ‘yo’ after looking at Jin-su’s eyes.

“But why is it 8 times?”

Deviant Dog asked with a puzzled expression.

“You 8 are one body. You have to bear joint responsibility. So it’s 8 times.”

At Jin-su’s words, the Eight Mad Dogs hesitated to sign with expressions full of injustice.

“Why? Don’t like it? Then want to get hit once more? At that time, it might become 80 times instead of 8 times.”

“N, no.”

“We’ll sign.”

The Eight Mad Dogs who submitted to the rod eventually signed the contracts. Jin-su gave contracts that constrain the main stats according to the positions of the Eight Mad Dogs. The method of giving Agility contract to Swift Dog, Durability contract to Iron Dog, and Mana contract to Demon Dog.

The Eight Mad Dogs whose main stats were taken as hostages each had to follow Jin-su’s instructions 8 times.

‘What on earth is he thinking of making us do.’

‘We only briefly bowed our heads. We absolutely don’t submit.’

‘Try giving an instruction once. I’ll handle it in the worst way like dog shit.’

The Eight Mad Dogs who resolved themselves in their own way looked at Jin-su while swallowing dry saliva with expressions full of tension.

“Then just go.”

At Jin-su’s words, question marks floated above the heads of the Eight Mad Dogs.

“Just go? What does that mean...yo.”

“Weren’t you going to make us do something?”

As the Eight Mad Dogs expressed questions, Jin-su furrowed his face.

“I wrote the contracts because it seemed I should receive some price. But where would there be a time for me to use weaklings like you? Rather, using summons is much better. When we meet next time, if you’ve become a bit usable, I’ll work you then, so just go for now.”

As Jin-su said while waving his hand, the faces of the Eight Mad Dogs distorted miserably.

‘Useless?’

‘Weaklings? Us?’

‘Worse than summons?’

‘How dare you ignore us.’

From the start, the Eight Mad Dogs had no intention of following normally even if Jin-su gave instructions. But when Jin-su openly said they were useless, their hearts changed.

“Ah, if you climb the Tower later than me, there might be no chance to meet for a lifetime. Since there might be no chance to meet next time, it’s a good thing for you. Just live comfortably.”

As Jin-su said that while smiling, thick poison gathered in the eyes of the Eight Mad Dogs.

‘Watch.’

‘Not catching up to you but surpassing you.’

‘When we meet next time, I’ll make sure such words don’t come out.’

‘I’ll become stronger. Become stronger so I never experience this humiliation again.’

The Eight Mad Dogs who received a big wound to their pride ground their teeth and left.

“If you’re just going to send them like that, is there a need to write contracts?”

Shin Su-a asked Jin-su with a puzzled expression.

“They’re guys with too overflowing confidence. The purpose of making them know the world is scary was large. And although not right away, if we meet again later, won’t there be a use if they’ve become a bit stronger?”

“Uung. Is that so.”

At Jin-su’s words, Shin Su-a nodded.

‘He raised the rod to correct their habits. It’s the first meeting and not that they formed a good connection. To do that much, Jin-su is really kind.’

And she understood Jin-su’s actions according to her own thoughts.

‘It was enjoyable to meet. Become a bit stronger. This time, don’t die foolishly like before.’

Jin-su muttered in his heart while looking at the departing Eight Mad Dogs. The Eight Mad Dogs were a party that belonged to the guild Jin-su led before the regression. They joined forces with Jin-su and climbed the Tower but were wiped out in the middle.

It wasn’t only the Eight Mad Dogs. The reason Jin-su challenged clearing Floor 2,222 alone was because all the party members belonging to the guild were wiped out.

‘This time, I absolutely won’t make it become like that.’

Meeting the Eight Mad Dogs today was great luck.

‘From the start, they are guys who will become strong, but they’ll become even stronger from now on.’

The Eight Mad Dogs had talent. Even if left alone, they grow into top-tier players. But there was a considerable amount of time and opportunity wasted doing crazy acts for fun or interest.

‘This time, they came to their senses much earlier.’

When the Eight Mad Dogs first met Jin-su, were defeated, and beaten for 3 days, they considerably regretted the time and opportunity wasted in the past. And they did their best to become strong and grew faster.

Since the time they met Jin-su and harbored poison was pulled forward overwhelmingly, the Eight Mad Dogs will also become stronger faster than before the regression.

‘With those guys’ personalities, it’s obvious.’

If ordinary players, they would hunt loosely so as not to meet Jin-su and climb the Tower slowly. But if the Eight Mad Dogs, they will try to meet Jin-su as fast as possible, clear the 8 instructions, and aim for revenge.

‘I’m looking forward to the day we meet again.’

Jin-su moved to clear hidden dungeons and acquire titles while summoning the Dragon Tooth Soldiers with a face full of smiles.