Chapter 42

Chapter 42

Level 2 Player

PK Players

Seogeok!

The Shadow Knight’s sword flew the neck of the player who was at the front.

Kwajik!

The Shadow Warrior’s greatsword split the body of the player behind into two pieces.

Pueok!

The Shadow Archer’s arrow pierced the forehead of the healer.

Puuk!

The Shadow Assassin’s dagger pierced the heart of the mage.

“Hiik! What is this?”

“Run.”

The survivors were startled and chose to flee.

“Shackle of Binding!”

At that time, Shin Su-a used a skill. It was a common skill for healers and mages learned thinking it might help hunting.

“Iik!”

Pasak!

Whether they had some skill, they raised mana and quickly broke Shin Su-a’s binding skill.

Hwareureuk!

But it was already late.

Kwaaaaang!

Because the flames Jin-su and the Shadow Mage shot hit their bodies.

‘Quite hard.’

The tanker blocked the magic attack skills of Jin-su and the Shadow Mage.

Shushushuk!

Ting! Ting! Ting!

He also blocked the Shadow Archer’s arrows.

Saaaaak!

At that time, the curse, decay, and deterioration skills cast by the Shadow Healer covered the enemies’ bodies, and the enemies’ movements became dull.

Taak!

At that moment, Jin-su threw his body forward.

Kwakwakwakwakwa!

The Bloodsucking Sword enveloped in blood-colored aura and the Shining Longsword enveloped in pure white aura were swung toward the tanker.

Pagang! Pagang!

Every time Jin-su swung the sword once, the shield was dented and distorted.

Puuk!

Seogeok!

Kwaaaaang!

While Jin-su bound the tanker, the Shadow Assassin, Shadow Archer, and Shadow Mage instantly knocked down the other players.

Kwajijijik!

The shield of the tanker who had been desperately enduring was torn like paper by the Shining Longsword.

Puuk!

The Bloodsucking Sword that aimed at that gap stabbed into the tanker’s neck.

“Keuek!”

The breath of the tanker who endured until the end was cut off.

‘Stupid guys.’

Because they were newcomers and only two, they let their guard down too much. Just be careful of one Stone Golem. It seemed they thought so.

Well, even if they hadn’t let their guard down, the result wouldn’t have changed, but still, they wouldn’t have been defeated so vainly without even putting up a proper counterattack once.

‘The points are substantial.’

As if proving the fact that they were players who climbed to Floor 100, a total of close to 20 million points came in. Adding the items they were wearing and the class change books and skill books they spat out while dying, it would easily exceed 40 million points.

‘This is also why PK players run rampant.’

If hunting the same players, one can obtain overwhelming rewards incomparable to hunting monsters.

‘They probably thought the danger was much lower.’

If they didn’t know the fact that Jin-su and Shin Su-a were newcomers? If Jin-su’s group was not 2 people but a number of about 10?

‘They wouldn’t have revealed their true colors so easily.’

They either wouldn’t recognize them as prey at all, or even if thinking of attacking, they would have appropriately probed and then revealed their true colors while hunting monsters.

‘Let’s consider it a good thing.’

Normal players don’t look at other players as prey and attack. If these guys hadn’t died by Jin-su’s hand today, probably other innocent players would have been sacrificed.

“Let’s go.”

“Yeah.”

Jin-su and Shin Su-a moved again and continued hunting.

***

About 30 minutes after Jin-su and Shin Su-a left, over 30 players revealed their appearances at the place where traces of the battle remained. They immediately scanned the ground and investigated the battle traces.

“It’s certain a battle broke out.”

“Yes, and it seems they were hit quite one-sidedly. Seeing that there are deep and large footprints, there might be a golem or similar summon.”

“We can pursue, right?”

“Of course.”

“They’re guys with good guts. To dare kill players belonging to our Chabel Guild.”

“Let’s find them and kill them!”

“We have to make them pay the price for arrogantly touching our Chabel Guild.”

30 players belonging to the Chabel Guild who sortied after receiving the rescue stone signal began the pursuit while emitting killing intent.

***

Jin-su and Shin Su-a could easily secure prey thanks to Leo’s roar that gathers monsters.

‘The more I see, the more it’s a lucky charm.’

Jin-su contracted with Leo on the condition of supplying food and mana. But until now, Leo had never taken Jin-su’s mana. Simply speaking, it meant that just supplying cheap monster meat as food was enough.

“Yaung!”

Leo climbed onto Jin-su’s shoulder and rubbed its head against his face. Was it because he continuously supplied monster meat? Leo treated Jin-su with a much friendlier attitude than when they first met.

Jin-su also stroked such Leo’s head and treated it preciously. There was no reason to dislike it since it was cute, worked well, and even had aegyo.

When Jin-su and Leo were building a bond with each other, a warning came from the Shadow Archer.

‘30 players approaching?’

Jin-su put the items into the inventory and hid the Shadow Summons into the shadows.

‘Surely it’s not PK players again.’

Meeting PK players is a quite rare thing. As such, the probability of them being ordinary players was high.

‘Seeing that the numbers are many, it seems they came out hunting in guild units.’

Jin-su calmly did the cleanup and moved his footsteps. At that time, the 30 players revealed their appearances.

“Jiiik!”

The brown-furred rat that was on the shoulder of the player at the front cried noisily.

“Those guys are certain.”

The player who was carrying the brown-furred rat on his shoulder pointed at Jin-su and Shin Su-a and said.

“The numbers are too few? From the traces, it was about 7–8 people.”

“I don’t know the reason either. But seeing that Maro reacts and the Stone Golem there, it’s certain those guys lent a hand in the wipeout of the Basil party.”

“If you say so, it must be so. Which guild do you guys belong to to dare wipe out a party belonging to the Chabel Guild?”

At the opponent’s question, Jin-su furrowed his face.

‘They were pursuers.’

It seemed one of the PK players sent a rescue signal to the affiliated guild just before dying.

“There is no affiliated guild.”

“Ha! Small fries without an affiliated guild dare attack the Chabel Guild!”

At Jin-su’s words that there is no affiliated guild, the players belonging to the Chabel Guild became even more high-spirited.

“I only dealt with the PK players who charged first.”

At Jin-su’s frustrating answer, the players belonging to the Chabel Guild slightly furrowed their faces.

‘It doesn’t seem like they’re surprised or flustered.’

A guild with the name Chabel didn’t exist in Jin-su’s mind.

That meant it was just an ordinary guild or a guild that extinguished before Jin-su arrived at Floor 100 before the regression.

“Ha! This bastard is saying weird nonsense!”

“Do you have evidence!”

“You attacked first!”

“To insult the dead guild members! I’ll kill you right now!”

The players belonging to the Chabel Guild emitted killing intent and aimed weapons.

‘Just looking, the tendency is visible.’

There was no appearance of injustice or anything.

‘They knew about the PK acts of the affiliated players.’

The reason they asked which guild they belong to as soon as they met was also guessable.

‘They probed.’

They confirmed whether there is aftermath or not even if killed.

‘From the start, it was a guild made by gathering such guys.’

There are often cases where guys who got a taste of PK pretend to be ordinary players and make a guild. Normally they act normally, and in the hunting grounds they appropriately watch the eyes and hunt players with no aftermath or easy weak combat power.

‘Kill them all without leaving even one.’

Jin-su gave the instruction to the Shadow Summons.

Seogeok!

Jwaaak!

Puuk!

Pueeeong!

The Shadow Summons that had been hiding their bodies in Jin-su’s shadow revealed their appearances and launched a surprise attack.

“Keuek!”

“What is this? Summons?”

“Block the summons appropriately and kill those two!”

The players belonging to the Chabel Guild were quite flustered by the sudden surprise attack. But they were better than those guys earlier.

Because they had a combat formation from the start and the counterattack speed was also fast.

The tankers blocked the attacks of the Shadow Summons and used taunt skills to bind their feet.

The mages fired attack magic and the archer shot arrows, and the healers cast curse and binding skills on Jin-su and Shin Su-a. The warriors and assassins avoided the Shadow Summons and approached Jin-su and Shin Su-a at a fast speed.

‘Protect.’

Jin-su gave the instruction to the Shadow Knight to protect Shin Su-a and then swung the Bloodsucking Sword and Shining Longsword.

Seogeok!

“Keuek!”

Jwaak!

“Aak!”

The two assassins who charged at Jin-su lost their lives in an instant.

Kwaaaaang!

The Shadow Knight and Stone Golem blocked the attacks of the mages and archer. Shin Su-a focused on casting recovery, purification, and protection skills. While doing so, she used recovery skills at appropriate timing to support the battle.

Kwakwakwakwakwa!

Jin-su swung the two swords covered in blood-colored aura and pure white aura and massacred the players belonging to the Chabel Guild like a lion that jumped into a flock of sheep.

“Kulluk!”

“Aak! My arm!”

“What? Enormously strong?”

“R, run!”

As over half the number of guild members died in an instant, the players belonging to the Chabel Guild who fell into panic began to scatter and flee.

‘I won’t let even one live.’

Such guys were pests that harm other players. Pests had to be exterminated as soon as seen.

“Flame Barrier.”

Jin-su used a magic attack skill to block the path.

Taak!

After that, he threw his body as is and swung the sword.

“Shackle of Binding! Shackle of Binding! Shackle of Binding!”

Shin Su-a also stopped focusing on recovery, purification, and protection skills and cast binding skills.

Kwaaaaaang!

“Uaaaaak!”

The Shadow Mage’s attack magic exploded.

Shushushushuk!

“Kulluk!”

“Keuk!”

Following after, the Shadow Archer’s arrows pierced the necks of the players belonging to the Chabel Guild who turned their backs and fled.

“Hiik! S, save me!”

The one who was the leader of the players belonging to the Chabel Guild begged for his life with a terrified expression.

Seogeok!

Jin-su cut the neck as is.

They are guys who grew their power through PK. In that process, how many players lost their lives?

‘Among them, there must have been players who earnestly begged to be saved.’

But those guys would have mocked and killed the players who begged for their lives.

The thing PK players who pretend to be ordinary players care about most is perfectly destroying evidence without leaving survivors, so there was no way they would show mercy.

“Y, you think you can be safe even after doing this!”

The only surviving player screamed. He was the player with a tracking specialty who was carrying a brown-furred rat on his shoulder.

“The Chabel Guild is a large guild with an enormous scale! There are over 300 guild members!”

“Oho, really? For a guild made by PK players, the scale is quite large. What’s the overall level?”

When Jin-su asked in reverse, the face of the player who was screaming was dyed with absurdity.

“You crazy guy! Are you thinking of waging war against the Chabel Guild with only 2 people?”

“The war is already in progress. As soon as the situation turned unfavorable, you would have sent a rescue signal, right?”

At Jin-su’s question, the player with a tracking specialty became mute like having eaten honey.

“If you obediently answer what I ask from now on, there will be no pain to the body.”

At Jin-su’s words, the player with a tracking specialty trembled like an aspen tree. And he obediently answered Jin-su’s questions without any resistance.

‘It’s fortunate there’s no need to torture.’

Jin-su also had some skill in torture.

‘Disputes with trash have to be pulled out properly to the root.’

If ignored and passed over, it only becomes annoying later.

The Chabel Guild was a guild that grew and expanded its power through PK as Jin-su expected. PK that gives large rewards compared to small effort had strong addiction.

‘They moved quite skillfully.’

The Chabel Guild was a new guild with not a long history. The sphere of influence was also only the starting city which is like a beginner village. But it grew enormously fast through PK rewards.

Concealment was thorough.

To avoid the suspicion of other guilds, they targeted small-scale guilds or party-unit players who couldn’t belong to a guild as the main targets. Also, they simultaneously eliminated players of guilds that were on bad terms with each other to avoid suspicion.

‘If they hadn’t met me, they might have survived for quite a long time.’

But in the end, they would have collapsed. Because if the tail is long, it gets caught.

‘I’ll thoroughly exterminate them.’

Jin-su was not a personality that shows mercy to opponents who harbor hostility toward him. Moreover, a guild composed of PK players was better to clean up as fast as possible for everyone’s sake.

It wasn’t free volunteer work either. Because the reward for eliminating PK players was quite substantial.

‘The points that bottomed out from making synthesis skills increased to 100 million.’

If converting all the obtained items into points as well, it was the form of earning 200 million points with only two battles. If erasing the Chabel Guild itself, even more points will come in.

‘Cleaning trash and also earning points, two birds with one stone.’

Jin-su began preparing to welcome the Chabel Guild members who would be diligently running here.