Chapter 69

Chapter 69

Level 2 Player

Out-of-Spec Monster (2)

‘It is not easy to give advice to players to this extent.’

Although he is calling them NPCs for convenience, the employee is not an existence like a real game NPC.

‘Although they are part of the system, they are not artificial intelligence or machines.’

They are also living life forms that feel emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure. That is why each has different personalities and different thoughts.

‘Ordinary NPCs only ponder how to suck points from players.’

That is why there are cases where they lie, and for information where they cannot say falsehoods, they also toy with players using clever wordplay. So to obtain proper information, the effort of personal connections or giving tips was needed.

‘If certain information can be obtained with a slight tip, it is definitely a gain.’

Looking at the NPC employee’s inclination, he did not seem like a person who plays such tricks. Jin-su threw various questions at the NPC employee, ordered a meal, and gave an additional tip.

“Thank you. I will tell the chef to cook it most deliciously. And do not let my words go in one ear and out the other, and if you want to live, please leave this city.”

The NPC employee earnestly requested Jin-su and Shin Su-a.

‘He is a type with a lot of affection.’

NPCs who care that much just because a little tip was given were quite rare.

“Fuck, that bitch has been saying only unlucky things since earlier. It seems like scabs will form on my ears, so stop the nonsense and do your work, you bitch.”

At that time, one player sitting at another table said harsh words mixed with curses to the NPC employee.

The NPC employee lowered his head deeply with a deflated expression and entered the kitchen just like that. Seeing that appearance, Jin-su’s expression hardened slightly.

‘What is that guy?’

Jin-su looked at the player who spat out curses.

“Hey! Chink! What are you glaring at? It is not even words said to you, do you feel bad? Did you already form a relationship with that bitch?”

“Kikikik!”

“Form a relationship with an NPC? If it is a ching chang chong, that could be. Kekekek!”

“It does not seem long since you lost party members. Does a woman catch your eye?”

“Hey, miss? You seem like a healer. How about abandoning that guy and entering our party? We will treat you well.”

“Yeah, if you come we will treat you prettily. If only two are left, survival will be hard too, but if you come to our party there will be no matter of dying while hunting.”

At the appearance of those mocking while making a gesture of tearing their eyes with both fingers, Jin-su and Shin Su-a’s faces turned cold.

The players sitting at other tables watched the thug party and Jin-su and Shin Su-a with interesting expressions as if watching a fire across the river.

‘They are thugs.’

There is a saying that birds of a feather flock together.

That is the same for players.

‘Thugs form parties by gathering with thugs.’

Since their inclinations are similar, they stick together as one and the things they do are obvious.

‘They do not even know how terrifying an existence an NPC receiving the system’s protection is.’

Why would NPCs be calmly engaging in their livelihoods when the out-of-spec monster Bone Dragon is gathering toward the city?

Attacks of players and monsters do not work on NPCs receiving the system’s protection. Also, basically the combat power of NPCs is higher than the players of each floor of the Tower.

‘Due to constraints, NPCs cannot attack players first.’

From the NPC’s perspective, they can avoid the constraints by inducing the player’s attack through appropriate provocation.

That NPC employee only avoided the place because his heart was weak. If he had induced the attacks of those player bastards by arguing as if provoking them?

‘They would have been beaten until dust rose.’

In an ordinary situation, players can absolutely not defeat NPCs receiving the system’s protection.

‘A puppy does not know the fear of a tiger.’

The thug-like inclination and behavior are also problems, but since they have eyes that cannot recognize the strong, they are guys who are unlikely to live long. Even just looking at now, did they not pick a fight with Jin-su and Shin Su-a as well as the NPC employee with racially discriminatory words and actions?

‘They are acting like that because they think they are stronger.’

The habits of thugs are obvious.

‘Guys who are strong against the weak and weak against the strong.’

Those guys are acting like that because they think the NPC employee, Jin-su, and Shin Su-a are weaker than themselves.

Looking only at the appearance visible from the outside, one could think that way.

The NPC employee was nothing more than an ordinary woman, and Jin-su and Shin Su-a who look like players were only two.

Ordinary players form parties of about 10 people. Even if small-scale, it exceeds 5–6 people. From the outside, one could misunderstand Jin-su and Shin Su-a as losers who lost party members to monsters and barely fled to the city.

‘On top of that, they would have heard the conversation I exchanged with the NPC employee.’

Those thugs confirmed the fact that Jin-su and Shin Su-a are not players who came from a higher city and openly picked a fight.

‘They are guys who came from a higher city to hunt the Bone Dragon.’

That much could be known just by looking at the equipment they were wearing.

‘On top of that, like thugs they will be trusting in numbers.’

There are several maxims in the Tower.

One of them is precisely ‘Do not judge the opponent by the appearance visible from the outside.’

The age visible from the outside and the actual age are different. The strength visible from the outside and the actual strength are different. That is why there were often cases of suffering misfortune by judging the opponent only by appearance.

‘There are also the maxims not to pick a fight with NPCs and not to act recklessly.’

Those guys successively committed actions that should be avoided in the Tower. And now it was the turn to pay the price for that.

Swoosh.

Jin-su got up from his seat.

“Oh? A chink dares to feel bad?”

“Then what are you going to do?”

“Perhaps he is trying to politely ask for an apology?”

“Then it would be funny. Kekekek!”

Step, step.

Jin-su approached toward the thugs.

“Arrogantly not knowing his place.”

“It seems he is trying to act tough because it is in front of a woman. We will not let it go even if you do that.”

“That guy, don’t tell me he is mistaking the inside of the city for a PK-impossible safe zone?”

“If it is a ching chang chong, that might be.”

“Then shall we show him once?”

Whoosh!

With those words, one of the thugs suddenly threw a punch at Jin-su.

Tak!

“Huh?”

However, the punch thrown by the thug was caught just like that in Jin-su’s hand.

“Since you did not draw a weapon, I will not kill you.”

Creak!

The moment Jin-su put strength into his grip, the thug’s hand bones were crushed just like that.

“Aaaak!”

The thug let out a scream.

“That bastard dares!”

“Beat him up!”

The fellow thugs rushed toward Jin-su.

Grab!

Jin-su grabbed the head of the thug whose hand bones were crushed.

“Aak! My head!”

Jin-su grabbed the thug’s head and swung the body like a club.

Kwaang!

The thugs who rushed at Jin-su rolled on the floor.

“Ugh! My nose!”

The thug whose nose bone was crushed streamed red nosebleeds.

The other thugs also held their faces, chests, waists, arms, and so on and suffered.

“Grr!”

“That bastard!”

“I’ll kill him!”

The thugs growled fiercely while spitting out curses. However, unlike the vicious words, they no longer rushed first and did not draw weapons.

Because they realized the fact that Jin-su was stronger than themselves.

‘I picked the wrong fight, fuck.’

‘I should have realized when he crushed the punch of the tanker Colin with his bare hands.’

‘Strength and speed are on a different dimension.’

‘If I draw a weapon, I really die.’

‘It has been over 8 years since I came to Floor 100. But I have never seen a guy like that.’

‘Damn, I opened my mouth for nothing.’

The thugs became scared dogs.

“Fuck, you dare to touch us?”

“You picked the wrong fight. We are affiliated with the American Alliance Guild.”

“Do you think you can be fine even after doing this!”

“If you want to die, come at me!”

They only barked fiercely.

They did not dare to rush.

“First, let’s get hit a bit.”

Jin-su said those words and grabbed the Blood-Sucking Sword with its scabbard and swung it like a club.

Thud! Crack!

“Aak!”

“Ugh!”

Every time Jin-su swung the scabbard of the Blood-Sucking Sword, desperate screams burst out. The thugs no longer resisted, threatened, put forward the name of the guild, or spat out curses.

“Keok! I-I’m sorry!”

“Please let me off just once! Ack!”

“Points! I will give points! Sob sob!”

“I will give items too! Please stop hitting!”

“Aak! It hurts! It hurts!”

“I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”

They only got beaten and earnestly begged Jin-su for forgiveness.

Jin-su did not even pretend to listen to the thugs’ words.

He just continued beating them.

“Keok! P-please spare me.”

“Ugh! Ugh!”

“Huuuk! Keok! Keok!”

The thugs’ bones broke and flesh burst. The thugs who had been neat appearances until a moment ago turned into rags in an instant.

After finishing the beating for a long time, Jin-su turned his head and examined the surroundings. The players who had been watching with interesting expressions when the fight first started all turned their heads or lowered them and avoided Jin-su’s gaze.

“You want to make a sincere apology to me?”

At Jin-su’s words, the thug players who had turned into half-corpses quickly opened their mouths.

“Yes, that is right.”

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”

“I did wrong. I will not do so again.”

“Please forgive me.”

The thug players streamed tears and snot and prostrated on the floor begging with both hands.

“It does not end just by doing it to me, right?”

At Jin-su’s words, the thug players prostrated toward Shin Su-a and the NPC employee coming out holding the ordered food.

“I did wrong.”

“I am really sorry.”

“I think I went crazy for a moment.”

“I will not do so again.”

And they apologized while earnestly begging.

After that, they carefully checked Jin-su’s reaction. Then they slowly raised their bodies. Since they had apologized, it seemed they were trying to quietly disappear now.

“What are you doing now? Where are you trying to go?”

At Jin-su’s words, the bodies of the thugs who were slowly getting up froze like stones just like that.

“That, since we apologized, I thought it would be fine to go now...”

When one thug carefully opened his mouth, Jin-su gripped the Blood-Sucking Sword with its scabbard again.

The pupils of the thugs who witnessed that appearance shook like crazy, and their bodies began to tremble regardless of their owners’ will.

‘What? Is this not the end?’

‘Getting hit again? I don’t want to. I don’t want to.’

‘At this rate, won’t I get beaten to death?’

‘What on earth do I have to do to escape this hell?’

The thugs rolled their heads like crazy to escape the current situation. Then one quick-witted thug found the correct answer.

“Please receive this. It is the meaning of apology.”

The thug politely offered the items he was wearing and points. Seeing that appearance, the fellow thugs also began to offer items and points to Jin-su as if they had finally realized.

“Please receive this too! Please, I beg you!”

“Although it is meager, at least this!”

Jin-su did not particularly refuse and received the items and points that the thugs offered as the meaning of apology.

Originally, a sincere apology is done with money, not with the mouth.

“You guys, did you book lodging?”

Jin-su asked the thugs who had brought all their armor and weapons and become in underwear.

“Yes! We booked it.”

“It is on the 2nd floor of this building.”

“The key to room 22 is here...”

At Jin-su’s question, the thugs answered politely and offered the lodging key.

“You guys are 10 people. But you only booked one lodging?”

“I’m sorry! Because lodgings were so insufficient...”

“Still, it is lodging with 2 rooms!”

“There are even 2 beds. Although it is insufficient, please receive it!”

Jin-su received the room key with an expression that it could not be helped.

“Then go.”

“Yes! Understood.”

“T-thank you.”

“Then we will go.”

“Let’s go quickly!”

As soon as Jin-su’s permission fell, the thugs in underwear disappeared outside the building at lightning speed while leading their bruised bodies with broken bones and burst flesh.