Volume 1 Episode 6+
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Just, tick, tick.
Punky eyes as if they hadn’t slept for a few days, and a body that dried up as if they hadn’t eaten.
Cheol Tae-min, one of the supervisors of the Volcano Guild’s monster corpse disposal site, looked no different from the slaves he had harassed viciously.
Just, right, right.
Bitering his nails, he looked around restlessly, as if anxious.
It was from that day.
Those eyes that flash in my mind.
“Uh-huh.”
The eyes of that guy, who was nothing more than a slave, attacked him every moment.
‘That’s not a human eye… .’
Still, Taemin Cheol was one of the underdogs who stopped leveling up for fear of monsters.
Fortunately, thanks to a relative who was in a key position in the Volcano Guild, he reached the minimum level of 5 and became the supervisor of the corpse disposal site, and he was having the most enjoyable time of his life, working with slaves.
But that day.
“This is beneficial… .”
When I saw the guy’s eyes that had changed, I went completely crazy.
The feel of his shoulder.
“Hey profit!”
Cheol Tae-min grabbed the whip as he felt the goosebumps growing all over his body.
“You’re totally crazy.”
The man with his hand on his shoulder spoke in a low, heavy voice.
“Cheol Taemin, calm down. Beneficial is… .”
The man looked directly into Taemin’s eyes and said.
“It’s dead.”
“Oh, no… , no… .”
“Do you not recognize me now?”
The man made a squeak and turned around.
A figure appeared like a shadow in front of him and knelt down.
“I will report you. I heard from the workers that Lee Rowoon headed to the abyss right after he collided with Cheol Tae-min.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes. It seems that Cheol Tae-min was working hard to find a good one. We confirmed that there was a trace leading to the abyss, and we could not find it at the entrance of the abyss.”
Abyss Pit, a slang word for the deepest part of the Volcano Guild corpse disposal site.
A place that workers, supervisors, and even the guild members of the Volcano Guild are reluctant.
But above all… .
‘It.’
There is a corpse of a dragon in it.
It is the poison of a dragon that melts even rankers.
It would be obvious if Lee Rowoon entered such a place.
“I must have died.”
If it wasn’t for that, the slave seal wouldn’t have been broken.
But still, the man couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable.
‘beneficial, beneficial… .’
That name is boring and hateful.
“What happened that day?”
Again, blame for the man’s words! A shadow appeared in front of me with a sound.
It was one of the workers brought by the shadow that fell wildly at the shadow’s hand.
“Report everything you see and hear to the engineering commander in detail.”
“Hey, hey.”
The worker was terrified and unable to speak.
What he was given was a whip.
A whip that inflicts excruciating pain in response to the Slave Seal.
“No, I’ll tell you! stop! Please stop!”
The worker said with his head down to the ground in pain and fright.
“He was just sleeping… . Supervisor Cheol Tae-min approached him to punish him… .”
said the worker.
“I just potted and clenched my fists, swish and dodged! And all you have to do is look into the eyes for a moment and go to the abyss!”
A slave with no power.
So there are limits to what you can see.
‘Enough… There is a possibility.’
That is beneficial.
Even if you lose the player’s power, you can avoid the fist of Cheol Tae-min, who is only level 5, if you hide something even a little while consulting with your family.
But there was something else that bothered me.
“Looking in the eyes?”
“Yes! yes! That’s right!”
I made eye contact with Cheol Tae-min, and Cheol Tae-min fell as if he was terrified.
‘And I went crazy.’
Something came to mind.
‘Living.’
A magical power that is the property of the unmanned and that controls consciousness and mind.
That’s why uninhabited people were scary.
Because the gap between those who can use life and those who can’t handle life, even for uninhabited soldiers of the same level, endangered their lives in actual combat.
But it’s also absurd.
‘He’s not a man.’
There is no way humans on Earth can wield the power of an unmanned person.
He is a guy who has lost even the power of the player.
“Please! I’ve told you everything I know! please… Just live… .”
Grabbing the man’s ankle, the worker trembled and prayed.
Spoof!
A solid red line was drawn around the neck of such a worker.
Tuk.
In an instant, the body of the worker, whose neck and body were separated, lost his center and collapsed.
“Where dirty. like a slave.”
This was the reality of the mortuary worker.
A being who is not even treated properly as a human being and cannot even protect the dignity of life.
‘You too. Beneficial.’
And Lee Woon should have lived in a place like this and treated like this.
“It must have been dead.”
It’s a pity he’s already dead.
“Shall we search the abyss?”
The man shook his head at the words of the shadow.
“Arthur. It’s not poison you can handle. In less than three hours, my whole body will melt.”
“… … then.”
“Go back.”
The man turned around as if he had finished his chores.
Chul Tae-min is shaking.
The foul smell of the corpse disposal site.
It was a place I would never have set foot in if it had not been to confirm the death of Rowoon Lee, and it was a place I did not want to stay for even a moment.
“I will. Commander-in-Chief.”
It was the moment the man and his party were about to move.
Fuck!
The sound of something piercing through the skin.
Puoong!
Soon there was the sound of fireworks exploding.
Cheol Tae-min, he was slowly collapsing with only his body left.
The man quietly turned his head.
There.
Someone who shouldn’t have been standing there.
“It’s been a while.”
I can’t.
“Shinhong Kim.”
“Good-!”
He was standing there.
* * *
I had the possibility in mind.
‘But we’ll meet like this.’
The sign was also sent to the caster who took off the slave seal while undergoing a metamorphosis and, of course, put the slave seal according to the magic of bondage.
‘I thought he would move on his own due to his personality.’
He’s very suspicious, so if you don’t see it in person, you won’t believe it.
So it was obvious that he would move that precious step and come directly to the corpse disposal site to check it out.
But I didn’t expect the timing to be so exquisite.
“It’s been a while. Shin-Hong Kim.”
The one who used to be the best friend of mine.
He was one of the members of a small elite guild that became a player, Dank.
One of the traitors who threw himself into this hell.
I thought we would meet, but I didn’t know we would meet so soon.
“How are you alive?”
“Well, I must say I was lucky.”
Fast!
Shin-Hong Kim’s temples were lined with blood.
‘Is that true?’
Even now, Shin-Hong Kim was suspicious of everything.
Clearly, the slave seal on Yi Rowoon has disappeared.
“Really… Is this right?”
From there, he headed to the abyss, a place where even the shadow, his direct bodyguard, could not hold for less than an hour, and even he could not afford to survive a day.
Does it make sense that a guy without a player’s power can come back alive in such a place?
Also, there were more things to be suspicious of.
“Who are you? Who are you, impersonating Yi Woon?”
The last thing I saw and reported was that he had a skinny body from long slavery, a crooked back, and a frizzy head.
But the benefits I see now are so strong.
In fact, even more so than the past, when you had to look at your back from behind.
He seemed to have grown taller, and he had grown in size as well.
‘Red eyes.’
And now, the eyes of those who are presumed to be beneficial were glowing red.
His eyes are black.
In this case, there was the most reliable way.
Kim Shin-Hong remembered the skill’s name in a low voice.
“Searching for Information.”
A skill that can never be avoided by a player who is of a lower level than himself.
A blue window appeared in front of Shin-Hong Kim.
[You can only browse the player’s information.]
[Search for information registered in the world, not the player.]
[Name… .]
In the status window that appears.
[@#$@!@!#$]
All of a sudden, noise started coming in.
“Wow!”
The headache that immediately came to Shin-Hong Kim.
When I opened my eyes again, the status window turned red and was constantly distorted.
“What is this… !”
I’ve never heard or seen anything like this.
“Have you already forgotten Kim Shin-Hong?”
Rowoon Lee’s voice came to Shin-hong Kim, who was bewildered.
“It’s sad that I didn’t realize that my appearance has changed, but it’s the me you know. I heard that he sold me and became the head of the Volcano Guild, but it seems that he is more afraid.”
“Shut up!”
In the midst of the chaos, there was only one thing Shin-Hong Kim could do.
“Kill him!”
The shadows rushed towards Lee Rowoon as soon as Shin-Hong Kim’s command was given.
Shadow.
The correct name is black hawk.
In the Volcano Guild, they were direct escorts only given to executives above the rank of engineering commander, and they were assassins who would not spare their lives if they received orders.
Their level was usually level 90 or higher as a player’s standard, and it was a skill that was close to the ranker.
Such.
The new shadows that approached Lee Rowoon disappeared.
‘Stealth.’
The stealth and rapid movement characteristic of assassins were evident.
Shoot! Suh!
Indeed, perhaps because they were black hawks from the Volcano Guild, they were looking around for gaps, not even paying attention to themselves, who were supposed to be slaves.
If there is a gap, even for a moment, the black hawk’s dagger will pierce the neck.
Due to the nature of their assassins, the Black Hawk was able to take their lives with a single blow, even if it was an opponent with a higher level than them.
‘Assassins are very picky.’
But that was a phrase that would apply only to the former self.
‘Disciples, but they’re only picky when you’re weak.’
The teachings of Master Wang Wang.
“They said they had to be killed by crushing them with the palm of your hand.”
He raised one hand.
The outstretched palm began to clench a fist.
The black hawks tried to soar into the air as if they felt something.
“It’s late.”
Lee Rowoon clenched his fist at that moment.
Taang!
I saw a black marble the size of a fingernail popping out.
A speed incomparable to bullets, the black hawks hurriedly spun around in the air to avoid the marbles.
A cold sweat ran down my heart.
It’s only the size of a millet, but at that speed, it would have pierced the barrier, and it was terrible what would have happened if it had been hit in the wrong place.
But the important thing is to avoid it.
‘You must not be vigilant.’
When the black hawks look at each other, share their eyes, and try to fix their posture.
Paaaaaah!
There was a roar.
What happened?
The black hawks couldn’t think more.
Chuckles, slaps.
They fell horribly to the floor, just like they threw the previous worker.
Dense black spheres lodged in the backs of their fallen heads.
This is the 3rd stage of the blood demon god.
‘Black blood.’
Black blood cells divide and spread like pellets.
And if they stick to your body, they will suck your opponent’s inner strength and magical power… .
Explode.
“I heard that you became the engineering captain of the Volcano Guild, and it’s the same as before and now.”
Leaving the corpse of the black hawk behind, Lee Rowoon said as he walked towards Kim Shin-hong.
“You are hiding behind others because you are afraid.”