Slaughtering the Gwichuk Guild (2)

[Wangdaegi] Eight... Wangdaebi! I immediately summoned the interpreter and gave the three Named Ougresses their orders. * * * Go Jutae was in an absolute frenzy right now. A few days ago he had nearly died from the wine barrel pinching his head because of that brat. And on top of that, yesterday he had been tumbled down the Chinese restaurant stairs twice by the brat. Fuck! If he hadn't received emergency healing for millions of won, he wouldn't even be able to walk today. If not for that little shit... Han Yejin... that brat could have become his slave using her family as bait. If it weren't for that hideous scar on her face, she would have been the owner of an absolutely stunning body that could rival top-tier celebrities... half the face scarred by the Rot Virus. Of course I had no intention of taking responsibility for her. Marrying a woman whose face was half Rotter was out of the question. But I wanted her. I would have had to keep her by my side and turn her into my accessory so I could finally relax. But because that insolent brat ruined that plan... a bigger fish had gotten caught in my net instead. Hehe. Adamantium. I would definitely obtain it. Inside the tower you couldn't claim ownership or anything like that. Everything inside the tower belonged to no one. Even an inventory like a belt would be considered abandoned property after a long time, and the finder would become the owner. Unlike normal inventories, you could pull out the contents at will. And Go Jutae thought, I need to negotiate with her one last time with these 12 billion won of Adamantium. A one-year slave contract would be fine for ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠0.1kg, which is 10%. That was still 1.2 billion won, a perfectly acceptable offer from her perspective. 100 million won a month. How generous was that? Hehehe. Go Jutae smiled quietly to himself, thinking that. With his front teeth missing seven on top and bottom, he looked like he had no equal, but he had no idea. At that moment his guild ace Junpal said, "Hyung, it feels a bit off. It seems like you accidentally added that message. You should have secured the Adamantium and safely exited the tower before challenging them..." "Junpal! You're worrying too much, huh? When are those guys from Yongin gonna get here? And even if they do, how the hell is one guy supposed to handle all of us?" Another ace hunter, Gapsang, said, "Of course that Apideuman guy can't come. He'd just die here. But if he gets in touch with high-level hunters near the tower..." "Yejin doesn't know any hunters. She has one friend, a C-class named Hwang Eunpa..." "...C-class?" "But don't worry. She's a healer. And a beauty. Send her over and you'll be thanking me." "Hehehe. Just like how we killed that girl who got robbed on the 14th floor last time, we can have a group drink with the guild members before killing them." The name of this guild was the Gwichuk Guild. Anyone could tell just by looking at it that it was a neighborhood gang of thugs ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠created by Go Jutae's money-grubbing ways. Sometimes they attacked lone female hunters, stole everything, and killed them. They called it "human hunting" play. Even though it was a low-tier guild, because they spent money freely they had gathered some hunters who actually knew how to fight. The guild master was Go Jutae himself, but ironically he was only mid-level talent in this guild. The two guys he had been talking to, Junpal and Gapsang, were even D-class hunters. They were talented enough to shine in a proper mid-tier guild, but they were wasting their lives daily going to Go Jutae's rooms, clubs, illegal casinos, and the like. "Which route to the 42nd pillar is faster? Stairs from the 0th Floor Lobby to the 1st Floor? Or reversing from the first waypoint on the 1st Floor?" "It's roughly the same, but the stairs seem a bit faster." "No way, the waypoint is faster. No uphill stairs." "Are you stupid? The 42nd pillar is counted from the starting point, right? If you reverse from the waypoint you have to go all the way back and come forward again." "You're right." "And since we don't have to worry about zombies in the middle, just running is best." "I agree." "Great. Then let's head to the 0th Floor and climb!" "Understood!" The eight guild members immediately headed to the 0th Floor and began climbing the central spiral staircase. * * * My preparations were complete. But this fight was one where I couldn't be certain of victory. Six E-class and two D-class hunters. Six E-class and two D-class. That meant I had to arrive just a little before them to set up my ambush. But... the problem was getting to the 42nd pillar faster than them wasn't easy at all. Just now I had confirmed through the reports of the recalled Rot scouts that Go Jutae's crew wasn't near the waypoint. They had taken the expected route from the lobby up the spiral stairs. "Huff... huff... huff..." So I was running the reverse route from the waypoint. Smash! Smashing the heads of the occasional zombies I encountered... the distance was much shorter. No uphill was also an advantage. Not being able to count the pillars was a downside of this route, but I didn't care. Using the 3D map given by the master's power, I could easily count the pillars. "Hoo~" But with only 20 Agility it was fatal for fast movement... Would I really reach them first at this speed while they all had movement skills? I didn't lack movement skills either. I could activate the Skill I had obtained after hunting Ougres called Rapid Sprint. But it had a drawback. It put me in a status effect for a while after use. It was fine for instant-kill skills, but not great for long-distance running. I checked if, since I had leveled up from 15 to 17, the new technique had been registered in Shovel Mastery. But... it had. It was waiting for my choice at the perfect moment.