Chapter 265- I Will Find Out
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Translator: JayM
Chapter: 265
Chapter Title: I Will Find Out
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Jeong Yoo-shin sat down and looked around at the men.
They all had strange expressions. It was as if they had seen a ghost.
By the way…
Was it the Vaisis Clan?
'How strange.'
The people who had come to find him tonight were all human. There were no demi-humans among them. It was the first time he had seen such a consistent composition.
No.
There was a possibility that they were wearing human skins through an imprint.
Jeong Yoo-shin then opened his mouth.
"Huggies, what brings you all the way here?"
"...It's Johannes. Well."
Johannes stopped talking and scooped up some bath water with both hands to wash his face.
'What the fuck.'
Goosebumps rose all over his body.
This half-barbarian bastard…
Had grasped the situation in a short time…
And had exploited the loophole that various imprints existed.
He had acted boldly without a single change in his expression.
The more absurd point was…
'This bastard.'
He hadn't even made a minimal effort for his acting.
There was no sincerity in it, and the purpose of his acting was unknown.
'The rumor that he's not in his right mind was true.'
Johannes, who had organized his thoughts, massaged the back of his neck and opened his mouth.
"Skar."
"What?"
"Can't you stop playing the apostle of justice?"
A question appeared in Jeong Yoo-shin's pupils.
Apostle of justice?
"What’re you talking about?"
"Stop putting a stop to the slave business. Let's live without caring about each other. Let's go our separate ways."
"..."
Jeong Yoo-shin kept his mouth shut and tilted his head. It was a chin gesture for Johannes to say more.
The latter inwardly clicked his tongue and opened his mouth.
"The Eastern District clans have made a lot of concessions. The duel last time, for example. Because of you, our money supply has dried up, and it's hard for us to make a living nowadays."
"Work in a healthy way. Pick up loot in the labyrinth and sell it."
At Jeong Yoo-shin's answer, Johannes let out a deep sigh. The sight of the former only saying such unprofitable things annoyed him a lot.
"Sigh. Skar, my friend, do we look like idiots? Do you think we came here to get a lecture from you? Don't be mistaken. We're being so gentlemanly because you're connected to high-ranking people. I heard that you even joined a party with a hero or something this time. Please just mind your own business."
Johannes continued.
"Let's not do this. Can't you just quietly shake your cock like the other barbarians?"
Jeong Yoo-shin nodded and then he looked at the big guy sitting nearby. The man was grinning.
Grinning while people were talking seriously?
Did he eat something wrong?
"Friend, is it funny?"
At Jeong Yoo-shin's question, the big man's face hardened.
Jeong Yoo-shin gestured.
"Come here."
Instead of answering, the big man looked at Johannes.
Johannes silently nodded. A silent permission.
The big man came closer to Jeong Yoo-shin and sat down.
The latter raised his hand and slapped the big man's cheek.
Slaaaaaap!!!
The man's head was plunged into the water.
The man with the red cheek immediately raised his head and glared at Jeong Yoo-shin.
"You bastard!"
"When people are talking... control your expression."
At Jeong Yoo-shin's words, a few of the tattooed men stood up indignantly.
Johannes waved his hand with an annoyed expression.
"Everyone, sit down. What's the big deal about getting slapped once."
Jeong Yoo-shin glared at the big man and then turned his gaze to Johannes.
"Did you come to get on my nerves? State your business properly. Did you come here to brag about doing illegal things?"
"Skar, I just explained everything. I told you not to mind the Eastern District's business. If you keep acting so crooked like this, we have no choice. We'll have to fight to the death. Can you really handle the Eastern District clans?"
"..."
Jeong Yoo-shin and Johannes had a staring contest in silence.
A moment later…
Jeong Yoo-shin bowed his head.
"Yes, I understand. How can I stop the activities of the 8th-ranked Vaisis Clan of the Eastern District? A nobody like me should just stay quiet."
"Kukuku."
"Hmph."
A sneer appeared on the big guys' faces.
"Shut up!!!"
Johannes shouted, glaring at his subordinates.
"..."
The subordinates closed their mouths and blinked.
Johannes turned his head and glared at Jeong Yoo-shin.
Was this guy truly a mad bastard?
Although his tone had become polite, his eyes were glistening with a faint killing intent.
He was definitely not a guy who would just let this slide.
The clan leader had made the wrong choice.
Persuasion and threats couldn’t stop this guy. They had to show him their power.
Johannes scooped up some bath water with both his hands.
"Skar, I just came to warn you today."
In a moment…
The water trapped in his palm disappeared.
And water poured down on Jeong Yoo-shin's head.
"Cool your head."
"...What kind of ability is this?"
"The imprint ability, Teleportation. It's the ability to move through space or send objects to a desired location."
"How terrifying."
Johannes once again sighed inwardly.
Did this barbarian immediately figure out what kind of attack he could do with this ability?
As expected, this man wasn’t an easy guy to deal with.
"I also have a Magic Consumption Reduction imprint and a Power Link imprint."
"Power Link?"
"It's an imprint that amplifies your power when you use magic. It can also be stacked."
Jeong Yoo-shin, who had been silent for a while, opened his mouth.
"...Imprint Synergy."
Johannes nodded.
"That's right. I named it 'Teleporter.'"
Jeong Yoo-shin's expression crumpled.
'Shit. That's a cheat imprint.'
He was reminded of a runeword item from a certain game with a lot of demons*.
Moreover, if he used magic, his power would also be stacked and become stronger?
Jeong Yoo-shin was sure that it would be a difficult fight.
Johannes stood up.
Although Skar's gaze hadn't changed, he was sure that the man wouldn't touch them for a while, since he had shown him his power.
'Although that's also just a matter of time.'
"Skar, I'm an intermediate-rank high explorer, so let's live with a little mutual respect from now on. Guys, let's go."
"Yes!!!"
Johannes and his subordinates left the bathhouse.
Jeong Yoo-shin, left alone, thought for a moment and then stood up.
The 8th-ranked Vaisis Clan.
Was that a true intermediate-rank high explorer?
The potential of a single executive was enormous.
He felt the power of an Imprint Synergy once again.
However…
Johannes wasn’t without his arrogant side. To think that he would proudly boast about his abilities…
If he were Johannes, he would never have revealed his ability until he was about to kill.
'Still, it won't be easy.'
Jeong Yoo-shin soaked his body in the bath and closed his eyes.
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Two days later, in the evening.
Sebastian woke up.
The labyrinth trip was decided, and a day later, the party gathered in the central plaza.
The destination was the Swamp area.
The request was to destroy the red orbs scattered in the said area.
Jeong Yoo-shin looked around at his party members.
There was nothing particularly noteworthy about them.
Luther was still staring at him with a gaze full of suspicion.
Gibson had dark circles under his eyes.
And Sebastian's complexion was hollow.
Only Cian seemed to be fine.
Jeong Yoo-shin shouted loudly.
"Did you all get Bracelets of Unity?!"
Cian nodded.
"We bought them at the Explorer's Guild."
"Good!"
Cian looked at her party members and then turned her body.
"We're leaving."
The party members passed through the street and stood on the magic circle.
Flash!
After a bright halo of light, they landed on the labyrinth floor.
Sebastian mumbled something and chanted a spell.
[Light Ball]
A halo of light, weaker than usual, appeared in the air. The number was also much smaller. It was the effect of the Magic Halving imprint.
"Uweeeeeek!!!"
Gibson, who couldn't bear the dizziness, finally caused an accident.
He bent his waist and then immediately vomited on the floor.
"Hoo. I'm sorry. I was dizzy."
Gibson wiped the vomit from his mouth and muttered so with an embarrassed face.
No one answered him.
Cian was about to say something, but she gave up and just focused on the mission instead.
"Gibson, where are we?"
"P-Please wait a moment."
Gibson, who felt that Cian's voice had become cooler, took out a map with trembling hands.
"Ah, we've landed quite far from the transfer stone."
"I understand. Gibson, please take the lead and guide us."
"Yes."
Gibson staggered and advanced through the dark cave.
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This time, they weren’t lucky.
It took them about 11 days to reach the 10th floor.
Gibson getting confused with the map was one reason, but it was also because they had repeatedly landed far from the transfer stones.
There weren't many people on the 10th floor.
Cian took a spot near the village.
"We'll camp here for the night, and then we’ll leave."
The party members made a bonfire and laid out their sleeping bags.
"..."
In an uncomfortable silence…
They each sat in their spots and ate jerky and biscuits.
Gibson kept looking at the pub in the village.
Luther was looking at the bonfire, but he was also glancing at Skar.
'Hoo.'
Luther sighed inwardly.
A few days before entering the labyrinth…
He had stopped by the Eastern District and had lost his virginity to that succubus.
'If not me, who will go to hell?'
This was the only way to find out the suspicious barbarian's past.
However…
His initial resolve had changed after sleeping with the succubus.
He couldn't come to his senses in the terrifying pleasure and had swayed his waist like a dog.
He had come in less than a few seconds.
The succubus who had been lying under him had smiled faintly and stroked his cheek.
'Our Priest-nim was a virgin.'
'Kuk! T-This lewd monster!'
Luther, his pride wounded, had moved his hips several more times, but the succubus just gave him a playful smile.
In the end, Luther had fainted while feeling a pleasure that seemed to have no end.
His expression contorted for a moment.
It was painful that he, who served Lux Aeterna, had been swayed by the temptation of a mere monster and had gone astray.
The more difficult point was…
He kept thinking of that succubus. Her soft body and large breasts kept lingering in his mind.
'Stop!'
Luther steeled his heart.
In any case…
He had obtained some information about the barbarian.
'The butcher.'
A man who had gotten a terrifying nickname for dismembering the slave hunters in the Eastern District alive.
After witnessing the death of a party member's family, he had gone to the Eastern District without a plan and had turned it upside down.
There was nothing suspicious there. Because his actions had been so ignorant.
Luther glanced at Cian.
A few days before entering the labyrinth…
Around the time Sebastian had woken up.
He had told the Hero-nim about the information he had found out.
'I see. By the way, why did Skar attack the Eastern District?'
'I heard that they had touched a party member's family. I also heard that the Eastern District underworld guys had cut off all the family members' heads, put them in a box, and sent them to Skar...'
'How horrific.'
'Yes.'
'Let's watch a little more for now.'
The Hero-nim had a face as if she had an idea. Luther was relieved to see that.
Cian glanced at Skar from across the bonfire.
She had found out a part of Skar's past.
She didn't know how Priest Luther-nim had found out about it. He had just asked her not to ask with a pained face.
'Skar-nim’s a gentle person.'
Priestess Mion-nim's words flashed through her mind.
She thought she knew why that priestess had said that.
Because he had fought against the underworld to avenge the horribly murdered family of a party member. And he had done it alone.
'If I ask him in detail later, will he answer?'
It might feel uncomfortable to bring up a painful past, but she was also curious.
If she were to fawn over him again while in his arms, would she be able to hear about his past?
Cian blushed and shook her head.
To think that she was having such lewd thoughts even in the labyrinth.
'I'm disqualified as a hero.'
Sebastian looked around at his party members with dead eyes.
The numbers hadn't changed.
Cian was still 1.
Gibson was 299.
Luther was 1.
And the barbarian was 11.
An unbelievable reality.
Although he was awake, it still felt like he was dreaming. When he looked at Cian, a tingling pain pricked his heart.
'Who in the world did she sleep with?'
No matter how much he racked his brain, everyone was suspicious.
The way the barbarian was hitting on Cian…
The way Luther was looking for Cian every night…
The way Gibson's actions were becoming more and more familiar…
Everyone's actions bothered him.
Sebastian gritted his teeth.
He didn't know who had had sex with Cian, but a long tail was bound to be caught.
'I’ll find out.'
The party members closed their eyes, each with their own thoughts.
A few hours later.
Around the time the bonfire had died out.
The party members woke up from their sleep.
"..."
After finishing their meal in silence and packing their things, they headed for the transfer stone.
Cian then placed her hand on it.
Hwoong.
A red portal and a blue portal were created.
Cian looked back.
For some reason, her party members felt like strangers to her right now.
Only Skar felt familiar.
Cian's lips twitched, then she turned her head and stepped into the red portal.
The party members also followed and stepped into the portal.
12 days after entering the labyrinth.
Cian's party set foot in the 11th floor, the Swamp area.
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T/N - Well now, the hero’s party is truly falling apart. The MC seducing Cian also took off the filter on her eyes regarding her party members, and now she’s starting to doubt them.
Also, this Johannes guy is a dumbass. He really just blurted out his imprint synergy to his potential enemy just like that. While it might not be everything he has, that’s a major trump card revealed for what? A little bit more time? ‘cause the MC will come after them regardless now that they’ve revealed their malice against him.
*The game is Diablo 2, I think.