Chapter 50
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 50
Chapter Title: Is This Your First Time Seeing a Saintess Who Uses Magic Well?
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About half a day had passed since people entered the C-rank large dungeon.
Right after one round of battle had wrapped up.
The Wings Guild men were heaving ragged breaths.
Their minds and bodies were starting to wear down.
In the meantime, Kang Dojun approached the women who had been standing a short distance away from the battlefield once more.
"Why isn't Sihyun joining the fights? Is there some special reason?"
"……."
No answer came back, but Kang Dojun didn't give up and tried speaking again.
"No way—? Are you guarding the student next to you?"
"…Mind your own business."
After being poked and prodded all day long, Sihyun finally opened her mouth.
Kang Dojun smirked and replied.
"We could give you a free ride too, you know. Wanna hit a dungeon together next time?"
"…No need."
"Why not? I'm stronger than all those guys over there combined. I'm offering a bus ride here."
He clung on persistently.
But instead of responding, Sihyun took Areum and headed toward the Wings Guild men.
These were people she'd never see again after today anyway.
She just couldn't be bothered to waste any emotions on them.
From behind her back came Kang Dojun's mocking voice.
"Well, the loot gets split by party anyway, so whatever. But isn't it kinda lame for a D-rank woman to just leech a ride?"
He'd been the one offering the bus earlier.
Now he was spouting nonsense about lacking conscience.
Someone so inconsistent and illogical wasn't worth conversing with.
Sihyun shook her head, convinced she'd done right to ignore him.
"What, does being B-rank make you all that…?"
Areum vented her anger in her place from the side.
Sihyun gave a small smile, patted the student's shoulder lightly, and spoke to the Wings Guild men.
"You guys can hold out till the end, right?"
"Of course!"
"No worries there!"
Even in their exhaustion, the men responded energetically.
Sihyun's role was solely to ensure their safety while they adapted to the dungeon.
She'd provided buffs and guidance along the way, sure.
But those were just supplementary.
From here on, they needed to clear C-rank dungeons on their own without her.
That's why, on this final day, they were pushing forward without buffs.
It was a large dungeon, but they had Wings Guild's promising talent Jihan with them.
And even though Areum was E-rank, she used her skills after every fight.
Thanks to that, the Wings Guild party had been progressing smoothly.
"Man, now I get why large dungeons are avoided."
"Yeah. Isn't it way too big?"
"But we're almost at the end, so let's push a bit harder!"
They exchanged words to boost each other's spirits.
The rogue party advanced back into the dungeon depths together.
Along the way, Kang Dojun slinked over toward Sihyun and Areum again.
"Ladies."
Sihyun and Areum looked at him.
"Seriously thinking about joining our party? I'll treat you real nice."
"…Don't make me repeat myself."
"Hmm…."
Dojun stroked his chin and continued.
"Being too haughty isn't cute, you know. What if all those guys over there die? You gonna say the same thing then?"
"……."
"Begging me to save you by then?"
This time, Dojun had crossed the line.
Sihyun furrowed her brow and glared at him.
"Oho, giving me the death stare? Too bad, D-rank glares don't scare me one bit."
"Haa…."
As Kang Dojun kept provoking her, Sihyun let out a light sigh.
It had been a while since she'd dealt with this type.
And damn, was it annoying.
Sihyun fixed him with a cold gaze.
She spoke in a deliberately mocking tone.
"Hey, Kang Dojun."
"W-What'd you call me?"
"Is it 'cause 'Dojun' means strong that you keep spewing crap?"
She snorted and pressed on.
"Know your place and get lost."
"Ha…? My place?"
Kang Dojun's face twisted in displeasure.
Unable to hold back, he reached out toward Sihyun.
But.
"Fuck?"
Sihyun swiftly pulled Areum into her arms and easily dodged his grasp.
She hurried off to stick right behind the Wings Guild men.
As his fist clenched on empty air and slowly lowered.
Veins bulged and writhed on Kang Dojun's forehead.
Nostrils flaring, he ground his molars and made up his mind.
Time to teach that arrogant bitch a lesson.
He rejoined his underlings and issued orders.
The rogues all nodded.
A brief peace followed.
But the moment they entered a large clearing.
The rogues started acting strangely.
"Yawn…."
"Haaawn…!"
They stopped in place, yawning their heads off, showing no will to fight the monsters.
Jihan, noticing late, bellowed.
"Hey! What the hell are you doing?!"
The rogues snickered at his angry outburst.
Dojun flashed a sleazy grin and said.
"Truth is, we already know where the boss room is. We're close now."
"Then get ready to fight, damn it! What are you doing?!"
"Why should we?"
Dojun curled one corner of his mouth.
"Wouldn't it be way better if we just took all the rewards for ourselves?"
It was a sudden declaration of war.
The mood sank heavily.
But the Wings Guild men couldn't confront the rogues.
They had to deal with the charging skeleton horde.
In that gap, all the rogues except Dojun vanished.
Dojun sauntered leisurely toward the women.
He watched Sihyun pull Areum back.
"Beg now, and I might save you ladies."
"S-Save us…?"
Areum peeked out and asked, so Dojun expressed exaggerated regret with his body language.
"My boys went off to mob-pull."
"…W-What?!"
"Dragging skeletons from other areas here. Think you can guess what happens next?"
"Th-Then…."
Areum's face went pale.
Dojun savored her reaction satisfactorily and went on.
"We'll hide with stealth and wait for you all to die. Then grab the loot and head to the boss room. You're done here! Hahaha! How's that feel?"
Dojun alternated glances between the trembling Areum and expressionless Sihyun.
Recalling the recent incident, he smirked smugly.
A short while ago, when they first entered this large dungeon.
The rogue party had run into another group: one B-rank magic hunter and some C-rank melee hunters.
They'd teamed up for a joint clear.
After a smooth run, they found the boss room.
"Guys, their gear looks pretty nice, huh?"
"Especially that B-rank's stuff."
"Bet it'll sell for a fortune, boss."
During a short break, the rogues chatted as usual.
They always picked parties unlikely to cause backlash for their schemes.
In large dungeons, they'd disguise murders as accidents and steal other hunters' gear.
It was like magic—profits multiplying effortlessly.
The rogue party was hooked on this easy money scheme.
Once decided, they acted fast.
First, Kang Dojun assassinated the most annoying B-rank magic hunter.
"Gurk—!"
"W-What's this?!"
"What the hell are you doing?!"
It was a perfect ambush exploiting rogues' strength in PvP.
The magic hunter died in an instant.
Dojun sneered at the stunned melee hunters and vanished into stealth.
And shortly after.
While Dojun was assassinating, the other rogues had slipped away and returned to the clearing, herding monsters.
The rogue party all went into stealth.
The remaining melee hunters had no choice but to fight the incoming monster swarm.
Their B-rank leader was already a corpse.
In the end, the party got wiped out.
The rogues waited for the monsters to scatter back into the dungeon.
Then they cleaned up the leftovers in the clearing and pocketed the pricey gear.
"We even remember the boss room location. Wanna run it again?"
"Heh heh. Shall we, boss?"
With risky or unappetizing parties, they'd just clear normally.
With sweet-smelling ones, they'd fake accidents, snatch the goods, and clear.
It was their go-to method.
They maxed out stealth to backtrack from the boss room and exit the dungeon.
Since it happened inside, the Management Bureau had no clue.
Kang Dojun glanced briefly at the Wings Guild men battling the skeleton horde.
The gear on the two C-rank sword users was top-shelf stuff.
He turned back to Sihyun and Areum with a vile grin.
"This time, I told them to lure 'em only up to the choke point."
The women didn't reply.
Dojun kept talking, unperturbed.
"Seduce me right now, and I'll spare you. How merciful am I? Hahaha!"
This was the best part for him.
Kang Dojun relished their reactions to the fullest.
But it was a bit disappointing.
Unlike the student, this Sihyun woman wasn't shaking at all.
'What makes her so calm?'
Did she trust her party members or something?
Pfft. Dojun scoffed at Sihyun's demeanor.
The Wings Guild men barely defeated the skeletons.
They returned to the women, utterly spent.
At that moment, the rogues regrouped at Dojun's side too.
"Did good as ordered?"
"You bet, boss!"
While the rogues chatted, the Wings Guild men grasped the situation.
"Haa, haa… The path back is packed with monsters?"
"Hoo… It was an undead dungeon anyway, so that was bound to happen."
Everyone glared at the rogues.
"We just gotta take these bastards out, right?"
Jihan declared boldly.
The rogues cackled in response.
"You know your condition right now?"
"Boss could solo 'em, monsters or not! Kahaha!"
"Exactly. Wanna toy with 'em a bit?"
"Sounds fun, boss! Hahaha!"
Kang Dojun licked his lips.
Luring mobs here like last time and stealthing would be easier.
But killing off the worthless guys and terrorizing the girls?
That'd be peak fun.
Just imagining it thrilled Dojun.
As the rogues kept laughing raucously.
Sihyun muttered softly.
"…These subhuman trash keep crossing the line."
Her voice was so quiet only Areum right beside her heard.
Then, a tiny whisper tickled her ear: 'Time for Repentance.'