Chapter 50
Chapter 50
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 50
Chapter Title: The Lit-Up Dormitory
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University Dormitory
Where to next?
Yeon-ju? Or the place with the Ice Arrow girl and the Slow girl?
Yeon-ju... I don't know. It feels awkward running into her again for some reason.
Maybe the fantasies building up inside me are the issue. Feels like they'd shatter if we met again.
Still, I am curious. Is she doing okay? Has she survived?
Honestly, a girl like that probably won't go down easy.
She'd grab onto something somehow and fuck her way through.
For now, let's head to the Ice Arrow girl and Slow girl first.
I don't really want to see them again, but I can think of it as cleaning up loose ends.
I activate Detection.
Walk a bit more, then use Detection again.
It's got solid performance, but the maintenance cost on this cheat skill is insane.
I'm burning through coins like crazy without a care since I've got plenty, but if I didn't? I'd be sucking my thumb.
How many people would I have to kill just to keep this up? Ugh.
The roads are confusing, but I manage to find the place eventually.
Spin Detection, and the house is completely empty.
Clean snow piled up in front of the door. A sign they've been gone for a while.
Hmm... yeah. They might not be here.
Left, got kidnapped, threatened, died... whatever.
I turn around.
The surroundings are dead silent. No signs of life.
Check the skill window—Detection proficiency's over 40 percent. It goes up 0.1 each time, so about 400 uses? Not as many as I thought.
One potion per 20 uses, so 20 potions, 40,000 coins.
Hardly any natural recovery... damn, that's a lot.
I head toward the one-room village where Yeon-ju was.
An empty city. The world's emptier than I thought.
Was I sneaking around this city scared out of my mind? Feels like I lived at a huge loss.
Guess there's a reason I never got ambushed.
Wasn't that I hid well—it was that there were no ambushers.
Even the one-room village isn't much different.
Empty house. Empty house. Empty house. No human presence. The neighborhood looks way more rundown than before.
The walls I thought might have someone hiding behind? Just crumbling stone piles.
Is the world steadily falling apart? Yeah, definitely. No kids being born.
Kids. Haven't seen one in ages. Middle-aged folks too.
Everyone's 20s or 30s... but it makes sense to me.
Physically advantageous, and best at leveraging skills.
Sure, 40s and 50s played games back in the day, but their physicals don't hold up.
Plus, in my view... older folks have no utility.
No reason to keep them alive. That's huge.
That's the world now.
Past experience and know-how? Useless.
They're probably more rigid morally and ethically too.
Not easy to flip your thinking that flexibly in a world turned upside down.
The one-room village is empty too.
No sign of life from Yeon-ju's place either.
I go right up to the door—it's locked. What? Dead inside? Died after leaving? Or just gone?
Why lock the door if you're leaving? No idea. Peek inside?
Her place is on the second floor, so with a ladder or something, I could see in...
Not like a ladder's gonna magically appear. Any way?
A sudden thought hits me.
I'm pathetic, clinging to this and checking.
Fuck it. Whatever. Let's go.
She's not even an ex. Why obsess over some whore like this? What a moron.
My head's a mess. Feels like killing something.
Maybe check the university? Plenty of nooks and crannies there.
Won't be as rough as before. I've got Detection.
Let's grab those Chinese bastards and kill them. Clear out the school completely.
Then keep cleaning up the area.
Sweep the underground mall, properly scout the subway station.
Suddenly, it hits me: maybe I just miss people?
Kill 'em, rape 'em, send 'em to the mart.
Guess I just want to run into someone. Pathetic.
If that's it, just head back to the multi and pant between Seung-hee's legs. Why this bullshit?
Thinking that, I arrive at the university.
No idea how long it'll take, but I'll wipe out everyone here.
Kill the men, rape the women. Useful skills? Send to the mart.
Just doing a favor for those two guys at the mart? Building their harem for them?
Harem my ass... they'll just be slaves doing the heavy lifting.
Whatever. Can't manage everything for them.
If they can, they'll fuck 'em themselves.
Enter through the academic building. Check one structure at a time.
Detection covering the basement is great. No need to go down everywhere.
And these small buildings? One scan covers it all. Perfect.
My steps feel light, like a casual stroll. Confidence surging.
Cross the underground passage to the International Education Hall.
Empty building as expected. No Chinese guys? Did I get them all last time?
The other ones I saw didn't look like they stayed here.
Out to the first floor of the International Education Hall.
The spot where I looted those Chinese bastards last time.
Left leads to the dorm I already hit. Right is the faculty research building.
Check the dorm again first. Two or three Detections should cover it.
Walk the path littered with glass from before.
Ambush? Impossible now. With those broken streetlights still busted, even if they hear me, they can't spot me in the dark.
Reach the dorm building—no signs of life. No gaps? Two more from the center, still quiet.
Good, this place is clear... next to it was what? Oh, Humanities and Social Sciences Hall and gym.
Doubt anyone's there. Humanities building... no sane person lives in that shithole. Gym too.
Not great facilities. If the uni was packed, maybe, but empty like this? Crazy to stay.
Empty buildings. Pop a Recovery Potion.
Next to the gym, past the athletic field—another dorm visible. Yeah, that one might have people.
Newer dorm compared to the one I cleared.
If staying near campus, that's way better.
Circumvent the field, approach quietly.
Four-story dorm. But the lights make me grin.
All first-floor lights on, and one vertical line each on the second, third, fourth floors.
From afar, it looks like they're flipping me off.
Whoever they are, I like 'em.
Wit in this bleak world?
Approach the dorm, run Detection.
Four presences. Oh. People.
Wonder who. All huddled together, probably 'cause it's dawn.
That height's the second floor... sleeping? No night watch?
Glass door to the first-floor entrance—smashed to bits.
Cold wind blowing right in. Where's the stairs to the second floor?
Elevator's there, dead. Stairs next to it. Only one? Nah.
End of the building—another stairwell.
Blocked with all sorts of junk.
Hmm... narrowed the entry points? Means they're prepared for something.
Damn... tough call. Feels like crawling into the tiger's den.
Look around more. Might be a weak spot.
Scour the first floor for a while—no luck.
Damn, these guys are smart. Probably how they've survived.
Sun's not up yet. Ambush? Safest bet.
No rushing and ending my life early. Ambush is my thing anyway.
Look for a hide spot—nothing good.
If that's the only path up, hide right there, but no spot.
They're sharp. At least one's good at defense.
Skip it? Check elsewhere first, not bad.
Nah, it's out of the way—better clear it now.
Hate leaving threats behind.
Trust Detection and roll the dice?
Need to get used to assaults too, not just ambushes.
Let's go up. See what's what.
Check why they're clumped together so boldly.
The moment my foot hits the first step up to the second floor, I regret it. Deeply.
"Ughhh..."
I barely stifle a scream.
My whole body prickles, feels like it's cooking from the inside.
After thrashing in agony for what feels like forever, I finally shake off the shock.
"Kuh..."
Desperately muffle my voice, buy a medium Recovery Potion from the shop.
Arms won't work right—hard to even open it. Shaking hands finally twist the cap, pour it in.
Lost maybe a third, but the potion works fast.
Burnt body knitting back together.
Lie there spread-eagled, waiting to recover.
"Cough. Detection..."
The four haven't moved. Worth not screaming my head off.
Finally sit up—the world's spinning.
Holy shit. Nearly died there.
Wait... would I have? If I couldn't drink the potion?
Dunno. Probably would've lain there twitching like a stunned frog till they came.
Furious now.
I'm the villain attacking them, yet here I am pissed.
Still, my feet won't move easy.
Trap... just one?
The guy from before with Min-ji had one too. Seemed like just that.
This one too? Or two? Three?
Quit and I'm mad, push and it's risky.
Sit there a bit.
Too dizzy to stand.