Chapter 60
Chapter 60
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 60
Chapter Title: Hunting
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"From now on, I'm heading back to wipe out every last one of those bastards in the underground mall."
My words made the two of them jump in surprise.
"A... all of them?"
"Yeah. All of them."
"What about the gangsters there? Jong-sik's got over twenty guys selling stuff!"
"I'll handle all of them. You two just need to lend a little help."
"B-but..."
I ignored them and scooped the woman into my arms.
The two stared at me in fear, unable to believe I wasn't on guard against them at all.
I laid her down on the bed and pulled up her crop top, right along with her bra.
Her full breasts spilled out with a jiggle.
The moment I touched them, their expressions shifted a bit.
Greed. The surest motivator there is.
"Think it over. I could kill you right now, but I'm not. I'll do all the heavy lifting to take them down, and the coins will be yours to keep. Plus, you can have this woman. You've been through hell, right? How about it? Don't you want to pound away to your heart's content?"
Their faces wavered. Such simple guys.
"How can we trust you'll keep your word? You could just kill us after it's done."
Smart little shit. How'd he figure that out? Well, that's the normal way to think, I suppose.
Tch. No helping it. There's no way to make them trust me anyway.
"Then drop dead now."
At my words, they went on high alert, watching me closely. Not that there's anything they can do about it.
"You still don't get it? Are you negotiating a deal with me right now? You could die by my hand any second. I'm not begging for your help—I'm giving you a choice. Die now, or help me, save your skins, and get the girl?"
They couldn't say a word. I stripped off the woman's dolphin pants and panties.
Her legs were bound, so I couldn't get them all the way off—just down far enough. But somehow, that made it even hotter.
"What's it gonna be?"
"...Fine."
"Hey!"
"Fuck! You wanna die right now? It's not like you have any other choice! Idiot!"
I left the woman there and stood up.
As I moved, they flinched.
Ignoring them, I headed outside.
"Let's go. Let's get this over with quick."
I tossed the metal bat and axe back to them.
They looked flustered as I returned even their weapons.
"If you don't come out right now, I'll really kill you all. Hurry up."
They each grabbed their weapons and shuffled out hesitantly. I turned to them.
"Your job's simple. Keep doing what you were doing before. Only difference is, the guys who come out will drop right there. You hide yourselves and finish off the ones who fall—immediately. Don't worry about screams or whatever. Just kill them. Got it? If you do, let's move. You lead."
They trudged ahead like lambs to the slaughter.
I called after them.
"Even if you go invisible, I can still see you. A contact of mine has the invisibility skill and tipped me off to the weakness. So no funny business. You'll die on the spot."
The weakness my ass. It's all thanks to Lie Detection.
It's great on its own, but it's a hard counter to invisibility. What's the point of hiding if I can sense your presence?
The two said nothing and kept leading the way.
They're probably racking their brains for an escape plan right now.
Doesn't matter—they've got no keycard since it's with me, so they can't kill me in one shot. And I sure as hell won't let them.
Best they can hope for is bolting during the chaos. Yeah, that might be their highest odds.
It took about twenty minutes coming with all the loot, but going back empty-handed, we made it in ten.
The underground mall entrance came into view, and Detection picked up presences inside. I told them,
"Go. Take out whoever comes out."
They activated invisibility and rushed off without a word.
I kept tabs on them with Detection as I headed up to the second floor where we'd been before.
There were still quite a few people inside.
Around thirty-plus not moving, and maybe ten moving around if you add them up.
Over forty in total.
To clear them out as painlessly as possible, I needed them to come out one group at a time.
Keeping Detection active started giving me a slight dizzy spell.
Felt like motion sickness, unrelated to stamina. Probably because there were so many presences...
If it's this bad with forty, what happens with more? Is this the skill's penalty?
About twenty minutes later, Detection caught four heading for the entrance.
The invisible duo had taken decent positions.
Let's see if they do the job right.
Four guys came out.
Loaded down with goods. Once they were a bit away from the entrance, I put them straight to sleep.
The invisible duo closed in on the fallen men, and soon the four turned to light and vanished.
They dragged the loot to one side.
Good. They're doing well. Poor bastards.
Wait some more... Now three come out. Asleep again, handled by the duo.
They seemed quicker this time.
Cooperative enough... but what will they do?
Ditch the girl and run?
They're pocketing the coins, so they'll probably bolt at the right moment.
I drew a line in my mind.
A bit beyond my skill's range.
If either crosses it, I'll sleep them both instantly.
Another three emerge.
Asleep, dead.
Simple, clean work.
I like this method... too bad I can't keep it up forever.
In this shithole world, is there no way to build perfect trust?
No skill for contracts or deals?
Something like that would make life so much easier.
Or hypnosis... enslavement. Stuff like that.
The assholes who turned the world into this must have skills like that... Damn, I wanna see the faces of whoever made these skills.
Inside the mall now, about thirty left.
Hardly anyone moving.
Probably just the gangsters and stall-holders.
Market closes at midnight. Thirty minutes left.
Anyone else coming? If not by now, probably no one.
Two moved inside.
Heading out the entrance, decent load of stuff.
Probably a stall-holder.
Slept 'em. Dead.
This is getting too easy—I'm yawning.
Ambush and surprise are the best.
Especially when they don't see it coming.
How many can I whittle down like this?
As long as they don't all rush out together, I could wipe them out... but that's unlikely.
As midnight neared, the stall-holders started filtering out.
Today's their last day trading, though.
At least they died painlessly, unaware. Should be grateful for that.
Now inside, just over twenty left.
Midnight. The ones who'd been still started moving around.
Time to lure them out?
"Aaaargh!!!!!"
I bellowed at the top of my lungs. Been a while since I yelled that loud.
Then I headed down to the first floor. My turn to move.
The guys inside froze.
Wondering what's up, no doubt.
"Help me!!!!!"
I yelled again, and two burst out.
Nice. Suits. Show-offs turn to corpses quick.
Slept 'em right away.
The duo approached the fallen gangsters but didn't finish them off.
"Kill them!!!!"
My goal was to draw them out, so I screamed freely.
Only then did the two gangsters turn to light. Dumbasses.
Now four come rushing. Perfect. Just perfect.
Please keep coming out like this. Please.
The four dropped asleep and died.
They must have caught on inside by now?
I loaded the crossbow. I'd use every bolt if I had to—gotta finish them today.
If they start barricading, it'll get annoying. Escaping's even worse.
Movement inside stopped.
Count... seventeen.
No more coming? Need a few more.
"Hyungnim!!!!!!!!"
I shouted, but no reaction.
Overdid it? Fuck. No other way?
"Hey, what's the gangsters' boss called here?"
I asked, and one of the distant invisible duo replied.
"Jong-sik!"
Fuckin' name.
"Jong-sik! Your hyungnim's here! You coming out or what!"
Cocky pricks won't sit still if I trash-talk their boss by name.
"Jong-sik! Hurry the fuck up!"
Uh... what were those mart guys' names again?
Right. Young-chul's crew. Young-chul. Surname...? Fuck it. Close enough.
"Jong-sik! Young-chul hyungnim's here. Get your ass out!"
It worked.
They came pouring out from inside.
"Get ready. Hit the easy ones first."
I said it loud enough for just the duo to hear, aiming the crossbow at the entrance.
Six... seven? They came swarming, more following.
The ones who made it outside looked around in confusion—no one in sight.
Thwuck.
The bolt flew, hitting one in the chest.
He dropped, and they all ducked.
Thought it was a gunshot? I slept the four in the middle.
They collapsed one after another, panicking the remaining two.
Then they took bats and axes to the head and went down.
"What the fuck!"
"Who the hell is it!"
Five more followed. I fired another bolt at one.
Hit the guy next to him instead, but whatever—hit's a hit.
They freaked as their buddy dropped.
I slept them.
Ugh... chest's aching. Downed a recovery potion quick.
The four fell, and the earlier ones started stirring.
But the duo got right to work.
The first to wake up started getting their heads bashed in.
"Argh!"
"Agh!"
The duo slaughtered the fallen gangsters in seconds.
They scooped up all the coins.
Five left inside.
Just one more, and I could handle the rest solo?
"Let's head down."
The two didn't budge.
"What're you doing? Not much left. Come on."
The moment I spoke, they bolted in opposite directions.