Chapter 129
Chapter 129
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 129
Chapter Title: Subway Station Labyrinth - 5
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Finally, the veteran quartet had gathered in one place.
However, there was no time for a cozy chat.
Even at this moment, the five survivors were groaning and bleeding out.
I called my friends over to the corner.
"This isn't the vibe for hanging out here. Let's head out. Da-jeong, take Geom-in and get him outta here."
"...You really gonna kill 'em?"
"Gonna kill every last one who came in here. That'll shut things up."
"We don't have to go that far, do we? They don't know the layout here, so if we just clear the boss room and bail..."
Da-jeong looked reluctant.
Even for a psycho, the idea of killing over a dozen people felt off.
I could understand wanting to keep things pleasant since it was the first time all four of us had gathered.
But that wasn't my take.
"Open the auction house right now. Check out what these assholes who barged in are saying."
The three of them pulled up the auction house, checked the active comments section, and fell silent.
Da-jeong blew out a huff, flicking her hair back. She was starting to get heated after reading that far.
"Seeing this crap every day would piss anyone off."
"That's why I'm killing everyone who came in here. It'll quiet down after."
Seok-hyun, who'd been quiet, stepped up to Geom-in.
"You gotta pull that arrow out. Bite down hard."
"W-what are you gonna do?"
"Bite. Down. Hard."
The vibe felt off, so Geom-in clenched his teeth and shut his eyes.
Then Seok-hyun slapped his face hard. Geom-in yelped and passed out.
The arrow in his shoulder came free.
With his trait being physical enhancement, it shouldn't be a big deal.
Seok-hyun applied a potion to the wound as he spoke.
"Duck, you take him out. We'll handle this ourselves."
"Wouldn't it be easier with me here?"
"Nah."
I checked my dimension slot weapons.
"Too cramped for ghouls to rampage. And Geom-in won't help much."
"Well..."
He wasn't super weak, but calling him strong was a stretch.
Crucially, this was my fight to settle.
"Take Geom-in to the hideout and chill. I'll come when it's done."
Da-jeong sighed, hand on her hip like she had no choice.
"...Fine. Bunny, you're yielding the boss room EXP to him too."
"Obviously."
Situation sorted.
Da-jeong hoisted the passed-out Geom-in and grumbled her way out.
Time to get started.
Of course, not everyone in the labyrinth was Sung-ho's enemy.
Some were just here to clear it, and killing them felt wrong.
So Sung-ho decided to give them a chance.
He opened the auction house and posted a comment.
Laughter and accusations of threats flew.
For the next few minutes, insults at Kimbap Lover poured in.
Real deal showed up, everyone got hyped, throwing personal attacks without shame.
Sung-ho watched comments till the 10 minutes were up.
Then.
As Sung-ho rattled off IDs one by one, the auction house went quiet.
Someone muttered it was all bullshit, then got called out and deflated.
Everyone was stunned, couldn't hide it.
Especially Jo Yoo-hwan, who'd dominated auction house mood for ages with the worst insults, was sweating bullets.
His buddy had to pat his back to snap him out of it.
"Fuck, chill. What can that asshole do alone?"
"We got four, we'll win. Spam the comments away."
"Not just us here. Find loners, swarm 'em. Post new auction item for comms."
"Wait..."
Yoo-hwan wiped sweat from his brow, checked comments.
That was the last.
No more Kimbap Lover comments.
Confirming that, his buddies started sweating in silence.
Something was going very wrong.
Sung-ho told Duck Down Quack the way to the boss room.
Seok-hyun kept tilting his head, not getting it.
"Helping would make it easier, right?"
"Yeah, more efficient. But this is my fight with my enemies."
"Enemy of a friend is my enemy."
"..."
If that didn't tug at him even a little, it'd be a lie.
But Sung-ho wasn't changing his mind.
"Count it as helping if you want—just head to the boss room first. I wanna handle this solo."
"...Got it. See ya, Kimbap."
"Yeah?"
"Sex!"
"Uh, sure. Sex..."
Seok-hyun left the cave.
Duck Down Quack would guide him.
Sung-ho slipped elsewhere, luring a few lizardmen.
Shhh! Shh!
"This way."
He opened a dimension gate and hid. The lizardmen panicked but soon sensed vibrations.
From the swamp folks just coming to after passing out.
"Ugh..."
"Ah, fuck..."
They cursed, propping up their torsos.
They weren't right in the head, especially Kim Dae-ho with the bolt in his gut.
Bled too much, barely conscious.
"Dae-ho! Dae-ho!"
"Shit, what now..."
"Pulling it out's dangerous. Puller becomes the murderer."
"Always how it goes..."
Of all places, the gut.
Physical enhancement trait kept him clinging to life, but he could drop any second.
Everyone backed off, stumped.
"Where'd Kimbap Lover go?"
Someone asked. Chae Sang-shin opened auction house.
Then slowly turned, shocked.
"J-just checked auction... says he's killing us all... Kimbap Lover..."
"How the hell... Didn't wanna be murderer, ditched us?"
Then lizardmen burst from the tunnel.
Too chaotic to notice, their eyes widened.
"Fuck this!"
"Run!"
They limped away, but the leader smacked into something and bounced back.
"Ack!"
"What the-?"
"Move! Move!"
The next hit something too.
Pushed at empty air with hands and bodies—nothing budged.
Sung-ho had blocked the passage with a dimension wall.
"Blocked here!"
Same everywhere.
Finally, lizardmen swarmed them.
A net flew, trapping two who couldn't steady themselves.
Tridents pierced their chests.
"Gaaah!"
Screams echoed through the swamp.
Normally, they'd handle a few lizardmen easy.
But wounds and fear froze them.
Kim Dae-ho, barely breathing on the ground, deflated like a balloon under a lizardman attack.
Took just minutes for all five swamp dwellers to die.
"..."
Sung-ho finally emerged from the dimension gate, moving elsewhere.
Could kill and loot lizardmen, but wanted to hunt others now.
No guilt over the five.
This is how he'd survived till now.
And would keep surviving.
Jo Yoo-hwan and crew pivoted hard toward the entrance.
Originally planned to team up on Kimbap Lover, corner him.
But him naming IDs spooked everyone.
One of Yoo-hwan's trailing guys snapped.
"Told you not to do that shit so many times. Why poke the bear?"
"What'd I do? He doesn't know where we are anyway."
The woman defended, but instinct screamed trouble.
Glanced around in the dark, eyes full of fear.
The man stopped, chewed her out.
"We don't know what he knows or not. Shoulda been careful. Why keep throwing mom jokes to piss him off?"
Her ID TallGirl was the issue.
Kimbap Lover somehow knew she was coupled with TallGuy.
Terrified, she logged off auction, but too late.
Now he'd spot TallGirl instantly.
"Get out and we're good. What's so scary? We got four."
She fired back. Man closed eyes briefly.
"Sigh... You don't know how strong Kimbap Lover is."
"You always said you'd smash him if he showed. Where's that guts?"
"This is real."
"What, wanna hit me? Do it!"
"Guys, stop..."
The other two tried intervening, but ignored.
Veins bulging, unleashing pent-up shit.
Already tough moving in waist-deep water, now infighting—everyone sick of it.
"Fuck, cut it out!"
"The fuck you say?"
The four started brawling.
Extreme stress shredded reason.
Yelling accusations, missed someone approaching.
Finally, a big guy emerged from the gloom.
"Tall Girl, Tall Guy. Know who you are."
Tall Girl bent knees a bit to look shorter upon ID.
But Sung-ho's cold gaze pinned her exact.
"Saw it all, pointless. Nice mom jokes, by the way."
"W-wasn't me."
"Saw what? Used skill to check everything. Guy next to you's the boyfriend, right? TallGirl's BF TallGuy. Perfect."
"N-not boyfriend..."
Surprisingly, the man denied it.
She glared daggers; a gruff voice from behind.
"Not the time to glare elsewhere... Doesn't matter. All dying anyway."
"You're one, we're four..."
Jo Yoo-hwan raised crossbow. Sung-ho smirked.
"Shoot."
"Really shooting... Never killed before... But one won't hurt."
Close range, high stats or not, hard to dodge.
Sung-ho chill.
"Shoot. Trigger hard to pull? Want help?"
"Fuck!"
Yoo-hwan cursed, pulled trigger.
Bolt fired, but blocked, ricocheted.
"Huh?"
"What?"
Standard reaction to Sung-ho's trait firsthand.
And their ends similar.
"You shot a bolt, so I'll shoot one back. Fair, right?"
He whispered. Bolt popped from thin air.
Pierced Yoo-hwan's chest instantly.
Tall Girl gaped at the unfair bolt thickness.
"No way..."
Remaining two bolted instinctively.
But sucked into sudden dimension cage.
"Uwaaak!"
Bunny Duo's massive sea barely spared swallowed them.
Only Tall Girl left.
Terror-struck, she flailed away.
No trait use in panic.
Sung-ho turned without looking.
Already unleashed monsters there—no survival for her.
Sure enough, tearing screams soon.
"Aaaack!"
Sung-ho left quietly.
End of Subway Station Labyrinth - 5