Chapter 128
Chapter 128
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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 128
Chapter Title: Blood Town
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At Tucci's word, Dennis and Mike stepped forward.
The two white men, both appearing to be over two meters tall, clenched their fists and approached the pair.
Meanwhile, Tucci tried to open the boss room door.
*CRASH—!*
Dennis slammed into the boss room door.
Mike followed, flying through the air and landing in a heap before the door.
*Thud.*
"A polite request didn't work. Money didn't work. So what's left? We just have to go in."
"That's right. They don't even know who we are."
The two men dusted off their fists.
Watching them, Tucci flashed a wicked smile.
"Good. I like guys like you!"
The two Asian men who had emerged from the darkness.
Do-jae and Young-jin took down the Blood Town Guild members one by one.
*Thwack—!*
"You attacked us first!"
Young-jin said, driving his fist into Queenhavie's stomach.
"Pfft… A man with a light punch is such a turn-off."
Queenhavie staggered backward, then started rummaging through the pockets of a fallen guild member.
She pulled out a small submachine gun.
*Rat-tat-tat-tat—!*
"Kyahahaha! Die! Die!"
With a shrill laugh, Queenhavie sprayed bullets at Young-jin.
When she ran out of ammo, she slapped in a new magazine and fired hundreds more rounds.
*Sssss—!*
A cloud of dust rose where Young-jin had been standing, and the barrel of Queenhavie's submachine gun glowed red, black smoke curling from it.
"He was a pretty attractive man. What a shame."
Queenhavie tossed her gun aside and grabbed another slung over a different guild member's back.
She planned to help Tucci with the new weapon.
After all, Tucci's hardened body would be impervious to bullets.
*Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat—.*
Queenhavie fired at Tucci and Do-jae.
However, her barrage was unfortunately cut short after just a few shots.
*Thump—!*
Young-jin emerged from the dust.
He landed another punch in Queenhavie's stomach, and she collapsed, vomiting up everything inside her.
"Gurgle…"
"Whew… Isn't she a complete psycho? I almost died…"
Young-jin looked at his riddled Golem Armor and sighed in relief.
When Queenhavie opened fire, a Golem Armor had formed over Young-jin's body.
The golem, created from the mana stone Do-jae had given him, had shielded him from the bullets.
"That's why you should've put her down with the first hit. Then your clothes wouldn't be full of holes."
Do-jae grumbled as he walked over to Young-jin after taking down Tucci.
The Golem Armor covering Young-jin had been formed from the mana stone in his pocket, leaving his coat peppered with holes.
Young-jin scratched his head and bowed deeply.
"Thank you, sir… Still, I felt bad about hitting a woman…"
"When someone's attacking you, does it matter if they're a man or a woman? An enemy is just an enemy."
"Yes! Understood!"
"Alright, I'm opening the boss room. Be careful, we don't know what's going to jump out."
Do-jae glanced at the fallen Tucci before grabbing the handle of the boss room door.
Remembering their raid on the dungeon near Hoegi Station, he had Young-jin step to the side.
And as he was about to open the door.
*Stab—!*
"Khuhuhu! You should've made sure I was dead…"
Tucci cackled as he stabbed from behind.
But Tucci trailed off as he looked at his own hand.
"You should have stayed playing dead."
Tucci had tried to stab Do-jae in the back.
But Do-jae's back was already covered in stone, enveloping Tucci's fingertips.
It was a reaction made possible because he already knew Tucci wasn't unconscious.
*Flick—!*
Tucci shook his hand free and stepped back.
Do-jae didn't miss the chance and threw a punch.
He intended to break an arm to make sure Tucci wouldn't be a nuisance anymore.
It would be even better if he couldn't live like a gangster anymore.
But his fist stopped just short of Tucci.
"You're a pathetic bastard trying to steal someone else's dungeon. What's with the consideration?"
Tucci had hidden behind one of his fallen guild members, using him as a shield.
The weakest one among them, at that.
The one who had shouted about a million dollars to Do-jae.
If Do-jae hadn't stopped the punch he'd thrown with enough force to take out the hardened Tucci, this guild member might have died.
"Using your comrade as a shield? I think you're the more pathetic one here."
"Khuhu. Doesn't matter. This is all he's worth. Besides, I think my friend here misspoke earlier… How about a hundred thousand dollars? No, for five thousand, we'll leave right now."
"Really? It would've been better if you'd just made it easy from the start. But what can I do? It's too late now. Just turn around and leave."
Do-jae said, lowering his arm.
Using his own subordinate as a shield meant it was already over.
He just wanted them to leave without causing any more trouble.
But for some reason, instead of turning back, Tucci moved toward Do-jae.
*Shunk—!*
"Gurgle…"
Tucci had attacked Do-jae by stabbing through his subordinate's stomach.
Of course, he couldn't pierce Do-jae's body this time either, but as if satisfied with just that, he threw the subordinate at Do-jae and backed away.
"*Slurp!* Tastes good…!"
Tucci licked his subordinate's blood from his arm.
The red blood looked even darker in contrast to his pale skin.
"See you around!"
With that, Tucci disappeared in the opposite direction.
"Should we chase him?"
"No. It's not worth it…"
Do-jae considered chasing him but gave up and opened his subspace.
He took out a potion and a Surta Leaf and administered first aid to the guild member with the hole in his stomach.
But it was only first aid. The wound wasn't in his lower abdomen or side; it had gone straight through his organs. Without powerful healing magic, his chances of survival were slim.
"You, come here."
Do-jae called out to one of the fallen guild members.
He had been pretending to be unconscious, but he couldn't fool the Eye of the Golem.
"If you want to save this guy, you'd better run for your life. Running is your specialty, isn't it?"
*Nod.*
"At least you have some common sense. Go."
As soon as Do-jae finished speaking, the guild member hoisted the injured man onto his back and began to run with all his might.
He would probably run into Tucci along the way, but with his absolute speed, there was no chance of being caught.
Do-jae's eyes were, after all, accurate.
"Those of you who are conscious can leave quietly."
A few other guild members furtively glanced around before getting up and disappearing in the opposite direction.
For those who didn't get up, he summoned golems to lay them to one side, leaving the golems standing guard in case something burst out of the boss room.
"Sir. Is it really okay to just let them go? Judging by their actions and belongings, they don't seem like an ordinary guild."
"That's why I called the police before we came in. The police in this country will handle the rest."
"But will they even come all the way out here? It took us a while to run through this pathless area. Besides, aren't we the ones who actually made a mess of things…?"
"If that's the case, then there's nothing to be done."
"Wow… I knew you were a cold person, but I thought you were at least a righteous one…"
Do-jae ignored Young-jin's comment and approached the boss room door.
The 'righteousness' Young-jin had mentioned.
It wasn't that Do-jae didn't care.
This Blood Town was clearly a criminal organization.
If he had his way, he'd round them all up and throw them in prison.
He had the ability to do so, too.
But Do-jae wasn't a hero.
He had no right to judge crime, nor to condemn it.
So Do-jae could only do what he was able to do.
Hunt monsters and prepare for the coming future.
"Damn it, now you've got me all mixed up."
"Huh? What did I do…?"
"Shut up! I'm opening the door!"
*Creeeak—!*
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*Rumble—.*
*Thwip—!*
"Uwaaaaah!"
Young-jin screamed as he was sent flying by a tentacle.
Do-jae leaned against the wall, watching him calmly, and shouted.
"Remember when you fought the Dead Ent!"
"Ughhh… How is that the same as this?"
"I'm telling you because it's similar."
"Ugh… Fine!"
Young-jin got back into his stance and waited.
When another tentacle shot out from the floor, he quickly leaped up, kicked off the wall, and sliced through its midsection.
"That's it! Read the vibrations just like that."
Do-jae clapped, cheering Young-jin on.
The monster Young-jin was fighting was a large boss monster called an 'Earth Kraken'.
Like the King Graydon from which he'd obtained the Sealed Memory of the Right Hand, this Earth Kraken was several times stronger than a normal one.
"Are you really not going to help me?!"
"Nope. It's the perfect opponent for you right now."
The Earth Kraken wasn't an inherently strong monster.
Of course, 'strong' and 'weak' were by Do-jae's standards, but as a Grade 5 boss monster, it couldn't be called a high-grade monster.
So even with a Sealed Memory, it had clear limits, making it a suitable opponent for the current Young-jin.
*Swish—!*
Young-jin swiftly dodged the tentacles, searching for the Earth Kraken's main body.
As if to prove Do-jae's efforts had not been in vain, Young-jin's speed was now unimaginably faster than before.
"There it is!"
Young-jin read the origin and direction of the tentacles and thrust his sword into the ground where the Earth Kraken's body was likely located.
But it just felt like stabbing his sword into the earth; there was no sensation of piercing anything.
"It's too short…!"
There was no way he could reach the body of the Earth Kraken, hidden deep underground, with a sword that was only the length of his arm.
However, with Do-jae's help, Young-jin reached the Earth Kraken's body.
*Crumble—!*
A large chunk of rock formed beside Do-jae.
He had cleared it away from directly above the Earth Kraken's body using his Golem Armor.
*Slash—!*
*Slash-slash-slash—!*
Young-jin's sword hacked at the Earth Kraken's torso, relentlessly cutting at the beast as it tried to dig deeper into the ground, until he finally brought it down.
"Good work."
Do-jae finally walked over and patted Young-jin on the back.
It was a moment where Young-jin's dazzling growth truly shone.
"I can't believe you really made me hunt it alone… You're too much!"
"I'll buy you a cheeseburger."
"Do you think you can appease me with a measly hamburger…?"
"I'll buy you pizza and chicken, too."
"Ugh… Hawaiian, please."
Do-jae climbed onto the fallen Earth Kraken's torso.
He carefully extracted the embedded mana stone.
*Fwoosh—!*
The mana stone glowed brightly before disappearing into Do-jae's left hand.
And another line was added to the Golem Armor's skill description.
Orbs: Sealed Memory of the Right Hand / Sealed Memory of the Left Foot / Sealed Memory of the Right Foot / Sealed Memory of the Left Hand
*Fwaah—!*
[A new quest has been opened.]
At the same time, a new quest arrived.
It was obvious without even looking.
The next Ascetic was calling for Do-jae.
For now, he couldn't leave Young-jin here alone, so he declined the call.
"Let's go. If the police are here, other hunters will be coming soon to close the dungeon."
"Huh? What about our faces? The guys who left first probably snitched on us."
*Pssss—.*
Do-jae used a mana stone Young-jin was carrying to create a small mask.
Do-jae did the same, transforming his Golem Armor to form a mask over his face.
"There. Now follow me, and be quick about it."
"Hehehe, yes sir!"
Do-jae and Young-jin hoisted the unconscious members of the Blood Town Guild over their shoulders.
Then they started running toward the dungeon entrance.