Chapter 19 (2/2)
“Well, the idea is good. Leave that woman until the end.”
”Huh? Why? She is third place so killing her should be a priority. I don't know who it is, but even if there is second place&h.e.l.lip;”
“Since we don't know who they are, we need to target the other people carefully.” Even if she was the third ranked, Yoo Su-jeong had come and negotiated with me. In order words, she wasn't so confident in a direct confrontation. She had run away when she killed An Su-hyun.
Maybe she was weaker than Kwak Yu-han, who was in seventh place. This meant she was an opponent I could definitely win against in a direct confrontation. Rather, the remaining four needed to be poisoned first. To be precise, the most important target was the second ranked person hiding among them.
Anyway, even someone with a regeneration ability like Yang Su-jin would be out of action for a while if they were poisoned. “Once Yoo Su-jeong goes into action, the poison operation will need to be delayed. However, if you run away or watch for an opportunity, then you will have the chance to poison at least two people. Make sure you use as much as possible. Like you said earlier, be a suicide bomber.”
“Please leave it to me!” Yang Su-jin replied cheerfully. Then she rubbed a foot on the ground as she hesitated.
”But&h.e.l.lip;”
“Tell me.”
“Can you please buy me dinner?”
”&h.e.l.lip;”
There was a famous handmade burger restaurant nearby. Honestly, it wasn't a cheap price. However, even if she couldn't really die, I was still ordering her to act like a suicide bomber. Anyway, I was an adult.
Yang Su-jin found the food very delicious. She ordered french fries as well.
Just before midnight, I removed the leather gloves from my inventory. I checked it just in case it had been poisoned or something. The gloves were fine. I was grateful to Yoo Su-jeong for giving it to me. These gloves and the suicide bomber would shatter her chances of winning.
As for the existence of the second ranked person&h.e.l.lip; Kwak Yu-han was seventh. Kim Ha-jong was 19th. Lee Min-ju and Lee Sang-hoon were siblings. One was ranked 15th and the other was 185th. One of them had tricked the rankings. Their faces were arranged in my memories.
12:00:00 AM
The stairs appeared and I took a step.
[All the talents and experience of the loser will belong to the winner.]
[The level of a talent has risen.]
[Compulsion Lv 3 -> Lv 4. Related abilities have increased.]
[Murder Lv 2 -> Lv 4. Related abilities have increased.]
[Deception Lv 2 -> Lv 3. Related abilities have increased.]
[Taunt Lv 2 -> Lv 3. Related abilities have increased.]
&h.e.l.lip; Wasn't this lady religious?
[Talent has been acquired.]
[Talent – Meditation: The ability to find physical and mental tranquility through meditation and to activate potential abilities. It will rise in proportion to the level. ]
[Benefits will open at Lv 8.]
[Lv 5. 46/1600]
[Talent has been acquired.]
[Talent – Dagger:The damage dealt by a weapon with a blade less than 30cm will rise in proportion to the level. Reflexes and muscle strength will slightly increase.]
[Lv 4. 32/800]
[Muscle strength has exceeded the limit.]
[Reflexes has exceeded the limit.]
[Muscle strength:12]
[Reflexes: 13]
My vision changed as I read the letters that surfaced in front of me. I was in the dungeon. No, I should say 'we.' There were seven people standing in a circle. The air that touched our skin was chilly. Everybody took a step back, breaking the circle, and looked around.
Cries of astonishment burst from our mouths. We were in a huge s.p.a.ce. It was reminiscent of a soccer field, but much larger. Dozens of times? Maybe hundreds of times? The distance between the walls and ceilings was so large that I wasn't sure of the scale. And there was darkness below us.
The height couldn't be measured. Many stone peaks were rising to astonis.h.i.+ng heights around us. The top of the peaks were flattened. We were standing on one of the highest peaks.
”Excuse me&h.e.l.lip; I think there are people there.” Everyone turned to look at Kim Ha-jong's words. Indeed, I could see seven points on a peak not far away from us. There wasn't only one peak with people. Everything was far away, but I could see at least eight peaks with people.
There were stairs on the edge of the peaks. The width was around two metres and the thickness seemed similar. A staircase leading to the top of a lower peak. But the incline was steep and the staircase was next to a cliff. We had to take this staircase and go into the unknown darkness?
If this was the '6th floor'&h.e.l.lip; I guessed that it would take at least a day to reach the seventh floor. I suddenly felt eyes on me. There were six pairs of eyes watching me, waiting for my instructions.
What to do now? Yang Su-jin's gaze was asking that. Yoo Su-jeong was watching me with a stiff expression. Then letters showed up in front of me.
[Twenty.]
[Nineteen.]
[Eighteen.]
It only took a few seconds to realize that it was a countdown. The area under my feet started to shake.
The peaks were falling down.
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