Chapter 20 (1/2)

Chapter 20 – Day 6, 6th Floor Prey

[Sixteen.]

I had to spray poison and kill everything within a dozen seconds. It was impossible. At this point, everyone had noticed and was running towards the stairs. I took a deep breath.

”Kwak Yu-han!” Of course, he turned to look back at me as well as the rest of the party. I called their names as quickly and clearly as possible. “You go down first. After that, Lee Min-ju and Lee Sang-hoon. Kim Ha-jong. Yoo Su-jeong. Go down the stairs in the order that I called. Come on!”

[Leaders.h.i.+p. Lv 188/200.]

The moment that the countdown reached 'two', I stepped on the stairs with Yang Su-jin. The peak collapsed with a loud noise and the stairs started to shake. From the end that touched the peak, they started to fall one by one.

“Let’s go. Come on.” The speed that the stairs were crumbling was slower. One almost every second. If you weren't afraid to take one step at a time then there would be almost no possibility of dying.

But there was no time to fight. I looked down and instantly became dizzy from the darkness below me. If I fell down there then I would surely die.

I looked at the five people who were in front of me, except for Yang Su-jin. At least two of them were thinking the same thing as me. There was no need to fight. A fall from this height would definitely kill people. If I just pushed them without having to fight&h.e.l.lip;

Ahhhhh!

I turned to look as I heard an echo from far away. It was a scream from a staircase that was relatively close to us. The people there were fighting to push each other. The first loser fell, his panicked limbs waving frantically in the air just before he disappeared into the darkness&h.e.l.lip;

”&h.e.l.lip;!”

“Heok!” Everyone saw it. In the darkness, a giant mouth opened to swallow the victim's body.

[Shadow Leech. Type: Animal – Malformed. Rank A.]

[A creature that exists in the dark s.p.a.ce where light can't reach. A dark fog is created from the secretion glands in its body to block light from entering its habitat. It swallows animals that are smaller than it and receives nutrients by slowly squeezing fluids from the body. Due to its cold blood, it squeezes the food that enters its body as slowly as possible.]

[Although they are usually the size of one or two fingers, individuals can grow more than a few meters depending on the environment and food.]

[A malformed creature. It is different from others of the same species.]

One or two fingers to a few metres? Don’t make me laugh. It was only a very short time, but I had seen the size of it. Although the length wasn't known, the width&h.e.l.lip; After comparing it to the peak, it was as wide as a subway carriage.

And there wasn't just one. The second loser screamed and fell in succession. This time, half a dozen heads that resembled an earthworm rose simultaneously. They gravitated to the prey falling like carp chasing bread in the water.

The people fighting on the stairs didn't notice what was below them. In order to survive, they just fought with each other. Three. Four. Five. Six. The food fell in succession.

Finally, there was only one person surviving on top of the stairs. He raised both hands above his head and cheered with victory. But then the cheering stopped.

I thought I knew why. Of the six people he had pushed, none had been killed. No. Were they still alive? They had gone into the stomachs of the leeches.

“He is the biggest loser with no income. How pitiful.” Yoo Su-jeong spoke up. Unlike her calm words, she looked very pale. The leeches were also under us. This feeling? It felt like the darkness under my feet was slightly wriggling.

Maybe all that darkness&h.e.l.lip; “There is something on the peak.” Kwak Yu-han reported from the front. We had descended the stairs and reached another peak. There were ten things, and they weren't humans.

Light brown skin. A tail as long as their body. The closer I came, the more certain I was.

[Rock Lizardman. Type: Ajin (Demi-human). Rank E.]

[A subspecies of the lizardmen that live on rocky areas and cliffs. They form nests and live on bird monsters and various plants. They have a better sense of balance than normal lizardmen and their claws can climb the steep cliffs. Due to the weakness of cold-blooded animals, they always carry around warm stones to heat them up.]

Their tails moved as they watched us from afar. I could tell they were hostile just by their appearance. It wasn't a bad opportunity. I would give up on the experience this time and just watch the five people fighting.

The first one to attack was Kwak Yu-han at the front. The claws were pretty b.l.o.o.d.y but he didn't hesitate to dive straight in at a lizardman. I admired his smooth movements.

I had seen several people in the dungeon who seemed to exercise, but the movements of Kwak Yu-han was different. I didn't know anything about exercising, but&h.e.l.lip; Wasn't he at the level of an amateur athlete or pro?

The second one was Lee Min-ju who wielded a stick with a blue jewel at the end. As it moved, frost formed on the skin of a lizardman nearby.; It was a tool similar to the ring I had given up on the 4th floor. That would certainly be a little dangerous.

The third was Kim Ha-jong. Due to the impression he gave off, I thought he would use his fists. However, he took out a long sword from his inventory. Both hands used the sword to deal a heavy blow that crushed a lizardman.

It was a blow that could threaten me, but I was certain I could take him. His speed was low so I could deal with him without the aid of poison.