Chapter 21 (1/2)

Chapter 21 –Day 6, 6th Floor Leading Figure

The stairs continued to disappear.

Once half the staircase disappeared, the peak started to shake. Of course, at that point we had already gone down the stairs. “They're looking at us.” Like Yang Su-jin said, the people from the other staircase were looking at our group. I had a gut feeling about the circ.u.mstances. We had arrived at the peak almost simultaneously.

“What's your name? I'm Han Sang-ho, 35 years old.” A considerably large man came out as a representative of the seven of them with an axe on his shoulder. I hadn't seen any of their faces on the 5th floor. Were they gathered from 'another' 5th floor? Maybe there was a balance.

”Kim Hee-chul.”

“You look young, approximately 20 years old?”

“23.”

“What rank were you on the 5th floor?” It was a very natural transition.

”Number one.”

”&h.e.l.lip;” A slight hesitation was seen. Then a dubious expression crossed Han Sang-ho's face. He studied me with a smile and shrugged. ”I suppose it doesn't matter. I was fourth. Well, that isn't important. Have you thought of a way to break through that?” Han Sang-ho pointed to the stairs going down.

“It is impossible to get through without sacrificing at least one person. So I have a suggestion for you.”

Han Sang-ho turned and pointed to his companions. I could guess before even hearing it. Two of the six people. One was a pale teenage boy and the other a frightened girl. “There is no guarantee that we won't encounter other people at the end. Furthermore, they might be 'people like us,' so isn't it better to leave the stronger people to the end?”

He had selected scapegoats. That was Han Sang-ho's main point. ”I will pick three people and you should also pick some from your side. How about it, isn't it a decent offer? There is no need for useless conflicts. Let's go peacefully. Huh?”

Han Sang-ho placed the axe on the ground and extended a burly arm. I took his hand. ”Okay. Let's be friends.”

Han Sang-ho grinned. At the same time, Han Sang-ho poured strength into his arm. A tremendous pressure tried to crush my hand. His eyes showed that he was looking forward to my screams. He was confident in strength. This was his plan. He didn't believe that I was first place and decided to act.

If I was my original self then it would've hurt. However, now I didn't feel any pain.

[Muscle strength has exceeded the limit.]

[Muscle strength: Fourteen.]

Crunch.

It wasn't the sound of my joints but the sound of Han Sang-ho's bones breaking.It was very clear who the one groaning was: they was coming from Han Sang-ho's mouth. ”&h.e.l.lip; Uck!”

He frowned and flinched, ”Hah&h.e.l.lip; This is a little&h.e.l.lip;” Then his face distorted and his upper body shook. Han Sang-ho felt himself weakening. ”Hey&h.e.l.lip; S-stop.”

”&h.e.l.lip;” I kept using my strength. He was the one who wanted to suppress me with strength in the first place.

Crunch.

“This is crazy! Stop&h.e.l.lip;!” Saliva fell from Han Sang-ho's mouth as his face turned red. He diverted his strength into his opposite hand that reached down and grabbed the axe, but my other hand also wasn't empty. I threw the bottle I was holding into Han Sang-ho's face. “Ack!”

I grabbed Han Sang-ho at the groin area and picked him up, then walked towards the end of the peak. No one was able to stop me. Han Sang-ho couldn't even swing his axe, let alone the people behind me. There was a scream as Han Sang-ho was thrown in the air.

A leech rose from the darkness to s.n.a.t.c.h him before disappearing. Within a few seconds, the leech couldn't be seen in the darkness anymore. The overall level wouldn't be reduced just by losing one person. A handful needed to be missing before it fell apart.

I needed to make sure that no one tried to push me down the stairs.

I turned around, but everyone was stiff. Of course, there were seven of us and six of them.

“You just, Sang-ho hyung-nim&h.e.l.lip;”

“Did you know him? Sorry. He was talking nonsense.”

“Does that make sense? You son of a b.i.t.c.h!”

“Don't be like that.” I laughed. Then I pointed to the man complaining. “You are number two?”

”What?” I raised a fist.

“You’re next.”

”&h.e.l.lip;!” The number two took out a stick. But&h.e.l.lip;

Seuk.

”Eh?” His forearm was cut off before he could swing it. A strike from the side. It was from Kim Ha-jong's sword. They became familiar with something as we descended the stairs.

I focused on the opponent while moving my left hand. When I created a specific shape with my fingers, they had to do the corresponding action. Immediately after throwing Han Sang-ho, I had spread out the index finger and thumb of my left hand. In other words, strike the opponent.

Under normal conditions, people would hesitate to attack even if there was a signal. So I had made the situation easier. I got rid of Han Sang-ho and picked a second person with my taunts. This was enough to create an opportunity.

[The level of a talent has risen.]

[Leaders.h.i.+p Lv 3 2/400.]

[Eloquence has exceeded the limit.]

[Eloquence: 10]

[Charisma has exceeded the limit.]

[Charisma: 12]

“Be careful not to kill him. As soon as he loses his breath, another person will be a subst.i.tute.” The feedback was clear. I wouldn't weaken the opponent for no reason. It was a one-sided game. After getting rid of the leader and a second person, the rest became unable to think about fighting back.

Peace? Han Sang-ho's words were foolish. I laughed just thinking about it. Peace was a long distance away&h.e.l.lip; Although it seemed to be a rough solution to this floor, it wasn't a reliable solution.

The leeches didn't just bite, but slowly squeezed out the blood of a person. It would almost certainly be painful. The idea of having scapegoats wasn't bad. However, everyone was at risk of being thrown except the leader and one or two other people.

There would be no unity. Of course, some people might follow the leader but that was because of fear. This floor needed unity. It was a device that bound seven people together, but only temporarily. If it was seven against seven then the situation wouldn't have changed. After all, I had already branded three people who I could throw away.