Chapter 27 (1/2)

Chapter 27 –Day 7, Preparations

The blood vessels in my whole body felt tight. It was like the pain when donating blood, amplified by 10 times. There wasn't a physical HP Bar above my head or a message in front of me. It was different from the letters that popped up when looking at an item.

“W-what?” Four confused voices echoed in the darkness. The range of darkness was just as I thought. It was the same range of vision like in the dungeon. I aimed my fist at the closest one. The blitz tactic was the key. I didn't know what variables the four opponents had so it was best to utilize the advantage of surprise.

Bam!

As soon as the guy collapsed from being hit in the stomach, the one next to him swung a club at me. He couldn't see, but it seemed like he was responding accurately and quickly to the sound. Of course, it was a blind hit but it might work because it was a pincer attack.

I moved my head, grabbed his wrist and pulled back his arm. There was the sound of something breaking. Every time I dealt a blow, the pain in my blood vessels gradually faded. The blood-sucking effect worked without any problems.

There was the feeling of someone kicking me from behind, but I gritted my teeth and withstood it. The pain was severe but I could endure it. I turned around. This time the kick was a bit higher. However, it missed and the leg moved to the side, causing the person to stumble.

The remaining person didn't come directly. He hesitated while holding a bottle in his hand. It was because a disaster could happen when it missed unlike the colleagues who swung a fist. The person was only a few steps away, so I killed my footsteps and approached immediately.

I grabbed the bottle and lightly kicked his t.e.s.t.i.c.l.es. The problem was the next step. Their shouts and screams rang through the alley. There was no guarantee that someone wouldn't exercise their courage.

I quickly dragged them to a building that was being redeveloped. As I entered through the tarps covering the outer wall of the building, there was nothing to be seen.

“If a sound leaks out of your throat then you will die.” Of course, I was bluffing. There were grunts as I punched three of them in the abdomen. The one left was the supposed leader.

He was the one watching me quietly. I pinched the flesh on the inside of his forearm with my index finger and thumb, then twisted it painfully.

Quark!

”Ugh&h.e.l.lip;!”

I didn't know how powerful my grip was after being influenced by the lizardman essence, but he received pain when I used only a little bit of my power.

”What is my name?” I saw this in a novel. The detective said that asking questions like 'what is your name?' made it harder to hide their thoughts instead of yes or no questions.

”I-I don't know! We just followed&h.e.l.lip;”

”That is enough. Be quiet.” From here on, I was going to test the talents and techniques I acquired in the dungeon. How efficient were 'Compulsion', 'Eloquence' and 'Charisma'?

“Kim Sung-tae. Lee Ji-hwan. Kim Sung-ik. Jang Hyo-jin.” I took out their cell phones, removed the batteries, and read their names on the ID cards in their wallets. I read the addresses written below. It was significant.

“A-Are you crazy? This isn't the dungeon&h.e.l.lip; We didn't plan anything other than a simple a.s.sault. Killing us is too much. Our instructions were just to scare you a little&h.e.l.lip;”

“Of course, those are just words.” I tried to laugh like a psycho as much as possible. The effect was obvious. Even though I didn't say the word 'kill' myself, they had already imagined a snuff film in their minds. The leader's name was Kim Sung-tae.

“Sung-tae. The problem with attacking me is that I will pay you back. Not only that, I was insulted as well.”

“What should&h.e.l.lip;”

“Make me feel better. If I feel better, I might not use your cell phone to call your family.” The other three looked at me nervously as they carefully listened to my words. “Are there any facts I should now? Things that I might not know about the dungeon? Points will be given to the person who tells me first.”

It didn't take long for the first answer to come out. The person called Jang Hyo-jin spoke first.

“Well, you don't need to be in the place where the stairs were originally.”

“Huh?”

“So even if you are in the bathroom or someplace else&h.e.l.lip; As long as the s.p.a.ce is isolated, a staircase will appear at midnight.”

”Oh?”

The experiences from individuals were quite specific. I looked at Kim Sung-tae. “Your employer was experimenting with this?”

”&h.e.l.lip;” An expression of embarra.s.sment was his answer. They had probably done such experiments.

“With this, I don't have any bad feelings towards Jang Hyo-jin. Does Sung-tae's silence represent the rest of you?”

Kim Sung-tae hesitated before speaking. If two people were in the same place, then one staircase would be created. However, stepping on the same staircase wouldn't cause the stairs to overlap. If someone went into the dungeon with an injury, that injury would be healed when they left the dungeon.

Once I listened to the experiment, I asked a few additional questions before saying. “They are pretty safe experiments. Have you never tried an experiment like this?”

”What&h.e.l.lip;?

“Killing a person outside the dungeon and seeing if you can absorb their abilities.”

”C-Crazy!” Kim Sung-tae forgot his position and spat out. ”Hey&h.e.l.lip; There are still some lines we shouldn't cross. I don't know what thoughts you are having but&h.e.l.lip; I told you. This is real life. It's nonsense to think like that.”

”That is true.” I put a falsely evil expression on my face.

I released the expression. “This is somehow quite awkward to say.”

”&h.e.l.lip;?” As they looked at my expression, saliva thickened in their mouths. I noticed it. I was mocking them until now. In fact, it was a little fun deceiving them. I knew more than anyone else the limit as a psycho. If they were murdered then the risks to me were enormous.

“If it is like this&h.e.l.lip;” I placed my hand on Kim Sung-tae's head as I pondered aloud. I placed strength into my wrist and shoved his head down on the ground. After lifting Kim Sung-tae's head again, his face had become b.l.o.o.d.y.

”Ugh&h.e.l.lip;”