Chapter 59 (1/2)

Chapter 59 – Day 13, 10th Floor Big Picture (3)

It was the last move of the fight.

“Kuk…!” I kicked the big man in the abdomen, causing him to kneel down.  Blood flowed from his open mouth towards the ground. His internal organs were destroyed, so the damage was much higher than the bleeding showed.

”Strong.” A look of pure admiration crossed my face.

There was a diagonal cut across my face. It wasn't very deep, but I couldn't use one eye right now.

To be honest, I had to admit that I looked down on him. He was strong in this fight. The big guy using his axe had almost reversed who was strong and who was weak. I was augmented using the techniques of Ravenous Wolf Fist, but the big guy definitely had a technique that enhanced his power and speed.

It might have been dangerous if I didn't have the leech's bloodsucking ability. If I hadn't avoided it with my superior reflexes, the wound on my face might be 2 cm deeper.

”Great… How resourceful.” It might be due to his Korean being poor, but the big man sounded like the main character from a Chinese historical drama.

”…Kill me.”

In fact, I wanted to end it neatly. “I’m sorry, but wait a little bit.”

”…?!”

After kicking his arms, I raised my hand to his head. Then I said to the sacred creature. “Eat.”

Even though it wasn't until the 'root' of the desire, I wanted the sacred creature to eat until the big guy couldn't even think for a few hours.

”#%%!!!” A scream in Chinese emerged from the big one's mouth. I pulled my hand away from his head.

'Have you figured out the delicious part of this person?'

-Swinging the axe.

'…And?'

-Axe. Keep swinging. He wants to swing it.

One policy I set was to find out the unique talent before eating a person. Atlas alone certainly helped me a lot, but it had a colossal impact on my values and decision making.  It was also one of the numerous reasons why I didn't eat Jin Soo-young. Even though I could tolerate it, I didn't want the basic thought of 'I want to kill a person' attached to me. So the sacred creature would have a 'taste' and measure what the person's strongest desire was.

‘It is just wielding the axe?'

–Uh… And, moving strangely…

The problem was that the sacred creature had the expressiveness of an infant. I studied the big guy's face for a while. It was completely blank now, but that guy had been very serious when fighting. Even though he was weaker than me, he enjoyed everything about it.

“I believe you.” After praising him, I ended it.

[Axe Technique. Lv 9. 23567/25600]

Just killing the one with the axe greatly increased my experience from Lv 4.  When considering that 2400 was the sum of the experience at Lv 3, it was a tremendous amount of experience that was more than 10 times larger. Even my Punching talent was only at Lv8.

[Unique talent has been acquired.]

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'Crazy b.a.s.t.a.r.d! I'll kill him!' Jin Soo-young cursed Kim Hee-chul as she kept running. 'But… It was quite loud before.'

When she first ran away, she looked back because there was a thud. She saw Kim Hee-chul get thrown by something and hit the wall. 'Is he dead now?'

Jin Soo-young thought it was possible. If the enemies didn't think it was possible then one wouldn't be chasing her in the first place. As Jin Soo-young realized what she was feeling, she stopped moving for a moment.

'Crazy! Why at this time?' However, her stamina was already near the bottom. She restored her breathing as she looked around the corridor. There was a door on the right side. 'Please don't have anyone in it.' Jin Soo-young prayed as she opened the door and slipped in.

“Kyaaak!” The Tellan woman hiding inside shrieked. Dammit. Jin Soo-young cursed under her breath.

But there was no point in murdering her.

”…Such a bother.”

The small Chinese man opened the door after hearing the woman scream. Then Jin Soo-young realized that there was a window in the corner of the room. However, the Chinese man also realized it as he stepped sidewards to block her access to the window.

”Hah.”

Now she had to fight. She felt resigned and took out her weapon.

Clang.

It was a chain. She hadn't taken it out during her fight with Hee-chul because she had to seem crazy, but this weapon made Jin Soo-young's fights go much more smoothly

It was the Chinese man who moved first. His sword seemed to dance as he stabbed at her belly.

'Eh?'

She avoided it and threw the weight at one end of the chain sickle. Jin Soo-young soon realized that something was strange. ‘What the, he isn't a big deal!'

To be precise, she could easily see his strikes. In this state, he was much weaker than her.  Then why had Hee-chul been struggling? Was the big Chinese man much stronger than this one?

“Ugh!” As Jin Soo-young thought this, the Chinese man groaned. His swordsmans.h.i.+p was good, but Jin Soo-young's chain sickle was flamboyant enough to overwhelm it. In addition, it wasn't just Jin Soo-young's weapon.

Chaeng!

She swung the end and hit the sword, while the sickle pierced straight through the gap.  This ended it.

As the Chinese man was conscious of the sickle heading for his head, he allowed her to kick his body twice. This was the result of her talent that showed her the best route to subdue the opponent. She was able to instinctively move in a complex manner during the fight, something that was mostly possible for experienced fighters.

“Sheesh.” Although she missed a critical strike, Jin Soo-young swung his chain sickle again. It was a design from a few centuries ago, but if it had been a little larger then she would've stabbed him in the neck. Jin Soo-young being taller than the small Chinese man helped a lot.

”Little b.a.s.t.a.r.d.” Jin Soo-young spat out the phlegm caused by smoking and said. That was her mistake.  Even if the language was different, it was obvious that he had picked up some parts.

”…”

“Do you understand? This kid's face is turning red.”

”…d.a.m.n b.i.t.c.h.” The Chinese man rushed at her and the attacks that Jin Soo-young received were different from before.