Chapter 25 (1/2)

Act 2

Drip, drip—

Su-hyeun looked at the corpse of Kim Ye-eun, whose neck had been broken.

Su-hyeun first had his suspicions when she first started talking to him at the dungeon’s entrance. Whatever her intention, it was thanks to her that she caught Su-hyeun’s attention.

“Honestly, those people felt uncomfortable.”

He had the same opinion.

Su-hyeun had already known what would happen in the future and had his suspicions, but she was different. Just based purely on her intuition, she felt strange suspicions towards them.

But…

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There was nothing suspicious about Lee Ju-ho and the others from Su-hyeun’s point of view. At least, Su-hyeun could not understand the reason why they had felt uncomfortable.

Subsequently, Kim Ye-eun had been trying to strike a conversation with Su-hyeun from the start.

They were suspicious of each other and viewed each other negatively, but he wouldn’t have been sure with just that reason alone.

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Su-hyeun had been observing the members’ faces while he was fighting the monsters for the first time.

There were only two whose faces had turned foul: Kim Ye-eun and Lee Eun-mi.

Unlike the others who were relieved that there was someone whose skills were outstanding, both their facial expressions were not good. Amongst them, Su-hyeun was more suspicious of Kim Ye-eun.

Although Lee Eun-mi’s face was openly flushed and angry at Su-hyeun, Kim Ye-eun had tried to hide her expression.

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But of course, she shouldn’t be labeled as a real awakener of the Dump Guild. Technically speaking, she was one of the few hopefuls who wished to be part of the criminal syndicate, Dump Guild. Whatever was bound to happen here could be related to one of the few special requirements or rites of the Dump Guild.

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It was several years before Dump Guild was made known to the public. Up until now, only a few people knew of its existence.

“This… what should we do?”

“What do you mean? We’ll have to make our escape!” Su-hyeun looked at the flustered party.

Thankfully, the back door was open. The once boastful Ahn Min-seok was now the most cowardly and was already running towards the wide-open door.

Lee Ju-ho shouted towards Su-hyeun.

“Come over here quickly! We must run!”

How could he still be called the party’s leader?

Judging from his actions, Kim Ye-eun’s information about Lee Ju-ho seemed to be false. Truthfully, it didn’t really matter.

“Please return first.”

“What?”

“If we escape just like that, we’ll all die.”

[You have 30 seconds left.]

There was no time.

Lee Ju-ho shouted one last time in urgency.

“What are you actually planning to do now?”

“Leave me alone and run. I will follow behind soon after.”

“What nonsense are you spouting…”

[You have 20 seconds left.]

Time seemed to be flowing past at a high speed. The others had already started running.

His friend Kim Ba-reun was shouting at the top of his lungs, asking him to come over. She was frustrated since he was still hesitating when even a second was too precious. Kim Ye-eun’s betrayal was something that could be dealt with later.

“Don’t worry and run. I have confidence that I can escape successfully.”

Was there something else that was left? Lee Ju-ho, who had never seen Su-hyeun use his other skills, soon made up his mind.

“If so… I do hope to see you alive and well.” Lee Ju-ho turned and started running towards the back door.

He used Swift to make his run, and soon his figure ran into the distance.

[You have 10 seconds left.]

10 seconds.

What an urgent situation.

But now that everyone had left, Su-hyeun felt a sense of relief.

“I’m finally alone.”

He stretched his neck and then his legs.

He felt stiffer after a long period of restricted movement. He had to walk on thin ice with others around, and it was more inconvenient and uncomfortable than he thought.

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Su-hyeun grinned at the thought of his distance with Lee Ju-ho.

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As they quickly escaped, the distance between them lengthened. Furthermore, Lee Ju-ho had no time to take care of Su-hyeun in this situation.

“Now…”

Creak, creak—

The locked door started to open slowly.

Soon, the last message appeared.

[Please survive.]

Slam—!

The door opened.

Kyaaa—!

Hundreds of monsters rushed out in unison. The massive horde approached Su-hyeun.

Light fire wrapped around Su-hyeun’s body.

Su-hyeun, who used Flame on his body and sword, grinned.

“Now, I’m feeling more refreshed.”

Kyaaaa—!

Su-hyeun’s new form slid through the monsters with the flame.

At that moment.

Slash—!

Splat—!

Blood gushed out from the monsters. Charred flesh was scattered, and red hot flames rose. The monsters faltered back.

Su-hyeun’s new form rose and blocked the way of some of the monsters that retreated.

“Where are you heading?”

Grrrr—