35 Chapter 34 (1/2)

A short while later.

”Euph, euph, euph!!”

Jin-Woo discovered a lone convict struggling on the ground not too far from him. His arms and legs were all tied up with a rope, and there was a gag placed in his mouth.

It was as Kahng Tae-Sik said, just before his final breath.

[”I've tied up the rapist not too far from here. I was thinking of disposing of him last, after the victim's father asked me to make him suffer for a bit.”]

Kahng Tae-Sik stopped breathing after those words.

The convict began to struggle even harder after seeing Jin-Woo. It was as if he was asking to be freed as soon as possible.

”Euph! Euph! Euph!”

Now that Jin-Woo took a closer look, it was none other than the same guy who threw a dirty wink at Ju-Hui earlier on.

As soon as Jin-Woo pulled the gag off the convict's mouth, he breathed in and out heavily and widened his eyes.

”Pant, pant, pant!! That, that crazy b*stard, Kahng Tae-Sik killed everyone! He killed everyone!! What the f*ck happened?? Did he leave? There's blood on your clothes?! Did you get done in by him, too??”

Jin-Woo didn't reply and simply raised his head to stare straight ahead.

….Towards where the boss was.

The convict's words poured out in great urgency.

”Untie me first. Hurry! We gotta escape before Kahng Tae-Sik shows up! God d*mn it!! There's some sort of magic energy flowing in the ropes and I can't tear them apart! You have some sort of a weapon with you, right? Why aren't you saying anything? Can't you hear me??”

When a bottom-feeder Hunter from the Association continued to ignore him, the convict forgot about the position he was in and began frowning in dissatisfaction.

Remaining expressionless until then, Jin-Woo finally opened his mouth.

”The boss should be just up ahead.”

”What?”

A confused, questioning expression floated up on the face of the convict.

”Feels like it's a bit stronger than a regular rank D dungeon boss, too. I'm getting really curious about its attack patterns, you see.”

The convict listened to those words and lost his cool, roaring out at the top of his voice.

”What the f*ck are you even talking about?!”

Jin-Woo calmly continued on with what he wanted to say.

”Before all that, though, I gotta ask you about something. You remember the girl you raped before?”

”What? Which one are you talking about? You a family member of the victim?”

Jin-Woo's brows quivered.

Just now, this man asked 'which one', rather than answering with yes or no. Meaning, he had hurt well more than one or two girls.

Hunters possessed extraordinary strength, so if they wanted to, they could become a horrifying monster at any time. And this b*stard used that strength to violate women until now.

With that, Jin-Woo's mind was made up.

He coldly stared down at the convict and spoke.

”Now I know, so there's that.”

”What?! Euph? Euph!!”

Before the convict uttered out more rubbish, Jin-Woo swiftly gagged the b*stard again. Then, he began slowly dragging the convict by the ankles towards the boss room.

”Euph! Euph!! Eeuuuph!!!”

The convict struggled even more desperately as he got dragged along. Both of his wide-open eyes were now completely bloodshot.

Not even slightly fazed by the criminal's desperate struggle, Jin-Woo successfully dragged him into the boss room.

”Euph! Euphhh!!”

And inside the boss room, there was a large group of Hobgoblins waiting for their arrival. These monsters reputedly enjoyed snacking on human entrails. Apparently.

”Euph! Euph!! Euphhh!!”

The convict finally realised what Jin-Woo was planning to do here.

He cried out and shook his head around wildly after seeing the group of Hobgoblins. The blue convict's pants began dyeing in a yellow colour, as well.

”Fuu-woo.”

Jin-Woo took a deep breath, and he chucked the convict among the waiting Hobgoblins.

”Eeuuuph-!!”

”Kiiiigiik.”

”Kiihit.”

”Kiiieekk!”

Picking up on the smell of a fresh, living prey, Hobgoblins pounced on the convict all at once and began tearing into his stomach.

”Eeeuupph!! Euph! Euphhh!!”

As the convict desperately struggled on and thrashed about, the vessels in his eyes burst open one by one, dyeing his eyes utterly crimson red.

”Eeeupphhh..... Euh, euh.....”

Even though the convict gradually lost his consciousness, Hobgoblins greedily and restlessly tore into him.

Just what would it feel like to be devoured alive by the disgusting monsters?

Jin-Woo frowned deeply as he quickly scanned the interior of the room, searching for the boss.

'There it is.'

A huge Hobgoblin, definitely the boss of this dungeon, sat arrogantly over yonder on the other side of the boss room.

With its subordinates all too preoccupied with the fresh prey, there was not one guard around the boss itself, which meant that this was the perfect opportunity.

'Dash!'

Jin-Woo immediately dashed past the Hobgoblins in the blink of an eye and arrived before the boss.

”Kkieehk?!”

The surprised Hobgoblin boss quickly stood up, but before it could complete the action, its head fell and rolled on the ground.

Plop.

Tumble, tumble.

Tti-ring!

[You've killed the owner of this dungeon.]

[Level up!]

'Ah, hang on a sec.'

Only after he had sliced the boss's head off did Jin-Woo remember the existence of the Rune Stone.

'There was no need to lure them out with a bait, was there? I could've just learned the Stealth skill and sneaked closer, couldn't I?'

Jin-Woo shifted his gaze over to what little remained of the convict and clicked his tongue.

Of course, he wasn't feeling any sympathy for the b*stard there.

'Well, whatever.....'

In any case, his plan was a success.

Part 5. Cogwheel

It wasn't difficult to deal with the group of confused and leaderless Hobgoblins.

”Kiiieek!!”

”kiiieaahhk!!!”

”Kyahk!!”

The Hobgoblins ran around trying to escape from Jin-Woo, but were all hunted down soon afterwards.

”Kkyaaahkk!”

When he killed the very last one, another feel-good message popped into his view.

[Level up!]

'It rose up again?'

His expression brightened up after this rather unexpected reward of the day's labour fell into his lap.

Jin-Woo cleaned all the blood off the Poison Fang of Kasaka, and along with all the magic crystals extracted from the Hobgoblins, stored them inside his Inventory, before summoning his Status Window.

Tti-ring!