Chapter 24: Disgust (2/2)

Rather than her mouth, Venomous used her sword to bite this neck.

Slash!

”STOP!” Red Stigma screamed after Venomous took a step forward. She sent a sharp slash that tore through Red Stigma's neck with ease, bringing a deep cut to his pale skin. This cut oozed out so much blood it could be only a critical strike!

This sent shivers down Red Stigma's spine. He didn't feel much pain due to the settings he'd chosen before, but this woman's steps and her decisive slashes scared the hell out of him.

He whispered, ”You are… cutting me… The player… A human… You don't feel… anything?”

Yumi just took another step forward. Her foot stomped on Red Stigma's stomach, then she thurst her sword straight into the opened wound, inflicting another critical strike in the process.

Her weapon descended onto Red Stigma decisively in a succession of critical strikes.

With Red Stigma's screams and his question, everyone around him bit their lips; some even closed their eyes as they couldn't take too much of this brutal scene.

If it were monsters… then it would be different… It would be fantasy-like or so they thought… Nonetheless, Yumi's sword stopped just before Red Stigma's HP fell to zero. She glanced at him with narrowed eyes, then said, ”I feel disgusted. But this disgust amounts to nothing I had felt in real life. And I wanted to kill you ever since you overheated my cute monkey.”

”Huh? What the-” Red Stigma's speech stopped the moment Yumi's sword slashed through his neck. Just like she declared before, his head fell off his neck and rolled on the ground until his whole body turned into a thousand particles.

[You have killed a player.]

[Your nickname becomes red-flagged.]

[Red Flag - Upon dying, you lose two times more experience than usual. You also have a 100% chance to drop one of the equipped or unique items from inventory.]

[You have killed a player in the dungeon. Red Flag stays for an hour or until you leave the dungeon.]

”Pointless threats…” Yumi waved her sword, then glanced at the tanks. She extended her hand, spread it, and potions with antidotes began to appear one by one on it.

The tanks snatched those as fast as possible, then gulped down before any effects of her poison could possibly kick in.

While the last drop of this potion went down their throat, Yumi had long since returned to her party.

”Welcome back, Yumi!” Michu greeted Venomous the moment she took a side next to him. He had been fighting some monsters already, so her sword slithered its way to help him as well.

She replied, ”I am back.”

”It went differently than you predicted,” Michu stated, then bonked the monster to the death.

Of course, Venomous didn't believe it would go that smoothly, ”I was just lucky…” But it was lucky that the second tank spoke and sowed enough fear to other tanks! She let out a rare, content smile and Michu commented on it quietly.

”You wouldn't need luck if you could smile this way!” His genuine thoughts piqued Yumi's interest.

”Are you sure? Next time, try to catch that smile. I would love to learn it.”

”You don't have to learn it. Just smile whenever you feel like, even if there are enemies around you.”