Magic spread throughout his body. His heart was beating rapidly from the pleasant sensation.
'Right, this is the taste.'
It felt like running through a wild night.
He couldn't understand how he had endured being unable to feel this for the past few hours.
Jin-hyuk clenched his fists.
'Nice!'
This was perfect.
With all of his skills unsealed, he had nothing to fear. At that moment, the guards were busy taking down the other players.
At the same time—
Kukuku!
The door that led to both life and death opened.
The smell was thick.
The stench of blood mixed with sand pierced his nose. A total of seven Breakers were staring at the new offerings.
"Kuak!"
"Oooh!"
Their red bodies trembled with excitement as they held weapons in their hands, eager to tear their prey apart.
"Grrr…"
And in the center stood a demon covered in countless thorns.
A monster of unusually large size.
'Predator.'
A scavenger of the Tower that devoured its prey.
Its mouth dripped with saliva as it hungered for human flesh.
"Everyone, we need to run."
"Damn it, where do we run? We're completely surrounded!"
"Uh… mom…"
There was nowhere to go. No matter how they looked, walls surrounded them on all sides.
Everyone stepped back, trying to survive even one second longer.
Step.
Someone stepped forward.
It was Jin-hyuk.
"What? Is he a fool?"
"Puahaha! He must want to die first."
"It's better to die early than tremble in fear."
The fanatics laughed at the sight. He stood there with barely any weapons and no space to fight.
But—
"Huk!"
"How…?"
Even as Jin-hyuk approached the Breakers, they made no attempt to attack him. No—they didn't even look at him, as if he didn't exist.
'As expected, a useful skill.'
Jin-hyuk moved toward the beast in the center.
Hazy Odor could be used three times a day and had already been used once to disrupt their senses.
If stacked three times, his entire presence would vanish.
'Usually, once is enough.'
But veterans always found ways out.
Like now.
After reaching the center, Jin-hyuk stomped the ground.
Thud! Thud!
His footsteps echoed.
Right.
[The red pill 'Red' has been activated!]
Kwakwakang!
A massive pillar of fire erupted through the arena.
'Taste my fireworks.'
It was a pill activated by precisely calculating the sewer's location and water flow.
He had done this dozens of times.
"Kuak!"
"Ack!"
The Breakers screamed as flames engulfed them.
Immortal or not, burning still hurt.
"Why are you reacting like that?"
Don't like being burned?
"C-calm down! Representatives of God!"
The madmen tried to extinguish the flames, but nothing worked.
The blinded Breakers swung their hammers wildly.
Kwang!
"Ack!"
Heads were crushed like fruit.
But—
[Involved in the death of a wicked being]
[You have acquired 0.1 points of adaptive stat points]
[Current Adaptive Stat: 10.1]
An unexpected status window appeared.
Oh?
Jin-hyuk narrowed his eyes.
'So I gain stats even without killing them directly?'
Indirect involvement counted?
This was incredible.
Meanwhile, the fanatics were horrified.
"W-what? A stream of fire?!"
"No way! Did he use skills?"
"That's impossible! Everything here is under God's law!"
As long as abilities were sealed, no one should have been able to do this.
Yet the shock had only begun.
"I'm sorry, but I need to finish this within ten minutes!"
To be precise—eight minutes remained.
Jin-hyuk drew the Twin Dragon Swords.
As Sword Grave activated, black energy surged through the space.
A black crescent moon descended.
"Grrr?"
Even the thorned Predator sensed danger.
Slash!
Without hesitation, Jin-hyuk struck.
One hit.
The mountain-like beast collapsed.
It didn't even have time to scream. Blood poured out silently.
"The run is over."
Their power only mattered when players were sealed.
Now, these enemies were no stronger than named monsters from the 1st floor.
When the creature they worshipped fell, the atmosphere shattered.
"Eek!"
"H-he's a monster!"
"How can a human…?!"
Fear replaced fanaticism.
Those who once watched executions now tried to flee.
But Jin-hyuk didn't let them.
"That's not nice. Was your life really that precious?"
He smiled coldly and took out the last pill.
[Used the black pill 'Dark'.]
[A black wall of 200 meters spreads around the caster!]
A black barrier sealed the area.
The place where they worshipped their god had become their grave.
"Hmm…"
Jin-hyuk frowned.
Only the hidden quest remained—but one problem lingered.
Finding all of them would take too long.
'I need a more efficient method.'
The system had confirmed he didn't need to kill them himself.
Involvement was enough.
Then—
"Come here."
Jin-hyuk called the crouching players.
"…Huh?"
"You mean us?"
"Why are you still there? Don't you want to go home?"
The beast was dead.
There was no reason to fear being eaten.
"W-we can go home?"
"Really?"
"Yes. Stand up."
Jin-hyuk smiled.
"Wow!"
"We're saved!"
Cheers erupted.
But reality hit again.
"But if we leave them alive, won't this happen again?"
Their expressions froze.
"T-that…"
They didn't want to think about it.
"So what do we do?"
What else?
"We kill them."
Jin-hyuk tore a bone from the Predator's back.
Crack!
Sharp. Solid.
Good enough.
"Up there are the ones who imprisoned you."
He pointed to the stands.
"Before you're trapped again, return what you suffered."
Kill.
Or be killed.
There was only one choice.
"Akkkk!"
"I'll kill them!"
"I'll never be locked up again!"
The prey became predators.
They charged into the audience.
"Stop them!"
The guards tried—but failed.
Weapons decided everything.
And the fanatics were erased.
"Ackkk!"
"Ahhh!"
The chamber filled with screams.
Vengeance was brutal.
Yet—
Jin-hyuk felt no sympathy.
Only refreshment.
[Involved in the death of a wicked being]
[You have acquired 0.1 points of adaptive stat points]
[Current Adaptive Stat: 32.9]
The number kept rising.
Thirty-three already.
Faithful workers were wonderful.
Jin-hyuk smiled.
'I need to move before they reach the professor.'
Among the survivors—
Only two remained.
The white man and white woman.
The others were gone.
"So disgusting."
Jin-hyuk sighed.
They flinched.
"We were forced!"
"We had no choice!"
They screamed defensively.
"I understand. It was unavoidable."
Morality didn't matter here.
"But I'm not the one who decides your fate."
Puak!
A hole burst through their hearts.
"Ku…ack!"
[You have killed the wicked being.]
[You have acquired 0.1 points of adaptive stat points]
[Current Adaptive Stat: 33.0]
The system confirmed it.
They were wicked too.
"That's all."
"No hard feelings."
This time, he meant it.
Prrr!
The Twin Dragon Swords shone fiercely.
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