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nChapter 47 – Tower (6)

n“These damnable bastards… it seems like they aren’t doing this properly…”

nLord, Gyungmi grinded her teeth.

nOne of the clansmen below sighed as he heard those words and spoke:

n“Isn’t it easier if you just take them into the clan from the start. Why don’t you take clansmen around with you?”

nGyungmi frowned as she spoke:

n“It’s already tedious for me to bring you guys along. No, this psychic power doesn’t fit me from the start. Goddamnit. Why did something like this appear.”

n“…”

nThe clansmen shook their head as they saw Gyungmi say such things about her psychic power that others were dying of jealousy from.

n“Do you know how **ty it feels when you gain a connection to a random person and then have him die? It might be different for somebody who isn’t close or something.”

n“…”

n“And I hate the most the fact that I can tell somebody to fight instead of me in times of danger. The nine of you is too much already.”

n“…”

n“Damnit. I’ll only recruit strong ones from now on.”

n‘She’s really a different kind.’

nThey clicked their tongue while looking at Gyungmi.

nBut nodded their heads at the same time.

n‘Well… with those battle powers…’.

nIt was ok for her to feel as if they were annoyances.

nThey didn’t know what the hell she had picked up below but she was really strong.

nGyungmi was a Lord but she definitely wasn’t like Cao Cao or Liu Bei.

nShe felt more like Lu Bu.

nThe clansmen here were strong but they would all get pummeled until they turned into rice cakes even if they were to all fight her.

n‘It isn’t that her skills, runes or artifacts are out of the ordinary or something…’

nOf course she was above average compared to ordinary adventures.

nBut Gyungmi’s battle power couldn’t be explained with just that.

nSince she had mixed up everything above amazingly and melted it down to one battle style.

nThey wouldn’t be able to show one third the strength of Gyungmi even if they had the same things.

n“But what are you going to do? They’re still trying to do the chicken game. And if they continue to hunt like that then they will really become formidable. The other dangerous 10 also get on my nerves as well.”

n“Tsk. Damnable guys. We should’ve set the mood in the beginning…”

nGyungmi clicked her tongue.

nSince she couldn’t do anything about getting angry despite her understanding the reason behind it.

nIf this were to continue then they would need to go kill three to four protectors a day.

nAnd this would only bring them harm.

nIf the others hunt and raise their strength fervently in that time period than the gap between them will become immeasurably closer.

n‘My head hurts. There’s something that bothers me too…’

nThis is why even though she foresaw something like this would be happening, at the moment she brought her clan out fast as if she was fleeing from something.

nAt that moment, the air sliced apart as somebody came out of thin air.

nEveryone flinched.

nSince they didn’t even realize that someone had come out.

n“You bastard… who are you!”

nThe clansmen shouted coldly as they held up their blades.

nHansoo who had come out of thin air, and had the look of Chungjae, smiled as he spoke:

n“Nothing much. I’m just here with a proposal.”

n“Proposal?”

nHansoo shrugged his shoulders.

n“It’s a really good proposal on your part too. You guys just need to listen to me. I’ll let all of you escape this island alive.”

nThen Hansoo explained what he was going to make them do.

nThings he would’ve done himself if he had the power.

nOne of the clansmen spoke quietly with a helpless expression:

n‘Did he lose all notions of fear or something.’

nIt seemed like he was pretty talented.

nSince they couldn’t spot his camouflage.

nBut it didn’t seem like he could maintain that during a fight.

nAnd it felt like he could kill one to two of them but that was his limit.

nWhat would such a guy have as his basis for him to act about so?

n‘…is he trying to get a sneak attack?’

nThey had never seen somebody trying to act as a captain just by relying on a simple sneak attack from behind.

nBut Hansoo just smiled.

nIt would be simple if he were to just release his transformation and show them but then some trails will be left behind.

nBut there’s still a simple solution without going to such an extent.

nSince he had come here from the start because of that.

n‘Well. If it doesn’t work then I’ll stop the transformation for a moment.’

nHis goal was not being found out by the underling of the Dark Mad Lord anyway.

nAnd these guys are of the same clan so the chances of the Dark Mad Lord’s forces being mixed in here is none.

n“Not you. I’m talking to your Lord. Let’s have a talk with me. The lady over there.”

nHansoo looked at Gyungmi, who was standing quietly behind the clansmen, as he spoke.

n‘Sixth Sense stat. I don’t know where she had attained such a valuable thing but she should be able to see it somewhat.’

nHe had understood somewhat since she had been looking all around her at the surroundings ever since he was here.

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nIt was a different stat from perception, not part of the 8 general stats.

nPerception increased the 5 senses one had but the sixth sense was basically the same as a psychic power.

nIt was something he had given up looking for because it was too hard to find in the tutorial area.

nGyungmi looked at Hansoo in cold sweat.

n‘Fuck… that was the thing.’

nGyungmi grinded her teeth.

nSince she finally understood why he felt the chill run down the spine since a while ago.

nA sixth sense stat which she had attained at the beginning.

nIt raised a person’s battle power beyond the limits.

nSince it allowed one to sense things others could not sense.

nAnd something was moving about behind Hansoo’s back in her eyes.

n‘To come up here with something like that… **.’

nShe knew instinctively.

nThat was just a shell.

nThere is something much more fearsome hiding beneath it.

nShe didn’t know what that thing was but if that thing showed itself and decided to kill them all then… they will all die.

nGyungmi breathed in and out and then spoke:

n“…Can’t you just do it alone with such abilities?”

nShe didn’t know what he was hiding but it was extremely dangerous.

nWith that much he didn’t need them, he just needed to go out and sweep them all under him.

nAnd just kill them if they didn’t listen.

nHansoo smiled at those words.

n“Everyone has circumstances. I need someone to fight instead of me.”

n‘Since I can’t get found out yet.’

nGyungmi sighed and then spoke to Hansoo:

n“Even we can’t beat all 40 of them. It seems like you won’t be fighting. What are you planning?”

nIf such a thing was possible then they would’ve fought at the beginning already.

n“What’s the problem? There are weaker ones roaming about in groups of ten. Beat up all the weaker ones separately and get them into your clan.”

n“…”

nHe hadn’t acted out because of this until now.

nSince it’ll become more convenient if they spread out.

n‘One day… should be enough for them to get separated enough.’

nTo leave a Lord in leisure behind to travel in groups of 10 separately.

nSymbols were gained from the agreement of both sides but he had never seen anybody who had not agreed with a blade up against up throat before.

n“I don’t know what you don’t like about it but put them into the clan for now. And do whatever you want with them afterwards. Though there’s 10 of them who are a bit dangerous, I wonder if they’ll act out if there’s 40 of you guys.”

n“…”

n‘…He’s a bit annoying, shall I have a go at him?’

nBut Gyungmi shook her head.

nHer sixth sense had saved her too many times for her to do so.

nAnd that sixth sense was warning her clearly.

nTo listen.

n“… Let’s go.”

nEveryone nodded as they headed somewhere.

nHansoo smiled as he saw this.

n‘That’s done.’

nThis is easy for them to get massacred if all 50 are separated but at the time same it was easy to clear if all 50 combined.

nThey just needed to make the clan, kill the protectors in leisure and attain the treasure.

n‘…I can see the ending coming around.’

nIf he gains the philosopher’s stone here then he has gained everything necessary to go in the dungeon.

nThen only one stage is left.

nThe two weeks will go by fast.

nHansoo laughed as he disappeared in order to kill the protectors as well.

n…………………………………..

n“It seems the time has come for us to separate.”

nGyungmi made a tired expression as she looked at the people around her.

nAlmost 50 people.

nThey were mostly her clansmen now.

n‘…I’m tired.’

nIt was even more tiring because she was trying to not get any of them die due to that useless connection.

nThough some weren’t part of her clan.

n‘The four over there.’

nGyungmi looked at the four, who were of different quality, in the corner.

nLord couldn’t give symbols to other lords.

nAnd Lords could not give symbols to people who had already gained symbols from a different clan.

nWhich meant that if the giving of the symbol didn’t work then it would mean that that person was a Lord or part of a clan.

nAnd because of this, these four caught the eyes.

n‘Well there’s nothing really special about them.’

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nIt wasn’t that they all believed their excuses.

nBut what was the point when they were going to separate anyway.

nShe just needed to take care of her own clan.

n“Let’s all go our own ways.”

nGyungmi changed the treasure into 50 Kurutan’s Bludgeons, gave it to each and everyone one by one and then ordered them to suicide.

nCrack.

n“…uh?”

nGyungmi’s psychic power isn’t strong enough to order them to suicide.

nEveryone else other than her original clansmen had their symbols broken as soon as she gave the order.

nAnd at the same time they, who had escaped from the clan, all looked fiercely at each other but then ran towards the exist after giving up.

nSince there was no need to fight after having guaranteed their safety.

n‘Well. This is a good end from one point of view.’

nThough things had progressed half forcibly, everyone had survived as the result.

nSince they had repeated the hunt for Protectors of the Dungeons faithfully under the order of the Clan Lord.

nAs the people who were thinking this and that made their way to the exit a giant door in the space that trapped them opened with a rumbling noise.

nAnd a slightly different view from before had appeared in front of them.

n“… maze?”

nMany separate paths had appeared in front of their eyes.

nAnd the fairy appeared in front of their eyes.

n“Everyone here has survived. Heehee. Congratulations. You will now get sent to the starting point of the third floor. There’s nothing hard, you just need to follow the path. If you follow the crossroads, you will arrive at one the of hundreds of starting points.You can group up and follow your friends who arrived earlier or go separately when you get there.”

nEveryone shrugged their shoulders as they disappeared into the paths.

nThough it wasn’t like being moved into a room, it didn’t really matter.

nGyungmi looked at Chungjae with a suspicious expression but then shook her head as she took her clansmen into one of the numerous paths.

n‘Hmm… shall I go too.’

nIt didn’t seem like the four there would move before he did.

nHansoo, who had the appearance of Chungjae, smirked as he walked towards the starting point.

nAnd after a while he activated Arankal’s Bracelet and hid himself completely.

nThen he very carefully returned to the starting point.

nAs he expected these four, who had said they were part of the other clan, were standing in the same position despite the others leaving one by one.

n‘When are they going to move. Hurry up and move.’

nHansoo looked at them with great patience.

nAnd soon when everyone else had disappeared, they seemed to have received orders from somewhere as they started to ruthlessly go through the paths.

nHansoo smiled as he saw them.

n‘Hurry and guide me. To your captain.’

nEven if he found them painstakingly and then kill them off one by one, the Lord will slowly regenerate his strength as well.

nThere was only one solution to this tedious situation.

nTo cut off the Lord’s neck in a single strike.

nBut he had no way of knowing where this guy was.

n1st and 2nd floor were impossible and the only possible third floor still had a few hundred starting points.

nIt was not possible to search through each and every one of them.

nBut at a single time, he had a single chance.

nA chance which appears when the special structure of the tower and the dangers of the third floor combines.

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nIf the Dark Mad Lord had arrived to the third floor, and had seen the environment of this place then he could only gather all of his clansmen to a single spot.

nThe third floor was the place where they let them taste the harsh reality of the Otherworld.

nIt was not somewhere where tricks worked.

nSince his head was good he had probably realized that he had to gather his clansmen in order for him to act around in such a place.

nAnd the people in front of him will guide him.

nTo the Dark Mad Lord who could be in one of the hundreds of starting points.

nIf Hansoo had revealed his identity here then that cautious guy would’ve split up all his clansmen to other places.

nSince if that guy had seen the third floor, he would want to only use his own forces and prevent any possible mishaps from happening in order to get through the third floor…

nBut Hansoo himself had to meet him and that was where the earring came into play.

n‘It’s the final stage.’

nHe had gained everything he needed with the philosopher’s stone being the last.

nThe only thing he needed now was some fancy gear and plenty of runes.

nHe would’ve actually had to run around the whole tower according to the original plan.

nSince it’ll be hard for oneself to have a full setting of gear and runes.

nBut there was a way for him to solve it very simply.

nSince the people who have been running around the whole tower for him will gather in a single place.

nPeople who would have such an amount that even he wouldn’t be able to gather alone.

n‘Dark Mad Lord… Let’s see your face, it’s been a while.’

nAnd once he finishes them off then all the preparations are complete.

nFor entering the Final Dungeon.

nThe final stage of the preparation wasn’t some beast.

nIt was the Dark Mad Lord himself.

n‘I’ll use all my strength.’

nBecause in that place, only he and they exist.

nSince there was no way the Dark Mad Lord would let random people who started at the same place as him alive.

nHe could use all his strength since rumors won’t be spreading anyway.

nHansoo slowly disappeared into the darkness as he followed the others.

n…………………………

nAnd then somebody appeared in the place where Hansoo disappeared.

n“… You really want to follow?”

nOne of the clansmen looked at Gyungmi as they shook their head.

nTo pretend to go up the road in order to follow him.

n‘And how the hell did she even find him. Is it that sixth sense thing…?’

nGyungmi smirked as she nodded:

n“Aren’t you even bit curious? As to what kind of thoughts he has?”

n“… Just with that alone?”

n“Well. We’ll find out when we get there. And if the path we were following and this is the same anyway then there’s nothing bad about going this way.”

nAnd then Gyungmi followed the pathway towards the place that the sixth sense was pointing to, where the dangerous aura was radiating from.

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