Shouting Duel at the Center of a Dead Game

Wei Xingcheng stared intently at me. Then the corners of his lips rose and laughter leaked out between them.

“Son of a B*tch.”

Veins popped out on his hand gripping the ax.

“Did you put an iron plate on your belly or something?”

“Well, I'm curious too, why don't you check,”

I spat out while scratching my head with the hoe handle.

“Of course, if you can.”

"Um, Hae-il."

Hong Su-ah pulled at my wrist. And whispered into my ear with a desperate voice.

"What are you doing instead of running away?"

Running away, you say.

"As expected of a Rogue."

"Huh?"

"No, Su-ah, just step back."

"What's that……?"

I didn't answer any further. I just held the hoe and took a deep breath.

And the next moment, I kicked off the ground and ran forward. Then the opponents also began to rush towards me.

"Die"

I don't know Chinese, but I could instinctively understand the meaning of those words from the ax they were holding and the eyes glaring at me.

'First, the first one is on the left.'

The two short guys on the left were the closest. There was no hesitation in the way they were both swinging their axes at me.

─Whoosh.

I could see the blades of the two axes glinting in the sunlight for a moment. But instead of moving greatly, I put the hoe forward.

─Cha-klang.

The eyes of the two guys widened. The moment the blades of the two axes crossed, they were accurately blocked by the hoe.

"Die!"

One of them quickly tried to recover his ax and swing it again, but.

─Thwack.

I kicked the crotch of the guy who had moved, and then slammed the hoe handle down on his head. The eyes of the guy who was hit rolled back, and he collapsed to the floor.

"Damn it!"

The remaining guy tried to swing his ax at me who had dug in, but I grabbed his wrist tightly.

The guy tried to pull out his grabbed wrist, but he seemed flustered when it didn't budge.

'Of course.'

Physique, judgment, and decisiveness.

I'm confident that I won't be pushed back in any of those things, but now there's one more thing in addition to that.

That is, overwhelming level and stats.

'Those guys are level 3, at best, they're level 4.'

In this game, the effect of stats is not directly proportional to the value. There comes a section where efficiency decreases the more you increase it.

But that's for later.

Right now, I am nothing short of a superman to these guys.

─Crack.

When I put strength into the hand that was holding the wrist, I could feel the bones breaking just like that.

"Kueo……."

When I slapped the cheek of the guy who was trying to scream, his head turned just like that and he fainted. The scene of the guy falling to the floor was seen very slowly.

I looked around.

The guys who had rushed in with high spirits had a few emotions in their eyes. The confusion of not understanding the situation before their eyes, and the fear that instinct was warning them of despite that.

The Chinese guy who was the leader was trying hard to hide his agitation, but I could see his shaking emotions with the Evil Eye.

I gestured with my left hand and said.

"Come at me slowly."

***

Wei Xingcheng shouted at the top of his lungs.

"This son of a b*tch!"

He put a lot of strength into the hand holding the ax. Every time he caught an ant, caught a person, and did something called "leveling up", strength settled in his body. Power that hadn't existed before settled in his muscles, and he had that much confidence too.

But.

─Kang.

The ax he had swung with all his might was once again blocked by the hoe that had been swung lightly. And the monster-like guy smiled brightly while looking at Wei Xingcheng's face.

"Hey, wait a little. You're last."

Goosebumps ran down Wei Xingcheng's spine at the refreshing smile that looked as if he was looking at the sky on a sunny day.

He was famous in Yanbian as a human butcher, but he had never seen such an incomprehensible guy like that.

'Isn't he afraid of fighting?'

'What on earth is that guy?'

'What is happening right now?'

Those were the questions that filled Wei Xingcheng's head.

More than half of his eleven subordinates had already fallen. Moreover, even that was because they were hit by the hoe that that guy lightly swung while smiling and had fallen.

'A mon……ster?'

That was the word that naturally came to Wei Xingcheng's head.

─Thwack.

Another subordinate fell again. After he had his wrist grabbed by the monster while wielding a dagger, his wrist had been bent just like that and he had stabbed himself in the chest with the dagger. The subordinate, whose monster's fist had been slammed into his chin, fell straight to the ground without even having time to scream.

"Ah."

The monster said as if he had remembered something.

"I have to experiment with the combo skill. I almost forgot."

And then he smiled brightly again. Wei Xingcheng's legs were now starting to tremble.

"Leader!"

One of the two subordinates who were left looked back at Wei Xingcheng and said desperately.

"Let's take the woman as a hostage!"

Wei Xingcheng looked at the place his subordinate was pointing at. He could see the woman who was spaced out behind Han Hae-il, Hong Su-ah.

Wei Xingcheng, after exchanging glances with the two subordinates left, began to run towards Hong Su-ah.

'This is the only way.'

Wei Xingcheng thought so and ran desperately. Hong Su-ah was getting closer and closer, but he could hear a strange sound from behind him.

─Thwack.

It was probably the sound of another subordinate falling to Han Hae-il again. But Wei Xingcheng couldn't stop.

"I'll catch her!"

When Hong Su-ah was in front of him, the subordinate next to him rushed at her with a dagger. His intention was to subdue her and take her as a hostage in the gap when she was intimidated by the dagger.

But.

─Clang.

Hong Su-ah deflected the attack so naturally. And she said one word.

"Ah, that's not how you use a dagger."

'?'

While Wei Xingcheng and the subordinate were panicking, Hong Su-ah stabbed the side of the only remaining subordinate with a very natural movement.

─Stab.

As if she had accurately stabbed his lungs, the subordinate collapsed to the side without even screaming. Hong Su-ah, after recovering her dagger again, glared at Wei Xingcheng.

Wei Xingcheng and the subordinates didn't know, but Hong Su-ah's level was 6, her level was higher than anyone else's among them. Moreover, she was also a dueler who shone with 19 wins and 20 losses.

Of course, it was lacking to receive Han Hae-il's recognition.

'What the hell are these sons of b*tches doing?'

Wei Xingcheng alternately looked at the monster who was walking slowly from behind and the woman who was looking at him while holding a dagger.

And he started running without even taking a breath.

Choosing to flee from things he couldn't understand was a survival instinct that was engraved in his genes.

But he could hear laughter from his right side, who was running with all his might.

"Hahaha, you're running well."

Han Hae-il, who was running lightly while smiling, was visible on his right side. Wei Xingcheng gritted his teeth and put more strength into his legs, but the difference didn't widen.

Instead, he heard a chilling voice in his ears.

"Why are you running? It's annoying to use the hoe."

The voice, from which he couldn't feel any humanity at all, sent shivers down Wei Xingcheng's spine.

─Clatter.

He dropped the ax to the floor, slowly knelt down, and said.

"Ha, I surrender! I surrender!"

Then Han Hae-il stopped and looked at Wei Xingcheng, then opened his mouth.

"What are you doing?"

"I'll surrender, so please spare me! My grandmother came from Korea, so aren't we the same people?"

Wei Xingcheng put a glimmer of hope in that. But Han Hae-il's face was very hard.

"Did you go to the military?"

Wei Xingcheng carefully shook his head at Han Hae-il's question.

"Then do you pay taxes?"

When Wei Xingcheng shook his head again, Han Hae-il said with a stiff expression.

"Then why are we the same people?"

And the moment he took a step towards Wei Xingcheng while holding the hoe, Wei Xingcheng immediately rammed his head towards Han Hae-il.

"What is it now?"

"Great warrior! This younger brother has committed a death sentence due to his short learning!"

Wei Xingcheng frantically rummaged through his memories and tried hard to use the standard language he had seen in Korean dramas.

"Great warrior, please just spare me! This younger brother will do anything!"

But the voice heard from above was different from his expectations.

"Great warrior my a**. Is this a martial arts novel?"

"Th, then big brother!"

Wei Xingcheng was desperate.

"Are you negotiating with titles? Hey, instead of that, say something!"

Han Hae-il looked down at Wei Xingcheng, who had rammed his head, and asked.

"Why did you target us?"

"I, I didn't target……!"

"If you say another bullsh*t, you're dead."

"I did it because of Karma Points!"

At those words, Han Hae-il tilted his head.

"Karma Points? There's no achievement to be broken by killing people on this island, is there? If you're lying, you're dead."

"Th, that's because you don't die even if you die here!"

"What?"

Then Wei Xingcheng carefully raised his head and looked at Han Hae-il.

"On the first day, I ran into another group and there was a fight for territory. So it just so happened that I accidentally cut off their necks, and then."

"Is that something you do accidentally?"

"Ah, it's not."

"Continue."

"Th…… The girl whose neck was cut off turned into light and disappeared swiftly, and while I was panicking, that message popped up before my eyes, wasn't it."

"What message?"

"The Karma Points that the girl who disappeared had…… came to me, that's what I mean."

Han Hae-il's eyes widened.

"Is that true?"

"What kind of safety would there be if this younger brother falsely reported to you?"

"So that's what it was."

Han Hae-il thought about something for a moment, and then asked Wei Xingcheng.

"Tell me the nationalities of the people you've met so far."

"Yes! Big brother! I've met three groups, Filipino, Vietnamese, and Russian!"

"Three teams? You've been working busily, haven't you."

"A busy bird eats the worm, doesn't it."

Han Hae-il was about to say something, but stopped, picked up the fruit that had fallen on the floor earlier, and dusted it off. And after smelling it, he said.

"Did you put Androtez on this?"

"Th, that's right! Big brother!"

"Okay, then that's the end of what I'm curious about."

And then Han Hae-il raised the hoe high.

"Bi, big brother! Weren't you going to spare me?"

"What's your name?"

"Wei! Wei Xingcheng!"

"Okay, Xingcheng. When I was twenty-one years old, I was scammed by voice phishing and lost all the money in my bank account."

"Yes?"

"It was a whopping 3,210 won. It was money that would have originally been enough for one meal or a cup of coffee, but it became a very expensive tuition."

Remembering that time, Han Hae-il gritted his teeth.

"When I reported it, the police said they couldn't find them because it was 'overseas'. Do you know the despair and anger I felt back then?"

Wei Xingcheng, who had glimpsed the anger in his eyes, said desperately.

"Big brother, I have never done voice phishing in my life!"

But Han Hae-il didn't seem to hear his words, and only said what he wanted to say.

"Do you know what the lesson of that class was?"

Han Hae-il put strength into the hand holding the hoe and continued.

"Don't trust anything in Korean."

"Sa, spare me!"

"You said you don't die."

With those words, Han Hae-il's hoe was slammed into Wei Xingcheng's head.

─Thwack.

The moment the crushing sound echoed, Wei Xingcheng's body turned into light and disappeared. And at the same time, a phrase popped up before Han Hae-il's eyes.

[Acquired Karma Points. +310.]

"Oh."

Han Hae-il, after confirming the phrase, looked back at Hong Su-ah and said.

"You have a lot of questions, right?"

When Hong Su-ah nodded blankly, Han Hae-il said.

"I do too, so wait a bit. Let me farm a bit."

And then he moved his steps towards the Chinese people who were lying here and there.

***

─Thwack.

When the last Chinese summoner turned into light and disappeared, Han Hae-il stretched.

"Aigoo."

Then he smirked and said.

"The points are good."

Hong Su-ah, who was watching that scene, couldn't understand what was going on.

'Seriously what? What is this person doing?'

She wondered if he was a bit strange. He just followed her around and didn't do anything, and she thought he was a bit lacking because he said he was a conscientious objector to military service or something.

But what was the scene he had shown just now?

A whopping 1 versus 12, of course, Hong Su-ah herself had taken care of one, but even so, it was a hard to believe sight.

'It wasn't a battle. That was just overwhelming.'

Hong Su-ah was a person who thought of herself as a PVP master, but she couldn't even bring herself to imitate the movements Han Hae-il had shown just now.

"Um……."

Hong Su-ah opened her mouth. Han Hae-il looked at her.

"Wait."

"Yes?"

"I don't like things being cluttered. If you're going to ask questions, let's take turns one by one."

Hong Su-ah carefully asked a question. A question that gathered all her curiosity into one.

"What on earth do you do, Hae-il?"

Han Hae-il thought about that question for a moment. And he decided to give the most honest answer.

"I'm the person who saved you just now."

And then Han Hae-il dropped the orange fruit on the floor and stepped on it.

"Then now it's my turn."

Han Hae-il looked into Hong Su-ah's eyes. Then he could see the emotions shaking behind her.

"Trait, 'Tailwind', right?"

Hong Su-ah's eyes widened.

"H, how did you……?"

"I knew it."

Hong Su-ah blankly stared at Han Hae-il and asked.

"……Was it also a lie that you said you didn't play ‘Last Savior’ that much?"

Just by looking at his movements, she could tell that he was a veteran who was really skilled.

Moreover, he had accurately guessed even the trait that Hong Su-ah herself was hiding.

But.

"I didn't lie."

"……Are you kidding me?"

"The standard of whether I did it a lot or not is relative, so it's not a lie. Even if the play time is 10,000 hours, if the goal was 100,000 hours, isn't it a small amount?"

In reality, Han Hae-il's play time was 23,000 hours, easily surpassing the 10,000-hour rule.

"……Huh, okay. Let's say that's the case."

When Hong Su-ah said that as if she was dumbfounded, Han Hae-il asked with a serious expression.

"Then it's my turn again."

And then he looked at Hong Su-ah. Just when Hong Su-ah swallowed hard at that sharp gaze, Han Hae-il opened his mouth.

"Are you thinking of repenting from being a rogue, and becoming a tank?"