Chapter 12
Impulse Buy
âHaa, haa…â
Lee Hyuk-soo let out ragged breaths.
After nonstop fighting, they had achieved 60 consecutive victories. Now, with the 61st booking underway, a Level 13 ghoul had emerged, relentlessly pushing him to his limits.
ââŠIs this the limit?â
Park Chan-woo rubbed his chin as he observed Lee Hyuk-sooâs condition.
Honestly, no matter how good his equipment was, a Level 1 going up against enemies over Level 13 wasnât an easy task. While his gear was of high grade, it was still limited to a Level 1 user.
Had it not been for his innate combat instincts, this feat would have been impossible.
More importantly, they hadnât had a proper rest in nearly seven hours.
â20,000 points. Thereâs already enough to buy almost everything I planned to buy.â
The goal had already been reached.
The Philosopherâs Stone, with a 20% discount, cost 4,000 points. On top of that, he had enough to purchase two Legendary-grade pieces of equipment.
In other words, they had essentially obtained everything that could be gained from the âFirst Nightâs Abyssâ.
âGet a grip, bus driver.â
But Park Chan-woo wasnât satisfied. Instead, he continued to drive Lee Hyuk-soo harder.
Whenever Lee Hyuk-soo showed signs of exhaustion or thoughts of giving up, Park Chan-woo would push him further.
âSimply saving your motherâs life with the elixir isnât enough. If you want to protect your family, you need to become much stronger than you are now.â
âTch. At this rate, you wonât last a week.â
âWith such a rotten mindset, what do you think youâll accomplish?â
âGet up. Or just die.â
âAnd if you die, itâll be quite the spectacle. The people you want to protect will also be dragged into this hell. Do you think theyâll survive even a single day without you?â
âThe Abyss doesnât go easy on those in comatose states. Theyâll be summoned just as they are, lying helpless in their beds, and the demons will tear them apart while theyâre still alive. If theyâre unconscious, thatâs the best they can hope for. But the demons will awaken their senses just to make their deaths as painful as possible.â
âDamn itâŠ!â
At the 63rd consecutive victory, Lee Hyuk-soo finally couldnât hold back his frustration any longer and cursed.
âShut up! I get it, so shut the hell up!â
He roared like a wounded beast.
The opponent for the 64th booking was two Level 16 zombie bears.
Meanwhile, Lee Hyuk-soo was still stuck at level 1.
This nightclub didnât grant experience points for victories.
âJust shut up and watch. Iâll kill them all myself.â
Lee Hyuk-soo glared at Park Chan-woo, his eyes burning with determination.
However, Park Chan-woo was inwardly surprised by this outburst.
âIs it because his mother is still alive? It seems his emotions arenât completely dead yet.â
In the past, Sword King Lee Hyuk-soo had been emotionally numb. He lived aimlessly, without any clear purpose.
Whenever something bothered him, he would cut it down. If something stood in his way, he would destroy it.
He never let his emotions sway him, nor did he ever utter a curse like he did today.
Yet the current Lee Hyuk-soo still had some emotions left.
Thud!
Boom!
Before long, the two zombie bears met their end under the blade of his greatsword.
As Park Chan-woo watched the massive corpses collapse to the ground, he couldnât help but be amazed.
âThis is a miracle.â
He had defeated an opponent with a 15-level difference.
No matter how good the equipment or how skilled the fighter, typically one could only overcome a gap of about 10 levels.
Moreover, Lee Hyuk-soo hadnât rested for over seven hours.
Yet he had managed to triumph.
If this wasnât a miracle, then what was?
ăTotal points: 24,800ă
As they continued their winning streak, the total points earned grew larger. After just four more victories past the 60th win, they had accumulated an additional 4,800 points.
âBuy the Death Kingâs Belt.â
âHuff, huff… Youâre not even humanâŠ!â
âThanks for the compliment.â
To hear such words from Sword King Lee Hyuk-soo, who had always been the least human of all, was quite ironic.
Lee Hyuk-soo, following Park Chan-wooâs instructions, purchased the âDeath Kingâs Beltâ and asked:
âSo, self-proclaimed prophet, the Dragon Divine General is still alive. Should we really be staying here?â
There were only 30 minutes left until the âFirst Nightâs Abyssâ were to end, and 40 minutes had already passed since the Dragon Divine General became the only remaining target.
Everyone else in the nightclub had already used the warp to head toward the Dragon Divine General.
They, too, could warp at any time if they wished.
Park Chan-woo asked quietly,
âWhy? Do you think the 1.8 million remaining challengers wonât be able to clear it?â
âThe Dragon Divine General has already killed 50,000 people. At this rate, everyone will just panic and fleeâŠâ
Lee Hyuk-soo knew. No matter how many attackers there were, once a strong enough opponent established dominance, the rest would scatter.
Thatâs why Lee Hyuk-soo always made sure to crush the leader of any group that dared to challenge him. Once he dealt with the leader, the rest would naturally flee in all directions.
The terror of a being like the Dragon Divine General, who could kill in the tens of thousands, would be unimaginable.
âThereâs no way theyâll win like this.â
Park Chan-woo nodded.
Everyone who had been watching Park Chan-woo and Lee Hyuk-soo in the nightclub had already warped away, because if they didnât rack up contribution points, they would eventually die.
The only way to earn contribution points was by defeating the Twelve Divine Generals.
To make it into the top 20,000, they had to be constantly on the move.
Of course, Park Chan-woo and Lee Hyuk-soo, who had been endlessly doing bookings here, had zero contribution points.
They were at the bottom out of 1.8 million people.
If they waited just 30 more minutes, they would be guaranteed death.
With a look of disbelief, Lee Hyuk-soo asked,
âAnd yet⊠youâre still going to keep doing âDeath Bookingsâ?â
âOf course. Made.â
ăYou used the Lucky Dice.ă
ăThe level of the booking opponent decreases by 4.ă
Originally, a level 17 monster should have appeared, but thanks to the effect of the Lucky Dice, a level 13 ghoul emerged once again.
“âŠYouâre insane.”
Lee Hyuk-soo shook his head in disbelief.
He couldnât fathom what Park Chan-woo was thinking.
“With the Death King set complete, itâll be much easier than before.”
“You⊠you’re the real devil.”
“Got it? Now hurry up and move, bus driver. We’re running out of time.”
Lee Hyuk-soo bit his lip.
The time they had left was limited. They couldnât keep booking indefinitely.
And yet, Park Chan-woo showed no signs of leaving the nightclub.
Still, Lee Hyuk-soo had already decided to follow himâthis self-proclaimed prophet, the mysterious human who had killed a demon and armed him.
But⊠Lee Hyuk-soo knew instinctively. He knew that Park Chan-woo had no ill will towards him.
Unlike the others who rejected him for his ‘differences’, Park Chan-woo sincerely wanted him to grow stronger.
âThis monstrous bastard.â
Maybe it was because heâd met someone even more monstrous than himself, but somehow, he felt at ease.
Whoosh!
Lee Hyuk-soo swung the Death Kingâs greatsword toward the ghoul.
And then…
ăAdditionally, all stats increase by 1, and you gain the ‘Indomitable’ effect.ă
ăâIndomitableâ: When receiving a fatal blow, you can resist for 3 seconds.ă
ăThe ‘Indomitable’ effect applies only once.ă
He decapitated the ghoul far more easily than before.
“Made.”
“⊔
Without rest, the next opponent appeared.
And again, for three more times.
After exhausting all the lucky dice and reaching 68 consecutive victories:
ăAchievement unlocked: ‘Score Beyond Reach’.ă
ăA hidden piece has been activated.ă
ăAn additional ‘treasure vault’ hidden by the ‘Master of the Moon’ has appeared.ă
Shrrrr!
Another curtain was drawn back.
And what Park Chan-woo saw beyond that curtainâ
“âŠ!!”
âmade his pupils dilate in shock.
Who would have thought theyâd hidden such a âhidden pieceâ here?
Among the treasures was something that caught his eye.
âVoidâŠ!â
The Void. It was something every mage dreamed of possessing.
It was far superior in grade to the Philosopherâs Stone.
While the Philosopherâs Stone was a growing artifact, comparing the two didnât even make sense. The Void was, without a doubt, the most valuable among all the new treasures that had appeared.
Before he even realized it, Park Chan-wooâs hands were moving.
ă20,000 points have been consumed.ă
By the time he became aware of what heâd done, he had already made the impulsive buy.
âThe legacy of the mage known as the Infinity Mage. There was no way I wasnât going to buy this.â
Of course, there were no regrets.
The Void was the relic of the Infinity Mage, a powerful avatar who suddenly appeared and swept through the world three years in the future. It was one of the treasures Park Chan-woo, who walked the path of a mage, had always wanted.
Heâd never expected to find it here!
Glancing sideways at Lee Hyuk-soo, Park Chan-woo spoke.
“Lee Hyuk-soo.”
“âŠThere are only 15 minutes left.”
“Letâs fight two more times, just to be sure.”
“âŠAre you planning to die?”
“Itâs fine. Itâll only take three seconds to kill the Dragon Divine General.”
“âŠ?”
Solve in three seconds what 1.8 million people couldnât do? That doubt only lingered briefly.
“Made.”
Lee Hyuk-sooâs will didnât matter anymore.
Park Chan-woo was determined to charge forward like the horn of a rhinoceros until he achieved his goal.
“Please, just stop it alreadyâŠ!!!”
Lee Hyuk-soo couldnât bear it any longer and screamed.
***
At the site where Building 63 should have stood, the Dragon Divine General was still standing with his arms crossed.
After wiping out the surrounding mob, no more humans dared to approach.
“Aheta, your plan will not go as you expected.”
The Dragon Divine General muttered the name âAhetaâ once more.
Aheta was the name of the âMaster of the Moonâ, the one who presided over the Abyss of Night.
He was the one who had imprisoned the Twelve Divine Generals, including the Dragon Divine General, in this Abyss.
However, despite the fact that the other Generals had been killed, they couldnât kill him.
“Foolish. How could such weaklings possibly do anything to me?”
The humans were far too weak.
They couldnât even come close to him.
No matter their numbers, the gap in power between them and the Dragon Divine General was insurmountable.
A gap in power could never be bridged with numbers alone.
Aheta must have known that.
From a distance, humans continued to watch him.
He could feel their gaze, but they had already lost their will to fight.
What could they possibly do now, without even the courage to attack?
Only about five minutes remained until the end of the night.
Once the sun rose, this Abyss would be over.
“Hm?”
Just then, he noticed something.
There was a human approaching him from not too far away.
“Oh? His energy is certainly different from the humans Iâve faced so far. But⊔
It was Lee Hyuk-soo.
He was walking toward the Dragon Divine General, clad in the Death King set.
Even the Dragon Divine General could tell that his equipment was far superior to that of the other humans.
But something was off.
âIs he trying to challenge me while nearly in a state of death?â
Lee Hyuk-soo had already crossed the boundary of death.
His eyes were lifeless, his shoulders slumped, and his body was covered in countless wounds, as if he could collapse at any moment.
âFool.â
The Dragon Divine General extended his twelve arms.
Even though his opponent was in such a state, he would show no mercy.
Gripping his twelve scimitars, he swung them toward the human who approached, ignorant of the fact that this was his place to die.
“Be cut down mercilessly.”
Sssssh!
His technique, akin to a divine power, manifested.
Surely, this human would be torn into hundreds, even thousands of pieces.
“Hmm?”
But contrary to his expectations, Lee Hyuk-soo was still standing.
The Dragon Divine General tilted his head in confusion.
Not only was he unharmed, butâ
Thud, thud, thud!
âLee Hyuk-soo was now charging at him with reckless abandon.
Before long, Lee Hyuk-soo reached the Dragon Divine General and swung his greatsword.
BOOM!
