Chapter 73

Episode 15 – A Kingless World (4)

Han Sooyoung was thrown into a cage .

She was unconscious and probably lacking magic power after I took the flag from her .

Han Sooyoung must’ve been moved to the area near here . She was a writer so she might have a management or publishing company nearby .

“Aren’t you quite good looking? Hey, you haven’t touched her already have you?”

“No . I know that the constellations are all gathered here . ”

[A constellation who likes obscenity is excited . ]

[A few constellations have eyes that are shining in a lascivious manner . ]

White underwear was revealed by Han Sooyoung’s torn jeans . There were men already playing rock paper scissors .

I stared at Han Sooyoung beyond the bars . No matter how I looked, there were no signs that anything happened .

····· .

This woman would be a hindrance if she was left alive . She was the one who knew the most about this world, apart from me .

The story had completely changed from the third or fourth regression from the first quarter of the story and the knowledge she had might be obsolete, but…

The moment I thought this, I shuddered with disgust at myself .

…Why was I worrying about this?

Killing someone because they would be dangerous in the future . Who should I save because they would be useful in the future?

I wasn’t Yoo Jonghyuk to be thinking about these things .

“Do you want to do it Dokja-ssi?”

Deputy Yoon laughed as he saw me staring intently . It was a expression that said ‘I can help you’ .

“If you promise me one thing, I will let Dokja-ssi do her first . How about it?”

“…What do you want me to promise?”

“You have a group, right? Please introduce me to Dokja-ssi’s group . We will soon start expanding our forces . Looking at Dokja-ssi’s items… it is a pretty big group?”

I stared at Deputy Yoon and said, “I can introduce you if you like . But I want you to stop this . ”

“Huh? Haha, Dokja-ssi . What does that mean?”

“Let that woman go . ”

Deputy Yoon’s eyebrows twitched because he knew it wasn’t a joke .

“Hmm…Dokja-ssi . What is wrong with treating people like this? If you have survived to this point, don’t you already know?”

“…”

“I have been watching Dokja-ssi for a long time . I knew that if it was Dokja-ssi, you could survive anywhere . ”

There was a strange ridicule in Deputy Yoon’s expression .

“Aren’t you always reading web novels alone? You always commute to work in a gloomy fashion . Sometimes you would talk to me and a few other colleagues . They were good people like Yoo Sangah-ssi . ”

“What does that have to do with this?”

“Dokja-ssi is enjoying the situation right now . Isn’t that right?”

Enjoying it? It was like aiming a dagger at my heart from a completely different angle .

Deputy Yoon grabbed my shoulders .

“I am also like Dokja-ssi . We are on the same QA team . I heard the same nagging every time and lived with their contempt . Do you remember what the other departments called us? The training dummy team . We are cheap people who don’t have any specs . We just test games . ”

“…”

“Dokja-ssi . Those people who are trapped right now, don’t you know who they really are? Look carefully . They are the scum who ignored us . ”

My vision broadened and the screams of people could be heard . Looking closer, I did recognize them .

Many of the people trapped behind bars were those I knew from Mino Soft . There were people I didn’t know very well, people who didn’t know me or who didn’t care .

“It is over now . The finance team, the planning team, none of that matters . The best ones in the world right now are our QA team . Haha . Dokja-ssi, shouldn’t you know from testing bugs? This world is a game . A game with bugs . There are too many loopholes that I can take advantage of . ”

Numerous messages from constellations were heard in my head .

The messages that wanted a more stimulating, more lascivious, more decadent story quietly overlapped with Deputy Yoon’s face .

Sometimes inferiority turned people into monsters .

“There is nothing to be afraid of . This world is a game that exists for us! Do you know how many coins my group earns a day with this?”

“I don’t know . ”

“It is 5,000 coins a day . 5,000 coins… can you imagine? We don’t do the scenarios and we get 5,000 coins . It is 5,000 coins just from making people fight and mate . It is the same as the planning team taking cash items . Don’t you know what this means?”

I saw men approaching Han Sooyoung one by one . I slowly breathed out . So far, I showed courtesy to the colleague who once shared a rooftop with me by listening to his story .

I removed Deputy Yoon’s hand from my shoulder and opened my mouth . “If you want to make coins, there is a better way . ”

“What?” Deputy Yoon turned red . “Did Dokja-ssi also find a bug? What is it?”

“The principle is the same as a coin farm . Stimulate the constellations . ”

“Oho, there is something more stimulating than this? Is that possible?”

“Yes, it is . Would you like me to let you know?”

“It would be good if you share the know-how!”

“The constellations really like…’

[Blade of Faith is activated!]

“…This . ”

There was the sound of the bars being cut apart . I swung my blade indiscriminately towards the wanderers surrounding the cage . I cut the Achilles tendon of those running away .

The knees of those who weren’t prepared for resistance became twisted .

“Aaaaack! What is with this bastard?”

“My leg! My leg!”

I kept swinging my sword amidst the rising blood .

“Something like this . ”

I cut off the hands harassing a member of the human resources department then the arms of a man trying to take off Han Sooyoung’s shirt .

“This is also good . ”

Blood splattered onto my cheek . I quietly wiped the blood and continued cutting at arms and legs . Then Deputy Yoon’s voice was heard .

“W-What are you doing? What is this?”

“Thank you for the story . ”

I turned to look at Deputy Yoon .

“I created a situation that the constellations really like because of you . ”

With just two knives, none of the men who entered Han Sooyoung’s cage could do anything against me .

[The constellation ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’ is pleased with your judgment . ]

[The constellation ‘Prisoner of the Golden Headband’ is snorting from the relentless punishment . ]

[Many of the constellations who dislike the atrocities of some constellations are greatly satisfied with your judgment . ]

[8,000 coins have been sponsored . ]

Deputy Yoon turned white and flopped to the ground .

I laughed at him .

“Why bother creating something like the coin farm? It is easy to earn money . ”

“…Y-You son of a bitch!”

There was a large number of wanderers . In an instant, approximately 20 wanderers surrounded me .

It was an ambiguous number that might make me violate the principle of ‘no killing’ but I wasn’t overly concerned . I just had to get out of here .

I retreated a bit while hugging Han Sooyoung’s light body . Suddenly, her eyes flashed open and she asked, “…Why did you save me?”

“Were you awake? Then get up . ”

Han Sooyoung’s voice was weak .

“If you save me, won’t the constellations in your channel run away? Don’t you know what the constellation’s hate most?”

“There are some who like it . ”

[The constellation who has been waiting for a harem carefully puts both hands together . ]

[The constellation who likes ‘enemies turning into allies’ is delighted . ]

Han Sooyoung frowned .

“Now this is a cliche . Right? The moment that the woman is about to be raped, the hero will rescue her . Why are you acting like this despite saying that you dislike cliches?”

“You are mistaken about two things . ”

I started while lightly cutting a wanderer’s legs .

“One, I’m not a hero . And two…”

[You have saved a life . ]

[Your karma points have increased by one . ]

[Current karma points: 14/100]

Karma points were gained when the system determined that a person had been ‘saved . ’ In other words, if I left it alone, it was likely Han Sooyoung would’ve died .

“You’re not a woman . ”

“…Put me down!”

I threw her to the ground without hesitation .

Han Sooyoung shouted, “You really put me down?”

“You fight as well . ”

“What?”

“We will fight together . Don’t you like cliches?”

“No matter how much I like cliches, isn’t it really cliche to fight on the same side as an enemy?”

She grumbled but we were quite well matched . I cut the legs of the approaching wanderers while Han Sooyoung followed me and stopped their breathing . We took their lives slowly and carefully until only a few survivors were left .

The terrified wanderers started to flee the coin farm .

“This is a complete profit . ”

I looked at the coins that I got from the wanderers while Han Sooyoung staggered with a smile .

[You have acquired 18,400 coins . ]

Her contribution wasn’t as high as mine but she would’ve got a decent amount of coins . I didn’t get as much coins as I would’ve without Han Sooyoung present but I decided to think of it as a tip .

I looked in front to where Deputy Yoon was still sitting on the ground .

“Haha… psychopath . I thought you would be like this . I should’ve known when I heard the rumour…’

“Sick jerk . You are too talkative . ”

Han Sooyoung stabbed Deputy Yoon in the neck . Blood spurted from Deputy Yoon’s neck and the light in his eyes died .

Another person who remembered Kim Dokja in reality disappeared .

Han Sooyoung saw me watching and grumbled . “…What is with your expression? Are you sorry that this jerk is dead?”

“No . ”

“Then why did you keep listening to him?”

I was a bit surprised because I didn’t expect these words to emerge from Han Sooyoung’s mouth .

“You were just listening to this guy’s bullshit . Why? The constellations don’t like frustrating things . ”

I listened blankly to her words before smiling .

What was this?

“You don’t seem to know but it is better to listen to this bullshit moderately in order to get more coins when they are killed . There is no refreshing feeling without being frustrated first . ”

“No? Dokja… no, don’t the constellations prefer to kill right away? What do you know when you aren’t a writer?”

“I know very well . I am a reader . ”

“This…!”

I ignored Han Sooyoung and rummaged through the items that had dropped . Most of it was garbage but there was a suit that I could wear .

[Old Gentleman’s Close Combat Suit]

It was a B-grade item and only slightly improved defense but it was better than not wearing it . I couldn’t wear Samyeongdang’s Mat forever… come to think of it, I should start item farming .

The fleeing wanderers seemed to be heading to their lair . It would be better to pursue and hit the wanderers .

If I remembered currently, Seocho had a few ‘meteorite stones’ to use in the fifth scenario . If it fell here then I had to obtain it .

Once I got a secondary battery…

[You have saved a life . ]

[Your karma points have increased by one . ]

[Current karma points: 25/100]

One or two people approached . They were all those who had been stuck behind bars .

Colour returned to the faces of some people who remembered my face .

I raised my hand before they could speak .

“I can’t help you now . Take care of your own lives . ”

Faint despair filled their eyes but it wasn’t a situation where I could help . It seemed cold but in the end, I had saved their lives .

“Pick up the items in moderation and then go to Chungmuro if you can afford it . There might be some people who can help you there . ”

Before I finished speaking, people started picking up the items that had fallen . Their eyes were blazing again as they hoped for survival .

Watching them, I understood why the dokkaebi brought me here .

“That is mine! Put it down!”

“I-I saw it first!”

The people who was victims were now looking at each other while holding weapons . They pointed the weapons at each other without hesitation .

This was a kingless world .

There was no one to control this world .

The dokkaebi was trying to show me this sight .

A world without a king was wild, without the laws and ethics that we had been guarding, showing how poor our belief in other humans was .

An unexpected voice stopped those who were about to wield their weapons .

“Do all of you want to die?”