Chapter 12

Kill the Hero Chapter 12

TL: Uncle Choi

Editor: Bait

All the items that one could get from a dungeon are divided into four ranks: normal, rare, unique, and legendary .

Of these, the value of legendary rank items were priceless .

To be precise, one cannot replace a legendary item no matter the cost .

This is because there are no duplicates of legendary items .

It was also the reason why players sometimes started wars to kill each other rather than the monsters .

Legendary items became a necessity for dungeons with six or more floors .

Furthermore, if players were able to enter dungeons that were higher than six floors, they were most likely the best players in their respective guilds .

The more prominent the Messiah guild became, the more conflicts between players intensified .

Naturally, the guilds who did not wish for the Messiah Guild’s success in clearing the dungeons refused to cooperate with them . In the end, the Messiah Guild had to resort to violence .

Their favorite method of violence that they utilized in his past life was himself, the hunting dog, Kim Woo-jin .

After the 7 floor dungeons appeared, Kim Woo-jin spent more days working on hunting players rather than monsters .

In a way, the situation for legendary item was not as bad as for legendary skills .

You could rob the items, but in order to obtain legendary skills, you either had to make a deal with the skill’s owner or else the only other thing you could do was kill the owner .

Of course, the existence of a legendary skill was kept a secret even among close friends .

Kim Woo-jin just acquired such a skill .

[Eyes of Anubis]

Required Condition: Emissary of the Underworld Skill Level: Lv 1 or higher Skill Effect: Allow the user to glimpse a dead person’s memory .

A legendary rank skill!

‘Eyes of Anubis . ’

Furthermore, Kim Woo-jin knew the owner of this skill in his previous life .

‘It was Detective Arsene’s ability . ’

Detective Arsene .

This person had an amazing detective ability . He could track mysterious or unknown items .

He made enormous profits from the war that began in 2025 .

He eventually became a member of the Messiah guild in a branch located in China . He made critical contributions to the Messiah guild .

Kim Woo-jin had a very close relationship with him .

Once Detective Arsene tracked the location of an item the Messiah guild needed, the hunting dog Kim Woo-jin went on a hunt to retrieve the item .

‘This skill made a mediocre nobody into a monster that toyed with other people’s lives . ’

Detective Arsene’s ability was mainly thanks to this skill, ‘Eyes of Anubis . ’

It can read the memory of the dead . This was the best ability when it comes to making someone a great detective .

Naturally, Kim Woo-jin did not like him .

In the first place, he chose the Messiah guild only because he determined that the Messiah Guild would provide him the greatest benefits in the later stages the game .

He did not join the Messiah Guild for its noble values or ideology .

‘I bet it was the first name Lee Se-joon crossed out on the kill list . ’

On the other hand, Kim Woo-jin was probably the first name to be placed on the kill list .

Kim Woo-jin had very good reasons to hate such a person .

‘Who would have thought I would retire him like this . ’

Anyway, to Kim Woo-jin, it was an unexpected harvest .

‘The Messiah Guild no longer has their hunting dog/detective duo . ’

The detective and hunting dog who played a crucial role in securing the items for the Messiah guild has now disappeared .

‘And…’

However, the primary reason Kim Woo-jin welcomed the skill was something different .

‘Park Shin-hye . Once I kill that bitch, I will be able see her memories and the plans of those bastards . ’

What the purpose and agenda of the Messiah Guild was and how involved that person was .

How the Messiah Guild reached out to the world and eventually swallowed it .

The Eyes of Anubis will make it possible .

The potential for the Eyes of Anubis was endless .

The world was full of people who hid illegally acquired wealth obtained through crooked plots and outrageous crimes .

Kim Woo-jin smiled and pulverized the obsidian skill page in his hand .

The powdered obsidian rode his arm and merged into Kim Woo-jin’s two eyes .

Afterwards, Kim Woo-jin’s eyes turned pitch black .

It was then .

[You Have Acquired Eyes of Anubis] [Achievement ‘Legendary Successor’ Has Been Acquired] [Achievement ‘Eyes of Anubis’ Has Been Acquired] [Due to the Effect of Achievement ‘Legendary Successor’, Your Inventory Space is Increased By 5] [Due to the Effect of Achievement ‘Eyes of Anubis’, Your Inventory Space is Increased By 5] [The Emissary of the Underworld is Very Intrigued By Your Choice]

Kim Woo-jin kept hearing messages about his newly acquired power through the notifications .

Just like how every city has its districts, there exists factions in a guild .

Rather, on the contrary, no other type of organization is more likely to form factions than a guild .

Basically, the players usually group in parties of four or five .

On the other hand, there are usually hundreds of players in a guild, and over a thousand in the case of the large guilds such as the Phoenix Guild .

Hundreds of parties have gathered in one guild, and they are treated differently depending on their abilities and performance .

However, it isn’t their ideology or values that bind them together .

It’s a situation where it’s inevitable for factions to arise .

As soon as a one floor B ranking dungeon appeared in Seongnam City, three different factions or parties were dispatched within the guild .

It was normal for factions to complain about misfortunes and losses .

It was also natural that the blame and complaints would be directed towards the weaker members .

‘Anyone is fine, so please come out safely . ’

‘Just don’t die . Please don’t die . ’

‘If you are going to die, come out and die . ’

That’s why the members of the Phoenix Guild dungeon support team prayed earnestly for the players’ safe return .

“The dungeon is cleared!”

They heard their long-awaited announcement .

Upon hearing the news, the members of the support team left the barracks and ran hard towards the gate .

Those involved in the guild were not the only ones to move .

“Uh? The dungeon is cleared!”

“Really? This quick?”

The soldiers were also interested and started moving after hearing the news that they could finally return back to their base .

Soon, they cheered for a man who just crossed the gate .

“It’s over!”

“UAAAAA!”

Among the cheers, Phoenix Guild support team member Chang Young-soo approached the first returner and said .

“Mr . Kim Woo-jin, thank you for your efforts . ”

Kim Woo-jin showed him a smile .

“Yes . Thank you for your efforts as well . Please give me back my luggage . ”

Chang Young-soo nodded, then shouted Kim Woo-jin’s name toward another employee, and a support staff member immediately brought a plastic box that contained Kim Woo-jin’s belongings . Kim Woo-jin took his car key and smartphone from the box, then told Chang Young-soo .

“Ah, could you also get me a pen and a notepad?”

“Yes?”

Chang Young-soo slightly questioned the request, but soon nodded and got what Kim Woo-jin asked for .

As Chang Young-soo was bringing along the requested pen and a notebook, Kim Woo-jin was taking pictures of the expensive foreign cars lined up in the parking lot with his smartphone, one by one .

He wasn’t taking the pictures of them normally either .

It felt like he wasn’t taking a picture to remember them by, but more like a used car dealer trying to take pictures in order to sell a car .

He even took close pictures of the tires .

‘What is he doing?’

Chang Young-soo tilted his head in confusion then handed over the things requested by Kim Woo-jin .

“Excuse me, I brought the things you have requested . ”

“Ah, thank you . ”

Then Kim Woo-jin wrote something on the note he received and handed it over to the staff member .

“What’s this?”

Chang Yeong-soo asked, and Kim Woo-jin replied with a smile .

“That’s my bank account number . ”

“Yes?”

“If you deliver it to the people that come out after me they will know what it is . ”

It was then .

UAAA!

Once again, cheering was heard near the dungeon gate, and the cheers kept coming .

Players, one after the other, were coming out of the dungeon .

After hearing footsteps, Chang Young-soo turned to look at the players exiting the gate .

At the same time, Chang Young-soo looked extremely nervous .

Kim Woo-jin was just a “kkakdugi” in this attack on the dungeon, and there were no major issues even if he were to die .

On the other hand, all the players that came out one by one were all important people with significant backgrounds .

It was natural that his interest in Kim Woo-jin was put on hold .

‘One, two…’

Chang Young-soo counted the number of people coming through the gate one by one . However, he noticed that Kim Woo-jin’s car engine already started .

Bureung!

Between the Ferrari and Lamborghini, a small car that was parked between them let out a pathetic roar, then Chang Young-soo came to his senses .

‘Report!’

As a member of the support team that was tasked in writing a report, he could not let Kim Woo-jin just go .

“Wa, wait a minute!”

Chang Young-soo, who arrived near the car door said urgently .

“Rep, report, we still have to write a report?”

Kim Woo-jin answered the question .

“I will go to the guild headquarters and directly submit it myself . ”

“Yes?”

In response, the support staff’s face stiffened as if they heard that it was the end of the world .

In his defense, this was the first time, including his dreams, that he saw a player go to the guild headquarters to directly submit a report themselves .

Towards the shocked staff, Kim Woo-jin explained with a smile .

“If you want, just report what I said to team leader Jeong Woo-seok . Tell him my name and he’ll understand . Oh, yeah . ”

Kim Woo-jin took out his wallet that was sitting in his front passenger seat and took out some 10,000 won and 1,000 won bills .

The total amount seemed to be about 100,000 won .

Kim Woo-jin handed the money over to Chang Young-soo .

“Distribute it to the other players in reasonable amounts . ”

“Wha, what’s this?”

“It’s their taxi fee . ”

After leaving behind those words, Kim Woo-jin left Seongnam City .

Year 2023, a world where casual words can become viral after traveling around the world in a mere second .

The incident in Seongnam City did not take a long time to spread among the players in Korea .

“Someone killed a transforming slime? Isn’t a transforming slime very difficult to catch? Who caught it?”

“What did you say? Someone killed it alone? What’s his name?”

“Kim Woo-jin? Phoenix Guild affiliate? It hasn’t even been a month since he became a player?”

It was the moment when Kim Woo-jin’s name was spread among the Korean players .

However, it was his name that was spread around, not the truth .

Instead, distorted information began to spread like wildfire .

“I heard that he stole the monster while it was almost dead thanks to another party . ”

“Apparently he snatched it from a rising star, Kim Sun-joon…”

“In the first place, he was able to join as a kkakdugi to gain experience, but he hit them in the back of their head . ”

“What a son of a bitch . ”

“Yeah, what a bastard . ”

Instead of being known as a rising star who caught a transforming slime by himself, Kim Woo-jin began to be known as a “son of a bitch” who betrayed the people who helped him .

At the same time…

“You’re amazing . ”

“Not at all . ”

Kim Woo-jin was talking with Jeong Woo-seok, the support team leader, at the headquarters of the Phoenix Guild .

Their discussion began shortly after Kim Woo-jin wrote a report when he returned to the main headquarters .

Of course, they weren’t there just to chitchat .

“No, this is really something . ”

“It’s a big deal no matter what other people say about you . ”

“You don’t have to flatter me that much . I was expecting bad rumors about me to spread . ”

Jeong Woo-seok, the team leader, already realized it when he received the report regarding the dungeon clear .

It was inevitable for bad rumors about Kim Woo-jin to spread .

Things went awry from the start .

The main show of this dungeon attack were supposed to be the three parties .

One of them should have been in the spotlight .

However, the player who joined the show as an extra became the main character of the story . Furthermore, all three parties have their own factions behind them, whereas Kim Woo-jin does not belong to any faction .

From the perspective of the three factions, they had to bite Kim Woo-jin for the sake of their image and pride .

No, they had to bite Kim Woo-jin in order to protect their reputations .

Jeong Woo-seok, the head of the support team, arranged a meeting with Kim Woo-jin to console him in such a situation . Jeong Woo-seok was blinded by his favoritism . To him, Kim Woo-jin was more appealing than the players who squabbled over their self-interests . It also helped that Kim Woo-jin saved the other players by intervening .

“But I still think it was necessary . If I didn’t come forward to help, it would have lead to some serious damage to the other players . ”

‘Right . If Mr . Kim Woo-jin didn’t fight, someone would have died . ’

Above all, according to Kim Woo-jin’s report, if Kim Woo-jin did not intervene the way he did, there certainly would have been in the least a few victims .

Obviously, he could not believe everything Kim Woo-jin wrote, but it was still crystal clear that it was Kim Woo-jin who caught the transforming slime .

That was the end of the story .

A player’s only duty was to clear the dungeon and exterminate what’s inside .

“I’m just happy that everyone survived, and I’m confident I can handle any insults . ”

Kim Woo-jin knew the reality of the situation and acted accordingly .

Team leader Jeong Woo-seok was truly impressed by Kim Woo-jin’s demeanor and how he handled the situation; he was composed no matter the issue .

At the same time, some doubts arose .

‘Why would a person like him join our guild?’

Whoever saw Kim Woo-jin like this would think that he was more suited for the Messiah Guild, not the Phoenix Guild .

Naturally, he didn’t contemplate the question for very long .

There’s no reason to doubt a player who was sincere, self-sacrificing, cooperative, reasonable, and moral .

“I’m glad you think so . As you say, there will be bad rumors spreading about you right away . But keep this in mind . That the Phoenix Guild is on your side . ”

“Thank you . ”

Kim Woo-jin let out a long sigh .

It was a really long sigh .

“You are worried about something?”

It was such a long sigh that Jeong Woo-seok felt he had no choice but to ask .

Kim Woo-jin responded as if he was waiting for that question .

“I think time will solve this problem, but I was wondering if there is anything I can do to improve my image . ”

Countless options surfaced in the team leader’s mind .

“I can’t say that there isn’t any but…”

‘The problem is that there’s too many . ’

In fact, there were countless ways players could help society and improve their reputations .

However, most players didn’t bother .

Everyone cleared dungeons for their self-interests . They only choose the safest way to benefit themselves, not caring a damn about the rest of the world .

If players normally lived with the determination to save and help the world, the Messiah Guild would not have been so widely admired .

“Entering dungeons that the others players rejected or entering a dungeon to rescue other teams is enough . ”

However, even though players signed a contract with the Phoenix Guild, there were still dungeons that the players didn’t want to enter, eating away at the nation’s finances .

If such dungeons were cleared, your reputation is sure to become much better .

“However, it’s avoided because it really is dangerous . ”

Of course, it only meant that the dungeon was dangerous enough to dominate the ordinary players .

“Then I will do it . ”

Therefore, team leader Jeong Woo-seok revealed admiration upon hearing Kim Woo-jin’s answer .

Kim Woo-jin placed a wedge into team leader Jeong Woo-seok’s heart .

“I’d be happy to do it if I can . ”

Team leader Jeong Woo-seok thought .

‘I’ve never seen such a nice, hard-working young man in all my life . ’