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“I have no idea what nerve Han Dokyeom had to come here. If I were him, I’d just be watching from the comfort of my room. Especially since he’s only E-rank.”
If Han Dokyeom truly was Mr. Uhm, would he have ended up in an E-rank body? No, if it were Mr. Uhm, he would have possessed a body strong enough to aid Geon Ita.
It was all just luck, wasn’t it? Ju Uiryeong watched Han Dokyeom claw at his chest, then began to unwrap the cloth covering the object he held cradled in his arms.
Thump, thump. The sensation of his heart pounding was chilling. Beneath the wrappings was a massive eyeball.
It was the prize from killing the first witch, and one of the keys to ‘awakening’ the third witch.
“Don’t do it, huff… Don’t do it…!”
“Han Dokyeom, just back off now. You already have two, why are you so greedy?”
Han Dokyeom’s screams rang out behind him, shouting that he wouldn’t give it up. Ju Uiryeong paid no attention and slowly approached the witch. Then he held out the eyeball in his arms.
“My lady witch, it’s your lost eye. I brought it from your deceased sister. This was originally yours, wasn’t it?”
His tone was soft and gentle, as if soothing a child.
At the word ‘eye,’ the witch’s trembling body suddenly stopped, eerily still. She lifted her head with a creak like a broken doll, and a single glossy eye abruptly emerged from beneath her tangled hair.
Her ghastly pupils darted around. Ju Uiryeong waited patiently for the witch to look at him.
Then, after a moment, the eerie eye turned toward Ju Uiryeong’s arms.
The moment she saw the eyeball in his arms, she let out a shriek and lunged at him, like a starving madman who’d spotted food.
“Wha-what is this…! Ack!”
Her massive body, over three meters tall, crawled across the ground like a zombie, reaching out her hands. Ju Uiryeong screamed, threw the eyeball, and stepped back. But even so, he didn’t leave the spot.
Kkirik— kkiririk— kkilkil—
The witch picked up the eyeball thrown to the ground and was busy cackling with vulgar laughter. Her withered, shriveled hand lifted the eye and examined it, then finally began to shove it into the hollow of her eye socket.
Ju Uiryeong watched without blinking, his face nervous. His mouth unconsciously dried up.
Through the witch’s disheveled hair, two eyeballs rolled, one turned white. The moment he met that gaze, a chill ran down his spine. Seeing the bloody red currents spreading from beneath the witch’s feet, Ju Uiryeong’s face lit up.
It worked, it worked!
The situation from the novel began to replay before his eyes. Moistening his parched lips, Ju Uiryeong approached the witch with an ecstatic expression.
Soon, he would gain the ‘Absolute Evasion Right.’
To the one who brought the ‘eyeball’ to the witch, a temporary evasion ability called ‘Absolute Evasion Right’ is granted. Literally, an ability that can nullify the witch’s attacks. With this alone, he could surely kill the witch.
That was why Ju Uiryeong was confident he could take her down.
Kiaaaaah—!
The witch’s body, surrounded by a bloody form, grew terrifyingly. Her skinny limbs grotesquely lengthened, and her body became enormous, nearly six meters tall.
The sight of the witch reclaiming her former glory was so abhorrent and horrifying it felt suffocating.
That glorious past.
The true power of the third witch was just beginning. SS-rank boss. That was the real form of ‘Pteia’ when she was ‘past’ her prime.
Hurry, hurry…!
Ju Uiryeong waited anxiously, and soon witnessed a light spreading before his eyes. It was when the witch’s body, enlarged like a mass of cancer cells, began to curl into a cocoon to complete its final transformation.
Excited, Ju Uiryeong quickly scanned the text. His mouth was dry. It was white text.
It should have been.
“…What…?”
But it wasn’t the news he had so desperately awaited.
[Your ‘Fame’ begins to fall!]
It was a line that left him dumbfounded, one he never expected to see. His hopeful face instantly hardened.
No, why…
Ju Uiryeong’s breath trembled uncontrollably. He couldn’t breathe. His gaze turned backward, filled with growing anxiety. His eyes, scanning the floor littered with corpses, wandered aimlessly like a sailboat caught in a storm.
“The camcorder was definitely broken…”
But then, why. How.
[Your ‘Fame’ is rapidly decreasing!]
[Your ‘Fame’ will soon be converted to ‘Resentment’!]
“!”
What the hell, why?!
The answer came from a distant spot. From the person who, moments ago, was clutching his chest and gasping for breath.
“Oh, Uiryeong. Were you expecting something like ‘Absolute Evasion Right’?”
The words were spoken with utter calm.
Uttering those composed words, he slowly rose from his prone position. A small bottle was in his hand, and he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand as if he had just emptied it. It was Han Dokyeom.
Probably a health potion. A rare sight, especially in a situation where he couldn’t use ‘Inventory.’
Heat rushed to his face. An indescribable emotion surged, burning his stomach. Ju Uiryeong’s eyes, mixed with panic, rage, and confusion, flickered like rising flames.
That was the start. Groans came from all around as the men got up.
“Whoa, damn… I almost died. If I listened to you twice, I’d have crossed the Yodo River and shaken hands with the Grim Reaper. Is that guy crazy? Ugh, I’m never working with him again.”
It was Baek Jiun, sighing heavily and dusting himself off amid a pile of monster corpses.
“Dokyeom, are you hurt? I think I used the skill a bit late.”
“Our leader is at it again. It’s fine, you did well, so don’t worry.”
Beom Yeonhu, gasping as he ran over to check on Han Dokyeom.
“Hmm, as expected, it’s fun being with Hunter. Kind of stimulating.”
“You’re crazy. A guy who almost died from acting cocky, what’s there to brag about? Next time, leave me out of your little show.”
Kang Taesan, smiling warmly as he got up, and Byeon Yeongchan, spewing curses. And—
Pieck— Piee—
“…Dali, I’m E-rank now. You can’t use that kick.”
Even a giant chimera, which had been protecting Kang Taesan and Byeon Yeongchan with its body, came running frantically toward Han Dokyeom.
None of this made sense. It felt like sand was grating in his mouth. Ju Uiryeong asked, as if learning to speak, his soul drained away.
“Wha… What is this, Han Dokyeom? Why is this… why…”
Why did his ‘Fame’ drop instead of gaining the ‘Absolute Evasion Right’? Why was everyone so unharmed?
“It’s your doing, isn’t it? What did you do without me knowing?! Yes, otherwise this makes no sense. What trick did you pull?! What did you do…!”
[Your ‘Fame’ has been converted to ‘Resentment’!]
[Your ‘Resentment’ begins to accumulate!]
“!”
Ju Uiryeong gasped and frantically looked around. Then he saw Baek Jiun dusting off his pants and getting up, and he froze. It was because of something beside Baek Jiun, emitting blue flames.
What the hell… is that.
It radiated a malevolent red light, yet concealed its presence like a snake in the grass. It was wrapped in eerie energy instead of the vitality a person should have.
Seeing Ju Uiryeong’s dumbfounded expression, Baek Jiun kindly introduced it.
“Oh, this guy? Without him, I might have really died. Looks like a tin can, but its durability is incredible.”
With that, Baek Jiun tapped the black armor flickering with blue flames. Then he grinned and scurried off somewhere.
Ju Uiryeong’s gaze followed him slowly. It was a crevice in a corner of the cave not far away. Baek Jiun looked up at the high stone spikes that made one hesitate to climb, and deliberately clapped his hands three times.
Clap, clap, clap—
What happened next was enough to make one faint from shock. Ju Uiryeong’s face turned white upon seeing it.
***
‘What, battery dead? Ah… It’s too cold here, I don’t want to take out the expensive one. Should I just recharge and use it?’
That mutter from Baek Jiun was the catalyst. While filming Dali rolling around, he noticed the camcorder battery was dead, grumbled, and pulled out another camcorder from his crossbody bag.
The equipment Baek Jiun had brought to this snowy mountain was not just one. So Dokyeom was able to set a perfect trap based on that.
Of course, there were countless twists and turns before it became possible.
First, there was the shortage of personnel. The method to protect Baek Jiun and the others was weak. The way to record the footage was flawed.
The one who solved all those problems at once was ‘Taeseongyeon.’
That night, when Dokyeom saw the two hell generals loitering behind Taeseongyeon, who had visited him again, gathering firewood, he received a revelation. Yes, a revelation. Thanks to that, actions quickly followed.
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