We had limited time to celebrate obtaining the items.
Therefore, after packing everything we could, we passed through the pitch-black tunnel again and came up.
The secret to coming up was me. My Six Eyes helped us find the way even in that tunnel, so I used my power to lift everyone up without anyone's help.
"Wow, why is this so delicious? So this is why you caught those Ground Rats!"
As soon as we came up, we found Lee Hyunsung and Jung Heewon waiting for us after their hard work. Kim Dokja activated the Magic Power Brazier, grilled meat once more, and shared it with them.
[A few Constellations are curious about the staff in your hand.]
I checked the message that popped up while watching them.
You guys must be curious too. About the identity of this weapon.
"Seems you got some good things in there?"
Tearing into the meat, Jung Heewon showed curiosity about my staff and Dokja's sword.
Understandable. Anyone can see both look sleek.
[The Constellation 'Prisoner of the Golden Headband' takes great interest in the staff.]
Hoh, so Sun Wukong is Sun Wukong after all?
Recognizing a high-performance staff immediately.
"According to the description, the power it can exert increases depending on the owner's capacity. It means it's a weapon that gets stronger as the story progresses."
"Ha, that's a really good item, isn't it?"
I nodded.
"So, Hyunsung-ssi got a shield, don't you have anything to give me?"
"If there was a sword, I would have given it to you. Unfortunately, Dokja-ssi couldn't find a sword. Except for the one he's going to use."
"If we find something usable next time, we'll give it to you."
"That's a shame..."
Chatting like that, we soon returned to where we were originally.
For some reason, murmuring sounds came from inside, and it didn't take long to realize they were close to crying sounds.
"Is it the Survival Fee problem?"
As soon as I expressed my doubt, a message popped up before my eyes.
[20 minutes remaining until paid settlement.]
[Please prepare the Survival Fee.]
Only 20 minutes left.
Paid settlement, huh. To receive payment for those people's life extension.
I think they are pretty scary guys.
"Coins! Please give me some Coins!"
"Our child has no Coins! Please, some Coins...!"
Actually, if they had diligently cleared scenarios and moved around like us, 100 Coins would have been laughable to them.
But diligent people are rare by nature.
"I'll give you a million, no, ten million won! Please sell me just 100 Coins!"
Still haven't realized the reality.
"Where is my sister! She volunteered for the scouting party and didn't return! She was supposed to get Coins...!"
"Hmm, where could she be? Look carefully."
"Are you sure she volunteered for the scouting party? Why don't you volunteer and look for her too."
Jung Heewon was glaring at the Cheoldoo Group, who were mocking the people.
"Those bastards, finally...!"
Jung Heewon barely holding back her anger.
The group hesitating while reading the room.
And even Kim Dokja, grasping the whole situation and thinking about how to act.
We have reached this place where the word 'hellscape' fits perfectly.
It was just that our situation had been ideal; the fact that this is reality hit us.
"Oh, isn't it Dokja-ssi? And even Gang-hoon-ssi! You came just in time."
At Cheon Inho's voice, Kim Dokja looked at him anxiously, and Cheon Inho, as if waiting for this, started using his agitation skill with a booming voice.
"Come to think of it, didn't Dokja-ssi and Gang-hoon-ssi have quite a lot of Coins? How much was it? I remember you being the richest among us."
At his words, the people without Coins looked at us all at once.
"C-Coins?"
"Who has a lot of Coins?!"
It didn't take long for all those gazes to turn toward us.
Cheon Inho... Indeed, when it comes to agitation and fabrication, no one can beat this bastard.
"D-did you say Dokja-ssi! P-please save me! Please...!"
"Gang-hoon-ssi! If, if you save me, I'll be useful someday! Please...!"
If they were going to be useful if saved, they would have been useful already.
I turned my head to look at Cheon Inho.
"Haha, since you two have a lot of Coins, couldn't you help all these people? I also have a strong desire to help everyone... but I'm short on Coins myself."
Kim Dokja sighed quietly at his words.
I looked at him quietly, and he looked at me and nodded.
And a single message popped up.
[Constellations of the Absolute Good system have defined the character Cheon Inho as a 'Villain'.]
Whether villain or hero. I have no intention of caring about people's gazes.
Considering that, I've played along with Cheon Inho quite a lot, haven't I?
[Haha! The story is getting interesting. By the way, about 10 minutes left now!]
[The Constellation 'Prisoner of the Golden Headband' watches your choice.]
[The Constellation 'Demon-like Judge of Fire' watches your choice.]
And, I will trigger what Kim Dokja was going to trigger.
"Coins, huh."
Kim Dokja looked at me in surprise because I spoke first.
"Why should I give them to you? Isn't it your own laziness that left you without Coins? If you stepped over someone to get here, you should at least keep the basics."
"Kuh... Kuhuh."
Unpleasant laughter.
I lifted my gaze to look at Cheon Inho, the source of that sound.
"As expected, I knew you would react like that! Choi Gang-hoon-ssi! You, who stood by while Kim Dokja-ssi sold food for money from the start, and only hovered around him doing nothing! Phew, right. If we hadn't bought food from you back then. How many people do you think could have survived now?"
People getting agitated by Cheon Inho's words.
Amidst them, I saw people from the Cheoldoo Group sneaking toward us.
"This is the last chance. You two. Return the Coins to the people."
"Return? We never took anything."
"Then that's unfortunate."
People gradually narrowed the distance to us.
"Hand over the Coins, hurry!!"
"Kill them! Kill them and take the Coins!!"
I grabbed the arm of a man swinging a pipe at me.
Then I kicked his body and ripped his arm off.
"Aa-aaagh!! My, my arm!!!"
His arm in my hand hung limply, dripping blood. Drip, drip.
Feeling unpleasant holding it, I kindly threw the arm back to its owner.
Silence.
Amidst that silence, I clenched my fist tight.
"Pathetic bastards. Do you genuinely think this situation happened because of us? You know better than anyone who caused this situation, and above all, that the problem actually lies with you!"
"Ha, what are you trying to say now. Gang-hoon-ssi!"
"Shut up."
I threw the man lying with his arm ripped off towards Cheon Inho.
It happened so instantly that he couldn't even grasp the situation and was knocked backward by the man I threw.
"Kugh?!"
"Because you think weaklings like this are stronger than you. Just because you're scared of bastards like that! It's your fault for trembling and doing nothing even when faced with imminent death!"
If they really thought it was unfair, they should have stepped up first, grabbed something, and moved.
They shouldn't have thought about leeching off others first. They shouldn't have rationalized it by saying it's because they are weak.
"But you know what? Those bastards didn't go around places like we did. Maybe they aren't much different from you. Then, how did they get so many Coins in their hands and become strong?"
I shifted my gaze to Dokja.
"Dokja-ssi. You know the reason, right?"
"Yes."
As if ready, Kim Dokja stepped in front of me and looked around.
"A few days ago. When I arrived, the number of people at Geumho Station was 87. How many does it look like now? Doesn't even look like 50."
"Don't tell me..."
At Kim Dokja's words, the surroundings began to murmur.
Why didn't the people who joined the scouting party return? Just thinking about it a little, they could feel something was strange.
"It wasn't monsters. They were killed by humans."
"What kind of nonsense is that!"
"Earlier, the man with the ripped arm who rushed at Gang-hoon-ssi said it. 'Kill them and take the Coins'. How did they know the fact that you can get Coins when you kill someone?"
At Dokja's words, all gazes fixed on Cheon Inho.
[The Constellation 'Prisoner of the Golden Headband' excitedly pulls out his hair.]
"If you have even a shred of pride left..."
I took the staff off my back and extended my arm to point it towards Cheon Inho.
"Take back what was stolen with your own hands."
With my words as the end, the people who were shrinking back all picked up their weapons 'again' and stood up.
Among them were a mother who stood up with her child. A middle-aged man. There were also elderly people.
"Move."
And, a woman passed by me in an instant and stabbed a knife into the mouth of a Cheoldoo Group man.
"I told you I'd kill him."
Jung Heewon had changed significantly.
I could tell even without Kim Dokja's 'Character List'.
Because the 'spirit' emanating from her was different.
"From now on, these guys are mine. You guys rest."
"Call me when you're done. Ah, right. Leave one for me. You know... who, right?"
At my words, Jung Heewon nodded reluctantly.
She must have wanted to kill him too.
But... that guy is mine.
After that, she activated her skill and began slaughtering the Cheoldoo Group.
Judgment Time, a skill that can only be used when all Absolute Good system Constellations agree.
As long as that skill designated them as villains, she would not lose.
"Aaaargh!"
A gruesome sword path drawn for killing.
That light yet infinitely precise sword path advanced, accurately aiming for the necks of the Cheoldoo Group members.
What was happening in front of me could clearly be called a scene of massacre.
She wasn't the only one fighting, but no one moved as actively as her.
When Kim Dokja neutralized them, Jung Heewon's blade accurately aimed for their necks.
Her blade cut everyone down as if it were meant for killing humans.
The surroundings filled with blood.
Before long, all Cheoldoo Group members except one were cut down, and that one was the only person I asked Jung Heewon for. Cheon Inho.
"I really hate people like you who manipulate situations from behind and treat people like horses."
"Ha, haha..."
I raised my left hand, crossed my middle and index fingers, and looked at him.
"It will be painful."
Targeting only Cheon Inho.
So that no one else gets hurt.
"Domain Expansion. Unlimited Void."
Die mentally.
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