Chapter 38

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Translated by Jinmu

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PK was not an unfamiliar word at all.

However, doing it by even forming a guild, he couldn’t understand it.

Did it mean they ignored the penalties given to forced PVP?

“If red lines accumulate, do the penalties get stronger too?”

– Was it double the value?

– Yep. Experience point loss, Gold loss, and maintaining the criminal status time are all doubled.

– Criminal status (can be attacked by anyone, cannot trade, etc.)

– You can’t even enter a village carelessly.

– If some time passes, you get chased by guards. Lol.

– But they travel around hiding well.

[Lore Explainer has supported 5,000 won.]

[Information: Village and field restrictions increase depending on the number of lines. The Nesto Vice Guild Master has 6. The Guild Master is unknown.]

“Thank you for the information.”

Thanks to the viewers, he obtained the information he needed right now.

The problem was why that crazy guild was targeting him.

Tap-!

Just then, a sound heard from down behind him.

Detecting that presence in advance, Han-bit leaped far to the side.

“Trigger, didn’t you say he was around level 20?”

A female human wearing gauntlets on both hands slightly furrowed her brows.

A red nickname was clearly visible above her head.

“You’d know if you become a loyal viewer. He’s not a normal player.”

Trigger smirked as if he found it amusing.

Han-bit looked at the enemies and asked.

“You guys, who sent you?”

“I’m your fan. I came to meet you while I was at it.”

“So you’re saying someone ordered you to?”

“I’m telling you my fan spirit is greater? So I’ll just try killing you exactly 50 times.”

– A fan;

– They’re real crazy bastards. Lol.

– Didn’t Ranger send them?

– Isn’t it Kim Han-seop?

– Anyone could’ve gotten pissed and requested it?

– F*cking pathetic;

– Call out your SNS address.

– Ignore them and force quit go.

– If you force quit, they’ll come out and do sh*t every time you log in.

– It might just be better to die for them.

– Yep. That’s actually better.

As if it was a quite infamous guild, the viewers’ opinions leaned to one side.

The players who were snooping around were also completely nowhere to be seen.

‘Did one of those two really send them?’

Just like it came up in the chat, reasons to guess existed.

Putting right and wrong aside, both Ranger and Kim Han-seop had their own justifications to be angry.

Of course, he had absolutely no intention of falling for it as they wanted.

Beep-

Opening his info window, Han-bit distributed the stat points he had.

[Black Dragon – Lv.22]

[Title: None]

Strength: 25

Agility: 31

Intelligence: 25

Stamina: 10

Remaining Stat Points: 0

Stats invested in a slightly different form than before.

The reason he pulled up his Agility was to overcome the current situation.

‘Three people…’

Unless you can see their levels, it’s difficult to gauge their standard.

However, combat against people was familiarly tiresome.

Whoosh-

[The Wind Spirit Sylph shows hostility.]

An alarm popping up along with the wind rustling in the surroundings.

Sylph, who had undisguised herself early on, was joining together with Han-bit’s movements.

“Since I took the first hit, it’s okay to kill them, right?”

– Yep. It’s fine to kill them.

– Since there’s a red mark to begin with, you can just kill them.

– There are even places like cities or guilds that place bounties on them.

– But are you really going to fight?

– Though they aren’t named players.

– Still, they’re probably over level 60?

It’s okay to kill them.

That answer alone was enough.

Because if the progression got twisted for no reason, only he would suffer a loss.

‘The sword’s condition isn’t good.’

There were cracks all over the sword from the impact earlier.

Even if it’s a swordsmanship that uses the wind, the sword needs to be intact for starters.

‘I guess it’d be good for accumulating data?’

Play data continuously being measured through the program.

Opportunities to obtain indicators in many-to-one interpersonal combat are not easy to create.

Since it has come to this anyway, it would be best to squeeze out as much gain as possible.

Along with that thought, Han-bit reached his hand out towards the enemy.

“Ah, that’ll make it troublesome.”

Contrary to his words, the corners of Trigger’s mouth were turned up.

In the worlds experiencing regressions, possessing, and reincarnation, he had seen countless people with screws loose.

To the extent that bastards who called themselves murderous demons could be seen in every city.

Guys like that were far too familiar.

“I’ll obscure the screen for a moment.”

Han-bit pressed a button to make the broadcast screen pitch black.

Reaching out his hand, he mouthed an incantation.

“Fire Burst!”

Fwoosh-!

The launched fireball flew straight ahead.

Simultaneously, the three people kicked off.

Tap-!

The fastest one was Trigger.

Having already surveyed the terrain, Han-bit threw his body into a complicated alley.

Swoosh-!

Even while maneuvering using blind spots, Trigger pursued at an incredible speed.

If it weren’t for the familiar terrain, it would have been difficult to maintain the distance.

‘Did he invest almost everything into Agility?’

A difference in speed that could be noticed just by looking.

If it weren’t for the movements of the wind, it wouldn’t have been strange if he was caught long ago.

Whoosh-

Wind was slowly gathering around the sword held in his hand.

The bastard he needed to deal with first had already been decided.

Tap-!

Han-bit, who had been running out, changed directions to a side alley.

There was a pile of fine dirt stacked there.

“Fire Burst!”

Boom-!

An explosion that occurred instantly with the launched fireball.

The swept-up dirt spread out in all directions.

“Using petty tricks?”

Trigger, following behind, stopped his feet at his stolen vision.

Whoosh-!

A few daggers flying immediately pierced through the dirt cloud.

However, Han-bit had already slipped through a side path hidden in the wall.

“Fighting makes it end quickly. Don’t you think so?”

Trigger standing still while twirling a dagger.

Definitely, it seemed he was trying to detect Han-bit’s movements by sound.

‘Just stay like that.’

Methods to hide one’s presence also existed as skills.

However, if using the movement of the wind, even mimicking it was possible.

Rustle-

Han-bit navigated back and forth through the side paths he saw through completely.

Passing by complicated alleyways for a moment.

‘Found him.’

He discovered the giant wandering while holding a greatsword.

“Tsk, he ain’t even a fly.”

The man grumbling with a deep frown on his face, entirely unaware of Han-bit looking at him.

It was a sight where he completely lacked any sense of crisis.

‘Let’s finish it in one strike.’

Landing on a nearby wall, Han-bit held his breath.

That guy’s strength was powerfully threatening.

Although his reactions were sluggish, perhaps because his investment in Agility was insignificant.

Whoosh-!

The continuously gathering wind was now emitting a clear green light.

Thud-

Thud-

The giant leisurely moving his steps.

Standing in the gap of a shabby wooden fence, Han-bit took his stance.

And the moment the guy’s large body appeared.

Swoosh-!

He swung the sharp sword of wind.

“Urgh!”

The attack precisely hitting his neck led to the giant’s death throes.

Thud-!

The greatsword falling from the wide-eyed man’s hands.

Flinching for a moment, his body soon blurred.

It was in an instant that his form completely disappeared.

Ding-

[Experience Points increased by 5,000.]

“Experience points?”

For whatever reason, experience points came in upon hunting the player.

Feeling something was strange, Han-bit pressed the broadcast screen button.

Beep-

The moment the dark screen brightened.

The chat window started scrolling up like crazy.

– Oh.

– It’s on.

– Since we could only hear the sound, it’s a horror movie;

– What happened?

– Whose scream was that just now?

– Huh? Isn’t that greatsword the bear-like bastard’s from earlier?

– You caught him?

The viewers, deducing entirely from sound, realized the situation upon seeing the lone greatsword lying around.

Unlike them who were surprised, Han-bit quietly looked at his own hand.

‘It lasted a long time.’

The entry-level sword he used until now was completely shattered.

It was because the sword failed to withstand the peculiar recoil created by the power of the wind.

Han-bit asked towards the viewers.

“It gave me experience points when I caught this guy, is it a bug?”

– You are the bug;

– They originally give experience points if you catch red sticks.

– It feels like a mysterious monster.

– It’s true he isn’t human.

– Wasn’t there a limit to the number of times?

– Yep. Level farming was blocked.

The chat window poured out all sorts of information in droves.

‘They really are like monsters.’

The unexpected profit wasn’t too bad.

As expected, the choice to kill them all was the correct answer.

“Wow, did you kill him in that brief moment?”

Just then, a short-haired man revealing himself on the roof facing him.

It was Trigger, who had lost track of Han-bit’s back.

“I told you to make a strategy slightly, you r*tard.”

Following that, his female companion appeared behind him.

Seemingly having searched for Han-bit as well, she was in a state of deep annoyance.

– Ganging up is cheating;

– I’m going to help right now.

– Just trust us.

– Already on my way.

Chats saying they would help had been coming up since earlier.

However, no one actually came.

Amongst the viewers, of course.

“Hyung!”

A familiar voice heard from beyond the woman’s back.

There, Yeon-woo was urgently running while holding a sword.

“I’ll help you!”

– Loafer has returned.

– The Loafer who went to the restroom and back is different.

– Reliable?

– Based on his face, it’s a 2-second cut.

– Black Dragon hyung ‘do it for me’

“That thing already came?”

Turning her head, the woman reacted as if it was a bother.

Then twirling her gauntlet-equipped hand, she walked towards Yeon-woo.

“Trigger, you take Black Dragon.”

“Don’t finish too quickly. I’m going to play for a bit too.”

The two decided on the opponents they would handle with just a brief conversation.

“Come at me!”

Yeon-woo bravely fixed his grip on the weapon.

His courage was good, but the outcome could be predicted.

‘He won’t be able to drag it out for long.’

Seeing her movements from earlier, that woman wasn’t ordinary either.

It would be a daunting task for Yeon-woo, who has no interpersonal experience, to face her.

“Trying to help him? It’ll be hard though.”

Leisurely standing, Trigger smirked.

That moment.

“I will help too!”

A man appeared on the roof.

“Oh!”

Above the head of the man who landed in front of Yeon-woo.

The nickname ‘Kim Jae-ha’ was floating there.

– Oh.

– He came to help.

– Hammer Man T. T

– Reliable.

– But aren’t they basically painting a target on their backs for the Nesto Guild?

– This is loyalty.

Kim Jae-ha’s appearance was quite surprising even to Han-bit.

Because the majority of the players seemed to avoid the PK guild as much as possible.

Does that mean his connection to him is that important?

‘Anyway, it’s a relief.’

Kim Jae-ha’s combat ability isn’t very outstanding.

However, his level, stats, and fighting spirit alone are outstanding.

If he could just drag the time out a little, handling his side of things would be easy.

Swoosh-

Han-bit discarded the shattered entry-level sword.

Then lowering his posture, he reached his hand towards the greatsword dropped on the floor.

“Are you truly a newbie? It’ll be meaningless with your Strength stat.”

Trigger explaining as if teaching.

Han-bit ignored those words and grabbed the hilt of the greatsword.

– ?

– What are you doing.

– That’s Rank 3 so you need 50 Strength though?

– Yep. Damage won’t apply properly.

– Throw it away, quickly;

The viewers also dissuaded his action as if flustered.

Because equipping an item that doesn’t meet the stat requirements drops its performance significantly.

Han-bit also knew the penalty well, but there was something else he aimed for.

Ding-

Just then, an alarm only audible to Han-bit rang.

Turning his gaze, he looked at a line of message that popped up.

[Title: A new effect of The 55th Recorder is unlocked.]