Chapter 64

Chapter 64 – Trap(1)

Light and shadow always coexist.

Shin Tae-gil always wanted to be the light, but now he knows it’s impossible.

The brighter the light shines on the world, the darker the shadows become.

“Aaaaaargh!”

Screams filled the sealed space.

The Korean branch of the ‘World Dungeon Management Organization’. The interrogation room in the basement of its headquarters.

In this secret place, unknown even to employees working in the same building, primitive acts unfit for the 21st century were taking place.

“Let’s not waste each other’s energy and take it easy.”

Shin Tae-gil, shuffling through documents, looked quite tired.

“Fuck! You guys are ruining this country! The world!”

In contrast, the man being tortured, Jeong Seon-gu, looked quite energetic.

“It’s not like some pseudo-religion... Where does that bizarre belief and loyalty come from?”

“A stupid government dog like you wouldn’t understand.”

“Sigh, if you could explain it so even this idiot could understand, we could end this nonsense.”

Shin Tae-gil sighed in frustration.

“You don’t know...”

Suddenly, Jeong Seon-gu’s eyes lit up.

In his serious expression, a strange madness flickered in his eyes.

“Only He can save the world.”

“Right. That’s why I’d like to have a chat with Him too.”

“That’s not possible.”

“Why not?”

“Because you’re a stupid government lapdog. Hehehehe.”

“Damn it...”

Shin Tae-gil rubbed his face dry as the conversation returned to square one.

“Let’s continue. Manage him well so he doesn’t die, and when he’s a bit more drained, let’s try administering drugs again.”

“Understood.”

After hearing the employee’s response, Shin Tae-gil left the interrogation room.

“Aaaaaargh-!”

From inside the interrogation room, Jeong Seon-gu’s desperate screams continued to echo endlessly.

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Ippotranslation

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-Sizzle

The sound of flesh burning.

Normally, it would make one’s mouth water, but it’s a completely different story when it’s your own flesh.

“Aaaaargh!”

As the skin melted away, a grotesque scene unfolded. Watching it, a groan involuntarily escaped Kang Hyeon’s mouth.

-Sizzle

The skin melts away due to the deadly poison, and simultaneously recovers due to the flesh regeneration skill.

No matter how accustomed Kang Hyeon is to pain, this was beyond the limit.

He gradually began to feel his limits.

“This is electrifying?!”

The bucket filled with deadly poison.

Kang Hyeon, who had been soaking his feet in it, suddenly stood up.

[The level of the ability Poison Resistance has increased]

“That’s right!”

Poison Resistance (E)

Ability: Strengthens immunity to poison.

Description: Reduces the effect of any kind of poison on the body.

The recently acquired ability, Poison Resistance.

It had been a day since he started this special foot bath to increase its level.

“Ow, it really hurt for the first time in a while.”

Currently, Kang Hyeon’s health stat is 40.

On top of that, he has poison resistance. To exaggerate a bit, this means he could drink most poisons like health drinks.

“But what kind of biochemical weapon is this?”

However, the poison sent by Shin Tae-gil was a deadly toxin that surpassed normal levels.

-Just remember two things. One. It’s a really expensive item, so use it sparingly. Two. Never use it on people. Just remember these.

That’s what Shin Tae-gil said when he handed over the poison.

That’s why on the day Shin Seong-a turned a criminal’s face into jelly, Kang Hyeon had scolded her, remembering Shin Tae-gil’s words.

-I told you to use it discreetly so Team Leader Shin Tae-gil won’t nag if we get caught.

-I’m sorry... But Kang Hyeon.

-Huh?

-That guy wasn’t human, he was a goblin shark.

-What..?

And the rest of the poison was all poured into Kang Hyeon’s foot bath.

“Hmm... Somehow I ended up breaking both things I was supposed to remember.”

To raise poison resistance further, he needs more poison.

“Well...”

Han Jae-moon broke into a cold sweat at the sudden question directed at him.

“Well? What?”

“If you’re asking about the financial status...”

“I’m asking how much money we’ve saved up.”

“Currently, our available funds are about 2.207 billion won...”

“What? Why is there only that much!?”

The money Kang Hyeon had provided was about 2.5 billion.

In just a few days, not only had the money not increased, but it had decreased by as much as 300 million.

“Well...”

“I told you to just keep doing what you were doing with those creepy figurines because you said they’d sell well, right?”

“Yes...”

“And I gave away all the items we had.”

“Yes...”

“And we’re running dungeons every day, bringing in money! Why has the money decreased?”

“Well, the time...”

Han Jae-moon tried to say something while hesitating, but Kang Hyeon’s patience was not very good.

“Ugh! How frustrating!”

Kang Hyeon shouted, beating his chest, and roughly opened the refrigerator door to take out a beer.

‘It hasn’t even been a week since you gave me this job, you crazy bastard!’

Han Jae-moon’s head was full of things he wanted to say.

‘Manufacturing, promoting, distributing! How many other things are there to do?! You just hired two more employees, and what?! Am I supposed to run the guild, do business, am I omnipotent?! I want to rest too!’

But these thoughts only overflowed in his head.

“Right. Han Jae-moon seems a bit lazy.”

“...”

It was An Yu-seong, who was lying on the floor playing a smartphone game.

‘Should I quit here...’

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Ippotranslation

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Choi Min-jun frowned as he received the report.

“This time, the damage is quite significant.”

“I’m sorry...”

“23 people dead, including Jeong Seon-gu and Seon Yu-ri. Ah, you said Jeong Seon-gu was captured alive, right?”

“Yes.”

Choi Min-jun had been running the organization strictly as a cell structure. Because of this, even when the government tracked them down, they could only catch the tail end.

But this time, an executive who held an important position in the organization was captured.

Although they were combat personnel with limited information, an executive was still an executive.

It was obvious that a completely different problem would arise compared to when ordinary members were caught.

“The biggest problem is that Jeong Seon-gu knows the location of this place.”

“Yes...”

“We’ll have to move our quarters first.”

Choi Min-jun got up from his seat and paced around the dark room.

“This is not good... The plan shouldn’t keep getting twisted like this.”

“We’ll be more careful.”

“Was it Kang Hyeon who interfered this time too?”

“Yes.”

“It’s not just once or twice... I’m starting to get really annoyed.”

From the Bait Guild to Dungeon Break, and recently Monster Power.

Kang Hyeon was involved in all the major incidents.

“We need to deal with Kang Hyeon.”

“But Choi Min-jun. Looking at that guy’s actions so far... It’s almost suspicious whether he’s not actually immortal.”

“...”

“This time too, he dealt with twenty high-level combat personnel almost single-handedly. How can we...”

“I heard that Kang Hyeon is friends with Choi Dong-woo.”

“What?”

The woman was taken aback when Choi Min-jun suddenly mentioned Choi Dong-woo.

“Is that right?”

“Yes... It’s reliable information.”

“Then let’s use Seon Yeon-ho.”

“You mean Seon Yeon-ho?”

Seon Yeon-ho, who had already made contact with Kang Hyeon once.

He currently held a core executive position in the Korean Ability Users Union.

Although he wasn’t a combat personnel, he was important enough to be one of the people Choi Dong-woo trusted the most.

“Choi Min-jun. Isn’t it wasteful to use Seon Yeon-ho for something like this? We’ve invested a lot in him so far.”

“No. There’s no reason to destroy the Ability Users Union anymore. Rather than letting him sit idle any longer, we’ll pull him out at an appropriate level.”

“...”

“As his final mission, we’ll assign him to deal with Kang Hyeon.”

“Understood.”