Chapter 32
Part 31
“Hup! Now that I have the gills too, I should get going.”
Hwang Mungi stood and dusted off his clothes.
He no longer had a reason to remain on Yugeon's boat.
He had obtained his own boat.
He had obtained gills.
Originally, he had only planned to memorize what the item looked like.
Thanks to Yugeon giving him one directly, he did not even need to hunt for it.
“Just in case...”
“Don't worry. I won't chase Ivan.”
“Good.”
Tap.
Hwang Mungi jumped onto the boat he had obtained earlier and quickly disappeared.
“Ivan...”
After Mungi vanished, Yugeon's gaze turned cold.
He still had business in the Tower.
So he would simply consider this one more task.
I should kill him in advance.
Ivan Corden.
He did not kill for money.
He simply enjoyed killing humans.
Apparently, seeing someone's expression as they died gave him a thrill.
Before countless Awakeners died by his hands...
Yugeon would eliminate him.
Ivan was no different from a monster.
If I don't kill him now, he'll become far more troublesome later.
A memory surfaced.
His fight with Ivan in his previous life.
I'm curious. I want to see how strong you are. And I wonder what kind of face you'll make when you die.
They had eventually fought.
Ivan escaped after losing one arm.
Yugeon had intended to kill him, but Ivan used every last bit of strength to run away.
Later, I heard that Awakeners seeking revenge killed him.
With only one arm...
He probably could not display his old combat strength.
When Ivan realized he was going to die...
Had he remembered the man who cut off his arm?
“This time, I'll kill you properly.”
Yugeon accelerated the boat.
Sector 4, Floor 32.
[Collapsed Rooftops]
The water level here was even higher than on Floor 31.
Almost every building was submerged.
Only the highest penthouses and rooftop structures remained above water like isolated islands.
The maze of buildings was complicated.
Traps and monsters hid everywhere.
Shhhhh.
Yugeon stopped using the boat's magical propulsion and began quietly rowing between buildings.
Let's move silently.
He needed to erase his presence.
Ivan had excellent instincts.
If Yugeon approached noisily, he might escape.
He should be somewhere nearby.
If Hwang Mungi's information was accurate...
Ivan was somewhere on this floor.
“...Found him.”
After moving for some time, Yugeon's eyes locked onto one rooftop.
A half-collapsed concrete building.
A faint fluctuation of mana.
And a barely visible level indicator.
Several men were gathered on the rooftop.
At the center stood one man radiating a particularly vicious presence.
Red hair.
A scar crossing his face.
A gigantic bloodstained blade in his hand.
Ivan Corden.
So he was already using that weapon at this point.
Ivan still carried that same weapon in the future.
It looked like a machete.
Only much larger.
It could easily be called a sword.
“Hehehe. I knew this would happen.”
Ivan scratched his chin while looking at the European Awakeners around him.
“You said you'd give it to me if I safely brought you here. Now you're changing the deal.”
“We asked you to take us to Floor 33.”
“The entrance to Floor 33 is right there. That means I brought you there.”
“Are you joking?! There are more than a hundred monsters between us and the entrance!”
One of the European Awakeners shouted.
They had hired Ivan to escort them all the way to Floor 33.
Not merely to the entrance leading there.
“You're the one breaking your promise and making unreasonable demands.”
“Haa! Fine. Whatever.”
Ivan dug a finger into his ear and sighed.
He did not want to waste time arguing.
“If this were a fight, that'd be different.”
Whoosh!
Slice.
“We're not children anymore. Aren't we too old for pointless arguments?”
“Ghk...”
Grab.
One of the Awakeners clutched his throat.
At the same time...
His head rolled to the ground.
“You bastard!”
“Kill him!”
“See? Isn't fighting much better than wasting time arguing?”
SWISH SWISH SWISH!
Ivan moved almost like he was teleporting.
Every Awakener charging him was cut down.
“E-Eek!!”
The final European Awakener collapsed backward in terror.
What just happened?
He had not even been able to properly see Ivan move.
Ivan simply appeared beside his companions one after another...
And slaughtered them.
“Spare me! Please! If you let me live, I'll never tell anyone what happened here!”
“If I kill you, no one who knows what happened will remain.”
“Please!”
“And I planned to kill all of you once we reached Floor 33 anyway.”
“Why...? Why...?”
“Because it's fun.”
Ivan smiled hideously.
“When people die right after getting what they wanted, their expressions become really interesting.”
That was all he wanted to see.
SLASH!
“Hm hm~. Should I go back to Floor 30 and lure in some more people?”
At that moment...
Whoosh!
Tap.
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