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Chapter 748: Overachievement (3)
"What... I can only pick one of the three?"
Yeongwoo’s eyes blinked rapidly.
It was because his calculations had immediately begun.
'I currently have 62 tokens... So if I pick number 1, I instantly get 124.'
Doing this would definitely bring him a step closer to his target of 200, but it wasn't enough.
Because if the two remaining token boxes held just 30 tokens each, the final token count he would obtain would only be 184.
'Then I'd need to gather 16 more... but there’s no good way to do that. I have no idea how many more participants I'll run into from here on.'
In that regard, option 2, which doubled the tokens of other participants, was naturally eliminated.
If so.
'Is it number 3?'
[3] Double all unacquired tokens within the dungeon.
Actually, if he thought about it carefully, this was also an option with a bleak prospect.
Just like the assumption he made for option 1, if the remaining token boxes held 30 tokens each, the amount he could definitively gain through this was a mere 120 tokens.
Then, ultimately, the total sum of tokens would be 182, leaving him 2 short compared to picking option 1.
'But if the scale of the second and third token boxes is larger than expected... this could be a way to hit 200 all at once.'
Of course, there was a completely different option as well.
'What if I just leave this as is and open the boxes first? Can't I come back and pick option 1 after I've multiplied my tokens enough?'
The moment Yeongwoo's thoughts reached this point and he took a step back, a warning message instantly appeared.
[Do you wish to abandon the effect activation? The altar and trap will instantly be deactivated.]
"Ah."
Leaving the altar alone to return and choose the amplification later was forbidden.
'Then it's only number 3.'
Double all unacquired tokens within the dungeon.
With this, even if the remaining treasure boxes contained just 35 tokens each, achieving 200 was guaranteed.
If they only held 30 each like the previous box, from then on, he would have to desperately hunt down other participants.
'But there might be another altar like this, right? I'll be able to hit 200 somehow.'
Jung Yeongwoo’s happiness circuit spun wildly into overdrive.
And then, he soon reached his hand out to option 3.
Tap.
[Double all unacquired tokens within the dungeon.]
With that, the altar vibrated, bringing up a system message, and then fired a pillar of silver-white light into the air.
Kwaaaaaaaa!
"Is it all done now?"
The moment Yeongwoo muttered this, the stone cubes that had been moving noisily in the background stopped all at once.
The traps had deactivated as the altar turned on.
And 6 billion was added all at once to Yeongwoo's karma balance.
-Usable Karma: 15,925,354,016
The contract with the three participants isolated on the second foothold had immediately taken effect.
"I've already earned my travel fare."
As Yeongwoo turned his head toward the second foothold with those words, he saw three silhouettes moving nimbly over there.
"……?"
It was now their turn to hand over the equipment they were holding, but far from waiting in place, they were currently fleeing.
"Those crazy bastards."
At this, as Yeongwoo stepped on the stationary cubes and began his pursuit, Tanimu, who was standing near the trap's entrance, shouted with a flustered expression.
— H-here, those guys are……!
"You think I don't know that? What are you doing, hurry up and stop them!"
And right around this time, the three participants appeared right in front of Tanimu's nose.
Taaat!
Having already been extorted for 2 billion each, the three participants were brimming with venom.
Their expressions were incredibly fierce, and Tanimu's choice upon facing them was...
— …….
...just as Tanimu had said himself earlier, ‘compromise’.
『Because I'm the type to compromise. In a place like this, if you're too strong or too brave, you'll die someday.』
So this time as well, he didn't block the three participants' path and instead stepped aside.
— How wise.
At this, the participants who had drawn their swords glanced at Tanimu and quietly passed through the path.
Soon after, Yeongwoo arrived in front of Tanimu, stepping across the cubes.
Kuuuuung!
"This bastard, you're really no help at all."
When Yeongwoo spoke while staring at the path the runaways had taken, Tanimu made an awkward face.
— I told you not to expect anything like bravery from me. How am I supposed to beat three of them alone?
"You just needed to buy me a little time, you couldn't even do that?"
— If there are three opponents, my head could go flying in that short moment. Don't forget where we are.
"Then just shut up now and follow behind me."
Where would he have the time to argue with Tanimu?
Yeongwoo immediately moved quickly along the path toward the exit.
Then, the moment he finally passed through the arched entrance leading to the maze-like dungeon.
Hwaaaat!
Heat surged all over Yeongwoo's body.
"……!"
Blazeflow had activated.
And then.
Hwaeek!
Reflexively, the moment his arm raised Bastard, a blade jutted out from the right side of the entrance.
The three participants he thought had fled were actually ambushing him near the exit.
'So this is an Epic Dungeon.'
While Yeongwoo marveled in that split second, Obstruction of Justice sprang its finger up and turned its muzzle to the left.
× I'll take the left!
Looking now, there was an ambush on both sides, and the blade that had jutted out from the right earlier was already clashing with Bastard.
Kwaeeaaek!
With a loud screech, the attacker's blade brushed past Bastard.
To be exact, it was more accurate to say that Bastard had slightly twisted its blade to the side to deflect it.
And following that.
『Fear is an emotion meant solely for the opponent. In a moment of crisis, one must always counterattack.』
Along with Blazeflow's rules of engagement, Yeongwoo's arm gripping Bastard swiftly swung to the right.
Swaeeaaet!
A chilling sound of tearing air, followed by a brief cutting noise.
Kwasat!
Then, the blade that had just brushed past Bastard suddenly lost its balance and wobbled in the air.
It was because the arm holding that sword had been severed.
— Keok?
The attacker was instead panicked by the counterattack delivered at an absurd speed.
Right after, as Yeongwoo tried to prepare a third attack in advance according to the rules he learned earlier, a sense of heat circulated through both his arms once again.
Hwaat!
He suddenly pushed the opponent away with Aratubank and began to advance forcefully.
'What's this now?'
As Yeongwoo was somewhat flustered by a movement he hadn't seen before, he soon saw a weapon that looked like a thin iron needle thrusting out from behind the first attacker.
It was none other than the Fly Man's attack.
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Two of them had been lying in ambush on the right side.
Kigit!
However, the guy's attack ended up blocked by the edge of Aratubank, and immediately after, Yeongwoo's Bastard thrust back in the reverse direction the iron needle had come from.
Kwaeeaaet!
Then, a slight fleshy sensation was felt at the tip of Bastard, and the Fly Man's scream echoed in all directions.
— Kuaaaaak!
His right shoulder had been accurately pierced by that attack just now.
Following that, as Yeongwoo twisted Bastard and pulled it out diagonally, the Fly Man's shoulder split aslant, flapping like a half-butchered piece of meat.
And in the meantime.
× Behind you, behind!
Obstruction of Justice, who had been laying down covering fire to the left earlier, warned in an urgent tone.
"Ah, there was one more."
The moment Yeongwoo turned back at this, he saw an axe blade three times the size of a head splitting his vision vertically.
Jjeooeoeong!
The moment Yeongwoo hurriedly raised Bastard to defend, a tremendous roar erupted from the blade's surface.
'If that had hit me just now, my head would have been split wide open.'
The opponent's brute strength was also immense, causing Yeongwoo's body to already tilt backward little by little.
And at this time, for the first time.
Paaaat!
A golden light swirled in the pupil of the one-eyed participant who had swung the axe at Yeongwoo.
He was the only one among the attackers to receive the Prestige system's alarm.
And soon after.
— Han…….
Confirming his opponent's identity through the Prestige message, his mouth dropped wide open, and before his latter words could continue, his body's balance heavily collapsed.
Sswiaaaaak!
It was because Bastard, which had been blocking the axe blade, twisted diagonally, forcing the one-eyed man's axe to slide down to the ground.
— Uh!
Kuuuung!
Ultimately, unable to overcome its own force, the axe smashed into the ground.
Because of this, for a moment, the one-eyed man's upper body was left completely defenseless, and not missing this opening, Yeongwoo's blade pierced straight through the one-eyed man's head.
Kwaak!
The moment Bastard jutted out from the back of the one-eyed man's head, Yeongwoo's tokens increased from 62 to 63.
The opponent had finally died.
"I would have spared you if you had just waited quietly."
As Yeongwoo pulled his sword back out with a bitter expression, Obstruction of Justice looked to the opposite side and spoke.
× What about those guys? We're killing them, right?
To Yeongwoo, it was obvious without even looking.
Since both had suffered fatal injuries, wouldn't they truly be fleeing for their lives by now?
So Yeongwoo simply nodded his head.
"Gotta clean them up. Let's get one more token each."
Then, he raised his hand slightly and added.
"Leave the fly guy alone. I'll catch that bastard myself."
× That's not hard.
Ending with this conversation, the Anti-Government Pistol started frantically spewing fire from its muzzle, and Yeongwoo also dashed forward to chase the runaways.
Taaaaat!
Then, not long after Yeongwoo started his pursuit, his tokens increased by one more.
The participant who was running behind the Fly Man ended up taking a bullet to the back of the head.
Paat!
Thanks to this, Yeongwoo's tokens increased to a whopping 64, and after a short 10-second chase.
Taaaang!
The situation was brought to an end as Obstruction of Justice's bullet lodged into one of the Fly Man's thighs.
— Kuaak!
As soon as the guy was shot, he lost his balance and fell flat on the floor.
At this, as Yeongwoo narrowed the distance in an instant with Lightning Step and aimed his sword, the Fly Man's arms trembled thinly as he pleaded.
— P-please spare me! You promised me, didn't you? That you'd let me live once!
However, Yeongwoo's eyes had already grown cold.
"That's why I let you live."
— …T-that was.
"Wasn't it thanks to me that you were able to escape the trap? I don't know about anything else, but if it were me, I wouldn't have made the worst possible move like an ambush."
— But… this is an Epic Dungeon. If I don't do my best to pursue my own interests, I won't survive.
At that, Yeongwoo shrugged his shoulders while still aiming his sword.
"You had already secured the best possible interest."
— …What?
"Didn't you earn my 'favor' during the interview? Where is there a greater interest than avoiding death?"
At these words, the Fly Man looked at Yeongwoo's white marks, which had already increased to 9 unlike during the interview.
— T-then, please show me your favor just one more time. I will never forget this.
However, Yeongwoo's Bastard had already been swung.
"Just become my token."
Ssaeeaaet!
With a brutal cutting sound, the Fly Man's neck fell to the floor, and soon after, Yeongwoo's token count increased to 65.
And following that.
Tatat!
Fairly nimble footsteps were heard from behind Yeongwoo.
So when Yeongwoo looked back, pulling Bastard close to his body, Tanimu came into view, running toward him with his arms full of equipment.
— Is it already over? I gathered the equipment those guys had earlier. I felt like I'd get ambushed too if I kept waiting there all this time.
As he dumped the equipment he was holding in his arms onto the floor, Yeongwoo nodded with a satisfied expression.
"At least one guy is smart."
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