Kill The Hero â Chapter 81
Before returning to the past, Kim Woo-jin had joined the Messiah Guild at level 55.
He had begun to gain fame through successive dungeon clears and had caught the eye of the Messiah Guild during the Horned Fox Hunt.
When he had reached level 55 the Messiah Guild once again made him an offer.
ââHunting Dogâ Kim Woo-jin, we need your help.â
Lee Se-jun, the leader of the Messiah Guild and savior of the world had personally made the offer to him and Kim Woo-jin had no reason to refuse.
After that, Kim Woo-jin became a hunting dog for the Messiah Guild.
Monsters upon monsters, players upon players, items upon itemsâŠwhatever the Messiah Guild requested, he hunted.
Eventually, Kim Woo-jin became the Messiah Guildâs best hunting dog.
Of course, the name âHunting Dogâ wasnât created for Kim Woo-jin, he wasnât the first and he wouldnât be the last.
In fact there were more than one player with the title of âHunting Dogâ in every guild. Hundreds to thousands of players worldwide were known as hunting dogs.
And there were people who were called hunting dogs within the Messiah Guild even before Kim Woo-jin joined it.
He was the best hunting dog within the Messiah Guild.
Of course, it was only after a while that this information became known.
It was around the time he reached level 100 and attacked a 4 Floor Dungeon.
Simply put, when you reached level 100, you could retire from being a hound and move to being a regular player in the light.
That was the way of the hunting dogs.
If the hunting dog hunted openly, would people simply stare at them and let them do it? It was impossible.
Therefore most hunting dogs remained unidentified and usually retired the moment it became hard for them to hunt or they reached the expected level.
Naturally, the place they left after retiring was naturally filled by other hunting dogs eager for the position.
âLooking back at it, he offered me a hand because he needed a pinch hitter1.â
Kim Woo-jin became the pinch hitter for Suzuki Eiji. This wasnât just a vague guess.
When Suzuki Eiji was level 80, Kim Woo-jin had been level 55, the perfect level for a baton touch2.
From the Messiah Guildâs perspective, it would have been difficult to find someone to substitute Suzuki Eiji. So âThe Saviorâ Lee Se-jun personally brought a new hunting dog.
Of course, at that time the Messiah Guild had miscalculated.
âAfter that, I quickly caught up.â
Kim Woo-jin had quickly caught up to Suzuki Eiji.
When Kim Woo-jin was first recruited, as he took over for Suzuki Eiji and his team, he constantly heard the legendary stories of what Suzuki Eiji had done.
So naturally, he knew him well.
âHis abilities were so amazing.â
âHis team was on a different level.â
Additionally, heâd made use of teamwork rather than simply fighting on his own.
Kim Woo-jin knew better than anyone that hunting dogs were actually much stronger when they fought in groups rather than when they hunted alone.
âIf I let him grow more than this. Heâd become a monster.â
So, if Kim Woo-jin let him be, he would become even more of a monster than he was now.
Because in fact, in the eyes of others, he was already a monster.
Even back then, even after being overtaken by Kim Woo-jin, Suzuki Eiji had still managed to make him a key player within the Messiah Guild.
âBecause the Messiah guild knows that he has Lancelotâs Ring.â
This was because it was in fact the Messiah Guild who had given him Lancelotâs Ring in his possession.
âLee Se-junâs old item.â
Because it was Lee Se-jun whoâd once owned Lancelotâs Ring.
So no matter how you looked at it, Kim Woo-jin definitely had to get rid of Suzuki Eiji before he could face the Messiah Guild.
However, up to a few days ago, Kim Woo-jin did not have any intentions of hunting down Suzuki Eiji.
âI never thought weâd meet so soon.â
No. Rather, Kim Woo-jin had been thinking and preparing ways for him to avoid this monster when the Messiah Guild decided to make Suzuki Eiji hunt him.
âI thought it would be after level 100.â
He wasnât completely confident that he could win.
It was impossible for him to deal with Suzuki Eiji and his team with the abilities he currently had at his disposal.
Of course, that was a few days ago.
The fact that Kim Woo-jin was there meant that it was no longer an impossibility.
From then on, there was only one thing that Kim Woo-jin was considering.
âThe sprout should be cut when it can be cut.â
And that was how to hunt his new prey.
On a road that was too messy to truly be considered a road.
An old bus, so worn that it was truly surprising that it could still move, shambled itâs way along the road while emitting weird noises.
Kim Woo-jin was on that bus.
He had oily hair that suited his shirt and pants which were giving of a rather stinky smell, his dark eyes were surrounded by dark circles and his face was so pale that it looked like he was wearing powder. His frame gave off a very desolate aura as he sat in a corner of the slowly moving bus.
It was not the appearance of a player.
In fact, Kim Woo-jin didnât come here as a player.
âIs this your first time being a warehouse?â
A warehouse, that was Kim Woo-jinâs role today.
And it was the role of the other people on the bus.
Their role was something that could only be seen in places like the Kaesong Special District. In a nutshell they were there for inventory.
Due to the fact that players could only bring items to and from the dungeons with their inventory, more players were needed to bring more items. So players who intended to attack dungeons would hire other players and use them as substitute warehouses.
To put it simply, he was selling his body. He was being paid to lend his life.
Of course, ordinary players wouldnât be able to understand. Because ordinary players were the players who were able to enjoy wealth and fame and couldnât be compared to regular people.
âIs this your first time as a warehouse?â
âOh, itâs my first time seeing you. So what did you do to come here? What are you wanted for? Murder, rape, assault, maybe fraud?â
It was a role that only could be found in places like the Kaesong Special District where people who could no longer live among regular players gather.
In other words, everyone there was of that sort.
âI think youâre too nervous. Want me to introduce you to the other bastards so you could relax? Hey, see that bald guy? He raped and killed 5 people. And you see the pig next to him right? He did it four times.â
Those who would rather live an ugly life than pay for their horrendous crimes.
âOh, itâs seven times if you include murder. And that guy next to himâŠwhen I saw him for the first time, he looked like heâd been drugged and raped. But thatâs just my guess.â
If it was the Kim Woo-jin of the past, he wouldâve immediately killed all of them without a second thought or care.
However in front of them now, Kim Woo-jin didnât reveal his intentions.
The first reason was that they werenât his prey.
âThis is the actor that Suzuki Eiji hid here.â
The second was that this snake-like man was in fact an actor planted by Suzuki Eiji to monitor the warehouses in case there were any problems.
It wasnât anything strange.
Unless Suzuki Eiji was a fool, heâd of course check if there were any traps or issues with any of the warehouses he used.
Furthermore, if it was the playerâs first time as a warehouse then there was all the more reason to be wary against them.
âSo what happened to you?â
Therefore, Kim Woo-jin acted in front of the actor.
âI was betrayed by someone I believed inâŠâ
The moment he saw Kim Woo-jinâs expression, Jo Han-ho, who was the one speaking to him, nodded.
âSo itâs a fugitive story then.â
It was thanks to his genuine expression that no further explanation was needed.
Just like that, Jo Han-ho nodded at Kim Woo-jin, fully believing him.
âMake your friend pay the price for betraying you, and force them to live a hard life in the future. Tell me if you ever need help.â
He raised his thumb in front of Kim Woo-jin who didnât respond.
âYes, he has to pay for betraying the world.â
The reason Kim Woo-jin was there was in fact because his answer was more fitting than most would believe.
They arrived at their destination.
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1: For those of you who donât know, âPinch Hitterâ is a term in baseball. It refers to a batter used as a substitute for another batter. A pinch hitter only comes into the game when the batter whose turn he is taking is due to bat. At that time, he is âannounced into the gameâ; the batter which he replaced is out of the game for good. It is usually done as a power play or in hope of a grand slam.
2. Baton touch is a bit of a Japanese term for when passing a baton on in a relay race from one runner to the next. However the meaning has been extended to mean the act of passing off a job or some type of responsibility to another person.
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