Chapter 381 – Part 2 – Clean Sweep

Choi Seong-min came out of the room carrying Kwak Min-cheol on his back.

Kwak Min-cheol, who had lost most of his memories, could only eat, sleep, and relieve himself.

Even with his back exposed like this, there was no chance of being attacked.

‘I need to go to Kwak Min-cheol’s mansion.’

After hiding his body with stealth, he quickly left the dormitory.

Thanks to the Ghost Walk trait, his movement speed was fast.

He quickly reached the parking lot, used Kwak Min-cheol’s fingerprint to unlock his car, and got in.

Since he knew where Kwak Min-cheol’s mansion was, there was no problem getting there.

‘There’s a prison in the basement of the mansion for confining traitors.’

Choi Seong-min intended to put Kwak Min-cheol there.

The distance to the mansion wasn’t far, so he arrived quickly.

Carrying Kwak Min-cheol on his back, he secretly went down to the basement using stealth.

There were dozens of prison cells that looked like rooms.

From the memories he had seen, Choi Seong-min knew what Kwak Min-cheol had done in this place.

‘Nominally a place to confine traitors, but in reality a place to absorb the stats of subordinates he had raised.’

The video he had obtained from Song Chi-hyeon’s safe before was also filmed in this place.

Beep- Clank- Creeeeak-

He opened the door using Kwak Min-cheol’s security card.

He knew which rooms were empty through his memories.

‘Rest here, Kwak Min-cheol. I won’t let you starve though.’

After leaving Kwak Min-cheol behind, he left the room.

Clank!

It was a door made of special alloy.

For Kwak Min-cheol, who had no traits or equipment, escaping from prison using only pure stats would be impossible.

‘Well, he won’t even try to do that.’

Kwak Min-cheol was now in a state no different from a baby who couldn’t even speak.

There was no need to worry about him escaping.

Choi Seong-min looked around at the rows of rooms.

There were empty rooms, but also rooms where direct subordinates were confined.

‘According to recent memories, it was this room.’

Before entering the room, Choi Seong-min checked his trait once more.

[Trait – Demon’s Contract]

-Grade: S

-Description: When killing hunters, absorbs 3% of their stats. However, stats raised by equipment, items, buffs, traits, etc. are not included in the absorption.

‘A trait that kills hunters and raises stats…’

It was a trait similar to Hunter Slayer in that it required killing hunters.

‘It’s less than Woo Seong-jae’s trait, but it’s still an overpowered trait.’

How could it not be overpowered when you could grow infinitely just by killing hunters?

‘However, the problem is that the 3% absorbed is pure stats excluding equipment and traits.’

For hunters, the influence of equipment is significant.

You could inflate your stats by more than double with equipment buffs.

‘Just look at me. My combat power shot up ridiculously just by holding an EX-grade weapon.’

Therefore, absorbing 3% from pure stats couldn’t be considered that much.

‘Killing C-rank and below hunters wouldn’t have much effect.’

The pure stats of a C-rank hunter wouldn’t exceed 200 per stat.

Meaning killing one person wouldn’t even net 30 total stats.

‘That’s why he tried to increase efficiency by raising B-rank and above hunters.’

If there had been an environment where hunters could be killed infinitely, Kwak Min-cheol could have grown in a short time.

‘Even so, it would be difficult to surpass Woo Seong-jae.’

Now that he had checked the trait, it was time to test it.

Choi Seong-min put on the black mask.

Squirm squirm-

His face and entire body transformed, becoming Kwak Min-cheol’s appearance.

Beep- Clank- Creeeeak-

When he opened the prison door, the three hunters inside jumped up from their seats.

“Gr-Great Hero!”

Though he’d never seen them before, they were looking at him as the Great Hero.

He confirmed there were no flaws in his transformation.

“Why did you confine us!”

“We want to hear the reason!”

“Reason?”

Daggers appeared in both of Choi Seong-min’s hands.

“Kwak Min-cheol confined you to eat your stats. From now on, I’ll be the one eating them.”

“What?”

Slice-!

1 second.

That was the time it took to behead three people.

[You have killed Hunter Cha Jin-hyeok.]

[You have killed Hunter Oh Gang-woo.]

……

……

[Synchronization rate 19.8%]

After killing the hunters, traits and items came in.

Normally this would be the end, but.

[According to Demon’s Contract, 3% of stats have been absorbed.]

[Strength increases by 99.]

[Agility increases by 45.]

[Stamina increases by 27.]

[Magic Power increases by 9.]

Thanks to Kwak Min-cheol’s trait, even stats increased.

‘Killing three people and gaining a total of 180 stats… not bad.’

This must be why Kwak Min-cheol couldn’t stop killing and kept increasing his direct subordinates.

Like cultivating crops while carefully watering them.

‘I won’t do that. I don’t have time to raise them.’

He had no intention of raising those who participated in human trafficking.

He planned to dispose of them with a single strike like now.

‘Now only Kwak Min-cheol remains in the prison.’

After standing for a moment and looking at the room where Kwak Min-cheol was confined, Choi Seong-min went up to the surface.

It was time to go do the cleanup he had postponed.

* * *

“Ah, damn, I’m bored to death.”

“Tell me about it.”

“Even poker gets boring after playing for over 10 hours.”

A worker irritably threw down his cards and put a cigarette in his mouth.

The other workers also lit up and exhaled smoke like sighs.

“How long do we have to kill time here?”

“Until the Great Hero orders us to work again.”

“So when is that?”

“I don’t know either.”

It had been two weeks since Kwak Min-cheol suspended operations.

During that time, the workers had only been spending boring days at the villa.

It was even worse because it was a place where WiFi didn’t work.

“Card games are fine for a day or two… Agh, so boring.”

“Isn’t there anything fun to do?”

They had only done the stimulating work of kidnapping and trafficking people.

Then suddenly having to just twiddle their thumbs made their bodies itch and feel restless.

“We’ve done everything worth doing. Except for one thing.”

“What’s that?”

“Women.”

Just with those words, giggles spread as if they understood.

The mere imagination was enjoyable.

“Haah… Right. Nothing’s as fun as embracing a woman.”

“But we can’t touch them either, sigh…”

Normally they would have brought women from the basement and played wildly, but no one had touched a woman for two weeks.

Because they had heard about the fate of the hunter who got caught by Kwak Min-cheol during the last inspection.

“Making us unable to touch the goods for two weeks…”

“What am I supposed to do with my vigorous sexual appetite…”

“This is hell…”

If they touched them, they would die.

Knowing this fact, no one touched the women in the iron bars.

If it reached Kwak Min-cheol’s ears, their lives would be over.

But there’s always a crazy person who doesn’t think ahead.

“Guys. Should we just go for it?”

“What?”

“Honestly, as long as there’s no informant, it’s fine, right? As long as we don’t betray each other.”

“Hmm… that’s true.”

“If we all stick together and keep our mouths shut, who would know? Not even ghosts, let alone the Great Hero.”

Perhaps because they had held back too much?

The workers’ reason was being swayed by someone’s instigation.

“What if the goods tattle to the Great Hero?”

“Would they get the chance? The goods are destined to be sold elsewhere after time passes.”

“Right, would the Great Hero believe it even if the goods tattled? We just need to firmly deny it.”

Public opinion was swayed to one side.

Since most were starving for women, there was no one opposing.

“How many women are in the basement?”

“About ten?”

“That matches our numbers perfectly.”

“Let’s take them all.”

“Damn, we’re going to play all night tonight.”

Since the workers were all former slaves, they rarely had opportunities to enjoy such pleasures.

As a result, they tended to be easily swept up by temptation.

The workers who rushed down to the basement opened the iron bar doors.

Clang-

Then the people who were confined looked at them with bewildered gazes.

“All women come out!”

“Men stay put!”

No one moved at those words.

The women also knew why they were being told to come out.

It wasn’t their first or second time experiencing this.

“Damn, they don’t listen to words?”

“Who said to stick your butts to the ground? Hurry up and come out!”

“Kyaaaah!”

The workers began dragging out women by their hair.

A man tried to stop them in the middle, but.

“Where are you butting in, you bastard!”

A man who only ate one meal a day and had no strength couldn’t match the workers’ force.

“Hurry up and come out!”

Ten women were forcibly dragged out by the workers’ hands.

“Sob, sob sob…”

“What are you going to do crying already?”

“Since it’s come to this, enjoy it.”

“Let’s go have fun! It’s a party!”

Just as the workers who had made up their minds as a group were heading to the bedroom with the women.

The manager came running breathlessly from ahead.

“Wh-what are you all doing? Stop it!”

“Ah, that guy was here.”

“This got annoying.”

“Since it’s come to this, we need to recruit the manager too?”

The workers who had been whispering smiled brightly as the manager approached.

“Manager sir. Good evening.”

“What are you doing right now? Didn’t the Great Hero say not to touch the goods?”

“We know. But the Great Hero isn’t here.”

“Right. As long as no one betrays us, there’s no way to get caught.”

“But if the Great Hero finds out…”

“Come on, how would the Great Hero know? It’s not like we’re damaging the goods.”

“We’ve held back a lot too. Please understand.”

“Why don’t you join us, Manager? Come this way. Hehe.”

The manager showed a troubled expression at the workers’ temptation.

If the Great Hero found out about this, a great disaster would occur.

‘Oh well, I don’t know. It should be fine for just a moment.’

The manager was also a former slave and a man.

It wasn’t just the workers who couldn’t resist impulses.

‘Surely the Great Hero won’t appear at this hour?’

That’s when it happened.

“What are you doing right now?”

At a third party’s voice, the workers’ gazes all focused on one place.

Kwak Min-cheol was standing there with scary eyes, having arrived at some point.

“Gr-Gr…”

“Great Hero… sir.”

The workers’ faces, which had been grinning, hardened like stone.

The manager’s face turned ashen.

“Who said you could touch the goods?”

“Ah, ah, that’s not…”

“Put the goods back and gather again. Assembly.”

“Y-yes…”

Shortly after, ten workers who had confined the women in iron bars gathered in one place.

Including the manager, it was eleven people.

There was only one thought in their heads.

‘We’re screwed.’

Of all people, they got caught by Kwak Min-cheol.

By the one who had threatened them not to touch the goods.

‘I must have been crazy…’

All the workers had regretful expressions.

They were about to die trying to indulge in momentary pleasure.

“I clearly said before. Don’t touch the goods.”

“……”

“But you guys disobeyed my command and tried to take the goods.”

“We were wrong. Great Hero.”

“We committed a mortal sin.”

“Please give us one more chance with your great magnanimity.”

Starting with a few workers, the rest also began desperately pleading.

“If you just give us a chance, we’ll never do it again.”

“Please show mercy. Great Hero.”

They knelt and begged until their hands couldn’t be seen.

They also bowed their heads until their foreheads touched the ground.

However, Kwak Min-cheol’s, no, Choi Seong-min’s voice was extremely cold.

“Shut up!”

“……”

“Actually, even if you hadn’t touched the goods, you would have died by my hand.”

“What? What does that…”

Choi Seong-min’s body spun around once.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh swish-!

Dozens of blades embedded in the workers’ foreheads.

Thud- Thud- Thud-!

The workers who had been pleading with tears fell like cut reeds.

He killed ten people in one second with the Blade Scatter skill.

“Ahhh…”

The manager trembled as he watched the scene.

Thunk-!

He unhesitatingly pierced the guy’s forehead with Dagger Throw.

Eleven corpses were created in an instant.

“Trash that doesn’t even give stats.”

Of course, even if they gave stats, it wouldn’t create mercy that wasn’t there.

“From today, your human trafficking gang will disappear from the earth.”

Choi Seong-min, wearing a black mask, went to the basement and opened the iron bar doors.

After freeing the people, he immediately headed to the next destination.

It was only a matter of time before the five human trafficking teams were annihilated.