Chapter 25
As soon as I left the Rogue Guild, I took Hyun-jung to the motel.
She was so exhausted she couldn’t even enjoy shooting—something she usually loved.
I applied potion to her face as she drifted off, then left the motel without a word.
On the way home, I pulled out my Black Label phone and called Hwang Ji-young.
[You stirred things up, didn’t you? Quite a bit?]
“Who are those guys? Give me the information.”
[You did all that without even knowing who they were? Is that child really that important to you?]
“She’s my colleague—and she’ll be family. This isn’t a simple quarrel. Hurry.”
[No need to look. You can tell from the atmosphere at the Rogue Guild. He’s quite the guy.]
Ting.
A text arrived.
[The last woman is Han Sang-hae. She’s the only sister of Han Sang-jip, guild leader of the top Seongbuk-gu guild, the Eventful Guild.]
“Eventful?”
I had heard of them.
“The guild founded by gangsters?”
[You know that too? I thought even they kept that secret?]
I knew from my past life.
They had issues—but they handled their duties as a guild.
After digging, it was revealed they started as a gangster organization.
[Anyway, thanks to Han Sang-jip, Han Sang-hae was basically a queen in that Rogue Guild you go to. What about Hyun-jung? Do you want me to investigate what happened to that kid?]
“No need. I already know everything.”
My eyes turned cold.
I heard it straight from Han Sang-hae before leaving the guild.
After slicing her arms and thighs, she blurted out everything without me asking.
—I-I took her to the Dungeon! She said she was hungry, so I… fed her meat!
I cut her arm.
She burst into tears and confessed.
—I fed her Goblin, Kobold, and Slime… grilled. I was curious! I wanted to know if she could eat them! She looked a bit sick but survived! After that we gave her fruit, water, and milk!
I could imagine it clearly.
She only helped when it was necessary to keep her alive—because if Hyun-jung died, she’d lose her stress toy.
That was the extent of her “kindness.”
I was already angry just listening—but there was one part that almost made me kill her.
A moment she realized too late was a mistake.
—I know I did wrong. But she stepped on my foot, so I got annoyed and hit her. You saw it just now. You know how crazy men are. I only hit her once, but those guys joined in and beat her, and she fell on me—
Inhuman.
She kept rambling, forgetting her situation entirely.
—Because we fell together, my skirt went up! Everyone saw my underwear! It pissed me off. I got angry and stripped her too. Because of that bitch… So I left her in her underwear all day without feeding her…
She only came to her senses when I showed real killing intent.
I barely stopped myself from cutting her neck. Instead, I shoved the entire blade of the Immortal Demon Sword into her thigh.
Her screams filled the guild, and I had to leave as distant sirens approached.
Clench.
My fist tightened.
I hadn’t held back. Most of them would be permanently disabled now.
A fitting end for the garbage they inflicted on Hyun-jung.
Especially her.
Han Sang-hae would never use one leg again.
Twisting her limb at the end had doubled her pain.
I almost regretted that my high Stats kept her from losing consciousness.
[So, what are you going to do?]
“They won’t let this go. I need to finish it.”
[Don’t compare them to Baeksan’s Tracking Team. Those Eventful guys don’t care about consequences.]
“Just do me a favor. If I give my name at the Rogue Guild, an employee will hand you something. Handle it properly.”
[Are you even listening to me?]
“You know ‘handle it’ doesn’t mean eradicate it, right? You’ll understand when you see it. I trust you.”
[Hey! You bastard, don’t hang up aga—]
Click.
I hung up.
A text came immediately.
[Shindang-dong Department Store, 3rd basement floor. They’ve begun gathering strange items—checking if their experiment is ready.]
My eyebrow twitched.
Already?
It felt like the time for my preparation to bloom was near.
[The incident will happen in two weeks.]
I replied.
A call came instantly.
[Hey! What are you? How do you know it’s exactly two weeks?!]
“You don’t have anything else to say, right?”
She didn’t.
[We searched even the Black Market, gathered expert opinions, and barely concluded two weeks… but how did you—]
“I’m busy. If there’s nothing else, I’m hanging up.”
Click.
No follow-up text—meaning there was nothing more.
I put the phone away and looked at the darkening sky.
“Two weeks…”
My plans and stat upgrades were going smoothly.
The immediate issue was today’s problem.
“Since I gave them a reason, they’ll run wild.”
Eventful Guild wasn’t Baeksan.
Baeksan valued reputation—they hid illegal activity.
Eventful Guild was rotten from the roots.
With the excuse of their sister getting hurt, they’d be even more aggressive.
Ting.
A new text from Hwang Ji-young.
[Eventful Guild activity initiated. Over 200 personnel estimated. Need confirmation on whether the girl with you is worth dealing with them.]
“She’s like a ghost.”
It was like she was listening beside me.
I started walking again, murmuring:
“Of course. Hyun-jung is my colleague now.”
= = =
About an hour passed.
After eating sundae soup, I returned to the motel to get Hyun-jung—not home.
I shook her awake.
“Ugh…?”
“Hyun-jung, want to go shooting?”
Normally, I’d give her free time after our schedule, but tonight was different.
Even at this hour, I needed her awake.
“Uncle…? What time is it?”
“6:30.”
“Huh? Morning?”
“No, evening.”
“Then why…?”
“We got a new gun. It’s a waste to rest. Let’s go clear the 1st floor of the Tower.”
A child was a child.
The fear she felt earlier seemed erased by sleep.
When she saw the gun and the heavy bullets I pulled from my Inventory, her smile bloomed.
“Yes!”
= = =
Unlike usual, we raided the Tower again.
There was a reason.
‘I can’t leave her alone.’
Eventful Guild would come to punish me tonight.
Before entering the Tower, I texted Black Label:
—If the Eventful Guild looks for me, tell them my location.
Black Label argued it was suicide, but eventually complied.
Twenty minutes after reaching the 32nd floor—
Ting.
[As per your request, your location was shared. Over 200 Eventful Guild members are surrounding the Tower.]
Ting.
[No retreat path. Executives and elites included. Guild leader Han Sang-jip and that crazy bitch Han Sang-hae are waiting.]
A laugh slipped out.
“They’re really going wild.”
The Tower had the highest public traffic in Korea.
If they were controlling that area, Han Sang-jip must’ve lost his mind.
“Preparations complete. Let’s finish this floor.”
I put away my phone and looked at Hyun-jung firing her new gun.
Thump! Thump!
“How is she controlling that recoil with that tiny body?”
The flames and shockwave bursting with each shot made me exhale in awe.
Surprised at first, in twenty minutes she’d already adjusted—and was enjoying it.
Large gun, large bullets, and her Gun Mastery Level.
Each shot erased a Dark Wolf’s head completely.
“And she still has penetration left?”
Thud.
Her shots not only obliterated the head—they slammed into the wall with overwhelming force.
“I should’ve bought it sooner.”
Her joy, and the near full clear of the 32nd floor, made me smile.
“Hyun-jung.”
“Yes, Uncle!”
“What do you think? Do you like it?”
“It’s so much fun! I love this gun!”
“Then let’s kill the boss and get out.”
“Yes! I’m curious—will the boss die in one shot too?”
She’d gotten addicted to one-shot kills.
With a regular pistol, she’d need three headshots. Now? One click.
Her curiosity was understandable.
“Try shooting with Mana Bullet. Maybe it’ll work.”
“Yay! Then I’ll go first!”
Seeing her bounce with joy made me smile again.
“Hahaha. Let’s finish this, then clean up outside too.”
“Outside?”
I opened the boss room.
“There are a lot of uninvited guests waiting.”
Her expression wavered, remembering earlier.
But my confident smile—relaxed, expectant—calmed her instantly.
“Hyun-jung. Just watch behind me. I’ll show you what happens when someone touches my precious people.”
Those last words reassured her completely.
“Yes!”
Wanting to repay him, Hyun-jung decided to prove her worth—not with words, but with one powerful shot.
A shot worthy of being someone Bang Hyuk-min could trust.
Zhiing.
Thump!!
(T/N : Bloodbath incoming, lets gooooo!)