Chapter 65
Hunting Monsters (1)
"Why did that Yoo Joonghyuk tell you about me?"
Arthur wondered in a low voice, while everyone's gazes were still fixed on him.
Kim Dokja replied after a brief moment of thought:
"Maybe he thought you were part of our group, so he mentioned you to the others. But the strange thing is… why does he think you're dead?"
Arthur exhaled slowly behind his mask.
"Because he hit me with tremendous force, it almost tore my body in half."
Dokja frowned sharply.
"Yoo Joonghyuk is crazy and low, that's true, but he doesn't attack people without a reason. Did you do something to anger him?"
Arthur let out a short, humorless laugh.
"Anger him? Are you kidding me, Dokja?
After I killed the Ichthyosaur monster, I turned toward you, and I found him standing alone, staring at me with a strange look… then, without any warning or a single word, he attacked me with that cursed skill."
Dokja raised his head with interest.
"What skill?"
Arthur shrugged.
"I don't really know. But his eye started glowing with a golden light as he looked at me. And when he used it for no reason, I attacked him in return."
Kim Dokja slapped his forehead, regret evident on his face.
"My God… that's not an offensive skill. That's the Sage's Eye.
A skill that allows him to see stats only."
A brief silence fell.
Arthur froze for a few seconds, then scratched his head with an awkward smile.
"…So he didn't intend to kill me? …Anyway, why is there someone missing among the survivors from the bridge?"
Yoo Sangah sighed and prepared to explain.
"Oh, you mean the manager? Well, he—"
But a sharp voice suddenly cut her off.
"It's them! It's them! Yes!"
It was Han Myungoh, surrounded by several men, rushing toward Arthur and Dokja's group. He pointed at Dokja and shouted:
"Throw this troublemaker out of here!"
Anger ignited in Arthur's eyes.
"Wasn't your life saved because of him? And after all that, you sell him out so easily? Don't tell me you're just a bastard… you're a despicable one."
Some of those present laughed mockingly.
Han Myungoh's face burned with rage, and he stepped toward Arthur, raising his fist—but a hand grabbed his shoulder before he could strike.
"Calm down, hyung-nim.
There's no need for violence."
The speaker was a man with a friendly smile.
"Everyone here is in the same situation. Let's be friends. My name is Cheon Inho."
Arthur and Dokja exchanged a quick glance.
At first sight…
this man was a fraud.
Dokja smiled politely.
"This is my friend Arthur. And I'm Kim Dokja."
Cheon Inho's smile suddenly widened.
"Oh! You're the ones who fought the monsters and saved everyone there on the bridge?"
Then he raised his voice, addressing everyone:
"Look, everyone! We have brave warriors here!"
People immediately gathered, and the moment their eyes fell on the bags of food in Dokja's hand, voices rose.
"Food!"
"Please, give me some, I'm hungry!"
"We're all starving!"
At that very moment, Arthur and Dokja thought the same thing.
This bastard… he's using despair to build authority for himself.
{The constellation "Secretive Plotter" is excited}
Arthur stepped forward and stood calmly in front of Dokja, staring at the crowd.
After a few tense moments, the people stepped back slightly.
Lee Hyunsung began explaining:
"There are currently about ninety people in this station.
The people here are divided into two groups:
the dominant group and the outsiders."
Yoo Sangah added:
"Food is distributed by the dominant group. And they send teams daily to search for it."
"That's why Hyun-ssi was sent to bring food… she's the woman you saved."
At that moment, Cheon Inho approached again.
"Mr. Dokja, Mr. Arthur… may I have a word?"
The two moved aside with him.
He spoke with a calculated smile:
"I would like you to join our group."
As expected.
The same thought crossed both their minds.
"I can grant you a high position if—"
Arthur cut him off with deadly calm:
"And what if we refuse?"
Cheon Inho's face froze for a moment, like a machine that had stopped working.
Then he said in a cold tone:
"Refuse? That's amusing.
But you can't refuse. You're the ones who saved people.
Power enforces leadership."
Arthur and Dokja did not respond. They simply walked away.
Later, everyone sat together.
Lee Hyunsung said hesitantly,
"Don't you think something's wrong?
He backed down easily… without trying to pressure us."
Arthur sighed while eating his food.
"Because he's a professional instigator and manipulator.
He'll make others fight in his place."
Suddenly, the people's voices rose again.
"Are you going to hoard the food?!"
"We're starving!"
At the far end of the hall, Cheon Inho was smiling…
the smile of someone who had already won before the game began.
{The constellation "Secretive Plotter" smiles at you}
Arthur whispered:
"Dokja, can I?"
"No. Don't kill them."
"I wasn't planning to kill them, damn it. Do I look like a crazy murderer to you or what? …I just want to talk."
Arthur stepped forward, his voice cutting through the space.
"Listen to me carefully.
Yes, we have food.
Yes, you are hungry.
And we will share the food… but—"
He paused, his gaze as sharp as blades.
"It won't be free."
Everyone froze.
"I don't care if you're on the brink of death.
This world is no longer merciful.
And I'm not some damn novel hero who saves everyone at the cost of his own hunger, do you understand?
The food will be in exchange for coins.
Who wants to go first?"
A heavy silence fell.
{The constellation "Secretive Plotter" admires your words}
{Some good-aligned constellations are watching you}
{300 coins have been donated by the constellations}
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