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“Grrr! Th…ese… bastards… Grrr. Ugh.”

Thud. Thump.

Thump. Thwack.

Squelch.

From legs to torso, soldiers cling like cicadas on arms.

Continuously stabbing with swords and tearing with sharp teeth. The body is soaked in blood, torn, and oozing from gaping wounds.

Eyes, filled with blood, still alive. Desperately clinging to the wall, trying to fend off goblins by any means necessary.

“Ugh… Ugh! Ugh!”

The tattooed girlfriend, shocked, falls back, sobbing.

As soldiers rush towards their target, I quickly cover her mouth and embrace her from behind.

She struggles to break free.

I hesitated when embracing her, fearing my strength might accidentally harm her.

“Stay still… I won’t hurt you.”

“Sob… Sob…”

Fortunately, she was just a civilian.

Watching her boyfriend dying, she trembles, unable to understand the appeal of such people.

Even now, he bleeds from sword wounds. How much more blood must be shed for him to fall?

“Could he be an adept…”

Despite soldiers sticking or persistently targeting vital areas, he endures.

In particular, soldier Lee Ho, attached to his thigh, swings a knife at his groin, a dizzying sight.

Doubts grow about the tattooed man’s incredible vitality.

Soldier Palho stabs at the tattooed man’s thigh.

Lowering himself, he aims at the man’s neck.

As they lock eyes, the tattooed man faces the goblin approaching him.

“Cough… Cough… Damn it. These monsters… Ha. Cough… Don’t know why they control these creatures with tricks… Cough. You’ll regret it.”

He glares menacingly.

Then, he gathers his arms, crouches, and forcefully extends them. Two soldiers fall to the ground from the recoil as he strikes them.

Thud! Thud!

Blood splatters violently in all directions.

The soldiers seem shocked by the impact. Despite goblins clinging to his legs and back, his strength is remarkable.

“Cough… Fall! Damn monsters… Ugh!”

Thud. Thud.

“Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! Aaah!”

Ilho still stabs from behind.

Avoiding direct confrontation, observing the tattooed man’s movements, Ilho seems the most likely candidate if there is an evolutionary function.

Thwack!

Thud-thud.

The final outburst begins.

With one powerful swing, Palho’s head shatters instantly.

Following that, Chilho’s neck twists in the tattooed man’s hand, killing him instantly. Yookho, attached to his thigh, has his jaw ripped off and dies.

Three soldiers die in an instant.

Shocked by their deaths, everything turns white before me.

“I… I’m… an adept… Cough. You didn’t know… right…? That’s why you suddenly attacked…? Bastard… Cough.”

Spitting out blood, he vomits weakly. Then, he slowly turns towards me with determination.

“You will… die by my hand.”

Thud. Slash.

Ilho stabs the tattooed man’s neck from behind, then slashes horizontally. Blood spurts out as a clean line appears across his neck.

“Cough…”

Unable to speak further, the tattooed man slowly kneels, losing focus in his eyes.

Staring blankly at his girlfriend, he shows whites of his eyes before his movement ceases.

Finally put an end to the tattoo bug.

“Kiki.”

“Keukook.”

Puk. Puk. Puk.

The soldiers burst into laughter and began to stab the dead man again.

The narrow hallway of the one-room apartment where a fierce struggle had taken place and the entrance to Room 201 turned into a sea of blood.

***

“Clean it up.”

“Sob… Oh, okay… P-please spare me…”

“I won’t kill you.”

She continued to plead for her life, crying since earlier.

Perhaps witnessing her boyfriend’s death made her obedient.

As a valuable resource for producing soldiers, why would I kill a woman? I comforted her as much as possible, trying to reassure her.

Since we had to clean up the blood soaked into the floor, we all stuck together and cleaned.

Dealing with the tattoo bug’s body was truly a puzzle.

So I just left it to the soldiers.

I told Ilho to take care of what was left in the bathroom. They ended up disgustingly eating and disposing of it together.

They even ate the bodies of their fallen comrades.

Seeing such a horrifying sight for the first time made my stomach turn as if I were going to vomit.

“If we’re going to destroy anyway, it’ll probably be part of our daily lives.”

It was a moment when I truly realized that he was a monster who consumed flesh.

His bones were dismembered by parts and decorated as trophies. In particular, Ilho, who cut off the tattoo bug’s lifeline, hung his skull on his waist.

“Tattoo bug. Were you talented?”

“T-Tattoo bug…?”

“Oh. Your ex-boyfriend who died.”

She, who was wiping the blood, looked surprised.

“Yes! Yes. He was Grade 7.”

I see. That makes sense.

If he had become stronger there, he would have been a hundred percent confirmed villain.

Fortunately, he faced us shortly after awakening or before fully manifesting his abilities.

It was fortunate that our first battle was against someone like him.

If he had been stronger? Perhaps all the soldiers would have died from his punches, and I would have suffered greatly from him.

“Why did you date someone like him? He was a selfish jerk who only caused harm without caring for others. Do you know how long I suffered because of him? More than six months.”

She, holding a blood-soaked towel, stared blankly at me.

“I really d-didn’t know. I’m sorry. Sob. I’m sorry. Please spare me.”

Her face was filled with fear to the point where she trembled with both hands up to her chin.

Ilho, standing next to me with a knife, looked down at her, so how could she not be terrified?

“What is your name?”

“I’m Choa. Baek Choa.”

“Yes. Miss Choa. How old are you?”

A pretty name that suited her short yellow hair.

“I’m twenty-three. Sob.”

Since we witnessed it, we couldn’t let Baek Choa go.

The twenty-three-year-old woman in front of me was now becoming my possession.

Trembling, shedding tears, she became full of fear to the point where she trembled with both hands up to her chin.

Leaving her behind, I looked around the room. Thanks to his girlfriend, the room was quite neatly decorated.

Pictures of the tattoo bug and the four-cut photos were stuck everywhere. When I opened the fridge, there were many side dishes and food for a person living alone.

I grabbed a cola and sat on the bed, gulping it down.

“Hah…”

It was the first time I had fought someone like that.

It was also the first time I had stabbed someone. All those grim scenes of dying were also new to me.

As the tension eased, my body slumped.

I picked up the dead man’s phone lying on the bed.

Though it was locked, I unlocked it to call her. It even recognized Choa’s face.

“Sit next to me. What was your boyfriend’s job?”

“Oh. H-he was preparing to become a police officer.”

Choa sat next to me, bowing her head as she answered.

The tattoo bug had a rough face that didn’t seem like he would read a single book.

It was strange that there were many books, but it was because he was preparing to become a police officer, so there were books on criminal law and police studies on the shelf.

“Police? From my perspective, he was like a thug villain, but he was preparing to become a police officer? What a damn crazy world.”

When I opened the photo gallery on my phone, most of the pictures were indeed taken with her.

There were even a few explicit photos with thick body hair. These were not secretly taken but openly posed with a wide smile.

Seeing her silent, I felt repulsed. Wasn’t she truly a despicable woman?

“Damn.”

“Sigh. Sob.”

She seemed to notice when I cursed and flinched.

Having never experienced love, how could I understand?

I decided that there might be such secrets between lovers.

To calm down the rising anger, I took deep breaths. Having acquired too many things I had never experienced before, my head was spinning.

“What money…”

When I checked the banking app, my account balance was displayed immediately. My eyes widened at the staggering amount of 70 million won.

“Do you work as a tattoo artist? You have a lot of money?”

“I, I’m not sure either… I heard that I sometimes help out with the guys’ business.”

“It probably wasn’t earned in a normal way. What’s the transfer password?”

I decided to transfer all his money to my account.

“Well, wait a moment… What was it again. Ugh…”

“If you get it wrong five times, it will be blocked, so press carefully after thinking.”

“Yes… I have a number I always use.”

Ding.

Luckily, I succeeded on the first try.

Knowing even the bank password, it seemed like everything was open. Checking the cheerful deposit alert on my phone, I instructed Ilho.

“Ilho.”

“Got it.”

“Go to the room and wait. Send two people to Irene’s room as well.”

Watching the soldiers nod and leave, I met eyes with Choa.

Still shedding tears, she touched her cheek and raised her chin.

“Miss Choa.”

“Yes…?”

“Would you like to undress and lie down?”

An expression that said what was about to come.

With a pale face, Baek Choa slowly began to undress.