Chapter 133: Why the Factory Runs 24/7

Episode 133

Kim Jinsung lifted the unconscious supervisor with one hand.

And then he threw him into the factory.

A crashing sound, like something shattering, came from the direction of a desk.

Kim Jinsung entered the factory and looked around.

Dozens of workers stared at him with wide eyes.

“……”

Kim Jinsung’s expression hardened as he scanned them.

Most of them were children around ten years old.

The rest were disabled people with missing limbs or other physical impairments.

‘…Why aren’t there any healthy adults?’

As Kim Jinsung wondered why he couldn’t find a single adult,

“They’re all slaves.”

Karen’s voice reached him. He had read Kim Jinsung’s thoughts from his hardened expression.

“Most of the slaves on this continent are disabled people who became crippled while working in dungeons or orphans who were abandoned at birth. They are the’weakest’ beings on this continent, where the law of the jungle reigns supreme.”

Karen looked at a child and a disabled person nearby as he spoke. Both of them nodded, confirming his words.

“I’ve heard there are many places like this near the city. Cesare once told me that there could be over a hundred.”

“…Don’t the Paladins know about this?”

“Of course they do. How could they not, when they’re composed of Major Clan hunters with their own information networks?”

Kim Jinsung continued to stare at him with an expression that said, ‘But they’re neglecting this?’

“I told you, B district is an ‘abandoned zone’ where Paladins rarely even patrol.

There’s a reason why the B district and the outskirts of the city are called lawless zones.”

Karen continued explaining with a bitter expression.

“You’ll naturally understand after spending some time here. Why the Paladins abandoned the B district, why they’re letting it remain a lawless zone.”

Even after finishing his explanation, Kim Jinsung continued to stare at Karen silently for a while.

Then,

“…Ugh…”

They heard a groan from the supervisor lying at their feet.

As he started to move, seemingly regaining consciousness, Kim Jinsung channeled dark energy into his legs.

He then stomped on both of the supervisor’s ankles with all his might.

**Crack! Snap!**

“Aaaaaargh!!”

The supervisor rolled on the ground, clutching his mangled ankles.

Kim Jinsung picked up the whip that had fallen to the floor and handed it to the boy whose back had been whipped until it was bloody.

“I killed all the other guards. The Nature Animal guys in the dormitory too.”

Kim Jinsung looked around and spoke, making sure everyone, including the boy in front of him, could hear him.

“This bastard is the only one left.”

He pointed at the supervisor writhing in pain with his chin, then walked towards the CEO’s office in the corner of the factory.

As Kim Jinsung and Karen reached the CEO’s office and were about to open the door,

they heard a voice from behind them.

“I-I’m sorry! Please spare me…!”

**Crack!**

“Aaaaaargh!!”

The supervisor’s screams of agony continued to echo.

Kim Jinsung entered the CEO’s office and closed the door completely. They were finally free from the noise.

He quickly scanned the office and

“…There it is.”

He spotted a safe in the corner and walked towards it.

He then channeled dark energy into his fist and lightly punched the lock.

**Bang!** The safe door shattered with a loud crash.

“Oh…!”

Karen, standing behind him, exclaimed in admiration.

He saw countless gold bars, jewels, and bundles of cash filling the safe.

Kim Jinsung took out a large envelope from his backpack and started sweeping all the contents of the safe into it.

Karen, watching from behind, subtly asked,

“Um… Is there… anything for me…?”

“What did you do during this quest?”

“……”

Karen couldn’t say anything and shut his mouth.

Honestly, it was true that Kim Jinsung had single-handedly taken care of all the enemies inside the factory.

Karen put on a disappointed expression.

But his inner thoughts were completely different.

‘When are they coming?! I’m going to blow up the factory and run away if they delay any longer!’

Karen was getting increasingly anxious as he still couldn’t hear any sounds from outside the factory.

It was then that,

“……!”

Kim Jinsung, who had been looting the safe, suddenly stopped and raised his head.

He then listened intently towards the outside of the factory.

Karen, seeing this,

‘Could they be here?’

He also focused all his attention on his ears, hoping they had arrived.

A moment later,

**Vroom~!**

He finally heard the sound of multiple cars approaching.

‘They’re here!’

Karen inwardly cheered. They had arrived just in time.

At that moment, Kim Jinsung opened the door to the CEO’s office and went outside.

**Crack! Crack! Crack!**

“Die! Die!”

“You bastard who made me lose my last leg!”

“My brother starved to death because of you!”

The enraged workers were still surrounding the supervisor, whipping him with whatever they could find.

The supervisor was covered in blood and completely motionless. He was clearly dead.

Kim Jinsung glanced at the supervisor’s corpse and continued walking towards the factory entrance.

As he opened the factory door and went outside,

**Screech!**

Numerous vehicles arrived and stopped in front of the factory entrance.

Muscleheads poured out of the cars.

“There he is!”

“It’s Jin! The Jin we fought with a few days ago!”

“Everyone, follow me!”

Jacob, the master of Nature Animal, and his subordinates, spotting Kim Jinsung, all charged towards him.

At that moment,

Karen, watching from inside the factory, thought to himself,

‘Now’s my chance!’

He judged that it was the perfect opportunity to escape and immediately took out a magic scroll from his pocket.

It was a ‘Haste’ magic scroll that he had secretly obtained from Cesare before departing.

He had to pay an additional 200 million Blanc for this scroll.

He originally wanted a ‘Teleport’ scroll, but he had to give up because Cesare demanded 1.5 billion Blanc.

‘Haste is enough in this situation!’

Karen immediately tore the scroll.

His entire body was enveloped in green mana, indicating that the magic had been activated.

‘Alright, let’s go!’

He turned and ran towards the opposite entrance.

The effect of the Haste magic was incredible. It significantly increased Karen’s speed, even though his mana was sealed.

He escaped the factory in an instant and rejoiced inwardly.

‘So fast! Even if he notices now, he’ll never catch up at this speed!’

Karen grinned from ear to ear, overjoyed.

But there was one thing he didn’t notice.

“……”

Kim Jinsung had been silently watching him from the moment he started running away.

‘…I’ll deal with you last.’

Kim Jinsung turned his gaze forward.

He saw the muscleheads approaching him.

“Who said you could enter here!!”

Jacob, leading the charge, roared and swung his gauntlet-clad right fist.

But Kim Jinsung effortlessly dodged the attack. He seemed much more relaxed than during their previous encounter.

He then extended his palm for a counterattack.

Jacob scoffed.

“Hmph! You can hit me all you want, it’s useless…”

**Thud!**

“Aaaaaargh!”

Jacob screamed as his left side completely exploded.

He collapsed inside the factory behind Kim Jinsung due to his momentum and writhed on the ground in pain.

“……!”

“M-Master?!”

His subordinates, who had been following him, were startled and instinctively stopped running.

They then looked at Kim Jinsung with disbelief.

‘How did he explode his side?’

‘He couldn’t even scratch us a few days ago…?’

What they were witnessing was something that should never have happened, considering his performance during their previous battle.

It was then that,

**Thud!**

Another explosion was heard nearby.

They all turned their heads towards the sound.

They saw Kim Jinsung, who had moved so fast that they didn’t even notice him approaching, exploding another clan member’s head with his palm.

‘Gasp?!’

‘When did he…?!’

The muscleheads’ eyes widened in shock at his speed, which was much faster than before.

(TLN:Omae Wa Mou Shindeiru)

“You guys were nothing special.”

Kim Jinsung’s voice reached their ears.

“The Golems I met in the dungeon were stronger.”

He then charged towards the clan members again.

**Thud! Thud!**

Two more clan members’ heads exploded in an instant.

The remaining clan members finally reacted in terror.

“Everyone, fall back! Form a perimeter!”

“Take out your shields and defend yourselves!”

They hurriedly retreated and deployed the folding shields attached to their wrists.

But it was useless.

Kim Jinsung was using the darkness to his advantage, relentlessly targeting their backs with his Shadow Concealment skill.

**Thud! Thud! Thud!**

Explosions continued to echo from the darkness at regular intervals.

Over ten muscleheads were turned into headless corpses in an instant.

The Nature Animal Clan members, their numbers reduced to less than half, completely lost their will to fight.

They instinctively realized that they were no match for Kim Jinsung.

“…R-run!”

“Aaaaaargh!”

They turned and ran towards their vehicles with all their might.

But Kim Jinsung was much faster.

**Thud! Thud! Thud!**

Every time he reached a fleeing musclehead and extended his palm, another headless corpse fell to the ground.

**Thud!**

He exploded the head of the last remaining musclehead.

It took less than three minutes to annihilate the entire Nature Animal Clan, which consisted of nearly twenty members.

Kim Jinsung looked at the corpses scattered all over the factory grounds and thought,

‘Were these guys really just strong because of drugs?’

Notifications appeared before his eyes.

—

▷ Beastly Strength: Permanently increases Strength by 24.

▷ Possessor of a Large Mana Vessel: Permanently increases Mana by 30.

▷ Beastly Stamina: Permanently increases Stamina by 25.

▷ All-Round Athlete: Permanently increases all stats by 15.

….

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These were the traits he had obtained from killing the Nature Animal Clan members.

But they were all below his expectations.

‘I thought I would get stats at least as good as Franco’s group, but this is similar to what I got from killing pirates.’

Judging by the absorbed abilities alone, it seemed like all the clan members had originally been ordinary talents who were only strong because of drugs.

‘Will I get decent stats from killing Jacob, the master…?’

Kim Jinsung turned and walked towards the factory where Jacob had collapsed.

Just as he entered the factory,

“Don’t move!!”

Jacob’s loud shout reached his ears.

He saw Jacob holding two children hostage, a knife to their necks.

“If you even twitch an eyebrow, these kids die! Put on the shackles on the table next to you!”

Kim Jinsung looked to the side at Jacob’s words.

He saw hunter shackles that blocked mana lying on the table.

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