Chapter 38: The Second Desire Quest (5)
Before formally entering the building.
Seo Juhwan actively utilized the system's functions.
[From now on, 10LP per minute will be consumed.]
[Blessing of Focus (Sustained) is applied.]
With the blessing applied, his concentration and thinking ability heightened. It felt like his senses were expanding.
He didn't stop there and strengthened the hand-to-hand combat talent he had obtained from Jeong Sora.
[Using 100LP to raise the grade of Hand-to-Hand Combat (F) talent.]
[Using 200LP to raise the grade of Hand-to-Hand Combat (F+) talent.]
[Using 300LP to raise the grade of Hand-to-Hand Combat (E) talent.]
[Using 400LP to raise the grade of Hand-to-Hand Combat (E+) talent.]
[Using 500LP to raise the grade of Hand-to-Hand Combat (D) talent.]
[Using 1,000LP to raise the grade of Hand-to-Hand Combat (D+) talent.]
[Using 2,000LP to raise the grade of Hand-to-Hand Combat (C) talent.]
A parade of messages appearing in succession.
Using a total of 4,500LP, he upgraded his hand-to-hand combat talent to C+. There are differences for each talent, but on average, C+ grade means expert-level skill.
In truth, he would have liked to strengthen it all the way to A+ grade if he could, but unfortunately, the system's level was too low, making C+ the limit.
'Good. Let's go in.'
Seo Juhwan turned his phone to silent mode. If the perpetrator discovered his location first, it would be a disaster.
As he entered through the entrance, he could see wooden sticks and steel pipes scattered around the area.
'Better to have something than nothing.'
No matter how skilled he became in hand-to-hand combat, getting stabbed by a blade would still kill him. He grabbed a steel pipe.
Thud... Thud...
An abandoned building on a rainy midnight is desolate. As the sound of raindrops fell, whenever a cold wind passed, a chill ran down his spine.
'Not on the first floor?'
With his heightened senses, he felt no sign of anyone. It was possible the perpetrator hadn't arrived yet.
'Should I go up?'
In his previous life, the incident occurred on the first floor. But in this life, the perpetrator might have gone to the second floor. He quieted his footsteps and searched for the stairs.
'At most, it should be the second floor.'
No matter how strong the perpetrator was, they couldn't have dragged a person up to a high floor. There weren't even elevators, so at most it would be around the second floor.
Seo Juhwan deadened his footsteps and stepped up the stairs with his back against the wall. He opened his ears wide and concentrated, prepared for any possible ambush.
When he had climbed about halfway up the stairs, he heard an unfamiliar sound faintly.
- Ugh... Ugh... Uugh...!
A suffocating sound as if a mouth was being forcibly gagged.
A woman's voice mixed with sobs.
'Found them!'
Seo Juhwan rushed up the stairs urgently. His footsteps would be heard, but it couldn't be helped. If he delayed further, something irreversible might happen.
Arriving on the second floor and looking toward where the sound came from, he saw a sturdy man with his pants held down looking toward where he was. And in front of the man, there was a woman collapsed on the ground.
It was a situation easy to infer what was happening.
Seo Juhwan suddenly saw Han Soo-ah overlapping the woman's face. Then, uncontrollable anger surged up.
"Hey! You bastard!"
Tap-tap-tap!
Screaming, Seo Juhwan charged at the man without hesitation.
The man, seeing him, was startled.
The man, surprised, hurriedly swung the object in his hand.
Clang!
The sound of metal striking!
What the man was holding was a sharpened saw.
If he hadn't instantly raised the steel pipe to block it, he could have died.
With his eyes half-rolled back, Seo Juhwan, burning with rage more than fear, screamed.
"You crazy bastard! Wielding a saw at a person?!"
"You, you! Who are you? Huh? Aren't you that pig I saw at the convenience store earlier?"
The confusion on the man's face gradually disappeared as he recognized Seo Juhwan. He felt reassured seeing his seemingly dull physique.
Though Seo Juhwan had recently worked out hard and lost weight, he was still obese. His body was easily dismissible.
Meanwhile, the man was tall and quite muscular. Soon, a grin appeared on the man's face as he chuckled mockingly.
"Kid. Why are you here? I was going to let you live because you seemed to know your place well."
"What?"
"Hey, sorry. But since you've seen me, you have to die. You're a man so I'll kill you without any fuss."
Perhaps because he had committed murder several times before. The man spoke about killing while laughing.
There was no one crazier than this.
Of course, no sane person would dismember a human body.
"Fuck off. You murdering bastard."
Seo Juhwan spat out the words without any regard even facing the criminal. He was recalling his previous life before his regression.
"You fucking murderer... You killed Soo-ah. You did that to Soo-ah..."
His voice was thick with bitter anger.
Naturally, the man didn't understand what Seo Juhwan was saying.
"What are you saying? Ah, did I have someone you knew among the women I killed? Or is this woman's name Soo-ah?"
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