## Chapter 741 – Paladin Kim Kat

Indeed, the dungeon was teeming with people right from its entrance.

ㅡSwarming.

No matter how ancient and mysterious a dungeon might be, if it was swamped by people like tourists at the Great Wall of China, any secrets it held would surely erode and vanish.

Whatever was sealed beneath, it couldn’t possibly withstand human greed.

After all, even the relics of the great leaders of ancient China were nothing more than fragile cookies before the Cultural Revolution. Even Qin Shi Huang’s inhuman terracotta army couldn’t protect their king from the humans of the modern world.

“Damn it!”
“Die!”
“You son of a bitch!”

Perhaps it was because there were so many people. No, I should correct that. Perhaps it was because people weren’t people at all, but pathetic excuses for humans who came for the money. A brawl had broken out right at the entrance.

It was only natural that these bottom-of-the-barrel, morally bankrupt individuals would gather with knives in their hands.

“Aaaagh!”
“You bastard!”

ㅡThwack!

“That, that guy!”
“Get him!”

Some guy smashed another adventurer’s head with a mace, and seeing this, his enraged comrades stabbed the mace-wielder in the gut with a knife.

“Kuh-hurk…!”
“Die!”

ㅡSplatter!

Instantly, the spilled entrails were trampled by others.

“Hee hee hee!”

A quick-witted fellow immediately rummaged through the dead man’s pockets, and someone even smarter picked the pocket of the guy rummaging through the corpse.

“Crazy bastard! Hey! This guy’s picking your pocket!”
“What?!”
“Die, you bastard!”

ㅡThwack!

“Gheck!”

Perhaps he was too unguarded while picking the pocket, but an axe was embedded in the head of the thief.

Like a tiger leaving its skin when it dies, the poor-looking folks quickly stripped the skin, no, the clothes off the murdered man and ran away.

Such dog-eat-dog struggles were happening frequently, at a rate of about one in every twenty people.

“Wow.”

This was truly a miniature version of an infernal realm.

If hell existed, wouldn’t this be it?

The dungeon wasn’t down below, but right here in the human world.

Greed blinded people and created demons in their hearts. Everyone here was greedy, a knife-wielding maniac filled with desire and rage.

Therefore, it was only natural that such murderous conflicts would arise.

“Heh heh, funny. Really.”
“Ho ho ho, what’s with them?”
“Kya-hyu hyu, I’m dying of laughter.”

Wienia, Liz, and Karin burst into laughter at the sight. It wasn’t exactly a pleasant scene for women to see, but these women weren’t ordinary women, after all.

“What a mess.”

People were dying in droves even before entering the dungeon.

A fistfight where someone gouged out an eye with their fingers was mere child’s play for mischievous kids. Some of the more extreme ones were endlessly hacking at the face of a dead body with an axe, spewing curses.

Pickpockets were the decent ones.

“Oh, damn it! A pickpocket!”
“Idiot! I’ll put your money to good use!”

ㅡDash!

The pickpocket who successfully snatched a purse ran away.

“Catch him! Someone catch him! Damn it, someone catch him for me!”

The prosecutor who had his pocket picked shouted, but why should anyone catch him?

“Catch him yourself, you moron!”
“What?! You son of a bitch!”

Perhaps finding the sight pathetic, another prosecutor muttered, and the enraged prosecutor lunged at him. Both were not particularly skilled, but they seemed evenly matched, as they both took a hit and collapsed, spitting blood.

“Keuhak!”
“Ugh…!”

What pathetic bastards.

The basics of swordsmanship are to kill the opponent without getting hurt yourself.

“Move! It’s mine!”
“Damn it, you move!”
“Ueo-eo-eo-eok!!”
“Move, I said move!”
“Get lost, damn it!”
“Die!”

ㅡThud!

As soon as the two prosecutors fell, beggars who had been waiting for an opportunity rushed in to steal their weapons, shoes, and clothes. But even then, a fight broke out as they tried to steal from each other, and the beggars ended up killing each other over the corpses.

ㅡKuaaaaaaak!
ㅡKyaaaaaaaak!!!
ㅡNoooooooo!!

A crazy battle royale.

The more corpses there were, the more the have-nots desperately jumped in, risking their lives. The increased number of corpses meant more to steal, and even those who seemed relatively normal pulled out their weapons and shouted.

How long had I been here? It felt like at least twenty people had died before my eyes.

“Kekeke!! Look at those uncivilized fools!!”

An energetic old man with a white beard laughed as he watched the scene. He was a nobleman wearing good armor and seemed to be enjoying this insane pandemonium.

“Puh-huh…!”
“Pwahahaha hihat!!”
“Truly trash-like and uncivilized humans, Baron!”

His attendants, heavily armed soldiers in good gear, clapped and pointed at the corpses. There was nothing that wasn’t chaos. Had I stepped into this bizarre world just by walking from the tent village to the dungeon entrance?

It was peaceful back there.

“…Have the customs of humans changed much lately?”

Risha asked, tilting her head.

“No, these guys are just weird.”

It seemed that this had happened because so many people had gathered at the dungeon entrance. They came hoping for a quick fortune, but there were too many people, it was too crowded, and there were too many pickpockets, so everyone was on edge.

That’s why they were in murder mode.

In that state, it would be very difficult to hold back if someone provoked you.

The scene was already engulfed in madness. Here, the moment you hesitate to use violence, you get killed. They were reacting more sensitively to avoid that.

“Heok!”
“Who is this guy?”

Just then, Karin lightly grabbed and pulled off a man’s arm. It was as light and casual as pulling off the arm of a Lego figure.

“Iyaaaaaaaak!!!!”

The man screamed as blood poured out and collapsed.

How could you possibly pull off a living person’s arm so cleanly?

“Sis?”
“Karin?”
“Karin, dear?”

We stared blankly at Karin, who had suddenly acted out. Liz and Wienia were tilting their heads.

Karin, receiving their gazes, scratched the back of her head with an embarrassed smile.

“Well, this guy was groping my butt.”
“That bitch!!!!!!”

ㅡSwoosh!

I immediately shot towards the guy!!

What a crazy bastard!!!!

“Die!!! Die!!! You molester bastard!!!!”
“Ueok!! Keok… Glug!”

ㅡThwack!
ㅡThwack!

I stomped on the face of the insane molester with the Cheonma Gunrimbo!! There were so many criminals gathered here that not only pickpocketing but also sexual assault against women was happening!

“You son of a bitch!!!”

To dare grope Karin’s butt!!!!!

That’s something only I can do in this world, and if any other bastard did it, I would tear them limb from limb on the spot!!!

“Kieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!!!!”

I roared, leaving the molester’s corpse in a complete mess.

It was then.

“Kuh, Kudrok!!”
“Kudrok is dead!”
“That crazy bastard!!! Kill him!!”

The group in front of me pulled out daggers and axes and charged at me.

“Are these the molester’s accomplices!!”

The criminals were fearlessly charging, trying to keep their loyalty, but they picked the wrong opponent! ㅡSwoosh! I immediately grabbed the hilt of the Holy Sword Vigal and explosively pulled it out.

“Siljangbalgeomindejaaaaaaaat!!!!”

ㅡBang!!!

I swung it horizontally, severing the front.

“Huh?”
“What…!”
“What’s going on?”

ㅡThud!

With a single strike, the waists of three guys were horizontally cut, and they collapsed. These morons were completely out of their minds and couldn’t distinguish between who they could mess with and who they should suck up to.

Those kinds of guys have no choice but to die!

“Give me everything you have!!”

Since I killed them anyway, I was about to rummage through their pockets.

“Move!”
“Damn it, you move!”
“You son of a bitch!”

The guys nearby rushed in to steal from the three guys I killed.

Have I ever seen such bastards!!!

“You bastards!!! Get the hell out of here! I killed them, why are you rushing in!!!”
“Hiiiik!!”
“Ueok!!”

I immediately pointed my sword at them and shouted, and the terrified guys ran away.

“…!”

But if they listened to words, they wouldn’t be human. One guy ignored my warning and desperately moved his hands.

“You crazy bastard!! Didn’t I tell you to get lost!!”

ㅡThwack!

“Kwehark!!!”

I finally calmed the situation by stabbing the back of the guy who was trying to run away with a dagger. I was going to let him live if he ran away, but he kept acting up until the end.

“Anyone who touches my stuff dies!!”

It was a sudden killing, but since I killed them, everything on these corpses is mine!! Something I can’t yield to anyone!!!

“Get ooooout!!!! If you don’t want to die!!!”
“U, Uaaagh!!”
“Run away…!”

I can’t forgive those who try to take my things!!

After shouting so refreshingly and pushing back the crowd, I leisurely rummaged through the corpses’ pockets. There wasn’t much money, but the most important thing was that I secured some cash.

If you kill something, you have to take something, even if it’s small.

“Hah, that barbarian bastard must be confident in his skills?”
“The gear hidden under his cloak looks good too.”
“Hey, barbarian.”

Then, two guys wearing good gear pulled out their swords and walked towards me, pointing them at me.

“Are you talking to me?”

Who are these guys?

“Is there any other barbarian here besides you?”
“I guess not.”

They were talking to me.

As I watched, dumbfounded, a vile-looking man with long, green seaweed hair continued.

“It’s good to be confident in your skills, but.”
“We hate guys who act up because they trust their shitty skills.”

The muscular giant next to the seaweed-haired man took over.

These two seemed to be a duo.

“So, if you don’t want to die, drop your sword and hand over everything… uh?”

ㅡSreung.

In an instant, Claudia walked like a ghost and instantly severed the heads of the two guys. It was such a natural and obvious action that no one seemed to doubt it.

ㅡThud.

Two heads fell helplessly to the ground.

“…Who were these guys?”
“Who knows? They didn’t seem very strong?”

Claudia said, cutting their clothes with her curved sword and rummaging through their pockets.

“Claudia is awesome!”

Anyway, Claudia is awesome!!

“The Mad Wolf Brothers in one shot!!!”
“T, They’re masters!”
“Hey, hey. Don’t go! We can’t catch them! Not those guys!”
“Hiiiik!!”
“Run awaaaaay!!”

But the people around, seeing the scene, freaked out and ran away.

“Wow, but damn. Seriously.”

When I came to my senses, I realized that we were also participating in this series of killings. How many people had we killed without even entering the dungeon?

Had the madness of this area seeped into our minds?

Still, it seemed that the fighting around us had subsided because we had instantly cut down a few people.

“This won’t do. Let’s go in quickly.”

If we kept causing trouble here, the butterfly effect might lead to us killing everyone here. We couldn’t do that, so we had to get inside the dungeon quickly.

“Stick close behind me. We have to go now.”
“Hehehe, Kat. This is really fun. Shall we play here a little longer?”

As I was about to leave, Claudia said with a playful tone, laughing.

“Don’t say weird things, Mama!”
“Just kidding.”

It seemed that she quite liked this chaotic atmosphere. Anyway, I immediately formed a line. Claudia, Wienia, Karin, Risha, Hilde, and Ari followed behind me. Fortunately, no one else tried to mess with our women.

It would have been a disaster if they had.

ㅡCrowded.

The entrance of the dungeon was still crowded.

They were just camping out in front without even going in. It felt like looking at the club entrance line on a Friday night.

Why are all these guys gathered here?

I used my size to push through the crowd.

“Excuse me.”