Devoured everything with an S-rank predation ability-Chapter 31: EP. Quick and Decisive! A Grand-Scale Betrayal?! (18+)

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EP.31 Quick and Decisive! A Grand-Scale Betrayal?!

Variables exist when playing any game.

In a hunting RPG, hitting a weak point one less time can greatly extend the clear time.

Even in collection games, no matter how well I've raised my characters, activating a random number once can prevent a one-turn kill.

The Desire League will be like that too.

However, someone running their mouth like the guy in front of me isn't threatening.

'Rather, someone with an ability I can't handle right now is scarier.'

Mental-type abilities aren't a problem.

Unless it's something like completely stopping time or striking the soul.

"A way to survive together? Is there such a thing?"

"Of course! I've worked with many people when doing business!"

"I don't want to do anything with someone whose name I don't even know."

"Ah, I'm Kim Jong-seok! First, to implement this method we need..."

I couldn't help but laugh.

He reveals his own name but doesn't even ask for mine.

This guy is definitely not a businessman.

He must be a con artist. Let's take a look with my eyes.

Kim Jong-seok (33)

History: Three-time ex-convict and professional con artist. Currently running various scams online.

Skill: Ability Kidnapping (Authority)

As expected.

I immediately took out my gun and pulled the trigger.

He dodged in shock. His stats must be decent.

"What are you doing?"

"Hey, my dad is a complete idiot, you know? This bastard ran away saying he couldn't protect the family he made himself."

"Oh my, what a sad story. But why suddenly?"

I smiled looking at him. I shook the gun in my hand left and right.

"There's one thing that bastard said to me that's somewhat correct."

"Is it a wise saying?"

"That con artists only tell the truth when saying their own name."

"...What?"

"Why don't you ask my name when saying we should work together? The basics for businessmen is exchanging business cards. Or at least introducing ourselves."

Kim Jong-seok realized what mistake he made from my words.

To think a guy like this has an authority-level skill. Unbelievable.

He immediately smirked. It was a smile befitting a hopeless con artist.

I spoke while aiming the gun.

"Bullshit about ways to survive. Your mouth is lighter than your balls, isn't it?"

"This is why I hate sharp guys."

"Are you going to fuse me with a dog now? Ultra fusion!"

"No, I'm going to kill you?"

His eyes suddenly flashed.

Just as I was about to melt into shadows wondering what was happening.

[Soul Out]

Suddenly an intense shock hit me as if I'd been struck in the solar plexus by a rubber bullet.

I lowered my head, unable to even scream.

My consciousness rapidly sank.

As if I'd been kicked in the balls, a fatal threat I didn't understand assaulted me.

I don't know what's happening.

I clicked my tongue seeing Jong-seok approach like that.

"Hehe, checkmate!"

For the first time, I was flustered.

This is why I hate variables the most.

***

Sung Ikhyun collapsed unconscious.

Jong-seok, smiling triumphantly, drew his knife.

"In the end it would come to this, you idiot."

He grabbed Ikhyun's hair and smiled viciously.

Just cutting him like this would be enough to win. The rest weren't much of a problem.

Jong-seok felt it instinctively.

That this guy in front of him was the least easy opponent.

'You can tell if you've been in this industry for a long time. This guy is more like a detective than a detective, if I had to say.'

Therefore, he had to kill him now.

Just as he was about to bring the knife to his neck.

Pat, ttududuk!

Suddenly the wrist holding the knife was grabbed.

Ikhyun, who he thought was unconscious, had broken it in one go.

Jong-seok stepped back in shock instinctively. One of his wrists was already dangling.

"Keuhuaak! Fuck, what? How?"

"Geuheuu...!"

"What? How can you get up? It's an attack on the soul that even evil spirits can't endure! It even pierces mental defenses!"

"Kuhaaaaaak!"

For some reason, Ikhyun howled.

As he did, purple veins bulged greatly all over his body.

Jong-seok's eyes narrowed seeing that. He seemed to understand a little.

"What? Were you a zombie? Strange, that can't be...?"

"Kyahaak!"

Ikhyun rushed in swinging his gun in an instant. Jong-seok tried to dodge but was surprised.

The trajectory of the hand and arm holding the gun was bending like a whip midway.

Jong-seok backed away as his head was struck by the gun.

"I don't know what you're doing, but copying will be enough. I'll take your best skill!"

[Ability Kidnapping]

Jong-seok's hidden card that copies any skill.

Jong-seok's body soon glowed in rainbow colors.

The color that appears on the body depends on the grade of the copied skill. This was the first time seeing this.

"Oho, what grade is it to glow like this? Haha, what a windfall! Now you and I are equals!"

"Kahaaaak!"

Ikhyun who had approached suddenly threw a punch.

Jong-seok also threw a punch back, licking his lips.

'My strength stat is over 50. Something like that is no match for me!'

And an unbelievable situation unfolded.

Jong-seok's fist was not just crushed but turned to powder by Ikhyun's fist.

"Kuhuk! Wh-what? Why am I not becoming like a zombie? Wasn't it the power of a zombie variant?!"

"Kihyaak!"

Ikhyun instantly grabbed Jong-seok's neck and lifted him.

Jong-seok's pupils dilated as he struggled. This was an unexpected situation.

'No way, I copied the skill, but why? Why am I not becoming like that?'

Only then did he look at the description of the copied skill.

He was surprised twice.

Once because it was an EX grade he had never seen before.

And once because it wasn't immediately helpful.

Ikhyun bit Jong-seok's neck while pushing his hand away.

His skin was torn and muscles were severed.

In his final moments, Jong-seok continued his pitiful thoughts.

'No, I need to prepare quickly...!'

Ability Kidnapping could copy the opponent's best skill, but it only had one slot.

The possibility of him surviving in this situation was zero.

Jong-seok took his last breath while being torn apart alive. His neck was thrown away half-torn.

"Geuheu, keheaaaaaak!"

Ikhyun celebrated his victory, roaring like a beast.

Not long after, he lost consciousness.

***

I got up holding my forehead.

Fuck, what the hell happened?

"Ugh, feels like I drank heavily."

When I got up, Jong-seok was dead.

I tilted my head. Who did this?

I quickly got up and looked around.

[Wide Area Detection]

There were no signs of anyone.

Whoever killed him, Jong-seok was a corpse.

But my mouth felt uncomfortable. Wondering if something was done to me, I looked up at a nearby parking lot mirror.

There was blood on it.

Soon my eyes went to Jong-seok's corpse.

A corpse in the form of being torn apart by a beast.

'No way, did I do that? I clearly lost consciousness though?'

I wondered what had happened.

But I seemed to know the answer.

'I was said to possess zombie consciousness, right. Then when my consciousness turns off, does the zombie consciousness awaken?'

I'm not some manga protagonist.

But right now my body and mind were fine. My pulse was beating and I had body temperature.

"Hyaa, the skill is living up to its name. I like it even more!"

I thought it was over when I encountered a variable.

But I guess you respond to variables with variables.

'Countering domain expansion with another domain expansion...'

I couldn't stay like this.

My companions must be fighting even at this moment.

"Everyone just tell me the enemies' abilities."

-Uu, ice, dragon head...

-It's an acceleration ability.

-Sol-ji, you speak instead.

-Kyaaak, fuck! Fuuuck! Ah, I don't know, when are you coming? Ah the net again! Ugh, the tall guy's shots all hit! The short guy keeps throwing nets!

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It's a real battlefield. I smirked.

I get the gist of it. Now then, shall we receive the rewards?

"Ta-da, ta-da, ta-da! Hm?"

The reward window didn't pop up.

Huh, why isn't it appearing when I killed him?

Could it be because the zombie killed him, not me? Interesting.

I left the spot first.

I headed to top lane first.

I planned to do a tour from top to mid to bottom.

'If I can't receive rewards because I didn't kill him myself, that's a shame.'

I guess it can't be helped since my consciousness and the zombie's are different. Then what, does the player judgment or rewards not appear depending on the consciousness?

The more I know, the more interesting it is.

The Desire League.

I arrived at top lane.

A model-like man was unleashing a barrage of attacks on Seok-do.

Seok-do was unwavering.

He was performing the feat of blocking the opponent's path or counterattacking while utilizing all the rebar on the main road.

I closed the distance with the guy using my shadow ability. No matter how fast he moves, he'll appear again sometime.

'Acceleration consumes 10 mana per second. It's a skill with tremendous mana consumption.'

He needs to rest once.

Now was that time.

The moment the guy appeared after accelerating and caught his breath.

I activated Steel Monarch in an instant.

I made a gesture of bringing both hands forward. I crumpled the streetlights on both sides and made them coil around both of his ankles like snakes.

"Huh? What?!"

"What do you mean what, I came to gank."

I struck his head with my club.

After striking a few more times, he took his last breath.

I received points and chose acceleration as the reward. It's the same skill I have! This made it intermediate level.

[Acceleration (Intermediate)]

Description: Run at speeds close to 60km/h. Adjusted by Agility stat. At intermediate level, your presence is erased while activated.

※Consumes 10 MP per second when activated.

Is this a revelation telling me to become a swift assassin?

Then I'll do it. Why not.

"Seok-do, you go down to bottom, but use your skill on mid on the way."

"Yes, understood."

[Acceleration]

I run quickly. The surrounding scenery blurs for a moment, then distorts like latte art.

I arrive at mid lane in an instant.

The opponent stretched out his right hand. An ice beam spewed from that hand.

Just as it was about to directly hit So-eun after blowing away dozens of minions.

She dodged it like a gymnast by a hair's breadth and swung her holy sword with one hand. To think that frail beauty would swing a holy sword close to a greatsword.

'It's like a fantasy...'

An unexpected scene unfolded that even I couldn't predict. The holy sword was enveloped in light, then shot a beam towards the opponent.

"Hahaha, such things don't work!"

The opponent shot an identical beam to somehow offset it.

Rather than the holy sword being weak, it must be because the opponent's skill proficiency is high.

But a large shadow loomed behind So-eun. It was Seok-do.

Seok-do pulled out several steel frames and fired them. The enemy mid was flustered.

"Ugh, fuck! What the?!"

The ice beam weakened then suddenly went out. Good, let's go!

I used to think like that too.

So-eun broke through between the minions so fast I couldn't even follow with my eyes.

She pounced like a beast and killed the enemy mid by biting his neck.

It was truly a moment's work.

I just watched blankly.

She must be really angry.

[The merit of an eroded minion has been conveyed!]

[Obtained ability 'Freezing Wave'!]

I ran to bottom lane.

Since I'm intervening from the Jungnang-gu direction, the enemy bot duo definitely won't be able to respond.

The scene at bottom was spectacular.

The tall guy was firing dual pistols wildly.

Jong-mi was performing the feat of shooting bullets to hit bullets.

On the other hand, the short guy was generating and throwing blue nets, and Sol-ji was blocking them with her body or slicing them with a dagger.

I called out to the two.

"Hey, touching bot duo. Fight more actively. I'm ganking now."

I ran. But an unexpected event occurred.

Sol-ji, who was about to deal with a net, threw it at Jong-mi.

"Aak, fuck! I won't do it, it's so shitty. You fucking bitch."

"Kuk, what are you doing?! Hey, if you do this I'll have to attack..."

"Why do I have to do this shit alone? I won't do it!"

Sol-ji's sudden betrayal.

The enemy bot duo tilted their heads then smirked.

"Internal strife? This is it!"

"We'll take good care of you, miss!"

The short guy threw more nets at Sol-ji too.

The two men approached Jong-mi like that. Caught in the net, Jong-mi could only struggle without being able to attack.

A desperate situation.

Sol-ji struggled then shouted.

"Master! What are you doing? Now!"

I kicked off the ground.

I approached the enemy bot duo using acceleration.

In that very instant.

Just as the bot duo sensed danger and were about to turn around, I swung my club.

The two guys' heads burst like watermelons. It was an ambush that ended in an instant like Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

[Perfect Accuracy (Beginner)]

Description: Adds 100% hit rate to thrown or shot objects.

※Passive

[Mana Binding (Beginner)]

Description: Gather mana and fire it to bind the hit target for 1 second.

※Consumes 40 MP per activation.

The skill rewards are very sweet. I was worried mediocre stat or setting rewards would come out.

Jong-mi got up and grabbed Sol-ji's hair. She seemed really pissed off.

"You fucking bitch, are you crazy? What were you trying to do?"

"Aak! What? Get lost!"

I should mediate this.

I stepped between them and praised Sol-ji.

"Sol-ji, not bad. You pretended to betray on a grand scale to make the enemy let their guard down when I told you to respond, right?"

"Hihi, you understand as expected? Yeah!"

Jong-mi was bewildered. Anyway, everyone gathered in one place. I shouted loudly.

"We won!"

"Ooooooh!"

"Especially at the end when it seemed we were struggling, Sol-ji showed her wit. Well done!"

"He-hehe. No, this much is nothing."

I should reward Sol-ji later.

But suddenly a notification popped up in mid-air.

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