Vakoth, the fully armored man with the role of a tank, was stomping his feet repeatedly, clearly very, very annoyed.
"Looks like everyone who went ahead is dead," some of the leftover simps muttered nonsense.
Kanna heard that and immediately got extremely worried. Even though her relationship with Kai wasn't close at all, she was grateful to him—and she hadn't repaid him yet.
"Ayy... He's dead?" Violet scratched her head and looked over at Irilia.
Irilia didn't say anything either—she just took out a book and started reading.
Suddenly, the dimensional gate started shaking continuously.
A man stumbled out of it, panting, utterly exhausted.
Kanna saw that he was alone and was visibly shaken.
Irilia put her book away and walked over to him.
"What did you see?"
He looked up and described everything he had witnessed.
"Barely went in a little bit and it was already like that... Definitely a B-rank dungeon," Violet said, resting her hand on her chin.
"So, did you see some guy with green hair?"
"Green hair? I think I saw him getting captured by some monsters."
Everyone imagined Kai coming back with a baby bump...
Absolutely disgusting.
"So... Can we go in now?" Vakoth said, his hands trembling nonstop.
Irilia looked at him and sighed.
"Go in first."
"GIHAHAAHAHAH!!!"
Vakoth charged forward with unimaginable speed, knocking the man aside and diving into the gate.
As soon as he was inside, he started spinning his spear wildly and sprinted like a beast.
"Heh?" A pig-headed monster sipping tea noticed the armored figure charging at it.
"Oh! A man! I can mate wi—"
"GIHAHAHAHA!!"
Vakoth jumped up and stabbed the monster straight in the head, then swung around behind it with brutal force.
The monster's head was instantly severed, blood spraying like rain.
"Thick skin, huh. So if I don't intentionally kill them, they can survive longer... Excellent!!"
This guy was totally insane.
And within minutes, he'd already reached the next target—
Unintentionally saving Kai's life in the process.
Kai, who had been in shock, suddenly felt pain radiating through his whole body.
His broken leg began to heal.
He stood up, dusted himself off, and noticed the armored guy staring at him.
"Hey... Did you just regenerate?"
"?"
Okay, your eyes are kinda terrifying.
"Uh... yeah?"
The guy scanned Kai's entire body and clicked his tongue.
"Too weak. Killed my mood."
Oi, what the hell? So what if I'm weak?
And what kind of tank deals that much damage??
He dashed off again, aiming to clash with the remaining monsters.
"..."
Huh. Just weird stuff happening all day today.
Kai walked forward, keeping an eye on Vakoth.
"USHAAAAA!!!"
Vakoth spun his spear, slashing twice into the monster's shoulders before thrusting it straight into its chin.
"What the—?! Is this human insane?!"
"Never thought I'd live to see a potential mating partner slicing my body in half. Absolutely majestic."
"NOOO!!! I HAVEN'T MATED ENOUGH YET!!!"
Blood sprayed everywhere as Vakoth got even more excited in his frenzy.
One monster, realizing this couldn't go on, pulled out a horn and blew hard.
The horn's echo rang throughout the dungeon. The ears of nearby monsters twitched repeatedly.
The sound of heavy footsteps echoed. The smell of sweat filled the air.
"Uhh, I've got a really bad feeling about this…" Kai muttered and looked for somewhere to hide.
Within seconds, a horde of monsters had surrounded Vakoth.
He looked around and burst into loud laughter.
"Gihihihehahahaahha!!!!"
Dude… where the hell did they find this guy?
One of the monsters, enraged by the human's laughter, smashed its club down on Vakoth's head.
The sheer force of the strike knocked off his metal helmet, revealing a bloodied face, fiery red hair tied in a short ponytail like a Shounen hero, and black eyes full of bloodlust—along with shark-like teeth.
"Nice. My turn now."
Vakoth counterattacked, instantly decapitating the monster.
Its blood splattered all over him, and suddenly, his black eyes turned bright orange.
"Condition met!!!"
He spun his spear and pointed it at his own chest—then stabbed straight into his own heart.
"???"
Both I and the monsters stared in confusion. Vakoth just grinned wickedly.
A blood-red aura burst out from beneath him, radiating a terrifying killing intent.
Immediately, his body hardened and grew larger.
The monster blood around him was absorbed into his body, fully healing him.
He pulled out the spear and laughed maniacally.
"GIHAHAHAAHAHHA!!!"
"What the fuck... A self-buff skill?"
Judging by how he activated it, it probably requires a ton of kills... and self-inflicted damage? Sounds painful as hell.
Then he leapt high into the air, spun his spear, and hurled it to the ground.
When it hit, a shockwave blasted the monsters backward.
Kai, sweating bullets, quietly slipped away.
This was now a battlefield for monsters. Only a lunatic would try to help him—probably a great way to die alongside him...
But he had barely taken a few steps when one last monster finally arrived—clearly late to the party.
Kai and the creature locked eyes.
"MATING PARTNER!!!!"
It slammed its weapon down where Kai had been, but he dodged to the side and drew two daggers.
He leapt up and stabbed the monster in the neck with a regular knife.
Crack
He looked at the now-broken knife, then at the monster who was scratching the spot it had been stabbed.
"It's itchy."
...Great.
The monster swung its wooden club at him. Kai dropped low, and the club smashed a rock behind him.
He grabbed some of the broken rubble and threw it into the monster's eyes.
"GAH!"
While it rubbed its eyes, Kai pulled out the Hunchback's Dagger and stabbed it repeatedly.
That dagger didn't deal actual damage—but it had a small chance to cause instant death.
"GUHHHHHHH!!!"
He kept stabbing, hoping the skill would trigger.
"What ya doing?" the monster asked, watching Kai stab its belly to no effect.
"Trying to grant you a quick death."
"Oh, how sweet."
It grabbed his hand and flicked the dagger away.
"Now now, lovers shouldn't play with knives. It's dangerous."
"…"
Dear god, who the hell created these things?
Just as it was about to grab him—
BANG!
A gunshot rang out, and a bullet ricocheted off the wall, keeping its speed and angle, eventually piercing straight through the monster's forehead.
A clean hole appeared, and the monster dropped dead.
Kai, sweating, turned to look in the direction of the shot.
"Oh? Not pregnant yet?"
That annoying voice—there was only one person it could be.
"Violet…"
"Yahoo! Hope your ass is still intact."
She walked over, accompanied by a group.
Kai's eyes widened slightly.
Everyone was covered in blood—but clearly, none of it was theirs.
"We ran into a few monsters on the way here and slaughtered them for warm-up. Except Irilia, lol."
She crouched down and poked his nose, the scent of blood wafting around.
Kanna looked like she was about to throw up.
The guy in the black cloak had just a few blood drops on his outfit.
The other simps had blood-soaked weapons.
Irilia was the exception—no blood on her at all, but an icy aura emanated from her body.
She looked at the battlefield where Vakoth was still fighting the horde.
She raised her hand and pointed at the monsters.
"Everyone, slaughter them."