Chapter 172

‘He’s really good at running away…’
I thought I’d catch up quickly, but the distance didn’t decrease easily.
“Alley? I love it!
Ming Hu smiles as John ducks into an alleyway, weaving his way through the NPCs. The reason he hadn’t been able to catch him before now was that he was fast, but the NPCs hadn’t been able to keep up with him.
“Stand up!”
Following John into an empty alley, Ming Hu called out after him.
“…”
John, of course, said nothing to Ming Hu’s cries; he simply continued on his way.
Dada dada dada dada!
The distance began to close. It was only a matter of time before John was caught by Ming Hu. Ming Hu looked at the rapidly decreasing distance between him and John and called out again.
“You’re going to get caught anyway, so why don’t you stop, John!”
Jab!
John, who had been silently running away, stopped walking at Ming Hu’s shout. When John suddenly stopped walking, Ming Hu looked around, thinking, “Is there something around?” But there was nothing around.
“…Why does he look so surprised?
After confirming that there was nothing around, Ming Hu looked at John again. John stopped in his tracks and stared at Ming Hu, looking very surprised.
“You… How do you know my name?”
John, who was looking at Myung Hu with a surprised expression, opened his mouth to ask.
“Did you stop because of the name…?
At John’s question, Ming Hu realized that the reason John had stopped walking was because of his name. Ming Hu walked up to John with a wan smile on his face.
“There’s a way to know everything.”
I couldn’t help but recognize the message. Ming Hu then said to John
“Why did you attack me?”
It was the first time you’d seen him. There was something about the fact that John, an NPC and not a user, had attacked him.
‘Special Quests… Or an assassin’s guild.’
There may be other cases, but Ming Hu thought of John as the starting NPC for a special quest or as a guildmate in the Assassins’ Guild.
“First tell me how you know my name. Are you from the Information Guild?”
But John didn’t answer Ming Hu’s question. He merely asked with a sneer how he knew his name. Ming Hu frowned slightly at John’s expression and words.
“Why are you so obsessed with the name?
I never understood why we were so obsessed with the name.
“Wait… is this a special quest?
John’s obsession with the name suggested that there was something special about it. Ming Hu thought about what to say.
“I guess you don’t want to talk about it.”
John opened his mouth to speak. Then he turned around and started running. Ming Hu, thinking about what to say, started to run after John again.
Dada dada dada dada!
The distance between Ming Hu and John began to close rapidly, and soon Ming Hu, who had entered the alley behind John, realized that it was a dead end and smiled as he approached John, who had stopped walking.
Sigh
Reaching the end of the alley, John turns around.
“…”
John didn’t say anything, just smiled and raised his hand. The moment Ming Hu saw John’s raised hand, he realized that he had been lured.
Swoosh swoosh swoosh
On either side of the alley, more than thirty people appeared. Ming Hu turned his head slightly to look at the entrance to the alley. There were about twenty people blocking the entrance as well.
Sigh
Ming Hu turned his head again and looked at John. When John saw Ming Hu looking at him, he opened his mouth to speak.
“I don’t know how you knew my name, but a request is a request, even if it’s from another guild. I’ll have to kill you.”
[Declared by Master NPC “John” of the Assassin’s Guild “Black Nails”].
[Entering hostilities with the assassin guild ‘Black Nails’].
[If you die, your death penalty increases by 200%].
“It’s an assassin’s guild, special quests be damned.
Ming Hu, who had wondered if it was a special quest, frowned when he saw the message. It seemed that John’s obsession with the name was because he was the master of the Assassin’s Guild.
“But who is it?
Who could have asked him to kill himself? Ming Hu wondered if there was anyone who would want to kill him.
“Billy?
The first thing that came to mind was Billy, and that was it. I couldn’t think of any other human being besides Billy. Of course, I thought of Soondong, but Soondong and Billy were brothers, and I had to see them as one.
‘You bastard… all the way.
Ming Hu was convinced that Billy had asked for the favor. Deciding to confront Billy and Sun Tzu later, Ming Hu looked at John. In John’s hand was the purple glowing dagger that had stabbed him. Ming Hu turned and saw the members of the Black Nails Guild surrounding him.
Sigh
The members of the Black Nails Guild, each with their own weapons, glared at Ming Hu. Then John’s mouth opened.
“Kill.”
At the same time, the Black Nails Guild members faded from view. It was the same for John.
“Stealth?
Stealth was evident. Ming Hu smiled and recalled the information from the bracelet on his right wrist.

Limit: Level 200
Physical Defense: 300
Magic Defense: 300
Activate to see enemies within a 50 meter radius that are hidden. (3 hour cooldown)
You asshole! You’ve been hiding in here, haven’t you? – The Seeker
A bracelet that allows you to see enemies in hiding, Ming Hu immediately uses it.
Siaak
Then, out of nowhere, John and the rest of the Black Nails Guild reappeared. Of course, they weren’t out of hiding. They were only visible to Ming Hu. Ming Hu thought as he watched John and the Black Claw Guild approach him.
“Should I ask?
I didn’t think they would tell me who commissioned it, but you never know.
“I’m going to kill it a little bit and ask.
It would be useless to ask now. Ming Hu decided to kill a few first and then ask, and began to approach the Black Nail Guild members who were approaching him.
Jumbled
“…!”
John and the other members of the Black Nails Guild flinched as Ming Hu approached. But they quickly composed themselves and swung their weapons at Ming Hu as he approached.
Poof!
Ming Hu parried the weapon and immediately punched the guild member who attacked him in the stomach.
“Billion!”
The guildmember stumbled backwards with a grunt, and that was that. Ming Hu turned and walked over to the next closest guildmate and punched him again, knocking him down. When two fell in quick succession, John and his guildmates realized something was wrong.
Swoosh swoosh
John motioned to his guildmates, and they began to fall backwards. Ming Hu realized that this was his chance and began to run toward the falling guild members.
Puck!
“Billion!”
Unable to move quickly due to the nature of stealth, the targeted guild members were eventually caught by Ming Hu and killed. That’s when it happened.
“Everybody out of hiding!”
John shouted as he broke cover, and the guildmates who had been cloaked and falling backwards quickly broke cover and fell backwards.
“…Do you see it?”
John looked at the bodies of his fallen guildmates and asked Ming Hu, “What happened? In response to John’s question, Ming Hu smiled wordlessly. John frowned at Minghu’s smile.
“Let me ask you a question.
When John frowned, Ming Hu decided to ask, and opened his mouth.
“Who commissioned this guy to kill me?”
“Going for two!”
Again, John did not answer. John’s shout drew back the guild members, who sheathed their weapons and drew out small daggers and bows.
Whiz, whiz, whiz
Soon, daggers and arrows began to fly. Ming Hu frowned at the large number of daggers and arrows flying at him. These were assassins. Their daggers and arrows could not be ordinary.
puck puck puck puck
[Chapter for 2 seconds; -200 health per second]
[Slows you for 3 seconds; -10% Movement Speed, -10% Attack Speed]
[Bleed for 2 seconds, -300 health per second].
[30% Physical Armor reduction for 10 seconds].
The moment he was attacked by the dagger and arrow, a huge number of messages began to appear. Ming Hu frowned at the status messages and checked his health. As expected, it was filling back up as fast as it was being drained.
“How do I do that?
Ming Hu thought for a moment. There were too many daggers and arrows flying at him to dodge. There could not be an infinite number of daggers and arrows. With so many flying at him, it wouldn’t be long before it would be over. Then they would realize that they were powerless to kill him, and things would likely turn out in his favor.
Of course, you don’t have to wait for the attack to end. You can ignore the daggers and arrows and just walk up and attack to scare them off.
Whiz Whiz
As Ming Hu pondered, the number of daggers and arrows slowly began to diminish, and soon they stopped flying.
“…Are you done?”
Ming Hu paused for a moment to consider what to do, but before he could finish thinking, the attack was over and he looked at John and asked.
“…”
John was unable to respond to Ming Hu’s words as he opened his mouth with a seemingly unaffected expression. It was the same for the guild members who had shot daggers and arrows at Ming Hu so far.
Jumbled
When John didn’t answer, Ming Hu began to walk toward him. John mumbled something in disbelief as Ming Hu approached him.
“Monster…monster…”