Changing Gear of Fate

Get Ready for Some Riot!

They manage to survive the monster onslaught, earning [Hide n Strike] Achievement. Not without some damage.

Their combatants sustain some degree of injury. Nothing life-threatening, thankfully, but they were covered in scratches and cuts, and Heewon-ssi sprained her ankle during the last hour. Kim Namwoon is pale and sweating because of his low low mana level and blood loss from using his gun too many times.

He was now being hand-fed by begrudging Lee Jihye since his hand was shaking too much to be of use.

(Lucky bastard)

"We cannot do this again." Lee Hyunsung stated.

"No. We cannot." Dokja-ssi agrees. "That takes too much toll on us." He glanced at them, then at their equipment.

Out of them all, only Dokja-ssi's Constellation Artefact Sword, as well as Heewon-ssi and Kim Namwoon's dungeon reward weapons remain in good condition. Joonghyuk-ssi's sword started to chip on the edges, and Lee Jihye's weapon's status was closer to Lee Hyunsung's Shield. They are starting to fall apart. One good conflict and they will become useless.

"Do you have a plan, ahjussi?" Asked Jihye while... ujhm... Young Miss? Please don't shove the food down Kim Namwoon's throat. You're almost choking him.

Dokja-ssi nodded. "Yep. The catch is we might get an angry mob at our ass."

"What should we do?" Gilyoung asks in earnest.

Dokja-ssi jabbed his thumb at the stairs leading up, smiling brightly in a rather familiar way. The 'someone-is-going-to-get-scammed-and-I'm-going-to-enjoy-it' kind of familiarity.

"Let's make that fat ass do some workout, yeah?"

The plan is called 'Let's Give Those Greedy Fatass the Taste of Their Own Medicine!'. Basically, they need to drag Gong Pildu out of his comfy zone, by destroying all the Green Zone remaining, then forcing the guy to use his Stigma and fight the monsters. Maybe with the help of other people, while their group did something else.

"Man, ahjussi, that was some evil planning." Jihye whistled.

Joonghyuk-ssi and Hyunsung snorted.

"Jihye, that was mild compared to what his Hyung would come up with." Hyunsung told her.

"Eh?"

"Hyung's mind is a scary place," Dokja-ssi stated wryly. "He would call me vicious for my plan, but he did not realize that his ideas were even more vicious. Like, hyung, I got it from you? I literally learn the tricks from you?!" He sighed and shook his head, exasperatedly. "Either he is a hypocrite or a dense with narrow world view and selective memory."

[Constellation God of Wine and Ecstasy Doesn't Believe Someone that Dense Exist]

Sangah-ssi tilted her head. "Really?"

"Kim Rok Soo-Hyung," Joonghyuk-ssi explained. "An even bigger conman than Dokja-yah. He can play people like fiddle and they cannot protest when they finally catch up to his scheme because they are already deep into it and even get benefits."

"Oppa and Orabeoni often get tricked," Mia commented with a smile.

Lee Hyunsung had to hold back snickers. Remembering all the rants about Kim Rok Soo-Nim from Dokja-ssi and Joonghyuk-ssi.

Then he remembered the times he was made to dance loop around that man's palms.

Augh...

"That fucking Glib Tongue of his." Joonghyuk-ssi rolled his eyes.