Level 4 Human in a Ruined World-Chapter 568
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Chapter 568: Mountain of Swords (7)
Yeongwoo, Madam Kanaph, the Three-Eyed One, and Venura Garn,
the four remaining participants, were walking toward the next expected extraction point.
At last, it was almost time to finish this dungeon.
‘Hmm… kind of a shame. I wanted to pick up a few more things.’
Yeongwoo tilted his head up and looked at the timer hovering in the sky.
[03:14:42]
About fourteen minutes left until the next extraction point appeared.
He had already gathered all the limbs he needed, and there were no other competitors left.
The only thing left for him to do was socialize.
And after all, “socializing” isn’t something reserved for noble heirs.
“Hey… don’t hate me too much, alright? I mean, you’re alive and getting out thanks to me, aren’t you?”
The Three-Eyed One shot back immediately, his tone sharp.
– If you hadn’t been here in the first place, I would’ve gotten out comfortably alive.
Then Madam Kanaph, looking uneasy, spoke up.
– My brother… what will become of him?
“What do you mean? He’s not even here, is he?”
– But you’re planning to use me as leverage, to negotiate with my brother later, aren’t you?
She’d finally realized it,
that “negotiation,” in this madman’s vocabulary, meant little more than robbery and direct violence.
– Promise me you won’t harm him.
“That depends on how he acts. But… I’ll try not to kill him.”
– My… goodness…
Madam Kanaph’s face went pale.
But from Yeongwoo’s perspective, it was only natural that he couldn’t promise anything definite.
The universe was vast, and filled with all sorts of beings.
To Madam Kanaph, Duke Dalqui might be a fine frog prince,
but who knows how others saw him?
For all she knew, he could be a lunatic who wouldn’t rest until he’d spilled someone’s blood.
“Come on, I do have some morals, you know. It’s not going to be as terrible as you imagine, not if a proper price is paid.”
Compared to pure evils lurking somewhere in the cosmos, Yeongwoo was still a greenhorn.
Take Mara, the Lord of the Void, that thing wielded power on par with the Chairman,
yet never hesitated to crush the weak beneath it.
‘That bastard too… I still have to beat him to death someday.’
He’d made that very vow with the Red-Foot Brothers and Bang the Great Hero himself.
To fulfill it, he would have to reach a level where even someone like the Chairman, a peer of Mara, could stand as his equal.
‘If all of the Chairman’s peers are monsters like Mara, how the hell does he even manage office politics?’
He glanced at the Three-Eyed One and Venura Garn beside him.
He was only just starting to mingle with nobles and elites,
while the Chairman must have been living among tier-three cosmic beings.
– Outstanding altruism score 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦
– Saved everyone
– Hypocrite
[2nd] Kutari, Total: 65 / 100
– Strongly supported 1st place
– Did not torment others
– Victim
[3rd] Alden, Total: 53 / 100
– Average altruism score
– Did not torment others
– Has faith
“What the…”
Yeongwoo was surprised for two reasons.
First—
‘377 points? That’s the highest I’ve ever seen.’
Even with over-completion, top scores usually hovered around the 100s.
Yet here he had over three hundred seventy.
And second—
‘Who the hell is Kutari?’
A name he’d never heard was sitting in second place.
– Kutari?
– Who’s that…?
The Three-Eyed One and Venura, both scoreless, frowned in confusion.
Madam Kanaph slowly raised a hand.
– The chef.
“Chef? You mean that Ragtari chef?”
The Ragtari, the labor caste of the Artari race.
Madam Kanaph nodded.
– He was a victim, after all.
“Ah.”
Yeongwoo remembered the man,
and suddenly the rankings made sense.
[2nd] Kutari, 65 / 100
– Strongly supported 1st place
– Did not torment others
– Victim
‘‘Strongly supported 1st place’ must mean… giving me that elixir.’
After all, Yeongwoo had only been able to produce so many limbs thanks to that potion.
Without it, he or someone else would’ve had to keep cutting more.
And the third-place Alden Miras,
a man who had simply made it through without harming anyone.
‘So the whole setup’s brutal as hell, but the scoring favors virtue.’
Yeongwoo sighed wearily, and the final message appeared.
「No deaths occurred in The Aesthetics of the Circle. A special reward will be granted.」
‘Special reward…’
That had to mean the Over-Completion reward, the Catalog.
FLASH!
A small, golden box materialized before Yeongwoo’s seat.
‘A Catalog box, huh?’
When he reached toward it, a new set of options appeared before his eyes.
BEEP—
「Choose one of the following rewards. Please decide carefully.」
‘Carefully, huh? No one’s more careful than me.’
[Catalog of the Hypocrite]
– Strengthens when performing good deeds while your evil-karma ratio is higher.
[Catalog of the Wicked]
– Strengthens when performing evil deeds while your good-karma ratio is higher.
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