Chapter 31.
"Please! Please let me go!"
"I"ll give you everything!"
"I have a lot of savings!"
"Property, women, I"ll give it all to you!!"
Ganu's Frenzy had deactivated.
His body gradually returned to its Cat Person form.
This didn't mean his stamina was depleted.
It meant that the will to fight in his heart was completely gone.
How could a beast maintain its beast form without the heart for battle?
Ganu's mood plummeted into the abyss.
At the very beginning, when Lunoire approached him, he arrogantly believed that Eugene was merely a novice obsessed with the Dungeon.
He could profit heavily from him in every possible way.
But he never expected.
That the potions were merely an afterthought for Eugene.
They, the adventurers, were the goods themselves.
"People always say things like that only at this moment."
Eugene looked at the helpless Ganu, feeling no emotion.
In the original work, this group also provoked the protagonist's lifelong enemy'the Minotaur.
They were killed without any power to resist.
Perhaps this counts as the worldline converging?
Ignoring the ugly pleas, Eugene walked closer, step by step.
Just as he reached out his hand towards the trembling Cat Person.
Ganu's hand suddenly produced a crimson dagger, as if by magic!
It was Lili's Magic Sword!
"Die!!"
He never expected the final struggle to be like this.
Eugene sidestepped without panic.
With 1,800 Agility, he was as fast as a gust of wind.
Although the intense flame came fiercely, it couldn't touch Eugene at all.
Actually, given his Endurance, nothing would have happened even if it hit him.
But!
The Minotaur's fur is precious.
If it gets scorched, he can't copy attributes without penalty.
In the opponent's terrified gaze, Eugene flashed forward, reached out his large hand, and seized Ganu's neck.
A Level 1 being was able to pin a Level 2, who specialized in strength, against the wall without resistance.
How ironic.
His hand slowly contracted.
The pressure applied to the throat increased little by little.
The process was both despairing and impossible to resist.
"Wuuu!!"
"I, I can't!!"
Ganu's eyes bulged terrifyingly.
In this final moment, he still attempted to activate Frenzy.
But the use of the skill isn't instantaneous.
It requires a stable state and proficient technique.
Therefore, his face kept flickering between man and beast.
His sharp claws also alternately grew and retracted.
Leaving streaks of scratches on Eugene's gauntlet.
Snap!
Finally, as Eugene's fingers clenched, the once-thick neck was crushed into a bloody mess.
The half-man, half-beast head rolled to the ground.
It looked as if it could no longer distinguish itself.
A fitting end for a degenerated person.
Eugene was silent for a moment, then raised his hand to shake off the bloodstains.
"Plunder!"
This was the first time he used Plunder on a Level 2 adventurer.
He could feel the magic output significantly increasing.
And correspondingly, the rewards were also richer!
{You have critically wounded the target, extracting 80% of their vitality.}
{Ding! Plunder complete.}
{Acquired target's most prominent attribute - Agility +650, +115 (Lv. 2)}
{Acquired target's strongest skill - Frenzy: When used, Strength, Agility, and Endurance increase by 30%, Dexterity decreases by 30%, and rationality slightly decreases.}
{Acquired target's most proficient ability - Extortion F}
{Acquired all target's dropped items: Half-used Magic Sword, exquisite short blades, leather armor, private vault key, male enhancement medicine...}
"The rest are about the same, but what is this Lv. 2 about?"
{Due to the Host's insufficient Level, experience higher than your own Level cannot be digested.}
"You've got to be kidding me (`o)?!"
Eugene pouted.
He thought it would be converted into a large amount of experience!
It seems his cheat wasn't maxed out after all.
The gap between Levels in adventurers is vast.
Unless one possesses extremely powerful magic or skills, any encounter is usually a complete rout.
This is why Eugene had to find three Level 4 allies to deal with the future Level 5 enemy.
Therefore, it was understandable that Level 1 could not digest Level 2 experience.
However, monsters in the Dungeon should not have this restriction.
Because monsters don't actually have "Levels."
They are only classified by their approximate strength to facilitate better strategizing.
For example, the floor boss of the 17th floor, Goliath the Giant, is estimated to be Level 4 in strength.
"Hmph, no need to rush."
Eugene was not too disappointed.
After all, Ganu was bottom-tier Level 2, so there wasn't much to gain.
He turned to the remaining corpses that he hadn't had time to draw from.
He plundered them one by one.
Surprisingly, the man he killed with three punches.
Actually had a magic spell.
Although it was ordinary healing magic, this provided great convenience for Eugene's explorations.
Under the influence of "Infinity," all his attributes can accumulate.
There was no limit to skills to begin with.
What about magic?
After successfully extracting "Magic - Low-level Group Healing," this confusion was quickly resolved.
After the sounds of combat died down, Eugene waited for a moment.
Only when the sounds of the Killer Ants gradually faded into the distance did he open the system panel to check his gains from this encounter.
{Name: Eugene}
{Race: Human/Minotaur (Subspecies)}
{Level: Lv. 1}
{Abilities: Strength 2420SSS, Endurance 2270SSS, Dexterity 1675SSS, Agility 2425SSS / 115H, Magic 310F}
{Magic:}
{Plunder - Completely plunders defeated targets; continuously plunders suppressed targets.}
{Demonization - At the cost of permanently losing one personal item, gain a massive boost in power.}
{Infinity - All your attributes can accumulate indefinitely and can be released when necessary.}
{Low-level Group Healing - Quickly stops bleeding within ten seconds, and can fully heal minor wounds.}
{Skills:}
{Resistance Share - Abnormal statuses received by you can be shared or completely transferred to your clones.}
{Pounce XVI, Casual Strike X, Echolocation XI, Hardening V, Frenzy V, Pheromones XX, Backstab, Longer is Stronger, Long-Distance Runner...}
{Development Ability: Strong Luck F - Turn adversity into victory, snatch life from death.}
All attributes, except for Magic, were Super-Class.
Coupled with those heavily enhanced monster skills.
Eugene felt that now, relying solely on his physical body, he could withstand a peak Level 2, or even a low-tier Level 3 adventurer!
If he added "Demonization" and "Infinity"...
He could barely imagine it.
Keep in mind, this was only Eugene's fourth day since arriving in this world!
"Whew... Getting too hot!"
Nearly intoxicated by his huge progress, Eugene quickly took a few deep breaths to restore his rationality.
He looked into the distance, where a weak but still twinkling faint blue light shone, and without hesitation, he stepped forward.
"You... you're back..."
Lili's voice was broken.
Her small body was enduring immense pain.
A fractured hand was manageable.
But internal hemorrhaging from the torture by Ganu and the others.
That was fatal.
But at this critical moment.
Eugene showed no sign of pity.
He leaned down over Lili's forehead, just as he did at first.
Then, he whispered a soul-chilling word:
"It's time to pay the price."
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