The man who was almost my height approached. He had a longsword in his right hand and a small shield in his left. 'It's the first time I've come across a shield user like him.'
Could that shield be sturdy?
"What are you planning to do? Are you going to attack me with that questionable-quality sword? That thing wouldn't be able to make a single cut on my skin." I said to the man, pulling my knife from my waist.
The man looked at my black knife and visibly grew nervous.
Or maybe he's nervous because of my current appearance.
"What are you going to do? If you want to have some fun, I'm willing to have some fun with you." I said to the man, and his nervousness increased. He also looked visibly irritated.
"Just shut your mouth and go on your way!" Even though he was irritated, the man gave up and turned to leave.
"What's wrong? Are you scared? That scared? Don't worry, I won't kill you. Why don't we have a little fun?" I sheathed my knife at my waist again. "How about this? You can use your sword, but I won't use my knife. I'll only use my hands."
I showed the man my empty hands, stained with blood. "They're more than enough to deal with you."
The man slowly turned back toward me.
"Hey, Mike, don't listen to him! He's trying to provoke you. Hey you, cut it out!" one of the women shouted.
"Shut up, bitch. I'm talking to him, not you."
"What!? Bitch!?" the woman shouted and took a few steps forward. When she reached the man's side, she said, "I'll kill this son of a bitch myself!" She looked even angrier than the guy just because she had been called a bitch.
The objective was achieved.
"Leona, step back. I'll handle this." The man stepped forward. "Why are you doing this? We haven't done anything to you."
"You're the one who suddenly got irritated just because I smiled at you."
"That's…"
He knows I'm right.
"Come on, don't take it so seriously. I'm tired of fighting monsters. I want to try fighting another adventurer." I smiled at the man. "Like I said before, I won't kill you."
"..."
"Mike, don't do it," the woman said. "This guy is lying."
"I refuse to fight you." The man lowered his sword.
Tsk!
I clicked my tongue and then kicked off the ground, launching myself toward the man.
"Mike! Watch out!" the man in the back shouted.
Mike raised his shield, and I struck it with my fist.
"The master told me not to get involved with other adventurers or kill humans, but killing only monsters is way too boring."
Anyway, I can break a rule up to three times, right?
I smiled as I watched the man go flying backward.
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POV: Zane
Some time passed, and now I was leaving the dungeon. After using the sword I bought just a little, I acquired the skill [Sword Mastery], just as I had expected.
When I reached the first floor of the dungeon, I was no longer carrying my sword but my knife instead. I stored the sword in my inventory since I wasn't going to equip it for now.
I started climbing the stairs toward the dungeon's exit when I suddenly received a system notification.
[Clone 2 has broken one of the rules]
[EXP +4,000]
When I received that message, my heart froze for a moment. 'That idiot, what the hell is he doing!?'
Before I could contact him, new system notifications appeared.
[Clone 2 has broken one of the rules]
[EXP +4,000]
And as soon as those last notifications appeared, I destroyed Clone 2 instantly. That son of a bitch is killing people.
'What the hell does he think he's doing? What happened?'
Trying to stay calm, I climbed the stairs and left the dungeon.
Then I walked quickly toward my house. As soon as I entered, I summoned Clone 2 in front of me. When he appeared, he had a smile on his face, but at the same time he looked irritated.
"Why did you do that?" he asked. "Why did you destroy me? I was having fun, you know!?"
I stared at him coldly.
"You know who you're talking to, right?"
"Yes, I know, you're my master. But that doesn't give you the right to ruin my fun! You should've seen the look on those women's faces. I was going to have so much fun with them. You ruined it." Clone 2 glared at me angrily.
What does he mean by "have fun"? Don't tell me he was planning to do what I'm thinking with those women?
"I was going to fight them. I would've torn their limbs off one by one. They were weak; they couldn't have done anything." He started saying those nonsensical things in front of me while his expression twisted.
Good thing I changed his appearance.
If he still had my face while saying things like that, I would definitely feel disgusted.
"You broke the rule twice. You killed two people. I told you not to kill adventurers." I said, looking at him coldly.
I stepped closer and looked him in the eyes.
Our faces were very close as I said, "Why did you do that? Is your head working properly? What are you?" I asked.
Then I raised my hand to his neck and grabbed him.
"Don't even try to fight back. If you do, you'll be completely erased from existence."
"I don't care if you punish me. I don't feel pain like those disgusting humans. I don't care about getting hurt."
"So that's how it is." I threw him against the wall of my house, cracking it.
Since he doesn't feel pain, he didn't complain and stood up.
"Damn it. I just wanted you to farm EXP for me and enjoy yourselves. Since when did you develop such a disgusting and unpleasant personality?"
"Can I be honest? I think the unpleasant personality here is yours," he replied.
This idiot still wants to argue?
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