The Player that Can’t Level Up

goal was to destroy a bigger guild than the Smurf Guild. 

Gi-Gyu promised himself that someday, he would kill every member of the Iron Guild. 

A sharp-looking man, obviously the most powerful among all the red players, stepped forward and asked Gi-Gyu, “Are you the one who killed my boys?”

“Slaughterer Choi Min-Suk,” Do Bong-Gu murmured. 

Slaughterer Choi Min-Suk was a ranker who was notoriously vicious.
One day, he entered the Tower and formed a guild only of and for red players—the Smurf Guild. 

Gi-Gyu replied mockingly, “Yes, Sir.
I did indeed.”

“Funny guy, huh?” Choi Min-Suk laughed.

This whole situation seemed to amuse the guild master.
With a nonchalant attitude, Gi-Gyu asked, “May I ask you something?”

The Smurf Guild players had surrounded the area, and even the floor monsters were regenerating.
The Cain Guild members’ situation was dire, yet Gi-Gyu was calm.
Choi Min-Suk looked at him with interest as he replied, “Sure, go ahead.”

“What did these members of the Cain Guild do to you for you to bring your entire guild here?”

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“Hmm…” Choi Min-Suk tilted his head in amusement before mumbling, “Shall I tell him?”

The Smurf Guild members standing around their master watched with worry.
Gi-Gyu suspected the ones closest to the guild master were the guild executives.
Although they seemed concerned, they didn’t make a sound.
It was clear they obeyed Choi Min-Suk without question. 

And after a few minutes, Choi Min-Suk answered, “We, the Smurf Guild, plan on leaving the Tower.
And to do this, we need these Cain Guild members.”

Gi-Gyu and all the Cain Guild players’ faces crumpled in a fury.

***

The red players were allowed to live only inside the Tower.
Society allowed this because the Tower was completely separate from the public.
And this meant that these criminals were not allowed to leave the Tower and re-enter the world. 

The association maintained all the portals that led to the Tower.
So, even if these criminals could somehow enter the Tower after committing a crime, they could never leave this place. 

So how was Choi Min-Suk going to take his men out? And what did this have anything to do with the Cain Guild members? Do Bong-Gu and the rest couldn’t understand this. 

But Gi-Gyu could guess Choi Min-Suk’s plan.
His face now blank again, Gi-Gyu glared at the Smurf Guild master and asked, “How did you find out?”

“Oh…! You’re a fascinating guy indeed.” Choi Min-Suk looked mildly surprised as he asked, “So you know about it too?”

“How did you find out?” Gi-Gyu’s demanded an answer in a cold voice.
Choi Min-Suk replied, “We captured and killed one of the Cain Guild executives.
Fortunately for us, he told us all about it.
He said—”

Before Choi Min-Suk could finish his reply, Gi-Gyu ran toward him and shouted, “Stop it!” 

There were 300 players ready to protect their guild master, so it was very reckless of Gi-Gyu to dash toward their leader.
And that was after you ignored that Choi Min-Suk was a famous ranker in his days. 

The Smurf Guild master quickly took out his dagger and blocked Lou and El.
He offered leisurely, “You should join us.
I’m willing to give you the deputy guild master position.”

“…” Gi-Gyu took a step back and spat out the words, “I would never join your stupid guild.”

Gi-Gyu positioned himself for the battle.
He had been fighting impetuously till then; now, he had a strong motivation to kill the man before him.
Choi Min-Suk also changed his position as he murmured, “I’m not sure if you just don’t know or are pretending not to know.”

Before Choi Min-Suk was nicknamed “slaughterer,” he was a famous player assassin.
Holding two daggers in his hands now, the Smurf Guild master blocked Gi-Gyu’s attack again.

Clank!

Everyone around them also took out their weapons. 

Gulp.

Do Bong-Gu and the rest of the Cain Guild members gulped loudly and prepared themselves for another battle.
Treating the intense fight as a breeze, Choi Min-Suk commented, “I can feel it.
You’re definitely one of us.
You’re our kind.”

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Choi Min-Suk’s daggers glowed bright red—it was the slaughterer’s notorious skill called the Flame Dagger.
This very skill was responsible for Choi Min-Suk’s gruesome nickname.
The burning heat from the dagger was enough to melt the thickest steel. 

“Shut up!” Gi-Gyu screamed as he swung Lou and El against Choi Min-Suk’s hot daggers.

Kaboom!

The loud explosion acted as a battle cry; the Smurf Guild players began to move as they screamed, “Kill them all!”

The Smurf players circled Choi Min-Suk and Gi-Gyu and headed toward the Cain Guild members.
The Cain players raised their weapons, looking pale, knowing this might be their end. 

“Ice Volt!” shouted the Cain Guild’s mage players.
To this, the Smurf mage players screamed their skill, “Fireball!” 

Boom, boom, boom!

More screams and shouts followed.

“Force!” 

“Iron wall!” 

The sounds of the swords and shields clashing rang throughout the forest. 

“Hehehe… you’re enjoying yourself, aren’t you? I can tell.” Choi Min-Suk smirked at Gi-Gyu as he waved his daggers.
The heat from his weapons burned Gi-Gyu’s flesh each time Lou and El clashed with his daggers. 

Choi Min-Suk, attacking at lightning speed, murmured, “You have amazing swords.
I haven’t seen many items that could withstand my flame daggers’ heat.”

Accelerate was the only reason Gi-Gyu managed to keep up with Choi Min-Suk.
He wasn’t known for his strength, but his flame daggers made up for it.
And his speed was comparable to that of high-level rankers.
Compared to Gi-Gyu’s fight with Choi Won-Jae, this battle was in a league of its own. 

“I told you to shut up!” Gi-Gyu yelled as he blocked the daggers with Lou.
At that moment, Gi-Gyu’s speed peaked, and Choi Min-Suk failed to dodge El’s slash aiming for his leg. 

“You’re wrong about me.
I’m nothing like you, you psycho killer!” Gi-Gyu murmured, knowing Choi Min-Suk could hear everything despite the loud noises surrounding them.
Suddenly, Gi-Gyu’s chest shone blindingly, and he said, “Ever heard of chalk and cheese?”

With that, Gi-Gyu began laughing.
One big thing that made the flame dagger so threatening was its ability to deal continuously heat damage.
Of course, Gi-Gyu had Brunheart, who could accumulate such damage and reflect it. 

When blood-red heat began to spew from Gi-Gyu’s chest, Choi Min-Suk stammered, “W-what the!” The Smurf Guild master tried to back away, but Lou grazed his neck before he could. 

“W-what is happening…?!” Before Choi Min-Suk could even finish his sentence, Lou punctured his neck like a hot knife cutting butter.
And the heat bursting from Gi-Gyu’s chest began to melt Choi Min-Suk slowly.

Throb.

At that very moment, Gi-Gyu’s right eye turned an even darker shade of violet. 

[a]Even if the raws have excessive punctuation, let’s just leave at triple maximum.