Cheat Awakening

"Oye, idiot! How many times do I have to tell you not to touch those things? If they get activated, we'll all turn to ash. F*ck, which motherf*cker passed his joining application...

I'm telling you, Gal, one day I will surely skin this bastard alive," Said a man annoyingly wearing a leather jacket and black pants, with short black hair, brown eyes, 2 meters tall muscular body, with various injuries marks on all over on his body, exuding a full-on gangster vibe.

He directed his frustration towards a fearful halfling who promptly placed the bomb he was holding back in its place and started kowtowing in front of the gangster, who also happened to be the manager of the 6th floor.

"So, where are we? Oh, yes, someone found a few things missing. Those few things, which were enough to fill dozens of containers, disappeared as soon as you entered my area. Do you have anything to say about it?" The gangster manager asked Myne, pointing his golden runic bazooka in front of Myne's face, who was sweating buckets in nervousness.

"The old sage was right; greed is indeed the hume race's greatest sin, which could become the reason for the rise and fall at the same time."

...

A few minutes ago...

"F*ck! We've been climbing down for the last two hours. Why is there no end to those stairs?" Myne complained, sweating from head to toe and panting like an old dog as he walked while leaning against the wall.

Velvet, on his back and bored enough to start reading a book for timepass, rolled her eyes, having heard the same sentence more than ten times in the past hour.

"If you have so much of a problem, why don't you just jump down from here? Can't you fly with your skill? When we're about to hit the ground, you can use your skills, and we will land on the ground safe and sound Isn't this a perfect plan?" Velvet suggested with a chuckle, eyes still glued to her book.

"If you have nothing better to do than make fun of me, just shut up and read your damn book. Do you really think I haven't thought about it? Although this black hole looks simple, it's not. It's crucially a big trap. The last time I used my skill in the air on it, mana inside my body crazily started gushing out as if someone had opened the floodgates.

If I stayed there for a few minutes, I might have surely emptied out all my mana. Then, all that awaited us would be nothing but death. Whoever bastard designed this tower clearly wanted people to enter and suffer, letting them experience the true nightmare of stairs."

DING!

"Huh? Did you hear that?" Velvet suddenly asked ears perked.

"What!" Myne, thinking Velvet was playing another prank on him, asked irritably.

"That 'ding' sound. It's as if someone is hammering the iron..."

DING... DING...

"Now I hear it too. Let's go take a look." Myne, who moments ago was on the verge of collapsing, suddenly started running on the stairs, literally giving Velvet a small heart attack.

"Stop! Hey, don't run on the stairs. They're very slippery. If you slip, then we might not be able to stop ourselves from entering hell," Velvet cried out to Myne's back.

"Don't worry; everything is under control." Myne, attempting to reassure Velvet (though it clearly didn't work), hurriedly climbed down and soon stood in front of another monstrous face entrance. This time, the entrance was surprisingly large, around 10 meters tall, giving Myne and Velvet plenty of room for imagination.

Myne slowly poked his head in and looked inside. However, instead of the small corridor or secret lab, he expected based on the previous two times, he was greeted with an entirely different world. The room was so vast that Myne couldn't see the ceiling. Artificial light bulbs hung in mid-air, illuminating the entire space as if it were morning before the sun rose.

At the end of the room was a giant 30-meter-tall door-shaped red portal, from which weird creatures were coming and going nonstop, carrying various boxes on their backs.

Hundreds of different-sized machines from 1 meter to 100 meters tall were placed everywhere in a 5000 square meter area. Dwarf-like beings, a mix of ogre and dwarf, in red color, were working on those machines, creating weird objects. While most of them Myne had no idea about, he recognized one of them with a single glance.

That is Alban's secret bomb. That bastard fooled me last time by giving me a fake bomb in my dream, but this time I will surely collect a lot of them, Myne thought while rubbing his hands, an evil smile spreading across his face.

"This looks like a production facility. Holy smokes, is that a giant? It's my first time seeing a real giant. I heard they are extinct in our world, but it seems like there are still some trying to survive," Velvet exclaimed.

Following Velvet's gaze, Myne saw an innocent-looking, 10-meter-tall humanoid monster that resembled humans in form and hue. The giant carried a large container on top of its head and walked into the red portal.

"Myne, look there. Don't you think that signboard looks a bit familiar?" Velvet observed the surroundings and suddenly noticed a familiar flying signboard with a weird character on it a few meters away from them in mid-air.

[ A Random Signboard

Grade: Low

Attribute: None

Description: A good quality metal signboard on which '06' is written in the native demonic language. Nothing worth mentioning. ]

"It shows the number 6 this time. I think it represents the number of the floor we are currently on. I have seen a signboard like this in that lab as well, but because of that damn slug, I didn't have time to check it properly," Myne replied, rubbing his chin thoughtfully.

"So, you're saying we fell directly from the 10th floor to the 6th floor, and since we didn't encounter any other monster-faced doors, it means we've been climbing downstairs for the past two hours from the 7th floor to the 6th floor? Just how big is this damn place?" Velvet asked, dumbfounded. Myne was equally shocked and confused, so he could only shake his head helplessly.

Silently and stealthily, after seeing no one around, he quickly ran toward the various boxes placed beside the entrance and hid behind them.

"What are you doing? Why are you hiding when no one can recognize you in this appearance?" Velvet questioned confusdly.

Hearing Velvet's question, Myne also came back to his senses. He literally forgot that he had changed his appearance because it didn't show any effort until now. He subconsciously ignored that he disguised himself as a halfling.

"Sorry, I forgot about it. I wanted to take a few gadgets for ourselves so that if we somehow got found and surrounded, we could make our escape by bombarding everything. Did you see those palm-sized ball-like things? Those are special types of bombs. Just push the button on the bottom of them, throw it at your enemy, and boom... Game over, baby."

Hearing Myne's excited description of Alban's special bombs, even Velvet found herself intrigued. Limited in her current state, the idea of tossing bombs from Myne's back and providing minor support during battles seemed like a feasible option. Encouraged by the thought, she suggested that Myne steal dozens of boxes of bombs for future bombardments.

"Don't worry, I have the same plan," Myne assured. Stealthily moving from behind the boxes, he successfully avoided the watchful eyes of the tirelessly working dwarves crafting bombs as if there were no tomorrow. Myne managed to pilfer a few dozen boxes filled with bombs inside his Inventory without raising any alarms.

"Don't even think about moving if you don't want to see a big hole between your forehead."

After securing enough bombs to satisfy both Myne and Velvet's immediate needs, Myne headed toward the portal to check if it connected to the outside world, where he could employ his teleportation skill. However, just as he reached the portal, he felt a cold ball like object press against the back of his head.

With a heavy sigh, Myne placed his hands on the back of his head and slowly turned around to prevent whoever was holding the weapon from getting too close and accidentally discovering Velvet on his back.

Initially assuming the person behind him could speak in a language he understood, Myne expected to encounter a hume. To his surprise, the individual turned out to be neither a male nor a hume but a strikingly beautiful woman, captivating enough to stir his little brother immediately.

She had cascading locks of crimson-red hair that resembled a waterfall of flames, she stood at a statuesque height of 1.8 meters. Crowned by two majestic horns curving like crescent moons, perfectly adorning her head, she exudes an otherworldly allure.

Her slender figure, draped in scanty attire that accentuates her ample E-cup breasts and a voluptuous, bubbly butt, adds to the allure that captivates any beholder. Her long, hairless tail gracefully extends, culminating in a heart-shaped point, further emphasizing her seductive nature.

Two majestic demonic wings, bathed in a rich shade of red, complete her mesmerizing appearance, thin, tempting lips and an aura of supernatural beauty capable of quickening the heartbeat of any man who dares to gaze upon her.

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