In their home dimension, the Wild Kingdom, there are two types of people who live there.

Descendants of the Twelve Heroes, hybrid humans and beasts.
And then there are the beast-kin, whose bloodline is faintly tied to the heroes.

The beast-kin are born to be slaves.
Luna was one of many slaves.

─ Luna, you are the descendant of the great Lunacolis. You must never forget that. Though your blood is faint and you were born as a beast-kin… you are still a proud heir of the hero’s blood.

Luna bowed her head when she saw the Lunacolis clan.
They were a clan that inherited the blood of ancient heroes strongly, and their nature had manifested in their clan.
A mere beast-kin couldn’t even look at them.

─ What are these damn pests?

Just because the blood of a hero runs strongly through someone doesn’t mean everyone becomes a hero.

Thwack! Smash-
─ P-please, save me! I won’t do it again! Please, just once!

The glory of the past had already withered, and all that remained was violence perpetuated through bloodlines.

Among them, there were a few noble souls, but they were the minority.
Most were too busy enjoying their privileges.

From an early age, Luna had been exposed to this violence.

She had lived her life like this, so she didn’t think much of it.
Whether her parents died or her friends died, she felt no doubt.

It was fortunate that she met members of different races in the Tower of Struggle.
Otherwise, she would never have questioned it.

That said, her nature didn’t change.
The hero’s blood of Lunacolis flowing through Luna’s veins demanded that she surrender to no one.

─ What the hell are these bastards?

If it hadn’t been for Scarlet, whom she met on the first floor and formed a team with, Luna would have been unable to speak.
She might have been on her knees, begging for mercy.

“……”

Now, facing the Lunacolis clan,
Just by not kneeling, Luna was showing immense courage.

That’s why Scarlet couldn’t back down.
She knew all too well how it felt to be looked down upon, and she wanted to help Luna.

She shouted.
She cursed at the Lunacolis clan.

‘If these bastards try to kill us... I’m not just going to die quietly.’

Entering the Tower of Struggle, Luna had seen many races.
The overwhelming majority were humans.
They were all from different dimensions, but their appearances were quite similar.

Middle Realm inhabitants were mostly Caucasian, and Murim people were mostly East Asian, though there were these meaningful differences.

‘Beast-headed bastards.’

There were various races.
Some had appearances that were difficult to accept.

Hybrids—half human, half beast.
They were different from the beast-kin.

Beast-kin were humans with beast-like features, but hybrids were beasts who had taken on human traits, walking on two legs.

“I didn’t come here to look at you humans. I came to meet the pests.”

The beast-like, threatening sound escaped their mouths.
Krrr.

The members of Scarlet’s team, who had been drinking beer, flinched.

“I’m sure I told you that dying as quickly as possible is the honor of the Wild Kingdom.”

The beast-kin stood before Luna.
With gleaming yellow eyes, it growled.

Luna hunched her shoulders and couldn’t say a word.
She was completely tense.

“You, what are you?”

Scarlet stepped forward.

“Don’t you dare talk like that to Luna. You damn piece of shit.”

The size difference was huge.
Even though Scarlet was not small for a woman, in front of the hybrid beast, she clearly looked like a woman.

“Then, human. Let me ask you. What business do you have interfering with Wild Kingdom matters?”

“Wild Kingdom or whatever. This is the Tower of Struggle. Why are you bringing your hometown's nonsense here?”

Scarlet glared at the hybrids and continued.

“Beast-kin were slaves, so do you act like slaves in the Tower of Struggle too? Is it disgraceful for the weak to struggle for survival in the Wild Kingdom, so you’re just going to die quietly? Is that what you’re saying?”

The hybrid sneered at Luna.
Luna couldn’t meet his eyes and lowered her head deeply.

“…The problem is that a half-breed with Lunacolis blood is showing such a disgraceful face in front of all these pests, human.”

“Bullshit. The blood you’re talking about doesn’t even mean the clan. You’re just telling me to die because I was born as a beast-kin.”

Scarlet fired back like a rapid-fire barrage.
It was clear she had clashed with them before.

“I could end this myself. If I sign up for a point duel, I can finish this cleanly…”

“Shut up, you damn bastard.”

As I noticed this morning, Scarlet didn’t back down.
No matter how strong the opponent was, she fought back.

What would she do if she met a real powerhouse?
Red Dragon, Sword Master... If she offended someone like that, she could be dead without a trace.

Her guts were admirable.
It was impossible not to be impressed.

“What do you think you’re going to do?”

Kim Min-seong whispered in my ear.

Perhaps it was the hot breath near my ear, but goosebumps formed on my cheek.

“What?”

What should I answer to that question?

‘We just met today. It’s not like I owe them anything.’

Frankly, the Griffin hunt match was no different from going to a day job.
Scarlet’s team was just a crew I met for the first time.

‘If something bad happens to them, I’ll just feel sorry for them.’

It was a shitty thought, but if they died, I wouldn’t feel anything, right?

Then, Kim Min-seong spoke.

“It’s better to just cut off the useless ones. For the greater good.”

“?”

Should I take this as advice? It’s really hard to tell.

“…Greater good?”
“Yeah.”

I still didn’t understand what he was saying.

“In the end, it’s the same conclusion—regress and regret. But whether it’s for the greater good or personal gain, that’s where it changes.”

“……”

I glanced at Kim Min-seong.
I could feel he was serious, and it gave me chills.

“Can the Earthlings keep their mouths shut? The smell is too strong.”

“Khahaha, woof woof!”

Just as Scarlet had her team, the hybrid beast-kin also had their own team.

At the front was a male(?) wolf head, followed by a group of others.
Their lackeys bared their teeth and shouted at us.

“Pests gathered together like pests.”

The hybrid beast-kin scanned us.
Since they had heads, it was hard to read their expressions.
Were they ignoring us or not?

‘My hands are itching. But I can’t just swing a punch right now….’

Everyone has different thresholds for anger.
The provocations of the hybrid beast-kin didn’t trigger my anger.

Step by step,
One of the wolf-headed bastards approached.

He held a plate of food in his hands.

Lee Soo-jung gasped and whispered.

“Here we go again.”

“…As expected of you, brother. You’ve already created a reason to clean it up.”

Kim Min-seong muttered something under his breath.

“Krrr. This is the right look for pests.”

The wolf-headed bastard poured food over my head.
Luckily, with my high agility, I managed to dodge it.
If I had missed, I would’ve ended up showering in grease.

Splat-.

The food I had just bought scattered on the floor.
Seeing that, I couldn’t help but laugh in disbelief.

“Why the hell are you doing this to me? You guys should settle your hometown’s grudges among yourselves. Does it make you feel better to put thorns in my mouth?”

“I can’t stand seeing weaklings. Slaves, pests, and humans like you.”

One of the wolf-headed lackeys grinned and continued.

“We came here and saw you eating and drinking comfortably. Is that a good enough reason?”

“……”

Looking closely, the wolf-headed bastards were looking at everyone but me.

Goblin, Orc, Lizardman, and even Midgardian Sergei.
They were all lowering their heads in front of them.

Only I casually ate meat with a fork.
That must have really pissed them off.

“I’m a Shaolin renegade. You touch me, huh?”

I pushed my chair back and stood up.
Then I faced the hybrid wolf-headed bastard.

“Krrr. No fear, huh? You want to try something?”

They growled like beasts and unsheathed their claws.
They were about to cause a ruckus.

I glanced at them and said,

“…Honestly, this is self-defense.”

If they hadn’t dumped food on me, I would’ve let it go.

I wrapped my punch with force.
Then I struck fast.

Thwack-

My punch landed squarely in his stomach.

“Krrr. You’re confident, huh.”

But he didn’t die.
He withstood my punch.

‘I figured this might happen.’

The damage from my punch was about 1,500%.
That’s roughly 15 times my attack power.

‘It’s not impossible to achieve 150 health.’

If my punch didn’t work,
What’s next?

‘No worries.’

I quickly drew out the golden dagger from my inventory and armed myself with it in my left hand.
Then, once again, I wrapped my punch with force and struck.

Thwack-

The second punch landed in an instant.
A quick attack.

The wolf-headed bastard tried to block my punch with his hand.

“Not bad for a pest, but that won’t be enough to defeat us…”

Yeah, block it.

I calmly landed my punch right into his palm.
Like pounding rice into flour.

[You absorb the soul of Kar Fer (Lunacolis).]
[Your strength increases by 0.03.]

The wolf-headed bastard crumpled and fell to the ground.
No matter how strong he was, he couldn’t withstand the power of my golden dagger-enhanced punch.

“K-Kar!”

The Lunacolis clan stared at me in horror.

“Oh, damn.”

All eyes were on me.

But I didn’t pay them any attention.
I had no time to look at them.

I was distracted by the message floating in the air.

‘So, if I kill them all, my strength increases by 0.3?’