In the quiet guild room, Daniel gripped tightly onto a blood-soaked sword that pierced his stomach. He was now surrounded by enemies from all sides, making him feel like a dying deer surrounded by a pack of ravenous tigers.

"Guys, are you all crazy? Why are you attacking me?" Daniel shouted in a panicked tone.

Pain filled Daniel's body as the curse energy traveled through every muscle fiber.

Not only had the poisoned drink rendered him immobile, but his once-trusted colleagues had also plunged a cursed knife deep into the nerves in his back. This made Daniel suffer unimaginable pain.

"Daniel. Oh, Daniel! We have prepared more than just poison and cursed weapons for putting an end to this infamous 'Steel Body.' Show a little resistance and give us some pleasure before killing you!"

Edward, an expert swordsman and Daniel's old friend, sneered rudely. While licking the sword with his tongue, he burst out laughing while pulling Marie into his arms.

"Edward dear, let's finish him off quickly and get all those rare items from his corpse!" said Marie, Daniel's girlfriend, with a cold stare. The knife in her hand was ready to behead Daniel at any moment.

"Look who it is. Isn't this the strong and mighty Daniel?"

Mia, the girl entrusted with managing all the money in their guild.

"Daniel, any last words? Before you die like this!"

And Leon, the person Daniel used to save when he was in debt to a large guild.

"You... all of you!... bastards!"

Stab-!

"Argh!"

Leon threw a knife and stabbed Daniel right in the stomach. It made Daniel have trouble breathing in an instant. Even the blood inside his stomach felt like it wanted to burst out.

"Oi trashy bastard, didn't I tell you earlier? Do you have any last words? Kind-hearted Mr. Hero!" Leon's hand gripped his hair with a trembling hand.

His face, threatening with heavy pressure, gave off a pitch-black evil aura he usually used to kill someone.

To make matters worse, the blood gathering in his stomach slowly rose up his esophagus and made Daniel want to vomit.

"Y-you guys, argh! What did you think I was all this time? Hoek...!"

He said it with iron-smelling blood flowing from his mouth. One breath was like a thousand sword stabs of pain.

"Pfft!"

"Hahahaha...!"

"Hahahaha...!"

"Hahaha! Hey, idiot. Haven't you realized it yet, huh? When you were helping and leading us all, we were all holding back our laughter because you were so easy to control like a puppet!" said Leon with a mocking face.

"Saving the human race? Wiping out all the Apocalypse Dungeons? That's stupid. You're better off dead than dreaming and having such childish goals!" Edward held his head while laughing in response to disbelief.

"Kill or be killed, eat or be eaten, oppress or be oppressed. That's the world we live in today, Daniel. But you... You give half our income to orphans or starving people, and you're always saying nonsense about saving everyone and being a hero. How disgusting is that," Mia said.

Daniel now realizes he has been sailing alone in the dark sea of life. They were like people who hitchhiked on his boat, and then they were also people who threw him into the depths of the ocean filled with monsters.

"M-Marie, I can't believe you're conspiring with them!"

Her face was expressionless and emotionless. It was the first time Daniel had seen her face like that. Has she been wearing a mask all this time?

Smirk-

Marie grinned with an intimidating, wide-eyed stare.

"Daniel, you know what? As long as I've been alive, I've always been like a slave and used by many people. They were people who always pretended to be good people with fake smiles. Where I worked, I was bullied, bullied, harassed, and other hurtful things by those people. But one day, the Dungeon Apocalypse suddenly appeared. Those people who ostracized me were beaten to death by many monsters that were so ferocious that they cut off their bodies. Then, when their blood splattered all over the place do you know how I felt at that time, Daniel?" Marie said with a terrifying smile, an aura of darkness enveloping Daniel's vision.

"I... I... I'm so happy Hahaha! Hahaha! Hahahahahahahaha!"

Marie is now showing her true colors. She is a psychopathic girl who has lost her mind.

Marie continued, "And you, Daniel, always smiling and nice to people. It's so disgusting and makes me relive my past traumas. Instead of you being a nuisance in my life, you should die, Daniel."

"Daniel, everyone will die, be forgotten, and disappear without a name like a pig. It's all predestined. If you continue to live, you will only be wasting your time and money."

Looks like Daniel was wrong. It wasn't just Marie who was wearing the mask. All five of them were wearing masks and playing with them.

"Ah, I see... t-turns out... You people are like this."

Daniel gave up, he had now lost hope and despaired. His eyes slowly became heavy and then closed with tears flowing.

A chill runs through her body, indicating that some of her internal organs have shut down.

"You are too naive, Daniel. It would be best if you realized that we are all greedy people. You can't turn us into good people like you! We are all destined to be bad people!

Daniel couldn't say anything else. His body had already lost a lot of blood, his vision had become blurry, and it was only a matter of seconds before he lost consciousness.

"Hey, hurry up and kill him and take the 'God's Eye,' aren't we paid to take it? Seeing him like this gives me a strange feeling!" shouted Marie.

'Huh, they're paid? So their goal is to snatch the 'God's Eye' I got a few days ago in New York City? The divine eye is a Mythic-class Item that is the only one in this world. I can't believe they all leaked the information of the God's Eye and sold it,' Daniel muttered in his heart with his remaining consciousness.

"Hey Marie, you're still a novice about torturing someone. Forget about the item momentarily because it will fall when this asshole Daniel dies. For me, it's precisely the seconds before death like this that we should enjoy first, the beautiful sight when a dying person sees the angel of death coming to him!"

Hearing that made Daniel's heart grow fonder. In the silence and seconds, his body was filled with coldness. He could now see a light coming from the roof. Was it an angel? If so, there was no other choice for him.

Daniel had already made up his mind. He only had one more chance.

"O-oi, you bastards! To hell with it all you fucking cockroaches!

"H-huh?" Mia's astonished voice was heard.

"T-this... w-won't be that easy...! You bastards!"

Daniel said as he widened his eyes. These were the remnants of his energy before he would actually die.

'Edward is right. I can see a grim reaper beside me with a scythe. If death is the end I will face, then what I must do is obvious.'

"H-hey, can he still talk?" said Leon in a panic.

"Didn't I tell you to kill him quickly? I've felt something strange from earlier!" shouted Marie frantically.

"Hey, you guys, calm down first. Wasn't that just a bluff? Hahaha!" Edward laughed, but his heart was also shaken at the sight of Daniel's shouting figure.

"I-inventory space! God's Eye!"

"E-eh...!" Everyone said it wide-eyed.

"All of you, go get it!" Leon shouted.

Time seemed to slow down. When they saw gold-colored eyes studded with red coming out of the inventory in front of Daniel. They all jumped towards him with happy faces and greedy grins.

'That's disgusting. I won't give this to you. I will make you regret everything. If this is what you want, then I will...'

"Use the Eye of God!"

[System notification: You are using a God's Eye item! Your soul is now connected to the divine eye!]

[You're dead! You will be returned to the past with the God's Eye you used."]