Know-it-all, Gaining Favor

Inside the passage, the Eerie's miserable screams and wails made everyone's ears ache.

The three players whipped it excitedly. When they saw the black whip's quality rise from [Collector's] to [Legendary], they became even more thrilled.

An Eerie that wouldn't fight back,

and whipping it could improve the weapon's quality—

how was that any different from pie falling from the sky?

"Stop already! I'm going to die... If you keep hitting me, I'll really die."

"I'm begging you on my knees, please put that whip away."

"Whatever you want, I'll give it to you. Sob, sob, sob..."

The Eerie lay on the ground begging for mercy, but after being threatened by the three players, it shrank back into the corner. It could only bury its head against the base of the wall and use its relatively thicker back to endure the pain.

Then, the three heard a sound.

Footsteps.

The three players turned to look behind them.

Amid the hazy shadows, they saw an Eerie figure dressed in clown attire and wearing clown makeup, slowly making its way toward them.

"Another Tier 5 Eerie..."

"One coward and one freak in weird clothes. Why are there so many bizarre Eeries in this instance?"

The three players curled their lips and tightened their grips on their Eerie Weapons.

As it approached, the Clown Eerie began performing. It tossed three apples into the air, juggling them between both hands in a classic circus clown routine.

"Juggling?"

One player sneered and raised his gun, shooting straight through the Clown Eerie's body.

The Clown Eerie fell at once.

"It really is a clown."

The three players turned around, preparing to continue "shearing wool" from the pain-fearing Eerie. But when they turned, the Clown Eerie was right in front of them.

It was still tossing the