Level 4 Human in a Ruined World - Chapter 13
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Episode 13 4. The Goblins Are Too Big (3)
How must it have looked to them?
A human racing toward them on a bicycle, armed with sword and shield, with the title ‘Gumi First Sword’ floating above his head.
“Hyaaaah!”
Even as Young-woo approached at high speed while screaming, the Goblins paid no attention and continued their meal.
They separated thighs and calves with brute force, tore apart ribcages left and right to scoop out the organs inside.
“These fucking…!”
Was this what kinship felt like?
Young-woo felt indescribable rage and sorrow as he watched someone’s limbs rattling on the ground.
And shortly after, he sensed a very deep fear as well.
Fear stemming from the intuition that humanity’s status as a species would no longer be what it once was.
“Come here! You bastards!”
Finally reaching the scene, Young-woo practically leaped off his bicycle and drew Early Bird.
The nearest Goblin moved to block him, but.
Crack!
Its torso was grotesquely crushed by a shield strike without a moment’s hesitation.
-Kirruk!
The Goblins that charged next met the same fate.
“You fucking bastards!”
Young-woo battered them with his shield like he was demolishing a building with a hammer.
Crash, bang!
Due to his tremendous strength, everything the shield struck was crushed.
The iron breastplates and shoulder guards the Goblins wore… those foolish enough to extend their arms in counterattack had those arms completely shattered.
Of course, since there were far more Goblins, fairly sharp attacks came from the flanks, but Young-woo would swing Early Bird wildly each time.
Even if he couldn’t deal fatal wounds, he could forcibly push his opponents back.
-Kruk!
By this point, even the Goblins charging at Young-woo began to realize.
That in trying to devour this one human, they were all going to die.
And from this moment on.
-Kiik.
-Kiit…
They hesitated.
Unlike before when they rushed forward eagerly, they suddenly began yielding the turn to charge to each other.
The problem was that none of the Goblins wanted to charge at a human with one-hit-kill power.
So as a result.
-Kit…
-Kigit.
At some point, the battle came to an abrupt halt.
“Huh…?”
Ye-chan, who had been frantically swinging his spear beside Young-woo, also noticed that the Goblins weren’t charging anymore and stepped back.
“What, what’s happening? All of a sudden.”
At Ye-chan’s question, Young-woo stared intently at the edge of his shield, stained dark blue with Goblin blood, and said.
“Those bastards are intelligent beings too.”
“Huh?”
“They also hate dying, and just like us…”
They know how to feel fear.
Instead of finishing his words, Young-woo lunged toward the Goblins.
Whoosh!
His leg muscles, based on 150 strength, carried his body at tremendous speed.
How fast was it?
-Kiit!
-Kiiiiii!
Fast enough to make the 2-meter-tall Goblins flee in terror.
“Kill them all! Don’t let a single one escape!”
As Young-woo spat out sharp words through his clenched teeth, Ye-chan, who had been watching all this from behind in a daze, finally snapped to attention.
“Y-yes!”
Dash!
Ye-chan moved to chase the Goblins, swinging his long spear shaft.
While doing so, he glanced at Young-woo, who was leaping through the air to strike down on a Goblin’s head with his shield.
If you didn’t know better, it looked like the Goblins were the victims.
“Graaaah!”
Young-woo’s roar seemed to tear the air around them to shreds.
Then another Goblin’s head burst like a watermelon.
Clang, thoom!
Each time a Goblin fell, the heavy armor wrapped around their bodies created a thunderous noise that made ears ring.
And this thunderous noise.
“What’s that? Where is it?”
“L-look over there.”
“Oh…”
Drew other people who had been staying nearby.
People who knew the identity of this thunderous noise that periodically pounded the air, and had the courage to come near its source.
What should they be called?
If we had to give them a name, they could be called Monster Hunters.
People with adequate equipment and above-average fighting spirit, who had reasons to risk their lives fighting Monsters.
A Married Couple who had to earn Karma for their family in preparation for tax collection.
A Girl supporting her Single Mother.
An Elderly Man who couldn’t even secure basic funds from the Exchange Office.
Being essentially a gathering of the weak and elderly, they had to have everyone attack even one or two Goblins, but they were somewhat optimistic about the future.
After all, each of them could now pay tomorrow’s taxes, and they were gradually raising their stats with the remaining Karma.
Then unexpectedly.
“Kiyaaaah!”
They encountered a superhuman who was killing 2-meter-tall Goblins like bugs while making strange noises.
* * *
Thwack!
Another one ascended to heaven.
Young-woo looked around with eyes that had turned dark blue from splattered Goblin blood.
When he came to his senses, there were no more Goblins left in his sight.
“Huff… I guess this area is done.”
He could really feel the effects of having put 150 points into stamina. He felt like he’d been rampaging for a while, but still had energy to spare.
Enough that he could fight those humans visible in the distance right now.
Flash, flash, flash!
Soon the Goblin corpses scattered on the ground began to evaporate with light and pour out Crimson Coins.
Clatter!
20,000 Karma per Monster.
“….”
Young-woo swept up the coins from the ground while glaring at the group of people in the distance who were still maintaining a safe distance.
In situations like this, human groups usually came swinging their swords.
“Mister!”
Soon Ye-chan also came running over breathlessly, pointing at the problematic group with his hand.
“You saw them, right? Those people.”
“I saw them. Just in case, use your Karma right now. If possible, put it all into stamina.”
Young-woo said this while immediately distributing his ability points.
This time’s income was 200,000 Karma. Converted to ability points, that was 200 points.
‘First, I’ll dump 100 into durability and raise strength and senses a bit more.’
『Character: Jung Young-woo07』
[Strength] 200 (19+181)
[Stamina] 150 (21+129)
[Durability] 150 (13+137)
[Senses] 100 (24+76)
The reason Young-woo decided to invest in senses was the Gumi Sword Technique.
He thought that with higher senses, he might be able to follow the Gumi Sword Technique’s hologram more skillfully.
Swoosh.
As he finished distributing ability points, vitality flowed through his entire body as usual, and in addition to that.
“…?”
He felt something indescribable.
‘Is it because I raised senses by 50?’
It might be his imagination, but it felt like he could detect every minute vibration in his body.
Young-woo, wrapped in a strange feeling, looked at the group of people in the distance who had finally started walking toward them.
Because of the distance, they initially looked like a clump, but soon each silhouette came into view.
“…Huh?”
Ye-chan, who had better eyesight than Young-woo, was the first to react.
“Mister, those people.”
Before he could say “don’t look like bandits,” the other side made a gesture.
Whoosh.
The entire group raised both hands high in the air.
Thanks to this, Young-woo and Ye-chan could see their armed state and group composition in detail.
Seven people total.
A man and woman who appeared to be a married couple and two children who looked about kindergarten age.
A woman walking with a limp and a girl supporting her.
And a skinny old man with a wolf cut. This person had a considerable amount of white hair, making his hair look gray.
‘Only the couple, the girl, and the old man are armed.’
Young-woo looked at the uninvited guests with cold eyes, then came to his senses when he spotted the children among the adults.
‘Oh no.’
The kids were holding up both hands with expressions like they were being punished.
Swish.
When Young-woo’s blade, which had been pointing toward the other party, swung down toward the ground, Ye-chan also followed suit and planted his spear shaft in the ground.
Then the ‘elderly and weak’ who had been approaching step by step with stiff faces finally relaxed their expressions.
“Ni… Nice to meet you!”
The first to speak was the man from the couple.
“Let us introduce ourselves first….”
“Wait a moment. Tell them to lower their hands. The kids.”
“…Pardon? Ah! Thank you….”
“But don’t you adults lower yours yet.”
* * *
Sky Villa Residents Association.
The man said they belonged to the residents association of an apartment complex called Sky Villa.
So they were just neighbors in the same apartment before, but this incident brought them together.
And they were traveling together armed, hunting Goblins.
‘How is that even possible?’
Young-woo thought this, then somewhat understood after seeing the condition of the members.
Perhaps each member was a dropout, so they judged they had no competitiveness unless they helped each other.
Anyway, it was remarkable that the weak didn’t just gather together but were actively seeking ways to survive like this.
Even now, most people would just be running away from Goblins.
But remarkable was remarkable.
“Yes. I understand what kind of people you are, but why are you telling me this.”
When Young-woo spoke in a stiff tone as if drawing a line, the Sky Villa group’s faces, which had brightened momentarily, darkened again.
“Well….”
It was the man who had greeted Young-woo first.
But the next line actually came from the wolf-cut old man who had been standing quietly in the corner.
“In a world like this, how can we survive if people don’t help each other?”
Though he had a skinny body, his frame looked extraordinary, and his eyes were sharp.
In Young-woo’s view, he was the most out-of-place person in this dropout party.
“I know this is a presumptuous request, but please travel with us. For the children’s sake at least… please.”
Young-woo looked at the man next to him instead of the old man and asked.
“Who is this person? Is he a resident of the same apartment?”
“He used to work as security for our apartment. Thanks to him, we were able to gather together like this.”
“A security guard…?”
A security guard with a wolf cut and beast-like eyes… Young-woo unconsciously opened his mouth slightly.
Then, thinking there was still room for persuasion, the woman from the couple made a suggestion.
“Fortunately, we haven’t had any casualties yet, but there have been quite a few dangerous moments. But if you… travel with us, we won’t have to worry about dying to monsters at least.”
“That might be true.”
But what would they gain from doing that… Young-woo was about to continue this thought when he quietly closed his mouth.
He noticed the two children who were massaging their bodies, probably because their arms were sore from holding them up.
‘Damn it. Using kids is kind of cheating, isn’t it.’
Though Young-woo was a misanthrope, he couldn’t help but be merciful to children at least.
Moreover, in this world, monsters ate people.
“….”
The horrible corpses he had seen earlier suddenly came to mind.
“I won’t stop you from following. However, the problem is that I’m currently….”
Young-woo said this while turning his head.
He was looking for the red pillar of light. He needed to inform them that their destination was quite dangerous.
But.
‘Huh…?’
The position of the pillar of light had changed noticeably at some point.
The red light was visible quite clearly now.
This meant the Mutant had also entered the residential area.
“Oh.”
“Whoa.”
“Is that right now….”
It seemed the Sky Villa people were also looking at the red pillar of light.
The Epic Quest had been activated because of his experience hunting goblins.
Thud! Thoom!
Soon, thunderous sounds with a different feel from when the goblins fell began to echo rhythmically.
This was probably the sound of its footsteps.
Thud, thoom!
In sync with that sound, the red pillar of light gradually drew closer, and then finally.
Shrieeeek!
A sound like something massive soaring into the air could be heard.
“Ah.”
Young-woo, sensing something, looked up at the sky.
Then he saw some being that appeared black against the backlight.
It had an enormous build and wore something like a name tag on its head.
“Gumi… City Councilman… Jang Seon-bok…?”
That’s right.
Right now, Young-woo was looking at Gumi City Councilman Jang Seon-bok, who had returned as a goblin.
Grade 4 Human of the Ruined World (Serial)
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