Level 4 Human in a Ruined World - Chapter 6

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Episode 6 2. Gumi’s Greatest Sword (2)

“…The price of life?”

The student showed a momentarily surprised expression at Young-woo’s proposal.

Then he quickly composed himself and nodded repeatedly.

“If, if I can live, I’d give you my entire fortune!”

This decision was made under the judgment that he couldn’t possibly find another ‘bodyguard’ like this at this point.

Currently, anyone who had both Early Bird and a shield was clearly high-grade personnel.

Besides, it wasn’t like he was asking for money right away.

“Then I can give you the money when we reach the Exchange Office, right?”

“Right. However….”

Young-woo hesitated for a moment.

Even though he was in a position to save the other person’s life, he felt uncomfortable about taking someone’s entire fortune.

“Your entire fortune is too much, how about 100,000? You should keep some money for yourself to use.”

“Ah…! That, that’s true.”

“Then the deal is confirmed at 100,000.”

The contract was concluded like this.

Therefore, the tasks now given to Young-woo were his own and his employer’s survival, and currency exchange.

‘The Exchange Office stay time was 2 hours, wasn’t it? Then there’s roughly one hour left.’

Finding a new Exchange Office wouldn’t be difficult. As he’d seen while coming to Sword Mountain, Exchange Offices were scattered everywhere.

However.

‘170,000 Karma means… 170 coins.’

At least he had a bag so he could somehow pick them up and carry them, but would people really just leave them alone?

‘There are only two methods. Find an Exchange Office that everyone has already left, or….’

Kill everyone who approaches.

Swoosh.

Meanwhile, the arrow at his feet tilted westward.

‘The next destination?’

The main quest that had led Young-woo to Sword Mountain still showed no changes.

[Main] “Rookie”

【Mission】 Follow the arrow to move to Sword Mountain, then change your fate.

【Reward】 Survival Equipment

In other words, he had to carry out the instruction to change his fate for it to be judged complete.

‘I don’t know what it is, but I guess I can change my fate in the west.’

Swish.

While Young-woo was thinking, the arrow moved once more.

‘Huh?’

Wondering if he’d mistaken it, he blinked, and saw the arrow turn its head again.

The target area was moving.

‘No wait… what the arrow is pointing to right now might not necessarily be an area.’

Whatever it was, the fact that he had to follow the arrow remained unchanged.

“Are you hurt anywhere? Is it uncomfortable to move?”

“Yes, yes. I can even run.”

“Then that’s good. I’m about to start running now.”

As Young-woo pulled his sword and shield close and took the lead, the student also clenched his empty hands and took a step.

* * *

“Huff… huff!”

“Wheeze, huff!”

His first-ever bodyguard role.

Running while holding both a sword and shield was a bit inconvenient, but other than that, it wasn’t as difficult as he’d thought.

Everyone they’d encountered so far had seen their armed state and avoided them on their own.

‘I hope it goes like this at the Exchange Office too.’

It had already been about 5 minutes since they’d been running westward from Sword Mountain without rest.

In Young-woo’s experience, it was about time for Exchange Offices to start appearing, and the student closely following behind him seemed to think the same.

“Um… mister.”

“What is it. Speak.”

“If a fight breaks out, what should I do?”

“What should you do.”

Young-woo started to speak but hesitated for a moment, having nothing to say.

His lack of combat experience was the same.

“…Stay alive by any means necessary. If problems arise, I’ll try to handle them as quickly as possible.”

In the end, all Young-woo could tell his client was to somehow stay alive.

And not long after.

“…!”

An Exchange Office section really appeared again.

Front right, roughly 150 meters away by eye.

‘My goodness. This is an opportunity given by heaven.’

There were hardly any people near the closest Exchange Office.

Judging by the moving silhouettes, at most four or five people.

“What was your name again?”

“It’s Ye-chan. Kang Ye-chan. What about you, mister?”

“I’m Jung Young-woo. We’re going to enter the Exchange Office now, so stick close to me.”

With these words, as Young-woo pointed to the Exchange Office they were gradually approaching, Ye-chan nodded.

‘Anyway, they all don’t have weapons so they can’t attack recklessly. I just need to quickly collect the coins.’

Had life ever flowed this smoothly before?

Young-woo watched the Exchange Office, now 50 meters away, while gripping his shield tightly.

Then, as if sensing something strange from the Exchange Office side, they began turning their heads one by one toward the direction Young-woo was running from.

It was around this time that both sides properly confirmed each other’s appearance.

“Uh…!”

“Huk.”

“Wha, what?”

Those terrified were definitely the Exchange Office side.

As Young-woo had expected, they were unarmed, and most were even elderly and weak.

Those who could be called combat personnel had already moved to Sword Mountain through fierce competition.

Nevertheless, Young-woo deliberately let out a vicious voice, conscious of any potential challengers.

“Get out of the way! I’ll kill anyone near the Exchange Office!”

Killing intent so intense that even Ye-chan, who was following behind him, felt chills down his spine.

At this, the people around the Exchange Office began fleeing with all their might.

Like a herd of gazelles facing a lion.

“Go now.”

As soon as the Exchange Office area became empty, Young-woo pushed Ye-chan toward it.

“I, I just need to touch that, right?”

“Right. Hurry up.”

Securing the Exchange Office wasn’t the end.

The real challenge would start from the moment the exchanged coins came pouring out.

Everyone in the area would be focusing their attention this way.

Moreover.

‘The fact that there aren’t many people at the Exchange Office also means there are many people staying at Sword Mountain.’

And this meant.

‘Soon people with weapons will pass through here.’

While Young-woo was thinking this far, Ye-chan finally started exchanging.

Clink.

A sound that was nothing short of trauma for Young-woo flowed out from inside the Exchange Office, and soon something happened.

Clatter-clatter-clatter!

170 Crimson Coins came pouring out all at once.

“Ah, mister?”

Flustered Ye-chan looked at his bodyguard.

Young-woo threw his backpack in that direction and urgently shouted.

“Sweep them all up!”

While he himself also started picking up coins, almost crawling on the floor.

“What the…?”

“Why is there so much money like that?”

Since it was such a big commotion, people from other Exchange Offices quickly gathered.

At first it was about ten people, then soon twenty, thirty… later it became a crowd that even fully armed Young-woo couldn’t handle.

Even so.

“…”

Not a single one of them tried to pick up the coins on the floor.

Rather than simply being afraid of Young-woo’s sword, these types of people had remained here in the first place.

Then toward the end of this commotion, one problem arose.

“What’s with all these people?”

“Move aside, will you.”

Someone was using a forceful tone.

On the opposite side of the crowd.

As soon as Young-woo heard this sound, he instinctively knew what was coming had arrived.

‘The guys who got weapons have arrived.’

Still, it wasn’t the worst situation.

The coin recovery was nearing its end.

“Put the rest in your pocket. We’re moving right away.”

When Young-woo shouldered his backpack again and instructed Ye-chan, the guy looked behind Young-woo with a terrified expression.

“…Mister.”

Probably the owners of those voices from earlier had arrived behind them.

“I know. So put them in your pocket.”

“Huh? Mister!”

“…!”

Young-woo realized from looking at Ye-chan’s face.

That those bastards had already started their first strike.

Whoosh!

As soon as he twisted his body backward and raised his shield, a dull impact sound rang out.

Thud!

Something heavy had struck the outer surface of his shield.

‘A hammer?’

Now whenever he was threatened, the moment of being beaten at the Exchange Office near the dormitory automatically came to mind.

Along with the humiliation he felt then.

‘These fucking bastards.’

Once again every cell in his body boiled bright red.

Young-woo saw someone’s lower body exposed below the shield.

Then naturally above that.

“…”

What happened next, when he slightly shifted his shield aside and thrust his blade in, was truly instantaneous.

Swoosh!

“Huh?”

The opponent beyond the shield made a surprised sound.

Then.

“Ugh? Aaaaah!”

He screamed in agony and staggered backward irregularly.

It was also at this time that Young-woo removed his shield and properly confirmed the situation.

There were three opponents in total.

The closest one was just falling backward with his right eye pierced by the blade.

Meanwhile, the other two were staring at their horribly injured comrade in disbelief.

And during that time, Young-woo first checked the weapons they were holding.

‘Spear, axe.’

Next was their position.

‘Standing in a line…’

Young-woo stopped thinking here and just charged forward recklessly.

Tap tap!

Because the spear-wielder who was second closest had just made eye contact with him.

“…Uh.”

While the spear-wielder’s brain, which started processing a beat late, was buffering, Early Bird slashed diagonally across his face.

Slash!

Then the man standing right behind him charged forward swinging his axe.

“You crazy bastard!”

While announcing his position with his voice.

Thanks to that, Young-woo could engage for one exchange just by extending his shield toward where the sound came from.

Ting!

Unlike the hammer, this was a somewhat thinner impact sound.

However, this time the opponent’s lower body wasn’t visible below the shield.

Having seen what happened earlier, as soon as his attack was blocked, he hastily retreated.

But Young-woo’s persistence was one step ahead.

‘Anyone who touches me dies without exception.’

Thud!

When Young-woo advanced with terrifying momentum, shield first, his frantically retreating opponent’s feet got tangled.

“Ugh!”

With a single cry, the opponent lost his balance and leaned to the side.

Young-woo didn’t miss that and thrust Early Bird into the guy’s chest.

“…Die!”

Thunk!

When the blade went a full span into the opponent’s body, the crowd surrounding them stirred.

“My, my goodness.”

“What the…?”

Some were already leaving the scene, and the rest hesitantly backed away while looking at Young-woo like he was a monster.

The only one not afraid of Young-woo at this moment was Ye-chan, his client.

“Mister! Are you okay?”

Though it seemed like a worried line, Ye-chan’s eyes were actually full of awe.

Because he had just confirmed that his bodyguard could easily take care of about three armed people.

Of course, the reality was somewhat different.

‘Is… is it over?’

Young-woo carefully examined the face of the axe-wielding man while trying to suppress his trembling hands.

Judging by how he wasn’t blinking, he must be dead.

That left the spearman and the hammer wielder.

“Ugh, uugh…!”

The one who looked most alive was the spearman.

He was desperately crawling while blood poured from his diagonally split facial skin.

In contrast, the hammer wielder who had been stabbed in the eye only trembled faintly and showed no significant movement.

“…”

Young-woo first approached the hammer wielder and stabbed his neck, then chased after the spearman who had crawled three or four steps further away.

In fact, the guy wasn’t even holding his spear anymore.

Step, step.

“Hik!”

The man flinched at the sound of Young-woo’s footsteps.

Then he soon met his death from the blade that pierced through the back of his neck.

Thud.

A battle of 1 against 3.

Young-woo, who had become the final victor, only let out rough breaths after all his opponents had stopped moving.

“Huk, heok.”

Then the tension that had been constricting his breathing gradually loosened, and the surrounding situation came into view one by one.

Ye-chan standing blankly with bulging pockets, dozens of spectators watching from afar, and…

‘Huh?’

A line of text that had been positioned in one corner of his vision at some point.

[You can acquire a new title.]

When Young-woo focused his gaze on the text, a new string of characters soon appeared below it.

-Many people have witnessed your Martial Prowess. No one will be able to dispute the fact that you are the ‘Gumi’s Greatest Sword’.

‘What?’

Young-woo’s pupils dilated instantly.

But this wasn’t the end.

-If you become the greatest sword, you will be able to wield tremendous power. However, everyone will recognize you, and some of them will challenge you to steal the position of greatest sword.

‘Surely I won’t have to walk around with the title of greatest sword above my head.’

Like in a game.

Young-woo glanced up at his own head, which didn’t have anything attached to it yet.

Based on the content about challengers coming to steal his position, it seemed like the way to obtain this title was to find and kill the Gumi’s Greatest Sword.

However, since the position of Gumi’s Greatest Sword was currently vacant, they were arbitrarily placing someone who had ‘their martial prowess witnessed by many people.’

‘If they’re not truly material for the greatest sword anyway, they’ll lose the title before long.’

Swoosh.

Eventually, the text that had served its purpose melted away into thin air.

Then the first and last proposal he would receive appeared before his eyes.

Flash!

「Gumi’s Greatest Sword」 – Unique Title

【Authority of the Greatest Sword】

【Gumi Sword Technique】

-Will you ascend to become Gumi’s Greatest Sword?

Grade 4 Human of the Ruined World (Serial)

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