Level 4 Human in a Ruined World - Chapter 70

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Chapter 70 20. Life-and-Death Duel in Front of the Motel (2)

It wasn’t just the man who was surprised by Young-woo’s sudden sponsor introduction.

“What did you just say?”

“Universe…?”

Dozens of people filling the motel lobby and stairway landing began to murmur.

Young-woo’s previous statement had been so absurd that they wondered if they had misheard.

Of course, it was true that Earth was being reset by some enormous power, and things that couldn’t happen in the original reality were occurring.

But even so.

“Did he just say he’s receiving support from aliens…?”

As Seong Ye-rin said, Young-woo’s claim was utterly preposterous.

In fact, some of the assembly thought Young-woo was insane.

“Pan-universal what? What kind of bullshit is that? Haven’t you been reading too many fantasy novels?”

The man in question mocked Young-woo.

Then he tapped his left chest and spoke in a triumphant voice.

“You’re Gyeongbuk’s strongest? Then I’m about to take the strongest one’s head.”

Flash!

Soon brilliant light began gathering above the man’s head.

And then it formed a single line of title.

『Gyeongbuk First Sword (True)』

“Ah.”

Young-woo’s eyes widened when he saw the title.

Though he had expected it sufficiently, this was still the first time he was directly seeing a (True) title.

‘So there really was someone tracking me.’

Gyeongbuk First Sword (True), a special title obtainable by collecting three or more First Sword positions in the Gyeongbuk region.

Their characteristic was singular.

They could know the current Gyeongbuk First Sword’s location in real time.

In other words, it was an identity for finding and killing the Gyeongbuk First Sword to steal their position.

“I was honestly a bit scared since you’re called Gyeongbuk First Sword, but I didn’t know you’d be a crazy old man.”

Soon the man took a thrusting stance and sneered.

Young-woo shifted his gaze to the pile of corpses behind the man.

“I don’t think someone who killed people like that has any right to say that.”

“You fucking bastard.”

The man’s eyes flashed with rage at Young-woo’s words.

And around this time, a kind of settlement message appeared in Young-woo’s vision.

「Your strength has permanently increased by 100 due to the Enraged Goblin.」

「The amber whistle’s usage count has been recharged.」

As a day had passed, the goblin ring and whistle had reactivated.

‘Now I can call Young-tae again.’

When Young-woo unconsciously made a pleased expression, the Gyeongbuk First Sword (True) who didn’t know the situation looked bewildered.

“What, what now, you bastard.”

Then.

Swoosh!

He immediately attempted a fierce thrust.

Whatever it was, it felt unpleasant so he’d kill him quickly.

Then Golden Flash immediately activated and absorbed the man’s sensory stats.

However.

「Sensory stats have temporarily increased from the existing 100 to 1,240.」

‘What…?’

The sensory stats Young-woo absorbed through Golden Flash were as much as 1,140.

In other words, the opponent’s sensory stats were in the 2,000s.

‘Crazy, so that’s why he was confident.’

Young-woo barely dodged the opponent’s thrust while feeling spine-chilling fear.

‘Even if I add up all my ability stats, it’s only 1,700.’

In contrast, the opponent’s sensory stats alone exceeded 2,000.

Then how high would his other ability stats like strength, endurance, and durability be?

Swish!

Another thrust came flying.

And simultaneously, the Gyeongbuk Sword Technique’s hologram guide instructed him not to extend his sword but to twist his body and dodge.

It was a hint that he couldn’t match the opponent in strength.

‘Damn.’

He had a premonition of defeat.

Of course, it might be a hasty judgment, but in First Sword-level fights, life and death were decided by 0.1-second differences.

Eventually, Young-woo barely dodged the opponent’s sword while shouting into the air.

“Everyone run!”

“…!”

The people who had been watching the two First Swords’ unbelievable movements in a daze were startled.

They had been subtly predicting the advantage of the current First Sword Jung Young-woo, but when Young-woo himself told them to run, they intuited many things.

‘…We’re screwed.’

‘The challenger is stronger.’

‘If Jung Young-woo dies, then next…’

It took less than a second for everyone to grasp the situation and start moving.

In that time, the two First Swords were already engaging in their eighth exchange, and everyone except Jong-su began running toward the outside of the lobby.

Thud thud thud!

Most of those present were already considerable experts beyond ordinary people’s level.

Their movements were quite fast, but utterly insufficient to escape a First Sword’s eyes.

“Where do you think you’re going!”

The man entangled with Young-woo’s eyes filled with a strange light, and soon golden waves burst out centered on his body.

Whoosh!

It was ‘First Sword’s Authority,’ one of the First Sword’s privileges.

“Uh!”

“Hup…!”

As soon as the wave swept through the hall, those who had been fleeing the battlefield froze in place.

Not one of them possessed the spirit or mental strength to face a First Sword.

Only Seong Ye-rin, the leader of this area, could barely move her body with difficulty and spit out curses.

“Fuck, what… what is this now?”

Since this was her first time facing a First Sword in combat stance, she was dumbfounded.

Just by shouting, he could hold everyone around? What kind of cheat was this…

“Wait right there. I’ll kill this bastard first, then put holes in all of you.”

With vicious words, the man pressed Young-woo with even fiercer momentum.

Young-woo barely dodged the attack as he had been doing, but his limits were gradually approaching.

The opponent’s attack speed was two steps above his actual evasion ability.

Probably because the opponent’s strength was much higher, his movements were also faster.

Therefore, without the assistance of Gyeongbuk Sword Technique, he would have been riddled with holes long ago.

‘My concentration is gradually breaking down. At this rate….’

Swoosh!

Young-woo felt the recent attack barely graze his ear as he checked for elements that could create variables.

First of all, the first one was.

‘…Young-tae.’

「Amber Whistle」 – Legendary Necklace

【Calls a friend.】

|Young-tae.

A whistle that could summon his mutant friend with whom he had successfully shaken hands.

His friend could be summoned up to twice a day total, and right now those uses were fully charged.

And the second and final element was.

「Blue Blood」 – Mutant Drug

【Strength increased by 30% for 10 minutes.】

【Usage count: 4】

It was ‘Blue Blood’, a kind of doping potion.

With his current low pure ability stats, the practical effect wouldn’t be tremendous, but it would still be much better than nothing.

Fortunately, among all his current ability stats, Strength was the highest at 700.

‘Are these the only two…?’

If he had to pick more, there was ‘Golden Punishment’ which inflicted pain when attacks hit the opponent.

‘But I can barely even dodge, let alone attack.’

Young-woo twisted his body once more with a miserable feeling.

Swish!

However, perhaps his body was already starting to slow down, as blood spurted from his waist where the opponent’s sword tip had grazed.

‘Damn, dying in three days instead of three years.’

Young-woo made a joke that wasn’t really a joke to himself.

According to his original fate, he was destined to die young, killed by a drunk in three years, but thanks to the reset, he seemed likely to die much sooner than that.

“Ah, damn it!”

Finally, Young-woo also filled his pupils with a different color and emitted golden waves from his entire body.

Whoooosh!

“Oh.”

The man momentarily flinched at this, and Young-woo used this opportunity to leap backward.

Thud!

“What, is all you can do run away?”

The man who had lightly shaken off Young-woo’s intimidation followed with obvious mockery, and meanwhile Young-woo.

Swish.

Quickly pulled out ‘Blue Blood’ from his pocket and threw it into his mouth.

Bottle and all.

Crunch!

“Gah!”

The elongated glass bottle shattered in his mouth, tearing his tongue and flesh to shreds, but Young-woo had no time to remove the cap, so it was an unavoidable decision.

“Graaah!”

Extreme pain came that made his face contort hideously, but the wounds inside and outside his mouth healed before long.

It was thanks to the ‘Slime Core’ that had even reattached severed body parts.

「Slime Core」 – Mutant Bracelet

【Regeneration dramatically increased.】

Of course, to Gyeongbuk First Sword (True) and the Women’s Alliance members who didn’t know these circumstances, it only seemed like an inexplicable occurrence.

“This bastard, what the hell.”

“Wh-what was that just now…?”

“Huh?”

But Young-woo’s insane regeneration wasn’t the only inexplicable thing.

Next.

Swish.

Young-woo brought the whistle to his mouth.

“…!”

Having seen this before, the man and everyone else in the hall were seized by an ominous premonition.

Tweeeeet!

And when the whistle sound actually came, everyone screamed.

「Your friend Young-tae is being summoned at your call.」

A summoning notification appeared for Young-woo and the surrounding saturation temporarily decreased, then….

「Aaaahhhhh!」

The voice of mutant Hong Young-tae could be heard distantly from somewhere beyond the ceiling.

‘Ah, don’t tell me.’

Young-woo reflexively looked up at the completely blocked ceiling.

Then.

Crash, crackle!

Some bursting sounds came irregularly, getting closer and closer.

Probably the 6th floor ceiling and floors were being smashed in order.

Then finally.

Crash!

A giant beastman with a hyena’s head. His mutant friend Hong Young-tae, who had the body of a ‘gnoll’ and a human soul, appeared smashing through the 1st floor lobby ceiling.

「Ugh!」

Young-tae crushed the lobby floor with his furry buttocks, then felt around his waist with his large hands that had long, strong claws.

Then.

「Huh!」

As if belatedly realizing he had been summoned, he opened his long snout and showed a surprised expression.

Because.

「What?」

He noticed that the motel lobby where he had crash-landed was full of women.

It was only after that when he discovered Young-woo, his friend and summoner.

「Oh, Young-woo.」

A tone that seemed to ask how he had ended up in such a place.

At this, Young-woo pointed his sword tip at the man across from Young-tae and said.

“Snap out of it. That guy over there is the enemy. He’s incredibly strong, so help me out.”

「What?」

An opponent that Jung Young-woo, who had beaten him up, called ‘strong’.

When the startled Young-tae turned his snout to look at the man in question, the guy also flinched and stared up at the beast that had suddenly dropped from the sky.

“Wh… what is this?”

An emotion close to fear could be felt in the man’s words.

And for good reason.

[Jung Young-woo07’s Friend – Hong Young-tae]

Above Young-tae’s head was a name tag that only those involved could understand.

Being able to summon a mutant was already astounding enough, but ‘friend’? Just what on earth was happening here?

“Wh… what is this…”

The moment the man looked back and forth between Young-woo and Young-tae with greatly enlarged pupils, the First Sword’s Authority he had been emanating briefly lifted.

He had received a kind of shock and couldn’t maintain his intimidation.

Then.

Swoosh!

Dozens of Women’s Alliance members in the hall were freed from their restraints, and at almost the same moment, Seong Ye-rin let out a voice filled with rage.

“Everyone attack…!”

Grade 4 Human of the Ruined World (Serial)

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