Level 4 Human in a Ruined World - Chapter 83
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Chapter 83 23. Thug (2)
When Young-woo, who had announced Dogo’s support, drew ‘Underdog’, a wedge-shaped logo was drawn following the blade’s trajectory.
Whoosh!
Kim Tae-jun’s eyes widened at the obviously mystical effect, but the most surprised person in the assembly was none other than Jo Sang-ik.
Though he had met various First Swords through assemblies, this was his first time seeing something like that.
‘What the hell is this person…?’
He still didn’t get the feeling that he was strong.
But there was definitely something there. Some kind of power different from strength.
Swish.
Eventually Young-woo gripped Underdog and spoke.
“The friend who’s with me now didn’t extend his hand from the beginning either. So let’s settle this with a match first.”
He was saying that after getting hit by him, their thinking would change.
At this, Kim Tae-jun, who had been looking down at him, raised his granite jaw and turned his eyes to the sky.
「Well. Do you think you can handle me? I think the sky has given me sufficient power.」
Then he lowered his gaze again and looked at Young-woo with eyes that had become much colder than before.
「If all the First Swords are going to attack me anyway, I should deal with you two first.」
Kim Tae-jun was quite quick to make decisions.
「I’m sorry.」
With those meaningful words, his grayish-white flesh began to writhe.
Crack.
At the same time, an absurd message appeared in Young-woo’s vision.
「Sensory Stats have temporarily increased from the existing 600 to 2,144.」
Golden Flash had stolen Kim Tae-jun’s 1,544 Sense.
This meant that his basic Sensory Stats exceeded three thousand.
‘That’s impossible.’
There wasn’t time to just stand there in shock.
Gyeongbuk Sword Technique was immediately ordering an escape in response to the opponent’s attack.
Dash!
As Young-woo hastily pulled his body back, almost at the same moment a rock fist came down and crushed the ground.
Crash!
“Ugh!”
“This…!”
Both Young-woo and Jo Sang-ik were shocked by the impossible attack speed.
‘How can it be that fast?’
If that attack had come flying this way, would he have been able to dodge it immediately?
At the drastically different combat power from a second-day mutant, Jo Sang-ik felt a chill run down his spine.
「Graaah!」
Meanwhile, Kim Tae-jun, who had punched the ground, scooped up the floor as it was and sent an asphalt wave at the two First Swords.
Crash crash crash!
In an instant, the area in front of the two men turned pitch black, but the First Sword’s Regional Sword Technique operated even while their vision was completely blocked.
Orders to perform evasive maneuvers to the side were transmitted to both Young-woo and Jo Sang-ik.
Dash dash! Pop!
As the two men dodged in different directions as if they had made a promise, Kim Tae-jun also realized that the two consecutive evasions weren’t coincidental.
「The world has changed in an interesting way. So this is what being a First Sword means.」
However, the two First Swords didn’t actually hear that line.
They were already surrounding Kim Tae-jun from both sides, swinging their swords desperately.
Swiiish!
The first attack by the two First Swords finally began.
Jo Sang-ik gripped his curved blade, Young-woo gripped his black sword, and they swung with all their might toward the opponent’s upper body.
But strangely, the combat markers that appeared in the two First Swords’ vision were all Break only.
It meant that with their current attacks, they would at most just break his posture.
And in reality too.
Thwack!
The two First Swords’ blades were each caught by his two hands before they could even touch Kim Tae-jun’s body.
“Ah…!”
“Ha.”
Young-woo was surprised that even Jo Sang-ik’s sword, whose ability stats were obviously much higher than his own, was caught, while conversely Jo Sang-ik sighed at the fact that the Gyeongbuk First Sword’s level wasn’t much different from his own.
Moreover, both First Swords couldn’t even pull their swords out of Kim Tae-jun’s grip.
“Do… don’t you have any other specialties?”
When the flustered Jo Sang-ik spoke to Young-woo as if telling him to bring out something more, Young-woo extended the black sword’s length to 5 meters and created distance from Kim Tae-jun.
Swoosh!
A kind of emergency escape.
Then he threw the Underdog he was holding in his left hand high into the air above his own head, not at Kim Tae-jun.
Whoosh!
“What are you doing now…”
While Jo Sang-ik made an incredulous expression, Young-woo even let go of the handle of the black sword he was holding.
Then.
Dash!
He ran straight toward the back of Kim Tae-jun, who was still confronting Jo Sang-ik.
“This bastard…!”
Curses spilled from Jo Sang-ik’s mouth at what looked like fleeing to anyone, and at that moment Kim Tae-jun’s expression changed strangely.
「Huh…?」
The black sword he had been holding suddenly began outputting tremendous power.
As if it would fly away at any moment.
So as soon as Kim Tae-jun put more strength into the hand gripping the sword.
Whoosh!
His body was strongly pulled backward.
「…Ah!」
The black sword, having received a Remote Retrieval command, began returning to its master while dragging Kim Tae-jun along.
Crash crash crack!
As his center of balance was disrupted and his two legs began scraping up the asphalt floor, bewilderment appeared on Kim Tae-jun’s face for the first time.
In addition to this.
Shwaaaaaaak!
A tremendous sound of cutting through air came from the distant sky above.
It was Underdog, which Young-woo had thrown high up moments ago, returning.
‘What is all this?’
Jo Sang-ik, who had been clinging to Kim Tae-jun along with his sword, was equally surprised.
Though he had asked Gyeongbuk First Sword to show him something more, he hadn’t expected such skill.
Shwiit!
Soon Underdog approached close with a sharp sound.
「Damn it.」
At this, Kim Tae-jun finally let go of both the black sword and curved blade, regaining his balance.
Then he barely managed to deflect Underdog flying in like a bullet.
Paang!
Sparks flew with a tremendous roar.
At the same time, granite fragments wrapped in stone dust scattered in all directions.
「Ugh…?」
The back of Kim Tae-jun’s left hand, which had deflected Underdog, was partially ruptured.
It was a moment that proved the power of Underdog, an anti-giant weapon.
【25% increased power against targets larger than the user.】
And it was also the moment that confirmed Kim Tae-jun’s granite body wasn’t invincible.
‘But why isn’t Pain Infliction activating?’
Young-woo tilted his head while looking at Underdog returning covered in stone dust.
Didn’t Golden Punishment’s Pain Infliction activate even when the weapon just grazed the opponent’s body?
However, this opponent Kim Tae-jun only showed surprise at his body being damaged, with no sign of pain at all.
‘Could it be that all those stones are some kind of shield?’
If that were the case, it meant he couldn’t use Golden Punishment until he scraped off all that outer shell.
“…”
Just as Young-woo was about to contemplate with darkened vision, Kim Tae-jun attacked Jo Sang-ik alone this time.
He must have decided to reduce the enemy’s numbers first.
「Die!」
Kim Tae-jun, who had been wounded in just two exchanges, was much more excited than before.
He was greatly disappointed by the fact that he couldn’t even crush two people when there were dozens more First Swords outside this intersection.
Kwang!
Enraged Kim Tae-jun’s fists struck the ground repeatedly.
This was because Gwanak Sword Technique had advised to avoid unconditionally rather than blocking with the sword.
That didn’t mean opportunities for counterattack emerged though.
Kim Tae-jun was a monster whose strength and sensory stats both surpassed most First Swords.
Kwaang!
“H-hey!”
Jo Sang-ik, who barely avoided Kim Tae-jun’s third attack by a hair’s breadth, finally requested support from Young-woo.
“Didn’t we agree to cooperate with each other earlier? What’s going on?”
Of course, Young-woo wasn’t deliberately avoiding participation in the battle.
It was just that each of Kim Tae-jun’s punches made Jo Sang-ik cross between life and death, making the perceived time feel long.
“Just hold on a little longer, I’ll figure something out.”
Young-woo said this while already having approached almost to Kim Tae-jun’s back.
‘It seems difficult to pierce that shell with the black sword, so I’ll have no choice but to keep hitting with Underdog.’
Gyeongbuk Sword Technique was also suggesting tactics not much different from Young-woo’s thoughts.
Throw the sword far again, then attack using Remote Retrieval.
But how many more times would he need to use that method to scrape off all of Kim Tae-jun’s shell?
‘I’ll get beaten up first before that. It was extremely close earlier too.’
Perhaps Gyeongbuk Sword Technique was giving the same instruction as before because it couldn’t find a clear answer either.
Since it was an opponent he couldn’t beat anyway, it couldn’t advise him to commit suicide.
“…”
Though he felt distrust toward Gyeongbuk Sword Technique’s guidance for the first time, there was no other method.
‘Can’t be helped. Let’s see how Kim Tae-jun responds this time.’
In the end, Young-woo decided to follow Gyeongbuk Sword Technique’s advice once more.
Hwaaet!
After throwing Underdog high above Kim Tae-jun’s head.
Tatat!
He charged while gripping the black sword with both hands.
“Hup!”
A diagonal slash with all his might.
While doing so, he called back Underdog that had shot far away, executing a two-sided attack.
Shwaaaaaaak!
When the extraordinary sound of cutting air came like before, Kim Tae-jun, who had been chasing Jo Sang-ik, stopped pursuing and turned around.
「You think I’ll fall for the same method twice?」
Then he simply caught Young-woo’s black sword, which was being swung while scattering Dogo’s wedge symbols, with his hand.
Taat!
The same development as before.
And next, Kim Tae-jun would deflect Underdog and Young-woo would extend his blade to escape backward, but.
“…!”
The hologram shown by Gyeongbuk Sword Technique was just standing in place doing nothing.
As if there was no next guidance.
‘What, am I supposed to figure it out myself?’
Or could this possibly be…
「Got you.」
In that brief moment when Young-woo fell into confusion, Kim Tae-jun’s giant hand violently gripped Young-woo’s torso.
He had caught Young-woo with his right hand that should have deflected Underdog.
He had no intention of defending from the start.
「Is this what they call giving flesh to cut bone?」
Kwadeuk.
When Kim Tae-jun put strength into his grip, blood spurted from Young-woo’s mouth and stained Tae-jun’s forearm.
“Keuhaak!”
And at the same time, Underdog returned to Young-woo.
Shwaaaet!
Striking Kim Tae-jun’s right wrist that was holding Young-woo.
Taang!
With a deafening impact sound, sparks flew from beneath Young-woo’s chin, and soon the sound of Underdog falling to the floor could be heard.
Tick.
While the full-power attack had succeeded, it had failed to penetrate Kim Tae-jun’s body.
“You… idiot!”
Jo Sang-ik swung his sword at Kim Tae-jun’s back with a miserable expression, but he didn’t budge at all.
「I told you, it seems the Sky has given me sufficient power.」
Kim Tae-jun makes a triumphant expression.
Then, in less than a second.
「…Urk?」
He suddenly opened his mouth wide and rolled his eyes a couple of times.
Like someone who had unknowingly put spoiled food in their mouth.
「What is this?」
A strange energy enveloping his entire body.
Then he soon felt the hand gripping Young-woo become burning hot as if scalded by fire.
「Argh!」
Kim Tae-jun reflexively threw Young-woo away, but the unidentifiable pain had already traveled up his arm and was spreading throughout his entire body.
「Wh-what did you do?」
As Kim Tae-jun expressed his confusion through the excruciating pain that blurred his vision, Young-woo, who had been sprawled on the floor, barely managed to open his mouth.
“It’s one of my Persuasion Methods.”
Then he raised his blood-soaked arm and grabbed the whistle hanging around his neck.
“And this.”
The whistle approached Young-woo’s lips.
“Is my last resort.”
Shriiiiiiiek!
Finally, as Young-woo blew the whistle, the sky began to open once again.
Grade 4 Human of the Ruined World (Serial)
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