Level 4 Human in a Ruined World - Chapter 95
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Chapter 95 25. Yongsan Park (5)
Jung Hyun-sik04, 52-year-old male.
The sole survivor of the Taewon Group family, the third-largest conglomerate in the country, and the current Gangnam First Sword.
Even in the world of First Swords where everyone considered themselves the protagonist, Jung Hyun-sik was a special figure.
He even had a novel-like story of waiting for his brothers who had turned into dragons to return.
In First Sword society where ‘Intimidation’ was important, such a background was tremendous prestige.
Moreover, hadn’t he been part of the ruling class even in the world before the Reset?
In other words, if other First Swords from ordinary backgrounds were true-bone nobles, Jung Hyun-sik was pure sacred-bone nobility.
With such standing, the Reset didn’t actually feel like a disaster to him.
At least not until yesterday.
But now that he had lost his child overnight…
“…”
Finally, Jung Hyun-sik stood before the outsider.
Step.
His first disaster had finally arrived.
Jung Hyun-sik carefully examined Young-woo’s strange title, the Iron Horse Negwig, and even the Golden Goblin, then signaled with his hand to the Taewon Group employees waiting behind the meeting place.
While doing so, he said this to Young-woo.
“Sit down for a moment.”
“Excuse me…?”
Young-woo, who had been unknowingly tense, let out a dumbfounded sound without realizing it.
The current distance between the two was only about 5 or 6 meters.
It was such a short distance that either of them could stab the other’s throat in the blink of an eye, so Young-woo had expected a surprise attack.
Tap tap tap!
Soon, men in black suits approached quickly, holding something in their hands.
It was none other than.
Thud!
Folding chairs.
Folding chairs with artificial leather cushions attached.
One chair each was set up near Jung Hyun-sik and Young-woo, and soon Jung Hyun-sik sat down first.
“Sit.”
Since Hyun-sik urged him to sit again, Young-woo also awkwardly settled into the chair.
Then Jung Hyun-sik, who had been staring at him intently, smiled bitterly and said.
“You’re just a complete kid. You really killed my son…?”
Young-woo had no choice but to respond.
“Your son wasn’t ordinary either. How desperate must I have been to kill him even knowing who his father was.”
As soon as Young-woo finished speaking, a grinding sound came from Jung Hyun-sik’s direction.
“This bastard. Watch your mouth.”
“Didn’t you come here to kill me in the first place? I don’t really understand what kind of conversation you want to have.”
When Young-woo said this, Jung Hyun-sik swung his finger as if tearing through the air, pointing somewhere.
Whoosh!
It was the hearse he had brought.
“My son is in there right now. We couldn’t even prepare his body, so he’s exactly as he was first found. Can you imagine what state he’s in?”
At the time of the incident, Young-woo had beheaded Jung Gyu-sang.
In other words, if Jung Hyun-sik’s words were true, his son would now be lying in the coffin with his head and body separated.
“I’m sorry for your loss. But I think it was unavoidable.”
“…What?”
“Your son drew his sword first. Of course, since he was the son of an important person, I could have gone easy on him and let him live, but…”
Grammatically, the conclusion should come next.
From Jung Hyun-sik’s perspective, this was the moment when his son’s killer’s motive would be revealed, so he held back.
His desire to tear apart the ‘little brat’ in front of him, that is.
And finally, Young-woo finished his statement.
“That’s only possible when someone commits acceptable levels of misconduct. Shouldn’t we cut down someone who tries to kill people before they commit murder elsewhere?”
“…You killed my son for just that reason?”
Just that reason?
Young-woo’s anger began to flare at Jung Hyun-sik’s words.
“You’re grieving because your son died, yet you say ‘just’…?”
“You may not know, but I’ve saved hundreds, no thousands of times more people than my son killed. Without me, this assembly wouldn’t exist, and things like rotations wouldn’t be possible.”
Of course, this was a reasonable point.
“So don’t I have enough qualification? The qualification to keep alive one son who occasionally causes problems.”
But this was sophistry.
“What are you talking about? Then should we give doctors murder licenses since they save people every day? Who exactly determines that qualification?”
When Young-woo frowned and spoke, Jung Hyun-sik answered as if it were obvious.
“Who? Obviously people like us determine it.”
People like us. He must be referring to the strong members of the First Sword Assembly.
“Ah.”
Young-woo found himself at a loss for words.
After all, wasn’t this a place where conclusions were reached through duels when both sides couldn’t coordinate their opinions well?
And in reality, their words and thoughts were indeed the law.
“…In my opinion, the only qualification you have is the right to avenge your son’s death.”
Young-woo let out a deep sigh.
“But since I’m the perpetrator in this case, I know I don’t have the right to say more. So let’s duel according to the laws of this place.”
As soon as Young-woo finished speaking, the assembly on the other side stirred.
Everyone had been listening to their conversation with bated breath, just not showing it.
“I knew talking wouldn’t work.”
“You weren’t going to forgive me even if I begged desperately.”
“Ha, ridiculous bastard.”
Finally, the conversation broke down.
With this, Jung Hyun-sik’s eyes turned golden.
Whoooosh!
He had unleashed the First Sword’s Authority.
“Let’s see if you can say the same thing after your arms and legs are cut off…!”
This was a line that couldn’t help but give Young-woo, with his high regeneration, chills.
Theoretically, he was in a state where he could be tortured semi-permanently.
But contrary to Jung Hyun-sik’s terrifying words, the Intimidation he unleashed had no effect on Young-woo whatsoever.
On the other hand, Young-woo’s Intimidation was.
Shiiiiish!
First of all, the color wasn’t golden but purple.
“Urgh…!”
It violently squeezed the heart of Jung Hyun-sik, who was none other than the Gangnam First Sword.
“What… what is this.”
Even Young-woo was surprised by the obviously evil aura, but soon Jung Hyun-sik released his Intimidation and opened combat.
「Sensory Stats have temporarily increased from the existing 700 to 2,476.」
The first exchange began with Golden Flash stealing an enormous amount of senses.
‘2476? Then just how much sense did it steal?’
Before he could be shocked, a purple hologram appeared before Young-woo’s eyes.
‘Huh…?’
A color and atmosphere he’d never seen before.
This was the interface provided by the legendary swordsmanship ‘Roam’s Bottom’.
Swish!
Since the hologram was already rushing toward Jung Hyun-sik, Young-woo moved his body without delay.
Tap tap!
Then Jung Hyun-sik, who was just drawing his sword from his belt, opened his eyes wide.
“…!”
Not only was the opponent’s movement much faster than expected, but the distance was getting too close.
Generally, when combat begins, both sides maintain at least a sword’s length of distance.
They need to secure enough space to swing their own sword and block the opponent’s sword.
However, the current distance between the two First Swords was.
‘What, he’s coming this close?’
A distance of 30 centimeters that even Young-woo, the attacker, found bewildering.
Then Young-woo’s upper body dropped down as if scraping the ground, wrapped both arms around Hyun-sik’s hamstrings, and lifted him up.
“Huh?”
In Earth terms, this was a wrestling-style tackle.
Whoosh!
Instantly, Hyun-sik’s feet left the ground and he lost his center of gravity, and at the right moment Young-woo pushed against his opponent’s pelvis with his head and shoulders.
“You son of a…!”
Hyun-sik, whose hands were both at his belt for a quick draw, could only be helplessly overwhelmed.
And finally.
Thud!
In the blink of an eye, he was knocked down to the ground.
“Huh?”
“Wow…!”
For the other First Swords watching from about ten meters away, this was also a shocking scene.
They had never seen such a… what should they call it, barbaric duel opening.
Of course, the person most shocked by this ‘barbaric’ first exchange was naturally the party involved, Hyun-sik.
“You bastard!”
He was slammed to the ground without even drawing his sword.
Even he thought this was an extremely disadvantageous position.
And soon in his field of vision.
Swish!
The scene of the bastard who killed his son swinging his elbow like a blade came into view.
“Hic!”
He hiccupped from being too tense.
However, even in this situation, Hyun-sik followed the hologram’s guidance, turning his head to the right and hunching his left shoulder.
Then Young-woo’s elbow attack, with a strength stat of 2,800, struck both the side of Hyun-sik’s head and shoulder simultaneously.
Crack!
Such a tremendous blow that the impact sound reached the meeting place over there.
Instead, the damage was dispersed enough for Hyun-sik to handle, and in the meantime, Gangnam Swordsmanship found a way to pull its owner out of the line of death.
「Self-Destruction」 – Mutant Bracelet
【Causes a powerful explosion.】
【Durability increased by 300.】
It was telling him to use the self-destruct equipment he had.
Hyun-sik’s vision was already filled with colorful holograms recreating an explosion, and understanding there was no other way, he made his decision before his neck could be broken by the next attack.
“Damn it.”
“…?”
BOOM!
A high-pressure explosion accompanied by flames occurred between Hyun-sik and Young-woo, allowing Hyun-sik to be thrown five or six meters away from the scene.
He had escaped from the mad First Sword’s grasp.
“Huff, gasp.”
That didn’t mean the situation was optimistic though.
The recent explosion had caused severe burns on his skin, causing considerable pain, and the condition of his left shoulder, which had blocked the opponent’s elbow earlier, wasn’t good either.
However.
‘That bastard must be almost dead too. And now I can use my sword.’
Jung Hyun-sik sharpened his gaze intensely. It was because he had keenly felt that his opponent was no ordinary person.
Moreover, if he lost this fight, he wouldn’t be able to properly hold his son’s funeral, let alone get revenge.
‘I must… I must win.’
The moment Hyun-sik gritted his teeth and drew his sword from his waist, he saw the outsider who had been lying down in the distance getting up.
“What the…”
Hyun-sik shifted his gaze beyond the remaining flames as if mesmerized.
Then he could see Gyeongbuk First Sword walking out, stepping on the charred grass.
Sizzle…
His skin, burned from the explosion, was rapidly regenerating.
Humans of the Ruined World Grade 4 (Serial)
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