The Calamity-Class Artifacts in Ghost Stories Are Obsessed with Me - Chapter 105

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Catastrophe-Class Relics in Urban Legends Obsess Over Him — Chapter 105
The giant’s massive frame lurched and swayed, and it was quite a sight to behold.
Apparently, even the giant hadn’t expected such an impact; it didn’t react immediately.
Woo Ju seized the moment while the giant was still reeling, pushing off the ground and scaling the nearby buildings in a blur.
It was no ordinary human movement, but there was no one here to gasp in admiration at the display.
Tap-tap!
Of course, Woo Ju hadn’t expected applause anyway. He kept his focus sharp, sighting his next target.
The size difference between the giant and Woo Ju was staggering.
And the thing was so absurdly durable—even when struck by the Iron Pipe that Woo Ju had swung with all his strength, the giant’s leg remained intact.
It was dented and the giant shrieked in agony, but that was about all the damage he’d manage.
If a concrete pillar had stood in that spot instead, the pipe would’ve obliterated it.
-Gwwooooaargh!
Woo Ju knew full well that half-hearted attacks on an enraged giant would only fuel its fury further.
So where should he aim?
At vital points, or spots that looked relatively softer.
Crack!
In an instant, he’d scrambled up the side of a building, kicked off the rooftop railing, and launched himself toward the giant’s waist.
The giant naturally reached out to swat him, but Woo Ju landed on its body faster.
Crash!
The moment he touched down, he drove the Iron Pipe straight into the torso.
The giant howled and writhed, its arm flailing uselessly.
But Woo Ju himself clicked his tongue in disappointment.
He’d assumed the abdomen would be soft enough, yet it felt far harder than expected.
Not just muscular—harder even than the legs.
None of this was particularly surprising.
Just because something resembled a human shape didn’t mean its internal structure was similarly built.
Thump-thump-thump!
Regardless, he’d anticipated that one blow wouldn’t suffice.
Woo Ju sprinted across the giant’s torso.
It sounded simple in theory, but in practice it was far from easy.
The surface was nearly vertical, and unlike a fixed wall, it thrashed about wildly in every direction.
Yet Woo Ju moved across the giant’s body as though his feet were glued to it—or magnetized.
Thud! Thud!
The more he ran, the more violently the giant shook itself.
It was like trying to shake off an annoying fly that kept crawling on you.
But this particular fly never fell off, not even as it climbed toward the giant’s head.
-There.
At last, they locked eyes at the same height.
The giant’s enormous pupils reflected the impossibly small creature that had scaled its body—now standing eye-to-eye with it.
And in the next instant.
Boom!
The giant’s body flew backward with a thunderous roar.
Crash!
The buildings behind it collapsed in a cascade of rubble.
Through the swirling dust, Woo Ju landed lightly on the ground.
And his expression remained grim.
The report he’d studied earlier had included records of past encounters with the giant.
But those records were far from depicting an actual defeat.
They described agents stalling for time, avoiding the giant, solving the underlying problem, and escaping—nothing more.
Having fought it directly, Woo Ju now understood why.
‘Damn thing’s solid.’
The giant was solid.
In terms of durability, it surpassed anything he’d faced before by a wide margin.
He’d sensed it might be this tough before the clash, but even he hadn’t anticipated it would be this extreme.
-Aaaaaah! Ah? Aaaaah!
The fallen giant was rising again.
One side of its face was caved in, yet its movements were hardly diminished from before.
Had this been his first encounter with such resilience, he might have faltered.
But Woo Ju fixed the giant with a steady stare.
This wouldn’t be the first time he’d been surprised by an opponent’s durability.
Even if it were harder, there would be nothing surprising about it now—not like the first time he encountered it.
Besides, for Woo Ju, it mattered little how solid the creature was.
His purpose had never been to fell the giant; it was to get his companions safely to their destination.
—Raaaaahhh!
So when the giant charged at him in fury, Woo Ju pushed off the ground with calm deliberation and rushed forward to meet it.
Bang, bang, bang!
After several collisions, the giant recoiled helplessly, then shrieked and charged again—a pattern that repeated.
Since simply buying time would accomplish his goal, Woo Ju focused on keeping the creature’s attention fixed on him rather than overexerting himself.
Craaash!
Then, on the ninth strike when he drove the Iron Pipe into the giant’s torso, something changed for the first time.
Instead of lurching upright and shrieking as before, the giant remained sprawled on the ground, staring at Woo Ju with an unsettling gaze.
Woo Ju sensed instinctively that something was wrong and lowered his stance.
And then, immediately after—
Ssshhhhh.
Hundreds of eyes suddenly bloomed across the giant’s torso.
Faced with the sudden change, Woo Ju thrust the Iron Pipe forward on pure instinct.
Shhaaaang!
Without him applying any force, the Iron Pipe erupted with a golden light so bright it made his eyes water.
Of course, the Iron Pipe had not revealed its radiance for no reason.
Ssshhhhh.
The moment the hundreds of eyes fixed their gaze upon Woo Ju, a crushing pressure bore down on him.
Yet even under that weight, Woo Ju found it easy enough to stay mobile—it was not beyond his capacity to bear.
But his instincts told him something crucial: had the Iron Pipe not been there, his body would have turned to stone the instant those eyes met his.
‘The Iron Pipe protected me.’
Even now, light streamed ceaselessly from the Iron Pipe.
Thump, thump, thump, thump!
And the giant came at him again.
The hundreds of pairs of eyes that had sprouted across its torso remained locked on Woo Ju.
Though his body felt slightly heavier now, Woo Ju gritted his teeth and rushed toward the giant.
Whooom!
The giant’s fist slammed into the earth, and Woo Ju sprang upward off the ground, landing on its arm.
Crack!
This time, instead of aiming for distant targets, he brought the Iron Pipe down on the eyes within reach.
With a sickening sound, several eyes burst simultaneously.
—Ahhh! Aaaahhh! Argh! Ahhh!
The giant shrieked and attacked ferociously, and Woo Ju dodged its blows while systematically crushing the eyes across its torso.
The creature likely never expected Woo Ju to remain unaffected to this degree.
But there was nothing more the giant could do—there was no undoing what had already been exposed.
So Woo Ju methodically destroyed roughly half of the creature’s eyes, and from a certain point onward, its movements began to slow.
At this rate, finishing the giant entirely was only a matter of time.
However, Woo Ju had not forgotten one crucial fact.
Thump, thump, thump, thump.
There was not just one giant in this world.
Woo Ju’s brow furrowed at the sound emanating from behind him.
Without even turning his head, he knew: another giant was approaching.
And listening more carefully, he realized the footsteps did not belong to just one.
Three, at least.
Three giants were heading this way.
“Tch.”
With a sharp exhale, Woo Ju ceased his attack on the giant and immediately pivoted to sprint in the opposite direction.
Finishing this giant quickly would have been ideal, but that window had closed.
So he had to lure the giants elsewhere instead.
If multiple giants were engaged in battle near the building his teammates had entered, it would be catastrophic.
Thump-thump-thump!
And so the giants began to chase a single human.
* * *
Yeon Woo pressed her soft mask with her fingers, kneading it gently.
It was a habit of hers—the soft, squishy texture of the mask had a way of calming her nerves when they ran high.
“You don’t need to worry.”
Just then, Baek Ho, who had been walking ahead, spoke to Yeon Woo.
“What?”
“About Woo Ju. You don’t need to worry. Nothing will happen to him.”
Only after hearing those words did Yeon Woo realize that her unease wasn’t born from exploring this eerie space—it was because of Woo Ju.
The image of him charging out of the building alone to lure away the giant was still sharp in her mind.
“Are you really sure he’ll be all right?”
“Of course. You saw him yourself, didn’t you? I can’t even imagine him getting hurt.”
At that, Yeon Woo nodded reflexively.
Their first meeting had been quite an impression from the start.
She’d witnessed firsthand how he’d smashed through that terrifying space like a wrecking ball and escaped.
The memory of it still visited her in dreams, sometimes more than once a night.
The way he’d saved her like a hero…….
It was a salvation she’d never expected to come.
“Yes, you’re right.”
So Yeon Woo nodded and pushed forward with renewed determination.
If Woo Ju was out there, she couldn’t afford to stand idle and worry—she needed to work.
The faster she finished things here, the less likely he was to get hurt.
Though Baek Ho’s words made it hard to imagine Woo Ju being injured, he wasn’t invincible, after all.
“It looks like we’re almost there.”
Baek Ho wiped sweat from his brow and looked upward.
It went without saying that Baek Ho was no ordinary human in terms of physical capability.
He was the kind of person who could leap dozens of stories without breaking a sweat.
Yet even he was sweating now.
That meant this environment was far from normal.
“Are you holding up?”
“Yes, I’m fine.”
Yeon Woo nodded.
Of course, if she hadn’t been wearing the mask, she’d be drenched in sweat by now.
But Yeon Woo forced herself to stay calm and survey her surroundings.
The environment here was utterly bizarre.
When they first entered, there were strange plants scattered about, but at some point the air had grown unbearably hot, scorching her body.
Yet that was nothing. After climbing another ten stories or so, humidity began to mix with the heat.
Now it felt like walking through a steam room.
“Phew. I think the exit is that way.”
Despite everything, Yeon Woo focused hard to stay sharp and found the route forward.
At least there was one silver lining—as Baek Ho had said, they weren’t far from their destination now.
Baek Ho seemed to sense it by instinct alone, but Yeon Woo could see it clearly.
Something gleaming brightly up ahead.
According to what Baek Ho and the other scouts had said, that must be the Portal.
The source of this entire crisis.
If they could destroy that, everyone inside would be able to return to the outside world.
So Yeon Woo mustered her strength and moved to the next floor alongside Baek Ho.
Grrrrr—!
The moment they stepped onto the next level, a sound like a beast’s roar erupted from somewhere.
Baek Ho spun toward the sound immediately, raising both arms into a defensive stance.
Yeon Woo drew out a Talisman she’d brought and turned her attention to the threat.
“Not just one.”
Baek Ho spoke, and Yeon Woo nodded in agreement.
She’d spotted dozens of red eyes gleaming ahead in the darkness.
But neither of them showed fear.
“We push through.”
“Right!”
They simply moved forward.
It was for Woo Ju, who waited outside.
Snap—!
Countless creatures came hurtling toward them.
Burning with vicious intent.
Continued in the next episode ▶
How Catastrophe-Class Relics from Urban Legends Develop Obsessions
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