The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 101

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Yeo Joo Saves the World – Episode 101

Lunatics.
Curses toward the Taesan Guild rose to the tip of my tongue, but I swallowed them down with a dry gulp.
I didn’t have time to curse at such a pathetic guild that was receiving treatment while abandoning these injured civilians.
Instead, I approached the wounded and asked.
“How long have your friends been unconscious?”
“One of them got hurt as soon as they entered the Gate. The other managed to hold on until about an hour ago… but they’ve lost so much blood.”
The man explaining was far from unscathed himself.
Blood from the large wounds on his arms and back had stained most of his white shirt a dark crimson, and his wrists, which held his friends, were twisted in an unnatural way.
It seemed he was only managing to stay conscious out of a sense of responsibility toward his friends.
I grasped the hand of the woman who lay unconscious, bleeding from her head.

[ Using skill ‘Body Healing’. ]
[ At the current ‘Beginner II’ level, this target’s wounds cannot be fully healed. ]
[ 44 stamina is consumed to heal the target’s critical injuries. ]

Critical injuries that would burn nearly half my stamina even with a skill at Beginner II level.
There were two more injured people, and I had to conserve stamina for situations where guild members might be wounded in future combat.
But I had something to rely on, so I pushed my power forward without hesitation.
“Ugh.”
The sound didn’t come from the collapsed person.
It came from my own mouth.
My vision spun, and nausea tightened my throat.

[ Skill usage is complete. ]

When I opened my eyes, which had squeezed shut involuntarily, I saw the woman’s forehead—once mangled and torn—now healed, her face visibly more at ease.
As soon as the aftereffects of the skill faded, I moved on to the next injured person.
“This person… their leg is injured.”
A fractured shin bone protruded jaggedly outward.
Like the person with the head injury, a regular hospital would have required surgery and lengthy rehabilitation.
But healing through skill use had no such complications.

[Healing the target’s wounds consumes 22 stamina.]
[Current stamina: 41/100]

Apart from the fact that my stamina was being drained critically.
Since I’d have to expend it anyway, I didn’t hesitate and activated the skill.

[Remaining stamina: 19/100]

Suddenly, my entire body grew heavy as if boulders had been strapped to my limbs, and I staggered for a moment.
“Are you alright, noona?”
Lee Yu Chan, who had been keeping watch outside the rocky crevice, rushed over in alarm and asked.
“Yeah. I can still manage.”
I patted the hand Lee Yu Chan offered to steady me and spoke.
Then I retrieved Im Chung Soo’s potion from the Subspace.
This was my true ‘lifeline’.
A potion that restored 60 stamina in one go!
I downed the brown potion in a single gulp.
The taste was so bitter it made my face contort, but the effect was undeniable.

[Current stamina: 79/100]
[Detection: ‘Stamina Restoration Elixir’ consumed.]
[Overuse of potions is dangerous.]

The system displayed its customary warning message without fail.
However, the system only counted the number of potions consumed—it didn’t calculate artificially recovered stats.
Which meant I could drink four more potions before the drug abuse penalty appeared, just like last time.
I turned to the last remaining person, my face now vivid and refreshed as it had been when I first entered the Gate.
“Shall I take a look at your wounds?”
Fortunately, the man’s injuries weren’t as severe as the previous two.
Once his wounds had healed somewhat and the pain in his ankle disappeared, the man wiped his tears and spoke.
“Th-thank you. I really thought I was going to die…”
“Don’t thank me. It’s only natural.”
“N-no, it’s not natural at all. The Taesan people told us to go outside and get treatment…”
“They told you to go outside for treatment?”
As I’d seen from outside, Taesan had a healer.
B-rank though they were, they had no potion limits or stamina restrictions like I did, so they could perform at full capacity as long as they had mana potions.
In the end, they’d refused to treat civilians because they didn’t want to waste mana potions.
“Insane bastards.”
“Pardon?”
“Nothing, never mind. And one more thing.”
“Y-yes, please tell me.”
“Rescuing and treating civilians first is a mandatory duty for any Guild that enters a Gate. Remember that, just in case.”
If they didn’t have the confidence for it, they shouldn’t have entered the Gate in the first place.
Taesan had neglected their obligations, blinded by the prospect of successfully clearing an A-rank Guerrilla Gate.
“Ah…”
Only then did the young man realize he and his companions had been treated unfairly, and his head drooped.
In a small voice, he spoke once more.
“Thank you… truly.”
I gave his shoulder a firm squeeze, then rose to my feet.
Now that I’d finished treating the civilians, it was time to look after my Guild members.

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It was chaos.
“Kyaaaah!”
Water sprayed in all directions, mingling with the screams of monsters.
Kang Han and the Guild members who had first waded into the seawater and launched their assault deliberately retreated their front line bit by bit.
As a result, they succeeded in luring the enemies to a point where the water reached their ankles.
Yet their numbers remained formidable.
The creatures that surged forth from the water showed no fear, as if blind to the deaths of their own kind, and charged forward with savage ferocity.
“Grraaaah!”
It was the moment Kang Han seized the throat of what appeared to be a B-rank monster.
“Get out of the water!”
The voice belonged to Han Ji Sung, who remained in the rear preparing his magic.
Kang Han, Jang Su Ho, and Lee Yu Eul immediately ceased their assault and fled from the water.
“Ice Field.”
From Han Ji Sung’s outstretched hand, which grasped the white foam lingering on the wet sand, blazed forth a light so brilliant and pure it stung the eyes.
Crack-crack-crack-crack!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The waves that had gently caressed the beach transformed into jagged spears, piercing through the monsters’ bodies.
Those that remained submerged fared no better.
Trapped in frozen water, unable to move freely, they could not escape the razor-sharp waves of ice rushing toward them.
In an instant, dozens of monsters disintegrated into ash without even managing a proper scream.
“Phew.”
Han Ji Sung steadied his breathing and instinctively sought out Yeo Joo.
Even he could not explain why.
He simply felt she needed to be at his side.
Yet simultaneously, he found deep solace in knowing Yeo Joo remained in the relatively safer rear.
Thump.
As Han Ji Sung took several steps back and sank onto the sand, Kang Han spotted Yungkadeus’s minions surging forth from the distant sea once more.
Though they had already slain considerable numbers of monsters, Yungkadeus had yet to reveal his true form.
‘Perhaps it is not yet enough.’
Then there was nothing for it but to kill more.
Kang Han murmured quietly as he generated lightning spheres in both hands.
Simultaneously, blue veins of power bulged along his arms.
Whoosh!
With a heavy sound that split the air, the lightning spheres were hurled forth with tremendous speed.
Far enough to reach the minions swimming around Yungkadeus.
The pale yellow lightning sphere descended silently onto the sea’s surface.
And moments later, hundreds of monster corpses bobbed up to the surface and disintegrated into ash.
“Kuoooooooh!”
Yungkadeus roared for the first time.
At that thunderous cry of rage, Kang Han merely smiled faintly and walked up the shoreline.
If Yungkadeus wished to avenge his subordinates, he would have to climb all the way up here.
Splash, splash—!
The sea began to churn violently.
It was the turbulence created by Yungkadeus’s movement.
Waves as tall as a man crashed relentlessly against the shore.
Yet not a single surge could touch Kang Han.
He simply stood there, waiting for Yungkadeus to emerge onto land.
Solid ground where one could stand, the realm of humanity.

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