The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 102

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Yeo Joo Saves the World – Episode 102

Yungkadeus was cunning.
Even as he raged at Kang Han’s assault, he detached a portion of his minions and commanded them to scale the Rocky Mountain.
It happened while Lee Yu Chan was distracted, watching the distant battle unfold.
“Ugh!”
Yeo Joo became the first target.
A monster suddenly burst from between the jagged rocks and raked across her calf—the most vulnerable part of the weakest-looking prey.
“Sister!”
Lee Yu Chan, a heartbeat too slow to react, frantically loosed an arrow that sent the creature tumbling down the Rocky Mountain, but Yeo Joo’s blood had already soaked her jeans crimson.
“Damn it.”
He wanted nothing more than to rush over and examine her wound, but there was no time.
A second and third monster emerged almost immediately.
Lee Yu Chan kicked them away as he vaulted onto the highest boulder.
“Cockroach bastards—when did so many of you….”
The sight of those dark creatures crawling up the modest Rocky Mountain was enough to trigger primal human revulsion.
At least they’d noticed before all of them reached the summit—that was something.
“I need to call for backup….”
But Lee Yu Chan fell silent as he saw what was happening ahead.
Yungkadeus himself had begun moving, leading dozens of monsters forward.
He couldn’t call for backup.
Which meant this place was now entirely his responsibility.
Lee Yu Chan turned to look behind him.
One man whose face had gone deathly pale at the monsters’ appearance, two civilians still in shock, and Yeo Joo sitting down with a wound on her leg—all of it registered in his mind.
‘Can I protect these people?’
Fear gripped him.
Noticing Lee Yu Chan’s wavering state, Yeo Joo pulled bandages from her Subspace and spoke.
“Lee Yu Chan, get your head in the game.”
Lee Yu Chan’s uncertain gaze shifted toward her.
Despite the blood flowing from her wound, she remained composed.
“Keep it simple. All we need to do is hold out until the main force can spare people to help us.”
Just hold out.
Until reinforcements arrive.
Lee Yu Chan swallowed hard.
Yeo Joo was applying a tourniquet with bandages rather than using self-healing.
“Ah….”
Lee Yu Chan understood in that moment.
In the brief time that had passed, Yeo Joo had made the decision to conserve her strength.
To help him.
Lee Yu Chan pushed his slipping glasses back up and turned his gaze once more toward the sea where the monsters were climbing.
“Haah.”
With a long exhale, a long, azure arrow materialized as he drew the bowstring taut with all his might.
Whoosh—thunk!
“Shriek!”
The arrow pierced the brow of the nearest monster with perfect precision.
His right hand, which had released the bowstring in an elegant arc, immediately nocked the next arrow.
Watching the second arrow embed itself flawlessly in the monster’s vital point, Lee Yu Chan spoke.
“Disappear.”
As long as I draw breath, you will not set foot here.

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【 Gangneung Eonbyeol-ri Guerrilla Gate Conquest Broadcast 】

Live Comments ▼
– S-rank hunters really are S-rank for a reason…
– Kang Han and Han Ji Sung are so cool.
– Insane, how many are they killing at once
– After watching Taesan beat monsters to death with his bare hands one at a time, this is so refreshing
– Wait? The boss monster is moving?
– Yungkadeus only moves once most of the monsters it summons are dead;;
– Is Justice Guild really going to clear this???
– But doesn’t anyone else worry about where the healer and Lee Yu Chan went;
– Right, something feels off

It was at that moment when the people watching the conquest broadcast began to worry, one by one, about the safety of the rear guard.

– Hey, zoom in on the camera
– Whoa, that place looks chaotic too
– Look at those monsters, so gross;;;
– But isn’t Lee Yu Chan C-rank? Can he handle this alone?
– Yeah, he doesn’t seem like he can manage this;;;;
– And there’s no one there to help him anyway
– Just looking at it now, he’s firing dozens of arrows
– For a C-rank to hold out this long is seriously impressive
– Why does him standing alone and shooting arrows look so admirable…
– It seems like it was just yesterday that I was a little prospect.
He’s like the male lead in a pure romance manga.
– People’s lives are on the line, what are you saying
– Read the room for once, seriously
– I’m trapped on the Highway right now while evacuating and I’m freaking out…
– Huh?
– What was that just now?
– Did Lee Yu Chan suddenly change?
– Three arrows are coming out at once?

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Blood began streaming down Lee Yu Chan’s right wrist.
Despite wearing protective gear, his fingers kept tearing open from drawing and releasing the bowstring.
He was barely holding on, but his arms and legs were visibly trembling.
“Lee Yu Chan, wait a moment.”
Yeo Joo limped forward and grasped his hand.

[ Skill ‘Body Healing’ is activated. ]
[ Consuming 56 stamina to restore the target’s wounds and vitality. ]
[ The target’s stamina has been fully restored. ]

‘I’m going to collapse.’
Yeo Joo clenched her teeth, hiding her darkening vision and exhaustion from view.
The monsters surging forward like waves seemed endless.
Lee Yu Chan attacking and she herself, draining her own stamina to restore his whenever it depleted, were both barely managing to endure.
Her leg wound, which wasn’t clotting well, was taking a heavy toll.
Yeo Joo’s fingers trembled slightly as she retrieved Im Chung Soo’s potion from the Subspace and drank it.

[ A detection of consuming ‘Stamina Recovery Tonic’ has been registered. ]
[ Warning. ]
[ Drug abuse is dangerous. ]

‘As if I have a choice.’
Being judged for drug abuse and collapsing here was preferable to being devoured by monsters.
She brushed aside the warning window that had materialized before her eyes and asked.
“Lee Yu Chan, are you alright?”
“Thanks to you.”
Though my body had recovered, my head throbbed from the relentless strain of aiming arrows.
Yet Lee Yu Chan answered calmly, forcing himself to ignore the pain.
‘I have no choice but to be fine.’
Right now, I was the only one who could protect Yeo Joo and the civilians.
Moreover, as my physical and mental strength depleted, the capacity to think was vanishing as well.
‘Until I deal with Yungkadeus and others arrive to help.’
Only a single thought remained in my mind.
‘I must endure.’
I generated another arrow—how many had it been?—and repeated Yeo Joo’s words like an incantation.
Whoosh—thud!
Whiiiish—crack!
With my stamina fully restored, the arrows regained their precise trajectory.
On the surface, I appeared to have no problems whatsoever.
But the real issue was not depleted stamina.
Throbbing.
That tingling sensation I had felt before was now spreading throughout my entire body.
The pain that even Yeo Joo’s skill could not heal had long since spread from my right arm to engulf both my left arm and legs.
Tears born of physiological agony streamed down my cheeks.
Simultaneously, with a wet sound, the flesh on my right fingers burst open again.
Yet I did not stop.
I could not stop.
‘Endure, endure.’
The tingling pain had now spread to the crown of my head.
Even my eyes throbbed with aching sensation.
Clenching my teeth until my lips tore, I bore that excruciating feeling and released an arrow that pierced through the heart of the monster that had leaped high into the air.
‘Endure. And protect them.’
To make matters worse, the mana within me was depleting, causing the arrows to become translucent.
Naturally, their penetrating power diminished as well.
Yet the arrows never ceased leaving the bowstring.
If one shot could not kill it, then two, three shots would suffice.
“Ugh.”
Yet ultimately, a groan escaped Lee Yu Chan’s tightly clenched lips.
A pain like scalding water swept across his entire body in an instant.
His vision blurred.
The arrows he conjured flickered—his mana reserves depleted.
He understood instinctively.
This arrow would be his last.
‘Then I’ll take at least one more with me.’
Feeling droplets of blood trickling down his chin, Lee Yu Chan released his final arrow from his trembling hand.

[ The System recognizes ‘Determination’ that overcomes ‘Grade Limitations’. ]

A translucent status window materialized before his eyes.

[ Calculating current physical capabilities and accumulated potential. ]
[ Skill restrictions are removed. ]
[ Skill ‘Accuracy (A)’ is activated. ]
[ Skill ‘Composure (B)’ is activated. ]
[ Skill ‘Concealment (C)’ evolves into ‘Shadow Concealment (A)’. ]

“Hah!”
Lee Yu Chan braced himself on his knees, his body curling inward.
The agony transformed into exhilaration that coursed down his spine like lightning.
Power surged through his trembling frame.
He understood what this was.
An awakening—a second awakening.
“Haah… haah…”
After a moment of silent breathing, Lee Yu Chan slowly rose to his feet.
Raising his right hand and drawing the bowstring, three brilliant azure arrows materialized and nocked in rapid succession.
Their radiant glow made him grin wickedly as he declared to the monsters beneath him:
“You’re all finished.”

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