The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 103

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Yeo Joo Saves the World – Episode 103

Kang Han, Lee Yu Eul, and Han Ji Sung—all three locked in fierce combat—simultaneously turned their heads upward toward the rocky mountain.
Lee Yu Chan’s presence had grown exponentially.
No one spoke it aloud, yet all of them sensed it.
Lee Yu Chan had undergone a second awakening.
Kang Han stepped back from the front lines momentarily, brushing away the disheveled strands of hair from his forehead.
“The three of you—clear the beach as quickly as possible and head up. Ji Sung especially, move immediately.”
Lee Yu Chan’s re-awakening brought joy, but it also signaled a situation so dire that I had to transcend my own limits.
“I’ll handle Yungkadeus.”
Even for an S-rank hunter, facing an A-rank monster alone was a gamble with one’s life.
Yet not a single guild member questioned whether I could manage it.
My commands held absolute authority.
Lee Yu Eul and Jang Su Ho resumed their assault, while Han Ji Sung answered with the final incantations of his spell.
I swung my spear in a wide arc, cleaving through the monsters blocking my path.
As the creatures dissolved into black ash, Yungkadeus’s massive silhouette emerged through the haze.
“ROOOAAARRR!”
Yungkadeus spotted me and unleashed a deafening roar.
It was the moment when human and monster fully recognized each other as enemies.
I conjured electric spheres in both hands and hurled them toward Yungkadeus.
The vegetation that had accumulated on its thick hide and carapace for countless years withered away by half, but the creature’s body sustained no real damage.
Yet there was one success.
Yungkadeus’s eyes darkened with fury, and it began moving toward me.
Boom, boom, boom!
With each step, massive craters opened across the beach and the ground trembled.
Its speed was terrifying.
“ROOOAAARRR!”
It shrieked once more, then charged at me with such velocity that sand whipped into a violent storm.
It was Yungkadeus’s signature tactic—using its colossal mass to crush its prey.
I had anticipated this and sidestepped with practiced ease.
The moment its final foot touched the sand, I launched myself skyward.
Thud.
My boots landed squarely on Yungkadeus’s carapace.
Before the creature could react to my sudden movement, my black spear carved through the dense vegetation that crowned its back.
With a sickening crunch, years—perhaps decades—of accumulated growth vanished in an instant.
“SCREEEECH!”
The enraged creature stretched its neck long, attempting to bite down on Kang Han.
Yet all its sharp fangs met were scattering leaves.
Kang Han had already leaped down, landing firmly on the ground.
Yungkadeus was not taking the assault passively either.
It swung its front claws—each one sharp as a blade—in a massive arc toward Kang Han.
The force and weight behind the strike could have demolished an intact building, yet Kang Han did not dodge.
“Crash!”
The thunderous collision between the long spear and Yungkadeus’s claws drowned out the sound of the waves.
What followed was a clash of pure strength against strength.
A lone human standing before the colossal monster appeared impossibly small.
Yet Kang Han did not yield.
He began to gradually push back Yungkadeus’s front limb.
Then, in an instant, thicker sinews bulged across his arm, and the massive demon’s body staggered.
Seizing the moment of its stumble, the spear’s point pierced through Yungkadeus’s thick hide and drove deep.
While it could not deliver a fatal blow, the firmly embedded spear became an excellent anchor point.
Using the recoil to vault onto Yungkadeus’s back once more, I drove the spear straight into the creature’s neck.
“Crackle—!”
Yellow lightning erupted from my hand, racing down the spear shaft and burrowing deep into the monster’s body in an instant.
“Gaaahhk!”
Yungkadeus’s movements visibly slowed as it emitted a strangled cry.
I withdrew the spear just as the creature’s body became completely rigid.
“Whoosh—!”
Black blood erupted like a fountain.
Yungkadeus thrashed its front claws with all its remaining strength, but I simply descended to the ground with unhurried grace.
Yet my green eyes never left Yungkadeus for even a moment.
“Screeeech! Kyaaaagh!”
Now completely consumed by darkness, Yungkadeus paid no heed to the wound in its neck.
It moved with only one purpose—to kill Kang Han.
A relentless exchange of attacks unfolded, neither side yielding an inch.
Yet as time wore on, the dynamic between human and demon shifted.
Though I was caked in sand and black blood, I bore no wounds.
Yungkadeus, by contrast, was drenched entirely in its own thick blood, staining everything black.
With each successive spear strike and lightning assault, the creature’s movements inevitably grew slower—an inescapable reality.
“Kuuuaaahhh!”
As Yungkadeus released a prolonged shriek from the last blow, I burrowed beneath its body.
“Crash-crack!”
Sand scattered in all directions, obscuring vision, yet the black spear point struck with perfect precision between Yungkadeus’s belly armor and its neck.
Simultaneously, a pale yellow spark erupted from my eyes, tinged with azure light, and the compressed current—saturated with that very hue—surged down the spear shaft.
“Kueeeee….”
Yungkadeus stretched its neck and released a final cry.
The massive body tilted slowly to one side.
Crash!
At the far end of the sprawling Workshop Sugar, Yungkadeus collapsed completely.
Before the crushing weight could pin him down, Kang Han wrenched himself free and swung his spear—slick with the monster’s black blood—in a wide arc to shake off the gore.
Splatter.
With each step he took across the sandy beach, black footprints marked his passage.
“Uuuugh….”
Yungkadeus, utterly drained of all will to fight, had only moments left.
Kang Han did not waste time.
He leaped onto the monster’s carapace and raised his spear high, gripping it inverted.
Azure electricity crackled along the black shaft.
Piercing roar!
The spear plunged so deep that only its tip remained visible.
Crackling surge!
Kang Han’s devastating current erupted outward in all directions, and Yungkadeus—unable even to scream—slowly oxidized into black ash.
“Haah, haah, hah….”
Kang Han finally exhaled in ragged gasps.
His back, exposed where his sweat-soaked clothes clung to him, heaved without pause.
Yet he straightened his body and gazed across the Beach—now emptied of all monsters, restored to peace.
An S-rank Yungkadeus had been vanquished by a single person.
At last, humanity had claimed victory.

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“We… we won!”
“Gate clear successful! Twenty minutes until collapse!”
“This actually worked!”
The Awakener Association staff members, who had been watching the strategy screen with bated breath, threw their hands up in celebration.
“Hey, cancel the evacuation order immediately!”
“Yes, sir!”
“Haha, the Justice Guild is amazing!”
While everyone rejoiced, there was one person who could not smile along with them.
It was Gwak Ho Young, the Guild Master of Taesan Guild.
After the Justice Guild entered the Gate, Gwak Ho Young had regained his composure and was now moving about with a recovered smile, apologizing to the Association staff members.
It was to convince them that the Justice Guild would fail, and that Taesan could immediately re-enter afterward.
He was infuriated by the upstart Justice Guild—not even ranked yet—clawing their way up, but in a way, it was a win-win situation.
Taesan had bought time to regroup, and in the meantime, the Justice Guild would reduce the number of boss monsters anyway.
But then.
“The strategy… succeeded?”
Gwak Ho Young muttered in a daze.
He couldn’t believe it.
The Justice Guild—merely six members, excluding one young crafter left outside—had solo-cleared an A-rank Guerrilla Gate.
It was something that defied all common sense.
“How…?”
Taesan had failed, and Justice had succeeded.
As the reality sank in, Gwak Ho Young’s face twisted grotesquely.
‘How much money did I slip to the Association Director to get this Gate assigned to us?!’
And yet the Justice Guild had cleared it.
A fury washed over him as if everything had been stolen.
“Those pathetic rats…”
Gwak Ho Young glared at each face of the Justice Guild members gathered together, laughing. Then, moments later, he lifted his lowered head.
“Now our citizens can enjoy their vacation safely, haha!”
Not a trace of the demonic expression from moments before remained—only a warm, friendly smile.

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【 Guerrilla Gate Strategy Broadcast – Eonbyeol-ri, Gangneung City 】

Live Comments ▼
– Insane!!
– Yungkadeus is dead!!!
– Kang Han pulled this off;;;
– Chills…..
– So damn cool for real
– Justice Guild solo clear is that real
– Even if it was a Guerrilla Gate, it was A-rank;
– When you think about it, the scale is small but the guild packs a punch
– Right, three S-rankers, two A-rankers, and the twins seem to have awakened again;;;
– Yeah, Lee Yu Chan suddenly shooting three arrows at once looks like he re-awakened
– At least B-rank or higher
– The Highway traffic jam seems to be clearing too
– I lived ㅠㅠㅠ Really ㅠㅠ I thought I was falling behind ㅠㅠ
– Is Justice Guild coming back to life?
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People cheered in the comments of the strategy broadcast.
A family watching the broadcast anxiously from the congested Highway felt the same way.
“Thank goodness, thank goodness.”
“I shouldn’t have suggested coming to Gangneung today….”
“Don’t say that. Everything worked out fine, so why are you crying? Hmm?”
The man comforted his wife, whose tears flowed as the tension finally released.
But then he noticed the back seat had been quiet for a while and turned around.
His ten-year-old son was still staring intently at the tablet displaying the strategy broadcast.
“Seung Won, should we go back to playing in the water….”
“Dad.”
“Yeah?”
“Is this the Justice Guild? These people’s names?”
The man nodded.
“They’re so cool! My heart was really pounding!”
“Yeah, they’re cool….”
“They’re like heroes from movies! Especially that person who uses electricity!”
“Guild Master Kang Han?”
“Yes! He’s so cool! He was just like this, and this!”
As the excited child clumsily mimicked swinging a spear, a smile bloomed across the man’s face.
“Before Seung Won was born, Guild Master Kang Han’s mother was also an incredibly famous Hunter.”
“Really? Wow, that’s amazing. So cool.”
At that very moment, the camera captured the Justice Guild emerging from the Gate with rescued civilians in tow.
Below the live broadcast, a caption blazed across the screen: “Three Civilians Rescued Safely.”
“Dad.”
“Yes, Seungwon?”
“Can you buy me this?”
The man who had been watching the cars begin their slow procession in the distance turned his attention back to his son.
“Buy you what?”
“Justice Guild merchandise.”
The small finger of his son pointed toward the white uniforms worn by the Justice Guild members.
“Oh… haha. Sure, let’s head back to the lodging and look up where we can get the merchandise together.”
“Dad, you’re the best!”
The man, mindful of his wife’s expression as he recalled the typically exorbitant prices of uniforms from prestigious guilds, soon broke into a hearty laugh.
After all, it was a day he’d been given back from the brink of death—what couldn’t he do for his son?
As he slowly began to drive, the man found himself thinking.
‘The design is actually pretty nice. Maybe I should get one too?’

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