The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 127

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Yeo Joo Saves the World – Episode 127

“They’re C-rank Stone Golems. There’s no need to worry.”
Kang Han spoke as if to reassure me.
“But even if you tell me not to worry….”
I swallowed the rest of my words, unwilling to sound weak.
One saving grace was that the Stone Golems weren’t close to us.
The sluggish stream of crimson lava flowed slowly, and it seemed to pose just as much danger to the Stone Golems as it did to us—they merely watched us from their respective safe patches of solid ground.
“One, two, three, four… twelve.”
Twelve Stone Golems, each towering as tall as a four-story building.
“What kind of difficulty is this?”
I could feel in my bones that this was on an entirely different level from the Guerrilla Dungeons that Kang Han or Han Ji Sung had handled with ease before.
Then, suddenly, an ominous premonition ran down my spine.
“Those things are the dungeon boss… right?”
I asked Kang Han.
But no answer came back.
Instead of explaining in his usual blunt manner, he fixed his gaze on the center of the volcano far ahead, where lava was ceaselessly erupting.
Why?
What was there?
And before I could even voice that question.
Glug, glug.
The volcano’s crater began to churn.
The thick surface of the lava bulged upward.
And finally, a massive bubble began to roil and burst.
“Insane.”
Someone muttered the word as an enormous hand emerged.
Grooooooan—
A colossal giant—no, a golem—so vast that it was difficult to take in all at once.

[ Magma Golem ( C+ )
: Master of the Flame Dungeon.
Currently has absorbed a powerful force from within the volcano. ]

Boom!
The moment the creature finally revealed itself fully above the vent, the earth trembled.
No—the entire volcano roared in unison with the colossal golem.
And a new window bearing a brief message appeared above the information panel I had been observing.

[ The Dungeon Master has accepted your challenge! ]

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“Oh dear. This isn’t starting well. As you can all see, both guilds are currently surrounded by stone golems!”
Lee Ki Dae, the caster, shouted his commentary.
Two screens were being broadcast—one displaying the overall situation within the dungeon, and another capturing the vivid expressions and movements of the hunters as they fought.

Isn’t the Justice Guild’s official Dungeon debut way too intense?;;
– If it were me, I would faint right away ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
–

The viewers’ reactions were following Lee Ki Dae’s narrative perfectly.
Though it was a C-rank dungeon, he wanted to emphasize that the hunters who entered had limited experience and that the scale was modest, thereby amplifying the tension.
“I’m seeing comments asking why our analyst isn’t here today. Since this isn’t a regular broadcast, we’re doing a special edition because the Ansan City Dungeon situation is unfolding so fascinatingly. You know, sometimes it’s fun to broadcast casually like this, as a personal stream, right?”
Lee Ki Dae caught a few messages from the rapidly flowing live chat and answered them before shifting the topic.
“Ah! The boss finally reveals itself! That’s… that looks like a Magma Golem! I haven’t seen one that size in ages, even as a caster!”
Lee Ki Dae craned his neck forward, eyes wide, and shouted his explanation with intensity.
Yet there was no exaggeration in his words.
The Ansan City Dungeon’s boss was unusually massive, even for a Magma Golem.

I came here because I heard you were doing a mukbang, but what is this;;
– Fighting Taesan ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
That’s supposedly C-rank, but with that size, it seems like it would be B-rank difficulty.
I’ve reviewed the Korean text, but I notice the line to translate wasn’t clearly provided in your message. The glossary and character names are listed, but the actual Korean sentence that needs translation is missing or unclear.
– Golem bastard, if you notice, go back in.

If you’re smart, get back in there, you damn golem.
He burst out laughing with an awkward expression on his face, picked up the cup next to him, quenched his thirst, and covered his expression.
“Ah, this strategy is really fascinating! It was my mistake for trying to broadcast it so casually since it’s just a C-rank small Dungeon! Haha.”
With an awkward smile, he picked up the cup beside him and took a sip, hiding his expression behind it.
His face had stiffened without him realizing it.
‘This won’t be easy. We might lose a Hunter or two.’
No, it seemed quite possible that the casualties could be even higher.
The bitter laugh that escaped me was at the irony of having the scheme backfire on me like this.
But when Lee Ki Dae the caster set down his water glass, only excitement remained on his face.

As the viewer count climbed steadily, Lee Ki Dae’s voice grew increasingly excited.

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Everyone ran towards the black ground, where lava might burst out at any moment.
Only I and Taesan’s Healer remained in the relatively safe Basin.
Everyone else had charged toward the black earth where lava could erupt at any moment.
The Justice Guild members, who had seemed no different from me until now, had fully entered combat mode, bounding effortlessly several times my height into the distance.
Even Han Ji Sung, who would normally have stayed in the rear with me, had left with the other Guild members, insisting he needed to actively participate in the attack this time.
Boom!
Crash—!
“Dodge!”
While the surroundings were filled with the noise of battle, the Basin where I stood remained quiet.
Taesan’s Healer sat on the ground with an exhausted expression, but I chose to stand and watch the Justice Guild’s battle unfold.
The first thing I noticed was Lee Yu Chan positioned high up on the rocks.
Perched on a cliff face with barely enough space to stand, he was providing forward support and even seemed to be protecting Han Ji Sung, who had positioned himself some distance away.
But something felt off.
Lee Yu Chan, whose specialty was rapid-fire attacks so fast the eye could barely follow, was…
Even though he was far away, our eyes kept meeting.
“That bastard should focus on the battle.”
The reason was obvious.
He was worried about me.
Here I was, standing on a cliff face without even a safety rope, and he was the one worried.
I waved my hand dismissively to signal him not to worry about this side.
Fortunately, the Justice Guild’s battle against the Stone Golems proceeded without major issues.
Just as they had been doing, Han Ji Sung would create a blizzard to deal area damage, and the remaining Guild members would rush in to destroy the frozen Golems.
But Taesan was struggling.
“Get closer!”
“Guild Master! The flame-resistant suit is burning—we can’t get any closer!”
“Injuries can be healed! Don’t worry and close in!”
Just from what I could hear, I could roughly grasp the situation.
The already exhausted Healer sighed heavily each time Gwak Ho Young urged the others forward, saying he could just heal any injuries they sustained.
And then, inevitably, disaster struck.
It was while Tae San was straining himself to face two stone golems simultaneously.
“Argh!”
“N-No, Myung Ho hyung!”
He had been too preoccupied with the stone golems to keep watch over the magma golem.
A glowing red boulder hurled by the dungeon’s master had struck one of the hunters.
“Damn it! Get Jung Myung Ho back! Take him to the healer!”
Following Gwak Ho Young’s command, one of the hunters brought the injured Jung Myung Ho to the basin.
“Ugh, kgh!”
The injury looked severe.
With a hunter’s quick reflexes, he had managed to dodge at the last moment, avoiding being completely crushed beneath the boulder, but in doing so, his right arm had been utterly mangled.
At least the burns meant the bleeding wasn’t as profuse as it could have been—a small mercy.
“Please take good care of Myung Ho hyung.”
Leaving only those brief words, Tae San’s hunter immediately returned to the battlefield.
“I-I can’t completely heal an injury this severe….”
The Taesan Guild’s healer muttered with a pale face.
A B-rank, if I recalled correctly.
It was already unusual for a mid-sized guild like Taesan to have one of the few healers available, but even for him, Jung Myung Ho’s condition seemed beyond his capabilities.
‘I could just pretend I didn’t see this.’
That thought crossed my mind for a moment, but then a better idea occurred to me.
“Would you like me to help?”
“B-But the Justice Guild is still in combat….”
“Don’t worry about that. Listen, Jung Myung Ho. I have a proposal for you.”
I explained quickly.
“I’ll treat you, so instead of returning to combat, how about you stay here and protect us?”
“Kgh, y-yes, I’ll do that. So please, hurry and….”
“You’re promising me?”
After confirming that Jung Myung Ho nodded, I retrieved a potion bottle from my subspace.
It was the wound-healing potion I had used before—Im Chung Soo’s potion.
“It’s going to hurt, so bear with it.”
I uncorked the potion and immediately poured it over Jung Myung Ho’s wound.
“Kgh, kgh, aaaagh!”
Even I had been in such pain from simple burns—I could only imagine what he was going through.
Jung Myung Ho couldn’t even thrash about properly in his agony.
His eyes bulged wide, his entire body trembled violently, and drool streamed from his mouth.
Honestly, I worried I might kill someone who could be treated outside the dungeon through shock, but I trusted in the resilient mind and body of a hunter who could overcome even runaway states.
“Ugh, kgh….”
Fortunately, my assumption was correct.
Whether it was synergy with an awakened one’s powerful natural healing, Jung Myung Ho’s injuries recovered at a rapid pace.
And before long, the wounds disappeared without even leaving scars.
“Ha, ha. Th-Thank you.”
Still, he had the courtesy to bow politely.
Jung Myung Ho, the hunter from Taesan, greeted me with a nod before collapsing unconscious right there.
His stamina had been completely depleted.
“You can restore his stamina, right?”
“Yes, of course!”
Taesan’s healer grasped Jung Myung Ho’s hand and activated a skill.
Body restored, mind restored.
With his stamina replenished, Jung Myung Ho quickly regained consciousness.
As he staggered to his feet and swatted away a fragment of rock hurtling toward us, Taesan’s healer asked cautiously from behind him.
“Um… does the Justice Guild use potions like that often?”
“Huh? Oh, not very often.”
I tried using it on others, but it didn’t work on them.
I’d planned to reserve it only for my own unexpected injuries going forward.
“Ah, I see…”
But the Taesan healer’s reaction seemed off somehow.
Ever since then, she kept avoiding my gaze in a peculiar way—almost as if she didn’t believe my claim that I didn’t use it often.
“So that’s why you arrived so quickly…”
Seeing her mutter to herself, it was clear she’d jumped to quite the conclusion.
“No, I did use it just now.”

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