The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 129

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Yeo Joo Saves the World – Episode 129

And among them, of course, was Gwak Ho Young.
Still, Gwak Ho Young, displaying the reflexes befitting an A-rank hunter, landed safely on both feet, only to grit his teeth at the sight of his guild members writhing in pain from burns all around him.
‘It’s all his own damn fault.’
There wasn’t a soul in this place who didn’t know that fact.
Yet rather than calming his excitement and thinking rationally, Gwak Ho Young vented his fury on the guild members who hadn’t yet sustained injuries.
“Those of you still standing, get back in there! Isn’t it obvious you should be targeting its legs?!”
“Guild Master! Perhaps we should retreat first and let the Justice Guild recover their strength….”
“It’ll be over by then!”
It seemed he’d already forgotten the existence of the camera, his neck flushed as he bellowed his commands.
“It’s not dead, so swarm it, you cowardly bastards!”
It was then that Gwak Ho Young’s eyes, burning with frustration, caught sight of Jung Myung Ho, the hunter who had been protecting me and the Tae San Healer.
“Hey, Jung Myung Ho!”
At Gwak Ho Young’s shout, Jung Myung Ho’s shoulders jerked violently.
Despite being B-rank, he looked terrified—clearly accustomed to being pushed around by this man.
“Don’t you see the boss is being fought right now?! Get over here, you bastard!”
“B-but protecting the healers….”
“Stop spouting nonsense and run!”
With that temperament of his.
I clicked my tongue disapprovingly as I watched Jung Myung Ho.
It’s remarkable he’s managed to endure under such a guild master.
But I wasn’t worried.
Jung Myung Ho and I had made a contract.
A promise between hunters in a dungeon is far different from the casual “let’s grab a meal sometime” people throw around.
It was a formal verbal agreement made before the broadcast cameras.
In exchange for me treating his wounds, Jung Myung Ho had promised to protect us during the boss battle.
But then something I’d never expected happened.
“I, I’m sorry, Hunter Yeo Joo.”
With only those irresponsible words, Jung Myung Ho began running toward Gwak Ho Young.
That bastard!
Before I could even call out to Jung Myung Ho, chaos erupted.
“W-wait, Myung Ho! Jung Myung Ho!”
The panicked Tae San Healer cried out loudly, calling the name of the guild member who had abandoned him.
I reached out and covered the Tae San Healer’s mouth.
He seemed to realize his mistake a moment too late, his body stiffening with shock.
But it was already too late.
A deep, resonant groan echoed through the cavern.
With a sound like massive boulders grinding against one another, the Magma Golem turned its head.
The boss’s gaze fell upon the basin where I and the Tae San Healer stood defenseless, with no one to protect us.
Our eyes met.
Eyes that seemed to shimmer with crimson magma flowing within them stared directly at me.
And I could tell.
‘Was it… smiling?’
The creature was smiling.
“Noona! Run!”
Lee Yu Chan’s voice tore through the air.
I immediately grabbed the Tae San Healer by the collar and bolted backward.
But they were still healers, after all.
On this unstable terrain layered with volcanic ash and crisscrossed with flowing lava, we couldn’t move as swiftly as the other hunters.
“Roooaarrr!”
A thunderous boom shook the air.
The dungeon boss’s roar echoed from behind, and the entire volcano began to tremble.
“Ugh!”
The Tae San Healer and I couldn’t run any further and collapsed to the ground.
My hands, pressed against the scorching earth, burned with searing pain, but the trembling ground made it impossible to even stand.
“Behind! Behind us!”
At the Tae San Healer’s cry of warning, I turned to look back.
The earth where the Magma Golem had struck split open, and magma surged toward us like a tidal wave.
Fortunately, it seemed it wouldn’t reach where we were.
Just as I was about to push myself up again.
“Yeo Joo!”
I heard Kang Han’s voice calling my name.
As the lava that had shot upward fell back down, unable to overcome gravity, I saw Kang Han, Lee Yu Eul, and Jang Su Ho rushing toward me—their movements seeming slow and stretched, like a video played in slow motion.
Oddly enough, my only thought in that moment was ‘why?’
Why did their faces look so pale?
Why were they so afraid?
And the answer came in the very next instant.
Something was flying toward me faster than the three people rushing to my aid.
It was a massive boulder, still burning with fierce flames, hurled by the Magma Golem from far away.
A sharp crack split the air.
I instinctively shoved the Tae San Healer away with all my strength.
And I curled my body into a ball.
‘Please, please!’
Of course, I had something to rely on.
The necklace Jung Je Hwa had given me before entering the dungeon.
That necklace—the one that supposedly blocks all physical and non-physical attacks in a single use.
I had gambled everything on the belief that it would activate.
“Please!”
I had never prayed with such desperation in my entire life.
And in that very moment, I felt a searing wind sweep across me.
Boom!
“Ugh!”
A devastating impact crashed over my body with enough force to shake my bones.
Before I could even comprehend what had struck me, my body was already hurtling backward.
“Cough!”
My back slammed into the ground at tremendous speed, and a dull, searing pain consumed me.
‘The necklace didn’t activate.’
That was my thought.
Until I heard a tremendous roar echoing from far away.
“Roooaaarrr!”
It wasn’t a sound coming from me.
At the same time, my vision cleared from the darkness, and a brilliant window materialized before my eyes.

[ Congratulations!
You have successfully defeated the Dungeon’s master!
Reward – Essence of Magma Golem ]

“Huh?”
What did he just say?
The boss monster is dead?
My eyes snapped open in shock.
In that instant, I saw the three members of the Justice Guild frozen in place, still in their charging stance toward me, their gazes now fixed on the source of the Volcano.
My heart lurched violently at the sight.
‘Did Tae San kill it? Or Gwak Ho Young?!’
But the Tae San hunters wore the same expression of bewilderment etched across their faces.
‘…Then who?’
I found the answer to my question.
It was the Tae San Healer sprawled on the ground nearby.
He pointed a trembling finger at me and muttered.
“Y-Yeo Joo… you defeated the boss….”
“Me?!”
My voice echoed sharply through the now-silent Volcano, as if the fierce battle from moments before had never occurred.
“No, surely….”
I slowly lowered my gaze to examine my necklace.
The black gemstone was covered in deep cracks, shattered in places.
There was no way the necklace Master Jung Je Hwa crafted would crack merely from the Volcano’s heat.
“No, no….”
With a sinking feeling, I pulled up the information window.

[ Necklace of Absolute Defense ( S )
: Blocks all physical and non-physical attacks directed at the wearer once per use.
: Returns 5 times the damage inflicted on the owner to the attacker. ( Activated upon trigger )
Craftsman – Master ]

“Oh, you’ve got to be…!”
Jung Je Hwa! You absolute madman!
I collapsed right there on the spot, covering my face with my hands.
What is this?!
What in the world is this?!
“I just stole the killing blow!”

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– Hahahahahahahaha
– Hahahahahaha
– This is insane hahahaha
– Is this for real hahahaha

The chat window was flooded with nothing but laughter.
Lee Ki Dae let out a hollow chuckle.
“Well, this is… quite something. Haha.”
Even seeing it with his own eyes, he couldn’t believe it.
Taking over for Jo Tae Seok, who remained trapped in shock and bewilderment, Lee Ki Dae found himself unable to suppress the laughter spilling from his lips.
“So… Yeo Joo is a healer, correct?”

– Wait! A healer?! She’s a hunter!!
– Ever seen a healer land the killing blow? Hahahaha
– She literally defeated the boss herself hahahaha!!

“Well, yes. Healers are hunters too, of course.”
“The Hunter Association’s data showed no offensive skills… It appears to be an item effect.”
Jo Tae Seok, now recovering from the shock and desperately holding back his laughter, gritted his teeth as he explained.
“In any case… the boss of the C-rank Dungeon in Ansan City was defeated by Yeo Joo’s attack… Yes.”
“Pfft!”
At Lee Ki Dae’s words, Jo Tae Seok finally burst into laughter.
“Hehehehe, ahem. Hunter Jo Tae Seok! You can’t laugh, hehe!”
“Ah, yes. I’m sorry… hehehehe!”
Unable to contain the erupting laughter, both broadcasters hurriedly bowed their heads.
But their trembling shoulders gave them away.

– Look at the other hunters frozen in shock hahahaha
– She totally stole the killing blow hahahaha
– Where’s Yeo Joo’s sense of ethics?
– Yeo Joo = Healer, Special Skill: Stealing kills hahahaha
– Gwak Ho Young must be so disappointed hahahaha
– They made all that fuss and Yeo Joo takes the kill hahahaha
– The Justice Guild has a healer who steals kills? Hahahaha

For a long time afterward, the broadcast remained filled only with the hosts desperately trying not to laugh and the chat window plastered with endless laughter.

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