The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 160

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Yeo Joo Saves the World – Episode 160

“Screee, screee!”
Mollig seemed quite flustered.
“Screee!”
But the creature soon bared its teeth and snarled viciously.
It appeared furious that Kang Han had obliterated the wall I had created in a single strike.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The creature flailed its hands through the air once more.
This time, three walls materialized simultaneously.
Crash! Crash!
Kang Han succeeded in destroying two of the walls before they could settle and fuse with the Dungeon, but the last one inevitably became one with it.
Whoosh!
The wall, now firmly rooted in the Dungeon, absorbed Kang Han’s attack.
“Shriek.”
In the meantime, Mollig generated several more walls and quickly evaded.
However, whether due to urgency or desperation, the falling walls failed to form a perfectly interlocking maze and appeared somewhat haphazard.
“Get it!”
With Yang Hwa Yeon’s cry, the Magma Guild sprang into action.
The first to attack Mollig were the arrows from Shin Dan Ju and Lee Yu Chan.
Thunk! Thunk!
Arrows embedded themselves along Mollig’s predicted path.
Though its movements remained swift, Mollig could no longer dash in straight lines, and its speed gradually diminished.
Unable to find an escape route and floundering about, the creature was engulfed by Yang Hwa Yeon’s fireball.
“Shrieeeeek!”
The fireball missed Mollig entirely, yet the creature shrieked in terror with an eerie cry.
Seeing this, Yang Hwa Yeon grinned wickedly and spoke.
“So you’re afraid of fire?”
“Kack! Screee!”
Now that Mollig knew Yang Hwa Yeon was a fire mage, the creature’s demeanor became far more sinister.
The way it bared its sharp teeth was as though it had encountered a natural predator.
As if abandoning any hope of escape, Mollig stopped running.
Then the number of walls falling from the sky multiplied several times over.
Boom! Crash! Boom boom!
However, only a handful of them succeeded in becoming part of a sturdy maze.
Crash! Crash!
“Destroy it before it falls! That’s all there is to it!”
It was because of Jang Su Ho and Seo Yi Do, the two Shielders who swung their shields and pulverized the walls into dust.
Realizing his attacks weren’t landing properly, Mollig’s hazy eyes rolled back and forth.
Then his gaze turned toward Yeo Joo.
Mollig thought to himself.
‘Small human. Weak human.’
And.
And.
“Hiiiek….”
Mollig’s horizontally slit mouth opened wide.
“You, you….”
The Hunters who had been attacking flinched and stopped moving.
Shocked gazes turned toward Mollig.
But Mollig stared only at Yeo Joo.
With a face twisted like a yaksha demon.
Baring yellowed, elongated teeth.
The creature flailed its front legs.
“Yeo Joo!”
Yoo Jin Rok, instinctively sensing danger, threw himself toward Yeo Joo.
The moment the two of them rolled across the ground, Kang Han moved as well.
Kwaaang—!
With a thunderous roar of an entirely different magnitude than before, the falling boulder was struck by lightning and shattered into fragments that scattered everywhere.
If not for Yoo Jin Rok, Yeo Joo would have been pinned helplessly beneath the rock.
It was unmistakably an attack meant to kill.
“That bastard!”
Jang Su Ho growled and turned his head toward Mollig.
“Uh, where’d it go?”
But Mollig was gone.
All that remained where the creature had stood was a trace of burrowed earth.
“Damn it, we lost it!”
Lee Yu Chan couldn’t contain his frustration and stomped his foot.
Yoo Jin Rok, who had helped Yeo Joo to her feet, also tried using a tracking skill, but only received a system message saying the target couldn’t be found.
Someone spoke first from within the hazy dust still swirling in the air.
“That mole just now….”
“…didn’t it?”
“It seemed like it… said something?”
“Nah, no way.”
The Hunters from both Guilds laughed nervously and shook their heads.
It was absurd.
A monster speaking like a human.
This is impossible.
In all the Dungeons that had opened thus far, there had never been a monster that spoke like a sentient being.
The same held true even for S-rank Gates.
“….”
A strange silence hung in the air.
Rumble.
A familiar yet unfamiliar sound echoed through the space.
It was the sound of the Dungeon collapsing—the sound that came when a Gate was cleared.
The hunters from both guilds were bewildered.
‘The hidden boss fled, we haven’t even seen the real Dungeon boss yet, and now the Dungeon is collapsing?’
And the answer to their question came swiftly.
“The walls… they’re disappearing.”
It began from the clearing where they had gathered.
The sturdy walls scattered haphazardly throughout the space crumbled like a sandcastle being washed away.
That wasn’t all.
The Secret Chamber they had passed through, and the intricate labyrinth beyond it that resembled an ant colony—everything vanished.
In the end, all that remained was a vast, dimly lit expanse.
Kang Han stood in place and slowly surveyed his surroundings.
Though I had traversed many Dungeons over the years, I had never witnessed such a sight.
“….”
The Dungeon stripped of its labyrinth resembled an empty toy box abandoned by a child.
Yet within that hollow space, something remained.
A colossal door occupying one side of the vacant Dungeon.
“The Boss Room.”
It was time to deal with the Dungeon’s true master.

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After successfully clearing the Dungeon, I was on my way back to the Justice Guild.
The van, which would normally be bustling with anticipation of returning home, was strangely silent.
Everyone had a lot on their minds.
“Sigh.”
I leaned my heavy head against the car window and closed my eyes.
“For now, let’s keep what happened with that hidden boss a secret. Fortunately, the cameras didn’t capture anything, and we don’t know much about it ourselves anyway.”
It was a suggestion Yang Hwa Yeon had made before we dispersed.
Everyone agreed with her opinion.
We hadn’t even succeeded in defeating the hidden boss, and we had no real evidence to show for it.
The Justice Guild, already in disfavor with the Association Director, and the still-small Magma Guild wouldn’t have their claims properly accepted by the Association.
‘That stupid Mollig bastard.’
Why did he have to open his mouth?
I’d disliked him from the moment he emerged from the Sejong Dungeon.
That “subordinate administrator” who pretended to be pitiful and weak, only to backstab everyone and use every trick in the book to slaughter the hunters.
‘But why did he attack me?’
Even if I was a healer with zero offensive power, I hadn’t done anything to catch his attention so immediately.
Besides, the word “you” that he’d spat out bothered me immensely.
It was definitely directed at me.
As if he knew I was a possessor.
‘Next time we meet, I’ll shake him down for answers.’
I was thinking that I’d have to torture him if necessary to find out how much he actually knew.
Screech.
The van came to a stop in the parking lot area in front of the Justice Guild Building.
“Everyone did great work.”
With Kang Han’s brief encouragement, we entered the Justice Guild Building.
“Welcome back!”
Sung Yo Na greeted us with a bright smile.
“Hey, Yo Na. Everything was fine at home, right?”
“Yes! Chung Soo went to his room first. But the strategy broadcast cut off in the middle. You’re all okay, right? No one’s injured?”
“Oh. It was nothing serious.”
I waved my hand dismissively to reassure her.
“By the way, where are Baek Young and Baek Ho?”
“Here. They fell asleep in the van on the way back.”
Kang Han showed Sung Yo Na the Na Baek Ho and Kang Baek Young he was carrying in his arms.
“Yawn.”
They say even tigers come when called by name.
Upon hearing Sung Yo Na’s voice, Na Baek Ho opened his sleepy eyes and woke up.
“Baek Ho, do you want a snack?”
“Chirp!”
That’s Na Baek Ho for you.
If there’s food, I’d never refuse.
“Then Yo Na, I’m leaving the kids with you.”
“Yes! You must all be exhausted—please wash up and get some proper rest!”
Sung Yo Na took the still-sleeping Baek Young Ee from Kang Han’s arms as she spoke.
I watched Na Baek Ho’s retreating figure follow the energized Sung Yo Na downstairs, then headed straight to my room.
I planned to shower first, then lie in bed and go over the book’s contents once more in my mind.
Click.
I stepped into the darkened room, closed the door behind me, and turned around.
“You’re here now?”
Bathed in the dim light filtering in from outside, Sa Ma Young sat on my bed.
“I’ve been waiting—quite the ordeal.”
He curved his crimson lips into a smile.

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