The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 174

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Yeo Joo Saves the World – Episode 174

“Is that true?”
Kang Han’s green eyes fixed on the Association Staff.
The staff member flinched at that cold gaze, but quickly raised his voice instead.
“I’m just following the Association Director’s orders! The citizens are anxious, so if Lee Cho Rok isn’t subdued within an hour, I’ve been told to eliminate the Hunter!”
For a moment, Kang Han, I, and Sung Yo Na were all at a loss for words.
I didn’t think we’d misheard.
Finally, it was I who broke the silence.
“Have they lost their minds?”
“Hunter Yeo Joo, that’s quite harsh language…”
“No, they couldn’t possibly give such an order unless they’ve completely lost their minds. So the Association Director really has gone mad.”
He hadn’t even harmed any civilians—they wanted to execute him simply because he’d gone berserk during a Dungeon raid?
“And you call this excessive when you see all these anxious people around us?”
The staff member gestured to the crowd surrounding us.
It was true that people’s expressions weren’t pleasant.
But.
“It’s the Awakener Association’s job to resolve that. Isn’t that what the Association exists for?”
The Awakener Association doesn’t exist merely to distribute Gates and control civilian access.
It exists to propose various laws to the National Assembly so that Awakeners and non-Awakeners can coexist, and to represent Awakeners’ interests when necessary.
So what are they saying?
Execute a Hunter?
“Guild Master, go inside quickly. Yo Na, let’s go.”
I glared at the Association people one last time as I spoke.
“Just try coming in. Our Guild Master will fry every last one of you.”

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“Lee Cho Rok! Calm down!”
The moment we entered the Dungeon, I heard Yoo Myung Hwa’s voice.
Our footsteps naturally quickened as we moved toward the sound.
“Grraaahhh!”
“Hey! Lee Cho Rok! Get ahold of yourself!”
Inside the Dungeon, there were already about ten Hunters from the Dongbaek Guild.
They surrounded the rampaging Lee Cho Rok and desperately tried to subdue him.
Yoo Myung Hwa, the Guild Master covered in wounds, was taking his attacks head-on from close range.
And the entire scene was being captured and broadcast live on camera.
‘No wonder the public reaction seemed so intense.’
I recognized Lee Cho Rok’s face from several Dungeon conquest broadcasts.
He was still only twenty years old and spoke very little.
Despite his youth, he had earned the deep trust of his colleagues enough to serve as Vice Guild Master.
But the rampaging version of him was an entirely different being.
Black liquid streamed from every feature of his face as he bared his teeth, driven by nothing but primal aggression.
Moreover, Hunters displaying such aggressive tendencies while rampaging exert power beyond their own rank.
Even in a rampage, it made sense that Yoo Myung Hwa would struggle to subdue him, unable to use skills on a comrade the way she would against a monster.
“Yo Na, come with me. Yeo Joo, please retreat to a safe location for now.”
“Of course. Don’t worry about me.”
Kang Han and Sung Yo Na warmed up briefly before moving into the perimeter formed by the Dongbaek Guild members in the blink of an eye.
“You’re here!”
Yoo Myung Hwa brightened at the sight of Kang Han.
“I’ll gradually increase the intensity of my electrical attacks. Once his movements slow, Yoo Myung Hwa, you restrain Lee Cho Rok.”
“Got it.”
“Yo Na, focus on maintaining the distance between me and Lee Cho Rok.”
“Yes!”
Fortunately, Sung Yo Na showed no signs of panic.
Rather, she seemed to have steeled her resolve not to be helpless again in a situation similar to what she’d experienced two years ago.
Crack—!
Kang Han sent a light electrical current toward Lee Cho Rok.
As I suspected, it wasn’t strong enough to have an effect.
“Grrgh, graaahhh!”
If anything, Lee Cho Rok’s momentum grew more menacing.
His blackened eyes fixed on Kang Han, and the moment he hurled his body forward to attack—
Snap—!
Sung Yo Na’s skill activated.
The space behind Lee Cho Rok compressed, and his body slammed hard against the Dungeon wall.
“Grrgh….”
The impact was too weak to deal significant damage to an A-rank in a rampage, but it was enough to buy Kang Han time for another attack.
Crack-crack—!
A far more powerful electric current struck Lee Cho Rok.
It seemed to be on par with what had subdued Jang Su Ho when he’d entered Berserk Mode in the past.
Sure enough, this attack proved effective.
“Ugh!”
Lee Cho Rok’s body, which had sprung up toward Kang Han, went rigid for an instant before plummeting.
But Lee Cho Rok’s reflexes were far from ordinary.
He bounced off the ground and launched himself toward Kang Han once more.
Snap—!
Sung Yo Na’s skill activated again.
This time, it wasn’t the space behind Lee Cho Rok.
Boom!
As if an invisible force had pressed down, Lee Cho Rok was slammed violently into the ground.
Sung Yo Na had compressed the space beneath Lee Cho Rok in that brief moment.
It was innate combat instinct.
And Kang Han didn’t miss that opening.
Crackle—!
An electric current incomparably more powerful than before wrapped around Lee Cho Rok in the shape of chains, binding him completely.
“Ugh, ahhhhh….”
Lee Cho Rok tried desperately to move, but failed, only writhing on the ground.
The moment the current began to weaken, Yoo Myung Hwa pinned Lee Cho Rok down from above.
“Stay still, you bastard!”
“Ugh… hngh.”
After his limbs were restrained, the rampage symptoms mercifully began to subside.
After some time had passed, proper human speech finally flowed from Lee Cho Rok.
“G-Guild Master.”
“Hey, are you coming to your senses now?”
“Yes. Ah… I’m, I’m sorry… Were there any, any injured?”
“You bastard. Don’t you see I’m hurt?”
“Hehe, Guild Master, you’re tough, aren’t you? Hehe.”
Though his face was still covered in dark grime, his joking manner and laughter showed his true character.
And the Awakener Association had tried to kill such a person.
Simply because people outside the Dungeons were anxious.
I walked forward and spoke to Lee Cho Rok, who now lay on his back looking at the ceiling with the restraint released.
“Just a moment. Let me heal you.”
I pulled up the status window to check, and since the rampage had just ended, Lee Cho Rok’s Darkness Addiction was only at 10%.
So I was raising his depleted stamina when Yoo Myung Hwa, the Guild Master, spoke to me, Kang Han, and Sung Yo Na.
“Thank you. I won’t forget this debt.”
“Has this happened before? An order for euthanasia on a rampaging hunter?”
“No, that Association Director bastard wouldn’t have the guts for that. This time will be the same. Someone else is stirring the pot, using public opinion as an excuse.”
It was obvious who was behind the Association Director, giving such orders.
“That bastard Sa Ma Young.”
I spat out the harsh words, and no one tried to stop me.
Everyone was probably thinking far worse things in their heads.
I knew full well that Sa Ma Young was the type to use people as mere tools for his objectives.
But the real question was ‘why’.
It couldn’t possibly be just to soothe the genuinely anxious people.
And as I ground my teeth and racked my brain, a camera quietly capturing every scene came into my view.
“Could it be…”
A Hunter rampaging with a menacing presence, and people watching the spectacle.
And the kill order being issued to the Hunter.
“This is the perfect setup to stir up conflict.”
Now I was beginning to grasp what Sa Ma Young truly wanted.

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[ Breaking News ] Dongbaek Guild A-Rank Lee Cho Rok Rampages During Dungeon Conquest
Comments ▼
– How are people supposed to live in peace with this anxiety;;;
– They should lock up rampaging Hunters somewhere
– What happens if Class A runs away? ㅠㅠ
– Watching the live broadcast right now and that’s not human
– Honestly there’s no need for monsters when we have this
– A runaway hunter is that scary ㅠㅠㅠ
– It takes two S-class hunters to subdue it ㅠㅠ
– What happens if something like this occurs outside a Dungeon?
– There’s never been such a situation so far but there’s no guarantee it won’t happen again;
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– Voting for that congressman who passed the Awakener Isolation Act next time too

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Kill order issued for rampaging Hunter
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[ Breaking News ] Korean Awakener Association Orders Execution of A-Rank Hunter Lee Cho Rok
Comments
Comment 1: Are Hunters not even human?
Comment 2: Why are they killing Lee Cho Rok;;
Comment 3: Does this country not see Hunters as people?
Comment 4: I’m B-Rank and I’m just going to immigrate to the next country
Comment 5: I’m so fed up with this country
Comment 6: If this is how it’s going to be, why do we keep going into Gates and suffering?
Comment 7: Rampage is something all Hunters experience, but now if you’re unlucky you get executed
Comment 8: The Korean Awakener Association is insane
Comment 9: Fortunately Justice Guild came and subdued him safely
Comment 10: Only someone like Kang Han could refuse the Association’s orders…
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Comment 78: I always knew the Association was garbage, but now who can we trust to do Hunter work?
Comment 79: I’m not going to clear any Dungeons for a while—that’s the only way they’ll realize how valuable Hunters are

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