The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 188

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Yeo Joo Saves the World
Part 2, Episode 9

A total of five B-rank monsters had appeared, but this was the Justice Guild.
Other hunters who came running at the sound of Kang Han and El-Rosk fighting quickly took action, and fortunately there were no casualties.
However, the glass greenhouse, as well as the walls of Chung Soo’s potion workshop and Ji Sung’s research lab next to it, had all collapsed.
For a mere Venus flytrap, it had been remarkably thorough in laying waste to its surroundings—with each step people took, the glass scattered across the floor crunched beneath their feet with a loud, grating sound.
“No more monsters here!”
“None here either!”
Yang Hwa Yeon, the team leader of Strategy Team 2 who had rushed in after Kang Han, and Jung Yi Do, the shield user, called out as they emerged after surveying the ruined greenhouse.
“Ah, thank goodness….”
Once the incident had settled, Chung Soo leaned against the wall and muttered to himself.
Then he bowed deeply to everyone around him.
“I’m so sorry, everyone….”
Sigh.
With him apologizing so earnestly, I couldn’t bring myself to scold him further.
I gently patted the head of Chung Soo, who was wearing such a sorrowful expression.
Then I pinched his still-chubby cheeks and asked.
“What on earth happened, Chung Soo?”
“Aaaah! I-I don’t know either. I thought it was just growing a bit larger, but then it suddenly started transforming into a monster!”
“Weren’t you just supposed to be cultivating dungeon plants?”
“There are some species that occasionally undergo mutations and transform into monsters. El-Rosk is one of them, so I’ve only kept a few of those. But until now, there were absolutely no problems. I even cultivated them successfully at the Jongno Building.”
Chung Soo answered while rubbing his reddened cheek.
“That is strange indeed.”
“Right?”
“Still, the greenhouse was your responsibility, Chung Soo. It’s fortunate no one was hurt, but this can’t happen again. Understood?”
“Yes…. I understand. I’m sorry.”
“Don’t worry about it! It’s been a while since I got some exercise, and I earned my keep!”
Yang Hwa Yeon laughed, patting Chung Soo’s deflated back enthusiastically.
Chung Soo, who understood well that this was her way of comforting him, finally brightened up a little.
But then Kang Han, who had come out after roughly clearing away the debris from Ji Sung’s research lab, spoke up.
“No one was hurt? Yeo Joo was injured.”
“Sister was hurt?!”
“Huh? Oh, it’s not really an injury.”
I hid my sprained wrist behind my back and glared at Kang Han.
I had deliberately said nothing about it, and yet he had to go and mention it.
But Kang Han didn’t even blink. He walked straight toward me with heavy, deliberate steps.
“Let me take a look for a moment.”
His touch was so careful and gentle that I found myself instinctively offering my arm without thinking.
This was definitely Kang Han’s seduction tactic.
“Ugh, this must hurt. It’s not… broken, is it?”
“Nah, it doesn’t hurt that much.”
I tried to sound as casual as possible, but my wrist resting on Kang Han’s large hand looked absolutely gruesome.
The Hunters gathering around us one by one all wore grave expressions on their faces.
“Wow, look at that bruise already turning dark purple.”
“Shouldn’t you go to the Hospital for this?”
Shin Dan Ju and Shin Dan Bi, the siblings who had been sub-guild leaders of the Magma Guild, furrowed their brows as they asked.
“No, I’m a Healer. Why would I go to the Hospital? I can just drink one of Chung Soo’s potions and cast a skill once. I’m telling you again—it doesn’t hurt that much.”
But Im Chung Soo’s expression showed no signs of brightening.
“I’m sorry, Yeo Joo…”
“Did you deliberately hurt me? How many times are you going to apologize? I’m fine. If you’re sorry, just give me a stamina potion or something.”
“Ah! The potion…!”
Im Chung Soo’s head snapped up as if he’d suddenly remembered something. He glanced around the ruined Greenhouse, and his lips began to tremble.
“Yeo Joo, what do we do?”
“What? What’s wrong?”
“Without the Greenhouse, I can’t make the Concentration Potion.”
“What?!”
My wrist suddenly seemed insignificant.
“Not even a single bottle?”
“Even if we could source everything else, we absolutely need the L-Rosk plant form.”
“When was the next delivery schedule?”
“Fortunately, this batch already went out. The next one is in two weeks.”
“So the problem starts with the very next delivery?!”
I stared helplessly at the Greenhouse, where not a single plant had survived.
Wee-woo, wee-woo—a siren wailed from somewhere in the distance.

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Two days after Chung Soo’s greenhouse explosion.
I stood before a fixed Dungeon in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province.
Even if the sky falls, there’s always a hole to crawl through.
This incident made it crystal clear.
I felt the wisdom of my ancestors coursing through my entire being.
“Those here for the Justice Guild Mining Team practical interview, please collect your badges here!”
“Please line up according to the team numbers written on your badges!”
Problem: Calculate the probability that a practical interview for the Mining Team would be scheduled two days after all the Dungeon plants in the greenhouse died, and that the location would be a newly acquired fixed Dungeon of the jungle type.
“I’m not receiving the Lottery God’s blessing for nothing.”
“That’s right, unnie. Your luck really is something else.”
Chung Soo nodded in agreement.
The guy’s face brightened as he finally got to experience the jungle-type Dungeon he’d always wanted to try.
“If we just work hard for one day, we can fill the greenhouse again, right?”
“Of course, of course.”
“I packed tons of lunch boxes, so let’s do our best!”
Yo Na, who was serving as our escort for the day, clenched her fists and pumped herself up with determination.
“But I’m glad the Guild Master couldn’t come. Even with just the three of us here, people keep staring, and if there was someone even more eye-catching….”
Chung Soo glanced around as he spoke.
I completely agreed with him.
This morning, Kang Han naturally tried to come along.
But he sheepishly backed down when Yang Hwa Yeon’s fury erupted—asking where he thought he was running off to without even looking at the junior team applications.
Since Yo Na, Chung Soo, and I were all on the smaller side, I’d thought we could just stay quietly in a corner and slip in with the other Mining Team applicants when they entered the fixed Dungeon.
But dozens of applicants were all glancing back at us and whispering something, as if mocking that plan.
“Do you think our presence here is making them uncomfortable? They keep looking over here. S-surely they’re not cursing us…right?”
“Come on, these are people trying to join the Justice Guild. It can’t be…right?”
Even Chung Soo, answering Yo Na’s question, didn’t sound very confident.
They were still more accustomed to the Justice Guild being the target of ridicule wherever we went.
‘There’s no way people who view us negatively would apply to the Justice Guild…right?’
Fortunately, that awkward situation didn’t last long.
“Alright, let’s begin entry! Don’t break formation by team!”
Six veteran instructors from the Mining Personnel Office, who had been conducting close transactions with the Magma Guild, began leading the numerous applicants through the Gate.
They were the team leader of the Justice Guild Mining Team and his squad leaders, who would be responsible for the new recruits.
‘Merging with the Magma Guild was definitely the right call.’
Apart from lacking liquid assets to convert immediately, the Magma Guild proved to be a gem the more I thought about it.
The human resources they possessed—not just fixed Dungeons, but also administrative staff and now the Mining Team—were extraordinary.
“Let’s head in too.”
When the tail end of Team 5’s formation finally became visible, I began walking toward the Gate with Chung Soo and Yo Na.
But I noticed a man walking right in front of us stumble over a small stone.
“Whoa!”
Tall as he was, he looked so gaunt that his wobbling frame seemed like it would make a rustling sound like paper fluttering.
“Are you alright?”
Sung Yo Na rushed forward as if teleporting, steadying the man’s arm as she asked.
“Th-thank you! Thank you so much…!”
The man’s face flushed crimson with embarrassment. He bowed repeatedly toward Sung Yo Na before hurriedly following another applicant through the Gate.
“He doesn’t exactly have the build for mining, does he…?”
Now that I thought about it, his wrists looked thinner than mine.
Was he injured somewhere?
I tilted my head in confusion and entered the Dungeon last.

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