The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 204

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Yeo Joo Saves the World
Part 2, Episode 25

The centipede’s sharp fangs were buried deep into Jang Su Ho’s shoulder.
The shield that could have protected Jang Su Ho’s body was already lying scattered on the ground.
“You, you. Why….”
“It’s fine, Yeo Joo?”
My voice came out as though my throat were being strangled.
All I could do was nod my head.
Whoosh—! Thud!
Jang Su Ho, who smiled faintly upon seeing me, silently caught the monster’s tail that flew at him from the side with one hand.
“That’s enough.”
With those words, Jang Su Ho’s eyes began to gradually turn a deep crimson.

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“Grrrrr….”
From the mouth that had just been worried about me came a low growl.
Veins bulged prominently across the hand gripping the centipede’s tail.
Crack, crack.
Jang Su Ho’s fingers gradually dug inward, shattering the monster’s armor-like, smooth and rigid shell.
“Screeeee!”
Stuki drove its fangs deeper into Jang Su Ho’s body, struggling with all its might to break free.
But that struggle amounted to nothing more than thrashing.
Crunch!
Riiiiip—!
Jang Su Ho’s hand, having dug completely inward, tore the centipede’s tail clean off.
“Shrieeeeek!”
“Grrrrgh.”
With his eyes stained so crimson that no black remained visible, Jang Su Ho laughed at Stuki writhing on the ground in agony.
It was a sneer directed at weakness, with only one corner of his mouth curled upward.
As Jang Su Ho turned toward the centipede after carelessly shaking off the monster’s black ichor that had soaked his right hand, something heavy caught beneath his feet.
It was the eternal iron shield.
Thud.
Jang Su Ho indifferently kicked it aside and walked toward Stuki.
Step, step.
“Shriek! Screech!”
Though the centipede had lost its venomous tail barb, the Dungeon’s master still possessed razor-sharp fangs and venom coursing through its body.
The massive creature rose and lunged at Jang Su Ho with terrifying speed.
But Jang Su Ho was faster.
Using one leg as a pivot, Jang Su Ho spun his body, his foot shattering the centipede’s carapace and launching its body far across the sand.
Boom!
“Screech!”
As the monster tumbled across the ground, clouds of sand dust billowed around it.
Whoosh—!
The one called ‘Stuki’ concluded there was no chance of victory and burrowed into the earth.
It intended to hide deep underground and plan for another opportunity.
But it didn’t get far.
“Shriek!”
The agonized cry of its mate echoed from above.
The moment its opponent retreated, what had been Jang Su Ho—no, what was still Jang Su Ho—immediately shifted targets.
“S-Su Ho oppa….”
Sung Yo Na, trembling with fear, stepped backward and called his name, but Jang Su Ho, already consumed by frenzy, didn’t even glance her way.
“Screech, screech.”
‘Skolki’, pinned to the ground like a research specimen by Kang Han’s spear, couldn’t even flee from the approaching red-eyed thing.
“Growl….”
Like a predator toying with its prey, Jang Su Ho approached ‘Skolki’ slowly, then began tearing at its head with his bare hands.
“Shriek! Screech.”
Jang Su Ho didn’t even try to block the centipede’s bites.
He simply twisted ‘Skolki’s’ neck harder with each bite it inflicted.
Before the overwhelming difference in power, the monster could no longer endure.
Crack—!
Its head, completely severed from its body, soared high into the sky.
Splash—!
The moment ‘Skolki’s’ black body fluid became the first rain to fall in the Desert Dungeon.
Whoosh!
‘Stuki’ burst through the sand.
“Shriek!”
Driven by the singular desire to avenge its mate, it threw itself forward with all its might.
Snap!
Its lower jaw was caught in Jang Su Ho’s grip.
Chomp, chomp!
‘Stuki’ savagely gnawed at Jang Su Ho’s hand that held its lower jaw.
Yet Jang Su Ho seemed to feel no pain, his attention elsewhere entirely.
After glancing around, he spotted Kang Han’s spear still embedded in the ground and laughed like a child.
Whoosh.
Jang Su Ho lifted the heavy spear with both hands.
Gripping it as lightly as if it were a mere twig, he drove it straight into the creature’s neck.
Squelch!
With a sound like piercing overripe fruit, the spear’s tip erupted through the monster’s skull.
“Kiii, ki….”
The centipede, unable to avenge its mate, let out a final death cry before oxidizing into black ash.
“Grrr.”
Jang Su Ho’s mood had soured considerably—his favorite toys had suddenly vanished, not one but two of them.
My head still burned with heat, my entire body roiling with barely contained fury, yet the outlet for that rage had disappeared.
“Jang Su Ho.”
“Krugh.”
Upon spotting Kang Han approaching, Jang Su Ho began breathing heavily.
Found it.
A worthy opponent.
This would be incomparably more thrilling than those pathetic playthings from moments before.
A competitive fervor so intense it made my vision swim surged through me, and blue veins bulged across Jang Su Ho’s entire body.
“Get ahold of yourself, Jang Su Ho.”
Kang Han spoke in a low voice, attempting to calm him, but it was futile.
Already consumed entirely by bestial instinct, Jang Su Ho laughed without bothering to wipe the drool from his lips.
‘I suppose we’ll have to fight.’
Kang Han clicked his tongue as he observed the spear still gripped in Jang Su Ho’s hands, gathering electricity into both palms, when—
A small hand suddenly appeared with a sharp crack and struck the back of Jang Su Ho’s head with full force.
Crack—!
“You stupid bastard!”

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“Are you insane? Do you have a death wish?!”
I struck the back of Jang Su Ho’s head—that wretched man—then brought my palms down across his broad back with sharp, resounding slaps.
“Yeo Joo!”
“Sister, it’s dangerous right now! Please stop!”
“Ugh, why is this woman so strong!”
“Because I’m furious! Absolutely furious!”
With both my arms pinned by the Sung Yo Na and Eul Chan twins, I couldn’t contain my rage and screamed at Jang Su Ho.
“There’s a limit to how stupid you can be! Do you want to die, you idiot!”
Every time the centipede bit Jang Su Ho, every time his body was exposed to its venom, my gratitude for the sacrifice he’d made for me evaporated in an instant.
He wasn’t even taking care of his own body—just playing around with monsters like it was a game.
How could such a scatterbrained fool even exist?
“Let go of me! I still need to hit that wretched bastard more!”
“Sister! Su Ho hyung isn’t in his right mind! If we’re not careful, you could get hurt too!”
Lee Yu Chan clung to my waist, shouting desperately.
But he didn’t understand.
“Not in his right mind? Look at him! He’s perfectly fine now!”
As Jang Su Ho slowly lifted his head, his eyes had long since returned to normal.
“Huh…?”
“Wait, really?”
“Ugh, let me go. What do these kids eat to be this strong?”
I finally managed to pry the three young ones off me and walked back toward Jang Su Ho.
“Hey, Jang Su Ho.”
“Y-Yeo Joo…”
“First, take off your clothes.”
I hurriedly began removing Jang Su Ho’s garments, which were drenched in the centipede’s venom.
“Don’t just stand there! Take off your pants too!”
“O-okay…”
Urged on by me, Jang Su Ho finally moved sluggishly and removed his pants.
I wanted to strip away even his underwear, but I held back—we were probably being watched by cameras across the entire nation.
“You… this is…”
Once his clothes were off, I could see at a glance that Jang Su Ho’s entire body was poisoned a sickly blue.
Especially his shoulders and left hand, where the centipede had bitten him repeatedly—the veins had swollen and turned purple, spreading like a spider’s web across his skin.
I couldn’t hold back the tears that surged up, and I cried out.
“Who told you to treat your body like that! Don’t you have any sense of self-preservation?!”
“Yeo Joo, you’re crying…”
“Of course I’m crying! You look like you’re about to die—how could I not cry!”
“I’m sorry. I… I didn’t mean to. I wasn’t in my right mind back then…”
“Shut up, you wretched man!”

[ Venom detected from Sand Centipede Stuki (A) and Sand Centipede Skolki (A). ]
[ Would you like to detoxify? ]

I dismissed the status window floating before my eyes and immediately downed a health-boosting elixir and an intermediate health potion in one go, dumping them into my mouth.
Since I’d been bitten evenly by both centipedes, one bottle didn’t seem like it would be enough.
‘Either way, I’m already exceeding the five-item limit, so what’s one or two more?’
The system’s drug abuse warning message and the estimated detoxification time that filled my vision weren’t important right now.
I pulled Jang Su Ho’s body tightly against me, making sure as much skin-to-skin contact as possible, and spoke to Kang Han.
“Guild Master, I’ll take good care of myself.”
Since I was about to take a heavy penalty anyway.

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