The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 241

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Yeo Joo Saves the World
Part 2, Episode 62

Sa Ma Young’s side seemed to shudder violently for a moment before an undead wielding an enormous iron mace crossed an invisible line and lunged forward.
Crack!
“Ugh!”
In an instant, the mace drove deep into Sa Ma Young’s back as he was caught off guard.
Blood poured from the massive wound in such quantities that even I could see it from my distant vantage point.
And in that moment, the undead’s behavior shifted.
The creatures that had been fighting in formation like well-trained soldiers worthy of A-rank undead suddenly lost all reason and began moving wildly.
“Roooar!”
“Shriek!”
The grotesquely howling undead rushed in unison toward Sa Ma Young, who was bleeding profusely.
They were reacting to the scent of blood.
Sa Ma Young was surrounded in an instant.
He seemed to be counterattacking with flame skills, but his body was already critically wounded.
Like moths drawn to firelight, the undead swarmed over him, completely obscuring his form.
It was Kang Han who saved Sa Ma Young.
Kang Han charged toward the swarm of undead pouring down like clouds and immediately plunged into their midst.
And moments later.
Boom—!
An unprecedented explosion erupted, tearing a massive crater into the hill of undead.
The explosion did not stop at one.
Boom! Crash! Bang!
Kang Han unleashed his full power, triggering a chain of massive explosions.
From a distance, Han Ji Sung seemed to read Kang Han’s intent and launched a colossal ice spear.
Deliberately missing the center and striking the side where Kang Han had already torn multiple holes, it finally created enough space for two people to escape.
As Kang Han grabbed the blood-soaked Sa Ma Young with one arm and pulled him through the opening, Han Ji Sung surrounded the undead mass with a thick ice barrier.
“Screech!”
“Shriek, wail!”
The monsters went berserk.
Pounding against the ice wall, they didn’t even notice their own flesh tearing away, reaching desperately toward the receding Sa Ma Young.
“Phew, ice shield.”
As I heard Han Ji Sung wipe the sweat from his brow and reinforce the ice barrier once more, I checked Sa Ma Young’s condition as he lay before me.
“Ha, Yeo Joo.”
His face, completely drenched in blood, smiled as he called my name—a sight I found unbearable to witness.
“Flip this person over for me. I need to see the wounds on his back.”
Without a word, Kang Han flipped Sa Ma Young over at my request.
“What’s there to laugh about in a body like this?”
Sa Ma Young’s condition was worse than I had anticipated.
Blood flowed ceaselessly from where the spiked flanges of the mace had torn through his clothing and flesh.
In some places, the wounds gaped so deeply that his spine and the ribs along his back were exposed in pale white.
It was nothing short of miraculous that he hadn’t died outright.
I retrieved the entire box of trauma treatment potions that Im Chung Soo had prepared from my Subspace.
Since I had never used them directly before, I couldn’t be certain of their effectiveness.
I suspected that depending on the severity, I might need to use every potion in the box.
Thud, thud, thud, thud, thud!
The frantic pounding of the undead against the ice barrier in the distance spurred me to hurry.
Han Ji Sung continued to pour reinforcement magic into the barrier, sweat dripping down his face, but that wall would eventually shatter.
I uncorked two bottles of potion and poured them directly onto the wound.
“Ugh!”
Though they claimed the numbing effect would eliminate pain, there was no way it wouldn’t hurt to pour liquid onto exposed bone.
Fortunately, the trauma treatment potion that Im Chung Soo and Seo Yu Baek had created together was remarkably effective.
After pouring five of the ten bottles I had brought, the bleeding stopped completely and his back healed as if nothing had happened.
All that remained were the minor wounds scattered across his entire body.
Of course, “minor” was relative to the severity of his back injury—these were still quite serious wounds.
But as I reached for the sixth potion’s cork, Sa Ma Young’s hand stopped mine.
His hand, caked with dried blood, grasped my right hand and placed the trauma treatment potion back into the box.
Then Sa Ma Young turned to Kang Han as if to confirm something.
“These undead seem to react violently to the scent of blood. Is that right?”
When Kang Han nodded, Sa Ma Young rose from where he lay and drew his sword again.
“Both you and I are already exhausted beyond measure. No matter how many stamina potions we drink or how much healing we receive, we won’t be able to hold out much longer.”
With those words, Sa Ma Young pressed the blade against his left arm and drew it across.
Thanks to the trauma treatment potion’s effect and his S-rank natural regeneration, the bleeding slowed, but the faint scent of blood that had begun to fade suddenly bloomed intensely once more.
Sa Ma Young gazed down at the wound he had inflicted with an expressionless gaze and spoke.
“So I’ll be the bait.”
“You’ll be what?”
I questioned what I had heard, but Sa Ma Young didn’t look at me.
His gaze, devoid of its usual levity, was fixed solely on Kang Han.
“…Not a bad strategy.”
In the end, Kang Han accepted Sa Ma Young’s proposal.

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Sa Ma Young made himself the bait to lure the undead, and Kang Han struck from behind.
Simple but reckless and dangerous—the strategy proved effective.
We eliminated all the monsters in less time than any previous wave, finally bringing the grueling fifth wave to an end.
“Are you insane?”
Of course, separate from that, I was furious.
“Am I some kind of portable battery? You just throw your body around recklessly because you know someone will heal you?”
Even now, thinking back on that ‘bait strategy’ makes my vision swim.
No matter how much I account for the unique nature of a Double Dungeon, if an S-rank like Sa Ma Young actually died, all responsibility would fall squarely on me—the healer who came along.
Who did they think they were making a national scapegoat?
I wanted to grab Sa Ma Young and Kang Han by the head and squeeze it as hard as I had with Na Baek Ho and Hong Joo, but first, I had to fulfill my duty as a healer.
“There’s no sign of the sixth wave yet, right?”
“No, it’s still quiet.”
That meant we had time.
I downed Im Chung Soo’s stamina-boosting tonic in one gulp.
Earlier, when time was short, I’d distributed stamina potions to the three of them.
But now that eight hours had passed since entering the Double Dungeon, my own stamina was depleted, so it was more cost-effective for me to drink a potion and use my skill to restore stamina within twenty minutes than to chug several bottles.
“Come on, give me your hand.”
The order for healing was Kang Han, Han Ji Sung, and then Sa Ma Young.
Incidentally, Sa Ma Young—who had the audacity to cut his own arm right in front of the healer—ended up dead last as punishment.
After replenishing Kang Han and Han Ji Sung’s stamina, it was finally Sa Ma Young’s turn.
I opened another bottle of trauma treatment potion and healed the remaining wounds scattered across his body, and was about to use my healing skill when—
“I think I need something other than stamina right now.”
Sa Ma Young pulled out a supreme-grade stamina potion from his Subspace and drank it, then extended his hand to me.
‘What is he talking about? I lowered all the toxicity rates right before we came in.’
Honestly, before checking his status window directly, I thought Sa Ma Young was just messing around again without regard for time or place.
But Sa Ma Young’s words were true.

[ Current target’s darkness toxicity – 73% ]

Even though he wasn’t a darkness-vulnerable type like Han Ji Sung, the toxicity was rising at an alarmingly fast rate.
I had a suspicion about what caused it.
‘Was it from being bitten by the undead?’
Once they caught the scent of blood, those creatures lost their reason and stopped using their weapons.
With only instinct remaining, they attacked Sa Ma Young like low-rank undead—with teeth and claws.
If it was from being bitten directly by monsters rather than cut by swords and spears, the rapid spike in toxicity made perfect sense.
“Sigh.”
I exhaled softly, took Sa Ma Young’s hand, and activated my skill.

[ Skill ‘Dark Purification’ is being used. ]
[ Due to the special constitution 【 mine 】, purification efficiency increases. ]
[ Due to high affinity…. ]

I was casually dismissing the system messages appearing before my eyes.
Flash!
A light that could only be described as black streaked past me with blinding speed.
And a new system window appeared before my eyes.

[ Detected attack from monster ‘Death Knight (S)’. ]
[ ‘Absolute Defense Necklace II (S)’ successfully blocked the physical attack. ]
[ Remaining defense count: 3/5 ]

The Death Knight had attacked me.
And the necklace Je Hwa had gifted me blocked it.
Clang!
The sharp sound of Sa Ma Young releasing my hand and drawing his sword rang out loudly.
Still struggling to fully comprehend the situation, I saw a figure appear near the distant horizon in my dazed vision.
It wasn’t as colossal as a god’s shell.
But the headless knight astride a pitch-black horse, its eyes hollow voids, was ‘death’ itself.
The moment I thought that.
A new message window suddenly appeared before my eyes.

[ ‘Death Knight (S)’ has left its mark on you. ]
[ ‘Death Knight (S)’ will not stop until it grants you death. ]

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