The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 258

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Yeo Joo Saves the World
Part 2, Episode 79

Fortunately, that devastating fist that had shattered the building wall never reached me.
Just as Bishop Yi’s Bodyguard had closed to within a few paces, Na Baek Ho burst through the gaping hole in the wall and tackled the Bodyguard.
“Grraahhh—!”
Crash!
Na Baek Ho slammed into the Bodyguard with the full force of his charge, pinning him to the Guild Dining Hall floor with massive paws before immediately tearing into him.
“Ahhhhh!”
With a sickening crunch, one of the Bodyguard’s arms was ripped clean off by Na Baek Ho’s jaws.
The severed limb that tumbled across the dining floor was, by cruel coincidence, the right arm—the very one that had demolished the building.
As I stared blankly at it convulsing on the ground as though still attached to a body, a hand gently turned my face upward.
The warmth of that touch against my cold cheek was enough to tell me who it belonged to.
“Are you alright?”
“I’m fine. Leave that Bodyguard to Na Baek Ho—just silence Bishop Yi. If he can’t speak, then….”
Without access to his verbal commands, the Cult Leader would be nothing more than an ordinary person.
But the Bodyguard was faster than I anticipated.
In the moment Na Baek Ho hesitated, blood fountaining from his shoulder, the Bodyguard broke free and bolted toward Bishop Yi.
The compulsion to kill me had shattered under Na Baek Ho’s assault.
The Bodyguard sprinted desperately toward Bishop Yi, and before the Cult Leader could even resist, he hoisted him up with his intact left arm and began running toward the exit.
He was trying to escape this place.
But Kang Han was not the type to let that happen.
Crackle—!
A sharp, lightning-shaped spear materialized in Kang Han’s hands and flew with perfect precision into the Bodyguard’s back.
“Gahhh!”
Even as a current of unimaginable voltage coursed through his entire body, the Bodyguard’s determination remained unshakeable.
He fell while rolling, never releasing Bishop Yi, cradling him protectively through the impact.
Because of this, Kang Han’s second lightning strike missed its intended target—Bishop Yi—and struck the Bodyguard’s thigh instead.
“Ughhhh!”
His teeth ground together so hard they seemed to crack, and the Bodyguard pushed Bishop Yi away from him.
Realizing he could no longer move, he was determined to get the Cult Leader away from this place at any cost.
Kang Han’s frown deepened at this desperate struggle, and he stopped attacking from a distance, charging toward them instead.
But in that brief moment while Kang Han ran, something unexpected happened.
Without a sound or warning, a woman suddenly materialized beside the two fallen figures.
Pale as someone who had never seen sunlight, with an unmistakable sickly pallor to her features.
It was undoubtedly the same woman who had come to pick up Bishop Yi under the pretense of buying pastries.
The woman who appeared to block the S-rank Hunter’s reckless charge showed no signs of attacking.
She simply threw herself forward and embraced Bishop Yi and the Bodyguard.
And then she vanished.
Whoosh—
In the space where the three had disappeared without a trace, only wind swept through emptily.
“A spatial transfer ability user….”
Though I’d encountered spatial transfer ability users several times before, they typically required considerable preparation time for their skills.
By contrast, this woman appeared suddenly and whisked her allies away in the blink of an eye.
She was undoubtedly a Hunter of considerable rank.
“Roooaarrr!”
As the enemies escaped before his eyes, Na Baek Ho, unable to contain his fury, bared his teeth and roared loudly into the empty air.
“Sigh.”
Kang Han, stamping his military boot firmly on the ground where the Apocalypse Cult members had been lying moments before, was clearly seething with rage.
I wanted to console the frustrated man and the Familiar, but there was no time for that.
After being slammed to the ground while evading the Bodyguard’s strike, I gripped my throbbing shoulder and leaned my back against the wall, speaking to Kang Han.
“Guild Master, call the Awakener Association right away—no, call Association Director Ji Jung Hwi.”
“….”
I watched Kang Han’s back as he silently pulled his phone from his pocket.
I wondered what expression he wore that he wouldn’t even show me his face, but as the tension drained away, my entire body ached as though it had been beaten, and I couldn’t muster the strength to stand and walk.
Through the dial tone as Kang Han called Association Director Ji Jung Hwi, the faint sound of sirens echoed in the distance.
There was no need for lengthy explanations.
‘Kang Han will understand what this means.’
Soon, Hunters scattered throughout the Guild would come running.
If it were only Justice Guild members, that would be manageable.
But unfortunately, today was an interview day with numerous outsiders present.
A plausible explanation for the explosion was necessary, and with police and firefighters responding, I needed to ask Association Director Ji Jung Hwi for help to cover up the incident.
The Apocalypse Cult—so desperate to make their existence known that they even proselytized on the streets.
Beyond the destruction of the Guild Building itself, I couldn’t allow them to use today’s events as their grand debut stage.
“It’s me, Kang Han.”
Whether Association Director Ji Jung Hwi had answered, Kang Han greeted him briefly and got to the point.
“There’s been an incident at Justice Guild just now.”
[ “….” ]
I couldn’t hear the Association Director’s voice clearly.
But thanks to Kang Han turning around while brushing back his fallen bangs, I could see his face as he continued the call.
Thud, thud.
His solid military boots made heavy sounds against the ground as he approached me, sitting collapsed on the floor.
“I’ll provide details later. Right now, we need your help dealing with the police and emergency response personnel en route to this location.”
[ “What exactly…, the scale of the incident….” ]
As he drew closer, Association Director Ji Jung Hwi’s voice came through in fragments, but I couldn’t easily interject or add to the conversation.
Kang Han wore an expression I’d never seen before.
I realized I needed to revise my assessment that she was someone whose emotions rarely showed on her face.
Her expressionless face had frozen even colder with anger.
Her eyes, which had resembled lush green trees, now gleamed with something unfamiliar.
In the gesture of lowering herself to meet my eye level, there was a raw ferocity I’d never seen before.
“Yeo Joo has been injured.”
Kang Han’s calloused thumb brushed across my split lip once.
Then, pressing the blood from my lip that clung to his fingertip, he spoke.
“So today’s incident must be classified as an accident.”

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At approximately 5 p.m. today (the 15th), a gas leak explosion occurred at the Justice Guild located in the Doksan-mun Area.
The accident happened in the dormitory building that guild hunters typically used as their residence, and there were reportedly no casualties.
Police and fire authorities are investigating the exact cause, believing the explosion was triggered by a gas leak from the kitchen on the first floor of the Guild Dining Hall.
The Korean Awakeners Association announced that it would conduct a comprehensive safety inspection of guild buildings nationwide in light of this incident.
Meanwhile, it was revealed that the Justice Guild was conducting interviews to form a new team composition at the time, and the situation could have resulted in a major casualty disaster if circumstances had been different.

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“Wow, the Association Director really is sharp.”
I sank deeper into the plush sofa, marveling at the news.
Then I showed the phone screen to Kang Han, who was sitting beside me.
“Guild Master, did you see? The Association is investigating guild buildings. Their excuse is safety inspections.”
Kang Han glanced at the article and draped a thick blanket over me.
“Well, there’s nothing to say against it. Everyone’s got all sorts of dangerous facilities, so this is the perfect opportunity to expose them all. They’re doing it for safety reasons—what could anyone do to stop it? Right?”
This time, a large cushion was tucked behind my waist.
“For someone so clever to have been picking berries in the mountains all this time. It doesn’t make sense, does it?”
Plink, plink.
Kang Han, who was pouring steaming tea in front of me, reluctantly answered.
“It seems to have been handled well. That’s fortunate.”
“More than that. I was about to owe the Association Director a debt, but he’s given us the perfect pretext for a full investigation, so we can call it even.”
“…Yeo Joo.”
“Yes?”
“Are you certain you don’t need more rest in your room?”
“More nagging.”
I pouted my lips and glared at Kang Han.
“I used several bottles of potions yesterday. Wound treatment potions, vitality tonics, and practically a full-body massage.”
“Still, you should get a medical examination at the Hospital…”
“And what am I supposed to say when they ask why I’m injured?”
I knew Seo Yu Baek wasn’t the type to spread rumors, but there was no harm in being cautious.
“Besides, with such a major event happening today, I’d feel lonely cooped up in my room alone—I might even get sick from it.”
I gestured toward the massive screen in the Break Room as I spoke.
“It’s been a while since we’ve had an A-rank regular Dungeon conquest, and we should all watch it together. And apparently, Fantasia and Utopia are joining forces to tackle it.”

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