The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 297

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Yeo Joo Saves the World
Part 2, Episode 118

“What, what is this?”
Bishop Yi reacted a beat too late, attempting to break free, but Ryu Sang Eun’s rough grip locked around his shoulder from the opposite side, trapping him in place.
No matter how much of an assassin character Bishop Yi was supposed to be, someone with virtually no combat ability couldn’t hope to match the strength of an A-rank combatant.
“Long time no see, old man?”
“Who….”
I lowered my mask slightly to reveal my face, and Bishop Yi’s eyes went wide with shock.
“You, you… how is this possible….”
“How did I find out you were hiding here? Oh, there are ways!”
Maybe you’ve heard of EX-rank skills.
“But I’m definitely not telling you.”
“Let, let go of me!”
“Hey, don’t you remember what I said earlier? Smile, or I’ll spread the word all over town that the Apocalypse Cult Leader is here?”
“…damn it.”
“Hehe, why are you cursing like that? It makes me want to shut that mouth of yours.”
Interesting.
Seeing how Bishop Yi couldn’t even squeak at the mention of spreading rumors, it was clear he’d come to Jeonju in secret.
No wonder he was wandering around alone without a bodyguard or surveillance.
The crowds that had been packed densely around Deokjin Lake began to thin out like a receding tide.
While people had gathered to catch a glimpse of the Justice Guild and Cheongmun Guild hunters, it was more typical to head home rather than wait in the cold hospital park for hours or even days during the dungeon conquest period.
Ryu Sang Eun and I naturally blended in with the departing crowd, leading Bishop Yi along with us.
I tensed briefly, worried someone might recognize Ryu Sang Eun, but fortunately, he was the type of person whose presence was naturally faint.
After leaving the hospital park, the place I dragged Bishop Yi to was naturally a deserted back alley.
After confirming once more that no one was around, I grabbed Bishop Yi by the collar.
“Gack! Let, let go of me!”
“Tell me, why are you lurking around in Jeonju?”
“It’s none of your business where I go… gack!”
A hand suddenly appeared, seizing Bishop Yi’s throat as he was about to sneer further.
No matter how hard I gripped his collar, I couldn’t actually choke an adult male into silence.
This was naturally Ryu Sang Eun’s doing.
“Our healer is asking you a question. You should answer with sincerity.”
…I really need to be nicer to Ryu Sang Eun.
The playful speech pattern he usually wore like a daily habit had vanished, replaced by a low, menacing voice that was utterly chilling.
Even standing beside him, I felt my skin prickle and the hair on the back of my neck stand on end—so this was what killing intent felt like.
“Gasp, cough….”
If he died like this, I wouldn’t get any information out of him.
I tapped the back of my hand, and Ryu Sang Eun loosened his grip slightly.
Just enough for Bishop Yi to breathe.
“Wheeze, wheeze….”
I’d shown good faith by keeping him from strangling to death, so I hoped Bishop Yi would cooperate properly.
“Why, why are you doing this to me…!”
The moment he could breathe again, Bishop Yi began playing the victim—unconvincingly.
“I was just visiting Jeonju on vacation, so what exactly did I do wrong!”
This bastard, seriously.
“You didn’t do anything wrong, mister? You broke into the Justice Guild without permission, destroyed everything, and tried to kill me—you don’t remember that?”
“That, that was….”
Bishop Yi’s eyes darted around in terror as he stammered out an excuse that wasn’t even an excuse.
“I was just so panicked back then….”
“Oh, so you were panicked when you used an oracle and screamed at them to kill me over and over?”
“Thinking about how I couldn’t eat properly for a whole week is pissing me off. Should I just kill him?”
Feeling Ryu Sang Eun’s grip tighten again, Bishop Yi began trembling and pleading outright.
“P, please spare me…. I, I’ll tell you everything….”
Who would ever imagine this coward was the Cult Leader that hundreds of thousands of believers trusted and followed?
I needed to extract what I could and hand him over to the Awakeners Association.
He wasn’t worth wasting any more time on.
“There’s no point asking someone who has no intention of telling the truth anyway. Bishop Yi, empty your pockets right now.”
He flinched.
Unlike before when he’d tried to lie, Bishop Yi now looked genuinely panicked.
Jackpot.
“There’s nothing… nothing in my pockets.”
“I’ll be the judge of that. One hit for every item that comes out?”
I nodded, and Ryu Sang Eun reluctantly released Bishop Yi’s throat, stepping back with a disappointed expression.
He reached for the padding pockets, but Bishop Yi grabbed my hand in alarm.
“I, I’ll take it out.”
“Suit yourself.”
I had no desire to put my hand in some creepy old man’s pockets anyway.
After rummaging briefly, Bishop Yi pulled out a small handheld device I’d seen earlier and what looked like a receipt.
“Sir, give me that….”
I reached out to examine the device first, for some reason drawn to it.
In that split second, I caught Bishop Yi smiling at me with something sinister in his expression, and I sensed something was wrong.
Then he tore the paper I’d thought was an old receipt.
“What? Where did he go?”
In an instant, Bishop Yi vanished before my eyes.
“It, it must have been a teleportation scroll!”
“A teleportation scroll? The ones that start at 500 million won each?”
“When I tore the paper, it just vanished. That’s all there was to it. Ah, I almost had him!”
While Ryu Sang Eun bounced around in frustration, I couldn’t help but laugh helplessly at the absurdity of it all.
I never imagined an item worth 500 million won would look like a receipt.
“Damn it.”
Clearly, even being a thug wasn’t something anyone could pull off.
You’d need experience with this sort of thing to know how to handle it.
I scratched my head vigorously before speaking to Ryu Sang Eun.
“There’s nothing we can do about it. Another opportunity will come. Let’s head back to the hotel for now.”
“Shouldn’t we search the surrounding area a bit more?”
“It’s not a crowded space like the lake was, and there’s no chance of finding anything by searching through alleys.”
“Understood. Damn!”
I was just as frustrated as Ryu Sang Eun, who kept throwing punches at the empty air.
I’d let Bishop Yi slip away right before my eyes.
But it wasn’t a complete loss.
As I walked toward the hotel with Ryu Sang Eun, I recalled what I’d seen just before Bishop Yi used the scroll to vanish.

[ Lower-rank Administrator Mollig… ]

For some reason, I’d wanted to use the skill.
Though Bishop Yi had escaped before I could even properly read the item description, I remembered the first part of the name clearly.
Lower-rank Administrator Mollig—the one I’d encountered by accident in the Maze Dungeon.
That contemptible mole bastard who despised humanity had made contact with Bishop Yi.

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Meanwhile, inside the Gate.
“Fireball.”
Yang Hwa Yeon hurled balls of flame—one in each hand—at the wolf pack, her voice sharp with urgency.
“Who brought sausages or ham without telling anyone!”
“I’m swamped here, what are you talking about!”
Lee Yu Eul, driving her mandau into a wolf’s back beside her, shot back loudly.
“Otherwise, why would the wolves go absolutely insane and charge at us like this!”
Yang Hwa Yeon gritted her teeth and pulled a mana potion from her Subspace, downing it in one gulp.
After that last Fireball, her mana had finally run dry.
“Yelp!”
“Snap! Snap!”
In the brief moment she wiped her mouth with her sleeve after drinking the potion, at least five wolves vanished in ash, yet the dozens of Snowy Field wolves encircling the Justice Guild showed no sign of dwindling in number.
The incident had erupted less than an hour after the Justice Guild entered the Forest.
As Kang Han had planned, the group was sprinting toward the direction of the Mountain when a wolf pack of merely seven blocked their path.
The wolves, each the size of a medium-sized car, were drooling viscously—disgusting to look at, but hardly a serious threat.
“Guild Master, what should we do?”
Kang Han answered Sung Yo Na’s question as she drew her twin blades.
“Let’s finish them quickly. With your skill, Sung Yo Na, we can take down several at once—”
“Awooooo—!”
A Snowy Field wolf’s howl cut off Kang Han’s words.
Yang Hwa Yeon’s face brightened at the sight.
“Perfect. Hey, call your friends over here, let’s boost our contribution.”
Perhaps those words had sealed their fate.
“Grrrrr….”
In the blink of an eye, the Justice Guild was surrounded by dozens of Snowy Field wolves.
“Can’t be helped.”
Kang Han unslung the Mookchang from his back and swung it in wide arcs, loosening up.
“Let’s engage them.”

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