The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 298

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Yeo Joo Saves the World
Part 2, Episode 119

The Justice Guild’s combat strength was formidable.
Measured solely by the ranks and abilities of their affiliated hunters, they could rival even the top-tier guilds that constantly jockeyed for position at the number one spot in the current guild rankings.
Yet only five members had entered the Glacier Dungeon.
Facing dozens of B-rank Snowy Field wolves simultaneously was an exhausting ordeal even for them.
“These cunning bastards…!”
Lee Yu Eul swung her mandau at another wolf that attacked from behind while she was engaged with one, her voice low and sharp with frustration.
“Ugh, they’re incredibly annoying to deal with!”
Part of her wanted to cleave through them cleanly and be done with it, but reality refused to cooperate.
The Snowy Field wolves she faced directly within the vast Gate—unlike the confined space of the Simulation Training Ground—were far more agile and intelligent.
They were seasoned masters of pack warfare.
“Are there always this many monsters?!”
“No, something’s wrong here.”
Han Ji Sung, who had retreated to cast spells, answered Lee Yu Eul’s cry.
Encountering dozens of Snowy Field wolves all at once was abnormal.
But what truly unsettled Han Ji Sung was something else entirely.
“We’re still at the forest’s entrance…”
It seemed unlikely that the Justice Guild had simply stumbled into a place where wolves had congregated in such numbers.
Which meant one possibility emerged.
“The monster population density is abnormally high.”
The faces of the Justice Guild hunters, who had been listening to Han Ji Sung’s words even as they fought off the charging wolves, went rigid in an instant.
And in that moment, a single thought flashed through all their minds—the vast forest and snowy field.
The Glacier Dungeon was enormous, making the initial prediction of it being small-scale seem almost laughable.
But if the monster density throughout this massive dungeon was like this…
The Guild Cup Round of 16 was not the problem.
Just as despair began to swell in their hearts.
Kwaaang—!
A deafening roar suddenly tore through the air, and the ground trembled violently.
The forest shook, and a massive crater opened in the middle of the wolf pack.
Where monsters had been densely packed just moments before.
“Phew.”
Rising slowly from the center of the shallow, wide crater was Kang Han.
He had charged alone into the wolves and driven his fist into the ground, unleashing a powerful electrical explosion.
Crackle—!
The electric current still wrapping around my right hand lingered on the bodies of the wolves scattered around the crater, their forms twitching and convulsing.
A single attack had incinerated more than ten wolves and rendered an even greater number of monsters completely incapacitated.
“We simply have one more reason to defeat the boss monster as quickly as possible and clear the Gate.”
“Y-yes, that’s right!”
“It’s convenient that they attack on their own without us even needing to draw aggro!”
Sung Yo Na and Yang Hwa Yeon recovered from their shock at my new technique, their spirits reinvigorated.
And at that very moment, Han Ji Sung’s casting finished.
“Everyone, could you herd the wolves to one side?”
“We’ll do it!”
Lee Yu Eul and Sung Yo Na, the most agile of us, moved swiftly, herding the snowy field wolves toward the crater’s center created by my attack, much like a sheepdog driving a flock.
When the wolves knocked down by the explosion’s shockwave and those being herded tangled together into chaos, Han Ji Sung’s blue eyes, which had been closed in quiet concentration, opened to the world.
“Ice Blade, Storm.”
It was an application of a technique he had once demonstrated against flame wolves similar to the snowy field wolves in the Flame Dungeon.
However, this time there was no need to artificially create water vapor to freeze.
The Glacier Dungeon was the perfect stage for Han Ji Sung, a frost-attribute awakener, to unleash his power.
The thick snow accumulated around us rose at his gesture as if caught by the wind, instantly engulfing the wolves.
Each snowflake became a sharp blade, undulating like waves and creating a beautiful, mesmerizing spectacle that glittered brilliantly.
But it lasted only a moment.
“Kreeee! Yowwwl!”
“Shrieeeek!”
The white blizzard darkened with the monsters’ blood.
And when the snowflakes finally settled back to the ground with a soft rustling sound, all that remained was the hazy ash of monsters scattered into fragments.
A single magical attack from Han Ji Sung left only four snowy field wolves remaining.
“Leave the rest to me!”
Sung Yo Na sheathed her twin blades and clapped her hands together forcefully toward the remaining wolves.
Crack!
Her spatial compression skill activated, bunching the wolves together in an instant, and the moment she clenched her fists—
Crunch!
With a sound like an aluminum can being crushed, they vanished without a trace, leaving not even ash behind.
In the forest that had fallen silent again, the only evidence that dozens of wolves had once been there were the scattered pawprints on the ground.
“We won!”
“What, that was nothing!”
“We were worried for nothing!”
Sung Yo Na, Lee Yu Eul, and Yang Hwa Yeon burst into laughter, and Han Ji Sung nodded with satisfaction.
“The Glacier Dungeon really does make a difference—mana consumption is low and the power is quite decent.”
The four of us, having returned to our usual demeanor, could not hide our inner satisfaction.
We are strong.
No matter how many there were, we could never lose to B-rank monsters like snowy field wolves—I had simply forgotten that for a moment.
It was because we had been momentarily flustered by the sheer number of them.
This level of unexpected situation inside a Gate was commonplace, yet the fact that my heart had wavered, even for an instant, filled me with shame.
Kang Han understood the hearts of his guild members well enough.
Yet rather than offer comfort or words of encouragement, he turned first toward the direction where the Mountain lay.
The four who followed in his wake bore expressions transformed—no longer hesitant, but steeled with unwavering resolve.

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1st Guild Association Cup Inter-Guild Tournament Round of 16 Live Broadcast
Jeonju City, Deokjin Lake S-Rank Glacier Dungeon – Cheongmun Guild vs Justice Guild
Viewers: 7,033

Live Comments ▼
– What is Kang Han… I thought he was Zeus but he’s Thor
– There were wolves but now there aren’t
– As expected from Kang Han
– Huh?
– Excuse me?
– Just now Han Ji Sung’s skill is broken
– Dozens of wolves annihilated in one go
– Of course it’s an S-Rank Frost Mage in a Glacier Dungeon, flying around like that
– Seriously I just got chills ;;
– Crazy only four left…
– No wait, there’s none left now?
– That’s right, the Justice Guild had Sung Yo Na
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– ??: Danger! Sung Yo Na: (crushing wolves) *smiles sweetly*
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– Can’t rebbet now that the match started ——
– You should’ve watched recent Justice Guild clear videos before betting lol
– Yeah then I probably wouldn’t have bet on Cheongmun hahahaha
– I’m watching both Cheongmun and Justice right now and their playstyles are different lol
– Me too lol but Cheongmun looks kinda dangerous?

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On the opposite side of the forest, Cheongmun was locked in battle as well.
Yet the nature of their combat differed starkly from that of the Justice Guild.
Thwack! Crack!
Jung Jin Won, the archer who had claimed the high ground atop the towering trees, unleashed arrows in relentless succession.
There was no need to aim.
The surrounding area was already teeming with wolves.
“Damn it, where are all these creatures coming from…?”
Park Song Hwi’s strategy had been flawless, without question.
On such an expansive field, the standard approach was to herd monsters together and eliminate them in one sweep, then advance and repeat the same pattern.
But the number of wolves was simply excessive.
Before they could execute a proper herding maneuver, Cheongmun’s five hunters found themselves already surrounded.
In all the countless raids Park Song Hwi had participated in alongside the three elders, nothing like this had ever occurred.
“Woof! Woof, woof!”
“Grrrrrr…”
The barking of wolves from all directions was enough to split one’s skull.
Where in the world had all these beasts emerged from?
There was no time to ponder.
Park Song Hwi shook his head roughly to clear his mind, then drew his blade with ferocious intensity.
Though it appeared at first glance to be wild, reckless swings, the sword tip—honed by years of experience and seasoned expertise—pierced precisely into the vital points of the Snowy Field wolves.
With each dance of the blade, another wolf fell.
Even if he were to be called “elder” by a junior he’d never met before, Park Song Hwi’s capabilities were beyond reproach.
This crisis had arisen solely from his complacent assumption that this raid would unfold no differently than those of the past.
‘Was my judgment mistaken?’
The anxious gaze Ryu Do Kyung had cast before they entered the forest surfaced in Park Song Hwi’s mind, and he clenched his teeth.
“I simply need to push through.”
Losing composure might plunge them into genuine catastrophe.
As Park Song Hwi drew a deep breath and attempted to focus on felling the wolves before him, Ryu Ja Kyung’s scream pierced his ear.
“Uncle!”
Through the scattering black ash of the monsters, he glimpsed Won Sang Hoon, the buffer, collapsed with blood streaming from his shoulder.

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