The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 304

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Yeo Joo Saves the World
Part 2, Episode 125

[ “Remarkable! The A-rank Chimeras are completely overwhelmed by Kang Han Guild Master’s assault!”
“Exhilarating! Absolutely exhilarating!” ]

Both the commentator and caster were trembling with excitement, shouting Kang Han’s name over and over.
“Oh, Guild Master! You’re incredible!”
Even Ryu Sang Eun, who saw me every day, had his eyes sparkling like he was watching his favorite idol, so I didn’t need to imagine what state the viewers watching the live broadcast were in.
Still, I deliberately picked up my phone to check the real-time broadcast comments.
This is the whole reason I possessed this body in the first place, right?

1st Guild Association Cup Inter-Guild Tournament Round of 16 Live Broadcast
Jeonju Deokjin Lake A-rank Glacier Dungeon – Cheongmun Guild vs Justice Guild

Viewers: 3,338,897
– The snake lord has arrived!!!
– Kang Han is insane;; Kang Han’s a beast;;
– So this is what happens when an S-rank goes wild…
-Who said it was a strong lie? ㅠㅠ
– A-rank boss monsters? Solo clear is ez mode right?
– So cool
– ??: Hydra? I thought it was just a really big snake
– I got rid of everything I pretended to do during the hearing haha.
Who said justice loses to Cheongmun? lol
– Wow, Kang Han was hiding his true power…
– My coins….

“Ehehehehe.”
I couldn’t help but let out a sinister chuckle.
Now everyone was finally recognizing the true worth of the Justice Guild, especially Kang Han.
I remembered the day I first showed up at the Justice Guild with my lottery winnings in hand.
Everyone—even the guild members themselves—had doubted me when I said I’d rebuild this fallen guild from the ground up.
From then until now, we’d weathered many storms: the Pangyo incident, the Double Dungeon, and more. With each event, more people began to notice the Justice Guild, but it still wasn’t enough.
In that sense, this Guild Cup was the perfect stage for Kang Han to truly shine.

[Boom! Crackle! Crash!]

The TV speakers blared with the kind of thunderous roar you’d only hear in disaster films.
It seemed the excitement wasn’t limited to those watching from afar.
Kang Han was absolutely unleashed—so much so that it was a shame the camera-equipped drone could only film from a distance due to the shrapnel flying everywhere.
Even with dozens of Hydras abandoning their positions and lunging from all sides with razor-sharp fangs, his offensive never faltered for an instant.
Then one particularly massive Hydra lunged at Kang Han from behind.

[“Ssssshhhhh—!”]
[“Watch out, Kang Han! Danger!”]

It was a decisive strike seized from what seemed like a golden opportunity, but unfortunately for the Hydra, the attack didn’t land.
As if he’d anticipated it all along, Kang Han spun in place and drove his spear through the creature, skewering it on the shaft.
After impaling several more to create an ornate serpent kebab, he brought his dark spear crashing down onto a cluster of six Hydras gathered together.

[Boom! Crash!]

As the electrical explosion erupted—created by violently colliding multiple streams of current, according to Kang Han’s own explanation—not only did the Hydras struck directly turn to ash in an instant, but so did all the ones threaded onto the spear shaft.
Atop the snowy peak of the Glacier Dungeon, yellow, white, and blue currents burst forth repeatedly, and with each explosion, Hydras became black ash that scattered on the wind—it was less a dungeon clear broadcast and more a rather violent fireworks display.
“Wow! We just hit 4 million viewers! And that’s not even counting the international streams!”
“There aren’t many Hydras left now.”
Because Kang Han was so completely unrestrained in his rampage, the 108 Hydras had dwindled to barely thirty.
Poor serpents.
In your next life, live righteously and sin no more.
The overwhelming gap in combat power was so vast that the monsters, which had seemed genuinely threatening at first, now looked as pitiful as ordinary snakes.
As I watched Kang Han flick his spear to shake off the thick black blood of the monsters, I sluggishly opened an app on my phone.
“What a wonderful world this is.”
“Pardon? What do you mean?”
“Just a few taps of your finger and you can summon a spatial transfer service like this.”
“Where are you going?”
“To the Hospital. I’m dying from this illness.”
When I showed Ryu Sang Eun the notification that a spatial transfer Awakener would arrive at the hotel lobby on the first floor in about 15 minutes, he jumped up in alarm.
“Wait, how am I supposed to pack in just 15 minutes!”
“I only need this backpack, so…”
“I brought a suitcase!”
“Ryu Sang Eun, you can return slowly tomorrow…”
“That won’t do!”
It wasn’t serious enough to require a guardian, so why not?
“If I send Yeo Joo away alone while she’s sick, the Guild Master will kill me!”
“Our Guild Master isn’t that unreasonable of a person.”
“I’d rather he just fry me with lightning in one shot. Training like this is… ugh, anyway, just wait a moment!”
I nodded along even though I didn’t quite understand what he was saying, and Ryu Sang Eun dashed off to his room with characteristic nimbleness. I watched his retreating figure and started to laugh, then stopped myself.
The room had already begun spinning from just that much stimulation.
“This is going to hurt like hell.”
I sighed at the thought of suffering for days to come, then suddenly had a realization.
Oh, that’s right!
I know the director of the Awakened Healer Hospital!
And she’s an S-rank Healer who can cure any ailment with a single skill.
“Now that I think about it, maybe I can push my body a bit harder?”
The director will just fix everything anyway, right?
“What did you just say?”
Ryu Sang Eun, who had just grabbed his luggage after whining about how much he needed to pack, was now looking at me with narrowed eyes.
“Nothing in particular.”
“I could’ve sworn I just heard you say something completely ridiculous.”
“Oh, it’s just your imagination…”

[ CRAAAAAASH—! ]

An enormous roar erupted from the TV we hadn’t managed to turn off yet.
Ryu Sang Eun and I jumped in surprise and spun around simultaneously with a rustle.
“What?! Did the TV explode…!”
Fortunately, the hotel’s appliances were fine.
But the Hydras on the screen were not.
Or rather, what had been Hydras.
All the camera captured were black masses turning to ash.
“Oh, they’re showing a replay!”
Thanks to the efficient broadcast station, we could watch the situation from moments before in slow motion.
Kang Han, who had been enthusiastically striking off the serpent heads like pruning branches, suddenly withdrew his spear and stretched his remaining hand upward.
It was a familiar sight.
The same technique he’d used to fry the Minotaurs in the Ure Dungeon.
The one that looked like he was pulling lightning from the sky.
The preparatory motion was definitely identical.
In an instant, the clear sky flashed white across the entire screen, and then a bolt of lightning descended upon where the Hydras had been gathered.
It wasn’t lightning.
It was a thunderbolt.
A dozen or so Hydras struck by the bolt that fell from the clear sky were erased from existence, and the few that remained nearby soon followed suit.
What I witnessed belatedly was those creatures.
“Wow…”
“Huh.”
Faced with a power far too immense for one human to possess—and in a way, as terrifying as divine punishment—I found myself at a loss for words.
Then a thought suddenly struck me.
“Guild Master, did you awaken a new skill?”

* * *

Kang Han stared down at his own hands in bewilderment.
He was trying to make sense of that attack he’d just unleashed.
He’d intended to summon lightning from the heavens, that much was certain.
But he hadn’t anticipated it.
That the lightning would actually fall.
Not only had multiple Hydras been incinerated, but the destructive force had been so tremendous that the entire Mountain of Hardship trembled in that instant.
The answer came swiftly.

[ The System has recognized the Punisher’s judgment. ]
[ It has been deemed ‘appropriate punishment’. ]
[ A new skill ‘Strike of Heaven
(천뢰강림)
‘ has been registered. ]

A new skill.
Kang Han checked his status window.

Kang Han S
Combat Type – Growth
Strike of Heaven ( S )
Information Viewing Right ( S )
Punisher’s Lightning ( S )
Charging Spear ( S )
Counter Opportunity ( A )

Just as the System had said, the new skill was registered at the very top of the list.
That power from moments ago had now become his own.
Since he already possessed the skill ‘Punisher’s Lightning’, he’d simply used it consecutively on the Hydras who were paying the price for their sins.
As Kang Han clenched and unclenched his left hand, the last Hydra—which had been writhing and stubbornly clinging to life even after being struck by the lightning’s aftermath—finally expired.

[ ! Quest Complete! ]
You have defeated all the treacherous jailer Hydras!
You have successfully conquered the summit!
You have been granted qualification! ]

“Qualification?”
Now that he mentioned it, I recalled there had been something about qualification when I first entered the Gate.

[ ! Quest !
Ascend the Mountain of Hardship and prove your qualification.
Only those who conquer the summit shall bear witness. ]

Kang Han immediately gripped the spear he’d been holding loosely.
My instincts had begun sounding an alarm.
It was then, standing vigilant on the quiet summit, scanning all directions.
Whoooooosh—!
A violent wind descended with such ferocity that even Kang Han staggered backward.
The drone was swept away by the tremendous gale, and all the accumulated snow vanished into the air.
Beneath it lay a floor of ice as transparent and pristine as glass.
It was as if I stood upon a frozen lake.
“….”
Holding my breath, I slowly lowered my gaze.
From the very center of the peak, I felt a presence of unimaginable magnitude.
Every cell in my body tensed with an overwhelming pressure, and the moment I looked toward that spot.
Flash!
A pair of colossal eyes emerged into view.

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