The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 344

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Yeo Joo Saves the World
Part 2, Episode 165

“Yeo Joo, a healer from the Justice Guild…?”
“I was passing by and saw an accident happen. Let me take a look.”
“Ah, yes!”
The people who heard the conversation began to murmur.
“It’s Yeo Joo!”
“A healer from the Justice Guild!”
“We’re so lucky a healer was nearby…”
Unfortunately, the driver’s condition was far more gruesome than it had appeared from a distance.
It seemed as though his breathing could stop at any moment.
“Breathe.”
I forced myself to breathe steadily, attempting to brainwash myself into composure.
‘It’s nothing. It’s not scary.’
Afterimages of everything I had endured flashed before my eyes, but I deliberately ignored them.
“Grraaagh! Ughhhh!”
The Berserk Hunter, bound in restraints with two hunters pressing down from above, thrashed desperately trying to break free.

Jin Ga Ram A
Flash Net (A)
Remnants of Day (A)
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Of all times, an A-rank had gone berserk.
I understood why the specialized personnel from the Sama Guild had failed to subdue him.
‘The driver first.’
I pulled out Chung Soo’s stamina potion from the Subspace and downed it in one gulp.

[ Using the skill ‘Body Restoration’. ]

The increased synchronization rate was proving effective.
“Ugh….”
The driver, who had been lying motionless like a puppet made of blood and flesh with barely a whisper of breath, finally began to let out a groan.
Complete recovery wasn’t the goal.
The objective was to get him to the Hospital where he could receive treatment.
‘Good, if I can just keep this up….’
It was precisely when I was swallowing a sigh of relief with that thought.
“Cough! …Hack!”
At the ominous sound, I turned around to find the Berserk Hunter in a strange state.
He was no longer resisting.
Only clotted black blood was pouring from his limp mouth.
“What? Why is he like this?”
“Hey, Jin Ga Ram!”
“Get a grip!”
The Sama Guild employees pinning down the Berserk Hunter above him were clearly flustered.
They checked the restraints with anxious eyes, then released their hold and slapped Jin Ga Ram’s cheek, shaking his body.
But he only stared blankly into empty space, unresponsive.
His dilated, vacant eyes were the same as those of the dead Han Ji Sung cradled in my arms.

[ Status Abnormality – Dark Addiction 100% ]

Damn it.
Berserk is like spinning Russian roulette every single time.
If luck is on your side, you survive. If not, you die.
Today, Jin Ga Ram’s luck had run out.
“Bring him closer!”
At my shout, the Sama Guild employees snapped to attention and dragged Jin Ga Ram over.
I was bothered by how they kept dragging people across the ground like garbage bags, but stopping the berserk state took priority.
“There’s nothing we can do at this point, Healer.”
The employee who appeared to be the highest-ranking spoke with a bitter expression.
It seemed he had already encountered many hunters in this state.
But that would only be true if I didn’t have a purification skill.
I was gritting my teeth and about to shift my focus from the driver to Jin Ga Ram when——
“…Cough!”
The driver’s body stiffened rigidly and began to convulse.
Faced with this bleak situation, I squeezed my eyes shut.
Two lives depended on me, and I had to choose one.
…Did I have to choose?
‘Can’t I use both the heal skill and the purification skill simultaneously?’
As if answering my question, the System displayed a message window with a triumphant fanfare.

[ ‘Body and Mind in Health’ Advanced Level Privilege! ]
[ Simultaneous skill usage is possible! ]
[ However, it is not recommended. ]

‘Either way, it’s possible, right?’

[ Simultaneous usage penalty: Nullification of ‘Vitality Elixir’s stamina sustain effect and severe exhaustion aftereffects ]

‘…Use them simultaneously.’

[ Skills ‘Body Restoration’ and ‘Darkness Purification’ will be stacked simultaneously. ]
[ Be careful not to let your stamina reach 0. ]

Along with the ominous warning message, my energy was violently drained away.
All I could do was desperately chug stamina potions one after another and endure.
Since I was using the Darkness Purification skill remotely, regardless of how my appearance looked, it felt as though two massive holes had been torn through my body and my strength was pouring out through them.
“Ugh.”
“…Haa.”
Fortunately, the time my vision flickered and flashed wasn’t very long.
As the toxin level gradually decreased, Jin Ga Ram’s condition improved noticeably, and the driver’s ribs, which had been crushed as badly as the vehicle’s frame, restored themselves and his breathing returned to normal.
If not for the side effects of using two skills simultaneously, the loud sound that had begun echoing from a distance was definitely an ambulance siren.
And a familiar voice mixed within it as well.
“Yeo Joo.”
Through my hazy vision, I could see a man urgently walking over while leading people in a line.
“Wow, it’s Sa Ma Young.”
No wonder his suit fit so well.
Only when he was close enough that I could reach out and touch him could I finally make him out clearly.
Sa Ma Young dropped to one knee in front of me, lowering his body while I still had both hands gripping the driver.
His red eyes alternated between looking at the two collapsed people before settling on me.
“Stop.”
“…Has the ambulance arrived?”
The siren did sound louder than before, but I couldn’t trust my senses right now.
Sa Ma Young nodded in response to my question.
“You did well.”
“…I’m seriously going to die like this.”
The moment I stopped using the skill, it felt like an invisible thin thread snapped.
Sa Ma Young caught my body as it collapsed, unable to hold on any longer.
Breathing in his distinctive grassy scent, I sent out an SOS.
“I need a potion.”
Instead of answering, a supreme-grade stamina potion touched my lips.
…How much did this cost again?
Well, Sa Ma Young is a tycoon, so I suppose I can afford to owe him this much.
I carefully drank the potion without letting a single drop spill from my mouth, but my gaze remained fixed on Hunter Jin Ga Ram.

[ Status Abnormality – Darkness Addiction 77% ]

At least he’ll survive.
Then, a low voice urged me on.
“Don’t look over there. Drink faster.”
It wasn’t as if I wanted to drink slowly.
‘Severe exhaustion,’ they said—my throat muscles felt completely shot.
“Cough!”
In the end, I choked on it.
‘No! A supreme-grade potion!’
As droplets scattered into the air, I was already calculating their worth when my body suddenly lifted off the ground.
It was just that one moment, yet the world spun as if I’d boarded a roller coaster, and my eyes slowly closed.
“Clean up and come upstairs.”
“Yes, my lord.”
With the exchange between Sa Ma Young and Woo Jun Kyung, my consciousness faded.

* * *

My chest felt heavy.
The warmth and weight were unmistakably Na Baek Ho’s.
“Na Baek Ho, get down. Your sister’s exhausted.”
Purr, purr.
Instead of a response, a rumbling purr came back.
“Na Baek Ho… Hong Joo?”
“[Hello, Yeo Joo.]”
Eyes like crimson jewels befitting her name smiled softly as she greeted me.
The first thing I saw upon opening my eyes was an extraordinarily beautiful black cat.
Mesmerized, I watched as Hong Joo licked my cheek with her tiny tongue.
“[I like you too, Yeo Joo.]”
“Hong Joo, it’s been so long.”
“[I worried so much.]”
“Did you really?”
“[I got angry too, lots and lots. But I held it in. Still simmering though.]”
“Our Hong Joo was so worried about her sister.”
Simmering!
How adorable!
I scratched Hong Joo’s chin with my fingertips, cooing softly, and she slowly closed her crimson eyes before opening them again to speak.
“[Not me.]”
Click.
The door opened with a light sound, and my eyes met Sa Ma Young’s as he entered.
“Sa Ma Hong Joo, stop talking nonsense and come down. You’re a patient.”
“I’m not a patient, though?”
Hong Joo bounded down, and I felt the emptiness in my chest and reluctantly got to my feet.
I thought I was fine, but dizziness struck and I stumbled. Sa Ma Young, who had been leaning against the large desk, flinched visibly.
You could at least help me up.
The service in this house is really lacking.
“Ugh, how long was I out?”
“An hour.”
“That was faster than I expected.”
“Faster?”
“Yeah. I thought I’d wake up at night.”
I picked up the water bottle on the table in front of the sofa and drank, when suddenly I remembered why I had collapsed.
“Did the driver get to the hospital safely?”
“He’s going into surgery for a fractured leg, I heard.”
“Is everything else okay? Oh, what about Jin Ga Ram?”
The fact that I’d only managed to suppress his rampage bothered me deeply.
“He must still be in pain everywhere. He got hit by the car too. Is his condition okay?”
“What about you, Yeo Joo?”
“…Is Jin Ga Ram the Hunter alright?”
Why wasn’t he answering?
I was so focused on stopping the berserker that I couldn’t pay attention to anything else.
Had he suffered a serious injury?
“That guy’s fine now.”
Sa Ma Young answered with a smile.
In that instant, a formula flashed through my mind.
Sa Ma Young’s smile was proportional to his level of irritation.
“Thanks to someone who burned themselves out saving him.”
…’Still seething’?

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