episode_0110

“Huh, where is there a monster?!”

“Daddy, I’m scared!”

“Why a monster all of a sudden…?”

People fell into confusion and began to murmur.

Jeong Yushin also turned his head this way and that to observe the surroundings.

All he saw were ordinary people. There were no monsters.

Where on earth?

At that moment.

A black mass flew through the sky in a parabola and fell into the park.

“The sky!!! It’s above the sky!”

Karin was the first to discover it. Then Jeong Yushin noticed it and shouted, but the people didn’t hear and were just running around in confusion.

“Get out of there!!!”

Jeong Yushin shouted as he reached out his hand and ran quickly.

But it was too late.

The monster fell into the crowd of people swarming.

Thud!!!

Crack crack crack.

The sidewalk shattered, and broken bones and torn flesh splattered everywhere.

A giant praying mantis with a size of 2m.

Underneath the mantis’s feet, crushed corpses were wriggling.

Jeong Yushin’s eyes widened.

The young brother and sister, who had been laughing in the crowd just a moment ago, were now a bloody mess, all in one.

The boy, who had been holding his mother’s hand with his small, fern-like hand, was staring blankly at his mother’s torn corpse.

People were silenced by the tragedy that had come in an instant.

And.

“Kkyaaaaaaaak!!!”

“Run away!!!”

People began to scatter, screaming with their souls escaping.

Jeong Yushin looked down at the people who had been crushed before his eyes.

Ordinary people, who had been laughing and chatting and enjoying the festival until just a moment ago, were smashed beyond recognition.

Instantly, his vision turned white.

It overlapped with the children with only their heads left, looking at him from the box in the inn.

Impossible.

I can’t possibly let them live.

“You fucking bastard!!!!!!”

Jeong Yushin shouted and charged at the mantis.

“Ska, calm down!!!”

Karin shouted something, but he couldn’t hear her.

[Sacred Weapon]

Due to his anger, he couldn’t materialize the weapon in his mind.

He just grabbed something long that scattered like lightning and swung it around.

Wheeeeeeeek!!!

A beam-like sword cut through the mantis’s leg.

Chwaaaaaak!!!

Thick green blood received the stars and shone.

The mantis thrashed and swung its forelimbs.

[Sacred Weapon]

Again, he couldn’t materialize a proper shape.

A crooked, lightning-like shape.

It was embarrassing to even call it a sword, but its edge was sharper than any other weapon.

The lightning sword that Jeong Yushin swung collided with the mantis’s forelimbs.

Kkaaaaaang!!!

Shining golden particles scattered like sparks.

Due to Jeong Yushin’s strength, the mantis’s forelimbs were not only deflected but also lifted high up.

The mantis’s eyes widened.

“You son of a bitch!!!”

Jeong Yushin swore and swung the golden lightning horizontally.

Chwaaaaak!!!

The sword, empowered by the drastically increased muscle density and reflexes from leveling up, mercilessly tore apart several of the mantis’s legs.

“Pireeririk!!!”

The mantis, losing its balance, staggered and screamed.

Without stopping, he jumped up and chopped off the mantis’s head as it was.

Swaaaak!!!

The mantis’s head flew off and rolled on the floor.

“He…he took down a Giant Mantis that easily?”

“Fi…find the injured!!!”

People murmured.

“He…help me!!! Monsters have appeared in the streets too!”

“I’m going!!!”

“I’ll go too!!!”

Jeong Yushin ran straight out of the park with Karin.

He thought as he ran.

‘What the hell are those bastards!’

Since monsters couldn’t pop out of the dungeon, there was only one cause.

The East District.

Have those bastards whose lives are hell finally gone crazy?

How could a person do such a thing to another person?

He ran with all his might and arrived on the street.

It was close to the inn he ran. As he saw the familiar street, Jeong Yushin felt like he was going crazy.

A giant toad was sitting in the middle of the street, wrapping its long tongue around people and swinging them around.

The people wrapped in its tongue were already masses of blood, so it was difficult to distinguish their shapes.

Without stopping, he ran at full speed.

“Kkiiiek?!!”

The toad monster shuddered at the sight of Jeong Yushin, who had run like the wind.

[Sacred Weapon]

Wheeeeeek!!!

He swung his sword as it was, cutting off the tongue.

Once more.

[Sacred Weapon]

He created a 1m spike and stabbed it straight into the toad’s head.

“Kkeueeek!!!”

The toad monster screamed and twisted its body.

Without paying attention, he stabbed deeper with all his might.

“Kkeueok!!!”

The toad let out a final scream and collapsed on the floor.

“Thank you!!! Thank you!!!”

“I lived thanks to you!!!”

Familiar faces approached and thanked him.

There were people who used to despise him and people who treated him normally without any special feelings.

But now, they were all speaking respectfully and bowing their heads.

Jeong Yushin shook his head.

“It’s dangerous here, so it’s better to take refuge inside the buildings. Hurry!”

As he urged, the people scattered in every direction.

Someone approached from the end of the street.

One person. And one monster.

“···You?”

“Ugh ugh ugh.”

That genius swordsman guy I saw last time. He seemed abnormal, only uttering strange groans.

His name was Ret. I heard he went missing in the dungeon, how did he get out?

And why is he standing there amicably with that monster?

“Hey, what the hell are you doing here?”

“Hehehe.”

Ret let out an eerie laugh without answering. His eyeballs were completely turned over, only showing the whites. He wasn’t normal.

‘He doesn’t have a sword. His magic power is almost depleted.’

If only he was wearing proper equipment.

Jeong Yushin bit his lip.

At that moment.

The guards rushed into the park and shouted.

“Hey everyone, evacuate!!!”

People who were hesitant to leave were safely leaving the street one by one, guided by the guards.

The guards surrounded the monster next to Ret.

A man who appeared to be the captain approached Ret.

“Hey, why are you with a monster? Are you the one who controls the monsters? Come with us to the guard post.”

From the guards’ point of view, Ret looked like he was in control.

Swish.

Ret smiled and drew his sword.

The guard captain’s expression hardened.

“Don’t resist! It will only make things worse…”

Poohak!!!

Light flashed.

The guard captain’s neck was cut off in a single move.

Thud!!! Thump thump.

The cleanly cut guard captain’s head fell to the floor and rolled around.

“…”

A chilling silence.

No one saw the trajectory of the sword.

Before they knew it, Ret was holding an old iron sword in his hand.

The guards stared blankly at the scene, losing their souls.

“Everyone, step back!!! That guy isn’t normal!!!”

Jeong Yushin shouted and took the lead.

“The guard captain with the Stone Skin engraving was taken down in a single move…”

“Heok!!! Hey!!! It’s too dangerous!!!”

The guards were also confused. They looked like clumsy recruits.

Jeong Yushin quickly picked up the guard captain’s sword. Karin stood next to Jeong Yushin.

“Ska, are you going to fight alone?”

“No. But I’m worried about the monster next to Ret.”

“I’ll take care of it.”

“I trust you. Don’t get hurt.”

“Don’t worry.”

Karin stepped aside and snatched two daggers from the guards.

“Are you guys recruits? This guy seems to be the worst. Can you call for backup?”

“How dare you!!! Who do you think you are to order the dungeon city guards around?!”

A clueless recruit yelled at Karin, who seemed the easiest to deal with. Then a demi-human guard who knew Karin cautiously stepped forward.

“No. Hey, that friend, Karin-nim is Ingrid-nim’s daughter.”

“Heo…heok?!”

The recruit trembled and immediately bowed his head.

“I’m…I’m sorry!”

“Don’t worry about it. Just request backup. I’m requesting it not as Ingrid’s daughter, but as a dungeon explorer with a strong intuition. Don’t get confused.”

Karin said, turning her back.

“···Understood. Let’s go!”

The guards wore puzzled expressions for a moment, but soon realized the seriousness of the situation and scattered.

Jeong Yushin looked at the monster next to Ret.

He could tell by studying with Mion.

Coincidentally, the opponent was a Skin Walker, a monster from the forest area.

It was a monster that wandered alone in the forest, covered in animal skins and spraying black mist.

It was an opponent that required at least three intermediate dungeon explorers to kill together. He was very worried.

“Don’t make that face. I can’t kill it, but I can hold out.”

Karin calmed Jeong Yushin.

“I trust you.”

Karin smiled at Jeong Yushin’s short reply.

“Yeah.”

The two faced their respective opponents and stood their ground.

Swish.

Jeong Yushin drew the guard captain’s sword.

‘Can I win?’

The opponent had the genius swordsman engraving. He had even seen him fight before. His swordsmanship was overwhelmingly skilled. It was difficult to predict victory.

But.

He couldn’t back down. If this guy got out of here and swept through the southern street, a major disaster would occur.

‘I was wondering why my luck was so good.’

He swallowed the sigh that came from within.

“Hehehe.”

“Laughable.”

Jeong Yushin slowly approached, carrying his sword on his shoulder.

Ret took a middle stance and thrusted forward. His target was Jeong Yushin’s neck.

Wheeeeeek!!!

‘He’s coming.’

He gripped the longsword he was carrying on his shoulder with both hands and swung it diagonally.

Kaaaaaang!!!

The swords collided and sparks flew.

Ret immediately brought his sword down as it was.

A sword strike targeting his wrist. The seamless change of direction sent shivers down his spine.

He immediately stepped back and grabbed the longsword with one hand.

[Sacred Weapon]

Wheek!!!

A dagger of light flew towards Ret’s neck.

Ttang!!!

Ret nonchalantly knocked the dagger away and charged towards Jeong Yushin, bringing his sword down.

From top to bottom.

Kaaaang!!!

He blocked it and aimed for Ret’s head with the back of the sword. Ret also immediately blocked it with his sword and aimed for Jeong Yushin’s head.

Kang!!! Kaaaang!!!

Ret’s sword grazed his cheek.

Pit!!!

[Revenger]

Blue flames flared in Jeong Yushin’s eyes.

Hot blood flowed down his cheek, but he couldn’t lower his hand to wipe it away.

Because Ret’s sword was constantly aiming for his life.

Kang!!! Kaaaang!!! Kang!!!

The swords intertwined and the two men danced as they circled each other.

Fierce mind games and offenses and defenses passed a dozen times.

Poohk!!!

Ret’s sword pierced Jeong Yushin’s shoulder.

“Fuck!!!”

The blue flames intensified.

Jeong Yushin swung his sword reflexively. Ret smiled and stepped back.

The demonic talent that came from the genius swordsman engraving.

For Jeong Yushin, who had only been wielding a sword for less than a year, he couldn’t help but deeply realize the difference in skill.

Ret swung his sword.

Jeong Yushin’s movements gradually became faster like a wounded beast, but that was it. It was impossible to face the mysterious swordsmanship.

And in one moment.

He missed Ret’s movements. The price was high.

Thudududuk.

All of his left fingers were cut off, leaving only his thumb.

His body stiffened for a brief moment due to the terrible pain.

Wheeeeeek!!!

Ret’s strike aimed for his heart.

Jeong Yushin desperately raised his arm.

Kadeudeudeuk!!!

The cold tip of the sword pierced through his flesh, broke through his bone, and then became lodged.

An enormous pain, as if an iron rod was being hammered into his bone, shook his brain.

Jeong Yushin’s eyes were bloodshot.

Fuck.

Grinding his teeth. He couldn’t end here. He protected his heart anyway. He avoided instant death. There must be a way.

His left hand had its fingers cut off and its bones were broken. He couldn’t hold a sword.

He swung the longsword with one hand. He was planning to cut off Ret’s throat in one go.

But Ret pulled out his sword and stepped back, then immediately thrusted forward.

Just before Ret’s sword pierced Jeong Yushin’s Adam’s apple.

In the moment of desperation.

The world began to flow slowly.

A bright golden light floating in the night sky was flying towards Jeong Yushin like a bullet.

“···What?”

“Skaaaaaaaa!!!”

Karin’s horrified voice slowly erupted from somewhere.

Jeong Yushin turned his head. Karin, covered in blood, was running towards him very slowly.

Running towards him with the enemy behind her. Karin’s state was also a mess.

And.

The golden spirit hit Jeong Yushin’s head with a thud!

At that moment, the slow world came to an end and darkness fell.

Jeong Yushin opened his eyes.

“What is this again?!”

Pitch-black darkness.

Just like when he transferred to another world, he realized he was in the darkness.

He was definitely fighting a fierce battle in the park.

The pain that made his brain boil had disappeared by now.

His cut off fingers were also perfectly fine.

As Jeong Yushin was looking around, a woman surrounded by golden light slowly descended from above.

Long straight blonde hair.

She was wearing a single piece of fluttering cloth. It was a style called Peplos, which women from ancient Greece wore.

The area around her thighs was especially short, making her look like she was wearing clothes that Spartan females would like.

Her atmosphere was similar to Mion’s. A warm and sacred atmosphere.

Her breasts were similar to Mion’s or a little bigger.

“Child, you are being rude.”

The woman said. Unlike Mion’s slit eyes, she had clear and, on the other hand, stubborn-looking eyes.

Jeong Yushin took his eyes off her breasts and looked at the woman.

“Who are you?”