Chapter 70

[Translator – Night]

[Proofreader – Gun]

Chapter 70: Life and Death in Front of the Motel (2)

The sudden introduction of Yeongwoo’s sponsor surprised not only the men but also everyone in the motel lobby and on the stairs.

“What did he just say?”

“The universe…?”

The crowd in the motel lobby and on the stairs buzzed with confusion.

Yeongwoo’s previous lines had been so extravagant that it seemed like a mistake.

Of course, it was true that extraordinary events were happening in the world due to some massive force resetting the Earth, events that would not happen in the original reality.

But still…

“Did he just say he’s getting support from aliens…?”

Yeongwoo’s claim, as Yerin’s words suggested, was absurd.

In fact, some in the audience thought Yeongwoo was insane.

“A universal what? What nonsense is this? Have you read too many fantasy novels?”

The man in question ridiculed Yeongwoo.

Then, tapping his left chest, he spoke with a triumphant tone.

“You claim to be the strongest in Gyeongbuk, but soon, I’ll be the one taking your place.”

Thud!

A radiant light began to gather above the man’s head.

And then, he immediately displayed a title.

『Gyeongbuk’s Strongest Sword (Advanced)』

“Ah.”

Yeongwoo widened his eyes upon seeing the title.

Although he had anticipated it to some extent, seeing the (Advanced) title for the first time was surprising.

‘Someone is actually tracking me.’

The special title, Gyeongbuk’s Strongest Sword (Advanced), could be obtained by collecting three or more positions of the Strongest Sword in the Gyeongbuk region.

The unique feature was the ability to know the real-time location of the Gyeongbuk’s Strongest Sword.

“I heard he’s Gyeongbuk’s Strongest Sword, and honestly, I was a bit scared, but I didn’t think he’d be a crazy old man.”

The man mocked, adopting a stabbing posture.

In response, Yeongwoo shifted his gaze to the pile of corpses behind the man.

“It’s not something a lunatic who kills people like that should say.”

“This bastard.”

The man, angered by Yeongwoo’s words, sneered and spoke in a spirited voice, tapping his left chest.

“Soon, I’ll be the one taking your place.”

Thud!

A brilliant light gathered above the man’s head.

And then, a kind of settlement message appeared in Yeongwoo’s field of vision.

「Strength has permanently increased by 100 due to the effect of the Furious Goblin.」

「The use of the pumpkin-colored whistle has been recharged.」

With the passage of a day, the goblin ring and talisman had resumed functioning.

‘Now I can call Yeongtae again.’

As Yeongwoo unconsciously smiled at this thought, the Gyeongbuk’s Strongest Sword (Advanced) looked puzzled, unaware of the situation.

“What the fuck is going on again, you bastard.”

Then.

Swoosh!

He immediately attempted a sharp stab.

He didn’t know what it was, but it felt unpleasant, so he wanted to kill him quickly.

At that moment, a golden flash activated, absorbing the man’s senses.

However.

「The sensation value has temporarily increased from the original 100 to 1,240.」

‘What…?’

The sensation value Yeongwoo absorbed through the golden flash was a whopping 1,140.

In other words, the opponent’s sense value was in the 2000s.

‘Crazy, that’s why he’s so confident.’

Yeongwoo felt a chill down his spine as he narrowly avoided the opponent’s stab.

‘My total stats are barely 1,700.’

In contrast, the opponent’s sense value alone exceeds 2,000.

Then how high were the other stats like strength, stamina, and durability?

Swoosh!

Another stab came at him.

At the same time, the holographic guide of the Gyeongbuk Swordsmanship instructed him to twist his body instead of extending the sword.

It implied that the opponent was not someone to be dealt with by strength alone.

‘This is bad.’

A sense of defeat crept in.

It might be a premature judgement, but fights at the level of the Strongest Sword could be a matter of life and death within a tenth of a second.

In the end, while narrowly avoiding the opponent’s sword, Yeongwoo shouted into the air.

“Everyone, run!”

…!

Those who had been watching with fascination, sensing the superiority of the current Strongest Sword Yeongwoo, were startled when they heard the command to run coming from Yeongwoo himself.

‘… He’s losing.’

‘The challenger is stronger.’

‘If Jeong Yeongwoo dies, who’s next…?’

Everyone quickly grasped the situation and began to react, and it took less than a second.

In the meantime, the two Strongest Swords were already in their eighth clash, and everyone except Jongsu started running outside the lobby.

Tadaat!

Most of the people here already had skills surpassing ordinary levels.

As skilled as they were, their movements were quite fast, but it was still ridiculously inadequate to avoid the Strongest Sword’s attacks.

“Where are you going!”

The eyes of the man who was close to Yeongwoo glared at him, and soon a golden wave emanated from his body.

Whoosh!

It was one of the privileges of the Strongest Sword, ‘Aura of the Strongest Sword.’

“Whoa!”

“Ugh…!”

The wave swept through the battlefield terrifyingly, causing those who were fleeing to freeze in their tracks.

None of them possessed the momentum or mental strength to confront the Strongest Sword.

Only Seong Yerin, the leader in this area, managed to move with effort and spat out curses.

“Fuck, what… what is this again?”

Encountering the battle stance of the Strongest Sword for the first time, she felt utterly helpless.

Just by displaying it, he could hold everyone in place?

What kind of ridiculous power was this…?

“Wait right there. I’ll kill this guy first, and then I’ll make holes in all of you.”

With a malicious remark, the man tried to attack Yeongwoo with even more intense force.

Yeongwoo continued to evade the attacks as he had done so far, but his limits were approaching.

The opponent’s attack speed was faster than his actual dodging ability, probably because the opponent’s strength was much higher.

Without the support of Gyeongbuk Swordsmanship, he would have been defeated much earlier.

‘My concentration is gradually breaking down. At this rate…’

Swoosh!

As Yeongwoo felt the attack barely brushing against his ear, he checked for elements that could create variables.

Firstly, ‘Yeongtae.’

「Pumpkin-Colored Whistle」 – Legendary Necklace

【Summon a friend.】

|Yeongtae.

A whistle that could summon a mutant friend with whom Yeongwoo successfully shook hands.

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He could summon the friend up to two times a day, and the summoning count was fully charged at the moment.

The second and last element was the ‘Blue Blood,’ a mutant potion.

【Strength increased by 30% for 10 minutes.】

【Usage count: 4】

A kind of doping potion, the ‘Blue Blood.’

Although his pure stats were not high, the practical effect was considerable, especially since his strength was the highest among all stats at 700.

‘Are these the only two…?’

If he had to mention one more, there was the ‘Golden Punishment,’ which inflicted pain on the opponent if his attacks landed.

‘But it’s difficult even to avoid, let alone land an attack.’

Yeongwoo twisted his body once again with a feeling of despair.

Swoosh!

However, his body had already started to feel sluggish, and blood oozed from the waist where the opponent’s blade had grazed.

‘Good grief, not even three years, but three days.’

Yeongwoo made a self-deprecating joke.

Originally, according to fate, he would have died at the hands of a guest in three years, but thanks to the reset, he had died much faster than that.

“Ah, damn it!”

Finally, Yeongwoo also emitted a golden wave from his entire body while filling his pupils.

Whoosh!

“Oh.”

At that moment, the man flinched momentarily, and Yeongwoo took advantage of this to leap backward.

Thud!

“What, he just escaped after making a big fuss?”

The man who easily shrugged off Yeongwoo’s aura of superiority followed with open mockery, and in the meantime, Yeongwoo…

Swish!

Swiftly pulled out the ‘Blue Blood’ from his pocket and stuffed it into his mouth.

By the way.

Crunch!

“Cough!”

The elongated glass bottle shattered in his mouth, tearing apart his tongue and flesh, but Yeongwoo had no time to even open the lid.

“Kwaaah!”

Intense pain struck to the point where his face crumpled, but the wounds inside and outside his mouth soon healed.

Thanks to the ‘Slime’s Core’ attached to his body.

「Slime’s Core」 – Mutant Bracelet

【Rapid increase in regeneration ability.】

Of course, those who didn’t know about these circumstances, including Gyeongbuk’s Strongest Sword (Advanced) and the Women alliance, considered it a mysterious event.

“This guy, what is he doing?”

“Wh-what was that just now…?”

“Gasp?”

However, the miracle wasn’t just Yeongwoo’s insane regeneration.

Following that…

Swoosh.

Yeongwoo pressed the whistle against his mouth.

“…!”

Because of what they had seen earlier, everyone in the room, including the man, was overcome with an ominous feeling.

Piiiriiiriiiing!

When the sound of the whistle actually echoed, everyone screamed in unison.

「Friend, Yeongtae answers your call and is summoned.」

An alert for summoning appeared for Yeongwoo, causing the ambient light to temporarily decrease, and then…

「Yaaaah!」

The voice of mutant Hong Yeongtae resonated faintly from somewhere beyond the ceiling.

‘Ah, could it be.’

Yeongwoo reflexively raised his head to look at the tightly sealed ceiling.

Then.

Crackle, crackle!

Irregular cracking sounds gradually approached, getting closer and closer.

It was probably breaking through the ceiling and floor of each floor in sequence.

And finally.

Crack!

Hong Yeongtae, a mutant friend with the body of a giant and the soul of a human, appeared by breaking through the lobby ceiling of the first floor.

「Uwaaah!」

Yeongtae smashed the lobby floor with his fur-covered buttocks, and then, with his large hand adorned with sharp claws, he felt around his waist.

And then.

「Uwah!」

As if realizing belatedly that he had been summoned, he opened his long snout and looked surprised.

Why?

「No?」

He realized that he had landed in a motel lobby full of women.

The next moment, Yeongtae, the mutant friend, discovered his summoner Yeongwoo.

「Oh, Yeongwoo.」

The tone seemed to ask why he was in such a place.

In response, Yeongwoo pointed his sword at the man on the other side.

“Get yourself together. That guy over there is the enemy. He’s extremely strong, so help me out a bit.”

「What?」

Yeongtae was so surprised that Yeongwoo, who had defeated him, would call someone strong.

Yeongtae, still taken aback, turned his snout to look at the man.

In the meantime, the man also looked puzzled, as he were staring at a fallen beast from the sky.

“What is this?”

Even the man’s dialogue conveyed a sense of fear.

It’s understandable.

[Yeongwoo’s Friend – Hong Yeongtae]

Above Yeongtae’s head was a tag that nobody except those involved could understand.

Being able to summon a mutant was mind-blowing enough, but ‘friend’?

Where and what on earth was happening?

“What… the fuck is this?”

As the man alternated his gaze between Yeongwoo and Yeongtae with widened pupils, the air of authority he had been emanating momentarily faded away.

Seemingly shocked, he couldn’t maintain his authority.

Then.

Swish!

Dozens of Women alliance members in the room were released from their restraints, and almost simultaneously, Seong Yerin let out a scream filled with malice.

“Attack everyone…!”

[Translator – Night]

[Proofreader – Gun]