Chapter 35
Chapter 35
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Translator: Silver Dragon
Chapter: 35
Chapter Title: 1-1 (7)
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A few hours earlier. Kim Min-jun had informed everyone of the plan.
Clear the tower as quickly as possible and return.
To do that, they had to stick to Stage 1 difficulty only.
Once the tower was cleared, they would use the growth and rewards obtained there to reclaim this hellish village.
That was Kim Min-jun's plan.
The plan he had devised alone became far more detailed and refined through discussions with Hasr and the other companions.
Each person's role, combat methods, and contingency plans for the worst-case scenarios.
The survivors prepared everything.
The village was already teeming with Blood Kin Ghost Bin and the zombies she had created.
'The number of zombies has now caught up to the number of people... This is our last shot.'
Seated on a chair in the lodging, Kim Min-jun pictured the root of this disaster in his mind.
Bin.
That female student's unique ability was Blood Kin Ghost.
A bizarre power that turned people into rampaging monsters if she didn't consume them.
She had explained it all herself to everyone.
It was the day after she had inevitably killed someone.
Even though Kim Min-jun and Hasr had opposed killing her,
the group had ultimately decided to do it, and the girl named Bin chose to fight for her life.
Many were injured and turned into zombies that day.
From that point on, things had spiraled out of control.
Everyone she killed along the way became zombies—slaves obeying the Blood Kin Ghost's commands.
The village had reached a point where normal outdoor activity was impossible unless you were inside the lodging.
Even going out to hunt was extremely dangerous.
Now, people would come one by one.
As Kim Min-jun waited, he thought of his most important companion.
Hasr.
Her ability would be a tremendous help in battle, and she played an even more crucial role than the other unique ability users.
Kim Min-jun opened the second-floor window and peered outside.
Zombies were still prowling the village.
He clenched his fist tightly.
He vowed not to squander this final chance.
A desperate fight with their lives on the line.
Even if someone died,
this monster they had created themselves.
Today, they would hunt the Blood Kin Ghost.
I had expected to arrive in Dimension 34 instantly, like any other teleportation.
But this was something else entirely?
It was clearly different from previous dimension shifts.
I was being endlessly pulled through somewhere.
This wasn't teleportation—some force was creating a special passage to move me.
This irresistible power seemed to separate the passage from all other dimensions.
The passage was like a massive tunnel piercing through countless universes.
Moving between dimensions via the key's power, rather than the system directly, took far more time.
The passage walls were like a transparent membrane, reflecting bizarre landscapes outside.
Through it, I could glimpse environments utterly unlike Earth and the unknown beings inhabiting them.
They flashed by too quickly to observe properly.
But at the very least, I could tell those beings were dozens or hundreds of times stronger than me.
Their auras were so overwhelming that even I, at this distance, could feel them.
Even though the passage existed in a half-separate dimension.
Just witnessing them triggered my unique ability, [Universal Resistance], automatically.
A dragon coiled in multicolored lights.
A grotesque entity buried under swarms of cloned robots on a planet.
Something swimming through space, firing billions of light beams.
A nebula of chaotic monsters.
Beings emitting auras alien to reality, so massive only parts of their forms were visible.
As even more overpowering entities began appearing and I started thinking it might get dangerous,
the passage suddenly reached its end. The light grew ever brighter.
And just like when I entered, a brilliant glow welcomed Oh Heon.
"So you're saying you did nothing wrong?"
Blood Kin Ghost, Bin.
She replied to the people in a cold voice.
Kim Min-jun had no desire to explain that he hadn't meant it that way.
She was an enemy they had to fight anyway.
"No. We have our sins. But you must pay the price too."
Kim Min-jun steeled his killing intent, remembering those who had died.
"Dozens of people turned into zombies because of you. The moment you gained that ability, we were destined to become enemies."
With those words, Kim Min-jun gave a small hand signal to his group.
Hasr and the others immediately assumed combat stances.
But Bin noticed nothing, completely absorbed in responding to Kim Min-jun.
Her voice was laced with injustice and rage.
"Do you think anyone wants to get a power like this?!"
"I... I just wanted to live!!..."
As the Blood Kin Ghost cried out and bowed her head,
Kim Min-jun seized the momentary opening.
He raised his hand above his shoulder—the signal to begin the assault.
Seeing it, the group held their breath for the surprise attack.
All eyes turned subtly to Hasr, who would lead the first strike.
Hasr steeled herself and prepared to activate her unique ability.
It was right then.
"What the...?"
A man appeared in a burst of light.
Kim Min-jun was so startled he nearly attacked him.
Not just him—everyone, including the Blood Kin Ghost, was thrown into confusion.
'No one should be able to spawn here at this exact time... right?'
As confusion spread among the group,
a few began cautiously observing the man.
His body was covered in blood and wounds, his breathing ragged, but his eyes were eerily calm.
It was obvious to anyone that he had endured tremendous hardship to reach this place.
Even Kim Min-jun, the leader, fell silent.
Then, one brave soul spoke up.
"Are you new here? Can we talk?"
The man ignored him, casually pulling up his status window and scanning it rapidly.
The action stirred unease among the others.
The swiftness was impossible for any newcomer to the Transcendent World.
The bizarre sight left everyone momentarily stunned.
As curiosity about the man's composure grew,
Kim Min-jun seized the golden opportunity.
He shouted to the group.
"Snap out of it, everyone! Have you forgotten why we're here?!"
His yell shattered the silence.
The group's attention shifted back from the man to the Blood Kin Ghost.
Kim Min-jun thought: He's injured, probably fled after giving up on the tower. Maybe a system glitch dumped him in our dimension.
No point speculating further. There were more pressing matters.
A few seconds after his words,
Hasr regained her focus.
She unleashed her ability.
Pzzzt—!
A bolt of blue lightning shot from her hand, striking the Blood Kin Ghost's lower body dead-on.
The lightning discharged at a speed no one could detect.
Even Oh Heon barely caught it.
The instant the lightning hit,
sharp ice surged along its path, instantly binding Bin's lower body.
She became trapped in ice creeping up her legs.
With Hasr successfully immobilizing the Blood Kin Ghost's feet, the group charged with weapons drawn at the zombies and Bin.
Hasr's unique ability:
[Freezing Lightning].
The initial bolt had no effect, but after a very brief delay,
it froze everything along its trajectory—a monstrous power anyone would envy.
The instantly formed ice was slowly freezing the Blood Kin Ghost solid.
She tried to break free, but it would take time.
In the meantime, the group was already clashing with several zombies.
Kim Min-jun and Hasr, tasked with the Blood Kin Ghost, rushed toward her.
Oh Heon, who had watched everything,
noticed some people standing back instead of charging.
Whether they couldn't fight or had other reasons, he needed information.
Oh Heon approached them slowly.
As if utterly uninterested in the battle, he asked quietly,
"Is this Dimension 34?"
One of them nodded in bewilderment.
A tall white teenager.
"Yeah. But how did you get here?"
Oh Heon thought,
'Made it to Dimension 34 properly. To return to Dimension 64...'
At that moment, he recalled the key stored in his inventory.
Movement to other dimensions: once every 10 days.
Fortunately, returning to the original dimension wasn't subject to that cooldown.
To return, he just needed to wait at least 24 hours after use.
'24 hours...'
Oh Heon said nothing more.
Seeing the people too focused on the fight to notice him, he sprang into action.
A woman watching the battle like she was praying didn't even sense him approaching before her throat was slit!
Those who missed the kill
couldn't ignore the fountain of blood gushing from her.
"Kaaack!!"
"W-What...?"
"Stay back!... Stay back!!"
His body moved like an illusion.
With a single slash, Oh Heon cut down three, beginning a true massacre.
Slash!
A gruesome scene unfolded in an instant.
No time even for screams—the rearguard's throats were severed, hearts pierced.
They died without understanding what hit them, turning into cold corpses.
After dispatching eight in a flash, Oh Heon felt no emotion from their deaths.
He strode toward the center of the square where the battle raged.
His current state:
Stats reduced by a whopping 7 from normal.
All skills downgraded one level; 1st Grade skills sealed entirely.
Massive injuries from the battle with the Giant King.
Permanent aftereffects from temporary awakening.
Despite all that, Oh Heon felled anyone in a single exchange.
His current stats: 29~27.
An extremely weakened state.
Yet still untouchable.
Oh Heon eliminated the fighters from behind, one by one.
Each swing of his sword dropped another.
Like mowing roadside weeds—indifferent, efficient slaughter.
Once the death toll exceeded fifteen, Kim Min-jun and Hasr finally sensed something wrong and turned.
Their comrades were being unilaterally massacred by the mysterious intruder.
"...That guy?"
"......"
Kim Min-jun was more shocked by the man's madness than his overwhelming strength.
Hasr was speechless at the absurd scene.
But they shared the same thought:
Kill him now.
Hasr redirected her ability at Oh Heon from restraining the Blood Kin Ghost.
Practically an instant-cast attack, he had no choice but to take it.
But it wasn't enough to stop him.
The ice didn't just crack upon formation.
It exploded outright.
The vast gap in Strength rendered the unique ability meaningless.
Seeing even Hasr's power fail, Kim Min-jun called out to the Blood Kin Ghost.
"Bin, this isn't the time to fight each other. We have to stop him first!!"
Bin, about to snap back in anger,
observed the slaughterer with her remaining rationality.
In this brief exchange, he had already killed four more.
No choice but to fight together.
She hesitated briefly, but there were no alternatives.
"After that monster's dead, you're next."
Kim Min-jun ignored her, devising a plan against the man.
Once decided, he relayed it to the Blood Kin Ghost and Hasr.
They both agreed—it was sound—and moved to execute it immediately.
Meanwhile, Oh Heon turned everyone into EXP and gold.
Now, he walked slowly toward them without even running.
Arrogant disdain.
Enraged, the Blood Kin Ghost led her remaining ten or so zombies straight at Oh Heon.
She charged as if to clash immediately.
Oh Heon prepared to cut her down.
But just before his sword reached, she cunningly twisted away.
Suddenly, zombies surged at impossible speeds, blocking him like shields.
Speeds beyond zombie stats.
Oh Heon saw through it as the Blood Kin Ghost's power and casually sliced them down one after another.
The stench of rotting flesh assaulted his nose.
During this, Hasr kept firing her ability every few seconds, but to no effect.
Meanwhile, Kim Min-jun dashed through the village buildings.
To flank Oh Heon.
Just before the zombies fell, he emerged from the alley behind.
He closed in fast on the man who had slaughtered his people.
The nearby Blood Kin Ghost moved to attack simultaneously.
Kim Min-jun was slightly closer; Oh Heon turned to handle him first.
Right before Kim Min-jun swung his sword.
A massive hemispherical barrier formed in front of him.
Kim Min-jun's unique ability: [Hemisphere Barrier].
It created a hemispherical shield. An absolute defense never broken before.
Seizing the moment, the Blood Kin Ghost closed in for another attack.
Once blocked by the barrier, her immediate follow-up—if it landed even once—
would turn the slaughterer into a zombie gradually via the wound.
That was their plan.
They thought it had succeeded.
Kim Min-jun's unique ability. An absolute defense never broken before.
Oh Heon drew up just a tiny bit of his demi-god power.
Only now did he use it.
Until then, he'd conserved energy to focus on recovery.
The speed and power of his demon sword visibly surged.
He swung normally.
But the strike shattered the [Hemisphere Barrier] like glass, then cleaved Kim Min-jun's body without pause.
Bang!
The instant-kill on Kim Min-jun didn't stop there.
Drawing a black arc, it sliced the Blood Kin Ghost attacking from behind.
The one thing they hadn't anticipated:
No rankers in Dimension 34.
Thus, no knowledge of top-tier power.
And Oh Heon was
the number one who dominated those elites.
The vast stat gap rendered any ability useless.
Fully aware of this, Oh Heon had assessed everyone's stats upon arrival in Dimension 34
and begun the massacre.
As their hopeful plan collapsed, Hasr was overwhelmed by mental shock and terror.
"P-Please... spare me..."
"My ability... it's really good... You saw it, please just let me live once..."
Oh Heon ignored her, checking the system messages.
To precisely tally the EXP and gold from the kills.
His mood soured a bit.
Of all dimensions, a weak one?
Bad pick.
Not even one level-up from wiping out a whole dimension.
Fewer people than a typical dimension too.
Oh Heon chalked it up to bad luck.
He paid no heed to the screaming woman before him.
And casually ended her life like swatting a bug.
Oh Heon surveyed the empty spawn point.
Dimension 34 was now
the quietest dimension in the Transcendent World.