Chapter 130
Chapter 130
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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 130
Chapter Title: 33. One Man Army (3)
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‘I can do it! No, I have to.’
*Scraaaape!*
From dozens of meters in the sky, Young-woo drew his bowstring taut and clearly read the name tag of the mutated being that had crashed into Gangnam.
[Singer-Lee Seon-ho]
‘Ah, Lee Seon-ho.’
This mutated being was another name Young-woo recognized.
Lee Seon-ho, the leader of Korea’s second-generation boy idol group ‘Zero.’
Even now, nearly twenty years after his debut, he was effectively retired from the entertainment industry, but the name Lee Seon-ho remained etched in the public’s memory.
And that was because—
—[Exclusive] ‘Zero’ Leader Lee Seon-ho Sued for Assault in Bar Brawl.
—“Sorry to the fans and Zero.” Lee Seon-ho’s First Statement After Assault Scandal.
—Assault Machine That Won’t Stop: Lee Seon-ho Faces Charges for the Fourth Time.
His personality would flip the moment alcohol entered his system, dragging him into one brawl after another.
So even Young-woo, who didn’t know Zero’s hit songs well, was familiar with their leader Lee Seon-ho’s face and infamous reputation.
‘But now he’s not even human anymore.’
What kind of monster had the king of assaults turned into?
Dust still shrouded the landing site, making it impossible to see his form clearly.
But—
*Crunch.*
The brightly glowing name tag on his opponent let Young-woo gauge the positions of his head and torso, so he released the bowstring.
*Twang!*
An immense pressure built up in front of the silvery bow’s body.
*Whiiiirrr!*
With its signature sound, the arrow launched.
‘The sound is insanely loud.’
Young-woo realized anew just how piercing the arrow’s whoosh was.
Until now, he’d been sniping one-sidedly, so the noise hadn’t bothered him much.
‘Is there no gear that can quiet it down?’
As he thought that, Young-woo swiftly twisted his body to look toward Gwangjin District.
His body had already begun its descent, leaving no time to spare.
*Scraaaape!*
Young-woo drew the bowstring again, shifting his aim to the Konkuk University campus, and spotted something rising from the dust cloud at the Gwangjin mutant’s landing site, just like in Gangnam.
“What…….”
Young-woo’s eyes widened at the unexpected movement.
The Gwangjin mutant was a wyvern—the first flying monster to appear since the reset.
—*Kieeeek!*
“…Ugh.”
Young-woo grimaced at the wyvern’s cry, which he’d never heard before. He aimed for the head below the name tag but changed his mind.
[Seoul City Councilor-Kim Seok-shin]
Its massive wings kept it hovering, shaking its head nonstop.
So in the end, Young-woo—
*Crunch, twang!*
Fired at the opponent’s enormous wing.
*Whiiiirrr!*
Another signature whoosh rang out, and by now, a sensory hijack alert appeared in Young-woo’s vision.
「Sensory stat temporarily increased from 1,400 to 3,566.」
‘What the hell, again?’
An enormous amount of sensory perception.
It must have been Lee Seon-ho from Gangnam, the first to take an arrow, sensing him.
Judging by the hijacked amount, the opponent’s base sensory stat was a whopping—
‘4,332…….’
One of the enhanced mutated beings that had started appearing since yesterday?
*Boom!*
Landing on Cheongdam Bridge right on cue, Young-woo whipped his head toward Gangnam.
‘As expected.’
Just as he’d predicted, the red pillar from Gangnam was rapidly closing in.
The first-strike victim, Lee Seon-ho, was coming for the sniper.
「Uwaaaaaah!」
From the sound of his voice echoing from afar, it seemed he’d taken the arrow solidly.
His roar carried tremendous rage.
‘Should I prioritize taking out Lee Seon-ho first?’
Stabilizing his current district of Gangnam made more sense than the now-empty Gwangjin.
*Click.*
Just as Young-woo decided to go greet Lee Seon-ho—
*Groooaaar!*
A bizarre rumble erupted behind him.
“Huh……?”
Young-woo turned to see Gwangjin District turning into a sea of fire.
“This is insane.”
The wyverns that had crashed there alongside Seoul City Councilor Kim Seok-shin had begun spewing breath attacks.
* * *
Wyvern.
Also called a flying dragon, it’s a creature of legend.
Typically seen as a lesser version of the Western dragon.
Its form has evolved countless times historically, but lately, it’s depicted as a ‘lesser dragon with front limbs fused into wings.’
Intelligence and temperament vary by the work borrowing the wyvern concept, but to differentiate from dragons, wyverns are often portrayed as more savage or less communicative.
In short—
‘A perfect monster to unleash before bringing out a dragon. Strong enough, can fly, and even breathes fire.’
Young-woo recalled his own definition of a wyvern as he gazed at the dozens spewing flames in the distance.
And among them—
「You bastard……!」
Was Seoul City Councilor Kim Seok-shin, who had pinpointed Young-woo’s position and begun flapping toward him.
The particularly massive wyvern with dark blue blood streaming from one wing.
‘It can still fly even with a hole in its wing.’
Soon after, Kim Seok-shin fully locked onto Young-woo as a target, sending his sensory stat surging again.
「Sensory stat temporarily increased from 3,566 to 4,811.」
This time, he’d siphoned 1,245 sensory perception.
Thus, wyvern-embodied Kim Seok-shin’s base sensory stat was 2,490.
‘At least in terms of stats, Lee Seon-ho is definitely stronger.’
Even comparing just sensory: 2,490 versus 4,332.
*Ta-tat!*
Young-woo hurriedly mounted Negig’s back and glanced behind.
There, the enraged Lee Seon-ho had finally reached the end of Cheongdam Bridge.
「Uwaaaaaah!」
His body appeared with a silvery arrow lodged in his throat.
[Singer-Lee Seon-ho]
It was none other than a death knight.
An undead knight clad in ashen armor over a skeletal frame.
“Ah, the boss would’ve loved this.”
Of course, it differed in appearance from the domestic version of ‘death knight,’ but Young-woo instinctively knew Lee Seon-ho had returned as a monster of considerable stature.
Its base stats alone were no joke.
「Gyeongbuk First Sword……!」
Finally, Lee Seon-ho stood tall on the opposite end of Cheongdam Bridge and bellowed the only visible text.
It was the only way to call out the madman who’d shot him.
Young-woo responded by—
“…….”
*Scraaaape.*
Silently drawing his bowstring once more.
He judged now was the time to strike, with his sensory stat at its peak.
‘Let’s see how much stronger it gets.’
「White Barrage」 - Saga Bow
【Sensory stat applied to arrow power.】
【Power increases with arrow range.】
Per the tooltip, White Barrage received power bonuses not just from range, but also from sensory stat.
And indeed—
*Twang!*
As Young-woo released the string, a pale energy unlike before gathered ahead of the bow body.
*Shiiiing…….*
Then—
*BOOOOM!*
With an explosive roar, the generated silvery arrow tore through the air like a shell.
“Urk!”
Straight toward the death knight Lee Seon-ho standing defiantly across the way.
*Shuuuuaaaaa!*
‘This is basically a cannon.’
Stunned by the sheer power, Young-woo belatedly noticed Dogo’s wedge pattern embroidered along the arrow’s trajectory.
*Shriiing!*
As the real fight began, the logo insertion kicked in.
‘Ho, do I have to do the promo line again?’
But this battle had no separate sponsorship attached.
Young-woo glanced skyward, subtly waiting for something.
Meanwhile—
「Urk!」
Lee Seon-ho, who’d received another arrow gift right after returning to this world, frantically raised his sword to deflect it.
*Claaaang!*
「Kuh!」
Sparks flew as he blocked the arrow, his body staggering for a moment. Seeing this, Young-woo immediately spurred Negig toward Gwangjin.
‘Good enough. I can take both now.’
He planned to fight this battle in Gwangjin, no choice.
Ideally, he’d kill Lee Seon-ho inside Gangnam for the golden rain, but that would mean letting the wyvern horde spill into other districts.
‘If they weren’t spewing breath attacks, I’d handle Lee Seon-ho in Gangnam first.’
Already, a few wyverns were visible trying to cross into Gangnam via the opposite Yeongdong Bridge.
So—
*Scraaaape, BOOOOM!*
Young-woo rapidly drew and fired, toppling them.
Only then did Kim Seok-shin realize.
The identity of the mounted archer who’d ambushed him out of nowhere.
「So you’re the one blocking us. Haha, what an amusing world this has become.」
Then, blocking the Gwangjin entrance to Cheongdam Bridge with his body—
*Thud.*
「Die.」
He cracked open his scale-covered maw and unleashed a flame breath.
*Fwooooosh!*
The 27-meter-wide Cheongdam Bridge was engulfed in flames, trying to swallow Young-woo whole.
‘What kind of firepower is that?’
Startled by the unreal intensity, Young-woo leaped high into the air atop Negig.
Upward, over Kim Seok-shin’s bulk blocking the bridge exit.
*Boom!*
Leaving a tiny shadow, Young-woo vanished into the sky. Kim Seok-shin, momentarily losing sight of him, lifted his head.
Then—
*Scraaaape!*
He saw the opponent vertically drawing his bowstring from the sky straight down at the ground.
「Uh……!」
Kim Seok-shin realized something had gone terribly wrong.
And Lee Seon-ho, racing to the scene, screamed from within his ashen armor—a sound close to a shriek.
「You stupid old bastard! You’re obviously gonna get yourself killed……!」
Despite his words, he was worried about Kim Seok-shin, his only ally in this world.
If the guy died now, he’d have to face the mounted archer alone.
But—
*BOOOOM!*
The follow-up explosive shot pierced Kim Seok-shin’s maw and slammed into the Han River below Cheongdam Bridge.
「Gahk……!」
A dying gasp from anyone’s view—dead in one hit.
Then, the strength suddenly drained from Kim Seok-shin’s thrashing body.
He’d died from that single strike.
「You son of a bitch!」
Gangnam’s fourth-day mutated being, death knight Lee Seon-ho, ground his teeth in anguish.
Unlike prior returnees, he was one of the rare few who’d tasted despair the instant he arrived in this world.
All because his drop zone was ‘freak’ Jeong Young-woo’s turf.
「Stay right there! I’ll kill you for sure!」
Furious, Lee Seon-ho bellowed, but Young-woo didn’t even glance back as he crossed Kim Seok-shin’s corpse into Gwangjin’s depths.
Because—
‘Ah, finally.’
[Dogo] “Shooting Practice”
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