Chapter 205
Chapter 205
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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 205
Chapter Title: 47. Defense Expert (1)
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“What……?”
At Young-woo’s request for bombardment, Kim Il-sung’s eyes, which had been tightly shut until now, snapped open.
But by then, from the sky above.
Kwaaaa……!
A laser strike—likely inputted with coordinates by General Kim Young-heum himself—was already shooting down.
Large enough to swallow not just Kim Il-sung’s head, but dozens of meters around him.
His output module still wasn’t assembled.
“At this rate, you won’t make it out alive either.”
Kim Il-sung let out a hollow laugh, stunned by the laser strike’s outrageous strike radius.
Then he looked up to find his opponent.
-Bbat……!
But the bastard was already riding some frog and rapidly fleeing the scene.
“W-Wait a second!”
Realizing he’d be left alone in this field of Benzes to face death, Kim Il-sung’s eyes filled with bewilderment as he propped up his upper body.
That was when he spotted the Chosun First Sword, riding the frog, glancing back.
And its pupils reflecting a pure white glow.
“……!”
Soon, Kim Il-sung’s vision began to turn white from the top down.
The laser strike was descending right above his head.
“Ah.”
As Kim Il-sung let out a final gasp, sensing his end, Young-woo beckoned to the golden goblin.
Signaling it to bring the golden orb.
-Keeit!
The goblin rushed over, cradling the orb in its left hand, and right then, the laser barrage fired from the Returner’s Room engulfed Kim Il-sung.
Kwaaaaa……!
“Goodbye, Chairman Kim.”
Young-woo bid farewell to Kim Il-sung.
Then.
Tap.
He placed his hand on the golden orb the goblin held out.
The orb shot up toward the sky, opposite the laser strike, tracing a golden trail.
Piiiiiing!
The golden orb rocketed upward with enough force to pierce the clouds.
And finally.
Boom boom boom!
It reached the edge of the sky and burst into golden fireworks.
“Aah…….”
“Good lord.”
From afar, Gangnam residents and Seoul’s First Swords, watching the scene, gaped at the golden waves spreading across the heavens.
They were used to golden rain by now, but seeing it pour over hundreds of Benzes was a first.
Swaaaaa……!
The golden light that had painted the entire sky now began to fall to the earth, creating a spectacular sight.
《Chosun First Sword ‘Jung Young-woo07’ has forfeited the 3 million karma monopoly and gifted 30,000 karma to all Gangnam residents.》
《30,000 karma will soon be distributed in commemorative coin form. Prepare yourselves.》
Karma distribution messages appeared amid the golden rain.
And soon after.
Pop, pop!
Three commemorative coins materialized before the eyes of everyone in Gangnam.
“Is it really over now?”
Young-woo swiftly snatched his allocated coins, but his gaze remained fixed on the achievement message floating in the air.
Ping!
[Golden Typhoon]
|Summon golden rain in one of the following four ways. (2/4)
=When seven or more Mutated Beings are nearby.
=#The moment a Head of State dies.
He had finally achieved the second condition of the ‘Golden Typhoon.’
‘Just two left now.’
-North American continent.
-#Chaebol, #Dragonkin when two beings with these traits fight each other.
-When a Rank 2 or higher otherworldly being visits.
Just two more out of the three remaining conditions, and the Golden Typhoon achievement would be complete.
‘Meeting a chaebol and dragonkin pair should be doable tomorrow or the day after… The problem is the other one.’
He’d have to lure a Rank 2 or higher otherworldly being to Earth, or head to the North American continent to drop golden rain there.
‘The latter seems more realistically feasible. Land connections are highly likely soon.’
Reset Stage 3, Pangea.
Young-woo already had a related achievement, and the council’s prior warning had revealed that Stage 3 procedures were approaching.
In other words, within days, land routes straight to North America would open, and national borders would merge.
Of course, that event would mostly mean another catastrophe.
“…….”
As Young-woo envisioned the near-future ahead, the golden goblin approached and pointed ahead with its tiny finger.
-Kikit! Kit!
“…What is it?”
Young-woo naturally looked where the goblin pointed.
“Ah.”
There, the orbs left by Kim Il-sung and the two dictators floated abruptly.
“Right. Those guys were Mutated Beings too.”
Young-woo tapped the forehead of PoPo Tenta carrying him, directing it toward the orbs.
-Bbat……!
The creature began hopping over the Benz field toward the spot where Kim Il-sung had vanished.
Kim Il-sung had been a towering six meters tall, so the site of his laser annihilation left a perfect 大-shaped silhouette.
Following the massive hole in the Cheongna Bridge, another kind of landmark had been born.
“Man… We could slap a plaque here saying ‘Site of Kim Il-sung’s Death,’ huh?”
Jung-gu, who had approached Young-woo in the meantime, inspected the dictator’s traces with wonder.
Meanwhile, Young-woo was a bit disappointed that the Kim trio’s orbs looked no different from a regular Mutated Being’s.
‘Mutated Beings are still just Mutated Beings, huh.’
Well, even the Poison Dragon Im Kwang-ho’s orb had no special features.
Just the post-death alert and separate rewards.
‘So these guys are the same? In terms of existential stature, the dictator trio should rank higher than Im Kwang-ho.’
The moment Young-woo thought that,
「The Legendary Evil has been defeated by Chosun First Sword ‘Jung Young-woo07’!」
Just like when he slew the dragon, an alert appeared, followed by the Mutated Gear within the burst orb being acquired.
Paat!
「Olivine」 - Mutated Gem
【Slot: Dragonkin Resistance 10%】
【Special Gem #4】
“Oh… What’s this?”
A gem gear after so long.
It even had a resistance type he’d never seen before—‘Dragonkin’—and below it, a tooltip of unknown purpose.
‘Special Gem #4… What’s that? Some collection effect?’
From the circumstances, this was the Poison Dragon’s standard loot.
Meaning the orb Kim Il-sung used at his death was Im Kwang-ho’s.
‘Then the orbs left by the Kims won’t be usable either?’
He’d originally planned to use one for tonight’s dungeon entry.
But using an orb at night wouldn’t trigger golden rain, and thus no fixed reward of Mutated Gear.
Therefore.
‘Gotta snag another orb for the dungeon.’
Young-woo quickly concluded, then instructed the goblin to recover the orb while cautioning it.
“That one’s special. Don’t use it for the dungeon. Got it?”
-Keee……!
The goblin nodded, letting out a long cry as if it understood.
Then it strode forward and stowed the dictator’s orb in its subspace pouch.
Swoosh.
With that, the North Korea operation was wrapped up.
“…Whew.”
As Young-woo finally exhaled a long breath, Jung-gu, who’d been fidgeting beside him, asked.
“So it’s really all done now?”
“Yeah. Pretty much. We’ve put out all the urgent fires.”
Of course, some minor tasks remained.
First, install the dragon heart, and check the ‘Legendary Evil’ defeat reward coming via tax accountant Kubu.
Plus the ‘Black Legend’ achievement reward.
‘Chairman didn’t run an ad this time. Must be super busy.’
Young-woo glanced at the sky, and Jung-gu, squatting on the ground, nudged his shin.
“…What’re you doing since earlier?”
“Urgent stuff’s done, so check this out.”
“What the…….”
Young-woo irritably looked down again, and his pupils dilated instantly.
Jung-gu was holding out a handful of crimson coins.
These were probably.
“Ah, Eunpyeong.”
The money that Eunpyeong First Sword Kim Hyeong-gyu had lost to the yakshas.
The bag of cash that had been dumped across the Benz field below.
“What do we do with all this money? Takes forever to pick up.”
Jung-gu spoke worriedly, but Young-woo focused elsewhere entirely.
“We fired a few laser strikes around here… And this many coins survived?”
The yakshas must have dropped the coin bag when Young-woo counterattacked them.
In other words, around the time the ‘brazier’ hiding Kim Jong-un was floating in the sky.
‘That bag definitely took a direct laser hit.’
This was almost certain.
Because the general’s laser barrage was what shot down that brazier.
So, to recap.
‘The coins didn’t vanish even after a laser strike. And laser strikes are weapons even Vajra Yakshas can’t withstand… Meaning.’
The coins themselves had insane durability.
‘Universal cosmic currency? Material that can tank laser barrages?’
As Young-woo’s mind began spinning rapidly again, Jung-gu nudged his leg once more.
“Hey, people are coming.”
“……?”
Young-woo turned, and there, Seoul’s First Swords were approaching one by one from afar.
Now that the battle seemed truly over, they were coming to exchange greetings.
After all, Jung Young-woo had even killed the seemingly unkillable Kim Il-sung.
Seoul had no reason left not to bow to him.
“G-Great work out there.”
“…You did it in the end.”
The First Swords, greeting Young-woo one after another with awkwardness, showed even more rigid attitudes than before.
Jung Young-woo hadn’t seemed approachable before, but now he didn’t even feel human.
Nothing about his power, gear, or mindset was ordinary.
Like an alien wearing human skin, protecting the human world.
Of course, that ‘protection’ came with a price tag.
“So, everyone enjoyed the show?”
Still riding PoPo Tenta, Young-woo clapped once, and the First Swords looked at him with fearful eyes.
“…….”
Then Young-woo picked up a single karma coin from the pile Jung-gu clutched.
“Shall we discuss defense fees now?”