Chapter 204
Chapter 204
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 205
Chapter Title: Nayeo-ju Saves the World Part 2 Chapter 25
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The centipede's sharp fangs were deeply embedded in Jang Su-ho's shoulder.
The shield that could protect his body was already lying on the ground.
"You, you... why......"
"You okay, Nayeo-ju?"
His voice came out strangled, like his throat was being choked. All I could do was nod.
Whoosh—! Thwack!
Jang Su-ho, who had given me a faint smile, silently grabbed the tail of a monster flying at him from the side with one hand.
"That's all that matters."
With those words, Jang Su-ho's eyes began to slowly turn red.
"Grrr......"
A low growl started coming from the mouth that had just moments ago been worried about Nayeo-ju.
Veins bulged thickly on the hand gripping the centipede's tail.
Crack, crack.
Jang Su-ho's fingers dug deeper and deeper, crushing the monster's sleek, iron-hard exoskeleton.
"Kieeeek!"
'Stuki' tried desperately to pull away, sinking its fangs even deeper into Jang Su-ho's body.
But that effort ended in mere thrashing.
Crunch!
Splurt—!
Finally, Jang Su-ho's hand, fully buried inside, tore off the centipede's tail.
"Kee-ee-ee-ee!"
"Grrr."
Jang Su-ho's eyes, now completely red with no trace of his black pupils, looked down at the writhing 'Stuki' on the ground and let out a laugh.
It was a sneer, with only one corner of his mouth curled up—the kind reserved for the weak.
He roughly shook off the black monster ichor soaking his right hand and turned toward the centipede. His toe caught on something heavy.
It was his ever-enduring iron shield.
Thud.
He kicked it aside carelessly and walked toward 'Stuki'.
Step, step.
"Kieek! Gkeek!"
It had lost its tail stinger, but the dungeon's master still had sharp fangs and a body full of venom.
The massive creature reared up and charged at Jang Su-ho with tremendous speed.
But Jang Su-ho was faster.
Using one leg as a pivot, he spun his body, and his kick shattered the centipede's shell, sending its body flying far away.
Bam!
"Keeek!"
A cloud of sandy dust rose around the tumbling monster.
Scrape—!
Realizing it had no chance like this, 'Stuki' burrowed into the ground.
It planned to hide deep underground and bide its time.
But it didn't get far.
"Kiii-ee-ee!"
It heard its mate's agonized scream again.
As soon as its opponent fled, Jang Su-ho—no, whatever Jang Su-ho had become—switched targets immediately.
"S-Su-ho oppa......"
The terrified Seong Yo-na backed away, calling his name, but the berserk Jang Su-ho didn't even glance her way.
"Kii, kiik."
'Scolki', impaled on Kang Han's heavy spear like a lab specimen, couldn't even flee from the approaching red-eyed monster.
"Grrrrr......"
Approaching 'Scolki' slowly, like toying with prey, Jang Su-ho began ripping off its head with his bare hands.
"Kiii-ee-ee! Krk."
He didn't even block the centipede's bites.
He just twisted 'Scolki's neck even harder, matching every bite it took out of him.
Faced with the overwhelming difference in strength, the monster could no longer hold out.
Crack—!
Soon, the head fully severed from the body flew high into the air.
Splaaash—!
In that moment, 'Scolki's black ichor became the first rain in the desert dungeon.
Whoosh!
'Stuki' burst up through the sand.
"Kiiiiii!"
Driven by a single-minded desire for revenge, it threw everything it had at him.
But...
Clack!
Jang Su-ho's grip caught its lower jaw.
Chomp, chomp!
'Stuki's fangs tore wildly at Jang Su-ho's hand holding its jaw.
But Jang Su-ho showed no sign of pain, ignoring his hand completely.
He glanced around, spotted Kang Han's heavy spear still stuck in the ground, and grinned like a child.
Whoosh.
Jang Su-ho pulled up the heavy spear.
Then, holding it lightly like a tree branch, he thrust it straight into 'Stuki's neck.
Squelch!
With a sound like stabbing soft fruit, the spear tip protruded from the top of the monster's head.
"Kii, ki......"
In the end, unable to avenge its mate, the centipede oxidized into black ash with a death rattle.
"Grrr."
Having lost two of his fun toys so suddenly, Jang Su-ho's mood soured.
His head was still burning hot, his body boiling, but there was no outlet left for that heat.
"Jang Su-ho."
"Grrk."
Spotting Kang Han approaching, Jang Su-ho began breathing heavily.
Found him.
A worthy opponent.
One that would be incomparably more enjoyable than those pathetic toys.
Battle lust boiled over, making his mind hazy, and blue veins surged across Jang Su-ho's body.
"Get a hold of yourself, Jang Su-ho."
Kang Han spoke low to calm him, but it was useless.
With only beastly instincts left, Jang Su-ho laughed, drool dripping from his mouth without a care.
'Looks like we have to fight after all.'
As Kang Han clicked his tongue at the heavy spear still in Jang Su-ho's hand and summoned lightning into both palms...
A small hand suddenly appeared with a loud smack, striking Jang Su-ho's nape with full force.
Thwack—!
"You idiot!"
"Are you crazy? Do you want to die?!"
After smacking the back of Jang Su-ho's head like he was an enemy, I laid into his broad back with slaps that echoed loudly.
"Nayeo-ju unnie!"
"Noona, it's dangerous right now! Stop!"
"Agh, why is this unnie so strong?!"
"She's pissed! That's why!"
With Seong Yo-na and the Yu-chan twins holding my arms, I yelled at Jang Su-ho, my anger not subsiding.
"There's a limit to stupidity! Do you want to die, you moron?!"
Every time he'd been bitten by the centipede, every time he'd been exposed to its fluids, any gratitude I'd felt for his sacrifices for me had evaporated.
Ignoring his own body to play around with monsters—what kind of brainless idiot does that?
"Let me go! I still need to hit that jerk more!"
"Noona! Su-ho hyung isn't in his right mind! If you mess with him now, you could get hurt too!"
Lee Yu-chan clung to my waist and shouted.
But he didn't know.
"Not in his right mind? Look at him! He's fine now!"
Jang Su-ho was slowly lifting his head, and his eyes had been back to normal for a while.
"Huh......?"
"R-Really?"
"Ugh, let go already. What do these kids eat to be this strong?"
I finally shook off the three kids and walked back to Jang Su-ho.
"Hey, Jang Su-ho."
"N-Nayeo-ju-ya......"
"Take off your clothes first."
I hurriedly stripped off Jang Su-ho's venom-soaked clothes.
"Don't just stand there! Pants too!"
"Uh, uh yeah."
At my urging, Jang Su-ho finally shuffled and pulled off his pants.
I wanted to strip him down to nothing, but I held back since the cameras were probably broadcasting to the whole nation.
"You, damn it......"
Now stripped, his entire body was visibly blue from the poison.
Especially his shoulder and left hand, bitten multiple times, were webbed with bulging blue veins.
I couldn't hold back the tears welling up and yelled.
"Who told you to treat your body like that! Get your head straight!"
"Nayeo-ju-ya, are you crying......?"
"How could I not? You're one slip away from death, and I shouldn't cry?!"
"Sorry. I didn't mean to. I wasn't in my right mind then......"
"Shut up, you jerk!"
I swatted away the status window in front of me and dumped a stamina-boosting tonic and an intermediate stamina potion into my mouth at once.
Since he'd been bitten evenly by both centipedes, one bottle wouldn't cut it.
'I'm already over the five-item limit anyway—one or two more won't matter.'
The system warnings about drug overuse and estimated detox times crowding my view didn't matter right now.
I pulled Jang Su-ho's bare body tightly against mine for maximum skin contact and said to Kang Han.
"Guild Master, take good care of me."
Because a harsh penalty was coming soon.