Chapter 61
Chapter 61
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 61
Chapter Title: The Heroine Saves the World
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‘Holy shit, this is terrifying.’
The pressure from Jang Su-ho, now fully in berserker mode, was beyond imagination.
There were a good three moments where I was tempted to hide behind Kang Han and beg him to knock the guy out so we could bolt.
But I held it together. Good job, me.
Feeling the heavy weight of Jang Su-ho slumped against my shoulder, I glanced at the camera filming us.
‘Perfect.’
The black lens had us captured perfectly.
Now people wouldn’t think Jang Su-ho was some uncontrollable ticking time bomb anymore.
And the attack power he’d shown in berserker mode was flawless.
He’d taken down dozens of goblins and three variant Giant Wingbats without using a single skill.
Especially that image of him ripping monsters apart with his bare hands—it must be burned into the minds of everyone watching the broadcast.
This attempt had been a gamble for me too.
I’d had to stand in front of him completely unarmed so he could clearly recognize me.
“Haa.”
I let out a small sigh of relief.
‘Oh, right. How bad’s his addiction rate right now?’
He’d gone full berserker, so I needed to deal with that first.
‘Eek.’
90%?
At this level, it wouldn’t be strange if he lost his reason again and rampaged at any moment.
To think I’d been carrying this guy on my neck.
I quickly activated my skill.
Purification efficiency had improved even more.
But it still wasn’t enough.
I couldn’t send Jang Su-ho out of the dungeon alone right now either.
I needed to get it below at least 40% to feel safe.
But my stamina was low too.
This was from using the skill on Jang Su-ho before entering the dungeon and walking around for a while after.
I figured I’d just burn 25 stamina to purify him first, then drink one of the potions I’d brought.
‘What’s that supposed to mean?’
‘Expand the contact area?’
I looked down at Jang Su-ho, still leaning against me.
‘But he’s all covered in black right now.’
“Haa.”
No helping it.
Expanding contact was cheaper than using expensive potions.
“Good work, Jang Su-ho.”
I spoke in a way that would look natural on camera and reached out with both hands.
One hand on his shoulder, the other wrapping around his blood-sticky nape.
‘This should do it?’
“Aaah...”
Jang Su-ho let out a low groan.
Yeah, you must’ve been through hell.
Thinking about it, Jang Su-ho had overcome an insane hurdle.
He’d entered the berserker mode he feared so much, wiped out dozens of monsters, and somehow scraped together the tiny shreds of reason left to find me.
“Nayeo-ju-ya.”
Jang Su-ho entrusted his whole body to me, murmuring wearily.
I patted his shoulder.
“Yeah, good work.”
But seriously, get off already.
You’re heavy as hell.
“Nayeo-ju unnie, my finger hurts.”
With the situation sorted, Lee Yu-eul reverted to her usual self, whining and shoving her fingertip wound at me.
“Yeah, yeah.”
“Here too, here too.”
“...There’s nothing there?”
“A goblin scratched me earlier.”
Squinting closely, I saw a tiny red scratch line.
“...Yeah, okay.”
This little punk.
Cameras are rolling, so I’ll hold back.
I healed everywhere she pointed, then turned to Lee Yu-chan.
“You hurt anywhere?”
“...Here.”
Lee Yu-chan held out his right finger.
“Isn’t that your bow finger?”
“...That’s why it hurts.”
“Ah, got it.”
Do they all turn into whiners once inside a dungeon?
I swallowed the urge to curse and healed him too.
“All done?”
Kang Han approached as I dusted off my butt and stood.
“Yeah, pretty much.”
“Then let’s move to the next section.”
He eyed the door opposite our entrance.
But we can’t do that.
Unlike official gates, guerrilla gates vanish once cleared.
No time like now.
“No monsters left in this section now.”
“Exactly. No rush, right?”
“True, but...”
“And he needs more rest anyway.”
My fingertip pointed at Jang Su-ho sprawled on the dungeon floor.
That position’s supposedly best for stamina recovery or whatever.
“Plus.”
The crap Sama Young threw at me wasn’t just crap—it was golden.
“Time to collect.”
“Cheong-su-ya, Im Cheong-su.”
I called over Im Cheong-su, who was squatting by the lying Jang Su-ho, muttering something.
“What?”
“Cheong-su time now.”
“Cheong-su time?”
“Pull out Maeng-i.”
Bringing Maeng-i straight from Garak-dong Dungeon Market was a stroke of genius.
Though the scaredy-cat had to stay in subspace the whole time.
Im Cheong-su eyed me suspiciously before pulling Maeng-i from subspace.
“Maeng-i.”
“Sleep well? Good, now time to work, Maeng-i.”
“You’re making him work?”
“Maeng-i’s a full-fledged Justice Guild member. If he’s in the dungeon, he works.”
I pointed at the hole-riddled mine shafts.
“Alright, Maeng-i. Which of those has treasure?”
Maeng-i’s specialty is ‘treasure hunting.’
No need to check each of the ten-plus shafts one by one.
Maeng-i pondered my question for a moment.
“Whoa? Hey, Im Maeng-i!”
He leaped from Im Cheong-su’s arms and trotted into the second shaft from the right.
I hurried after, followed by Maeng-i’s owner Im Cheong-su and the nosy twins.
I felt the camera crew squeezing into the narrow shaft behind us.
Im Cheong-su grumbled beside me.
“Making even a kid work. Evil boss.”
“Kid? He’s a proper familiar.”
Even if he looks like that, he’s way older than you.
We reached the end of the maze-like, tangled shafts, following the leading Maeng-i.
“Here?”
Nod nod.
Maeng-i pointed his tiny finger at one wall of the collapsed shaft.
Job done, he hopped back to Im Cheong-su’s left shoulder.
“Mischievous little thing.”
I knew from the book, and with Maeng-i, it was easy.
But how did Sama Young figure this out?
“Yu-eul-ah, dig here.”
Hidden here was the metal boasting the highest hardness in [Sejong Block]: ‘Millennium Cold Iron.’