Absolute Dweller-Chapter 233

Kim Myung-hwan, having severed the giant’s head, lightly jumped off the collapsing body of the giant.

It was like jumping off the top of an apartment building, but there was no trace of fear in his eyes.

Instead, his eyes gleamed as he scanned the surroundings.

In his line of sight, he saw five or six people.

They were staring up at him vacantly from inside a house. If things continued, they would be crushed under the giant’s corpse.

Rescuing them was simple.

One more strike on the giant’s corpse with his sword would be enough.

However,

‘There may be other survivors nearby.’

It was possible that survivors, who he hadn’t noticed, could get crushed under the giant’s body.

‘I need to minimize the parts touching the ground.’

Kim Myung-hwan briefly surveyed the giant’s body as it fell and adjusted his angle.

Whoosh!

He thrust the large sword, which he had just used to behead the giant, into his thigh.

The wound tore open long and deep, and his falling speed rapidly decreased. By the time he reached knee level, he was able to completely stop.

At that point, Kim Myung-hwan angled his feet towards the giant’s body and kicked with all his might.

Crack!

As the giant’s leg shattered, Kim Myung-hwan’s body was catapulted like a shell.

Boom!

The concrete floor cracked loudly.

“Ahhh!”

The startled screams of the people echoed.

Kim Myung-hwan looked up at the sky, trying to gauge their location.

As he had intended, the giant’s body was now kneeling, with its legs broken.

‘Now I just need to balance it.’

He glanced down at the large sword in his hand.

It had been brand new just this morning.

It was an enchanted weapon with durability enhancement, yet it had been completely ruined.

It had been destroyed in the process of cutting through the cyclops's tough skin and dense muscles.

‘Just hold on for a bit more.’

He promised himself and pushed his feet to leap forward.

The tip of his sword, in a thrusting position, was aimed at the cyclops's solar plexus.

Thrust!

The sword, now worn down, plunged into the cyclops’s solar plexus.

Before it could go completely through,

Crack!

The sword broke halfway through due to its deteriorating durability.

As a result, the force was dispersed.

‘Damn it.’

Kim Myung-hwan, just like when he broke the giant's leg earlier, kicked the cyclops’s solar plexus with all his might using both feet.

Even then, it was still a little lacking.

At that moment,

“Uwaaa!”

A gorilla monster suddenly appeared, rushing past him and shoulder-checking the giant’s solar plexus.

It seemed to have read Kim Myung-hwan’s intentions.

‘What’s that?’

At the same time, the giant’s body, which had been leaning forward, completed its kneeling position.

It looked unstable, but that didn’t matter.

Zing—

The giant’s corpse was already being disintegrated in real time.

“Phew.”

Kim Myung-hwan, realizing the situation had been handled, turned his gaze toward the gorilla monster.

The gorilla, upon making eye contact with him, quickly hid.

It had been in the same area where the survivors were earlier, so he quickly followed.

“No!”

A child in a school uniform was standing in front of the gorilla, blocking its path.

‘I can roughly understand what’s going on.’

Though he didn’t speak Japanese, he could understand the flow of the conversation.

If the gorilla monster had truly been a monster, it wouldn’t have risked its life to body-check the giant.

Since he was already aware of mutants, it wasn’t hard to guess that the gorilla was one.

Crackle—

“Ah, ah. This is Tiger. This is Tiger. I’ve found a survivor who is likely a mutant. The location is directly in front of the giant’s corpse. Requesting support, over.”

He spoke into the radio, and the response came quickly.

[Crackle— This is Eagle. This is Eagle. We’ll be there shortly. Over.]

Fortunately, the standoff didn’t last long.

A large bird carrying two humans landed on a rooftop.

“Thank you for your hard work, Commanding Officer. Leave this to me.”

Behind Cho Chan-wook, the squad leader, was a human with an unusual appearance.

While he appeared mostly human, both of his eyes were pitch-black, and two pairs of wings grew from his back.

It was hard to call him fully human.

Half human, half monster, he spoke fluently in Japanese to the survivors.

“We don’t have much time, so let’s get to the point. You there, mutant. Don’t you want to return to your human form?”

Returning to human form.

It was something all mutants who had regained their sanity desperately wished for.

Hearing this, even the gorilla monster, who had been frightened, showed interest.

“I was once like you. But now, as you can see, I’ve returned to a human form. Although I’m not perfect, of course.”

The survivors around them reacted violently, not just the gorilla monster.

“Is that really true? Can my father really return to his original form?”

“That’s right. However, there is no time for mutants. The longer you wait, the less likely it is that you’ll regain your human form. You must make a decision quickly. Will you come with me, or will you stay as you are?”

For them, there was only one choice.

“I’ll go!”

Kim Myung-hwan didn’t understand any Japanese, but he could tell from the survivors' reactions and expressions what was happening.

‘Even though it’s a monster’s appearance, they’re much less wary now.’

Seeing the survivors quickly trust him, he felt that, though he didn’t know the words, he was handling people well.

‘I think I can leave them with peace of mind.’

It was then.

[Crackle— This is Rattlesnake, this is Rattlesnake! High-level monster sighted in Bravo District 11! Requesting support!]

As soon as the message came through the radio, Kim Myung-hwan jumped without hesitation.

A Kellycan, assigned specifically for him, dove down sharply and snatched him up.

Holding onto the Kellycan’s talons with one hand, he pointed toward Bravo District 11 with the other.

“Let’s head there.”

As they moved toward District 11, he was able to locate the ongoing fight.

Though it wasn’t as large as the cyclops, a dog, about the size of a two-story building, was rampaging in the area.

The thick green spines sprouting from its elongated neck were glowing and dripping poison, and its skin looked infected, with black, worm-like creatures wriggling beneath its sides.

The grotesque monster, even as bullets rained down on it in real-time, remained unfazed.

Boom!

A grenade exploded, pushing the monster back for a moment, but it didn’t seem to have dealt a meaningful blow.

Kim Myung-hwan didn’t need to give any orders to the Kellycan.

It had already located the battle zone and was diving toward it.

When it flew to the right spot, he let go and fell toward the ground.

At the same time,

Zing—

A large sword appeared from his inventory.

It was the same design and performance as the one that had been ruined during the cyclops hunt.

Slash!

The sword struck the monster’s neck in a single blow.

***

[You have hunted the Giant Poison Hound (Lv. 41).]

[You have gained experience.]

[2,833,013,822 won has been deposited into the Absolute Master’s wallet.]

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Kim Myung-hwan’s appearance at level 60 was nothing short of overwhelming.

‘As expected, I made the right choice.’

Originally, Kim Myung-hwan’s specialty wasn’t the sword, but rather firearms.

He had caught attention initially because of his excellent shooting skills, earning the "Sharpshooter" title.

However, he wasn’t an awakened one, and without the power of an awakening ability, there were clear limitations to his gun skills.

He was well aware of those limitations.

But Kim Myung-hwan always aimed higher than where he was and, after much thought, chose to wield the sword.

The result was, as seen, a great success.

Kim Myung-hwan was a genius with the sword.

There was a reason why his level had increased so rapidly.

‘Not everyone can perform like this just by raising their level.’

Even the guards had their specializations.

While some, like Lee Joon-hyuk, stood out in combat, others, like Kim Da-bin, were more specialized in administrative tasks.

Even though Kim Da-bin and Yoo Hye-rin were also at level 60, they couldn’t deliver the same performance of dispatching monsters in a single blow.

Moreover, no one had the luck of Moon Byeong-ho, who had had incredible fortune.

Everyone had their talents, and it was important to create an environment where those talents could flourish.

When those conditions aligned, talent would blossom.

Like Kim Myung-hwan, who swept through monsters like a fish in water.

‘Thanks to him, the rescue operation is going smoothly.’

The situation in Japan was a bit peculiar.

The closer they got to Tokyo, the stronger the monsters became exponentially.

However, even in Osaka, which was considerably farther from Tokyo, monsters in the 40s were not uncommon.

This was essentially the farthest the rescue team could go.

‘Beyond this point, it becomes too dangerous for the rescue team.’

Even now, injuries were frequent, and going any further would be too risky.

Nagoya and Shizuoka, closer to Tokyo, were literally hell.

‘In Nagoya, cyclopses appeared in groups.’

And in Tokyo, there were almost no survivors left.

That place was much worse than Nagoya, where cyclopses roamed in groups.

‘It’s nearly impossible to survive for long in a place teeming with monsters over level 60.’

The risks were high, but there was nothing to gain from venturing into Tokyo.

The only forces that could be safely sent there were avatars or those who had broken through their limits, like Lee Joon-hyuk.

Tokyo, being near the sea, was the perfect place for Lee Joon-hyuk to display his full power.

‘If only Kim Myung-hwan had an awakening ability, I’d send him.’

His combat talent was real.

Though lacking an awakening ability was a shame, his combat sense with monsters was unparalleled.

‘It’s a pity. If he had an awakening ability, I’d register him as a guard immediately.’

The only reason he hadn’t been registered as a guard yet was that his loyalty had reached 99.

It might sound strange, but from my perspective, it made perfect sense.

‘If loyalty reaches 100 without being registered as a guard, the maximum number of guard registrations increases by two.’

On the other hand, if registered as a guard, it only increases by one.

So, I was waiting for his loyalty to reach 100.

‘I just need a small trigger...’

At that moment.

Ding!

[Citizen Kim Myung-hwan’s swordsmanship proficiency has reached 100.]

[The condition has been met.]

[Would you like to promote Citizen Kim Myung-hwan to "Sword Master"?]

‘Huh?’

Kim Myung-hwan was currently registered as a "Warrior."

Typically, to change professions, one had to deactivate the "Warrior" title and wait a month before acquiring a new job.

But now, suddenly, a promotion?

Moreover, the "Sword Master" profession was not something researched at the job lab.

But the name alone seemed extraordinary.

‘Promote him.’

The moment I gave the go-ahead,

Woosh—!

Kim Myung-hwan’s entire body shone a brilliant blue.

[Second-tier promotion to "Swordsman" has been unlocked.]