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Chapter 153
Chapter 153
Chapter 153
[Translator – Night]
[Proofreader – Gun]
Chapter 153: Father (2)
“Why, of course….”
Yeongwoo naturally recalled the orphan achievement, but soon closed his mouth.
[Complete Orphan]
|Find and eliminate parents. (1/2)
He realized it wasn’t appropriate to speak in front of the mother and baby he had just met today.
However.
‘Finding and eliminating parents as an achievement means I have to kill them myself to complete it, right…?’
Yeongwoo believed that he had to personally perform the task of removing the parents for the achievement to be fulfilled.
Otherwise, the achievement system wouldn’t have used the phrase ‘find and eliminate.’
‘Of course, if Mother is already counted, I could be wrong.’
Yeongwoo hadn’t even decided whether this achievement should be completed.
However, if his father was destined to die, he thought it would be better to kill him himself to fulfill the achievement.
‘Is this thought too insane?’
[TL/N: No shit sherlock.]
[PR/N: ofc not kafka, it’s totally normal to want to kill your father with your own hands, for he is your hero and your villain.]
In fact, to Yeongwoo, ‘father’ was more of a hypothetical figure, so he didn’t feel guilty about the idea of killing him.
He had never met him once in his life, nor had he ever felt his presence indirectly.
At this point, the only realities that resonate with Yeongwoo are things like the mythic class weapon Bastard and the universal weapon brand Dogo.
‘But soon, the existence of a father will become a reality.’
So wouldn’t it be better to meet a living father rather than a dead one?
“I really need to hurry. I want to see Father alive and moving, if possible.”
“You’re just…”
As Yeongwoo directed Negwig toward the prison, Choi Jongseon tightly embraced the baby.
This was because she had become more determined not to make her child an orphan.
-Whizz!
Finally, Negwig began to run toward the prison in the east, following Yeongwoo’s command.
Whoosh!
The scenery of Uijeongbu city passed by quickly.
Occasionally, people appeared on the streets, but none could stop the giant running like lightning.
And Choi Jongseon could finally catch a glimpse of the orphan Strongest Sword, right before her eyes, and how he had been doing so far.
‘He must have been invincible. I don’t know when it started, but…’
A golden greatsword floating in the sky, a steel horse from another world, and the ridiculous title of the Strongest sword in Joseon.
With one person possessing all of this, who could argue with him?
For Choi Jongseon, who had faced numerous challenges in Yangju, Yeongwoo’s existence itself was surreal.
Such a life, with such a powerful human existence… And now.
‘The moment when such a person goes to find his father, I get to witness it. Truly, human affairs are unpredictable.’
Whoosh, whoosh!
Finally, Negwig, which had been running straight to the southeast, slowly changed direction.
Yeongwoo sensed that they were approaching Uijeongbu prison.
‘…Two more people have joined.’
In the meantime, Uijeongbu’s Strongest Sword Gwak Seongwon’s defense count had increased by two.
|The current area is ‘Uijeongbu.’
|The Strongest Sword of this area is ‘Gwak Seongwon04.’ Rank 2, defense 98 times.
This meant that in a short period, two more people had challenged Gwak Seongwon.
Evidence that the battles in the prison were being fiercely waged.
“Baby, hold on tight.”
“…..!”
With Yeongwoo’s warning, Negwig’s front legs sliced through the air fiercely, and for a moment, the scenery blurred and shifted backward.
“Wow! J-Just a little slower!”
While Jongseon was astonished by Negwig’s sudden acceleration, a large outdoor parking lot appeared to the left as the road narrowed.
‘It seems to be up there.’
Yeongwoo sensed that they were nearing the prison because there were sporadic corpses lying among the abandoned cars, some with clean cuts like they were sliced with a sword.
Also, the scattered corpses on the ground became more numerous as the road gradually turned into a mountain path.
“Oh… my goodness.”
Some of them hadn’t even dried their blood yet, so Jongseon hurriedly covered the baby’s eyes.
Meanwhile, Yeongwoo…
“Here we are!”
He pointed forward as if he had just succeeded in finding treasure.
The tracking markers\ from the wanted posters were prominently visible on the right.
Whoosh!
A small checkpoint appeared to the right as they continued uphill.
‘So, this is the entrance to the prison.’
Yeongwoo confirmed that he had arrived properly when he saw that the barrier beside the checkpoint was split in half.
‘They must have gone in noisily. Or maybe it got destroyed when they came out.’
Whatever the case, the important thing was that Father was now in the middle of a battle inside.
Indeed, from afar, the sound of clashes and the loud voices of many people could be heard mingling.
“It seems they’re already in the midst of a fierce fight.”
Jongseon said, to which Yeongwoo replied, looking back at her.
“If you’re worried, would you stay here? It seems like there are quite a few people inside.”
Upon hearing this, Jongseon shook her head.
“No. I can fight to some extent too…”
Moreover, where could be safer than right behind the Strongest sword of Joseon?
Surely, there would likely be members of the Uijeongbu Strongest Sword and the Gangbuk Alliance inside, but no matter how much she thought about it, they didn’t seem stronger than the orphan before them.
This is because Jongseon herself, who was tired of fighting, never wanted to fight with Jeong Yeongwoo.
‘Even if there were ten of me, would I be able to make even a small wound…? I can’t imagine winning this.’
As Jongseon checked her waist to make sure the sword was in place, Negwig crossed the barrier and entered the prison grounds.
Then, they saw the white outer wall of the Uijeongbu prison, towering like a fortress over the wide asphalt area.
Especially the prison gate, wrapped in a large black stone structure, looked surreal up close.
“Wow, it’s so different from what I saw in movies.”
Yeongwoo said, unable to take his eyes off the magnificent structure, to which Jongseon pointed below and said.
“But the gate is already broken.”
As Jongseon said, the blue iron gate with the correctional facility logo was heavily damaged by a powerful force.
Someone forcibly pushed and entered through the locked gate.
“It seems like someone from outside exerted force inward. Perhaps people from Seoul.”
As Yeongwoo directed Negwig beyond the bent gate, Jongseon muttered as she looked at the thickness of the gate.
“Are people from Seoul all monsters…?”
Of course, Yeongwoo was included in this.
“Well… I’m meeting people from the Gangbuk Alliance for the first time too.”
Creak.
As they crossed the gate and entered the inside of the prison walls, the voices of people began to be heard clearly.
“Aiyah!”
“Got him…!”
“Don’t retreat!”
Although no one could be seen on the mountain, it was clear that many were engaged in fierce combat through the sounds coming from somewhere on the right.
“Do you hear that too? Let’s go over there.”
Yeongwoo instructed Negwig in the direction of the sound, summoning his ‘Fearful cat.’
[Translator – Night]
[Proofreader – Gun]
Swoosh.
As expected, the cat had its eyes closed.
After all, could there be anyone here who posed a threat to the owner of a mythical-grade weapon?
‘Then let’s hurry and stop the fight.’
According to the area’s status, the neck of the Uijeongbu Strongest Sword was still intact, and there was a sense of noisy popularity in sync with the last-minute battle.
From far away, a large hole was pierced in the inner wall of the prison.
Chae-chaeng, Chae-ae-ang!
Now the sound of swords could even be heard clearly as the distance shortened.
-Whizz!
This time, the path to take was clear, so Negwig moved without Yeongwoo’s command.
Crash!
The creature suddenly made a high jump.
Huah!
As Negwig swiftly jumped twenty meters, the shadow of Yeongwoo’s group was cast faintly over the inner wall of the prison.
And then…
“…..!”
The scene of dozens of swordsmen scattered around the prison yard engaged in battle came into view.
Click, click, click!
Moreover, the battle was almost coming to an end.
From the air, it was clear that the Uijeongbu side was being pushed into a corner.
‘All three of the Gangbuk Strongest Swords are still alive.’
As Yeongwoo found the words Nowon, Dobong, and Gangbuk inside the stadium, Dobong Strongest Sword, who was wiping the blood off his sword, noticed the strange shadow on the ground and looked up.
Swoosh.
Then…
“….?”
His eyes widened as if he couldn’t believe it.
-Whizz!
Because something unidentifiable was falling, screaming.
“What the… damn it….”
Together with the bewildered exclamation of Dobong Strongest Sword.
Boom!
Negwig, carrying Yeongwoo’s group, landed in the middle of the playground, stirring up dust.
-Whizz!
Strange cries, heavy footsteps, and waves of dust.
Everything was exactly like the scene of the appearance of a mutant, so all the swordsmen in the stadium reflexively turned their swords towards the intruder.
And then.
Swoosh…
Amidst the dust cloud that filled the air, a metallic sound rang out first.
Clank!
It was the sound of Yeongwoo’s footsteps, wearing the Unique Grade Boots. Illusion, but no one present could discern it.
After all, metallic boots were not common equipment.
-Wheeiiing…
Following that, the characteristic vibrating sound of the “Golden Trail” softly reverberated.
“What, what is it… a mutant?”
“At this hour?”
“Where on earth did it suddenly appear from?”
The three typical Strongest Swords from Nowon, Dobong, and Gangbuk checked if there was no pillar of red light rising above the dust.
However, naturally, there was no sign of a mutant, but instead…
“Hmm.”
As the dust settled a bit, something faintly glowing, resembling a name tag, was visible at a height of over 2 meters.
The letters were not yet clear, but under the circumstances, it was undoubtedly…
“It’s, it’s a real mutant.”
“Fuck! What’s going on all of a sudden?”
Everyone present, including the Gangbuk Alliance, was convinced.
Despite the absence of the pillar of light, all other characteristics pointed to a mutant.
“Ah… no matter how much we’re in the midst of war, mutants are the bigger enemy.”
“Let’s deal with the mutants first.”
At the sudden appearance of the mutant, there was a momentary moment of cooperation between Uijeongbu and the Gangbuk Alliance.
“Waaaah!”
A human baby’s cry burst out loudly from the dust.
“…?”
“What…?”
At this, everyone in the vicinity fell into a momentary panic.
Clank.
After the initial metallic sound was heard again, someone asked,
“Father…? Are you here?”
[Translator – Night]
[Proofreader – Gun]