Level 4 Human in a Ruined World

Chapter 243: Powdered Bean (3)

Bang! Bang! Bang!

It was literally a rain of steel bullets shooting down.

However, the martial prowess of Joseon’s Strongest Sword was not ordinary, and he swiftly dodged the steel fragments aiming for his head.

“Uh-oh? Uncle, this is a bit much.”

As Yeongwoo frowned at the steel fragment deeply embedded in the ground, a rough burst of noise echoed from the sky, almost as if responding to his reaction.

Crack!

And then.

Boom!

This time, a broader range of steel rain poured down towards Yeongwoo’s head.

“No, you bastard.”

As his nephew kept evading the attacks, the steel rain’s range was increased to make it harder to dodge.

Of course, it was an absurd attack to snipe an unrivaled demon.

Leap!

Yeongwoo leisurely evaded the attack again and looked up at the sky.

He was annoyed that his uncle had launched a sudden attack, but it didn’t seem like he was an entirely unreasonable opponent.

Because.

Boom!

As evident from the rain pouring down again, his uncle… Song Taeho, wasn’t using his full strength.

‘Making sure the rain hits me is actually simple.’

That would be to make it rain over the entire area where Yeongwoo was staying.

However, Song Taeho only poured down a shower with a diameter of about three meters, so Yeongwoo could avoid the rain without a scratch.

Leap!

‘Why? Could it be that he really doesn’t want to damage the city?’

Yeongwoo had some grounds for this speculation.

—Why are there so many rats in my city? The stench is overwhelming.

When his uncle started the steel rain, he had uttered such a line.

My city.

This indicated that Song Taeho still had some sense of this world despite becoming a mutant.

Crack!

A burst of noise echoed from the sky again.

It meant that Song Taeho was preparing for another shot.

“Wait.”

In response, Yeongwoo hurriedly looked up to the sky and shouted.

“Uncle! Wait! Just a moment!”

And the rain really stopped.

It was as if he was being told to finish his words.

So, after confirming that there was still a mutant mark in Gwangjin-gu, Yeongwoo addressed his uncle in the sky.

“You don’t want the buildings here to get damaged, do you? Neither do I.”

Yeongwoo spread his arms as if he had no intention of fighting now, and finally, Song Taeho spoke from beyond the clouds.

—So?

Song Taeho.

The eldest son of Jinhyeon Group, the second-ranked conglomerate in the country, and a high-risk mutant in Seoul on the sixth day of the reset.

A dragon manipulating steel and the eldest uncle of Joseon’s Strongest Sword, Jeong Yeongwoo.

He was definitely different from the mutants Yeongwoo had seen before.

Despite gaining the powerful status of a dragon, he wasn’t massacring people indiscriminately but was only trying to kill monsters and his weird nephew.

“You can’t kill me with the rain you’re sending now. So you’ll have to come down yourself… and I bet you’re enormous, right?”

—……

Song Taeho didn’t give a clear answer to Yeongwoo’s words.

However, the withheld steel rain didn’t pour down again, so Yeongwoo continued.

“But if you come down to the middle of Gangnam, the buildings will get destroyed while we fight… and I don’t want that either.”

Finally, Song Taeho spoke again.

—So what’s your point? Get to the point.

Crack!

A burst of noise echoed from the sky again.

In response, Yeongwoo pointed to Gwangjin-gu across the river.

“If you don’t mind, let’s fight somewhere quiet.”

—What? Fight?

“Let’s settle this by fighting. The winner gets Gangnam. Though it is technically already my city.”

As Yeongwoo said this and scratched his chin with the tip of his Bastard, Song Taeho’s furious voice pierced through.

—You bastard with no name in the family registry, what did you say?

Nevertheless, he didn’t pour down steel rain on Yeongwoo.

Perhaps Song Taeho’s love for Gangnam was several levels above Yeongwoo’s.

“What family registry? Even if my name were in it, it would be on my father’s side. Anyway, come to Gwangjin-gu. Let’s settle this there.”

After finally submitting a duel request, Yeongwoo started running towards Gwangjin-gu.

And while doing so, he unconsciously mulled over what his uncle had just said.

‘Wait, come to think of it, that’s true. Since I’m an illegitimate child, my name wouldn’t be in the family registry on my father’s side either.’

An unrecorded child in the family, Jeong Yeongwoo.

In a way, Song Taeho had easily pointed out that he was a child without a real lineage.

‘As expected, a chaebol is different.’

With a sense of extreme rejection, Yeongwoo looked up at the sky.

Then.

Boom…!

He felt a colossal presence moving above the gray clouds.

Indeed, Song Taeho was moving towards Gwangjin-gu according to Yeongwoo’s suggestion.

‘You’re dead.’

As Yeongwoo moved towards Gwangjin-gu, he calculated his currently available power.

「Blue Blood」 – Mutant drug

【Increased strength by 30% for 10 minutes.】

He had two doses of the strength-enhancing drug, and he could summon friends three times with his whistle.

Of course, since there would be a nighttime dungeon today, it was best to save at least one friend summon.

‘This might be over with a laser bombardment anyway. Can Uncle withstand the laser that even Kim Il-sung couldn’t?’

Having fought with the Poison Dragon Im Kwangho earlier, Yeongwoo knew that dragons, at least to him, were not much different from other mutants.

They were creatures that could be sufficiently repelled.

The only difference from regular mutants was the flashy reception and a bit of extra trickery.

Leap!

Soon, the road park and Cheongdam Bridge reappeared in Yeongwoo’s view.

The relic where Kim Jong-un died from a laser cannon in the middle of the Mercedes field remained intact.

And as he quickly passed the park and started running on Cheongdam Bridge, a large hole in the middle of the bridge appeared.

It was the place where Seoul City Councilor Kim Seokshin, who turned into a wyvern, died on the fourth day.

It was the spot where the White Fire arrow had pierced through his head.

‘How can a city become historic in just a few days.’

Admiring the accumulating ‘history,’ Yeongwoo entered Gwangjin-gu.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Countless sharply cut steel fragments rained down over Yeongwoo’s head.

“Uh-oh? Attacking sneakily right away?”

This time, steel rain was falling over the entire Gwangjin-gu, and there was no way to avoid the rain unless he retreated back to Cheongdam Bridge.

Unless he used a golden sphere here.

So, Yeongwoo instinctively tried to back away.

“……!”

He suddenly realized that the tattoo on his right upper arm was glowing with the Dogo pattern.

He had forgotten for a moment, but even now, he was being used for Dogo’s brand advertisement.

‘I can’t back down shamefully.’

Thus, Yeongwoo finally stepped into Gwangjin-gu, where steel fragments were raining down.

The steel fragments, tinged with gray, swarmed in like angry bees, and the ‘Golden Trail’ flew over Yeongwoo’s head, blocking the bullet-like rain.

Ting! Ting! Ting!

A tremendous noise emanated from the surface of the Golden Trail.

But it was only momentary.

-Whirring…!

Despite the powerful engine sound of the Golden Trail, its altitude began to drop slightly.

The torrential rain was so intense that the output of the Golden Trail began to be overwhelmed.

“Wow, Uncle really isn’t ordinary.”

While Yeongwoo was impressed by the absurdly powerful steel rain, he also realized he couldn’t just keep avoiding the rain.

Using the Golden Trail as an umbrella was the second issue; the most important first issue was.

‘This isn’t our company’s product.’

As soon as he thought this, Yeongwoo immediately pushed the Golden Trail away.

Bang!

In that brief moment when the large sword was pushed away, he took out the ‘Scared Cat’ from his pocket.

「Fearful Cat」 – Epic Compass

【Indicates a threatening target.】

【Strength increases by 25% when bleeding.】

-Meow!

The cat was already raising its head towards the northwest sky, letting out a sharp cry.

His uncle was flying over there.

‘He’s close.’

After confirming his uncle’s position, Yeongwoo immediately grabbed the White Fire with both hands.

Bang.

Then, as he gripped the bow tightly, red scratches appeared on his arm, and blood began to flow.

The steel rain that the Golden Trail had been blocking now started to hit Yeongwoo.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Even though Yeongwoo was wrapped in various defense equipment effects, including the ‘attack ability reduction’ of the Golden Oath, it was never easy to fully endure the pouring steel rain.

The speed at which his flesh was torn off by the steel rain was faster than his body’s recovery speed, turning Yeongwoo into a moving piece of meat in an instant.

If it weren’t for the berserker talisman blocking the pain, he would have gone mad long ago.

“Ugh, is this right?”

A display of human anatomy.

Yeongwoo, with his skin almost completely peeled off, aimed the bow at his uncle.

Though his muscles were beginning to be damaged, he still had enough strength to draw the bowstring fully.

Crack!

“Uncle! Your nephew formally greets you!”

Yeongwoo greeted his uncle, who was attacking him cowardly by only sending down rain, and then immediately released the bowstring.

Thwack!

A highly dense energy gathered in front of the bow, then shot out an arrow with enough power to down even a god.

Phew!

The special arrow from Dogo flew across the sky, concealed from detection.

Since there was no chance this arrow would miss, Yeongwoo sprinted towards his uncle’s expected crash site.

Splat, splat!

Blood oozed from the peeled skin of his feet, making his footsteps sound sticky.

Meanwhile.

Boom!

A powerful explosion echoed from beyond the clouds, and a large shadow flickered.

The arrow had hit Song Taeho.

“Uncle!”

Although his uncle didn’t groan, Yeongwoo, boasting a 100% mutant kill rate, was certain.

He was sure he would soon see his uncle’s grand physique.

And indeed.

Whoosh!

A colossal presence emerged, sending shivers down his spine as Song Taeho appeared, occupying a whole section of the sky.

Whoosh!

“Wow…!”

At the sight of Song Taeho breaking through the clouds, Yeongwoo couldn’t help but gape in awe.

It looked less like a dragon and more like an aircraft carrier falling from the sky.

Song Taeho was much bigger than the Poison Dragon Im Kwangho who had appeared yesterday.

Song Taeho, whose entire body was made of steel, measured roughly 40 meters in length.

This meant that if such a monster had fallen in Gangnam, much of the precious residential area would have been lost.

In a way, Song Taeho, cherishing the city while claiming to be its ruler, had preserved Seoul’s assets.

‘I want him…!’

How wonderful it would be to summon this giant from an alien planet and let him rampage freely.

Yeongwoo’s eyes sparkled as he looked at his uncle’s body, too massive to be contained in Gangnam-gu.

And then.

Boom!

Song Taeho crashed in the middle of Gwangjin-gu.

—Ugh!

His first groan finally came out.

The impact of the crash was significant, causing the steel rain to momentarily stop, and the sky cleared up.

Yeongwoo, with his blood-red feet, ran towards his uncle, shouting.

“Uncle, uncle! Are you okay? You’re still alive, right?”

Song Taeho slowly lifted his head from where it was buried in the ground.

—You crazy bastard, what are you suddenly saying now?

However, Yeongwoo’s concern wasn’t precisely about Song Taeho’s survival.

“Oh! It’s not that, this is a major battle!”

—…What?

Feeling an inexplicable sense of fear from his nephew’s out-of-place remark, Song Taeho was stunned.

Soon, from the other side, Yeongwoo, leaving red footprints, spoke even more terrifying words.

“This battle is brought to you with the support…!”