I Alone Resurrect Chapter 141
Each Person’s Value (2)
“Wow! This is amazing!”
Kang Hyeon cheered as he felt the wind hitting his face.
“Where should we go!?”Â
Shin Seong-a shouted loudly.
“I’m not sure!? Let’s go somewhere without people! How about Gangwon-do!?”
Their clothes fluttered incessantly in the wind.
The tremendous noise assaulting their ears.
It would have been difficult for normal people to converse in this situation, but for the two who had surpassed human physical limitations, it was no problem at all.
“Let’s go somewhere we can really open it up!”
“We’ll get a speeding ticket!”
“Team Leader Shin Tae-gil will take care of it!”
The magic words ‘Shin Tae-gil’. He was capable of anything.
“Understood!”
Shin Seong-a increased the speed even more.
As luck would have it, today was Monday.
There weren’t many vehicles using the highway out of Seoul.
“Why don’t you take off your helmet too!?”
Shin Seong-a was surprised by Kang Hyeon’s sudden suggestion.
“It’s dangerous!”
“For who!?”
Shin Seong-a hesitated at Kang Hyeon’s words.
‘Is it not…?’
Wearing a helmet is very natural.
It’s necessary to ensure the driver’s safety in case of a sudden accident.
But she was already an ability user who had transcended the limits of ordinary humans.
She wasn’t a monster like Kang Hyeon whose body couldn’t even be penetrated by needles, but she too wouldn’t budge from most impacts.
No, there wouldn’t even be a chance for impact in the first place.
She had the dynamic vision and motor skills to instantly assess the situation and dodge her body if an accident were to occur.
“Will it be okay!?”
“I said it’s fine! Take it off! It’s refreshing!”
After hesitating, Shin Seong-a finally took off her helmet.
She felt the wind furiously hitting her face.
‘It’s refreshing…’
A sensation she had never felt before.
It was an experience she had never had because she always wore a helmet.
“Oof, ugh! Aargh! Hair!”
That’s when it happened.
A strange sound came from behind.
When she glanced back, she saw Kang Hyeon flailing about in her hair.
“I’m sorry. I’ll put it back on.”
“No, it’s fine! Keep going!”
Kang Hyeon gathered and held onto Shin Seong-a’s hair.
“Let’s go!”
On the highway with sparse traffic.
Shin Seong-a drove like a madwoman for the first time in a very long while.
Kang Hyeon’s MacArthur sunglasses were perched on her face.
When Kang Hyeon wore them, they emphasized his thuggish look, but on Shin Seong-a, they looked incredibly classy.
“If only we could shoot guns here! Wouldn’t that be totally exciting!?”
Occasionally Kang Hyeon’s nonsense could be heard, but she ignored it.
“Let’s rest at the next service area!”
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Surely it was early dawn when we departed.
But by the time we arrived at the rest area, the sun was already beating down hot.
Kang Hyeon bought whole potatoes and germanium-roasted squid, which could be considered specialties of the rest stop.
“Ahh! So refreshing!”
Of course, beer was included too.
“Do you want a drink?”
“I have to drive.”
“We can have a drink and stay here overnight.”
“At the rest stop…?”
“Why not?”
“I’ll just pass.”
“Suit yourself.”
Kang Hyeon snickered and kept exclaiming in satisfaction as he drank his beer.
Shin Seong-a chewed on a squid leg while blankly looking around.
“It’s already fall.”
“Yes.”
“When we first met. Was that in the fall?”
“It was midsummer then.”
“Really?”
“Yes. August 10th, to be exact.”
“Oh… I see.”
Kang Hyeon was taken aback, not expecting her to know the exact date.
“How are you feeling?”
Shin Seong-a smiled at Kang Hyeon’s question.
“I think I feel good.”
“Is that so?”
Kang Hyeon smiled back at Shin Seong-a.
“The worries you have now. I don’t know exactly what they are, but don’t push yourself too hard alone.”
“Yes.”
“I’m not just saying this. I mean it sincerely.”
Shin Seong-a nodded silently at Kang Hyeon’s words.
“Mr. Kang Hyeon. May I ask you one thing?”
“Of course.”
“What do you think I should do to become stronger than I am now?”
How to become stronger.
Kang Hyeon recalled that he had similar concerns recently.
“Hmm, what’s needed to get stronger. Talent and effort, I guess.”
Shin Seong-a looked dejected at Kang Hyeon’s answer.
“Talent is something you can’t help, and aren’t you already putting in enough effort?”
Shin Seong-a pondered for a moment.
“To some extent… Yes. I think I’m making an effort.”
“Then isn’t that enough? What’s lacking?”
“I want to become even stronger than now. No, I must become stronger.”
Kang Hyeon’s eyes sharpened at Shin Seong-a’s words.
“Is it because you couldn’t perform well in recent battles?”
Shin Seong-a bowed her head and didn’t answer.
Taking the silence as affirmation, Kang Hyeon fell into thought.
‘Was it since the fight with Bandarenko?’
It did seem like Shin Seong-a’s role in battles had diminished.
In ordinary dungeons, there was rarely any danger.
It took at least a B-rank boss for a crisis to occur, and even then, Shin Seong-a’s role was limited.
There were many other major incidents, but there weren’t many situations where Shin Seong-a could properly step up.
‘So. Is that wrong?’
Kang Hyeon didn’t think Shin Seong-a was wrong at all.
“Do you know how many people go when a regular guild tackles a B-rank boss?”
“I know it’s about 20 to 50 people, depending on the situation.”
“Right. Even with that many people rushing in, one or two always end up dying. In comparison, how many of us are there?”
“Four…”
“Isn’t that enough?”
“Even if you went with just three people without me, you would have managed just fine.”
“So you’re useless?”
Shin Seong-a fell silent again.
Kang Hyeon, who had been checking his phone for a moment, suddenly stood up.
“Let’s go.”
“Pardon?”
Shin Seong-a was taken aback by Kang Hyeon’s sudden words.
“I said let’s go. There’s somewhere we need to be. See this address? Drive us there.”
The place Kang Hyeon showed on the map was a mountain village not far from here.
“Why are we going there…”
“Come on, I said let’s go! Hurry!”
“Understood.”
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After an hour’s drive, they arrived at a rural village in Gangwon-do Province.
Shin Seong-a couldn’t understand why Kang Hyeon wanted to come to such a place.
“Let’s see… It should be around here…”
Kang Hyeon kept checking the map as he moved somewhere.
“Ah! Here it is.”
They finally arrived at their destination.
“A dungeon…?”
“Yeah. It’s a dungeon.”
There stood the entrance to a dungeon, a sight they had seen countless times before.
When Shin Seong-a checked the information, it was confirmed as a D-rank dungeon.
“Mr. Kang Hyeon. Why are we suddenly here…?”
“Our guild’s conquest team 8 is here.”
Shin Seong-a’s brow furrowed at Kang Hyeon’s words.
‘Conquest team 8…’
It’s the dungeon conquest team composed of the most recent guild members.
The ability users with the lowest levels in the guild.
Except for the team leader and deputy leader, all members were below level 40.
“Alright, that’s enough, let’s go in.”
Kang Hyeon urged Shin Seong-a from behind.
“Understood.”
Shin Seong-a entered the dungeon with a sullen expression.
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“Hey! Block that side!”
“Park Seong-hoon! Do you really want to die!? Get your act together!”
“It’s coming that way!”
A battle was in full swing inside the dungeon.
Kang Hyeon and Shin Seong-a watched from a distance.
They hadn’t announced their presence as it might interfere with the battle.
“Team leader! Team 3 is in danger! Please help!”
“They’re not the only ones in danger? If you die, it’s your loss. Hang in there on your own!”
“Shit! What kind of guild is this?”
“If you’re upset, then leave! Or level up and become the team leader yourself, idiot!”
Currently, most team leaders in the Badass Guild are former members of the Guardian Guild.
Kwon Ji-seop, the leader of Team 8, was no exception.
He was originally a very gentlemanly and soft-spoken person who gathered under the name of protecting humanity, but now he had completely become a mini Kang Hyeon.
“How is it?”
Kang Hyeon asked, watching the guild members fighting with all their might.
Shin Seong-a fell into thought at Kang Hyeon’s sudden question.
“… They seem to be trying hard.”
“Not that.”
“Is there something else?”
“Aren’t they terribly weak?”
“They are…”
If Shin Seong-a were to jump in there right now, even with just a dagger, it would result in a massacre.
Yet the guild members were fighting desperately against such opponents, risking their lives.
“Those people are certainly weak. But why do you think I accepted them into the guild?”
Even now, Kang Hyeon was personally interviewing and selecting all guild members.
Among them were ability users who were already high-level and strong, and there were also low-level ability users like these guild members.
“Isn’t it to run the guild?”
“That’s right too. We need to grow our influence and earn a lot of money. But if that were the case, wouldn’t it have been easier to only accept strong ability users from the start? Or just accept as many people as possible without discrimination.”
“Hmm…”
Shin Seong-a realized Kang Hyeon was right.
He didn’t just accept high-level ability users unconditionally.
Among those who failed Kang Hyeon’s interview were quite a few strong ability users who could have immediately entered top-tier guilds.
“I’m a resultist, I believe in the evil nature of humans, and I’m steeped in pessimism, but you know. I think every person has value. Of course, that value isn’t all the same. Do you understand what I mean?”
“Umm… Not really.”
It didn’t seem likely that Kang Hyeon would suddenly start talking about human dignity.
Shin Seong-a’s brow furrowed at these words, difficult to grasp their true meaning.
“My head hurts trying to think deeply after so long. To put it simply! I like humans who make an effort, that’s what I’m saying. In my experience, such humans at least fulfill their roles wherever they go.”
“Is what you just said connected to the value you mentioned earlier?”
“Just try to understand.”
“Yes.”
Kang Hyeon continued, his expression serious.
“The value each person has is different, and as long as they’ve entered my guild, I, as the guild leader, judge that value.”
Shin Seong-a nodded.
“Shin Seong-a. Currently, your value is higher than anyone else in the guild. In terms of importance, you’re second only to me.”
“…”
“So stop worrying unnecessarily.”
Shin Seong-a’s eyes wavered at Kang Hyeon’s words.
“Even those weaker than you are struggling to become stronger, but if someone like you, who could beat them even if they came at you with a truck, is so dejected, what becomes of their efforts?”
“They’re not guild members who go around with you, Mr. Kang Hyeon.”
“Once they’ve entered the guild, they’re all my family. Even if their importance differs, they’re like family anyway. And you’re practically a real family.”
“Isn’t what you just said somewhat contradictory?”
Kang Hyeon frowned at Shin Seong-a’s question.
“Just accept it if I say so.”
“Yes.”
Shin Seong-a nodded without objection.
“So lift your head! Walk proudly! Even now, you’re being plenty helpful. Who else in our team makes relatively normal judgments besides you?”
An Yu-seong’s judgments are quick and accurate, but something is slightly off.
Yoon Na-rae doesn’t have much aptitude for giving orders, perhaps due to her scatterbrained personality.
Kang Hyeon is quite good at grasping situations and making decisions at crucial moments, but he’s too inconsistent.
“In the end, you’re the one who oversees the team and maintains balance.”
“Yes… Thank you.”
“I’m not just saying this, I really mean it. And who else but you could put up with my terrible personality? Running errands for me, taking care of my mental state… If you weren’t here, I might still be going crazy, just running through dungeons.”
Kang Hyeon was sincere.
If not for his chance meeting with Shin Seong-a, if she hadn’t said she wanted to be with him, he wouldn’t have changed.
At the end of that road, there might have been nothing left but a completely insane murderer.
“So don’t be discouraged, stand tall. You like heroes, right? Shouldn’t a hero not be so dejected?”
Shin Seong-a chuckled at Kang Hyeon’s words.
“Thank you so much.”
“What’s there to thank for? We’re family, so of course I help.”
Just then, they could see the guild members taking a break after finishing their battle.
“Since we’ve come this far, shall we go say hello?”
At that moment.
They could hear Kwon Ji-seop, the leader of Team 8, speaking.
“Hey! Why are you so tired from just this much? Back in my day! My whole body was broken, and the guild leader would fix it with his bare hands to heal me.”
As his story came up, Kang Hyeon, who was approaching, hid his body.
“That demon-like bastard would touch my bones with a grin on his face, and he did it without anesthesia!”
The guild members wore expressions full of disbelief at Kwon Ji-seop’s words.
“Huh? Look at their expressions. They don’t believe me? Our guild leader. He’s even crazier than the rumors say. That smiling face you see on broadcasts, it’s all fake. You guys only saw him during the interview, so you don’t know, right? When you go hunting with him, there’s no one as crazy as him. He’s completely out of his mind, I tell you!”
Suddenly, the guild members’ expressions were filled with fear.
‘It’s understandable that they’re scared. Hehe.’
Kwon Ji-seop laughed inwardly, satisfied with their reaction.
“Yeah, yeah. So be grateful that I’m your team leader. Be grateful that you’re not going around with that demon-like guy! That’s what I’m saying.”
After talking for a while, Kwon Ji-seop felt something strange.
The guild members’ expressions were getting darker.
“What’s wrong? Cheer up, everyone. He won’t do that to you guys, so you can relax.”
At that moment, one guild member raised a finger, pointing at him.
No, looking closely, they were pointing behind him.
“Huh?”
Just as Kwon Ji-seop was about to turn around,
“Kwon Ji-seop… Hello…?”
The devil’s whisper was heard in his ear.
“Aaaargh!”
That day, Kwon Ji-seop was able to experience Kang Hyeon’s bone-setting treatment again after almost a year.
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