I Alone Resurrect Chapter 182
Individual Combat (4)
The Korean Ability Users Association.
It’s a place where any ability user in South Korea can freely join and leave.
In its early days, the Ability Users Association was a non-profit organization dedicated to the freedom and rights of ability users.
However, as time passed, Choi Dong-woo, realizing the necessity of military power, came to establish a direct military organization within the Ability Users Association.
In other words, the largest guild in South Korea was born.
“I never thought I’d set foot on North Korean soil.”
The top 300 elites of the Ability Users Association.
And their leader, Association Chief Choi Dong-woo, was walking on unfamiliar North Korean soil across the ceasefire line.
‘I’m not sure if this is the right thing to do.’
Choi Dong-woo came to this strange land because of Shin Tae-gil’s request.
-Most of the top 10 guilds are currently tackling A-grade dungeons. No one but Mr. Choi Dong-woo is suitable for this. Please help us.
Choi Dong-woo has always been someone who worked for the public good.
However, in a situation where even South Korea wasn’t safe yet, he couldn’t help but worry whether it was right to support North Korea, which was a different country, or rather, practically an enemy country, even if they were the same people.
-The higher-ups have already decided to dispatch ability users. If Mr. Choi doesn’t go, someone else will go in some way.
-Hmm…
-But those ability users who go will clearly be helpless and suffer. They’ll lose their lives meaninglessly.
-What do you mean by that?
-It means the enemy currently wreaking havoc in North Korea is that strong. So strong that ordinary ability users wouldn’t even be able to lift a finger.
Eventually, Choi Dong-woo accepted, and here he was on North Korean soil.
Along with 300 grateful elite association members who followed him.
“Welcome.”
Upon arriving at their destination, a military officer who appeared quite elderly greeted Choi Dong-woo with a smile.
“Nice to meet you.”
Choi Dong-woo extended his hand.
“I’m Choi Dong-woo, leader of the South Korean Ability Users Association.”
“I’m Ahn Chang-bok, General of the Korean People’s Army 567th Combined Unit.”
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Ippotranslation
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The Korean People’s Army.
In other words, the North Korean military system differs greatly from South Korea’s in many aspects.
This difference arose because South Korea followed the U.S. military organization, while North Korea followed the Soviet military organization.
One of these differences is that the highest unit is the corps.
To explain this simply, it means ‘the corps commander commands everything.’
Of course, North Korea also has a General Staff Department, but currently, all communication with Pyongyang has been completely cut off.
“That’s why the situation has become even more complicated.”
The supreme leader of North Korea.
With the death of the one who held the leash of all military dogs, the current situation was like fierce fighting dogs growling at each other after being released from their restraints.
“Everyone’s just watching each other. Even if they want to march toward Pyongyang, they can’t move an inch because they’re afraid of what’s behind them.”
General Ahn Chang-bok sighed with regret.
His face, already graying and wrinkled with age.
He seemed to have not been able to sleep properly, perhaps due to recent events.
“I’ll probably be branded a traitor to my country now, but I don’t plan to back down. If we leave things as they are, our country will perish and all our people will die… I simply couldn’t stand by and watch that happen. That’s why I requested help from South Korea, our fellow people, even if it was like clutching at straws.”
“Yes…”
The 2nd Corps, officially known as the 567th Combined Unit under Ahn Chang-bok, was located in Pyeongsan County, North Hwanghae Province.
This was just above the Kaesong Industrial Complex, making it one of the North Korean corps closest to South Korea.
Thanks to this, Choi Dong-woo was able to quickly move and come here to provide support.
“I roughly understand the situation. The warlords are being picked off one by one while checking each other.”
“Exactly.”
“I’d like to know more details about the enemies as well.”
At Choi Dong-woo’s words, Ahn Chang-bok let out another deep sigh.
“To be honest… I’m sorry, but I don’t know much either.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“They’re highly elusive beings, and everyone who has encountered them has been killed. I hear there’s a swordsman in black armor… But all I know is that he’s not human, but more like a demon…”
“Hmm… So even military power is useless against these enemies?”
At Choi Dong-woo’s question, Ahn Chang-bok gave a bitter smile.
“Do you know how many soldiers are in my corps?”
“No, I don’t.”
“We have 70,000 soldiers and over 1,000 tanks and artillery pieces. Such corps are scattered throughout North Korea. But numbers meant nothing to them.”
“Why is that?”
“They effortlessly broke through any encirclement and took the heads of commanders. What good are many soldiers? Without a head, they’re all just a disorganized mob.”
“But aren’t there ability users here too? Was it still impossible even joining forces with them?”
At Choi Dong-woo’s question, Ahn Chang-bok fell into thought for a moment.
“Ability users… You mean the superhumans.”
“Yes.”
“True. The superhumans are strong… They can face dozens or hundreds of soldiers alone. But before those enemies, even superhumans were like children. You can tell just by how they defeated even our supreme leader’s best superhuman guards, who were North Korea’s finest.”
Ahn Chang-bok was right.
If North Korean ability users could really handle the enemy, they wouldn’t have requested ability users from South Korea in the first place.
No, before that, North Korea’s leader wouldn’t have died so easily.
“Hmm…”
Choi Dong-woo’s head was already throbbing as he thought about how to resolve this situation.
‘Not only are the enemies strong, but there will also be forces within North Korea checking or attacking us… There are many headaches to deal with.’
They might even get shot in the back while fighting the enemy.
As if sensing Choi Dong-woo’s concerns, Ahn Chang-bok gave a bitter smile.
“I know it’s shameless to ask, but please help. If we can’t eliminate them, this country will completely collapse, and this land will become a territory of monsters, not humans. I believe South Korea wouldn’t want such a situation either.”
“I understand.”
Choi Dong-woo nodded with a stern face.
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Ippotranslation
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After meeting with General Ahn Chang-bok, Choi Dong-woo moved to Sariwon City in North Hwanghae Province.
While Sariwon City was in the same North Hwanghae Province as General Ahn Chang-bok’s Pyeongsan County, it was closer to Pyongyang.
-Yesterday, we lost contact with Lieutenant General Lee Sang-bae, commander of the 380th Combined Unit.
-Was he taken down?
-It seems so. The 380th Unit was the first to rush when Pyongyang was in crisis. Contact the remaining soldiers who have been incorporated under my command, they will help you.
The Sariwon City they arrived at was completely different from Pyeongsan County.
The acrid smell of gunpowder.
Groans heard from various places.
Occasional faint explosion sounds in the distance.
It made the reality of this situation turning into a war feel real.
Although Choi Dong-woo had been fighting life-and-death battles for the past two years, witnessing modern warfare firsthand gave a different kind of pressure.
“Nice to meet you. I’m Colonel Moon Gyu-kwang, deputy commander of the 5th Infantry Division, 380th Combined Unit.”
“I’m Choi Dong-woo, leader of the Ability Users Association.”
The one who greeted Choi Dong-woo was a colonel with a lean build.
“I heard from the corps commander. Thank you for stepping up to help us like this.”
Moon Gyu-kwang said with a friendly smile.
“The situation doesn’t seem good here.”
At Choi Dong-woo’s words, Moon Gyu-kwang’s expression darkened.
“Currently, we’ve lost contact with both the division commander and corps commander. So I’m temporarily commanding the unit as deputy commander.”
“Are there no ability users, or rather superhumans, here besides the military?”
“In North Korea, we’ve been raising and operating separate superhuman units until now. It’s legally forbidden for superhumans not in these units to develop their powers.”
In simple terms, it meant all ability users had grown under state control.
“What happened to that superhuman unit?”
“They were annihilated.”
Choi Dong-woo was shocked at Moon Gyu-kwang’s words that all ability users were dead.
“You mean they’re all dead…?”
“At least all the superhuman units in our division were annihilated. I hear some remain in other divisions… But with so many units out of contact, nothing is certain.”
“Sigh… I understand.”
“Honestly, what kind of country is this?” was my first thought.
If they’ve been suppressing the ability users like this, how have they been clearing dungeons until now?
Choi Dong-woo’s question was quickly answered.
-Waaaaaail!
Suddenly, the entire unit’s siren went off.
“What’s happening?”
“It’s monsters!”
Colonel Moon Gyu-kwang hurriedly commanded his subordinates.
Soon after, gunfire could be heard from everywhere, and explosions began to ring out.
“Kyaaaaa!”
-Dudududu
Monsters were rushing in while soldiers suppressed them with firearms.
Choi Dong-woo had seen barricades made of piles of garbage on his way here, and now he finally understood their purpose.
They were all walls built to slow down the monsters’ advance, even if only by a little.
“Kraaak!”
The advancing monster army’s situation wasn’t looking good.
The battle had barely begun, but already more than ten soldiers had lost their lives.
“I’ll help too.”
Colonel Moon Gyu-kwang shook his head at Choi Dong-woo’s words.
“If you help, you’ll have to go into that barrage of bullets, which can’t happen. Our South Korean comrades have other tasks, so it’s better to save your strength.”
“No. I can help prevent casualties among the soldiers here.”
“Hmm…”
After contemplating, Moon Gyu-kwang nodded.
“Alright. But always be careful of friendly fire. Even superhumans die the same way when they get a hole in their head.”
Putting Moon Gyu-kwang’s concerns aside, Choi Dong-woo approached the alliance members.
“Deploy Formation D. Everyone needs to be extra careful since this is unfamiliar territory!”
“Yes!”
“Good. Move!”
At Choi Dong-woo’s command, 300 ability users moved in perfect unison.
“Deploy shields!”
“Restrain fire magic. This isn’t a dungeon.”
“Small ones can be handled with guns, so focus on targeting the large monsters!”
The ability users who had worked together for a long time moved organically as if they were one body.
Wide-area magic burst where monsters were gathered, and arrows and spears flew toward the large monsters.
Enemies that broke through the crossfire of magic and bullets were blocked by shields, then quickly dispatched by ability users skilled in close combat.
Thanks to Choi Dong-woo and the alliance members’ efforts, the battle line was quickly stabilizing.
Just when it seemed the battle would end smoothly,
“It’s a boss-level monster!”
A giant monster appeared, breaking through the forest.
The creature named ‘Pikeley’ looked like a massive porcupine.
“Fire!”
-Kwagwagwang!
Grenades and large-caliber machine guns poured bullets toward Pikeley.
“Kieeee-!”
But when the creature curled its body into a ball, all attacks were blocked by its hard spikes without causing much damage.
As the giant monster, probably 5 meters tall, drew closer, the soldiers began to panic.
“Uwaaa!”
“It’s coming! The monster!”
The alliance’s ability users attacked Pikeley, but again, they couldn’t inflict decisive damage.
At this rate, it was obvious the creature would enter the unit and cause mass casualties.
“Everyone out!”
That’s when Choi Dong-woo ran forward.
Choi Dong-woo held a massive spear in his hands, and as magical power flowed from his body into the spear, it created a spectacular scene as if it were burning.
-Tat!
Running Choi Dong-woo made a powerful jump right in front of Pikeley’s nose.
Choi Dong-woo’s airborne body bent like a bow, and his hands gripping the spear strongly were pulled back behind his head to their limit.
“Hrrrrrp!”
Choi Dong-woo tensed all his muscles to their limit like a tightly drawn bowstring.
“Die!”
Finally, as everything released at once, the spear shot out like a beam of light.
-Pushuuuk!
The spear accurately pierced between Pikeley’s eyes and went in deep.
The spear, which was over 1.5 meters long, was buried more than halfway in a single thrust.
In that situation, Choi Dong-woo rotated his body and delivered a spectacular roundhouse kick.
-Kwaaang!
Choi Dong-woo’s heel struck precisely at the end of the spear, and the spear disappeared into Pikeley’s head as if being sucked in.
“Kyahak, kak, kiee…”
Pikeley, with a hole in its head, made strange sounds while its body trembled.
Pikeley’s eyes gradually rolled back.
Finally, Pikeley completely stopped moving.
-Kuung
As its huge body fell, dust rose and the ground shook slightly.
Simultaneously, cheers erupted from all directions.
“Waaaaaah-!”
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