I Alone Resurrect Chapter 193
Northern Advance (1)
“Ahh… This one looks good.”
Kang Hyeon fiddled with the brilliantly shining ring.
The ring emitted a red light that gave viewers an eerie feeling.
“Is this that ruby or whatever thing?”
To Kang Hyeon’s question, Yoon Na-rae, who was beside him, shook her head.
“Where would you find a ruby that looks like this? If you look carefully, you’re quite ignorant…”
Yoon Na-rae, who had been chattering excitedly, saw Kang Hyeon’s fierce eyes and hit her own head with a ‘bonk’.
“I’m really ignorant! I shouldn’t judge what I don’t know! Hahaha.”
Only then did Kang Hyeon show a comfortable smile.
“Anyway, it’s really nice.”
The ring emanated an energy that would instinctively make humans feel uncomfortable.
But to Kang Hyeon, it was just a pretty ring, nothing more than that level of appreciation.
“And the options are really awesome. Isn’t this totally that thing?”
“What thing?”
“Perfect! Totally precious!”
At Kang Hyeon’s words, Yoon Na-rae pretended to vomit.
“Ugh. Such old man vibes.”
“What? Isn’t this what kids use these days?”
“What kids… That’s what old uncles would say.”
At Yoon Na-rae’s response, a vein popped up on Kang Hyeon’s forehead.
“Why have you been picking fights since earlier? Feeling itchy because you haven’t been hit lately? Huh?”
“Ah, I had a lunch appointment!? Phew! Almost late. Hahaha!”
Yoon Na-rae hurriedly put on her backpack and ran out of the office.
“Hey!”
Although Kang Hyeon shouted with all his might, Yoon Na-rae had already left without looking back.
“Tsk tsk.”
Clicking his tongue, Kang Hyeon soon smiled.
“Ah… How pretty.”
Even when angry, just looking at this ring made his heart melt.
It couldn’t be helped, because besides its appearance, its performance was too outstanding.
Name: Covenant of Death and Soul
Grade: A+ (Growth type)
Durability: 100/100
Description: A ring made by the Emperor of the Bysus Empire to keep secrets. It is a demon object (ghost object) that grows by consuming the souls of its users.
Ability: Magic Power +21 stat, Soul’s Oath
*Soul’s Oath: If one breaks an oath made with this ring, it takes their soul as payment.
“Magic power increased by 21 stats! Where did such a pretty thing come from!? Kuhahahahaha!”
Kang Hyeon laughed loudly like a madman.
For a moment, the employees working in the office turned their attention to him, but upon confirming it was Kang Hyeon, they quickly looked away.
“Phew… Now I should check it out?”
Having equipped the ring, it seemed necessary to check the status window directly with his eyes.
Rubbing his hands with expectant eyes, Kang Hyeon opened the status window.
â–«Name: Kang Hyeon
â–«Title: Tutorial Graduate and 6 others
â–«Level: 92
â–«Detailed Stats:
- Strength 40 (+4)(+10)
- Agility 41 (+4)
- Health 44 (+3)(+10)
- Magic 43 (+5)(+21)
- Additional Stats: –
â–«Unique Ability: Resurrection
â–«Abilities: Kang Hyeon-style Brawling(A), Magic Manipulation (A), Magic Detection(A), Veil’s Swordsmanship(B), Heat Resistance(C), Poison Resistance(D), Cold Resistance(D), …
â–«Skills: Magic Body Regeneration(S), Roar of the Enraged Lion (A), Magic Field(A), Busection(A), Giant’s Strength(A), Magic Explosion(A), Entria’s Outer Shell(A), Wayne’s Secret Technique(A), …
“This is it. This is what I wanted!”
Pure magic power of 43 plus 5 stat increase from titles. Add to that 21 stats from items.
It was an incredible magic stat reaching a total of 69.
“Whew… So full.”
He could feel magic power spreading throughout his body.
At this level, it seemed unlikely that his magic would bottom out easily even if he pushed body regeneration to the extreme.
“It would take more than just one or two potions to fill this up.”
As his magic container had grown, it would be difficult to refill once emptied.
“But really, it’s increased a lot.”
Looking carefully at the stat window, Kang Hyeon was reminded of his early days.
Strength 8, Agility 9, Health 7, Magic Power 14.
Back then, when his total stats were 38.
Kang Hyeon really worked hard to the point of death.
No, he actually grew stronger while dying.
Those days of struggling just to survive each day flashed by like a panorama.
“Things are much better now.”
Now Kang Hyeon had reached a monstrous figure of 168 in pure stat total without the help of accessories or titles.
“I can smash the heads of anyone I don’t like.”
Kang Hyeon walked to the refrigerator and took out a beer.
“And there’s an infinite refill beer fridge within arm’s reach!”
Of course, that beer was stocked by an employee.
When Kang Hyeon opened the beer can, there was the familiar click- sound.
“Kuheu! This is happiness!”
Kang Hyeon exclaimed while emptying the beer can in one gulp.
Late December.
Soon it would be a new year, and Kang Hyeon would enter his 30s.
“What should I aim for in the new year?”
Kang Hyeon’s own abilities had grown sufficiently, and the guild was growing well on its own.
Because of that, he wanted to do something new in the coming year.
“Hm? A phone call.”
Just then, Kang Hyeon’s smartphone rang.
“What is it now?”
The caller was a familiar figure. It was Shin Tae-gil.
-Mr. Kang Hyeon.
“Yes.”
-Are you interested in conquering North Korea?
“What!?”
Kang Hyeon was taken aback by Shin Tae-gil’s sudden question.
-The term ‘conquest’ might not be appropriate… ‘Unification’ would be the right word.
“Uh…”
It seemed his new year’s activity had been decided.
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Ippotranslation
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After the call with Shin Tae-gil.
Having nothing particular to do, Kang Hyeon went straight to meet Shin Tae-gil.
It was to hear the detailed story from him.
“Last time I tried it, that yellowtail raw fish was really delicious.”
Delicious food was just a bonus.
“How about tuna fish today? I think you mentioned you haven’t tried it before.”
“Oh, sounds good!”
Kang Hyeon smiled brightly and hummed a tune.
Meanwhile, the car carrying Kang Hyeon and Shin Tae-gil arrived at a high-end tuna restaurant nearby.
“Wow… This looks incredible.”
Kang Hyeon, seeing tuna sashimi for the first time in his life, opened his eyes wide.
“Mr. Kang Hyeon, what do you even spend your money on?”
“When do I have time to spend money? Fighting and bleeding every day, and even today when I tried to rest, you called me out to give me work.”
“While I did call you, it was you who asked to meet in person though.”
“That’s the same thing. Anyway.”
Kang Hyeon put a piece of wasabi on a large piece of tuna sashimi, wrapped it, dipped it slightly in soy sauce, and brought it straight to his mouth.
“Mmm… Anyway. Anyway… This is really delicious!”
Kang Hyeon’s eyes sparkled as he discovered a new world.
“Weren’t you going to say something?”
“Ah! Why did the North Korea topic come up suddenly?”
“About North Korea… Since you’ve been in dungeons constantly, you probably don’t know.”
“Know what?”
“North Korea’s leader is dead.”
“What!?”
“It’s exactly as I said. Remember that Black Armored Swordsman you fought?”
Kang Hyeon nodded as if remembering.
“That guy named Gattu or something?”
“Yes. That Gattu Asas completely turned North Korea upside down. Thanks to him, most of the military high command including the Supreme Leader died, and North Korea is currently in complete chaos.”
“Hmm… Is it that serious? Just because of what that one guy did?”
“The military and ability users can’t control the dungeons, so monsters are pouring out. Civilians are defenseless against these monsters. The estimated death toll so far is over 3 million.”
North Korea’s population is approximately 25 million.
3 million was more than one-tenth of that number.
“And that number is rapidly increasing every day. Maybe many more people have already died than that estimate.”
After hearing everything, Kang Hyeon frowned.
“I have two questions.”
“Go ahead.”
“First, why isn’t North Korea taking action when things have gotten this bad?”
“Yes.”
“Second, if we merge with North Korea, won’t there be problems with other countries? Like… China or Russia. They might look at it unfavorably, right?”
Shin Tae-gil was impressed by Kang Hyeon’s uncharacteristically cool analysis.
“To answer in order. First, it’s not that North Korea isn’t taking action, but that they can’t. The warlords there have split up and are only thinking about their own safety.”
“Explain it more simply.”
“It’s like if our division commanders and corps commanders privatized their troops and used them as personal guard units.”
“Ah…”
“Actually, North Korea was the first to request help from us. A North Korean general asked our government for help, saying he couldn’t watch his country collapse. And… We’ve already dispatched ability users once.”
“Really?”
Kang Hyeon’s eyes widened at the mention of ability users being already dispatched.
“Yes… The Ability Users Union stepped in, but the results weren’t very good.”
Shin Tae-gil’s expression darkened significantly as he spoke.
“Choi Dong-woo died in the battle against Gattu Asas.”
“…”
The atmosphere changed drastically at the news of Choi Dong-woo’s death.
Kang Hyeon remained silent with a frightening expression.
Shin Tae-gil broke out in cold sweat from the heavy aura emanating from Kang Hyeon.
“I’m sorry.”
“What do you have to be sorry for, Mr. Shin Tae-gil.”
Kang Hyeon suddenly relaxed his expression and smiled slightly while scratching his head.
“Looks like we need to switch to soju today.”
As the atmosphere turned gloomy, Kang Hyeon deliberately put on a bright expression.
“Let’s continue our discussion.”
“Ah, yes…”
Finally coming to his senses, Shin Tae-gil continued his explanation.
“I explained why North Korea can’t resolve this situation, and the second issue…”
“Other countries’ perspectives.”
“Ah, right.”
After thinking for a moment, Shin Tae-gil said.
“Currently, no country in the world has the luxury to worry about other countries.”
“Is there a reason?”
“Yes. Not just China and Russia, but the United States, European countries, South America, and even Africa have all started seeing A-grade dungeons appear in earnest, and they’re focusing all their efforts on dealing with undead that have crossed over from other worlds.”
“That sword guy Gattu who died yesterday was one of those too, right?”
“Correct. Especially China, which has currently lost half of its territory to them, has no capacity to worry about this situation.”
“Then it should be clean.”
“What will you do?”
“Obviously, I’ll do it.”
Kang Hyeon nodded as if there was nothing more to think about.
Shin Tae-gil was rather surprised by Kang Hyeon’s unexpectedly easy agreement.
“Is there a reason you’re agreeing so easily?”
At Shin Tae-gil’s Tae-gil’s question, Kang Hyeon grinned.
“Unifying the Korean Peninsula with my own hands. Sounds cool, doesn’t it!”
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Ippotranslation
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The next day.
Kang Hyeon gathered the executives in the guild’s conference room after a long time.
Kang Hyeon, Ahn Yu-seong, Shin Seong-ah, Yoon Na-rae.
The team leader and deputy leaders of the dungeon conquest team.
Lastly, the core office staff led by Han Jae-moon.
“Is everyone here?”
Kang Hyeon looked around at the gathered guild members.
Even though only the guild’s core members were gathered, there were quite a few people.
Thinking about how much the guild had grown, Kang Hyeon unconsciously rubbed the bridge of his nose.
“I called everyone here today to select members.”
Kang Hyeon paused and observed their reactions.
“You’re dying to know what kind of members, right? Right? You must be.”
“…”
No one was curious.
“It’s for the North Korean expedition team!”
“…”
Kang Hyeon’s expression crumpled at the cold response.
“None of you are going to applaud?”
Only then did sporadic, half-hearted applause break out.
Kang Hyeon continued with a satisfied expression.
“You’re probably wondering why suddenly a North Korean expedition, right?”
This time, Kang Hyeon asked as if genuinely wondering if they weren’t curious.
“The reason…”
Just as Kang Hyeon was about to say something, Yoon Na-rae suddenly started clapping enthusiastically.
When Kang Hyeon glared at her, Yoon Na-rae shrugged.
“Are you doing this on purpose?”
“Doing what?”
“Want to die?”
“What did I do!?”
Yoon Na-rae shouted as if wronged.
“Now only clap when I tell you to.”
“Tch! What are you, Kang Il-sung or Kang Jeong-il? You’ll fit right in in North Korea. It’ll feel just like home, won’t it!?”
“You’re definitely going.”
“What?”
“You’re definitely coming with me, so go pack your bags right now.”
“…”
“I said get out.”
“Yes…”
When Kang Hyeon glared, Yoon Na-rae trudged out.
“Well, one person is confirmed! Anyone else want to go?”
At Kang Hyeon’s words, everyone turned their eyes away.
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