I Alone Resurrect Chapter 223

I Alone Resurrect Chapter 223

Night of Corpses (1)

After ending the battle in Yeoncheon County, Kang Hyeon and his group headed to an area called Jangpung County in North Korea. Jangpung County, located above Gaeseong near the military demarcation line, was home to one of the largest refugee camps in North Korea.

“Haa…”

When Jangpung County began to come into view in the distance, Kang Hyeon frowned.

“Is it already too late?”

Although there was still a considerable distance to go, he could tell the camp had been attacked. As they got closer to the refugee camp, the group’s expressions grew darker. The massive wall surrounding the shelter had completely collapsed, and it was difficult to find an intact building. The smoke still rising in various places indicated that the battle had not occurred too long ago.

“Let’s go in first. Watching won’t change anything,” Kang Hyeon said, and the group nodded.

“This is terrible…”

Upon entering the camp, they could more vividly feel the devastation that had occurred here. Human and monster corpses were scattered everywhere, with blood that had not yet dried pooling on the ground.

“Who’s there!?” 

At that moment, a voice shouted. Turning their gaze, they saw people with weapons standing behind a makeshift barricade.

“I’m Kang Hyeon from the Badass Guild. I came here because support was needed,” Kang Hyeon announced, which prompted murmuring from inside.

“Are you really Kang Hyeon?”

“Yes. Let’s come out and talk face to face. I want to understand what happened here.”

A man jumped over the wall and approached Kang Hyeon.

“You really are Kang Hyeon! It’s an honor to meet you. I’m Kim Seung-heon, the guild master of Chronia Guild.”

“Yes. Nice to meet you.”

Kang Hyeon and Kim Seung-heon shook hands lightly.

“Chronia Guild… The name sounds familiar,”.

Kang Hyeon mused, prompting Shin Seong-ah, standing behind him, to whisper,

“The Chronia Guild is famous in Gwangju. They’ve made it to the top 30 in national guild rankings.”

“Really?”

As Kang Hyeon looked surprised, Kim Seung-heon scratched his head with an embarrassed smile.

“Haha. It’s nothing compared to the Badass Guild. We just had some reputation in our region.”

“Still, that’s impressive. But why are Chronia Guild members here?”

“Aren’t ability users moving in large numbers to stabilize North Korea? We came during that time. South Korea was already oversaturated with ability users, so we thought new opportunities would open up in North Korea.”

Kim Seung-heon sighed and stared blankly at the distant mountains.

“This is the result you see now. Most guild members are dead, and we couldn’t protect the people… I wonder what dream I was chasing.”

“…”

“Oh! I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to make the atmosphere heavy…”

Kim Seung-heon laughed, having unintentionally created a somber mood.

“It’s okay, don’t worry about it. The fact that you survived is remarkable,” Kang Hyeon said.

Kim Seung-heon shook his head. “We didn’t survive the invasion. They simply let us live.”

“What?”

Kang Hyeon frowned at the mention of being ‘let live’.

“Just a few hours ago, when they attacked without warning, we thought we would all die. There were too many of them. It was beyond our capacity to handle…”

Kim Seung-heon lowered his head, seemingly feeling self-loathing at his powerlessness.

“It’s okay. Tell me comfortably,” Kang Hyeon encouraged.

Kim Seung-heon continued with a grim expression,

“Just before the last barricade was about to collapse, the enemies suddenly retreated.”

“They retreated?”

“Exactly as I said. They suddenly grabbed people indiscriminately and then left, like they were taking hostages.”

“…”

“I didn’t know the reason then, but looking back now, I think they knew you were coming and acted accordingly.”

“Hmm… How many people were taken?”

“Because of the chaos, I couldn’t accurately track it. At least over a thousand, maybe two thousand. Perhaps even more. We don’t even know who’s dead or alive yet… I’m sorry.”

“It’s fine. That’s enough information.”

“…”

“Thank you for holding out here.”

“Thank you…”

Kim Seung-heon, covered in wounds and dirty, bowed his head again. He appeared deeply shocked by this incident.

‘He probably did quite well in South Korea… Continuing to succeed until this first significant failure.’

The problem was that the cost of this first failure was too high.

“I understand the situation. Kim Seung-heon, please take care of the remaining people here. We need to leave immediately.”

“What?”

Kim Seung-heon was surprised that they would leave right after arriving.

“The enemies won’t return here. I’ll contact the government to send people to handle the situation, so please stay here. Everyone here will be looking to you.”

“…”

Han Se-yeon, standing behind, also agreed.

“I also agree with Kang Hyeon. It’s best to move quickly now.”

She couldn’t bring herself to add that the enemies seemed to have attacked this place to lure them.

“Understood.”

Kim Seung-heon nodded with a dark expression.

“Stay strong. Then, we’ll be going.”

With those words, Kang Hyeon and his group left the refugee camp, keeping their mouths firmly shut.

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Ippotranslation

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There was no need to separately investigate where the people were taken.

This was because there was a place that was emitting magical powers, almost seductively, despite being quite far away.

“Those skeletons have done something quite cute.”

Kang Hyeon laughed savagely while heading towards the place where magical powers could be felt.

“Shin Seong-ah. As soon as you arrive, find out where the people are.”

“Understood.”

To be honest, Kang Hyeon did not think he could save the captured people.

But he could not do nothing and just accept the situation.

“They’ve already come out to greet us.”

Not long after moving, Kang Hyeon and his companions encountered the enemies.

Monsters lined up endlessly.

As the densely packed creatures began to move, it was as if waves were crashing in a massive lake.

“Kyaaaaa!”

The monsters screamed savagely upon discovering Kang Hyeon.

“I’m glad to meet you too, you little bastards.”

Kang Hyeon smiled wickedly and pulled out Filthian’s hammer.

“Shall we begin?”

Despite words that seemed like he would charge immediately, Kang Hyeon did not move and surveyed the situation.

Unlike usual, where he would have been the first to jump into the midst of the enemies, he did not do so this time.

‘Vinus Karon. I need to watch how he fights.’

If he were to enter this enormous monster legion right now, the battle would occur in complete isolation.

Then he would not be able to properly see Vinus Karon fighting.

‘Looks like Han Se-yeon is the same.’

Han Se-yeon also seemed to be fixing her eyes on Vinus Karon, perhaps to observe his movements.

“You go first.”

At that moment, Vinus Karon moved.

Vinus Karon ran towards the monster legion at a speed that was neither fast nor slow.

When the distance between him and the enemies was about 10m.

-Chaeng!

With a sharp noise, light flashed.

-Chwaaaaaa!

Simultaneously, the monsters in front of him were split in half.

Just one sword strike.

The number of fallen enemies was nearly a hundred.

“Wow… That was a proper strike.”

Kang Hyeon exclaimed while looking at the tremendous carnage.

Vinus Karon.

He was literally a one-man army.

Olien’s words that he was one of the few top knights in the entire history of Harken Continent were not an exaggeration at all.

“At this point, isn’t he beyond top tier…?”

Less than a minute had passed, and the number of dead monsters was reaching the thousands.

“Let’s go too. There’s nothing more to see here.”

As expected, Vinus Karon was a beyond-standard strong man.

A completely shattering appearance that breaks the general notion that swordsmen are weak against multiple opponents.

Kang Hyeon moved, judging that there was nothing more to learn from dealing with ordinary monsters.

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Ippotranslation

***

Unlike the expectation that it would end quickly, the battle continued for quite a long time. This was because monsters continued to rush in endlessly, even after cutting down hundreds and thousands of them.

‘I guess he is human too.’

Vinus Karon was also not the same as in the beginning. From the mid-point of the battle, Karon’s activity had noticeably decreased. It seemed to be for the balance of physical and magical strength.

“Still, we ultimately took care of everything.”

Looking down from the mountaintop, Kang Hyeon let out a sigh. Wherever his sight reached, monster corpses were lying down. An enormous amount of blood flowing from them was streaming like valleys in various places.

“Everyone worked hard.”

Kang Hyeon looked at his companions who were exhausted from the battle that had lasted nearly half a day.

“By the way, where are the hostages?”

In the chaos of fighting, they had forgotten about the hostages.

“All hostages are safe. I have confirmed this,” said Shin Seong-ah.

Kang Hyeon felt relieved.

“Ah, that’s fortunate. Where are the people?”

“Here. Right beneath our feet.”

“Huh?”

Seong-ah pointed somewhere with her hand.

“Oh… There’s something like this here.”

Kang Hyeon exclaimed while looking at the iron door leading underground.

“You’ve already checked this?”

“Yes.”

“That’s amazing. Well done.”

“Thank you. Hehe.”

Seong-ah scratched her head and laughed foolishly.

“Should we go down ourselves?”

“No. The space below is quite narrow, so it would be better to have people come up here.”

“Really? Then let’s have them come up quickly.”

If numerous people were trapped in a narrow space, they would be quite anxious and suffocated.

A moment later.

People started coming up from the underground passage one by one. When the last young boy came up, it was over. The number was about 2,000.

Those who came out cheered at the fact that they were alive.

‘Fortunately, it’s night now.’

He thought it was really fortunate that it was dark and nothing could be seen. Because everyone would certainly be shocked if they saw the monster corpses piled up like a mountain below.

“What’s your name, little one?”

“Jin-su…”

Yoon Na-rae approached the boy who looked around 10 years old.

“Aww! So cute! Those bad guys! Kidnapping such a cute child!”

“Whenever she sees a good-looking kid, she loses her mind… Tsk tsk.”

Jin-su, a boy showing outstanding appearance despite his young age. Kang Hyeon clicked his tongue looking at Yoon Na-rae who was smitten with him.

“The bad monsters have all been killed by this sister, so Jin-su, don’t worry.”

“Really…?”

“That’s right! You’re safe now.”

“Thank you. Sob…”

Tears welled up in Jin-su’s large eyes.

“Oh… How much hardship have you been through.”

Yoon Na-rae approached Jin-su, seeming to sympathize with his sadness.

“Don’t cry now…”

At that moment.

Jin-su suddenly started coughing.

“Kelok! Kelok!”

“Jin-su, are you okay? Does something hurt?”

“Kuhek, Kek! Kelok! Kuhek!”

Jin-su was suffering, coughing as if he was about to stop breathing.

And it wasn’t just him. Other people gathered around also started coughing and suffering.

“What? What’s happening suddenly!?”

Everyone was bewildered by the simultaneous occurrence.

“Jin-su! Are you okay? Pull yourself together!”

Yoon Na-rae shouted urgently.

Jin-su’s eyeballs were slowly flipping upward.

It looked like that handsome child would die at any moment.

Yoon Na-rae thought she should cast a recovery spell first.

At that moment.

“Huh…? Jin-su?”

Jin-su’s eyeballs, which were slowly moving upward, rotated a full 360 degrees and returned to their original position.

Yoon Na-rae was stunned seeing the eyeballs rotate.

“Are you okay…?”

“Kehehehek!”

Simultaneously, a sticky arm made of blood and internal organs burst from Jin-su’s mouth, covering Yoon Na-rae’s face.

“Take it off! Take it off! Take it off!”

Yoon Na-rae, whose face was captured, stepped back in panic.

Even when trying to forcibly remove the arm, the arm grabbed her head with tremendous grip strength and showed no intention of letting go.

“You bastard!”

Kang Hyeon quickly stepped forward and cut off the arm attacking Yoon Na-rae.

“Keheok! Kek! Kelok!”

“Are you okay?”

Kang Hyeon looked worriedly at Yoon Na-rae, who was coughing.

“How… Isn’t Jin-su dead!?”

“Of course he’s dead!”

Jin-su was now just a shell.

Something from Jin-su’s body was eating away the remaining shell.

“Haaa… These skeleton bastards…”

A deep anger rose in Kang Hyeon’s chest.

“Kyaaaaak!”

“Kkaaaaak!”

The numerous refugees rescued from underground.

Their bodies were being torn apart.

Emerging like insects molting, tearing through human flesh, were monsters that looked like they had just risen from hell.

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