I Alone Resurrect Chapter 248
The Death of a Knight (2)
Everyone stared blankly at the sky.
A pillar of light breaking and showering down fragments.
Colorful fragments imbued with magic shooting light in all directions…
“Is this a club!?”
Everyone frowned at Yoon Na-rae’s nonsense.
“Want to die?”
“Yes? Why again!?”
“Huh… It’s nothing.”
For reference, Yoon Na-rae had never been to a club even once.
“My youth can’t end like this… Later, I’ll definitely make a club for myself, no! A concert hall!”
“Just stop talking! Whether you make a club or a night spot, what do I care!?”
“Why are you angry about a dream? Seriously. You’re so irritating that’s why you can’t date.”
“It’s a yellow card. If it becomes a red card, you’ll die.”
“Yes.”
Yoon Na-rae nodded obediently at Kang Hyeon’s warning.
At that moment.
-Whoosh!
Light began to emanate from Kang Hyeon’s necklace.
“Oh, is it already responding?”
Kang Hyeon checked the detailed description of the necklace.
Name: Dimension Necklace
Grade: Z
Durability: 1000/1000
Description: A gift handed to you who first defeated the boss of an A-grade dungeon.
Ability: Increases health stat by 20, Portal
Portal: When the connection with the Harken dimension is cut off, it can open a dimensional portal to return to Earth. One-time use.
“Simple enough.”
Just as its name suggested, it was an item that opens a dimensional portal.
“I wonder from when they prepared something like this…”
Thinking about the administrator’s preparedness, Kang Hyeon shook his head.
“Anyway, let’s go back! Though we still have a lot of time, that guy Agon might come.”
“Yes.”
The battle ended more anticlimactically than expected.
The portal opened to the Heigran Kingdom still had quite some time before closing.
But since Agon, angered by the dimensional connection being cut off, might chase after them, it was better to hurry back.
“It’s really over now.”
Yoon Na-rae let out a deep sigh.
Now they just needed to go to the royal palace, open a portal to Earth, and go home, everything would be finished.
Thinking this, the past two and a half years quickly flashed through her mind.
“Hey, don’t say unlucky things.”
Kang Hyeon interrupted her.
“Why? Isn’t everything over now?”
“Whenever you say something like that, something happens. Haven’t you heard of Murphy’s law?”
“Oh… It’s Murphy’s law, not Mafia law, you dummy…”
Moreover, ‘Murphy’s law’ wasn’t even the right expression to use in this situation.
It was just as Kang Hyeon was about to shout in response to Yoon Na-rae’s words.
[Connection to Harken Dimension has been cut off]
[Earth’s protection system will cease operation]
[Earth’s tutorial is ending]
Everyone stared blankly at the appearing messages.
“See? I was right?”
“Just shut up.”
Kang Hyeon’s eyes gleamed sharply.
An ominous feeling began to creep up slowly.
[Due to the cessation of Earth’s protection system, the status window will disappear]
[You will no longer receive corrections to skills, abilities, and stats]
[Most item corrections will vanish]
“…”
A moment of silence.
After seeing the messages, Kang Hyeon let out a sigh and roughly ran his hand through his hair.
“Damn it…”
It seemed like he had been completely blindsided.
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Ippotranslation
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On the way back to the portal to the Heigran Kingdom.
“Let’s think positively~ We won’t have to fight anymore, right?”
Yoon Na-rae tried to lighten the mood with a light tone.
“We’ll know when we get to Earth.”
“Why?”
“What are we going to do about the dungeons, monsters, and skeleton bastards currently on Earth?”
“Oh…”
Of course, when this connection is cut off, everything might have disappeared.
But Kang Hyeon thought the possibility was very slim.
‘That administrator bastard was definitely planning this from the beginning.’
He had completely messed things up.
The Harken dimension might have been ruined originally.
But he had essentially come to the perfectly fine Earth, caused chaos, and then suddenly withdrawn with a ‘survive on your own!’ attitude.
‘Can it work without a status window…’
I could not be certain.
No matter how much I had grown through numerous battles, at the core, there was always a status window and items…
That is, there was something called a system.
Now that everything is gone.
I could not help but wonder if I could fight like before.
“I don’t know! Let’s go back first!”
A portal returning to the kingdom was visible not far away.
Just as Kang Hyeon was about to enter without hesitation.
[Well done]
A familiar voice penetrated Kang Hyeon’s ears.
It seemed the voice was not heard by Kang Hyeon alone, as the entire party simultaneously stopped.
“You… What kind of trick is this?”
Kang Hyeon said, biting his teeth and spitting out the words.
[A trick? The connection with Harken is cut off, so isn’t this a happy ending now?]
“You didn’t say everything would disappear from the status window!”
[What does that have to do with anything?]
The administrator responded with a voice that genuinely seemed not to understand.
“What’s happening to Earth… The monsters on Earth. The skeletons. Are they all gone?”
[How could that be? You’re making an interesting joke. Haha]
“You bastard…”
Kang Hyeon trembled, clenching his fist.
[Oh, Kang Hyeon. I don’t know why you suddenly hate me so much. I’m your passionate fan. That’s why I’m talking to you like this, breaking causality with my own power. This is really the last time]
“Get lost!”
[Calm down and think. Do you remember what I said at the beginning? I’m an administrator. I’m just balancing things. I’m not like a guardian of Earth, right?]
The administrator continued with a light attitude.
[I’ve been trying my best not to lie until now]
“…”
[Well, there were a few times I inevitably did]
Irritation rose like a wave.
Now, he couldn’t even understand what this guy was trying to say.
Was this last conversation just to mock him?
[As I’ve always said, it’s true that I’m a fan of Kang Hyeon. I’ve also left a gift. I hope you use it well]
“A gift…?”
[Yes. What the gift is… A secret! To be honest, it’s hardly a gift. It’s more for maintaining balance. Anyway! A gift is a gift]
“What are you thinking right now?”
[Pardon?]
Suddenly, Kang Hyeon’s eyes emitted a cold light.
“I’m asking why you’re suddenly babbling so much…”
Usually, the administrator did not talk much.
Always saying time was short.
He always hinted at a nuance that conversing with humans was a burden to him.
But now, what was this?
In a situation where the system had disappeared.
He was directly speaking to Kang Hyeon in another dimension.
Though not exactly known, given his previous actions, this conversation would surely be a significant burden for the administrator.
‘There must be an ulterior motive…’
Something flashed through Kang Hyeon’s mind for a moment.
“Damn it! Everyone run!”
“What?”
“Enter the portal! This bastard is trying to stall for time!”
The party was bewildered and flustered by Kang Hyeon’s words.
[Hahaha! As expected, you’re an interesting human. You seem so stupid, but when moments like these come, how quick-witted you can be]
Suddenly changing his attitude, the administrator began laughing maniacally.
[Let’s see you try. It seems already too late]
“What…?”
That was the moment.
A chilling magical power began to be felt behind the party.
Everyone’s heads slowly turned.
What they saw was the one called the Absolute.
“Ha… We’re screwed…”
It was Agon.
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Ippotranslation
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Although the opponent had not revealed their identity, Kang Hyeon immediately recognized him as Agon.
The tremendous magical power of Mosha Adraz level that he had fought before.
And something indescribable.
A sense of a different caliber was transmitted from him.
‘Damn… I’ve already weakened due to the disappearance of the status window, and now this…’
Kang Hyeon didn’t know, but in fact, Agon was also in a weakened state compared to before.
In such a situation, Kang Hyeon carefully gauged his and Agon’s power.
“Finally, we meet.”
Agon’s voice was clearly heard despite being quite far away.
“Running away is useless. Quietly meet your death.”
Before Kang Hyeon was a portal to return to the royal palace.
But even if he used it, it would be pointless.
-Destroy it as quickly as possible and return here. If even a little late, Agon might follow the magical power’s resonance and come here…
The words of the wizard Seher echoed in his mind.
‘If only that administrator wasn’t here!’
Kang Hyeon gritted his teeth thinking of the administrator.
The administrator seemed to want to kill him here.
‘Since he cut off the dimensional connection, his usefulness is over, and he’s trying to wrap things up cleanly by eliminating the status window?’
Unable to receive help from the status window, he could no longer use his unique ability of resurrection.
“Seong-ah. Can you see that Agon guy properly?”
“I can see him, but… It seems because we’re not receiving system compensation, he looks blurrier than before. The flow of magical power is not visible either.”
“That’s what I mean…”
Seong-ah’s unique ability was related to vision, directly affecting the body.
That’s why it seemed she could still use it even with the status window gone.
‘I’m the only one left with nothing.’
His unique ability was resurrection.
Literally dying and coming back to life.
If that resurrection ability disappears, what’s left for him is…
“Whatever! This is do or die. I’ll end it here.”
“Kang Hyeon drew out Bilgein’s longsword.
‘Status window or whatever! Screw that! I can do everything without it!’
It was when Kang Hyeon was preparing for battle, glaring at Agon.
“Everyone, go back.”
Suddenly, Vinus Karon blocked Kang Hyeon’s path.
“What?”
“I will block this place alone. Return to the kingdom.”
At Karon’s words to leave him behind, Kang Hyeon frowned.
“Stop talking nonsense and move.”
Vinus Karon stood still and stared at Agon.
“This happened in the world where I exist. And I also bear responsibility for this situation.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Because of me, the entire continent was engulfed in war.”
Lihendren, which was merely a small kingdom, became a massive empire that swallowed more than half the continent due to Vinus Karon alone.
If Karon had not been there, such a thing would never have happened.
‘Because of that war, these immortals have become even better at destroying humans. I also bear responsibility.’
“What kind of nonsense is that…!”
“Pull yourself together!”
Suddenly, Vinus Karon turned around and shouted with an enormous voice.
It was an appearance unimaginable for Karon, who always had emotionless eyes and was silent.
“I am merely trying to reap the sins I have sown. Moreover, you are humans from another world. There is no reason for you to die here.”
‘…’
“And it seems you are mistaken about something.”
Vinus Karon looked directly into Kang Hyeon’s eyes.
Karon’s eyes, which were always coldly settled, were bizarrely burning.
The time when Vinus Karon was considered a living legend.
It was the gaze of that man who had once driven the entire continent into terror.
“I am the last knight of the Lihendren Empire. Vinus Karon…”
‘…’
For the first time, Kang Hyeon was overwhelmed by someone’s gaze and kept his mouth shut.
“The only one who can give me orders is the Emperor of the Empire.”
These were the words Vinus Karon had spoken to Kang Hyeon on the day they first met.
But the weight now was completely different from back then.
“You do what you must do. I will do what I must.”
With those words, Karon kicked Kang Hyeon, sending him flying.
“Damn…!”
Kang Hyeon was suddenly sucked into the portal.
“You all go back as well.”
When Karon spoke to the group.
“How dare you go anywhere!”
The enraged Agon cast a spell.
A massive sphere flying, filling the entire field of view.
The black sphere, looking much larger than a meteor, contained an unimaginable power.
“A true knight learns something even in defeat. This might be a good opportunity to truly learn defeat.”
Karon swung his sword.
-Squeak! Kwaaaaa!
Then the sphere filling the field of view was cleanly cut in half.
The sight was so dramatic it seemed like the world itself was being sliced.
“But… It won’t be that easy.”
Because he had never been defeated, not even once.
Side Story – Vinus Karon
600 years ago.
Lihendren Empire’s capital imperial palace.
“Sir Karon.”
“Your Highness.”
Vinus Karon bowed respectfully as the imperial princess approached him.
“I heard you are leaving for a mission today.”
“Yes.”
The mission Vinus Karon was assigned this time was an assassination of key figures.
It was an operation to eliminate the leadership of the Togas Kingdom, which could be considered the center of the anti-imperial alliance.
“Please follow me for a moment.”
The princess grabbed Karon’s wrist and headed somewhere.
The place they arrived was a garden lake where no one was around.
After confirming again that no one was watching, the princess carefully spoke.
“Sir Karon. Please do not go… This mission is a trap.”
‘…’
“My father has colluded with the enemy to create a plan to kill you! So you absolutely must not go.”
The Emperor of Lihendren Empire feared Vinus Karon.
Karon’s seemingly endless power.
And his reputation.
All imperial citizens praised Vinus Karon.
As if Karon himself were the emperor.
“The aging father is already out of his mind. He will definitely continue trying to kill you even if this operation fails! So…”
The princess looked at Karon with worried eyes.
“Please run away. Sir Karon. I cannot bear to see you die like this…”
“Your Highness.”
Vinus Karon grabbed the princess’s hand.
“I’m sorry, but I cannot do that.”
“What…?”
“I also know that this operation is a trap. In fact, this is not the first time such a thing has happened.”
At first, he thought it was just leaked information.
Whenever Karon was deployed on a secret mission, there were always enemy traps lying in wait.
But as this repeated several times, Karon could not help but notice.
“The Emperor wants me dead.”
He had felt that the Emperor’s gaze toward him had changed for some time.
But he never thought he would go this far.
“Then run away! Why are you going when you know it’s a trap?”
“I am the last knight of the Lihendren Empire. I only follow the Emperor’s orders.”
“…”
“So if the Emperor desires my death… I will die. I’m sorry, but I will pretend I did not hear the princess’s words today.”
With those words, Vinus Karon left.
And as expected, the princess heard the news that Vinus Karon had died during the mission.
News that he had fought heroically against ten superhumans in the Togas Kingdom’s palace and died in battle.
This was… Vinus Karon’s first and last ‘false’ defeat.
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