HBWnovel Chapter 74
Chapter 74
Chapter 74
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Chapter 74: Karma (Part 3)
‘This doesn’t seem like an ordinary situation here.’
Seongnam, where the 31st Strongest Sword reigns.
Yeongwoo couldn’t help but think of Gimcheon.
It was a city where there was no proper Strongest Sword, and the mutants were being abused.
Yeongwoo furrowed his brow, recalling the time when the Strongest Sword title was automatically passed on to anyone near mutants in Gimcheon.
It was a good example of what could happen if no one proclaimed themselves strong in this reset world.
‘But it’s unlikely the same thing happened in Seongnam.’
Yeongwoo’s gaze shifted back to the regional situation in Seongnam.
|The current location is ‘Seongnam’.
|The Strongest Sword of this area is ‘Lee Nam-hee 101’. Rank 31st, 1 defense.
Seongnam is a city right below Seoul, even under the bustling district of Gangnam.
Therefore, even though the Strongest Sword in Seongnam might be weak, it was nearly impossible for mutants to survive there for long.
Because...
‘They’re already stretching from Seoul to the outskirts of Gyeonggi Province. With this situation, why would they leave Seongnam, which is the closest?’
Therefore, the succession of Strongest Sword in Seongnam had a high probability of being unrelated to mutants.
For instance,
‘If a challenger of a high level continues to appear.’
It was hard for Yeongwoo to imagine, but wasn’t this right under Seoul where mutants appeared in numbers of 25 every day?
Nothing would be surprising.
‘At least, if I go to the downtown area, I can find out what’s going on.’
Current time, 11:15 AM.
Yeongwoo was traveling along the highway as he did yesterday.
However, even though it was the same highway, the atmosphere was quite different from when he crossed Chungbuk and the outskirts of Gyeonggi Province.
Apartment complexes were already lining both sides of the road, and people could be seen near the complexes.
‘Definitely a lot of people near Seoul.’
Of course, it was the time when the population was most active.
It had been an hour since the end of the curfew.
Regardless of weak or strong, people would be roaming the streets, collecting necessities, or solving daily quests.
‘Oh, now that I think about it.’
Finally, Yeongwoo’s gaze shifted to the quest list on the left side of his vision.
Then, the daily quest list adjusted to match the current location, Seongnam.
[Daily] “Scout”
[Mission] Approach the monsters until you are 10 meters away.
[Reward] 3,000 karma
The first quest was the same as always.
An assignment to lead people into battle against the monsters.
The mission is to encourage people to fight monsters.
‘This is fixed no matter which area you go to.’
From now on, everyone had to consider whether or not to perform the Scout quest as soon as they woke up in the morning.
Of course, it applied to the majority of people who were still closer to civilians than skilled individuals with considerable combat abilities.
While skilled individuals would naturally search for places where monsters appeared, civilians were in a position where they had to avoid monsters.
However, even if they just breathed without eating in this world, they still needed about 4,000 karma a day.
The smallest room rental fee at a motel was 3,000, and the basic tax was 1,000 karma.
So, if they didn’t perform the Scout quest, they had to make 3,000 karma by begging from others or providing some kind of service to earn wages.
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‘For civilians, the second quest is practically mandatory. Taxes are a problem, but you can’t live without eating at all.’
Yeongwoo checked the second daily quest, which differed by region and date from the Scout quest.
Then he widened his eyes.
“...!”
It was because there was a quest floating there that he didn’t want to believe, a dreadful quest.
[Daily] “Helping the Needy”
Vroom...!
‘Engine noise?’
While questioning himself, Yeongwoo was already sure.
It wasn’t a sound that could be easily mistaken for something else; it was something commonly heard.
Clunk.
As Yeongwoo pulled the reins again to completely stop Negwig, the patrol car following him also stopped.
“Hyung-nim, what’s going on?”
Eventually, Jongsu opened the passenger door and asked, but he closed his mouth as he spotted the objects starting to appear on the other side of the road.
Vroom...!
It was because a line of cars was approaching along the highway.
No, more precisely, they were heading towards where Yeongwoo and his group were.
Of course, since the adjacent lane was empty, it didn’t obstruct traffic.
“Uh... wait, what’s this?”
Taeyoung, noticing that the speed of the vehicles on the other side was quite fast, made a worried sound mixed with apprehension.
He thought they might be surprised when they saw Yeongwoo and hit the brakes abruptly.
And sure enough...
Screech!
As the distance between them decreased to about 40 meters, the leading vehicle started to brake abruptly.
However, the problem was...
Crunch!
The driver was so surprised to see the horse that they ended up turning the steering wheel too sharply.
As a result, a disaster unfolded.
Crash!
As the leading vehicle lost control and spun around, the cars behind crashed into each other, causing a chain reaction collision.
Bang, crash!
Six cars in front of Yeongwoo’s group collided with the front vehicle and the guardrail, coming to a halt.
“Whoa...”
Jongsu and Taeyoung only let out startled breaths at the sudden turn of events, but Yeongwoo’s reaction was a bit different.
Thunk!
He jumped off Negwig’s back simultaneously.
It was because he drew his black sword.
Current time, 11:28 AM.
Six vehicles crossing from north to south across Seongnam, starting from the north toward Seoul at this odd hour.
In Yeongwoo’s mind, there was no way they were ordinary civilians.
Just the fact that they owned cars meant they had a significant amount of cash, and the probability of them being a cartel with some purpose was high.
They could be like the so-called “hunters” who had visited Icheon, feared by people chasing cows in Yeoju and claimed to be “people from Seoul.”
“Hyung-nim?”
Click, clunk.
Ignoring Jongsu’s slightly puzzled voice, Yeongwoo approached the leading car that had crashed into the guardrail with its driver clutching his forehead.
Then he saw a man sitting in the driver’s seat, holding his forehead.
“What the... fuck.”
Though he seemed surprised by the unexpected accident, as Yeongwoo had expected, he didn’t seem to be injured.
He must have been a driver at the superhuman level, where a car accident wouldn’t hurt him much.
“Are you okay? I’m sorry. It seems like the accident happened because of me.”
As Yeongwoo spoke with a tone that showed no remorse at all, the man who had been clutching his forehead turned to him with angry eyes, but quickly calmed down.
He quickly remembered what had surprised him.
The unusual equipment status of the opponent.
And above all,
“What... what is that?”
The man, confirming Negwig again, was startled.
What he saw earlier wasn’t a mistake.
However, the other drivers in the back, unaware of the situation, jumped out of their cars, banging on the crumpled doors and getting out of the cars.
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