Solo Resurrection

Chapter 109

Chapter 109

Frontal Attack (1)

“Ugh...”

Her head was throbbing.

Choi Yeon-hwa, who was groaning lightly, carefully opened her eyes.

“Where am I?”

It was a place she had never been before.

A gloomy darkness and a humidity that made her body feel uncomfortable rose up.

Choi Yeon-hwa tried to recall why she was in such an unfamiliar place.

‘Strangers appeared during the dungeon practice...’

She had resisted them but was ambushed and lost consciousness.

And now.

She was in a place she had never been before in her life.

Looking around, she could see a few students who had been in training with her gathered together.

“Are you awake?”

A man carefully examined her complexion.

Choi Yeon-hwa didn’t know his name, but she remembered seeing him during the training.

“Where are we?”

“We’re not sure either. We haven’t been conscious for long... One thing’s for sure though, it seems to be a prison.”

“You’re right.”

From any angle, this place was a prison.

The narrow room was surrounded by solid cement walls on all sides.

The door was a thick iron gate, and the narrow iron bars on it were the only passage connecting to the outside.

“What happened to the others?”

“It seems they’re held in different rooms. I heard Korean a little while ago. Mostly curses and screams though.”

“Screams...?”

“I think they were caught trying to escape.”

Choi Yeon-hwa quickly understood the situation.

The people captured here were ability users.

Each carried weapons in their inventory, and some even used skills.

There must have been people with enough power to break out of this stuffy prison in an instant.

“They tortured the captured people. There were screams for a while, but after that, it seems no one dares to think about escaping.”

“By ‘they’, do you mean the foreigners who came to the dungeon?”

“Yes. From what I’ve heard, they seem to be Russians.”

“Russians...”

Hearing this, Yeon-hwa thought that they might not even be in South Korea anymore.

‘Those guys came through a portal back then. There’s no guarantee that the exit leads to Korea...’

Just as she was organizing her thoughts.

-Click!

Suddenly, the thick iron door opened.

And two foreigners appeared.

“Follow.”

One man spoke in broken Korean.

Choi Yeon-hwa and the people trapped in the room hesitated, not knowing what to do.

“Follow!”

“Argh!”

In an instant, the man kicked the person in front of him.

“Follow.”

The guy seemed to only know how to say “follow” in Korean.

For a moment, Choi Yeon-hwa pondered.

Should she take out her weapon and resist? But there was no guarantee of escape even if she defeated this guy.

The people captured with her were all low-level trainees.

In contrast, these guys seemed to be quite powerful ability users.

“Let’s just do as he says for now.”

The man who had woken Choi Yeon-hwa said.

The hesitant people nodded and stood up.

As they went out into the corridor, they could see quite a lot of people gathered.

About 30 people in total.

There were 5 people in Choi Yeon-hwa’s room, so people had come out of 6 rooms in total.

Among them were Jeong Dae-han and his subordinates.

“Welcome, everyone.I’m Oh Jeong-su. I know you must be very confused right now, but please follow the instructions well.”

Waiting for them outside was an Asian man with an arrogant expression.

As familiar Korean words were heard, shouts erupted here and there.

“Where are we?!”

“Who are these people? Send us home!”

“Do you think you’ll get away with this?! Do you know who my father is?!”

Oh Jeong-su, who had been listening to these words, stretched out his hand.

“You there.”

“Y-yes?”

“Yeah, you. Come here.”

“Why should I come out?!”

Stamina 14 (+1)

Magic 12 (+1)

Additional Stats: –

▫Unique Ability: Sword’s Blessing

▫Abilities: Intermediate Swordsmanship(D), Lower-grade Martial Arts(E)

▫Skills: Acceleration(B), Sword Spirit’s Descent(B)

A rather impressive status window.

Although she had no dungeon experience, this was the result of growth from passing through five levels of the tutorial.

Thanks to this, her level was slightly ahead of most people around her who were levels 2-4.

Moreover, even compared to others of the same level, she possessed considerably higher stats.

This was not only a difference in talent but also the result of consistent effort from enjoying exercise since childhood.

“Call it out.”

“Level 3. Strength 9, Agility 12, Stamina 10, Magic 13.”

Choi Yeon-hwa deliberately called out the lowest possible numbers except for magic.

“Quite decent. Skills?”

“Just one, lowest-grade swordsmanship.”

“Good. Step up here.”

Choi Yeon-hwa stepped onto the machine like the others.

As numbers appeared, Oh Jeong-su noted them down and nodded.

“Next.”

Early dawn.

Bandarenko, who had spent the night sleepless, sighed.

“Kang Hyeon...”

The final battle with Kang Hyeon wouldn’t leave his mind.

Could he win if they met again? He asked himself, but he already knew the answer.

“I can’t win.”

He was overwhelmed by Kang Hyeon.

Saying he couldn’t show his true skills because he was too surprised was just an excuse.

“Is he really dead?”

Normally, he wouldn’t have such doubts.

He had directly confirmed Kang Hyeon’s death.

But the end was the problem.

Shortly after Kang Hyeon died, his corpse disappeared.

Moreover, without dropping a single item.

Usually, when an ability user dies, they drop all items in their inventory.

“If that didn’t happen, it might mean he’s still alive.”

He clearly confirmed that his heart had stopped, but you never know.

Things were so chaotic, and Kang Hyeon might have had some kind of teleportation item just before dying.

“Huu...”

If he was alive.

If he somehow found this place, would there be a way to stop him?

‘I couldn’t even properly handle just Kang Hyeon...’

That’s when it happened.

-Knock knock

A knocking sound was heard.

“Come in.”

The one who appeared opening the door was Oh Jeong-su.

One of the quite useful men recruited to take over Korea.

Now that the Kangshin Guild had fallen and Kim Jeon-yong was dead, he was virtually the only link to Korea.

“What is it?”

“I’m here to report on the Koreans who arrived this time.”

“Anything special?”

“No. The magic measurements were completed as planned, and we’ve started extraction on some of the more resistant ones. The rest of the personnel are scheduled to start leveling up from tomorrow.”

Bandarenko silently nodded.

“I understand. Then I’ll...”

“Wait. I have something to say.”

Bandarenko stopped Oh Jeong-su as he was about to leave.

“Make sure none of these people die.”

“Pardon?”

Oh Jeong-su was taken aback by Bandarenko’s sudden words.

Usually, captured ability users would be leveled up by any means necessary and made to invest all their stats in magic.

After reaching a certain threshold, they would be used for magic extraction, with no regard for casualties in the process. This was the existing method.

“I said, make sure no one dies.”

“Understood. Is there a special reason...?”

“We’ll need to negotiate with Korea using those guys as bait.”

“By negotiation, you mean...”

“You don’t need to know beyond that.”

“Understood.”

Oh Jeong-su bowed his head without further question.

“I plan to kill them all after the negotiations anyway. Just keep them alive until then.”

“I’ll keep that in mind.”