Solo Resurrection Chapter 50

Episode 50 The Weight of Death (1)

50. The Weight of Death (1)

What are guerrilla tactics?

Kang Hyun, who had been with the guys for a day, felt like he could write a book about guerrilla warfare.

-Peshuk!

“Again?!”

Sniping with a bow.

This arrow, which flew in whenever I forgot, had considerable power and could not be ignored.

“Ugh?!”

Traps scattered everywhere.

Knowing that Kang Hyun’s path was the core, they set traps at every intersection.

No matter how physically strong Kang Hyeon was, he couldn’t help but feel tense.

-Doo doo doo doo!

“Come on! Get ready!”

Finally, large-scale monster luring.

They showed up leading a bunch of monsters, using whatever method they had.

Dozens of monsters with arrows stuck in their bodies rushed madly towards where Kang Hyun was.

“ha…”

In addition to these three, they attacked the party day and night, constantly draining their stamina and fraying their nerves.

“Eww! Go to sleep! You little shi*s!”

It wasn’t like Kang Hyun was just taking it.

I even activated all my buffs and hunted them with full force.

But it took too much stamina to catch just one Benandi.

“I’m obviously faster than you… but I can’t keep up.”

As the name Benandi’s Forest suggests, this place was completely their territory.

Each and every one of them, running around between the trees as if it were their own home, looked like a ninja from a cartoon.

In the end, even if you give it your all, the result is only catching one fish.

That alone won’t do anything to resolve the situation.

-Peshuk!

Another arrow flew in from somewhere.

Kang Hyun quickly turned his head to avoid the arrow, but he couldn’t help but get a small cut on the tip of his ear.

“There’s no end to this.”

“…”

“If we continue like this, we’ll run out of stamina before we even reach the core. That’ll be the end.”

“How about ignoring them and just running towards the core?”

Kang Hyun shook his head at Shin Sung Ah’s words.

“There’s still quite a distance to the core. And that method is too dangerous.”

“Umm…”

“This isn’t a strategy we can try on our own when our stamina is already low. I wonder if there’s someone else who can do it.”

At that time, Anyu-seong quietly raised his hand.

“brother.”

“why?”

“How about we try a hostage situation?”

“Hostage crisis!?”

At that moment, Kang Hyun’s head lit up.

‘It’s an idea that only guys like An Yu-seong would come up with…’

It seemed pretty plausible.

In fact, Kang Hyun was ready to sell his soul to the devil if only he could get rid of those guys.

“Okay. Let’s do it!”

**

failure!

They didn’t care at all whether their comrades were caught or not.

No, rather, they attacked even more fiercely as if they were seeking revenge.

“Haa… I’m such a fool for trusting you.”

“You said it was a good idea earlier.”

Kang Hyun roughly ran his hands through his hair as his stress grew.

“I’m tired.”

The game of tag with life on the line continued.

Moreover, the closer I felt to the core, the more persistent their harassment became.

“What haven’t I done yet?”

Meanwhile, the group worked tirelessly to overcome this difficulty.

“I’ve already thought about everything.”

Shin Sung-ah recited the plans she had carried out so far.

Plan 1: Extermination → Failure

Plan 2: Hostage → Failure

Plan 3: Torture → Failure

Plan 4: Containment → Failure

“This too fails, that too fails, fails, fails… .”

“Stop, stop! I understand, so stop!”

“yes.”

Kang Hyun, whose eyes were darkened, was hysterical.

“How could you not be able to do it with a bow?”

“In this type of terrain, the use of bows is restricted.”

“They’re really good at shooting!”

“Isn’t my situation different?”

Kang Hyun-do knew too.

It was absurd to think that you could hit enemies who were moving and sniping like that with a bow.

I just said it because I was so frustrated and wanted to do something.

“I’m sorry… You guys are probably more tired than me.”

Although Kang Hyun’s physical fatigue was reduced due to physical regeneration, An Yu-seong and Shin Seong-ah were literally holding on with only mental strength.

In particular, it was surprising that Shin Seong-ah, who had even played a reconnaissance role, did not collapse immediately.

“Eww! This is driving me crazy!”

Kang Hyun shouted in a frustrating situation where there was no answer in sight.

“The sun is slowly rising.”

“ha…”

The sun, which was beginning to rise in the distance, illuminated Kang Hyun’s face.

The dark circles under my eyes seemed to stand out particularly.

-Phew!

That was when.

A faint explosion was heard in the distance.

I looked up at the sky and saw a red flare lighting up the dusk of dawn.

“It’s a crisis signal!”

There is no time to worry.

If things continued like this, I would die from overwork before I could reach the main core.

“let’s go!”

Kang Hyun immediately packed his bags and ran.

‘No matter what happens, things won’t get any worse than they are now.’

**

Screams were heard from all directions.

-Phew!

“The guild leader has fired a signal flare!”

Han Si-Hwan nodded after seeing the red light.

“Hold on a little longer! Now we’ll be getting support from other guilds!”

Han Si-Hwan, the vice-leader of the Guardians’ Guild.

Due to the absence of Guild Master Park Se-Hyeon, he was forced to take on the role of leader of this guild.

‘Damn it! If only the guild leader had been here at a time like this…’

Guild leader Park Se-Hyeon, who had turned into a monster during the last meeting, eventually failed to come to his senses.

And died.

The absence of Park Se-Hyeon, who was strong and full of leadership, is felt even more keenly now that his life is in danger.

“Eww! Save me!”

A scream is heard from somewhere.

When I turned my gaze, I saw another guild member being impaled and killed by a monster.

“Don’t give up! Just hold on a little longer!”

Han Si-Hwan encouraged the guild members. 

However, no hope could be found on the guild members’ faces.

Everyone looks bloody and exhausted.

I felt like I would collapse from exhaustion at any moment, but the monsters rushing in gave me no time to rest.

“Kyaaaaah!”

“Keeeek!”

The monsters that appeared continuously looked like a swarm of ants.

Han Si-Hwan was curious as to where on earth so many monsters were hiding in this mountain range.

‘Those damn dogs…’

If things had gone as they were, things wouldn’t have gotten this bad.

However, when Park Se-Hyeon died, the guild executives all showed their teeth, and eventually the guild reached a point where it was on the verge of splitting into several factions.

-The C-rank dungeon raid will proceed as planned!

Han Si-Hwan, who was unable to rise to the position of guild leader due to opposition from other executives.

He led this expedition to rebuild the collapsing guild and gain recognition as the guild leader.

“It was just my greed.”

The attack failed.

“Maybe I wasn’t cut out to be the guild leader in the first place.”

Guilt weighed heavily on his shoulders.

It felt like he was sending innocent guild members to their deaths.

“They must be having a feast by now.”

He felt his teeth grinding as he thought of the executives in the guild who were just hoping for his death.

-Thump, thump!

At that moment, Han Si-Hwan’s head turned at the sound of the ground shaking.

In the distance I saw three ogres coming out of the forest.

“Yeah. You’re really hitting the nail on the head… hahaha!”

The guild members, already exhausted, can’t stop them.

“Oh, it’s an ogre!”

“f*ck! I can’t die like this!”

“Where are you going! You can’t leave the line!”

Seeing that sight, Han Si-hwan gave up everything.

A guild member ran over to see Han Si-Hwan putting his sword down on the floor.

“What are you doing, Guild Leader? If we continue like this, we will soon be wiped out!”

“…”

“Please lead the guild members! If you just hold on a little longer, you will receive support from other guilds…”

“There is no support.”

“yes..?”

“They said there was no support.”

The guild members’ faces distorted in bewilderment at Han Si-Hwan’s words.

“Then why the signal flare..?”

I wanted to ask why he had ordered me to fire the flare, but I didn’t even have the presence of mind to say it properly.

“It was just to encourage the guild members. There will be no support.”

They eat each other.

In a world where people trample on the weak to reach higher places, Han Si-hwan was not naive enough to believe in such promises.

“We are finished.”

Despair fell on the faces of all guild members at Han Si-Hwan’s declaration.

“I will fight to the death even if I have to die.”

“Mom… sob sob…”

“Don’t cry! We are the Guardians’ Guild!”

At the end of their lives, some burned brightly, while others found their families.

It was a time when everyone was decorating the end of their lives in their own way.

“Get some sleep, you bastards!”

For a moment, a loud noise rang out that made the trees in the forest tremble.

[The Lion of Wrath is activated]

[All enemies’ morale and abilities have been reduced]

Kang Hyun, who was running at full speed, jumped into the middle of a group of monsters.

-Bang!

“asleep!”

Kang Hyun ran wild as if he was trying to get revenge for all the sorrow he had felt so far.

An Yu-seong and Shin Seong-ah, who arrived later, immediately joined the battle.

“Mr. Kang Hyun. Ogre first!”

“I know!”

At Shinsungah’s words, Kanghyun ran straight towards the ogres.

“Wow!”

Three ogres spotted Kang-Hyeon and screamed.

“I’m sorry, but I can’t play with you for long right now!”

Kang Hyun, who used ‘Wayne’s Secret’, flew straight into Ogre’s face.

-Push!

Bilgein’s longsword that instantly pierces the ogre’s eye.

“Explosion of magic!”

Kang Hyun fired a magic ball at the ogre’s eyes and ran straight towards the other guy.

It was because of the belief that An Yu-seong would take care of the aftermath.

“Hey, it’s Jiwon! Jiwon is here!”

“Wow!”

The Guardians Guild members cheered as Kang Hyun ran wild among the monsters.

‘Is that the ogre I know?’

Although a spark of hope was burning for everyone, Han Si-hwan’s face was not so bright.

‘The Guardian Guild is a monster that only a few people can eliminate…’

The Baddest Guild took down three ogres in less than a minute.

“Wow!”

That was when.

Suddenly, another shout was heard from somewhere.

“Guild Leader! It’s Dangun!”

“what?”

“Dangun Guild is here!”

I looked at the place my guild member was pointing at and saw twenty people running towards me at a fast pace.

At the forefront was a woman with long, flowing black hair. Han Se-yeon.

“It’s support!”

“I’m alive! I’m Dangun!”

Everyone’s face brightened with hope that they could survive.

But Han Si-hwan became even more desperate.

‘What have I, what have I been doing until now…’

Half of his guild members have already been wiped out.

In contrast, the Dangun Guild and the Baddest Guild maintained the same number of members as when they first went on the expedition.

‘Is the difference that big?’

‘What have I done so far?’

‘Is our Guardian Guild this incompetent?’

It was confusing.

It was clear that the antics they were showing would be impossible even if the dead guild leader Park Se-Hyeon returned to life.

‘No… we did our best.’

Because we did our best, we were able to win the honor of being the fifth guild in South Korea.

‘They must just be special.’

Only three people survived in Bedes.

Dangun, where all twenty guild members survived.

“They are total monsters.”

Both of them were monsters that the Guardians’ Guild couldn’t even approach.

**

The situation ended quickly with the joining of Bades and Dangun.

All monsters are defeated and a brief respite is given.

“Ugh…”

Everyone was busy collapsing and closing their eyes, but there were some who couldn’t do that.

“A head-on breakthrough is the only answer.”

The three guild leaders gathered to devise a plan.

“You need to move now before you lose any more energy.”

Han Se-yeon was the first to offer her opinion.

“The guild members are currently at their limit of stamina. How about resting and moving around a little more?”

“There is a person in our guild who has the skill to relieve fatigue. It may not be enough to completely recover, but it may be a temporary measure.”

Even after Han Se-yeon’s answer, Han Si-hwan’s expression did not soften.

“Even so, don’t you know where the core is? If we keep moving blindly, we’ll all die in the end.”

“Their defenses are getting stronger. It’s clear that our current course of action is correct.”

“That is not a solid basis!”

“Then is there another solution to the current situation?”

“…”

Han Si-hwan was unable to say anything in response to the question that hit the nail on the head.

“hey.”

At that moment, Kang Hyun, who had been silently listening to their conversation, raised his hand.

“I know the approximate location of the core.”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“I can’t explain it in detail, but I can feel the core.”

“How could that happen…”

“Besides, considering that their resistance is getting stronger as Han Se-yeon said, it’s almost certain.”

Han Se-yeon’s expression brightened noticeably at Kang Hyun’s words.

“Then do you happen to know the distance remaining to the core?”

Kang Hyeon nodded to Han Se-yeon’s question.

“Yes. A day at most. If we run without stopping, we might get there in half a day.”

Han Si-hwan nodded at Kang Hyeon’s words.

“That really doesn’t seem like much. But do we have that kind of stamina left?”

Running for half a day normally would be a bit tiring, but not now.

“Our guild members haven’t had a wink of sleep for two days.”

“…”

“Besides, it’s not a normal flat land, it’s a rugged mountain range, isn’t it?”

Han Si-Hwan turned his head and looked at the guild member lying on the floor.

“Look at them.”

“…”

“If you tell them to run through that horrible forest, you’re just asking them to die.”

“But we still have to run.”

Han Se-yeon said firmly.

“There will be a lot of dropouts!”

“If we continue to move slowly like this, a new group of monsters will attack again.”

“…”

“Then, at that time, all the Guardians Guild members will die.”

“…”

“If you want to save even one more person, you have no choice but to run.”

Han Si-hwan lowered his head and sighed at the cold words.

“I’ve already given up on them once. So you want me to make the decision to kill someone again?”

“…”

“I don’t know about you, but our guild, to me, is truly at its limit…”

“Did you say Mr. Han Si-hwan?”

Han Si-hwan looked at Kang Hyeon at the voice calling his name.

“I can’t listen to that. It’s so frustrating. Why are you whining like that?”

“yes..?”

“What if it’s the limit? Are there any other solutions?”

“…”

“Should we go for a run or something?”

“No, don’t say that….”

“Mr. Han Si-hwan. Come to your senses.”

Kang Hyun’s eyes sparkled with an inexplicable madness.

“In a dungeon, if you’re weak, you die. No, you already died once because you were weak. You only survived because we came. Am I wrong?”

“…”

“At least that’s why I came here. I came here to find solutions, not to take on a bunch of helpless kids.”

Han Si-hwan’s face turned red at the insulting words.

“You little brats… Even if you helped me, isn’t that too much?!”

Han Si-hwan shouted in anger.

However, Kang Hyun was already extremely tired and irritated.

Even at times like these, Kang Hyun was not a mature person who would consider the feelings of others.

“Listen to me carefully.”

“Ugh…ugh!”

Kang Hyun, who ran forward, grabbed Han Si-hwan by the collar tightly.

“This isn’t just your guild’s problem right now. If we’re not careful, everyone else could end up in trouble too.”

“Huh…!”

“So make it clear that either you shut up and follow me or you just get lost.”

“Ugh, ugh…”

Han Si-hwan, thrown to the floor, was breathing heavily.

“and…”

“…”

“If you stand in a position to lead others, if you are truly their leader.”

“…”

“As a captain, take responsibility until the end. Don’t be the first to collapse.”

Kang Hyun’s words were not wrong.

In fact, Han Si-hwan also knew that he was being unreasonable.

“you’re right…”

Han Si-Hwan looked at his guild members.

‘Yes. I shouldn’t be the first to give up. I have to run to save at least one more guild member.’

Han Si-hwan, who had made up his mind, raised his head. Unlike a moment ago, his eyes were unwavering and filled with strong determination.

“I’m sorry. I looked ugly.”

He nodded with a solemn expression.

“Let’s give it a try.”