Resurrection Chapter 46 - I Do Not Remember

In extreme situations, hunters were more monstrous than monsters. Even kind and good people did not look back at others when cornered, and easily turned their blades on each other for a single item. Believing that they could only trust themselves, they sent humanity and morality to the afterlife and focused solely on gaining the favor of the gods.

It could not all be blamed on individual character. Such things happened all too commonly and frequently.

Even I could not uphold justice or goodwill in order to survive. To survive, one had to be not only harsh and tough, but also wicked.

I was not of the new generation born after the world had stabilized to some extent; I had lived through the extremely chaotic times following the appearance of gods and monsters. To me, a member of the old generation called stagnant water, the current world was no different from hell.

I remembered the days when I was an ordinary child. I knew how happy the small daily routine of going to school, complaining about not wanting to study, coming home to a warm meal, watching cartoons, and then falling asleep was.

I am prepared to do anything if I can just go back to that time.

I spoke to Min Gongchan with burning eyes.

“If I could have used Resurrection on myself, I would not have put Heesoo hyung forward as the savior. I would have tried to become the savior myself. But due to the nature of Resurrection, I have no choice but to use it on someone else, and I chose Heesoo hyung for that person. Because no one other than Heesoo hyung can fulfill my purpose.”

Min Gongchan gave a bitter smile.

As he said, Heesoo hyung is the only human I can trust. Furthermore, he is the only one who can endure the ordeal of dying and coming back to life.

Even Min Gongchan could not refute that fact. With a strong conviction that my choice was right, I revealed my killing intent and continued.

“There will be no such thing as me giving up on Heesoo hyung. So if you continue to interfere with our work, I have no choice but to eliminate you right here and now.”

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Unexpectedly, Min Gongchan backed down readily. He even said it as if he had expected this.

“Alright, I get it. I will give up.”

I looked at Min Gongchan with extremely suspicious eyes.

“Really? You are not just pretending to give up and planning to backstab me?”

“If you are suspicious, you can kill me right now as you said. That is the surest way to eliminate any future trouble.”

Saying that, Min Gongchan grinned.

I knew where his confidence came from.

If Min Gongchan really came from the future, the information he knows would be extremely useful. Using it, I could significantly shorten the time it takes for Heesoo hyung to reach the max level.

More than anything, it felt wrong to kill Min Gongchan in front of Heesoo hyung just to eliminate future trouble. At least, if it was when Heesoo hyung was not looking or disguised as an accidental death, it would be different, but it was difficult to chop off his head right here and now.

I slowly drew my Demonic Sword and said.

“Even if I do not kill you right here and now, I can still kill you slowly.”

Seeing the black aura rising darkly from the Demonic Sword, Min Gongchan’s complexion changed.

He clearly knew what would happen if he were stabbed by the Demonic Sword. Not wanting to die after a long illness, he spoke urgently.

“I can help Seo Heesoo reach the max level.”

“Well, I think you will only be a hindrance.”

“I told you, I am giving up. In fact, I knew things would turn out this way.”

“You knew?”

“In the past, I tried to convince you countless times that Seo Heesoo was a madman, but it was no use. As long as you do not give up, it is not easy to kill Seo Heesoo either. You can revive him as many times as you want, so how could I kill him?”

“If you knew that so well, why did you put out a murder contract on Heesoo hyung?”

After asking the question casually, I had a sudden realization. I gritted my teeth and thrust the Demonic Sword at the tip of Min Gongchan’s nose.

“You bastard, you were trying to make me use my skill.”

Min Gongchan shrugged his shoulders without a hint of apology.

If the murder contract resulted in Heesoo hyung’s death, it would be a thank you. It meant his worries and anxieties would disappear.

Even if Heesoo hyung did not die, it would be a success if the fact that I have a resurrection skill was revealed. Because the guys targeting me would flock like a pack of dogs.

If I were to be captured by someone, I would be separated from Heesoo hyung, so he could have used that opportunity to kill him.

I realized that if it were not for Min Gongchan, I could have hidden my secret for much longer and leveled up Heesoo hyung without any interference. It was truly annoying that the existence of my resurrection skill had become a matter of time due to Min Gongchan’s scheme.

In a fit of anger, I considered cutting off Min Gongchan’s nose but barely managed to hold back.

“You had better explain in detail how you plan to help specifically. If you seem even a little bit suspicious, I will cut off your fingers one joint at a time.”

Min Gongchan replied promptly to my menacing threat.

“I will get Seo Heesoo to level 60 within a week.”

I paused.

“What? Do you even know what level Heesoo hyung is right now to be saying that…?”

“At this point, he would be around level 56 or 57. Am I wrong?”

At Min Gongchan’s question, I looked at Heesoo hyung. Heesoo hyung, who had been silently watching our argument, readily nodded his head.

“That is correct. I am currently level 57. The plan was to gain experience in this dungeon for three months to raise my level.”

“Well, if you go through the hell of dying and coming back to life repeatedly, it would take about that long. But I can shorten that significantly. I will get you to level 60 in just one week. Then you will be at a level where you can protect Kim Yitae reasonably well. How about it?”

It was an incredibly tempting offer, but it was also an overly sweet temptation. I had a feeling that if I accepted it rashly, I would regret it, so I turned to Heesoo hyung and said.

“It seems too suspicious, so I cannot do it. Let’s just throw him in the swamp and go. If he is lucky, he will live.”

“Tying up his limbs and throwing him in the swamp is telling him to die, how is he supposed to live?”

“An awakened one cannot even do that?”

“I cannot, you know?”

“We are still near the dungeon entrance, so if you are lucky, someone might rescue you.”

“Who else would come into an S-rank dungeon?”

Min Gongchan argued, but I was serious. It is not wise to listen to a temptation that is this hard to refuse. When you have a gut feeling that something is dangerous, it is right to follow your instincts.

Having roamed dungeons for a long time, I thought I should not trust Min Gongchan, and Heesoo hyung agreed with that.

“…Throwing him in the swamp is a bit much. Let us just tie him up like this and go.”

Min Gongchan jumped up and down on the spot.

“Wow, wow, you bastard Seo Heesoo! I can understand Kim Yitae, but you too! When did you stop acting all kind and hypocritical! You were a paladin, can you just abandon a person in a place like this?”

Min Gongchan spoke in a tone that even felt betrayed, as if he knew Heesoo hyung very well. If he is a regressor, it would be natural for him to know him well.

But to Heesoo hyung, he was a person he had met today and was trying to kill him. There was no reason to be considerate of him. He said calmly.

“As long as we do not throw him in the swamp, someone might help him, as Mr. Yitae said. Since we are near the dungeon entrance.”

“Even if someone comes, it will take a while, so what am I supposed to do if a monster appears!”

“Ask for help from the god you serve.”

“This is driving me crazy. I do not have a god I serve!”

At those words, both Heesoo hyung and I paused in surprise.

Judging by how he defeated the werewolves last time, we thought he was a pretty high-level skilled person. But he does not have a god he serves?

Since it was an impossible thing for an awakened one, we stared at him in surprise, and Min Gongchan said something astonishing.

“I am not an awakened one.”

I asked, dumbfounded.

“If you are not an awakened one?”

Min Gongchan let out a sigh.

“I am an ordinary person.”

Min Gongchan really seemed to have a talent for saying only unbelievable things. I was so dumbfounded that I burst out laughing.

“Hey, say something that makes sense. How did a guy who is not even an awakened one beat down the werewolves in front of the dungeon?”

“It was thanks to my items, what else. I did it with items I bought from the Otherworld Store.”

“No, what kind of item can take down dozens of those stupid wolf bastards?”

“The werewolves are helpless against mithril items… After chugging some enhancement potions and adding some scrolls, I just hit them a few times with mithril-studded knuckle dusters, and they went down easily.”

“Are you telling me to believe that right now?”

“It is true. If you do not believe me, you can ask the Golden Emperor.”

It was impossible to tell an awakened one from an ordinary person by appearance. The awakened system only allowed you to check your own and your partner’s status.

Of course, since awakened ones use supernatural powers, an ordinary person cannot pretend to be an awakened one. But it was easy for an awakened one to pretend to be an ordinary person.

The surest way to determine whether someone is an awakened one or not is to ask a transcendent being. Since they could distinguish between awakened and non-awakened at a glance, I quickly spoke to the Golden Emperor.