[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world":3,"chapter-level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-29":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Level 4 Human in a Ruined World",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1848230,2454,"Chapter 29","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-29",29,"\u003Cp>[Translator – Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader – Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 29: Villain’s Battle (3)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After parting ways with Bag Merchant, Yeongwoo sped along the road faster than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to quickly confirm whether human trafficking was really taking place in this city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Passing several farms, rice fields, and barns, the surrounding scenery gradually transformed into a more urban environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gas station appeared, followed by buildings covered in glass and a convenience store revealing itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Yeongwoo felt a tremendous sense of discomfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since the convenience store appeared, people could be seen again, and they all raised their hands when they saw Yeongwoo, as if gesturing to call a taxi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, they were all standing by the roadside as if there were some kind of rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What’s going on?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just from the ‘people raising their hands’ in his immediate line of sight, there were a whopping seven people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo stopped in front of a man closest to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Yeongwoo could say anything, the man spoke first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you looking for someone?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well then, let me introduce myself first. I am Kim Taehong. Level 1, Karma 2,000. I can take care of seats, carrying luggage, collecting items… I can do anything within my abilities.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This man, Kim Taehong, pronounced his lines cleanly without a single mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Level 1… Does that mean you serve me all day long?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. That’s right. If you permit overnight stay, I won’t mind at all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The overnight stay referred to nighttime accommodations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, if the employer wanted to use the room they rented alone, it meant the servant would find his own place to stay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘It’s much more autonomous than I imagined.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo grinned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This seemed more like a personal business than human trafficking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, in terms of selling one’s labor, it could be expressed as ‘selling oneself.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Yeongwoo was examining the sturdy man in front of him, the man unexpectedly uttered an unexpected line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I… I have one condition, though.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As I mentioned earlier, I appreciate the offer for an overnight stay, but I won’t sleep, and I won’t go near the male dormitory.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo was surprised, then realized the man had taken a step back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Oh, did he find it strange that I was examining his body?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While overnight stay was allowed, the refusal to sleep meant something else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would earn 2,000 Karma using his body, but that didn’t mean he would sell his body in a sexual way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, what about not going near the male dormitory?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo asked immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I’m not interested in sleeping or anything like that. What about the male dormitory? Is there something there?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the man seemed surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aren’t you from this area? There’s a city hall in the male dormitory.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, City Hall.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo understood immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>City Hall, the main residence of the Strongest Sword and the place where human trafficking was said to be active.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, for this man who engaged in conservative transactions, City Hall must be a dangerous area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why don’t you go to City Hall then?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Because it becomes dangerous for both of us there.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he was a strong individual who could be bought for money, it meant safety couldn’t be guaranteed at City Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Yeongwoo became more curious about what was happening at City Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you going to the male dormitory by any chance?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the man asked this, Yeongwoo just nodded without saying a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The expressions of other ‘job seekers’ who had subtly approached for their turn immediately stiffened at Yeongwoo’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…It seems like everyone here avoids going near City Hall.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man scratched his forehead and spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you’re in your right mind, you generally do.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then, let me ask one more thing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, go ahead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is the payment in advance or post-payment? In reality, if the other party decides not to pay, it’s entirely possible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, that’s right. So, it practically depends on the conscience of the one paying.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s truly unbelievable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well, the world has become like this. We’re just doing this because there’s no other way for now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man let out a bitter laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Yeongwoo, for a moment, had the thought of taking out a coin from his backpack to give.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sympathy and gratitude for the information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, that thought didn’t translate into action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The feeling of regret for parting ways with someone he would probably never see again, but did it matter?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After nodding in acknowledgment to the man and the nearby people, Yeongwoo continued on the road leading to the male dormitory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, he thought that they would probably find it difficult to survive until tomorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even someone like himself, the Strongest sword, was after coins desperately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would someone willingly give compensation to someone weaker than them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the moment when he understood what concrete issues ‘lawlessness’ could cause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>**\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After parting ways with the man and continuing on the road, Yeongwoo soon encountered another group of people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the gender and age were diverse, and as soon as Yeongwoo entered their sight, they all raised their hands, just like before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the types and nature of the services they offered were slightly different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some were peddlers selling petrified items, and some specialized only in ‘item collection,’ one of the services offered by the man he had met earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you told them the item you wanted and the meeting place, they would scour the entire city to find it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, there was no guarantee that they would come back alive even if they found the item.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘In the worst case, they might find the item and then the trading partner pulls out a knife,’ Yeongwoo thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nevertheless, the lineup of job seekers continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo encountered another group until he faced a sign that read ‘Male Dormitory.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「2km to the Male Dormitory.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re almost there.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo looked at the sign and then glanced back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lineup of job seekers that seemed endless just a while ago was now nowhere to be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that everyone was reluctant to stay near the male dormitory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Why are they so afraid? If it continues like this, the city won’t be sustainable.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it continued this way, it wouldn’t be long before job seekers from the outskirts of the city couldn’t pay taxes, leading to their deaths or migration to other cities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The population would decline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, considering the structure of this world where the only resource was supplied through hunting monsters and mutants, the survival of the strong wouldn’t be a significant problem, whether the population decreased or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The road continued until Yeongwoo faced what seemed to be the urban area near the male dormitory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, for the first time, he could see the traces of last night’s battle – destroyed stone walls, scattered corpses, and dried bloodstains everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference from Gimcheon City was that the number of corpses in Sangju City was significantly lower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though those who went monster hunting didn’t necessarily strive to minimize civilian casualties, the strong individuals in Sangju City were much more capable than those in Gimcheon City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Hmm.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo ventured a bit further inside, even the few remaining corpses disappeared, and a relatively clean landscape unfolded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator – Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader – Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was at this moment that Yeongwoo heard that sound for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Beep!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the sound of a car horn coming from the direction of Yeongwoo’s back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he turned around, a white foreign car was making an angry noise with the engine running.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘A car…? Riding in a car?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo instinctively thought that the person inside must be the Strongest Sword of Sangju City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reset Day 2.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, when mutants appeared only one per region, who would dare to indulge in the luxury of purchasing a car?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Unless it’s someone who monopolized 3 million Karma.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo was about to draw his Early Bird from his waist, a second honk echoed from the white car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Beep!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the driver’s side window opened, and a woman inside stuck her head out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s the matter? Can’t you clear the way? Should I just hit and run?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp voice matched the sleek design of her sunglasses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not pebbles but real sunglasses. It was a luxury item that could be considered even more extravagant than a car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell, this bitch?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo, shocked by the fresh attire, stared at her, the woman opened the driver’s side door with a bang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can’t you understand a word? Should I just hit and run?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a clacking sound, her high heels, which had been covering her feet, met the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at that moment, Yeongwoo noticed it too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact that the person he was facing right now wasn’t the Strongest Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘She’s wearing shoes, and she’s not carrying a weapon.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crucially, even when she saw that the person in front of her was barefoot, she didn’t show any signs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This means that she does not know that there may be cases where one ‘cannot’ wear shoes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, the woman had never encountered someone with abilities at the level of a transcendent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, it made no sense for her to be indulging in such luxury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the woman without a sword and not carrying a small knife on her hip, Yeongwoo asked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s your relationship with the Strongest Sword? Family? Or is he your lover?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Momentarily perplexed, the woman’s face showed confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, she quickly regained her arrogant expression and asked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, where are you from? Seems like you don’t have basic manners.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after seeing the Early Bird hanging from Yeongwoo’s waist, she didn’t show any signs of backing down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the reason was evident in the back seat of the white car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clank, clank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the back door of the white vehicle opened successively, and Yeongwoo shifted his gaze in that direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, two sturdy men, each holding an Early Bird, got out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Bodyguards, huh.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corner where the woman placed her trust wasn’t just the glow of the Strongest Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when the two swordsmen finally saw Yeongwoo, they only made a bewildered expression and didn’t immediately engage in a display of skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was immediately recognized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The opponent wasn’t an ordinary person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They seemed to have little understanding of the significance of being barefoot, but seeing the golden glint in Yeongwoo’s hands, they seemed to understand that it wasn’t an ordinary item.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…What are you doing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two men hesitated, the woman’s displeasure was evident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the bodyguards cautiously spoke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He seems to be an outsider and might not know… Let’s just let it go peacefully. There’s no need to shed blood over this…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unexpectedly, the woman erupted in anger and pointed at Yeongwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can’t you get rid of this guy quickly? If you can’t handle this, you might as well go back and get beaten up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silently, the threat from the woman surprisingly had an effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two bodyguards reluctantly glanced at Yeongwoo, as if indicating that he should comply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo, drawing his Early Bird slowly, spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this woman really that intimidating? Or are you afraid of the Strongest Sword?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response, the bodyguards assumed a combat stance and uttered their lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We apologize. Our only means of survival is this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No emotions here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The apology and the claim of having no emotions seemed genuine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking this into consideration, Yeongwoo delivered his final warning sincerely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lower your weapons and leave this area. I won’t pursue you then. Don’t unnecessarily invite trouble.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, since he concealed his title, it was perceived as a provocation from the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ha. What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This guy just made me feel something I haven’t felt before.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the bodyguards adjusted their Early Birds threateningly, and Yeongwoo matched it by filling his pupils with golden light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Beep!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, a golden wave emanated from Yeongwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, both bodyguards and even the woman could clearly understand whom they had encountered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator – Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader – Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>",2029,"2026-06-09T07:03:45.574Z",1,"novelbin.me","fe32c04dba575a0dfcf216cb496ec0cc81fb6b7bf58da082bb70dda53df18e45","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-138","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-137",688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-cover.jpg"]