[{"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-339":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},1848303,2454,"Chapter 339","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-339",339,"\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 339: Becoming Each Other’s Shadow (4)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? What kind of crazy nonsense is that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo's eyes widened as he read the system message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Some card effects from the power deployed in the battlefield are now activating.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how many times he read it, it meant that the special effects of the cards used at the negotiation table were also taking effect here in this battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take, for instance, the “Workers” card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Performance-based\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this card is drawn again, its power doubles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The performance-based effect doubled its power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And sure enough, the workers descending from the sky were now surrounded by a radiant glow, different from before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘How does this make sense? Even if the war rules were set at the negotiation table, the card effects are actually being implemented here?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo still looked confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the special effects of the cards were indeed being applied here on Tsushima, what would happen to his father, Jeonggu?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Before the Storm: Jeonggu]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jeonggu is still alive, shielded by the mysteries of the universe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>|Card Grade: Legendary\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>|Power: 1,000\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suspicious Straw\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A card that always wins against cards of the same grade, such as Jeonggu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant that he would automatically win against Lemu, another Legendary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What kind of place is this?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Jeonggu had been here, what would have happened?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo felt a shiver run down his spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And meanwhile…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―What the…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―It feels like my body got bigger?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―I… feel strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo's friends, officially titled “Workers,” landed on the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four mutated giants entered the battlefield, and the Lemu forces surrounding the capture flag collapsed in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To avoid being crushed by the mutants, they had no choice but to fall back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On top of that, due to the \"Performance-based Pay\" card effect, Yeongwoo’s friends’ bodies had indeed grown larger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even General Kim Younghyeom, who had returned as a white tiger, was originally around 5 meters long, but now looked closer to 8 meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―Fighting the Japanese on Tsushima—now that’s a strange situation. Am I allowed to kill every Japanese here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>General Kim Younghyeom bared his gleaming fangs with a sinister line, and Yeongwoo spoke up loudly, making sure everyone heard him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You can kill anyone holding a sword, but if they disarm or flee outside Tsushima, don’t kill them. We should spare a few for post-war administration.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the Japanese soldiers, this sounded like a compelling surrender offer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was essentially saying that they would be spared if they dropped their swords and fled Tsushima.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it wasn’t out of compassion; it was simply for easier post-war governance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Is this guy… really going to spare the ones who surrender?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘This is basically our last chance, isn’t it?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘If we don’t take this chance now, we might not get another…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Japanese soldiers’ resolve began to waver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With morale already crushed by the combined forces of the orc legion and mutated giants, they were all the more inclined to give in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Yuto, the Tokyo Sword Emperor, widened his eyes and looked around at his allies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is happening? Does that nonsense really shake you all after coming this far?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If we lose here today, Japan will become a defeated nation forever!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuto understood better than anyone that there would be no next time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t just a national conflict; it was a proxy war for the powers of the universe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once this war ended, there was a high chance that no further internal wars would occur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From then on, they’d be busy with planetary development and making contact with the worlds beyond the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When we took off our clothes, we also threw away our lives! Fight with everything you have! Lemu is still with us!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yuto shouted and gripped his sword tightly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Red Foot Orcs, maintaining their formation, struck Lemu's flank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Shield-bearers! Keep pushing forward!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Split their forces!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-CHARGE…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like bulldozers, the shield-bearers pressed forward, spear-wielders thrusting behind them, while axemen swiftly infiltrated the gaps created by the assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Red Foot Orcs, who had experienced numerous large-scale battles, were leagues ahead of the Japanese troops, who had only a week of experience in this reset world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same went for the combat robots Lemu had sent as reinforcements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not being a company that made war machines, Lemu’s combat robots were simply physically powerful and numerous, but lacked any sophisticated combat abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smash, crash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were swept away helplessly by the three-stage tactics of the Red Foot Orcs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Seoul’s Strongest Swords mingled within the orc formation, reinforcing their firepower, causing Lemu’s numbers, which had overtaken the Dogo forces, to dwindle again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[17,619 – 19,330]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When both sides clashed, the numbers had been nearly 19,000.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[17,602 – 17,483]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the blink of an eye, it dropped to 17,000, with some casualties on the Red Foot Orc side as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the exchange ratio was so disproportionate that the balance of power on both sides, briefly even, was broken in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[17,531 – 15,207]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lemu's forces lost 4,000 in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the remaining numbers were still roughly equal, the two armies felt vastly different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dogo forces, seeing their opponents crumble as they advanced, gained momentum, while the Japanese swordsmen on the collapsing side felt their morale drain rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing only alien robots all around them, even those were flung around like paper dolls each time one of the massive mutants swung their bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―What the hell is this? It’s neither glass nor metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>General Kim Younghyeom spat out some remnants of a Lemu combat robot that was caught in his teeth, growling as he did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Japanese swordsman who happened to be standing nearby trembled, realizing that a human body would be as crushed in those teeth as the remnants of the robot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Screw it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He became the first deserter from the Lemu forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap tap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throwing away the sword Lemu had given him, he started sprinting south.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No… no way!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuto, who was the first to spot the deserter and thus the first crack in the Japanese ranks, felt his face twist like a demon's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He instantly realized that this would lead to a chain reaction of further defections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop! Anyone leaving now is a traitor to the nation!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yuto shouted and prepared to hurl his sword at the deserter’s back, a crimson silhouette blocked his path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was none other than Jeong Yeongwoo, the proxy of Dogo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had finally broken through Lemu’s reinforcements and arrived before Yuto.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yuto-san, doesn’t Japan also need a future?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If all of Japan’s Sword Masters and Sword Emperors die here today, it will put us in a very difficult position. Someone has to survive to pay the tribute, don’t you think?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuto ground his teeth, glancing at the deserter, who was now a distant figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And who’s supposed to pay this tribute? The war isn’t over yet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is that so?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo didn’t rebuke him directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he shifted his gaze to the battlefield status displayed in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[17,422 – 11,829]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You already know you can’t beat me in a one-on-one duel. You even lost to me in that card game.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And now you’re losing this war as well. At this rate, the Japan you worked so hard to uplift will end up stripped of everything—even its soles.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo was offering Yuto one last chance—a chance to live long enough to keep paying the tribute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Contrary to Yeongwoo’s expectations, Yuto lunged forward, swinging his sword and shouting:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Achwing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One-armed bastard! If I kill this guy, the war ends! Forget everything else, focus on killing him first!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His plan was to immobilize Yeongwoo's sole arm and have his men attack from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But things didn’t go as he intended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo effortlessly parried Yuto’s blade and then thrust forward with Bastard, piercing through Yuto’s sword. It was the activation of one of the mythical blade’s unique effects: Contempt the Weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Contempt for the weak】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>| This blade’s attacks can only be blocked by equipment of mythical grade or higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wha…?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuto’s disbelief was evident as he saw Yeongwoo’s blade cut through his guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never encountered a mythical weapon before and couldn’t have imagined such an extraordinary ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In contrast, Yeongwoo…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…severed Yuto’s right arm in a single stroke, finally revealing the voice befitting a commander of a foreign land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My true enemies are beyond that sky. You are not even worthy to be my foe. This sword is proof of that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mythical sword Bastard was designed to prevent even a single exchange with anyone unworthy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Yuto’s blood dripping from the blade, Yeongwoo turned to face the Japanese swordsmen who had been about to flank him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Yuto lose his arm in a single strike froze them in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They realized that even if all the Sword Masters and Sword Emperors here attacked at once, victory was far from guaranteed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, Yeongwoo made a proposal—not mercy, but an offer to defect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Those who leave here alive will prepare the tribute for the Korean Peninsula. That is how you’ll survive.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you have family or friends left back on the mainland, you’ll get to see them again. You’ll even get to keep breathing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he looked skyward once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps the night had grown darker because the paths of vengeance shining in the heavens appeared even more radiant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, dying heroically here is also an option. I won’t force you to choose. But if you wish to live, start running now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo pointed south with Bastard, and the Japanese swordsmen hesitated, their expressions conflicted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If staying here meant certain death, then running and surviving seemed like the wiser choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap tap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of swordsmen began fleeing southward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a new war notification appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Mara’s proxy has discovered Dogo’s planetary business site!」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? Are those bastards looting the empty house…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While this scenario had been anticipated, there was one variable Yeongwoo hadn’t accounted for:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Mara?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Mara…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-It’s Mara!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red-footed orcs stationed in Tsushima also saw the war notification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unsurprisingly, moments later, Bantubangtong, pointing to the tower next to the occupation flag, roared:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-The path has finally opened! All troops, advance to Seoul!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>",1731,"2026-06-09T07:03:45.853Z",1,"novelbin.me","8ee6199aa90d47db257a4431d38a4e9d58203938e8b288a64a6e9d9d3a6563cf","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-340","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-338",688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-cover.jpg"]