[{"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-422":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},1848107,2454,"Chapter 422","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-422",422,"\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 422: Sole Candidate (4)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty Sword Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the name suggests, it refers to a mountain formed by twenty swords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘But honestly, with just twenty swords, isn’t it more of a sword pile rather than a sword mountain?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, that wasn’t the important part.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The truly significant thing was this:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Wait, then how the hell do you form Hundred Thousand Sword Mountain?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Hundred Thousand Sword Mountain was taken literally, it meant a mountain made of one hundred thousand swords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And according to the Weapon Catalog, the definition of \"Sword Mountain\" was as follows:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「You can summon a Sword Mountain at your desired location using the weapons registered in the Catalog.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, Hundred Thousand Sword Mountain implied that there were 100,000 weapons registered in the Catalog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘That can’t be right. The second collection effect triggers with just twenty weapons. Are you telling me that some lunatic actually registered 100,000 weapons in their Catalog?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was almost impossible to believe, but the evidence pointed to one such person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man who claimed ownership of Hundred Thousand Sword Mountain—Dogo, the King of Destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless the Chairman was spewing utter nonsense, his Catalog genuinely contained 100,000 weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What the hell…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo was at a loss for words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder a Grade-3 being had the term \"Sword Mountain\" associated with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘So, does that mean this universe has hundreds of thousands of different weapons?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Chairman’s Hundred Thousand Sword Mountain was real, that was the only logical conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This universe must contain at least hundreds of thousands of weapons, and someone had managed to obtain 100,000 of them and register them all in the Catalog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘That’s just insane. The first effect of the Weapon Catalog grants 1% damage increase per registered weapon.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Collection Effect: 10]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>| Damage increased by 1% per registered weapon\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant the Chairman was enjoying a +100,000% damage increase from the Catalog alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘No wonder he keeps calling everyone insects.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo instinctively shut his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The universe was vast, and the Chairman remained an impossibly towering figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To think that Mara could stand on equal footing with him…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘That guy had ridiculous epithets too, didn’t he? No wonder, there was a reason for it all.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mara.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lord of the Void, the One Who Walks in the Shadow of Universal Law, the King of Ten Thousand Demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps declaring Mara his enemy had been the greatest mistake of his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Would you like to summon Twenty Sword Mountain?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as these thoughts raced through his mind, the summoning prompt continued to flash before his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Twenty Sword Mountain…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that he knew about Hundred Thousand Sword Mountain, summoning only twenty swords felt almost insulting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What’s the point? Throwing out 20 weapons isn’t going to do much.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he figured he should at least see it in action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the conference hall brimming with empty space, Yeongwoo turned his gaze beyond the round table and muttered softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Summon Twenty Sword Mountain.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, a deafening rupture echoed through the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KWAJAAAK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wha—what the hell?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three powerful figures present, as well as Jiseon and Jeonggu, all snapped their heads up in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then they saw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KWAGWAGWAGWAGWAT!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From a massive vertical rift torn open in midair, blades came screaming out at breakneck speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—What the…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiseon’s eyes widened beneath her helmet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blades flew so fast that she barely caught a glimpse of them only when they embedded into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Wha… what did you just do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“New technique. You saw it, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—…What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If those swords had fallen over your head, would you have been able to dodge them in time?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—You crazy bastard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiseon scowled but didn’t have an immediate answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You probably wouldn’t have, huh? Even I thought they were pretty fast.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Definitely an offensive technique.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo calmly stroked his chin, drawing his own conclusions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘The more weapons there are, the larger the Sword Mountain becomes. Hundred Sword Mountain alone would be devastating.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So then, what kind of power did Hundred Thousand Sword Mountain hold?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo tried to imagine the sight of 100,000 weapons being launched like that, but he simply couldn’t picture it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no way anyone could dodge something like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘It’s clear now—I’ve never seen the Chairman’s true power.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo felt a wave of disappointment wash over him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even fantasizing about beating the Chairman now seemed futile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Grade-3 being was simply on an entirely different level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could he ever hope to even graze the heels of a Grade-3 existence within his lifetime?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Administrator, are you there?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo called out into the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Kubu opened its eyes behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Yes, Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s my Universal Law rank as the Head of the Renaissance?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked with hopeful anticipation, only to receive an answer that dashed his expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—You are currently ranked as Grade-7 under Universal Law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Universal Law Grade-7 was the status he had achieved way back when he first made waves as an advertising mogul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait, seriously? Even though I see humans as insects now and have established my own family, I’m still only Grade-7?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo’s brow furrowed deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then who the hell is holding on to Grade-6?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his question, Kubu blinked its large eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—The range of entities classified as Grade-6 is rather extensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even at Rank 7, it already feels that way. The difference between me back when I first started getting sponsors and now is like night and day.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trying to divide the vast beings of the universe into just a dozen or so ranks was never going to be an easy task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, there would be significant differences even within the same rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, Yeongwoo changed the question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then, what’s the fastest way for me to reach Rank 6?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kubu rolled its eye around once and immediately gave an answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— By monopolizing planetary shares and gaining Earth’s support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo’s eyes widened in surprise at the unexpected response, and Kubu elaborated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— In most cases, planetary shares are divided among multiple families.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, really?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Yes. That’s why planetary share wars are usually waged...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kubu rolled its eye toward the three influential figures in the grand hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in Earth’s case, thanks to this crazy head of household, things were unfolding in an extremely bizarre manner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right. We don’t need to have a share war, do we?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, glancing at the three influential figures, he added with a grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You all prevented a war just by taking off your clothes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh… Fine. Just send us home already.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Guardian Sword of Italy, still stark naked, glanced at the pile of twenty swords nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how they looked at it, they could tell even more absurd things were bound to happen if they stayed any longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Hey, seriously, just send those people back. How long are you going to leave them like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiseon frowned as she glanced at the three still-naked influential figures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo turned to Kubu again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You can send them back remotely, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kubu rolled its eye again and mumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Uh…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— What? Don’t tell me you can’t?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiseon’s words made the faces of the three naked figures turn pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“W-wait… You dragged us here unilaterally. Shouldn’t you at least have the ability to send us back?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re not seriously telling us to walk home, are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re already one billion in debt from coming here… You seriously can’t do this to us!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Guardian Sword of Italy, looking genuinely aggrieved, pleaded with Yeongwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the ruthless scoundrel, Jeong Yeongwoo, was at a loss for words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just… put your clothes on.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo gestured toward the scattered equipment on the floor, and the three influential figures reluctantly began to dress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Since the movement restrictions on the high-speed travel route have been lifted due to the wedding, you can use it to return to your homes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the three influential figures, it was a ridiculous solution, but they had no choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Even I think this is too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At least they’re not walking home, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo shrugged and walked toward the Twenty Sword Mountain embedded in the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clank, clank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before him stood the weapons he had acquired—Early Bird, Lightning Rod, and many others—all firmly planted into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Wait… these weapons physically drop?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo had assumed they merely materialized and vanished, but seeing them stuck into the floor made him tilt his head in curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, with a casual motion—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached out and picked up the Early Bird embedded in the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A genuine Early Bird weapon he could wield or throw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, this isn’t just for attacking. We could use it for weapon supply too. We can let others wield them, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo tossed the Early Bird to Jiseon as he spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Huh? Whoa, it’s real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yeongwoo recalled the Sword Mountain, not only did the weapons stuck in the floor disappear, but the Early Bird in Jiseon’s hand also melted away into thin air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swaaat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Oh… and I can just summon them again?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Yeongwoo fixed his gaze on the far wall and activated the Twenty Sword Mountain again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The space behind him tore open, emitting that familiar rending sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the sword mountain formed a horizontal line, embedding itself into the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crash-crash-crash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, the grand hall’s wall was turned into a honeycomb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo’s jaw dropped as he took in the sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What the hell… It doesn’t just rain down from above?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He realized it could likely fire from below or launch upward as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘At this point, it’s practically a machine gun.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he hadn’t yet used it in actual combat, the power was evident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Should I try this out on the board members?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the thought crossed Yeongwoo’s mind, Kubu rolled its eye again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Head of household.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Your first meeting with the board is scheduled in approximately 30 minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good news. Do we need to prepare anything?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— You need to designate the meeting location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh. We have the authority to do that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo recalled his first meeting with the shareholders of Dogo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, he didn’t have the right to choose the meeting location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is it because we’re both Earth-affiliated this time?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Since you now own the grand hall, you could hold the meeting here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kubu’s suggestion was the logical and sensible choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Yeongwoo was already turning his head toward the grand hall’s entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Head of household…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kubu followed Yeongwoo’s gaze with its rolling eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond the grand hall’s wide-open doors, where the three influential figures were hurriedly making their exit, the wedding hall came into view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How about we hold the meeting in that wedding hall?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo pointed at the venue and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiseon, startled, immediately interjected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— What the hell? Why there? That’s where the ceremony took place. The chairs and everything else are all wrecked!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo scratched his chin with the tip of his sword, Bastard, and replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t you think the board needs to know?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— …Know what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That Earth’s first—and only—family is actually a gang of bandits.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— What does that have to do with holding the meeting in the wedding hall?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Because the chairman and Mara’s signing plates are there.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— …What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ll show the board those signing plates and tell them: don’t worry, we’re not just any band of bandits.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— ……?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re a premium, first-class band of bandits blessed by Dogo’s chairman and Mara. So, Earth doesn’t just get the chance to become a regular planetary ship…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clunk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo pressed the tip of Bastard into the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It gets the chance to become a pirate ship. And I think that’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Earth.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>",1991,"2026-06-09T07:03:45.907Z",1,"novelbin.me","198b181d898922fbc1daf33bd269562c8317012c11040c75e8bcc62de940c021","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-222","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-421",688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-cover.jpg"]