[{"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-533":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},1848547,2454,"Chapter 533","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-533",533,"\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 533: The Escapee (1)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Warden on duty……?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t need to look back to know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It meant a “fixer” had entered this underground cell block whose exits were all sealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe that was also why there were no other guards here—to prevent unnecessary casualties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ssk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yeongwoo finally turned his body with Bastard in his grip, Koatu’s voice flowed out from inside the cell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Do you think you’re the first?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Pardon?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-The first to come for my money, I mean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait, there were others after me? Then why are you still in there?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-…….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Koatu’s silence, Yeongwoo realized he’d asked a dumb question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah. The Warden must’ve killed them all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No doubt that was also why the arrest squad hadn’t chased him to the bitter end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone above a certain level of threat had a special handler assigned to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So if I beat the Warden, are you ready to pay the jailbreak fee?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-I’d prefer you ask that again after you actually beat him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right about then, a monstrous presence swelled from the dim far side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kuuuuung!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Warden was approaching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-To be honest, I don’t expect this door to open. Farewell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Koatu ended with what sounded like a parting line, a huge silhouette emerged beyond the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kuuung.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―Heh heh, what little gnat has come into this cesspit of his own accord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fixer in question, the Warden, was a giant five meters tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black leather hood pulled over his head had three holes for eyes, but unlike a normal three-eyed being, their placement was strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two eyes sat slanted on the left side of the face, and the third was far to the right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘A facial deformity? Or an entirely different species……?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He clearly had issues—he even had a third arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That third arm sprouted up over his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even so, calling your own workplace a cesspit……? Sounds like your job satisfaction is low.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chwiat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yeongwoo took a fighting stance, brandishing Bastard menacingly, the prisoners in their cells started pounding their doors in a clamor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thump-thump, thump! thump!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Wooaah……!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-It’s startingggg!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Hey, rookie! Run while you can!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Kill the Warden!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looked like, for them, this was a kind of periodic event.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, if you sit in a cell all day, boredom has to peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―Satisfaction? That’ll be rising any moment now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the prisoners’ thunderous racket, the Warden laughed wickedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the third arm rising from his back bent behind him and lifted a massive hammer from the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―Soon enough, you’ll be part of this cesspit too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he said it, the Warden flexed, and all three forearms swelled with muscle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kududuk!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You monstrous bastard.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The prison’s chill atmosphere, the pounding of doors, and the brute bulk of a Warden who had crushed all prior challengers—together they made even Yeongwoo tense up anew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bluntly, there was no guarantee he wouldn’t end up like the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>○ I’ve got a bad feeling. He’s not going to be easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earth, too, sensed the ill omen and warned him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘There’s a reason they sent the Warden against a Myth-holder.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yeongwoo had another trump beyond Myth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was none other than—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>HwaaAAAt!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—his Prestige, which stood at a whopping level 48.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>《Cut the crap and open the way.》\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo let golden light blaze in his eyes and spoke in a voice imbued with Prestige, the Warden actually flinched and hunched his massive frame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, he wasn’t of high status—his Prestige level was lower than Yeongwoo’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But only for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―Hmph, all the same, every one of you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―The things done by those who crawl in here of their own will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A meaningful line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It meant he’d met people with high Prestige before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if so—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Yeongwoo sensed something, someone shouted from a cell beyond the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-You idiot, don’t let your guard down! Prestige doesn’t work here!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mechanical hum sounded from far up in the ceiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wiiiiiiing……!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some device had been installed to suppress Prestige across the entire underground block.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then the Warden, half-kneeling, began to rise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trduduk.Fresh chapters posted on novel★fire.net\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―Even the noble and renowned are nothing but lumps of filth down here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Right. If you couldn’t suppress prisoners’ Prestige, you couldn’t imprison them in the first place.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo had to admit he’d overlooked a prison’s special circumstances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, fully freed from the influence of Prestige, the Warden straightened up and looked down at Yeongwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, in a muddy voice, he offered final words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―Now it’s time for you to kneel!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hweaeeeaek!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Warden’s huge body shot up into the black air in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d never fought someone like this, so Yeongwoo, startled, pulled Aratubank close to his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Shit, one thing’s certain—I can’t just stand here like an idiot.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he chose to sprint toward where the Warden had been a moment ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For now, there wasn’t much space behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tatap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo finished his quick decision and dashed forward, a hair’s breadth later the sledgehammer crashed down where he’d been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaaaaaaaaang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Warden, who’d hidden his body in midair, had thrown his hammer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he dropped back to the floor and retrieved it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―Bolder than I expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And you’re too underhanded, aren’t you? Prestige is a hierarchy guaranteed by the universe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In practice, Yeongwoo had no shackles on, but he was facing the Warden as a prisoner all the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe that’s why—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Oh? The rookie’s alive!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-What the hell, Warden. Did you go easy on him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-He survived the first exchange?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-He’ll be pulp within three, anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Criminals throughout the block pounded their doors, throwing in commentary on the fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usually the “event” ended with the Warden’s opening strike, but this time the match had gone into overtime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo, on the other hand—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whose side are these bastards on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—glared at the rows of cells to either side and reset his stance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Warden clearly wasn’t ordinary, but he didn’t feel overwhelming either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the Warden suddenly lowered his posture and planted his thick arms on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…A charge!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing what would happen next, Yeongwoo raised Aratubank on a diagonal just as the Warden kicked off and lunged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kududududuk!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A truly blistering rushing attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Yeongwoo came into range, the third arm swung the hammer in a great arc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baaaaaak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Damn.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing an absurd level of killing intent, Yeongwoo clenched his teeth and thrust Aratubank forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hwaet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the first collision erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kuwaaaaaaang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shockwave between hammer and Aratubank shook the entire underground block, and the prisoners scrambled to see how the challenger had fared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-…Is he alive?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Rookie?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-What happened?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The answer came in Yeongwoo’s shout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sword Mountain, summon……!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having blocked the Warden’s attack, Yeongwoo immediately summoned the One Hundred Forty-Four Sword Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwajack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air split and his blades poured out; the Warden muttered, troubled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―Of all things, the Weapon Catalog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, he took evasive action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwaaat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He left Yeongwoo right in front of him and pulled his body forward, almost pitching himself away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hold it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo hurled Bastard after him so as not to let him escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swaeaeaeaeat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bastard, shot like an arrow, pierced the right thigh, then, thanks to Yeongwoo’s “sword-ability,” ripped back out of the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-…Sword-ability?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Warden even recognized the 5th-tier collection effect of the Weapon Catalog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a monster buried in a “cesspit,” his erudition wasn’t bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo crooked his index and middle fingers, ordering Bastard to harry the Warden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What, feeling like you finally met your match today?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By this point, the prisoners were starting to realize something big was happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Wha… what’s going on there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Don’t tell me the Warden’s losing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-What’s going on outside?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-The rookie’s still alive?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They even stopped pounding their doors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone pressed their ears to focus on what was happening outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kakang! Kaang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fending off the frenzied Bastard with his hammer, the Warden finally let a weak line slip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―Listen, these men are vicious criminals. They must be isolated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as good as admitting the tide had turned against him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the instant that line left his mouth, every prisoner in the underground cell block shouted in a frenzy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-W-what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-The Warden has been beaten! He’s done too!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Let us out, quick!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-He’s losing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at last—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swaeaeaeaeak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bastard, carving mad slashes, finally broke through his guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tchak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sheared deep across the left shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―Urgh……!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With black blood, a groan leaked from under the Warden’s mask, and Yeongwoo called out the “Fifth Sword.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Paaat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「The Fifth Sword」 – Legendary One-Handed Sword\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Lightning Resistance +25%】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Lightning Damage +25%】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Lightning Step】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, with Lightning Step, he dove straight into the Warden’s reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chwichiiiit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Lightning Step】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>|Dash quickly forward, becoming temporarily immune to lightning damage.|\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―You little…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Yeongwoo flash into his chest, the Warden hurriedly swept his right arm to grab him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t swing his hammer—the sword-ability driving Bastard was too relentless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was exactly the situation Yeongwoo wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Summon Sword Mountain.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yeongwoo called the Sword Mountain from just below the Warden’s chest, the air tore and a storm of blades poured down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kuwaaaaaa!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aimed right at the back of the Warden’s neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>―W-wait!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing much, the Warden glanced up with all three eyes—just as a hundred blades pinned his body and drew gouts of black blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwa-kwak, kwaat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And finally—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swaeaeaeaeat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waiting outside the Sword Mountain, Bastard traced a blood-red arc and slit the Warden’s throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Piaaak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Already in rags, the Warden’s body shed its head, and a massive shadow crashed across the floor of the underground block.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kuuuuuuung!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Warden of the Black-Iron Prison had fallen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Oh……?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Did that just—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who knew the Warden’s presence better than the prisoners right here, who’d felt it all through their confinement?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the moment his hulking body hit the ground, deep silence fell over the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half couldn’t believe it and kept their mouths shut; the other half were saving their voices for what would happen next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And finally—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Puhk!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo, pinned beneath the torso, shoved the Warden aside and stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At this point, we can add ‘jailbreak’ to the family business list.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked around at the still-locked cells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Where do I start opening? Letting everyone out would be madness, wouldn’t it?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo muttered in his head, Earth chimed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>○ No, per the deal you just take Koatu—are you planning to open other cells too?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Come on, good things lead to more good things. Wouldn’t it be nice to bring a few more clients?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>○ You don’t even know their charges—how can you let them out on your own?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Fair.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo nodded, partly convinced by Earth, a small presence stirred on his forearm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Chiit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the “Serpent of Greed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Serpent of Greed」 - Epic Compass\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Always looks upon what is precious.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Huh? The snake raised its head. What’s this about?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>○ …What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Hold on.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yeongwoo flicked the arm bearing the snake, the little guy turned its head the other way from the motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clearly staring at a specific point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What the. That cell up ahead. Whatever it is, there’s something precious in there.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>",1883,"2026-06-09T07:04:10.527Z",1,"novelbin.me","0b92edd6fa98b4133e57602b83ae31523c5026147b5d0822d2235a9af073f6eb","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-534","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-532",688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-cover.jpg"]