[{"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-555":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},1848569,2454,"Chapter 555","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-555",555,"\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 555: The Aesthetics of the Circle (6)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mouth watered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now Yeongwoo saw the opponent less as a participant and more like some kind of item box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh heh… soon that weapon will become part of my Sword Mountain.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because they were still quite far apart, the hulking knight walked toward somewhere without even noticing someone watching him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, doesn’t that guy have a partner? He looks alone no matter how you look at it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he’d already taken care of his partner long ago and was wandering like that, it would be a big problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe to over-fulfill the dungeon’s objective you have to get everyone inside the dungeon out alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if that hulking fellow has already killed someone, then wouldn’t over-fulfillment be impossible?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go take a look first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo stepped toward the hulking knight as he said this, and Lady Kanaph pulled Aratubank even closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—That one feels completely different from the ones we met earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Lady Kanaph, who knew nothing about the harsh worlds outside the universe, had basic instincts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could at least tell that the machine-human and the lizardman who left earlier were rookies compared to Jeong Yeongwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this opponent, at least from Lady Kanaph’s view, looked hard to beat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere exuded by the hulking knight was heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, Yeongwoo walked forward without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s stronger, so of course he feels different.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—How strong? Stronger than you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well… we’ll mix in some swagger to find out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—…What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Yeongwoo’s uncertain answer, Lady Kanaph’s expression froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Isn’t that a problem?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you mean?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—If he’s stronger than you… your life could be in danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Don’t forget your duty. Your duty is to protect me until I meet my older brother!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I haven’t been paid yet, so what duty are you talking about? Lady, protecting you is optional for me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Kanaph’s eyes widened fiercely, but there was nothing she could actually do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwak—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus Yeongwoo, carrying Lady Kanaph on his back, drew closer to the unknown giant, and eventually the opponent turned to look at Yeongwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The knight standing there looked up at the intruder; he was a hulking man with a height of four meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘He’s so big he’d have to be folded into the escape device to fit, wouldn’t he?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wore crude copper-colored armor over his whole body, and his face was wrapped with something like bandages, but up close that too seemed made of metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘A helmet? Doesn’t quite look like one.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only part of his face not completely covered by the metal bands was his left eye. Likewise, each of the four arms the early-noticed Yeongwoo had were tightly wrapped with metal bands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What is this guy?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Lady Kanaph warned, Yeongwoo felt an ominous aura from the opponent and stopped at a safe distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he’d said protecting the lady was optional, he would still prefer to leave her alive if possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—It’s… cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s because the lady’s scared.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Yeongwoo’s breath puffed from his mouth as he spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was true that the temperature near the hulking man was extremely low, as Lady Kanaph had noted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last the opponent spoke first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Who are you people?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An apparently one-armed swordsman who looked like an arm had stopped growing, and behind him dangled some kind of frog-lady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To a stranger their combination would naturally seem bizarre.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo pointed Bastard at the opponent’s arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll help you get out of here. Just cooperate a little.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hulking man tilted his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Cooperate?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amazingly, he was still speaking politely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Yeongwoo carefully examined the opponent’s arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of the four arms attached to him, only the one holding the blue greatsword was a prosthetic; the others appeared to be original.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two legs were the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Looks like you have some unused arms. How about giving one up for public good?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo joked, but the hulking man glanced around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Is it only you lot here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, you’re not seriously thinking of fighting us, are you? It’s two against one.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo warned in jest, but the hulking man did not smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—I didn’t expect to leave here without a duel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wha—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his consistently serious manner and the odd word choice of ‘duel,’ Yeongwoo grew curious about the man’s background.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you not here to make money? What are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shoved Bastard into the air to point at his own back and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hulking man planted his azure greatsword into the ground and introduced himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—I am Alden, third son of the Miras. I came here to pay respects to my family’s legacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Yeongwoo blinked in blank astonishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…What is he saying? So he’s the third son of some family?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unexpectedly, someone added an explanatory comment from where Lady Kanaph had been trembling on Yeongwoo’s back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Miras? You mean that Miras from the ‘Family’s Journey’?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Kanaph stuck her head out and spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You know him?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—I don’t know the man. I just studied the Miras family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Studied?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—For nobility, learning about the great houses of the galaxy is basic education.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Galaxy’, it refers to dozens of galactic clusters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, Alden’s house belonged to a distinguished family among the galactic clusters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wow… so he’s some scion of a space noble house?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo looked at Alden Miras in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s the Family’s Journey?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Kanaph, who had only read about it in books, rattled off the facts she’d memorized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Each scion of the Miras is given a family weapon and must go on a harsh journey with it. They must complete the four-year journey to be named heir to the legacy. It seems this dungeon was one of those trials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he was a scion of a space great house taking a trial to claim the family heirloom. Yeongwoo turned to glance at the blue greatsword Alden held.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling Yeongwoo’s insolent stare, Alden pulled the greatsword back out of the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kkwaat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he did not speak with Yeongwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Are you a noble? If I may, may I ask your name?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke to Lady Kanaph with a newly gentle voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Kanaph elegantly spread her arm behind Yeongwoo and replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—I am Kanaph Izori. The sister of Duke Dalqui Izori, and the jewel of the Izori house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Ah… I’ve heard of the Izori. It is an honor to meet you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alden, surprisingly well-read, recognized the name and spoke accordingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo, who had no dignified background or fine knowledge to interject, muttered under his breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…These bastards.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the timer in the sky and gripped Bastard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now is not the time for idle socializing. There are still mountains of arms to find.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Alden at last turned his gaze to Yeongwoo and asked Lady Kanaph aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Who is this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—He’s the person I’m indebted to—no, the one I’m temporarily under the protection of. He’s the head of a humble family, apparently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Head of a household?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like Lady Kanaph at first, Alden looked him over with disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Are you in trouble?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Not that much… I just want to get back to my older brother as soon as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, at least in Kanaph’s eyes Yeongwoo had kept his honor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the scion of the space noble house intuitively sensed that Yeongwoo was a rogue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached out one of his four arms and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Give the jewel of Izori to me, head of the nameless house. My journey will end soon, and I will bring peace to the Izori house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo responded with a grim face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You unbalanced brat—what did you say? No name?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then swung Bastard in midair and formed the Renaissance cannon emblem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swaaaat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look closely. This is the emblem of Renaissance, the terror of the universe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Renaissance…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course Alden had never seen the name in any noble roster and tilted his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One thing that did raise a flag was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—It resembles the Destroyer King’s emblem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Renaissance family crest resembled the wedge mark used by the destroyer Dogo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he noticed something else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Wait a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The armor he had dismissed as rags bore the mark of ‘Vesedel.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vesedel was a long-fallen royal house, rare to encounter in the universe, so he hadn’t recognized the insignia at first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ha. You do know the chairman’s reputation after all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid all this, Yeongwoo licked the blade of Bastard with his tongue and let poisonous blood drip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cha-aat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The toxic substance traveled down his throat and sped up his bodily regeneration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud— the stump of his heavy-looking left arm began to thin and sprout into a fine tentacle-like shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The left arm he’d earlier cut while freeing two participants was gradually regaining its original form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—You… what are you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alden Miras staggered back in surprise for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Kanaph’s eyes opened wide and her mouth gaped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—If you think you can’t win, run!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Lady Izori…? What do you mean by that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Th- this man…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Lady Kanaph could expose the plans of this rude man, Yeongwoo stepped forward and said first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Unfortunately, it looks like I am the final gate of your journey. This is also the fate written in the dossier. Accept it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—What? I’ve never heard someone so insolent in my life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo dashed forward with a bolt-step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwaaaat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now you’ve heard it! Give me your unbalanced arms and legs and your family sword!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a line any professional robber could spit out; to Alden, born into a great house, it sounded like a horrifying curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coupled with the impossible mobility of the bolt-step—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Aagh…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Alden could regain his stance, Yeongwoo had arrived at his jaw, and then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swaaaat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo’s Bastard cleaved through the space at incredible speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye he severed one of Alden’s arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—No!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Kanaph screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Miras family emblem consisted of four short vertical lines, representing the family’s four arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having reduced a scion of such a house to three arms was a monstrous humiliation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Ughhhh! You bastard!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consumed with overwhelming shame, Alden Miras lost his composure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo straightened Bastard and laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You won’t forget now! Who I am!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Alden swung his greatsword viciously and shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Renaissance…! Today your head will fall!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>",1729,"2026-06-09T07:04:15.797Z",1,"novelbin.me","b7448110f79ca2e7506b475da793153dc6006dc2e7289897abef41fbbe66b07e","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-556","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-554",688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-cover.jpg"]