[{"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-584":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},1848598,2454,"Chapter 584","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-584",584,"\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 584: Quagmire (1)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Planetary Court Quest: Balanced Fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a mission requiring Yeongwoo to meet his Planetary Promotion Exam peers—Prince Aldo, Amana, and Taru.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it came with one special condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Must use a family-owned spaceship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘A ship owned by my affiliated family… They’d probably count the Earthship, but I’m not sure if they’ll acknowledge that I came here on it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, since most quests in space understood context, Yeongwoo figured that even meeting Amana here would probably count toward completing Balanced Fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even if the quest didn’t clear immediately, he still needed to save Amana now if he wanted any chance later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Follow me. We’re saving that guy today, no matter what.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yeongwoo said this while pulling out Bastard, Kejen couldn’t hide his bewildered expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Why the hell is that brat doing something so unfitting for him… and all the way out here, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Kejen pointed at the nearby thugs—whose numbers were clearly increasing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—This place is about to turn into a massive bloodbath. Getting out of here ASAP is the smart move!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then we should move even faster, shouldn’t we? We just have to find Amana and get out before it’s too late.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right after Yeongwoo said that, he kicked away a lizardman charging from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Puh-erck!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Really is a damn mess.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone in sight was grabbing anyone nearby and breaking into fights. And worse, the number was still growing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they stayed here too long, things would turn dangerous—just like Kejen said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now Yeongwoo also noticed people taking positions on nearby rooftops, some with bows and some with guns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘A little longer and bullets will start raining. Definitely need to move fast.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no time left to think.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo rushed toward the direction Amana had been dragged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Seriously, these guys don’t care about money. They just want to fight, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo elbowed, shouldered, and kicked through the chaos, Kejen—following right behind—answered while twitching his beard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—For now, yes. But a bit later, scavengers will show up—people who want to snatch items dropped in all this chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right as he said that, blood from somewhere splattered onto Kejen’s ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Splurt!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Ack! It progressed to the next phase! Hurry!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The next phase?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—The fighting got nastier. A slaughter’s about to begin. Means the really strong ones are arriving!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And sure enough—the number of attackers suddenly increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Jeonggu, who was behind them, was now getting attacked occasionally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“H-hold up! I’m not here to fight!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After dodging a random golem’s punch, Jeonggu reflexively threw his own punch and knocked it down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Huh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time in his life, Jeonggu had punched an alien.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“W-what the? I’m… actually kind of strong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had spent billions breaking through the limits of his species, and he’d fought with the owner of a Planetary Ship, gaining enormous growth in Prestige.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So some street-level thugs were nothing now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it didn’t last long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Here they come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kejen perked his ears the moment sharp presences flared everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tsaaaat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone’s blood burst high into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The higher-level fighters had finally joined in—and the real killing began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And around this time, Yeongwoo finally spotted Amana being overwhelmed by three attackers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Amana…!』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding enough force in his voice that it carried across the chaos, Yeongwoo shouted. Amana—and every nearby thug—turned to look at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Damn. That was a mistake.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unleashing a Prestige-loaded shout in a battlefield with nearly a thousand participants was basically begging for every eye to turn your way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—What’s with that brat?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Disrespectful little psycho.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—What’s that sword? Looks nice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Kill him…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, dozens of thugs who saw Yeongwoo suddenly charged at him with feral eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Y-y-you idiot!! I told you not to do that!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kejen panicked and frantically searched for any possible escape route.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile Jeonggu pressed his back against Yeongwoo’s and gripped his sword tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Y-you get out of here! I’ll handle them somehow!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Essentially Jeonggu’s last words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yeongwoo just snorted and shoved Aratubank into Jeonggu’s hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop talking nonsense and hold the shield.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Yeongwoo stretched Bastard to full length and unleashed a massive sweeping slash forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KWAaaaaaAAANG!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo, who’d been refraining from killing due to fear of building karmic debt, finally began fighting for real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Raaaagh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, an eight-meter radius was filled with dismembered corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when Yeongwoo looked ready to swing again, the surrounding thugs actually backed away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’d realized a monster normally appearing only in the late-stage bloodbath had arrived early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And thanks to that, Amana—freed from her beating—stared in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—W…what did you just do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t believe the pile of bodies before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the sacred guardian of Planet Sutral, Amana was a strict pacifist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’d even clashed over this once at the promotion grounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yeongwoo calmly walked toward her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He kicked aside the corpses blocking his path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you think? I saved your life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—B-but…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, aren’t you the one who messed up? Why’d you come to a place like this? Should’ve stayed on your holy little planet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Zone wasn’t exactly Yeongwoo’s home turf, but compared to a do-gooder like Amana, he was practically a local.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s get out of here first. Take us up—fly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yeongwoo pointed upward, Amana looked somewhere completely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—B-but those guys… they still owe me money…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You catch them and they still won’t have a single coin on them. Your item—did they steal it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his question, Amana pulled out a small stone she had kept under her wing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ssssk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It shone with a pearly, mystical glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—What the—don’t tell me that’s Selulite?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Selulite? What’s that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—A special mineral. Also called ‘the Stone of Merit.’ It forms very, very slowly only on the ritual altars of merit-cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What, like holy relics forming outside the body?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Either way, it was something that existed only on the merit-cultivators’ home planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is it expensive?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Obviously. Especially in a place like this—you’ll never see it for sale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kejen added that if she had listed it for sale through the official trading system, far more dangerous people would have shown up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ironically, the only reason she encountered small-time crooks was because she’d tried selling it naïvely on the street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Those guys who claimed they had no money were probably petty thieves. This brat’s insanely lucky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Kejen said this, a huge uproar erupted behind the thugs surrounding them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The real players of the Free Trade District had arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Hurry. Even you can’t fight the local bosses all at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Kejen said it that seriously, Yeongwoo decided to retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Amana, I’ll take care of that item for you. Just take us and fly—now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yeongwoo pointed Bastard at Amana’s throat, she straightened her rumpled feathers and frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—You’ve gotten a lot more vicious since I last saw you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In the Black Zone, this is what counts as being a gentleman. Quit talking and spread your wings.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo grabbed the Golden Goblin and Kejen, then gestured to Jeonggu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dad, hold onto the end of her wing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No time—just do it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Yeongwoo’s urgency, Jeonggu awkwardly grabbed Amana’s wing, and a white wind-ring wrapped around them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—But where should I go? I don’t know the geography here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kejen immediately pointed north.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—That way. Fly as high as you can, and you’ll see a house with a white roof. Head there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was probably Kejen’s hideout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo tilted his head and asked Kejen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why’re you suddenly polite to her, you rat?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Well… merit-cultivators used to be my best customers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meaning he scammed plenty of their naïve kind in the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—And she looks wealthy, doesn’t she? Hehehe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kejen let out a sleazy laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after, Amana launched upward with everyone in tow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwooosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment they rose, bullets and arrows shot toward them—almost like people had waited for this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo swung Bastard and deflected them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This place is insane. You really can’t afford to stand out here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—It’s not that they can’t fly. They stay on the ground because they don’t want to get shot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amana then glided toward the direction Kejen indicated and pointed with her beak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—White roof… that one?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, a house with a lone white roof stood out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kejen nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Yes. That’s the house of the strongest person in this district.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? Not your hideout?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kejen pointed to the house next to the white-roofed one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—My hideout is right next door to the local strongest guy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, hiding under the lamp—the safest spot, huh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>",1437,"2026-06-09T07:04:15.797Z",1,"novelbin.me","4ef1c609408d9497bde847dda44d0321f6de10c915881d142f238c523602c1a3","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-585","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-583",688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-cover.jpg"]