[{"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-628":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},1848680,2454,"Chapter 628","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-628",628,"\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 628: Slaughterhouse (6)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Criminal hunter…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with an origin he had never even imagined, Yeongwoo found his mouth falling open without realizing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anywhere else, maybe—but to encounter a criminal hunter in a dungeon like this was something he had never expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the hell is that? Like a bounty hunter or something?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yeongwoo asked, it was Tisai Mordaccio who instead looked troubled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—You’re telling me you really don’t know… no, that you don’t know what a criminal hunter is?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well, yeah. This is the first time I’ve met someone like that, and it’s not like I’ve ever been hunted before.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that, Tisai frowned deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Think of it as a profession that captures people like you, converts your evil deeds into merit points, and gets recognized for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So… basically a bounty hunter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, since he’d said he was officially sanctioned by a galaxy coalition, he clearly wasn’t comparable to some ordinary bounty hunter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A galaxy coalition meant a grouping of at least hundreds, if not thousands, of galaxies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then why not go chase criminals outside? Why come into a dungeon like this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Yeongwoo’s question, Tisai drew the pistol at his waist and gestured broadly around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Because places like this are where people like you gather in the greatest numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—And it looks like I found myself a pretty good haul today!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With those words, Tisai fired his gun straight at Yeongwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo had already sensed the danger, so he twisted his body sharply and dodged the bullet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>PAAANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bullet sliced through empty air, ricocheted off the wall behind him, and Tisai’s eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—He dodged…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What, the criminals you met before couldn’t dodge bullets?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo sneered as he hurled an insult, and Tisai clenched his teeth before immediately rolling backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh. You can roll, too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that wasn’t the end of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time as the backward roll, the stake connected to Tisai’s right arm by a chain was yanked free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THUD!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The steel stake rebounded violently from behind Yeongwoo, and at the same time as the hologram guide’s warning flashed, it smashed past the rear of Aratubank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he hadn’t been holding Aratubank, his arm might have been torn off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You bastard…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing he’d let his guard down for a moment, Yeongwoo remotely recalled Bastard and rushed after Tisai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tat-tat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Tisai—who had looked like he was fleeing—suddenly spun around and hurled one chained stake from each arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>WHOOSH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the hell is this now…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo slid to avoid the stake flying at head height, and immediately understood what the opponent had intended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blue electricity erupted from the two stakes embedded in the walls, spreading outward along the chains that crossed the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACKLE!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you insane?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current discharged from the chains instantly electrocuted Yeongwoo beneath them, and Tisai raised his gun again with a vicious grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—You won’t dodge this one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo’s body trembled from the lightning coursing through him, Tisai pulled the trigger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This bullet grazed past Yeongwoo’s cheek as he shook like a quivering aspen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ghk!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had nearly had his head blown clean through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he felt blood welling from his cheek, Yeongwoo thrust his arm forward and shouted,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ba— One Hundred Seventy-Seven Sword Mountain…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ceiling near where Tisai stood split apart, and blades of every conceivable grade rained down like bullets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—A Sword Mountain wielder?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recognizing Sword Mountain instantly, Tisai gaped and threw himself into a desperate forward roll toward the corner of the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in that moment, Yeongwoo—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You insane bastard— I’ll kill you for sure!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He crawled beneath the electrified chains and lunged into the room where Tisai was still evading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very least, he had learned one more thing from this fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That there were combat styles that temporarily restricted an opponent’s movement before delivering a fatal blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone meets their end eventually! Your criminal hunting ends today!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo swung Bastard, Tisai—who had just managed to steady himself—stared in horror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—W-Wait!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kind of thing the losing side always said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo swung without hesitation, and in the next instant saw Tisai’s pistol and head go flying together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SPLASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final Blood Battle team had been eliminated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THUD!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Tisai’s head rolled across the floor, the taut chains connected to the stakes collapsed all at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tisai Mordaccio, a criminal hunter certified by the Nuto Galaxy Coalition, was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, 20 team points were added to Yeongwoo’s view, officially confirming Tisai’s death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BEEP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[200]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Two hundred points… Is that enough for first place?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo stared at the score, lost in thought, a hologram box inscribed in the universal galactic language appeared where Tisai’s body had been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FLASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Tisai Mordaccio, deceased.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「The Nuto Galaxy Coalition will remember this.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come to think of it, hadn’t Tisai said he was a criminal hunter certified by a coalition called Nuto?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, he had been hired by someone to clean up criminals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Don’t tell me I’m wanted now just for killing a criminal hunter.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo stood still, watching to see if more text would appear, but there was no wanted notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, it was clear that the Nuto Galaxy Coalition had recognized both Tisai’s death and his killer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Either way, this can’t be good. A criminal killing a criminal hunter, after all.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Yeongwoo tilted his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Wait—this wasn’t some random street fight. This is a dungeon. Is this really my fault?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strictly speaking, Tisai was just another dungeon participant, and had simply died according to the dungeon’s rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was practically an accident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BEEP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nuto Galaxy Coalition’s memorial message vanished, and Tisai’s body was enveloped in a hologram and transmitted somewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after, the dungeon system broadcast a global announcement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Two Blood Battle teams remain alive.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「If no new combat occurs within five minutes, the dungeon will end in ten minutes.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Yeongwoo’s perspective—needing to return to Earth as quickly as possible—this was actually good news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no way he could fight the remaining Blood Battle team, Sezail, anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I should head back.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the two Blood Battle teams gathered in one place, no one short of extremely powerful would dare approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘If I’m lucky, I might make it back before reaching the black hole.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since there was only one remaining red arrow, returning to the original room was easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After passing through countless rooms and returning to where he had started, Yeongwoo saw Gehika crouched on the floor—and Sezail, whose arm had fully regenerated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—You’re back quickly. Did you deal with your opponent?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sezail asked, and Yeongwoo shrugged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A criminal hunter was waiting for me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—So he deliberately entered the dungeon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sezail muttered as if it made sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo couldn’t help asking,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you know a guy named Tisai Mordaccio? He said he was famous.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sezail tilted his head slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Mordaccio? That’s a goblin surname.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How can you tell his race just from the surname? So he really was famous.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Tisai… A criminal hunter, you said? I might’ve heard of him. He was probably well-known. Especially among criminals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…So I didn’t know because I’m a rookie villain.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, he was dead now, so it didn’t matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Doesn’t this mean I’ve gotten that much stronger? I killed a fairly famous criminal hunter.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he had crossed another threshold of status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo’s current existence rank was approaching Grade 5, and he had already begun achievements toward Grade 4.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he had seen in the Sea of Status before, he was becoming something close to a “mountain” on a cosmic scale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, in this vast universe, mountains were practically everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what are you going to do once we leave here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo asked, leaning against the doorway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sezail glanced around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—I’ll have to return and clear a Unique dungeon. What a hassle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, is clearing a Unique dungeon part of the qualification to become a prince?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—You have to clear it at the highest rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pretty similar to family’s trials. Makes sense—the purpose is basically the same.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then something occurred to Yeongwoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How do you guys enter dungeons?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re not taking a planetary exam like me, so you’re not entering through spheres, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that, Gehika answered first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—You enter dungeons… by paying tokens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tokens?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Entry passes issued by government agencies. There are private tokens too. You can get them in bulk in black zones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The government issues dungeon entry passes…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—You didn’t know?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Gehika, official institutions distribute tokens through major families they cooperate with, and those eventually flow into the general market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meaning most dungeon participants actually paid money to enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then that guy—since he’s from a noble family—his family probably gave him a bunch of tokens.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo pointed at Sezail, but Sezail shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—A candidate starts from the bottom. Even tokens have to be acquired personally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? Then you buy them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Of course not. You kill someone who has one and take it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Then there aren’t that many people who actually pay to enter dungeons.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo said, and Gehika nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Also, some dungeons can’t be accessed with official tokens. Private dungeons, mostly. For those, you need an invitation or a private token.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t this place a private dungeon? I think I came with an invitation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—This isn’t quite a private dungeon. It’s part of the random dungeon pool. Still, it’s unusually brutal for a public dungeon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Random dungeon? Don’t tell me using a token spawns a random dungeon?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—That’s right. And you can choose whether to enter or not. The token still gets consumed, though.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Yeongwoo understand why so little information existed about high-grade dungeons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You couldn’t encounter them just because you wanted to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have you ever been to a Epic dungeon?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeongwoo asked, pointing at Sezail again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sezail shrugged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Even if I had, I see no reason to tell you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This guy hasn’t been either.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just how were you supposed to reach a Epic-grade dungeon?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could ask the chairman and get an answer—but his pride wouldn’t allow it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘From what I saw today, even Unique dungeons can’t contain me anymore.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yeongwoo smirked internally, a sharp signal rang through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BEEEEEP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「10 minutes have elapsed.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「As no additional combat has occurred, team scores will now be tallied.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>",1731,"2026-06-09T07:04:16.329Z",1,"novelbin.me","78baa096f00c2a388219095779b8e73b58b7eb8ea343e1aaa334c98a0fa5cd25","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-629","level-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-chapter-627",688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-4-human-in-a-ruined-world-cover.jpg"]