Absolute Dweller

"Ngh...!"

As Kim Myeong-hwan groaned in pain, Yang Ha-young spoke in a flat tone.

"Just hold on a little longer. We’re almost at the Safe Zone."

"…Yes. Ugh!"

She was right. They would arrive soon.

Below Kelikan, the Shindorim Territory, designated as a Safe Zone, was already coming into view.

‘Flying really does make a difference.’

A two-hour walk was reduced to just a few dozen seconds, covering over half the distance already.

But it wasn’t comfortable.

Whoooosh!

Every time Kelikan flapped its wings, his body shook, and the wound where his arm had been torn off throbbed painfully.

Looking down at his still-bleeding shoulder, he recalled the events just moments ago.

‘That was close.’

A monster that didn’t even flinch despite being shot repeatedly.

If things had continued like that, losing an arm would’ve been the least of his problems.

‘We would have been wiped out.’

For an ordinary hunting team, a monster immune to bullets was nothing short of a natural enemy.

Kim Myeong-hwan looked up at Yang Ha-young’s expressionless face, deep in thought.

‘She killed that thing in an instant.’

The image of the bone spears raining down was still vivid in his mind.

‘Is this the level you need to be to become a vassal?’

The difference was overwhelming.

Whether someone was Awakened or not didn’t even matter.

Even compared to Kim Hye-na, who had Awakened and was far ahead of him, the gap was unfathomable.@@novelbin@@

Would he become that strong if he somehow gained an ability now?

‘Realistically speaking…’

Becoming not just an Awakened, but a special Awakened.

If he thought about it in terms of probability, the odds were almost zero.

‘It’s too far.’

Do you need that kind of power to become a vassal?

Or does becoming a vassal grant you that power?

He didn’t know.