Humanity Itself is Strong - Chapter 11

Craaack…!

The blade, which failed to withstand Lee Jin-Seong’s grip, broke in two.

Tuck, thump…!

Then the knife sacks and blades scattered on the floor in disorderly.

“What, what……How did you……?”

The merchant had no choice but to open his mouth to Lee Jin-Seong’s unbelievable power.

“Money.” “……Huh?” “Give me the money.”

However, the merchant, who was even cowardly with his size, was rather angry.

“Ha… He’s out of his mind right now.”

He suddenly took off his jacket. Although his belly was out, a man of solid build showed off his chest wounds.

“Hey, do you see this long scar on the chest? This is the wound of fighting the foreign objects in the front during the third attack! And the long thing on the side here is to save civilians during the outbreak in Namwon-dong. Who are you threatening now? You’ve never had to go through what I’ve gone through.”

The man made a loud noise for no reason. Since things had already gone wrong, he was trying to scare this young man away with words.

“So what?” “What did you say?” “Ha, this boy!”

Then, he approached Jin-Seong, huffing, and puffing, as if he were the kind who was proud to have used his strength in the past.

He snorted as if he would punch right away.

“You…… you… You son of a bitch… You, I…….”

-Ssss…!

As soon as Jin-Seong stood in front of his nose, the shopkeeper suddenly realized that the chills were cold down his spine.

‘What, what’s wrong with me?…? Just like then…….’ “……Huh?”

Then, the more he looked at Jin-Seong, the smell of shallow blood seemed to be coming from somewhere.

“Gasp……?”

His heart is pounding… And his heart was beating so hard.

‘Oh, my God…!’

Such goosebumps were a warning to show how dangerous the “death detection” (D), which was felt beyond instinct.

This man remembered what this feeling was.

The fear of death.

The terrible despair felt from the power of the devil who slaughtered the eyewitnesses.

“This, this, this… “?!”

The man stepped back unknowingly.

Death. If he fights this young man, he’ll literally lose his bones. The man’s spirit began to crumble like a deflated balloon when he thought that far.

“Gasp…… I’ll pay you…….”

In an instant, he lowered his eyes and began to search his store. People around me murmured at the sudden surrender of the man.

Come on, that’s not funny. What, does he have PMS? What’s wrong with him all of a sudden?” “Gasp…….”

The man didn’t care about the taunts around him. He was able to survive the battle against the power of the devil thanks to the sense of death detection(C).

Before he knew it, the merchant was in a cold sweat in fear. It was then.

“You have some good senses?” “What?”

Before he knew it, Jin-Seong stuck close to him and whispered in a dreary way.

“Oh, oh, oh…!”

Booom…!

The man began to sweep the money out of the safe without paying attention to the fact that the items sold on each stand fell to the floor.

“Hey, here, that’s all I have!”

The man would give Lee Jin-Seong a bundle of 50,000 won bills, twenty 10,000 won bills, and ten 1,000 won bills.

“Today, business is down, oh, so it’s a little less than 500…….”

He told the truth like that.

Lee Jin-Seong quietly looked at the bundle of money and reached out to the man’s wrist. Then he grabbed the man’s wrist and lowered it gently.

“What, what, what……?”

The behavior of Lee Jin-Seong made him think hastily that the man was going easy on him. Lee Jin-Seong smirked at the easy-to-know expression.

“What, did you forget the promise?” “…what?”

Instead of a bundle of money, Lee Jin-Seong pointed to a long sword leaning against the man’s stand.

“Oh, oh, oh…!”

The man stared at the B-class equipment he was trying to sell for the highest price. It was a precious sword as he could receive 50 million won if he sold it.

“I don’t need the money. Just give me the sword.” “Well, that’s not something anyone can wield…….” “Oh? So I can’t take it?”

The man sprained a cold sweat.

“Oh, of course, you can……!” The man quickly combined the long sword into the sheath and began wrapping it with string.

“Oh, forget about the packaging.” “Oh, I see, sir! Haha!”

The scene was buzzing with people watching.

What’s wrong with him? Was he just gonna give him that knife?

Jin-Seong loudly ignored the crowd and twirled the sword around his waist. Lee Jin-Seong similarly smiled while looking back at the audience.

“Who else wants to sell me something?”

However, the merchants, who formed the group, stopped paying attention and pretended to focus on their business again when the man did not follow the lead.

‘He’s disgusting.’

The attention that had been paid to Lee Jin-Seong was rapidly dispersed. Anyway, it was true that Lee Jin-Seong overwhelmed the small-boned merchant, so they didn’t have to get involved and lose. So the merchants were busy selling the goods again, and the onlookers began to go their own way.

No one bothered Lee Jin-Seong anymore. At first, they thought about how to scam Lee Jin-Seong. Now, they were trying to hide themself in their own shops, hoping that they won’t get into a fight with that crazy kid.

That was the atmosphere that Lee Jin-Seong wanted.

That’s enough for the flies.

And unexpectedly, he took out the knife he had in his hand and looked at the sheath.

Ching!

The dark blade gently pulled out, showing off a clear metallic sound. Jin-Seong lifted the sword closely to see if the blade was sharp and the sword was not bent.

As expected, the merchant was so good as to be restless.

‘…… that’s a good sword.’

A blue knife with one and a half hands. At the edge of the dark blade, it was a bastard Sword with ample swordsmanship, slightly less than a meter.

Lee Jin-Seong executed the Codex.

+ Name: Black Iron Bastard Sword Classification: Double-edged long sword Grade: B Description: A two-edged sword derived from a long sword. It has a large medical examination compared to a long-sword. It is made of black iron and is very strong, but it is difficult to use it if it lacks strength and skill due to heavyweight. +

‘It weighed about 5 kilograms.’

If it’s a standard one-handed sword, it doesn’t weigh more than 2kg. This black-iron bastard sword was overweight. And from weapons of Class C and above, the price was so high that supplies were scarce.

But even a knife of the same condition was useless unless it was an item. You can also see these cold weapons in the museum, but if you don’t feel it as an item, you can’t have the power to deal with monsters.

The only things that allow you to cut through the skin of a monster that bounces bullets and break its bones are weapons that can be rated through the system.

Lee Jin-Seong began wielding his sword in a skilled manner. The fierce sound of the breakout spread through the air.

The knife itself is heavy, but it has a good balance.

Lee Jin-Seong was not just good at strength, speed, and stamina. As much as handling daggers, martial arts and martial arts such as nunchaku, long sword, blunt weapon, bow, gun, rifles, etc., were already reaching the stage.

Since Lee Jin-Seong did not have any skills, he tried and accomplished to become a master of weapons.

So before the regression, people used to call Lee Jin-Seong, who was unconscious.

All Master.

Clank.

Lee Jin-Seong, who identified the black iron Bastard Sword, took the lead and moved back.

It was a large greenhouse building where he entered.

There were countless stands inside, but Lee Jin-Seong did not come to meet the merchant.

Lee Jin-Seong looked inside for a decade and suddenly found an old man who stood out.

An old man, dressed in a flabby fabric with frayed sleeves, was crouching in the corner.

Lee Jin-Seong quietly approached him.

“Good morning.” “……who is it?”

A deeply wrinkled, long face appeared. And an old man with white hair and beard.

But the old man’s eyes were strange. The white cataract made his eyes look blurry and blind.

“I’ve heard that you’re selling good things.” “Huh…….”

The blind old man laughed.

“I’m not a merchant. I’m just an old man waiting to die.”

But unlike what he said, he had a very powerful voice.

“… It’s a dangerous place for an old man.”

The old man looked far into the building at the question.

“It’s dangerous…… there’s no place as fun as here for an old man. Yes…… look over there. Someone’s trying to cut down the price and even getting into fist-fights.”

Lee Jin-Seong looked around accordingly, but there were no fist-fights.

“Well, there’s no one fighting here…….”

It was then.

Boom!

All of a sudden, a large partition fell on the floor. Then the two men tangled up and began to exchange fists.

“Hahaha…….” “…….”

Watching the old man giggling and laughing, Lee Jin-Seong swallowed without realizing it. The old man knew it as if he were looking at the palm of his hand.

“And do you know what’s funny? While they were fighting, someone else had already bought the ring they were trying to buy.” “…….”

Lee Jin-Seong looked at the old man quietly.

‘This is the man my teacher told me about…….’

It was this old man who was disappointed that his rare former teacher could not let him meet Jin-Seong.

“Do you know what’s funny? People’s lives are not that different before or after the cataclysm. What’s the big deal about paying a few bucks?… Haha…….”

Lee Jin-Seong nodded quietly and took a deep breath. And carefully put his tinnitus in his mouth.

“The Silent Wise Man…….” “Huh…….”

But the bearded old man only smiled.

“I’ve heard a lot from my teacher.”

At the words, the old man threw a murky look at Lee Jin-Seong. He looked closely as if he was trying to see through Lee Jin-Seong, and smiled.

“You’re not lying.”

As if it was a pity that it was not a lie, he began to take out a cigarette in his arms.

“That nasty thing has a student…… I guess I’ve lived too long.”

The old man seemed to put his finger to the tip of the cigarette, and then a flame broke out from the tip of his hand and disappeared.

“So…… what’s going on?”

He thought he’d get straight to the point, but he changed the subject a little.

“……Why is the hero here?” “Haha, I don’t think you’re here to ask that.”

The squatting old man got up from his seat. When he sat down, he looked like an old man who was bent and ugly, but when he got up, he was almost 190cm tall.

“Do you know what my best vocation is?” “……Yes, I heard you’re a counter who can count a thousand miles.” “Yes, an amazing ability to read and predict the movements of evil things that have penetrated the earth.”

Whoo…

“I was actually watching you fight. That wasn’t a head start for a 17-year-old.” “What do you mean?”

At Lee Jin-Seong’s reply, the silent wise man began to laugh with a wrinkled face.

“You’re a regressor, aren’t you?”

The silent wise man takes cigarettes to his mouth. He did not take his eyes off Lee Jin-Seong as if he could see with his eyes.