Global Awakening: Only I Can Respawn

The Crusaders tried to run, but someone was waiting for them on the stairs.

Crack!

Blood splattered everywhere as a crusader fell backward. Those behind him were stunned. A headless corpse greeted them.

"Huh?"

Then came the thudding sound of something rolling down the stairs. The crusader's severed head dropped to the floor, rolling around, marking everything with blood.

Those rushing towards YuWon came to an abrupt halt. Even Park Kwon was shocked to see such cruelty as they watched the beheaded body twitch on the ground.

Something sharp had severed the man's head. Because of the darkness, they couldn't see what it was as Park Know grabbed his scythe with his broken arm.

"Who dares to kill my men!?" Park Kwon yelled.

"Dare?" a madman's voice replied.

Park Kwon pushed through the crowd only to see a man blocking their path, a bloodied axe resting on his shoulder.

"Dare isn't a word weaklings like you should use," Min-Joon said, showing off an unsettling smile.

His eyes had long since turned entirely crimson. As a berserker, he had been relentlessly hunting the rat creatures alone. His sanity had long since left human norms. Consumed by bloodlust, he only wanted to mirror the color of his gaze—to drown the world in blood.

Swinging the axe freely in the air to shake off the flesh and blood, Min-Joon taunted the Crusaders, pointing above and below.

"You're not going anywhere," he snarled. "Neither above, nor below."

"You think you can stop us by yourself?"

"I'm enough to deal with the likes of you."

Under normal circumstances, the crusader might have cursed loudly or even laughed at Min-Joon's declaration and charged at him. It wasn't their first time dealing with such a nuisance guy.

But they couldn't.

Just one look into Min-Joon's eyes had them frozen with fear.

Is he really human?

That was the only thought inside the Crusaders' heads. It was ridiculous that they feared a barely adult boy. All of them were criminals, yet they feared one person.

At that moment, the Crusaders wished Min-Joon would leave and YuWon would take his place. As strong as YuWon was, he was sane and... human, unlike the monster before them.

It's those eyes… they don't have a shred of emotions in them.

The calm crimson gaze filled with annoyance towards the crusaders like they were some insects ruining a lion's lunch.

"Fucking bitch!"

Park Kwon clenched his teeth. Then, with his intact left arm, he grabbed the chain scythe and shouted.

"Kill all these bastards!"

Park Kwon's roar invigorated the Crusaders. How could they back down against a child? That would never happen. They had the number and as long as they charged together, they could kill the man.

The Crusaders charged at Min-Joon all at once. Roughly twenty of them charged at the boy. Even then Park Kwon felt slightly troubled. He had pushed them towards the boy, but the unsettling feeling didn't leave him.

"Yes… come together," Min-Joon licked his bloodied lips. "So I can deal with you quickly."

Min-Joon swung the axe at a man charging at him. The blade ripped the man in half, bending his arms and waist like a sheet of paper as the crusader's corpse plastered the wall with his blood.

"Surround him!"

Another crusader ran from behind with a dagger held high, aiming for Min-Joon's shoulder. He could have dodged, but he didn't, letting the blade pierce his shoulder.

As the blood gushed out of his wound, the crusader laughed. Min-Joon was no monster. He was a man. A man who could bleed. With that thought, the crusader twisted the knife embedded in his shoulder, thinking he wouldn't be able to use the axe with one hand.

But that was his misconception.

Min-Joon deliberately let the man's blade hit him because there was no need to dodge. Such superficial wounds would get healed in seconds. But the crusader won't.

A second later, the crusader's head got cut in half. The taste of blood was like a drug for Min-Joon. The more he killed, the more he wanted to kill.

With one hand, he pulled the knife from the shoulder. More blood gushed out, but the wound inflicted by the knife closed up cleanly within seconds. It was like the knife had never hit him.

Chapter Experience:

"You can't kill me…" Min-Joon laughed hysterically. "You can't! No one can!"

Being inside a dungeon with no light inside made it difficult to track Min-Joon's movements. But Min-Joon didn't have that problem as he could smell their fear, a perk he gained while killing the rats earlier.

The Crusaders tried many ways to push Min-Joon out of the way. But they couldn't. Meanwhile, as he more people, his regeneration speed increased, and he kept gaining bonuses thanks to his berserker class.

"S-Save me—!"

Min-Joon swung his axe at the waist of a fallen crusader, severing it in half.

"Fuck! My arm, my arm!"

At the same instant, he twisted and ripped off a man's arm, using it as a second weapon. It was then a strange thought crossed his mind.

Even the goblins weren't this easy to kill. Pathetic.

There was a reason Min-Joon felt it was easier to kill humans than goblins. The goblins were monsters. They were raised to fight since birth and even in the face of danger, they would usually fight instead of fleeing.

Unlike them, humans have too many thoughts in their heads when they fight. Some would be scared, some frustrated, and some might even kill themselves in despair. But lost in his lust for blood, Min-Joon couldn't care about such things.

"…we're doomed."

A crusader mumbled as he fell to his knees, mere seconds away from getting his head chopped. Half of the Crusaders were already dead, and they hadn't even made it to the stairs.

Park Kwon was standing away from the Crusaders, staring at Min-Joon. After killing ten people, he expected the brat to show some sigh of fatigue.

But it was as if every kill energized Min-Joon instead. It was another perk he received from his class, but the Crusaders didn't know that.

There's no point dragging this out.

Park Kwon thought, his grip tightening on the scythe. He could no longer watch his subordinates get indiscriminately slaughtered and charged towards Min-Joon. It looked like Park Kwon had gone mad, but in his mind, he had already won.

He's strong, but I can deal with him.

The Crusaders feared Min-Joon more than YuWon, but Park Kwon knew Min-Joon wasn't as strong as YuWon. Besides, he had Ares's support. How could he lose to someone like Min-Joon? However, one thing was troubling him.

His right arm.

Even though he had blocked Skullee's attack, the impact had broken his arm. A weapon like the scythe he had wasn't easy to use with one arm. However, Park Kwon didn't have a choice. He had to fight him to the end.

Min-Joon quickly noticed Park Kwon and pushed everyone else away. After killing so many people, he wanted to face a challenge.

As the axe swung towards his head, Park Kwon pulled one of his men who was rushing from the side to his front.

"Sir? SIR—!"

The guy's head rolled down, but Park Kwon still used what was left of his corpse as a shield. Once he got close enough, he discarded the corpse and reached for the chain scythe hanging on his waist.

"Commander's revenge!"

It was a skill bestowed upon him by Ares. As long as he got a comrade's blood on his hand, Park Kwon's touch could kill the one who took their life. He didn't want to use the skill against Min-Joon, because it only worked once a day, but he had no choice.

I can figure something out later. For now, I must kill this bastard!

Since Min-Joon wasn't a paladin like Park Kwon, a touch of his scythe would kill the brat.

Unfortunately, things don't always go according to plan.

What…?

Park Kwon suddenly felt light. He couldn't register the pain, but when he tried to swing the scythe, nothing happened. It wasn't until he felt a searing pain did he realized what had happened.

Min-Joon's attack had not only killed the crusader but had also struck Ju-won's remaining arm. The impact was so brutal that Park Kwon's left arm got ripped off.

"Useless bastard," Min-Joon spat, looking annoyed.

He had expected a good fight from Park Kwon, but the fight was over even before it began. To let out his frustration, Min-Joon kicked him away as Park Kwon fell helplessly on the ground.

"YuWon lied to me. He's nothing special."

Min-Joon muttered before immediately turning away. He no longer cared about the fallen commander.

But Park Kwon couldn't take his eyes off Min-Joon even though he was in pain. He couldn't wrap his head around what had happened. He was a paladin, yet a mere awakener severed his arm off? It made no sense.

"My lord! Give me more strength!" Park Kwon yelled, staring at the floating eye above.

However, as soon as he said those words, the eye disappeared. His patron god had abandoned him.

This… can't be happening…

Park Kwon thought as his life slowly slipped away. He had lost too much blood. Yet, Min-Joon hadn't even deemed him worth finishing himself.

But his men, the Crusaders, didn't care about the corpses. They simply trampled over his broken body in their frantic scramble to escape the dungeon, their boots crushing Park Kwon thoroughly.

It was ironic. Park Kwon had used the Crusaders as his meat shield, only to be trampled to death by them.