The notification message was floating in the dark.

[You have fulfilled the conditions required to complete the quest ‘Desperation.’ Please agree on the first and second person to finish the quest.]

I saw a steep slope when I opened my eyes, and I wasn’t able to move my body. I could easily escape the slope, which seemed very high before I lost consciousness, with a single stamp of my foot. I would have been able to survive from that pit filled with blood without suffocating, likely due to my unconscious instinct to survive.

My surroundings stank with blood, and the floor was slippery with flesh. The aftermath of the slaughter remained heavy in the air. Blood still poured out of the decapitated head of the Baclan Commander, and its chest was burning with the Sun Sword stuck in there.

Yes, it hadn’t died yet even after it had been beheaded. Its final blow was terrifying. If Strongman hadn’t activated and I hadn’t increased my Power Resistance, I would have died instead of it.

I retrieved the Sun Sword from its chest and pulled Woo Yeon-Hee out as she was buried in a pile of exploded corpses. She had already fully recovered due to her high-class Health stat. Although she was...