Global Awakening: Only I Can Respawn

Since YuWon had already tied Seok to the cage, they were living carefree... for the moment. As for Yeji and Min-Ji, they had stopped crying, but their faces looked worse than YuWon remembered.

YuWon looked at them and sighed. While he could understand their pain, he didn't feel the need to console them. Perhaps he would help Yeji, but he had no interest in getting entangled with Min-Ji.

Ignoring them, YuWon looked at the cage. Seok's breathing was unsteady, but he was alive... for now.

It should happen any moment now.

Sure enough, the baby giant stirred. Seok was already on the verge of dying from the blood loss. But even then, a hint of fear flashed in his eyes as the baby giant yawned and sat up.

A moment later his eyes fell on Seok, who couldn't even scream anymore. The giant's hand reached for Seok, yanking the vines away before lifting him in the air.

Seok dangled above the giant's mouth before the latter dropped him. Seok fell into the creature's mouth and, following a sickening crunch... died.

...that wasn't satisfying.

YuWon thought he would feel something when Seok died. But there was nothing. It felt like Seok's life or death didn't matter to him. However, with the bastard gone, YuWon's work was done, and he turned to leave, only to hear a loud bang.

He expected the giant would eat and fall asleep again. However, that wasn't the case, as the creature kept banging against the metal bars.

"What the hell?"

YuWon couldn't understand why the giant wasn't asleep and neither could anyone else. Last time, the giant had been calm after eating. It had gone back to sleep like a well-fed child. But now, it seemed enraged after eating Seok.

"Something isn't right..." YuWon mumbled and hurriedly stepped away from the cage. "I don't think people's personality has anything to do with their taste."

Unimpressed by his joke, the baby giant roared and slammed its fists against the metal bars, trying to grab YuWon.

Does it want more food?

That was the only reason YuWon could think of. The next moment, his eyes darted to the prisoners nearby. They knew what was about to happen and tried to run away, but Lysandra's vines held them in place.

With little thought, YuWon reached out and grabbed one man at random. The man struggled to free himself, but YuWon tightened his grip, dragging him toward the cage.

Just as YuWon was about to toss the man into the cage, a portal appeared before him.

"What the—?"

Before YuWon could say anything else, a red-haired woman jumped out of the portal, wearing a hoodie and a mask that covered the lower half of her face.

"Don't feed it anymore!" the woman yelled.

YuWon blinked, staring at the woman who was doing everything she could to avoid making eye contact with him. Although YuWon couldn't look at her face, he remembered that voice.

"Who the hell are you?" YuWon demanded to know.

"...you won't let this go, will you?" the woman crossed her arms and shook her head. "Fine... but don't lose your crap."

Slowly, the woman reached up and pulled back her hoodie, revealing her face. YuWon's eyes widened in surprise and immediately reached for the [Medusa's Fang].

"How are you alive!?" YuWon yelled, staring at Anna.

"Woah! Relax, crazy Romeo!" Anna yelled back, raising her hand. "This is how you'll thank me after I saved your ass back at the station?"

YuWon narrowed his eyes and realized it was her, the one who closed the dungeon. But even then, it didn't answer his question. He had killed her twice. Then how the hell was she still alive?

"Look, I know it's hard for you to accept. We can discuss it once we've dealt with the baby over there!" Anna tried to make YuWon.

"Let me feed it then—"

"That'll only make things worse later! The more you feed it, the stronger it'll get!"

"So what do you want me to do!?" YuWon yelled back, losing his patience. "The fucker is on the verge of breaking out of the cage!"

"Fight it, what else?" Anna said, bringing out her crimson sword. But her blade looked different from his. "Help me kill this thing and I can help you upgrade your swords, too."

YuWon narrowed his eyes. He didn't trust her after everything that went down between them, and the look in his eyes made it clear to Anna.

"I'm not asking you to trust me," she urgently replied. "But if you keep feeding that thing, it's going to break loose and kill everyone here—including you."

"I can just respawn—"

"No, you can't! Did you forget about the negation zone... wait, maybe you don't know yet."

"Don't know what?"

"The barrier! It prevents you from leaving. You won't be able to jump timelines even if you die—!"

"What timelines—?"

"There's no time to explain!"

Before YuWon could say anything more, the baby giant let out a deafening roar and slammed its body against the cage one last time. The bars bent, then slowly snapped. The entire cage burst open, and the giant, now free from captivity, turned its gaze toward YuWon and Anna.

"Dammit!" YuWon cursed, throwing the man away, and drew his swords.

"So?" Anna asked urgently.

"Fine," he muttered. "We'll fight it together—for now."

"Good boy—" Anna said before quickly covering her mouth. "Forget what I said... force of habit!"

Just then, flames erupted from the baby giant as it roared. With each step it took, it left scorched footprints behind. Despite all that, the beast was extremely agile.

YuWon and Anna exchanged a glance and kicked each other, pushing the other out of the giant's path. The creature was quite far away from them, but the heat coming out of it was unbearable and hence they kicked each other away to create even more distance from the giant.

We can't even get close to that thing. How are we supposed to defeat it?