Global Awakening: Only I Can Respawn

"12 minutes," Yuna informed the group. "That's the limit."

In twelve minutes after boiling the water, it would become undrinkable. It meant they couldn't store water after boiling it and also had to use water consciously.

"But the leaves and herbs stay the same," Lysandra chimed in.

"So we can farm vegetables... if we can get seeds," YuWon replied, lost in thought. "Lysandra—"

"Already on it!" Lysandra said, playfully saluting YuWon and began communicating with her vines.

She's the heart of this base.

YuWon wasn't flattering her either. Lysandra had become the most useful person in the group.

Apart from looking for food, she had also created a few traps around their little settlement, using her vines.

Moreover, the vines she had spread also acted as an alarm. As long as any creature stepped on those vines, Lysandra would get to know about it. That's why YuWon said she was the heart of their base.

However, vegetables alone won't be enough for them. They would require protein, and the only source of protein there were the evolved beasts. Only this time, they were the food source of those they wanted to hunt.

Let's get down to business.

YuWon took a deep breath and got up, scanning the ground as flames flickered. Unlike before, he would not ask everyone to hunt. He couldn't risk a fool leading some unkillable creature to their settlement.

This time, only a few elite hunters would take part. The rest of them would focus on building the base by collecting wood, stones, and those kinds of things.

"Anna, Gina, and I," YuWon said. "We'll try to hunt some beasts. Anyone else want to join in?"

YuWon scanned the crowd, but not a single person raised their hand, apart from Yeji and Lysandra. YuWon found it funny. These people readily took arms to throw Yeji to the giant. Yet now they were hesitating as if they had never held a weapon before.

"Not you two," YuWon said, pointing at the girls. "You have to stay at the base—"

As he said that, a bright flash appeared before him. Before YuWon could react, something heavy fell right on top of him, knocking him flat onto the ground.

"Ugh, these portals… the awakening messed them up," the angel mumbled, rubbing her head. "Where is he... huh?"

Suddenly, the angel felt something strange vibration between her legs. Her eyes widened, and for a split second, her cheeks turned red. It didn't take long for her to realize exactly what—or who—she was sitting on.

With a wild blush on her face, she hastily jumped to her feet and looked down in horror. YuWon was lying on the ground, with something sticky shining on his face.

"I-I'm so sorry!" she stammered. "That portal malfunctioned... I didn't mean to land on you!"

Although she yelled, YuWon didn't reply and got up, walking to the stream and washing his face. Only then did he turn to the angel.

"Don't you dare say that was my reward!"

The angel blinked in surprise at first, surprised by his tone. But then her expression shifted from shock to anger. She crossed her arms and glared at him. The slight blush was still visible on her face.

"That wasn't your reward, but how dare you act like it wasn't worth one!" she snapped as her wings twitched behind her. "Do you have any idea who I am? If someone like you—"

"I don't care!" YuWon retorted, angrily waving his hands. "Keep your fetishes off me. If I was so eager to bury my face between someone's legs, I would have asked my wives about it!"

"You don't need to ask, you know," Gina replied, her eyes shyly staring at her feet.

"She'd not wrong," Lysandra smirked, putting an arm on her waist.

"That's not the point!" YuWon glared at them before turning to the angel, who looked like she could explode at any moment.

"My… fetishes?" the angel growled. "I have no fetish that requires me to rub someone's face in my... you know where?!"

"Oh yeah? Then what was on my face?"

The angel opened her mouth to argue, but then thought she was above a mortal and there was no point in fighting with a plaything.

"Ahem, here's your reward," she said, waving her hand.

[Gold +40,000]

[All stats +10]

[All skill levels +2]

[Achievement Unlocked!]

[Title: Flame Nightmare Slayer]

[Description: A title rewarded to a maniac who defeated an undefeatable monster.]

[Effect: The awakener is immune to all types of fire damage.]

"This should be more than enough to please you--" the angel smirked, proud of her work, but got interrupted immediately.

"What the hell will I do with this gold? Are there any stores here!?"

Upon hearing his words, a vein bulged from the angel's smooth forehead. Even though she closed her eyes and forced a smile, it was still difficult for her to control her anger.

If only you weren't her favorite pawn...

The angel thought to herself before opening her eyes and taking a deep breath.

"May I ask why you think you can't use gold anymore?"

"...are there stores in this world?"

"If you're asking about the ones mortals created, then the answer is no," she replied, hovering over the ground. "But the stores I created remain scattered throughout the world. You only have to look harder for it. Is that all?"

"Where's the nearest shop? I would like to spend some gold—?"

"I am not your navigator!" the angel stomped the air before disappearing in a flash.

Only when the angel disappeared did YuWon realize how scared the others were. After all, unlike him, none of them would dare talk back to someone like her and even YuWon was wondering about it.

He had crossed the line countless times. Yet the angel didn't do him any harm.

I got lucky because she was too embarrassed to think about anything else. I better apologize to her when we meet next or who knows what she'll do.