Global Awakening: Only I Can Respawn

"You'll regret doing this," Lysandra calmly responded.

The ogres looked at each other, scratching their heads. They couldn't figure the woman out. They were monsters, awakened monsters who looked human, but they were still monsters. Yet the woman didn't seem afraid of them.

It confused them, but if they knew what kind of monster Lysandra was, they wouldn't dare mess with her. Although she surrendered for Min-Ji's sake, she could have easily tied the ogres up and left them to die, if not kill them herself.

But she didn't, as the Ogres had more to offer. Since they were eagerly taking her somewhere, she assumed they must have a base. In other words, it was an established place that she could capture for YuWon.

Even if that didn't happen, at least we'd get to know the location of their base.

For now, Lysandra didn't act up. But she left a trail behind. A special vine that YuWon would recognize. After all, their wedding rings were made of the same vine. She believed YuWon would find her, no matter what.

***

At the same time, YuWon was running in the forest like a crazed spirit. Suddenly, from the corner of his eye, he saw dangling down a tree.

"This again."

YuWon clicked his tongue. It was a lizard-like creature. From what he knew, it was a predatory creature that used its tail to hang upside down from a tree and then poison any passing creature. The poison would paralyze the target, allowing the beast to feast on its prey while alive.

YuWon had killed a couple of them while chasing after Lysandra. But that didn't make them any less annoying. Without hesitating, YuWon swung his Noir Blade, slicing clean through the creature's neck.

Its body dropped to the ground, lifeless, but YuWon didn't stop. He didn't even bother to glance back as he kept running. However, something else caught his sight.

He squatted down and noticed some footprints left on the ground. It looked like someone was trying to run away while being chased.

"Lysandra!"

YuWon got up and changed direction, chasing after the footprints. However, it wasn't what he thought it'd be. He noticed a group of four humans backed up against a large boulder, surrounded by other people.

Tsk, I don't have time for this.

YuWon was there to find Lysandra, not to interrupt a random group's fight. Just as he was about to turn away, he noticed the horns protruding from their heads.

YuWon's eyes narrowed as he recalled what Yuna had told him earlier about the ogres. In appearance, they were like humans, but had horns and terrifying strength. The people surrounding the humans were ogres.

If they were ogres, they would know about Lysandra's whereabouts. As long as he captured one of them, the fucker would lead him to their base and YuWon can deal with the rest on his own.

***

"Please let us leave!" a girl cried out, the broken chains around her neck swung wildly as she did.

Other than the girl, the men didn't plead for their life. But they cursed their fate.

Back when they arrived on the strange planet, there were over fifty of them. However, most of them got picked off by the monsters within hours of starting. Only a dozen remained there, and they found a clearing next to a stream.

They thought it was the perfect spot to set up their base. But what they didn't realize was that someone had cleared the place on purpose to set a trap for people like them.

They were getting ready to rest when suddenly these people with horns appeared out of nowhere. Before the awakeners could fight, the horned people killed those they deemed useless while capturing the rest.

By some miracle, they could escape their den. However, the horned folks soon came chasing after them. Now they were stuck in a terrible position with no hope of escape.

Without their weapons or gear, fighting back was a death sentence. But there was a guy, unwilling to go down without a fight.

"Fuck this," a guy yelled, bringing his fists up. "I'm not dying here."

As the ogres watched the human, they burst out laughing. It was always fun to see their slaves struggle in vain.

"I'll deal with this one," the ogre with white braids said, stepping up. "One finger should be sufficient for this weakling."

Saying so, the horned ogre raised a finger and aimed for the human. The man trembled but stood his ground and glared at the ogre, his fists raised. The ogres continued to chuckle, amused by the spectacle.

"Fools like this one deserve death—"

The ogre had just said it when a sword appeared from his chest. He looked at the black blade protruding from his chest before blood gushed out of his mouth and his eyes widened in disbelief.

The ogre staggered forward as he tried to turn around. But then his legs gave out, and he collapsed, dying before his body could even hit the ground.

YuWon jumped to the next one before the ogres could retaliate. He slashed through a second ogre's chest. Another one rushed towards YuWon, but he ducked under and quickly stabbed upward, piercing the beast's stomach.

One after another, the ogres came rushing towards YuWon, who killed them with ease. But something felt off. These ogres were too easy to kill. Creatures like them shouldn't have been a problem for his group. So how did they end up killing twelve people?

YuWon turned towards the remaining ogre. The creature quickly raised his weapon to attack him, but YuWon severed his arm with a swing of his blade.

"You're not an ogre," he mumbled, slashing at the creature's head.

The horn easily broke like it was made of wood.

"Why would you disguise yourself as a monster?" YuWon asked, lifting the man's face with his blade.

But something caught YuWon's eyes as the man raised his head.

"A Slave brand," YuWon mumbled. "Who the hell are you?"