Global Awakening: Only I Can Respawn

There was only one way to kill the boss, kill its minions first and fast. The longer YuWon took, the more healthy Frenzied Ghoul would regain.

Having no other choice, he had discarded the idea of defending himself and hoped his body would hold against the minions.

From a distance, it looked like a ferocious mob was beating the living hell out of a poor soul. But when you looked closely, the beating wasn't one-sided.

Sure, YuWon was getting hit, but he was taking them down too—pretty brutally. Every time he swung his sword, he took another life.

"I always wanted to live through a zombie apocalypse. Look at me now—Motherfucker—" YuWon cursed out loud while slashing the minion who just bit him.

When YuWon was fighting against the ghouls outside the park, even the biggest ghouls could only deal with minor damage to him. They never attacked YuWon head-on but always tried to outsmart him and then try to kill him.

But they were quite weak if he got them cornered. These elite frenzied minions, however, had all the qualities they possessed during their lifetime.

In other words, YuWon was fighting against several versions of himself from different times. Some were easy to kill, while some always had him on edge.

That's not the key problem though...

His dead selves were smart enough and perfectly coordinated their attacks to deal maximum damage to YuWon. Also, they were agile and always retreated quickly after biting into YuWon's flesh.

They were successful in getting away most of the time, and their bites hurt more than any other usual type of ghoul. They were like a pack of witty hyenas, and he was a lone wolf.

Because of these reasons, he had only killed five minions when a notification flashed before his eyes.

[Frenzied Ghoul has recovered 200 HP.]

"How much HP does it have?" YuWon cursed at the notification while slashing the beasts nonstop.

Even after absorbing a few souls before being thrown into the penalty zone, YuWon only had 703 max hp. Even that HP was gradually being reduced as the minions kept attacking him.

[Frenzied Minion killed! Exp +1%]

The game of death tag between him and the minions continued when another minute passed and YuWon killed 5 more minions.

[Frenzied Ghoul has recovered 150 HP.]

The crowd of minions was thinning, but their attacks got more vicious with every passing minute. Not only the minions were dealing more damage, but killing them was getting more and more troublesome.

YuWon could no longer one-shot them. In the end, he abandoned the idea of using only his sword to kill them.

He grabbed one minion by the head and slammed it on the ground so hard that its head exploded, smearing him with rotten, gooey flesh and blood.

YuWon was continuously punching, slashing, and kicking the minions, but as time passed, he began tiring out. His arms had gone heavy from all the slashing and punching he had been doing.

Now, even lifting his arms felt like a Herculean task. He could feel the pain from bites and cramps all over his body. Yet he kept going, fighting and slashing until all the minions were dead.

[You have killed all the minions.]

[Frenzied Ghoul can't regenerate anymore.]

[Total HP: 1083/1083]

[An autosave was created.]

[Prepare for the final phase.]

Frenzied ghoul finally moved from its spot to face YuWon. Everything about its physique remained as YuWon remembered. The only difference was that the ghoul now had eyes. Terrifying black eyes.

"At least it doesn't look disgusting anymore..." YuWon mumbled, wiping the sweat off his face. "But I'd rather have it looking disgusting than terrifying."

As the traveler's bracelet healed him, YuWon could feel the fatigue leave his body. Yet, his gaze remained fixed on the opponent's HP. Killing it won't be easy. Even then, YuWon smiled and fearlessly took a step to confront the boss a final time.

He did what he could to abuse the second chance he got. He no longer had any doubt in his mind that the ghoul was stronger than before. But so was he.

The ghoul snarled, but since YuWon had already sliced its tongue off, it couldn't express its desire to kill the human in front.

Still, the Frenzied Ghoul screamed incoherently while flapping its torn wings as it rushed toward YuWon. Its claws were stretched out, ready to rip him apart.

As the ghoul's claws slashed down, YuWon ducked and raised his sword just in time to block the attack. As the two harmless slid past each other, he used his sword to steady himself, skidding to a stop.

Then YuWon spun around and rushed to attack the ghoul's back. But after falling for the same move so many times, the ghoul knew what to expect and flapped its wings to rise over the ground.

Although the wings made of flesh were tattered and weak, they were strong enough to lift the ghoul, just out of YuWon's reach. The creature looked down, expecting to see the human's helpless face, but got greeted by his smile.

"You think your wings will save you from me?" YuWon asked, placing the sword between his teeth since he couldn't use the phantom bag.

A moment later, YuWon pounced on the ghoul's bone-like tail. He wrapped both of his arms around the tail and, with all his might, began pulling the ghoul back to the ground.

At first, the ghoul wanted to laugh at YuWon's foolish and desperate attempt. But it soon realized YuWon wasn't the fool. It was, as the human began pulling him down.

The ghoul flapped its wings rapidly, trying to lift YuWon or to make him let go of its tail. But the wings were barely supporting the creature's weight. That added to YuWon's weight. The wings couldn't hold and the ghoul came crashing down on the ground.

YuWon didn't waste any time. He had to act fast before the ghoul gathered itself. But then the ghoul's tail shot towards him.

The tail sprung at him like a javelin, and he didn't have any time to defend himself, since he had foolishly run towards the ghoul.

"Checkpoint!"

[In the penalty zone, the use of the skill is not permitted.]

"Fuck!" YuWon cursed.

Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his chest. He looked down as blood gushed out of his mouth to see the ghoul's tail had pierced through his chest.

[You've died.]

[Because of restrictions of the penalty zone, 500 respawn points will be deducted instead of the usual amount.]

[The Awakener will lose 30% of their HP upon respawning.]

Kill me already...