Global Awakening: Only I Can Respawn

Yeji, standing further, could only watch. It was strange. Her brother had been affectionate towards Gina from the start. But ever since they got there, he was behaving even more lovingly towards her.

Am I that despicable?

Yeji thought and lowered her gaze. But just when she did that, she felt a stinging pain in the head. Rubbing her forehead, she looked up and saw YuWon smiling at her.

Before she knew it, he gave her an awkward side hug, mumbling something in her ears.

"You did good too," he said.

Yeji couldn't reply and choked on air before nodding. YuWon looked at her and smiled. After everything happened between them, YuWon's smile was the last thing Yeji expected to see.

"Hey, I fought too!" Yuna interrupted.

"And you got stronger because of it. You should thank us, not the other way around," YuWon retorted before turning towards the subway.

As he looked around, YuWon noticed two of the Portuguese also survived. But that was it. Even then, they were hesitant to follow him.

Good, I don't need to babysit them, at least. However...

YuWon remembered the girls had died to the slugs before and wondered if that was all Anna's plan. After all, she could have warned them about the slugs, but she didn't.

She must have a reason to do what she did. But what could it be?

YuWon could get a hint about them as long as he touched them. Not inappropriately, obviously. The pendant would show him their classes, and he could think about the future possibilities of having them alive.

Ultimately, YuWon decided to leave them to their fate. Or so he wanted to say, but losing out of pawns wasn't his style.

"You want my thanks, then translate for me," YuWon said, dragging Yuna along.

When the girls saw him moving towards them, they got startled and even raised their weapons. It wasn't until YuWon raised his hands that they relaxed.

"I won't ask you to understand me," he said. "But I had good reasons for what I did."

Yuna translated his words, but it didn't seem the girls were taking his words seriously. YuWon sighed and then brought out his ultimate manipulation weapon.

"I killed them because they would betray us later," he sighed. "I'm an oracle. As such, I can see snippets of the future."

Obviously, the girls didn't believe him and asked why they should believe anything he said. On the outside, YuWon looked annoyed, but on the inside, he was laughing. Those girls had fallen into his trap.

"You have a tattoo of a bird on your back," YuWon said, pointing to the younger girl.

The girl looked surprised and nodded. She indeed had that tattoo, but it was a small one, easily concealed.

YuWon had noticed it the last time they were inside the store, while excitedly showed it to one of the Anna's guys.

However, Gina didn't look pleased with his antics and loudly cracked her knuckles. On one hand, he loved showing affection to her, and on the other, she was looking at other girls. It was unacceptable.

"Sis-in-law, forgive him!" Yeji yelled, holding Gina back.

YuWon unbothered, continued, "As for you... you are into field sports."

Now this was a hunch, but while they were jumping over the slime to get to the train, the taller girl was taking long and accurate leaps. From one look, he could tell she had to be an athlete.

The girl looked at YuWon strangely before nodding. She was indeed a former athlete and although she still had the body for it; she didn't think anyone would randomly guess about it.

Besides, she wasn't a famous player, so there was no way YuWon could have seen her on TV. In her eyes that meant he was telling the truth.

"Do you believe me now?" YuWon asked, extending his hand toward the girls.

The girls looked at each other before nodding and took his hand.

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The Overseer's Pendant will reveal the target's stats to the owner.

Name: Isabel Santos

Class: Bulwark

Sub-class: ??

Allegiance: None

Level: 17

Experience: 61.5%

Primary Attributes:

— Health Points (HP): 335 / 692

— Mana Points (MP): 100 / 100

Core Stats:

— Strength: 21

— Agility: 16

— Intelligence: 17

— Defense: 48

— Endurance: 25

— Wisdom: 9

— Luck: 12

Note: Due to the pendant's limitations, the owner cannot see the target's complete profile

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There's nothing extraordinary about her.

Isabel, the shorter girl, had average stats for someone of her level. But the one thing that caught YuWon's attention was her class. Bulwark, so it meant she was a wall or a shield.

She'd be a good addition to the group since we don't have anyone to tank for us.

YuWon then turned to shake the other girl's hand, and that's when things got a bit more interesting.

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The Overseer's Pendant will reveal the target's stats to the owner.

Name: Helena Pires

Class: Falcon

Sub-class: ??

Allegiance: None

Level: 19

Experience: 23.09%

Primary Attributes:

— Health Points (HP): 300 / 321

— Mana Points (MP): 60 / 71

Core Stats:

— Strength: 10

— Agility: 56

— Intelligence: 11

— Defense: 16

— Endurance: 31

— Wisdom: 9

— Luck: 2

Note: Due to the pendant's limitations, the owner cannot see the target's complete profile

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Never in his life had YuWon seen such mismatched stats. Agility and endurance were the only things Helena had going for her. The rest of the stats weren't just below average, but abysmal for someone at her level.

YuWon got confused about her class. But if he thought about it like Falcon the bird, Isabel's class probably had something to do with assassinations. After all, Falcons were birds of prey, proficient in hunting.

Even then, he didn't think she could kill anything with that strength of her. However, there was something in her gaze. There was a hunger to prove her worth, probably stemming from her competition days.

At the moment, only her subclass would decide if she's worth keeping around or not.