Global Awakening: Only I Can Respawn

"You're me, huh?" YuWon mumbled, retrieving his Noir blade.

"You don't look surprised," the other YuWon commented. "I expected more reaction from you."

YuWon sighed, looking at Anna. She was already gone, but YuWon didn't feel any sadness. He had already marked a checkpoint. Everything should be fine as long as he killed his other self. But there was a problem.

He can respawn as well.

It wasn't like his fight with Anna. He was fighting a better and stronger version of himself. Killing the other YuWon once wasn't enough. He'd have to kill him till his respawn points had dried up.

But that itself was a problem. Unlike YuWon, his other self must have killed hundreds of thousands of beings. Creatures that were stronger than anything he had faced.

As such, he had amassed an unthinkable amount of respawn points. YuWon didn't think he had it in him to stop his other self. But before all that, he needed to know something.

"Why are you doing this?" he asked. "Killing everything in sight? Is that necessary?"

The other YuWon smiled knowingly and shrugged. "You're the reason. Your greed has ruined this branch of timelines. I'd explain more, but it would take too long—and I still have to track down your other versions."

With that, he launched towards YuWon, who used [Tectonic Slam] to slow down his other self. Unfortunately, he wasn't the other self for nothing. He dug his blade into the ground and used it to launch himself into the air.

YuWon had expected such a maneuver and immediately let a soul loose toward his other self. The other self smiled and let out his own [Soul Reaver] powers—only his abilities far surpassed anything YuWon could do. Dive into more tales on m,vl-em-py-r

Thousands of souls bombarded YuWon like missiles. He tried to dodge and absorb them, but he couldn't block even a small part of the attack. But instead of taking over his body, the souls started chipping away at his HP.

YuWon felt pain all over his body. At first, he didn't pay any attention, but then he noticed something was off. His HP was actively decreasing, even though he wasn't being attacked anymore.

Moreover, since it wasn't a physical attack, Hydra's heart couldn't heal his wounds, because there weren't any on his body.

"It took me a while to come up with this move," the other YuWon announced. "The souls I unleashed are actively sucking your life force. They are quite vengeful, so just die quickly."

"Like hell, I'd die so easily!"

YuWon lunged at him, intending to use [Soul Grapple] and get rid of him for good. But he was in a precarious situation. His HP was dropping at an alarming rate and even with respawn skill, he was worried.

The other YuWon knew he could respawn, but he was acting too confidently. That's what worried YuWon. His other self must have a plan to stop him from respawning.

He kept attacking his other self, but he deflected every attack with ease, as if he had been through the same thing over a thousand times. YuWon stepped back, catching his breath. Sweat dripped down his brow, but he ignored it, rushing in once more.

His swing became wider and erratic. He was full of openings, but the other YuWon didn't strike him once and kept smiling. But suddenly his smile dropped, and he kicked YuWon away.

"Fucking piece of shit!"

The change in the mood of his other self was weird. But then YuWon smiled. He must have killed him somehow and the other self respawned, irritated. That explained the reason.

However, the thought didn't bring him any peace. Suddenly, the blade slipped from his hands and he collapsed to the ground. His vision got blurry, and all the strength left his body.

YuWon checked his stats, only to see his HP had dropped below 20 points. He could feel death approaching and he grabbed the blade.

Instead of turning it toward the other YuWon, he turned the blade toward himself. He planned to end it before his other self could stop him from respawning.

But he was too slow. The other YuWon rushed and kicked the sword away. But more importantly, he had something in his hands. YuWon barely had time to blink as his opponent shoved the familiar dagger into his chest.

"Surprised?" the other self asked, smiling mockingly. "No respawns. No tricks. Just you... and death."

[Medusa's Fang] gleamed in the artificial light inside the world tree. Unlike the replica he had, his other self had the actual artifact. That's why the other YuWon was so confident. He had intended to seal YuWon's abilities before he could respawn.

The HP bar ticked dangerously low: 18... 12... 9...

"Goodbye," the other YuWon whispered.

With that, the other YuWon turned to leave. He used his sword to create a dimensional rift to hunt his other target, but as he took a step, he heard a laugh.

The other YuWon turned, only to see YuWon laughing like a madman. His body was pale and blood trickled down his mouth, but he kept laughing as he had won a lottery.

"What's so funny?" the other YuWon asked.

"You forgot something," YuWon smirked, gripping the dagger's hilt tightly. "We're the same person."

Once used, only the user could remove the [Medusa's Fang]. But since YuWon and the other YuWon were the same, the dagger recognized both as its owner. In other words, YuWon had as much claim on the dagger as his other self.

With that, YuWon ripped the dagger from his chest. The other YuWon's face twisted in rage, and he lunged at him. But YuWon would not wait for him.

He threw the original [Medusa's Fang] in his inventory and instantly activated [Load] ability. YuWon didn't care where he was going as long as it was far away from the clutches of his other self.

Space and time bent around him as he was pulled away. YuWon was leaving, but not before he gave his other self a middle finger.

"See you later,

me

," YuWon laughed as he vanished.

"...ARGH!"

The other YuWon's scream was the last thing he heard before everything turned dark.