## Chapter 1048 – A Man of Many Questions
“There’s a sh*t ton of them!!!”
Just then, Liztina’s voice came from behind. It seemed she had finished clearing out the rear. I expanded my senses and confirmed that Karin was not there. She must still be with Cloudy back where they were.
“Kill all the undead!!! Capture the heretics!!!”
“Our task is perfectly clear!!!”
She arrived at just the right time.
—콰앙!
The sound of someone kicking off the ground came from right behind me. It was great that I hadn’t completely annihilated all the undead bastards. Right now, capturing and crushing those machines and heretics was more urgent.
This was a time-sensitive matter…!
“…!”
The heretics were chanting something as they pushed and pulled the machine, trying to escape into the gate, but there was no way that would work now that I had descended upon this place.
“Freeze!!!”
I immediately grabbed the wrist of the guy pushing the machine.
—우드득!!!
“Ugh… Ugh… Ugh!!”
I completely shattered the bones in both of his arms and crushed the bones in his instep, completely incapacitating him before throwing him back.
“No one escapes from here!!!”
“Ughaaaaack!!”
The same went for the other guy. I plunged my fist into the back of the guy who was turning around and trying to escape into the gate.
—푸확!
“Kuaaaack…!”
What I grabbed was his spine.
“Wilderness Blood Jade Hand.”
—꽈악!
“Gweeeeeeeck…!”
I crushed his spinal bones into powder, and his body collapsed. Heretic, you have such a weak body. But that wouldn’t be enough to kill him. I couldn’t check for all the means of self-destruction, but I would cripple them all as much as possible and then interrogate them at the end.
That was all I could do right now!
“Kuaaaaaaaa!!”
“Aaaaaaaaack!!”
“Kyaaaaaack!!!”
In that way, I crippled all the heretics who were trying to escape into the gate and threw them far away from the gate.
—우당탕탕!
“None of you will achieve what you want!!!”
These bastards were utterly powerless.
“Kkeuaaaack!!”
“Keueoeoeok!!”
“Kieeeeeeeee!!”
There was no way these heretic priests with such meager combat power could stop me. Not a single one of them escaped into the gate, and the same went for the machine. In an instant, over ten heretics were smashed and sent flying through the air.
A Death Knight army?
A horde of ghouls?
“In front of Kim Kat, they’re all just trash.”
The Soul of Weakness Extermination.
I never lose to those weaker than me.
—The Power of the Heavenly Demon.
And so, the power of true Fusion Confucianism swirled within me. As if that wasn’t enough, thanks to the enhanced Vigal, I was now in a body that could inflict extreme additional damage on those vile beings.
“I won’t forgive such trash in the name of love and justice!!!”
Whatever evil plot you’re scheming, Kim Kat will destroy it all…! That was the duty and path of Justice Love Heavenly Demon!!
“Hap!”
Anyway, by that point, Liztina had also turned all the remaining Death Knights and ghouls into dust. As if that wasn’t enough, she had also annihilated all the heretics who were trying to escape in a direction completely unrelated to the gate.
All that remained around us were the remains of the undead warriors who had returned to being corpses, and the heretics sprawled out over there, vomiting blood.
It was cleaned up quickly.
But what was most important now was.
“Andromalius!!!!!”
The soul of the Great Demon and that bizarre machine…!
—즈으으으으응.
The machine was still firing a laser beam, slowly pulling Andromalius’s soul in, like reeling in a fishing line.
I didn’t know exactly how it worked, but it looked like the soul would enter that hole and be stored in the tank behind it. More than anything, Andromalius’s soul had flown towards it very quickly.
Did it also have a function to guide it?
—촤학!
I immediately ran towards it and swung Vigal, cutting the laser beam.
—츠즛.
Severed.
With that, Andromalius’s soul was easily freed. Fortunately, it didn’t fly away anywhere right away, but I was still worried about the gate and the machine.
“Get out of the way!!!”
I immediately kicked the soul mass of Andromalius with a force-controlled overhead kick, sending it flying over there to a place where no one was.
—화아아악!!
The soul flew away very refreshingly.
“You get out of here too, you f*cking ball-busting son of a b*tch!!!”
—꽈악!
As if that wasn’t enough, I pushed the machine as far away from the gate as possible. The gate was still there. The fact that it was still there meant that the heretics could send additional support troops.
I judged that no one had gone inside yet to report the situation, but it was necessary to quickly clean up the scene.
—끼리릭.
That was how I moved the machine quite a distance away.
“I’ve done everything I can!!!”
Anyway, I had bought myself some time. It seemed that Liztina was holding Andromalius’s soul in her gauntlet and looking at me.
“Kui kui!!!!!!”
I shouted and ran towards her.
“That same annoying kui kui sound again… Haa. Anyway, you’ve worked hard. Suddenly, these guys appear… More importantly, what about that gate?”
“I don’t know yet either. Maybe these guys suddenly appeared because of that.”
“How did they know about this place? And what about that machine? What the hell is going on?”
“From what I can see, the machine seems to be a device for storing the soul of a Great Demon or something. Anyway, this is something these guys were already planning.”
I could be 100% sure.
The series of events that had happened so far.
Their goal was none other than the soul condensed with the power of the Great Demon. They probably opened the Demon Gate to acquire it, and used it to induce the descent of the Great Demon.
What would they do with the descended Great Demon? It would engage in intense destructive activities, but would soon be subjected to concentrated attacks and die somehow.
They were probably planning to send these undead warriors at the moment the Great Demon died to somehow steal the soul. That was probably their goal. And the various corpses and rampages of demons that occurred in the process were probably what these heretics wanted.
But were they specifically targeting Andromalius…? Anyway, it seemed that there was also cooperation from the demons. And above all, the power of the Great Demon. It must be valuable enough.
Seeing that they sent a sufficient amount of troops through this gate, it was an extremely planned event.
But they couldn’t calculate our combat power.
“I think so too. If they didn’t have a plan, they couldn’t have come at such a precise time. But… the gate hasn’t disappeared yet. Shouldn’t we destroy it? More might come.”
“I guess so.”
Hmm.
“But how do we destroy it?”
“If Risha were here at times like this…”
Certainly.
Destroying the gate might be more effective with magical power than with physical methods. Still, should I experiment for a moment? Anyway, leaving the gate here like this wouldn’t be good.
—화르륵.
“Stay still. I’ll try to destroy it.”
“What if you accidentally let them know about this situation over there?”
“What can they do even if they find out? Anyway, they’ll send soldiers if it gets delayed, so we have to do something.”
With that, I swung Vigal, which was engulfed in black flames.
—촤학!
With that, the gate was completely cut and scattered.
“Oh. Sh*t.”
“Kyaa! You destroyed it!”
“Now it’s breaking.”
F*cking hell, it breaks like this?
Anyway, with this, the gate through which their support might come was gone.
Then let’s start cleaning up with peace of mind.
—A sh*t hole of a space.
“Kkeueueueuk…!”
The heretics were still groaning and writhing. The machine was safely set up over there, and there was no one to touch it. I wouldn’t know even if I looked at the machine anyway, so let’s start the interrogation first.
But before that.
“Sis. Do you feel anything from that soul?”
“Hmm… I feel a strong energy, but I don’t know what to do with it. But should we leave it like this? Shouldn’t we absorb it quickly?”
“We have to. Now.”
At my words, she released the soul.
—츠즈즛.
The liberated soul of Andromalius was just floating in the air in the form of a sphere.
“…”
Certainly. When I concentrated and looked at it, it felt like questions were pouring out from my ears. Andromalius had lost his body, but that was all. His power was condensed in this.
“Vigal.”
—기이이이잉…!
Vigal began to vibrate again. He wanted that now. Then, as a friend, I should let him do this much.
“It’s over, Andromalius.”
I stabbed the sword into his soul.
—푸확!
Vigal pierced through the soul of the Great Demon and went inside.
—뿌득… 뿌드득!
—뿌득, 뿌득!!
—뿌드드드드드득!!
It began to absorb the power while making a bizarre sound. Chunks of black iron fell haphazardly, and an unknown tar-like liquid splattered. It was like cutting black wood with sludge inside with a chainsaw.
Liztina was already far away.
—쩌억.
Soon, Vigal, which had swollen like a balloon, opened its mouth wide.
—으적, 으적.
—으적으적.
It swallowed the soul as it was and began to chew it. No, could this bastard do this too? When the short absorption was over, I began to feel a huge amount of energy from Vigal.
—두근…!
That throb.
The power contained in that soul.
It was about to flow directly into me, the owner. A desire for curiosity. A distorted tendency. All of that was trying to break down and penetrate my mind. I had already experienced it once before, so I knew it.
And I don’t get tricked by tricks I already know.
“Gah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
I immediately rebuke and drive out this impure contamination.
—화악!
With that, the powers that were like fragments of Andromalius were burned and extinguished. Thus, it completely settled in Vigal. Vigal was a little thicker and heavier than before.
Of course, it doesn’t cause any problems.
It doesn’t matter even if it changes a little.
But.
—Here…! Where the hell is here!! Could this be a prison made of my questions!! If anyone is there, please answer me!
A voice was heard.
Huh?
“What…?”
“What is it! Could it be!”
Was I mistaken?
“Hey! Hey! You f*cking went in there!!! Answer me!!!”
—쾅! 쾅! 쾅!
Excited, I punched Vigal’s blade like crazy and shouted. No, what the hell is going on…! Just now, without lying, that was the real voice of Andromalius!!!
“Answer me, you bastard!!!!”
—쾅! 쾅! 쾅!
When I continuously put in strong blows like that.
—와장창!!
Vigal’s blade shattered.
“Kyaaaaaaaaack!!”
“Wh, why are you breaking the sword!!”
“No, why is this bastard breaking and acting up!!”
Crazy!!!
“Heok…! Heok…!”
How could this happen…!
“I didn’t mean to!!”
I looked at the shattered Vigal, trembling…! But it’s okay! This bastard has the power of self-repair! It wasn’t the first time this had broken.
“It’s okay. It’ll be restored.”
“Ah. Come to think of it, it is.”
“Then now.”
“Shall we go ask those heretics about those ‘questions’?”
“We should.”
The voice of Andromalius trapped inside Vigal. It was not heard now. Anyway, there was plenty of time to look into this. So let’s do what we can do now and do it later.
We immediately approached the sprawled heretics.
“Hehehe, you sons of b*tches. You’ve finally revealed your tails.”
It’s been a long time, you sons of b*tches.
“Keuheueueuk…!”
The guys were the same as they had been so far. There was no hair on their faces at all, and their skin was pale to the point of being white. The blood inside their bodies must be black, but somehow their skin is white.
And tattoos.
Those ominous tattoos engraved all over their faces.
“Kkeueueueueuk…!”
Anyway, they had such a murderous appearance, but now they were just writhing like caterpillars. It wasn’t like I was doing this once or twice, so I had accurately smashed all the key joints.
Arms. Wrists. Knees. Shins. Ankles. Feet.
I had broken them all.
Unless they had some means of self-destruction, I could keep them captured. I don’t think they don’t have it, but anyway, let’s find out everything we can before they die.
When I made that decision, for some reason, the image of Andromalius giving a thumbs up and smiling contentedly came to mind.
What is this crazy bastard.
“Ah. Shall I call Karin now?”
“Yeah. Sis. I’ll ask you.”
“Then.”
It was the moment Liztina turned her head.
—고오오.
“Oh.”
Moment.
The mouth of the heretic, who was groaning in pain, opened wide, and he began to levitate.
“Oh!!! What is this son of a b*tch!!!”
“He’s flying!!”
The levitating guy shook his body limply like a doll on a string…! Did this bastard leave a last means of resistance!!!
“Gaa… Gaaaa… Haaa… Ne…”
What flowed out of his mouth was a terribly bizarre voice.
—처억.
The guy who was spewing out that bizarre voice.
Raised his hand and pointed at me.
—화르르르륵!!
At the same time, his eyes burned and spewed out black smoke. It was by no means a normal reaction. However, I didn’t panic and properly examined him. Anyway, suppression and escape were very easy.
“Kkahak… Kkahhaaaaa…!”
—쩌적!
Soon, the heretic’s forcibly opened and widened jaw was torn off, revealing black blood and his tongue.
At that exact moment.
「…」
At that moment.
A different voice than before was heard.
「…So it’s you.」
A hollow voice that seemed to echo.
So it’s you… he said?
“This bastard, could it be!!!”
Something was looking at me through the eyes of this heretic!!!
