Chapter 446 – Exploration (9)
High-temperature, refined flames originating from magical power cover Kim Taeyang’s wide back.
Even in the flames shot out of anger, Kim Do-jin’s delicate control of magical power shone.
The flames did not even touch the woman’s corpse beneath him or the crumpled blanket.
The red-hot flame that seemed to burn everything it touched covered only one person, Taeyang Kim.
Grumble!
Kuwaang!
A surprise attack that unfolded suddenly.
However, the huge flames could not even damage a single hair of Taeyang Kim.
“Yes? “What is this?”
The body, which felt a sense of crisis, reacted to the attack on its own and surrounded its body with a thick layer of magical power.
A realm that is infinitely closer to instinct than reason.
No, in some ways, it can be seen as the wildness of an animal that has surpassed even that.
Once the flame that had once blocked his vision disappeared, Taeyang Kim was finally able to see.
The face of the enemy who invaded my hideout without permission.
‘Kim Do-jin… !’
It’s a guy.
A brat who brought the greatest humiliation and insult to himself.
‘How on earth?’
I was so embarrassed to meet him here.
This is a secret villa that no one can find because it is usually under a concealment spell.
Even then, only he and a few close associates know his identity.
Why is he standing in a place like that, glaring at me?
Even accompanied by association employees.
“Ha…, Fuck.”
I don’t know.
Is there a traitor among my close associates?
Or maybe they found this place through some kind of method.
But one thing is certain.
That he came here to catch himself.
That means the tail has been caught.
“This situation is so screwed up, isn’t it?”
Contrary to his unpleasant words, his attitude was quite calm.
So much so that even Kim Tae-yang himself cannot understand.
But I quickly realized the reason.
‘With this power…’
Clench and open your fist repeatedly to estimate the amount of force in your body.
I am full of confidence.
Even Namgoong Hyuk, who is evaluated as a master at a level higher than him, feels like he could deal with Han Joo-hee or Son Si-woo, who are evaluated at several levels higher than him, even if they were brought in front of him.
‘All you need is this strength.’
Feeling his infinitely stronger power, he realizes the truth of the world.
It is power.
With this power, anything is possible.
What if I just kill everyone here?
Will the government define itself as a villain and try to capture it?
‘Tsk…, That can’t be.’
They will bury the incident itself.
Why?
Because that’s what an S-class hunter is.
What if he, who is considered the weakest among Korea’s S-class hunters, has a power that surpasses even Han Joo-hee and Son Si-woo?
The government, which has to think about their retirement and beyond, will not be able to let itself go easily.
‘It would be even more so if I got rid of that bastard right here.’
Even more so if Kim Do-jin, who is said to be the future of the Republic of Korea, dies and disappears.
And actually, it doesn’t really matter.
‘With this power, I can live happily anywhere I go, not just in Korea.’
Even if they define themselves as villains, all they have to do is defect to another country.
Japan, China, USA, etc.
The world is full of countries that want power.
They would most likely accept themselves as members of the nation.
And it will provide greater benefits than now.
So for now you only need to think about one thing.
“Ugh…, I was already going to visit you, but it worked out.”
Kim Do-jin.
Getting revenge on that guy who humiliated me and I wouldn’t mind tearing him to death.
He gets up and gets down from the bed, and the corner of his mouth curls up.
“You made a mistake. If you were going to catch me, you should have come with another S-class. “Not those beggars.”
Raise your momentum to the fullest.
At the same time, the surrounding air begins to fluctuate.
“Ugh… !”
“Wow!”
“Crrrr ?!”
Hunters belonging to the association who could not overcome this kneel one by one.
It wasn’t because they were weak.
The total amount of power shown by Kim Taeyang in front of us was just that enormous.
Kim Do-jin frowned as he noticed the torrent of red magic flowing clearly around him.
“How many people?”
“Huh? “What?”
“Until that happens.”
It moves the surrounding magic to surround those who can’t even breathe properly.
And then he continues.
“How many people did you kill?”
Even in the face of my own power, my steadfast, burning gaze is turned in this direction without wavering even an inch.
Kim Tae-yang saw this and his face became very distorted.
‘That bastard again.’
It’s those eyes again.
The look in Son Si-woo’s eyes as he looked down at one small mistake and turned himself into a blood clot.
It’s like looking at an animal, not the same person.
An indifferent gaze with a subtle mixture of pity and regret.
Every time I see that, my body stiffens.
And I get angry.
“Don’t look…” .”
“… “What?”
“With those fucking eyes!”
Kim Taeyang kicks the ground.
Quang!
At the same time, the floor and walls of the building began to collapse around the spot where he stamped his foot.
He cleared the distance at explosive speed, reached in front of Kim Do-jin, and howled like an animal.
“Don’t look at it, this dog bastard!”
A fist flies in, completely wrapped in the red torrent flowing through the body.
The speed is several times faster than Kim Tae-yang’s original speed.
You can’t follow it with your eyes.
After reading the path in advance using the flow of magical energy wrapped around the arm, move the body to avoid it.
But that wasn’t the end.
Kwaaaaa-!
Another fist slams into my side with a strong pounding sound.
Kwasik!
“Okay… !”
Heavy pain running down the side.
It was not a direct hit.
He twisted his body to diverge the hitting point and even spread his shield.
That’s why it was surprising.
‘Even though I was prepared, the pain was this much…’
If it had been a little deeper, my right ribs might have been broken.
‘I’m stronger than I thought.’
That strength may be the reason why he looks relaxed even though he is caught at a crime scene.
I guess he’s thinking that killing everyone here and defecting to another country will be enough.
“Scent…, Won’t you kill me?”
As if to prove this, Kim Tae-yang flutters, completely intoxicated with his own power.
“Honestly, fuck, how many people have I saved so far, huh? I have to close my eyes to this much. And isn’t it obviously beneficial to become stronger and save more lives, Aang?”
Sophistry.
No, it was a waste of bullshit to even call it sophistry.
“You’re living like that because you’re saving people, Taeyang.”
“Ha… ?”
“You should know that if you didn’t have a job as a hunter, you would have been a gangster leader at best, and the only reason he was treated as a hero was because he saved people with those stupid punches.”
Hunters save by killing.
That’s why it’s dangerous, and the treatment is certain.
Don’t you just look at why Kim Tae-yang is still treated well even though he had such an accident?
So it’s funny.
“It is natural to enjoy it, and it is condescending to seek it…”
No matter how strong Kim Tae-yang is, no matter how inflated his body is, to Kim Do-jin it only seems infinitely small.
“You can never change your childlike mindset, you.”
He just looks like a child with stronger fists than others.
I open my body, which had been shrinking for a moment due to the pain in my side.
And then he gestures to the face of the guy who has turned red.
“Come in with that great power.”
I’ll show you how useless it is.
That too, straight ahead.
* * *
During a lull, I steal the waist of an association employee who is barely holding on behind the protective shield I created.
“Let’s borrow it for a while.”
I borrowed a sword.
The baby was pumped so hard that it wasn’t easy for her to hold on with her bare hands.
The guy, in a bad mood due to the scathing criticism, cries out with a rotten face.
“Kaaaaa!”
As if it were a lion’s hooves, red magical power flows like a wave following its cry.
“Tsk.”
What is going on in a building that is already on the verge of collapsing?
The guy rushes over the endangered building.
Avoid its attacks by supplementing your lack of eye strength with the sense of magical power.
Kwaaaaa-!
A noise like thunder passing by my ears.
If this continues, my eardrums will burst.
Another attack flying towards the side forces the sword to change its path.
Pakang!
“Ugh… !”
When a once tried-and-true attack turns to nothing, the guy distorts his face.
“Under…, What on earth are you? A bastard called a wizard is even good at using a sword?”
I feel a sense of desperation in my voice and at the same time strong jealousy.
Seeing a talent that is greater than my own makes me feel sick to my stomach.
“Even if you tell me to stop fluttering and come in.”
“This bastard… !”
Fists and feet falling like a steady shower of rain.
He manages to move his body within it, and then closes his eyes.
I just realized it.
My current visual ability is not a help, it is only a hindrance.
The human body is very mysterious.
When you give up one sense, the other sense naturally becomes sharper.
Thanks to this, I can read the flow of magical energy faster and more clearly than when my eyes are open.
Use this to avoid, bounce, and twist every single one of his attacks.
Analyze simultaneously.
The identity of that red magic power.
It is a very different red from that of the follicle.
If Lu Bu and his subordinates are dressed in very dark red, then what he is wearing is red mixed with pink.
But the essence is similar.
That’s exactly what it felt like when I added the power of the Seven Deadly Sins to ordinary magical power.
That means that the Seven Deadly Sins are involved in the method of gaining power by sacrificing women.
It is clearly another of the Seven Deadly Sins that I have never encountered before.
“Sloth, stinginess, pride, lust…”
It must be one of these four, but where is it?
What…, You can ask him directly.
“Why…, Why doesn’t it fit, why, why, why!”
A voice full of anger is heard.
He looks very angry.
“That’s because it’s not your strength.”
Simply absorbing power into your body does not completely change it into your own.
The power that was easily and taken from others exists in my body, but it does not completely dissolve into the existing power and flows out.
In the end, training is the answer to melting it away.
This means that minimal effort is needed to unite the power that has been divided into two.
But he didn’t do that.
That is also why the flow of magical power is so easy to read.
The magic power that should completely dissolve in the fist and hide its traces keeps spreading hastily ahead of the fist, showing the path in advance.
“Don’t just like it because you ate it raw, you should have allowed it to digest at least.”
“Shut up!”
It constantly dodges and extends its sword at the right time, leaving scratches on its hard body.
The scars that are far from a life threat increase one by one.
A thin stream of blood leaked from there, slowly, very slowly, soaking the guy’s body.
Of course, decisive factors such as excessive bleeding or accumulation of wounds do not occur to this extent.
This is just a proof.
Blood shoot!
Sigh!
Squeak!
Proof that the power gained by sacrificing others is in fact nothing more than pumping.
One, two, three, four.
As the number of wounds increased, he became more violent.
“Damn it, damn it… !”
No matter how much reason tried to reject it, instinct began to feel it.
That the power gained by killing others is in fact nothing but useless power.
If that happens, your faith will be shaken.
Am I really strong?
What happens to me now if I lose here?
Anxiety arising from shaken faith becomes a shackle.
And the attacks coming from the held fists and legs gradually lose their power.
“Foolish guy.”
Forgetting the anger that was directed at me, I trembled with anxiety, dodged the punches and swung my sword.
It’s different from before.
This time, it was a blow designed to completely suffocate the opponent.
The magic power remaining in the activated ruler’s area attaches to the sword.
A sword created in an instant.
Its hardness is comparable to that of the sword steel of the past.
“Let’s end this.”
I lower my sword.
“Ugh… !?”
The guy suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly looked around for his magic power, but it was too late.
The magic power drawn in hastily cannot stop the current sword attack.
Suddenly-
An eerie sound is heard, and the arm of the guy in the path of the sword is cut off smoothly.
Whisk!
An arm falling helplessly to the floor and writhing.
And the blood gushing out.
“Keuheoeook!”
The guy clutching his severed forearm sits down and screams in pain.
The bleeding that drenched the floor stopped shortly after.
The body of the guy who went over the limit moved directly to block the blood vessels and stop the bleeding.
“Ugh, haha, haha… !”
But the pain seems to still be there, and the boy who was crying and moaning raises his head and looks in this direction.
What is in the eyes is anger, frustration, and anxiety.
And distrust.
He asks, wheezing.
“You…, This bastard…, Son Si-woo, what is your relationship with that old man… ?!”
I guess he figured it out.
The fact that the swordsmanship I just showed was very similar to Son Si-woo’s.
They say it’s okay even if it rots, but hasn’t the ability to see completely disappeared?
He grins at the guy.
“It’s Son Si-woo’s hidden son, you bastard.”
As he says that, he raises his fist.
Wow!
A guy who falls down helplessly from a single blow that accurately hits the right cheekbone.
After confirming that the guy’s mind is completely broken, he turns around.
He then gives instructions to the association hunters who are staring blankly at us with astonished gaze.
“What are you doing? “I didn’t arrest him quickly.”
“Yes… ? Ah, yes, old times!”
Only then did the association hunters rush over and fill Kim Tae-yang’s body with a specially made restraint.
“Kim Taeyang Hunter, I murdered you…, Arrested as a serial murder suspect.”
Kim Tae-yang is arrested and dragged by two men while losing his mind.
Looking at this guy, what can I say?
“Useup…”
My appetite was a bit bitter.
