## Chapter 130 – 130. Go Nam-Seok (2)
#130. Go Nam-seok (2)
Beneath the flickering streetlights that blinked several times a second, two figures clashed.
Clang! Sparks flew, and the impact was directly transmitted to my palm, but it only tickled.
I’d probably find hitting a wooden dummy at the dojo with a wooden sword more challenging.
On the other hand, the guy was breathing heavily, as if he were about to collapse any second.
“…Shit.”
In terms of strength, speed, or technique, he couldn’t keep up with me in any aspect.
The daggers in his hands were already cracked. It was because he had recklessly blocked attacks to protect his vital points.
Honestly, I could end this right now if I wanted to. I could see openings even now.
Objectively speaking, his level was below expectations.
It was so pathetic that it was hardly worth comparing him to the leader of the guys who attacked Cheon Yeo-hwa last time.
‘Didn’t they say Go Nam-seok’s older brother is the guild leader of the Black Mountain Guild?’
Perhaps he never imagined anyone would target his younger brother, the level of his bodyguard was pathetic.
Nevertheless, the reason I was dragging things out was to test the performance of the daggers.
As expected of an artifact, they’re sharp and light. Moreover, their durability was outstanding, unlike ordinary daggers.
Originally, daggers weren’t weapons used with brute force, but weapons used to exploit the opponent’s openings through technique. But these were so sturdy that there would be no problem even if I just suppressed them with brute force.
Clang!! An impact that was hard to believe came from daggers colliding swept through the area. Beyond the faint breeze, I could see the guy’s face contorted.
“District Mayor! Request backup quickly! I can’t even manage to hold on alone!”
“Y-You useless piece of trash!”
Even though he said that, perhaps he realized the situation wasn’t going well, as Go Nam-seok frantically tapped on his phone.
The way he interspersed curses suggested something wasn’t working out.
“It won’t work.”
I raised the corner of my lips. Though he wouldn’t be able to see it because of the mask.
“…What did you do?”
“Who knows? Maybe the reception isn’t good in the forest.”
The man’s face crumpled, beyond recognition.
It wasn’t like I was being leisurely without thinking.
Simple Barrier.
A type of barrier magic that quickly deploys a barrier in an arbitrary location based on pre-arranged formulas and alchemized mediums.
It’s a good magic for secretly deploying a barrier like now, or when time is short. However, the durability of the barrier itself is terrible, so it wasn’t a magic that received much attention.
Moreover, the duration is short, and the range is only 200m in radius.
Despite all that, it consumes an enormous amount of magic power and requires high-purity C-grade magic stones as a medium.
Any sane magician wouldn’t even consider it.
Unless they had a shady purpose like me.
“Nonsense, there’s no way the reception isn’t working… Wait a minute, could it be?!”
Clang! The guy rolled across the floor, parrying my dagger.
The look in his eyes had changed noticeably. Regardless, I continued to swing my daggers.
It wasn’t easy because I had never learned dagger techniques, but since deflecting, stabbing, and slashing were the same as ordinary swordsmanship, I didn’t have much difficulty.
Only the footwork was different.
Since the sword was short, I had to take one and a half steps further than usual.
Psh, the blade grazed past, cutting the guy’s thigh. In that state, I immediately gripped the dagger in reverse and stabbed his abdomen.
“Keuh?!”
He wasn’t poisoned this time either. It seems the probability isn’t that high.
I wanted to test the poison effect as well if I could, but it seemed like the guy had noticed I was a magician.
If I took my time and the word ‘magician’ came out of his mouth, things could get troublesome later.
According to Grandma Choi Young-ok, there’s a guy with psychometry abilities in the association.
Of course, she said I don’t have to worry too much because the ability has several conditions, but there’s no harm in preparing.
[Wind’s Step]
[Wind envelops the whole body]
Swish, I walked past the horrified guy as if taking a stroll. At that moment, the guy’s neck was severed, and a fountain of blood erupted.
It was the ability of ‘Viper’s Fang’. My body momentarily became lighter, and the range of motion of my joints increased.
Right now, I felt like I could even attack with my arm bent.
“Go Nam-seok is… over there?”
Go Nam-seok had fled into the forest as soon as he realized his phone wasn’t working.
Of course, the mountain at night isn’t easy enough for him to escape with that fat body.
I deployed Ki-sensing instead of magic power detection.
The range isn’t wide, but at least there was the merit that I didn’t have to worry about being caught by the magician who would investigate this case.
“…Found him.”
Go Nam-seok was caught in the Ki-sensing that stretched out into the forest. I immediately ran, pushing through the bushes.
Was it because of the dagger’s ability? It felt like my body had become the wind.
Like a breeze passing through the trees and bushes, I naturally became faster and faster. In terms of speed, it was comparable to Musang Jeonsin (無想電身).
Of course, only where the wind blows.
Anyway, thanks to that, I was able to visually confirm Go Nam-seok in less than 5 seconds. The suit he was wearing had long been reduced to rags. He looked like he had aged 10 years in the meantime.
He must have been running for his life, but he hadn’t even escaped the barrier I had deployed.
His wig got caught on a branch and fell off.
It seems that no matter how much good stuff you eat, you can’t prevent hair loss.
I took out a dagger from my pocket and threw it at Go Nam-seok.
Thwack!
“Keuaek?!!”
The sound of a pig being slaughtered echoed through the forest. Go Nam-seok, who had been hit in the shoulder by the dagger, rolled across the floor.
Thud! After rolling for a while, he stopped, crashing into a tree.
I came down from the tree and slowly walked towards him.
“Keeuk…”
Go Nam-seok groaned, clutching his shoulder where the dagger was lodged. Perhaps it was because I had applied fast-acting paralytic poison, but I didn’t hear the sound of a pig being slaughtered like before.
“He’ll die soon if I leave him alone.”
“Y-You, what the hell are you…!”
Whether he hadn’t grasped the situation yet, or he couldn’t let go of his pride even if he died, I crouched down in front of Go Nam-seok, who was still glaring at me with wide eyes.
I pretended to take something out of my pocket and took out Holy Water from my inventory. I had bought it when I was hospitalized at the church, so I had quite a bit to spare.
I sprinkled Holy Water on Go Nam-seok’s head.
“Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!”
“Tsk, tsk, you can’t even accept it with gratitude and drink it, instead you spit it all out.”
It was quite expensive Holy Water, so I could see the wounds on Go Nam-seok’s body healing.
“H-Holy Water?! Don’t tell me you’re after money!”
“Who do you take me for, a beggar?”
Crush, I lightly trampled on Go Nam-seok’s finger.
“Keuaaaaak?!!”
It seems that even if he was hit with paralytic poison, he couldn’t ignore the sensation of his bones being shattered.
Ignoring the pig-slaughtering screams that were heard again, I grabbed him by the collar and walked through the forest.
He screamed and complained of pain as his body was stabbed and cut by sharp pieces of rock or branches that had fallen on the ground in the middle, but I didn’t listen.
That was why I was dragging him in the first place.
I returned to the road where the accident had occurred and roughly threw him nearby.
“Please, please, just spare my life…”
I wondered where the pride he had been showing off earlier had gone, as he desperately begged for his life.
Although it had only been a short time of less than 3 minutes, the suit he was wearing had long been stained with blood.
Crack!! Without a word, I grabbed his shoulder and crushed it.
“Keuaaaaaak!?!!!”
Perhaps because he had exceeded the upper limit of pain that he could endure while conscious, Go Nam-seok, who had been writhing in agony, soon fainted.
I stared at him sprawled on the road and took out a syringe from my pocket.
It was a type of stimulant often used by Hunters. Since it was something that Hunters or magicians could easily purchase anywhere, there was no need to worry about being caught in the autopsy process.
Holy Water? Strictly speaking, Holy Water isn’t a drug. Of course, once Holy Water is absorbed, there’s no way it would be detected even if they dug into his bone marrow.
Plunge, the stimulant flowed into the syringe stuck in the back of his neck.
“Heok?!”
As soon as the stimulant entered, Go Nam-seok jumped up. Perhaps because it was a stimulant exclusively for Hunters, the effect was excessively good for him, who was an ordinary person.
Go Nam-seok, who had regained consciousness, looked at me with fear-filled eyes.
“T-Taepyeong-dong Redevelopment!!”
Hearing those words, I flinched without realizing it.
“I have a redevelopment project that I’m involved in this time!! I’ll give you all the profits from there!! I’ve received tens of billions in kickbacks from selecting construction companies, and if you include other things, it’ll easily be hundreds of billions!! So please, just spare my life!!”
“…”
I thought the first words out of his mouth would be asking for forgiveness.
But it wasn’t.
For him, the Taepyeong-dong redevelopment project was just a means to take his unfair profits.
He didn’t care about the livelihoods of the residents who lived there, and he couldn’t even imagine that they would dare to take revenge on him.
At that moment, I heard something snapping in my head, and the image of the nun lying in the hospital room with injuries inflicted by the hired thugs came to mind.
She was the one who had spent hours in the market street in that cold winter day, collecting donations for the hungry children in the orphanage when I was young, and caught the flu.
Her fingertips were red and trembling, but she cherished the carp bread she had bought to give to us.
What did the nun, who had lived her whole life for the children, do wrong to deserve such a fate?
“…Keuaaaaak!!!!”
I came to my senses at Go Nam-seok’s scream.
Looking down, I could see Go Nam-seok’s finger joints, which had become rags like severed flour dough.
In fact, his left hand had long lost its shape.
But surprisingly, I didn’t feel anything.
Rather, I even felt relieved.
Because his right hand and both legs were still left.
“Aaaaaaak!!!!”
Go Nam-seok’s pain-filled screams echoed like a reverberation.
He was a monster who had lived by taking in the pain and tears of others, yet he wanted someone to save him from the pain and tears he was feeling.
I burst out laughing without realizing it.
Would there be anyone in the mountainous area at dawn who would hear a person’s screams and help?
Even if there were, they wouldn’t be able to hear it because it was blocked by sound wave blocking, which was one of the other effects of the barrier.
The next day afternoon, shocking news struck South Korea.
***
Bang! The desk shattered from the fist that was slammed down.
“Aaaaaaak!!!”
The man’s desperate cry was like a scream.
A terrible murderous intent overflowed, and blood vessels in his eyes burst from an indescribable rage, causing blood to flow like tears.
His face was distorted like a demon, and he was Go Tae-beom, the guild leader of the Black Mountain Guild.
“Nam-seok…!! My brother!!”
He was Go Nam-seok’s only family and brother, who had been found with his limbs severed the night before.
His uncontrollable murderous intent and the aftermath of his magic power turned the guild leader’s office into a mess.
The secretaries who were waiting beside him lowered their eyes and stared at the floor, even in that situation.
They couldn’t even wipe away the cold sweat that was dripping down, anxiously worrying that the crazy bastard’s anger might turn to them.
“Which bastard…”
In the oppressive atmosphere where even breathing was difficult, the chief secretary stepped forward.
“…The police are investigating the scene, so there are limited parts that we can accurately grasp at the moment. But according to a detective I know, the estimated time of death is 5 a.m.”
The chief secretary swallowed hard and trailed off.
The estimated time of the attack was around 1 a.m., and it was estimated that Go Nam-seok had been brutally tortured for nearly 4 hours before dying.
If he had said that as it was, the secretaries he had worked so hard to raise might have been killed by the angry guild leader.
“…Find him. Find him no matter what. And bring him to me alive.”
“…I understand.”
The chief secretary barely managed to stop a sigh from escaping.
How was he supposed to catch an assassin who had already escaped?
But soon, he saw a glimmer of hope in another article that decorated the news headlines.
[Chairman of the Taepyeong-dong Redevelopment Promotion Committee Found Dead at Home]
