Chapter 1374 – 1374. God’S Atlantis
Heavenly Demon Divine Art, Returning Heavenly Demon Dragon.
I rotated the demonic energy that enveloped my body. The rotating demonic energy deflected all thousand arrows that came flying at me. The shattered arrows turned into dust and vanished.
“You think you can stop me with mere arrows like these…”
I couldn’t finish my sentence. A fire lizard appeared from the ceiling and lunged at me with its mouth wide open.
‘A fire spirit!’
Heavenly Demon Divine Art, Dragon Fist.
I thrust my fist into the fire lizard’s mouth. Demonic energy shot out from my fist like a laser, piercing through the fire lizard’s throat. The fire lizard’s body fell to the floor with a thud, then burst into flames.
“That fire will burn even your soul.”
The elf archer said. The flames clung to my body.
“It’s hot, but not unbearable.”
I chose to counterattack instead of defending. I could endure the burning of my skin.
Heavenly Demon Divine Art, Heavenly Demon Sovereign Step.
I leaped through space and appeared in front of the elf archer. The startled elf archer took a step back. But it was too late. My attack was much faster.
Heavenly Demon Divine Art, Heavenly Demon Sword, Ninefold Triple Kill.
Head, neck, solar plexus.
I stabbed all three areas simultaneously.
But the sword couldn’t penetrate the elf archer’s body.
「Venus Entertainment is a special space. Employees of Venus Entertainment are not harmed within Venus Entertainment.」
“Weren’t you supposed to be searching like a guard?”
“Don’t treat me the same as a discardable pawn.”
The elf archer grabbed an arrow and stabbed it into my heart. The arrow glowed blue, and coldness seeped into my heart.
「You have been hit by Frozen Heart. Your heart is freezing. All stats decrease by 20%.」
「All stats decrease by 27%.」
「All stats decrease by 35%.」
「Heavenly Demon Divine Art resists Frozen Heart. The rate of stat decrease slows down.」
「All stats decrease by 36%.」
「All stats decrease by 37%.」
My movements became sluggish. I stopped attacking and retreated. The elf archer looked at me with admiration.
“To think you could withstand Frozen Heart. Amazing. Your name is Heavenly Demon, was it? I am Olan. The name of the man who will kill you.”
Olan nocked an arrow and pulled back the bowstring.
I used the Heavenly Demon Sovereign Step to dodge the arrow and escaped outside the building. My chances of winning in this building were 0%. There was no reason for me to risk my life in a place where I was at a disadvantage.
I came out of the building.
‘If he chases me, I’ll use full recovery to kill him.’
Unfortunately, he didn’t chase me out of the building.
‘There’s no need to give up the overpowered advantage of not taking damage.’
Beep beep beep.
The sound of sirens was getting closer. Spreading my senses, I could tell that at least thousands of police officers were gathering here to capture me.
‘There are quite a few cops who look down on me. Fighting them head-on would be insane.’
I clutched my chest where the elf archer had stabbed me. The chilling cold that constricted my heart was still there.
‘I’ll take care of this first.’
I focused on the Heavenly Demon Divine Art for a moment. Frozen Heart. It wasn’t an ordinary energy, but… it was no match for the Heavenly Demon Divine Art (SSS).
「Heavenly Demon Divine Art melts Frozen Heart.」
「Slowly recovering decreased stats.」
‘…Haa. I came all this way and didn’t get much. Annoying.’
As I was about to turn around, a building caught my eye. It was a huge building to the right of the Venus Entertainment building. The entrance read ‘Venus Studio’.
‘They even have a personal studio? I came all this way… it’d be a shame to just leave.’
I clenched my fist.
I poured all the demonic energy I had into my fist.
Crack, crunch.
My fist couldn’t withstand the excessive demonic energy and made a terrible sound. I gritted my teeth at the pain of my bones and muscles twisting.
‘It’s bearable enough.’
Heavenly Demon Divine Art, Dragon Fist.
I threw my fist forward.
A dragon made of demonic energy opened its mouth and flew towards Venus Studio, crashing into it.
Kwa kwa kwa kwa kwang!
The building was completely destroyed and collapsed.
I watched the carnage before turning away.
Using my Unique Trait, Deception (SS), I made my body transparent and moved away from the location. My fist was a bit sore.
•••
David pushed up his glasses with his middle finger, staring straight ahead with a blank expression.
He was inside a house, and in front of him, twelve people were kneeling. Among them was a boy who looked like a middle school student.
“Please, please spare me. I’ll delete all the existing videos and upload an explanation video! I’ll give you all my assets! Please spare me! Please! It’s okay if I die alone! It’s my fault! But my family… my family has done nothing wrong!”
The man at the front was kneeling and begging with his hands clasped together.
David saw himself reflected in his appearance. He was similar to himself, begging Sung Yu-jin for his life. Did he feel sympathy? Not at all. David knew that he was different from this guy. In the first place, David rarely felt any special emotions towards others.
“Pakssi TV.”
“Yes. Yes. I’m Park Soon-chul, the operator of Pakssi TV.”
The terrified Park Soon-chul answered like a machine. He knew that if he didn’t answer as politely as possible, not only his left foot but also his right foot would be broken.
“Are your family, relatives, and friends all here?”
Park Soon-chul and the people behind him trembled in fear.
“All… yes. As I said before, that’s all.”
「That’s a lie.」
A notification window popped up that hadn’t appeared before.
David’s lie detector wasn’t absolute. If the other person believed a lie to be the truth, the lie detector would show it as the truth. The opposite was also true.
In this case, the other person had forgotten and only remembered it belatedly.
“That’s a lie.”
“No, it’s not! It’s the truth!”
“You just remembered it, didn’t you? I told you to say it as you remembered it…”
David kicked Park Soon-chul in the head. Park Soon-chul fell to the floor. He stomped on Park Soon-chul’s right foot with his polished shoe. He stomped and stomped until the bone was completely crushed.
“Who is it?”
“Kuh-euk, heuk, heuk…”
“I asked who it is.”
“It’s, it’s my ex-girlfriend…! We have no relationship now!”
Ex-girlfriend.
It was understandable that he couldn’t remember it right away. It was an ambiguous relationship, not quite a friend, unless they had completely cut ties.
David picked up Park Soon-chul’s smartphone. He searched the gallery, but there were no photos of a woman who looked like his girlfriend. He searched the saved contacts. A few female names. Among them, one.
“…Delia? Is this the woman?”
“Y-yes, that’s her!”
“……”
Once he knew the name and phone number, it wasn’t difficult to find her. He searched Delia’s social media. There was a photo on her social media.
David turned his gaze to the side. Two of his subordinates in suits stood motionless.
“You two. Capture a woman…”
Click.
The front door opened. David stopped talking. He immediately knelt towards the front door. His two subordinates also hurriedly followed David.
It was Sung Yu-jin who had opened the front door. With a face full of annoyance, he glanced around.
“You’ve arrived.”
“Who told you to greet me? You wanna die?”
“…I’m sorry.”
Sung Yu-jin’s gaze turned to Park Soon-chul.
“Is this the bastard?”
“He’s Park Soon-chul, the operator of Pakssi TV. He says he received the video and request from an unidentified person.”
“Unidentified my ass. It’s Venus Entertainment, isn’t it? There are 12 in total. Did you gather them all?”
“Yes. There were no relatives. I gathered his family and friends. However, I was late in finding out about one friend…”
“You’re saying one is missing.”
“…Yes. I’m sorry.”
“You’re doing a sloppy job. You wanna die?”
“……I’m sorry. Please spare me.”
David bowed his head deeply. His forehead touched the floor. He was certain that the ‘Heavenly Demon’ who was currently setting the internet ablaze was Sung Yu-jin. At first, he thought about using this information to escape, but… the Heavenly Demon’s power to destroy a building was beyond his imagination. He didn’t have the confidence to escape from the Heavenly Demon.
“So, who is the missing one?”
“It’s Park Soon-chul’s ex-girlfriend.”
“Is she pretty?”
“…She looks like this.”
He politely offered his smartphone. The screen showed a photo of Park Soon-chul’s ex-girlfriend. Sung Yu-jin looked at the screen and chuckled.
“She’s cute. Let’s spare her. Then, shall we begin?”
Sung Yu-jin first poured a potion on Park Soon-chul, who was trembling in pain.
•••
That night at midnight. A video was uploaded to Pakssi TV.
In the dark screen, Park Soon-chul was kneeling.
Something was dangling behind his back. It was people. Eleven people were hanging from the ceiling, dead. The lower bodies of the hanged corpses were soaked in filth.
“Heok… heok… heok…”
In the center of the screen, Park Soon-chul, who was kneeling, was breathing heavily. His eyes, filled with fear, were staring at the ground, unable to look directly ahead.
The screen suddenly changed.
Park Soon-chul’s position had shifted slightly, and his upper body was soaked in blood. However, his face was fine. Only his hair was wet with pink liquid. Those who were quick-witted realized that the pink liquid was a potion.
“I, I am Park Soon-chul, the operator of Pakssi TV. I have been maliciously editing and uploading videos. I apologize to actor Kai-te, singer Tele-mia, idol group Sing Girls, and Pobits, who have been harmed by me… heuk, heuk… I, I can’t do it. Please spare me…”
The screen changed again in an instant.
Park Soon-chul’s right eye was empty. There were traces of vomit on his lips.
And next to the screen, hot steam was rising. Bubbling. The sound of water boiling could be heard. Park Soon-chul looked at the side of the camera with fearful eyes, then suddenly looked surprised and looked straight ahead.
“I was wrong… I apologize to the many people who were harmed by the videos I edited… Especially Kai-te, I heard that he even took medication for depression because of my videos. I apologize. I sincerely regret my mistakes. As an apology, I will hang myself with my family and friends… and die. I will pay for my sins in hell.”
Park Soon-chul, with his one remaining eye, shed tears and got up from his seat. He climbed onto a chair with staggering legs.
He looked at the camera. No, he looked at someone holding the camera. Then, with a terrified expression, he put his neck in the rope hanging from the ceiling.
Thud!
He kicked the chair away with his own foot.
“Keok, keuk, keuheueuk!”
His painful struggles continued for several tens of seconds before ending. The video ended with dirty filth falling from his lower body.
People immediately realized that he had been murdered. In the first place, it didn’t make sense for someone who committed suicide to upload a video themselves.
A snuff film.
The video, which should have been deleted as soon as it was uploaded to the site, was posted for three hours due to the site being hacked. It was not only on the real-time video list but also on the real-time search list. In that short amount of time, the video views exceeded 3 million. If you include the spread to various community sites, it was no exaggeration to say that everyone in the 6,700 districts had seen it.
What became more of a hot topic than the video was the video title.
‘You’re next.’
A chilling title.
Who was it talking to?
Users who were making money by doing the same things as Park Soon-chul were terrified and deleted all the videos they had uploaded. Not only that, but most of them immediately uploaded apology videos.
The public wouldn’t know.
That the video title was written half-jokingly, just because it looked cool.
