Into the Creations 2036

Chapter 2036 – 2036. Savior Of The Academy

The Korean Hero Association sent a message to all A-Rank heroes.

-The location of Red Light has been identified. A-Rank heroes and above are to proceed to the following location and stop Red Light. Red Light is highly likely to become an S-Rank villain in the future, so do not hesitate to neutralize him, regardless of his condition.

Most A-Rank heroes ignored the message.

Red Light was strong. Strong enough that even A-Rank heroes couldn’t take him lightly. It wasn’t for nothing that the Association said he might become an S-Rank villain. Many A-Rank heroes didn’t want to take the risk. Most were satisfied with their current lives.

On the other hand, A-Rank heroes who craved money and fame headed to Nampo City. Red Light was a famous dark hero these days. Defeating him would bring both money and fame. Some also thought that if they teamed up with other A-Rank heroes, it might be easy.

There were also a few heroes who acted out of a sense of justice. Those who believed Red Light’s actions were wrong.

Myung Ji-ah, known as Iron Storm, was one of them.

‘People call Red Light a dark hero, but… he’s a villain pretending to be a dark hero.’

That was how Red Light was acting. She couldn’t explain it in detail, but she felt that he was fundamentally different from an ordinary dark hero.

Red Light kills villains. He kills criminals. Whether they are Awakened or non-Awakened, he doesn’t care. If they look like criminals, he just kills them. He doesn’t distinguish between the severity of crimes. He just judges by killing.

‘A murderer and a thief can’t be the same. But Red Light doesn’t distinguish between murderers and thieves.’

To her, that wasn’t justice.

‘Red Light is crazy, just like his name.’

He wasn’t just crazy; he was a crazy guy with power. Before Red Light went even crazier, before his blade turned towards the innocent, he had to be stopped.

She got on her bike and sped towards Nampo City.

• • •

In the original story, the Academy had many incidents.

It was a place where all sorts of talented people gathered, so it was attacked for all sorts of reasons.

Simply for the reason of killing future heroes.

For having unique talents.

For being the children of heroes.

For the reason that their shining talents should be offered to the devil.

The place I’m in now is one of the strongholds of devil worshippers. It’s one of the top three devil worshipper hideouts in South Korea.

There was a smell inside the building. A disgusting, devilish smell.

『The Devil Hunter (S) has detected the presence of a devil.』

『All stats are temporarily increased.』

『Attack power against devils is temporarily increased.』

『The Devil Hunter (S) desires the death of devils!』

The first thing that greeted me wasn’t a devil or a devil worshipper, but a corpse. A corpse torn apart beyond recognition. Blood was dried on the walls.

[Ew. This place is disgusting. But did we really have to go in through the side of the building? Wouldn’t it have been better to just go in through the front or ambush from above?]

‘There’s something I need to secure. Is the optical camouflage working properly?’

[As long as you don’t move too violently, it can last for hours.]

‘What about the radar?’

[No. It seems like there’s some kind of barrier. I can’t check the inside of the building.]

As far as I knew, this base had been used by devil worshippers for over 10 years. As such, there would be some means of protecting the base. It wasn’t strange that the radar didn’t work.

‘I know the structure of this place roughly from the original story, so it doesn’t matter.’

I went down to the basement.

There was a prison in the basement. A place where kidnapped people were gathered. Most of them were children. Devils considered children to be the best sacrifices among the non-Awakened. The children were sitting on the floor of the prison, staring blankly at the ground. I passed the prison and headed further inside.

[Huh? Aren’t you going to save them?]

‘Why would I?’

[Because you can get karma for it?]

‘Heroes are coming to catch me. They’ll save them. If that happens, I’ll indirectly gain karma. Maybe.’

It didn’t matter if I didn’t get it. It wasn’t like this was the only chance to get karma.

『The Devil Hunter (S) desires to kill all evil!』

My hand clenched.

My heart was racing, and I felt hatred. But I had absolute control over my mind. The Devil Hunter (S)’s hatred for devils couldn’t reach me.

‘Be quiet.’

When I forcibly suppressed the hatred, the Devil Hunter became somewhat calmer.

I opened the prison door and went inside.

‘Hick.’

Thirteen children were hanging from the ceiling, groaning. The children were slowly bleeding, writhing in pain. The blood flowing from the children formed a complex magic circle, connecting them to the devils. The devils, indirectly connected, were enjoying the children’s pain as if they were drinking coffee.

-Hehehe.

-The pain of a child sold by their parents is indeed special.

-No, the pain of a child raised in a wealthy environment with great love is more delicious.

-Well, I think the pain of an ordinary child is the most delicious.

The devils’ voices echoed, low and muffled.

『The Devil Hunter (S) desires to kill the devils!!』

Unfortunately, I couldn’t kill them.

No matter what, I couldn’t kill devils that weren’t even materialized. My gaze turned to the center of the room.

There was one child lying down. A skinny child. While the other children were groaning in pain, this child was just lying there as if dead. There were a lot of medical devices attached to the child.

[Who’s that? They don’t look like a sacrifice.]

‘Of course, they’re not a sacrifice. If I had to say, they’re the one getting the reward.’

The leader of the devil worshippers here was sacrificing other children to the devil for their own child, who had an incurable disease. The one I was trying to secure was that child. I didn’t know the child’s name. I didn’t care either. I walked over and grabbed the child by the nape of their neck and lifted them up.

“P-please… kill me…”

The child asked me. I ignored them and grabbed a knife in my other hand.

-Huh?! Who are you?!

-How dare you interrupt our feast!

-What are the worshippers doing?!

The devils were yelling. They could only yell, but their voices were filled with curses.

『The Devil Hunter (S) scatters the devils’ curses.』

I swung the knife.

A circular blade of energy spread out from me, severing the breath of the children hanging from the ceiling. It was to get rid of the noisy ritual.

-You ruined the ritual…!

-No. If we had just a few more months, we could have become stronger!

-We can’t miss this opportunity!

A magic circle under my feet began to glow.

The souls of the children who had been hanging as sacrifices popped out of their bodies. The souls couldn’t escape from this place and were sucked into the magic circle.

The devils became greedy.

“You stupid bastards.”

I couldn’t believe they would connect directly themselves.

I knelt down on one knee and put my hand on the floor. My hand sank in as if it were falling into mud. I grabbed something. I forcibly pulled it up.

-Kieeeeeeeeeeek?!

What was pulled up by my hand was a small devil, less than 1 meter tall.

『The Devil Hunter (S) discerns the devil.』

『Novice Demon. Things that didn’t quite make it.』

Devils without rank or authority.

They were the lowest of the low among devils.

“Still, they’re better than the Mind. Die.”

Crack.

I crushed the devil’s head and killed it.

-Hiiiiiiiiiiik! It’s the Devil Hunter!!

-Run away! We can’t fight him!

-We have to tell the nobles!

“Run away? Not a chance. Devil Hunter, get to work.”

『The Devil Hunter (S) restricts the movements of the Novice Demons.』

The power flowing from my body seeped into the magic circle on the floor, binding the Novice Demons. I reached into the floor and pulled out the Novice Demons like pulling out weeds, killing them. Crushing their heads, tearing them apart, or pressing them to death with my palm.

『The Devil Hunter (S)’s power slightly increases.』

‘Good. Grow strong. The faster, the better.’

After killing the devils, I held the child in one hand and jumped towards the ceiling. I smashed through the ceiling and went to the upper floor.

“Youuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!”

A furious devil worshipper shouted. The devil worshippers rushed in. There were over 50 of them. Even I wasn’t confident in facing them alone. That’s why I needed to secure the hostage first.

I held out the child to the devil worshippers.

“Don’t move. If you move even a little, I’ll kill this brat.”

“Y-you impious bastard!! The seed of the great devil…!!”

Seed of the devil?

The devil worshippers were being deceived by their leader. The child wasn’t a seed of the devil or anything like that. The fact that the Devil Hunter (S) wasn’t reacting to the child was proof of that.

“Where is your leader?”

“I promise you mercy. Put him down!”

“Are you ignoring me?”

Crack.

I broke the child’s right arm.

“Ughhhhh…”

The child trembled, letting out a faint groan. The devil worshippers were horrified.

“O-okay! I’ll bring the Prophet! Don’t hurt him!”

“I’ll give you one minute. Bring them.”

『The Devil Hunter (S) desires to kill the devil worshippers!』

I ignored the Devil Hunter (S)’s notification.

Their leader came running in a hurry in 30 seconds.

Dry, black hair, wrinkles on her face that couldn’t be hidden, cracked lips. The middle-aged woman pushed through the worshippers and stepped forward.

“Minwoo! Minwoo’s… Minwoo’s arm… you bastard!!!!”

“Shut up.”

I put my finger on the child’s eye. The woman, who had been going berserk, stopped moving. She feared her son’s death more than anything.

“…What. What do you want from me?”

“I want to see a devil. Summon a devil.”

“……A devil contract. To summon a devil properly, conditions are needed. Sacrifices are what can quickly fulfill those conditions. There are no outstanding sacrifices here to summon a devil.”

“You guys are here.”

“…Use our comrades as sacrifices?”

“Don’t like it?”

Poke.

I poked Minwoo’s left eye with my finger.

“Aaaaaaah!”

My finger moved towards Minwoo’s right eye.

“Minwoo!! Okay! I understand, so don’t hurt Minwoo!!”

“Good. If you don’t want to see your son die, summon a devil right now. If you don’t summon one within 10 minutes, I’ll just kill him.”