Chapter 52 – Entrance Ceremony ( 3 )
Hwang Hee-yeol is incompetent.
He had only normal human physical abilities, but no superpowers.
However, his innate strategic and tactical talents could be said to be on a level similar to Cheon Do-hyeok of the Cheon Family, a genius of strategy.
– It’s a pity…
“Who is it..?”
– He will know your worth. I.
There was a shadow talking to Hwang Hee-yeol.
– I am the king of all those possessed by demons and the ruler of another world different from this one.
“If it’s the king of those who wear demons…! Could it be the demon king?!”
– The existence you think is right.
“Huh..Ah.. Demon King..”
Hwang Hee-yeol was at a loss for words. Isn’t the Demon King the same as the devil that heroes 100 years ago cast out only in history books?
“..Why did the demon king come to a guy like me?”
It was true that he was surprised, but that feeling did not last long. It is not clear whether the opponent is a demon king or not, and if it is a demon king, he usually hangs out with beings like heroes.
He’s not as incompetent as he is.
Beep– beep—
‘Whether God comes or the grim reaper comes.’
In addition, Hwang Hee-yeol was not in a state of surprise even if someone appeared.
“…”
His limbs were amputated, and half of his body was rotted away. Because he was in a shabby hospital room where he could not even receive proper treatment, he was literally dying while feeling the pain of his body decaying in real time.
There is only one reason Hee-yeol became in this condition.
The dismantlement of a large monster by the dismantling center that happened a while ago.
[I know you won’t be able to go out until you disband! ]
[Who do you think would care that some ignorant people like you die?! ]
In a situation where they arbitrarily put the body of a large monster that had not been discussed in advance and threatened that they would not be able to get out unless it was dismantled.
‘If we stay like this, everyone will die..!’
Hee-yeol thought he had to do something.
“I have studied about this beast.”
Then he raised his trembling hand and said.
“Oh! Hwang-ah, have you ever experienced dismantling?”
Hee-yeol shook his head at the foreman who asked with delight.
“I don’t have experience with disbanding. But I’ve only seen the wealth of each dismantling in books.”
“Dude! You know very well that knowledge and practice are different..”
“Then what?! That crazy dismantling director won’t open the barrier, and if you stay like this, you’ll die from the concentrated toxic gas anyway. Even if it’s dangerous, dismantle it! Or die!”
“…”
The class president, who was about to say something to Hwang Hee-yeol, clenched his fists and looked around at the workers around him.
“Let’s dismantle it under Heeyeol’s leadership! If we don’t dismantle it, we’re dead anyway!”
“Yeah! Let’s try something small.”
“Just get out of here. That bastard, I’ll either rip or tear it myself.”
The dismantling work began amidst the profanity of the workers and the intense reading to allay anxiety.
“A total of 16 legs! Team 1, No. 2 & 3 outer legs! Team 2, No. 4, 5 middle legs! Team 3, No. 6, 7 L-shaped legs dismantled like this and never! Do not touch the abdominal upper during work! “
“OK!”
“I get it!”
Catch-up–_!
Clap–! Clap–!
“Hmm… The day doesn’t go in properly.”
“It’s a large monster, so it’s different.”
As the complaining workers said, dismantling the large monster was never an easy task.
The upper covering was so hard that the cutter’s blade did not fit properly, and the rhinoceros beetle’s physique itself was so large that it was not easy to move from top to bottom.
Cooung… But one by one.
Cooung… One by one again.
“It’s done! End of the leg! Let’s move on to the torso!”
‘I can do it… The body only needs to be dismantled in the middle joint!’
Hwang Hee-yeol and the workers were feeling hope for the difficult but smooth dismantling work.
Pushi—!
“Uh…! Is that a gas leak?!”
“Mi.. Crazy..!”
However, despite Hwang Hee-yeol’s detailed knowledge and the workers’ concentration beyond their limits, an unsolvable problem arose.
Pushi—!
Toow–!
Parts of the torso cracked, and green gas leaked through the cracks, causing the giant rhinoceros beetle’s entire body to vibrate irregularly.
Toow–! Toow-!
And even the sound of beating drums coming from inside the upper!
‘A sign of an explosion…!’
“Everything away!! That one explodes!”
“…?”
“…!”
I look back at the joy that someone avoids and someone shouts urgently.
However, before anyone can properly take the action they thought.
Aaaaa
Beep—–
The entire beast’s body exploded, and a flash of green light rang out.
Kwagagagak—!!
The explosion that started once reacted with the gas that was concentrated inside and spread to a chain explosion.
—Cooooong—! Whoops—!
It blows the barrier and devastates the area.
An explosion enough to blow up the demolition site itself with a single explosion.
“Kureuuuuu…”
Hwang Hee-yeol could be said to be lucky.
Because I was standing in the opposite direction of the first explosion, I was blown away by the shock wave and was able to save my life.
“Aaaaa!”
But at the same time, I was unlucky.
Rather, the other colleagues were hit directly by the explosion and disappeared without a shape along with the corpses of the monsters, and died without a chance to feel the pain.
“Turn it off…”
Hwang Hee-yeol’s protective clothing was torn and he was directly exposed to poisonous gas, leaving more than 70% of his body in a state similar to exposure to radiation.
Knock… Knock…
“Ahh– uh–“
The flesh melts and rotten pus bursts out.
Beep— Beep—
It was only after the hellish time had passed that the rescue team and the Disaster Prevention Agency staff came running after detecting the aftermath of the explosion at the dismantling plant.
[I’m sorry, but based on the contents of the contract document, we cannot offer more compensation than this]
[Isn’t the accident caused by the influence of the workers there? I will give you the maximum compensation, but…]
And the only reward that came back was some money and admission to a shabby state-supported hospital.
With money, I couldn’t take responsibility for the rest of my life, and I couldn’t even pay for hospital bills.
In fact, it was as if they were told to die from illness.
‘Would it have been different if I wasn’t incompetent..’
Hwang Hee-yeol recalled what had happened in the past, then moved his one-sided vision again and gazed at the shadow in front of him… The demon king.
“Everything…If we cooperate with you, what will become of this world?”
– What does it matter? Isn’t this the world that abandoned you anyway?
“That too… That’s right…”
It’s a world where no one knew no matter how hard they struggled and tried.
What does it matter to you no matter what happens to such a world?
– I promise you one thing. As long as you follow me, everyone will be ‘equal’.
“A world where everyone is equal…”
– Human, you are my hands and eyes to create such a world. You have the qualifications and ability to do so.
“Haha..”
There was nothing but laughter.
To think that the demon king, who can only explain his value as an existence in another world, that society did not recognize, would know.
“…I’ll do it.”
Hwang Hee-yeol became the religious leader.
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Booooong—…
“Hey… Where are you going?”
“I’m on my way to see Hwang Hee-yeol’s mother.”
“Yeah?!”
Hwang Hee-yeol, who had been intimidated just before, had seizures and shouted at Cheols.
“That… What do you mean? My mother… I’m that… An orphan?”
Hee-yeol, who was told by the orphanage director every day that he was abandoned by his parents because he was ‘incompetent’, felt that the story of his father or mother was very unfamiliar.
“He is in the hospital. He wants to see Hee-yeol a lot.”
“Mother.. Me..?”
“We’re almost there.”
“…”
As Cheols said, the car stopped within 10 minutes.
Hwang Hee-yeol, who had been trembling with anxiety, just stared at the floor without saying anything, and then got out of the car following Cheols.
[ Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital ]
And what unfolded in front of me was a huge hospital building.
Even at first glance, it is a well-known hospital in Seoul, and the facilities also look great.
‘..Is my mother rich?’
I thought so for a moment.
“I would like to apologize for the fact that I moved the hospital on my own. However, at the time, the hospital where Hee-yeol’s mother was staying was in a very outdated condition and was in an emergency situation, so I had no choice.”
“Is your mother hurt? Or…Is she sick?”
“I think it’s better to see and judge for yourself.”
After answering that question, Cheols moved on.
‘Should I see my mother? Come now?’
Hee-yeol pondered for a moment whether it would be right to meet the existence of parents who had never visited before. However, the words ‘Your mother misses you’, which Cheols said, moved the steps of joy.
That buck that buck
I keep walking in a daze.
Belt ring–
After taking the elevator up a few floors.
Squeak–
“…!”
When I opened the door, I saw a young woman lying in bed.
Beep–.. Beep—..
She wears a respirator connected to a certain mechanical device to her mouth and closes her eyes as if she is sleeping.
She looked too young to be her mother at her age.
“That person…”
“This is Hee-yeol’s mother, Kang Hye-jin.”
“It’s ridiculous!? I’m 30 years old. Then the mother who gave birth to me must be at least in her 50s or 60s, but this is…!”
“Among the monsters, there is a spore-type monster. I think Hee-yeol, the head of the magic analysis department at Korea University, would know?”
“…!”
Hee-yeol opened her eyes wide at Cheols’ question as he touched her glasses.
‘A spore-type demon.. It parasitizes on humans and causes various abnormal conditions..’
“Did this person get parasitized by that spore fungus beast…?”
Hee-yeol, who hadn’t mentioned the word mother, asked in front of her car.
“To be exact, I was parasitized by a spore-type monster named Sleep Clown Mushroom 20 years ago while exploring a dungeon.”
“If you’re sleeping clown mushroom… A monster that causes a vegetative state?”
“You know. Hwang Hee-yeol’s mother, Kang Hye-jin, was parasitized by that spore-type demon and lost consciousness in the dungeon. It can be said that it is because of the sleeping clown mushroom’s ability to stop cell movement.”
“..Believe it? Oh, no. Say believe it! Then where is your father? If my mother is like this, my father!”
Excited, Hwang Hee-yeol questioned Cheols with reddened eyes from her blood.
“Did you just say that Kang Hye-jin was parasitized by a spore-type monster during the dungeon exploration? Then, who would have moved such Kang Hye-jin out?”
“…Under”
“Hwang Hee-yeol, your father, Hwang Jin-wook, was also infected by the same spore-type beast as Kang Hye-jin. Not really, but… Analysis of the corpse’s autopsy table led to that conclusion.”
“A corpse…? Did you say a corpse?”
“Hwang Jin-wook is dead.”
“Your father… Died?”
He is the father he has never seen.
He even resented it.
‘But what is this feeling I’m feeling right now…?’
The sense of collapse, as if a heavy stone had landed on his heart, hardened his ecstasy.
“My father died, my mother was a vegetable. And the couple who worked as skilled hunters left behind numerous assets and their child, an incompetent newborn baby. How do you think it would have turned out?”
“…No way.”
“At first, there were Hwang Jin-wook and Kang Hye-jin’s relatives who adopted Hwang Hee-yeol for property.
“Because you’re incompetent?”
When Hwang Hee-yeol asked with trembling eyes, Cheols nodded instead of answering.
Dump–!
“Ahhh-! You believe that!!? What the hell..! What the hell.. Why me!”
Hwang Hee-yeol sat down on the spot and wept as he tore his hair.
Thinking of her parents who abandoned her all her life, she resented them and completely forgot their existence, but the fact that in reality everything happened because of an unfortunate accident made her feel like her life was denied, making her ecstatic.
‘The truth… There can be no truth… Circumstances like this!’
Even if he thinks so in his head.
Beep–
“…”
When I see a young woman lying in bed, I intuitively feel that all of this is true.
“You said you were the chairman of Cheols Pharmaceuticals..”
“That’s right.”
“Let me ask you one thing. Why the hell did you come to me, an incompetent person with little to no business, and tell me these things? Even if you figured out everything in such detail?”
Hwang Hee-yeol looks up at Cheols with a haggard face and asks.
“I’d say it’s because Hwang Hee-yeol is a very competent person, so I want to write.”
“A person who is incompetent… I’m competent?”
“Yes. Looking at Hwang Hee-yeol’s dissertation at Korea University, he wrote a very interesting strategy for each monster part. I felt that. Ah! This person knows how to catch a beast. Let’s go here.”
Cheols pointed a finger at his temple and said with a friendly face.
“Hwang Hee-yeol, are you coming in as the strategic team leader of Cheols Pharmaceuticals P.N? The hospital bills here are very expensive.”
Hwang Hee-yeol looked at Kang Hye-jin, who was still lying on the bed, at the suggestion of her hand as she stretched out her hand.
“…”
Hwang Hee-yeol, a woman who seems to be younger than herself.
‘The only blood left in this world… If I say I don’t care what happens here and leave, that person will be.’
…Mother did nothing wrong.
If she hadn’t had an accident, she might have been living harmoniously with Hee-yeol and her other ordinary family mother and child.
Turn-up -.
“I will do my best.”
“Haha. You made a good choice. Our strategy team leader.”
Seeing Hwang Hee-yeol stand up holding his hand, Cheols laughed heartily.
Is it not? A giant bomb, the main villain in the beginning, and an opponent who will make your head hurt for a long time have come as an ally. Since it is in your hand, you can remove it the moment the demon king approaches.
‘It doesn’t matter if the demon king comes. In terms of strategy and tactics, it’s the best in the world, so it can be useful. But… I don’t know if I’m too addicted to playing hostages.’
In fact, Kang Hye-jin, now lying down, could be cured with Cheols’ biological manipulation ability.
However, as she cannot trust Hwang Hee-yeol, her treatment of Kang Hye-jin, who can be said to be the shackle, will be postponed until later.
