How A Mythical Holy Knight Lives As A Villain (Novel) - Chapter 102
Chapter 102
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Go Johan was standing on the training ground.
Clench.
He clenched and unclenched his fist, checking the condition of his body.
Thud, thud.
He tried jumping lightly as well.
Whoosh!
He also tried light punches.
[Go Johan]
There were also changes in the status window.
[Job: Black Knight]
The job he had possessed since birth – he had thought that neither its name nor abilities were something he needed to care about.
He had only thought that the Black Knight job was like a mark punishing his fall from grace as the goddess’s holy knight.
In fact, Go Johan had not paid attention to the system for a long time.
But now it was different.
[Authority: Knight of Atonement]
The text listed below it.
[Authority: Darkness Piercing Darkness]
[Authority: Bearer of Sins]
He had properly realized not long ago that everything that had been possible until now was because of the Black Knight job.
Knight of Atonement was the authority to use the power of curses, and Bearer of Sins was the authority to accumulate all those sins.
‘Darkness Piercing Darkness.’
This authority was the most important.
Whoosh!
Because it was the power to kill demons.
Another authority was inscribed below it.
[Authority: One Who Opens Darkness]
Although detailed explanations about this were not written, he could predict what kind of ability it was.
The ability to open Black Gates – not interfering with Black Gates that were trying to open until now, but the ability to create real passages like Varatkgoen’s territory.
[Titles…]
“Too many.”
Most were related to demons.
To roughly summarize those abilities:
[All stats increase by 50% against demons]
Title abilities were considered almost non-existent among players, but when collected together, there were quite many.
[Achievements…]
Achievements were also mostly related to demons and too numerous.
Combining titles and achievements, roughly speaking:
[All stats double against demons]
Easy to say double.
Grin.
He knew that for demons, this would be nothing short of a nightmare.
The power to tear apart even true demons in the demon realm.
Additionally:
‘World Fragments.’
The mysterious objects obtained last time and this time.
He had received word that investigation into these was ongoing and results would be available soon.
Finally…
[Dwarf Destroyer]
[Black Lava’s Protection]
[Black Steel’s Will]
[Demon Armor Qualified]
He had also confirmed the abilities of these.
Flash!
In the world of Divine Eyes, Go Johan felt his field of vision expanding.
Among them, he began to see something like floating particles rather than threads.
Touch.
The moment he touched it:
Whoosh!
Black flames began to burst out.
Bubble, bubble.
The walls and floor of the training ground, designed to withstand even considerable lava, were melting unable to bear the heat.
When he grasped it again as if holding it in his hand, the black flames disappeared.
This was Black Lava’s Protection.
‘Perfect resistance to heat.’
And the power to create black flames.
Black Steel’s Will was similar, enhancing the effects of Divine Eyes.
Whoosh!
It elevated Go Johan’s body by one level.
[Level 900]
[Strength 900]
[Agility 900]
[Mana…]
In exchange for having truly unreasonable stats, Go Johan, who normally couldn’t use his full strength, could now draw out a bit more of his power.
A strengthened body, and:
Shing.
It seemed he might now be able to handle weapons other than Great Sin to some extent.
Although he had gained the stigma of being the Destroyer of Dwarfs, he had gained much.
“Goddess.”
All of this was the goddess’s grace.
But still, one remaining thing was problematic:
‘Demon Armor Qualified.’
That was it.
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“So!”
Brown Beard, no.
“I’m saying we need to rebuild the temple again!”
They said they wanted new names since they were newly born, so he had granted their request.
Originally, they had names that went with their racial history.
If a name included Hammer, they were kings.
If it included Beard, they were chieftains.
If it included Axe, they were war chiefs, and so on.
But there weren’t enough individuals left to divide those names, and with a new race, new environment, new…
“How can we leave our first proper temple to our god in this state!”
God.
They were treating Go Johan like a god.
Thus, a new name:
“I, Cheol Jung-bae! Absolutely! With resolute! Will! Strongly advocate for the temple’s reconstruction!”
He, who had become Cheol Jung-bae, shouted.
That name, which didn’t match his appearance:
‘How about Cheol Jung-bae?’
Lee Jae-Kyung had come up with it.
‘Oh! Sounds powerful!’
When asked why that name, the answer was spectacular – a truth known only to the apostles.
‘I asked that Chat-GPT thing.’
Whatever the truth, if the Dwarven were satisfied, wasn’t that enough?
“We’d like to do that too.”
Finally, Pastor Park Do-young, who had been dealing with Cheol Jung-bae, scratched the back of his neck and said:
“We’d probably want to more than anyone.”
Although they hadn’t told Go Johan, they too were already thinking of and following Go Johan as something enormous.
The goddess that Go Johan spoke of? Such things weren’t really in their minds.
Only Go Johan.
“But ‘He’ hasn’t permitted it.”
“‘He’?”
Only then did Cheol Jung-bae flinch.
“Ugh…”
Stubbornness was something that could be considered the strongest among the dwarf race.
No matter how much their race had changed, their nature hadn’t changed entirely.
“Uaaaah!”
Though it would be difficult to easily acknowledge and accept, making an effort was effective.
Then, Gluttony approached.
“What’s… happening…?”
Normally, Gluttony would be holed up in the underground laboratory and not show himself, but recently he had often come outside due to the commotion.
“Oh, you’ve come!”
Cheol Jung-bae greeted Gluttony warmly.
“Apostle!”
With the new arrival of the Dwarven, another hierarchy was created in the church.
At the very top, there was Go Johan.
Though he had no rank or position, this was a fact everyone acknowledged.
And directly below him were the apostles.
At first, they wondered if these stubborn Dwarven would accept this, but:
‘This, this can’t be… how…’
After seeing the apostles directly, they seemed to have sensed something.
‘What should we call you?’
Though not as much as when dealing with Go Johan, their reactions were respectful and cautious.
Apparently, they could see the fate, pain, and years that the apostles bore.
Thus, the Dwarven’s rank was below the apostles:
‘Then I’ll be a bishop. The rest of you kids can be believers.’
He had become a bishop above the believers.
“We were discussing temple reconstruction. The current temple is too shabby and inefficient to serve Him.”
Gluttony’s eyes lit up.
In fact, Kang In-bae, Gluttony, had made quite a significant contribution to building the current church.
“I, Bishop Cheol, can never serve Him in such a place. Also, production facilities and such…”
“So you’re saying you don’t like this place?”
Gluttony looked at Cheol Jung-bae with sharp eyes and said:
“That’s right.”
Cheol Jung-bae didn’t back down.
And an unexpected reaction burst out:
“Me too! Will you help me persuade the Captain? Please? I’m begging you!”
It was a rarely seen side of Gluttony.
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Scratch.
Go Johan scratched his cheek with a dumbfounded expression.
“So!”
“If we just do this like this!”
In the church chapel, blueprints were spread out in holograms created by magic.
Cheol Jung-bae had been part of the church for less than a week.
“Like this!”
“It works!”
He never dreamed that Gluttony, the quietest and most shy of the apostles, would get along so well with him.
“As I mentioned before.”
“Though I’m saying this for the first time, we have to do it like this!”
“That’s how it works!”
Whatever they were babbling about, he couldn’t properly understand.
Something about mana efficiency, defense, space utilization.
Aesthetic sense, ceremonies.
Scratch.
In fact, they were discussing Go Johan’s weakest areas.
Go Johan was merely a knight.
A knight who held a sword, cut down his master’s enemies.
A knight who merely carried out orders given by his master.
“Did you listen properly? Captain?”
“Did you understand? Sovereign? No! Captain!”
Go Johan had no magical talent, engineering knowledge, or anything else.
“So.”
Finally Go Johan said:
“You want to rebuild the temple, no, the church?”
“Correct!”
“Right indeed!”
“The reason is…”
But:
“Not only is it advantageous for defense, but because we want this place to become the pivot of the world. Let’s create reliable means to use Warp Gates or Black Gates, and concentrate equipment and facilities to face them in one place.”
He wasn’t stupid.
“Anyway, this place will be safer than anywhere else in the world, right?”
“That’s exactly right.”
“Correct!”
Go Johan sighed and spoke again:
“But why the exterior?”
“It’s a place people will inevitably have to come and go through. It’s also a part that will need to be revealed going forward.”
Cheol Jung-bae answered:
“A pivot point needs to be more intuitive and splendid than you might think. As you know, though I don’t know about this world, in our world, generals and kings adorned themselves more splendidly than anyone else when going to battle – the Captain should know this too.”
So:
“You’re saying a symbol is necessary.”
“That, that’s right! As expected!”
Hmm.
Go Johan pondered.
“It’s not just for that reason alone.”
Cheol Jung-bae said:
“As mentioned before, the demon armor cannot be worn immediately.”
“……”
“However, if we have it, it would have great utility in revenge…, no, in war.”
Go Johan nodded.
Armor he could wear – that alone had great meaning.
It meant it was solid enough to withstand even Go Johan’s power of manipulating world lines.
‘Also, what the goddess gave me must surely have value.’
But as Cheol Jung-bae said, it couldn’t be worn right now.
“Even to perform that ceremony, temple reconstruction is absolutely necessary! Therefore.”
“We!”
“Strongly advocate for!”
“Temple reconstruction!”
He thought for a moment.
Maybe rescuing the dwarfs wasn’t the right choice.
But:
“I will permit it.”
It made sense.