How A Mythical Holy Knight Lives As A Villain (Novel) - Chapter 104
Chapter 104
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“Plan?”
Park Kyung-ho asked, his eyes lighting up.
At that moment.
“Please come in.”
With a word from Kwon Moon-cheol, the door opened.
“…What is this!”
Park Kyung-ho shouted angrily.
Today’s meeting was supposed to be highly confidential. No one had been trusted with the details, not even their aides, and the entire Japanese restaurant had been rented. The appearance of an unmentioned participant was shocking.
“Kishin Guild’s Vice Guild Master, Jin Ei.”
“…!”
The person who appeared was more influential than expected.
“Jin Ei!”
One of the five great guilds in Japan, Kishin’s Vice Guild Master.
Especially Jin Ei, who was noted for deep connections with Japanese politics.
“Pleasure to meet you.”
Jin Ei’s reputation was well-known as a nationalist and far-right figure, but seeing him here was unexpected.
“…”
Park Kyung-ho looked unsettled.
“No need to be so tense.”
Kwon Moon-cheol spoke up.
“Vice Guild Master Jin Ei is in the same situation as we are.”
“…?”
“If you think this is only a Korean problem, you are mistaken.”
Jin Ei sat and spoke, his Korean impressively fluent.
“Japan’s situation is also dire.”
“What do you mean?”
“You know the Takeda Group,” Jin Ei said.
“Who wouldn’t know?” was the reply.
The Takeda Group was renowned for holding major political positions in Japan.
“The number one guild in Japan.”
A massive group ranked number one among guilds within Japan.
“You know the leader and guild master changed recently?”
“Of course.”
He recalled.
“Sakamoto.”
Takeda Sakamoto.
Originally, he had disappeared due to an incurable illness as one of the heirs. Around five years ago, he was healed unexpectedly and returned to the group.
Although hard to believe, all procedures confirmed it was true.
He returned and succeeded in many ventures, eventually becoming heir two years ago.
Now, he had inherited the group.
“He has been found to have deep ties with Goyo-han’s side.”
“…!”
Crazy!
It was almost unbelievable.
“In the Goyo-han imprisonment crisis, one of the first to act was that group. Do you know the extent of what they tried to do?”
Jin Ei spoke.
“They went so far as to persuade the Prime Minister to set aside deep grudges between Japan and Korea if it meant rescuing him.”
“…Wow.”
Speechless.
“We are prepared to expose national traitors. To do that, that monster must die first.”
By monster, it was clear who they meant.
Goyo-han.
His power and abilities were truly overwhelming.
“There is a report saying that the only reason this shadowy coalition exists is Goyo-han. That is evidently true.”
Nods.
Everyone agreed on this point.
In an era defined by each party’s sensitivities to their own interests and power, joining hands easily was impossible, and absolute concessions could not be expected.
But this shadowy coalition seemed to desire only one thing.
“Goyo-han.”
Goyo-han.
Touching just him would incite swarms of action.
The fact that he was the focal point was an unmistakable truth.
“He must be killed.”
“How?”
“Sacrifices are needed.”
Jin Ei wore a sharp smile.
“Your president, Shinseong Guild Master, the Sanctuary Alliance’s Yubaek, correct?”
Each one was a heavy name.
“They should be used as bait.”
“Insane! Are you telling me to join this? Why not just sell out the country instead!”
Jin Ei sneered at Park Kyung-ho.
“Does this look like politics to you?”
“…Then what?”
“This is…”
Jin Ei stood up and said.
“Survival.”
“…!”
“You prepare the bait. We will carry out the operation—for us, concessions must be made between one another.”
Demons and such were not the main point.
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“There will be an upcoming announcement to celebrate the success of the warp gate.”
Min Jun-hyeok, current president of Korea, met privately with Ko Jae-han.
“We hope Shinseong and the Sanctuary Alliance will both participate.”
Swipe.
Ko Jae-han looked at Min Jun-hyeok.
“Parliament asked us earnestly. Even if it wasn’t our doing, it’s best to take advantage of the situation. The ruling and opposition parties have united.”
Min Jun-hyeok appeared exhausted yet relieved.
“I…”
Min Jun-hyeok spoke.
“Honestly, I still do not understand what is happening.”
A lifelong politician who dreamed of being president.
He could say with certainty he was not perfectly clean.
But he had tried to do his best upon reaching the position he had dreamed of.
However, what had happened lately was… beyond description.
“Too much power has concentrated in one place.”
Even a small glimpse of the newly revealed power was shocking to Min Jun-hyeok.
“…What kind of person is the Guild Master’s son?”
“…”
Ko Jae-han looked at the table for a moment.
“It’s an important question. My political career is already finished, but I ask this as a simple human.”
“Do you know?”
Finally, Ko Jae-han spoke.
“He’s a child I cannot read, even with my eyes.”
“…Even the Guild Master’s?”
Min Jun-hyeok was one who most highly acknowledged Ko Jae-han, especially in discerning people.
The reason Shinseong could grow so much was partly because Ko Jae-han was a top talent, and the strength of Shinseong’s name, but also…
“…”
Those eyes.
It was the ability to read people that he felt was key.
Ko Jae-han had quickly swept up promising players and raised them correctly.
“When I first saw that child after birth, I thought for the first time: ‘I am not a vessel that can hold him.’”
“…!”
“He is incredible. Unfathomable at times, yet pitiful at others.”
“Pitiful? Why?”
Min Jun-hyeok was honestly confused.
Even what had risen to the surface made Goyo-han the only existence like him in Korea’s history.
His abilities as a player were beyond measure, and how could an ordinary individual influence Russia to ready nuclear weapons?
“He is enduring.”
“…?”
“He is holding himself back.”
Ko Jae-han’s words were not easy for Min Jun-hyeok to grasp.
“He knows an easier path exists and can do it, yet he is restraining himself. That is what’s most pitiful. He has devoted his whole life to something.”
It was incomprehensible.
“…”
But there was only one thing to do.
“Guild Master Ko, I must trust you.”
Having watched Ko Jae-han for so long, he could only trust him.
“A terrorist attack has been planned.”
The enemies had not underestimated them enough.
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“Damn bastards.”
Kim Si-on drew a dagger and spoke.
Min Jun-hyeok learned about this before meeting Ko Jae-han.
“A nuclear bomb in the middle of Seoul?”
“It’s not a nuclear bomb.”
Lee Ha-yeon propped her chin up as she spoke.
“Magic explosive.”
“It’s practically the same!”
“What do you mean ‘same’? They are totally different; the magic explosive is more powerful.”
Lee Ha-yeon continued.
“Seoul could be wiped out in an instant. And it’s not even native technology—it’s from somewhere else.”
Lee Ha-yeon wasn’t referring to Earth.
‘Dvergr.’
The lunatics had secretly developed magic explosives and sold some to certain factions.
Of course, those had long been retrieved.
Japan apparently bought unrecovered items through the black market, but that didn’t matter.
“Showing off with a dud!”
A way to neutralize it had already been prepared.
“Is that really important?”
Lee Ha-yeon shook her head at Kim Si-on.
“What matters is…”
Her eyes gleamed a deep golden hue.
Kukuku.
Intense energy shook and dominated the space.
If one was ordinary, they’d have passed out and possibly died from the energy.
But no one here was so weak.
“The Captain is the target. That means…”
Clench.
“Even the Captain’s family.”
Gooo.
The apostles’ auras roared.
“Let’s kill them.”
“We will.”
That’s when—
“What’s going on?”
Through the open door, Goyo-han appeared.
He had secluded himself to train the power he recently obtained.
Just having finished training and presumably showered, he entered with a towel.
To Goyo-han and the apostles…
“We have something to report.”
Jin Ei and the National Assembly members’ terrorism was just one matter.
“Kishin Guild’s Jin Ei, opposition leader Park Kyung-ho, and ruling party leader Kwon Moon-cheol plan terrorism in Seoul.”
It was Yoon Seung-ah.
Usually the quietest.
Saaaa.
But she was the most furious now.
“The targets are, of course, the Captain, Sanctuary Alliance’s Yubaek, Shinseong’s…”
Thud.
An incomparable energy.
Clench.
Pressure so intense one had to use all strength to endure.
Within that, Yoon Seung-ah spoke.
“And even the Captain’s family.”
“…”
Goyo-han set aside the towel and sat down.
“The weapon to be used is a magic bomb.”
“Isn’t it impossible to detonate it?”
“Correct. But the fact they obtained it and planned an attack is the problem.”
Nod.
“Jin Ei intends to take out the Japanese Prime Minister and Sakamoto there as well. With the warp gate celebration as pretext, there’s more than enough justification.”
Goyo-han simply listened.
“Afterward, they will spin it as a terror attack in Korea, uniting Japan and pushing us out.”
“Can they push us out?”
Lee Ha-yeon snorted.
What they understood was only a tiny fraction of the church’s reality.
Japan was as thoroughly cultivated as Korea, maybe even worse.
Economics, players, politics—the country was as entangled as Korea.
“Even if the terror succeeds, they can’t push us out; it will only draw us in deeper.”
Lee Ha-yeon said.
“Should we expose it all at once?”