How A Mythical Holy Knight Lives As A Villain (Novel) - Chapter 105
Chapter 105
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“Should we reveal everything?”
Lee Ha-yeon spoke playfully, but.
“……”
The meaning behind those words was not light.
“They’d go crazy, at least here in South Korea, right?”
Go Johan, a South Korean citizen, had devoured more than half of Japan.
Even at this very moment, if Go Johan wanted, he could have the Japanese Prime Minister step forward and acknowledge historical issues.
“Rather than as a hero…”
“That won’t do.”
Go Johan said.
Being a hero was not acceptable.
“I understand. If that’s what the Captain says…”
In the end, Lee Ha-yeon also stretched and said.
She hadn’t expected permission from the start anyway.
“Anyway.”
They returned to the original topic.
“We need to decide how to handle this.”
“We were aiming for this kind of situation from the beginning.”
Everyone nodded at Go Johan’s words.
When Go Johan was locked in the Black Room, his forces moved excessively for two reasons.
The first was to show them.
We have this much power, so don’t think of touching us carelessly.
And the second was to create this kind of situation.
“What have you found out?”
Go Johan asked.
“There are demon remnants behind this. Especially yakuza are involved. Since Black Coffin expanded into Japan two years ago, their profits have been cut to less than half of half.”
Lee Ha-yeon answered.
“Of course, targeting the Captain’s family wasn’t expected.”
Power was terrifying.
South Korean National Assembly members had planned to detonate something comparable to a nuclear bomb in the middle of Seoul.
“There are two methods.”
Yoon Seung-Ah said.
“Quietly deal with only those who have revealed themselves.”
The other was.
“Leave them be and deal with everything at once.”
Everyone looked at Go Johan.
“Make the decision.”
Ultimately, the choice was Go Johan’s.
Until now, Go Johan had restrained himself in many ways.
But rescuing Cheol Jung-bae this time, he had realized something.
“I can’t keep fighting like this forever.”
The time when he needed to focus more on demons was continuously approaching.
Originally, Go Johan had no intention of having such a big impact on the world.
That’s why he had allowed Greed to build forces only after long deliberation.
“You’ve changed…”
That’s when it happened.
“A lot.”
Cheol Jung-bae, who was attending this meeting, said.
“You’ve changed a lot from before.”
He, who rarely spoke about Travania, opened his mouth.
“Building forces and scheming in the shadows.”
“……”
Was Cheol Jung-bae’s comment a criticism?
“Finally…”
It wasn’t.
“You’ve finally come to your senses.”
Cheol Jung-bae said.
“That this is war.”
When Cheol Jung-bae met Go Johan again, he had said to him.
‘You madman!’
There were various reasons for that, but one could be stated with certainty.
“That’s what you should do. Only you can do it. The apostles present here are truly remarkable.”
Though the atmosphere was light, since it was a meeting, Cheol Jung-bae was speaking as he had when attending allied force meetings in the past.
“First Emperor of Travania.”
“……!”
Everyone’s eyes widened.
It was the first time they heard this story.
But seeing Go Johan’s eyes deepen, they could tell it was the truth.
“I wasn’t an emperor.”
“Everyone supported you, your name was actually carved on the founding monument. You just refused.”
That much was true.
“Travania’s founder and second emperor established the empire only for you, but you refused.”
It was a funny story.
Founded but second emperor?
“So I hope you won’t do that this time. You are truly…”
“Stop.”
Go Johan said.
“I apologize.”
Eventually, Cheol Jung-bae stepped back and apologized.
“…In the end, our activities will inevitably have South Korea as the main stage.”
It was unavoidable since Go Johan was born and raised here.
The church was here, and the demons’ invasion would center on South Korea.
Therefore.
“…At least regarding South Korea.”
Go Johan said.
“I’ll allow everything.”
“……!”
“So that at least on this land, we can focus only on the war against demons.”
Becoming a villain.
“Can you do it?”
Even being hidden in the shadows, controlling and shaking the country.
“Should I make you President right away?”
He had decided to do even such things.
“That’s probably not what you want.”
Lee Ha-yeon smiled as if joking, but her eyes were emitting brilliant golden light.
“According to the Captain’s will.”
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Go Johan entered the Sanctum mansion.
He hadn’t contacted other family members separately.
“Have you arrived?”
He nodded slightly to the security personnel greeting him and entered.
South Korea and Travania were certainly different places.
But with the existence of players as military force, many things had become similar.
Even though this world had no titles or royalty, equivalent things had emerged.
Step.
Sanctum was the same.
Strictly speaking, it was like a noble house holding a duchy in a small kingdom.
Just looking at this mansion, it was a space that could be called aristocratic.
Step.
Go Johan crossed such a mansion and headed to the second floor.
There.
“I’m coming in.”
Was his father’s room.
Creak.
The opening study.
In fact, this could be said to be the place most unrelated to Go Johan in the Sanctum mansion.
He had tried hard not to get involved in guild affairs during his childhood.
It was also the time when he was called Sanctum’s good-for-nothing.
Unlike his mother, whom he was close to, the existence called father was just distant.
Nevertheless.
“Come in.”
They both knew they cared about each other.
“Sit down.”
Only Go Jae-han was in the mansion.
They had both received and made contact in advance.
“It hasn’t been… that long.”
Originally, he should say it had been ages ago, but Go Johan had stepped on the mansion again thanks to Shin Su-kyung’s efforts.
“How silly.”
Go Johan flinched at Go Jae-han’s words.
“You’ve changed.”
Go Jae-han, who had felt both close and distant, felt close today.
“I had to change.”
Go Jae-han said.
“I was just trying not to change from the beginning.”
“……”
“I was just waiting.”
It was nothing special.
Like what he said at the dining table back then.
“I’m proud.”
Such a single phrase.
And yet.
“……”
He couldn’t understand why his heart was churning so much.
“Well, I should hear the reason why you wanted to see me, keeping it secret even from your mother.”
Go Jae-han said.
He was already busy, but had made precious time for Go Johan.
“Have you made up your mind?”
Go Jae-han asked.
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“……”
“……”
Go Jae-han and Go Johan stood facing each other.
The King, a man called by such a childish epithet.
But that was only by ordinary people’s standards.
Goooo!
For players, how amazing the title of king was needed no questioning.
For that childish thing, countless people tried to raise their rankings and worked to become the best.
Go Jae-han wasn’t South Korea’s number 1 ranked player.
A privilege held only by a few chosen ones among Association-affiliated players: Unranked.
“Have you made up…”
Go Jae-han was a player who didn’t belong to rankings.
There were exactly seven such players in the world.
It was a name that could only be held by those whose ranking measurement was meaningless and who possessed strength that couldn’t be explained by level.
And that was.
“Your mind?”
True.
Go Jae-han before his eyes, even in childhood he could realize.
‘He’s strong.’
And he wasn’t revealing his true power.
He had faced an Unranked before.
Gu Seong-hun.
The man who was the Player Association President and called a legend, but in reality was unremarkable.
Even if he couldn’t be explained by level, that was all.
Just someone who could be slain in one blow.
“……”
But Go Jae-han was beyond that.
“Do you know?”
Go Jae-han said.
“That it’s been over ten years since we talked alone like this.”
“……”
“And the first time then, you told me.”
That Shin Su-kyung knew Go Johan’s secret was something Go Johan himself never expected.
That’s why he was seized by intense emotion and moved.
But.
“That Sanctum would become South Korea’s number 1 guild.”
Go Jae-han was different.
“So stop hiding and move forward.”
From very long ago, just as Go Johan observed Go Jae-han, Go Jae-han was also observing Go Johan.
And they both knew this.
“A ten-year-old kid told me that. Even though you’re my blood…”
Chuckle.
“What’s special about blood relations? You were special on your own.”
“Because it was necessary.”
If asked why he did that, he could answer.
‘Because it was necessary.’
Go Jae-han already possessed sufficient skill and ability even then.
If he had just straightened his crouched body, becoming South Korea’s number 1 guild would have been easy.
‘The King.’
Because Go Johan knew the power that name held.
But he seemed to hide his appearance as much as possible and be satisfied with an appropriate position.
That’s why.
He wanted external factors not to wish for Sanctum’s growth, but to accept that growth and move forward himself.
“Yes, so it became number 1.”
South Korea’s number 1 guild, Sanctum.
This was the secret story of its birth.
“And now you’re sitting before me again.”
The 10-year-old child had become a 20-year-old young man sitting there.
Thinking of the request he made then, he was both expectant and nervous about what request he would make now.
Go Johan was.
‘You are that kind of person to me.’
He was indescribably special to Go Jae-han too.
“Do you want me to step back now?”
Go Jae-han asked.
“Or do you want me to become a shield?”
He also asked.
“Or else… do you want me to become a sword?”
“……”
“Whatever it is would be pathetic compared to what you have. But.”
Go Jae-han said.
“I want to do that.”
“……!”
“Before all those things, I am your father.”
Go Johan opened his briefly closed eyes and said.
“I need to take South Korea.”
“Is that so.”
And the answer to that.
“Then do so.”
Go Jae-han said.