How A Mythical Holy Knight Lives As A Villain (Novel) - Chapter 108
Chapter 108
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The presentation hall.
Behind countless people, a warp gate was positioned.
A symbol of a new era and the birth of a new civilization.
Many people had visited South Korea to stand in that place.
“Nice to meet you. I’m Go Jae-han of Sanctum.”
“…It’s an honor to meet The King. I’m Ivan.”
Go Jae-han, guild master of Sanctum.
Ivan, president of the Russian Independent Players Association.
“South Korea will become wealthier.”
Richard of Goldian.
“I’m Yubaek.”
“Haha! I’m Kim Cheon-seok!”
Yubaek and Kim Cheon-seok of the Sanctuary Alliance.
Besides them, numerous guilds and powerful figures were present.
Moreover, Japanese Prime Minister Sawaguchi and others were also there.
Since South Korea had developed amicable relations with Japan over time, they had come to observe the demonstration of the warp gate installed right next door.
That’s when it happened.
“……”
Silence seemed to descend.
It was because of one man and woman who entered the presentation hall.
Silver-white hair, sky-blue eyes.
“……”
Go Johan – gazes poured toward him.
But no one approached to speak to him.
Nod.
Only people like Ivan and Richard greeted him with nods.
Not too many people had come to this event today.
The warp gate wasn’t complete yet, and it was essentially a domestic event.
Russia and America had sent people because they were the owners of the locations where warp gates would be installed.
“…That person.”
Japan had merely been specially invited.
The first place Go Johan headed to was Sanctum.
“You came.”
“Yes. We also received a separate invitation.”
“I see.”
“It’s been a while.”
Ivan greeted Go Johan, but that was the end of it.
Anyway, separate meetings with them were prepared after this time.
They were remarkable people.
Figures who would come in person even knowing they could all die if something went wrong.
No.
“We discouraged more from coming.”
In fact, this place was surely a holy ground that countless shadow forces including Temple wanted to visit.
Go Johan found a seat and sat down.
Yoon Seung-Ah was beside him as always.
Nod.
From afar, Min Jun-hyeok nodded toward Go Johan.
He now seemed to think he belonged to Go Johan too.
‘He sold out the country.’
The original Go Johan would have torn such a person apart.
How many power holders had sold their souls and countries to demons, causing chaos?
“He’s a lucky man.”
As Yoon Seung-Ah said, he was lucky.
Because it was himself who had extended that hand.
“…Because we have no choice but to acknowledge it.”
This wasn’t about Min Jun-hyeok.
“Human nature.”
Richard and Ivan were essentially the same.
They had given everything to Go Johan for their own greed.
In their countries, they should probably be pointed at as traitors.
But what could be done?
‘We can only be grateful they’re not demons.’
Weeds couldn’t be trampled to death.
They now knew they had to be cultivated and managed.
“Preparations?”
Go Johan asked.
“No problems.”
If Yoon Seung-Ah said so, it could be trusted.
That’s when it happened.
“A new era for South Korea.”
Min Jun-hyeok stepped onto the podium and said.
“No, I introduce the warp gate that will open a new era for the world.”
The curtain was removed, revealing the rippling warp gate.
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“The warp gate startup has already finished, and the result is…”
Actually, Min Jun-hyeok had received more glory than he deserved even without such deals.
During his term, just because Go Johan had started his activities.
“A great success!”
South Korea’s national status was changing, and Min Jun-hyeok stood at the center of it.
“Ohhh!”
“The warp gate will be installed experimentally in the United States and Russia, marking the beginning of what can be called a great historical event – the innovation of logistics and security.”
Excitement was boiling over at the prepared presentation.
“That person there.”
A National Assembly member sitting in the front row of the hall.
“Yes.”
That person was the henchman of this incident.
A name called Cha Seong-gyun.
A man who was once the bloodline of a company called one of South Korea’s top 3 corporations and had deep connections with politics.
But pushed back by the flow Go Johan had created, his company went bankrupt and his political position was shaking.
He was literally someone who had lost everything he had.
“He’s a foolish person.”
Yoon Seung-Ah said.
That person’s failure was entirely his own responsibility.
The reason their downfall became a foregone conclusion was because of their connection to Japanese yakuza forces and organizations lurking in South Korea’s underworld.
When needed, they moved people, dispersed protesters, and hung powerless employees.
South Korea was a country where such things were acceptable until just a few years ago.
The public didn’t know anyway.
They would just think it was suicide, or even if the truth was revealed, there was nothing they could do.
That was power, and it was a world where such things were taken for granted.
“They promised to help his family and company establish themselves in Japan through this incident.”
Rather, because Go Johan existed, most such things had disappeared, though the public still didn’t know.
“They also said they’d help him establish himself in South Korea again afterward. They seem to be thinking of giving him part of the broken Sanctuary Alliance.”
“Though he’s probably just being pushed around.”
Would such a person drive himself to death for such reasons?
That was impossible.
“Yes. He’s not someone who would sacrifice his life for others.”
Such a person could truly be called one who sells out his country.
It was simple.
If he had sold to himself, he would have lived.
Only the target was wrong.
“He doesn’t even know about the bomb’s existence.”
“……”
“Just.”
That’s when it happened.
“This is all bullshit!”
Cha Seong-gyun stood up and shouted.
The hall fell into panic at this sudden situation.
Given the nature of the venue, only those with confirmed identities were present.
“He thinks just raising his voice is enough.”
“Warp gate? Do you know how that will be used! What happens if Russia sends players through it, no! Even an army!”
“It shouldn’t be difficult. It’s something we’ve been doing originally, just with more locations and observers.”
Since Cha Seong-gyun, the ruling party’s deputy representative, was raising his voice, chaos was inevitable.
“From the beginning, Go Johan!”
Cha Seong-gyun looked this way at himself and shouted.
“Go Johan…”
That’s when it happened.
Blur.
His eyes became hazy.
“They ordered… to frame Go Johan…”
“Cha Seong-gyun! Do you know what you’re saying right now?”
“Kwon Moon-cheol…, Park Kyung-ho…, Kishin Guild’s Jin Ei…, they…”
Cha Seong-gyun shouted with hazy eyes.
“A bomb in this place…!”
Then.
Kwaaaaaaang!
Blue flames erupted.
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Far from the hall, several people were gathered in a secret hideout.
They were ruling party representative Kwon Moon-cheol, opposition party representative Park Kyung-ho, and others who shared their intentions.
Also, Jin Ei of Kishin Guild and Japanese officials were there together.
“South Korea’s new era!”
On the large TV screen, Min Jun-hyeok was shouting like a triumphant general, clenching both fists.
“Haha.”
Park Kyung-ho finally burst into laughter.
“Now how do you know what will happen.”
Originally, those present here had also been invited to that presentation.
But they had each made different excuses and avoided the venue.
Who would go to a place where a bomb would explode?
“No, a new era!”
“Is Cha Seong-gyun certain?”
Kwon Moon-cheol asked.
He was a colleague who had worked together for a long time as deputy representative.
But the important thing wasn’t that he had to be sacrificed, but whether such a person would really risk his life to carry out the deed.
“Cha Seong-gyun doesn’t even know about the bomb’s existence.”
Jin Ei said.
“He just thinks he needs to denounce Go Johan. Make the hall a mess.”
“Indeed.”
If that was the case.
“The moment he stands up and mentions Go Johan’s name, the bomb will explode.”
Nod.
These were people who had bet everything on this matter.
“Many people will die, but…”
Park Kyung-ho said.
“Sacrifice is necessary.”
Nearly twenty people gathered there filled their glasses with alcohol.
“Everything will be ruined. South Korea will regress at least several decades. But if a strong nation stands above that, that’s all that matters.”
It was a plan they would never have participated in originally.
“If South Korea is already in someone else’s hands, we have no choice but to crush it and rebuild it.”
But they thought if there weren’t even crumbs left for them to claim, they had no choice but to rebuild it properly.
“Come!”
“Great success!”
Kwon Moon-cheol stood up and said.
“For the new era, let us all toast!”
Clink!
The glasses clinked and made sounds.
“For the new era!”
And after gulping down the glasses full of alcohol.
“This is all bullshit!”
The scheduled actor, Cha Seong-gyun, stood up and shouted.
Swoosh!
Goosebumps rose all over their bodies.
Really, something that would have been impossible originally.
It was a new era opened by doing unthinkable things.
‘Go Johan.’
As the enormous shock and fear that single name had given them faded, goosebumps seemed to rise at the future that would come.
They would be at the center of it.
In the ruined South Korea, they would move faster than anyone to receive aid from China and Japan.
“Go Johan!”
Accomplishing that great feat, they would become heroes who raised the devastated South Korea again.
Demons?
What did such things matter?
Players would diligently defeat them as always and would be able to defeat them.
If they were too strong, they could just receive aid from Chinese and Japanese players again.
Let it be ruined!
Even if it was completely ruined, at least their future would be bright.
That’s when it happened.
“Foolish things.”
Crash!
Along with Jin Ei’s words, the dropped glasses hit the floor and shattered.
“Did you think I would let you live?”
Jin Ei’s bloody smile.
“Y-you…”
They couldn’t leave alive the evidence of having participated in this ridiculous scheme.
That hall being devastated and South Korea itself collapsing.
For that to happen, those present here also had to be erased.
That was exactly what Kishin Guild and Jin Ei had wanted.
“New history. Without you, South Korea will once again become the ruined nation of the past…”
And.
Beep beep beep!
An unpleasant noise.
Kwaaaaaaang!
Blue flames erupted.
It wasn’t the hall.
It was right here.