How A Mythical Holy Knight Lives As A Villain (Novel) - Chapter 149
Chapter 149
“Release.”
Just like the apostles, it was about revealing the karma dwelling within him.
Kwoooaaaah!
The entire world seemed to be instantly dyed pitch-black.
In the pitch-black darkness, nothing could be felt.
‘Ah.’
Not even a voice came out, and the cast darkness seemed to infiltrate and overwrite his very mind.
It felt like his body was moving, but he thought it might just be an illusion.
‘Ah.’
This was a first-time experience for Michael as well.
He thought he had already shed his shell and molted long ago, but it felt as if he had peeled off another layer of shell that even he hadn’t known about.
Right at this moment.
Clench.
The sensation that if he just squeezed, everything he didn’t want would be completely crushed.
‘Ah.’
Is this karma?
Is this the power of a Demon King?
‘No, it isn’t.’
Swaaaah!
This is the Goddess.
Paaaaat!
In an instant, Go Johan’s world had returned to normal.
Feeling his senses slowly returning, when he regained his vision, what Go Johan saw was…
Shimmer.
A shining greatsword made of light.
It was a sword of light that perfectly suited the term holy sword.
Crackle, sizzle.
Perhaps because it had released too much power, it was shimmering like a haze and crumbling away.
Pahahaha!
And soon it completely faded away, leaving behind only the mark of karma.
He could guess.
“For the time being… I won’t be able to use it.”
It was a strange thing.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
He should be feeling an even greater karma in his violently beating heart than before, yet he couldn’t even maintain a cardinal sin.
In Go Johan’s gaze, he saw his own reflection in something smooth.
Shimmer.
Half of his body was dyed black, and a single horn grew majestically from his head.
“…….”
The tattoos squirmed and devoured half of his upper body, and he was certain his lower body was no different.
And that appearance…
Grab.
Because it felt more demonic than anything Go Johan had ever seen.
Clench.
He grabbed the sprouting horn.
The moment he grabbed it, a thrilling sensation ran through his entire body.
It was a sensation that felt connected to his heart, or perhaps linked to his brain.
However.
Crack!
Go Johan shattered it without hesitation.
Because he had sworn.
‘I will exterminate all demons.’
Even himself.
At that moment.
Hwaaaaak!
The darkness that had been hovering around him began to scatter.
He thought he had regained his vision, but as if that had been an illusion, he finally began to see the intact world.
“…Travania?”
What came to mind right at this moment was the land where he had fought Balrog, the appearance of Travania.
The land where everything in that epic battle had been broken and scraped away, turning into something glossy.
And.
“…….”
He could tell.
This isn’t Travania.
‘I am not Michael.’
He is Go Johan, and this is Earth.
Hwaaaaaak!
North Korea, the place evaluated as the only remaining dictatorship in the world, had disappeared as if most of its territory had been extinguished.
The corpses of demons and demonic beasts that were piled up like mountains were the same.
Step.
And if there was one thing remaining.
Shimmer.
A huge, black mark.
No, it was a black scar that seemed more accurate to call a rift.
That thing, which seemed to cut across everything from the sky to the ground, was shimmering violently and spewing out demonic energy.
Step.
Go Johan began to head towards it.
‘I remember.’
The power he had awakened seemed to have completely blown away even a part of his memories.
In his slowly returning memories, what Go Johan had tried to gain from the Demon King’s descent in North Korea began to surface.
Step.
The Black Gates that appeared in the world were concentrated in the North Korean area.
And in North Korea, in order for the Demon King to descend, he planted that horn and polluted the area.
A clash of massive powers and a clash of coordinates.
When the entity acting as the center within it disappeared with an equivalent power.
-Bzzzt…. Bzzzzt….
There was one thing he could expect.
“The gate.”
Go Johan, who had arrived in front of the rift at some point, spoke as he looked at it.
Opening the gate in the truest sense, that was what Go Johan had desired.
Step.
Go Johan didn’t stop and kept walking.
-Bzzzt. Bzzzt…. Cap… Captain….
From within the rift he touched, he felt an indescribably immense demonic energy and karma.
It was to the point that he felt like if he let go of his consciousness for a moment, he would become one with it.
-Captain!
Ignoring the voice he heard, Go Johan took a step forward.
That place was…
[You have entered the Land of Truth, Astrovits.]
[Unique Achievement….]
[First Achievement….]
He couldn’t focus on the voices he heard.
[Mi….]
He just stared blankly, taking it all in.
“Ah.”
[Micha….]
Go Johan said.
“Did you think only you guys could do it forever?”
Suppressing the trembling of his body, he began to examine the world with his divine eyes.
Trickle.
Unable to comprehend the appearance of the world, blood started to run down from Go Johan’s eyes.
[Michael]
“Forever!”
Go Johan’s shout seemed to spread across the world.
“I will kill you. I will wipe you all out! I will destroy you! The demons! Even your world…!”
Go Johan declared through gritted teeth.
“I will exterminate you all.”
It was then.
[Michael, not yet.]
Rumble!
The trembling sky, inside it, something that couldn’t be seen with normal eyes seemed to reveal itself.
“……!”
The moment his attention was drawn to it, Go Johan could intuitively feel it.
‘I’m going to die.’
I am going to die?
Michael?
Go Johan?
No.
[Michael!]
That’s impossible.
The moment he tried to shout that.
[You are banished from the Land of Truth.]
Whooooosh!
Behind Go Johan, from within the still-open rift, a white hand emerged and grabbed him.
He tried to strike it away immediately, but their strength was beyond his expectations and Go Johan was too exhausted.
Bang!
At the same time Go Johan slipped out, that massive rift closed its maw.
All that remained was a tiny rift the size of a fingernail.
And.
Thud.
Go Johan collapsed.
-Captain!
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-Captain.
A familiar and ticklish voice.
-Captain!
Go Johan’s consciousness felt like it was sinking deeper and deeper beneath the surface of the water.
‘I am….’
It was then.
“Captain!”
At the voice striking his ears, Go Johan slowly opened his eyes.
“Captain! Are you okay!”
“What the hell is this…!”
“Move him immediately!”
Amidst the noisy commotion, several voices rang in his ears.
‘Michael.’
The voice of someone calling him sounded so warm.
‘Michael.’
That repeated name was his past that he couldn’t abandon.
-Michael!
And when he realized that voice was harshly reprimanding him.
“Captain! Are you conscious?”
“Captain!”
“What’s the problem!”
“No! You can’t!”
Other voices were being heard again.
“The extent of the physical damage is severe! Just what…!”
“Why don’t I have the power of healing!”
Who could it be?
“Captain! If the Captain dies….”
His consciousness flickered again.
“We will destroy the world. There’s no need for a world without the Captain to exist.”
And his consciousness sank beneath the surface again.
What he felt then was an indescribable warmth.
‘This… someday….’
It was a feeling he thought he had experienced someday.
The feeling of a huge hand embracing him.
Bwooo!
The beautiful sound of a horn echoed.
-Michael.
The beautiful voice calling his name.
‘Ah.’
It was that day.
‘Oh Goddess.’
The day he first heard the Goddess’s voice.
The revelation of that day was being realized again.
‘Oh Goddess, where have you been. Do you know how desperately I have searched for you?’
He wanted to shout, he wanted to wail.
‘Ah, Goddess. My Goddess. If only you are here, I, Michael….’
He wanted to clearly see the silhouette in the light.
Even if just looking once would make him go blind, he wanted to clearly imprint that image.
But.
‘Michael.’
It was then.
‘Kill all the evil people who torment you.’
A chilling sensation felt amidst the warmth.
“…If the Captain dies, I’ll start by destroying South Korea.”
“Envy.”
“Don’t stop me.”
“Who’s stopping you? But I mean properly grasp his value.”
“Value? What kind of bullshit is that. Even if it’s you, Sister….”
Voices that sounded like they were fighting could be heard.
“I will sacrifice the entire world, those humans as an offering to revive the Captain.”
“…Is that possible?”
“I have to make it possible. Humans full of nothing but greed, if they can even be used as fuel….”
“Are you here, Sister?”
It was a conversation that seemed to cut off intermittently.
“I found a way. The World Tree, it’s not impossible. The moment the Captain dies, we’ll plant the World Tree in this land and collect all souls. And then….”
“Alright. I’ll trust you, Sister Sloth.”
“Lust? Why are you… not yet, right?”
“Are you telling me to just watch the Captain die? The Captain is….”
A warm something could be felt.
“The reason for my life.”
“Same here.”
“You guys…!”
Whose voices were these?
‘I shouldn’t have any family left over.’
Who were they to be so angry and sad for him.
“Are you thinking of stopping us? Mister?”
“……How could I.”
“Then stay still. We will spare the blood relatives of the divine at least. We don’t want to see the Captain so sad.”
Divine?
“Let’s make a world. A world of our own. We will live there with the Captain, us, and only the Captain’s blood relatives. A world of our own that no one can destroy, lasting forever.”
The voice continued.
“A world where the Captain doesn’t have to sacrifice himself for anyone.”
It was then.
“…Me….”
The disconnected memories joined together, and the voice that wouldn’t come out began to emerge.
“Captain?”
“Captain!”
“Captaaaain!”
The voices he missed came through as if united into one.
And at the same time, a fierce movement that seemed like it was going to pounce on him was felt, but.
Woong.
That movement stopped at some energy.
“Everyone, stay still.”
Right, he felt like he knew whose voice that was.
“…Seung-ah.”
“……!”
“You guys… what kind of…”
Go Johan spoke as he carefully raised his upper body.
“What kind of villains do you intend… to turn me into?”
“Captain…!”
The apostles hugging him.
From each of those bodies, an indescribable carefulness could be felt.
“How much… time… has passed…?”
Don’t tell me.
“Two years have passed.”
A familiar face, Lee Jae-kyung looked at Go Johan and said.
The rims of his eyes were already as red as they could get.
“…Mister. Are you trying to joke at a time like this…?”
“Two weeks have passed.”
Only then did Lee Jae-kyung smile.