How A Mythical Holy Knight Lives As A Villain (Novel) - Chapter 19
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Chapter 19
I destroyed Teraco, South Korea’s 67th-ranked guild.
At the same time, I was told to take control of Seoul’s underground.
It sounds easy, but controlling the underground of Seoul isn’t simple, even if it’s a small territory.
Yet Go Johan, who gave such orders…
“Yawn.”
Was casually attending school while yawning.
-The Association’s Investigation Department seems to be looking into the kidnapping case separately.
Yoon Seung-ah’s voice echoed in his head.
-Your sister’s friend in the Investigation Department is in charge and appears to have asked your sister for help.
Go Johan nodded.
“That annoying sister might actually be helpful.”
American ranker, bearer of Shinsung bloodline.
She wouldn’t yield to external pressure and had enough strength to take down minor guilds single-handedly.
-I’ll pay more attention to your sister for now.
He knew the church was providing separate security for Go Johan’s bloodline.
They didn’t interfere much because these people weren’t easy targets, and there was resistance to the idea of monitoring Go Johan’s bloodline.
“I’ll allow it.”
However, if demons were involved, or even traces of them, that would be different.
-Yes, it seems we need to investigate further.
With that, Yoon Seung-ah’s voice disappeared.
“Go Johan is alone today?”
The voices of classmates could be heard.
The first period had already ended.
“That’s unusual?”
They found it strange that Go Johan was alone today.
Usually around this time.
‘Johan.’
‘Johan! Want to go to the store?’
‘Johan, this is delicious!’
‘Johan….’
Kim Se-hyun would usually be buzzing around, chattering away.
The reason was simple.
“Kim Se-hyun didn’t come to school today.”
Kim Se-hyun hadn’t attended school today.
“Huh? Her?”
Students were puzzled since Kim Se-hyun had never been absent before.
“They say she’s sick.”
“So even Kim Se-hyun gets sick.”
“What, is she a robot or something?”
Well, there was nothing particularly worrying about it.
‘Must be a fever.’
Due to the Choi Shinwoo incident, Yoon Seung-ah had arranged for Kim Se-hyun to catch a fever.
Even though Kim Se-hyun had been coming to school despite his condition, she probably couldn’t hold out any longer.
“But why isn’t Choi Shinwoo coming?”
“I heard something happened. Seems like it was pretty serious. Even Sky Guild is in chaos, they say.”
These students were quite interested in others’ affairs.
Yoon Seung-ah seemed to have handled Choi Shinwoo’s matter well.
“Yaaawn.”
He wondered what was the point of all this.
‘I’ll take the high school equivalency exam.’
He couldn’t continue this boring school life forever.
Though it was for Shin Soo-gyung.
-Johan. Mom believes in you.
She seemed worried again after the club incident, but if he stayed quiet for the remaining time, his mother would probably give permission.
“Johan.”
Perhaps because Kim Se-hyun wasn’t here.
“Um, would you like to go to the store if you’re free?”
Classmates who usually couldn’t even approach Go Johan carefully came up to speak.
“Too bothersome.”
Of course, Go Johan just waved them away.
Go Johan quietly rested his chin on his hand and looked out the window.
The sunlight and the playground looked peaceful.
“……”
For some reason, he felt something was missing.
‘Kim Se-hyun.’
He thought about asking Yoon Seung-ah to look into Kim Se-hyun, but he couldn’t bother her when she was already busy with many tasks.
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“Aah…”
Kim Se-hyun was shivering under her blanket.
“Ugh…”
Her teeth were chattering, and the thick blanket had long since become damp.
“Ah… Ah…”
Intermittent groans escaped, and Kim Se-hyun’s entire body was burning red.
Her fever had been over 40 degrees for a while now.
Creeak.
Then, Kim Se-hyun’s door opened, letting in a sliver of light.
“Are you alright?”
He carefully approached and asked Kim Se-hyun.
Swoosh.
A hand reached out.
Kim Se-hyun tried to avoid it but.
Grip.
The hand suddenly grabbed both of Kim Se-hyun’s cheeks, holding them in place.
“I asked if you were alright?”
Everyone in the household already knew that Kim Se-hyun’s fever was over 40 degrees.
They wanted to go to the hospital, but couldn’t.
“I’m… f-fine…”
Because this man hadn’t allowed it.
“Good.”
This was Kim Taehwan, the current owner of Taehan.
A second-generation chaebol, he was once called one of South Korea’s top three conglomerates.
Kim Taehwan, who inherited his father’s throne, dreamed of a brilliant future but.
“You’ll be fine.”
That kingdom had lost its luster.
Players, Guilds.
It was because of consecutive failures in new businesses called 4th and 5th industries.
Despite pouring in all of Taehan’s capital resources, they hadn’t succeeded.
The reason was simple.
“You must be fine. Understand?”
Because none of Taehan’s bloodline had become Players.
The current era wasn’t one ruled by financial power.
While money was important, what really mattered was.
-Power.
The strength possessed by Players.
They spent money to recruit rankers and made them temporary guild leaders to recruit Players.
They spared no investment, and didn’t stop even when Taehan’s foundations were shaking.
The price was.
“Those damn b*st*rds.”
The Players’ betrayal.
After growing stronger, they became independent and created their own guilds.
They ignored contracts and didn’t hesitate to make threats.
-You expect loyalty from someone who isn’t even a Player?
Because he wasn’t a Player.
-Go ahead and try. I can always go to America if needed, but thanks to you…
Sneer.
-I’ve become a high-ranking ranker, so I’ll spare your life.
The humiliation and shame from then still appeared in Kim Taehwan’s dreams.
“This is the last chance to erase those damn b*st*rds.”
“…Yes… Fa…ther…”
“You will become one of those damn things.”
Despite Kim Se-hyun’s body being like a fireball, Kim Taehwan smiled.
The small light shining behind him made Kim Taehwan’s face appear even darker.
“You will become a Player!”
Kim Se-hyun closed his eyes.
“Everything of Taehan will be yours. Unlike me, you will become an emperor and trample everything, understand?”
“……”
“So endure it.”
Hisss!
“That pain is just the process for your rebirth. Now you…”
Kim Taehwan whispered into Kim Se-hyun’s ear.
“Are being reborn.”
That’s when.
“Yes.”
The trembling stopped.
“Yes, Father.”
With reddened eyes, Kim Se-hyun spoke with a small smile.
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Johan Church had changed a lot.
“Welcome.”
“Welcome!”
When Go Johan and Lee Jae-kyung arrived, quite a few people came to greet them.
“Why bother coming out?”
Though Go Johan spoke as if it was unnecessary.
“We do this because we want to.”
Instead, they maintained their bright smiles while speaking.
The church that started with four people, no, five including Yoon Seung-ah.
Now the number of people had grown considerably, seeming to exceed thirty.
BOOM!
“Hey, hey…! I told them to be careful! There are gates they could use, why do they have to do that there.”
Hearing the explosion, Lee Jae-kyung shook his head and spoke.
“It’s Gluttony.”
At Go Johan’s words, Lee Jae-kyung finally nodded.
“…Still, they should be more careful.”
Gluttony, the child of greed, was interested in items and alchemy.
The recent explosion was likely a small mishap from that process.
Of course.
“No, how does mithril explode so easily?”
Now that the interior walls were made of mithril, Gluttony’s mishaps were powerful enough to blast through mithril.
“Maybe we should get adamantium.”
Of course, that was nonsense.
Adamantium itself was rated as unique grade, and there weren’t even a few tons of it if you searched the whole world, that’s how rare the metal was.
It was just a joke turning around the headache-inducing situation.
“Nothing unusual happened?”
Those who came to greet them nodded at Go Johan’s words.
“Just seeing you like this makes us happy.”
Kind-looking men and women, young and old.
Who would know?
“It’s nothing.”
That these were all once people who had their names high in the rankings.
Not just South Korean rankers.
-We need to expand our personnel.
When that was said, they recommended trustworthy people, regardless of nationality.
There were rankers from America and Europe here too.
All of them.
“What brings you here today?”
Were once disabled people.
They had overcome their disabilities and were now growing in this church.
Though their faces had changed and they had lost everything, if they were to go out into the world, everyone’s rankings would drop dozens of places.
“Ah, Pastor Park called for me.”
Then, a familiar face appeared.
A neat elderly gentleman, Park Do-young, who was once consumed by tumors.
Taking on the role of pastor in the church, they called him.
-Believer.
He was like the leader of those called believers.
“You’ve come.”
Park Do-young spoke to Go Johan with a bright smile.
“I called you here because I have an important favor to ask.”
Go Johan entered the church with Park Do-young.
In this seemingly ordinary church, numerous barriers and magic were intertwined.
Without a doubt, this place had defenses that couldn’t be compared to something like the Holy Headquarters.
“What’s the matter?”
“Well…”
Park Do-young stopped and spoke.
“I wanted to ask permission to go out into the world.”
“……”
Go Johan’s face stiffened slightly.
Perhaps, had greed emerged?
Finally.
‘Are they just humans after all.’
No, no.
Go Johan shook his head to clear his thoughts.
These people could be trusted.
“What’s the reason?”
“According to Sloth, things suspected to be seeds are being discovered overseas as well.”
Go Johan had heard the reports too.
Even though demons, worshippers, and everything else was concentrated in South Korea, they couldn’t say other places were completely safe.
“I think it wouldn’t be bad for a few people to go out and operate overseas.”