How A Mythical Holy Knight Lives As A Villain (Novel) - Chapter 22
Chapter 22
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“So it has come to this.”
A voice from behind Kim Se-hyun.
And in the next moment.
BOOM!
An impact that felt like the entire space was being torn apart.
Yoon Seung-ah’s magic had perfectly isolated Kim Tae-hwan’s penthouse.
And if that wasn’t enough.
WHOOSH!
The penthouse was distorting, expanding its space.
“Go… Johan?”
Kim Se-hyun said with a dazed face, tilting her head.
She must not be in her right mind.
Inside her, the demon’s will and Kim Se-hyun’s will must be clashing and fighting.
He had been watching and following such a Kim Se-hyun since school.
After all, he couldn’t leave Kim Se-hyun, who was possessed by an Archdemon, solely to Yoon Seung-ah.
“How did you…?”
At Kim Se-hyun’s words, Go Johan stood facing her, keeping his mouth shut.
“Finally.”
Instead, he repeated what he had said earlier.
“It has come to this.”
At Kim Se-hyun’s feet, Kim Tae-hwan lay unconscious with fatal wounds.
As mentioned.
“You’re still resisting, even now.”
It was a fatal wound.
The Archdemon’s will trying to corrupt Kim Se-hyun was a test, and Go Johan couldn’t intervene.
If a single will didn’t take control, his substitution would become meaningless.
Rather, her mind could split in two, potentially making the situation even worse than before.
And now.
“You did well.”
Kim Se-hyun had won.
GRAB!
Go Johan grabbed Kim Se-hyun’s head and said.
“Really, you did so well.”
Not killing Kim Tae-hwan was Kim Se-hyun’s will.
Despite that damned adult, she had resisted the demon’s temptation and endured.
“AAARGH! You damned girl!”
A voice that seemed to be the Archdemon’s rang out from within the head he held.
“Stupid! Stupid girl!”
It was screaming in agony.
Understandably so, as from its perspective, it had been defeated by a mere human.
“How could this be difficult? You could have had everything! You should have had sufficient anger sleeping within you!”
And.
“Enough whining.”
CRACK!
No trace remained on Kim Se-hyun’s head.
To what was inside.
“AAAARGH!”
He had only shocked the Archdemon’s presence.
This was possible because he was Go Johan, not Michael.
[Black Knight Job Special, Pierce the Abyss activated.]
[Direct strikes against the opponent’s darkness are possible.]
This was truly nothing less than a blessing bestowed by the Goddess.
RUMBLE!
Kim Se-hyun’s body was shaking violently.
“Did you think the vessel you coveted would be so weak?”
Go Johan who was Michael.
The great Holy Knight and also the Knight stained by darkness to hunt demons spoke.
“Begone.”
BOOM!
An explosion echoed from within Kim Se-hyun’s body.
THUD.
As if losing consciousness, Kim Se-hyun’s eyes rolled back and she was about to collapse when Go Johan caught her.
SHIMMER.
Yoon Seung-ah appeared and embraced Kim Se-hyun.
“Yoon Seung-ah, step back.”
Go Johan told Yoon Seung-ah to retreat.
TWITCH.
It wasn’t over yet.
Kim Tae-hwan, his fallen body was twitching and rising.
ROAR!
The energy pouring out suddenly enveloped the space and.
BOOM!
It was trying to break even Yoon Seung-ah’s magic.
If Go Johan hadn’t reached out to block it, her magic would surely have broken.
“Focus all your power on maintaining the magic.”
“…Understood, Boss.”
Yoon Seung-ah’s body shimmered and disappeared again.
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Yoon Seung-ah had said.
She had investigated Gong Cheol-woo of Teraco, and found that the seed’s origin was elsewhere.
While Gong Cheol-woo thought he had obtained it by chance from the gate, in reality.
‘The information came from Taehan, they say.’
That information had come from Taehan.
CRUNCH, CRUNCH.
Kim Tae-hwan, whose stomach had clearly been pierced, was now standing before Go Johan perfectly fine.
The corners of his mouth.
GRIN.
Split wide into a smile.
“Unfortunately…”
Just as Kim Tae-hwan’s mouth opened and his voice came out.
GRAB!
Go Johan was already gripping the air.
CRUNCH!
Tearing apart the air as if crushing it.
To others’ eyes it might look like a foolish action, but Go Johan’s sky-blue eyes.
The world seen through divine sight was different.
SNAP!
Grabbing and tearing the thread connected to Kim Tae-hwan, or rather the Archdemon possessing his body.
Just that alone.
CRUNCH!
Kim Tae-hwan’s arm was torn off.
“This is too much.”
Kim Tae-hwan said.
“You could at least listen…”
But Kim Tae-hwan couldn’t finish his words.
Go Johan had already rushed in and was holding his palm above Kim Tae-hwan’s head.
BOOM!
He grabbed his head and slammed it into the floor.
CRASH!
The floor shattered instantly, breaking through several floors.
Yet when they regained their senses, they were still in the same place, Kim Tae-hwan’s penthouse.
“I will give it my all.”
Thanks to Yoon Seung-ah’s magic.
“Isn’t this too harsh?”
CRUNCH!
Kim Tae-hwan’s skull seemed to cave in.
Yet Kim Tae-hwan was speaking as if nothing was wrong.
This was.
“At our first meeting.”
This was what a demon was.
Tenacious regeneration, vitality that wouldn’t easily die.
If it were any other demon, it would have been torn apart by Go Johan immediately, but.
“This is different from what I expected.”
BOOM!
Go Johan and Kim Tae-hwan’s hands collided.
“Are you the same one I knew?”
Go Johan and Kim Tae-hwan stared at each other, their hands locked together.
“This is our first meeting.”
Go Johan said.
“Finally, you answer.”
Seemingly satisfied with this, as a smile spread across Kim Tae-hwan’s face.
WHOOSH!
Another arm sprouted from Kim Tae-hwan’s chest and struck Go Johan’s solar plexus hard.
BOOM!
With the explosion, Go Johan slid backward.
“I couldn’t intervene in Travania, since you eliminated what could have been my vessel.”
The vessel of Wrath.
“Kartul.”
The Orc Great Chieftain who rose up with ten million orcs was destined to be his vessel.
“How long has it been since I’ve had such freedom.”
The space seemed to distort again.
In between.
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!
Kim Tae-hwan’s arms multiplied into dozens, rushing toward Go Johan.
CRUNCH!
Though he grabbed and tore apart the air, ripping most of those arms.
ROAR!
The regenerated arms between them transformed into snake heads, trying to devour Go Johan.
BOOM!
Hit again, Go Johan stepped back.
“You’ve grown weak.”
Kim Tae-hwan, or rather the Archdemon Wrath possessing his body, said.
“Where is that form that made us all tremble in fear?”
As if disappointed, Wrath spoke.
Even as he spoke.
Bulge and shrink.
His body kept changing shape, repeatedly swelling and deflating.
“Is it because of the curses and sins?”
Wrath said with a laugh.
The Archdemons were different from Demon Lords, rather existing before them.
The sins and curses they accumulated – Go Johan alone bore all of them except for two sins.
That was something even the Demon God couldn’t achieve.
“Truly arrogant. So arrogant.”
An arrogance beyond imagination.
“Can’t you even wield your sword?”
“You sure talk a lot.”
Go Johan straightened up and cracked his neck.
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“Grown weak, you say?”
Go Johan exhaled heavily and spoke.
“Yes, I have.”
It was true.
Even at this moment, he was using all his strength to suppress the curses and sins trying to raise their heads.
Rather because of that.
“I’m impressed.”
Even Wrath was amazed.
It meant he still had enough power to face him while dealing with all that.
“It’s also true that I can’t wield my sword.”
Go Johan’s, or rather Michael’s sword was truly devastating.
One strike had torn off the rampaging Dragon Lord’s wings, and split the sea visible behind him.
Such a sword would destroy even its user’s flesh.
Now, using much of his power to suppress the curses and sins, carelessly wielding the sword would lead to uncontrollable consequences.
“So?”
Go Johan said.
In the past, he wouldn’t have even exchanged words with such vermin.
“So what are you trying to say?”
The surging emotions had changed Go Johan.
This too must be the influence of the curse.
BOOM!
Kim Tae-hwan’s legs exploded.
“I’m not the only one who’s grown weak.”
Go Johan’s lips curled slightly upward.
“The same goes for you, doesn’t it?”
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!
Kim Tae-hwan’s reddening flesh kept exploding.
Earlier, when Wrath possessed Kim Tae-hwan’s body, the Goddess had spoken.
[An incomplete Archdemon is possessing.]
He couldn’t dwell in Kim Se-hyun, who should have been his original vessel.
Instead, he dwelled in Kim Tae-hwan, whom he probably considered a mere puppet.
[The Square Demon, incomplete Wrath manifests.]
Such a being was merely a Square.
Of course, he was the strongest among the demons Go Johan had faced with his current body, and by players’ standards.
‘Level 600 range.’
He would be an unimaginable monster, but it didn’t matter.
WHOOSH!
The moment Kim Tae-hwan’s body completely exploded.
Drop.
As if time had stopped, the blood droplets that should have burst from Kim Tae-hwan hung suspended in the air.
-Yes, let’s do this.
The moment the voice boomed through space.
WHOOSH!
Each blood droplet turned into a red blade and rained down.
CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG!
Though he blocked and destroyed them, there were too many.
Pushed back again and again, when Go Johan finally regained his balance.
Pierce, pierce.
Dozens of holes had been pierced through Go Johan’s body.
Through them.
Step.
Kim Tae-hwan, covered in red armor, was walking forward.
Horns protruding from both temples and both shoulders.
He had finally revealed his true form completely.
-Knight of Illusion.
One of his arms transformed into a blade and swung toward Go Johan.
CLANG!
Metal rang out as it collided with Go Johan’s hand gesture.
‘So I have to do that after all.’
Go Johan took his stance with a lowered face.
His weakened body, as the other had said.
[Due to the Zealot title, Faith stat is converted into Strength, Agility… stats.]
Though his Faith stat now exceeded 2000, most of it was being used to suppress the sins and curses.
However.
-Boss!
If he loosened those shackles just a little, he could draw out some of his past power.