How A Mythical Holy Knight Lives As A Villain (Novel) - Chapter 23
Chapter 23
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If he just loosened the shackles.
BOOM!
Meanwhile, Kim Tae-hwan, no, Wrath continued to attack Go Johan.
‘The shackles….’
Go Johan bit his lip.
When his body was still too young, he had loosened those shackles once.
And he knew what the results had been.
‘The erosion of curses, the erosion of sins.’
After that, he needed more faith to suppress them, and their influence on him grew stronger.
He knew that memory and feeling marked territory that shouldn’t be stepped into.
BOOM!
“Kha… Khahaha!”
Wrath shouted and laughed maniacally.
“Is that all you’ve got?”
Ten arms had grown somehow, transformed into blood-red blades.
CRASH!
No matter how many times he destroyed them, it was useless.
Wrath would recover according to the severity of his sins.
“I guess there’s no choice.”
If necessary, he had to do it.
What was there to fear? He had vowed to become a demon to hunt demons.
“Boss!”
Yoon Seung-ah tried to stop him, and he felt her great burden.
Those who became apostles were Triangle-level demons, equivalent to level 500 players.
They needed some breakthrough to advance beyond that.
Yoon Seung-ah couldn’t endure such destruction forever.
“I’ve burdened you, sorry.”
The moment Go Johan’s eyes changed.
SWOOSH!
Seven blood-red blades simultaneously targeted Go Johan.
And.
CLANG!
Another blood-red blade blocked them.
“St-stop…”
A familiar voice.
“Stop it!”
It was Kim Se-hyun.
As if she had picked up an arm that had fallen from Wrath, Kim Se-hyun wielded a blood-red blade against Wrath’s attack.
“I said stop!”
Kim Se-hyun shouted.
“How long will you continue! Father…!”
ROAR!
The energy bursting from Kim Se-hyun was extraordinary.
And Go Johan knew exactly what it was.
What other apostles had experienced.
‘Awakening.’
When an Archdemon takes root, the body’s potential explodes in an instant.
This was how Envy, barely twelve years old, could cut down Teraco guild members, and how Greed, barely five, could cast his greed from the shadows.
And Kim Se-hyun too.
KUKUKU!
Now that potential was bursting forth, awakening.
“What a shame.”
Wrath said.
“That should have been mine.”
Wrath spoke as if genuinely regretful.
Wrath’s rank was very high among the sins.
The body of Kim Se-hyun, whom such a being genuinely coveted and wanted as a vessel, was truly.
ROAR!
Like a shining star.
CLANG!
Kim Se-hyun deflected Wrath’s blades.
“But I can’t keep regretting forever.”
Then, the deflected blades curved like whips and targeted Kim Se-hyun.
Kim Se-hyun tried to swing her sword in panic, but it was too much for someone who had just awakened.
“Die with your Knight of Illusion.”
Wrath was certain he would split Kim Se-hyun’s head in half.
GRAB!
But Go Johan, who had suddenly appeared before Kim Se-hyun, caught the blade in his hand.
CRACK!
And crushed it.
The same happened to the other blades that came pouring out.
Thud thud thud.
Like puppets with cut strings, they fell powerlessly to the ground.
“…?”
Wrath’s face slowly contorted in incomprehension.
“You…”
And.
“How can you handle that power!”
He was astounded.
In Wrath’s distorted vision, Go Johan appeared as if bearing all the world’s drowsiness alone.
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Kim Se-hyun’s awakening wouldn’t change anything.
Yoon Seung-ah didn’t have much time left to hold out.
The only way.
[Sloth’s curse is strengthened.]
[Faith stats used to suppress curses and sins are converted to Strength, Agility, etc.]
This was the only option.
[Job Black Knight temporarily changes.]
[Job….]
BOOM!
Everything seemed to flow away.
Like a cat on a comfortable bed, even Wrath couldn’t resist the overwhelming drowsiness.
[You have acquired Knight of Sloth.]
[Knight of Sloth special skill, Sin of Sloth activates.]
Wrath’s vision began to crumble.
He wanted to fall into sleep that seemed about to pour down.
Moving his body felt bothersome.
Thud.
“Why?”
Such questions arose.
Why should I fight, why am I suffering so much for what?
[Consumed by sleep demon.]
[Consumed by powerlessness.]
And.
“Hah.”
Even breathing, even the basic necessities for maintaining life, he wanted to give up.
He just wanted to close his eyes and wait for comfort to come.
But.
ROAR!
The opponent was Wrath.
A sin more powerful than Sloth, Wrath that must burn and slaughter everything in the world burst forth, and dozens of blades.
Becoming hundreds, they poured toward Go Johan.
Swoosh.
Go Johan raised his hand very slowly while watching them.
At that moment.
THUD!
The hundreds of blades stopped and fell.
Though Wrath himself regained consciousness, his extended arms couldn’t withstand the domain of Sloth.
“Yawn.”
Go Johan, yawning sleepily, took a step forward.
“Impossible…”
Wrath was shocked.
Not only was it incomprehensible that a mere human could handle the sin of Sloth, but even more incomprehensible was.
“How can you move?”
That Go Johan was moving, stretching his legs forward.
Go Johan should be most affected by Sloth’s curse, yet he could overcome that power because.
“Oh Goddess.”
It was thanks to that insane faith.
Go Johan had reached right in front of Wrath.
If his true form had manifested, he would have been confident of victory.
But.
“Damn it.”
He was wrong.
At this point, when only a fragment could manifest, the outcome was already decided.
But it couldn’t end like this.
WHOOSH!
Wings burst through Kim Tae-hwan’s back, and hundreds of blades attached to those wings simultaneously passed by Go Johan.
Go Johan didn’t block them, or rather, couldn’t block them.
In this downpour of drowsiness, tearing apart Wrath was all Go Johan could do.
“Boss!”
Yoon Seung-ah tried to step in, but Wrath’s blades were too fast.
What Wrath was aiming for.
“I can’t lose… even that.”
Was the awakened Kim Se-hyun.
The blades of Wrath poured toward her as she sat there, unable to control her exploding power.
And they stopped right before her eyes.
“Damn it.”
Along with Wrath’s curse.
SWOOSH!
Kim Tae-hwan’s body melted away.
[You have hunted the Sin of Wrath.]
[You have acquired a massive amount of Karma Points.]
[The Sin of Wrath is substituted into Go Johan.]
The Goddess’s voice rang out.
[Faith stat greatly increases.]
[You have substituted six sins.]
[You have acquired Proof of Substitution.]
Three cross-shaped earrings pierced Go Johan’s ears and emitted light.
[Proof of Substitution]
[Legendary]
[Can contain part of the curse.]
The Goddess’s voice wasn’t finished yet.
[You have acquired Gares’s Longsword.]
[Legendary]
A blood-red longsword fell.
Stagger.
Go Johan swayed as if about to collapse.
“Boss!”
Yoon Seung-ah, who had appeared suddenly, caught him.
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Sleep would bring ease.
Do nothing.
Or if not that, eliminate everything.
You could find peace in nothingness.
“…Bullshit.”
Go Johan rejected the voice echoing in his head.
A hangover like he’d drunk to his liver’s limit assaulted his body.
His muscles felt like they would tear, and his heart beat slowly as if about to become a corpse.
The curse seemed stronger than before.
Snicker.
But Go Johan smiled.
Because this level wouldn’t change anything.
“Boss, are you coming to?”
When Go Johan opened his eyes, he first saw Yoon Seung-ah.
Her worried face brought him some relief.
And beside her.
“…”
Kim Se-hyun stood with an expression of disbelief.
“Student… teacher?”
Kim Se-hyun recognized Yoon Seung-ah’s face.
“Hah.”
The barrier was still active.
Go Johan freed himself from Yoon Seung-ah’s support and lay on the sofa.
Though he wanted to fall asleep right away, there were things to sort out.
“Taehan… clean up.”
“Don’t worry. Greed is already moving.”
Kim Tae-hwan was dead.
It was inevitable, having contained an Archdemon’s fragment in such a weak vessel.
“…Kim Se-hyun.”
Go Johan called out to Kim Se-hyun.
“…”
Kim Se-hyun couldn’t answer easily, understandably so, having witnessed unimaginable scenes and just lost her father.
“You’re not stupid. I think you understand the situation somewhat.”
CLENCH.
Kim Se-hyun tightly clenched her fist at Go Johan’s words.
“You can’t live normally anymore… but if you want, I can help.”
“…”
“Yoon Seung-ah will return to help. Let’s talk after we handle the situation.”
Go Johan stood up.
Meanwhile, a tattoo was forming on his neck as payment for absorbing Wrath.
Though Kim Se-hyun seemed surprised again at this sight.
“Can I ask just one thing?”
She gathered her courage to speak.
“At the end… was that Father?”
Wrath had tried to kill Kim Se-hyun to prevent her, an excellent vessel, from going to Go Johan.
But he stopped right before achieving his goal.
Go Johan stood.
“…”
It was probably Kim Se-hyun’s guess was right.
It wasn’t about denial or love.
If such things could oppose an Archdemon’s will, Travania wouldn’t have fallen.
Just because it was a fragment and facing death.
‘Kim Tae-hwan.’
Kim Tae-hwan’s paternal instinct might have briefly surfaced.
The Archdemon seemed to have long cultivated Kim Tae-hwan to obtain Kim Se-hyun.
“Probably.”
After Go Johan said this, he disappeared with Yoon Seung-ah.
CLENCH.
Kim Se-hyun tightly clenched her fist.
But she didn’t cry.
She didn’t want to cry anymore.