How A Mythical Holy Knight Lives As A Villain (Novel) - Chapter 28
Chapter 28
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[Black Gate has been detected.]
[Black Gate has been detected.]
[Black Gate has been detected.]
[….]
Go Johan’s face contorted at the warning sounds echoing in his head.
The door he had already opened, prepared and waited for all this time.
Those things that had remained silent for years, only watching, had now begun to move.
‘Of all times.’
On his mother’s birthday.
“Really….”
Go Johan curled one corner of his mouth and said.
“Damn these things.”
At that moment.
“Captain, excuse me.”
As Yoon Seung-ah’s hand touched him, Go Johan’s view changed.
Above Seoul’s sky.
Whoosh!
Everything could be seen from above at once.
In Go Johan’s half-opened eyes, countless threads of lines became visible.
“Yoon Seung-ah.”
With Go Johan’s voice, Yoon Seung-ah’s eyes also began to shine.
Though unable to see the world of divine sight, she could vaguely sense it through Go Johan.
“Let’s move.”
Yoon Seung-ah gave orders to someone.
If demons were beginning to move, the apostles had to move as well.
That’s what the apostles were raised for.
“……”
Go Johan hadn’t yet identified all the locations where Black Gates would open.
Unlike the past, the current Black Gates were very sporadic and explosive.
The traces felt were tangled, making it impossible to pinpoint their locations.
And then.
[Black Gate has been activated.]
Finally, the first Black Gate activated.
-Captain, don’t worry.
Kim Sion and Envy’s voices came through Yoon Seung-ah.
“Envy, don’t let your guard down.”
Until now, the apostles had experienced several Black Gates but always accompanied by Go Johan.
Their power was strong enough to tear apart low-level demons, but the demons’ dark intentions and methods were always troublesome.
[Black Gate has been activated.]
Second, third, fourth….
When the activation of Black Gates was felt.
Woong! Woong!
Go Johan’s phone began ringing frantically.
-Currently unconfirmed gate generation near Cheonan, all residents please evacuate.
-Currently….
Disaster messages from the Association kept making the phone ring incessantly.
And then.
-Don’t worry too much.
Lee Jae-kyung’s welcome voice was also heard.
Though not an apostle, he had served by Go Johan’s side for over 10 years.
Ready to abandon glory and bear dishonor, last time.
-We prepared for this moment.
He was accepted as a seed.
Even though no seed was ever kept in Travania.
“I trust you. Be careful.”
Lee Jae-kyung was Go Johan’s first seed.
‘Not yet.’
There was still one more.
More powerful than the currently opened Black Gates.
Kwang!
Was it because of the disaster message? The sound of cars accelerating on the road colliding echoed.
Though gates had become part of their daily lives, it had been a long time since the Association had so urgently.
Woong! Woong!
Warned about something.
And that’s when it happened.
Whoosh.
In Go Johan’s view, it was the moment when he finally found the thread of the last Black Gate.
“…Captain.”
Along with Yoon Seung-ah’s heavy voice, when the view changed.
Kwaaaaaa!
There, a black maw was gaping open, looking down at Go Johan majestically.
[Black Gate has been activated.]
The last activated Black Gate.
“…These damn things.”
It was in Cheongdam.
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Kwaaaa!
The demonic energy spewing from the Black Gate was contaminating the surrounding land.
One of Seoul’s central areas and a symbol of wealth, the streets of Cheongdam.
Kwang! Whoosh!
Were collapsing and burning from the aftermath.
Even though it was a place full of defensive items prepared for such incidents, the Black Gate’s demonic energy was something that couldn’t be blocked by such things.
Fortunately.
“Human casualties seem to be minimal.”
The number of those sacrificed in the disaster was surprisingly low.
The numerous life responses were proof of that.
‘All thanks to the Captain.’
Yoon Seung-ah swallowed these words without speaking them, knowing it was thanks to Go Johan.
Having waited for this day for a long time while making countless preparations, Go Johan had set up multiple layers of magic and barriers to minimize the damage.
Probably buying time before the gate’s effects could explode.
“……”
Meanwhile, Go Johan was staring at the Black Gate in the sky.
“…It will be alright.”
Yoon Seung-ah carefully consoled him.
A fact that both she and Go Johan knew.
That this place they were standing on was Go Johan’s destination, where Go Min-ji had been, and.
Also that despite the double and triple preparations, being so close to where the Black Gate opened, she must have been swept in.
Neither Go Min-ji’s nor Kim Da-yeon’s presence could be felt.
“……”
Though wanting to rush into the Black Gate immediately, he couldn’t.
With Go Min-ji inside, they didn’t know what would happen if Go Johan entered the still unstabilized Black Gate.
That’s when.
“Over here!”
“Hurry!”
It seemed the Association members and nearby guilds had quickly arrived at the disaster in Seoul.
Such people spotted Go Johan and Yoon Seung-ah and shouted.
“What are you doing here!”
“Are you players?”
They appeared to be Association players, and judging by the emblems on their clothes, members of the Cheonsan Guild.
Fortunately, those who ranked last among Korea’s top 10 guilds seemed to be nearby.
“Who are you!”
An Association member shouted at the silent Go Johan.
“Huh? You look familiar…”
Someone from Cheonsan seemed to recognize Go Johan.
“Whoever you are, player or not, come over here right now! This is now an Association operation zone!”
The Association member shouted threateningly.
“You mustn’t interfere now.”
Finally, Go Johan spoke.
“Until it stabilizes, no one should enter.”
If such a thing were to happen, they might be trapped in the demon realm with no way back.
“What are you saying! Do you know what that is?”
Perhaps due to Go Johan’s appearance of barely twenty, the Association member shouted informally.
Regardless of their attitude, they were just doing their job.
“Get out of here, kid! This is Association and Cheonsan operation zone! Hey, you’re Shinsung’s Go Johan, right?”
“Go Johan? That troublemaker from Shinsung?”
“Yeah, that kid. It’s Go Johan.”
Some Cheonsan members seemed to recognize Go Johan’s identity.
“Someone from Shinsung trying to overstep. This is our territory, kid. I heard you’re an outcast. Don’t get any ideas and step aside.”
But their true intentions weren’t pure.
A gate like they’d never seen before, whatever its identity.
“Damn it. It’s ours.”
They were calculating its value rather than its danger.
Go Johan closed his eyes.
As they said, even with Shinsung’s authority, human greed couldn’t be overcome.
Even when he pleaded about the demon invasion at age six and warned of its dangers.
‘Nothing would have changed.’
Humans never truly realize until the situation is upon them.
-Michael, who are you to mess with my gold?
-It’s mine. Mine!
Just like those in Travania.
What couldn’t be done even in the name of the great Holy Knight, couldn’t be expected on Earth.
Therefore.
“Yoon Seung-ah.”
He declared he would become the villain.
“Clear them out.”
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As Yoon Seung-ah slowly walked forward, the Association members were bewildered.
But.
Smirk.
Cheonsan was different.
“A face I haven’t seen before, are you from Shinsung too?”
A Shinsung bloodline appearing at the gate’s location, and the woman with him.
Since many knew that Sword Demon Lee Jae-kyung had long been Go Johan’s guard, they thought this woman must also be one of Shinsung’s players.
“What are you trying to do?”
“This is our territory. The Association approved it, and you think we’ll hand it over to you when we don’t even know what that is?”
“If you don’t move right now…”
Clang!
Cheonsan even drew their weapons.
“Let’s do this, the justification is on our side.”
“W-wait! Everyone calm down!”
An Association member tried to stop Cheonsan, but it was useless.
“Unless it’s bought by Shinsung, step aside. This is our territory, and we’re exercising our rightful authority. Any problem with that?”
“This is a disaster…”
“We need to confirm whether it’s a disaster or not ourselves! We’re willing to risk our lives to check!”
By then, Yoon Seung-ah was already right in front of Cheonsan.
“Haah.”
Yoon Seung-ah let out a small sigh.
‘The Captain said he’d become a villain, but.’
In Yoon Seung-ah’s view, he was never a villain.
It would be more efficient to just crush them.
Yoon Seung-ah slowly took something out.
Grrrk!
Cheonsan swung their swords threateningly, thinking she was drawing a weapon, but their bodies were bound as if by thin threads, unable to move.
“Wh-what…”
Moreover, what Yoon Seung-ah took out wasn’t a weapon.
“Cheonsan, 3rd Squad Captain. Kim In-ho.”
Yoon Seung-ah called the man’s name.
“What… why!”
As the 3rd Squad Captain of a top ten guild, it was natural that his face and name were well-known.
“Catch.”
Yoon Seung-ah released Kim In-ho’s bindings and threw a phone.
Kim In-ho instinctively caught the phone and listened to the voice coming through.
“…? Guild Master?”
The person on the other end was Cheonsan’s Guild Master, Choi Cheon-sang.
“What? What?”
That voice that shouted every day, Kim In-ho couldn’t mistake it.
Moreover, with that tone and situation so clearly understood, it couldn’t be a fake Guild Master.
“Are you serious?”
-Yes! You b*st*rd!
Choi Cheon-sang’s voice was so loud it seemed to be heard even in this commotion.
-Shut up and do as they say! If they say get out, get out! If they say follow, follow!
“But… who exactly…”
-…I’ll tell you later.
There was nothing more to say.
The call had already ended.
“What did he say?”
Yoon Seung-ah spoke to Kim In-ho.
Finding this commotion strange, all the Association members and Cheonsan guild members were watching.
“…Cheonsan will follow your orders to seal off the gate area. Cheonsan’s gate priority…”
Kim In-ho’s face showed disbelief even as he spoke.
“Will be entrusted to Lord Sloth.”
“Well done.”