How A Mythical Holy Knight Lives As A Villain (Novel) - Chapter 37
Chapter 37
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-Vermut’s Claw!
The moment the auction’s main item finally revealed itself.
BOOM!
With an explosion, the window shattered, and chaos erupted.
“Protect the VIPs!”
Saman shouted.
Clang!
Sparks flew from the sword tips of those presumed to be from Goldian.
Fortunately.
“How dare you cause a disturbance where I, Greus, am present!”
Most VIPs were high-level ranker Players.
When the chaos slightly subsided, the auction hall looked devastating.
Corpses of masked individuals and injured Saman and Goldian members lay scattered.
Fortunately, whether due to their desperate protection or the VIPs’ own abilities, the VIPs remained relatively unscathed.
“…Everything went as planned.”
In the room overlooking everything, Samuel spoke to Go Johan.
Meanwhile.
Clang!
The battle continued.
Masked individuals rushed madly toward the legendary item, and Goldian fought desperately to protect it.
Or rather, appeared to be fighting.
To Go Johan’s eyes, it was obvious they were deliberately making way.
But if there was something unexpected.
BOOM!
The man named Greus.
He was stronger than anticipated, already having taken down three masked individuals.
“Die!”
Two masked individuals couldn’t even exchange blows with Greus.
Eventually, one of the masked individuals.
BANG!
Destroyed the display case containing Vermut’s Claw with a prepared mana bomb.
“Has anyone who touched this infused it with mana?”
Go Johan asked at that moment.
“……”
No answer came.
“Probably not. If someone had, this auction wouldn’t have been held in the first place.”
Most legendary items Go Johan had recovered only contained slight curses, not items that could be called evil spirits.
But Vermut’s Claw was different.
‘Evil spirit.’
This was definitely an evil spirit.
Created by the corrupted dwarves, the Dvergar, hammered out in the blood-light furnace.
Perhaps the lowest-grade among evil spirits.
BOOM BOOM CRASH!
A definite evil spirit.
That’s when.
Grab.
One of the masked individuals finally grasped Vermut’s Claw.
WHOOSH!
The energy pouring out made everyone fighting freeze as if time had stopped.
Swell.
Simultaneously, the arm of the masked individual holding Vermut’s Claw began to bulge as if about to burst.
Grotesque blood vessels protruding from his revealed arm.
“Let go!”
Greus, regaining his senses, leaped in.
At that moment.
SWISH!
The masked individual swung Vermut’s Claw.
Though previously unable to block even one of Greus’s moves.
Slice!
Greus’s arm was severed by that single strike.
“…!”
Whether Richard or Samuel had anticipated this, their eyes opened wide.
“A legendary item…!”
The power of a legendary item, no, the power of an evil spirit.
“AAAARGH!”
Greus’s scream echoed.
THUMP!
Everyone’s heart beat simultaneously.
Originally, corrosion wouldn’t have occurred immediately.
It would have revealed itself only after completely parasitizing and establishing itself in the host’s body.
‘Where.’
But Go Johan would never allow that.
[The Great Sin awakens the evil spirit.]
[The Great Sin summons the evil spirit’s true form.]
With the goddess’s voice.
WHOOOOSH!
Everything was swallowed by darkness.
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The Saman Convention Hotel was instantly enveloped in darkness.
Fortunately.
WHOOSH!
As if it were just a momentary illusion, it was sucked back into where it burst out.
Toward the masked individual holding Vermut’s Claw.
“……”
In the silence.
“AAAAARGH!”
Screams erupted.
The terror felt while being engulfed in darkness was beyond what even the most experienced Players could handle.
“…This can’t be.”
Even Richard and Samuel seemed not to have expected this level.
That was understandable as they possessed undisclosed legendary items.
Even those didn’t have such power.
BOOM!
Part of the hotel exploded.
Fortunately, Goldian had some conscience and had rented and emptied the entire building.
In that explosion.
“KYAAAH!”
Regular citizens started getting caught in the aftermath.
Journalists who had been waiting due to interest in Goldian’s auction began frantically pressing their shutters.
In the midst of it.
BOOM!
“It’s Greus!”
Greus, hit once again, flew back with the explosion.
The top-ranked ranker was just twitching, seemingly unconscious.
Step, step.
The masked man emerged, holding Vermut’s Claw.
“Th-this…”
“What are you doing?”
Go Johan spoke then.
“You need to stop this.”
“……”
“What’s happening now can’t end with just an insurance payout.”
“…!”
“How many do you think will die?”
Go Johan said.
“What else do you think that evil artifact will do?”
“……”
Neither Richard nor Samuel could answer.
“If all VIPs die at Goldian’s auction, can you take responsibility?”
Even for Goldian.
Gulp.
It might be impossible.
“That hit the mark.”
Samuel spoke, his equipment had changed somehow.
The appearance of a Golden Knight, same as Go Woojin’s nickname.
Looking at just that appearance, Samuel seemed closer to a Golden Knight.
Or more precisely.
‘Knight of Jewels.’
An item with countless jewels embroidered over gold.
That armor was Goldian’s treasure and hidden legendary item.
‘Goldian Armor.’
Samuel, standing at the broken window, said.
“It seems I’ll need to take some responsibility to have a proper conversation with you.”
Golden light began pouring from his entire body.
And then.
BOOM!
The golden knight faced the masked man holding Vermut’s Claw.
BOOM!
Samuel succeeded in blocking the strike that had sent Greus flying.
-The VIPs have already been evacuated.
Greed’s voice was heard.
‘We can’t let civilians get caught up in this.’
-I’ll keep that in mind.
It was Yoon Seung-ah’s voice.
Swoosh.
The room now showed not just the auction hall but outside the building.
People screaming in surprise and journalists frantically pressing shutters as if seized by a sense of duty.
Among them.
WHOOSH!
The masked man spewing streams of black energy.
-This is ours.
-How can you call it an evil artifact?
They said the same thing in Travania.
That this was rather a holy relic that would allow them to fight demons.
And those things parasitically infected their hosts, infected Travania.
“Watch carefully.”
Go Johan said.
“Why this is a demon, and why this is an evil artifact.”
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Samuel shuddered at the energy he felt at his sword’s tip.
‘What…’
Samuel was ranked 41st globally.
But that was only revealing part of himself.
By Goldian’s intelligence, Samuel’s true ability would settle within the world’s top 20.
Add to that the legendary item Goldian Armor.
[Goldian Armor]
[Legendary]
[Stats increase in proportion to gold possessed.]
[Skill power enhances in proportion to gold possessed.]
[Special Skill: Golden Radiance]
[Can substitute a portion of damage with gold.]
He could confidently say he was within the world’s top 10.
And yet he.
BANG! BANG!
Was only being pushed back.
It wasn’t any swordsmanship or skill.
Moreover, as the one who hired the masked men, knowing their abilities.
BOOM!
Samuel was simply astounded by this moment.
“Kuhuk, kuheuk.”
The masked man holding Vermut’s Claw coughed blood, seemingly unable to handle its power.
Nevertheless.
“Kihe.”
He swung his sword while making sounds like a monster.
The strange thing was.
‘The aftermath doesn’t reach the people.’
It would be unreasonable to think there wasn’t someone’s intervention.
Though someone came to mind.
BANG!
Samuel had to focus on this moment.
But the situation wasn’t improving.
“Support!”
Goldian’s guild members, Saman’s guards, and the arriving Association members.
“Stop!”
They shouldn’t interfere in this fight.
“…!”
“Don’t interfere!”
Getting involved would only lead to pointless deaths.
‘This is a test.’
This was a test set by that man, by those he wanted to meet.
BOOM!
The Goldian Armor cracked.
Though there was still plenty of gold sleeping in the vault, damage beyond what the item could handle came instantly.
WOONG!
Darkness spread out again.
That’s when.
“This should be enough.”
When?
The man with albinism was standing between the masked man and Samuel.
When he came to his senses, darkness had dyed everything around, and only the masked man holding Vermut’s Claw, Samuel.
And Go Johan remained standing.
SWISH!
When the masked man swung Vermut’s Claw at Go Johan.
What even the Goldian Armor struggled to block.
GRAB.
Was caught like Samuel’s broken unique weapon earlier.
“…!”
As the surprised Samuel stepped back.
“Young dragon. No, merely a fragment of one.”
Go Johan’s voice was heard.
WHOOSH!
The darkness spreading from behind the masked man began taking shape.
It was clearly.
“Dr… Dragon…!”
A monster that had never appeared in the world before, a dragon.
Dyed in pitch-black light, boasting three horns on its head.
“Just a fragment that can’t even speak.”
As Go Johan reached out his hand while looking at the dragon.
CRACK!
The dragon’s neck was pulled as if about to be torn off.
And then.
CRUNCH!
It was extracted by something invisible.
When Samuel blinked again.
“Now do you understand what this is?”
Somehow Vermut’s Claw had been torn off along with the masked man’s arm and was in Go Johan’s hand.
“Greed will contact you. See you soon.”
Go Johan walked away slowly with just Vermut’s Claw, as if all this was just everyday life.