How A Mythical Holy Knight Lives As A Villain (Novel) - Chapter 79
Chapter 79
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-You must be going through a lot of trouble.
Kim Da-Yeon was startled by the voice she heard.
She had been told that voices entering the Black Room were modified by magical effects.
“Do you… know who I am?”
But Go Johan seemed to not only be looking directly at this place, but also appeared to notice even the magical modification.
-Kim Da-Yeon.
“…!”
-Head of the Investigation Department of the Korea Players Association, and a longtime friend of my sister, Go Min-Ji.
Tremble.
-We met once regarding the Black Crown incident, and this seems to be the first time we’re meeting again.
Kim Da-Yeon’s entire body trembled.
All she could do was try not to collapse.
‘How?’
The Black Room was known to be impenetrable even to the Emperor, who had been the worst criminal in the past.
The Emperor, who had felt fear in that darkness, later sat down and wailed in a manner unbecoming of his title.
-If you ask whether I can see over there, I can see.
“…!”
-The same goes for whether I can hear properly.
How.
-Shall I give you an answer?
Tremble.
“N-no.”
-Please speak comfortably. After all, you’re my sister’s friend.
Crazy, to think he would say such a thing.
Kim Da-Yeon actually regained her composure from the absurdity of it all.
“Don’t you… ask?”
-Ask what?
“How things turned out. What’s happening, things like that.”
Go Johan had been confined in the Black Room and restrained, after which all contact with the outside was prohibited.
Kim Da-Yeon had been the one monitoring, so she was certain.
So, he would have to ask.
“Aren’t you curious?”
No, perhaps she wanted to find out one more thing.
-Are you curious whether I know about outside news?
Flinch.
-Russia has made its move, and the American president secretly demanded my release, though there was no need for that.
Tremble tremble tremble.
-The Sanctum is protecting Guild Leader Choi Ji-O’s safety, and I know they’re pressuring the Association to announce my innocence before announcing they’ve secured testimony.
Thud.
Finally, Kim Da-Yeon collapsed.
-But the Association also has a card to play. The video recording devices.
That was exactly right.
-In the footage from inside the Black Gate, showing me massacring Viren Guild members and Geo Guild members. Isn’t that right?
“Stop, stop…”
-Mana and items cannot be deceived. The video recording devices, which are classified as items, would be telling the truth, and the words of Choi Ji-O, who is human, cannot be trusted.
“Stop!”
-The Association has decided that Go Johan is.
“Stop… it.”
-A mass murderer.
The video recording devices weren’t tampered with.
It’s just that.
‘They simply cannot record demons.’
Geo and Viren had been devoured by demons, but according to the records, they still appeared in human form.
Go Johan was simply a mass murderer who suddenly attacked such people and took their lives, and the Association had that evidence.
“Stop… saying that.”
Kim Da-Yeon said as if crying.
“Everything, everything is being recorded.”
-It doesn’t matter.
Go Johan said.
-As always, I’m merely giving a warning.
“Warning… what exactly are you warning about?”
If he wanted to warn about demons, he shouldn’t have caused such an incident.
He should have taken time and followed procedures so people could understand.
So Kim Da-Yeon couldn’t understand at all who the target of Go Johan’s warning was.
-Demons.
“…!”
-I don’t care what you people do. So there will be no change in your fate.
Such a warning.
-Let me add one more thing.
Go Johan took one step closer to the wall of the Black Room as he spoke.
-Those who have joined hands with demons, those who want to join hands, and….
Ripple.
-All those who would interfere with that.
That was the end.
Kim Da-Yeon could no longer continue the conversation.
Tremble tremble tremble.
The trembling wouldn’t stop, and the fear wouldn’t subside.
The unknown, incomprehensible, utterly unfathomable existence of Go Johan was destroying Kim Da-Yeon’s very world.
-I’m hungry, isn’t there any food?
If it weren’t for those words, she really would have wet herself from fear.
Kim Da-Yeon thought.
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Kim Da-Yeon left the Black Room’s control room.
As she said.
Whoosh.
Go Johan could see all of it clearly.
Though it was the Association’s pride, the worst containment facility, Go Johan possessed power that transcended it.
The power to see beyond the essence, even to the other side.
‘Divine Eye.’
And if he wanted, he could twist this at any time and exit the Black Room.
Also, the reason such a Go Johan could communicate with the outside was simple.
A thin thread, one that could not be severed by anything.
-Captain.
It was the connection with the apostles.
Yoon Seung-Ah’s tired and angry voice could be heard.
-China has contacted the Korean government….
“Seung-Ah.”
Everything would be recorded and filmed, but this voice would not be.
Go Johan had not permitted it.
-Captain!
Finally, Yoon Seung-Ah, filled with life, shouted.
Until now, Go Johan had been confined in the Black Room, and he had merely listened to Yoon Seung-Ah’s voice but never responded.
“Sorry. I was thinking about something.”
-No. I knew you were safe, but I was… worried.
“Liar.”
Go Johan said, leaning against the wall of the Black Room.
Originally, magical interference should have caused flames and electricity to flow, burning Go Johan’s skin.
“You don’t trust me that much? You, Seung-Ah?”
-That, that’s not it….
“I’m kidding.”
Yoon Seung-Ah’s confusion could be felt through the connection.
-…You seem to have changed somehow.
After a long silence, Yoon Seung-Ah’s voice came again.
“Is this the first or second time? I’m just gradually realizing things.”
When he closed his eyes, the last moment of being restrained was vivid.
‘Johan!’
‘Go Johan!’
‘Step aside right now!’
The appearance of those who could be called blood relatives, family.
“Why? Don’t you like it?”
-No. Whatever form you take, you’re still the Captain.
“How boring.”
-I’m, I’m sorry….
Yoon Seung-Ah’s voice sounded flustered at Go Johan’s words.
At that, Go Johan curled up the corners of his mouth again.
“I feel somewhat relieved.”
Go Johan said.
-Is it because of the Sanctum?
“That’s part of it.”
He thought that someday, when that day came, the Sanctum might turn their backs on him.
He thought they might inevitably close their eyes and turn away because of their vested interests and power.
‘No, that’s not it.’
If it were just that, he would have been calm.
It was too familiar an occurrence anyway.
It’s just.
“I thought they would only get hurt.”
He thought Shin Soo-Kyung wouldn’t be able to overcome it.
But the eyes and voice he saw that day.
‘Johan.’
She was a much stronger and more resilient person than he had thought.
“Mother…”
Of course, it wasn’t over yet.
Similar incidents, even worse ones, would happen several more times.
“You’ll never give up, will you?”
-She will. That person seems strong.
“Then I have to protect her.”
Go Johan said.
“Stop all the things Greed is doing now, Seung-Ah, you too.”
-I will.
There was no questioning from the apostles.
Even if Go Johan was absent, they were people who moved on their own, guessing his intentions.
Even if that was wrong, Go Johan had no intention of pointing it out, and the apostles would simply push forward with what they thought was right.
Absolute, unshakeable trust existed between them.
“…A necessary evil?”
Go Johan said.
“It’s something I’ve already decided to do.”
And.
Crack.
Go Johan’s face contorted.
“What about those damn bastards?”
-We’ve dealt with them all. However, we’ve captured a few alive as they might be necessary.
It couldn’t have been easy, yet they never betrayed expectations.
“Good work. And well done.”
-…
“I’ll tell you how to use them, and…”
Swoosh.
Go Johan caressed the wall of the Black Room.
“Look into the Association, the World Association. Everything related to this.”
The Black Room, was it?
The apostles, who had been extending their influence for a long time, had reported and talked about it several times.
‘The Association.’
Their peculiarities and the parts that needed attention.
Particularly, the Association had aspects so deep and dark that even the apostles’ abilities found it difficult to penetrate.
“The Black Room. This is not of this world.”
Though they had been doing it before, it seemed necessary to move a bit more earnestly.
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The Black Room fundamentally lacked any conditions for human survival.
A space where even human rights were stripped away.
Originally, an otherworld where the laws of this world did not apply.
That was what the World Association explained the Black Room to be.
No toilet, no bed.
Things like bodily functions naturally disappeared through the Black Room’s ability, but for those confined within, it could truly be called hell.
“…How did you do it…?”
The scene Kim Da-Yeon saw when she returned was unbelievable.
-I thought it might be necessary, so I made some modifications. I didn’t know how long I’d be here.
The Black Room had been arranged to have the basic form of a room.
A separate bathroom and shower facilities, even a bed from who knows where.
‘Inventory?’
No, that’s impossible.
That place was an otherworld where mana didn’t work.
That meant.
‘I heard the system doesn’t work there.’
Then she couldn’t even imagine where those objects came from.
Was there another administrator she didn’t know about? No.
A spy in the Association…
-Mana is a more infinite power than you think. Especially if the entire space is made only of mana.
“…!”
-Creation might be solely the domain of god, but perhaps mimicry is possible. Think of it as a kind of dream. You know those, don’t you?
Go Johan said, sitting on a chair he had even created.
-Dreams where whatever you imagine comes true. Think of it as that kind of thing.
That doesn’t make any sense…
Then suddenly, Kim Da-Yeon realized something even more important.
“…Can you, can you hear me?”
Kim Da-Yeon had just entered the control room.
She hadn’t even pressed the microphone button connected to the Black Room yet.
-Yes. I told you that you could speak comfortably. And.
As if he didn’t care about Kim Da-Yeon’s shock, Go Johan said.
-Soup rice? How traditional.
In Kim Da-Yeon’s hands was the soup rice she had bought to give to Go Johan.