How A Mythical Holy Knight Lives As A Villain (Novel) - Chapter 83
Chapter 83
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Kwaaaaaa!
This too was something that had never happened before.
No matter how imminent the Break was, there was only one known method to accelerate a Gate Break.
The countless deaths of players occurring within the Gate – their player cores and mana were said to accelerate Gate Breaks.
Kwaa!
But now, Go Johan had created a Gate Break from the outside.
Kwang!
The magical beasts revealed themselves.
“Ents, Hellhounds, Black Trolls. Quite a variety.”
As those corrupted beings came pouring out of the Gate one after another.
The helicopters fled in terror, leaving only the drones behind.
In the distance, the Association and those standing by could be felt panicking.
“Greed.”
“Yes, Captain.”
Greed spoke proudly, her eyes gleaming.
Brilliant golden light.
Kung!
Vibrations echoed.
Among the apostles, none surpassed Yoon Seung-Ah in magic.
She had already surpassed the realm of an archmage by Travania standards and was capable of conceiving and materializing her own unique magic.
However.
Kukukukukuku!
When it came to barriers, none were as skilled as Greed.
Swoooosh!
With vibrations and golden light pouring down from the sky, it formed a thin membrane that covered the area around the Black Gate.
“Ahh.”
Someone gasped in admiration at that beautiful sight.
The captivating golden light that drew the eye.
It was like a golden cage.
No.
“Greed’s vault.”
It was both a prison and vault created to ensure nothing would be stolen.
While there was nothing Greed could interfere with within the vault’s domain.
Kuung!
It became an absolute barrier against those trying to escape outside the vault.
The moment those pouring out collided with the golden barrier, they were sent flying back with a thunderous roar.
But this authority of Greed’s didn’t merely serve the role of containment.
Jing!
As Greed’s eyes became dyed with an even deeper golden hue, small golden cubes appeared above her outstretched hand.
And they.
Paat!
Shot out like bullets to collide with the magical beasts.
Peok! Puk! Puk!
As if struck by something blunt, the magical beasts began to burst.
Greed’s vault also possessed absolute mass.
Proportional to Greed’s own greed, and proportional to the greed of those under Greed’s command, its weight and strength varied.
Woong!
Greed spread both hands and enlarged the golden cubes.
The moment dozens of magical beasts were trapped within the thinned interior.
Kwang!
The golden cube instantly compressed, turning everything into a small rectangular shape.
Tatatatatat!
Footsteps rang out from beside her.
“How underhanded! Just making a barrier would be enough! Who starts first like that!”
Envy, having drawn twin swords at some point, charged forward as if tearing up the ground.
Among the apostles, Envy’s abilities were the most diverse and had the highest utility value.
Also, that growth rate was unparalleled.
‘Accelerated growth.’
If others gained 1 unit of mana in a given time, Envy gained 5 or more units of mana in the same period.
Taat!
That growth applied equally to all stats, and if necessary.
Chwaaaaak!
Could output power several times greater than those stats in an instant.
Mana didn’t run out, and the body swelled as if about to burst.
The speed of Envy thus accelerated.
Chachachacha!
Was comparable to Go Johan’s.
-Avatar of Envy.
Even the stats of those he wished to resemble, Envy grew at a faster rate than anyone else.
As long as he dreamed of Go Johan.
“…Captain lives in this speed every day?”
That growth could be called virtually infinite.
Before long, Envy stood on the opposite side of Greed’s vault.
At that moment.
Puwhaaaaaaak!
All the magical beasts remaining in the trajectory Envy had passed through burst simultaneously.
“Aren’t you a bit too excited?”
When Greed spoke as if it were nothing.
Kuung.
Part of the ground was engulfed in deep darkness.
The next moment.
Puwhaaaaaaak!
Large hands emerged from that darkness, devouring the magical beasts.
Simultaneously, walls of fire shot up, and tearing lightning split apart, burning the magical beasts to death.
Jing.
With a small resonant sound, thousands of magic arrows appeared behind Yoon Seung-Ah’s back.
Fire and water, electricity and rock – those with various attributes that could be created through magic.
Kung.
Spun fiercely, adding to their rotational force.
Tak.
When Yoon Seung-Ah gestured, they poured forth and crushed the magical beasts.
“…Noona seems more excited than expected too. Must have had a lot built up lately.”
It was efficient but also devastatingly destructive.
That’s when it happened.
Pasat.
A shadow flickered.
The place where she appeared was the ceiling of Greed’s vault.
Taat.
She stepped on the ceiling of Greed’s vault again and.
Sweeeeek!
Plummeted toward the ground.
What she held in her hand was a bizarrely shaped longsword that writhed as if alive.
Her true weapon, never shown before.
The place she was heading toward.
“…!”
A giant demon with four horns that had revealed itself along with the magical beasts.
The demon, who had been standing dazed, quickly came to its senses and stretched out both hands.
Surging flames and darkness compressed to a degree unbearable for ordinary players.
Seogak!
All of it was split in an instant.
A vertical line drawn on the demon’s body.
And.
Puwhaaaaaaak!
Everything about the demon burst forth.
Not even a corpse remained, only some blood staining the ground.
Desperate rage toward demons.
Booong.
In front of Go Johan, Lee Jae-Kyung was drawing his sword.
When he was the Sword Ghost, he boasted swift swordsmanship like Envy.
He took pride in extreme speed, moving his sword dozens or hundreds of times per second, and thought that was the end of his swordsmanship.
However.
Kukukukukuku!
After meeting Go Johan, the Sword Ghost’s sword changed.
Surging mana, compressing air.
“Kuk.”
Even Lee Jae-Kyung, drawing his sword, groaned from the pressure he felt.
But when Lee Jae-Kyung’s sword was finally drawn from its sheath.
Kwaaaaaaaa!
A clear, crescent-shaped sword energy tore apart everything in a straight line.
“Heok! Heok!”
Lee Jae-Kyung exhaled roughly as if his mana was depleted.
“Who told you to pour it out so recklessly?”
Go Johan spoke to Lee Jae-Kyung as if exasperated.
“…You said to do it… flashily.”
Lee Jae-Kyung spoke as if wronged… though it would be more accurate to say he still couldn’t properly handle the swordsmanship Go Johan had taught him.
That reckless swordsmanship was closer to destruction than swordsmanship, no.
‘Ruin.’
It was close to ruin.
Normally he would have used his original swordsmanship, but knowing this scene was probably being broadcast live, he had used Go Johan’s swordsmanship.
Before long, the nearly thousands of magical beasts had almost all disappeared.
What remained were.
“This is…”
Two demons with four horns and about ten demons with three horns.
Since it was a gate opened through the lives and souls of demons, it was natural that it poured out more demons than Black Gates opened elsewhere, excluding Russia’s Black Land.
As said, this was a reward for those watching, those who would become allies.
And on a smaller scale.
“…Shit!”
Execution.
Those demons spitting out curses.
It was at that moment.
Kuung.
All traces of magic Yoon Seung-Ah had deployed were split apart.
Kukung!
Greed’s vault created through Greed’s authority collapsed diagonally.
And.
Puwhaaaaaaak!
All the demons trapped within were sliced apart at once.
All Go Johan had done was move his hand holding Great Sin, tracing a diagonal line.
“Aaah! Captain!”
In the distance, Envy could be seen in a bizarre posture, having dodged in shock.
Before him.
Kuuuuung.
A trace remained as if the world itself had been split.
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Go Johan’s Seongdong Black Gate incident – the incident where Go Johan tore apart the survivors of Geo and Viren and murdered Association President Gu Seong-Hoon – was truly something that shocked the world.
They clamored that it was the appearance of a villain for the first time since the Emperor, who had been the worst criminal in the past.
And after the Mapo Black Gate incident.
“…”
The public fell silent.
In truth, it all felt like everyone had dreamed the same dream.
A nightmare that most people around the world had simultaneously.
Kwaak.
In Russia, in that place stripped of Association qualifications, Ivan clenched his fists tightly.
“…Nikolai.”
Ivan, usually called a machine, rarely showed emotions easily.
But now, Ivan’s eyes were bloodshot red with something surging deep in his chest.
“This is a reward that person is giving us.”
“…”
Should they really go this far, was this really right?
Russian President Nikolai, who had raised questions.
He stood with a dazed face, unable to say anything.
When he finally opened his mouth.
“…Ivan, this time too… you were… right.”
He too could be felt swallowing numerous emotions.
During that time, in America.
“Puhahahaha!”
Samuel burst into wild laughter.
“Haa, haa…”
And collapsed into his chair as if unable to control his trembling body.
“Samuel!”
Richard rushed over worriedly to support Samuel.
“Crazy… This is completely crazy!”
Heat could be felt in Samuel’s voice.
“The world… the world will change. The order will be reorganized! Everything will collapse! Richard!”
“Samuel, you’re too excited right now.”
It was to the extent that Richard, who usually acted like a madman, appeared normal.
“We! Goldian will stand at the center of it!”
Samuel shouted.
“Race? Such things are meaningless now. Nationality won’t be necessary either. A new… a new world is opening, Richard.”
Kwaak.
“William… I want to see that idiot’s face.”
William was the name of the current US President.
He had also refused to comply with Goldian’s demands to the end and engaged in a tug-of-war with the Association.
Since it was ultimately Vice President Logan who moved, America’s pressure on South Korea was called unofficial.
“Would that person permit it?”
Samuel spoke with a face rippling with madness.
“Changing the US President, I mean.”
“Samuel, let’s have some coffee first… No, let’s calmly have a cup of tea first.”