Chapter 141
Chapter 141
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 141
Chapter Title: Pyongyang's Demonic Realm
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Preparations for the war that would erupt in the future were proceeding steadily.
Yun Seung-ah and Lee Ha-yeon had proposed increasing the number of followers who would operate in the open.
And that was precisely it.
*Thud.*
The combat priests.
Composed of those who had lost their families to demons, they had dedicated themselves to confronting the demons, and in return, they utilized grueling training and opportunities for growth.
In particular, they could be called elites trained by Lee Jae-kyung.
But what was important right now was.
*Thud.*
That they followed Go Yohan's words with absolute obedience.
Even surrounded by Chrome Lizardmen, they stood motionless with their weapons sheathed.
It even felt like if Go Yohan ordered them to die right now, they would charge forward without hesitation and throw themselves into the fray.
In fact.
"Screeech!"
A Chrome Lizardman that couldn't hold back and hurled its spear.
Even as the spear tip shot toward the Taehan Guild members, they didn't move.
*Clang!*
Of course, it was deflected by Kim Se-hyun's barrier, not inflicting even a scratch.
*Swish.*
Go Yohan turned his head.
With these people here, they would be a great help in the absence of the Apostles and for the events about to unfold.
*Whoosh.*
He extended his hand.
*Thud.*
And stepped forward.
*Crunch!*
Along with the splitting flow of air, the Chrome Lizardmen's flesh was torn apart.
"Indeed..."
The sensation was different.
Until recently, Go Yohan's Space Lock felt like forcibly ripping space apart.
That was why the severed surfaces of those struck by Space Lock looked less like cuts from a sharp blade and more like they had been mauled by some monster.
But now.
*Slice.*
The severed surfaces of those splitting and collapsing were quite smooth.
"Growth of the Divine Eye."
The change obtained upon becoming the Destroyer of Races.
*Dash!*
Go Yohan dashed forward, beginning to test that power around him.
Of course.
*Gurgle.*
The Blessing of Black Lava.
*Crunch!*
He also used the Blessing of the Black Sapling together.
The wriggling black lava within the split earth swallowed the Chrome Lizardmen, and the tree roots sprouting from the fissures seized and tore them apart.
A B-rank gate.
It could threaten the national security of a small nation.
It could be the maw of a monster that would swallow an average guild whole.
"Will this do?"
To the current Go Yohan, it was merely training dummies.
No different from sturdy scarecrows made of iron.
*Crackle!*
When he split the sky with Space Lock.
*Gurgle.*
Black lava surged up from within.
"Grrrruk!"
"Gruk!"
"Kiririruk!"
The Chrome Lizardmen, as if receiving divine punishment, knelt in terror.
However, they had no way to survive.
*Pour!*
The cascading lava swept over everything.
*Thud.*
When Go Yohan stepped forward again and looked at them from midair.
*Crunch, crackle.*
The swept-away Chrome Lizardmen had hardened black, all dead.
The remaining Chrome Lizardmen had completely lost their will to fight and were merely retreating.
*Nod.*
Go Yohan nodded toward Kim Se-hyun and Taehan.
The ones left were nothing special anyway.
He figured they were just the right level for those two to warm up.
*Splurt!*
Gushing blood shot out, piercing the Chrome Lizardmen.
The movements of Taehan behind it.
*Thud! Thud!*
Were akin to those of an occupying army.
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Despite dawdling under the pretext of training.
[The Chrome Lizardmen's lair has been destroyed.]
[You have obtained a small amount of Karma Points.]
With the goddess's voice, he could be certain.
*Pour!*
That he was the first.
The others seemed to still be tackling the opened gates on their way here.
*Pour!*
Miasma poured down like a waterfall, sweeping over Go Yohan, Kim Se-hyun, and the rest.
*Crunch.*
A chilling noise leaked from the mouths of the Taehan Guild members as they stepped on the ground.
The encroaching miasma felt like it was tearing their skin and rotting their insides, pain overwhelming them.
*Grip.*
For ordinary people, it was miasma they could never endure, making him wonder if all life forms in North Korea had already been exterminated.
However.
[The Curse of Sloth descends.]
Something soporific.
"Hoo, haa..."
Taehan's players finally began to breathe.
Their bodies, which had reacted violently to the miasma, started to settle as the Curse of Sloth eroded their physical activity.
Hearts that had thrashed as if they would run thousands of laps returned to their normal rhythm, and eyes and brains that had swelled as if about to burst gradually calmed.
"...Looks like the preparations worked well."
At Go Yohan's words, Kim Se-hyun nodded.
"Yeah."
It wasn't over yet.
[The Curse of Greed descends.]
At the same time, the voices clamoring in their heads began to fade.
-Kill yourself!
-Slit your throat!
-Offer your heart!
The voices of evil spirits urging death.
-I want to live.
-I have to live.
Began to push back, filled with the desire for life.
This was Go Yohan and the church's countermeasure for North Korea.
A safeguard for ordinary citizens when a button incomparable to nukes would be pressed in the future.
Since conventional methods couldn't even contend with it, what they chose was...
*Roar!*
To counter the Demon King through the curses of Archdemons.
The result was.
*Boom!*
A success.
Explosions and sounds of combat echoing from various places.
The citizens were still resisting and holding out against the demons' schemes unfolding now.
And what made all this possible were the black pillars rising within the barrier.
"Obelisks. Those are the symbols containing the curses."
The Apostles who had secretly infiltrated North Korea hadn't extracted the residents but had instead secretly driven massive stakes into the land.
Filled with miasma, on the verge of exploding, the stakes would absorb it and rise.
They could be called special structures that Gluttony had personally crafted with care.
"There should be safe zones set up around them. The curses will protect the people and drive away demons and demonic beasts."
Demons and demonic beasts would hear it too.
[The Curse of Sloth descends.]
[The Curse of Greed descends.]
However, the curses activating on them would differ from those on the citizens.
"Gruk, gruk... gruk..."
A Hell Hound visible in the distance slowly collapsed like crumbling.
And with its eyes closed, it ceased all activity, as if forgetting even to breathe.
"Why do you have more horns than me?"
"Do you think trash like you deserves to have two horns?"
*Boom!*
The Greed dwelling in them activated to seize what the demons possessed.
Most of the explosions stemmed from that.
*Pour.*
A black sky, a world shrouded in barriers.
Citizens struggling to survive, and demonic beasts fighting among themselves and dying.
North Korea was already.
"A demonic realm."
A demonic realm.
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The place with the densest miasma was Pyongyang, where Go Yohan had appeared.
Without hesitation, Go Yohan activated the Mark of Great Sin.
*Hum.*
Transforming it into the shining Great Sin and gripping it in his hand.
It had now grown slightly from a dagger, taking on a proper sword-like form.
*Swish.*
The Great Sin swung naturally, as if it were the most obvious principle in the world.
At that moment.
*Roooar!*
A sword strike incomparable to any storm tore through everything before him, shooting toward the Juche Palace.
Another black pillar rising there.
*Boom!*
It collided with Go Yohan's sword strike, producing a deafening roar like a bomb explosion, but.
*Crumble.*
The black pillar merely shed some fragments and remained intact.
"As expected, no good."
He hadn't intended to destroy it from the start, and he knew it wouldn't break.
The black pillar.
That was.
'Demon King's horn.'
The pathway for the Demon King's descent, and the Demon King itself.
Since it was also a fragment of the demon realm dimension, he had seen in Travania that it couldn't be destroyed by force.
'There might be a way, but...'
For now, he planned to leave it be.
"Still..."
Go Yohan said.
"It'll scare them, so their activity should quiet down."
In fact, the demons were startled, and the demonic beasts were starting to move.
At the same time, the citizens must have clearly witnessed that scene just now.
That was enough.
"Go around the obelisks and secure the citizens. Each obelisk should connect to the gate we came out of."
"That'll do it?"
"Go wild against the demons and demonic beasts as much as you want."
*Nod.*
Kim Se-hyun nodded emotionlessly, but.
*Roooar!*
Those dubbed combat priests were different.
They had never been deployed in a proper fight against demons until now.
*Shing.*
This was finally their chance to rampage.
"Ahh."
Like praising the goddess, they groaned.
"For the holy war."
"See you later."
Leaving those words, Kim Se-hyun vanished in a flash of red light.
He left the area around Pyongyang to her.
'What I need to do...'
The Great Sin gripped tightly in his hand.
*Roooar!*
He swung another sword strike, clashing with the Demon King's horn.
*Crunch!*
After just two strikes, his shoulder muscles felt torn, a snapping sound echoed, and massive mana drained in an instant, bringing a sense of exhaustion.
*Boom!*
But he swung yet another sword strike.
It wouldn't shatter, and he had no intention of shattering it, yet the reason for repeating this act was simple.
"Grrrrr!"
This was a clear threat.
The Demon King, who had staked much on descending, would command protection of the Demon King's horn by any means.
"Kwaaaang!"
Demonic beasts, and.
"...Already appearing?"
"Your luck... is good, huh."
Demons were rapidly approaching Go Yohan, the epicenter.
"We must protect the horn!"
"That monster..."
The demons shouted, sprouting their horns.
The seeds had already sprouted, and demons poured out through the opened gates.
"Kill iiiit!"
They charged at Go Yohan.
*Crunch!*
Go Yohan simply tore them apart with an expressionless face.
"Goddess."
Here, he would confront most of the demons and demonic beasts that had appeared in North Korea.