Chapter 15
Chapter 15
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 15
Chapter Title: The Sprouting Beast Seed
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The meeting place was Gangnam.
*- Kim Se-hyun won't be coming.*
Yun Seung-ah's voice rang out.
*'Let's hang out together.'*
*'Sure.'*
When Go Yohan accepted Choi Sin-woo's invitation.
*'Then me too. I'll come too.'*
Kim Se-hyun had jumped in to join.
She probably meant to protect him or just stay by his side, but she would only get in the way.
*- She came down with a fever, so she won't be able to come to school until tomorrow.*
Yun Seung-ah had handled that part.
*- ...But, Captain.*
Go Yohan paused for a moment at the sound of Yun Seung-ah's voice.
*- If it's not too rude, may I ask you something?*
It was a polite and cautious tone.
"Go ahead."
As if the Curse of Sloth were rearing its head again, Go Yohan spoke in a slightly languid voice.
*- Why do you care so much about Kim Se-hyun?*
Go Yohan was someone who had endured eight years in the school environment as a second-year middle schooler.
But in reality, he had no one he could truly call a friend, and Kim Se-hyun was the closest thing to one.
Special.
She seemed curious about the reason.
*'Kim Se-hyun too...*
Loud music blared from all directions.
*'She's a victim.'*
*- ......*
All the children he had saved were Korean.
Whenever a Black Gate was detected, he raided it, but there could be incidents happening on the opposite side of the Earth without his knowledge.
But this ratio was clearly abnormal.
*'You all are because of me.'*
The reason was Go Yohan.
The power and uniqueness he possessed, the world he saw through his divine eyes.
It was inevitable that special things would arise around Go Yohan.
That was why vessels even an archdemon would covet were born, and why most Black Gates opened in South Korea.
And.
*'Kim Se-hyun too.'*
She was one of them.
*- Thank you for granting such an unreasonable request.*
*'You don't have to be so formal.'*
Go Yohan started walking again.
*'I'm sincerely grateful to you all and sorry as well.'*
Go Yahon's existence had stolen their normal lives.
*- If you don't say things like that, Captain, then I won't.*
A soft chuckle.
Go Yohan, wearing a languid smile, had already arrived at his destination.
"Hah."
He let out a small sigh and shook his head.
"These bastards really..."
It was a bar in Gangnam.
One with a club in the basement.
It was too much for middle schoolers to enter, a place with problems.
*- We found nothing in Choi Sin-woo's locker or other school property, or at his house.*
Yun Seung-ah's voice came through.
*- It seems he carries it on him or keeps it somewhere separate.*
This seemed to be the place.
*- If it's inconvenient for you, Captain...
"There’s no way it wouldn't be."
Go Yohan said.
"If you move and cause issues, things get complicated. And..."
Step.
"I can't leave everything just to you all."
If he had burdened them with heavy responsibilities, he had to fulfill his own as well.
Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!
The club's music blared noisily.
"Hey, how old are you? Can I get your number?"
A few women approached from the long line in front of the club.
But Go Yohan ignored everything and entered.
"Upstairs."
As if his unusual appearance had been described in advance, a rough-looking guard came out and guided Go Yohan.
Not the basement club, but the upstairs with no sign at all.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
That place was an even stranger world than the basement club.
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*'Goddess.'*
Go Yohan grimaced at the scene reminiscent of a party in a fallen count's family corrupted by demons and called upon the goddess.
*'Please forgive them.'*
In the packed room, gazes turned toward Go Yohan.
Ignoring them.
"Here."
The place where Go Yohan stopped was a room in one corner.
If there was one thing he had learned living fifteen years on Earth under the name Go Yohan.
*'Travania or Earth, no difference.'*
The difference wasn't that great.
There were differences in culture, civilization, and race, but especially the lives of those in power.
Creak.
No different at all.
"You're here?"
The room was quiet, not even letting in the noisy music.
Colorful LEDs glowed.
On the luxury leather sofas sat Choi Sin-woo and his gang, familiar from school.
And on their table, bottles costing millions each.
"Tch."
Were filled with liquor.
"Wow, Go Yohan is here."
"That smug bastard."
Slurred voices came from those already a bit drunk.
*- Shall I kill them?*
Envy stepped forward at the voices treating Go Yohan carelessly, but quieted at his gesture.
"Don't ruin the mood, sit down. You're here to have fun anyway, why act like this?"
"You're not gonna tell Lee Jae-kyung or the chairman about us here, right?"
Chuckles leaked out here and there.
Go Yohan sat naturally on one side of the sofa.
"Kim Se-hyun?"
"She said she's not feeling well and can't come."
Choi Sin-woo's face twisted at Go Yahon's words.
"Hah, annoying."
Choi Sin-woo's demeanor was different from the model student at school.
"Go Yohan, do you like Kim Se-hyun or something?"
"......?"
"Nah, no way."
Choi Sin-woo waved his hand as if throwing a tantrum.
"The student teacher is better than Kim Se-hyun anyway, right?"
A sly grin.
But when Go Yohan showed no reaction, Choi Sin-woo twisted his face even more.
As if a silent battle of wills had unfolded, a thicker silence descended in the room.
"Nah, whatever."
In the end, Choi Sin-woo backed down.
"Anyway, since you're here now, let's hang out together more from now on."
Choi Sin-woo smiled amiably and picked up a liquor bottle.
"To celebrate..."
"Oh, you're pulling that out?"
"Still got some left?"
As Choi Sin-woo reached for something, the gang's eyes lit up.
Faces dyed with greed.
Finally, the moment he pulled out a faintly glowing red gem.
Snap.
The sound of fingers flicking rang out.
And then.
"W-What?"
Choi Sin-woo's panicked voice followed.
The gang on the sofas suddenly dropped their heads as if falling asleep.
"I was worried you wouldn't have it on you."
In the meantime, the only one sitting upright was Go Yohan.
"W-What?"
Clearly, Go Yohan had been sitting on the sofa.
"......!"
Now he stood on the table, snatching and holding the liquor bottle Choi Sin-woo had been holding.
*'When?'*
There was no story of Go Yohan awakening as a Player.
Generally, awakening as a Player happened around age 15.
If Go Yohan had become one, the Sanctuary would have announced it.
"Really..."
The moment Go Yohan gripped his hand.
Crack!
The liquor bottle and the red gem, the beast's seed, shattered together.
"You're consistent."
Go Yahon's sky-blue eyes flickered.
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Choi Sin-woo's plan was all too obvious.
Feed the beast's seeds to those around him.
And then.
*'The root would have been eaten by Choi Sin-woo.'*
That would be it.
The root holds dominion over those who consumed the seeds.
Able to transform them into beasts whenever desired.
"You... what are you."
"Choi Sin-woo."
Go Yohan looked down at him and said.
"Where did you get it?"
"......"
Flicker.
It was that moment.
Dash!
There was no story of Choi Sin-woo becoming a Player either, but for an ordinary person, he charged at Go Yohan with surprising speed.
Crack!
When Choi Sin-woo came to, Go Yahon's foot was stomping on his head.
"Kuhk!"
Choi Sin-woo screamed at the heavy pain in the back of his skull.
"It just sprouted, huh."
Go Yahon's voice grew even colder.
There was no way to detect an unsprouted beast's seed or its root.
But if it sprouted by will.
Rumble!
There was no reason he couldn't sense the demons' demonic energy.
Boom!
The table shattered, and Choi Sin-woo hurriedly retreated.
His appearance had already changed.
"...Go... Ya... han... you... fucking... bastard..."
Reddened eyes, grown fangs and claws.
From his shoulder to one arm, it swelled and subsided repeatedly.
It meant the seed had sprouted, and beastification was progressing.
"Kr, krah!"
Choi Sin-woo soon spat out a sound like ecstasy.
"When a beast's seed sprouts, beastification progresses, granting power surpassing that of a beast temporarily."
"W-What... bullshit... are... you... spouting."
Choi Sin-woo's voice broke intermittently.
"They say the ecstasy felt then is incomparable to anything else."
"Go... Yohan!"
"Make sure no seeds or drugs like that circulate on this land."
"Go! Yohan!"
Go Yohan looked at Choi Sin-woo with cold eyes.
"I'm not talking to you."
*- Understood, Captain.*
And then.
Boom!
Choi Sin-woo charged at Go Yohan as if to destroy everything.
Time had passed, and top rankers were in the late 200s level, right?
Right now, Choi Sin-woo couldn't compare, but he had the power of early 200s level.
And when an ordinary person suddenly gains such power, they get drunk on an indescribable sense of omnipotence, rampaging like gods.
Crunch!
"Pathetic worm."
To dare.
"You did what you shouldn't and said what you shouldn't."
Struggle! Struggle!
Choi Sin-woo writhed under Go Yahon's foot.
"The first is that a human shaped by the Goddess coveted the demons' possession."
Crack!
Cracks formed on Choi Sin-woo's swollen back, shattering it.
"To dare."
Crunch!
"Insult the Goddess and our parents."
Fucking bastard, who the hell.
He had heard students at school or family call him chuunibyou from his speech and actions.
So what?
The worlds they lived in were different, their ages different.
If it was for his parents, he might hide it somewhat.
Boom!
But it didn't apply to trash who sold their souls to demons.
"Keurgh!"
Even after beastifying, Choi Sin-woo, who achieved nothing, collapsed with cracks all over his body.
Swish.
Right on cue, Yun Seung-ah appeared from rippling space.
"Especially scrutinize those who form groups without reason or show excessive loyalty. It could be the seed's influence."
"Understood."
At that moment, Go Yohan shuddered.
Everything he had said.
*'Isn't it just like me?'*
And he shook his head.
He wouldn't deny it.
He had vowed to become a demon to hunt demons.
"We'll clean up here without worry. And..."
Flicker.
Yun Seung-ah looked down at the fallen Choi Sin-woo with eyes flickering like a flame demon.
"We'll thoroughly investigate the seeds."
To dare insult the Captain's Goddess and parents.
That was her expression.