Chapter 76
Chapter 76
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 76
Chapter Title: I Cannot Forgive You
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“Kyaaahhh!”
“Mi, mi-madman… Run…!”
It was a sight bordering on frenzy.
To ordinary eyes, Go Yohan looked more like he was possessed by a demon.
He casually smashed an association member’s head open, killing him without a second thought.
“Ah… Ah…”
Then he approached Kim Do-ha, who seemed nothing more than pitiable.
Gulp.
Not a single association member watching could move.
“…Proof.”
At that moment, one association member mustered the courage to ask Go Yohan.
“Do you have proof?”
If what Go Yohan said was true, there had to be evidence.
“Proof…”
Go Yohan welcomed the question, if anything.
In matters of faith, and in confronting demons, the most crucial element was doubt.
“I do.”
His speech had already returned to normal.
Crunch.
But one hand remained clamped around Kim Do-ha’s throat.
“However, we don’t have time to go over the evidence first.”
“Gurk! Gah!”
Kim Do-ha thrashed about.
Crack.
In that instant, his neck snapped like a pair of chopsticks.
Ssshh.
From Kim Do-ha’s limp body, a dark light began to seep out.
“...!”
At the same time, it was sucked back into him, dyeing his eyes pitch black.
“Kek! Heh!”
He let out a scream of agony, but it was unmistakably laughter.
“…You’ll… follow… the same… precedent…”
Likely the fallen spirit that had once borne the name Fellonil.
Boom!
Then Kim Do-ha’s head exploded into shards, scattering everywhere.
“...”
No one could easily open their mouth.
Those nearby had clearly seen the final scene.
And yet, they couldn’t believe it.
“This… can’t be.”
The association member who had questioned Go Yohan spoke up.
“We need to follow procedure…”
“Do you know how many people will be sacrificed in that procedure?”
“...”
“Can you swear that procedure is fair and clean?”
“But…”
“I respect that.”
With every glance from Go Yohan.
Boom!
The survivors of Geo and Biren exploded.
“In times of peace, it’s the most essential thing. The same in times of chaos.”
But.
“I’ve already lost too much to it.”
What circumstances could a young man just turning twenty have?
Where did that regret and rage come from? And where did that power originate?
It was then.
Whirr.
The sound of a barrier item activating rang out.
In an instant, a bluish film enveloped the 300 meters ahead of Go Yohan.
And that wasn’t all.
Whiiiirrr!
Multiple layers of barrier items reinforced it further.
The ones who appeared.
“Th-the Association President!”
Gu Seunghun, president of the Korean Player Association, had arrived personally, leading the association’s elite known as White Agents.
Nearly a hundred association members surrounded the barrier’s perimeter tightly, drawing their items.
“Hah.”
Gu Seunghun let out a genuine scoff.
“…To go this far.”
He hadn’t expected such a massive incident to unfold before all of Korea—no, the entire world.
“Am I the one who underestimated you?”
Gu Seunghun looked at Go Yohan and said.
“Or are you the one who overestimated yourself?”
Gu Seunghun too.
Shing.
Drew his cherished weapon, the unique item Meteor Spear, and declared.
“Want to keep going?”
The boiling killing intent was real, not feigned.
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The association president and the elite players called White Agents had formed an array, just like the one seen in Divine.
At the center of the magic formation, Gu Seunghun’s power surged several times over, and that.
Roooar!
Connected to the association members forming the array.
It wasn’t the formation taught in Divine.
“...”
Something far more advanced, evolved.
“If that’s what you want, I’ll give you more.”
Shing.
Gu Seunghun said as he assumed his stance.
“But the price will be your life.”
Roooar!
The magic formation’s energy began to boil.
“But if you stop here, we’ll just arrest you for now. We can sort out the truth later.”
And.
Smirk.
Go Yohan curled the corner of his mouth.
In contrast, Gu Seunghun’s face twisted in displeasure.
“That’s your choice, then?”
“What a joke.”
Go Yohan tilted his head and said.
“Do you think you can do it?”
“...”
Gu Seunghun had no answer.
He had drawn the secret technique called Ratna’s Resonance, and gathered himself—the association president—and the elite White Agents.
At first, he’d been confident. No matter how great the player, with Ratna’s Resonance, nothing was impossible.
“You must be feeling it.”
Just as Go Yohan said.
‘What the…’
He couldn’t see it.
Not even a shred of chance for victory.
Gu Seunghun’s senses were so acute that he was said to possess precognition.
In truth, he could predict an opponent’s movements from the slightest muscle twitch or flow of mana.
And through that, foresee the outcome to some degree.
“Or perhaps.”
Go Yohan stepped forward as he spoke.
“...!”
Ratna’s Resonance didn’t just amplify Gu Seunghun’s power.
At its opposite pole stood another center to the opposing array, one that bound and suppressed enemies.
And yet, Go Yohan moved as if unhindered.
“Should I drop the formalities?”
“Ha…”
At this rate, there was no turning back.
‘Was he always this strong?’
A complete misjudgment.
Moreover, the knife was in Go Yohan’s hand, not his own.
And then.
Boom!
A shock hit the barrier.
Not from inside, but outside.
“Break through!”
Sanctuary Union—naturally waiting in standby—had broken through the association’s interference and were throwing themselves in to rescue Go Yohan.
Kabaaaam!
On the opposite side, another group charged in with eyes ablaze.
“Go Yohan—! What the hell are you doing?!”
Divine’s Saintess, leading a single raid team, swung her twin blades to shatter the barrier.
If that had been all, it might have been manageable.
“...”
Urgent radio chatter from association members outside the barrier.
Divine’s two raid teams, and even Go Woojin—the Golden Knight—along with Go Jaehan and the Saintess herself had appeared in person.
“They’re all… insane.”
That was Gu Seunghun’s honest sentiment.
What Go Yohan had done here was an incident even Divine couldn’t easily cover up.
And yet they all swarmed like moths to a flame.
Step.
Go Yohan took another step forward.
‘Here…’
Should he retreat?
The losses to his face, position, influence—all became starkly clear with this moment’s choice.
Thus.
Grip.
He tightened his hold on the spear.
There was no turning back now.
“Go Yohan…”
Win or lose, it was time to clash.
Boom!
Another shock to the barrier.
“Yohan! Yohan!”
The Saintess, Shin Sookyung, revealed herself in person.
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Go Yohan stopped.
‘So it’s come to this after all.’
The words he’d said to Choi Ji-o when he had to behead Choi Jiwoon.
“After all…”
And now, he was the same.
“It’s come to this.”
He had known this moment would arrive.
From childhood, he’d pretended to wander aimlessly, pushing away these so-called family members.
He thought they’d abandon him in turn.
“After all…”
But it was different.
“Why go this far?”
He couldn’t understand.
Even in Travania, Go Yohan had a family.
A father who, drunk on booze and drugs, treated his mother, brother, and himself like leather balls.
When the father went out for more liquor, the mother would vomit her rage back onto him and his sibling.
That was what family meant.
“...”
They sold their blood for a few coins.
Slaughtered kin for a mere title.
Hesitated not to behead their father for the throne.
‘Family is…’
That’s what he’d thought.
Thus, he believed only the true parents—the goddess—was genuine.
“Yohan! Open it now! Open it right now—! Yohan, wait…!”
But these people were different.
‘Why?’
Why were they different?
“Association President—! Stand down! Now!”
Even the ever-stoic Go Jaehan was yelling at Gu Seunghun.
“Destroy the barrier!”
Go Woojin shouted, while Go Minji hammered the barrier until blood soaked her hands gripping the twin blades.
“We’ll settle this later! And! There’s testimony from Choi Ji-o, the Geo Guild Master!”
Ah, so that’s why they were late.
To more surely rescue him.
“...”
Go Yohan bowed his head.
At that sight, a smile crept onto Gu Seunghun’s lips instead.
‘Good…’
In the end, Go Yohan was human.
He’d tried so hard to act unrelated to Divine, but blood ties couldn’t be erased.
‘A chance.’
He’d nearly lost everything, but now he could reclaim it all and solidify his position further.
He could saddle Divine with a greater debt and bring Go Yohan under his control.
From what he’d learned, Go Yohan’s power was far beyond this.
The forces following him.
Just looking at those before his eyes: Sanctuary Union and Divine.
And.
‘Shins.’
Rumors said the unknown force Shins counted Go Yohan among its members.
Moreover, Goldian and the Russian government had stepped up to protect him.
Even Black Mirror.
“Go Yohan.”
If he could just capture Go Yohan.
“Surrender. No need to worry. The association will judge fairly, and give you what’s due…”
Capture Go Yohan, and the world association president seat wouldn’t be a dream.
So he thought.
“Truly.”
Finally, Go Yohan’s voice rang out.
Everyone’s hearts pounded fiercely.
“I can never forgive you.”
“...?”
“You damned evils.”
Crackle.
A wind rose.
Gu Seunghun blankly reopened his eyes.
“No matter what it takes… I will exterminate you all.”
Blazing eyes.
Kabaaaang!
The roar as Ratna’s Resonance shattered.
And the following impact.
“Gahk!”
Pierced Gu Seunghun’s heart.
“You filthy dogs.”