The Dungeon
He pulled back, hurling himself forward as if throwing his own body.
-Churruk!
With the knack for fighting doppelgangers forged from countless battles, he could now fell them even after reinforcing his body solely with dark mana.
Their attacks came as a single directive from the main body.
So he simply scattered it, and that was enough.
Their bodies consisted of the main form and doppelgangers, receiving orders through mana and moving while judging.
To him, the fact that the directive was issued through mana was infinitely more advantageous than any situation.
Dark Mana
The aura of supremacy that stands at the apex of all things, the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.
Negating everything beneath it, the dark mana spread through the dungeon was absolute poison to those who issued directives through mana.
He scattered it throughout the dungeon, shattering their command network and easily hunting the main body.
-Zzagarak!
Up until now, the collected beads numbered three ordinary ones and one that appeared to be a legendary medicine bead.
The legendary medicine bead looked genuinely like it would fetch a high price if sold—its mana density visibly higher than the others.
"Heh... that was a bit reckless."
The other beads were not without merit, but it was still not worth using as a legendary medicine.
Yet if these beads were the dungeon’s key, it might be needed elsewhere, so he could not simply consume them.
"Damn it. This aura is definitely his."
His senses picked up a very familiar yet deeply unpleasant aura, the kind that always came when he thought about the beads.
Cheon Yu-seong.
The transmigrator’s aura.
"Yeah. You knew I was a transmigrator too, huh?"
On the day humanity’s defeat was all but certain, Cheon Yu-seong had come to him and declared that Cheon Seong was a transmigrator.
While heaping every possible insult on his precious ones.
The bastard knew the misfortune that would befall Yuna and the others, yet manipulated it all to serve his own profit—nothing but trash.
He was the highest priority among the targets for revenge in this life.
-Kwaak!!
Before regression, Cheon Yu-seong had tried to corner Yuna, and the resulting scandal had been exposed.
According to Yuna, the attempts had begun long before the war with the Celestials started.
And the very next day... Yuna had been attacked by monsters in his place.
Of course, when the bastard revealed he was a transmigrator, Cheon Seong had asked if he knew his death would involve him, but Afinity’s sudden assault had killed the transmigrator before the truth could be confirmed.
So calling him a target for revenge was a little ambiguous, but... since he had groped Yuna, he had to die.
A beastly dog who insulted his precious ones and dared to grope another man’s woman deserved to die.
And... since he had already kept multiple lovers and still tried to force Yuna into his harem, that made it even worse.
-Tak!
Racing at high speed after kicking the ground, he chased the direction where Cheon Yu-seong’s aura lingered.
Of course, the bastard had no intention of dying right here, right now.
'I’ll create a life of torment so painful that even if he wants to die for the rest of his life, he won’t be able to.'
-Smirk
The corner of Cheon Seong’s lips curled up wickedly.
But thanks to his flawless white complexion and handsome features, it was a smile that made him look like the devil in the Bible, luring people with appearances only to plunge them into agony.
Closing the distance with blinding speed, Cheon Yu-seong entered his line of sight.
'One arm first.'
Heavenly Demon Divine Art
First Form
White Night
-Kwaga!
White Night smashed the ground and shot forward.
"Ugh! What the hell is this all of a sudden!!"
-Pazik, pajik!
Cheon Yu-seong fired lightning to block the approaching White Night light, but it was useless.
Dark mana stood atop all forces.
And White Night was the light that shattered everything.
-Kugugung!
White Night shattered the lightning and swallowed Cheon Yu-seong whole.
-Tsuchuzuk!
"Ugh! What kind of reckless stunt is this suddenly!?"
'Tsk. Using the transmigrator gimmick and getting all high and mighty.'
Compared to him and Seol Si-yun, it was weak, but the bastard was still a transmigrator with decent talent and the son of the master of the Cheon heaven guild.
'I was trying to break one arm, but too bad.'
"Ah... sorry. I was too exhausted and mistook you for a monster, so I stopped...."
"Oh, really? Well, it makes sense that you’d be this tired in a place like this."
Apologizing, the bastard smiled gently with a warm voice.
From the outside it would seem like Cheon Yu-seong’s gentle and noble demeanor, but to Cheon Seong who knew the truth, that attitude was nothing but disgust.
"Still, I’m really sorry. You almost got hurt because of me.... Ah! I’m so sorry, please take a recovery potion."
"No need, really. Thank you very much."
-Swik
When Cheon Seong handed the potion to the bastard, their hands brushed.
Disgusting.
Thinking that Beatrice’s potion had slipped into the hands of this trash made his stomach churn, but he couldn’t kill the bastard here, so he endured.
"This is fate, isn’t it? Would you like to travel together?"
"Can I really? You almost got hurt by my attack...."
-Pakduk
Reversing the fact that he was weaker, the bastard’s face cracked with a small fissure.
"No, it wasn’t that hard. Rather, you said you were exhausted, so it’s dangerous to travel alone, right?"
'His attack is too weak to block, and traveling alone is suicide.'
"I’ll protect you anyway. Let’s fight together."
Both smiles were filled with malice toward each other.
***
Cheon Seong and Cheon Yu-seong were sitting together in the area without doppelgangers, talking.
It was impossible to hate the fake smile, but...
"How many beads like this have you collected?"
"Ah... I have two, but... is this actually useful?"
"Yes. To me, this looks like it’s needed to kill the boss of this dungeon."
Contrary to his expectation that the bastard wouldn’t share information, Cheon Yu-seong gave far more than expected.
He explained not only the doppelgangers’ characteristics and hidden passages, but also other things.
And most importantly, about these beads.
"It seems there’s a spot to insert these beads on the path to the boss room. I have one, and... what should I call it?"
"Ah... I can’t reveal my name... just... please call me Hanwol."
"If that’s what you want, I have no choice. I have one, and you have two, so I’ll just look for the boss room and any remaining doppelgangers."
Of course, he had hidden one bead, but anyway.
Even if not, he had no intention of telling the truth.
Now he was dying to know what face Cheon Yu-seong would make when he realized he had been tricked.
'Try feeling it for yourself... what it’s like to be tricked.'
Revenge for isolating him and mocking his precious ones started here.
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
It seemed this was the boss room. There was a hole the perfect size for the bead here."
Finding the boss room took no time at all.
The boss room was straight ahead in the direction he was going, and since it was a dungeon filled with dozens of doppelgangers, there were no traps and almost no danger.
The only thing was a faint killing intent coming from behind, which was laughably mild.
Cheon Seong and Cheon Yu-seong inserted the bead into the hole meant for it, and just as he was about to say something to Cheon Yu-seong, lightning from high voltage wrapped around him from the side.
'Is this where it begins?'
He wrapped thin dark mana around his body and took the lightning head-on.
-Hooong!-Kwaang!!
At the same time the lightning hit him so it wouldn’t kill, he flew and slammed into the wall.
Cheon Yu-seong approached with a cold smile.
"Now you’re unnecessary."
"Wha... what are you doing...."
"It’s not a big deal. Just that you’re useless now."
Cheon Yu-seong’s expression changed, revealing the cruel side of Cheon Yu-seong that Cheon Seong knew.
"Anyway, the remaining beads are nothing. Just look around somewhere else. And this potion you gave me is the last one, so it’s not worth cleaning up after you, is it? So die already?"
-Chijik! Chijijik
With those words, stronger lightning began to gather in Cheon Yu-seong’s hand.
"Ugh... s-stop...!"
"Fine, then farewell."
-Kwa gaak!!
The lightning fell and slowly roasted Hanwol from the inside out, consuming his flesh.
"Ugh, the smell... dying like garbage is so disgusting."
Cheon Yu-seong turned away from the burning flesh smell and left to find the remaining beads.
-Jwoob jwoob, jwoob jwoob
He could feel the bastard growing more distant.
-Smirk
'Idiot. You think you can trick me?'
He was no idiot.
Humans don’t die from high-voltage electricity; they just feel pain as their bodies are paralyzed.
That was nothing more than children’s pranks to him.
'And who in their right mind doesn’t do a confirmation kill in a dungeon?'
If you’re going to hit someone in the back in a dungeon, the proper way is to cut off the head, rip out the heart, or pierce it—anything but letting them stand up.
But this idiot trusted in his own skill and didn’t do a confirmation kill.
-Swik
Stealthily raising his body with no aura or sound.
'First one: for groping my woman, let’s give you a good kick in the balls.... if I can, that is!!'
He moved using the marking he had secretly placed on the bastard’s back earlier and kicked upward with full force.
-Kwa jik!
"Krhaak!!"
Along with an unpleasant sensation in his foot, a cracking sound came from the bastard’s crotch, and he collapsed clutching his groin in pain.
"Kwaaaaaaaaah!!!! H-how... ho-how did he... kuaaaaak!!"
"So don’t try to play around with your balls like that."
Stomping hard on the spot where the bastard’s hand was grabbing and on the hand itself, the bastard flailed like a fish out of water.
"Kkuuk!! What... what is this!!"
"Ahh~ you know nothing. Anyway, let’s see you live for a bit, shall we?"
-Tak
Snapping his fingers, his mana enveloped Cheon Yu-seong and teleported him.
To the spot where he had set a trap magic earlier.
He wouldn’t die, so no need to worry.
He had already boosted regeneration with healing magic before teleporting in case of death.
"Well, it consumes the bastard’s stamina to regenerate."
Anyone who torments the balls like this has to experience a hell that drains their balls dry once.
And a very simple curse too.
Let’s see you live a leisurely life full of shining futures.
May light fill your days ahead.
Cheon Seong headed toward the boss room, expecting the future Cheon Yu-seong would face, and inserted the bead.