Chapter 415: Human World [R-18] (53)
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 415: Human World [R-18] (53)
After being brutally crushed by Jin Seo-yun, Evan Carter had been hiding in an abandoned house in the ruins on the outskirts of Belfast.
There, he had kidnapped a random woman to vent his desires.
“Hah… ugh… No… I don’t want to…”
“Shut up.”
He yanked the woman’s hair and thrust into her again. But even after violating her so wretchedly, the deep-seated anger in his chest didn’t subside in the slightest.
“Dammit… To think the day would come when I’d have to beg for food…”
His eyes were shot through with blood.
Jin Seo-yun.
Just thinking the name made him grind his teeth. His mind was a chaotic mix of rage, defeat, and an incomprehensible fear.
I have to get my revenge on him… I must…
Just then, he sensed a presence.
“…Who’s there?”
The moment Evan turned his head, the ceiling shattered and something came crashing down. Immediately after, something flew toward him.
“Tch…!”
Evan reflexively grabbed the hair of the woman beneath him, lifted her body, and threw her forward.
“The hell are you?!”
Seeing the monster that had just torn the corpse apart, Evan cursed and manipulated the ground, launching an attack.
—CRASH!
A massive stone pillar erupted from the ground and shot toward the creature. But Alexander simply shattered it with his arm.
“It’s been a while, Evan.”
“What, you know me, you monster bastard?!”
Aether seethed in one of Evan’s hands while the other slammed into the floor, causing the ground to surge upward. He launched himself off the crumbling debris and drove his fist straight into Alexander’s abdomen.
—BOOM!
“…!”
But the sensation at his fingertips was strange. It wasn’t the solid impact he expected, but a bizarre, squelching resistance.
“Huh…?”
His fist… wouldn’t come out.
“…Hehehe.”
The corners of Alexander’s mouth slowly curled into a grin.
“You’re as stupid as you’ve always been.”
Evan’s mind snapped to attention, and he tried to pull his hand back, but it was too late. The sticky flesh that had swallowed his fist was already crawling up his entire forearm, reaching for his shoulder.
“What, what is this… Sh-shit!”
He tried to pull away, but his feet felt glued to the ground, refusing to move.
“My plans have gone awry… but this is necessary if I’m to defeat him.”
Alexander’s eyes glowed red. His mouth opened impossibly wide and moved toward Evan’s head.
“Let… Let go! You crazy bastard, stop—!”
But the monster’s hand was already gripping Evan’s neck. Its fingers dug into the vertebrae of his spine, and Evan’s body convulsed.
“I wonder… what does the brain of an S-Class ability user taste like?”
“—Stop it, you son of a bitch!!”
“…Chomp, mmm…”
Alexander chewed slowly.
“Hah… As expected, an S-Class is on another level of nutrition.”
In that instant, Alexander’s body began to change rapidly. His muscles swelled even further, and his skin hardened like rock.
“So this is it… the power of a defense-specialized S-Class!”
Just as Alexander’s body was bloating and transforming into a giant beast,
—KRA-KOOOOM!
An overwhelming strike fell from the sky, twisting Alexander’s body. The heavy impact shook the earth, sending shattered dust scattering into the air.
And piercing through the chaos came Jin Seo-yun’s shout.
“Mother-in-law!”
At that moment, Im Hye-rin’s voice rang out like a verdict.
“Dreadfire—!”
—Woooooong…
A silence fell, as if time had stopped. The next moment, the sky began to burn.
It wasn’t red.
It wasn’t blue.
It was white.
A flame of annihilation so pure white it seemed to swallow all other colors.
The entire sky was covered in white flames, and pillars of fire rained down from the heavens, crashing onto the earth. Not even the sound of the world burning could be heard.
“Gyaaaaaaah—!!”
For the first time, Alexander let out a true scream.
His otherworlder’s body, his enhanced skin—none of it mattered before the Dreadfire. This flame was not mere physical heat—
“It burns existence itself…!”
The moment he realized this, Alexander’s third eye shot open. The power of the Otherworld once again surged through his body.
However,
“Too late.”
High above in the sky.
Jin Seo-yun held a sword made of wind, slowly lowering his stance. Amidst the sky warped by the Dreadfire, his blade gleamed, as if to slice through the cracks themselves. Pure white flames and clear air currents swirled, and a quiet killing intent condensed around his sword.
And upon that sword, fire and wind entwined, becoming a sentence to pierce a single fate.
Jin Seo-yun spoke quietly.
“Stop being a nuisance and die.”
Jin Seo-yun’s body fell from the sky, slicing through his enemy even before the light could catch up.
“Kraaaaaaaah…!!!”
His entire body scorched by the white flames, Alexander swung his fist on pure instinct.
But his attack struck nothing but a shadow left in the empty air.
The moment Jin Seo-yun’s body streaked past at an angle—
—KRA-BOOOOOOOOOOM!!
A storm of fire and wind fused into one and exploded.
The pure white flames swirled, swallowing the earth, and the storm whipped the blaze into an even greater frenzy. Buildings melted in an instant, and the asphalt boiled like lava.
From its center, Alexander’s scream echoed.
“Aaaaaaaargh—!!”
But even that voice was swallowed by the firestorm and vanished.
And then—
—Crack!! Craaackle!!
The massive barrier that had enveloped all of Belfast began to crack like a spiderweb.
It started with fine fissures, but the moment the storm’s aftershock reached the barrier, the cracks spread in all directions like lightning.
—SHAAAAATTER!!
With a sound like a giant glass dome breaking, the black curtain covering the sky shattered and collapsed.
The fragments glittered like pieces of light before vanishing into the air, revealing the blue sky in its place.
The real sky.
*
“Dammit…! That idiot. He was so full of himself, and in the end, he got his ass kicked!”
The moment the barrier fell, Ashir fled without a second glance.
His face was a mask of fury and terror as his black robes fluttered behind him, running into the forest on the outskirts of Belfast.
“To think he’d beat Alexander…”
He glanced back as he ran. The city was completely devastated.
“Even with the power of the Otherworld, to end so pathetically…”
Ashir let out a bitter laugh and caught his breath.
But soon, his eyes gleamed sharply.
“……It’s fine. I still managed to grab this.”
He carefully pulled a small glass vial from his robes.
Inside the vial, a lump that looked like a piece of a heart was squirming.
The Otherworld’s core he had given to Alexander.
A part of it was still faintly pulsating.
“Hehe… It’s a shame it couldn’t absorb the sacrifices, but I can just start over.”
The moment Ashir turned back around, he saw a man standing before him and instinctively stumbled backward.
“J-Jin Seo-yun…… How did you get here…!”
“I followed you, of course.”
Jin Seo-yun took a step forward. Bi-yeon was still in his hand.
“You didn’t think I’d just let a guy like you go, did you?”
Ashir swallowed hard and hid the vial deeper inside his robes. At the same time, he reached out a hand to form a barrier.
But—
“Thanks to you, I had a good experience… so I’ll give you a clean death.”
When Jin Seo-yun swung his sword lightly, the forming barrier was torn apart like a piece of paper.
“W-Wait, let’s make a deal! Don’t you want even greater power? If you deal with me, you can evolve into a better being!”
“Evolution, you say…”
Jin Seo-yun tilted his head.
“Is that ‘evolution’ about becoming like Alexander?”
“Th-that was an incomplete version! The truly complete form is…”
“Enough.”
Jin Seo-yun raised his sword.
“Not worth listening to anymore.”
“Wait! Just a moment!”
Ashir screamed desperately. But the blade flashed past like lightning.
Blood spurted from Ashir’s neck like a fountain.
“H-how… is this…”
He muttered one last time as he collapsed. Then, his breathing stopped completely.
Jin Seo-yun searched Ashir’s corpse and found the glass vial.
“I don’t know what this is…”
He shattered the vial with his sword. The heart fragment inside turned to ash and scattered in the wind.
“Now it’s really over.”
*
After everything in Belfast was settled, the World Association and the British government’s military forces arrived late, just as expected.
And amidst it all, a man stood before the reporters, basking in the camera flashes with an air of complete composure.
‘…What was that bastard’s name again?’
‘Leopold something, I think?’ Bi-yeon muttered dismissively.
I watched him quietly, listening to the bullshit he was spouting.
“The Belfast terror incident was resolved thanks to the swift response under my, Leopold’s, command, which allowed us to rescue many citizens safely.”
With the sound of camera shutters, Leopold straightened his back, a perfectly calculated smile on his face.
“The rebellion of former Knight Commander Alexander and the Temple Knights was a tragedy none of us could have predicted. However, my strategic judgment allowed us to successfully manage this crisis.”
A reporter raised his head and asked, “So, Your Highness, did you suppress the situation yourself?”
Leopold threw his head back and laughed.
“Haha, no. I am merely an A-Class ability user. All of this was only possible thanks to the power of the S-Class ability users you see over there: Im Hye-rin, the Guild Master of Halcyon, and Nogi Kazuo, the master of Nagitsune.”
The reporters nodded at his words, and the flashes went off again.
‘So shameless…’ Bi-yeon scoffed.
In reality, the only thing he’d done was squat down and eat the food I’d given him.
But because of the deal I’d made with him, I had to concede the role of the ‘official hero’ of this incident.
In exchange for politically transferring the credit for resolving the situation to him, I was to receive artifacts from the royal family’s secret vault and an enormous monetary reward.
From a distance, I watched Leopold pose as if he were some kind of savior and snorted.
‘Does he want to be king that badly?’
The throne he was after was so pitifully powerless it was embarrassing to even call it a position of authority.
‘Whatever… If someone like him becomes king, Britain is finished.’
The queen and her direct line had already been mostly massacred by Alexander. All that remained were a few princes and princesses who had barely escaped with their lives.
Just then, Nogi Kazuo approached me.
“Jin Seo-yun.”
“Yeah?”
“I’ve seen what you’re capable of today. Are you interested in Nagitsune?”
“I’ll pass.”
I refused flatly.
“I’m already affiliated with someone.”
Kazuo looked slightly disappointed but didn’t press the matter further.
“I see… Can’t be helped. But if you ever change your mind, contact me anytime.”
As he turned to leave, he added one last thing.
“And… if you’ve touched my daughter, you’ll have to take responsibility.”
With just that, he strode off toward the Nagitsune members.
He whispered something to Ayame, who, after hearing it, glanced my way, her face turning red as she shyly waved.
I waved back and muttered to myself.
‘Japan is close. I guess I can go fuck Ayame’s asshole whenever I’m bored.’
Now that I could legally eat her pussy and fuck her, I was looking forward to it even more.