Chapter 147
Chapter 147
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 147
Chapter Title: The Spear Clan's Folly
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‘They were nothing but nuisances.’
In the face of the Getia invasion, various clans and the Hunter Association had no choice but to pool their strength.
But the arrogant clans and fiercely individualistic superhumans refused to join forces.
Each pursued their own interests or deluded themselves into thinking they could handle the Getia alone.
The Six Harmonies Spear Clan embodied that mindset more than anyone.
‘Cooperation my ass.’
The mutual non-aggression treaty included a clause mandating cooperation in cases of magic beast incursions or villain terrorism.
But it was meaningless in practice.
All because of pride and prestige.
No clan would ever beg for help, no matter the danger.
And in superhuman society, showing even a hint of weakness meant getting torn apart.
Back in the early days when the Getia first crossed dimensions.
Before anyone knew just how overwhelming they were, the Six Harmonies Spear Clan idiots stirred up trouble.
They bragged they’d take care of the Getia and assembled a subjugation team.
Then they marched off full of confidence to crush them.
But it was the spear clan who got crushed.
‘Damn fools.’
Recalling that fiasco, Shin Yu-hyun frowned.
Without any reconnaissance, just to protect their honor and profits, they attacked the Getia head-on.
The result? Their subjugation team was annihilated.
And that incident touched the Getia’s reverse scale.
Up until then, the Getia who had crossed into this world had only probed with minor attacks, testing the waters.
After the spear clan’s assault, they launched a full-scale invasion.
Superhumans caught flat-footed had no time to mount a proper defense and suffered devastating losses.
Only the clan leaders of the four great clans—including his father—who had reached the Master realm could barely hold their own against the Getia.
After all, even the weakest Getia wielded Master-level might.
‘In the end, we had no choice but to take the hits.’
Only those superhumans who had ascended to the Master realm could exchange blows with the Getia. Everyone else had to rely on sheer numbers.
They inflicted some damage on the Getia, but superhuman casualties were catastrophic.
After three years of war, superhumans worldwide knelt before the overwhelming power of these self-proclaimed gods, the Getia.
If the clans and superhumans had united their strength, they might have held out longer.
Hell, humanity might have even secured a tiny sliver of land to call their own.
‘The Korean Peninsula fared even worse because of those spear clan bastards.’
Shin Yu-hyun scowled.
Humanity had struggled against the Getia for three years.
But the Korean Peninsula fell in under a year—thanks to the Six Harmonies Spear Clan.
Survivors like Shin Yu-hyun scattered across the globe.
He ended up wandering Europe, and that’s where he met her.
The European witch, Maria Testarossa.
‘Time to put some pressure on those Six Harmonies Spear Clan bastards.’
Thinking of them, Shin Yu-hyun curled his lips into a smirk.
“Hey, you fucking morons! Are you insane? You out of your goddamn minds?!”
In the Six Harmonies Spear Clan’s temporary office in Suwon.
A furious shout echoed through the secret office they’d set up to evade the Heaven-Splitting Sword Clan’s eyes.
It was Lee Gi-yeong, the team leader dispatched from the Six Harmonies Spear Clan to Suwon.
“Do you have brains in those skulls or not? What happens if the Heaven-Splitting Sword Clan’s direct lineage finds out we’re in Suwon, you worthless boneheads?!”
Face twisted in rage, the team leader smashed an ashtray from the desk onto the heads of Choi Hyeok-jun, Lee Seok-jin, and Park Tae-hyung.
Dull thuds rang out, followed by their screams.
“But the guy was there when we went.”
“He already knew we were trying to build in Suwon.”
“That old geezer must’ve already squealed.”
The three from the spear clan who’d visited Kim Sang-cheol’s house that day grumbled.
The team leader’s face contorted instantly.
“You idiots still haven’t learned? Talking back to me now? You crazy?”
“N-no, sir!”
“You little shits—spoiled you rotten, and now you think you can get away with anything?”
He snatched up the ashtray again.
Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!
“Gah!”
“Ack! Ugh!”
“Keurk!”
They’d piped up in protest, only for their skulls to crack like pottery under the ashtray.
It was pure bad luck that Lee Gi-yeong’s surveillance team had been exposed in Suwon.
No one could’ve predicted Shin Yu-hyun would be at the exact spot where the owner of the house and land they wanted to buy lived.
The team leader knew that too.
But that was that, and this was this.
The fact remained: they’d been caught red-handed by Heaven-Splitting Sword Clan direct lineage trying to infiltrate Suwon.
And what would follow?
‘Fuck. We’re about to get reamed like dogs.’
He’d get torn a new one by his superiors—especially Kim I-shin, the spear clan’s eldest son and his direct boss who’d sent him to Suwon.
Just thinking about it made his vision go dark.
“Agh, my head.”
The team leader slumped back in his chair, looking like he had a migraine.
‘Now what?’
They couldn’t stay in Suwon now that the Heaven-Splitting Sword Clan knew. They wouldn’t just sit idle.
‘Goddamn it, why the hell was that bastard at the old geezer’s house...’
He ground his teeth.
The clan had poured serious under-the-table funds into this operation.
The plan was to build a discreet building in this overlooked backwater and turn it into a secret outpost.
The four great clans constantly checked each other.
Spies from rival clans lurked in the territories each protected and managed.
Incheon was probably crawling with them, watching for infiltrators.
They just stayed hidden.
But Lee Gi-yeong’s surveillance team had been spotted by none other than Shin Yu-hyun.
‘Should I just wipe them out?’
That Heaven-Splitting Sword Clan direct lineage was probably still at Kim Sang-cheol’s place.
Deep down, he wanted to storm in right now and slaughter the lot—the direct lineage, the Kim family, whatever.
“Hoo...”
But the team leader took a long breath to calm himself.
What was the best move in this situation?
At the very least, avoid making it worse.
“Erase all evidence.”
“Yes?”
“Everything we’ve done so far—wipe it clean.”
“So, should we bury the Kim family and that Heaven-Splitting Sword Clan bastard?”
Choi Hyeok-jun’s eyes gleamed as he asked.
“You brain-dead fuck! Bury what? Bury your useless head first!”
Thwack!
Fuming, the team leader smashed the ashtray into Choi Hyeok-jun’s skull again.
“How the hell do I lead a surveillance team with idiots like you?”
He glared at the three, seething inside.
Then he issued detailed orders.
“All the real estate docs we forged to snag that old geezer’s house and land? Destroy every trace.”
“Got it.”
“And...”
The team leader fixed the three with a serious stare.
“Kim Sang-cheol’s granddaughter. Erase every scrap linking us to that curse. If even a whiff remains, we’re all dead. Got it?”
“Yes, sir.”
They bowed their heads.
Then Lee Seok-jin piped up.
“But, team leader.”
“What?”
“What if the Heaven-Splitting Sword Clan direct lineage finds out we were behind the curse?”
“What do you think? We all go down in flames.”
One of the four great clans cursing a child?
If that got out, their honor, face, and reputation would hit rock bottom.
No—everyone would learn there was a basement below rock bottom.
So the Six Harmonies Spear Clan would do what they always did: classic tail-cutting.
Blame it on rogue elements unconnected to the clan.
That way, at least the clan’s name stayed clean.
“So shut your mouths and erase the evidence perfectly. Pack up this place too.”
The team leader assessed the situation and made the optimal call.
Beat the Heaven-Splitting Sword Clan to the punch—destroy evidence and bail before they moved.
“We leave tomorrow. Get ready by then.”
“Yes, sir.”
The three nodded obediently.
That late evening.
After commissioning Kim Sang-cheol to refine Agranium metal and craft Choi Jin-seong’s custom heavy sniper rifle—the PGM Hecate 3—Shin Yu-hyun returned to the clan.
‘They won’t touch the Kim family now.’
Kim Sang-cheol was under the Heaven-Splitting Sword Clan’s protection.
The Six Harmonies Spear Clan surely knew that by now.
Still, a desperate Suwon ops head might go all-in and attack the Kims anyway.
But that wouldn’t happen anymore.
‘If they planned to strike, they would’ve done it already.’
Taking out both the Kim family and Heaven-Splitting Sword Clan direct lineage at once would’ve been the only play with payoff.
It would eliminate everyone who knew of their Suwon meddling.
But he’d lingered at Kim Sang-cheol’s for hours on purpose—no attack came.
Only one option left.
‘Erase the evidence so far and pull out.’
Even if Shin Yu-hyun accused the Six Harmonies Spear Clan of encroaching on Heaven-Splitting Sword Clan territory, he needed proof.
If they played dumb and denied it, he’d be powerless.
Same reason he’d let those three from earlier go.
No evidence to hold them, and he doubted they carried any.
‘If their Suwon guy’s competent, he’ll torch evidence tonight.’
A capable operative would move fast.
‘But judging by those three idiots today, probably not.’
Shin Yu-hyun chuckled.
Still, better safe than sorry.
He planned to act swiftly too.
Because he couldn’t forgive them.
“Time they learned what happens when you touch my people.”
In his previous life, Kim Sang-cheol had helped him, treated him like a son.
And these scum had dared harm him.
But that wasn’t all.
They’d cursed an innocent little girl, Kim Soo-yeon.
Forgiveness? Not a chance.
“Ruber.”
“Yes, Master.”
At Shin Yu-hyun’s call, Ruber materialized from empty air.
Wild, flame-like red hair, ruby-red eyes, snow-white skin—an exquisite beauty.
Wearing a dress adorned with a red rose at the chest: the true ancestor’s princess.
“There’s something I want you to do.”
“I didn’t expect this day to come so soon.”
Late at night, in his private study—just the two of them.
Calling her here meant one thing.
“I’ll make your desires reality, Master.”
Ruber gazed at him with burning eyes.
A moment later, Shin Yu-hyun spoke.