Chapter 74
Chapter 74.
[What the……!]
[Ba, barrier?]
The Chinese agents were horrified upon seeing the barrier appear.
The existence of protective shields had been recognized by everyone through TowerTube since the 'Tower of Infinity' became widespread, but.
They never dreamed in their wildest imagination that this would activate in reality.
[……Change guns! Shoot with live ammunition!]
Meanwhile.
The woman with scars on her face, Director Jin, coolly assessed the situation and.
Changed from tranquilizer guns to pistols.
The target was the destruction of the barrier.
[Stop shooting immediately once the barrier breaks.]
She gave such orders to her agents, anticipating even after the barrier would break, but.
"……What. Is that Chinese?"
Lee Ganghan glared coldly at the intruders and.
Swish!
Immediately charged toward the group of agents.
[Th, the speed……!]
Bang! Bang!
Despite having silencers attached, the gunshot sounds rang out intensely.
The agents fired in unison at the charging Lee Ganghan, but.
Ting!
The barrier was sturdier than expected, deflecting all the flying bullets.
At the same time.
Crash!
Lee Ganghan, who had grabbed an agent just like that.
Thud!
Slammed him into the floor.
"Cough, cough……."
Despite having received considerable training, the agent was incapacitated in one blow.
Blood flowed drip, drip from his head that had been smashed into the floor.
With that level of impact, it might not have been incapacitation but death.
However.
'Now is not the time to worry about others.'
Against an enemy using guns.
Worrying about cracking heads was a luxury.
Lee Ganghan approached his opponents with full power.
[Crazy……! Too fast!]
[How can he use player abilities in reality?!]
[Shoot, shoot!]
Bang! Bang!
Despite the opponents' resistance.
Lee Ganghan deflected all the bullets while subduing the agents.
That appearance was like a lone lion leaping among a flock of sheep.
Director Jin bit her lips.
'I expected his physical abilities to be outstanding, but this is a state that far transcends the human category…….'
She had expected him to be strong.
That's why she had ambushed him at home in advance.
Hadn't she fired tranquilizer guns in unison at the optimal timing?
A concentration that could kill an ordinary person from shock.
She had proceeded with the operation trusting in the monstrous 'Heavenly Demon's' physical abilities.
But, To have a barrier on top of those abilities……!
At that moment.
'Hmm……?'
A gleam appeared in her eyes as she watched Lee Ganghan with a defeated expression.
Lee Ganghan, who was smashing the agents' heads while surrounded by a barrier.
But when he approached to grab an agent by the collar.
The barrier briefly disappeared at the point of contact.
'Since the barrier prevents him from landing attacks too…… it disappears briefly like that.'
If so, a method to inflict damage on the opponent.
It wouldn't be completely impossible.
When Director Jin was darkening her gaze with such thoughts.
Whoosh!
Lee Ganghan, who had subdued all the remaining agents.
Charged toward her.
A speed that was unbelievable even when watching directly with both eyes.
"You're the last one."
As Lee Ganghan said this and extended his right hand.
Just before her collar was grabbed, Director Jin pulled out an electric shock device.
Bzzzzt!
The electric shock properly hit Lee Ganghan's arm.
'Got it……!'
It was Director Jin's calculated move using the gap when the barrier disappeared.
However,
"Hmm……?"
Lee Ganghan just flinched for a moment and then.
"Your resistance is intense."
Frowning, he…
Grab!
…Gripped Director Jin's collar even more strongly.
'What. It definitely hit……?'
What she had used was a military-grade electric shock device.
It wasn't at a level that a person could possibly endure.
How could this be possible?
As Director Jin's face was colored with shock.
Swish.
Her body, which had floated into the air.
Thud! Thud!
More violently than the other agents.
Was punished several times against the floor.
"Cough……."
With a quiet groan as the last sound.
Director Jin dropped her head.
"……Hmm. Is she dead?"
Lee Ganghan released the collar of the woman with the impressive facial scar and.
Looked around the surroundings.
Even at a glance, there appeared to be dozens of people.
Staining the floor while bleeding from their heads.
There were some people still breathing.
But somehow there were more people lying limp than that number.
'It's my first time almost getting shot, so I did use full power.'
Using the power of the Heavenly Demon with full force.
People die this easily.
'It's self-defense, but still somewhat…….'
What should I do with these people?
As Lee Ganghan was frowning while looking at the people sprawled on the floor.
[Heavenly Demon Divine Sect has been established.]
[Please designate an outer hall that can enter the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect.]
[Would you like to designate the current location as the outer hall?]
The system messages that had appeared in a stream before his eyes finally caught his attention.
'I think I kept pressing yes because it kept asking something.'
Since I didn't have the mental capacity to look at system windows while bullets were flying.
I roughly pressed yes yes, so this place became the outer hall?
'But how do you enter the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect from the outer hall?'
It seems like the living room where people's heads were cracked has become the outer hall.
But there was no information at all about how to get to the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect from here.
At that moment.
[Multiple 'Lowest Grade Disciples' candidates have been detected in the outer hall.]
[Would you like to accept 21 'humans' as Lowest Grade Disciples?]
A message related to Lowest Grade Disciples appeared.
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"Lowest Grade Disciples……?"
The Heavenly Demon Divine Sect guild.
It seemed like it wasn't an ordinary guild since it cost an enormous amount to create.
I didn't know it had this kind of function.
As Lee Ganghan mentioned Lowest Grade Disciples like that.
Whirrr…….
An explanation of Lowest Grade Disciples appeared.
[Lowest Grade Disciples]
The lowest rank of disciples recruited from the 'outer hall' of the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect.
While granting those who have just died or are on the verge of death one chance at revival.
Those who come back to life are bound to serve the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect forever as the price.
When accepting Lowest Grade Disciples, the firepower of the 'Sacred Fire' is greatly consumed.
'So they revive people in exchange for making them slaves of the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect.'
They're called Lowest Grade Disciples.
But looking at being bound to serve the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect forever, aren't they just slaves?
Still, this might be better than dying.
For the dead opponents too.
'And for me too.'
Rather than remaining a 'murderer' who killed more than ten people, even if it was self-defense.
It seemed better to accept them as Lowest Grade Disciples and save their lives.
As Lee Ganghan pressed yes on the message asking whether to accept them as Lowest Grade Disciples.
Whoooosh……!
A large red portal appeared in the center of the living room and.
Float, float…….
People began to float up one by one and get sucked into the portal.
After the woman he had slammed down most forcefully entered last.
Whirrr…….
The portal's size became much smaller.
'Hmm. I should go in too.'
That portal seems to be the one leading to the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect.
The guild founder should go in and check.
Lee Ganghan thought this way and entered the portal.
Then.
"……Cheek, cheek? Heavenly Demon?"
In the world beyond the portal.
The first thing that caught his eye was Karana's flustered face.
'Karana being here means…….'
Swish.
Lee Ganghan looked around his surroundings.
A world where darkness had thickly settled.
But in the center, a pure white flame was rising high.
And in the sword of light stuck next to that flame.
'Even the Heavenly Mandate Tower…….'
Here.
The center of Ten Thousand Demon Battle.
Isn't this the area where the Sacred Fire is?
'Ten Thousand Demon Battle was the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect all along.'
When accepting Lowest Grade Disciples, it said the Sacred Fire's firepower would be consumed.
I had a suspicion.
Coming to Ten Thousand Demon Battle for real made me feel strange.
At that moment.
"Cheek. Heavenly Demon, what happened? What are those humans?"
Karana pointed toward the Sacred Fire with a flustered expression.
Then there.
21 people floating around the Sacred Fire.
Flare, flare, flare……!
Were burning while engulfed in pure white flames.
'No…… they said they'd give a chance at revival, but they're cremating them.'
But looking closely.
Although their bodies were covered in flames, the bodies themselves seemed fine.
These people, who had been burning around the Sacred Fire for a while.
[Lowest Grade Disciples have been accepted.]
[21 Lowest Grade Disciples are attributed to Ten Thousand Demon Battle.]
[The Sacred Fire's firepower rapidly decreases.]
After such messages appeared.
Descend, descend, descend…….
The 21 people who had floated up came back down to the ground.
Then.
"Uh, uhhh……?"
"What? How did I survive……?"
People waking up one by one.
'Interesting. They seem to be speaking Chinese, but it's being simultaneously translated.'
They're definitely speaking Chinese to each other.
But in my head, it was automatically translated so I could immediately understand what it meant.
Just like when you attribute a race to Ten Thousand Demon Battle, you can understand that race's language.
The words of the 'Lowest Grade Disciples' were also translated with a similar feeling.
"Where exactly is this place?"
"Huh? That couldn't be an Elf……?!"
"The Heavenly Demon is there too!"
"Then this place is perhaps the Heavenly Demon's……?"
Meanwhile.
The people who had been examining their surroundings discovered Lee Ganghan and Karana and.
Began to speculate that this place might be related to the 'Heavenly Demon'.
But before they could open their mouths further.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle……!
"Uh, uwahhh……!"
"My, my forehead……!"
People's foreheads began to burn as.
Characters were being carved in real-time.
Just like how the character for demon 魔 was carved on all members of Ten Thousand Demon Battle.
On these people's foreheads.
Lowest Grade最下級 was carved.
The people who had been curled up on the floor in severe pain for a while.
"Groan, groan……!"
"Lowest Grade……?"
"He, Heavenly Demon, what the hell did you do to us?!"
Looking at the Chinese characters carved on each other's foreheads.
Approached Lee Ganghan and questioned him.
However,
[Lowest Grade Disciples cannot dare to be rude to the Heavenly Demon.]
[You will be subjected to the Bone-Splitting Muscle-Tearing Torture.]
Such messages appeared simultaneously to Lee Ganghan and the person who had protested to him.
"What, what?! Ahhhhh!!!"
The person who had pointed accusingly collapsed to the floor and.
His entire body repeatedly swelled up and shrank in an instant.
"Ahh, ahhh……! Sa, save me……!"
Despite being an elite of an intelligence organization who had received considerable training.
The pain must have been enormous, as the man shed tears streaming from both eyes.
The black clothes he was wearing also tore apart as his body repeatedly swelled and shrank.
Had about 10 minutes passed like this?
"Uh, huff, huff……."
Whether his life was spared.
The man sprawled on the floor, shedding all his tears and snot.
"Mon, monster……."
When one of the people who saw this scene muttered like that.
[Lowest Grade Disciples cannot dare to be rude to the Heavenly Demon.]
[You will be subjected to the Bone-Splitting Muscle-Tearing Torture.]
"What, what? No! I just called you a mon, monster! I didn't commit any rudeness!!! That's…… uwahhhhh!!!"
The same message appeared to him too and.
He began to roll on the floor just like the previous victim of the Bone-Splitting Muscle-Tearing Torture.
As his body repeatedly swelled like a balloon and shrank like that.
Screams echoed throughout the world.
"……."
"……."
The remaining agents kept their mouths tightly shut and.
Only looked at each other.
Since any words they spoke were considered rude.
They decided to stay quiet.
Then.
[Lowest Grade Disciples dared not to show respect to the Heavenly Demon.]
[You will be subjected to the Bone-Splitting Muscle-Tearing Torture.]
"No, no, what are we supposed to do……!!! Ahhhhhhh!!!"
This time, the 3rd victim whose body swelled up for not showing respect.
'Well this is something, the Lowest Grade Disciple education is thorough……?'
To the extent that even Lee Ganghan himself, who was the actual Heavenly Demon, couldn't adapt.
The Heavenly Demon Divine Sect system that thoroughly controlled the Lowest Grade Disciples.
While he was observing the situation for now.
Grind.
Director Jin, who had been clenching her teeth tightly.
"……Heavenly Demon Eternal! Ten Thousand Demons Prostrate!"
Took the lead and began to bow to Lee Ganghan.