Genius Salsu of the World to Be Destroyed - Chapter 144



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Episode 144

Woo Jun-young.

The strongest among Youngsu’s disciples.

When Youngsoo called his name, Junyoung came forward.

Junyoung answered Youngsoo’s call.

“Yes, professor.”

“Why don’t you attack?”

“I might get hurt if I attack too.”

“Who got hurt? Me?”

“No, my friends.”

Youngsoo nodded.

It was worth it.

Junyoung was the strongest among his disciples, and he was strong beyond his standards.

If Junyoung had joined the attack, the other disciples could have been caught up in it and hurt.

The other disciples booed when they heard Junyoung’s words.

“Look at that, that, that pride.”

“Oh, that’s unlucky.”

Of course, it was a playful, joking jeer.

Because they knew better than anyone that Junyoung wasn’t an arrogant person.

But Youngsoo didn’t laugh.

“You know that’s not bragging, right? It’s saying that you have a lot of strength, but you can’t control it.”

“… Yes, that’s right.”

“Open the window.”

Crunch.

Junyoung took out a spear from his inventory and held it up.

The blade was wrapped with a thick cloth.

So that your opponent doesn’t get hurt while training.

After seeing that, Youngsoo said.

“Untie the rag.”

“Are you okay?”

“Who cares about whom now, Inma?”

Junyoung unwrapped the rag.

There was a strange sense of triumph on his face.

An expression that shows that I am not the same as before.

As I unwrapped the rag, a black lightning-like energy began to flow out near the blade.

Junyoung’s class is ‘Spearman’.

It was a class that dealt with black energy through windows.

This black power was similar to magic, but it was not magic.

This power was discovered when the first magician was researching to create a power similar to magic.

Therefore, the energy handled by the magician had no side effects such as mental contamination.

Tsk tsk tsk-

The energy coming from the window gradually became thicker and sharper.

Junyoung asked Youngsoo.

“Can I go?”

“Anytime.”

Phagec!

As soon as the answer fell, Junyoung fired black lightning with the tip of his spear.

Lightning strikes split into several branches.

But that’s just an illusion.

The moment Youngsoo’s posture wavered as he avoided the black lightning, Junyoung’s spear tip sharply dug into Youngsoo.

The tip of the spear aimed squarely at the abdomen.

It was an obvious murder.

A movement that should not be shown in actual combat.

But Junyoung knew what kind of person Youngsoo was.

An opponent that you can only chase down with your feet if you rush at them with the determination to kill them.

That was Cheon Yeong-su.

In fact, Youngsoo showed movements that lived up to those expectations.

Because I was able to avoid this fatal stab by slightly twisting my body.

The aftermath of such a missed stab is-

BANG!!

A large crater was created on the ground behind Youngsu.

“Tch… … !”

But Junyoung didn’t stop.

First, use the black power to quickly offset the stray power to minimize power waste.

At the same time, accelerate the window horizontally, linking any missed attacks with the next attack.

This whole process happened smoothly.

The blade was aimed at Yeongsu’s neck.

but-

Thud!

Yeongsu dodged the spear flying at him fiercely with a single wave of his hand.

But Junyoung didn’t stop.

Junyoung spun around while maintaining the speed of the deflected spear.

Spinning blade.

A sharp black blade flew towards Yeongsu.

Shukak!

The slash passed through the ground, scraping the ground.

A deep scar across the hard dirt floor.

However, Youngsoo was nowhere to be seen.

“I am here.”

“… … !”

The place where Youngsoo’s voice was heard was unexpectedly under the chin.

A blind spot that is barely out of Junyoung’s sight.

The moment the spinning blade flew in, it struck Junyoung.

In that split second of space that occurs when it rotates.

A very close distance where you can hear your opponent breathing.

A section where the blade cannot inflict damage.

Youngsoo tapped Junyoung’s neck with the tip of his thumb.

It was where the carotid artery passed.

Youngsoo said.

“If I had a knife, you would be dead by now.”

“… … .”

The duel is over.

Junyoung rolled down the window and Youngsoo spoke.

“When fighting fast humanoid entities, don’t use the spinning slash recklessly. It will inevitably create an opening.”

“Then when do you use it?”

“When it is clear that your opponent is slower than you, or when your opponent is much larger than you.”

So the tests are over.

That wasn’t what Youngsoo intended at all.

‘I was planning to do a checkup sometime soon, so I guess I’ll do it in advance.’

Thinking like that, Youngsoo approached the commercial building.

At that moment, a disciple approached.

“Thank you for your hard work, professor.”

The alchemist was Oh Yang-ho.

“You must be tired. Eat this.”

Yangho held out a glass bottle.

Yeongsu took the bottle and asked.

“what?”

“It’s a potion to recover from fatigue.”

“oh.”

Youngsoo asked as he opened the bottle cap.

“Come to think of it, why didn’t you attack me?”

“Haha, alchemists are non-combat types. Even if I joined, it wouldn’t have been of much help.”

“but.”

The contents of the glass bottle are a colorless and odorless liquid.

Youngsoo brought the bottle to his mouth.

All the disciples held their breath and looked at the leader.

At that moment.

Chomp!

Yeongsu poured the liquid in the bottle on Yangho’s head.

A sigh burst out from the disciples’ mouths when they saw that.

‘no……!’

‘Tch!’

Yangho, who had spilled the liquid, was terrified.

“Ugh!”

“Hey, Inma. This is an itch inducer. Who is this guy trying to hit on the back of the head?”

What Yangho gave me wasn’t something like a fatigue recovery drug.

It is a medicine that causes itching.

Of course, it was a drug that wouldn’t kill you even if you drank it in liters.

But the itchiness it causes is truly extraordinary.

So, Yang-ho, who had put this medicine on his scalp, started scratching his head like crazy.

Looking down at Yang-ho, who was rolling around with his head held high, Yeong-su said calmly.

“The color and scent of the poison were hidden pretty well. But my nose can’t be fooled. I studied the poison so much to kill that bastard, Moo-gang.”

“Kuaaaak… … !”

“But who on earth taught you to use assassination techniques so naturally? Hey, tsk tsk.”

The disciples were inwardly dumbfounded when they saw that.

‘You were the one who taught me… …!’

‘I learned it under the guidance of an assassin, so of course assassination is second nature… …!’

“Hey, but why do you guys have such regretful expressions?”

At Young-soo’s one word, the disciples simultaneously avoided his eyes.

Yeongsu said with a sly smile.

“You all knew this.”

“… … .”

“Alas, these disciples only think about soaking their master… … .”

Yeongsu chuckled and walked back towards the commercial building.

I felt good.

Everyone had definitely gotten stronger than before they left for Jungwon.

It was obvious that everyone was desperately trying to pretend that nothing happened.

However, that effort was possible because there was someone leading the way.

This is exactly the kind of person Lee Gap-seok is.

“Hello, Gapseok.”

“It’s been a while.”

Gap-seok greeted Yeong-su at the entrance of the building.

But the atmosphere on deck was a little different than before.

What should I say, it feels like I’ve strangely grown in size.

“Have you bulked up?”

“I couldn’t just sit still while taking care of the kids.”

“Wow.”

“So, have you taken care of the things you had to do in the Central Plains?”

“It ended very cleanly.”

“Good. But you went so far away, so you didn’t buy any gifts or souvenirs?”

“What, Inma?”

“Haha.”

Oh, wait a minute.

“I brought a souvenir.”

“Huh? I was just joking. What did you bring?”

“this.”

Blood Jade Seal, Release.

Shhhhhhh!

A red glow began to swirl around Yeongsu.

The eerieness and sinisterness it gives off.

Gap-seok and his disciples all froze in place with astonished expressions.

“What, what, what, what is this?!”

“It’s the power of the blood jade.”

“yes?”

“To be exact, it’s the life force of about 12,000 people.”

“yes??”

Sha-

Yeongsu took back the blood he had released.

“No, what the heck is blood jade… … ?”

“An item that allows me to absorb the blood and life force of the dead and use it as my energy source. That is the Blood Jade.”

“What kind of thing did you bring that looks like something a demon lord would use?”

“Hey, what kind of Demon King is this? It’s disappointing to hear a real Demon King say that.”

“What did you say?”

Yeongsu left the bewildered Gapseok behind and entered the building.

Gap-seok followed and asked.

“A real Demon King? What do you mean?!”

“Don’t take it too seriously. There’s still a long way to go before the Demon King descends.”

“No… That… The problem is that something like that would appear?!”

“But there’s nothing we can do now. There are dangers that will come before that.”

“… You mean the ‘war against machines’ I mentioned before?”

“huh.”

As they walked down the hallway, Youngsoo briefly recounted the events that had happened in Jungwon.

“But the good thing is, I bought some time because I cleared out the central region.”

“But what would have happened if the Central Plains had arrived without things being sorted out?”

“It’s really annoying in many ways. First of all, the Great War will break out in mainland China… … .”

“But if something happens in China, won’t it have nothing to do with us?”

“But the problem is that if we leave it alone, the Heavenly Demon will eat the Blood Jade. And if that Heavenly Demon joins the Demon King’s army, it will become a truly uncontrollable situation.”

“So that’s why you intercepted the blood jade.”

“There’s no reason for that. But, did anything happen while I was away?”

“Yes, fortunately.”

“Okay then. Something unexpected happened, so I had to do some investigating.”

“Huh? What’s going on?”

“Something to do with the bloody smog.”

“Hmm? Wasn’t that something that ended last year?”

“It suddenly relapsed. I need to know why. Of course, before that… … .”

Squeak-

Youngsoo said as he opened the door to his room.

“I think I should go to sleep first. I’m so tired I think I’m going to pass out.”

“Isn’t it dinner time soon?”

“I don’t want to eat. I’m tired.”

“Then there’s nothing we can do. Go to sleep.”

“Okay.”

Empty.

Youngsoo closed the door.

* * *

Youngsu had a dream.

It was a dream of death.

There is a saying in the world that dreams of death are good dreams, but that wasn’t the case for Youngsu.

Youngsu was terribly afraid of death.

Because when you die, you have to go back and repeat this hell.

Infinite regress.

Youngsoo experienced it for 50 years in the game.

Some might consider regression a blessing, an opportunity.

However, the story of regression being a blessing is limited to a peaceful world.

Even if you go back to the middle of hell, it’s just hell again.

Of course, it was not known whether this curse of regression would apply equally in reality.

Because I have never died in reality.

But I had no intention of testing it.

If I really went back, everything I had achieved so far would have been unfair, and just dying would have been even more unfair.

‘I have to find out.’

How did the world become like this?

Why was I the only one trapped in the game?

And why did you suddenly release me?

Without knowing these things, I couldn’t die, even if it was out of injustice.

After that-

‘This world needs to be normalized.’

It wasn’t for the good of humanity or any other noble reason.

It’s just that I wanted to live in a somewhat sane world now.

So, I lived desperately like this to prevent destruction.

therefore…….

‘I can’t die… …!’

Bam!

Youngsoo struggled to crawl out of the vortex of regression.

His fingernails were broken, his teeth were clenched and starting to crumble, and his eyes were bloodshot.

‘I don’t want to die… …!’

Empty.

Youngsoo opened his eyes with shock.

Why was I lying on the floor instead of on the bed?

“… rolled over.”

Yeongsu got up and went to the window.

The morning was dawning dimly.

Yeongsu opened the window and let in the morning air.

My head started to spin a little as the cold wind blew into my nostrils.

“First, we need to investigate the Bloody Smog incident. And… … .”

While muttering like that, Yeongsu chuckled without realizing it.

“… I feel like I’m some kind of destruction-preventing machine, phew phew.”

Self-deprecating laughter.

Youngsoo sat on the bed.

Of course, I had no intention of stopping now.

Because we’ve come too far to stop.

And because I’ve become too strong to tire.

“Okay, I should go.”

A secondary bloody smog occurred suddenly.

It was something even Youngsu didn’t expect.

That’s why we had to start investigating as soon as possible.

Because something unexpected could become a fatal variable later on.

“let’s go.”

Phew-

Cutting through the dawn air, Youngsoo jumped out the window.