Genius Salsu of the World to Be Destroyed - Chapter 42
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Episode 42
A few seconds ago.
Phew!
At that moment, Youngsoo took out a greatsword from his inventory and used the Burst Sword skill.
It wasn’t just the wild people who were seeing this sight.
‘That greatsword… …!’
There was also a man who was spying on the battle between Yeongsu and Mujong from afar with a telescope.
The man’s name is Go Jong-yeop.
A former professor at Hongryeon Academy, current supervisor, and younger brother of Branch Manager Ko Je-yeop.
And Gojeyep was the garden manager of Count Candelaille, and the original owner of the greatsword that Youngsoo had just detonated.
‘That greatsword is definitely my brother’s sword… … ?’
And Jongyeop knew very well who the greatsword that Youngsoo had blew up belonged to.
Because I knew that the unique decoration on the end of the sword handle was something my brother had put on.
‘Why on earth does that guy have my brother’s greatsword?!’
Jongyeop’s mind became complicated.
First, I thought back to the day when the Count of Candelas’ garden burned down.
Go Je-yeop’s body was reduced to charcoal, and items were strewn around it.
These were the items that Je-yeop had in his inventory.
When a player dies, the items he had in his inventory are ejected.
Various potions, spare armor, secondary weapons, accessories, etc.
Jong-yeop collected Je-yeop’s belongings along with his brother’s remains.
But no matter how much I searched around, I couldn’t find Je-yeop’s greatsword.
Did you put it somewhere else?
No, that couldn’t be possible.
That greatsword was Je-yeop’s most treasured weapon.
It was a weapon that was never dropped from the body, so much so that it was carried around in the inventory even on days when there was no fighting.
But that sword is gone?
‘Someone took it.’
So who took it?
The answer to this question was easy.
‘The guy who killed my brother must have taken it.’
The guy who burned down the garden.
The guy who killed Je-yeop.
The guy who took Je-yeop’s greatsword.
Jongyeop thought that these three were the same person.
It was a reasonable enough inference.
It was also correct.
So the moment Jong-yeop saw the greatsword that Yeong-su took out, he was convinced that Yeong-su was the culprit.
Besides, there’s war going on right now.
In the midst of all this, the guy who killed my brother was right in front of me.
What Jongyeop had to do at this moment was very simple.
plural.
To be a little more specific –
Stab.
It’s messy.
And kill.
fault!
Jongyeop rushed forward.
It was a perfect moment.
Youngsoo’s mental strength has been completely exhausted due to the continuous fighting.
Because of that, he was not even able to look in his own direction.
It seemed as if he heard a shout from far away telling Young-soo to look behind him, but by the time Young-soo responded, it was already too late.
Because the tip of Jongyeop’s sword reached Yeongsu first.
Sigh.
Something sharp pierced Youngsu’s back.
knife.
It was a long, thin, sharp, leaf-shaped sword.
‘Okay… …!’
Jongyeop cheered inwardly.
I could clearly feel the sensation of the knife piercing my flesh.
But the very next moment, Jongyeop could feel that something was wrong.
‘uh?’
The place where the knife passed through was Yeongsu’s side skin.
That wasn’t the area Jongyeop was aiming for.
Because the place Jongyeop aimed and stabbed was the heart.
‘Could it be that he twisted his body in that brief moment just before stabbing me?!’
Correct answer.
But even though he missed, the fact that he stabbed Youngsoo did not change.
That was the important thing.
Because the human body, no matter where it is stabbed, causes intense pain.
But, but right now, this situation is… … .
‘What, what is it?!’
Yeongsu didn’t move at all.
Even though the blade pierced through the leather on his side and red blood was gushing out, Youngsoo didn’t move an inch.
People react violently even when they are cut by paper.
‘Did I just stab a corpse?’
But Youngsu wasn’t a corpse.
The next moment, I slowly turned my head towards Jongyeop.
“What are you?”
“Eek… … !”
Jongyeop tried to pull out his sword in a hurry.
But the sword didn’t move at all.
This time I tried to cut it horizontally while holding it in.
But the stuck knife still didn’t move.
‘This kid is holding my sword with his muscles… …!’
Jongyeop got goosebumps.
You were already in excruciating pain from the knife being stuck in you, so you used your muscles to hold onto the knife?!
“This is crazy… … !”
“Let’s get it right, you.”
Bam!
Jongyeop felt a sharp shock on his face and flew far away.
After that, Youngsoo glanced at his status window.
There was a status of the skill that Youngsoo had just activated.
—-
[Skill] ‘Sensation Blocking’ activated.
-Pain OFF
—-
The moment Jongyeop’s sword stabbed his side, Yeongsu immediately blocked his sense of pain.
That’s why he didn’t move even though he was stabbed with a knife.
“What should I do with this knife?”
Yeongsu looked down at the knife stuck at his side.
At that moment, Gapseok’s scream was heard from the store.
“Don’t take it off until I get there! If you don’t want to get screwed!!”
“thank you.”
Yeongsu approached Jongyeop, who was lying on the ground with a knife stuck in his stomach.
It’s almost a horror-like sight.
Jongyeop trembled and shouted at Yeongsu.
“Why! Why did you kill my brother!!”
“Your brother? Who is that?”
“I’m talking about the owner of the greatsword you had!!”
ah.
“Ah, that kid… … .”
“what?”
“Do you know how many Karma Points (KP) that guy had?”
“Kar… what?”
“Karma points. The amount of bad karma a person has accumulated. Your brother’s karma points were 21. Do you know what this means?”
“… … ?”
“It means that he killed twenty-one people. He killed twenty-one people not justly in war, self-defense, revenge, or a consensual combat situation, but purely for profit and interest.”
“… … !”
“Your brother was a murderer.”
Jongyeop’s eyes wavered.
Yeongsu looked down at Jongyeop’s head.
There was a red sign floating there that said ‘KP: 0’.
Unlike his brother, Jong-yeop was never the type of person to kill people indiscriminately.
“… You’re a bit different from your brother. I don’t think you’ve ever killed a single person like that.”
“… … .”
Seeing him even recite his own murder record, Jong-yeop had no choice but to believe Young-soo’s words.
“Your brother… was a murderer?”
Jongyeop muttered, half out of his mind.
At that time, Youngsoo’s bleeding began to stop little by little.
Before I knew it, Kap-seok had come up behind me and casted a heal skill.
Gapseok said.
“I’ve just stopped the bleeding. I’ll go in and pull out the knife that’s stuck in there.”
“thank you.”
“By the way, what are you going to do about that guy?”
“… … .”
Yeongsu looked down at Jongyeop and spoke quietly.
“It’s common for criminals to hide their wrongdoings from their families. It’s natural that they didn’t know. It’s natural that they’re shocked by the fact.”
“… … .”
“But no matter how evil your family may have been, it’s nearly impossible not to hate those who harmed them. Like me, for example.”
Youngsoo’s hand moved.
The murder happened in an instant.
The blade flashed, and Jongyeop’s head fell far away.
Gap-seok’s eyes widened when he saw that.
“Wait a minute, there’s no need to kill an enemy who has lost his will to fight…!”
“I killed this bastard’s brother. This bastard’s hatred for me will never stop. That hatred will definitely target me and all of us. That’s why I had to break that chain of hatred. Regardless of the other person’s intentions and whether or not they were at fault.”
Yeongsu continued speaking, holding up the bloody tip of the sword in front of the deck.
“That’s war. It’s not over until one side is annihilated.”
“… history was not like that.”
“That’s why war has been constant throughout human history.”
Yeongsu said as he put his dagger in his inventory.
“So let’s get ready, Gapseok. Mobilize all those with healing skills and potions to heal the combat personnel as quickly as possible.”
“…What on earth are you trying to do?”
“We must end this war once and for all.”
“It wasn’t over?!”
“Didn’t you hear what I just said? The war won’t end until one side is annihilated.”
“then…….”
“I will strike the Hongryeon headquarters.”
Gap-seok’s face hardened when he heard those words.
But there was no rebuttal.
Because old thoughts crossed my mind.
In the past, when Gapseok was still enjoying .
The master of the guild ‘Undercovers’ that Gapseok belonged to had exactly this kind of personality.
‘If you’re going to do it, do it to the end. If you’re going to destroy it, do it for sure.’
This was the saying of the Master of the Undercovers Guild, ‘Carmen’.
And Carmen’s conducting was never wrong even once.
Gap-seok unconsciously overlapped this appearance of Carmen with Yeong-su, so he did not put any brakes on Yeong-su’s actions, which at first glance seemed cruel.
‘Wait a minute, then maybe… … .’
So, at that moment, Gap-seok thought that Young-soo’s true identity might actually be ‘Carmen’.
“As soon as possible, I will erase Hongryeon from this land. So that the war between Hongryeon and us can never be established.”
Youngsoo’s next words blocked Gapseok’s curiosity.
But things didn’t go as Youngsoo planned.
Because a variable that no one expected suddenly entered the picture.
* * *
The war in the wild market is about to end like this.
Ma Hyun-woo was locked up in a small room in the headquarters.
Ma Hyeon-woo, a top prospect who was once called the greatest genius of all time and was expected to become the strongest player in Hongryeon in the future.
But now, it has long since been reduced to just a burden to Hongryeon.
Because I was spectacularly eliminated from my previous quest.
Each Awakened person has the opportunity to take on a job change quest once in their lifetime.
If you blow that opportunity, you’ll also blow your chance to have a permanent class.
I just had to live my whole life as someone who was relatively strong.
This was a miserable thing.
This is because most companies never hire players in this case.
There was no reason to take on the risk of hiring someone with strength far beyond that of an ordinary person.
The only way left was to gather these people and compete in a special sports competition, but it was too dangerous here.
Because there were deaths every season.
There were even many illegal elements involved.
Moreover, Ma Hyun-woo’s situation was even more miserable.
This is because Hongryeon demanded that he pay back all the huge amount of money that had been invested in him.
Confirmed to be a lifelong debtor. And unable to lead a normal social life.
Ma Hyeon-woo, who was crouching in a corner of the room, suddenly opened his eyes, feeling this desperate reality.
It was strange.
I clearly had the lights on, but the room was dark.
What, I turned off the light without even knowing it… … .
“water.”
I suddenly felt sick.
Hyunwoo groped his way to the sink and turned on the faucet.
But not a single drop of water came out.
“to……?”
I turned on the light that had been off to see what the problem was.
But none of the lights would listen.
No matter how much I flicked the switch, the light showed no sign of turning on.
In the middle of a room shrouded in darkness, Hyunwoo muttered.
“Why on earth… … ?”
To wet his burning throat, Hyunwoo ended up going to the toilet.
But I couldn’t bring myself to drink this water.
Hyunwoo’s mentality began to crumble little by little.
Embarrassed and frustrated.
After going through these two stages, Hyunwoo finally started to get angry.
“Give me water!
The reason why the water and electricity suddenly went out was simple.
The collapse of civilization.
Because of that, all the infrastructure in all the buildings was ruined.
“Open the door! Give me water! Water!! You fucking Hongryeon bastards!!”
Hyunwoo started pounding on the wall.
The wall didn’t budge.
Because it was a room designed to imprison these players from the beginning.
After pounding his hands until they were covered in blood, Hyunwoo stopped beating the wall.
‘…Is this how I die here?’
Am I left trapped and slowly dying of starvation and dehydration?
why?
How did I end up in this situation?!
“Do you want to go out?”
At that moment, a voice was heard from beyond the darkness.
“Or do you want to kill me?”
Hyunwoo looked at the figure that had made that voice.
That dark silhouette I saw before.
An unidentified being who said he would give Hyunwoo strength.
It was the devil.
“…I want to go out and kill them all.”
“That’s the answer I was looking for.”
The devil reached out his hand to Hyunwoo.
“If you make a contract, I will give you power. The price is… … .”
“No matter what the cost.”
Tub.
Hyunwoo grabbed the devil’s hand.