Genius Salsu of the World to Be Destroyed - Chapter 43
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Episode 43
Flash.
Ma Hyun-woo suddenly opened his eyes.
“Ugh, ugh… … ?”
I tried to think back on what had happened while I was briefly unconscious.
Singularity, thirst, blackout, darkness and… … .
“devil.”
Hyunwoo looked around hurriedly.
But the black shape I had seen earlier had already disappeared.
instead-
It hurts.
“Ugh… … !”
Hyunwoo suddenly felt a sharp pain on the back of his hand.
It feels like being burned by fire.
An unidentifiable black pattern was engraved on the back of Hyunwoo’s hand.
A pattern that looks as if it was burned with a hot brand.
This is… … .
“…contract.”
The black figure that called itself the devil had spoken.
A contract, you say.
If you sign a contract, I will give you strength and a second chance.
“…strength.”
Now that I think about it, my body’s condition was strange.
The feeling that something other than blood or mana was coursing through my body.
It was an unfamiliar power.
But at the same time, I felt like I knew how to write it.
That is also the purpose of this power.
“killing.”
Or destruction, or annihilation, or shredding.
I also instinctively knew that when I used this power for these purposes, it was maximized.
Hyunwoo looked around.
The room was still dark.
Because the electricity was still out.
But this darkness was too comfortable for Hyunwoo.
I thought I was going crazy because of this darkness earlier.
“Phew… … .”
Hyunwoo slowly got up from his seat.
He stretched his hand forward and focused the unidentified power flowing through his body into his hand.
Zzuzuzuzu-
A black, sticky aura began to surround my hand.
Hyunwoo didn’t know it, but this was Magi.
The same kind of power that the magic sword wielded by Youngsoo emitted.
Hyunwoo approached the door while concentrating his magic energy in both hands.
‘Kill me.’
Kill, kill, kill.
Kill those who imprisoned me here.
Those who ignore my cries, I kill.
and-
‘Kill Cheon Yeong-su.’
An endless hatred towards Youngsoo swirled inside my heart.
Because he came to that conclusion on his own, that the one who pushed him to this point was none other than Cheon Yeong-su.
Of course, Youngsoo didn’t do anything to Hyunwoo.
Things turned out like this because Hyunwoo took the quest to become a salsu like Yeongsu and failed.
But now, none of that mattered.
Kill.
Only that one image filled his mind.
Crunch.
Hyunwoo crushed the iron door with both hands and tore the door off.
It was a terrifying force.
Before the contract, no matter how much you knocked, the door wouldn’t budge.
“ha…….”
After taking a breath of air outside the room, I looked around.
The hallway was dark, just like the room.
In the darkness, I could hear sounds and voices.
“What, what! How did that come out?!”
Hyunwoo waved his hand in the direction where the voice came from.
The magic energy that shot out from his hand flew in the form of a slash.
Shukak!
The sound of something being cut. And the sound of something being cut falling.
With that sound, the sound of people disappeared.
But after a while, bigger noises began to be felt.
The sound of footsteps as if they were rushing somewhere, movements as if they were panicked, and even a voice as if it was urgently giving instructions.
A great chaos reigned here.
It was natural.
Because the collapse of civilization caused everything that humanity had built up, including electricity, water, gas, communications, and modern weapons, to come to a halt at once.
Of course, Hyunwoo didn’t know much about the collapse of civilization or anything like that.
But one thing was certain.
To wipe these guys out, now is the perfect time.
Saaaaah-
Black magic energy began to drip out from Hyunwoo’s hands.
* * *
Meanwhile, at that time, in a wild shopping district.
Gap-seok succeeded in removing the knife embedded in Yeong-su’s body after going through several medical procedures that he never wanted to go through again.
And during that process, Youngsoo didn’t utter a single groan.
Of course, it was thanks to the skill.
Gap-seok muttered in disbelief.
“No, it’s not Guan Yu. Are you not sick?”
“huh.”
“Why? The anesthesia didn’t work properly so I had to poke for quite some time.”
“What can I do when it doesn’t really hurt, Inma?”
Anyway, with that conversation, the sword was drawn.
After that, there was a tedious process of stitching up the wound, dripping a few drops of unicorn blood, and infusing a potion.
Anyway, thanks to that, Youngsoo’s wounds were cleanly healed, at least biologically.
Youngsoo got up from his sickbed.
“Whew, I feel a little better now. Thanks, Gapseok.”
“If you’re grateful, don’t move your body too much for a while. If you don’t want to die.”
“Yeah, yeah.”
Youngsoo lay down on the bed again.
And I stared at the deck quietly.
Then, letters floating above Gapseok’s head appeared.
‘KP: 0’, well this is obvious so let’s pass.
Youngsoo’s gaze fell on the word “Gangpol” next to it.
Gapseok’s nickname during his time playing World: Terrain, Gangpol.
Gangpol was a great midfielder.
A sturdy vanguard who always stands at the forefront, carrying a heavy lance, piercing through and destroying groups of enemies.
But in reality, Gapseok’s class was .
A class that is too far removed from the mid-level knight, the recovery magician Maida.
Of course, from what we’ve seen so far, there isn’t much of a correlation between in-game classes and real-life talents.
But even so, why did a kid who was a heavy knight choose to be a recovery wizard instead of a swordsman or a spearman?
Youngsoo was curious.
So I asked.
“But why did you become a healer?”
Gap-seok hesitated for a moment at Young-soo’s question.
“No, if it’s hard to talk about, you can tell me later… … .”
“My mother was very sick. The hospital almost gave up on her.”
“ah…….”
“But then people showed up saying they would treat me.”
what.
Could it be that some kind of cult group approached them?
“It wasn’t a cult or anything.”
Hot.
“It was an organization called Medicus.”
“Medicals? What do they do?”
“It’s a group of players who have healer classes. There are classes like healers, priests of light, paladins, etc.”
“In a word, it’s a healer’s guild?”
“yes.”
“Then it might not have been completely impossible to treat.”
“It’s not that it wasn’t impossible, it was possible. They were people with definite abilities. The problem was somewhere else.”
“…money?”
“Yes. The amount of money they take in exchange for treatment is enormous.”
“… … .”
“But do you know how they get paid for their treatment?”
“Uh… physical threat?”
“It’s much more sophisticated than that. For example, even if the total medical expenses are 100 million won, I never tell them it’s 100 million won.”
“why?”
“I do that because I’m afraid I’ll get overwhelmed by the large sums of money and fall down.”
“Then how do you approach it?”
“At first, they start with a small amount. They say that if you pay 1 million won, the treatment will be over. But then, if you need more treatment, they charge 300 more, then 500, and so on, and they gradually increase the treatment fee. In the meantime, the patient’s family cannot give up hope because the disease is clearly improving, and they have no choice but to continue paying the treatment fee. That’s how they worry about the treatment fee.”
“So that’s why you changed your job to a healing magician.”
“Yes. Because I couldn’t afford to pay for the treatment anymore. I wanted to become a healer myself and treat you. But… … .”
Gap-seok sighed deeply and barely managed to continue speaking.
“… When I finally finished my previous job quest and returned, my mother had already passed away.”
“… … .”
“But what do you think your mother’s signature was?”
“huh?”
Several illnesses flashed through Youngsoo’s mind.
“Uh, uh… huh?”
“No, it was a gunshot wound.”
“What? Who the hell has a gun… … .”
“Those Medicus guys.”
Youngsoo felt like he had been hit in the back of the head.
“… Those healers shot a patient?”
“While I was away on a previous quest, those guys came without permission and treated me. But at the time, we didn’t have any money or items to pay for the treatment. So… … .”
Gapseok couldn’t continue speaking properly.
Yeongsu asked in disbelief.
“You’re killing a patient because he didn’t pay his medical bills… …?”
“Yes. That’s the Medicus way.”
I’ve heard countless stories of doctors stopping treatment because patients couldn’t pay the bills.
But there’s a doctor who points a gun at a patient because they can’t pay their medical bills?
“That’s the policy of Medicus. If you pay the money until the end, we will cure you. However, if you leave halfway, we will kill you.”
“… … .”
“That’s why I climbed all the way up to the position of president of the KPA and the Korean Players Association. I thought I needed power to destroy those Medicus guys. But when I actually got here… I didn’t have any real power. Haha.”
Gap-seok tried to laugh and erase the bitterness.
After a brief silence like that.
Youngsoo opened his mouth.
“No, your choice was not wrong.”
“What are you talking about?”
“It was because you became the KPA president that you were able to team up with me.”
“… … !”
“What are my specialties? Assassination of key figures, dismantling organizations, spreading terror. You’ve hired a real expert.”
“That, that kind of… … .”
“You said Medicus, right? I’ll remember that. And when the time comes… I’ll definitely bring you their heads with my own hands.”
“…Please leave it in front of the door and knock.”
“okay.”
At this time, the heavy, solemn atmosphere began to ease a little.
bang!
Someone kicked the door and came rushing in.
“You’re awake, Professor!”
It was my parents.
And after that, other cadets like Junyoung and Dosu came in one after another.
Yeongsu said in disbelief.
“I was awake the whole time, you guys.”
“Oh, that’s right.”
“Park Bu-hyung, you should go wipe the pepper powder off your lips. Are you guys late because you had to eat dinner?”
“lol.”
Youngsoo looked at them with a faint smile.
And said.
“Thank you for your hard work. And I’m sorry.”
I was sincere.
The cadets were only in their early twenties, with the youngest member being only 18.
The very fact that he had made those kids run to the battlefield weighed heavily on Youngsoo’s mind.
Of course, it is true that it was an unavoidable situation.
And it was also true that these children had blood on their hands.
So I couldn’t help but feel both grateful and sorry at the same time.
At that moment, Myeongcheol opened his mouth.
“What’s the point of being sorry? Thanks to your training, Professor, and thanks to you securing this wild place as your base, we were all able to survive.”
The other cadets nodded at those words.
Looking at that, Youngsoo said.
“Well, I’m still grateful. I prepared a gift for you.”
“A gift?!”
“Please bring me that box.”
Youngsoo pointed to a large iron box in the corner of the room.
My father brought a box.
Youngsoo opened the box.
It was filled with all kinds of items.
These were items from Hong Mu-jong and Go Jong-yeop.
As they died, the items in their inventory were ejected.
But among them, there was one item that really caught my eye.
A 5-star item, Hong Mu-jong’s main weapon, .
The eyes of the cadets who saw that sparkled.
Yeongsu said as he took out Hongryeon’s armor.
“I will give this to you.”
“yes?!”
The cadets’ eyes widened.
“Of course I’m not just giving it to you.”
“Well, uh, then under what conditions… … .”
“I’ll be placing this gauntlet in the shopping mall lobby tomorrow. For three days only. During that time, anyone is free to equip it and use it.”
“… And then?”
“If there’s anyone among them who can perfectly control this gauntlet, this gauntlet is theirs.”
The cadets began to murmur.
At that moment, one student raised his hand.
It was the elementalist, Noh Ji-an.
“Professor, I don’t have any need to wear gauntlets due to the nature of my class… … .”
“I told you, I’m ‘giving’ it to you. You don’t have to use it. You can just sell it.”
“… … !”
A competitive spirit flashed in the cadets’ eyes.
Youngsoo said.
“If you understand, go out and do some basic training again. You won’t be able to control this with your average physical strength.”
“yes!”
The cadets rushed out, excited.
But the deck didn’t come out.
Instead, he looked down at Youngsoo with a strange expression.
“why?”
“At their level, there’s no way they could control those gauntlets.”
“Hmm?”
“What on earth are you thinking?”
Instead of answering, Youngsoo just gave a sinister expression.