< Terror (1) >
An ordinary living room in a home with no special features, but with various furniture such as a TV, sofa, and picture frames.
“Is it just starting? It’s earlier than I thought.”
In the middle of it all, a man with a vague and bland expression crumpled up a letter and muttered softly.
Hwaruk—
The crumpled paper disappeared in an instant without leaving behind any ash as the flames rose from his hand.
‘I guess it’s because of that.’
He waved his hand lightly with an indifferent expression to shake off the heat, then glanced away to look at the TV screen with the volume turned down.
– The Howard Industries showcase ended successfully a while ago, right? Many people both domestically and internationally are showing great interest in its progress. The general consensus is that there will inevitably be major changes in society as a whole. Professor Seo Jong-chan, what do you think about this?
-Well… First of all, it is a great fortune that such a company has emerged in our country. It is currently showing a somewhat chaotic appearance, but the economic effect that it alone triggers cannot be ignored. Above all, it is a new technology…
Howard Industries, a startup that has recently begun to be mentioned frequently in various media outlets.
Their sudden appearance and actions were quite unconventional.
Being the only company to enter a blue ocean that is expected to boom and the exclusive supplier of a product that everyone covets makes it difficult to predict how far they can grow.
I don’t know for sure, but if things continue this way, it’s only a matter of time before they gain enormous influence not only in Korea but also throughout the world.
‘If that happens, it will be difficult. It will be very difficult.’
And that was not at all pleasant for them, who had been steadily encroaching on society over a long period of time.
Especially if they secretly share the same views as this country called Korea.
The man closed his eyes for a moment and became lost in thought.
Since the order has already been given, we have to do something about it.
But the current Korea is in a state where villains cannot move freely.
In this situation, it was necessary to put in effort in many ways to minimize damage and complete the mission.
‘But things have changed here too.’
He smiled faintly as he recalled the contents of the orders handed down to him.
The main point contained therein could be explained in one sentence.
Allowing for any means necessary to achieve a mission.
That meant that all the shackles that had been restraining them were off.
“···It seems like Korea is really hated. Well, it’s a good thing for me. If all the restrictions were gone, there would be endless things I could do.”
After the full-scale appearance of Hahoe masks, the Korean branch of the Bancheonhoe was kept quiet and kept under wraps, following the orders of the East Asian general manager, Yulryeongja.
They started moving again.
***
I chuckled and looked at the object in my hand.
“Wow, I didn’t know things would turn out like this.”
A mysterious azure glow rippling inside a transparent bead the size of a thumb.
I blankly watched the beautiful energy that looked like the aurora swirling and forming all sorts of shapes before coming to my senses and lightly licking my lips.
As I was looking at the object, which was a work of art in itself, I suddenly felt regret.
‘I have to eat this. Ah! What a waste.’
But there was nothing I could do.
This was the elixir from another world that I had been longing for, a supreme elixir that surpassed even the Great Enchantment Corps of Shaolin Temple.
“I never knew you had something like this.”
I thought of Brain Emperor Yoon Ji-yoon, who was staring at the lightning-spewing hammer, commonly known as ‘Mjolnir’, at the showcase with fascinated eyes, and then quickly turned my gaze to the table.
There, a few elixirs proudly took their place, although they were not quite the works of art that I held in my hand, but they were by no means of belittling its level.
All of this was the harvest from this one deal.
‘Very satisfied from the first customer.’
Her home dimension, ‘Sabacheon’, was a world where the majority of mystical users, Chakra users, could create specific concepts and phenomena through their inner microcosms.
Accordingly, the ability to produce magical tools, which are objects outside of the body, was naturally bound to fall behind, and instead, the field of elixir production, which helps to increase one’s own abilities, became particularly developed.
‘It’s a very good thing for me.’
I nodded in satisfaction and looked back at the artwork in my hands.
It was obvious without having to be told why she had brought this along, even though she knew that the value of elixirs on Earth was plummeting.
‘It’s not that unusual for an Awakened One to bring back a souvenir from that world. Thanks to that, I was able to obtain a few more elixirs. The negotiation process was easier than I thought, as I was firmly attached to Mjolnir.’
Of course, that doesn’t mean I ripped it off too much.
No matter what anyone says, Yoon Ji-yoon is the representative of the allied forces that have built a cooperative relationship, and if she becomes stronger, it wouldn’t be a bad thing for this side at all.
I admired the elixir for a while and then took a deep breath.
It’s a shame, but I bought it to eat it anyway.
If you hesitate just because of appearance, wouldn’t that be putting the cart before the horse?
‘This will get me one step closer to completion.’
I took a deep breath and immediately shoved it into my mouth.
To create a sprout of divinity while containing as much of the energy of the world as possible.
I sank deep into my inner self, with a tremendous amount of energy bursting out of my stomach.
***
Yoon Ji-yoon, buried in her office chair, let out a soft exclamation as she looked at the bracelet on her wrist.
“That’s amazing. How on earth did you get this? No, you said you made it yourself?”
A thin gold chain engraved with a mysterious pattern, with a small hammer-shaped ornament hanging from its center.
She stared at it blankly, then shook her wrist lightly.
Phagejijik—
With that, a fierce spark exploded inside the office and a short-handled hammer appeared in her hand.
However, the phenomenon was only noisy on the outside, and had no effect on the electronic devices inside due to her extreme control over her attributes.
Yoon Ji-yoon waved the hammer in the air several times while sitting on the chair.
But it didn’t take long for her satisfied expression to turn into a frown.
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“···It was cool to watch, but isn’t it a bit weird for me to swing the hammer myself?”
Her main field of study was strictly brain surgery.
It’s not that she hasn’t handled weapons like swords and spears, but even a short hammer, a minor weapon, must be unfamiliar to her.
I did it impulsively, feeling somehow drawn to it, but after I regained my composure, I realized that maybe I was a little hasty.
‘···Well, the magic tool’s abilities are applied even in bracelet form anyway.’
And as you can see from its inherent abilities, this was originally a weapon better suited for throwing.
The magic tool itself has hit compensation and recovery functions, so if she can freely manipulate electromagnetism, she could move it as she wishes, like a guided missile.
As an electrician, the synergy would be perfect as it would make up for the lack of physical strength that is inevitable.
‘And above all···.’
She opened her eyes halfway, holding the hammer.
A bright yellow spark flew from her slightly closed eyes.
Her senses began to expand continuously, in sync with the brainwaves surrounding the hammer.
Phage crackle—!
The mystery of chakra is the ability to intervene in a phenomenon itself and manipulate its unified power.
Just as a water chakra user becomes stronger in the presence of water and a dark chakra user becomes stronger in the presence of darkness, she can become even stronger with the assistance of the brain energy.
‘A brainwave of incredible purity. It’s possible to store such a thing in an artificially created magical tool. And it’s not just disposable, it can even be recharged? I never imagined that there would be a human being capable of such a thing.’
In some ways, it wasn’t a wrong idea.
This Mjolnir was a joint work of art created by a dwarf blacksmith and a dragon enchanter, who spared no expense in using precious materials.
Even in such thoughts, her senses continued to heighten.
The fine magnetic fields that extended beyond the association building and into the surrounding area replaced her five senses, and the electrical signals throughout her body, including her brain, were amplified, processing information at a level that was impossible for ordinary humans.
A strange sense of omnipotence that allows you to ‘zone’ a much wider area than usual, more quickly and more easily.
At that, the corners of Yoon Ji-yoon’s mouth slightly went up.
‘···Good? I guess this alone is worth the price of the elixir. I also brought one more thing as a souvenir anyway··· Wait, what about that?’
Thanks to that, I was able to detect it.
The presence of suspicious individuals carrying suspicious items and making suspicious movements within their territory.
The magnetic field that replaced her senses determined what the object was.
With her thoughts accelerated beyond normal with the amplified bioelectricity, she quickly assessed the situation and put her thoughts into action without any hesitation.
Crackle! Crackle!
A place several kilometers away from her.
“Ewwww—!”
“Keuk! How···!”
“Kkeuggeuggeuk!”
Several men, all carrying large backpacks, were moving cautiously through the alley when they were suddenly shocked by a spark and froze.
They were also returnees who had been putting on some effort, but the current that pierced through their seemingly insignificant magical power was enough to take away their physical control and consciousness in an instant.
Men standing like logs with convulsions and then falling down one by one.
The large backpacks they were carrying also came close to colliding with the ground.
Woof—
The metal material inside it was magnetic and was caught in the magnetic field flowing around it, becoming fixed in midair.
And right after that.
“How did these guys do this···?”
Yoon Ji-yoon, whose expression was stiff as she wondered when she would come here, crossed the alley and headed towards where they were.
Then, following his senses, he opened one of the backpacks and carefully examined its contents.
“···bomb.”
It wasn’t just some kind of priest bomb, it was full of bombs that looked properly made to anyone.
If we hadn’t been careful about controlling the electricity and electrocuting the transporters, this entire area would have turned into a sea of fire in an instant.
‘For now···.’
She immediately took out her smartphone to report the incident.
Naturally, these items were not easy to obtain.
It was even more incomprehensible that such a thing was in the hands of such insignificant-looking people.
In Korea, where even firearms are strictly controlled, is this a large quantity of explosives?
She quickly relayed the situation to the relevant departments and then turned her attention to the unconscious transporters.
Now that the urgent fire has been put out, I plan to wake them up and interrogate them.
No matter how much she is called a hero, she is also a hero who survived through hellish chaos.
It was as easy as eating cold porridge to inflict electric shock without showing any signs of injury or causing serious harm to the body.
Of course, after returning to Earth, I deliberately avoided such thoughts in order to comply with law and order—.
‘···I’m anxious. If it were up to me, I’d just leave it to the professionals, but I have a feeling that something big is going to happen soon···.’
The intuition of a transcendent being who instinctively feels the flow of cause and effect can never be ignored.
Of course, if you’re not a person with the ability to foresee, you’ll only have a vague feeling, but how many times has this saved your life?
At the very moment when she, with her mind made up, was about to take action.
Kugu Palace—
“Gyaaak—!”
Kwaaang—!
“Eww!”
Loud explosions and people screaming from afar that I would not have noticed if my senses had not been heightened.
Upon hearing that, Yoon Ji-yoon’s body stopped and froze.
‘It’s too late…! It’s not just here!’
South Korea has recently been enjoying unprecedented peace.
Indiscriminate bomb attacks began to occur throughout the capital city of Seoul.
***
Things were going smoothly for Kang Hwan-gye.
Regardless of whether they were good, evil, or military, the masters dispatched from each faction quickly gathered with the help of the magic used by the Mosanpa Taoist priests—actually, the demons of Geumodo—who had spread throughout the continent.
Among them, there were some forces that sent vague messages as if they were just trying to show off, and there were also forces that consistently feigned ignorance, making excuses about difficult circumstances… but for now, we had no choice but to just let it go.
The situation was too urgent to come now and reprimand and urge them.
‘Of course I don’t plan on letting you go even after work is over.’
It wasn’t like they were free-riding on group projects, and I had no intention of forgiving those idiots.
In the first place, I didn’t even make a request to those who had really small forces and were in difficult situations.
But what else could it be but the greed to use the power you have preserved to seize hegemony on the peace that others have achieved through their own bloodshed?
‘I will never see you like that.’
Blood for blood.
They will eventually pay a fair price.
In any way.
‘Let’s see, the situation of the Demon Cultists… Cheonma is fine, and the rest are fine too.’
Hans had no intention of getting involved in this matter.
The final boss of the Demon Cultists is only Cheonma.
Hans will be tasked with balancing the board in the dark to ensure that the damage doesn’t become too great.
‘You could also make it so that there is no damage at all.’
I’ve been thinking hard about how to conduct this home theater rehearsal.
In fact, if I had wanted to, I could have just wiped out the demons and restored my spirit.
All the evil bosses had already been defeated by me, and the key to resolving the situation was in my hands.
‘But that won’t do. That’s just a stopgap measure.’
My goal is not simply to restore courage.
To bring ‘peace’ to this land full of hatred and conflict, and to distort the flow of the world, and reap enormous karma.
But will peace come to this land just by restoring courage?’
Well, these are the people who survived by pointing swords at each other for over twenty years after the Imperial Palace Bloodshed.
But, if we suddenly say, “Everything is over, so let’s get along well now!”, how can we forget the grudges we’ve had and promote peaceful friendship?
‘We definitely need a common enemy that unites everyone. And we also need a process to defeat that enemy by joining forces.’
The resentment that is rampant in this land is a problem that they all have to work together to solve.
Peace without sacrifice does not last long.
Simply put, this curtain is a climax that is absolutely necessary to secure the future of the Gangwhan world.
‘If you say I’m arrogant, I have nothing to say. What’s the big deal? But how about adjusting it appropriately so that it doesn’t completely collapse?’
If there were no confidence, the world would have been destroyed long ago.
But if you put so much effort into providing safety devices and laying the groundwork, shouldn’t you be prepared to shed blood for your own future?
‘The forces gathered for the final battle are all losers from one region. If their will is united, the smaller forces have no choice but to follow their will.’
If you try to do something useless until the end in that situation, what can you do?
There is no choice but to eliminate it.
‘Now, show me your will. Show me your sacrifice for this land…’
And right after the thought got to that point.
I found myself stopping without realizing it.
Because the flow of thoughts that I feel is so heterogeneous.
‘Wait, have I been like this before?’
But before I could even finish thinking about it.
“huh?”
Suddenly, my gaze turned towards the window.
“What is this?”
