◈ Episode 101. Ghoul of the World War (4)
“The ability and performance of the hair are clear.”
Kim Joo-hyuk grinned and muttered, then looked at the monsters – no, ‘ghouls’ – who had melted in front of him.
‘Corpse ghoul… … .’
Kim Joo-hyuk knew that ghoul.
No, it’s not just that he knows, he’s had fun slaughtering thousands of ghouls that look like this by himself.
Of course.
‘I’m sure.’
The people running rampant in the center of this world war are the ghouls that Kim Joo-hyuk saw in the ‘corpse grave’, the center of the second layer of the Tower of Destruction.
‘And the fact that these guys showed up here.’
It was clearly proof that the guy he knew had regained his ‘name’ and was running amok here.
In the first place, I knew that these corpse ghouls were not monsters naturally created in the Tower of Destruction, but were ghouls created by a paras*xual person in the center of the second layer.
‘It’s definitely a lot.’
Kim Joo-hyuk saw the ghouls that had completely melted and disappeared.
Hundreds of ghouls melted right in front of him.
It seemed like there were still thousands of ghouls running around the center, not just near the center of the center.
Even though the center became quiet right now, various noises could still be heard from the outskirts.
‘Tsk, if it were like before, I would have destroyed everything.’
In fact, if it were the Kim Joo-hyuk of the past, he could have harpooned all the ghouls, no matter how old they were.
but now?
‘I also have to complete the constellations, but that’s a bit difficult.’
If we were only going to kill the ghouls, we could wipe them all out, but unlike 300 years ago, it would definitely take a huge amount of time.
And that is why, before coming here, Kim Joo-hyuk made a provisional contract similar to the one he made with his disciple Buri Mask and the master behind the scenes.
The reason is to use her abilities.
‘I thought it was convenient when I saw it a long time ago, but it’s really convenient.’
Addicted.
That’s the ability that Kim Joo-hyuk’s disciple, Buri Mask, has. It was the identity of the power that had eliminated all the monsters that had gathered a moment ago.
Kim Joo-hyuk quite liked Mojil’s abilities.
The reason I liked it is because it is simple and easy to use.
Her abilities were really simple.
The magical power becomes toxic, and the nature of the magical power can be changed according to the user’s will, causing various abnormalities.
And when Kim Joo-hyuk selects one of the various status ailments, he simply puts magic power into the sword and injects magic power into the monster.
That’s it.
As a result of Kim Joo-hyuk’s change in personality, the magic power, which had the properties of metastasis, rigidity, and fusion, instantly spread to the surrounding area as soon as it was injected into the monster, killing all the ghouls.
‘Well, changing the nature is a bit annoying.’
It was certainly a bit cumbersome to change the nature of magical power before injecting the poison, but Kim Joo-hyuk had already heard from Mojil and knew how to change the nature.
Above all, Mojil’s ability was so cost-effective that all his hardships were worthless.
Right now, Kim Joo-hyuk was able to eliminate all the ghouls gathered here in one blow just by stabbing the monster once.
‘Now then, shall we go take care of it right away?’
Kim Joo-hyuk heard the sound of metal and something exploding repeatedly coming from beyond, but he did not dare to move there.
It wasn’t that he despised life.
However, it was too time consuming to go around and deal with each and every one of them spread out throughout the center.
There it is.
‘Anyway, if you stop that bastard, all the ghouls will disappear.’
Kim Joo-hyuk, who knows that if he finds the person who created this situation, all the ghouls will turn into a handful of dirt, decided to find the source of this problem and deal with it quickly rather than saving others.
‘Well, besides, they said they would send additional people first.’
Kim Joo-hyuk immediately took a leap, remembering Black Cat and Adelia Bentrick who had spoken to him just before passing through the market.
“for a moment-!”
The moment he took the leap, a voice was heard, but Kim Joo-hyuk soon ignored the voice and moved his body.
It was because I thought that if I were caught now, I might end up having to give a useless explanation when I already don’t have enough time.
That’s why Kim Joo-hyuk leaps to the sky in an instant –
“Seuuuu-!”
He began to spread magical power around himself.
Magic detection that can reliably detect abnormalities while minimizing the consumption of magic power.
Of course, no matter how good Kim Joo-hyuk was at using magic, he could not spread it throughout the center.
Because his magical power was still insufficient to perform that level of detection.
However, it didn’t matter if magic power could not be detected throughout the center.
‘This guy will be somewhere in the center of the center anyway.’
The reason why Kim Joo-hyuk, who came from outside the center, came to the center of the center.
That was because Kim Joo-hyuk was well aware of the ‘paras*xual person’ who created this ghoul.
Additionally, about the characteristics of the ‘ghouls’ that roam this center.
Therefore, Kim Joo-hyuk was confident and spread magic from the center of the center.
– wheezing
Within.
“found… … !”
Kim Joo-hyuk twitched the corner of his mouth at the very familiar yet unpleasant feeling he felt, and immediately shot down toward the sidewalk built right under the huge building standing in front of him.
“Sigh!”
The moment Kim Joo-hyuk gets closer to the sidewalk, he grabs the scabbard of his sword without hesitation –
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Wow!!!
-I hit the scabbard of the village sword on the bare floor.
With that, the shattered concrete floor began to collapse to the ground in an instant, as if a bomb had exploded.
In the basement of the center, where the concrete collapsed and came down in one fell swoop.
“nice to meet? “You sullen bastard.”
“!!?”
Kim Joo-hyuk once again encountered the ‘hwacha’ that he had killed 300 years ago.
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To be honest, Black Cat felt strangely uncomfortable about this situation.
Currently, he was with Adelia Bentrick, whom he had never spoken to except when he was taking the place of the previous constellations’ argument earlier.
No, to be precise, they were checking Kim Joo-hyuk, who entered the World War Center, through CCTV installed throughout the center.
In fact, from the time Adelia Bentrick sent reinforcements to the center, there was no particular reason for them to check the center’s CCTV.
Because Black Cat and Adelia Bentrick next to him were not unaware of the fact that Kim Joo-hyuk was strong.
However, the reason they are currently bothering to bring the CCTV from the association’s command center to the market building is because of their constellation.
Because of the constellations who said they were worried about Master and had to check on him.
Yes, they were checking the CCTV at the request of ‘Beak Mask’, the constellation of the Ventrick family, as well as the ‘Master of the Back’, the constellation of the Black Cat.
In the name of worrying about Kim Joo-hyuk, who doesn’t seem to have to worry at all.
‘Well, I don’t think there’s any need for that at all.’
Black Cat thought so and looked towards the main street of the center where Kim Joo-hyuk was visible.
There, it was clearly shown that monsters that seemed to be hundreds of times taller were instantly melted away by Kim Joo-hyuk’s single stab.
‘… … Is that ‘Beak Mask’s’ ability, addiction?’
As I said before, Black Cat did not have a particularly special relationship with the Ventrick family, but she had some knowledge of what abilities the family used.
To begin with, the Ventric family was famous, and among the families, it was one of the most influential.
Also, because of that, Black Cat felt a strange sense of discomfort.
‘… … Was addiction such a strong ability?’
For a moment, such a thought passed through Black Cat’s mind.
At least the ability of ‘addiction’ that he knew was not that abnormally strong.
So Black Cat, who was quietly watching the scene, tilted her head slightly and then turned her gaze to look at Adelia Bentrick.
and.
‘As expected, it doesn’t really have that kind of firepower.’
Black Cat was convinced that her thoughts were correct as she looked at Adelia Bentrick, who was opening her mouth with a shocked expression, as if she couldn’t believe anything.
If the original performance of addiction had been like that, there would be no way Adelia Bentrick would have reacted like that.
rather.
‘… … Somehow I feel a sense of kinship.’
Black Cat even felt an inexplicable kinship with Adelia Bentrick’s shocked face.
However, Adelia Bentrick had no time to properly read the Black Cat’s strange eyes and was focusing her eyes solely on the screen.
The reason is that.
‘That…’ … ‘What the hell?’
From Adelia Bentrick’s perspective, the way Kim Joo-hyuk showed off his abilities was something beyond miraculous.
Of course, Adelia Bentrick knew that what Kim Joo-hyuk was currently using was an addiction.
He was also aware that what Kim Joo-hyuk was using was a change in character, which is a characteristic of ‘addiction’.
So why is she so surprised?
That’s right.
‘… … ‘To transform three properties at once so perfectly?’
It was because of the change in temperament that Kim Joo-hyuk was showing.
It may be surprising, but Adelia Bentrick had a talent closer to a genius than a prodigy.
She has practiced nature transformation through a contract with Beak Mask since she was very young, and is currently able to perfectly perform one nature transformation.
And this was one of the fastest times in the history of the Ventrick family.
So, were the heads of the Ventrick family stupid before then? If you ask, it wasn’t that.
In the first place, using ‘addiction’ was easy, but using ‘personality change’ was very difficult.
‘That doesn’t work just because you do it… … !’
First of all, property transformation requires extreme concentration.
That’s because changing properties is, to put it simply, like assembling magic power with difficulty.
And the more complex and difficult the assembly of magic power becomes, the more the number of property transformations that can be contained in magic power increases.
In theory.
Yes, she knew that in theory she could use three nature transformations at once, but in reality, it was close to impossible.
Even for her, it took quite a bit of time for her to change her nature beyond her natural addiction ability.
That’s why she was shocked to see Kim Joo-hyuk on CCTV.
‘That…’ … really… … The power of the constellation… … !’
Immediately, I felt a level of goosebumps that I couldn’t express in words at the true power of his Constellation that he was showing.
So conventional.
After all the monsters have completely melted away.
Seeing Kim Joo-hyuk standing alone with a smile on his face, Adelia Bentrick felt an overwhelming sense of awe.
