Chapter 109
Death (3)
Everyone moved to save Yi Shun, but the distance was too great, and no one was close enough to stop what was happening.
The catastrophe Shin Yoosung smiled coldly, a smile filled with dark pleasure, then tightened her grip around the child's neck.
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A few minutes earlier
At the boundary between life and death
"When will I return to my damn body…?"
Arthur watched everything from behind the barrier, helpless, as he saw the catastrophe Shin Yoosung strike his friends and companions mercilessly, as if they were nothing more than broken dolls.
And when she approached the younger Shin Yoosung and raised her hand to harm her—
Arthur's blood boiled.
Blue veins bulged across his forehead and arms, his features hardened with rage and hatred. He lunged forward and struck the barrier with his fist.
Impact.
A solid… transparent… unmoving barrier.
He struck it again, then a third time, a fourth… his punches raining down one after another, yet the barrier did not budge in the slightest.
In the other world, the catastrophe Shin Yoosung grabbed Yi Shun by the neck and began tightening her grip.
And from behind the barrier…
Blood flowed from Arthur's mouth.
Transparent… golden blood.
He clenched his teeth until they nearly shattered.
Damn it… damn it… damn it…
He raised his fist and struck the barrier again, with pain, with sorrow, with despair.
I won't lose anyone… not again… never again.
One strike followed another.
Dozens… hundreds… more than a thousand punches.
Until his eyes fell on Yi Shun.
The child's eyes were rolling back. His face had turned blue. His breaths were fading.
At that moment—
Blood exploded through Arthur's veins.
A dark aura began to coil around his transparent soul. Black flames ignited within him—flames capable of melting the hardest metals.
His body glowed with overwhelming power, and his once calm, silver eyes turned into blazing red, filled with fury.
He raised his right hand in roaring rage, as if a god trying to fold the universe into his palm.
"Stop… now… or die."
He roared, striking the barrier once more.
And in that moment—
A terrifying pressure descended, along with an indescribable dark aura, crashing down upon the catastrophe Shin Yoosung, accompanied by the roar of a maddened demonic beast.
And a voice…
A voice that shook her very mind.
[Stop now… or die.]
The voice echoed within her head, bringing pain, terror, and suffering.
Yi Shun fell from her grip, barely alive.
The catastrophe Shin Yoosung raised her head toward the sky and screamed in madness.
"Who are you?! Get out of my head! Get out now!"
She screamed in pain, her voice torn apart.
Everyone heard her cries.
[I warned you… didn't I?]
'What is this voice?
Why do I feel fear… real fear of death?
His voice… carries death.'
Her mind began to tremble violently.
Bloody darkness… pain… suffering… hatred… a wait that lasted thousands of years.
'What am I seeing?
Is this… what Shin Yoosung endured while waiting for Yoo Joonghyuk?'
Arthur felt bitter rage at seeing his companions on the brink of death…
Yet amidst it, he felt a faint sorrow toward Shin Yoosung.
Because he… like her… knew pain, sorrow, and hatred.
He knew the meaning of loneliness in pitch-black darkness.
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{The title feature has resumed}
{The body has been reconstructed}
{The title "Demonic King of Slaughter" has been activated}
{You have returned from death}
Arthur opened his eyes.
He was back in his body.
"Damn it… why is it that every time I wake up, I'm naked?"
He glanced to the side and found his torn clothes lying nearby. He picked them up and quickly put them on.
"Arthur…"
"You're alive? How?"
He turned.
Kim Dokja and Yoo Joonghyuk were still bound.
"Hey, guys… how are things?"
He smiled faintly.
"How are you alive?!" Yoo Joonghyuk shouted angrily.
A vein throbbed on Arthur's forehead.
"You damned bastard… next time, listen to Kim Dokja, or I swear I'll rip your head off that long neck of yours. But for now… our score is postponed. This isn't the time for this nonsense."
With a sharp tone, he cut the threads with his sword, freeing the two of them, then rushed forward… toward the catastrophe Shin Yoosung.
Kim Dokja pulled Yoo Joonghyuk up, and they followed.
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On a battlefield drenched in blood, the wounded were everywhere.
Yoo Sangah sat beside Yi Shun, treating him alongside the younger Shin Yoosung.
At that moment, a man landed behind them.
The younger Shin Yoosung turned, her eyes lighting up with joy and hope.
"Big brother Arthur!"
She hugged him tightly. The others gathered around Kim Dokja as well.
Arthur noticed Yi Shun… his neck was badly injured.
'System… is the inventory available?'
|We apologize. The inventory has been sealed in your original body due to the virus spread.
However… there is one solution: system evolution.|
'I know… I'll do it soon. Not much remains…'
Arthur took a deep breath, a heavy exhale escaping his chest with difficulty, then turned and looked at Shin Yoosung lying on the ground.
Her hair had turned white—not from time, but from the weight of pain and sorrow.
She had collapsed…
All meaning in her life had shattered after the violent collision between her memories and Arthur's.
When their memories intertwined earlier, Arthur was not the only one who saw the catastrophe Shin Yoosung's past—she had also seen his.
She saw this world through his eyes…
And she saw her younger self, weak and innocent, just as he had seen her.
Her voice trembled, her spirit completely broken, as she raised her head toward him.
"Who are you…?
Because of you… everything shattered… everything collapsed."
Arthur smiled gently, a smile free of mockery, as he looked at her with eyes that understood everything left unsaid.
He knew…
He knew exactly what he needed to say now, after seeing her memories.
"Well done, Shin Yoosung…
We've been waiting for you."
Her expression trembled.
"Waiting for me…? Who are you?"
"I'm someone… who wants to see the same world you want.
A peaceful… safe world."
Arthur stepped forward and stood before the catastrophe Shin Yoosung, then glanced at everyone around him.
"I… refuse to kill the catastrophe."
His voice rang out—loud, strong, yet not harsh.
It was resolute… and gentle at the same time.
The companions looked at him in clear shock.
Then their gazes shifted toward Kim Dokja.
Kim Dokja smiled quietly, as if Arthur's words were an echo of his own thoughts.
"I agree with Arthur."
"Then… I trust the judgment of Kim Dokja and Arthur," said Lee Hyunsung, his voice filled with respect.
"I don't mind… but first, let me hit her like I hit Titan," said Lee Gilyoung with a grin, confirming his agreement.
Arthur looked at the younger Shin Yoosung.
Before he could speak—
The catastrophe Shin Yoosung screamed in anger and despair:
"You're letting me live?
Who are you to decide that?
This isn't my world… my friends aren't here…
What's the point of me staying here at all?!"
Her voice was filled with anger… and emptiness.
But her words suddenly stopped.
Because she saw a face she recognized…
The face of someone she had trusted, believed in, and waited for thousands of years.
Yoo Joonghyuk.
He stood there, holding his stomach, pain evident on his face.
"Every regressor lives with pain and sorrow…
But that's not everything."
He raised his head and looked at her steadily.
"There are those who will become my enemies in the future… so they must be killed.
And there are those who will become my allies… so I must protect them."
He paused, then continued in a deeper voice:
"That's not all there is to regression, Shin Yoosung.
Everyone… has a meaning to their life, and to hope.
I may not know who they are, or when I'll meet them…
But this is my path, and I'm determined to walk it."
She laughed bitterly.
"Easy for you to say.
You chose this path… a path of separation and continuation."
"Then… do as I do."
She trembled.
"What?"
"Live to hate me.
Live only for revenge against me.
Devote your life to killing me…
But live, Shin Yoosung."
His voice was quiet… low…
The voice of someone who had tasted suffering hundreds of times.
The catastrophe Shin Yoosung's body trembled violently.
Kim Dokja smiled… and Arthur smiled as well.
But at that moment—
The air trembled, sparks scattering violently.
{Sorry… but this is not the end.}
The dokkaebi in the black suit appeared… with his twisted smile.
"What do you mean it's not the end?"
{How do you plan to keep the catastrophe alive?
The scenario requires her death.}
"I will kill the catastrophe… but not now.
The time limit isn't specified, is it?"
Kim Dokja said it with an arrogant smile as he looked at the enraged dokkaebi.
The dokkaebi smiled.
{Very well… let's do it your way.}
He snapped his fingers, and a window appeared before everyone.
{A sub-scenario has arrived
Classification: Sub
Difficulty: SS
Clear Condition: Kill the catastrophe Shin Yoosung
Time Limit: -----
Reward: Double the main scenario reward
Failure: -----}
Many began to salivate.
They forgot they were facing a catastrophe.
Money… had always ruled everything.
Arthur, Kim Dokja, and their companions stood around the catastrophe Shin Yoosung to protect her.
People tried to move forward—
"No one moves. Stop."
The remaining rulers shouted and joined them.
{How unfortunate… I didn't know the incarnations of Seoul were such cowards.}
The dokkaebi laughed with sick delight, then snapped his fingers.
{A mid-level dokkaebi has interfered with the scenario}
{Control of the catastrophe Shin Yoosung has been transferred to the dokkaebi}
A dark aura gathered around her body, wrapping like chains, binding her mercilessly.
Shin Yoosung screamed in pain and sorrow.
"No… stop… please…"
But the pain did not stop.
{Personality has been forcibly altered}
{Shin Yoosung's personality will be fixed at: Evil}
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