“Stay down quietly, and it won’t hurt.”
“Ah, got it! I got it, so please don’t come any closer!”
“Phew. Be sure to change your pants later.”
Park Jinsung followed the visible murder route and went behind the soldier whose pants had become damp.
“Yiieeek!! I don’t want to dieee!!”
The soldier, with his sharp senses, was certain that if he were to die, it would be from massive bleeding at the nape of his neck.
“Don’t want to die?”
“Please…!”
Following the route, Park Jinsung changed his course at the last second.
Thud!
He slapped the soldier’s chin and simultaneously kicked his legs, making him kneel.
“No, ack!”
Park Jinsung deliberately turned the soldier so that his drenched pants were visible.
Unknowingly holding their breath, the 998 troops forgot even the thought of rescuing and their faces turned pale.
“He’s crazy… that guy’s a devil…”
“That, that guy is worse than Kang Jinno?!”
“Damn it! What kind of training is this?!”
The madman with bloodshot eyes just kept Csik-ning.
“Good grief?”
If you get caught by that guy, it’s over! At least one arm is sure to be broken!
Park Jinsung’s murderous aura made the 998 recoil as if they were seeing a carnivorous animal.
[Partial murderous intent, venomous aura]
*The murderous intent began to leak out little by little.
Targets with keen senses respond to the owner’s murderous intent by losing their fighting spirit.
“Wow! You’re caught!”
Park Jinsung shouted with a laugh, which seemed like a threat to the lives of 998. Standing still, he exuded a terrifying aura as if intending to harm or kill.
Shiver!
Those who saw Park Jinsung naturally trembled, and their heartbeats quickened.
“Eeek! Are, are you just standing and watching?! He seems to be measuring us up to eliminate us!!”
“E, Eeek? Over there…”
“Eeek! Oh, he’s coming! See! I told you he’s out to harm us, training or not!!”
‘Cough, cough. Did I go too far? It seems I did it similar to during the guerrilla warfare.’
“Ack! He’s not saying anything this time! What do we do!! He seems very angry!”
Terrified, 998 instinctively drummed and rattled on about the threat. Park Jinsung’s every move had meaning attached to it by them, cutting down their own fighting spirit.
The fierce aura exerting a dreadful influence on the battlefield.
Park Jinsung’s venomous momentum openly declared his presence on this battlefield.
“Oh boy. Seems a bit scared, huh? Hehe!”
He’s a pervert, a murderer.
If you encounter him, you die.
It was a bit on the unpleasant side, but the effect was truly astounding.
“Ha ha ha….”
“Ugh! He even laughs?! Killing must be his hobby!”
The area around Park Jinsung was distinctly emphasized with dark shadows.
Under the same sun, at the same place, and with the same intensity, Park Jinsung’s venomous presence stood out distinctly.
As Park Jinsung glanced at the helicam, it too jumped in surprise and filmed elsewhere.
‘At this rate, there’s no need to engage everyone.’
The 998 facing Park Jinsung had all stiffened up.
A group is difficult to break down once, but once broken, it’s hard to revive.
“Good. Ahem. Zombies, everyone?”
“Captain?”
“Just take a good rest. From the looks of it, I alone am enough.”
Park Jinsung hummed softly to himself in a sprinter’s start position.
“Tonight, the star is me, me, it’s me.”
As he bit the dagger, the lyrics naturally transformed into humming.
Park Jinsung lifted his buttocks, openly signaling his intention to sprint.
“Here he comes! The psychopath is coming!!”
“Damn it! I’m going crazy! Everyone, get ready!!”
“How exactly?! How do we prepare for that?! Man!”
Crack!
Park Jinsung launched his body forward powerfully. He ran so fast that only his field of vision rapidly changed.
“Umph, give it a try. Umph.”
Running through a flock of terrified sheep was an easy task. Park Jinsung breezed through the 998 formation without needing to deal with each one individually.
‘Got a lot of good Edeyas.’
As the scenery and targets changed, naturally, the murder routes and Edeyas swiftly passed by.
[Spin the wrist as fast as a fan]
[A middle finger that never bends]
[Metabolism spikes on an uphill]
[Nails of steel that grow only when needed]
Predicting an opponent’s Edeyas in advance was almost like a cheat ability.
He selectively performed gestures only for relatively dangerous Edeyas. Although he could see only one person at a time, it was more than sufficient.
As Park Jinsung ran too straight forward, 998 also timidly tried to tackle.
“Block him! Stretch out an arm at least!”
“Eh, then the arm will disappear…?”
“Yikes! This guy is for real! He’s really going to cut!”
Despite never having inflicted a cut or open wound before, rumors had wildly spread on their own.
“Grab him! We need to catch him!”
“We can’t catch him.”
Park Jinsung suddenly began to run in a zigzag pattern. The timid option of stretching out an arm to block had to quickly disappear.
“Whoo. Ready? Set?!”
The murderer had completely breached the pathway and set foot in the 998’s main base.
“What’s this! Why is he here!”
“What the heck did the guys in front do!”
The soldiers who were at the back and saw Park Jinsung for the first time turned deathly pale.
“Ah, ah, ah. Helicams? Are you capturing this well? I’m about to press the button, so please announce the end of the training?”
“Ugh. This guy is spouting nonsense!”
The momentarily distracted soldiers extended their Edeyas with trembling limbs for no apparent reason.
“Ah, it’s over now. Let’s put aside needless suffering and go with a bit of pacifism, shall we?”
“Your words and actions don’t match!”
Park Jinsung lowered his posture and adjusted his dagger to face forward.
Swoosh!
With as graceful steps as ever, Park Jinsung sprinted along the visible murder route.
“Hi, hieek!”
Every time the dagger traced the murder route, the soldiers felt as though death was imminent.
‘Hehe. Just this is scary enough.’
Of course, he didn’t stab directly but merely carved out bracelets at the end of the route.
The soldiers who felt the venomous aura and the dagger on their skin without exception slumped down in fear.
‘Hehe. This is quite good training, isn’t it?’
Thinking of it as training somehow increased his accuracy, a curious phenomenon.
The accuracy kept increasing, and the routes became increasingly difficult, a bizarre situation.
The soldiers experiencing death in more difficult and stranger ways!
“Hey! Get up! What are you doing now!”
The soldiers who came running late scolded those who had fallen and lost their fighting spirit.
“Ah…”
The soldiers guarding the button all had a vacant look in their eyes.
Although only the most difficult murder routes were shown, from the soldiers’ point of view, it was a chilling realization of just how they could die.
“Hold on. What happened to your bracelets?”
“What do you mean what happened… He destroyed them all…”
Only then did the remaining 998 troops realize that all the soldiers guarding the button had been stripped of their bracelets. And cleanly, without a single scratch.
“No, no way… He’s really…”
“I get that this guy is a monster, a murderous psychopath, but still, we need to get up and stop him!”
‘Sigh. It’s come to this.’
Park Jinsung looked on with a distant gaze, but to the soldier, it felt like an absolute notification of his impending death.
Thud, thud!
Park Jinsung walked slowly towards the button.
“Block him! We have to…!”
“Oh dear… If he comes, will we die…?”
“Uh, ugh.”
The numerous soldiers surrounding the button hesitated out of fear of just Park Jinsung.
“No, stop right there!”
“Do we lose?! What about Kang Jinno and Yuk Dongho?! We outnumbered them three to one and yet…!”
“Csik. Maybe check the video later.”
Park Jinsung, chilling to the end, pointed at the helicams filling the sky.
Crunch.
Then, he continued the dreadful atmosphere and shattered the button with his dagger.
* * *
White Goblin Kim’s Ancestral Home.
“Umm….”
An elderly man with stubborn wrinkles etched on his face groaned as he looked at the screen mounted on the wall.
The place had a distinctly Korean texture and color scheme. Apart from the screen, the place was impressively furnished with elegantly colored wood. Goblin patterns drawn here and there on the wood added a detailed touch of beauty.
The old man was dressed in a manner that suited the location, his elegant beard making him look like a scholar from the Joseon Dynasty.
“What do you think?”
The old man asked the young man who had been watching the screen with him.
“I think.”
The young man was kneeling with his back straight as he watched the screen.
-Did we lose?! What about Kang Jinno and Yuk Dongho?! We outnumbered them three to one and yet…!
-Csik. Maybe check the video later.
On the screen, Park Jinsung was shown devastating the central pathway of the 998 and destroying the button with his performance.
“I believe… I will still win. The weapon Jinsung uses is based on the sword, and I see no reason why I should lose.”
“Good. That kind of confidence is necessary if I’m to entrust my granddaughter to you.”
The old man’s wrinkles finally sketched a smiling pattern.
The rascal granddaughter had been nothing but trouble for him.
Just when he was pleased that she had made some progress, what? Armor?
It’s ridiculous how much more she needs to upgrade her swordsmanship skills. There’s simply no leeway to divert the aura meant for the sword.
The old man had gone as far as Slovakia to bring the young man back for his precious granddaughter.
“Do not worry. I will take responsibility for Seyun throughout my life.”
The young man’s name was Bratislava Fecht.
A prodigy of traditional Western swordsmanship who had suddenly appeared from Eastern Europe.
* * *
“Knock knock?! Are you there!”
“I’m still intact.”
Park Jinsung opened the door to the medical office upon confirming Ahn Sungho’s voice.
“Heheh. Is the school nurse not here?”
“The medic is too busy because you’ve caused quite a mess.”
“Phew. That’s a relief. For some reason, I start to tear up whenever I see the school nurse.”
Despite the injuries sustained by many across the battalion and brigade, Ahn Sungho, Kang Jinno, and Yuk Dongho were the ones most seriously affected.
The three were to be transferred to the National Military Hospital as soon as the training ended.
[Eek! I’d rather die than share a room with Ahn Sungho!!]
[I don’t even have the energy to be angry anymore. Please….]
Kang Jinno and Yuk Dongho were vehemently opposed to staying with Ahn Sungho, even to the point of tears. Knowing Kang Jinno’s temper, the brigade could hardly hide their dismay.
“It’s humble here, but take any seat, Park Jinsung.”
Despite being the most injured of the three, Ahn Sungho astonishingly moved around as if he were unscathed. If he hadn’t just stood there looking down at Kang Jinno and Yuk Dongho, he would have been sent to the hospital as well.
“Every time training ended, Kim Seyun was always by my side. Uh. That’s why it feels a bit awkward now.”
“Where did Kim Seyun go?”
“She had to go home early because of an emergency.”
“…Is that so. Being here dulls my sense of time. How long has it been since the training ended?”
Ahn Sungho asked while folding the bedsheet.
“Two weeks? A little less than two weeks? That seems about right.”
The battalion had been in chaos due to training with the brigade.
The drained stamina of the battalion members.
Yet, the media swarmed in crazily.
The countless feedbacks that kept getting delayed because of post-training procedures.
Moreover, a strange euphoria that agitated the entire battalion made everyone feel uneasy.
“Heh, you must have gotten quite the attention. How does it feel to be in the spotlight?”
“Stop it! I’m telling you, it’s been so tough because of that!”
Park Jinsung was undoubtedly the biggest beneficiary of this deep infiltration training exercise. Strictly speaking, Ahn Sungho was included too, but he was left out of the spotlight due to his severe injuries.
“If only the sergeant had been safe! Ah! Seriously, because of the sergeant, it’s been so tough!”
The early elimination of the battalion’s strongest force, the 3rd Company.
Members like Byun Kiyoung and Kim Seyun from the 2nd Company, who had overcome Pest, also struggled and were eliminated.
In these critical conditions, the 1st Company, tasked with the right flank, single-handedly disrupted and rescued the isolated zombie company, and finally, Park Jinsung broke through the central pathway with overwhelming performance.
Even if Ahn Sungho had swallowed up the brigade’s best aces, the feat was too impressive not to be astounded.
Right down to being proudly recorded in the profile as a D-grade Edeya.
“Kang Jinno would foam at the mouth if he knew you had meddled with him beforehand.”
It was virtually the same as having single-handedly devastated the brigade.
“Do you know how furious I was when the principal suddenly changed his attitude? If you don’t know, then don’t speak!”
“Haha. You seem to be enjoying this. I mean it.”
“No! It really shouldn’t be like this. The principal even took photos with me arm in arm, and then…”
Park Jinsung vented his frustrations as if he had a machine gun in his mouth.
“Ha, ha, ha.”
“Oh come on! Don’t just listen like an NPC fighter, please listen like a human!”
“Haha, haha, haha.”
“Oh come on!! Sergeant!!”
The NPC fighter enjoyed Park Jinsung’s complaints and grimaces as if watching an amusing performance.
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