So What? (2)

The Sorcery Killing Technique user couldn't understand the situation.

He was certain he had unleashed Divine Construct Release.

He had revealed his Divine Construct, the very same one that had taken the life of an S-rank sorcerer, a man who stood at the peak among hundreds of sorcerers.

And yet, he couldn't even lay a finger on Kim Dojun before him.

"Gyaaah!"

On the contrary, he was getting beaten up by Kim Dojun like a dog on Boknal.

No matter how hard he tried to make sense of why this was happening, his mind failed to process anything.

"Agh!"

Ever since he unleashed Divine Construct Release, Kim Dojun's fist had become a constant visitor to his face.

"Agh! Agh! Agh! Agh!"

Not just once, but already dozens of times.

The Divine Construct Release that the Sorcery Killing Technique user had deployed had long since been destroyed.

Yet, he couldn't even think of using Divine Construct Release again—he was simply being pummeled one-sidedly by Kim Dojun.

"Why do you keep hitting only my face—urk!"

"Do you know why they call me the Mad Dog of Cheonho-dong?"

Wham!

"It's because I keep hitting the same spot, you bastard!"

With Kim Dojun's last punch, the Sorcery Killing Technique user's face caved in completely as he collapsed onto the cold floor.

Looking down at the limp body that couldn't even twitch, Kim Dojun let out a long sigh and muttered.

"I got scared for nothing."

When the Sorcery Killing Technique user initiated Divine Construct Release a moment ago, Kim Dojun's tension had peaked.

But from the moment the guy smugly divulged every ability of his Divine Construct Release, Kim Dojun had been able to handle him with ease.

After all, the power Kim Dojun was wielding wasn't sorcery, but his own pure physical strength.

"Tsk."

Kim Dojun kicked the head of the Sorcery Killing Technique user who had just been beaten to a pulp and started following the hallway path to find Han Soyeon, who had vanished.

Soon, when he opened the door at the end of the corridor—

"... Well, what do we have here?"

Kim Dojun could see it.

A ritual being prepared, inside a large space reminiscent of a church, and it did not look wholesome at all.

What caught his eye first was a red sorcery formation, seemingly drawn in human blood.

The red sorcery formation emanated an ominous, dark crimson glow, as if to announce that the ritual was about to begin.

Scattered around, clearly unsightly, were dismembered corpses of various possessed entities.

Tied to a giant pillar at the center of the sorcery formation, Han Soyeon was grimacing.

"This is a mess."

Unconsciously letting out a hollow laugh, Kim Dojun spoke.

Jin Tae-shik and Ji Seung-gon, who had been fervently preparing the ritual just before, stared at Kim Dojun with puzzled expressions.

They tilted their heads, wondering why he had come alone—

"...!"

"......!!"

Then, as if instantly grasping the situation, their eyes widened in horror.

With those expressions, both the president and vice president of the association moved at the same time, not caring who made the first move.

Wham—!

"Grrgh!"

Instantaneously, Kim Dojun appeared before Jin Tae-shik and landed a punch to his head.

Crash! Crunch!

Jin Tae-shik, sent flying, smashed into a pile of possessed entity body parts that appeared to be for ritual use.

"H-how!"

Stunned after seeing Jin Tae-shik fly, Ji Seung-gon, president of the Sorcery Association, looked at Kim Dojun, mouth agape.

He stood rooted to the spot, unable to process the current situation. As Kim Dojun began moving toward him, he hastily formed a hand seal to cast a hindrance sorcery—

"!"

Even though he clearly used his spiritual power to lay a hindrance sorcery, Kim Dojun appeared before the president with lightning speed.

'It has no effect?!'

Whack!

In that split second, Kim Dojun smashed his head, filling the president's mind with shock and confusion.

"Urgh!"

With a loud noise, the president tumbled into the heap of possessed entity corpses beside the vice president.

Having thus obliterated the two men preparing the ritual, Kim Dojun immediately turned to rescue Han Soyeon.

Tssh—!

With a single bound from the president's location, Kim Dojun reached the center of the ritual formation where Han Soyeon was bound and spoke.

"You okay?"

"I'm fine."

Han Soyeon replied with a slight smile at Kim Dojun's words.

'... She's incredibly composed.'

Even though she almost became a ritual offering, she remained unflinchingly calm. Witnessing this, Kim Dojun mused:'As expected of a future boss, something like this wouldn't faze her, huh...'

With that thought, he tried to break the chains binding Han Soyeon, without hesitation—

"Wait a seconnnd!!!"

A voice rang out at that moment. Turning his head, Kim Dojun saw the association president, Ji Seung-gon, stagger toward them, blood trickling from his lips.

"I thought you'd be completely out of it, but you're quite resilient, huh?"

"Let's make a deal, a deal, Kim Dojun...!"

Seeing Kim Dojun about to break Han Soyeon's chains, Ji Seung-gon opened his mouth.

But when Kim Dojun just looked at him with an unconcerned expression, he hurriedly continued.

"Kim Dojun, I've prepared for this ritual for ten years. Ten whole years! Ten years!"

"So?"

"This ritual means everything to me! I prepared for it at the risk of my life!"

"So?"

"Let's make a deal...! If you let this go, I'll do anything you say!"

"So?"

"A contract, a contract, I'll sign one! How about a sorcery contract? If not, a Blood Demise contract works too! Anything, as long as you let this ritual pass, I'll agree to any binding!"

"So?"

"....."

Once again, hearing the exact same word from Kim Dojun's lips, Ji Seung-gon involuntarily shut his mouth.

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Ji Seung-gon couldn't comprehend what was happening.

Originally, things hadn't unfolded exactly as planned, but they were close to perfect.

With assistance from the Sorcery Killing Technique user, they had succeeded in capturing Han Soyeon. Even though Mongsang Siblings, allies of the Sorcery Killing Technique user, had failed to capture Kim Dojun, the killer himself had stepped in to handle him.

Now, all that was left was to complete the ritual and use Kim Dojun as the control device to activate the key that was Han Soyeon.

That's how it was supposed to go, but everything unraveled the moment Kim Dojun entered the ritual chamber alone.

Kim Dojun instantly knocked down both him and the vice president. Even though he tried to control Kim Dojun with his secret techniques which allowed him to control everyone in the Sorcery Association like his own limbs, none of it worked on Kim Dojun.

Everything he had prepared was ending.

That's why he tried everything to cajole Kim Dojun. But when Kim Dojun kept repeating the same word several times, Ji Seung-gon finally understood.

The Kim Dojun watching him now would never stop trying to save Han Soyeon.

Therefore—

"Why, exactly..."

Ji Seung-gon glared with bulging eyes and asked.

"Why are you trying to save that monster! Why!!!"

He shouted at Kim Dojun with boundless fury in his voice.

"Do you have any idea what that monster has done? Hm!? That monster never deserved to live in the first place!"

The president's outburst.

Kim Dojun looked at him as if annoyed.

"What, Han Soyeon killing her own mom? That was just her talent running amok, right? And you're calling her a monster or whatever because of that?"

"... Ha?"

Ji Seung-gon made a face as if he couldn't comprehend Kim Dojun's words, then paused as if thinking for a moment.

"Ha, I see, it's clear now."

With an incredulous hollow laugh, he looked at Kim Dojun.

"No!!"

At that moment, Kim Dojun reflexively turned his head at the voice from behind—there he saw Han Soyeon.

"...?"

A terrified Han Soyeon.

Her eyes were welling and trembling, her mouth twisted in misery, and she shook her head without even realizing it.

"No, no, don't, don't!!!"

Eventually, she glared furiously at the president and screamed.

"What's wrong? Why are you like this all of a sudden?"

Kim Dojun looked bewildered at Han Soyeon's sudden change in demeanor when she had been calm all along.

"Right now, you think Han Soyeon killed her parents because her Divine Descent powers ran amok?"

"... Yeah, so?"

Since that's what was written in Han Soyeon's background in the game, Kim Dojun nodded.

The association president then gave a twisted smile:"No, what you know is wrong."

He began telling the truth.

"Don't! You bastard!!!"

Han Soyeon, hysterical, tried to move her barely-functioning body toward the president.

"Han Soyeon killing her mother by accident? Ha! Hardly! She consciously controlled her powers, performed a Divine Descent, and killed her own mother!"

"Stop it!"

But the association president, now seeming to savor this moment, twisted his lips into a wide, sadistic grin and continued.

"There was no accident! By her own will! She used Divine Descent to kill her mother, and on top of that, killed eight sorcerers who came to stop her!"

"Stooooop!"

"There was never any accident in her actions! From start to finish, she killed her mother and those sorcerers of her own volition! With her own will! She committed that atrocity!!"

Throwing his head back as if he had discovered some ultimate truth, the association president now addressed Han Soyeon, whose empty eyes stared blankly at him.

"Do you get it now? That woman you're trying to save isn't a girl. She's a murderer who killed her mother and sorcerers since she was very young. That's the kind of being you've come to save."

He revealed the truth she most wanted to keep hidden.

At that moment, Han Soyeon let out an empty sigh.

As if everything had come to an end, as if there was no going back, she looked at the association president with hollow eyes.

In contrast, the president's deadened gaze regained a lively gleam as he looked back at Kim Dojun.

And then.

"...."

Kim Dojun, expressionless, looked at Han Soyeon and the association president, pondering for a while.

"... So what you're saying is, Han Soyeon, by her own will, killed her mother?"

"That's right."

"And on top of that, killed eight sorcerers?"

"Precisely!"

Nodding enthusiastically, the president replied as if elated.

But Kim Dojun, looking at the president's face with no expression, also nodded several times.

"So?"

He asked.

"...?"

Stunned, the association president stared vacantly at him.

"So what?"

That's what Kim Dojun said to him.

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