I Became a Disaster-Class Sorcery Genius

Salvation (Death) (1)

"It's a relief you don't have any major injuries."

Kim Dojun, who spoke these words even to Shin Se-yeon, who was staring blankly at him, let out a big sigh of genuine relief.

'If anything bad had happened to Shin Se-yeon or if she'd been seriously injured, things would get incredibly complicated.'

Kim Dojun thought this as he looked at Shin Se-yeon.

'If I'd been even a little late, that would have truly been the worst.'

Because in the not-too-distant future, Shin Se-yeon was supposed to kill her father and become the Greedy One, the second boss of the Sorcery Killing Technique.

'A disruption to the plan is something that absolutely cannot happen.'

The fact that Gatura of Salvation appeared like this was definitely not bad for Kim Dojun, but if Shin Se-yeon were to die, all of it would be for nothing.

If she were to die, Kim Dojun would lose his landmark for escape, and that was no different than being lost.

Given those circumstances, Kim Dojun felt relieved that she was still alive and well.

"For now, this place is dangerous, so get out of here."

As he spoke, he helped her up, ready to push her from behind to evacuate her from the scene.

"What about you?"

When Shin Se-yeon asked, Kim Dojun replied as if not to worry about him.

"Don't worry about me, just get out first. It'll be safer outside."

BANG!

Just as he finished speaking, Gatura of Salvation, who'd been crashed into the wall, rose at the worst possible timing.

"Hurry!"

With that, Kim Dojun urged Shin Se-yeon again, putting the intention in his tone that he didn't want her dying a pointless death like an ocean sunfish.

"... Alright...!"

Only then did Shin Se-yeon finally nod firmly in understanding.

"I'll break through this barrier somehow and call for backup...!"

With that answer, she dashed down the stairs of the Sorcery Institute.

Watching Shin Se-yeon go, Kim Dojun thought to himself.

'She won't be able to break through the barrier anyway.'

Should I just tell her to hide quietly? That thought crossed his mind for a moment.

[It's amusing... There are so many people who can stay sane and move about in the Paradise Realm (極樂界) I established.]

At a voice coming from elsewhere, Kim Dojun turned his gaze.

There stood Gatura of Salvation, smiling as if she found the whole thing entertaining.

"Paradise, my ass. I guess in your eyes, this looks like paradise?"

[Are you trying to judge paradise from the perspective of a mortal? How foolish.]

Gatura of Salvation snickered as she spoke.

As she laughed, the mouths attached to her arms and legs simultaneously curled into smirks, which Kim Dojun found—

"Tsk."

—a little disgusting, so he openly frowned but didn't take his eyes off Gatura, watching closely.

'... I really can't tell.'

He still couldn't figure out who this possessed entity was.

'I can tell she has blue hair and is a woman.'

But beyond that, it was vague.

'Once someone is possessed by a malignant spirit, their appearance changes completely except for a few features.'

Recalling the setting of the Sorcery Killing Technique, Kim Dojun decided early on to give up identifying the possessed entity.

'I'll find out after this is all over anyway.'

Ending his thoughts, he readied himself, but Gatura of Salvation, still chuckling, said—

[Anyway, since you sent me flying, I should pay you back.... But I'm a very generous person. So—]

At the same time as she spoke:
[On the contrary, I'll save you.]

She appeared right in front of Kim Dojun's eyes.

His eyes widened in that instant.

A bigger smile formed on Gatura's lips, and her blood-red arm swung down to crush Kim Dojun's head.

At the moment Gatura's hand was about to touch Kim Dojun's head—

[!]

Gatura realized—

That even though Kim Dojun had been right in front of her just a moment ago, he was no longer there.

Question marks quickly filled her mind.

As her gaze swept around—

Gatura saw it.

The Kim Dojun she tried to save was suddenly beside her, throwing a punch.

KWAANG!

With a thunderous boom, Gatura's body was sent flying and smashed into a wall.

She tried to get up immediately.

But Kim Dojun—

"It's not over yet!"

—appeared right in front of her again and kicked her in the face.

CRASH!

Gatura's body was flung outside.

[Kahak!]

Gatura spat up blood.

For a fleeting moment, she seemed unable to process what had just happened, her expression dazed.

CRACK!

Feeling excruciating pain from her ankle, she looked down instinctively.

"Did you think it was over?"

Seeing Kim Dojun right in front of her, her eyes widened. Kim Dojun smiled back at her.

"Hup!"

And then, grabbing Gatura's ankle, he powerfully swung and threw her toward the warehouse.

BAM! CRASHCRASHCRASHCRAAAASH!!!

Like a meteor slamming into the earth, Gatura's body smashed through the warehouse.

[Kyaaaaagh!]

Unimaginable pain made Gatura scream in spite of herself, and she hurried to form a hand seal.

"No, you're not."

[!?]

This time, Kim Dojun grabbed Gatura's wrist before she could form the hand seal, slammed her to the ground, and drove his fist down.

BOOOOM—!!!

With the ground exploding, the warehouse was utterly smashed to pieces.

But even then, Kim Dojun didn't stop. As if it still wasn't enough, he kept raining blows on Gatura slammed into the ground.

When the dust grew so thick you could barely see—

"I said, it's not over yet!"

[Kraah!]

Again, Kim Dojun grabbed Gatura's arm and slammed her into the ground.

KWAANG!

A huge dent formed in the ground as if a massive car had crashed down.

At the same time, Gatura, overwhelmed by agony, finally managed to raise her hand and form a hand seal.

And at the moment Kim Dojun raised his fist again—

"Drop (樂)!"

Gatura of Salvation's sorcery was activated.

Freeze!

At the same time, Kim Dojun's body became immobilized—as if caught by Gatura's sorcery.

Seeing Kim Dojun frozen, Gatura was certain her sorcery had succeeded, and went to finish him with a punch.

But at the last moment—

He smirked.

At the sight of Kim Dojun's sneering face, chills ran down Gatura's spine.

"Did you really think you caught me?"

[!]

With those words, she was slammed into the ground again.

KWAANG!

Another explosion resounded.

Yet, even as she felt pain, Gatura of Salvation looked at Kim Dojun with bewilderment.

'How is my sorcery not working on him?'

So far, there had never been a single person immune to her sorcery.

Even the most powerful sorcerers of the age, who came to subjugate her during her previous descent, did not escape her sorcery.

But the man before her nullified Gatura's sorcery—

As if it never worked from the very start.

Instinctively, Gatura tried to form another hand seal to use a different sorcery, but—

CRACK!

[Ghhh!]

Kim Dojun viciously attacked, giving Gatura of Salvation no time to retaliate.

After some time had passed—

KWAANG!

"Huff—! Huff—!"

Kim Dojun, having flung Gatura into the gym next to the warehouse, exhaled heavily as he looked at the collapsing practice building and the persistent barrier that still stubbornly held.

'As expected, there's a limit to killing a malignant spirit with just physical strength.'

From the moment the fight started, Kim Dojun hadn't spared Gatura for even a second, beating her relentlessly.

It was to the point you could say he had completely redeveloped the area around the building.

On the outer walls, there were long marks where he'd ground Gatura's face repeatedly.

The garden had multiple craters made by Gatura's body.

And the sports field, where he now stood, had become something unrecognizable. Kim Dojun had thrown every kind of attack he could at Gatura.

The warehouse was even beyond a ruin—it was now just the 'place' the warehouse used to be.

But despite mercilessly beating her—

"Drop (樂)!"

"It's useless."

—Gatura of Salvation was still alive.

Trying to catch his breath and conserve stamina after moving non-stop for dozens of minutes, Kim Dojun watched as Gatura, still with a hand seal formed, walked out.

Of course, Gatura's body was far from normal.

She was covered in wounds impossible to hide, and one of her arms was already gone elsewhere.

Yet the point was—despite being battered to the point of destruction, Gatura of Salvation was still moving.

'It's not unexpected.'

For someone like Kim Dojun, who had played the Sorcery Killing Technique, he had half expected this situation from the moment he decided to fight Gatura of Salvation.

'Malignant spirits take reduced damage from all but a certain level of sorcery attacks.'

In other words, Kim Dojun was fighting with his attack power reduced.

Even so, he hadn't expected Gatura to withstand it this well.

'I even dragged her face across an asphalt highway five times in a row, and she's still standing.'

Kim Dojun looked at the five huge trenches he'd made in the Sorcery Institute, from rooftop to first floor, with Gatura's face, thinking—

[... I admit it. You're fundamentally different from any sorcerer I've ever met.]

At that sudden voice, he glanced at Gatura instinctively.

She wore an extremely serious expression.

[So, I'll face you at full strength, as well.]

With those words—

RIIIIIP—!

She opened the mouths attached to her limbs.

From the open mouths, hands and various objects were produced.

Sensing instinctive weirdness at this, Kim Dojun stopped his break and immediately rushed at Gatura.

THUD!!!

But just before he could reach her, he hit a massive barrier that had just formed.

At the same time, the objects in Gatura's hands merged and attracted each other, forming a bizarre eyeball-shaped structure in the air.

That eyeball-shaped construct—

[Divine Construct]

—opened its eye at Gatura's mutter.

Like a reptile's, the eyeball grotesquely rolled about, staring at Kim Dojun from Gatura's palm.

As Kim Dojun punched through the barrier and closed in on Gatura—

[Unified Death Creation (一切唯死造)]

Gatura of Salvation opened her mouth and uttered an incantation.

"!"

Before Kim Dojun's eyes, the world began to change.

SWAAA—!

The world, previously tinged red, began to be painted over in black.

The earth.

The sky.

Even the buildings and ruined debris around them—

Everything was being colored black.

In the instant darkness filled the space—

Creeeaak—

A giant eye appeared.

Just like the construct from Gatura's hand, a reptilian, vertically slit pupil stared at Kim Dojun.

SHAAA!

In the darkness, dozens, hundreds of eyes all opened at once.

[Let me show you the meaning of salvation—]

With Gatura's voice—

CREEK—!

All the eyes in the black world simultaneously fixed their gaze on Kim Dojun.

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