I Became a Genius Swordsman in the Pretty Girl Game - Chapter 383

Ha.

“This is no joke.”

The moment I swung my first sword strike after entering the gate, I felt it.
My body felt refreshed.
No, the word "refreshed" doesn’t do justice—it felt impossibly light.

I had no major complaints about my previous body, which had been trained to its extreme limits.

But this was different.

The power flowing through me was entirely on another level.

All the effort I’d accumulated until now was amplified, bursting forth with twice the strength.

The sensation of having risen from the lowest potential to an “average” level was beyond imagination.

“Four stars… no, this is closer to five-star destructive power.”

I lightly pushed off the ground with my foot, and my zero-to-sixty acceleration time was cut to less than half.
My body surged far beyond the expected point, making it hard to control at first.

It felt like upgrading the engine of a mid-sized sedan to that of a supercar.

“Man, good thing I tested this beforehand.”

Well, I would’ve tested it at the training grounds to some degree, but still.

“Getting used to it in actual combat is always the best way.”

At the same time, I felt a tinge of regret.
These monsters weren’t enough to truly test the limits of my power.

“If my rank increased just one more time…”

The mere thought made my heart race.
If that happened, I might really become like a god-tier character in a game, the type who clears entire maps with a single click.

“No, I can do it.”

I was sure of it.
With five stars and full transcendence, I could truly ascend.

Grinning, I raised my sword toward the demons who had been trying to flee moments earlier.

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The demons could no longer think straight.

Who was Jin Yuha?

For demons, the name most feared might be the slaughter-crazed Baek Seol-hee.
But Jin Yuha was equally infamous in the demon world.

Every time Utopia entered a demonic gate, the demons would root for their brethren on the opposite side.

This time, too, they had nervously cheered for the Spider Queen.

The result? Utopia’s victory.

Even their revered demon king were crushed like bugs by him. What hope did mere demon, who drew strength from them, have?

“C-captain, what do we do…?”
“...Shit.”
“W-why the hell is Jin Yuha here?!”
“...Shit!”
“We need to run!”
“...Shit!!!”

Though they talked of escape, the moment Jin Yuha’s gaze landed on them, they were frozen in place.

Unbeknownst to them,

First Achievement Title I – Slayer of the Impossible: Demon Slayer
{ +10% damage to all demon and demons. }

First Achievement Title III – Slayer of the Demon King: Demon King Slayer
{ Instills instinctive fear in all beings imbued with demonic energy. }

Additionally, his Charisma trait.

These two titles and his trait instinctively branded him as the ultimate predator in the minds of demons, paralyzing them like frogs before a snake.

Step—

Step—

Step—

With every step Jin Yuha took, cold sweat drenched their bodies.
The sound of his footsteps rang like thunder in their ears.

Jin Yuha’s dark pupils, void of light, rose to meet the demon perched on a tree.

Fragile and slender—a man, yes.
But here, no one could see Jin Yuha as anything less than a harbinger of death.

“Hey. Get down.”

He spoke in a low voice.

The demon tried to resist, but their fear-stricken bodies were honest.
Trembling, they descended from the tree at his command.

“Quite the little scheme you had going on, huh?”

Clink.

With a sword dripping blue monster blood slung over his shoulder, Jin Yuha smirked.

“What? You were planning to blow up Quetta Gate while everyone was distracted with the watered-down chaos at Bahawalpur? To screw over Pakistan?”

Flinch.

At his words, the demon shook as if struck by an earthquake.
How could he have known their plan so thoroughly?

“Well, yeah, with the lack of manpower in the Demon Slayer Squad, pulling off something like that during all this chaos would’ve done some damage. But guess what? I handled this gate.”

Gulp.

“P-please spare us!”
“...Hmm, spare you?”
“Y-yes! W-we swear! Never again! We’ll never commit such sacrilegious acts again!”

The demon with burn scars on her face, Nadia, fell to her knees and bowed her head to the ground.

“Please!”
“I-I was wrong!!!”

Seeing this, the other demon also knelt and begged before Jin Yuha.

They had no other choice.
Facing Jin Yuha here was suicide.
Just being in his presence consumed them with fear; fighting him was unthinkable.

If there was any hope left…
Unlike Baek Seol-hee, who would cut them down without a word, Jin Yuha was a hero.

If they appealed to his mercy, they might survive.

Clinging to this slim chance, the demon groveled before him.

But.

Jin Yuha’s response wasn’t what they expected.

“Hmm, oh? I can see this?”

Jin Yuha observed the demons with a peculiar expression and let out an exclamation of admiration.

Then—
Swoosh!
Jin Yuha's sword sliced through the air toward their chest.

At that moment, they thought it was over, a hopeless end.

"...Huh?"

Nadia, who had shut her eyes tightly, cautiously opened them and looked down at the area where the sword had struck.
There was no wound.

Jin Yuha had spared them.

"Th-thank you for sparing—"
"Really? Are you sure that's something to be thankful for?"
"Huh? What do you mean by that...?"

Just as Nadia was expressing her gratitude with a face full of emotion, she suddenly felt a strange sensation.

The connection to the demon energy, the magic, had been severed!

"W-what is this...?"

Dark crimson energy drained from her body, and she reverted to an ordinary human physique.

"No, this can't be..."

Suddenly, retch.
"Urrggghh!"
"Aaaaah!"
"Stop! Please, stop!!!"

The demons began vomiting blood and screaming in agony.

The process of losing the magic was anything but peaceful.
It felt as if their flesh and bones were being completely carved out.
As the demonic energy that enveloped their bodies vanished one by one, a fiery, unbearable pain surged through them.

"Severing the connection to the demons and turning them back into ordinary humans, huh...?"

Jin Yuha watched them with an intrigued expression and murmured to himself.

"Hmm, the cost of imprisoning demons in the Demon Prison was outrageous. And there are so many of them caught this time."

The screams of the demons began to fade. Their eyes lost all light, their bodies now aged and withered, their faces pale and lifeless.

"Wonder if this could work on Ichika's curse too? That’d be useful."

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-What the hell was that?

-He just waved his sword, and they all suddenly aged like crazy!

-This is so satisfying LOL. Watching this is way better than just seeing them die.

-Wait, does Jin Yuha use magic now too?

-Holy crap LOL, they all look like they aged 50 years in an instant!

The viewers watching this scene on the live broadcast were baffled by Jin Yuha's new ability.

Shin Se-hee, her crimson eyes glowing with her unique skill, couldn’t help but chuckle in disbelief.

"...Is something like this even possible?"

"Severing magic from demons... This is completely outside the realm of common sense, Jin Yuha..."

Until now, the standard protocol for dealing with demons had been to either render them unconscious and bind them or execute them on the spot.

Once someone was corrupted by magic, they were doomed to obey the will of the demons.

This was why the cost of securing and detaining demons in the Demon Prison had been astronomical.

But if Jin Yuha could strip demons of their magic...

The financial burden for containment would drop to less than a tenth of its current cost.

And the voices in politics, constantly arguing over the "rights" of demons, would immediately be silenced.

Moreover...

"To the demons, this is pure despair."

Losing their magic was akin to stripping mana away from hunters.
Most would think it better to die than to face such a fate.

For demons, who revered their magic as a divine power, the agony of losing it was unimaginable.

"There's no stronger sense of loss than having something you've always possessed ripped away from you."

The demon race would likely be equally shocked by this.
If Jin Yuha's words were correct, demons gained power from the lives and offerings of their followers.

This development could be a key turning point in dealing with the demons in the future.

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"That's all for today's Utopia broadcast! Thank you all for watching!"

-Don't leave!!!

-Where are you going?!

-ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ When are you streaming again?!

-Se-hee, interview Jin Yuha first—

Beep.

Shin Se-hee ended the broadcast after delivering her closing remarks and got up from her seat.

She had preparations to make if she wanted to make use of Jin Yuha's newfound power.

"Heheh, truly... You never fail to amaze me."