I Became a Genius Swordsman in the Pretty Girl Game - Chapter 384

A prison for captured Demons, where they are incarcerated and undergo a rehabilitation process.

This time, the prison was teeming with Demons captured through a joint operation by Utopia and the Demon Slayer Squad. Usually, the number of inmates received in a month had arrived in a single day, plunging the prison into utter chaos.

And now, the place was filled with screams and cries of despair.

“Ahhhh! No! Stop! Don’t come near me!!!”
“I-I was wrong! I’ll behave well in prison, please!”
“I don’t want to turn back into a human!!!”

The Demons, dragged out one by one, twisted their bodies in resistance, but a cold, blue sword mercilessly grazed their forms.
The motion of the blade, like the judgment of fate, drove the Demons into despair.

Shuk—

As the sword brushed against a Demon’s body, the demonic energy drained out, and they instantly aged.
The red aura leaving their bodies resembled bleeding, and their screams became more wretched.

This was the process of turning Demons back into ordinary humans.
This operation, spearheaded by Shin Se-hee, required a significant amount of time.
Because it was conducted on a global scale, the number of Demons to be processed was overwhelming, and it was certainly not an easy task for Jin Yuha to handle alone.

“Phew... How many are left?”

I wiped the sweat off my forehead and asked Shin Se-hee. The work, which had started in the morning, was continuing into the evening.

“There are 2,413 left here…”

Shin Se-hee glanced at her tablet and continued.

“After that, you’ll need to handle the Chinese sector… but the Chinese government is resisting. Human rights activists and wealthy elites are branding this as inhumane.”

I let out a dry laugh.

“Hah. Inhumane, my foot. We’re not even killing them. All those guys are probably Demons too.”

Just then—

Bang!

A loud gunshot echoed from a distance. It was the work of a skilled marksman who fired without even taking a proper breath.

Ting!

But Lee Yoo-ri, standing nearby, managed to block it in time with her shield.
Her shield skills had reached an almost artistic level by now.

“Jin Yuha! Are you okay?”
“You protected me, didn’t you?”

Her shield expertise was, without exaggeration, practically a masterpiece.

“Benefactor, I’ll be right back.”

Then, Ichika, with a cold expression, gauged the distance and melted into the shadows. Her movements were as natural as the shadows of the night.

“…Another assassination attempt. Jin Yuha, do you really have to keep doing this?”
“Yes, I absolutely have to.”

Srrrk—

“Benefactor, this assassin was connected to human rights activists.”

Ichika had already returned, having probed the assassin’s memories to uncover their backers.

Sssk sssk.

Even though Ichika’s curse had been lifted, she still enjoyed physical contact. Like a cat, she fiddled with the hem of Jin Yuha’s clothes.

“Well done. Let’s pass the information about the activists to Master and ask for their handling.”
“Got it.”

The resistance was definitely fiercer than before.

It was only natural.
The process of turning Demons back into ordinary humans threatened their very existence and cornered them.

People often believed the danger of Demons lay in their uncontrollable power.

‘That’s true.’

But that was just a surface-level reason.

The real problem was that Demons served as a bridge between devils and this world.

For devils from other dimensions to descend here, they required the life force of humans from this world, and Demons were effectively their suppliers.
In exchange for granting power to the Demons, devils absorbed their life force, minimizing the restrictions of crossing dimensions.

‘But now that we’ve cut off their supply…’

Devils that had previously descended were cut off from communication, and the flow of power they once received had suddenly ceased. Naturally, the devils were thrown into disarray.
Their plans had been entirely derailed.

“Let’s move on to the next group.”

Kang Do-hee brought in another batch of newly captured Demons.
Their eyes already reflected resignation.

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[Isn't it hilarious how those demons are losing their minds these days? lolol]

1-Talking about how "demons are also precious lives," etc., etc.

-Takes a long time.

-Feels like you're just flaunting intellectual vanity.

-Boring and pedantic.

-A 100% chance of sparking an argument.

-If you lose the argument, your world crumbles.

2. "Then just die."
3.
-Ends the conversation immediately.

-Sticks in their memory for a long time.

-A fact.

-Simple and doesn't require prior knowledge.

-Virtually no chance of losing an argument.

[Picture of Jin Yuha swinging his sword.jpg]

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The comments section began to explode. Jin Yuha's image, which had now become something of a meme, sent people into a frenzy.

-"Lol, if demons are precious lives, then so are cancer cells lolol."

-"The fact is, demons aren't even dying lol."
ㄴ "For real, they're just being turned into normal humans, that's all lolol."
ㄴ "Yeah, all they're doing is stripping them of their powers lol."

-"I heard that even those arrogant so-called hunters can be turned into civilians lol."
ㄴ "Those guys have been so quiet lately, it's so satisfying lolol."

-"But aren't those human rights activists and the rich also demons?"
ㄴ "Yup yup, you're a genius? Breaking news just came out lol."
[Link - Billionaire Eleko Adeba revealed to be a demon? Captured by Baek Seol-hee, Eleko Adeba’s aged appearance exposed.]
ㄴ "Whoa, there were so many rats; this is insane."
ㄴ "No need for persuasion; even if they're not demons, you can confirm it with just one sword swing, so easy lolol."

-"And here I was, mad about how much tax money was going into the demon prison. Turns out, all that got saved lol."

The transformation of demons into powerless, ordinary civilians became a source of hope for humanity and despair for the demons.

Watching this unfold, Lina let out a hollow laugh.

"Turning demons back into ordinary humans, huh…"

It was remarkable.
This was an achievement even Lina herself couldn't accomplish.

She understood that since demons were the source of power for the demonic realm, leaving them alive was not an option.

But it was impossible to eliminate every single demon they captured.
If she'd attempted that, she'd have been remembered not as a hero but as the greatest mass murderer in history.

Even the law she managed to pass, which allowed for instant execution when demons resisted on-site, faced tremendous opposition and grueling protests.
It was something that continued to weigh heavily on her.

And now, they were simply turning captured demons back into ordinary humans.

This obliterated the argument:
"Demons are also living beings and shouldn't be killed."

Glance.

Ping ping!

From a glass jar on the desk, a pure white spider weakly tapped its body against the sides.
It was the queen spider Arine's true body, recently captured alive by Jin Yuha from a demonic gate.
To the untrained eye, it looked no different from a regular spider, but Lina knew better.
She knew just how dangerous that tiny creature could be.

As she observed it, a bad feeling crept over Lina.

She immediately summoned Jin Yuha.

"…This doesn't bode well."

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"You called for me. What's going on?"

Entering the principal's office at Lina's summons, I sat across from her.

"Would you care for some tea?"

Lina offered me a cup of tea. A subtle aroma tickled my nose.

"Uh, Principal, I'm kinda busy right now…"

As I grumbled, Lina furrowed her brows and gave me a sharp look.

Without a word, she poured the tea.
The transparent liquid, tinged with a faint blue hue, filled the cup. My eyes widened for a moment.

'No way…'

The fragrant aroma teased my senses. It was Lina's special tea, known to purify demonic energy.
It was incredibly rare, something you almost never saw.

'Isn't this from a gacha pull?'

I took a sip.

'Oh…'
A gentle sweetness spread across my mouth, and the fatigue weighing down my body instantly melted away.
Both the physical exhaustion from dealing with demons and the mental fatigue vanished in a single moment.

'She's really pulling out the good stuff.'

If she was bringing this out, it meant the discussion was something truly important.

"I need to talk to you about something critical."
"…Something critical?"
"Yes, it’s about the next demonic gate."

At that moment, a scene from my previous life in the game Velvets came to mind, where Lina said a similar line.

'Ah, the radar's gone off.'

After handing Arine over to Lina and steamrolling through the demons with the player's overpowered might, Lina would eventually deliver this line.

It was a classic escalation to increase the difficulty, as the game risked becoming boring due to the player becoming too strong.

"I have a bad feeling about this."

Lina set down her teacup as she spoke.

I smiled inwardly. This pattern was all too familiar. In the game, whenever she said something like this, the next major plot development was about to unfold.
Capturing Arine alive was really paying off.

"Is that so?"

Feigning ignorance, I asked while sipping the tea.

"Yes. This time, things will be entirely different."

Lina gazed out the window as she continued.

"It’s completely changed."

In the game, this was how it always started.

'Ah, so this means every remaining enemy except the final boss is about to show up at once.'

It was the classic endgame pattern where all the remaining demons from the final chapter appeared en masse.
It seemed a bit early this time, though…

'But there’s no Demonic Tree, is there?'

The Demonic Tree had already been taken down by the Sword Emperor.

"Not bad, actually."

Slurp.

Draining the last of the tea, I felt a surge of new strength coursing through me.
Lina gave me a curious look.

"What do you mean?"
"Exactly what I said."

I stood up and spoke.

"This is actually good news. It means the demons have no room left to retreat."

I grinned as I said it.