You Will Be Blessed If You Do Good Deeds¿ - Chapter 47

Thud!
The subordinates of Imanbok, who had arrived, were banging on the wall.

"This seems like the right place?"
"It's just a wall with a paper-thin layer. Break it!"
Decisive action.

From the sounds, it seemed like about five people had gathered.
Five people to catch just me? Isnât this a waste of manpower?
Crack!

With a single kick from the subordinates, half of the door that Lee Ah-rin had created was destroyed.
From Lee Ah-rin's perspective, there was no reason to make the defenses particularly strong.
Once the sniper shot from Imanbok had failed from this position, there wouldnât have been any reason for her to continue living either.

And the moment the door was broken and a gap appeared...
A fine, white powder was sprinkled through the crack.
It was an item just like the one used during the Gwanghwamun Dungeon Break.

Of course, there was no system message indicating the restricted comprehensive stats like the last time.
âThis is pretty effective.â
I had worn it just in case, and the item Han Jae-young had given me was proving quite effective.

Though, it couldnât fully filter out the smoke, so there was still a slight discomfort.
âGot it, move in!â
âThe enemy is a mage anyway! If they canât use magic...ugh!â

The magic circle I had laid out in front of the door glowed brightly.
Itâs true that mages are generally weak in close combat, but thatâs only when they donât have time to prepare their spells.
I had already been trapped in this small room for hours, so time was more than enough.
The bodies of the hunters who stepped on the magic circle were engulfed in blue flames, burning fiercely.

âArgh!â
âGet out, get out! Thereâs fire here!â
âFind the fire hydrant!â

Fools.
I couldnât even escape the building myself, why would I suddenly start a real fire? How was I supposed to handle a fire with this fragile body of mine?
What I had set up as a trap was an illusion magic.

When they stepped on the magic circle, it showed them an illusion of fire burning on their bodies, and once they believed the illusion, real pain followed.
Of course, those with high mental defense wouldnât fall for such magic...
âThese arenât high-level hunters.â

I had expected at least one of the five to escape the magicâs range and be ready with another spell, but all five collapsed.
I had expected that, as a cult leader, Imanbok would be escorted by higher-level hunters, but as Lee Ah-rin said, I had heard that the True Light Churchâs finances were struggling recently. Apparently, the leader had secretly spent some funds, but no one knew where.
The important thing was that the escorts for Imanbokâs outing had been hastily recruited and their level wasnât very high.

It was a thorough information-gathering job and a well-timed choice.
While the preparation wasnât of the highest level, Lee Ah-rin had been quite serious about this assassination.
I pulled a small radio out of the ear of one of the hunters who had collapsed from the pain.

Howâs the situation on your side?
Weâve subdued them.
Roger that.
Roger? Look at these cultists, acting all high and mighty.
Still, things were going as planned.
The first success was how I had managed to handle the firearm that I had unexpectedly taken from Lee Ah-rin.

âIsnât this some talent I have?â
My shoulder hurt from firing the unfamiliar rifle.
Apparently, since it was an illegal firearm cloned by a 3D printer, there was a chance the rapid fire wouldnât work well, so it seemed I had prepared several rifles... which allowed me to shoot faster, but if it werenât for the enhancement potion Han Jae-young gave me, my shoulder wouldâve been dislocated by now.

âWhen Jeong Da-jeong suggested going to the shooting range, I thought it was nonsense.â
Thanks to that, I had quite a good result.
While I was drawing attention with the shooting, Lee Ah-rin herself had used an item to lie in ambush near the garden, aiming to assassinate Imanbok.

That was Plan A.
Of course, the success rate wasnât very high. No matter how low-level they were, Imanbok would have a lot of escorts around him.
âStill, Plan B worked.â

âDaaaad!â
The heartbreaking scream of Choi Mi-yeon echoed from the garden.
The best option would have been to kill Imanbok, but if that failed, the backup plan was to provoke Choi Mi-yeon.

Of course, I never expected that she would end up using Choi Seong-hoon as a shield and have him take the sword for her.
I glanced at the system message.
The system reminds user, Jeong Da-on, of the quest âYou Will Be Blessed If You Do Good Deedsâ.
Your actions have been deemed âexcessive self-defenseâ by the majority.
Your stats have slightly decreased.
Jeong Da-on (Normal)
Potential rating: S-rank
Health: LV. 18 (Limit: None)
Strength: LV. 14 (Limit: None)
Mana: LV. 27 (Limit: None)
Total Level: LV. 20 â 20
Recommended Dungeon Level: C~D class
The only notable change was that my mana level dropped from 28 to 27.

âWithin expected range.â
Seeing the âexcessive self-defenseâ notification, it seemed that it had been acknowledged that the True Light Church had tried to harm me.
Furthermore, the fact that being a cultist was generally unacceptable in society had likely played a role.

Anyway, the small stat drop wasnât that important right now.
I listened to Choi Mi-yeonâs screaming while looking down at Imanbok, who stood in the central garden.
Imanbok, the leader of the True Light Church.

A person who intentionally destroyed talented hunters, using them as sacrifices for his âmiracles.â
Could Imanbok truly be âthe enemy of humanity,â reincarnated from my past lifeâs brother?
As I pondered this, the actual Imanbok before me was...

âReally.â
I couldnât hold back a bitter laugh.
âWhatâs all this?â

The soul of the bald old man reflected in my observation.
Honestly, looking into it was so revolting, his soul was so murky.
Lee Ah-rinâs soul was also muddied with hatred, but there was still a fierce intensity to it.

But Imanbokâs soul felt like I was seeing something covered in oil stains that hadnât been washed away.
This must be his soul.
âI guess it couldnât be that easy to find.â

In that case, the system wouldnât have given me the main quest and tried to exclude the âenemy of humanity.â
Still, considering that the True Light Church was using soul cores, it was clear that âthe enemy of humanityâ was indeed connected to this.
âShould I torture Imanbok to find out?â

That would make things a little tricky.
I watched Lee Ah-rin, who was captured by the guards, continue to provoke Choi Mi-yeon.
The truth that Choi Mi-yeon had avoided all this time.

Sometimes, the truth is a stronger weapon than a sword.
That truth mercilessly tore at Choi Mi-yeonâs mind.
Moreover, losing her father in front of her eyes, it was no wonder she lost her reason.

And the raging mana from Choi Mi-yeon was being devoured by the soul core.
I rested my arm on the window frame, chin propped up, and watched the scene unfold.
What had pushed Lee Ah-rin forward was a bit of curiosity.

The first was to test the theory of the soul core.
I had been through two Dungeon Breaks, but I still hadnât figured out how they were happening.
But when I found out that the soul core was being created here, it all made sense.

Come to think of it, I had seen something shiny in the hand of a man who entered the supermarket in Eunpyeong-gu.

That was the moment I saw the soul core, and I had witnessed it breaking apart.
A single human is like a world of their own.

And when the core of that humanâs soul is forcibly destroyed, an immense explosion of power occurs.
Of course, the range of that explosion is just a tiny crack in this vast universe, but an external invader wouldnât miss that crack and would burrow through it.
And thatâs when the Dungeon Break happened.

âI never tried to destroy it myself, since I was planning to contain my own soul.â
It seemed that my past-life brother had used the soul core in a different way, so it was certainly possible.
The larger the mana contained in the soul core, the stronger the explosion, and since Choi Mi-yeon was about A-rank, there was a high possibility that a level 1 Dungeon Break would occur, pulling this entire area into another dimension.

âMeow!â
While I was observing the garden below, Leo, who had completed his task, came back with his tail standing straight up.
Success! Success!
âThat wasnât too difficult. Obviously, it had to be done.â

Leoâs task had been to wake Choi Mi-yeon from completely falling into the mental magic around the statue.
Even mental magic isnât invincible.
Especially with Choi Mi-yeon, who had Animal Affinity; just hearing a catâs meow would snap her out of it.

I used a bit of my mana to add a little trick, but...
Leo stretched while yawning, lying on the window frame.
It was a peaceful gesture, quite different from the chaos unfolding below.

I scratched Leoâs back, who was asking for praise, while looking down at the garden.
Now, this play was nearing its climax.
Seeing Choi Mi-yeon losing control, Lee Ah-rin shook off the guardâs hand, drew a dagger hidden in her sleeve, and rushed toward Mi-yeon.

If Choi Mi-yeon dies like this, the soul core would temporarily be completed, and Lee Ah-rin would destroy the soul core.
And Imanbok would disappear from this world, dying trapped in the dungeon.
That was the only way to complete Lee Ah-rinâs revenge.

In a world ruled by invaders from another realm, human laws meant nothing.
No matter how much you plead for bail, the only currency you can use in front of monsters is your own life.
Now, Lee Ah-rin just needed to plunge that sword into Choi Mi-yeonâs neck.

The quest, âYou Will Be Blessed If You Do Good Deeds,â is in progress.
The system notes that âallowing murder to happenâ is not a socially acceptable act to the majority of people.
âShut up.â

If allowing this murder was considered a socially reprehensible act, Imanbok shouldâve been properly punished before Lee Ah-rin was pushed this far.
But that didnât happen.
The authorities sided with the cult leader, and as Lee Ah-rin said, they wouldnât help the weak.

The second reason was that I was curious about the conclusion of this play.
Of course, the conclusion was almost predetermined.
Lee Ah-rin would kill Choi Mi-yeon and succeed in her revenge on Imanbok.

Someone who had already prepared to sacrifice their own life wouldnât care about the life of another.
Lee Ah-rinâs soul core was already filled with hatred.
There was no other choice.

The system expresses doubt over user, âJeong Da-onâsâ inaction.
Well, perhaps it was curiosity as a former Demon King.
Or maybe...
âMaybe I just want to prove something.â

This world is already collapsing.
The imperfect weak wonât get help, and the strong with money are not guilty by human laws.
So, to survive, the weak must bite each other.

Humans have no choice but to hate each other.
Just like my previous world.
The quest, âYou Will Be Blessed If You Do Good Deeds,â is in progress.

The system requests âJeong Da-onâ to help âYoo Han-ul.â
Would you like to participate in the quest, âSAVE THE WORLDâ?
In a world where good deeds donât lead to blessings, thereâs nothing worth protecting.

I wanted it to prove that to me.
So, I watched Lee Ah-rinâs choice.
When Lee Ah-rinâs dagger was about to strike Choi Mi-yeonâs neck, only one last step remained for her revenge.

Crack!
Blood splattered.