## Chapter 1018 – Aristocrat Kim Kat

I sprint through the jungle at full speed.

Once you’re in my sights, there’s no point in running. I don’t even need Ari’s help for this. With my senses expanded, I accurately track the young punk, pushing off the ground again and again.

“Kuh! Let me go!”

Holding this guy in one hand.

Whatever he is, this noisy bastard can wield the power of that evil god, so he must know a lot. He’s basically in the paladin position. Worth torturing. Thinking that, I wonder how far I’ve run.

Turning a corner, I start to see the back of the young punk’s head.

“Hello!”
“Wh-what?!”

I greet him loudly, and the guy glances back at me for a moment before speeding up.

The instant I catch that.

—Whoosh!

“Ugh!”

I throw the guy I was holding away.
And kick off the ground with all my might.

—Kwaang!

I launch my body forward at full speed.

—Shooong!

“Kim Kat!”

Soaring like a rocket, I perform a somersault, rotating half a turn to aim the sole of my foot at the guy’s back. I’m executing Kim Kat’s signature dropkick with added rotational force!!!

“Dropkiiiick!!!”

The result.

—Buh-guh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uhng!!!

Shattered.

“…!”

The heretic explodes upon impact, scattering blood and guts. Literally shattered. If I, having reached the realm of superhuman, hit you with a full-force kick, this is what happens.

Severed limbs are caught in the surrounding trees, and a mist of blood splatters over my body.

—Koo-oong!

Immediately, I stomp down hard and execute a backstep to get away from the scene. I didn’t want to inhale the air contaminated with the filthy heretic’s blood. And I shout as I run towards the middle-aged heretic I just threw away.

“Ari! Catch all these bastards!”

—Flap! Flap!

Birds, startled by the sound so much louder than a mandrake, cover the sky as they fly away, and small monsters also flee with their tails between their legs.

There’s no way Ari didn’t hear that. A large-scale binding spell will be unleashed now. No one’s getting out of here.

“Uh, uh…”

The middle-aged heretic was looking at me, flipped over like a newborn who’s just learned to roll. There was nothing but bewilderment in his eyes. Honestly, if I saw someone explode like that, I’d be a little stunned too.

It’s okay because he’s a heretic.

“Do you think the heretics in the village can escape?”
“D-don’t be ridiculous…”
“Hehehe, punk. My comrades have already taken care of everything. Give up. Today’s your memorial day. The day the Cabalstro bastards disappear from this land.”

Saying that, I examined him. He can’t move anyway. And it doesn’t seem like he has any means of suicide for now.

“Now it’s time for us all to go to hell together. Don’t you think?”
“Nonsense! You’re the one going to hell, heretic! How can you say such things after killing my brother so cruelly just now…! You really are heretics who should be exterminated!”
“This crazy bastard.”

He can’t even consider the people they’ve been massacring.

Just looking at the documents Kadia gave me, over 200 civilians, men, women, and children, living in remote villages were brutally massacred.

“Punk. Think about the people you killed.”

I immediately grabbed his finger and snapped it.

—Snap!

“Try thinking about that for once.”
“Kuh…!”

His body twisted almost convulsively as I broke his finger, and he groaned, banging the back of his head on the ground.

Just because you’re a heretic doesn’t mean you’re resistant to pain.

“Haa… haa… kuh…!”

The guy, groaning like that, said to me with a twisted face.

“Kuh…! Do, do you sincerely think… that killing the evil trash who abandoned the true god, and killing us, is the same thing…?”
“What?”

Hey.

“No, punk. Of course, it’s different. You killing people is an evil act. And us catching and killing you bastards is a righteous act, you moron. Is that how you think because you’re a heretic?”
“Hehehe…! There’s no way a heretic who knows nothing of the truth of this world could understand! You’ll pay for that sin by dying and falling into hell!”

He’s not someone you can reason with.
I want to tear him apart right now, but I need to interrogate him later.

First, I need to go to the village.

“Anyway, let’s go to the village.”
“Ugh!”

I immediately grabbed him and ran towards the village.

* * *

The state of the village was truly astonishing.

“Father. I’ve finished everything.”
“Wow.”

The village, surrounded by a palisade, was already covered in all sorts of vines and lush plants. The buildings, the palisade, and all the people.

“Ugh…”
“Gu-huh.”
“Kuh…”

Crosses made of vines and trees were densely erected everywhere, and dozens of heretics bound to them were groaning and vomiting, their faces turning blue.

They were all hit by Alaune’s power.

Probably in an instant.

“It wasn’t difficult at all because they were fixed targets. And I injected all the bound humans with paralysis poison.”

She even injected poison meticulously. Well, she could also create poisonous plants along with the vines.

But that wasn’t all.

—Krrr…!
—Krrr…!
—Shaaa!

Dozens of dryads were growling, their long nails aimed at the necks of the heretics bound to the crosses. They had subdued the village itself like this.

This is Ari’s field.

No.

It was Ari’s territory.

“Did I do well?”

Ari, who had done that, just smiled innocently at me.

“Perfect. You did very well, Ari.”
“Hehe, yes.”

I took off my glove and stroked her head, and Ari, her face flushed, rubbed the top of her head against my hand. As she was doing that, Claudia and Hilde dragged people who seemed to be unconscious from over there.

“We’ve caught them all!”
“Are there any more who escaped?”
“No. The ones we’ve dragged here are the last ones.”

They had knocked out and dragged all the guys who had escaped or were outside the village.

“Claudia! Hilde! You’ve worked hard!”
“It wasn’t a difficult task!”
“Yeah. It was easy.”

Truly perfect work.

“Wh-what is this…! How could this happen! What is this! What kind of evil is this…!”

Then, the heretic I had thrown on the ground screamed.

He seemed to be greatly shocked by the village now covered in green.

“Kat. What’s that?”
“A heretic paladin. No. I don’t know if I should call him a paladin. He’s a guy who wields the power of an evil god. I brought him along for interrogation.”
“The power of an evil god?”
“These bastards were using divine power.”

By what standard does divine power dwell in humans?

I don’t know for sure, but the only god who would give power to these murderers would be an evil god. But the Holy Enchant that he used like sword energy… I didn’t particularly feel any evil energy or anything like that from it.

What exactly is the identity of the monotheistic god they believe in?

What is it that gives these bastards such power? In fact, gods are beings that transcend human morality in the first place.

Even if we find out their identity, we won’t be able to understand it.

“Hey. Don’t be too surprised. Are you amazed by this?”

Anyway, I asked, touching his cheek with the tip of my foot.

“Wh-what are these plants! They’re a-abnormal! Abnormal! It’s clear that they used evil black magic…!”
“No, do even guys like you consider black magic evil?”
“Shut up, demon worshiper! So, you were developing this kind of power! You even borrowed the power of demons to persecute us! You don’t even know what kind of price that will bring!”

The guy, his limbs crushed, vomited words as he writhed like a larva, as if there was something he hated so much.

“This is the true face of you bastards who serve the Scales of Evil! What’s the difference between you and demons! You heretics must know yourselves! Do you really think something like this can be forgiven…!”
“Aww, what a load of crap.”

I’ll make it a little painful when I torture him later.

“Hilde. How many guys here have the same power as this bastard?”
“About six! They’re probably all priests!”
“Point them out. I need to use that guy.”
“Yes!”

Hilde immediately pointed out the guys with divine power. The number was exactly six. Wow, Hilde’s ability has gotten even better. So, does that mean the remaining thirty or so are just common believers?

I immediately gathered only the guys with divine power that Hilde pointed out. These bastards are for interrogation. Let’s just leave these guys. All the other guys will be summarily executed.

“Ari. Tie these guys up again. And inject a little more paralysis poison.”
“Yes.”

After picking out the six guys, I approached the common believers who were tied up. As soon as I approached, I tore off their tops and conducted a body search.

The guys were wearing accessories engraved with the symbols of their heresy.

There’s no need to see more.

—Thwack.

I drew my Vugal and stabbed the abdomens of the guys who were vomiting and groaning from the paralysis poison, shaking it left and right to spill their insides, executing them. They had done such things, so I had to give them a death befitting their actions.

“Ugh…”

The guys died, powerlessly watching their insides spill out.

“Ugh, aaaaaaaaaaaah!! No!! Nooooooooooo!!!”

At the same time, the middle-aged heretic screamed again from behind. I hate it the most when these bastards mourn when their comrades die. Anyway, I continued my work while listening to those sounds.

The number was exactly thirty-six.

“Damn, it’s over.”

Now, the only survivors in this heretic village are seven people, including that middle-aged guy. After finishing the work, I approached him to interrogate him.

“Hey, you’re all going to heaven anyway, right? But why are you so sad?”
“If, if you have a human heart! You can’t justify this act of murder with the words ‘going to heaven’! Uaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
“Aww, this crazy bastard.”
“Like a hound of the evil Scales of Evil! You will be burned in the fires of hell forever! An eternal hellish punishment awaits you! You can’t be forgiven by anyone, and you will burn until the end of this world!!”

The guy was cursing me, spewing foam and blood.

“Hehe, if that’s the case, why don’t you just do it with hellfire now? What’s your god doing?”
“Don’t dare utter his name!”
“Your god is a cripple!”
“Kuh…”
“Hehehe.”

I laughed and called Hilde.

“Hilde. Can you interrogate the guys who have been given the paralysis poison?”
“Hmm… It might be a little difficult because they have divine power.”
“I can help. I also have a poison that can be used as a truth serum besides the paralysis poison.”
“Then it’s perfect! Hildegard! I will carry out the mission!”

—Chuh!

Hilde, taking a ready stance, answered energetically, imitating the posture of a knight receiving an order. No, she’s really too cute.

“Hehe, okay. Claudia. Please protect Hilde just in case. She’s vulnerable to divine power. You know, if those guys suddenly wake up, right?”
“Yeah. I’ll do that. Don’t worry.”

Claudia, smiling, answered, twirling her curved blade. Her agility and reflexes are a little higher than Karin’s. There’s nothing to worry about.

“Really, Mr. Kat! Don’t worry! I have power too!”
“Okay, okay. I’ll leave it to you. You know what you need to find out, right?”
“I’ve learned things during that time too!”

They immediately moved towards the priests I had picked out earlier.

Hilde is smart, so she’ll figure it out on her own.

I immediately shifted my gaze.

“Good. Heretic. What’s your name?”
“I have no name to reveal…!”
“Crazy bastard.”

—Thud!

I immediately put my hand in his mouth.
Let’s pull out some teeth first.

“Eek!”

Then the guy started biting my fingers like crazy. But it’s just funny. His teeth didn’t go into me at all.

“This guy needs dentures? Should I make them by pulling out the gums of the dead friends back there?”
“Ugh…!”
“The answer is yes!!!!”

—Snap!

As I shouted that and pulled on his jaw, two of his front teeth were easily pulled out.

“Kuh…! Kuh…!”

Blood flows down. To balance it out, I also broke and pulled out four of his lower teeth. “Khaaa…!” Groans burst out. After pulling out a total of six teeth like that, I said again.

“Next is your balls, heretic.”
“Wh-what!”
“Crushing them or pulling them out. Choose one.”

I said, holding up my pincer hand in front of his eyes.

“Pincer Man Kim Kat.”

—Click.

Like a crab, I make pincer motions.

“C-crazy…! How dare you do such a thing! You crazy demon worshiper! No matter how much you persecute us like that, you won’t be able to find out anything!!”
“That’s what they all say, punk.”

No one can win against torture.

“No, and you guys tortured and killed the villagers, you bastard.”
“Haa…! Just because we tortured you heretics…! Doesn’t mean it’s right for us to be tortured! Have you forgotten how much you have persecuted us until now! We’re just taking revenge, so why don’t you understand that!”

In other words, they’re saying they have the right to take revenge because they’ve been persecuted, but this bastard is claiming that it’s unfair because they’re being persecuted after doing things that deserve persecution.

Let’s say they’re claiming to be monotheistic. But they’re indiscriminately killing those who believe in other gods, so we have no choice but to suppress them.

“Did those villagers persecute you?”
“They didn’t persecute us, but it was true that they believed in the demons who persecuted us! So, they were just targets for extermination…! It’s just their sin for not acknowledging the truth of the world even after we preached it to them, like the dirty heretics they are! I personally sent them to hell!”

The fanatical heretic shouted.

“Do you think I’m afraid of torture! Don’t be mistaken, heretic! I will never yield! You may be able to destroy my body, but you can’t destroy my spirit!”
“Wow.”
“All of your gods are demons, and you who believe in them are also heretic trash who deserve to die. Go ahead! Torture me as much as you want!!! You won’t be able to break me!!”

What a confident bastard.

It was like seeing one of our paladins captured by real heretics.

It’s really amazing.

“Okay.”

—Chwahk!

I immediately swung my Vugal and cut off his pants and underwear. Crushing a man’s balls with a pincer hand is really unpleasant, but it was something I absolutely had to do.

For me and this world.
To widely benefit this world.

That is Fusion Confucianism.

And I am a seeker of Fusion Confucianism.

—Thump!

At that moment when I became aware of that. I felt as if the divinity within me was stirring.

“This is…!”

Should I meditate immediately? No. It’s not something I can do here. But I can at least focus on my inner self.

—Thump…!

The subtly felt power… I could clearly feel it spreading throughout my body. Then, it felt like my vision was clearing up. At the same time, power began to pour out from my whole body.

—Goooo.

Could it be.

So, the key to manifesting this divinity was Fusion Confucianism?

Then, am I becoming a demigod of Fusion Confucianism?

“Call me Pincer Boss Kim Kat…!”

Filled with emotion, I shed tears and pressed down on the guy’s thighs with my knees to fix him in place so he couldn’t move, and brought my pincer fingers to his secret balls.

Whatever the case, the guy’s balls come first.

“O-only!”

Suddenly, the guy shouted urgently.

“Only we are qualified to be saved…! My holy Lord God. Your servant is facing death and is in danger of being violated by heretics…! Nevertheless, my courage is high! And this righteous heart that does not yield to evil will never be defiled…”

Is it a prayer?

“Hey. Look at this.”

Like that.

“I grabbed your balls.”

An unpleasant sensation is felt from the tips of my index finger and thumb.

The texture of the ball’s wrinkles is felt very clearly.

“N-never defiled!!! This righteous faith!!! To you, my Lord God!!!”

The heretic shouted in an agitated tone, perhaps terrified.

And I, who had become so disgusted by it.

Like.

Pliers.

I crushed and burst the guy’s right ball.

—Crunch!

“Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”