## Chapter 1275 – An Extremely Ominous Presence

“Hic… Hicc…!”
“Kheu-heu-heuk!”
“Hwaaaaaaaah!!!”

Soon, the crowd surrounding me knelt down, tears streaming. They clasped their hands as if in prayer and bowed their heads.

“Angel…! Angel-nim!!”
“Black-haired angel-nim!!”
“Oh, angel!”

They treated me like an angel, launching into fervent praise. Seeing these humans weeping and prostrating themselves like this…

“…Hehehe.”

It feels pretty good.

Yes.

I am Kim Kat, the savior of you humans.

“I am no angel.”

So, I told them I wasn’t an angel.

“What…!”
“What is that supposed to mean!!”
“Then what are those wings on your back!”

The atmosphere instantly heated up.

“My name is Kim Kat.”

Looking down at those humans, I declared,

“I am the man who will destroy the evil rampant in this world.”

—Flap!

At the same time, even stronger white flashes emanated from my wings!

“To destroy all evil! This Kim Kat has descended!!!!”

—Chyuwaaaaaaa!

As the light spread, the crowd began to scream even more intensely!

“Aaaah! Aaaahhhhhhh!!”
“Kyaaaaaaaah!!”
“Uooooooooh!!”
“Keuheok…! Keoeok! Can’t…! Can’t breathe!!!”

The humans, eyes rolled back, all gasped for breath as they fell backward. I generously showered them with my hearts.

“Heavenly Demon Love-Love Power.”

Like scattering salt everywhere, I wildly sprayed fiery heart pellets. The ecstatic people reached out to the hearts, screaming.

“Uwaaaaaaaah!!”
“Aaaaaaaah!!”

Anyway, I grabbed one of them and asked,

“Small, good human. Where is the Brass Holy Angelic Order’s church located nearby?”
“T-That…! That way, angel-nim!!”
“Thank you.”

As a reward, I sprinkled hearts on his head.

“Keoeoeoeoeoeok!!”

Eyes rolled back, he drooled as he collapsed.

“Kekekeke.”

Seriously, isn’t this wing effect way too good?

Humans are suckers for these white wings.

And a ridiculously handsome guy who looks super strong like me uses these wings to fly and land? He even uses the power of white-burning flames?

They have no choice but to believe I’m an angel.

I don’t know for sure, but if I landed somewhere in modern-day Earth doing this, the reaction would be even more intense. So, faint with joy and weep. For I am the Fusion-Confucian, the savior who will redeem this world.

“I must go, so step aside, small, good human children.”
“Ah…”
“Aht…!”

—Rustle.

Just as Moses parted the Red Sea to save the Hebrews, this was a reenactment of that myth. At my words, the people stepped aside in unison.

I walked along the path that had been created, heading towards the church.

—Oooooooooh!!
—Aaaaaaaah!!!
—Kiyaaaaaaak!!

Behind me, a flower of screams bloomed.

Enough of this nonsense.
I need to get to the church first.

“Hmph.”

Anyway, as I walked through the city towards the church, I could feel a strange energy.

“Indeed.”

Somewhere over there.

A very dark and ominous energy is slowly seeping out. It was faint, like a scent carried on the wind, but it couldn’t deceive Kim Kat’s senses.

“I can definitely feel a strange energy.”

There’s definitely something there.

But it’s a type of power I’ve never encountered before, so I can’t pinpoint exactly what it is. The scale is the same. It doesn’t seem like the kind felt from demons or heretics…

I pinpoint the direction.

When I take the capital to the west of where I’m looking, the energy is flowing out from the northeast. There’s only a large mountain range in that direction. The Karga Kingdom has a lot of mountains because it’s so wide.

“Good.”

I’ve got a rough idea.

Let’s meet the paladins first and then start the investigation.

* * *

“Ah, the famous Paladin-nim!”

As soon as I entered the church, a priest who was waiting greeted me.

“Hehehe, you know me. I’m honored. I came here today on the instructions of Saint Kadia-nim, and I’d like to hear some stories.”
“Of course!”

It’s been a while, but it was the same as always. I entered the church, greeted the people there, and received and read the documents.

“…”

It was all the same as what had been reported to Kadia.
Well, it’s pretty much the same thing.

“Can I meet the person in question?”
“Yes.”

I asked the priest for guidance, and he led me to the paladin.

“Nice to meet you. I am Paladin Caul.”

The paladin, who introduced himself as Caul, was currently under house arrest at the church. Other paladins were similar. Having had the same experience, they were not going on missions and were instead doing other work inside the church or patrolling the city.

I briefly introduced myself and asked him to tell me his story.

“Hmm… I’m sorry I can’t be of help, but I have no memory of that time at all. I didn’t feel anything either. I just woke up in the church… My memories are also vague.”
“Is that so? That’s quite strange.”
“It is indeed.”

The paladins’ testimonies were the same as what had been reported to Kadia. They didn’t feel anything, and they didn’t remember anything.

After briefly listening to the case in that way, I exchanged greetings and even received a meal before heading outside.

“…”

The number of paladins who have had strange experiences is quite large. It’s truly a unique situation. But so far, no one has died, and only the bodies of heretics are piling up.

At first glance, it seems like something that the peerless, superhuman hero Kim Kat doesn’t need to worry about. But. I can still feel that ominous power.

Thinking that far, I immediately kicked off the ground.

* * *

—Kuuung!

I land in the center of the mountain range.

Various forest noises can be heard from all directions. At the same time, I realize that the energy I felt earlier is a little stronger.

“Indeed.”

It’s somewhere in this mountain.

Without running away, it continues to stay hidden somewhere in this vast mountain range.

So, the paladins who came to scout this mountain must have ended up like that. Anyway, I analyze the situation. That unknown energy is rampant in all directions. I feel it quite “strongly.” But the paladins said they didn’t feel anything.

Even though it’s this strong.

That means it’s an energy that only someone like me can feel. Then it might be more dangerous than I thought.

But I don’t really know… This was an energy unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. In other words, it could be interpreted as a new enemy.

—Thud, thud.

Deploying my senses, I slowly walked and analyzed the power I felt. At the same time, —Whoosh! I deployed my aura and unleashed my power in all directions.

Will it react to my power?

It might feel the immense power and run away. If so, I can start the chase from there. Either way, there’s a high probability that it noticed my presence as I flew in.

It was at that moment, as I was walking while deploying my power.

—…!

I felt the power that had been thickly spread around me suddenly fluctuate. Reflexively, I focused my senses to find the source of the fluctuation.

But I couldn’t pinpoint the location.

“…Strong.”

The fluctuating energy.

—Strong.

Quite strong. I could feel it from this ominous energy that was fluctuating in all directions. I don’t know what it is, but it’s strong.

“Of course.”

The current Kim Kat can win against anything. I can’t lose. Not a single one of the bastards who showed up posing has avoided getting beaten by me. The enemy I’m about to face is the same.

I don’t care who comes out.

I’ll mess them all up.

My fighting spirit burns. A guy with this kind of power… Why the hell is he playing around so petty like this? If it’s a guy that I feel is strong, that means he can easily destroy a few cities.

Such a guy.

Just knocking out paladins?
It doesn’t make sense.

—Pachut.

Extremely sharpened senses envelop the space. Slowly. I look for the owner of this power. I also tried to find the heretics, but honestly, it’s impossible to pinpoint a weak guy when I spread my power so widely.

It has to be somewhat strong to get caught in my wide-area detection. These weaklings don’t get caught at all.

So, I spent several hours flying in the sky or conducting a detailed search on the ground.

“This bastard…”

I couldn’t find him.

I only found out that this strange energy was spread quite widely.

* * *

I stayed in the city for several days and continued to search the surrounding area.

First, I traversed the entire mountain range to see where the energy was felt from and to. And also, where the energy was felt “strongly.” I tried to narrow down the search range by doing that.

But it didn’t work out well.

It seemed like the location was changing every day. I don’t know what it is, but this bastard… seems to have noticed my presence and is dodging around.

Anyway, I was flying around while spending those days.

“Deht?”

At that moment, as I was moving, a sudden, thick scent of blood stimulated my sense of smell. My superhuman body sensed the smell of human blood in the air. And it was a smell mixed with quite a few types of humans.

I tracked the smell and soon found something like a village deep in the forest.

“Is anyone alive? Is there anyone?”

First, as soon as I landed in the village, I asked that. Of course, there was no answer. There wasn’t a single living person in the village.

“…”

Dozens of residents had all been massacred.

And it was due to some magical method.

“Hmm…”

I examined the body of a boy whose entire body was shriveled up and completely withered… It felt like something had sucked all his energy out.

It could be called an artificial mummy.

However, there was a big difference in that it was not a mummy created as a courtesy to the dead, but a mummy created simply out of malice and desecration. Dozens of residents were gathered in the center of the village, all in that state.

“Did the heretics do this?”

Indeed, it was said that many heretics had appeared in the forest. It wouldn’t be strange if they had turned the people living in these remote mountain villages into this state.

“Those vermin… I will never forgive them.”

If not the heretics, then did the person spreading this thick energy do it? I don’t know. The energy was rampant here too, but it was like that everywhere else.

Anyway, the corpses all looked the same… Whatever it is, they are bastards who make killing humans their business. They all deserve to be massacred.

“…”

Anger surged. Yes… you guys. You enjoy massacring these weak humans. Just like the imperialists cruelly enslaved and tortured the poor black people. You are such beings. That’s why I have to kill you all.

—Kwaang!

Kicking off the ground, I soared back into the sky.

There might be a few more villages like this.

* * *

My prediction was correct.

Except for the big cities, a few villages in the remote mountains had suffered the same fate. At some point, I would smell blood and find a village in that state.

There are monsters, but unless it’s on the Krasheim side, it’s possible to live in the remote mountains with a self-defense force.

It seemed like all those villages were the target.

“…”

Is this bastard… mocking me? When I suddenly started smelling blood, I could find a village in that state. There was a sense of some evil intent there. It wasn’t like it was hidden and suddenly appeared.

It was definitely mocking me. And he simply killed hundreds of people just to mock me.

I couldn’t stand it.

—Deeng.

And at that moment.

—Deeng… Deeng…

“This is.”

Something like a bell sound started to be heard, —Paaht! The moment I sensed it, I shot my body towards that place. —Kwaga gagagang!!! At the same time as landing, the surrounding trees were smashed to pieces.

And.

—…

I was suddenly in a pitch-black space.
Without me even sensing it.

“A barrier.”

I instinctively grasp it. This is a similar feeling to what I felt when I encountered the Death Knight last time. But it can’t even be compared to that.

“A barrier that can contain me? Is it on the Coltrahen level?”

—Deeng. Deeeeng…

Whatever it is, the ominous bell sound was coming from here.

“Did you invite me?”

Without fear, the bastard.