## Chapter 1279 – An Extremely Ominous Being

The mind that had reached its pinnacle allowed me to grasp everything that had happened in an instant.

“…The position changed?”

The position had changed. To be specific, it was the moment right before the Dark Knight kicked off the ground and charged at me. Both he and I were back in our original positions, as if time had turned back.

The Dark Knight’s sword that had been ground away, his arm that had been severed, his shoulder—all were unharmed. Intact. Had they been restored? Repaired? Recovered? No. There was no sign of any of that. Likewise, I hadn’t witnessed any of that scene.

It happened in an instant. Just like I had felt a moment ago, it was more reasonable to think that `time had suddenly turned back.`

It was something that transcended my perception.

I grasped the phenomenon, but I couldn’t understand what had happened. There was nothing wrong with my mind or cognitive abilities, and I was still clearly perceiving the world. And yet… this. Yes.

Literally.

ㅡDeeeeeeng.

With that bell sound, everything that had just happened was undone.

Was it because of the barrier? Did the power of the barrier and the bell combine to cause something absurd to happen? No… even so, it was strange. No matter how much it was his field, Kim Kat was existing here as Kim Kat.

Not the past me.
There was no way he could deceive the current me to this extent.

Time cannot be turned back.

ㅡDeeng.

The bell stopped.

“What did you just do?”

I checked my body and sensed my surroundings. Nothing had changed. Nothing strange had happened. Illusion magic? Or a kind of trick using a doppelganger? It was possible, but what had been charging at me just now was real.

ㅡDeeng.

Soon the bell sound stopped.

ㅡSwoosh.

The Dark Knight was enveloped in ominous purple flames, frozen in place. The power he had consumed using the Heavenly Demon Destruction Strike from before was still consumed. It was definitely not an illusion.

Eventually.

He spoke.

“You could do something like that.”
“This bastard…”

That voice held.

A clear mockery.

“It’s quite powerful, but is that all?”

His expression as he asked that seemed visible. Although his face was hidden by his black helmet, that bastard was definitely saying that with a smug grin.

“Ha.”

This weakling bastard, really.

Just as I was reading him as I fought, he was also reading me. He was quite skilled. To be able to pressure this Kim Kat to this extent. He was on a different level from the other weakling bastards.

He knew how to fight.

A professional fighter.

“That cheat item is no joke.”

The Heavenly Demon Destruction Strike, which concentrated power into one point, embodying the essence of Zeal, piercing through everything. He had read it. One of my cards had been revealed. If so, he would be wary of it. The probability of success for the next attack would decrease.

I thought I had won just now… to think he was pulling such tricks.

Or was that entire battle just now a setup he had planned? A setup created to extract my hidden card?

“Well, you have to prepare at least that much to face this Kim Kat. Our friend is very thorough, isn’t he? Did something bad happen to you in the past?”
“…”
“Like… your parents all died because you couldn’t prepare the medicine in advance. Something like that.”

Whatever it was, he could use a bizarre method.

In the end, it was a feat possible because this place was inside his barrier. It was similar to what happened with Colt Rahen. But a guy with such abilities still hadn’t killed me. In other words, he could only barely manage to screw me over by making the most of those abilities.

“Anyway, I’ve realized it for sure with what just happened.”
“What?”
“You can’t beat me, Dark Knight.”
“…Ha.”

ㅡWhirrrl!

I redeployed my protective aura. The power consumption wasn’t great. In this state, I could fight again and again. It seemed impossible to break the barrier, but yes. It would be possible to break that bell.

Now I was aiming for the bell, not the main body.

“Endless arrogance. Arrogant people inevitably cause unnecessary sacrifices. Do you believe you are the best? A disgusting way of thinking. A disgusting and hateful way of thinking. There is nothing more disgusting than a human who firmly believes they are justice.”
“Hehehe, isn’t that rich coming from a guy who slaughtered an entire village?”

I couldn’t help but laugh.

“And me being arrogant. You’ve got the wrong idea.”

I’m not arrogant.

“I am Kim Kat. This is not arrogance. It’s just natural. Just as time flows and water flows, this Kim Kat does what is natural. That’s all.”
“As I thought. You’ve been consumed by power and gone mad.”
“Your mom’s the one who got consumed.”

ㅡPause.

The guy who paused for a moment.

“…You should have realized with what just happened. That with your arrogant power… you cannot defeat me.”

ㅡThud, thud.

He said that and started walking towards me. Raising his sword, emitting an ominous aura from his entire body. ㅡCrack. Death settled in his footsteps. ㅡDeeeeeeng. The following bell sang a song. ㅡWhoosh. The circlet shone brightly.

The grim reaper, decked out in cash items, advanced towards me.

“Hehehe. The reality denial ends there, you weak darkie. I guess you pulled some tricks with the bell, but so what?”

Try it one more time.
I’ll dig up the secret.

“It seems like you’re no match for me without that. Ah, more than that. What are you? You speak quite well for a heretic? Tell me your purpose.”

ㅡWhoosh.

I threw the hilt of Byugal, which I had been wearing on my waist. This bastard was just cumbersome and useless. Having been freed from Byugal, I also walked towards him.

We.

ㅡClang!

Kicked off the ground at the same time.

A shield was deployed in front of the Dark Knight. At the same time, cone-shaped, thick thorns of darkness sprouted from his armor. He defended his body in that way, preparing to behead me with his greatsword.

What I was aiming for.

ㅡDeeeeeeng.

Were those two bells ringing behind him.

ㅡScreeeeeech!!

Anyway, he approached. The greatsword that had become a meteor forced me to evade. I read his aim at the same time as I thought. What was the point of attacking so straightforwardly now? He was probably aiming for me to evade. It was natural that I, who was concerned about that bizarre phenomenon from before, would be defensive.

So I, on the contrary.

“Heavenly Demon Destruction Strike.”

Straightforwardly.
Flew my fist towards the falling greatsword.

Embodying the essence of Zeal.
The same as before.

“…!”

The moment he seemed surprised and tried to change the trajectory of the greatsword, it was already too late. ㅡCrash, crash, crash!! The blade that touched my fist shattered like glass.

“Dejaaaaaaaaat!!!!!”

At the same time, I let out a shout and kicked off the ground intensely!!!

Ignoring him, I flew my body behind him!! What I was aiming for was that damn bell!!! Just once!!! Show me that technique one more time!!! I need to know what the hell happened!!!

Like that.

ㅡThwaaaang!!

My fist destroyed one of the two bells. What the hell? It just broke like that? I was a little taken aback. Was he not using the technique from before? If not, he would be able to restore it.

“I thought you would naturally aim for the bell.”

The guy’s `presence` was greatly felt behind me at that moment. I had been caught from behind. I didn’t know well, but he was trying to attack me, having caught me off guard as if he had intended this.

“I thought you would naturally aim for my back.”
“What?”
“Heavenly Demon Angel Wing.”

At the same time, I pulled out my brilliant pure white wings!!!

ㅡWhoooooosh!!!

The wings of flame that spewed out from behind were like a kind of ultra-short-range flamethrower. An overwhelming flash burst out. The guy who had caught me off guard was directly exposed to the large wings.

“Kuaaaak…!”

I could feel the wings hitting his armor.

“Heavenly Demon Annihilation Orb.”

Ignoring him, I deployed the Annihilation Orb. I told you, I was aiming for the bell. Of course, I knew that I would be attacked if I aimed for the bell. I knew everything, so I created an opening. And making use of the opening was the true Kim Kat.

ㅡSwoosh!

I threw the Heavenly Demon Annihilation Orb.

The sphere of light flew quickly and collided with the bell.

ㅡThwaaaaaaaaaang!!!

A white explosion.
Let’s capture all of that in our eyes.

ㅡRustle.

Again, it was as if it had never happened.

“…”

The Dark Knight standing in front of me and me standing here.

“I see. Is that what it is?”

Roughly.
I understood.

“Kuaaaaaaaaaaa!!”

At the same time, the Dark Knight standing in front of me let out a scream of curse and charged at me again. It wasn’t a refined energy. It felt like that of a beast. His attitude was clearly different from before.

ㅡDeeeeeeng.
ㅡDeeeeeeng.

The bell had also returned.
Was it natural?

“Kieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!”

I accepted his challenge, letting out a matching scream.

ㅡClang!!

Whether he had been swallowed by anger, he wildly and rapidly swung his greatsword, slashing the air. The greatsword swept through the space like crazy. However, each and every one of those strikes was intentional.

ㅡClang!!
ㅡKuuuuuung!!

I calmly blocked or evaded it, slowly retreating.

“Hmm.”

As expected.

It was tricky.

Since I didn’t have a sword and he had a sword, it was still tricky. Honestly, seeing how this bastard used his sword, I felt like I could have easily sliced him to pieces if only Byugal was intact… Anyway. Attacking rashly would only cause the same thing as before to happen.

“Kuaaaaaaaaaaa!!!”

ㅡClang!!!

The power contained in the greatsword was immense. Every time the blade imbued with purple flames struck my arm, my entire body vibrated. He was trying to slice me apart, spewing out a scream filled with anger.

Calmly.

I had to deal with it calmly.

Even without a sword.
I could eventually subdue him.

“You wouldn’t know the atrocities committed by those who have believed in their own justice as the truth…! You wouldn’t know the hearts of the people sacrificed to shallow logic without any depth.”
“What?”

What was this guy?

“Look at this guy’s cognitive dissonance from earlier.”

The Dark Knight was in a state of confusion.

“All of that is what you guys did. Think about the innocent people who have been killing you heretic bastards.”
“There are no innocent beings among those we have killed.”

Oh my goodness.

The Belgians said the same thing while tearing apart Congolese children alive.

“They are all beings steeped in sin. Unforgivable sins…! They were beings harboring them!!!”
“Are you saying that those people are all sinners?”

What I felt from the Dark Knight’s voice was deep hatred. He seemed to have been thoroughly brainwashed.

“Hey, you son of a bitch, say something. Why are they sinners? Can you explain it? Don’t tell me you’re spouting words you don’t even know yourself.”

Did he eat an apple without permission or something?

“…!”

This bastard couldn’t say anything until the end.

Was there a reason why he couldn’t speak? Was there a ban that prevented him from revealing the doctrine? He had no depth for someone who was running his mouth. He seemed to have will and ego, but he was just a doll spouting contradictory words.

“That’s right. You can’t say it. Why? Because, as you know, you have no justice or righteousness.”

ㅡClang!!

Saying that, I punched away his greatsword and dug inside. ㅡWhoosh! Thorns spewed out from his armor, but I immediately pulled out the Heavenly Demon Angel Wing and wrapped my body. I became a sphere of white light.

The result was.

ㅡKugugugugugung!

A collision.

“For such a guy to be fighting in front of this `true justice,` he has no choice but to lose his words.”

ㅡScreeeeeech!

The Dark Knight flew away. The guy who had been flying landed fiercely and suddenly grabbed his helmet, shouting as if in despair.

“What is!!!!! What is justice!!!!!!”

The guy who had been screaming suddenly spun around once.

ㅡCrack!

Pointing his greatsword at me, he burst out with hatred…!

“You, who are intoxicated with shallow justice and firmly believe you are a hero!! You don’t deserve to claim that!!! Why don’t you know!!!”

C, crazy bastard!
This bastard is out of his mind!

“It’s disgusting!!! If you are a human with power, you should think and agonize about righteousness!!!”

ㅡKuaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

He started to rampage, spewing out the nonsense unique to the mentally ill…!

What the hell was going on all of a sudden!

“You have no justice!!! Believing yourself to be completely good is evil!!! It’s so light!!! Shallow and superficial!!! It’s hateful that trash with such thoughts wields power that doesn’t suit them!!! Because of the power wielded with that light heart…! How many people do you think die!!!”

Who the hell was this guy… no.

“You’re infatuated with nonsense, Dark Knight.”
“You…!”

It was all nonsense.

“Light justice. The danger of believing yourself to be good… yeah. I know our friend is caught up in some solid superstition.”

What I could say for sure was.

“The justice of Fusion Confucianism that I have built up.”

Was this.

“Is heavier than anything else.”

From the moment I broke away from the weak Kim Kat and walked the path of true Fusion Confucianism. My justice had been building pillars endlessly heavily.

At first, it was weak. Fusion Confucianism was not completed by setting up a few pillars. That’s why it was weak justice. Literally the kind of justice that a weakling would harbor. The old me was such an existence.

But while experiencing. While feeling the world. Killing enemies. While looking at everything from a higher place.

Because I had built more and more pillars.

The current me exists.

The justice of Fusion Confucianism that I have built up is like that. I felt it with my heart. I put that heart on the blade and realized it while slaughtering enemies.

Only what this Kim Kat has built up. That’s why it’s entirely mine. The truth I realized and built up while killing countless enemies is like that.

It’s as heavy as the weight of the lives I’ve killed.

“Whatever you believe in… whatever morals you have. Whatever justice and good you pursue. I don’t care about any of that.”
“What…!”
“This Kim Kat’s justice is the true justice.”

The heavily built-up justice proves it.

And so, I became a savior.

“And now, my burning justice defines you heretics, who have treated innocent people as sinners and killed them like pigs, as evil.”