## Chapter 840 – Black Knight

Despite the opposition from my wives, it was eventually decided to proceed with the operation. I would act as bait, with Team 1 consisting of Karin, Liztina, Ari, and Hilde, and Team 2 consisting of Cloudi, Winia, and Risha.

The operation was exceedingly simple.

Since the Black Knight was drawn to small units or stragglers, we would position the divided teams in the rear, and I would venture in a bit deeper. Once I was in, the strike teams would depart with a time lag.

Then, when the Black Knight appeared, I would fire a signal flare, and that would be the end of it.

If I focused on enduring and defending, I should be able to hold him, and in that gap, the strike teams would rush over at lightning speed. We had already decided on the route I would take, so finding me wouldn’t be a problem.

It was perfect.

“Honey, aren’t you taking a bit too much of a risk?”

Winia asked with a worried expression.

“I’m not just worried for nothing; it’s genuinely dangerous.”
“When have I ever shied away from danger? Don’t worry. I’m only saying this because I’m confident.”
“Even if you’re confident… if you get hurt, who’s going to touch my heavy boobs?”
“Hearing that makes me feel like I absolutely can’t get hurt.”

ㅡSMACK!

My palm spread wide, and I felt an inhuman strength surging within me. I had been training my grip and arm strength daily, using Winia’s exceptionally heavy breasts.

That was the strength I had obtained.

“Of course, I know that Kat can do anything, but… I’m still worried. Are you really okay, Kat? Mama is so worried.”
“Hehehe, ah. I’m fine, I’m telling you. You’ve seen me, haven’t you?”

How could someone like me get taken down anywhere?

I had long abandoned baseless confidence. The current me is a man who can do anything. To judge coldly, I don’t think I’ll win overwhelmingly.

I’m just firing a signal flare.
I just need to hold out until reinforcements arrive.

If I couldn’t even do this, I would have died a long time ago.
Even when the Spirit King beat me to a pulp, I endured.

“Well, my husband isn’t someone who would be easily defeated anywhere. A world where someone like him gets hurt just by moving alone for a bit? That’s hell.”
“Right? Exactly.”

Karin was right.
If you’re strong, the world is safe.

“Okay, anyway, our hitman, deal with it well. I’m also really worried, but like Cloudi said, I trust you because I know you can do anything. Keep an eye out and if you sense anything suspicious, fire the signal flare immediately. Got it?”
“Our hitman?”
“Didn’t you hear the rest?”
“I did.”

And so, I headed into the winter forest that I had been scouring for the past few days. I minimized my luggage. If today’s operation didn’t work, I planned to just retreat and use another method.

In one hand, Bihal.
And in the other, a signal flare.

The signal flare would shoot up and explode like a firework just by pulling the string. I just needed to shoot it as soon as I saw that bastard, and that would be the end of it. It was an easy job.

“Kat, do you have to signal as soon as he appears?”
“Honey, your flare might be defective, so take mine too. It’s okay on this side since the sisters have theirs.”

When I arrived, Cloudi and Winia were being overly concerned.

“Okay, then I’ll be back.”

I immediately accepted the signal flare that Winia gave me.

“Kat-nim, please be careful!! I’ll pray that the blessing of the Verde God is with you!!!!”
“Yes, Father! You must be careful!”
“Hehehe, ah. I told you not to worry.”

Ari waved her hand, and Hilde began to pray. The Verde God was really being sold off everywhere.

“I hope nothing happens…”
“Me too… In my eyes, he’s still just a little kid. I’m so worried.”
“This humble one also only sees him as a boy, so I’m very worried.”

Liz-nuna and Risha said that while boasting about their age.

ㅡTchpat!

Thinking this, Risha gave me a look for a moment, but I just smiled at her and turned around.

“Then follow slowly in a bit. Check the sky every now and then. Conceal your mana and hide your strength a bit too.”

Before coming, I tested this signal flare, and it made noise and the explosion was noticeable. There shouldn’t be any problem finding me. As long as it wasn’t defective.

Anyway, it’s time to depart.

I can’t stay any longer when I’m receiving seven times the worry.

* * *

ㅡOminous.

The forest I entered alone was, as always, ominous.

The forests of this world never forgive those who recklessly enter alone. The land outside of cities and towns is full of beings hostile to humans. Even the roads that are being managed are not safe.

“Black Knight, you son of a bitch.”

ㅡSwoosh swoosh.

Walking slowly, I suppressed the mana that was trying to boil within me. Thanks to the fact that my mana had increased by nearly 40%, I was overflowing with余裕.

I would be able to fight even more boldly than usual.

In addition, the experience of fighting 1:1 with the Spirit King, even if it was only for a few seconds. That experience was clearer than ever at my fingertips. Extreme confidence must be what this is.

ㅡGooo.

Soon, the mana subsides.

Strong beings inherently reveal their strength outwardly. So what I’m doing now can be said to be imitating a kind of return to simplicity.

ㅡI hide my outwardly 드러나고 있는 power.

This despicable Black Knight bastard was a sadistic pervert who only targeted the weak and ambushed them, like the Western powers during the age of imperialism. If the revealed aura is strong, he’ll think it’s an army and won’t come.

Because he knows he’ll be in danger.

So I need to hide my aura.

I’m bait. Bait to lure the Black Knight, this crazy bastard, by deliberately acting like a newbie.

ㅡChaak.

I succeeded in concealing my aura to some extent.

Now, to the Black Knight, I should only look like a complete idiot. If so? He’ll immediately draw his sword and rush in. Of course, it’s possible that this bastard is skilled enough to see through all these tricks.

But there’s no point in thinking about that now.
If it doesn’t work, I can just use another method.

Right now, I believe he’ll take the bait and act.

“ㅡShall we go to Jongno.”

While advancing slowly along the pre-agreed route, I passionately sang Teacher Seol Undo’s Compass, a song I missed dearly.

“Shall we go to Myeongdong.”

A sweet voice echoed.

ㅡSar륵.

I don’t know for sure, but it felt like the evil and sinister curses that were prevalent in the forest were disappearing because of it. Songs have that kind of power. I can tell because I’m the one singing it. It’s certain. Literally, this was no different from a hymn.

“Or shall we go to Cheongnyangni.”

How many times did I repeat the song, which was less than 3 minutes long without the accompaniment?

Before I knew it, I was intoxicated by my own song.

It’s a song worth getting intoxicated by. Michael Jackson is the emperor of pop, and being the emperor isn’t just about dancing, but also about singing. It’s inevitable to fall into such a song.

The signal flare in my left hand and Bihal in my right.

Right now, these two were my microphones. Singing carefully while also being cautious. Raising the extreme murderous sense so that I could deal with anything at any time while watching my surroundings.

ㅡI’m standing on the street corner of Euljiro.

The combative sense boiling up from my heart spread throughout my body. The repeated song was just a kind of concentration method and spell that accelerated it. With each novel, and with each novel I sang, my gradually elevated heart trembled!!!!

“Krrrrrrrrrr…!!!”

Finally, a hot breath burst out, and my heart began to beat rapidly…!! A rage that distorted my entire body blazed up!! The song I had repeatedly sung over and over had completely captivated my soul…! Imperialism!!!!!! Innocent people being slaughtered without guilt!!!!!!!!!

To prevent all of that!!!

I have come!!!!!!!!

“Kieeeeeeeeeeeek…!!!!!”

The impulse to catch and kill the Black Knight right away filled my entire vision!!!! The hatred that was being spewed out without restraint, as if squeezing a rag, went up my vocal cords and poured out of my teeth as if vomiting…!!!!!!

ㅡKhaaaaa…!!!

With each breath, a heated breath like that of a blacksmith’s flowed out.

“Miyoooooooooooong!!!!!!”

And so, it was at that moment when I was spewing out inhuman rage.

ㅡHwaaaaaaaak!!!!!

In an instant, it felt like the world was darkening.

ㅡI’m standing on the street corner of Euljiro.
ㅡI’m standing on the street corner of Euljiro.
ㅡI’m standing on the street corner of Euljiro.

The world began to distort.

The sweet singing voice and the voice that had already left my vocal cords and been shot out were wavering like a dying candle, twisting, gathering, and distorting. ㅡJiiing. My sense of balance began to fall apart, as if I were on a rocking boat.

In the messed-up senses, I swayed along with the song I had sung.

“Dejaaaaaat!!!!!”

ㅡPachang!

Immediately, I shouted and stepped on the ground to regain my balance. How could I be affected by something like this? Realizing that I hadn’t fallen, I prepared for battle and assessed the situation.

What.

“Lehu…?”

It wasn’t just that it felt like it had gotten darker.

ㅡIt had actually gotten darker.

Everything around me had turned pitch black, as if covered by a dark curtain. The trees, the white snow, the sky, nothing was visible.

ㅡCheek.

My hand, moving instinctively, pulled the string of the signal flare.

ㅡPaang!!

The signal flare shot into the air and exploded weakly in a low place, as if it had hit the ceiling. The sound was absorbed somewhere, as if submerged in murky water, and the light that had flashed for a moment disappeared without a trace, as if the Bogeyman had put it in his inhuman sack.

Yes, it was infinite darkness.

The Bogeyman enjoys collecting boys and girls full of dreams, hopes, and joys, shining with brilliant light, by putting them into his sack, which contains only infinite darkness and pain. He just indiscriminately crushes good and beautiful beings and endlessly feels a bottomless, sticky joy from giving them pain.

That sack could be said to be a kind of ‘barrier.’

And this place where I am now.

Was also a place that could be called a barrier.

“…I didn’t think of this.”

Suddenly a barrier, what the hell.
There’s a limit to how much you can catch someone off guard.

Is this that kind of ability? A magic circle that invites you into the barrier without you even knowing? No… With this feeling, is it imprisoning me?

Designating a target and using it?

ㅡJelgeureok.

And from over there, along with the unpleasant sound of metal armor rattling.

ㅡJiiiiing.

A red glow like that of a burning beast appeared.

The Bogeyman, no.
ㅡIt’s the Black Knight.

Our target.

“…This son of a bitch dares to appear after listening to my song?”

The first thing I felt was the continuation of the infinite and eternal rage that had been going on since earlier. Isn’t that so? He appeared with my song.

At this rate, I feel like I’ve become the Pied Piper of Hamelin. A despicable monster who cursed the world with a terrible and cruel performance and massacred all the children.

“You made me like this.”

The rage that had broken through the 임계점 was dwelling in my entire body. At the same time, Bihal began to vibrate fiercely. Judging that I should try it anyway, I was about to shoot the second signal flare when.

ㅡTchpat!!!
I could instinctively tell.

“…!”

If I don’t slash now, I’ll die!!!!!!

“You son of a bitch!!!!!!!”

ㅡHwoong!!!

The red glow that was far away rushed right in front of me in an instant, and a storm-like air blew!!!!

ㅡChaeng!!!!!

Quick judgment. I threw away the signal flare as it was and grabbed Bihal with both hands, detonating mana to respond agilely and intensely. As a result, a fierce flame sparked. The cruel flames that erupted as metal and metal ruptured each other.

The Black Knight’s transcendent stab, which felt like he was teleporting, was deflected with a diagonal upward slash with all my strength.

ㅡKwaddeudeuk!

The knight’s helmet, covered in a black aura all over his body. From the gap in that helmet, a crimson glow was erupting, as if he were witnessing hell. As expected, all that was visible in those eyes was infinite murderous intent and the corresponding intense madness.

ㅡSswaeeeeek!!!

If you deflect the sword, you have to cut off his head as it is. I don’t care about anything. If I’m going to fight, I don’t think about anything else and just kill the other person.

My blade, which had deflected the blade that was already stabbing in, was falling like a guillotine towards his neck. Will he block it? Karin would block it. If it’s someone below that?

ㅡKkigigigik!!

Of course, he would block it.

The Black Knight, who had instantly changed his posture, was trying to counter me using my slash, and I, who had expected that far, pushed out the handle as I had been doing until now, took a step and tried to trip the bastard’s left leg.

ㅡKkwak!

The Black Knight endured it.

ㅡHwook!!

At the same time, a black punch at a speed that was difficult to follow with the eyes flew towards my chin.

This bastard… is a master.
A master who has mastered close combat.

“But I’m also a master, you fucking asshole.”

ㅡKwang!!!!

I twisted my head as it was to avoid the punch and struck the bastard’s side with my knee.