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Chapter 52 – The Four Fiends Make Their Appearance
The speech hall descended into chaos.
A message appeared before everyone’s eyes:
[SS-Rank Gate — Extreme Poison Dragon, Noxion's Revelry, has been activated.]
It was a gate activation notification.
And not just any gate.
Its rank was…
“Wh-what? It’s SS-rank?”
It was SS-rank.
“Damn! Even several S-ranks would struggle against an SS-rank gate!”
“Why is a gate that hasn’t appeared 100 times showing up here?”
“R-run! If we stay here, we’ll all die!”
“Your Holiness! Protect the Pope first, you bastards!”
SS-rank gates hadn’t appeared 100 times yet.
And every time one appeared, it caused massive casualties without fail.
Even when swarmed by S-ranks.
Kugugung!
Buildings began to collapse due to the Gate’s emergence.
People quickly evacuated the building.
Then, high up in the sky, the Gate appeared.
“Young Master! Escape quickly!”
“Th-that’s dangerous!”
Nureongi and Hyangdan were overcome with fear.
I patted both of their heads.
“Don’t worry. There are plenty of Awakeners here.”
I was confident for a reason.
The audience that was listening to the speech.
Most of them were Awakeners.
Almost all of them were B-rank healers or higher!
What if their power was combined?
We could withstand an SS-rank Gate.
That’s what I thought.
But that was complacent thinking on my part. The moment the healers saw the gate…
“R-run! We’ll die if we stay here!”
“Someone else will handle it!”
“How can we possibly stop an SS-rank gate?”
“S-rank! We should leave it to the S-ranks!”
They were too busy scrambling to flee.
It was as if the thought of stopping the gate had never crossed their minds. If they kept running, countless citizens would surely die.
That’s why I was disgusted by their actions.
But they couldn’t escape.
[SS-rank Gate, “Noxion’s Revelry” effect: Exit is impossible within the designated area.]
Transparent barriers appeared from all directions.
They blocked their escape.
“D-damn it! Let us out!”
“We can’t die here!”
“We’re important people, you know!”
“Waaah! Mommy!”
People were desperate.
They couldn’t escape this hell.
But the Gate proceeded as usual, mercilessly.
[Monsters poured out of the Gate.]
Simultaneously, monsters began appearing from the gate.
Those monsters were, of course…
“Dragons!”
They were dragons.
And not just ordinary dragons.
They were ominous dragons with verdant skin.
Green gas spewed wildly from their mouths.
Whoosh!
Poison gas erupted in all directions.
It looked deadly at first glance.
Anyone touched by that gas…
“Gaaaah!”
…collapsed instantly, screaming in agony.
“Young Master!”
That poison is dangerous!”
That’s right.
Seeing that, who wouldn’t think so?
That’s why I immediately activated the Clear Qi.
Whoosh!
Clear qi has the power to purify everything.
I infused the clear qi around me.
This way, I wouldn’t be affected by the poison gas.
And just in case…
“Nureongi, Hyangdan, Take this and cover yourselves with it.”
“A-alright!”
“I can feel a mysterious energy, ppi!”
I covered them both with the cloth saturated in clear qi.
That took care of their worries.
But the situation was still dire.
“S-save me! The poison gas is coming!”
“Dammit! Cure! We need a healer with Cure!”
“Is there a healer with Cure?”
“Gah! The gas!”
Ordinary healers couldn’t withstand the poison gas.
Because of that, people were collapsing one by one.
If this continued, everyone except me would die!
Then—
“Sanctuary!”
An intense, sacred light began surging up from the ground.
It looked like a magic circle.
Though not particularly large, it appeared beneath many people’s feet.
And that wasn’t all.
“T-the poison gas…”
“It can’t enter, right?”
The poison gas tormenting the people was completely blocked by the circle!
Moreover, at the very center of the circle was, of course, …
“It’s the Pope! The Pope has deployed the Sanctuary!”
The Pope was there.
He was sweating profusely and struggling with the effort.
Then he shouted toward the people.
“Everyone, enter the sanctuary!”
At that moment,
“Everyone, get inside that magic circle!”
“Ahh! Your Holiness! Thank you!”
“We’re saved now!”
“I’ll go in first!”
Many people headed for the sanctuary.
But there was a problem.
People were too busy looking out for themselves.
Because of that, they left all the injured people lying on the ground behind them.
“…Can’t be helped.”
I looked at Nureongi and Hyangdan.
Then, after exchanging glances, we nodded to each other.
Da-da-da!
We quickly scattered and began moving people.
I managed somehow despite my frail body.
Meanwhile, Hyangdan and Nureongi moved swiftly with their transparent bodies.
We started moving people one by one.
Those who saw this…
“Right! Move the injured!”
“But how do we get over there?”
“Even that person with the frail body is moving them! Everyone, move!”
Whether they were moved by me or not, they began helping me.
“Thank goodness.”
There were limits to what we could do on our own.
It was impossible to move everyone before the dragon’s poison reached them.
But what if people helped?
“It’s possible! We can move them all!”
The impossible became possible.
So, I moved people with even greater passion.
Already, more than half had been poisoned.
Finishing in an instant was impossible.
Then—
Bow!
I locked eyes with the Pope, who was far away.
Moreover, the Pope saw me and bowed his head.
It was as if he was thanking me for setting a good example and inspiring others.
Hehe!
He really is a good person.
I nodded and smiled behind my mask.
Then, at that very moment!
“Hey! Watch out!”
A shout rang out.
The moment I heard it, I looked up.
At that instant!
“Gyaaah!”
From the sky above!
A green dragon was charging straight at me.
As if I were in its way!
“Young Master! Dodge it quickly!”
“Divine Doctor! It’s dangerous!”
The dragon thrust its snout toward me at incredible speed.
“Damn it!”
I have an injured person in my hands right now.
To escape, I’d have to abandon them and run.
But I couldn’t do that.
How could I abandon someone and run away alone?
“Absolutely impossible!”
I closed my eyes tightly.
Then, I resolved to use my last line of defense:
I had gained the ability “Physical Overcome” by absorbing the Five-Colored Root. Just before the dragon could devour me, I opened my mouth.
“Physical Overc—”
I was just about to activate the skill when—
“How dare you to my brother!”
That voice rang out.
Simultaneously, a masked woman appeared before me.
Then…
“Sword release!”
She swung her blade.
Then, something astonishing happened.
Swoosh!
The dragon’s head, easily A-rank or higher, was cleaved clean in two.
* * *
Silence!
The surroundings fell silent instantly.
And no wonder—who wouldn’t be shocked by that?
After all, a dragon, at least A-rank, had just been split in two with a single blow.
“Are you okay? Brother Hua Tuo… No, Doctor Hua Tuo…”
Moreover, that person extended a hand and called my name.
Despite the mask, she recognized me.
It seemed this woman had been my patient.
Because of that, I nodded in a daze.
“I-I’m fine!”
I took the woman’s hand and stood up.
Then, a deep male voice came from behind.
“Anyway, you’re still in a hurry. Divide.”
A man approached from behind me.
He was wearing sunglasses and holding a cigar, and looked up at the dragon in the sky.
At that moment,
“Two more, let’s go!”
A shout echoed from far away.
Two dragons were flying this way.
They must have sensed danger from us.
Then, the man in the black suit stepped forward.
“Hua Tuo hyung…no, I entrust Doctor Hua Tuo to you. Divide.”
Simultaneously, the man vanished in an instant!
He had already leaped into the air.
Then, he muttered,
“The Mountain Lord Descends.”
At that instant!
Whoosh!
An intense light flashed.
Simultaneously, a massive black tiger appeared in midair.
The tiger swung its front paws at the dragons.
At that moment!
Bam!
The two dragons were sliced clean in half like claw marks.
The tiger then landed on the ground and stood as if guarding me.
“What the hell is going on here?”
Two powerful figures had appeared, each capable of taking down an A-rank dragon with a single blow.
“Those two feel strangely familiar.”
Sure enough, they had each called me “Brother” and “Hyung.”
[T/N: Divide called him Orabeoni, and Black Tiger called him Hyung/Hyeong. Both mean "older brother," but Orabeoni is usually used by a younger sister to her older brother in a polite or respectful manner, and Hyung is usually used by a younger brother to his older brother in casual, everyday speech.]
There were only two people who ever called me that.
But could those two really be such powerful beings?
Moreover, a woman’s voice sounded again from behind.
“Absolute Zero.”
The instant the voice sounded,
Crack!
The dragon soaring through the air froze solid mid-flight.
It was as if it were trapped in an iceberg.
It plummeted straight to the ground, frozen in an instant.
It shattered into pieces upon impact.
“Master Hua Tuo, I’ve come to protect you.”
The woman wearing the plum blossom mask said this as she stood before me, just as the other two had.
As if to protect me.
That voice gave me a very familiar feeling.
Finally…
“Target locked.”
A youthful boy’s voice came from behind.
Then, one dragon froze solid in midair!
It couldn’t move an inch, as if it had been stuffed. The voice continued.
“Warp.”
In that instant, a masked boy appeared on top of the frozen dragon.
He sounded amused as he said,
“Instead of that ‘fake,’ I’ll show you the ‘real’ one.”
The boy who said that…
Squish!
He plunged his hand into the dragon’s body.
At that moment, something astonishing happened.
“Kiiieeek!”
The dragon writhed in agony and screamed.
And that wasn’t all.
The dragon’s body began to crumble like clay. Moreover, the boy suddenly appeared before me again.
“Four powerful individuals who can kill a dragon with a single blow!”
“What the hell just happened?”
“Who are those people?”
“Could they possibly be S-rank Awakeners?”
Seeing the four powerful figures, the crowd gasped in shock.
They began cheering for them from the sanctuary.
Suddenly, one of them shouted as if he had just thought of something.
“Could it be…that Divide is the leader of ‘Closer,’ Divide?!”
“What? Then that black tiger must be Black Tiger, the leader of the Side Mafia!”
“Then that plum blossom mask must be the Empress of the Flower Garden!”
“That’s impossible! Then that kid must be Voyager!”
People gasped in shock.
And no wonder—if what they were saying was true.
The four powerful figures before us weren’t S-rank Awakeners.
Rather, they were beings feared throughout society.
The Four Fiends.
—the leaders of the four major villain organizations.
They were the Four Fiends.
“Huh? Why are S-rank villains here?”
“If they’re S-rank, it’s only normal for them to be evil!”
“What the hell is going on here?!”
“Why are the Four Fiends protecting that masked man?!”
The Four Fiends’ appearance threw people into chaos.
They seemed stunned to realize that the Four Fiends were the ones who had come to their aid.
But the Four Fiends turned toward me, seemingly unconcerned.
Then, they all addressed me simultaneously.
“Just give the order.”
The Four Fiends, Korea’s Four Major Villain Organizations.
They were waiting for my command.
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