Chapter 204

Chapter 204

[Violence... redeems... all things...]

Cha Jin-Hyeok agreed with that. Even villains deemed beyond redemption tended to find salvation(?) when exposed to pure violence.

‘Well, since the bad guy turns good, I guess we can say it’s a form of salvation.’

Violence was always the answer. If it did not work, the reason was simply that there was not enough violence. Every villain could be saved with an appropriate level of violence—too low, and it would not work; too high, and they would die.

‘Ah, now that I think about it, these sentimental vlogs are usually done with subtitles rather than spoken words.’

When watching Marshmallow’s videos, he had realized subtitles were much more prevalent than voiceovers. So, he prepared subtitles in advance for his videos. As a Streamer, being able to create subtitles while progressing with the content was a necessary skill.

Jin-Hyeok pulled out the Rule Breaker and wrote subtitles at the same time.

[Let’s take out the handy and elegant weapon that can be held in one hand. :)]

He wasn’t sure why he wrote elegant, but it felt right. In the meantime, the Yeti of Salvation charged at him.

[Swinging the hammer around while enjoying the forest scent.]

Thwack!

He already knew all the moves of the Yeti. Having hunted it numerous times before his regression, he found it extremely easy to deal with. The monster displayed movements like that of a skilled martial artist, but they were nothing special to him.

[Breaking the monster’s nose shuts it up. Let’s enjoy this profound silence. :)]

As Jin-Hyeok had smashed the monster in one hit, it stopped making weird noises. Attacking the monster half-heartedly would have only made it angrier. The Martial King, Kim Jeong-Hyeon, had discovered this strategy of using fists or bludgeons to break a monster’s nose in one go.

The Yeti of Salvation vanished into black smoke without any resistance.

‘I thought they usually move in packs... but there is only one.’

Now, it was time to meet the ones who had summoned the monster.

[Today, they are going to learn the lesson that violence redeems everything. :)]

Holding the Rule Breaker, Jin-Hyeok walked toward the Black Mages hiding in the bushes.

***

Kang Il-Nam was shocked that the Yeti of Salvation had disappeared. He could not believe that a Level-177 monster summoned by a powerful Black Mage had vanished after facing just one attack. It was an expensive monster summoned using five human hearts as the offering!

“Let’s... move out of here for now,” he said.

“Why should we move?” Kang Yi-Nam scowled. “He was just lucky. He just happened to hit its weak spot, that’s all.”

“Even so, do you think we can face someone who killed the Yeti in one hit?”

“Fuck! So, you want to run away? We just need to get the Spirit. Buy me more time. I will catch that Spirit.”

All preparations were complete. According to what their cult’s leader had said, with the right ingredients, they could summon a monster far more powerful than the Yeti.

“Use all the hearts we have collected so far. Just buy time!” Yi-Nam said.

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“If you run away now, you’re no longer my brother, you coward.”

Il-Nam was in a dilemma. He knew that without Yi-Nam’s help, he too was an incomplete Player. “Then I will buy us some ti—”

‘Huh?’ Il-Nam was startled. Yi-Nam had collapsed without making any noise. As Yi-Nam fell, the face of a man standing behind him became visible.

‘When did he...?’

The man was grinning.

“The taste of cracking a skull is... ah, I shouldn’t say that.” The man muttered something strange and then scowled. “These calm vlogs are tough.”

***

The Kang brothers had suffered overwhelming violence. Their faces were so messed up that they had become unrecognizable, almost blackened.

Elly curiously asked, “It seems if a bruise is severe, it turns black.”

“Yeah, it’s almost like necrosis.”

“That’s interesting!”

“You want to see more?”

‘But they’re talking about creating a legion of them.’

Something was different this time. It seemed that the Truth of Violence cult had evolved more than it had before his regression.

“Why did you guys join the Truth of Violence cult?”

“Well...”

As soon as the words ‘Truth of Violence cult’ came out of Jin-Hyeok’s mouth, the brothers seemed moved. It looked like even the last thread of their doubt had disappeared.

“We want to create a better world.”

“A fairer world.”

Jin-Hyeok remembered. Creating a better and fairer world was the values that the Truth of Violence cult incessantly preached.

“What makes a world better, and what makes it fairer?” Jin-Hyeok asked.

“It’s a world where the powerful can rightfully enjoy their power.”

“A world where we live according to the laws of nature!”

Their argument was simple—the survival of the fittest was their definition of the law of nature. They believed only foolish humans denied this law. These foolish humans insisted that the strong had to protect the weak and that the strong harming the weak was unjust, maintaining an abnormal society for the majority who were weak.

The right thing, according to the brothers, was that the strong should rule over the weak. This was the direction the new world should head toward.

“Wow, you guys are really crazy,” Jin-Hyeok said.

“Eh?”

“Huh?”

‘This is unbelievable.’

“Why is that the law of nature?” Jin-Hyeok believed these crazy guys seemed to have a misunderstanding of common sense. “The strong should be thinking about fighting someone stronger.”

‘Where is the time to rule over the weak? Where is the time to torment them? In a world where one can fight the strong if they wish, what’s unfair? The current world seems fair enough.’

“Ah, so by your logic, me beating you up is also the law of nature, right?” Jin-Hyeok asked.

“O-Of course!”

“That’s right...!”

Their eyes just shook. Jin-Hyeok disliked these kinds of fake insanity. True insanity should be consistent and unchanging, not fluctuating when it was inconvenient. Of course, Jin-Hyeok’s standards were quite variable, but that was because he believed he was not a madman.

‘But if the Mountain Madmen legion really appears, it is going to be a bit troublesome.’

Ideally, he wanted Korea to be peaceful. Korea was like a home to him, and homes should be more comfortable than dynamic. One or two Mountain Madmen appearing in Korea was okay, but if a legion were to appear, that would wreck his home.

‘I need to find this Cult Leader.’

Before his regression, he had never uncovered the identity of the Cult Leader. At some point, the Cult Leader had disappeared, and the Truth of Violence cult had collapsed.

‘I do want to get more information out of them, but...’

Thud!

The two guys collapsed one after another. Elly poked Il-Nam’s cheek with a twig. “Is he asleep?”

“Yes.”

Jin-Hyeok thought his actions were truly faithful to creating sentimental content. The day had come when he gave up the taste of hand-to-hand combat and resorted to using poison.

‘Wow, you do see everything if you live long enough.’

The poison he had handed them earli—no, the tea he had handed them earlier had poison in it. Jin-Hyeok had drunk it with them, so the act was not cowardly.

Elly tilted her head. “He’s not breathing.”

“He’s in a deep sleep.”

‘This feels so strange. Why can’t I just say that these guys were planning to kidnap you, Elly, and use you as a sacrifice? They were very bad people, and I just killed them. I want to tell her, but for some reason, I can’t. Why can’t I say this simple thing?’

Jin-Hyeok gently told Elly, who was tilting her head, “Let’s light a fire to keep them warm while they sleep.”

“Okay!”

It was a sentimental vlog after all.