Chapter 91 – Father and Son (3)
Alexei Kais.
He was a talent specially dispatched by the ‘Free Ability Users Liberation Alliance’ for this operation.
He was an exceptional ability user in many ways, but he was particularly excellent in magic related to the mind.
“Ugh...”
“Why is this old man so persistent!?”
Alexei was quite excited. Unlike usual, things weren’t going as he wanted.
“Alexei. We don’t have time. This old man is just a level 1 ordinary person. Why is it taking so long?”
“Shut up! I’m almost done!”
Alexei glared fiercely and shouted at Kim Jun-yong’s words.
Kim Jun-yong stared at Alexei’s blue eyes for a moment, then silently turned his head away.
‘Stupid bastard. He’s running wild just because he’s favored by the union leader.’
Kim Jun-yong’s brow furrowed involuntarily, but he didn’t show it like an amateur.
“Phew, it’s almost done.”
A smile appeared on Alexei’s lips as he sweated profusely.
He had finally reached the final stage of dominating An Moo-seok’s mind.
Now, with just a little more waiting, Chairman An Moo-seok will be in Alexei’s grasp.
Along with the Hyeseong Group, one of the world’s leading companies. And this won’t end until either Alexei or An Moo-seok dies.
‘With this job, I’ll rise to a higher position in the union. It won’t be long before the union leader’s position becomes mine.’
Alexei was originally just a low-ranking member of the union, but he showed exceptional ability in mind-related magic and was rapidly promoted to an executive position.
But he wasn’t satisfied.
Soon, he will turn even the arrogant union leader into his puppet and rise to the highest position.
“You... Just kill them!”
“You still have the strength to talk?”
Alexei approached An Moo-seok, who was kneeling.
He brushed back his brown hair that reached his shoulders and smiled coldly.
“Old Oriental monkey. I don’t know what you’re saying, but you’d better give up. You’ll spend the rest of your life dancing in the palm of my hand. Well, an old monkey isn’t a cute doll to play with, but I can’t help it. Hahaha!”
Alexei laughed as if he was really enjoying himself.
Watching this, An Moo-seok gathered his last remaining strength and opened his mouth.
“Ptui!”
“Ugh..!”
An Moo-seok spat refreshingly and then buried his head on the floor.
“Tsk, how dirty. Anyway, it’s over. This old man is mine now.”
“Good job.”
“Now we just need to play with the world economy. Hehe.”
Besides An Moo-seok, there were two more world-class entrepreneurs under Alexei’s control.
Now with An Moo-seok added, making it three in total, the union won’t have to worry about funding anymore.
“Hahaha! I’m already so excited that my lower body is...”
Alexei couldn’t finish his sentence.
-Splat!
Because his head exploded.
Alexei’s upper body completely burst open, hit by a mace that suddenly fell from the sky.
“Phew. Fortunately, the mace wasn’t damaged.”
And An Yu-seong, who calmly jumped down from the sky, picked up the mace that was stuck in Alexei’s body.
“...”
In an unpleasant silence, those who were looking at An Yu-seong with shock, as if denying the unbelievable reality.
“What are you looking at?”
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Ippotranslation
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As soon as An Yu-seong entered the dungeon, he quickly checked his surroundings.
“Nothing particularly visible.”
An open-type dungeon made up of forests.
He couldn’t guess at all which direction those who took Chairman An Moo-seok had gone.
“I think I roughly know, though.”
An Yu-seong’s intuition gave him a general idea of where they might be.
But it would take too long to move recklessly with just that.
“Magic shield.”
An Yu-seong created a magic shield in the air and stepped on it.
“Heave-ho, heave-ho.”
Magic shields were continuously created, connecting like stairs.
This was a technique that required tremendous difficulty, but An Yu-seong had been practicing this since right after graduating from the tutorial, so there were no mistakes.
“Now I can see a bit better.”
An Yu-seong, who had risen over 300m above the ground, started running in earnest.
-Tadadadadada
If he misstepped even once, he would fall straight to the ground.
Although he was a strong ability user, it was uncertain whether he would be safe falling from this height.
‘I wonder if Kang Hyeon will be fine?’
While continuing these pointless thoughts, An Yu-seong kept running.
Not long after, he saw a group of people gathered in a clearing.
“Are they using magic...”
A foreign man was extending his hand towards Chairman An Moo-seok, emitting magic.
“Their goal was to affect the mind.”
Now he understood why they desperately tried to keep An Moo-seok alive instead of killing him.
“Seeing you like this, father. You’re human after all.”
He could see An Moo-seok struggling while kneeling. As An Yu-seong had always seen only the strong image of his father, this scene was very strange to him.
“Sigh, what should I do now...”
An Yu-seong doesn’t know much about mental magic. What risks are there if it’s forcibly interrupted during casting? How to undo it if the magic succeeds? He knew nothing about these things.
In a situation where An Moo-seok’s mind could be damaged if he’s not careful, it’s not easy to step forward recklessly.
“Is that really true?”
Father, Chairman An Moo-seok, was a huge wall in his life. No, he was something more than that.
Come to think of it, this might be a good opportunity to remove the trauma he’s had since childhood.
“No, get a grip.”
He shouldn’t let him go now.
His intuition was strongly telling him.
“I should do as I’ve been doing.”
An Yu-seong stopped pondering. This kind of contemplation didn’t suit him.
-Woong
An Yu-seong, who had set up a few devices in the air, carefully aimed his mace.
“Get ready and...”
Finally, the moment Alexei stopped.
“Shoot!”
The grotesque teeth sprouting from the blades were voraciously devouring Kim Jun-yong’s magical power like living beings craving flesh and blood.
“What cute weapons.”
“Die.”
Kim Jun-yong swung his swords, and the swords let out a scream.
-Kyaaaa!
And with the scream, a sharp blade of magical power was spewed out.
A jet-black sword energy.
Its color was so dark that it was unthinkable it had devoured Kim Jun-yong’s colorful magical power.
An Yu-seong instinctively sensed danger and dodged.
-Swoosh!
The trees in the forest touched by the black magical blade were torn apart like sheets of paper.
Kim Jun-yong’s kukris continued to scream as if spitting out magical power was painful.
“I take back the ‘cute’ comment.”
“We’ll see how long you can remain so relaxed.”
Kim Jun-yong began to launch his attack in earnest.
‘Damn, I should have learned some magical techniques!’
The tricks of using magical shields as traps like before no longer worked.
This was because Kim Jun-yong emitted magical power from his body, causing the shields to melt away before they could even touch him.
His use of magical power was extremely inefficient and wasteful, but Kim Jun-yong didn’t seem to care.
-Kyaaaa!
With a terrible scream, a jet-black blade grazed An Yu-seong’s body.
“Ugh!”
An Yu-seong originally preferred light and flexible armor, so such a powerful attack would be fatal the moment it touched him.
‘Well, even if it had been thick plate armor, I don’t think it could have blocked that attack.’
An Yu-seong’s clothes and armor were torn, and droplets of blood splattered.
“Hup!”
“Another trick...”
In desperation, An Yu-seong threw a dagger. But it was instantly shredded into dozens of pieces by the opponent’s sword energy and scattered in the air.
‘There’s no way.’
Blades pouring down without pause.
It was impossible to even approach.
The only option was to wait until the magical power ran out, but the opponent’s magical power seemed to be pouring out as if it were infinite.
Moreover, An Yu-seong was already quite exhausted from the continuous battle.
‘This is interesting.’
An Yu-seong grinned.
It had been a long time since he’d been in a situation this hopeless.
At times like this, even An Yu-seong had to give up something.
It was time for a gamble.
Having made his decision, An Yu-seong got up and ran.
“Hahaha! Are you giving up already? Huh? You’re giving up this easily!”
Kim Jun-yong laughed loudly, seeing An Yu-seong approaching him instead.
-Kyaaaa!
The two kukris let out a scream, and again, streams of black magical power flew towards An Yu-seong.
‘Hup!’
In a split second.
An Yu-seong focused all his attention on the magical net.
And he entrusted his body to instinct.
-Woong
First, he created the strongest magical shield on his path of movement.
Simultaneously, he threw the weapons he had stored in his inventory, and An Yu-seong himself leaped into the air.
-Swoosh!
In a split second.
An Yu-seong cleverly altered the path of the magical streams using the magical shields and weapons he had set up in advance.
An Yu-seong passed through the gap as if he had predicted it, just barely.
It was the result of continuously observing how the opponent’s magical streams moved.
He sustained some injuries in the process, but it was sufficiently bearable.
‘I thought I might lose an arm or a leg, but...’
This was a sufficient defense.
“You bastard!”
Kim Jun-yong was flustered.
An Yu-seong, who should have been torn to shreds by the magic, had passed through it as if performing a trick.
“I’ll give you credit for your tricks!”
But that was all.
The opponent was exhausted, while he was still in top condition.
“Die!”
Kim Jun-yong swung his sword again.
But just before the sword came down, An Yu-seong, who had rushed in, grabbed Kim Jun-yong’s hand to prevent him from swinging the sword.
“What are you doing!?”
Kim Jun-yong shouted in confusion as An Yu-seong suddenly grabbed his hand.
“Hah, I didn’t want to fight like Kang Hyeon...”
“What?”
An Yu-seong sighed and tilted his head back forcefully.
“W-wait!”
And he brought down his hard forehead onto Kim Jun-yong’s nose.
“Argh! You crazy bastard!”
“This is all I’ve learned!”
There was one area where An Yu-seong acknowledged Kang Hyeon.
Street fighting. Or brawling.
When it came to fighting dirty, Kang Hyeon had truly unparalleled talent.
An Yu-seong didn’t particularly like it, but now was the time to borrow that strength.
“Ahhh! You scum! How dare you!”
Kim Jun-yong let out a scream after being hit in the nose.
Just as the enraged opponent was about to swing his sword again.
“Is this your first time?”
“Ugh!”
An Yu-seong quickly tripped the opponent’s leg to throw off his balance. Then he forcefully drove his knee towards the opponent’s lower body.
-Thud.
“Ugh, ugh...”
Kim Jun-yong’s face turned pale white after being struck in such a vital area.
Watching Kim Jun-yong collapse to the ground, An Yu-seong frowned.
“Ah, that’s unpleasant.”
An Yu-seong vowed that he’d rather take a sword hit than feel this disgusting sensation again.