Chapter 1

World of Masks – Chapter 1Translator: Seven

Editor: Ana_Banana

Puk.

The soft sound of a fist hitting something could be heard. 

A man fell back without a sound, seemingly shocked. From his appearance, the man who stumbled seemed to be some kind of gangster.

“This bastard!!!”

His appearance was also quite uncommon. With hair spike and dyed blonde and ears that were full of piercing. 

His appearance was quite similar to the man who was attacking him, whose hair was dyed red. In addition, the man had ring piercings on his nose and lips. 

The man laughed and looked very much like a common backstreet bully. 

Huk!

The man avoided a right hand swung at his face and threw a jab as if he was staking his life. 

Again jab, jab and then a straight right. 

The straight hit the nose of the blonde gangster, causing him to stumble again with a soft sound. He let out a scream and the other man’s body shuddered a bit in pleasure. (TL: trying not to have dirty thoughts…)

Ahh!

It was this feeling. The feeling you couldn’t get from alcohol, drugs or sex. 

It was the feeling you had when you break something! 

The pleasure was especially great when it was a human that you were breaking. 

Puk.

As he was basking in pleasure, a sharp pain came from his right cheek. 

And there was more. 

The red haired gangster, who’d seemed to have lost his soul in the midst of the fight, was hit.

He returned with a right and then a left. 

The guy had learned martial arts and so he tried to clumsily defend himself. (TL: the author uses a lot of ‘the guy’ and ‘he’ so bear with it for now)

The red haired gangster gave a right straight as an exclamation came in his heart and the man’s defense became disorganized. 

The blonde haired man fell to the ground heavily as if hit by a sledgehammer.

‘No teeth fell out, right?’

The last blow had been pretty bad so he was worried about the guy he hit. Of course, it didn’t really matter what happened to the gangster, but he was worried if his actions could still be considered self defense. 

When he went to the police station, he would have to act. He would be an exemplary, law abiding citizen.

Chuk! 

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“Kyaaah!!!”

He didn’t know how the man who’d been beaten could stand in his current condition, but he watched as the blonde gangster pulled out a knife. However he was annoyed by a loud soprano scream that came from behind him.

‘Shut up.’

He felt like turning around and giving the woman behind him a glare, however, even a man would not be relaxed in front of someone who was holding a knife. 

However…

‘He has a knife.’

He licked his lips slightly. 

Objectively speaking, the situation was very dangerous, but he was satisfied. 

He was fighting three strong men to protect a woman from being raped. 

But what if one of those three had a knife?

In his fear of being stabbed, he forcefully incapacitated the man. Even though he had to use violence. 

“Die!!!”

The man looked calmly as the blonde guy ran toward him with his knife. It didn’t seem like he had learned how to properly use a knife, nor was he used to them.

He just took it out to use as a threat because of the circumstances.

In all honesty, it was easy to avoid. 

But…

Puk!

“Kyaaaah!!!”

Along with the eerie sound of skin being pierced, a sharp pain came from his left hand. 

Following the stab, another annoying scream could be heard from behind him, but the man ignored it and instead looked at the blood coming from his left hand. 

The blood flowed freely and soaked his clothes as if the sound was very deep. 

Under the streetlight, the cut looked very grotesque. 

The man also groaned a little, as the pain was unbearable. (TL: Well duh, it was a stab wound.)

But his heart was instead filled with joy. 

Not only was he threatened with a knife, but he was even badly injured, which gave him even more reason for his actions. 

At the moment, the man was looking at his wound with a crooked smile then, without hesitation, he punched the gangster in his face.

Puuk!

His nose bone which had had already been squashed before, collapsed even more and something white fell out of his mouth. But this time the man was not worried. 

Even if they said anything about it, wasn’t he cut by a knife?

So even if the blonde guy lost a couple teeth, he wouldn’t worry. 

He jumped toward the man with his right hand outstretched and delivered body blow after body blow. 

Then he delivered a brutal uppercut with his left hand as the guy’s body rebounded from the force and an odd sound came from the blonde man’s chin.

Blood from the wound shot out and the pain arose again but he ignored it. 

‘Oh man, I’ve done it.’

He thought to himself, but then thought that it should be okay. He had a knife wound to show after all. 

The last hit was a clean hit to his jaw and the blonde gangster collapsed again. 

After that the man ignored the guy on the ground as though there was nothing else he could get from the guy. 

He thought of waiting for him to wake up and then playing with him until he was completely destroyed, but the laws of Korea would never allow something like that. 

He could only let go of his regret and kick the knife that the blonde guy had dropped under a car behind him. 

The woman behind him made a small sound as the knife flew beside her but the man easily ignored her.

There were still two more toys that he could destroy. 

As he was wondering how to break the two of them, they both pulled out knives and looked at him.

He had kicked the blonde gangster’s knife away because he was afraid one of them would pick it up and use it. 

Two knives were dangerous, even for him. He might not get intentionally hurt like he just did, but might instead be fatally injured.

The man looked at the wound on his forearm which was still bleeding, and decided to think positively.

No matter that it was self defense, it was still dangerous to have broken the jaw of the blonde gangster. 

Therefore, he needed a few more wounds. 

As he thought so, the man charged toward the two gangsters who looked as if they wanted to kill him.

The man faced off against the two gangster’s knives and began to beat them up.

He was able to avoid most of the slashes from the knives and for the ones he couldn’t avoid, he used his left hand to block them. 

Finally, he was able to take down the two gangsters.

His left hand, which he had used as a substitute for a shield was bloody, filled with cuts and stabs. (TL: I like knives and often get wounds from them…but ouch…)

Fortunately he’d remained cautious about stabs so he avoided attacks to his body. 

“Huuu~”

The man gave a relaxed sigh.

The fight just then satisfied the man who derived pleasure from destroying things, especially humans. 

Enough to deal with a price of a mutilated left arm. 

“Are you okay?”

He turned and spoke to the woman in a very gentle tone.

It was the end of his wild streak and now it was time for him to put on the mask that he usually did.

The woman was shaking fiercely, but she still managed to nod her head at him. 

The leggings under her mini skirt were badly damaged and the heels of her high heels were bent. 

Her white skin and white underwear were visible through her blouse as the buttons were all damaged.

The woman tried to cover her body with her jacket, but her jacket was also badly damaged so it did not do a good job. 

Her hair was a mess and her makeup had run down her cheeks because of her tears. It was quite a funny sight to see but it did not hide her beauty at all.

She was comparable to Lee Hee-yeon, a celebrity that was loved by men all over. 

He swallowed his saliva as he saw her beauty. (TL: it seems beauty soothes all pains, he hasn’t paid his arm any attention)

He slightly understood the feelings of the gangsters lying on the floor. He had also been amazed by the beauty staring at him with teary eyes.

He wanted to feel her as he liked and maybe leave his mark on her. (TL: creep…MC Favorability -1000) 

‘It’s secluded.’

A bad thought ran through his mind. After all, the alley the gangsters had attracted the beauty to was well hidden. 

There wasn’t anyone around so he would be able to simply wipe his mouth after his meal. (TL: MC Favourability -10000) 

‘Enough.’

But the man soon shook his head and erased those thoughts. (TL: too late buddy, you thought about it in the first play)

Then he smiled and reassured the woman.

“I’ll call the police and report to them. Don’t worry, you only have to endure it till then alright?”

The mask on his face skillfully displayed the smile of a kind hearted person. It was a mask that was used to meet and greet people every day so he was familiar with how to use it. 

When he asked this the woman nodded, but then she looked at his left arm in worry. 

“I, that…”

“Ah! Rest assured I’ll call for an ambulance too. I don’t want to leave it like this after all.”

He tore some cloth and used it to wrap his arm. The cloth became red in an instant but the man didn’t seem to care about it. 

As he’d said that he would, the man pulled his cell phone out and made a call to the police station.

“…I, huk. Thank you very much.”

Maybe it was because she now felt safe.

Looking at the beautiful woman who began to cry again, he kept comforting her and telling her it was fine. 

However, unlike his soft, comforting voice, intense passion was burning in his eyes. 

After all, the appearance of crying women was the most provocative. (TL: it’s official…burn the MC)

When he felt his blood start rushing to his lower half, the man quickly turned his attention elsewhere. He felt that if he kept looking, he’d get overwhelmed by desire. 

Somehow calming the burning in his heart, he put his cell phone to his ear, but he couldn’t help the annoyance he felt. 

The idea of not being able to do what he wanted stressed him out greatly. 

As he heard the ringing in his ear, he gave a kick to the guy in front of him. 

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