You Will Be Blessed If You Do Good Deeds¿

Thud!

The subordinates of Imanbok, who had arrived, were banging on the wall.

"This seems like the right place?"

"It's just a wall with a paper-thin layer. Break it!"

Decisive action.

From the sounds, it seemed like about five people had gathered.

Five people to catch just me? Isn’t this a waste of manpower?

Crack!

With a single kick from the subordinates, half of the door that Lee Ah-rin had created was destroyed.

From Lee Ah-rin's perspective, there was no reason to make the defenses particularly strong.

Once the sniper shot from Imanbok had failed from this position, there wouldn’t have been any reason for her to continue living either.

And the moment the door was broken and a gap appeared...

A fine, white powder was sprinkled through the crack.

It was an item just like the one used during the Gwanghwamun Dungeon Break.

Of course, there was no system message indicating the restricted comprehensive stats like the last time.

‘This is pretty effective.’

I had worn it just in case, and the item Han Jae-young had given me was proving quite effective.

Though, it couldn’t fully filter out the smoke, so there was still a slight discomfort.

“Got it, move in!”

“The enemy is a mage anyway! If they can’t use magic...ugh!”

The magic circle I had laid out in front of the door glowed brightly.

It’s true that mages are generally weak in close combat, but that’s only when they don’t have time to prepare their spells.

I had already been trapped in this small room for hours, so time was more than enough.

The bodies of the hunters who stepped on the magic circle were engulfed in blue flames, burning fiercely.

“Argh!”

“Get out, get out! There’s fire here!”

“Find the fire hydrant!”

Fools.

I couldn’t even escape the building myself, why would I suddenly start a real fire? How was I supposed to handle a fire with this fragile body of mine?

What I had set up as a trap was an illusion magic.

When they stepped on the magic circle, it showed them an illusion of fire burning on their bodies, and once they believed the illusion, real pain followed.

Of course, those with high mental defense wouldn’t fall for such magic...

‘These aren’t high-level hunters.’

I had expected at least one of the five to escape the magic’s range and be ready with another spell, but all five collapsed.

I had expected that, as a cult leader, Imanbok would be escorted by higher-level hunters, but as Lee Ah-rin said, I had heard that the True Light Church’s finances were struggling recently. Apparently, the leader had secretly spent some funds, but no one knew where.

The important thing was that the escorts for Imanbok’s outing had been hastily recruited and their level wasn’t very high.

It was a thorough information-gathering job and a well-timed choice.@@novelbin@@

While the preparation wasn’t of the highest level, Lee Ah-rin had been quite serious about this assassination.

I pulled a small radio out of the ear of one of the hunters who had collapsed from the pain.

How’s the situation on your side?
We’ve subdued them.
Roger that.
Roger? Look at these cultists, acting all high and mighty.

Still, things were going as planned.

The first success was how I had managed to handle the firearm that I had unexpectedly taken from Lee Ah-rin.

‘Isn’t this some talent I have?’

My shoulder hurt from firing the unfamiliar rifle.

Apparently, since it was an illegal firearm cloned by a 3D printer, there was a chance the rapid fire wouldn’t work well, so it seemed I had prepared several rifles... which allowed me to shoot faster, but if it weren’t for the enhancement potion Han Jae-young gave me, my shoulder would’ve been dislocated by now.

‘When Jeong Da-jeong suggested going to the shooting range, I thought it was nonsense.’

Thanks to that, I had quite a good result.

While I was drawing attention with the shooting, Lee Ah-rin herself had used an item to lie in ambush near the garden, aiming to assassinate Imanbok.

That was Plan A.

Of course, the success rate wasn’t very high. No matter how low-level they were, Imanbok would have a lot of escorts around him.

‘Still, Plan B worked.’

“Daaaad!”

The heartbreaking scream of Choi Mi-yeon echoed from the garden.

The best option would have been to kill Imanbok, but if that failed, the backup plan was to provoke Choi Mi-yeon.

Of course, I never expected that she would end up using Choi Seong-hoon as a shield and have him take the sword for her.

I glanced at the system message.

The system reminds user, Jeong Da-on, of the quest ‘You Will Be Blessed If You Do Good Deeds’.
Your actions have been deemed ‘excessive self-defense’ by the majority.
Your stats have slightly decreased.
Jeong Da-on (Normal)
Potential rating: S-rank
Health: LV. 18 (Limit: None)
Strength: LV. 14 (Limit: None)
Mana: LV. 27 (Limit: None)
Total Level: LV. 20 → 20
Recommended Dungeon Level: C~D class
The only notable change was that my mana level dropped from 28 to 27.

‘Within expected range.’

Seeing the ‘excessive self-defense’ notification, it seemed that it had been acknowledged that the True Light Church had tried to harm me.

Furthermore, the fact that being a cultist was generally unacceptable in society had likely played a role.

Anyway, the small stat drop wasn’t that important right now.

I listened to Choi Mi-yeon’s screaming while looking down at Imanbok, who stood in the central garden.

Imanbok, the leader of the True Light Church.

A person who intentionally destroyed talented hunters, using them as sacrifices for his “miracles.”

Could Imanbok truly be ‘the enemy of humanity,’ reincarnated from my past life’s brother?

As I pondered this, the actual Imanbok before me was...

“Really.”

I couldn’t hold back a bitter laugh.

“What’s all this?”

The soul of the bald old man reflected in my observation.

Honestly, looking into it was so revolting, his soul was so murky.

Lee Ah-rin’s soul was also muddied with hatred, but there was still a fierce intensity to it.

But Imanbok’s soul felt like I was seeing something covered in oil stains that hadn’t been washed away.

This must be his soul.

‘I guess it couldn’t be that easy to find.’

In that case, the system wouldn’t have given me the main quest and tried to exclude the ‘enemy of humanity.’

Still, considering that the True Light Church was using soul cores, it was clear that ‘the enemy of humanity’ was indeed connected to this.

‘Should I torture Imanbok to find out?’

That would make things a little tricky.

I watched Lee Ah-rin, who was captured by the guards, continue to provoke Choi Mi-yeon.

The truth that Choi Mi-yeon had avoided all this time.

Sometimes, the truth is a stronger weapon than a sword.

That truth mercilessly tore at Choi Mi-yeon’s mind.

Moreover, losing her father in front of her eyes, it was no wonder she lost her reason.

And the raging mana from Choi Mi-yeon was being devoured by the soul core.

I rested my arm on the window frame, chin propped up, and watched the scene unfold.

What had pushed Lee Ah-rin forward was a bit of curiosity.

The first was to test the theory of the soul core.

I had been through two Dungeon Breaks, but I still hadn’t figured out how they were happening.

But when I found out that the soul core was being created here, it all made sense.

Come to think of it, I had seen something shiny in the hand of a man who entered the supermarket in Eunpyeong-gu.

That was the moment I saw the soul core, and I had witnessed it breaking apart.

A single human is like a world of their own.

And when the core of that human’s soul is forcibly destroyed, an immense explosion of power occurs.

Of course, the range of that explosion is just a tiny crack in this vast universe, but an external invader wouldn’t miss that crack and would burrow through it.

And that’s when the Dungeon Break happened.

‘I never tried to destroy it myself, since I was planning to contain my own soul.’

It seemed that my past-life brother had used the soul core in a different way, so it was certainly possible.

The larger the mana contained in the soul core, the stronger the explosion, and since Choi Mi-yeon was about A-rank, there was a high possibility that a level 1 Dungeon Break would occur, pulling this entire area into another dimension.

“Meow!”

While I was observing the garden below, Leo, who had completed his task, came back with his tail standing straight up.

Success! Success!
“That wasn’t too difficult. Obviously, it had to be done.”

Leo’s task had been to wake Choi Mi-yeon from completely falling into the mental magic around the statue.

Even mental magic isn’t invincible.

Especially with Choi Mi-yeon, who had Animal Affinity; just hearing a cat’s meow would snap her out of it.

I used a bit of my mana to add a little trick, but...

Leo stretched while yawning, lying on the window frame.

It was a peaceful gesture, quite different from the chaos unfolding below.

I scratched Leo’s back, who was asking for praise, while looking down at the garden.

Now, this play was nearing its climax.

Seeing Choi Mi-yeon losing control, Lee Ah-rin shook off the guard’s hand, drew a dagger hidden in her sleeve, and rushed toward Mi-yeon.

If Choi Mi-yeon dies like this, the soul core would temporarily be completed, and Lee Ah-rin would destroy the soul core.

And Imanbok would disappear from this world, dying trapped in the dungeon.

That was the only way to complete Lee Ah-rin’s revenge.

In a world ruled by invaders from another realm, human laws meant nothing.

No matter how much you plead for bail, the only currency you can use in front of monsters is your own life.

Now, Lee Ah-rin just needed to plunge that sword into Choi Mi-yeon’s neck.

The quest, ‘You Will Be Blessed If You Do Good Deeds,’ is in progress.

The system notes that ‘allowing murder to happen’ is not a socially acceptable act to the majority of people.

“Shut up.”

If allowing this murder was considered a socially reprehensible act, Imanbok should’ve been properly punished before Lee Ah-rin was pushed this far.

But that didn’t happen.

The authorities sided with the cult leader, and as Lee Ah-rin said, they wouldn’t help the weak.

The second reason was that I was curious about the conclusion of this play.

Of course, the conclusion was almost predetermined.

Lee Ah-rin would kill Choi Mi-yeon and succeed in her revenge on Imanbok.

Someone who had already prepared to sacrifice their own life wouldn’t care about the life of another.

Lee Ah-rin’s soul core was already filled with hatred.

There was no other choice.

The system expresses doubt over user, ‘Jeong Da-on’s’ inaction.
Well, perhaps it was curiosity as a former Demon King.

Or maybe...

‘Maybe I just want to prove something.’

This world is already collapsing.

The imperfect weak won’t get help, and the strong with money are not guilty by human laws.

So, to survive, the weak must bite each other.

Humans have no choice but to hate each other.

Just like my previous world.

The quest, ‘You Will Be Blessed If You Do Good Deeds,’ is in progress.

The system requests ‘Jeong Da-on’ to help ‘Yoo Han-ul.’

Would you like to participate in the quest, ‘SAVE THE WORLD’?

In a world where good deeds don’t lead to blessings, there’s nothing worth protecting.

I wanted it to prove that to me.

So, I watched Lee Ah-rin’s choice.

When Lee Ah-rin’s dagger was about to strike Choi Mi-yeon’s neck, only one last step remained for her revenge.

Crack!

Blood splattered.