Chapter 115 – Ahn Kwang-hyun

‘Seems he finally realizes.’

Min Do-jun smiled silently.

Seeing the fear in Ahn Kwang-hyun’s eyes, he seemed to understand the gap between them.

‘But I don’t have even a speck of intention to spare him.’

Min Do-jun planned to torture him slowly and kill him painfully as Hwang Ui-chul requested.

Wouldn’t the souls killed by him feel resentful if he just quickly cut off his head?

‘Easier than dealing with Kim Pedro. No, have I gotten that much stronger?’

Though lower level, Min Do-jun’s combat power had already reached S-rank level.

Someone like Ahn Kwang-hyun was just a plaything.

‘To think I’m this strong without even using Berserk.’

The synergy between Avatar of War and Magic Swordsman traits felt amazing anew.

‘The Weapon Mastery trait is really broken too.’

Thanks to it, he could handle any weapon transformation like an expert.

“Try running away again.”

At Min Do-jun’s words, Ahn Kwang-hyun fled without looking back.

Seems he had already abandoned his pride.

But how far could he go with a limping leg?

Min Do-jun leisurely pursued and launched magic as its cooldown returned.

*whoosh*

Feeling heat at the back of his head, Ahn Kwang-hyun quickly ducked.

He probably thought just dodging magic would be enough, but…

Min Do-jun’s magic was a bit special.

*boom*

“Urgh!”

The flames changed direction and struck his back.

Though Ahn Kwang-hyun tried to get up and flee while rolling on the ground with burns.

*swoosh*

The following wind blades mercilessly cut off his feet, making him collapse to the ground again.

“Urrrgh…”

The pain of losing his feet must have been quite severe as Ahn Kwang-hyun couldn’t hold back his groans.

Now he couldn’t even run away.

A situation where he could only helplessly wait for death.

But he still didn’t want to die.

To survive, he needed to find another way.

So the method he chose was none other than threats.

“I-if you kill me the legendary sword will disappear too.”

“It won’t disappear, don’t worry.”

“If you’re thinking of torturing me to take it, better give up. I’ll never open my inventory.”

“I don’t care about the sword. What I want is removing Da-yeon’s curse.”

“Kuku, so you’ll torture me? Think I’ll talk?”

“We’ll find out when we try.”

Min Do-jun took out a purple dagger.

*slash*

[Cast Curse of Pain on target.]

[Duration reduced to minimum due to target’s high level.]

[Cannot cast curse more than twice due to target’s high level.]

[Time remaining: 30 seconds]

Finally got the desired curse.

But the shortened duration was disappointing.

‘Need to make him submit within 30 seconds.’

Only one chance.

He would inflict maximum pain in the short time.

“Let’s see how well you endure?”

Min Do-jun switched to a normal dagger and cut Ahn Kwang-hyun’s forearm.

“Urrrgh!”

Such a reaction just from a light cut.

Min Do-jun swung the dagger wherever he could.

“Ugh, aaagh! Aaaah!”

Ahn Kwang-hyun screamed unable to endure the sensation like his flesh was being filleted.

“Remove Da-yeon’s curse!”

“N-no aaaagh! Aaaagh!”

Min Do-jun rather grew impatient seeing him endure quite well.

*slash* *slash* *slash* *slash*

“Urgh, aagh! Urk, uuugh!”

Though small wounds increased on his body, for Ahn Kwang-hyun it felt like being dismembered alive.

‘Damn…’

30 seconds had already passed.

In the end, Ahn Kwang-hyun didn’t submit.

‘What to do? Need to remove Da-yeon’s curse quickly…’

Seeing Min Do-jun’s troubled expression, Ahn Kwang-hyun smiled triumphantly.

“Kukuk, things not going according to plan?”

“…”

“Thought I’d easily talk if you tortured… Urgh!”

Min Do-jun cut off Ahn Kwang-hyun’s forearm as if telling him to shut up.

“I can torture you as much as I want.”

“Hu… huhu. Go ahead and try.”

*stab* *stab*

He stabbed all over his body with the dagger.

Though Ahn Kwang-hyun flinched and screamed, he refused to say he would surrender even if he died.

“Weaker than before? Kukuku.”

Even covered in blood, he only mocked Min Do-jun.

Growing stubborn, he showed no mercy.

“Kuhuhu… torture all you want. I won’t remove the curse.”

*stab* *stab*

“Urk, waste of time. Huhu… Even now Hwang Ui-chul’s daughter is dying in agony.”

*stab* *stab*

“Stop stabbing and better bring a healing awakened one to save me. If I die, Hwang Ui-chul’s daughter will never have her curse removed.”

“Maybe killing you will remove the curse.”

“Huhu, you think so?”

Seeing Ahn Kwang-hyun endure to the end, Min Do-jun stopped torturing.

As he said, this was just wasting time.

‘How can I make him submit?’

A troubling situation.

Watching that contemplative appearance, Ahn Kwang-hyun’s eyes gleamed.

‘Now’s my chance while he’s distracted!’

Ahn Kwang-hyun still had a hidden card.

His Parasite trait.

If he could just implant it in his head, he could turn the tables.

‘A bit more… need to get a bit closer.’

He needed to touch his head to cast Parasite.

Though almost within reach, still not quite.

‘Just a little more!’

Just then Min Do-jun moved, closing the distance.

Really just within arm’s reach now.

‘Now!’

Ahn Kwang-hyun didn’t miss that chance.

*grab*

His hand grabbing Min Do-jun’s head turned dark green.

Seeing the energy seeping into his head, Ahn Kwang-hyun smiled victoriously.

“Kukuku, it’s over… huh?”

Ahn Kwang-hyun trailed off as the energy that seemed to be seeping in came back up.

‘What?’

Having never experienced this before, he was confused.

‘Wasn’t it over?’

Just then the green energy rapidly entered Ahn Kwang-hyun’s head.

“Huk!”

A headache came with his surprise.

“Ur, uuuaagh!”

Ahn Kwang-hyun rolled on the ground from the extreme pain.

It was pain on a different level from torture.

‘A-am I being affected by my own ability?’

How could this happen?

He definitely used his ability toward the opponent…

‘Come to think of it, his skin turned golden the moment I released the energy.’

That must have been the cause.

‘Don’t tell me he reflected my ability?’

It was as he guessed.

Min Do-jun had used the ‘Reflect’ trait the moment Ahn Kwang-hyun touched him.

To return the pain.

‘Since you didn’t use it during combat, figured you’d use it this time.’

Even pretending to be distracted and getting close was to induce him to use his ability.

‘Taste your own ability.’

Unlike the grinning Min Do-jun, Ahn Kwang-hyun kept suffering.

Setting the pain intensity to maximum to kill Min Do-jun had backfired.

‘D-damn… to think I’d be affected by my own ability.’

Never dreamed it could be reflected.

But the worry didn’t last long.

Being his own ability, he just needed to cancel it.

‘Remove Parasite.’

But an unexpected message appeared.

[No permission.]

‘What?’

Though he tried again, the same message just appeared.

‘What’s going on? This is my trait!’

Meanwhile the pain continued.

After thinking with furrowed brows, he reached one conclusion.

‘Could the ability be recognized as his attack after being reflected?’

If it converted to Min Do-jun’s attack when reflected, that made sense.

‘Then only he can remove it… urrrgh.’

Being maximum intensity pain, it was hard to endure.

‘Didn’t know it was this strong…’

He had only used it on others, never experienced it himself.

‘E-even I can’t endure this.’

The pain would continue until death unless Min Do-jun removed it.

Ahn Kwang-hyun spoke with trembling voice:

“I-I have a proposal.”

“What?”

“Seems you can remove my pain. If you remove it, I’ll remove the girl’s curse too.”

“No.”

“…”

“Remove Da-yeon’s first. Then I’ll remove yours.”

“Urgh… fine.”

Must have been quite urgent as Ahn Kwang-hyun accepted without hesitation.

After closing his eyes briefly, he spoke again:

“Removed it. Hwang Ui-chul’s daughter should be fine now.”

“Wait. I’ll check.”

Min Do-jun took out his phone and called somewhere.

“Teacher.”

-Oh, Do-jun.

“You’re still in the forest right?”

-Yes. Haven’t moved from here. How did it go? Ahn Kwang-hyun?

“I subdued him.”

-That’s a relief. Are you hurt?

“No. Ahn Kwang-hyun submitted and removed the curse. So I need you to check Da-yeon’s condition.”

-Really? Alright! I’ll go check right away. Don’t hang up!

Min Do-jun waited leisurely while Hwang Ui-chul ran to his car.

“Q-quickly remove it. Urrrgh!”

“Not until confirmation is done.”

“I-I removed it as told. Quickly… urrrrrgh!”

“What’s the removal method?”

“C-close your eyes, picture my face then say ‘Remove Parasite’. Now do it.”

“Later.”

Saying that, Min Do-jun called to Hwang Ui-chul.

“Teacher, did you arrive?”

-Yeah, almost there. I can see her.

“How does Da-yeon look?”

-Seems fine. At least not suffering anymore.

“I see.”

As soon as he hung up, Ahn Kwang-hyun spoke urgently:

“Now keep your promise.”

“What promise?”

“You said you’d remove… guhrk!”

Min Do-jun’s sword pierced Ahn Kwang-hyun’s neck.

“I’ll free you from pain as promised. Happy?”

“Gurk, gurgle.”

[You have killed Hunter Ahn Kwang-hyun.]

[Stolen trait ‘Parasite’.]

[Stolen 12 equipment items.]

[Stolen 15 magic stones.]

Killing Ahn Kwang-hyun felt completely refreshing.

‘Finished Teacher’s revenge.’

Now Hwang Ui-chul wouldn’t be killed.

Just then a call came.

“Teacher, it’s all done. Nothing to worry about now.”

-D-Do-jun…

At Hwang Ui-chul’s seemingly tearful voice, Min Do-jun’s expression hardened.

“What’s wrong?”

-Da-yeon… Da-yeon…

“What about Da-yeon?”

-She’s not breathing.