Please Stop The Pope

“…Fuck.”

Yoo Se-hyuk, a notorious killer for hire known as the , cursed as he watched the bizarre scene unfolding before his eyes.

In the clear sky, a person was flying around. It looked more like being ejected than flying.

And on the ground, human origami folded in half were scattered around.

It was a strange sight that could not be seen anywhere else.

Where exactly did things go wrong?

Yoo Se-hyuk tries to understand his thoughts while barely keeping his sanity.

‘I thought it was a manageable request.’

The request from the National Guild Alliance was not a bad one. No, to be precise, it was a request that solved Yoo Se-hyuk’s concerns all at once and had a lot for him to gain.

-If you carry out just one request inside Ground Zero, we will pay you with top-grade mana stones as compensation. We have thoroughly laundered them, so you don’t have to worry. Also, we will secure a route for you to escape from South Korea. You’re in a situation where you need help due to the wanted notice, right?

As a wanted man, Yoo Se-hyuk needed a means to flee from South Korea.

Three years ago, after awakening as a player, the endless killing spree he had been engaging in.

Initially, he was just a mere D-rank hunter, but what raised him to a level that could threaten even S-rank hunters was all thanks to an absurd skill called .

A skill that allows him to gain additional stat rewards whenever he kills his own kind.

If he were an ordinary person, it would have taken quite a while to adapt to that ability, but Yoo Se-hyuk was different.

He killed humans without hesitation.

At first, he killed ordinary people living in areas with few people, and from the moment he learned that players gave much greater rewards, he lured players into secluded dungeons and killed them.

In just three years, he was able to grow to the level of an S-rank hunter, but he could not be free from the investigative network of the Ministry of Supernatural Management.

Thanks to his meticulous method of completely annihilating witnesses and evidence, he was free from the investigative network for quite a long time, but the network suddenly began to tighten three months ago, threatening his safety.

It was at that time that the request from the National Guild Alliance came in.

‘The report from the National Guild Alliance clearly stated that there was a high possibility of manipulation.’

They kindly provided information about the target.

「The two gates where he was active were both subjugated under government leadership. The whereabouts of Kang Chae-ah, an illusion-type mage belonging to the Ministry of Supernatural Management, are unknown at that time. The possibility of manipulation cannot be ruled out.」

But at this moment, Yoo Se-hyuk had no choice but to realize that the report from the National Guild Alliance was rubbish.

‘Was I fooled?’

There was not a single line about that giant man in the report.

“K-Kill him!”

“You monster bastard!”

Kwaaang-!

That monster in a priest’s robe swept away everything like an enraged bull.

The problem was that the ones being swept away were not just rabble either.

Although they each hid their identities, he instinctively knew that they were humans of a similar kind to himself.

Player criminals who no longer had a place to go in South Korea.

They too were probably thinking of leaving Korea after completing this request.

Being able to move properly in Ground Zero means they are all at least A-rank hunter level. And what that fact implies is…

Kwaaang!

‘That monster is at least S-rank. Even among the top tiers. Was he secretly raised by the Ministry of Supernatural Management?’

It vaguely proves the power of that monster overwhelming them.

It was truly pure violence.

No mana was felt from the giant monster, but whoever was caught by his hands was completely crushed.

Yoo Se-hyuk furrowed his brows at the sight of that terrible violence.

And he recalled that until just now, that monster had bowed his head and showed courtesy towards Kim Shi Yu.

It was unmistakably the courtesy shown to a superior.

That meant if he could just take that defenseless Kim Shi Yu hostage, there would be a way to survive somehow.

‘There’s no way an S-rank hunter would expose such a gap. That bastard is doable.’

Unlike the monster displaying terrifying power, in Yoo Se-hyuk’s eyes, Kim Shi Yu was exposing countless gaps.

As soon as Yoo Se-hyuk saw that gap, he immediately condensed his mana and gripped his sword.

[Active skill is used. All your speed increases.]

There is only one chance.

While the monster is distracted by the other guys, he just needs to secure Kim Shi Yu.

The distance is roughly 30 meters.

A distance that can be closed in one leap.

Just naturally stab the sword as he has done to countless others.

[Active skill is used in layers. Special effect is triggered!]

As soon as Yoo Se-hyuk saw that status message, he immediately took off.

It was truly a moment’s notice.

His foot, densely condensed with mana, kicked the ground, and the distance to Kim Shi Yu was instantly closed.

And at that moment, Yoo Se-hyuk unhesitatingly stabbed his sword towards Kim Shi Yu’s abdomen.

‘Got him…’

He stabbed accurately, but there was no sensation at the tip of the sword.

However, Yoo Se-hyuk was not even given time to feel the strangeness.

Kwajik-!

The thin alloy armor he was wearing crumbled pathetically.

“Kuheok!”

A large amount of blood spewed out from Yoo Se-hyuk’s mouth as well.

And soon, as if hit by a truck, pain as if his bones were being crushed began to surge through his entire body.

“Aaaaargh!”

Before his eyes stained with pain, message windows he had never seen before began to appear.

[The special skill detects your evil.]

[Warning! System is suspended.]

[Warning! System is suspended.]

[Warning! System is suspen…]

As Yoo Se-hyuk was about to lose consciousness, someone’s voice flowed through his blurred vision.

“How many people have you killed so far? This guy is even more of a damn bastard than I thought.”

“Ugh… Spare…”

“Of course.”

Yoo Se-hyuk barely looked up at Kim Shi Yu, who was looking down at him.

Kim Shi Yu’s hand was glowing white, and the warmth transmitted from his hand briefly pushed away the pain.

But soon, Kim Shi Yu’s voice echoed in his ears.

“After living like that all this time, did you think you would die peacefully? Nah, that can’t happen. That wouldn’t be fair.”

Among the many graces Limen bestowed upon me in Eden, there is a skill called .

The effect of the skill is very simple.

It reveals all the evil deeds committed by an who enters the range of my divine power.

Of course, there is a weakness in that the scope of is ambiguous, but in my experience, it only seems to activate for irredeemably evil individuals.

Just like this bastard Yoo Se-hyuk.

[Listing the evil deeds of player .]

[, , , etc. 592 cases]

The sins of that guy revealed through were so horrific that I couldn’t bear to look at them.

This was no longer a human being but rather closer to a demon.

Moreover, the motive for those evil deeds was also pathetic.

The desire to become stronger, or just for fun.

This bastard killed indiscriminately, whether the target was an ordinary person or a player.

Kwajik-!

“Aaaaargh! I-I’ll talk! I’ll tell you everything I know…”

After killing countless innocent people like that, it seems he still values his own life.

The guy screamed while being crushed under my foot.

“The National Guild Alliance, they gave me the request… Aaaaargh!”

“So what, you’ll tell me what you know, so spare your life? You’re a really selfish bastard.”

Kwajik-!

This time, I crushed the guy’s leg with my foot while bitterly raising the corner of my mouth.

The information that the National Guild Alliance is involved?

None of that matters here right now.

“Why do you think those National Guild Alliance bastards put you in here? It’s obvious they did it to test the waters. Honestly, you must be feeling it too.”

If those guys were truly convinced that I was a fraud, they would have unhesitatingly deployed their S-rank hunters.

But they didn’t do that.

Instead, they tried to verify it by borrowing the hands of these trash bastards.

“They probably already prepared for your failure too. Saying it wasn’t them, that they don’t know how the vicious criminals got in, something like that.”

“I… I’ll be a witness…”

“How many people would believe the testimony of a bastard who committed 592 evil deeds?”

The National Guild Alliance.

They have become as concerning as the Baek Myung Church guys I encountered at the Guro-gu Chaos Gate last time.

Kwajik-!

After completely shattering the guy’s arms and legs, I infused divine power into his body again.

Then, strength began to return to the guy’s limply hanging arms and legs.

Yoo Se-hyuk, momentarily freed from pain, shouted while rolling his vile eyeballs.

“Repent! I will also repent. Please, please forgive…”

A cockroach-like survival instinct.

Yoo Se-hyuk struggled and begged for forgiveness, but I just placed my foot on his back and said,

“Deciding whether to forgive you or not, that’s not what I do.”

Crack.

As I infused strength into my foot, the guy’s back twisted grotesquely, and the sound of his spine shattering could be heard.

And soon, Yoo Se-hyuk trembled and spewed bloody foam.

“Krrrrk.”

I quietly whispered to Yoo Se-hyuk, who could no longer even struggle.

“What I do is decide whether to bring you before God’s judgment or not.”

That’s the end.

Yoo Se-hyuk no longer showed any movement, and only then did I take my foot off his back.

And I slowly turned around and surveyed the surroundings.

The situation was already over.

The group of more than 30 people had all fallen to the ground, and except for Leo and me, there were no longer any beings standing on this ruins.

“Your Holiness.”

Leo, who had finished dealing with the situation, approached me while wearing his monocle.

I thought he would scold me for treating humans too cruelly, but what Leo said was a bit unexpected.

“Why did you not end this man’s life?”

To conclude, I did not kill Yoo Se-hyuk.

I just turned him into a human vegetable.

“It’s a bit surprising to hear you say that. Didn’t you say they should be given a chance to repent?”

“He is no different from a demon wearing a human mask. There is no reason to treat someone who has given up on being human as a human.”

Perhaps even in Leo’s eyes, Yoo Se-hyuk’s evil deeds would be vaguely visible.

After all, Leo was also one of the priests who received Limen’s favor.

I just smiled slightly at Leo’s question and answered,

“Just the bounty on these bastards alone would be enough to build a temple and more. It would be a pretty good gift for our friends at the Ministry of Supernatural Management, right?”

“If that’s the only reason, I…”

“Leo.”

At my call, Leo quietly looked at my face, and I continued while taking off the gloves I was wearing.

“Judging this trash is my job, but the people who lost something precious because of this bastard also have the right to judge.”

“Then…”

“Those people should also be given the opportunity to directly judge this bastard. And above all, isn’t death too happy and comfortable an ending for these guys?”

Leo glanced at Yoo Se-hyuk, who was foaming at the mouth, and asked me,

“So you deliberately infused divine power to keep him alive like that?”

“This guy will remain in this state until someone kills him. I slightly implanted divine power in his head, so he won’t lose consciousness. His mind is awake, but his body can never move. If I had to express it, it’s like a human vegetable with consciousness.”

“In other words, even death is too good for them.”

“For some, death can rather be salvation. These kinds of bastards should not be saved.”

After hearing my answer, Leo simply bowed his head.

And before my eyes, message windows that were a bit different from what I had seen so far began to appear.

[The 1st synchronization of the data accumulated in is complete. Check your synchronized data through the command “User Information.”]

[The system of defines your disposition as . Accordingly, the system of relaxes the causality limitations allowed for you.]