Ch.125Receiving the Divine

“There was a technique used only by special entities among the monsters in the <Hunter’s Blood> universe.

It was a technique that, according to the original story, nearly killed Ms. Yoo Cheran, and a few months ago, the past Shinwoo had seen it used by Twin-Head, an A+ danger level monster.

If humans had divine tools and armaments, then monsters had an awakening granted only to a select few.

The name for it was…

“Demonic Equipment.”

Kwa-reurung-!

Black lightning surged once more through his already kaijufied body.

And before the past Shinwoo who had undergone kaijufication, his future self appeared, taking kaijufication one step further.

“What the… hell?”

“Heaven’s earth. Everything in the world lies beneath me.”

“…!”

“Let me show you. How powerful and terrifying the power that calls itself divine truly is.”

The future Shinwoo, now with wings sprouting from his back, showed this wasn’t just about being able to fly.

“Kyokushin Karate ultimate…”

“What are you…!”

He raised his hand blade toward the empty air.

“Dimension Slash.”

He simply swept his hand blade through the empty space with one swift motion.

“…?”

Was he about to launch some tremendous attack?

With that thought, Shinwoo hurriedly raised both arms to defend himself.

But after the hand blade strike, nothing seemed to have changed.

Future Shinwoo had merely swung his hand blade through the air, and the present Shinwoo, who had been secretly terrified, wondered what this was all about…

Thump, thump-!

Just as he was sweating profusely, unable to grasp his opponent’s true intentions.

“What’s going on?”

Something.

Something was wrong.

Though everything appeared normal, my senses—sharpened by kaijufication—were telling me that something had gone terribly wrong.

Yet, I seemed perfectly fine.

I felt all over my body, but there wasn’t a single wound or pain anywhere.

But now my senses were screaming as if water had already been spilled.

Thump! Thump! Thump!!

My heart raced like it was about to burst, continuously sending warnings.

“Do you feel it? What’s happened to your body?”

“Huff… huff…! What the hell did you do to me?!”

“It’s simple. I’ve severed your existence from this world—your existence that was originally in its proper place.”

“……What?”

What on earth was this guy talking about?

Being from the past and not having reached that “level” yet, Shinwoo from this time had no idea what was happening.

But the future Shinwoo, who had successfully grown to his limits using the entire world as experience points, had just done something that was literally rewriting the laws of the universe.

“The universe where Han Shinwoo exists is finite. That’s why the future and past are connected.”

“What… does that mean?”

“With my dimension slash, I’ve severed our connected universe.”

“Wh-what?!”

He had split a single dimension into two.

This meant that the Shinwoos facing each other were now separate beings living in different universes.

In other words…

“You still don’t understand?”

“…What are you saying?”

“It means that from now on, even if I kill you, my future self won’t disappear.”

“!!”

Not only had he split one universe into two parallel worlds, but the future self was now declaring he would kill his past self.

Seeing this, it was the present Shinwoo who roared first.

“KRAAAAAAAAAAA-!!”

Thump thump thump thump!

After all, he just grew wings.

As long as it wasn’t an aerial battle, there was surely a chance of winning.

With that thought, he let his guard down for a moment.

“Straight Punch.”

Kwang-!

A full-force straight punch aimed directly at the solar plexus.

The power was so great that even any National Disaster-level monster currently appearing in the world…

Gwak.

“…!”

Would have difficulty withstanding it.

Nevertheless.

“Did you think… I only grew wings?”

Far too easily.

Like a father catching his son’s playful punch.

Without even flinching, whether the ground shook or the sky tore open, the future self’s palm caught the past self’s fist right where he stood.

“Now it’s my turn.”

Then, the future self threw a punch toward the past self’s face.

Kwang!

With a dull roar, Shinwoo felt like his head was spinning.

This feeling was like when he had been in a groggy state after a Kyokushin Karate match gone wrong in his past life.

His vision inverted and his whole body felt like ants were crawling all over it—that unpleasant sensation.

After flying backward, his body bounced several times before stopping.

“Ugh…! You bastard!”

Shinwoo immediately stood up to counterattack.

But the scenery had completely changed from just moments ago.

“What on earth happened?”

“Suddenly, a monster flew by!”

…Chinese?

Still holding his slightly dazed head, Shinwoo finally realized how far he had flown from just one punch.

Looking around, he saw a country with the portrait of the national chairman displayed like a huge billboard.

“Is this China?”

It seemed he had landed in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.

Apparently, he had been punched straight through North Korea and all the way to Beijing with a single blow.

“Damn it…! KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!”

***

“He might not be dead, but he won’t be coming back for a while…”

Having dealt with the most annoying opponent from the past.

Future Shinwoo, who had released his kaijufication, was about to return to his original purpose when…

“…?”

“Wh-who are you?”

The Hunter Association’s first-floor lobby, which had already become chaotic after Yujin’s attack.

Walking in, he specifically informed the bewildered hunters:

“God.”

Simultaneously, black wings unfurled.

As Shinwoo, who had partially kaijufied his body, took a step forward, all the hunters who had been in front of him turned into bones without a trace of living flesh and fell to the floor.

“The sin of meeting God’s eyes. Atone with death.”

All traces of people gathered in the first-floor lobby had completely vanished.

All that remained was the dark evil god standing silently, waiting for the elevator.

Breaking through the ceiling and flying would have been a quicker way to meet Sophia, but Shinwoo, wanting to reminisce about this era a bit more, deliberately chose not to.

Thanks to that, when he finally reached the top floor on the elevator that had arrived soon after, very slowly and leisurely…

“Huh?”

“Who is that person…?”

“!! F-Father?!”

Historical figures resurrected from death.

His son who inherited the Han surname, fighting one of those historical figures, Yeopo Bongseon.

And Lee Jin-ah, once considered a thorn in his side, who would become the leader of the human rebellion.

Truly, many things flashed before his eyes, but.

Step, step.

“F-Father…?”

Nothing caught his eye. Nothing at all.

He couldn’t see anything, nor did he want to.

Because right now, he had someone he wanted to see much more than any of these people.

So Shinwoo was silently trying to figure out where Sophia was in the chaotic branch director’s office.

“Hey, is that another opponent?”

He didn’t expect him to come in person…

Meanwhile, Lee Jin-ah, who thought there were only four enemies but suddenly saw the future Han Shinwoo himself appear, was mentally scrambling to revise her plans.

Yeopo Bongseon, who had been fighting with Yujin, turned to look at Jin-ah and pointed at future Shinwoo.

And then, as if wondering why he even asked when he was going to act on his own anyway.

“He seems quite strong, so I’ll give it my all.”

“…! Stop! Yeopo Bongseon!”

“Divine Tool Release – Bangcheonhwageuk!”

He immediately raised his spear, which was deeply carved like a crescent moon on both sides, and called out the divine tool release.

Despite Jin-ah’s belated attempt to stop him, at that moment, a white light from the divine tool enveloped the entire branch director’s office.

“Face me head-on!!”

Yeopo Bongseon charged toward the opponent who wouldn’t even look at him.

The next moment, his head and body were cleanly separated, falling pathetically behind Han Shinwoo without even getting a chance to swing his spear.

“…!”

“What…”

“What did you just do?”

“I couldn’t even see it…”

With skills capable of separating the great general’s head from his body, that attack should have been visible, but that instantaneous strike happened so quickly, beyond the human realm, that it was almost pitiful.

Everyone here, being merely human level, could only freeze in place.

“Lee Jin-ah.”

“…!”

“Where is Sophia?”

Originally, she should have protected Ms. Sophia until the end.

But after turning her thoughts over and over, Jin-ah judged that she couldn’t handle this monster who defied common sense…

“Hey! Is that how you talk to your mother?!”

“…Is that Eve?”

Eve, who had rushed in without knowing her place, was caught midway, spanked until her bottom turned red, and then thrown backward.

“Ms. Sophia is in Eve’s room over there…”

“I see.”

With her head bowed deeply as if in prayer, she pointed to one of the small rooms in the branch director’s office that Eve usually used.

Afterward, everyone on the human side worried whether her neck would be cut off, but.

“Sophia…”

Whether the great general died.

Whether the saint was resurrected.

Whether annoying beings from the past were still alive.

Whether his son was covered in blood.

Excluding interest in everything else, future Shinwoo finally arrived at the door of the room where Sophia was said to be.

‘All the happiness of that time is in here.’

The moment I open this door, I’ll be able to smile again.

Just like in those days, I’ll be able to sit at the table with my lovely woman, eat meals together, go on trips, and play together until late at night.

“The reason I created so many children mixed with monsters…”

Creeak.

“Was to show you even one more human who wouldn’t be disgusting to you.”

A splendid imperial palace.

A nation designed so that one couldn’t develop misanthropy.

All of this is everything I’ve created for you.

Recalling all the hardships until now, future Shinwoo finally opened the door to see Sophia.

And at that moment.

“Shinwoo!”

“…Sophia.”

Instead of the lovely woman with brilliant golden hair more precious than anything else…

“Hello, motherfucker.”

Lorensky, wearing Sophia’s mask, was about to release an explosion he had been gathering for days in his wide-open palm.

“Now! Everyone get outside!”

At that moment, Lee Jin-ah broke through the glass window behind them, carrying the real Sophia princess-style, and jumped out of the window from the shadows where she had been hiding.

Behind her followed Lancelot and Joan of Arc, who had already recovered Yeopo’s corpse.

“Take this.”

“…!”

“It should have the power of a Little Boy without the radiation.”

Lorensky, who had already contained nuclear bomb-level power in his palm.

With his final warning, a nuclear bomb-level explosion erupted from inside the Hunter Association building, which was designed to withstand even nuclear bombs.