Ch.130130. The Head of Evil (Main Story Complete)

Sulphur reminisced about the Sentai members while talking to Gerogius.

“Shin Yukyong is relatively obedient. When I tell her something’s wrong, she understands better than before. She still talks without any filter though.”

“Park Hayoung is tougher now. I didn’t really interact with her except during pre-debut training, so I’m not sure about the differences, but that was a long time ago. She’s the most hero-like of them all.”

“Kang Yerin is smart. But why is she so boring? No sense of humor, no fashion sense, and yet she gets incredibly irritated when stressed.”

“Ji Se-hwa is just… cute.”

“I know. None of them are the Dragon King Sentai members I knew. They had different starting points, slightly different personalities from birth, and the Dragon King Sentai I knew has been dead for three years.”

“But I still enjoy being with them.”

“I really fucking enjoy it. Happy now?”

Sulphur answered absent-mindedly with eyes closed. Jung Ui-seok, who had been listening, finally spoke.

“You understand well. The Sea Lord Sentai members are different people from Dragon King Sentai. I have absolutely no reason to hold any personal grudge.”

“How incredibly gracious of you.”

“But you’re different, Sulphur.”

Hearing those words, Sulphur snapped to attention. Her heart suddenly tightened. She unconsciously bit her lip.

“…Then let’s fight now. Let’s end this.”

“Kang Yerin.”

Sulphur—Kang Yerin’s face crumbled.

The wall she had been maintaining so well, her act, melted away and evaporated at Jung Ui-seok’s sweet, low voice.

What would he say next?

Would he pour out resentment and anger?

It’s okay, I’m used to it.

And so she waited for his next sentence like a death sentence.

But what came from his mouth was a little different from what she expected.

“My revenge ended a long time ago.”

“…Huh?”

“In the end, the operating principle that drives me as a person was peace. Revenge was just one of the means to that end. It wasn’t bad. Thanks to it, I gained many things.”

Jung Ui-seok met Kang Yerin’s eyes.

Now Kang Yerin could recognize what those eyes were.

They were the same eyes she had seen when she trained under him as a disciple long ago.

“…What’s this about, then?”

“It means that even if Dragon King Sentai came back to life before my eyes, I wouldn’t feel a single grain of anger or hatred. Life’s too short to be obsessed with such things. Anger is now just ammunition for my skills.”

“…Good for you.”

What is this feeling?

Unable to organize it into sentences, unable to put it into words.

Kang Yerin could only give a simple answer.

“That doesn’t mean I’ll forgive anything you do from now on. Manage the Sea Lord Sentai properly. If they mess around like Dragon King Sentai did, I’ll tear them apart immediately.”

“…We’re heroes.”

“I know that well.”

“…Yeah.”

A moment of silence.

Jung Ui-seok spoke again.

“In the Incursion, my Apocalypse level was 40, and Red Dragon was 35.”

“You’re talkative today.”

“It gets boring just sitting here. The source of that 5-level difference is obvious.”

Jung Ui-seok looked at Kang Yerin.

“It was the training I repeated using the Yellow Dragon’s ability.”

“…But they had that too. Kang Yerin ran those drills for a long time.”

“I’m sure she did. The important thing is that this side almost didn’t have that training period.”

“What are you trying to say?”

“Kang Yerin.”

When he called her name again, Kang Yerin’s blood boiled. At the same time, her skin felt chilly, giving her the sensation that her body temperature was completely messed up.

Jung Ui-seok asked.

“What was your operating principle?”

“…Haha.”

Kang Yerin chuckled and leaned the back of her head against the wall.

How could she possibly say it?

I’ve already run away so many times.

I became Gerogius’s arch-enemy, his one and only existence.

I’m a hero protecting the world, and I have comrades.

This is the best I could have.

I should be satisfied with this more-than-deserved present.

Being greedy only leads to ruin.

I can’t be honest like Se-hwa.

So I won’t answer your question, Ui-seok.

Yeah.

“I love you.”

Such words.

I can’t bring myself to say them.

……

……….

“I understand.”

“Huh?”

Kang Yerin startled back to reality. Her brain, filled with carbon dioxide, couldn’t think properly.

“What do you understand?”

Jung Ui-seok stood up.

“Your operating principle. I understand it, Kang Yerin.”

He strode toward Kang Yerin.

“What are you talking about? Why do you keep calling me by that name? What do you understand… wait, did I say something out loud?”

As Kang Yerin panicked, Jung Ui-seok bent down toward her.

Kang Yerin’s brain couldn’t immediately comprehend what happened next.

The familiar yet completely new sensation on her lips, one she had tasted before, destroyed all rational thought.

“…Ah.”

Like a butterfly briefly resting, the contact lasted only a moment.

Raising his upper body, Jung Ui-seok looked down at Kang Yerin and offered:

“I’ll grant your wish.”

“Wish…?”

“Well, I’m a villain at the pinnacle. The devil Gerogius. There’s plenty of room by my side.”

Kang Yerin’s entire body trembled. Her thoughts couldn’t keep up with his words.

“However.”

Gerogius grabbed Kang Yerin’s small, fragile shoulders and pulled her up.

“Devote everything to me.”

Kang Yerin’s legs wobbled.

His words burrowed into her ears, draining her soul.

“Obey me.”

Like a drug, it destroyed her brain and dragged her down to hell.

She couldn’t resist.

She was past the point of resistance.

“Well, you’ve already received quite a down payment, so you just need to pay the balance.”

Jung Ui-seok said with a smirk.

‘Ah.’

Kang Yerin realized.

‘All this time.’

This was the face she wanted to see.

Though she had mentally photographed Jung Ui-seok’s face thousands, tens of thousands of times, this smile was a first.

One she couldn’t see in any past.

Couldn’t hear.

Couldn’t meet.

‘My very own Gerogius.’

Kang Yerin swallowed all the joy, excitement, happiness—all the positive clouds before they could explode.

She smiled, baring her teeth.

She raised her eyebrows and lifted the corners of her eyes.

“Haha, asking the leader of S-Sentai to obey the lord of evil. That’s quite the joke, Gerogius. Have you taken up drugs as a hobby?”

Kang Yerin cackled and mocked Jung Ui-seok. She shot a mocking gaze at him as his expression returned to being emotionless.

Grab!

Suddenly, Kang Yerin grabbed Jung Ui-seok’s collar.

She frivolously suggested:

“Give me another down payment. Then I’ll think about it.”

***

After providing Sulphur with a down payment, I loosened up a bit.

While I can hold my breath for quite a while, Sulphur seemed to be reaching her limit, so it was time to head outside.

“I’m breaking through. Get ready.”

“Anytime.”

Since this was an incomprehensible space, it could connect to another location. Anyway, it’s better not to encounter monsters. I could take them down barehanded, but I don’t know how many there are.

I grabbed the doorknob. I gave Sulphur a signal and pushed forcefully, rushing outside.

In combat stance. Immediately securing the number of enemies and retreat routes.

Rat-tat-tat-tat!

Kwaaang!

The scene before me was already a battlefield.

Vengeance villains were firing guns, suppressing the monsters.

“We found the Lord!”

“Protect him immediately!”

My subordinates rushed toward me. All carrying modern firearms.

“Lord, are you alright?!”

“It’s the Dark Matter team. Are these weapons made by Boksil?”

“Yes, all executives have gathered to rescue you, Lord. Since abilities don’t work in this space, we’ve been pushing through with firearms.”

“Good judgment. From now on, everyone retreats. Relay the order to all units to destroy this facility.”

“Understood.”

The subordinate villain relayed the communication. Sulphur and I quickly headed toward the facility’s exit under escort.

As soon as we stepped from the underground metal floor onto the dirt floor that my subordinates had dug out, I could summon the Red Dragon again.

I returned to my dragon form. Sulphur also put on her suit.

“Geo! Are you okay?!”

Lu-a emerged from the facility and threw herself into my arms.

“No problem. Sorry to worry you.”

“Your coordinates suddenly disappeared from the quantum map, so I came looking. What is this place?”

“Who knows.”

Just proof that there are still many interesting things left in this world.

“Ui-seok! Thank goodness…”

Somi, who had led the subordinates, sighed in relief upon seeing me.

The villain troops were retreating to the surface one by one via wires. They threw the guns they were carrying into the hole Boksil had opened.

“This is Lu-a, don’t call me for trivial matters next time. You’re messing up Ellie’s schedule.”

Lena complained while opening her fan. She looked at Sulphur and frowned.

“White child, you seem quite close to Ui-seok.”

“What nonsense are you talking? Typical villains.”

Lena narrowed her eyes.

“Ui-seok, let’s talk later.”

“I have nothing to discuss.”

“‘Don’t lie.'”

“Fine, I do.”

“That’s better.”

Not easy.

Let’s wrap this up. I intend to destroy this facility as is.

“Revelation.”

[REVELATION]

“Plague’s White.”

[LUESALBEDO]

I shot a pure white arrow. Toward the passage we just came through.

Light traveling in a straight line. Soon, a massive void appeared, swallowing everything.

Whoosh!

We all took flight simultaneously. Shooting without hesitation toward the ground. The collapsing tunnel wasn’t particularly threatening.

To the left.

Lu-a carrying Boksil.

To the right.

Lena, Somi.

Below is Sulphur.

Finally, beyond the ground to the surface. We soared into the open sky.

Buildings filled the space below us.

This is our battlefield.

The media cameras busily followed our confrontation in mid-air.

“Sulphur!”

“Sulphur, you’re safe!”

The Sea Lord Sentai gathered around Sulphur. It seems they’ve eliminated all the monsters on the ground.

Vengeance Sentai members gathered beside me.

Sulphur looked at me and bumped her fist.

“Well then, shall we have another round? Gerogius!”

“Just what I wanted, White Sulphur.”

The corners of my mouth turned up involuntarily.

Without anyone taking the lead, we both kicked off from mid-air and charged toward each other.

Our reliable team members backed us up from behind.

I draw power from deep within my heart.

“Revelation.”

Sulphur also pointed with both index fingers.

“Altair, Vega.”

I clenched my fist.

“War’s Red.”

She drew a triangle.

“Deneb.”

We clash.

As villain and hero.

Many more heroes will challenge villains in the future.

This is the world I created.

They’re all welcome.

I am the lord of evil.

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