Ch.130Season 1 Final Episode – Forward Again

# The Vatican’s Saint

Kang Mirae.

She was the first saint to appear in Korea, a woman with a third occupational title—neither Hunter nor soldier, but a religious figure serving God.

At the same time, she was one of the main heroines in the original work, a crazy woman who hated humans despite not being a Beast Hunter.

‘If Beast Hunters are the type who force themselves to hate humans, Kang Mirae is the type who genuinely loathes them to the core.’

Thanks to that, in the <Hunter’s Blood> strategy guide, you had to become a murderer who killed humans to gain Kang Mirae’s trust.

A heroine whose first relationship story begins after killing about 100 humans—regardless of whether they’re guilty or innocent, rich or poor.

But originally, she was supposed to be a character who only appeared in the latter part of the story.

However, at this point where the original work was so broken, this wasn’t even surprising anymore.

“I heard you were looking for me, Saint.”

“Ah, you’ve come.”

In a half-ruined church.

At the center of the chapel was a woman with white hair and a refreshing smile, devoutly praying to God to kill all humans.

“May God’s blessing be with you…”

“Ah, yes, well… thank you…”

Though she smiled kindly on the outside, I finally met this crazy nun who was probably inwardly delighted by the human casualties in Korea from the recent incident.

“I’ve heard the story. You gave me the Holy Grail using your authority as a Saint?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Could you explain why?”

“Well, Shinwoo, you’re the hero who protected the world from that monster. It’s only natural to give such a token of gratitude to someone like you.”

She’s lying.

That face smiling so naturally while telling lies.

I absolutely couldn’t be fooled by that face.

I had died many times in the game after being backstabbed by her when her “human-hating syndrome” kicked in.

“Saint.”

“Yes, hero.”

“Stop lying and tell me the truth. Do you think such lies will work on me?”

“…!”

I frowned and directly asked for her true intentions.

“…Ha, fuck.”

Just as expected from the original work.

Kang Mirae quickly distorted her smiling expression, spat repeatedly, and returned to her true self, glaring at me.

“You monster bastard. You’ve got a good head on your shoulders for someone pretending to be human?”

“Isn’t your language a bit too harsh for someone called a Saint?”

“Fuck, do you think I became a saint because I wanted to? Sigh, this is why I shouldn’t associate with empty-headed fools.”

“……”

Should I hit her?

Kang Mirae’s rude attitude was exactly the same as in the game.

No, actually, seeing her in person made the stress I felt from behind the monitor twice as intense.

But I need to be patient now.

After all, she’s still the benefactor who gave me the Holy Grail to heal my body…

“Hey, monster. Do you know that my ability is ‘Clairvoyance’?”

“What? Ah, yes… the eyes that can observe all current situations…”

“Yes, that’s right. But you know what? You changed quite impressively in the future. Hehehe. You killed all those human bastards. That’s impressive enough for me to give you my ‘virginity.'”

Swoosh.

Thwack!

“Urgh?!”

“After hearing all this… Even if you were abused as a child, how can you say such things when so many people died! Can’t you distinguish between what should and shouldn’t be said?!”

“Eeeek…!”

When I came to my senses, I had already leaped behind Kang Mirae and given her a sharp flick on the head.

With a large bump forming on her crown, Kang Mirae sobbed and glared at me.

“W-what? You. Weren’t you weak before turning into that monster?”

“Huh?”

Come to think of it, that’s true.

Before my kaijufication, I should only have had the strength of an ordinary person.

But what was that movement just now?

‘Is this also an effect I gained after fighting my future self?’

It was truly an ambiguous feeling—I wasn’t sure whether to be happy about it or not.

Just then, Kang Mirae shouted loudly.

“Ugh! If you’re going to be like this, give me back my Holy Grail! I’ll just put it back in the Vatican vault!”

“You know I’m aware that the Pope has the highest authority over the Holy Grail, right?”

“?! You, how did you…”

“The Pope must have learned about the future situation through your ability to see everything in the present.”

The destruction of the world.

And unless Sophia is brought back from the future, this world will soon perish.

Well, with the moon destroyed, it was destined for destruction one way or another.

“The seawater scattering into the air because the moon disappeared… that’s the biggest problem.”

It was unclear why seawater was rising into the air just because the moon was gone.

But this too made sense if my future self was responsible.

After all, he had become a “god” who could truly do anything.

Because of him, even if I brought Sophia back to the present, there was one more enormous problem to solve.

But then.

“If it’s about the water that rose after the moon shattered, there’s a way to fix it…”

“What?”

Kang Mirae spoke like a true saint for once.

“Are you saying we can somehow put the moon back together?”

“No! How could we put something that big back together!”

“Then what?”

“We turn back time. Back to before your future self appeared. Back to just before all these events happened.”

“Is that even possible…?”

Turning back time.

I couldn’t believe what she was saying—not just traveling through time like a time machine, but actually moving the flow of time itself.

Then.

“It’s possible if we sacrifice the Pope’s life and my eyes.”

“…!”

The Pope’s ability of miracles and Kang Mirae’s clairvoyance, called God’s gift.

Thinking about the synergy between these two, I could only nod.

‘Indeed… the Vatican Pope’s miracle was an ability that grants wishes in exchange for sacrifices, right? And Kang Mirae’s clairvoyance is called God’s gift that humanity receives once every 1,000 years.’

Plus, with Kang Mirae’s personality, she would definitely sacrifice herself…

“…Aren’t you going to ask?”

“About what?”

“Why I’m sacrificing myself. As you can see, I hate humans sooo much. I was so happy to hear that your future self crushed all humans. I couldn’t help but laugh as I watched that scene~.”

Kang Mirae was genuinely happy recalling the future where 99.99% of humanity was annihilated.

But.

“Do I need to ask why?”

“Huh?”

“More than hating humans, you value other living beings… especially animals more than your own life, don’t you?”

“…! H-how does a monster like you know that?”

Kang Mirae, the human-hater.

While she despised humans to death, she loved animals even more.

The fact that the entire Earth except the Korean Peninsula had become uninhabitable for humans meant that animal habitats had also disappeared.

In other words, she had given me the Holy Grail to protect the current animals.

“Besides, didn’t you hate monsters even more than humans?”

“You… are you my stalker?”

“Who would stalk a foul-mouthed nun like you? That would be bad luck.”

I responded with the same childish gesture to Kang Mirae, who was sticking her tongue out at me as if I was annoying.

But that didn’t last long.

“The reason the Pope can’t use his miracle is because everything in the present is out of place.”

“…!”

“From the moment that Sophia girl was dragged into the future, the axis of reality completely collapsed. Even if the Pope wants to use his miracle, with the axis of reality collapsed, turning back time would only extend Earth’s lifespan a little bit.”

“So in the end, we need to bring Sophia back to this era.”

“Yes, unfortunately… everything will end once we bring that woman back from that monster.”

My future self.

Taking Sophia back from that third-rate villain.

Honestly, what are the chances of winning?

I decided not to calculate that.

Because even if it was 0%, I was determined to kill him.

“Alright. So I’ll go to the future with the power of this Holy Grail?”

“Yes.”

“Then I’ll be off.”

“Sure, but before you go, shouldn’t we eat something? We should pack some supplies since we don’t know what the future world is like.”

“……We?”

Just as I was preparing myself for a finale even more intense than the original work.

I turned to Kang Mirae with a dumbfounded expression when the word “we” suddenly came out of her mouth.

“Why are you looking at me like that? I’m coming too.”

“…Why are you coming?”

“Well, because I’m the human with the strongest healing ability on this planet? And a world where all humans are dead is a utopia for me. How could I not visit such a dreamlike place?”

The party’s healer + fulfilling her own desires.

Kang Mirae’s expression showed she was firmly resolved to go with me for these purposes.

Moreover.

“By the way, there’s one more person who said they’re coming.”

“There’s… someone else?”

“Well, did you think we’d send just you, a monster bastard, to the future when we’re all about to die here?”

I wondered who else was coming along.

I could only sigh.

…But the fact that they volunteered to accompany me despite knowing my monster identity.

“Somehow, I’m grateful…”

“Why? Are you happy that there are still people who believe in you?”

“Yeah, I’m really happy. Thanks to you, I feel energized!”

“…!”

I was honestly very worried, but at the same time, I was so grateful that I couldn’t hold back my smile.

And so, to bring Sophia back from the future to the present.

“Sophia, I’m coming for you now.”

Han Shinwoo headed there with Kang Mirae to meet his companions who had already boarded the time machine.

Meanwhile.

“Brother, what should we do now?”

Han Shinwoo’s four children, who had essentially been forgotten by their father.

Yurian.

Shina.

Han Yujin.

Han Leon.

Among them, Yurian, who had been ordered by her father never to show her face again, asked Leon while looking at Shina and Yujin lying in the hospital room, unsure if they could even enter the Empire anymore.

Shina was almost fully recovered, but Yujin was completely wrapped in bandages after being directly caught in Lorensky’s nuclear-level explosion that day.

It was unclear when he would recover, yet neither of them received any attention from their father…

“What should we do? We should side with Father.”

“…! Y-yes, I suppose we should?”

Leon spoke calmly while leaning against the wall.

However, the father he was referring to was no longer the father who embraced their mother while calling another woman’s name.

“We side with the past Father.”

“Y-yes… Wait, what?! Are you saying we should betray the Empire… His Majesty?”

“Betrayal? Yurian. That’s exactly half right and half wrong.”

“Half wrong…?”

“Think about it.”

Betrayal could only occur if they were on the same side to begin with.

But did their future father ever consider them to be on his side?

“I’m going to rescue Mother from that father.”

“But! But no matter what, the past father obviously…”

“Has no chance of winning. But the Sea Prison.”

“…!!”

“The deepest part of the only prison created by the Empire. If my aunt imprisoned there and the human side’s elite rebels are released, it might be possible.”

“The Sea Prison… you mean the prison in Shinan where only the worst death row inmates are gathered…!”

Inside the pit that reached Earth’s mantle, Leon had been thinking a lot.

And having reached this conclusion.

“We’re going to rescue Aunt Eve from the future right now.”

Shinwoo’s children, who were able to use the hospital room thanks to Lee Seokgyu and Rolling’s request, immediately headed outside to accompany their present father.