Ch.8484. The Final Moments of Ji Se-hwa, Jealousy for Jealousy

The members of the Dragon King Sentai were all personally chosen by Jung Ui-seok.

They weren’t characters from a scenario or NPCs, but people of this world.

Jung Ui-seok became a hero, wandered the city observing various people, continued meeting them, and carefully selected them.

Among those to whom Jung Ui-seok proposed becoming heroes, some initially accepted but later left because the training was too grueling.

But none of them were evil from the start.

None of them lacked talent.

Choi Minseo was somewhat of an exception. Since she was manipulating her soul’s form with Quetzalcoatl, even Jung Ui-seok couldn’t fully penetrate her true nature.

Does position change a person? Does power drive people mad?

In the end, Ji Se-hwa fell into corruption, but somewhere deep inside her, there was definitely potential.

As a hero, as someone with abilities, she had the talent to surpass her limits.

Of course, talent alone cannot overcome reality.

All kinds of illegal implants, drug doping, enhanced Dillitter suit. With all those buffs, Ji Se-hwa’s current rank would be evaluated as T5.

It was a considerable level compared to before.

Currently, Choi Minseo’s level was on par with that Recter.

T8.

The gap between each rank level was comparable to that between a child and an adult.

The levels themselves were different. There was no need for comparison.

With three ranks difference, it went without saying.

So in Choi Minseo’s eyes, Ji Se-hwa looked like a laughable insect.

Not even worth responding to. Just trash getting in the way of reaching Jung Ui-seok.

She planned to simply blast her into a lump of meat with a finger of magical energy, without even needing to swing her staff.

At that moment.

“You fucking bitch!!!”

Everything about Ji Se-hwa began to burn.

As her survival instinct and skills accumulated over a lifetime surpassed the fear of death, she pushed the limits of her talent.

The blue dragon Leviathan, sharply forged solely to kill her enemy, Choi Minseo.

The energy of the primordial sea contained at the tip of that sword ignored the laws of physics with just its blade energy, twisting and tearing through space.

Shwaaak!

Even Choi Minseo hadn’t expected that single strike. What struggle could a dead insect with its heart already pierced possibly put up?

Of course, even beyond her limits, even with her talent pushed to the extreme…

Miracles simply didn’t exist.

Paak!

The desperate strike of a lifetime failed to reach Choi Minseo’s heart. It couldn’t penetrate the armor tempered with high-concentration aura.

This was Ji Se-hwa’s end—achieving nothing here, abandoned by Jung Ui-seok, taking revenge, and dying miserably.

“…Hah.”

But at the very last…

She took one arm.

Choi Minseo’s left arm, below the elbow.

The very same part she had cut off from Jung Ui-seok, and the same part Jung Ui-seok had cut from her.

Kuwng!

Choi Minseo’s arm, severed by the twisted trajectory of the sword, fell to the floor.

“Ha, ridiculous.”

Choi Minseo mocked Ji Se-hwa who had burned her soul, then spun her staff halfway to use her healing ability. Instantly, a new arm grew from the severed surface.

“…This is fucking bullshit.”

Before Ji Se-hwa could grit her teeth, Choi Minseo’s aura engulfed her.

Ji Se-hwa was instantly crushed into an unrecognizable lump of meat.

***

“That dying bitch was being annoying.”

When I arrived back at that passage, Choi Minseo was dusting off her cape.

The crushed mass on the floor must be Ji Se-hwa. Seems she didn’t die immediately.

Seeing Choi Minseo’s arm on the floor, she must have landed one hit.

“Ah, Ui-seok oppa!”

Choi Minseo greeted me happily. Her lips curled up, but her eyes weren’t smiling.

“So, did you take Han Somi’s corpse? Too bad. We won’t be able to hold a funeral, right? You’re not going back from here.”

Choi Minseo spread her arms wide.

“It’s been a while since we met, and you’re making that face? Look, we’re even now. Let’s forget about old feelings. You did wrong to me as much as I did wrong to you, right?”

My ears are rotting.

Let me check a few things.

“Wrong? Me?”

“Yes. Where should I start? Why I became a bad girl? Obviously. Growing up as an illegitimate child, raised outside, never treated as family, always getting beaten at the academy—how could anyone stay mentally sound? I kept molding my soul with Quetzalcoatl, and somehow the contents kept getting darker.”

Heehee, Choi Minseo let out a laugh.

“So it’s your fault, oppa. If you rescued me from that pit, you should have taken responsibility to the end. You should have looked only at me and loved me until I became clean. It’s your fault for falling completely for that bitch Han Somi. Got it?”

“So that’s why you killed Somi?”

“Of course. I punished her. I personally…”

“If you say I wronged you, why did you kill Somi?”

“Ha, that’s obviously… obviously because you needed to suffer.”

“You’re just fucking jealous, aren’t you?”

“…What?”

“I only recently looked through records and found out you’re the association president’s sister. Someone like you must have investigated our backgrounds. You must have been insanely jealous of Somi?”

I sneered at Choi Minseo.

“Pathetic woman.”

“…Who’s jealous of that nobody?”

Judging by her trembling voice, I must have hit the mark.

“You must have been desperate not to be exposed. Outwardly, you spouted all kinds of excuses about wanting to be famous and whatnot. Did you even use Quetzalcoatl for some kind of self-hypnosis? Someone like you who can change the good and evil orientation of souls at will must have found that easy. Even when you were addicted to Pestam, only those surface desires were visible.”

“…Shut up.”

“It’s quite fascinating, isn’t it? Somi had it worse than you. An orphan, grew up in the slums, and even her academy life, which she entered through scholarships she earned herself, was as bad as or worse than yours—nothing was better. She didn’t even have someone to save her like I did for you. And yet.”

I crossed my arms and looked down at Choi Minseo.

“Somi saved herself. She stood up heroically and seized the top position of an S-class hero on her own. And you.”

I pointed at Choi Minseo.

“You’re just a piece of trash loser who only makes self-justifications.”

“Don’t call me that—”

“You’re fucking jealous, aren’t you?”

“Shut up! Who would be jealous of that bitch!”

“Jealous of Somi who was an exemplary hero? Jealous of me who accomplished everything on my own?”

“I’m not jealous!! Ha, do I look like I have anything to be jealous of? Can’t you sense my level!!”

Whaaak!

Choi Minseo spewed out aura.

It’s quite impressive. It’s fair to say she’s on par with Recter.

It must have been Dorado who turned Choi Minseo into a monster.

I assume it’s the same technique that turned Somi into Morgan.

Naturally, nothing like this existed in the original work.

Considering the power difference between Somi and Morgan at that time, this level of enhancement isn’t incomprehensible.

It must be the result of Dorado pouring in a considerable amount of magical energy.

I don’t know what he liked about Choi Minseo, but there’s only one thing for me to do.

Just kill this bitch.

“I’ll kill everyone! I’ll erase Earth from the universe! Dark Matter that you care about? I’ll make her taste hell right before your eyes! Oh, don’t worry. I’ll keep you alive as my slave for thousands or tens of thousands of years and make you lick my entire body!!”

Choi Minseo began drawing a magic circle in the air with a maniacal grin.

“Five minutes! I’ll finish this in five minutes! After that, you’ll become my slave! Ah, Han Somi’s corpse is still here, right? Let’s play with that first! Heehee. If I’d known this would happen, I shouldn’t have killed her.”

“She’s alive, you know?”

“…What?”

Bewilderment settled on Choi Minseo’s face.

“Very much alive. I’ve completely healed her too. What did you think that dragon circling around me was? Stupid bitch. You’ve always been beneath my feet.”

Only then did Choi Minseo seem to notice the rainbow-colored dragon in her field of vision.

“…Ha, even better. Right before your eyes, I’ll—”

Shwook—Pat!

I quickly fired white energy to seal Choi Minseo’s mouth.

“Only I can defile Somi with dirty words.”

“Mmph—!! Jung Ui-seok—!!!”

Choi Minseo fired a magic bullet. I activated blue energy and moved instantly to avoid it.

Kwaaang!

An explosion occurred, and the narrow passage collapsed, instantly transforming into a vast space. I stepped on falling debris while loading white energy.

This time a bit stronger. Void radius of 1 kilometer. Fire.

Wooong—Shwaaak!!

The white energy that entered Choi Minseo’s radius inverts and turns black.

Holes form in the void that should be sucking everything in, and all kinds of cursed liquid spurt out from inside, burning the surroundings.

Indeed, this is tricky.

“That was pathetic for all your bluster! Don’t worry, I won’t kill you! I’m going to play with you for the rest of my life!”

Hands spring out from the falling rocks. I jumped, stepping on falling debris to move. I fired arrows continuously to delete Choi Minseo’s footholds. She was flustered.

I definitely lack hitting power.

If it were about compensating for ability or stats with tactics or tenacity, I could take on any challenge.

But in a one-on-one condition, with a level difference of more than two ranks causing this much inefficiency, it’s hard to establish a proper battle.

“This is the only way.”

System window.

I check the Apocalypse.

—-

— Maintenance Condition Lv.6

Pride: SUPERBIA 10/10

Greed: AVARITIA 10/10

■■: ■■■■■■■

Wrath: IRA 8/10

Lust: LUXURIA 6/10

Gluttony: GULA 7/10

Sloth: PIGRITIA 7/10

* Form change unlocked at Lv.7 release

—-

I forcibly change the maintenance condition to level 7.

Then the Apocalypse will become level 30, and my rank will become T7, I think.

The remaining condition is envy.

“—Here it is. The embodiment of envy.”

Falling collapsed debris.

Moving between them, I searched for and found one target in my sight.

Ji Se-hwa’s crushed corpse.

Next to it lay Choi Minseo’s severed left arm.