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What is a devil?

Is the succubus caught on the pillar over there a devil, or are the people who used that succubus to perform all kinds of biological experiments the devil?

“Aaaaa!! Wow.”

“Ah, devil…!”

Or is it me, the devil, who is beating up people who don’t even look like humans?

[After hearing that from you, I have no hesitation about my actions.]

Kwa-ang.

I swung the bat and shattered the spine of the person who was trying to run away.

“Keo, Heo Eok….”

My white coat began to turn red, and I swung the bat sharply at the back of the researcher who was running away.

Phew.

The researcher could no longer run away.

I couldn’t even crawl on the floor, and I stopped breathing.

Today, I killed someone.

A person who may not have been a human, but a demon.

Those who may be someone’s children or someone’s parents.

However, these are clearly ‘villains’.

These are people who study the devil’s seeds, and those seeds later germinate and bring about a threat to the world.

From a personal perspective, I killed people, but from a pan-human perspective, I killed those who laid the foundation for the destruction of the world.

“Uuuu….”

[Are you still alive?]

A moan is heard from inside the glass window, from inside the cavity where the succubus is.

-Warning, warning, warning, intruder occurs, warning, warning.

Already from the moment I broke the glass, the alarm started sounding, and the machine that was trying to dismantle the succubus stopped.

“I can never hand this over…!”

Perhaps thinking that the reason I had come was to rescue the succubus, the researcher attempted to restart the machine using the device inside.

“Ah, ah…?!”

Weee.

The mechanical drill is aimed at the succubus’ face, not its abdomen.

The succubus looked at me with fear-filled eyes, and her eyes were clearly telling me:

-Save me.

[…….]

Before I even had time to think, my body was moving.

He kicked the ground and climbed over the broken window, holding the bat tightly and putting strength into both hands.

“K, hehehe!!”

The researcher was manipulating something with his twisted body.

If he doesn’t attack the researcher like this, he will definitely try to escape from here by any means necessary.

It is a moment of choice.

Are you going to bend your body and subdue the researcher now?

Or do you stop that mechanical drill?

[Heh.]

The trajectory of the bat passed over the shoulder was, of course, towards the mechanical drill.

[Because I am not a frustrating hero.]

Kaaaa!

The arm of the mechanical drill was hit hard with the bat.

The succubus ducked her head to the side, and the twisted tip of the drill just barely grazed the succubus’ cheek.

“Khaha! succeded! You fool! I-”

The researcher, who was about to open the emergency exit door and run away, froze in place.

[It’s a gift.]

I landed, kicking the arm of the mechanical drill in the air.

Puhwaaa!!

Naturally, the tip of the spinning drill was pointed at the researcher, and the drill penetrated exactly into the researcher’s abdomen.

“K, haak….”

The researcher died with blood gushing from his mouth.

It was an indescribably grotesque sight, but when you think of all the situations that took place inside this cavity, you might think it was worth it.

“Hahaha!”

At least if you see this succubus’ tearful smile.

“Ahaha, you died well, you damn bastards…! He tormented me again and again…! Haa, haa…!”

Since he was still tied to the pillar, he could only express exclamations and laugh, but if I even let him go, he would run over and trample the corpse with his feet.

[name is?]

“…Jeon Yu-bin. 22 years old. You heard the rumor.”

The succubus looked me up and down with a hollow smile.

“I was just an ordinary villain when I was kidnapped here, but how strong have I become…?”

[When were you kidnapped?]

“Last fall.”

[It’s an ambiguous point in time. At that time, I was known as C-level.]

I tore off Jeon Yu-bin’s restraints one by one with my hands.

[He is now an S-class villain.]

“Awesome thing. How did you get so strong so quickly?”

[It is confidential. Desperate.]

“Okay. Confidential, good. Then…why did you come to save me?”

[To save you?]

Instead of using the restraints from the research facility, I took out a rope that I had made using a goblin bat.

[I didn’t come to save you.]

“……?!”

Wow.

Before Jeon Yu-bin could move, I immediately tied her up with a rope.

I tightened my wings and arms so that she could not move at all, and I trapped Jeon Yu-bin and made her lie face down on the floor.

“What are you doing!!”

[Why do you think I came to save you?]

I stepped on Jeon Yu-bin’s back and wing ridges and placed the bat on the back of her head.

[It’s certainly unfortunate that you were experimented on by demons disguised as humans, but that doesn’t mean you’re an angel disguised as a devil.]

“Oh, no! I’m not a bad person!”

[Have you ever killed someone?]

“……!”

Jeon Yu-bin couldn’t say anything.

Of course.

The condition for becoming a devil is basically ‘fratricide’, and ‘pure devils’ like Jeon Yu-bin, who are not people who were forced to become devils through devil seeds, become devils through normal means.

[He didn’t become a devil due to a runaway use of his abilities, but he probably pursued strength by using his abilities to kill people. How many people did you kill?]

“Oh, I didn’t kill him…! No one!”

[That’s a lie.]

It’s not about judging by heartbeat, eye look, or any other physical symptoms that occur when you lie.

[The investigation is already over. Jeon Yu-bin, you are the one who killed your junior on Sejong Island and stole this ability. Do you remember the name ‘Hwang Do-hee’?]

“……!!”

Jeon Yu-bin’s expression changes.

Just a moment ago, he was showing his resentment with his whole body, but his expression changed coldly and he just laughed at me.

“What is it? Did you know everything?”

[I knew it. Because our informant is a very talented person.]

Let’s briefly summarize Joo Mo’s information.

[You killed your junior Hwang Do-hee on Sejong Island and stole her magical power, then turned into a devil and went on a rampage. The security forces on Sejong Island said they had arrested you and imprisoned you in a secret prison, but in fact, it was a secret research institute… something like that.]

It is a common story about using prisoners as experiments.

[Because I became a devil, human rights are a good thing. is not it? Even if you think about it in advance, devils are not humans.]

“Ha, haha…. If I escape from here, I will definitely enter ‘Pandemonium’ and reveal the circumstances of this place in detail. And all the demons will demand the right to live as humans.”

[You have a big dream.]

I raised the bat high.

[The story is over. Is there anything you want to say before you die?]

“…Now, wait a minute. Are you really trying to kill me? huh? Really…?”

[Then, did you think they were going to try to scare me or tell me to repent for my sins by revealing why I became a villain?]

“Stop it! wait for a sec! It’s not really killing…! What’s wrong with the same villains?!”

Jeon Yu-bin’s expression began to become urgent.

“The person who told you that I was trapped here and the person who told you to raid this place probably didn’t give you the mission to kill me!!”

He began to struggle and try his best to somehow get away from me.

“Catch me and reveal the ugly truth about Sejong Island, or use me to uncover the truth about this research!!”

[There could be something like that. But didn’t you hear what I said up there before I came down?]

I bent down my upper body and whispered into Jeon Yubin’s ear.

[All those who are unclean will be executed.]

The devil must be killed unconditionally.

[Even heroes take moral responsibility for killing demons, but they don’t take legal responsibility, so why should I keep you alive?]

” Isn’t this worth using? Three, how in the world can they treat me like this! The ugly truth about Sejong Island! Capturing demons, studying them, and conducting human experiments! Don’t you have to spread something like that to the media!!”

[You must be mistaken. Do you think you are the only subject being studied on Sejong Island?]

“Could it be…there are other devils besides me?! Why are you letting those people live?! Why are you trying to kill me!!”

[That’s right.]

If it’s natural, then it’s natural.

[Because the people who asked me to kill you are Hwang Do-hee’s parents.]

“…….”

Jeon Yu-bin could not say anything.

He looked up at me with a blank face, as if he hadn’t expected it at all, as if he’d been hit from an unexpected place.

“How did those people…?”

[I tried to see how the murderer who killed my daughter lives and what kind of face he lives, but I can’t even visit him or approach him. It started from there.]

How the request is received is the role of the organization.

[Do you think the person you killed didn’t ask you to kill him?]

As a problem solver and ‘chief’, I just carry out my assigned duties.

“Ha, haha…! Do you think it’s different?! You hypocrite! You are the same guy!!”

[know. I have killed countless people, and their families are trying to kill me.]

There are more people who hate goblins and want to kill them more than Jeon Yu-bin.

[They can point a knife at me. But I have no intention of receiving that sword.]

Because I’m not a stupid and frustrating hero.

[and.]

I shaped the end of the bat into a sharp awl and grabbed it backwards.

[After villains, the thing I hate the most is the devil.]

Fuwaaa!!

Red blood splatters.

Red blood no different from human blood.

Clap, clap, clap.

Beyond the exit the researcher opened.

“Wow, this is cool.”

Clapping his hands, a man began to approach.

A man in a black hanbok with a black mask, a funny face, and a straw hat on his head.

“You’re handling it with passion, goblin. Was it really necessary to kill him?”

[Who are you?]

“As for me, I am someone who has a different affiliation from you, but has the same job as you, but has made a different choice than yours.”

The man passed a stick similar to a whip over his shoulder.

“A person who spreads the ugly truth that happens here to the world and seeks to reveal the true nature of high-ranking people.”

fluttering.

The man raised the stick over his shoulder, grasped it with both hands, and bowed like a roly-poly.

“Let’s come to ‘Malttugi’ from [Hwalbindang].”