Serial Murders in Stozanya City

Park Gyeong-cheol’s group grew larger as the surrounding laborers gathered.

Asha the Saintess healed the injured workers.

“Goddess Elia-nim. Please heal these pitiful lambs. Heal!”

From up ahead, nine chaebol heirs covered in blood approached.

Victor, sticking out his reptile-like elongated tongue, said,

“Kihihit. A Hero. I must kill them all. That’s a Hero’s job, after all.”

A clueless worker grabbed a club and charged at Victor.

“You guys are the root of all evil!”

Victor vanished, leaving afterimages, and reappeared behind the worker, splitting him in half with a jjeoeok.

Victor, covered in blood, danced excitedly.

“Keuhahaha! Blood! Blood! I love it!”

The bodies of the nine chaebol heirs swelled up, eventually turning into Chimera monsters with 3m height, toad faces, and massive claws.

They had committed so many murders that their souls had completely corrupted.

Victor roared,

“Kuaaaa! Kill all these insignificant workers!”

The workers were horrified by the sudden appearance of the monsters.

“Euaaaa! Monsters!”

Park Gyeong-cheol confidently drew his mithril treasure sword from its scabbard with a chak, and shouted,

“Don’t worry! The Hero Party is here! Hero Party, charge!”

The Hero Party charged towards the nine self-proclaimed Heroes.

Norbert, nocking an arrow to his bow, shouted in an excited voice,

“Gyeong-cheol! It’s been a while since we fought together like this, eh?”

Victor charged at Park Gyeong-cheol with a speed invisible to the human eye.

“Kekekeke! We are Heroes blessed by God! Serina is mine!”

Park Gyeong-cheol sheathed his mithril treasure sword, then quickly unsheathed it, passing by Victor.

Chak shaaak

Victor’s face turned pale.

“Huh? Uh….”

A diagonal line appeared on Victor’s body, his upper body sliding down and his lower body collapsing with a teolseok.

One monster, affected by Nisa’s illusion magic, jumped to my right and was struck squarely by my electric hammer.

Kuaang

“Keugyagyagya,”

The monster convulsed from the electric shock, its upper body exploding, and died.

One monster appeared behind Giluk and swung its hand.

Giluk ducked, dodging the attack, and turned around, hitting the monster’s knee with his fire hammer.

Kwaaang

The monster’s knee exploded, flames erupting and engulfing the monster’s entire body.

“Kkeuaaaa! Euaaaa! My body is burning!”

Giluk jumped 2m and slammed his hammer down on the monster’s head, causing it to explode in even more flames.

Aibos, Serina, and Asha also overwhelmed the monsters.

Even though the second-generation chaebols had gained the power of Chimeras, they were still inexperienced youngsters with little combat experience, unable to defeat the battle-hardened Hero Party.

We had killed eight self-proclaimed Hero monsters, but one was missing.

I stopped Park Gyeong-cheol as he tried to run off to find it.

“If you disappear now, the worker group here will fall apart.”

“Ah. Kyle-hyung. Thanks for letting me know.”

Park Gyeong-cheol raised his mithril treasure sword to the sky and shouted confidently,

“All workers, follow me!”

The workers let out a cry of hope.

“Uwaaaa! Long live Hero-nim!”

“We can win if we’re with Hero-nim!”

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Hero Florike was frantically parkouring across the roofs of buildings, trying to escape.

“Shit! This isn’t an opponent a Hero can fight! Why is there a boss monster from the start!”

As Florike jumped from one roof to another, shimmering threads wrapped around his body from all directions.

“What is this?”

The threads constricted instantly, tearing Florike’s body into pieces that fell to the ground.

Tudududuk

It was Roshan’s adamantite thread attack.

Roshan cheerfully shouted,

“Haha! One darkness caught!”

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The Hero Party led the group of workers to the factory district.

In the factory district, the army and the workers were in the middle of a fierce battle.

Soldiers stabbed and slashed at the workers with spears and swords, while the workers resisted with clubs, hammers, hoes, and the like.

Kaang kang chaeng kwang chaechang chang

“Die, you rotten rioters!”

“We’re not rioters, we’re workers! We want our rightful rights!”

Although the number of workers was greater, the trained soldiers had higher combat power, putting the workers at a disadvantage.

An arrow fired by a soldier flew and struck another worker in the neck, causing him to collapse.

“Keok….” (Teolseok)

I urgently shouted to Park Gyeong-cheol,

“The workers are being pushed back! If we leave them alone, there will be a serious violation of human rights! Just give the order! We’ll fight!”

Serina, with a pale face, sobbed,

“Why are they oppressing fellow humans like that! They’re bad people!”

Park Gyeong-cheol bit his lip and gave the order,

“Hero Party, I ask you all. Please help the workers and fight the soldiers.”

Giluk and Aibos replied,

“If it’s a friend’s request, I have to listen.”

“Hahaha! Trust this Aibos-hyung!”

Park Gyeong-cheol raised his mithril treasure sword and shouted loudly,

“The Hero Party has come for the workers! All workers~! Unite, fight, and win our rights! Charge!”

The workers who came with us, including the Hero Party, shouted and charged at the soldiers.

“Uwaaaaa! For a world where workers can live well!”

The workers who were resisting the soldiers saw us and gained hope.

“Reinforcements!”

“The Hero Party has come! We can win!”

Park Gyeong-cheol jumped into the air and swung his sword horizontally, causing space aura to fly out with a jiing, separating the upper and lower bodies of ten soldiers.

Park Gyeong-cheol broke through the soldier ranks, swinging his sword relentlessly at an invisible speed, sending space aura flying in all directions.

Jiing jing jiiing jiing

A fountain of blood spurted from the soldiers’ bodies a few seconds after Park Gyeong-cheol passed by.

Pusyusyusyuk

After that, the soldiers fell apart in pieces.

Park Gyeong-cheol frantically ran zigzag through the army, wielding his space sword and cutting the soldiers into pieces.

Pabat jiing

“Kkeuaa!”

Pababak jiiing pusyusyusyut

“Keuk….”

Aibos, in his draconian form, wielded the ice treasure sword Glacier.

A soldier thrust a spear at him with his wing, but the spear shattered.

Pajik

The soldier was flustered.

“What!”

Aibos sneered.

“Puhaha! You can’t pierce my scales with a cheap weapon without aura!”

Aibos plunged Glacier into the soldier’s chest, instantly covering him in ice.

Deudeudeuk

The moment Aibos pulled out his sword, the ice encasing the soldier shattered into pieces.

Jjaenggeurang hudeudeuk

Thirty public order squad knights rushed in from afar.

Public Order Squad Captain Amanda shouted in an angry voice,

“Kill all those self-proclaimed Heroes! They’re nothing but rioters!”

Douglas, the Violent Crimes Team Leader and a master of spears, shot forward instantly and thrust his spear at Serina, who was casting mental curses from behind.

“You witch!”

Serina screamed at the sudden attack.

“Kkyaaaaak!”

Park Gyeong-cheol, who was weaving through the battlefield and swinging his sword, noticed Serina’s danger and shouted in anguish,

“No!”

Douglas plunged his spear at Serina, but I, Kyle, was knocked away instead.

Udangtang kwang

It was because I used the power of (Twisted) Endurance, which allows me to take damage for my comrades.

Blood streamed from my chest before healing and stopping.

Serina groped her chest, then, realizing I was hurt, cried out sorrowfully,

“Kyle-oppa!”

“We’re in the middle of a battle! Get a grip!”

Serina glared at Douglas with venomous eyes and used the power of (Twisted) Purity, causing Douglas to clutch his head before charging at the public order squad knights.

“I dedicate my life to this girl!”

Serina fired the power of (Twisted) Purity in all directions, causing the male knights and soldiers to attack the female knights and soldiers.

“I might die today for this girl!”

“Don’t even touch this girl with a flower!”

Some of the female knights and soldiers shouted urgently,

“Priest! Priest! Deploy a mental barrier spell!”

At that moment, Aibos shouted,

“Serina! I’ll enhance your Purity trait!”

Due to Aibos’s power of Kindness, which enhances one trait of a comrade, Serina’s power of Purity became even stronger.

The female priests deployed a mental barrier spell, but only a few knights with strong mental fortitude were freed from Purity, while the ordinary soldiers remained prisoners of Purity.

Male soldiers teamed up with the workers and attacked and killed female soldiers from all directions.

One female soldier cried out sorrowfully,

“Jackson! Get a grip! We even went on dates!”

“Get lost! I only have this girl in my heart!”

Puk

“Keoeok…. Jackson….” (Teolseok)

Douglas freed himself from Purity with his strong mental fortitude.

“Crazy…. Is this the power of Purity, one of the Seven Virtues? It’s too dangerous.”

Aibos flew over and slammed Glacier down on Douglas, shouting with a furious expression,

“How dare you attack my friend Serina! I’ll kill you!”

Douglas hurriedly raised his spear with both hands to block Glacier, causing ice to grow along the spear where it made contact.

Jjeojeok

Douglas backstepped, spinning his spear over his head like a windmill to shake off the ice, and swung it at Aibos with the momentum.

Hwiing

Aibos blocked with Glacier and shouted,

“I didn’t like your rotten attitude ever since I met you at the public order squad building. I’ll kill you this time!”

“I didn’t like you guys either! You annoying bastards who don’t know anything about investigation!”

Aibos pushed Douglas back, wielding his sword with the powerful strength and speed unique to draconians.

Every time Aibos swung, stabbed, and slammed Glacier down, Douglas struggled to block with his spear and retreated.

Chang chachang chaeng kang

Ice steadily grew where Douglas’s spear and Glacier collided.

As the cold air spread along the spear and penetrated to his wrists, Douglas let out a painful groan.

“Kkeueuk….”

Douglas’s movements slowed down due to the cold air, and he was knocked backward by Nisa’s pushing force.

Kudangtang

Nisa’s power of Temperance allowed her to push space away in the direction away from herself.

Aibos wrapped his tail around Douglas’s ankle, who had fallen, and slammed him mercilessly against the ground.

Kung kwang kung kwang kung kwang

Douglas became a bloody mess and groaned.

“Kkeueue…. Save me…. Cough.”

“You should have behaved from the start.”

Aibos stabbed Glacier into Douglas’s chest, causing Douglas to freeze and shatter into pieces.

Jjaenggeurang tududuk

As the Hero Party participated and used the power of the Virtues, the battle situation rapidly shifted in favor of the workers.

The strongman of the public order squad knights, Douglas, was already dead, and most of the remaining public order squad knights were also dead.

Public Order Squad Captain Amanda and Financial Crimes Team Leader Lia hurriedly ran away and disappeared.

Minor Crimes Team Leader Lucian was running away when Norbert’s aura arrow pierced his back, causing him to fall forward.

“Kkeueuk…. Is this Norbert-doryeonim’s arrow?”

Another arrow fired by Norbert pierced Lucian’s neck, stopping his thoughts.

The workers, emboldened by the Hero Party’s overwhelming force, had their morale skyrocket and attacked the soldiers, forgetting their fatigue.

“The Hero Party is with us! We have nothing to fear!”

In the end, all the surviving soldiers threw down their weapons and surrendered.

“We won’t fight anymore! Please have mercy!”

As the angry workers tried to kill the surrendering soldiers, Park Gyeong-cheol shouted,

“Spare the surrendering soldiers! If we kill them, we’ll be no different from the despicable capitalists and the army! We’re not fighting to kill, but to fight for our rights!”

The workers listened to Park Gyeong-cheol and nodded.

“That’s right. We can’t become the same kind of people.”

The workers tied up all the surrendering soldiers and imprisoned them in a factory that had been temporarily converted into a prison.

The workers won the battle in the factory district and occupied the area.

The labor union executives introduced a military system to organize the workers, assigning them tasks such as guarding, monitoring the surrendering soldiers, and disarming the soldiers to arm the workers.

Asha the Saintess traveled around, healing the wounds of workers and surrendering soldiers alike with her divine power.

The workers’ morale soared, and it seemed that they could gain the rights they desired if they advanced on and occupied the mansion of the mayor, Marquis Miriam.

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As Roshan and Umakant, leading 40 Inquisitors, were about to arrive at the factory district, the workers had already occupied the factory district and were standing guard.

Roshan was annoyed.

“Aish. We should have come before the soldiers lost. It’s become more troublesome to kill.”

Umakant asked,

“Captain-nim. What should we do?”

“What do you mean, what should we do? We have to kill them all.”

“The workers will resist. There are those who aren’t Dark Humans too, you know?”

“Umakant. Your faith is still lacking. What is Elia’s Testament 6:7?”

“The first and most important thing we must always do is to be vigilant. Darkness is always lurking around, waiting for an opportunity to exploit our weaknesses.”

“What we avoid is what Darkness wants.”

Umakant gained enlightenment.

“Aha. Thank you for the correction. We must eliminate all those who side with the Dark Humans as well.”

“That’s right. Dark Humans hide among humans, thinking they are safe. We must kill even those who have been influenced by Dark Humans to achieve complete purification. Goddess Elia-nim will understand the unavoidable sacrifices.”

All the Inquisitors were newly enlightened by Roshan’s words.

Roshan smiled brightly.

“Haha! Then let’s go kill all the darkness~”