The Returned Hunter Has Awakened to a Hidden Class - Chapter 134

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134

Chapter 134

Rage (2)

“Die.”

The moment those words fell.

The staircase folded.

Crrrrrrrack-!

It wasn’t an explosion.

It was collapse.

80th Floor, [Perdition].

White marble columns were torn away entirely.

Golden decorations melted down.

Temple debris shot up into the sky, then was crushed and turned to powder.

The air died first.

Breath was cut off.

Space was compressed.

As if invisible hands were squeezing this entire floor.

Crrrrrrrunch-!!

The ground sank down.

Kim Jun’s vision instantly turned red.

“…!”

He blocked it.

No.

It was closer to ‘deflecting’ it.

The timing of the step.

The wave of condensing mana.

Reading that subtle tremor, he let it flow to the side.

0.1 seconds.

If he had missed that instant.

Kim Jun would already be one of the bloodstains stuck to this floor.

Thoom-

Satan took his second step.

This time slower.

But heavier.

Space warped with each step.

As if this floor was pressed like rubber, then distorted without being able to restore itself.

Andras ground his teeth.

“This… isn’t a matter of strength.”

Nyong Nyong flapped her wings and retreated backward.

“Master! That’s not something to fight head-on! That’s…”

Before the words could finish.

Rip-!

Kim Jun’s right arm was torn.

It wasn’t a direct hit.

Just from Satan ‘looking’ at him.

His gaze merely grazed.

Yet blood splattered.

“Hah…”

Kim Jun laughed.

With blood on his lips.

This was precarious.

Precisely.

The line Kim Jun had calculated.

He was walking exactly on that line.

“As expected… disgustingly strong.”

Satan tilted his head.

It wasn’t even an expression of interest.

Just.

‘Why isn’t he dead yet?’

That level of reaction.

Whoooosh… BOOOOOOM!

The volcano erupted.

Lava shot up into the sky.

Red waves poured out in all directions.

Before that heat could even reach him.

Kim Jun was already moving.

The point where the ground would cave in.

The center where mana concentrated.

The angle where his gaze lingered.

He read all of it.

Read.

Twisted.

Deflected.

Crack-!

This time it was his back.

Blood splattered, bones creaked.

But he was alive.

Barely.

By a hair’s breadth.

“Yes.”

Kim Jun exhaled.

“This is the feeling.”

Kim Jun couldn’t hide his excitement.

An absolute gap.

Unable to run away, unable to face head-on.

Yet Kim Jun had always craved this kind of battle.

Space tearing apart as if screaming.

A battlefield where the world seemed to collapse and twist.

The edge of limits.

The cliff of defense.

There was a sensation only permitted at that very edge.

In an instant, everything slowed down.

The moment when senses converged to the extreme.

Only then could he see.

Things that had been invisible.

But there was no time to indulge in admiration.

Satan didn’t rest.

Spewing forth merciless energy.

He pressed Kim Jun and his summoned creatures.

However.

Flow existed.

Even violence had its grain.

Destruction also has direction.

No matter how absolute the power may be.

Manifestation has order, and will leaves traces.

Satan’s power is no exception.

“You’re strong.”

Kim Jun muttered.

“That’s why it’s fun. No, it was fun.”

Satan’s eyes narrowed very slightly.

At that moment.

The air split.

This time it wasn’t simple intimidation.

Intentional killing intent.

Concentrated ‘death’.

Shot straight toward Kim Jun.

─────!!

His heart pounds as if exploding.

Blood flow boils, and senses expand to their limits.

The moment this hits, it’s over.

0.05 seconds.

The world stretches thin.

Not time, but perception has expanded.

「Yeonje」.

「Assassin Emperor」.

In that instant, opposing authorities open simultaneously.

Red heat surges through his entire body, and black darkness wraps around that heat.

Momentary but EX-grade enhanced senses.

Satan’s strike appeared as a single ‘line’.

A trajectory of condensed killing intent.

A fault line cutting through space.

Kim Jun’s fingertips tremble very slightly.

Ting-

Neither metallic sound nor explosion.

Just.

A sound like flicking glass with a finger.

“?!”

Satan’s straight line twists to the side.

The temple behind it is silently severed.

Kwaaaaang-!!

Dozens of pillars collapse simultaneously.

Kim Jun doesn’t catch his breath.

Blood flows.

His arm tingles.

But.

He’s alive.

And.

“Hmm…”

Satan’s eyes changed.

Until just before, they were indifferent.

Then came irritation.

And now.

Focus.

The red pupils contract.

For the first time, he recognized Kim Jun as a ‘threat’.

Kim Jun grins, baring his blood-stained teeth.

“Why.”

His breathing is rough.

But his eyes are clear.

“Are you nervous now?”

The air comes to a standstill.

A subtle tremor crosses Satan’s muscular face.

It is not anger.

A reaction closer to acknowledgment.

Satan slowly raises his hand.

This time it’s not light.

Wooooooong…

Mana gathers.

It condenses.

The air of the entire floor is sucked toward Satan as the center.

The volcano howls.

Lava shoots up in reverse.

And.

Satan’s voice falls.

Low.

Deep.

Heavy.

“I am a demon.”

It’s not a simple declaration.

“The origin of fear, the beginning of corruption, and what existed before desire gained a name.”

Mana vibrates.

“Humans did not imitate me and call it ‘demon’.”

Red eyes flash.

“The concept of demon was created in my image.”

The ground splits.

“I am a Grand Demon.”

Mana explosively expands.

“The source that commands the Seven Deadly Sins, the one who holds the seat of wrath.”

The air sinks heavily.

“Before pride raised its head, before envy sprouted, before greed reached out its hand. I was there in the abyss of all those impulses.”

Space resonates lowly.

“Humans feared me, made that fear into myth, and stacked those myths generation upon generation.”

The volcano trembles.

“I am the name you whispered before sleep for thousands, tens of thousands of years.”

The red pupils sink deeply.

“I am the wrath of the Seven Deadly Sins.”

The moment those words fall, the air twists hotly.

“The Seven Deadly Sins are merely fragments of me. They are shadows split from my emotions.”

The mana grows even denser.

“Pride, envy, greed, sloth, lust, gluttony. All those sins began with me, and ultimately return to me.”

The ground completely cracks apart.

“I am a Grand Demon.”

Space tears.

“The epitome of demons.”

The sky turns red.

“The very essence of evil.”

And, he adds in a low voice.

“The being that humans have feared most deeply, for the longest time, throughout countless ages.”

Magical power reaches its peak.

“If fear were to take form, that would be me.”

The moment that declaration ends.

There was no explosion.

Instead, the order of the world quietly twisted.

The sky lost its color first.

Light lost its direction, and shadows scattered in all directions, having lost their masters.

And above it all, something invisible descended.

It was not fire, nor was it darkness.

Not a force with form,

But a force with ‘meaning’.

With that simple motion of Satan lowering his arm, the entire concept of the staircase is replaced.

Existence becomes light, and weight becomes heavy.

Breath becomes shallow, and the heart sinks deep.

It’s not that the air is being pressed.

The premise of ‘existing’ is being pressed.

Kim Jun’s vision wavers.

The earth beneath his feet crumbling was merely a secondary phenomenon.

What truly split was the ‘law’ of this floor.

Gravity is redefined, time loses direction, and space curves like an abyss rather than a straight line.

Satan’s power is not simple magical force.

Just as the opposite of light is darkness.

Just as death is the opposite of life.

From the other side of existence

Something endlessly rushing in.

The source that has been bound under the name ‘Ma ‘.

That’s it.

Now.

It pours down toward Kim Jun.

There is no form.

However, the pressure is clear.

The formless terror that humans have imagined in fear for tens of thousands of years.

Gain substance.

It coalesces into one massive wave.

Craaaaaash-

Only then, the thunderous roar that erupted belatedly.

Kim Jun’s body is pushed backward.

However, it is not simply delayed.

As if my very existence might be erased.

It seems like the concept is being eroded.

His boundaries become blurred.

His bones creak.

With bones creaking.

My stomach is churning.

The ground beneath their feet had already lost its form.

It wasn’t shattered into pieces, but rather lost the very definition of ‘land’ from the beginning.

Even so.

Crack-

He does not collapse.

Kim Jun’s knees do not buckle.

His back does not bend.

His eyes flash.

And from within them-

Whoooooosh-!!

Fire blazes.

Darkness seeps in.

But this is no longer a simple attribute.

Not darkness opposing light, but will opposing origin.

Kim Jun slowly clenches his fist.

Crack-

Blood flows between his fingers.

Whoooosh-

Flames surge upward.

Black curtains swirl together.

And, in a low voice.

“Is that so?”

His breathing is labored.

But his voice is clear.

“Then.”

His gaze pierces straight through Satan.

“That ‘concept’.”

He takes a step forward.

Over the broken laws.

Over the collapsed order.

“I’ll smash it for you.”

In that moment.

「Yeonje」 and 「Eumje」 completely overlap.

Fire and abyss do not devour each other.

Instead, they amplify each other.

Condensing into a single wave.

Satan’s origin descends, and Kim Jun’s will surges upward.

And the two concepts.

Crackle crackle crackle!

Collide head-on.

That collision was not an explosion.

Not simple destruction where light and darkness clash and burst apart.

A war of ‘interpretation’ where each erodes the other’s definition, trying to deny the opponent’s way of existence.

Satan’s origin declares.

That fear is essence, and evil has existed since the beginning.

Kim Jun’s will responds.

That being an origin does not guarantee eternity.

That he will shatter it.

Crackle crackle crackle—

Invisible cracks spread through the air.

Space has not been torn.

‘Meaning’ has been torn.

Satan’s wave tries to devour Kim Jun.

Kim Jun’s 「Yeonje」 and 「Eum」 burn that abyss in reverse.

In an instant.

The balance crumbles.

The laws of [Perdition] can no longer accommodate the two beings.

The metaphysical collapses.

What remains is pure power.

Concepts cannot decide the outcome.

Then.

Only one thing remains.

Who is stronger.

Who endures longer.

Who destroys more.

His hand moves.

This time it’s not a simple deflection.

An intentional slash.

He draws a straight line through the void.

Zzzzrrrip—!!

Space is severed in two.

Not concepts, but matter itself splits apart.

Satan simultaneously swings his hand.

Two straight lines collide in the void.

Kwaaaaaaang-!!

It’s not a collision.

It’s crushing.

The air is flattened.

The horizon is sliced away.

[Perdition] can no longer be called a ‘place’.

It’s merely.

Coordinates where the power of two beings intersects.

And.

“Human, show me your power once. Whether you have the qualifications to dare oppose me.”

“Others call me a demon. Why don’t you guys treat me as one of your kind?”

Chaeaeng-!

The continued release of power.

With that method.

There was no sign this fight would end.

And that fact.

Both of them realized.

Shuuuuuk-

Instinctively closing the distance, they began to bring out their fists.

Kwang-!!

Fists collide.

Thud!

“Now die gracefully!”

Thud thud!

“I’m not planning to die yet though?”

Thud thud thud!

“Grrrrrr!”

Thud thud thud thud!

“Uaaaaaaah!”

Thud thud thud thud thud!

Thud thud thud thud thud!

“Uaaaaaaah!”

“Kuaaaaaaah!”

Peobeobeobeobeobeok—!!

A brutal melee with blood and flesh flying everywhere.

Every time fists collided, space tore and the air screamed.

This wasn’t just a simple shockwave.

The clash of these two beings’ ranks was pushing back the laws of this floor.

The moment Andras took a step forward.

Thud!

He was pushed back and bounced off an invisible wall.

“…!”

Just as Nyong Nyong tried to gather her breath.

Sasssss…

The flames scattered on their own.

They couldn’t approach.

They couldn’t interfere.

The area within their radius was already another dimension.

Realm Beyond Realms.

Yet another Realm Beyond Realms above that.

An absolute domain created by the interlocking of their existential ranks.

Within it.

Will.

Magic power.

Techniques.

None were permitted.

Only those two were allowed.

Andras gritted his teeth.

“Master… this is something we…”

He couldn’t finish his words.

The area within that radius was already a domain even they couldn’t invade.

Kim Jun nodded his head very slightly.

Once.

That was enough.

Fwaat-

The summoned creatures silently seeped into his shadow.

What remained in [Perdition] was only two.

Kim Jun rolled the blood pooled in his mouth.

The metallic taste was vivid.

Ptui-

Red blood fell onto the cracked ground.

He slowly raised his head.

The corner of his mouth twisted.

“Shall we continue?”

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