Chapter 68

Step.

“Well, well…”

Someone emerged, quietly treading on the burnt ashes.

Around him, a horrifying scene unfolded, everything scorched to cinders by the scorching flames.

The one who appeared in such a place was a tall, blonde young man.

His deep green eyes, seemingly capable of drawing one in, made him appear even more mysterious.

He looked around, scratching his head as if troubled.

“This… they’ve made quite a mess to clean up.”

The corpses scattered around.

The man smiled faintly as he looked at the corpses, frozen in the terror of their final moments.

“Anyway, this is going to be a headache.”

He fell silent for a moment, then spoke softly again.

“Cavron.”

Then, someone emerged from behind him.

It was astonishing.

There had been nothing there, yet the person appeared.

He was a man with a neatly trimmed mustache and meticulously combed black hair, making a striking impression.

He was also quite tall, but his eyes were completely different from the man who had spoken before.

A gaze filled with an inscrutable indifference.

“You called, Young Master Evil?”

The man called Evil nodded.

“We need to clean this up. Otherwise, the balance will be broken.”

Cavron, with an expressionless face, bowed slightly.

“I will handle it.”

Evil smiled quietly.

“Good. And speaking of which… his growth rate is quite fast. He could soon become one of the Seven.”

Evil, uttering words of unknown meaning, turned his head.

And then he vanished into the distance once more.

Cavron also stood there for a moment before quickly disappearing in another direction.

A colossal impact rocked the surroundings.

Kim Do-jin’s expression hardened completely as he spoke.

“Are… are you insane?”

Kang Yuseong grinned at him.

“Why? Do I look crazy?”

Kim Do-jin frowned and said.

“Pushing through with just the two of us… does that even make sense? No matter how you look at it…”

“We came all the way to Pyongyang, it’d be a waste not to.”

“Kang Yuseong!”

“Kim Do-jin. What do you think I’m thinking?”

Kim Do-jin looked at Kang Yuseong.

All traces of a smile had vanished from Kang Yuseong’s face.

In their place were seriousness and a fierce fighting spirit emanating from his eyes.

“You’re right. The two of us probably can’t capture Kim Jong-un. But if we retreat now? What will we gain?”

Kim Do-jin glared at him silently.

“If I’d intended to retreat, I would have done so already. But not yet. If we let these bastards run wild, we’ll always be open to a sneak attack. At the very least, unless we push them hard enough to put a blade to his neck, we’ll be targeted by them again.”

“Hmph…”

Kim Do-jin, who had been staring at him, let out a long sigh.

Then he shook his head and said.

“Damn it… was the reason you brought me here to die together?”

Kang Yuseong let out a chuckle.

“Are you crazy? Why would I die with a gloomy guy like you?”

Kang Yuseong adjusted his grip on his sword and continued.

“We’re definitely getting out alive. My plan doesn’t include setting up a tombstone here.”

“When we get back… I need to see you.”

The smile on Kang Yuseong’s lips deepened.

“Anytime.”

However, there was someone glaring at them as if to devour them.

“Tear those damned bastards to shreds right now. No matter what, don’t let those two live!”

“Yes, Comrade Commander!”

At the words of Supreme General Im Chun-sik, Commander of the Pyongyang Defense Command, the People’s Army soldiers burned with fighting spirit.

How dare they insult Kim Jong-un here!

This was an unforgivable grave sin.

Tat-tat-tat-tat-

Vrooom-

Attack helicopters took to the sky, and tanks with powerful firepower began to move.

Hundreds of People’s Army soldiers, armed with rifles and firearms, tightened their encirclement.

The Red Star Hunters were also seen charging forward.

In contrast, on their side, there were only about a hundred corpses, and two people.

But Kang Yuseong merely smiled coldly.

“Let’s start again. The target is the Supreme Palace. Run for your life. I probably won’t have time to look after you.”

KABOOM!

At that moment, a tank in the distance spat fire.

It was a clear attempt to gain the initiative.

CRASH!

The spot where Kang Yuseong and Kim Do-jin had stood exploded, sending gravel and dust flying in all directions.

But the two had already evaded the spot.

Whoosh-

A black aura burst from Kang Yuseong’s entire body, spreading in all directions.

His eyes turned a horrifying crimson.

“Gwaaaaah-“

“Kweeeh-“

At that moment, the black aura powerfully bound the corpses behind him.

Kang Yuseong’s mouth opened.

“Charge.”

The corpses’ eyes changed.

Among them were some of the Red Star Military Guard Unit members from earlier, significantly boosting their overall combat power.

“Kweeeeh!”

The corpses pushed off the ground, springing forward as they charged.

Tat-tat-tat-tat-tat!

The People’s Army, having already learned from previous encounters, unleashed their machine guns on them.

Thud-thud-thud-thud!

Under the immense firepower, parts of the corpses were blown away, pushing them back, but their eyes grew even more ferocious.

“Kuaaaagh!”

And opening their mouths wide, they completely surrendered to their primal instincts.

CRASH-

One of them leaped high into the air, ambushing the People’s Army position. It grabbed a soldier, tore him to shreds, and then, drinking the blood, rampaged even more wildly.

BANG! BANG!

The momentum of the corpse, using a captured People’s Army soldier to bludgeon others as it charged, was truly terrifying.

“Die!”

Tat-tat-tat-tat-tat!

The machine gun spat fire, piercing the corpse’s chest and head indiscriminately, but it still moved even as it was turned into pulp.

Kang Yuseong’s power was still strongly controlling it.

“Kuaaaagh!”

“Kaaagh!”

The corpse rushed forward, grabbed a People’s Army soldier, and sank its teeth into his neck.

Warm blood gushed from the neck, and as its mouth filled with blood, the corpse, which had been mangled, slowly began to regenerate.

The People’s Army soldiers were gripped by terror at the sight.

Whoosh-

Slice-

At that moment, the Red Star Hunters leaped in and severed the corpse’s neck.

“Don’t retreat! If you do, I’ll cut off your heads too!”

At the Red Star Hunter’s murderous voice, the People’s Army soldiers trembled.

Tat-tat-tat-tat!

They fired their guns like mad, over and over.

Hoping that the corpses would just die from the barrage.

But the real problem wasn’t the corpses.

While the corpses were incredibly powerful, the rain of fire pouring from the sky remained devastating, and countless People’s Army soldiers were engulfed and melted by its explosions.

Even the Red Star Hunters found it difficult to approach Kim Do-jin, who was continuously unleashing fireballs.

Not only could they not approach him, but they also couldn’t handle the one man who cunningly targeted the Hunters and severed their heads.

Every time his sword flashed, more than one head flew, and they couldn’t even grasp his movements, leaving them utterly helpless.

“Concentrate fire on that bastard!”

Clank-

All the autocannons and machine guns aimed at a single point.

Kang Yuseong, who was dashing back and forth with his sword. He was the target.

“Fire!”

Tat-tat-tat-tat-tat!

Rat-tat-tat-tat!

Autocannons and machine guns spewed crimson flames, unleashing a torrent of bullets at a single point.

But something astonishing happened.

Clang-clang-clang-clang!

Kang Yuseong’s entire body, the target, was instantly covered in silver steel, deflecting every single bullet.

Even the autocannons joined in, but they couldn’t penetrate the steel armor.

CRASH-CRASH!

“Kuaaaagh!”

And at that moment, screams echoed continuously from the People’s Army position.

A fireball, launched from behind, had precisely shattered them.

“What are you doing, failing to capture just two people! You bastards, can’t you do anything right?!”

Im Chun-sik’s face turned beet red as he yelled.

Hundreds of defensive troops were useless.

Combat helicopters had long since been shot down and crashed.

The tanks’ firepower was somewhat helpful, but the cunning corpses had mingled with the People’s Army positions, giving the tanks a hard time.

Not that other areas were doing any better.

Firestorms rained down everywhere, and heads were flying.

“Supreme General Im Chun-sik.”

But then, a voice came from behind him.

Im Chun-sik stood up with a startled expression and looked, to see a man standing there, wearing the insignia of a Senior Colonel. Behind him, about twenty men were lined up, looking quite formidable at first glance.

Unusually, they had no rank insignia.

A Senior Colonel daring to address a Supreme General, yet Im Chun-sik stood there, unable to do anything.

The man before him…

Senior Colonel Kim Won-hak.

The leader of the ‘Viper’ squad, known as the ‘Ghosts’ within the Red Star Military Guard Unit.

He was the head of Kim Jong-un’s special escort unit.

In truth, Im Chun-sik knew almost nothing about this man.

Only that he was someone absolutely not to be trifled with.

Kim Won-hak looked at Im Chun-sik with chilling eyes and said.

“It is the Leader Comrade’s order to purge Supreme General Im Chun-sik, who has shown the epitome of incompetence.”

Im Chun-sik’s mouth fell open.

This was impossible.

The enemy was rampaging right before their eyes, yet…

But Im Chun-sik couldn’t argue.

In fact, even without Im Chun-sik, Kim Jong-un had many people to replace him.

“Farewell.”

Shing-

No sooner had he finished speaking than a line of blood appeared on Im Chun-sik’s neck.

“Guh… hck!”

And along that line, Im Chun-sik’s head slid off.

Thud!

An incredibly clean strike.

Kim Won-hak didn’t even look at the dead Im Chun-sik as he said.

“Capture them.”

A brief command.

At that single word, the members of the Viper squad leaped into action.

They were the strongest individuals, carefully selected from the Red Star Military Guard Unit, known as a special operations force.

Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh-

Suddenly, Kang Yuseong, who had been slaughtering among the People’s Army soldiers, widened his eyes.

He had felt it.

The terrifying masses of killing intent rushing towards him!

They didn’t even try to hide their killing intent.

The moment he felt it, a chilling smile appeared on Kang Yuseong’s lips.

The blood in his entire body was boiling.

Enemies so powerful they made his skin crawl!

“Come!”

Clang!

At the same time, Kang Yuseong’s body took a powerful impact, soaring backward and being pushed away.

Instantly, a chilling aura surged towards his neck as he flew.

Clang!

Kang Yuseong raised his sword to block it, but was immediately driven into the ground.

CRASH!

“Heh heh…”

Kang Yuseong slowly got up from the ground, laughing.

“Well, this means we’re getting closer to the Supreme Palace, doesn’t it? Seeing as the real dogs have finally come out.”

He twisted his lips into a sneer.

“Yes… this is it. This is how a fight should feel.”

Whoosh-

An intense aura surged from his entire body.

And his eyes flashed brightly.

Clang!

At the same time, crimson sparks flew in the air.

One of the Viper squad members, having blocked his sword that struck like lightning, was staggering.

CRASH!

Instantly, Kang Yuseong launched a powerful kick, sending the man flying backward.

“Come on!”