Chapter 212 (1/2)

Geneva broke out into a cold sweat at Su-hyeun’s words. Not even a sliver of sympathy nor mercy could be spied in the latter’s cold and hostile eyes.

Geneva sensed the threat of his impending demise from those eyes. No matter how world-renowned he was as a blacksmith, at the end of the day, he was just a regular powerless civilian, not an awakener.

“Y—you’re lying…”

Geneva hurriedly forced his trembling body to move. He picked up the remote tossed to the corner of the suite and switched the TV on.

Su-hyeun quietly watched that.

Click—

Beep, beep, beep—

Geneva hurriedly flipped through the channels, hoping to verify what Su-hyeun had meant. After changing channels for a while, his trembling hand stopped pressing the remote’s button.

“We heard that Mister Kim Dae-ho, the blacksmith, is currently crafting your armor. Can you tell us what kind of armor it is, Mister Su-hyeun?

“First of all, the materials involved are all extraordinary. A regular blacksmith wouldn’t even dare to touch those items.”

“Can you tell us what they are?”

“Even if I do, I’m not sure whether or not you’ll recognize them. Well, one of them is the item I got in the recent auction…”

Su-hyeun could be seen on the screen.

Geneva’s head snapped to the side.

Su-hyeun was also right there next to him.

“What… is the meaning of…?”

“Nothing’s impossible in this world. As long as the magical ability called ‘skills’ exist, the existences called ‘awakeners’ are capable of turning impossible into reality.” Su-hyeun sat down on the opposite side to Geneva, near the bedside table. “The ‘me’ doing the interview right now is just a shell without any real powers. All it can do is move around a bit and talk. However, people watching through their TV screens wouldn’t be able to tell the difference.”

Su-hyeun watched his doppelganger’s performance through the TV screen before shifting his attention back over to Geneva. “Okay. If I kill you now, there won’t be any evidence that could point to me, so would anyone really suspect that I murdered you?”

“Ah!”

With an expression of pure terror, Geneva stumbled and shot up from his spot. He then tried to escape from the suite.

Rumble

However, he had to stop after a wall of flame appeared before his eyes.

“I’ve been thinking about this on my way here.”

Step, step—

After cutting off Geneva’s escape path, Su-hyeun began to leisurely walk over to the blacksmith.

“I pondered whether I should kill you or not. The equipment you make will definitely provide crucial aid to our world, after all.”

Without a doubt, Geneva was an excellent blacksmith. Until Kim Dae-ho made his appearance, he had been rated as the world’s best. It didn’t matter what kind of man he was. That fact would never change.

“But when I thought about letting you live, I couldn’t help but recall those bastards that I killed earlier.”

They were awakeners that specialized in contract killings. Su-hyeun didn’t even hesitate for a second before killing them all. They were scums that killed innocent people for money. He believed that they had no right to live.

“I killed them, but must I let you live? Just because you have some skills?”

That would be strange.

“A world where the guilty party goes unpunished…Such a world is better off not existing.”

“P—please, spare me! I promise I’ll be good…”

“What have you been listening to while I was talking a second ago?”

Su-hyeun extended his hand toward Geneva’s throat.

The latter tried to resist that hand, but it was all in vain. No matter how hard he hit, it was like he was striking a sturdy boulder, and Su-hyeun’s hand didn’t even budge an inch.

Grab

“I don’t feel like it.”

Su-hyeun’s hand finally grabbed Geneva’s throat, and then…

Crack!

He squeezed hard and crushed Geneva’s neck.

There wasn’t even a scream. The neck had been so thoroughly crushed that the victim did not even have the chance to make a sound.

Su-hyeun let go of Geneva’s neck. The latter slumped on the floor lifelessly.

Rumble, blaze

Flames erupted on Geneva’s body.

Su-hyeun watched the corpse burn away before turning around to leave.

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Geneva’s death.

This incident was huge enough not just for Korea but for the whole world to go into a frenzy.

“It was you, right?” Lee Ju-ho suddenly asked as he came toward Su-hyeun.

Although there was no lead-in, Su-hyeun still instantly understood what the question was about.

“Something happened that required such a response,” he replied.

“What I knew wasn’t everything that happened?”

The incident involved Geneva hiring someone to slander Kim Dae-ho’s product. Because of that incident, Su-hyeun publicly broke one of Geneva’s products and advertised Kim Dae-ho’s instead.

An eye for an eye—that was how far Su-hyeun was prepared to take the matter to up until now.

“But, why? Did that idiot try to have uncle killed?” Lee Ju-ho asked.

“You really are quick-witted, you know that?”

“That’s not the only thing I’m good at. In any case, that’s what happened, right? Then it all makes sense.”

Lee Ju-ho nodded his head as if he already expected this.

Su-hyeun glanced at him. Then, while scratching his head, muttered, “I don’t know if I did the right thing, though. I can’t help but wonder whether I should’ve just let him go or not.”

“Why would you?”

“Because he’s needed.”

“By whom?”

“You know, by everyone.”

Su-hyeun was really conflicted about this. Conflicted about whether he should not have killed Geneva.

Even now, his misgivings lingered.

Was killing that man the correct decision? If he had let Geneva live, wouldn’t all the weapons that he will create save even more lives in the future?

As usual, it was too late to regret after a choice had been made. That also applied now.

“No, you did the right thing. It was the right call,” said Lee Ju-ho after lightly tapping Su-hyeun’s shoulder. “I get what you’re thinking about, but didn’t I tell you this already? You don’t have to agonize over this by yourself. Besides, you told me that you wanted to see a world where good people can live freely, didn’t you?”

“…I did.”

“Sure, that was a bit cringe-inducing, but I still like the sound of it. How wonderful would a world like that be? It might end up as nothing more than a dream, but if we keep working toward such a world, we might eventually get closer to it, right? The world won’t change overnight but gradually, after all.”

“Is that how it is?”

“Yeah, it is. That’s why you shouldn’t regret stuff like this. You did the right thing. No doubt about it.”

Lee Ju-ho’s words managed to bring a thin smile on Su-hyeun’s lips.