"Phew, have we finally arrived?"
As I fully stepped out of the portal and looked around, the only companions visible were Yoo Joonghyuk and Kim Dokja; the others were nowhere to be found.
"Get down."
In that moment, Yoo Joonghyuk spotted something and shouted. I immediately activated Zadkiel and easily blocked the magic shells flying toward us.
“It’s the Supreme King!”
“Don’t panic! Fire!”
“They aren't on the same side anyway! Leave the Supreme King alone and aim for the King of No Killing! I don’t know who the guy next to him is, but shoot him too!"
At the command of the man who seemed to be the leader, the others simultaneously raised their weapons.
“That guy can’t kill people! He’s under the penalty of No Killing! So don't hesitate and finish him off!”
“There's a chance he might come back to life if he collects points. So we have to kill him without missing the timing for his regeneration!”
Kim Dokja was momentarily taken aback by those words, but he soon regained his composure and approached the leader-like man to speak.
“Where did you pick up that information about me?”
“What do you want to know that for?”
“Because a few things are wrong, and I wanted to correct you.”
“What?”
Sliiice!
Kim Dokja’s sword swung rapidly, and the heads of the leader-like man and several others standing nearby fell to the ground just like that.
"First, it doesn't matter if I kill people now. And second..."
Snap!
Crack, crackle, CRASH!!!!!
As I lightly snapped my fingers, Zadkiel, which had been activated in an instant, began to freeze all the remaining members of the Salvation Church in the vicinity.
"Is that it's fundamentally impossible for you to defeat us with your strength alone."
Clink!
The moment Kim Dokja finished speaking, the men who had been completely frozen by Zadkiel shattered into pieces all at once.
"....Tsk, one of them managed to escape..."
The man who barely managed to flee outside Zadkiel’s range had already run so far away that he was now only a faint silhouette.
"Chase him."
We immediately pursued the man who had fled into the distance to grasp the current situation.
"Something is wrong. In Seoul Dome, the 'Hunting Scenario' should be in progress."
As Yoo Joonghyuk spoke while scanning the surroundings, Kim Dokja replied while looking at the nearby corpses.
"That hunt might not be that kind of 'hunting'."
Kim Dokja muttered while examining the wounds on a nearby corpse.
"These aren't wounds caused by monster hunting. They're scars from artillery and weaponry...."
"It is the work of humans."
Yoo Joonghyuk, who had guessed who made those scars, soon pointed somewhere and said.
"There he is."
Looking in the direction Yoo Joonghyuk pointed, there was the man who had just run away from us.
However, before we could even approach, an arrow flew from somewhere and pierced the man’s throat, causing him to collapse.
"No doubt about it. He is a remnant of the Salvation Church."
"Dispose of him."
Beauty Queen Min Ji-won, whom we hadn't seen in a while, immediately ordered her Hwarang to finish the man. Kim Dokja ran toward the Beauty Queen to get information.
"Wait a moment!"
At Kim Dokja’s call, Min Ji-won, with visible dark circles and an exhausted voice, called out Kim Dokja’s name. After that, we were able to receive a rough explanation of the current situation from her.
"The King factions have been dismantled?"
At Kim Dokja’s question, Min Ji-won nodded and said,
"The Maitreya King's forces were ambushed first. Fortunately, Kang Yuseong-ssi’s group helped out; although the damage was great, they survived.... And after that, the Vagabond faction was hit."
At the mention of the Vagabond faction being hit, Kim Dokja asked in a trembling voice.
"....By any chance, did the King of Wanderers die?"
"I don't know the status of the King of Wanderers. She is currently missing. In the case of the Neutral King Jeon Ildo, he actually joined their side."
"Is it the Yeouido faction we saw before?"
"No, they are a new force. A group calling themselves the Salvation Church...."
Min Ji-won continued to explain the Salvation Church.
"The Salvation Church appeared suddenly while you all were away. They claimed they would 'liberate humanity from the scenarios'.... Any force that goes against their will is removed without hesitation."
"Where were they hiding such a force? All the major powers within Seoul should have gathered when the sixth scenario began."
"They aren't people who were originally inside Seoul."
Shooooooooom
At that moment, dozens of meteors were seen streaking across the dark night sky above.
The meteors crossing the night sky eventually scattered in all directions, and soon, several of the meteors falling toward the outskirts dropped in a straight line toward where we were standing.
Crackle!
Blue sparks flew from the meteor that hit the ground, and shortly after, people of various ages emerged from the spot where the meteor had fallen.
[You have entered a new scenario zone!]
[The seventh main scenario is currently in progress at the Seoul Dome.]
Watching that, Yoo Joonghyuk spoke without emotion as if he were familiar with the sight.
"It was already time for new personnel to be deployed."
Then, Yoo Joonghyuk, who was observing them closely, asked Min Ji-won a question.
"Was the 'Salvation Church' also made up of people summoned like them?"
"Yes."
"That makes no sense. There is no way people who were only recently summoned could defeat existing incarnations."
"The 'Leader of the Salvation Church' was strong from the beginning. Supreme King, I know you are strong, but please never fight that person. Both in strength and strategy, that person has already transcended humanity. Not like a human, but as if seeing a different species...."
Turning my gaze away from Min Ji-won, who was trembling in fear while speaking, I looked toward the air, where those now-too-familiar sparks began to occur.
[Now, everyone. Do not panic, stay calm and look here.]
The Dokkaebi that appeared spoke while looking at the incarnations on the ground.
[Those of you who have just been summoned are like chicks that have lost their mother. Therefore, you must find a 'group' that will protect you. A group that will protect you until you can become a proud incarnation on your own.]
"I wondered what it was. Do you think we came in without knowing that info?"
"If you're done talking, get lost!"
Because quite a bit of information had been leaked inside the dome by the Prophets and incarnations with internet skills outside Seoul Dome, many of them were likely deployed after having already studied beforehand.
"Supreme King! We have to stick next to the Supreme King!"
"Right! They said the strongest among the incarnations is the Supreme King!"
'....Tsk tsk, I pray for your souls.'
Seeing the face of the 'People-Beating King' right next to me crumpling in real-time, I shook my head and prayed for their souls.
"They said the Beauty Queen is benevolent."
"What’s the point of being benevolent? She's weak."
"They say she’s incredibly pretty."
At those words, the Beauty Queen next to me also frowned, and her complexion worsened.
"The King of Massacre, or the Undying King, or whatever he’s called, is supposed to be the best."
"Undying King?"
"They say he's a king who doesn't die even if you kill him."
"Whoa, that's insane."
"Really? Who is that guy? What's the King's name?"
"I'm not sure about the name... but I heard you just have to look for the ugliest King. Apparently, his face looks a bit blurry?"
"......."
And the face of the 'Ugliest King'—whether he was the King of Massacre or the Undying King—genuinely began to rot away at those words.
"Pfft, heehee, pfft.... Pffft!"
While I was struggling to hold back laughter that felt like it would explode any second at the expressions of those three...
"You idiots. The real power isn't the Supreme King, or the Beauty Queen, or even the ugliest King."
The eyes of the people focused on the guy who seemed to know a lot of information.
"The one they call the Greatest and Best King, the King of Spirits, or the Harem King is supposedly the strongest. He can wipe out all the other Kings alone. On top of that, he has all sorts of abilities, and he's incredibly kind to his own group. His group members are all the strongest too, and he can beat the crap out of someone like the Supreme King like a dog."
"Whoa, crazy. There's really a King like that!?"
"There's actually a rumor that even the Supreme King, the Beauty Queen, and the ugliest King are all his lackeys."
"I heard the number of women following him around is huge, too?"
"""......."""
At their words, the gazes of Min Ji-won, Kim Dokja, and Yoo Joonghyuk turned toward me.
Especially Yoo Joonghyuk; perhaps because of those words just now, he glared at me as if he were going to tear me apart right then and there, and before I knew it, his hand was already on his sword.
"Really? What's that guy's name?"
"I'm not sure of the name, but....."
"Damn, then how do we find him?"
"I heard you can look for the King who's with a bunch of women. According to rumors, there are more than 8 women acting with him."
"Damn.... at that point, he's just setting up a harem."
At those words, the three looked at me with cold, dead eyes.
Click.
"How dare you spread groundless rumors? I'll kill you."
I immediately tried to perfectly finish that guy off with Der Freischütz, but due to Min Ji-won and the Hwarang rushing toward me and stopping me, I couldn't kill him in the end.
[A large number of constellations ask if those aren't actually correct.]
All of you, shut up!
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