Chapter 476: You’re Making Me Feel Like The Final Boss


    “Tae-Hyun,” Oh Kang-Woo called.


    “Don’t call my name with that filthy mouth of yours!”


    Kim Tae-Hyun’s scream echoed across the building’s rooftop. kang-Woo stared at Tae-Hyun with a frown.


    <em>‘What the hell happened?’</em>


    Tae-Hyun would not be acting this way if he simply saw the future.


    <em>‘Did he actually go through a regression?’</em>


    It did not seem to be a true regression; Tae-Hyun’s future consciousness seemed to have jumped to the past. Foresight had gone beyond just showing the future and transferred Tae-Hyun’s consciousness from the future to the present for some reason.


    <em>‘What the hell did he see?’</em>


    Kang-Woo more or less had an idea. A burning sky, distortednd, and a man standing above a mountain of corpses…<em>‘It wasn’t the Parasite King… but me.’</em>


    Kang-Woo— to be more exact, Kang-Woo with his mindpletely taken over by the Demonic Sea, had ended the world.


    Kang-Woo shut his eyes tightly. He had resolved himself for the possibility.


    <em>‘But in the end… I guess I failed to ovee it.’</em>


    A sense of hopelessness swept over him. He bit his lip anxiously.


    <em>‘No.’ </em>Kang-Woo slowly shook his head. <em>‘No future is set in stone.’</em>


    Tae-Hyun blocked attacks he would have been hit by in the future through Foresight. In other words, the future that Tae-Hyun saw through Foresight could change.


    <em>‘Don’t falter,’ </em>Kang-Woo repeated to himself.


    He had no intention of sitting around doing nothing like an idiot just because the world ended in a future that had not yet arrived.


    <em>‘I have to calm Tae-Hyun down first.’</em>


    Kang-Woo raised his head and looked at Tae-Hyun.


    “Haaa, haaa, haaa,” Tae-Hyun panted heavily. “Oh… Kang-Woo…!”


    Translucent light poured out from his eyes. Blood vessels bulged around his eyes like tree roots.


    “I won’t… be fooled anymore!!”


    “Tae-Hyun, this is all a huge misunderst—”


    “Don’t bullshit me!” Tae-Hyun shouted in tears and shouted, “Do you seriously think I’ll be fooled like a dumbass like before? Huh? I can see through your shameless mask now!!”


    <em>‘When did I ever fool you?’</em>


    Kang-Woo was having a hard time responding to usations regarding a future that had yet to arrive.


    “I understand what you’re going through,” Kang-Woo remarked.


    “Kurgh…”


    “First, calm down. You simply saw one future among countless. That’s all.”


    “Shut… up.”


    “The future can still change—”


    “Shut up!!” Tae-Hyun screamed and red at Kang-Woo resentfully. “Yeah… it can change. It will change once I kill you right here and now.”


    “That’ll only change the person on top of that mountain of corpses from me to Bael.”


    “Shut up!” Tae-Hyun shouted, not willing to talk anymore.


    Kang-Woo clicked his tongue.


    <em>‘He won’t listen.’</em>


    Tae-Hyun seemed to bepletely taken over by his future consciousness. Kang-Woo could tell that nothing he said would reach him.


    “I’ll… kill you.”


    Tae-Hyun gripped his dagger tighter as more translucent light poured out of his eyes.


    “Haaa,” Kang-Woo sighed deeply.


    <em>‘I guess I have no choice.’</em>


    He needed to neutralize Tae-Hyun before he even got a chance to talk things over with him.


    <em>‘It’s so damn hard to hold back, though.’</em>


    Kang-Woo had just destroyed an entire world because he used too much strength. He needed more time until he was able to properly control the mes of Voracitybined with Chaos.


    <em>‘And it’s not like I can kill him.’</em>


    It was not like Kang-Woo had be too attached to Tae-Hyun. Tae-Hyun treated Kang-Woo like his older brother, but they had only just met and had gone through too little for Kang-Woo to grow attached. Kang-Woo was not generous enough to show mercy to a hound who bared its fangs at its master.


    <em>‘But I need Tae-Hyun’s future memories.’</em>


    If Tae-Hyun was taken over by his future consciousness, it meant that he likely remembered everything that happened between now and the end of the world. Kang-Woo would be able to earn clues about theing demise as long as he was informed of those memories.


    <em>‘I’ll face him until he gets exhausted.’</em>


    Kang-Woo currentlycked the power control to actively neutralize Tae-Hyun, but he couldn’t avoid him either, which left him with only one choice.


    <em>‘I can take him no problem.’</em>


    It would be a piece of cake for Kang-Woo to drag the battle until Tae-Hyun grew exhausted.


    “Fuuu, haaa,” Tae-Hyun took a deep breath as he raised his dagger and red at Kang-Woo with his eyes glowing translucent.


    <em>Whoooom!</em>


    Light poured out of Tae-Hyun’s ne.


    “Enlightenment,” Tae-Hyun mumbled.


    Blood vessels bulged throughout his face.


    <em>m!</em>


    Tae-Hyun stomped his feet, lowered his stance, and moved fluidly as if gliding across the ground. He swung the dagger up from below like a beast jumping out of the water to grab its prey. Kang-Woo frowned and leaned back. Tae-Hyun quickly swung down the dagger as if he knew Kang-Woo would move like that.


    <em>sh!!</em>


    Tae-Hyun’s dagger sliced through Kang-Woo’s Deific Essence barrier and cut his skin.


    <em>‘The hell?’</em>


    Kang-Woo was left bewildered. Tae-Hyun performed a spinning kick at nothing for some reason as soon as he cut Kang-Woo.


    <em>Bash!</em>


    “What the f—”


    Tae-Hyun suddenly teleported behind Kang-Woo and his kick mmed into Kang-Woo’s back.


    <em>‘Son of a bitch.’</em> A blood vessel bulged on Kang-Woo’s head as he staggered. <em>‘When the hell did he get so skilled?’</em>


    It was as if Tae-Hyun’s greatest weakness, hisck ofbat experience, had been fully made up for. Tae-Hyun’s attacks, which were based on information that he gained through Foresight, were difficult to avoid even for Kang-Woo.


    “How annoying.” Kang-Woo narrowed his eyes.


    Tae-Hyun, who was flying around like a bothersome fly, was beginning to gradually piss Kang-Woo off.


    “Die, damn dem—”


    “Hey.”


    Kang-Woo reached out to Tae-Hyun, who wasing at him from the left. Tae-Hyun saw the future through Foresight and was about to jump backward to evade.


    <em>Boom!</em>


    “Urgh!”


    However, the Authority of Waves spread from Kang-Woo’s hand and swept everything around Tae-Hyun away. Tae-Hyun quickly teleported to barely evade the attack.


    “How dare you act out against your hyung?”


    Kang-Woo stomped his foot in irritation.


    <em>Bang!</em>


    A golden wave spread out in all directions with Kang-Woo at the epicenter. Tae-Hyun raised his dagger as he bit his lip. His ne shone and created a translucent barrier in front of him.


    <em>Crash—!</em>


    “Kurgh!”


    There was no way Tae-Hyun would be a match for Kang-Woo when not even an otherworldly being, who conquered countless worlds, was helpless against him. Tae-Hyun was blown backward.


    “Haaa, haaa.”


    As if he knew that he would not be able to block the attack, Tae-Hyunnded on the ground with minimal damage and got back on his feet. His hand holding the dagger was shaking subtly.


    “Tae-Hyun,” Kang-Woo called.


    “...”


    “You already know, don’t you?” Kang-Woo stared at Tae-Hyun with deeply sunken eyes. “You can’t beat me, man.”


    Even if he knew the future and hisck ofbat experience was made up for, Tae-Hyun was still no match for Kang-Woo; the idea itself of facing Kang-Woo was absurd.


    Tae-Hyun gripped his dagger tighter. His legs were shaking. He of course knew that he would never reach Kang-Woo’s level no matter what he did.


    “Just give up alr—”


    “I…” Tae-Hyun interjected and stared at Kang-Woo zingly. “I will stop you.” He gripped his dagger even tighter. “I will protect this world… from the likes of you.”


    “Fucking hypocrite.” Tae-Hyun red at Kang-Woo in disgust. “Despite… all the people who trusted and followed you! You were our only hope!” Tae-Hyun bared his teeth in rage. “You… betrayed all of them.”


    Tae-Hyun did not seem to have even the slightest intention of giving up.


    “Hah,” Kang-Woo chuckled. “Oh, Tae-Hyun, Tae-Hyun, my little Tae-Hyun.” He stared at Tae-Hyun coldly. “Why are you being like this, Tae-Hyun? I’m being nice, aren’t I? I’m suggesting that we try to change the future, aren’t I? So why the fuck aren’t you listening to me, Tae-Hyun?”


    Kang-Woo smiled nastily and licked his lips.


    “How about I tell you an even easier way to change the future?”


    <em>Rumble—!!</em>


    An enormous amount of energy surged from Kang-Woo and weighed down on Tae-Hyun.


    “You were thest survivor of that world, weren’t you? Hm? You said that you saw me destroy the world or something, didn’t you?”


    “K-Kuh…”


    “In that case, wouldn’t the future change if I just kill you?”


    Tae-Hyun’s face turned pale and his legs trembled in terror.


    “You know what the butterfly effect is, don’t you? Don’t you think everything would change… if I killed you?”


    “A-Arghh.”


    “Hm? What’s wrong, Tae-Hyun?” Kang-Woo grabbed the frozen Tae-Hyun and whispered in his ear, “Answer me, motherfucker.”


    “A-Aaaahh,” Tae-Hyun slurred as if he were suffocating.


    Kang-Woo smiled brightly. “Haha. I’m kidding, Tae-Hyun. There’s no way I’d do that.”


    Kang-Woo lightly shoved Tae-Hyun’s shoulder.


    “<em>Huff! Huff!</em>” Tae-Hyun panted heavily as he clenched his throat.


    <em>‘This much of a scare should be enough.’</em>


    Kang-Woo leisurely stared at Tae-Hyun.


    “... up.”


    “Hm?”


    However, Tae-Hyun pointed his dagger at Kang-Woo and shouted, “I… won’t give up!!”


    <em>‘Fucking hell.’</em>


    “No, I can’t give up!!”


    <em>‘How long are you gonna y protagonist for?’</em>


    “I… I…!!”


    <em>‘Stop it already, dude.’</em>


    “I will save this world with my own hands!!”


    <em>Whoooom!!</em>


    Bright purple translucent light simr to crystal powder poured out of Tae-Hyun’s ne. It was like seeing a hero powering up amid life-threatening danger. Kang-Woo clenched his hair as he stared at Tae-Hyun enveloped in light.


    <em>‘Why the fuck are you doing this to me? You’re making me feel like the final boss.’</em>