The real culprit behind the zombie coronavirus, Kim Seong-yeol, has finally been caught.
In front of me, a middle-aged man wearing a neat suit was adjusting his glasses.
There was a cold, empty feeling in his eyes.
Jinseok, who was aiming a gun at Seongyeol, frowns with mixed emotions.
"Mr. Kim Seong-yeol..."
Kim Seong-yeol, the president of Ace Enterprise, the largest company in the professional hunter world of South Korea, a nation of hunters, and an S-ranker.
He is one of only four S-ranked players in Korea, and is known as a gentleman by the public. He has great influence in the political and financial world. He has had a bad relationship with Jinseok since their first meeting, knowingly or unknowingly.
Their first meeting was at the Hunter Guild joint demonstration. Jinseok and Goldie, who were promising rookie hunters at the time, were unlike most hunters who looked down on them as unknowns. They were the only two skilled people who recognized their potential and true worth, along with Mito, an S-ranking female college student who is now their lover. Seongyeol tried hard to scout Jinseok to his guild.
However, Jinseok had joined Mito's Dainty Guild, and because of that, Seongyeol, who was obsessed with possessing Jinseok, started to manipulate media news and cause an incident against Jinseok, who was a black YouTuber at the time, and this began to develop into an uncontrollable bad relationship with the Hunter Association President election and the kidnapping of the elf idol Rena.
And that Seongyeol was the mastermind behind the zombie coronavirus outbreak? What on earth was his intention behind such a reckless act of terrorism?
It was an unforgivable act of terrorism, and it had also led to a bad relationship, but still, in a corner of Jinseok's heart, he did not want to take the life of Seongyeol, who had once recognized him for the first time.
Jinseok says with his eyes twitching in pain.
"Mr. Seongyeol, surrender obediently. If you would like to bow down to the victim and start over, you can resume now."
Mito points the tip of her sword at Seongyeol to protect Jinseok and says.
"Sir, don't be so foolish as to surrender. As a former colleague and rival in the hunter industry, I don't want to end up with a sad ending."
But Seongyeol just adjusts his glasses with a blank expression.
"Huh... If I surrender now, I can get back on my feet?"
Seongyeol says with a blank look in his eyes.
In his eyes were dead, hollow eyes, like those of a zombie rather than a human.
"Choi Jin-seok, and you little bitch, my life was ruined after I lost to you in the Hunter Association election. After all, the Hunter Association President election was a project I'd staked my entire 50 years on. After that, I was as good as dead."
"Mr. Seongyeol..."
"And now I don't hold any resentment towards you, Choi Jin-seok. But... it would be pointless for me to die alone. At least here in Korea, the whole world needs to be my companions. If we start with the zombie corona and start a fourth world war with zombified machine weapons, and destroy this Earth dimension, it would be a disaster, right?"
Seongyeol's madness caused a world war with a zombified machine army, which led to the destruction of the world.
At this point, I'm beyond help and crazy!
Mito is so angry that she immediately tries to cut off Seongyeol's head with a real sword, a Damascus sword.
"You crazy old man, at least I'll finish it with my own hands."
But Jinseok dissuades him.
Now, as expected from someone who has become a brain with Goldie's synthesis skill, he catches the discomfort in the conversation.
"Mito, wait a minute... I have something to ask you!"
"uh."
"Mr. Seongyeol, you just said the Earth dimension, right? That doesn't sound like a word a fellow Korean would use, but... Are you really the Kim Seongyeol I know?"
Seongyeol whines at Jinseok's sharp observation.
"Choi Jin-seok, you're truly a capable long-term player. You're right. I'm not the Kim Seong-yeol of old."
"Who the hell are you...?"
"You don't remember me, Choi Jin-seok? Besides, that Gold Slime guy over there is probably slowly finding out my true identity."
Goldie, who was next to Jinseok, was shocked when her sand-like eyes grew huge.
"Due...?"
A pitch-black aura was rising around Seongyeol's body, which had a pale, zombie-like face.
It was filled with a wave of evil that seemed to threaten to destroy the entire world.
This guy's true identity is a demon.
That's the demon that destroyed Goldie's hometown in the past, even down to the slime dimension!
Goldie is immediately furious and informs Jinseok of the information.
"Due...!"
"Damn it, is that true? That demon devoured Seongyeol's entire body... There's no turning back now."
It was Seongyeol who tried to destroy the world by being eaten by a demon.
Now there was no way to stop him except by taking his life.
Jinseok shoots Seongyeol three times with a revolver, aiming straight at his head and heart.
"Mr. Kim Seong-yeol, please take care!"
It was the sound of gunfire that filled the room.
Love covers her younger sister Saetbyeol's ears and closes her eyes tightly together.
"Ugh... Saetbyeol, don't look!"
"Ah, you stupid, sloppy, dumbass sister, I'm scared."
At the same time, the expressionless black cat pretended to be scared for no reason and hugged his high school friend, Sujin.
"I'm scared, my partner... Hug me tight."
"Ugh, don't lie, you idiot!"
It was just after this precarious moment had ended.
Jinseok takes a deep breath and looks ahead.
"Haa, ha..."
In front of my eyes, Seongyeol was shot and lying on the ground, blood spurting from his head and chest.
Did you do it properly?
Jinseok and Goldie begin to look carefully.
"Did you get it? Stay behind me until I check Mito. Let's check Goldie together."
"Due."
However, Seongyeol, who had been lying down, opens his eyes wide.
"Huh... Did you have fun participating in the acting?"
Jinseok, feeling as if he knew this would happen, points his gun at Seongyeol again, with cold sweat pouring down his forehead.
"Damn it... There's no way it's going to die like this. I was worried it might be in a zombified state, so I aimed for its vital spot, its head, but it didn't budge... Are humans and zombies different creatures?"
That was correct.
Seongyeol says while adjusting his glasses.
"Choi Jin-seok, you're truly a capable long-term player. Well, I'll tell you this to commemorate your correct answer. I'm no longer human. It would be more accurate to say I'm on the verge of becoming a god, having merged with a fragment of the Demon God."
"A body on the verge of becoming a god...?"
"This time, Choi Jin-seok, I'll ask you a question. What are the conditions for becoming a god?"
Is this guy crazy? He's suddenly asking about the conditions for becoming a god?
However, Seongyeol's body was immortal, unfazed even by a revolver. Perhaps, if you join the mystery, you will uncover the secret.
Jinseok joins in.
"God... Usually, it refers to a concept like a transcendent being, right? Unlike ordinary creatures, it is omnipotent and omniscient."
Seongyeol nods his chin arrogantly.
"Huh, that's not a bad answer. So, if God is like you said, he must be omnipotent and transcend all living things. Then, do you know what the first step to that omnipotence is?"
This time again, it was a question that caught my eye.
Actually, I can guess the answer to the part about immortality. But I'll have to pretend not to know in order to gather information.
Jinseok answers dryly.
"What the... I was wondering if you could give me a hint?"
Seongyeol says with a smirk.
"Huh, I can see right through you, but I'll tell you. To be omnipotent, you must first become immortal. Just like how you just now had a body that couldn't die from your sniper attack. This is the secret of the Demon God... If you separate the soul and hide the pieces, you will become immortal until all the pieces are destroyed. The immortality of the Horcrux, that is."
"...Horcruxes that carve out the soul and hide it...?"
"Yes, thanks to ZombieCorona, I've already secretly separated and hidden 100 pieces of souls throughout South Korea. Unless I destroy them, we won't be able to prevent World War IV through zombification."
It was a special magic, a Horcrux that split the soul into 100 pieces.
Jinseok's face turns pale at the unexpected variable.
"Damn it, a Horcrux now... How am I supposed to find and destroy this?"
In general, it was absolutely impossible.
Well, Jinseok and his group barely made it to Gangnam because of the zombie corona, and now they're telling us to look for Horcruxes in the whole of South Korea, which is covered in zombies?
It would be faster for Seongyeol to start a world war with machine zombies.
In this truly desperate situation, Mito and her group's faces darken.
"Ugh, what should I do with this..."
"Huh, you stupid, sloppy, idiot, what should I do, you guys!"
But Goldie appears at Jinseok's side.
"Due...!"
"Goldie?"
From Goldie's perspective, it was absolutely unforgivable.
I already lost my family and friends, the slimes, because of the drink, and now I have to go through the pain of losing my good father, mother, and younger sister, Jinseok, Mito, Kkamang, and Yuha from Earth?
It was an absolute no.
That means the good kid has no choice but to become even more of a munchkin himself!
Goldie's eyes burn with a sense of mission.
After doing my best to awaken.
"Due...!"
That was when.
Jinseok's constellation, Goldie's older sister, Golhee, shouts.
[Ah, Jinseok, our Goldie is finally....evolving!]
"Yes, Mr. Golhee?"
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[Congratulations! Goldie has reached the final evolution of ur+++.]