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Ttak. Ttak. Ttak.
The sound of the wooden gong, ringing out clearly even amidst the siren blaring loud enough to make your ears ring and the screams.
Kang Ju-ji calmed his mind while striking the wooden gong.
'So, this is the Academy.'
There was a time when he, too, was an aspirant trying to get into an Academy like this.
Back then, it was a time when he had obtained a unique ability through a second awakening not long after his initial awakening.
He was full of expectations, anticipating a golden, brilliant future, but reality was a shithole.
Coalescence [åé]: The ability to gather Mana into a single point within one's body.
It sounds good just from the description, but this ability had a fatal flaw: it couldn't release Mana externally.
What does it mean to not be able to release Mana externally? He couldn't use skills, and he couldn't use magic.
The body, influenced by the coalesced Mana, was sturdier than others, but that was it.
Who would hire someone who was unremarkable except for being a bit sturdy?
Unable to withstand the gazes around him, he left the Academy and became a Villain to vent his anger.
But how long could he last without any special abilities? In the end, he was dragged off to prison.
It was a very chaotic time, so the punishment for Awakened individuals committing crimes was unbelievably harsh.
Just when he was about to die from working in prison, he received an unexpected offer.
They said they would grant him amnesty if he went in as a vanguard into an Unidentified Gate.
It was a time when information was scarce, and the value of Hunters belonging to the Hunter Association was so great that they mobilized every means to reduce their casualties.
Sending criminals as a vanguard into Unidentified Gates was one of those means.
With people dying every other day, where was there room for human rights? It was a time when your head would explode if Choi Tae-soo caught you.
So, Kang Ju-ji chose to go in as a vanguard into the Unidentified Gate. He heard that the guy in the next cell had luckily survived.
'Shibal. Of all places, it had to be a Red Gate.'
A Red Gate known to be dangerous even for S-Rank Hunters; the inside of the Gate was practically hell.
All sorts of monsters rushing in from all directions, an environment where he couldn't find anything to eat or drink, and even the weather was batshit crazy.
There seemed to be no chance of survival.
He would have died for sure if he hadn't thrown himself into all sorts of filth around him back then. He could never forget the stench, so foul it numbed his nose.
How miserable he was, powerless before overwhelming force. Even though he hated and hated the whole world, he had no choice but to cower and shut his mouth before overwhelming power.
Who would know the terror of not even being able to scream while hearing the sound of people being torn apart and eaten alive?
"Form is emptiness, emptiness is form."
Ttak. Ttak.
Kang Ju-ji recalled his days at the Academy and gathered Mana in his legs again.
He couldn't release Mana externally, but he could move freely like this internally.
The moment an enormous amount of Mana coalesced in his legs, his body shot up again like a rocket.
'They said there's something called a security tower over there too.'
Kang Ju-ji moved towards the next security tower. He had been asked to destroy them because the security towers inside the Republic Academy were affecting the coordinates.
'Hmm...? Why am I doing this shit?'
Why was he taking orders from someone else?
The voice of the woman wearing a robe came to mind. A luscious female with a body that exuded pink energy.
He had to bang that bitch.
Kang Ju-ji's desire-filled member began to harden.
"Sex... sex... sex?"
As he recalled his desires, the face of Kim Tae-yeon, whom he couldn't bang back then, came to mind.
"Ah. Right. To bang that bitch... I have to do this, right?"
The questions that had arisen in his head were covered and disappeared by his lust.
He had to have everything he wanted; recalling Kim Tae-yeon, he remembered why he was here.
He didn't need anything else. He just wanted to bang Kim Tae-yeon.
Confirming the location of the next security tower, Kang Ju-ji crouched down and sprang up like a spring.
Kwakakakagwang!!!
With a massive fissure created in the ground, Kang Ju-ji, explosively launched, arrived at the next security tower.
Just like before, it was protected by Mana. He detonated the Mana inside and swung his fist.
Kwaaang!!! Kwaaaang!!! Kwaaaang!!!
The security tower began to shake from his ignorant attacks. The sight of the giant man ignorantly swinging his fists was quite threatening.
Kang Ju-ji frowned as he looked at the security tower, which looked precarious as if it would break at any moment.
"Is it more effective to strike from above after all?"
The moment he took a stance to strike down from above, he felt a murderous aura emanating from someone.
Looking around, he saw men and women in similar attire surrounding him.
"Are you a monk...?"
"Yes. Call me Ju-ji Monk."
"Ju-ji...?"
"Instructor-nim! That guy is a Villain. There's no need to talk to him!!"
"Hmm. He's not bad looking, but he doesn't seem particularly outstanding either."
An instructor, Kang Ju-ji began to scan the female instructors as his desires led him.
He checked to see if there were any women worthy of receiving his member, but they all seemed somehow lacking.
He would have thought these women were okay under normal circumstances, but he felt like his standards had risen since meeting Kim Tae-yeon.
Childbirth-type hips that were nicely spread for pounding, and legs that looked sturdy even from the outside. On top of that, a face that matched his tastes.
If someone was going to receive his member, they had to be at least that good.
"I..is he erect right now?"
"Ugh... Disgusting..."
The instructors of the Republic Academy looked at such Kang Ju-ji with disgusted faces.
Kang Ju-ji liked seeing women's disgusted faces, so he raised the corners of his mouth as if he was enjoying the sight.
"Still, if I have time, I will bestow my grace upon you."
"There's no need to watch him!! Let's attack right away!!"
The standoff lasted only a moment before the instructors of the Republic Academy immediately drew up Mana and began to attack Kang Ju-ji.
Colorful magic circles appearing in the air.
Even though they had lost the title of the best Academy to the Great Han Academy, the Republic Academy was still the second best in the Republic of Korea.
Top-ranked individuals who had been active in the field for a long time; they were not people who could be ignored.
Along with the flow of enormous Mana, magic that looked dangerous just by looking at it flew towards Kang Ju-ji.
The person in front of them was a Villain who had attacked the Academy; there was no need to worry about their life at all.
"Die!!!!"
Kwaaaang!!! Kwakakagang!! Kwajijijik!!!
All sorts of magic touched Kang Ju-ji's body and caused explosions.
The instructors relaxed at the enormous explosion, which was so large that they could feel the heat even though they were quite far away.
"Why is he just standing there without dodging?"
"Isn't it because he got scared and his mind stopped for a moment? Hoho."
"Didn't we attack too strongly? It's going to take a long time to clean up."
It was an attack they had done together.
No matter how great a Villain he was, how could he withstand it? To think that classes were suspended because of such a guy.
Just as they were relieved and letting their guard down, something flew in like a bull along with a shattering sound.
Kwang!!
"Ugh... Heok..?!"
Along with a short, sharp cry, the close-combat instructors went flying like bowling pins. Some of them reacted to Kang Ju-ji's charge and tried to defend with their swords, but it was not enough.
"Not even a scratch...?"
The instructors looked at Kang Ju-ji, who was unharmed even after being hit by their attacks, with surprised expressions.
Kang Ju-ji smirked as he looked at such instructors. At the same time, his muscles twitched.
"Get lost."
Kwang!! Kwaaang!! Kwang!!
As Kang Ju-ji swung his fists, the instructors were knocked away by the enormous physical force.
The punches seemed to be swung haphazardly, but every time they touched his fists, the instructors began to fly away like fallen leaves.
The sight of the instructors, who had been launched like cannonballs, crashing into the buildings inside the Academy seemed too unrealistic to be the result of just one punch.
A female instructor, watching the flying instructors, seemed to have lost strength in her legs and unknowingly collapsed.
"H..how is he unharmed even after taking that?! N..no matter what, there's no way he could take it with his bare body..."
"My body is just a bit sturdy! Sex!!"
That bitch said it was the source. The stone he had found in the Red Gate's temple; he had been able to use this power since swallowing it.
Even now, the enormous power was overflowing. A normal Hunter wouldn't be able to handle it and would have died with their Mana heart exploding, but he was different.
The coalescence, which he had thought was useless, gathered the Mana into one point.
Although he still couldn't release Mana externally, he was able to obtain an absurd body.
Mana makes the body strong, so what if there was this absurd amount of Mana?
"That's exactly what this body is!!"
Saying that, Kang Ju-ji jumped up from his spot once again.
In the same way as before, he further coalesced the Mana of the source from above the security tower.
The more the coalescing power increased, the heavier Kang Ju-ji's body became. And what happens when a heavy object falls from a high place?
Kwakakakagagwang!!!!
The second security tower was shattered into pieces by the absurd physical force.
Everything around it was smashed and blown away by the aftermath of the impact. A huge fissure was created in the ground along with a crater.
Kang Ju-ji frowned at the impact coming from his shins and pulled out his legs, which were buried in the ground.
"I've destroyed the second one too. Shall we start looking for that bitch now?"
"You're late."
The moment the second security tower was shattered, Lilith opened a fissure and crossed over, dragging the body of the woman she had possessed.
'It's a convenient ability after all.'
She licked her lips at the ability to connect dimensions and looked at Kang Ju-ji.
"Isn't the last tower still there?"
"Ha. Are you ordering this body now?"
"No. It's not that, but shouldn't we meet that woman named Kim Tae-yeon quickly?"
"Right... Kim Tae-yeon. I have to bang that bitch. Sex... sex!!"
Lilith clicked her tongue as she watched Kang Ju-ji run towards the next security tower, saying that.
"Tsk... I don't know if his original personality is like that or if it's because of my ability."
Lilith, who was watching Kang Ju-ji disappear, raised the corners of her mouth.
The moment she stretched out her hand, Gates appeared in the air, teeming with monsters beyond them.
"Then, shall we start the real game?"