Please Stop The Pope

Translators Note: Content warning as scenes include violence, torture, etc.

Kim Guncheol, the managing director of the Yanbaek Guild, was currently in a bad mood.

“You stupid bastard. Didn’t I tell you not to suck pills when I’m working?”

“ Uncle Kim. I was wrong.”

“If you do something wrong, that’s it, right? Hyun-seok, please, let’s get a grip. Uncle needs a favor, huh? How long are you going to be such an asshole?”

Pfft!

Kim Guncheol kicked the man on his knees in front of him in the chest.

“Ugh.”

“I didn’t ask you to do anything too hard, I just asked you to break the bastard’s head off, what the hell do you think you can do?”

Kim Guncheol couldn’t understand his nephew.

It was clearly not a difficult task.

It was a very common thing they had been doing for the past six months: killing any E-ranked Hunter who had been quite a handful and shutting him up.

To Kim, a B-class Hunter, the E-class Hunters were like bugs he could kill at any time.

They weren’t even worthy of being called Hunters.

Killing them should be as easy as twisting a chicken’s neck, and this stupid nephew couldn’t even accomplish that easy task.

“I didn’t know that Jin Seo-jun was hiding such an ability. Uncle would be surprised, if you saw him running away…….”

Aaaaah!

Kim Guncheol was annoyed by Kim Hyunseok’s excuse and slapped his nephew’s cheek.

“How many times have I told you not to call me uncle in the company, and how the hell did that bastard Jin Seo-jun know the location of the workshop?”

“I was going to pick him off today, right? I didn’t want to do it twice, so I just hired him to take the materials to the workshop and then kill him right there. I didn’t think it would actually happen.”

“You asshole, just try to die on me today…….”

Just as Kim Guncheol was about to grab Kim Hyunseok by the scruff of the neck and slap him a few more times, a soft voice came from the distance.

“Mr. Kim. Don’t get too heated. I’m sure our team leader Kim Hyun-seok had his own thoughts, and I’ve assigned someone else to take care of Mr. Jin Seo-jun, so he won’t wake up.”

Soon, a woman walked out of the darkness.

She wore a suit that revealed every curve of her voluptuous body, and a white, faceless mask.

The mask covered only her eyes and nose, and her red lips glowed lustfully beneath it.

“Welcome, Counselor.”

The Counselor.

The woman who had appeared out of nowhere a month ago, giving the crumbling Yanbaek Guild wings with the Elixir of Awakening.

Kim Guncheol put down his hand, then rose from his seat and bowed respectfully.

Then she snapped her white-gloved fingers and smiled.

“It’s good to see you hold your family to a high standard, even when it’s blood. I can see why Mr. Kim is so fond of you.”

“You’re too kind, sir. But what brings you here this late at night, Counselor?”

“This is the moment when miracles are spreading, and moments like this deserve to be seen.”

With that, she stared at the sealed boxes on one side of the darkened room.

She then turned to Mr. Kim and said in a soft voice

“I’ve heard that you haven’t received the Blessing yet, Mr. Kim, and I won’t ask you why, but it’s a shame that the person who has the honor of spreading the miracle hasn’t experienced it.”

Kim knew what she meant by “blessed”.

To take the elixir of awakening, to receive new powers.

That was what she meant by a blessing, a miracle.

It had been two weeks since his guild, Yanbaek, had begun distributing the Awakening Elixir, but Kim Guncheol had yet to take it.

Despite the fact that the Elixir of Awakening is supposed to awaken you as a player and increase your power as a player, Kim hasn’t taken it for a simple reason.

‘It’s a drug made by grinding up human beings, what do you expect me to believe, you crazy bitch.’

He knew what it was made of.

That’s why the procurers were constantly bringing in people.

And why the humans they bring in go into the Advisor’s “workshop” and never come out again.

These facts were all evidence that the elixir’s ingredients were human.

Furthermore, the Awakening Elixir had obvious side effects.

‘You can tell just by looking at the condition of the youngster.

Severe dependence.

Endless withdrawal symptoms.

As confirmed by his nephew, who was eating and celebrating at home, the Elixir of Awakening was more like a drug.

What could be more stupid than taking such a drug yourself?

‘You can’t be an asshole for a little boost.

Kim Guncheol skillfully hid his emotions, then laughed.

“I’m a coward by nature, so I don’t have the courage.”

At that, the advisor gently stroked Kim’s face with his hand and said.

“Miracles are achieved by the courageous, Mr. Kim, and I’m sorry to hear you say that. However, I want you to know that the chairman is also worried.”

“Thank you for your advice.”

“You’re welcome.”

The Counselor currently had the President’s full confidence, so there was no need to touch her with a ten-foot pole.

He’d just keep an eye on the situation for the time being and wait for an opportunity.

The advisor looked at Kim Guncheol and nodded in satisfaction.

She licked her tongue lightly on Kim Guncheol’s ear and whispered quietly.

“ Mr. Kim says he finds you very charming. I can see why the chairman is so fond of you, don’t you have any desire to rise to higher heights?”

A sly tongue that stirs up desire.

Just a few words made every cell in my body boil.

‘……I might get eaten.’

If there was a devil that tempts people, wouldn’t this woman be it?

Kim Guncheol barely suppressed his desire and answered quietly.

“My only goal is to assist the chairman.”

“Sometimes it’s okay to be honest.”

Her mesmerizing voice was about to penetrate deep into his head.

Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

With a harsh crash, the ceiling came crashing down.

A moment later.

A man dressed in black priestly robes slowly walked out from the debris of the ceiling.

He soon raised the corner of his right mouth and said.

“I found it.”

6.

Five minutes.

That’s how long it took me to break through the building’s front door and reach the basement, where a large amount of Magi was detected.

“Nice building, but why didn’t you put elevators all over the place, assholes, you got the ventilation right, but you didn’t think of that detail.”

I chuckled as I dusted off my hands. Then I tossed the stick I was holding in my left hand forward, dusting my hands off lightly.

This must be the basement level of the building, since I’d broken the floor three times to get here.

It looks like we’ve arrived at our destination.

A large basement that looks like it’s been converted from one floor to another, with huge boxes lining one side of the basement.

Judging by the smell coming from that direction, it was clear that what was in those boxes was the elixir of awakening.

But not only that.

In addition to the elixir of awakening, there was something else I hadn’t expected.

“Sneaky snake, contractor of Echidna. You got a real big one. Somehow, I sense another Magi.”

I smirked as I froze and looked up at the woman who was watching me.

Her face was covered by a mismatched white mask, but it wasn’t her appearance that interested me.

It was the Magi that blatantly radiated from her body.

This was a Magi unlike any other I’d encountered on my journey here.

It was the purest form of Magi, unattainable by crude medicine.

It was clearly something that could only be possessed by making a pact with the devil himself.

And as if to prove it.

Saaaaaaah-!

A sickeningly large number of red snakes began to crawl up from the concrete floor.

Red snakes with white eyes.

That was black magic, a power reserved only for warlocks under contract to Echidna.

Echidna.

Fifth daughter of Lilith, queen of the monsters and demoness of lust.

A demon who feeds on the lust of mortals at a boiling point.

Or, as Leo put it.

“A snake in heat. What a perfect metaphor.”

It was Leo’s trademark bluntness, but there was no better nickname for the creature.

Because she was that low.

All of Lilith’s legions were like that, and Ekidna was the most unusual of them all.

Of course.

Paaaaah!

Unusual doesn’t mean strong.

With a flick of my finger, I spread my holy power in all directions, and soon hundreds of snakes that had been hit by it burst like balloons.

In terms of strength, the last Orc Overlord would be stronger than an Echidna contractor.

“Kaaaaaaaaaah!”

Echidna’s contractor screamed as she clutched her head.

With her scream, she unleashed a blast of black Magi.

The black Magi formed a magical circle in an instant. In the blink of an eye, it shifted form, creating a black-red swamp on the floor.

A swamp of unknown depth.

Faceless monsters constantly crawled out of the swamp, and they instinctively began to lunge at me.

At the same time, she raised her hand and shot dozens of arrows at me.

The malice that had sprung up in an instant raged against me.

However, I was unperturbed by their malice and continued to walk forward in silence.

What are the odds that a contractor, not even a demonic contractor, not even an Echidna, can penetrate my divine protection?

[Uses Active Skill

[All unclean things that have invaded your realm are purified].

There’s no way such a probability exists.

Even if it does exist, it’s probably a probability that even the Korean game companies can’t help but drool over.

And even if it breaks through those odds and touches my body, it can’t do any damage.

Why? Because my body is harder than divine protection.

Boom, boom, boom!

The monsters that tried to stop me crumpled into unrecognizable shapes, and the magical arrows that were aimed at my neck scattered without a trace.

“Don’t come any closer! Gahhhhhh!”

I simply walked forward.

But that was enough to terrify Echidna’s contractor.

The white mask she was wearing did nothing to hide her fear.

“Why is my body…… not moving…….”

“Oh, that’s because of that guy who contracted you.”

Finally arriving in front of her, I placed my hand on top of her frozen head and said.

“ Echidna, I’m the one who burned that snake-bastard to death with fire. You should have read the contract carefully.”

“Sal, sal…….”

“Of course.”

Whoosh.

Echidna’s contractor froze in time as the holy power from my hand took over around her body.

“I didn’t mean to kill you in the first place.”

She’s a valuable source of information I’ve been lucky enough to acquire. I’ll keep her alive for questioning.

She’s clearly under contract with the demons.

I’ll be able to extract some useful information from him in this frustratingly clueless situation.

“We can ask Leo to do it, right?”

I could interrogate him myself, but that’s not something I’m used to.

Besides, my holy power is extremely toxic to those with magic, and I’d kill them if I tried.

That’s why things like inquisitions should be left to the experts.

Medicine is for pharmacists, inquisition is for inquisitors.

Leo was once a famous inquisitor, so he’s a much better specialist than I am.

I’m sure he’ll be able to extract all the information he needs.

I nodded lightly, then flicked my hand at the box in the corner of the room.

Hmph.

Soon, a flame rises from the floor, engulfing the boxes in an instant.

Those are drugs that do no good on Earth.

We don’t need to analyze the ingredients or the recipe, so let’s just burn all but one box.

“Looks like we’ve got this one pretty much cleaned up.”

[You have completed the quest !]

[As a reward, you will receive 2,000 Divinity Points!]

The quest completion window popped up, so I guess things are sorted.

I nodded slightly, then turned to look at the man who had been lying on the ground in a heap earlier.

As soon as he made eye contact with me, he dropped to the ground.

But he must have thought of an excuse in the meantime.

“I, I’m a victim!”

“What?”

“Me and my nephew were forcibly…… dragged here, and we had no idea this was a place like this.”

“I don’t think I asked ……?”

“Mr. Kim Shi Yu, aren’t you the rising hero of Korea, thank you for saving me and my nephew.”

He claims to be an ordinary citizen, and that he was captured while with his nephew.

[The passive skill identifies the opponent as evil!]

[Lists the evil deeds of player ].

[342 cases of , , , etc.]

There’s no way you can fool my eyes.

Besides, the guy who said this is his nephew is drunk and drooling.

Still, he’s been trying hard enough, so I’ll give him what he deserves.

I patted Kim Guncheol on the shoulder as he slumped down toward me.

“Guncheol.”

“My name is…… How?”

“Do you happen to know Mr. Jin Seo-jun?”

“My name is Mo…….”

“Oh, yeah, well, I can’t help it then.”

Pajijijiji!

“Off!”

Unfortunately for him, he couldn’t feel any magic in Kim Guncheol’s body.

That meant I could use my divine power freely.

I grabbed his shoulders and spoke quietly.

“Don’t worry. I’ll make sure you remember.”