Accidentally Becoming a Great Prophet?!

Coming out to the city after resolving the request and leaving Hallasan, suddenly hand-like things sprang up, a loud noise rang out, and the huge water disc floating in the sky collapsed. As a bonus, the whole island shook as if hit by a big earthquake.

At a glance, it didn’t seem like an ordinary event. The scale was so enormous that we couldn’t just pass by…

Anyway, so we immediately moved there and…

Witnessed quite a shocking scene.

“That person… Wi Jin-taek…?!”

A blonde man, who looked perfectly fine except for a wound that seemed to have just appeared on his cheek, was trampling on the chest of the Four Seas Dragon King Wi Jin-taek, who had fainted helplessly.

It was a scene far removed from the usual appearance of Wi Jin-taek, the surprisingly familiar S-rank superhuman who is said to be able to meet by chance while walking around Jeju Island, jokingly called the guardian deity of Jeju Island’s land prices.

“That person is… the Four Seas Dragon King?? Then that appearance earlier was indeed…”

“To think the Four Seas Dragon King Wi Jin-taek, whose name even I’ve heard, was defeated so thoroughly?!”

It’s surprising that the person called the current strongest superhuman in Korea was so overwhelmingly defeated, but the problem is that it doesn’t seem to be the problem now.

“…That aside, don’t we seem to have come at the worst timing, everyone?”

“Y-yeah…”

“Oh? Guests have arrived?”

Due to the slightly flashy entrance through Gobaekrok’s technique, the gaze of that dangerous person, whoever they are, was drawn to us.

Moreover, that dangerous person’s mood didn’t seem to be very good right now!

“Hahah! It seems we’ve taken a wrong turn, may we leave now?”

“My! What disappointing words! They say even brushing sleeves creates a connection, but we’ve made eye contact and even exchanged words, isn’t this quite a deep connection? I happen to have some questions too, would you like to have a conversation?”

Gobaekrok’s jest didn’t work! Oh no…

The blonde dangerous person started walking slowly towards us with a smile, now seeming more interested in us than the fallen Wi Jin-taek.

Moreover, the ominous feeling wasn’t dissipating, making it quite unsettling.

“Looking at you, it seems there are many S-rank superhumans… Have you perhaps heard of a place called Hoecheon Church?”

“……”

My goodness, was that cult incident from back then continuing until now?!

“Hmm, judging by the reaction of the sniper in the back… Unlike that person, it seems you know something?”

It seems Lee Sujin showed a slight reaction. Well, she was quite deeply involved and almost lost her sister’s life, so it’s understandable.

However, now it seemed we couldn’t avoid a collision with that dangerous person.

“Ah, this is really great! I just wanted to vent properly somehow!”

“Teacher!!”

[How dare…!!]

And right after that, Black Cat rushed towards me, and Arin stood in front of me.

Kwaaang!!!

In an instant, dust flew with a loud noise, and when the dust cleared, a long, skinny hand that had sprung up from the distorted ground and was rushing towards me, and Arin, who had created some kind of barrier to block it while emitting a purple light, became visible.

[How dare a half-wit without qualifications touch…!!!]

Grrrr…!!

No sooner had Arin roared than purple lightning struck the blonde, but a hand that had suddenly sprung up blocked the lightning.

“Hahaha… I wonder if I’m lucky or unlucky today… Meeting all sorts of odds and ends? Beasts pretending to be human, talking orbs, S-rank superhumans, and even ordinary people…”

Except for a few, they would all be called powerful, but Marduk, who had already forcibly crossed the wall, was confident.

Therefore, he threw himself at them leisurely.

“Well, fine. I’ll judge after catching them all. Hmm, shall we start with introductions?”

Pat! Paat!

And at his actions, the rest of the group moved too.

Black Cat quickly retreated backward while taking care of me, and Lee Sujin, the sniper, also retreated.

Akame, enraged that Dam Han-ul had been touched, immediately drew her sword and rushed in, and Gobaekrok and Yeondal-gi also prepared their stance, knowing there was no other way anyway.

“Nice to meet you everyone. I am Icardi Marduk, the leader of Hoecheon Church. Please treat me well?”

Kigiik!!!

And with that, the surroundings began to distort, and thin, twisted hands that stretched out from there began to tear through everything.

An overwhelming strength that doesn’t allow any intrusion.

Tang!

Bullets are blocked before they can fully extend,

Seogek!! Kagak!!!

“Kuk?!”

Even if you cut off one protruding hand, a new hand quickly fills its place.

Bbudeudeugeuk…!!

‘Damn it… Where did such a monster…!!’

Even Gobaekrok, the mountain god of Hallasan who boasts such powerful strength that it’s no exaggeration to say the whole island is his domain, could at best suppress only a part even when using all his strength.

Kyaaa!!

‘I can’t advance further…!!’

[…!!]

Even the gumiho, a strong being who could be said to have one foot on the wall, and the crystal ball containing enormous power but not yet fully recovered, could at best restrain him from moving further.

The fallen Wi Jin-taek over there showed no signs of getting up. Even if he did get up, he probably wouldn’t be a significant force…

“Ki, kiiiii…”

Just standing there, his enormous magic power and presence gnaw at and pressure the people in the area.

What is shot at them are bizarre ‘hands’ that suddenly pop out from all directions, all different in size and shape, but each one would be too much for even a decent S-rank superhuman to handle.

“…That’s really a monster…”

Fortunately, I was somewhat withdrawn from the battlefield, had a defensive artifact, and had taken the pill given by Old Man Hoseo, so I managed to maintain consciousness without fainting… but instinctively felt awe.

Can we… win against that??

I think Black Cat trembling near me probably has similar thoughts…

‘…So it was that guy. The one who would kill Yeondal-gi.’

If I hadn’t met Yeondal-gi directly, this cult leader Icardi Marduk, who killed the Four Seas Dragon King Wi Jin-taek here, would have chased after the bothersome power, killed Gobaekrok, and noticed the sense of discomfort in the seal, catching even Yeondal-gi hiding inside.

And Yeondal-gi, being at a slightly higher level, would have met a terrible end. That’s what would have happened if I hadn’t intervened.

In the end, for Yeondal-gi, it means she needs to survive this battle to change her death to be not so horrible… and the result of my physiognomy reading was that she just needs to stay near me…

‘Can we survive here??’

The cult leader, who had been unscathed except for a small wound on his cheek even against Wi Jin-taek, was now showing truly formidable skills as if even more enraged.

Although everyone’s hard fight is preventing him from advancing further, how long can that last? While that cult leader is overflowing with composure, we’re already at a disadvantage…

“So this is a transcendent who has reached EX-rank…”

He seemed to be a newly emerged transcendent, not one of the existing 10, and it was easy to understand why EX-rank is called beyond heaven and treated as out of standard.

However, the strange thing is that, thanks to the cult leader standing still leisurely dealing with my companions, I could read his physiognomy, and the conclusion was that this powerful being with such enormous power is an incomplete EX-rank.

‘That’s half-baked…?! No, then how strong is a real EX-rank!?’

It was hard to accept that someone boasting such overwhelming strength is half-baked, but well, if the physiognomy says so, it must be so.

“…Damn, we can’t just be beaten like this…!”

Suddenly, regrets about why I got involved in such a difficult situation and regrets about the fortune-telling life rushed in like a tide, but now was not the time to pay attention to such things. It’s not like my neck will remain intact just because I regret it.

Therefore, to draw out a good result in my own way, I grabbed Black Cat’s face next to me and stared at it intently.

“Nya, nyaang!? Teacher?!”

“Just a moment…!!”

Since Arin is fighting now, I can’t see my own physiognomy, so I’m trying to see the countermeasures through Black Cat’s face.

And the answer that came out as a result was…

“Huh, it says everyone will survive with all limbs intact if we just stay still…?”

“Nya, nyaaaa…?!”

…It said that everyone would survive if we just stay still.

A result that even Black Cat, who heard it up close, was surprised by.

No, can we really survive with just that?!

“Oh, were you making a final love confession sensing your end?”

Suddenly, a voice was heard, and my body stiffened.

The cult leader who had seen me and Black Cat had somehow reached in front of me, taking advantage of a momentary gap.

“This is quite impertinent, isn’t it? To dare such behavior in front of me…”

Marduk felt his anger rising at the fact that in the midst of this fierce battle, someone without any power dared to engage in such nonsense.

It definitely wasn’t because he was a lifelong single. Probably…

Anyway, seeing that he didn’t seem to be an ordinary person, Marduk, who suddenly remembered what he had said and thought it would be a waste to kill him cleanly, grabbed my head with his hand while wearing a twisted smile.

“You should be punished, right? You, especially… I’ll break you from the inside.”

Enormous magic power and tremendous life force and numerous souls built up through human sacrifice using Hoecheon Church.

A technique to penetrate the opponent’s inner world and break their soul and mind using this.

He had already used it a few times. The pleasure of breaking others’ not-so-great inner worlds with his own power was considerable.

And right after the cult leader’s hand grabbed Dam Han-ul’s head, Icardi Marduk entered Dam Han-ul’s inner world without receiving any particular resistance.

[Hmm… This is quite unusual. A vast pure white world…]

It was extremely unusual for an ordinary human’s mental world. To think it’s so vast that he can’t even perceive it all, and just a pure white world… Moreover, there was even something huge floating in the sky that could be either the sun or the moon.

[But where is the owner of this place? Usually, when an intruder appears, they would appear immediately for self-defense…]

This is a world where accumulated power is useless, where only inner strength governs everything. Even accumulated power mostly doesn’t work here. Of course, there are exceptions.

And in this place, Icardi Marduk thought he was as good as invincible. Because now, the power of countless accumulated souls was under his control.

His appearance was hideous to that extent, but Marduk didn’t seem to care, as if he didn’t know.

[Damn, how do I find in this vast place… This has become more troublesome than I thoughtㅡ]

Just as Marduk, who was getting irritated at Dam Han-ul not appearing, was about to move, he felt an extremely strange gaze.

[W-wait, this is…]

He suddenly looked directly at the sky.

He saw something that could be either the sun or the moon.

[…No, that’s not it… That’s…!!]

It wasn’t the sun, moon, stars, or anything. That, that…!!

That-that-that-!

That was a huge ‘eye’.

It wasn’t that the owner hadn’t come despite an intruder appearing in the inner world. It wasn’t that this world was pure white.

The owner of this space had already appeared. It’s just that his own existence was smaller and more insignificant than even a trivial bug, so he couldn’t find it.

[Ah…]

The moment he realized this, Marduk lost his confidence and was overwhelmed, and trembled like an aspen exposed to wind and rain, sweating coldly in fear.

The gaze of this truly indescribable and immeasurable, huge and great being was now directly looking at the intruder, Icardi Marduk.