Chapter 4

Punishment Field (1)

‘T-this!’

Kang-jun’s eyes widened with surprise . Meanwhile, the sentence had disappeared again .

‘Unbelievable! It was real!’

Kang-jun was astonished and ran back to his goshiwon .

‘Phew!’

He closed the door and sighed .

Flop .

Kang-jun sat down on his bed .

‘Then…’

He needed to organize his thoughts . It was confusing but he could make a rough estimate of what happened .

‘So I absorbed Cho Sang-jin’s strength . ’

It was similar to how he absorbed the energy of the guy in the room next door earlier .

‘It seems obvious . ’

Yes . Now he remembered clearly .

‘Black Magic Energy 10/100’

The words had disappeared but they still remained in his memory .

‘In other words, if I absorb black energy from someone and reach 100 points then the door to Hwanmong will open . ’

No matter how much he thought, this was the only conclusion he came to .

Then the door to Hwanmong? He remembered it .

Mission 1 .

-Gather black magic and open the door to Hwanmong .

-Compensation: Reconstruction of the flesh

It was the first of 100 missions that Kang-jun needed to do! In other words, if he completed the first mission then the door to Hwanmong would open .

‘Ha . This was real?’

Kang-jun’s heart was running wild as he pinched his cheeks .

‘Ugh!’

Really painful .

‘I pinched too hard . ’

But this pain proved it was real and not a dream .

And at the same time, it meant that Kang-jun had a strange power . The power of black magic!

It was really possible?

Kang-jun jumped up .

‘Yes . I want to check it again . ’

He looked for someone to absorb power again . There were many people similar to Cho Sang-jin scattered around the streets at night .

Cho Sang-jin was sitting down with a troubled expression in front of the building and shouted as he saw Kang-jun .

“Hey! Limp! You come here! What did you say earlier?”

Kang-jun ignored him and walked past .

“Don’t run away you X (censored swear word)! Are you coming over here?”

“Stop it, Cho Sang-jin . ”

“No, I would let that X go . Does he really want to go to hell?”

However, Cho Sang-jin’s rough face was pale .

He got up but staggered like he was going to collapse at any moment . Nevertheless, he still clung to his wicked actions .

“That X bastard needs to become my cigarette shuttle! Or else I will sell his organs . ”

Kang-jun became furious .

‘Cigarette shuttle? What is with my organs?’

A cigarette shuttle . This meant Kang-jun had to constantly deliver cigarettes . It meant he needed to offer a cigarette whenever Cho Sang-jin needed it .

It was similar to always buying bread for spoiled students . He was like that once . But it was really terrible in the long term .

There was also talking about taking Kang-jun’s organs and selling them .

Was that something a human could say? Even if he didn’t like talking badly about other people, Cho Sang-jin was literally the scum of the human race .

‘I can really see it . ’

He had endured it for as long as possible . Did he need to have any more patience towards a person like that?

Of course not .

In that case, he would use his black magic! A misfortune that would happen not once but twice to Cho Sang-jin! Everything would be inflicted on him .

‘Blame it on your dirty mouth, Cho Sang-jin . ’

Kang-jun had figured out the method to absorb the strength of others .

A strong desire to curse the other person! In other words, he had to hate his opponent in order to trigger the black magic . It was just like when the guy next door lost energy or Cho Sang-jin suddenly staggered .

Of course, he needed to confirm it once again .

‘Cho Sang-jin! You are not qualified to open your dirty mouth and speak . I will suck out your strength before you can open your mouth again . ’

Kang-jun finished cursing Cho Sang-jin .

At that moment, like he expected .

Flash!

Kang-jun’s eyes eerily shone as he started at Cho Sang-jin .

[The strength of the target is too low . ]

[The black magic energy is unable to be absorbed . ]

[Instead, you can punish the target . ]

[Would you like to consume 1 black magic energy to open the punishment field? Yes/No]

‘What is this?’

Kang-jun was blank for a moment . It wasn’t difficult to understand the meaning of the sentence that appeared in front of him .

He was certain that black magic would be triggered once he completed the curse . But Cho Sang-jin’s energy was too low so the black magic energy couldn’t be absorbed . It was probably due to that fact that Kang-jun had just recently absorbed energy from him .

Instead, he could punish Cho Sang-jin . What type of punishment was it?

‘Anyway, yes!’

He was eager to further explore what it meant by punishment . In addition, he could refill the consumed black magic energy .

[1 black magic energy has been consumed . ]

[The lowest grade punishment system has been opened . ]

Susususu .

The surroundings started to become dark .

[Punishment Field]

-Rating: Lowest grade

-Duration: 1 minute .

The surrounding space instantly became dark .

But this darkness wasn’t normal .

He could miraculously see perfectly despite the complete darkness .

[This is a virtual space created for punishment . ]

[The real world won’t be affected by what happens in here and the memory will remain with the target . ]

‘A virtual space? Then nothing that happens here will affect reality?’

At that moment, someone appeared in front of him . A human looking around with a bewildered expression .

It was Cho Sang-jin .

Kang-jun finally realized what it meant by the punishment . This was a bizarre space outside of reality .

A so-called virtual space!

In addition, Cho Sang-jun was in front of him with a blank expression so Kang-jun knew the existence of this virtual space was real . It meant the memory of what happened here would remain .

[Start the punishment!]

[If the punishment isn’t sufficient then you will be cursed instead . ]

[The field time left is 60 seconds . ]

[The field time left is 59 seconds . ]

He had no time to hesitate .

Suuk .

Kang-jun immediately walked towards Cho Sang-jin .

This was a virtual space but he was still limping uncomfortably . On the other hand, Cho Sang-jin was standing still in this dark place because he couldn’t see .

Then Kang-jun’s two eyes shone in the darkness .

“Kukuk! This X cigarette shuttle! Do you want me to break your remaining leg? Or do you really want to be robbed of your organs?”

Cho Sang-jin still hadn’t realized the situation he was facing . If he was wise, he would wonder about this strange space and where Kang-jun was . Of course, even then he wouldn’t be able to avoid the punishment .

No, if he was really wise then he wouldn’t have touched Kang-jun from the very beginning .

Kang-jun was a taekwondo 3rd dan . It was impossible for him to do the dazzling kicks like before but he didn’t need his feet .

Peok-

Kang-jun quietly made a fist .

He hit Cho Sang-jin exactly in the nose .

Ujik!

The nose broke immediately .

“Cough!”