Chapter 5

Punishment Field (2)

This was a lawless zone where rules didn’t exist! There was only the punishment .

Cho Sang-jin flinched and took a step back .

“Wahh! W-wait a minute! L-let’s speak…”

Nonsense! What was needed other than a good fist?

Kang-jun grabbed Cho Sang-jin’s arm and bent back one of his fingers .

Wooduk!

Cho Sang-jin’s finger was broken .

“Kuaack!”

Brutal techniques that were never used in a real duel . Kang-jun had never used such terrible techniques until now .

Kang-jun continued to bend back Cho Sang-jin’s other fingers .

Wooduk! Ujijik!

“Kuaaak! Aaack! H-help me…”

He could hear the wailing screams but Kang-jun didn’t stop .

He started furiously punching Cho Sang-jin .

Peok peok peok –

He hadn’t exercised for a while but it was sufficient to crack Cho Sang-jin’s face .

Was it too harsh? Of course, it really was harsh .

But what about it? This wasn’t actually happening . It was only intended to cause fear . He had to strike terror in Cho Sang-jin . If he was scared then he wouldn’t bother Kang-jun any further .

‘Anyway, this is enough . ’

He thought that ruining Cho Sang-jin’s face and spirit was enough punishment . But the information that appeared in his field of vision was different from expected .

[The target has not received enough punishment . ]

[The field time left is 10 seconds . ]

‘Eh?’

Cho Sang-jin was currently in a state just before death . Yet it still wasn’t enough punishment?

‘It wants more? Don’t tell me it wants me to kill him?’

No matter how bad they were, killing people? But he couldn’t hesitate . If Cho Sang-jin didn’t receive sufficient punishment then Kang-jun would be cursed .

‘I’m not really killing someone . ’

Kang-jun clenched his teeth and stared at Cho Sang-jin .

Cho Sang-jin’s body was trembling from the pain . He could read the intentions in Kang-jun’s eyes .

“Ehhh! H-help me…”

But Kang-jun just threw a punch with all his strength at Cho Sang-jun’s head .

Kwang!

Until now, he had just been hitting recklessly . But now it had power . His fist fell down like lightning .

And that was the end .

Cho Sang-jin’s body slumped down .

‘Phew . ’

Kang-jun breathed out .

It was a terrible thing that he wouldn’t have committed in reality .

Killing people .

‘Damn! I am really glad this is a virtual space . ’

A punishment that required killing the target! It was a really terrible punishment .

[You have sufficiently punished Cho Sang-jin . ]

[The field will shortly disappear . ]

Susususu .

The surrounding space started to distort .

[You have won the battle . However, the battle took place in the punishment field so you won’t get any experience . ]

[If you want to obtain experience and become stronger then open the door to Hwanmong . ]

‘The door to Hwanmong? Experience? Become stronger?’

The statement in front of Kang-jun disappeared again . Kang-jun realized what it meant quickly .

‘So it means I can raise my level?’

It meant that gaining experience could raise his level . It was absurd but Kang-jun already took it for granted that the black magic was like a game .

‘Level up!’

If so, that should be his priority .

He could level up like a game!

Suuk .

In the meantime, the punishment field faded and the original appearance returned .

The colourful nightlife of the city . And two people standing on the side of the street . They were Kang-jun and Cho Sang-jin .

The pale and horrified Cho Sang-jin was staring like he was seeing a ghost .

“S…spare me, hyung-nim…”

But Kang-jun just stared coldly at Cho Sang-jin . A solid finish was needed after the punishment . He reached out to Cho Sang-jin’s shoulders and said .

“Don’t tease me carelessly with that mouth . If you spout any more bullshit then you really will die . ”

“…Yes, yes . ”

Cho Sang-jin started bowing nervously .

Tears and a runny nose! He seemed crazy .

‘The punishment field isn’t useless . ’

He could take care of anyone like this in the future using the punishment field . Even if it was horrible, Kang-jun could do terrible things in the virtual space that wasn’t sanctioned in reality . However, it would cause the other party horror and fear . Those type of people would be subject to punishment .

Anyway, right now the most important thing was opening the door to Hwanmong! It was necessary to obtain 100 points of black magic energy .

His current black magic energy was 9/100 .

He needed to collect 91 points . Usually he got 3~4 points at a time so he needed to absorb the energy of at least 30 people . However, black magic couldn’t be used on just anyone .

Kang-jun wouldn’t absorb it from good people without any sins .

‘There is an overabundance of bad guys that I can collect black magic energy from . ’

Kang-jun made a vow on how he used the black magic . If possible, only absorb the energy of bad guys! Of course, the criteria for bad actions might be unfair considering it was based on Kang-jun’s subjective judgement .

‘I should think three times before using black magic . ’

He was busy thinking while walking .

“Kyaaak! Why are you doing this?”

“Hihihi! What’s wrong?”

“Pretty girl, just drink with us . ”

Drunk men in their 20s were making a scene at passing women .

“Sorry, I am busy . ”

“Aish! Why are you busy?”

The women wanted nothing to do with the reckless drunks .

In fact, this was a common scene in the streets at night . In the past, he had just ignored it . The situation would become more serious if he reported it to the police so he just left . If he tried to help then he would just suffer in vain .

But things were different now .

Limp . Limp .

Kang-jun silently limped towards the side of the drunk men . In the meantime, the drunks had been persistently annoying a smaller woman .

“Let’s go together . ”

“Let go of me!”

Under the influence of alcohol, they thought all pretty girls were interested in them but that was further from the truth . And he said he would think about it three times . So he would give them one last chance .

Well, the conclusion was obvious .

Kang-jun looked at them with the eyes of a predator that found its prey and said .

“Stop and go home . The woman said no . ”

Then one of the men watching Kang-jun exclaimed .

“What?”

“What did you say?”

“What on earth is this? It would be better if you stop drinking and go home . Standing over a woman like that makes you look really ugly . ”

“What? This crazy bastard! Aren’t you going to get lost?”

“What does this have to do with you? You lame bastard . ”

“You are trying to interrupt with that stupid leg? Do you want to die?”

They reacted just like he expected . They had started off with sexual harassment in the first place .

‘These guys aren’t eligible to drink . I will make them vomit out the drinks!’

An eerie light shone in Kang-jun’s eyes .

And the man Kang-jun turned towards suddenly fell and started vomiting .

“Ooh! Why am I so dizzy? Kuweek!”

“Wuweeek -!”

“Uwek! A-aigoo! I am dying…!”

With a pale complexion and mouth aimed towards the ground, the men could no longer look tough .

[Black Magic Energy 12/100]

[Black Magic Energy 15/100]

The welcome words emerged in front of Kang-jun and confirmed that his black magic was filling up .

[Black Magic Energy 18/100]

[Filling up the black magic energy will open the door to Hwanmong . ]

These words could only be seen by Kang-jun .

If other people saw words pop out of nowhere then they would be startled .