Chapter 24. The Result of the Subjugation (1)
What the hell is this human?!
The moment Baphomet was bound by the mace’s chain and slammed into the ground, he felt a genuine sense of danger.
For now, he had not suffered any serious damage.
However, perhaps some kind of special blessing had been placed on the chain, because escaping from it was extremely difficult.
Of course, Baphomet could still use magic even while his body was restrained.
But that was only possible if he had enough time to concentrate.
Boom!
The human man’s fist smashed directly into Baphomet’s forehead.
“Ghk…!”
Ordinary physical attacks were useless against Baphomet, who possessed powerful demonic nature.
Yet the instant the man’s fist struck him, Baphomet felt an overwhelming impact unlike anything he had ever experienced before.
“Stop struggling.”
The man’s cold voice reached his ears.
“You’re making it harder to kill you.”
A second punch landed.
— Hahahaha!
— Baphomet is getting the crap beaten out of him.
— He’s seriously beating him like a dog.
The chat exploded with excitement as everyone watched Kang Yujin pin Baphomet down and mercilessly beat him.
— Isn’t this strange, though? Even if he’s dealing divine-power damage, Baphomet is getting beaten way too one-sidedly.
— Exactly. There’s no way Baphomet is that weak.
One of the Constellations in the chat began explaining.
— The reason ordinary human physical attacks don’t work on beings with powerful demonic nature is because they originate from worlds governed by different physical laws than the Material Realm. Of course, since they are currently present in the Material Realm, they are also subject to its physical laws. However, they use their demonic nature to overlay the physical laws of their original world onto their own bodies. That’s why normal physical attacks don’t work.
— However, magical power and divine power are not concepts that originally belong purely to the Material Realm either. They can break through the foreign physical laws those beings have overlaid on themselves. The gloves that Contractor is wearing are emitting divine power, so the foreign physical laws surrounding Baphomet’s body are being neutralized just before physical contact. In other words, at the exact moment the punch lands, Baphomet’s body becomes completely governed by the Material Realm’s physical laws.
— That explanation is too long. I don’t want to read it.
— Summarize it.
The Constellation who had carefully explained everything finally snapped.
— THE DIVINE POWER BREAKS THROUGH HIS DEMONIC BARRIER, SO NORMAL PUNCHES CAN HURT HIM TOO!!
— Ah.
— You could’ve just said that from the start.
— Still, isn’t he getting beaten way too badly? Even without his demonic nature, Baphomet’s physical abilities should be completely beyond a human’s.
— How strong is that Contractor anyway?
— I still can’t believe someone like him was completely unknown until recently.
— I’ve heard that sentence more than ten times today.
There was no denying it.
Kang Yujin was strong.
Much stronger than most of the Constellations in the chat had expected.
However, it somehow felt as though he had suddenly become dramatically stronger at some point.
— He isn’t doing all of this with his own strength. His Constellation probably gave him a blessing.
— His Constellation…
— Oh, right. Who exactly is the Constellation contracted with that guy?
— Marshal Tianpeng, do you know?
— I don’t know the name either. I only know that it’s an S-rank Constellation.
— S-rank…
— You don’t know the name? You mean nobody knows its Constellation Name?
— Right. Judging from the messages, I have someone in mind, but the Constellation Name isn’t displayed.
— Maybe it has some kind of Constellation skill that hides its name.
— Or maybe it doesn’t have a Constellation Name yet.
— If it doesn’t have a name, wouldn’t that mean it’s a completely new Constellation?
— So both the Contractor and the Constellation are newcomers?
— That’s ridiculous.
Interest in the chat was no longer focused only on Kang Yujin.
Now everyone was becoming fascinated by the mysterious Constellation behind him as well.
“……”
Golden Horn had even stopped typing.
He simply stared at the Observation Device.
Under Kang Yujin’s relentless assault, Baphomet’s body was being completely destroyed.
The pseudo-zombies Baphomet had created rushed toward Kang Yujin, seemingly trying to save their master.
However, Seok Taejun charged forward while riding the Chimera and intercepted them.
Crack!
Through the footage being broadcast by the Apostle at the scene, they heard the sound of Baphomet’s head bursting apart.
— Ah, he shouldn’t let his guard down just because he destroyed the head.
Someone in the chat spoke urgently.
But there was no need to worry.
Crunch!
Kang Yujin’s final punch pierced straight through the left side of Baphomet’s chest.
A dark red liquid burst outward like blood.
The headless body of Baphomet trembled faintly.
Then it went limp.
And slowly…
It began scattering away like sand.
— Did he kill him?
— Is it over?
— High-ranking demons disappear like that. He definitely killed him.
— My god. He actually killed Baphomet.
— I told you he could do it.
— Marshal Tianpeng and Silver Horn won the bet! Damn!
— Nezha completely embarrassed himself. Hahaha!
Silver Horn, who was standing nearby, lightly smacked Golden Horn on the shoulder.
“Hyung, I told you I was right, didn’t I?”
“……”
“You gave me such a hard time for betting twenty million Source Power points without permission, but I won! You should be thanking me. Puhahaha!”
Golden Horn did not reply.
Instead, he operated the Observation Device.
[Constellation ‘Golden Horn’ sponsors Contractor ‘Kang Yujin’ with 20,000,000 Coins.]
Silver Horn screamed in surprise beside him.
But Golden Horn did not even hear him.
By now…
Golden Horn had completely fallen for that unknown Contractor.
After eliminating Baphomet,
Kang Yujin stood up while feeling the exhaustion spreading through his body.
“Kang Yujin!”
Seok Taejun, who had been dealing with the other enemies, hurried over with the Chimera.
“D-Did you actually defeat him?”
“Yeah.”
“I thought I’d only get in the way if I interfered, so I just dealt with the small fry… but you really defeated Baphomet alone.”
Seok Taejun clicked his tongue in amazement.
“You really are incredible, Kang Yujin.”
“It was because of these gloves.”
Kang Yujin looked down at his hands.
“If I’d fought him barehanded, I would’ve died quickly.”
Thanks to the Saint’s Iron Fist that he had obtained on the Ghost Train, he had been able to damage Baphomet.
“And…”
Kang Yujin paused.
“The Nameless One was watching over me.”
“Ah…”
Seok Taejun nodded as if he understood what Kang Yujin meant.
“An impressive result.”
At that moment, Ma Taesu approached with the other members of the Black Dragon Society.
“When I saw you charging ahead alone, I was honestly nervous.”
He smiled faintly.
“But you actually defeated Baphomet by yourself. You exceeded my expectations.”
“I should at least earn my meals. Besides, I’ll need you to guide us later.”
“Haha. Is that so?”
Ma Taesu laughed and nodded.
“Truthfully, the situation was becoming quite difficult for us.”
His expression turned serious.
“If Baphomet had escaped far away with the cult’s help, it would’ve caused us quite a lot of trouble. I wanted to make sure we killed him before leaving this village.”
“……”
“We didn’t have enough time to call for reinforcements, and then you appeared.”
Ma Taesu looked toward the remains of the ruined village.
“Thanks to you, we managed to kill Baphomet here.”
“But.”
Kang Yujin looked directly at Ma Taesu.
“A lot of civilians died.”
“I thought you were hostile toward the Church of the Morning Star.”
“Ordinary believers did nothing wrong.”
With those words, Kang Yujin turned his back on Ma Taesu.
He walked into the church building where Baphomet had been earlier.
“If someone is guilty…”
From one corner of the church, Kang Yujin dragged out a man who had been hiding in secret.
The man was wearing priestly robes.
“Then it would be one of the bastards in charge.”
“H-Hiek…!”
His clothing made his identity obvious.
This man was a Second-Class Priest of the Church of the Morning Star.
“It seems this bastard worked together with Baphomet to arrange everything that happened here.”
“M-Ma Taesu!”
The priest raised his voice after recognizing Ma Taesu.
“L-Let’s make a deal!”
“A deal?”
“Yes! I’ll give you a considerable amount of funds and supplies! They were originally prepared to support Baphomet!”
“So if I let you go without harming you, you’ll hand over those funds and supplies?”
“Exactly! They’ll be extremely useful to you! With them, you can expand the Black Dragon Society however you—”
“Sorry, but…”
Ma Taesu interrupted him in a cold voice.
“From my perspective, capturing you, torturing you, and then taking those funds and supplies sounds much more attractive.”
“…!”
Ma Taesu looked down at the priest.
“Listen here, priest of a cult.”
His smile had completely disappeared.
“You helped a runaway demon that threatens humanity.”
His voice became colder.
“And on top of that, you sacrificed the civilians who believed in your religion.”
“Do you really think I would negotiate with human garbage like you?”
“I-I didn’t exactly sacrifice them…”
