By Zephyria 
[“Ju-won.”]
The voice coming through the wireless earphones was urgent.
“I’m on my way!”
Kim Ju-won, who was running madly towards the park, raised his head at the sudden feeling of divinity. There, he saw a cluster of light covering the sky at a terrifying speed. It was like a meteor shower. He gasped for breath and followed the trajectory of the light spreading everywhere.
It was a mysterious sight that he could only stare at in a daze, and an overwhelming divinity that he was experiencing for the first time. Kim Ju-won unknowingly stared blankly at the sight.
“Teacher, right now…….”
[“I can see it from here too. I can see it…….”]
Both of them were speechless at the shocking phenomenon.
What’s going on! Huh, the sky-! Teacher, look at this. The evil spirits nearby are being purified on their own! The commotion of the people on the other end of the phone was vividly conveyed.
Power that covers a village?
‘I can’t believe this is possible.’
Kim Ju-won reflexively turned his head towards the park.
The answer was there.
……Ki Jae-eon!
As soon as he realized it, a chill rang through the top of his head.
[“Hey, Ju-won.”]
“Later. I’ll take Seo-myeong with me. Don’t worry.”
He hung up the phone and forcibly dragged his unmoving legs. He didn’t stop even when he was out of breath. Kim Ju-won ran and ran, following the force that seemed to be leading him. For some reason, he became impatient.
The park he arrived at was beyond Kim Ju-won’s imagination.
What came into his tense vision was a giant light of judgment and a man standing in front of it. Moreover, the infinite spiritual power emanating from him arbitrarily chased away and forcibly purified the evil beings in the vicinity in order to extinguish that power.
He had never heard of this kind of exorcism.
There wasn’t even a case like this.
A destructive force that made you feel a strange sense of elation just by looking at it.
His respected teacher Kim Young-do, his seniors who had trained with him for years, and even the owner of the main office would not have this much talent. No, he could guarantee that only that crazy bastard could show such insane output.
Kim Ju-won clicked his tongue at the tremendous pressure that made his spine tingle.
He was worthy of being called a genius.
He hated to admit it, but Kim Ju-won was also at a level that he had not yet reached.
But…… Something was wrong.
That man who looked like ‘Ki Jae-eon.’
Isn’t it a bit too much? Kim Ju-won stopped breathing and carefully watched Ki Jae-eon.
‘Why doesn’t he stop spellcasting?’
The specter had been exorcised a long time ago. He couldn’t feel any more evil energy.
But, why?
“It should be over already.”
The moment he muttered, Kim Ju-won realized.
Disheveled hair, a forehead with bulging veins underneath.
Bloodshot eyes and a nosebleed that wouldn’t stop.
A body trembling like a wet puppy.
“That bastard…….”
Kim Ju-won’s eyes widened.
If his thoughts were correct, the power he was currently showing off was not Ki Jae-eon’s will. He just couldn’t stop. But why would Ki Jae-eon make such a basic mistake? Before he could solve the question, Ki Jae-eon vomited even a lump of blood, as if proving that Kim Ju-won’s words were correct. His blood-soaked lower jaw looked very painful.
‘Why is that bastard like that?!’
If he left him like that, his body wouldn’t be able to handle it.
Kim Ju-won took a step to stop Ki Jae-eon immediately. However, before he could reach him, he found his junior Ahn Seo-myeong, who had fallen to the floor before him. He looked quite dangerous, lying unconscious in a pool of blood after being hit by a spear. Kim Ju-won was horrified and ran towards Ahn Seo-myeong, not Ki Jae-eon. It was a natural choice.
“Hey, hey you! Get a grip! Damn it, Ahn Seo-myeong!”
It was just when he was stopping the bleeding from Ahn Seo-myeong’s wound.
Ki Jae-eon, who had been chanting the spell, rolled his eyes and fell backward with a thud, as if he had run out of strength. There was no one to support him, and the sound of his head hitting the back of his head was loud.
*
After witnessing the unbelievable power, the main office was in an uproar in real time.
“It was over 5km away. But look. Is there even one petty ghost?”
“Is that possible with just spellcasting without a Mystical Instrument?”
“I understand why the Heavenly Land’s momentum is so high. Our main office is still far, far away.”
“I’ve lived a long life, but that level of talent is really…….”
From the elders of the main office.
“What the hell is Incheon doing? How did they create such a monster?”
“Genius……. Indeed.”
“I was even in awe.”
Those who were called the pillars of the main office.
“It was holiness itself!”
“I’m glad I became an Exorcist. Someday, I’ll be able to create such a miracle, right?”
“I’m a real fan. Ah- I want to get his autograph so badly.”
Even the rookies who had just entered this path.
Everyone was busy talking about ‘Ki Jae-eon.’
And here, Park Hong and Kim Yeong were also talking about Ki Jae-eon without fail.
“He’s a human born with blessings.”
“Really. It was an unbelievable sight.”
“Hmm? But Master Young, didn’t you say that Curse Unraveling failed?”
“Yes? Ah, yes. Well, not yet…….”
“Wow- so he showed that condition while cursed? That guy is really something.”
When Park Hong said with a face that he was beyond impressed, Kim Yeong wore an ambiguous smile.
Something? If it’s something, it’s something.
‘Because he’s a child who’s been pushed so hard that his mind is broken.’
Kim Yeong was already convinced that Ki Jae-eon was being abused.
‘The Gi Clan must be treating that child as an object. Otherwise, how could he have gone to that state?’
Kim Yeong recalled Ki Jae-eon’s unstable appearance and secretly clenched his fist tightly.
‘How much did they push him…… Those crazy abusers.’
“Ugh~ Tsk! What kind of training do those Gi Clan guys do to create such a genius?”
“……I don’t know, but it must be terrible. They’re people I don’t want to associate with.”
Kim Yeong unknowingly spat out sharp words and then looked like he had made a mistake. Fortunately, Park Hong didn’t seem to hear him because he was talking about Ki Jae-eon’s power.
“But that Ki Jae-eon guy. He didn’t come on purpose, did he? He might have come with orders from Heavenly Land to stir up our Ju-won for no reason.”
“Pardon? Ahahaha… You’re going too far. Exorcist Ki Jae-eon isn’t exactly a man of leisure, you know.”
“Well- ahem! That guy’s fee is no joke, though.”
Park Hong snorted with a look of disbelief, then sipped the tea Kim Yeong had poured. “Mmm~ Delicious!” Kim Yeong felt a tightness in his chest as he watched Park Hong’s cheek twitch while speaking clumsy English. If he could speak the truth, he would say right away, ‘Exorcist Ki Jae-eon doesn’t have a curse.’ But if he did, he would have to explain his abnormal condition differently…
‘Who would believe it?’
The great Ki Jae-eon is being abused at home?
Don’t write novels, he’d be lucky not to get cursed at.
Just as Kim Yeong was deep in thought, the door burst open without a proper knock, and someone with a pale face rushed in, shouting.
“Teacher, something terrible has happened!”
It was one of Kim Yeong’s students.
“Ahem, we’re in the middle of a conversation with adults!”
Tsk! Park Hong expressed his displeasure. It was a natural reaction, given the main office’s emphasis on etiquette. But Kim Yeong was different. He believed there must be a reason, so instead of scolding the student, he calmly asked, “What is it?”
The student, with a desperate look, stamped his feet and raised his voice again.
“A, a fight… a fight broke out!”
A fight? Kim Yeong and Park Hong exchanged glances in astonishment at the unfamiliar word.
That was because fighting was strictly forbidden in the main office. It was only natural. It didn’t make sense for those who served the gods to be swayed by personal feelings and resort to abusive language and violence. What a ridiculous sight that would be.
But who would dare break the rules of the main office and start a fight!
“Friendship between friends should be sincere.”
Thud! Kim Yeong rose from his seat, his face chillingly grim.
“Master Young, gently… okay? Gently!”
Ignoring Park Hong, who was trying to appease him, Kim Yeong grabbed a long switch from somewhere and raised it.
Kim Yeong was usually gentle, but he was fierce when it came to matters of etiquette and ethics. Especially when it came to violence.
‘Just what kind of brain-dead bastards are acting like thugs?’
But before he could fully express his anger, the student urged Kim Yeong.
“Teacher, hurry! Exorcist Ki Jae-eon is going to die at this rate!”
But the name he heard was… who?