Chapter 9: Organization

Let me emphasize beforehand that Jae-in never intended to kill.

After all, we are all cultured people who enjoy the benefits of the great and glorious modern civilization.

He was planning to give them a little ‘massage’ to facilitate a smoother conversation.

But anything more than that would be overstepping the boundaries.

He was just a mercenary, a freelancer.

He intended to hand over the rest of the handling to his valued clients, the Special Missions Department.

But.

“The order has come down. Take care of them, leave no one alive.”

Yeah, they had chewed up and spat out any possibility of such a conversation from the very beginning.

Jae-in was so dumbfounded that he shrugged and looked at Si-ah.

Si-ah let out a deep sigh as if she had expected this to happen.

Jae-in chuckled and said to her.

“It’s okay to kill those guys, right?”

“Sigh, I’d like to say no, but… it can’t be helped. For now, let’s just focus on getting out of here alive.”

Swoosh!

Si-ah had already wrapped a wire thread from her bracelet around her hand.

At the same time, she quickly instructed Ha-neul and Eun-ae to prepare for departure and secure the boat in the meantime.

Then she looked at Jae-in and asked quietly.

“Honestly, there are many things I’d like to ask Jae-in.

You’re clearly a new recruit and this is your first time in actual combat… but my gut feeling tells me you are not what you seem.”

Her discerning eye that evaluated a weapon at a glance.

The courage to smile even in an absolutely disadvantageous situation where he might die.

Yet, a chilling calmness embedded in that smile.

“But I won’t ask. As you said, Jae-in is a mercenary, and I have no right to interfere. But can I ask you one thing?”

Those guys…

Can you handle them?

At first glance, they were not ordinary thugs.

Honestly, Si-ah had already given up on returning alive.

Her goal was to buy time somehow so that at least Ha-neul and Eun-ae could escape and report today’s events to the Special Missions Department.

But Jae-in, who received Si-ah’s question with his eyes, simply answered by placing the longsword on one shoulder and taking a step forward.

“From now on, there will be an increase in the service fee, client.”

So, this is just a little preview for that.

“[Eternal is the wait,
Though you may never return,
I shall prove it with unfailing victory,
And stand here beside your vacant place forevermore.]”

Later named Jae-in’s first Authority.

[Waterfowl Dance]

Even after losing an arm and a leg.

Even after sealing her Authority of Rot.

A being who was called one of the strongest demigods in the Demigod War surrounding the Elden Ring, the Shattering.

The Goddess of Rot.

The Unfailing Sword.

Demigod Malenia’s sword technique was unleashed.

“Today sure is a day full of surprises.”

Surprised by the huge turtle.

Surprised that there was a flute on the turtle’s head.

Surprised by the sudden appearance and ruckus of some strange people.

It was a spectacular day, not unlike his time in the Elden Ring.

And this was probably the same for others.

The fight between the three members of the Special Missions Department and the elite of Japan’s Tennouji family.

Here, too, everyone was surprised, sharing the same feelings as Jae-in.

First, the reason Jae-in was surprised was that Si-ah, and even Ha-neul and Eun-ae, were much stronger than he had thought.

Stab! Stab!

“Guh!”

“Next.”

Let’s take a look at our Ha-neul, who had an impressive easygoing smile and neatly finished off one person with two clean stabs.

Easygoing smile?

That was nowhere to be seen, and there stood a special forces operative who seemed to have experienced all kinds of battles, including aerial combat.

His weapon was a military knife with some customization.

Since he had learned martial arts, one might expect a refined fighting style like those in martial arts novels.

But there was nothing like that, only a fast, agile.

Yet, a modern special forces style that surely took the enemy’s breath away.

And this was the same for Eun-ae.

Bang!

“Gack!”

“Move, don’t get on my nerves.”

Is this what it means to escape the barbarity of the Middle Ages and enter modern society for a magic user?

She had seemed to have taken herself out of packing any gear, but she was armed with a Glock pistol in her hand and an HK416 rifle on her back as she faced the Japanese raiders.

And as expected, she also exuded the aura of a seasoned veteran, no less than Ha-neul.

She neatly assisted Ha-neul by showering all enemies with bullets to the chest and forehead.

And at the same time, she was also handling her task of preparing the boat for departure.

Occasionally, she would even pull out a knife from her thigh and show off her impressive knife fighting skills.

Later on the way back, when he asked what kind of martial arts and magic that was, the two explained that it was indeed martial arts and magic.

But with many improvements.

It was the Special Missions Department’s own style of martial arts, body arts, and shooting techniques created by the Special Missions Department.

‘I also heard this from my seniors, team leaders, and instructors, but our country went through the Japanese colonial period, right? It is said that almost all of the martial arts and incantations that had been passed down were lost at that time.’

‘When they hurriedly tried to rebuild the Special Missions Department later, they said there was really nothing left.

So in the end, they had no choice but to steal and borrow everything.’

They went to China to steal martial arts.

And they almost begged the Greenwich to mediate and form alliances with some European families and magical societies to borrow magic.

That’s the reality of Korea.

But of course, there was no way that the stolen martial arts and borrowed magic would contain the core essence.

Especially since at least magic had some sort of system, martial arts were brought in a haphazard manner, whatever they could get their hands on.

Half of it was garbage, and it was all mixed up in a mess.

Eventually, the people of the Special Missions Department at the time, judging that this was not feasible, made a drastic decision.

‘We will create it ourselves. All the martial arts and magic that we will use and our successors will use.’

‘What? Are you serious?’

‘Yes, I’m serious. No, in the first place, we have no choice.’

‘We are already short on manpower. With this, we can never solve all the supernatural phenomena in Korea.

We have to create it. No matter what.’

The skilled survivors of the Japanese colonial era, the first generation of the current Special Missions Department, all came together.

Tradition? Culture?

They excluded everything unnecessary.

They pursued only efficiency, nothing else.

To win, they didn’t discriminate between tools, and only focused on results.

And a comprehensive combat technique designed to ensure that even one person could return alive in a situation where manpower was lacking.

That was the Special Missions Department’s martial arts, body arts, and shooting techniques.

Especially since they didn’t even spare asking for advice from various sources.

Some unidentified people appeared and gave advice like in a martial arts novel before disappearing.

As a result, a fairly excellent result was created, and now even US Pentagon agents come to learn after signing a partnership agreement.

“Tsk, there are so damn many of them! Hey, are you almost done?!”

“Three minutes!”

Thus, the agents of the Special Missions Department were born.

Even if they were new recruits and still in the support team, if they weren’t complete novices, they were by no means weak.

And those complete novices weren’t sent on missions in the first place.

Rather, they were incomparable to ordinary thugs.

And of course, this also applied to Si-ah, who was no longer a newbie or a new recruit.

Shalalalak!

“Did you think I wouldn’t fight just because I’m in the Field Analysis Team? The Crime Team is next in line to be called in to fill in the gaps, you punks.”

Countless wire threads danced in the air, slaughtering the enemies.

The area was already a sea of blood with corpses strewn everywhere.

Even the so-called elites of the Tennouji family couldn’t even dare to approach her easily.

While at the same time, she perfectly prevented any attempts to destroy the boat from the outside to prevent escape.

How could one not be surprised?

The people you’ve been casually joking and traveling with are so strong.

Is this what they call the beauty of reversal ?

Well, he had such foolish thoughts.

But that didn’t mean that others, the Special Missions Department members and the dying members of the Tennouji family, were as surprised as him.

Without a doubt, the most surprised one here.

The one beyond astonishment was none other than Jae-in.

“
I told you, why did you come all the way to someone else’s country to cause trouble? If you just stayed put, you’d be alive and well, and I’d be chilling, how great is that.

Anyway, these bastards always have to make trouble.”

Truly a wonder.

If it were the Special Missions Department members, it would be within the realm of understanding, but Jae-in was completely outside of that framework.

Every time the sword energy, which couldn’t even be followed with the naked eye, swept through, three or four people would spurt blood and lose their lives.

It was the same for those who tried to run away or hide.

Although no magic power could be felt, the sword indifferently cut through walls and space, separating the upper and lower bodies of the enemies, and even cutting the high-speed boats themselves in two.

Yet, not a single drop of blood stained the longsword, so it was truly a wonder.

This is the power of the Authority [Waterfowl Dance].

However, to be clear, the Authority was not fully unleashed.

Manifesting Malenia’s sword technique was only an additional function of [Waterfowl Dance].

Its true power was not being used at all.

But even so.

“H…helppp…..”

“I’ve never heard of anything like this!”

“Damn it! Damn it! Daaammnnn iiiittt!!!”

“Kill him! If we don’t kill him, we die-“

Slash!

It was enough.

To sweep away the scoundrels before his eyes.

And the three members of the Special Missions Department who watched this scene were certain.

‘He’s definitely not just a manifestation.’

‘It’s strange how my dreams have been ominous, but my fortune was supposed to be good.’

‘We really picked a good mercenary. Thank you, Director.’

A monster.

They didn’t know what kind of past he had, but the report about him, especially about his abilities, was completely wrong.

Rather, his mental abilities seemed insignificant.

At the same time, they felt relieved.

He was a freelancer.

To put it bluntly, a mercenary.

If he had been employed by Japan instead of Korea, their heads would have already been rolling on the ground.

Not to mention the Manpasikjeok.

‘We really need to give him a lot of money.’

‘Is he at the level of a named Great Knight from Europe? No, he seems even stronger than that……’

‘My skills and discernment are lacking, so even though I see it, I can’t gauge his level.’

If he had fully unleashed his Authority, they might have even thought of the possibility of a Godslayer, a Devil King.

But since it didn’t go that far, the three could only speculate up to this point.

Of course, even that was beyond human, the pinnacle of mankind.

Anyway, thus, the Tennouji were annihilated.

In just three minutes, just as the preparations for departure were complete.

Ah, but not annihilated.

Jae-in had captured one person alive, who seemed to be the leader.

Si-ah, who had been lost in thought and forgot to ask, gave him a thumbs up for his quick thinking.

“Are you going to take him?”

It’s actually difficult for us to leave evidence too. No matter how wrong they were, there’s a Devil King in Japan, no, “

“

What can we do?

In this world, there are no courts, and the one with the loudest voice and the most power wins.

Right now, Korea can’t afford to give Japan any excuse to pick a fight.

“Then there’s only one answer.”

“Yes.”

Interrogate him here and kill him.

“Can I ask you to do it?”

“What, why are you asking me to do something again? I told you, I came here to work. And I’m getting paid for it.”

Si-ah chuckled.

Jae-in grinned.

Jae-in immediately reached out to the captured man.

“And this is what I originally came here to do.”

The gagged Japanese man showed a determined look in his eyes, showing his will to not give in to any torture, but it was meaningless.

Because this is-

“Now, spill it. Who are you, and what do you know, from start to finish?”

Authority [Blessing of Forgetfulness].

A power that even toyed with demigods.