You have defeated Quillam.
As the naless general collapsed, a system ssage popped up, notifying Su-ho that the target had been eliminated.
The general’s na was Quillam.
But Su-ho, uninterested, imdiately dismissed the notification and turned his attention back to the invading army.
Terror was evident in the eyes of the enemy troops.
Understandably so.
Not only had Su-ho butchered their soldiers like a massacre-hungry demon, he had now felled the very general they revered and feared with a single strike.
For ordinary soldiers, fear was inevitable.
Just then, another figure appeared.
He too was a general.
It wasn’t hard to tell his rank.
His attire was different from the rest.
Raising his sword, he shouted:
“You fool! You’ll never get to see the Supre Commander even if you die and co back to life!”
Su-ho nodded at the words.
So that’s it.
The one in charge here wasn’t a king or a prince, but truly the Supre Commander.
Su-ho recalled the quest objective once more.
Stop the invading army completely or defeat the leader and drive them back.
The quest didn’t say to kill a king of the enemy, but the leader.
And if the military leader was the Supre Commander, then taking him down would fulfill the objective.
Unfortunately, Su-ho still didn’t know who the Supre Commander was.
While assassination would have been the shortcut, how could you assassinate soone without knowing who they were?
So the first thing he did upon erging from the portal was kidnap and torture a few soldiers to extract information.
Torture is a necessity in information warfare.
They all confird that the current leader of the invading force was the Supre Commander.
Cross-referencing data, Su-ho confird that he was not royalty, but a commander of general rank promoted to Supre Commander.
He tried pushing his luck by asking for the Supre Commander’s location, but the soldiers he interrogated were of low rank and had no precise knowledge.
Thus, Su-ho continued kidnapping and torturing soldiers until he could locate the commander.
But in the end, he failed to pinpoint the exact location.
It couldn’t be helped.
Even if the assassination target was confird to be the Supre Commander, he still had to know where the guy was to act.
“Ki... kill him!!”
“Waaaaah!!”
“Throw the net!!”
At the unnad general’s shout, the soldiers charged into the jaws of death once more.
The jaws being Su-ho.
With a sigh, Su-ho raised his sword again.
And then—like a whirlwind of death—he cut, slashed, and killed without end.
Mountains of corpses piled up, rivers of blood flowed.
Adrenaline kept pumping through him, and Su-ho showed no signs of fatigue.
The more ti passed, the more the invading troops hesitated.
No matter how much their commanders pushed them forward, none dared charge at the blood-drenched monster that was Su-ho.
Who could approach a creature soaked in red, a demon cloaked in gore?
Especially when an S-grade intimidation skill was actively being used.
The synergy of the skill’s effects and his grotesque appearance was overwhelming—even officers who had stayed in the rear giving orders now swallowed dryly.
And then.
Blood Drain is activated.
Shuaa!
As he extended his hand, the pools of blood covering the hall were sucked into him.
The corpses of the fallen soldiers dried up like mummies.
Who could possibly stop such a being?
Then, it happened.
“Stand aside.”
A low but powerful voice, clearly enunciated and cutting through the chaos.
At that commanding voice, the soldiers instinctively stepped aside.
Su-ho stood still, turning toward the source of the voice.
The man wore pristine white armor, unlike any other soldier or general before.
He wasn’t particularly tall—roughly Su-ho’s height.
But he exuded both dignity and pressure.
It didn’t matter.
What mattered was that he, too, was soone who needed to be taken down.
Su-ho glanced at his natag.
Grand General Flam
Lv. ???
Grand General Flam.
That was his na.
Flam spoke.
“I heard there’s a monster going berserk. That’s you, I take it?”
“Yeah, probably . I don’t see anyone else here who fits that description.”
“So you are human, then?”
“What, you thought I was an actual monster? Anyway, are you one of the two Grand Generals in this invasion?”
“I am. I’m also the Deputy Commander. My na is Flam. And yours?”
“What are you going to do with my na when you’re about to die?”
“Do you not know honor? Even if your armor is soaked in blood, you appear to be a knight who knows honor.”
“Honor doesn’t feed . If you want my na, give sothing I want.”
“I already told you my na.”
“Who gives a damn about your na? Tell where the Supre Commander is and I’ll give you mine.”
“What? Hahahaha!”
Flam burst into laughter.
Then he drew a sword just as white and radiant as his armor.
“Very well. The Supre Commander is seated on the throne on the second floor of the palace. He awaits my return—with your head and the princess’s.”
“You gave that up a little too easily. I haven’t even told you my na yet.”
“I’m not so rchant who only gives things after paynt. One of us is going to die anyway—what does the order matter?”
“You’re right about that. My na is Henry. I’m the new king of the Isis Kingdom.”
The new king.
At those words, Flam’s brows furrowed.
“If you’re a king, then you should already be dead.”
“That was my adoptive father. Since he died, I’m the king now.”
“Nonsense. I’ve never heard of a royal like you in the Isis bloodline.”
“Is that so important? If I say I’m the king, I’m the king.”
“You’re not a monster—you’re insane.”
“Talk, talk, talk. Let’s just get started already.”
Intimidation is activated.
Kuwaaaa!
Su-ho unleashed Intimidation again.
The oppressive aura spread through the hall, drawing cold sweat and dry swallows from all present.
And then.
Bang!!
Flam suddenly closed the distance between them.
First strike, first win.
One of Flam’s favored tactics.
He clashed blades with Su-ho and imdiately felt his overwhelming strength.
But—
He’s not unbeatable.
Slaughtering soldiers and earning the nickna “monster” might have been exaggerations.
Right.
All rumors get ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) inflated.
That’s why commoners can’t comprehend the real battlefield.
As he prepared to launch his next attack—
Freeze—
His body stopped moving.
And then.
Gate has been cleared.
The gate was cleared.
*
You have defeated Supre Commander Bifreu.
Gate has been cleared.
The MVP of this gate is An Su-ho.
You have been awarded additional experience points for being selected as MVP.
You have received 1 bonus stat point.
You have leveled up.
All stats have increased by 1.
You have acquired 1 bonus stat point.
You have leveled up.
All stats have increased by 1.
You have acquired 1 bonus stat point.
You have leveled up.
All stats have increased by 1.
You have acquired 1 bonus stat point.
“Ah, finally got him.”
Su-ho smiled as he looked at Bifreu, the Supre Commander, his head pierced by the Blood Spear.
Then, as system ssages rained down, he smiled again.
Three level-ups in one go—it was a rare sight.
“Yeah, honestly, this gate had better be worth three levels or I’d be losing out.”
He nodded to himself.
Of course.
How many commander-level monsters had he killed?
How many soldiers?
But now, with the rewards received, it was worth it.
Su-ho turned his head and looked at the soldiers, frozen in place as if in disbelief.
Among them stood another Grand General, also a Deputy Commander.
But it was all aningless now.
Su-ho had completed the assassination of Bifreu just as planned.
Like hell I’d climb my way up through all of them.
Finding the Supre Commander’s location had been a hassle, but not impossible.
After all, eting Flam had let him pinpoint the position.
And once he did, he swapped places with one of the shadow clones he’d placed on the stairs earlier.
Then, using Shadow Spear, he sniped him.
A clean, effortless assassination.
One reason was that Bifreu wasn’t classified as a boss monster.
If he had been, this kind of assassination would’ve been impossible.
But Bifreu was rely a quest-specific assassination target.
He wasn’t a boss monster.
For boss monsters, Su-ho had already t Hex, the ancestor at the Moon Ruins.
Su-ho turned to the remaining notifications.
You have successfully killed the leader of the invading army.
Quest complete.
You have accomplished a trendous feat. You are awarded 5 bonus stat points.
The rest of the notifications simply confird the quest’s completion.
But for sothing with four linked stages, the reward felt underwhelming.
Just five stat points?
Still, he knew that wasn’t the real reward.
The real reward is the King of Ruin title and the Moon’s Magic trait.
If he had failed to kill Bifreu, both of those would have been deleted automatically.
He had expected it, but it was still a bit disappointing.
Su-ho checked his traits again.
Even though the quest was completed, nothing had changed.
King of Ruin still stopped at option two, and Moon’s Magic still demanded one kilogram of teorite.
It was disappointing, yes—but not a bad reward overall.
So people live their entire lives with just one trait.
He already had four.
And they were all growth-based traits.
Even as a regressor, he hadn’t known these traits existed, which ant hidden options might erge over ti.
Whatever the case, they could only be good.
If this was just the first loop, the ones that followed...
They’ll probably be even better.
Su-ho smirked faintly.
Then, investing four bonus stat points into Mana, he turned toward the exit portal.
*
Erging from the gate, Su-ho returned directly to Seoul.
After a day of rest and reorganizing, he imdiately departed for North Korea again.
Ti-wise, I can probably hit one more location.
This ti, he drove to Deoksan-ri in Goseong County, Gangwon Province.
Arriving at the DMZ fence in Deoksan-ri, Su-ho parked the car casually and did a final status check.
Alright, let’s do this.
After finishing his check, Su-ho stabbed a Shadow Spear into the ground next to his car.
It would be his return beacon.
Then, summoning a new Shadow Spear, he hurled it beyond the barbed-wire fence.
And activated Shadow Movent.
Shadow Movent is activated.
Using the spear and the skill, the DMZ fence wasn’t even an obstacle.
Back in the North, Su-ho imdiately summoned Bulgasari.
“Bulgasari!”
“Bulbul!”
Riding atop Bulgasari, Su-ho soared northward.
After a while, a sign marking a national park ca into view.
At last, he had arrived at his second target.
None other than—Mount Geumgang.
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