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Translator: Vine
Chapter Title: The Plan Succeeds
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After provoking Metell, I would dodge all her attacks, drawing her focus to me, then launch a surprise attack the moment she let her guard down.
With that plan in mind, I ascended into the sky.
And just as expected, Metell's attack began.
After that, everything proceeded exactly as planned.
I deliberately fumbled around enough to make Metell drop her guard, all while continuously watching for my moment.
"Oppa, fall back downwards!"
In the wide-open sky.
With Seoeun's help, I weaved and dodged like an eel, slipping through the rocks hurtling towards me in mid-air.
...I'm not sure what will happen when I get home after abusing my powers like this, but if I can just crush that American hero, I'll do anything.
The problem was, after dodging like this for several tens of minutes, it was starting to get boring.
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[Damn, my heart's pounding, I can't watch this.]
[Mango's dodging so dangerously well, lol.]
[Just hold on a little longer!!]
[Seriously, Metell or Methane or whatever, I really don't like her. She just tells them to screw off even when there are hostages, lol.]
[Go Egotistic!!! Don't lose to a Yankee like that!!!]
[But seriously, he's complaining verbally, yet he hasn't taken a single hit even while holding the camera. Isn't he actually just toying with her? Please tell me that's it!!!!!!]
[Why are people cheering for the villain when a hero and villain are fighting, lololol.]
[Of course, if you're Korean, you should cheer for Patriot-stic, who's fighting against the tyranny of a foreign invader, lol.]
[Patriot-stic, my ass, lololol.]
*
Looking at the chat, it seemed most people thought I was barely holding on.
As I continued to move back and forth, dodging rocks for a little longer.
Suddenly, a different aura flowed.
Unlike the simple rock fragments from before, a gigantic rock hand appeared.
It clearly required an immense amount of energy, and it came hurtling towards me.
In that sudden crisis.
I grinned.
"Now!"
"Yes, Oppa!"
I muttered softly, then grinned, grabbed my hat, and spoke to the camera as if I hadn't been dodging a moment ago.
"Alright. Shall we stop running now?"
As I stopped dodging and stood still in the air, waiting for the gigantic rock hands to fly towards me, the chat window began to fill with [????].
At the same time, I raised one hand, and my ring glinted.
"Come forth, Death Knight."
"Finally, my turn!!!!"
Then, with a voice echoing in my head.
Before me, a colossal black greatsword materialized.
Schwiing!
As the rock hand approaching from the front was sliced apart.
KABOOM! CRASH! BANG!
From behind, a purple light flashed, and a massive pink beam of light shot upwards from below with tremendous force.
With an immense wind pressure that felt like it would blow my body away, countless rocks lost their balance in mid-air and plummeted to the ground.
I casually moved to avoid a rock falling above me, then naturally looked down.
"Whoa..."
Metell, having been hit by a destructive beam and a lightning strike the moment she let her guard down, was sent flying helplessly.
She bounced off the ground like a rubber ball, like a cannonball ricocheting away.
Ouch. That must hurt.
She continued to fly like that, then.
CRASH!
With a sound like something collapsing, she finally stopped after crashing into a building wall.
Hmm...
'....Did that hit a bit too hard?'
I unconsciously scratched my cheek, thinking that.
No, today was just a taste. The real deal, I was planning to properly take her on and finish her off next time, exactly as planned.
But somehow, the impact was a bit greater than expected...? And I didn't even gang up on her, I only brought two others.
Well, it doesn't matter since she's not trembling just by looking at my eyes yet. There'll be enough to do for the next terror attack.
Deciding to look on the bright side, I then grinned and spoke to the camera.
"Well... it went according to plan. Shall we go see what happened?"
After saying that, I descended with Desiki, who was roaring with laughter, his greatsword slung over his shoulder.
"Oppa...."
"Yes. You did well."
Just then, Eunwol appeared behind me, panting, so I patted her head, telling her she did well, and we went down together.
Just like me, exhausted from dodging and moving so much, Eunwol also looked tired, likely from preparing and pouring all her energy into casting that last beam, having been forming magic circles beforehand.
I decided to save the praise for when we got home, and for now, let's go meet that American delinquent.
Having descended to the ground, we forcibly pulled Metell out from the rocks she'd wrapped around herself for protection, Desiki striking them down with his sword.
What we saw was Metell, battered and bruised, leaning against the building wall.
...It was a pitiful sight, hard to believe she was an S-class hero. At least her eyes were still burning fiercely as she looked up at me.
Anyway, since the camera was still rolling at this moment, I decided to quickly say what I needed to and leave.
First, a provocation.
"Oh my... oh my..."
I said that with a light chuckle, and Metell barely responded, her voice on the verge of collapse.
"You... ass..."
Regardless of what she said, I continued.
"Honestly, with all the big talk about being S-class and whatnot, I thought you were incredibly strong. Well, truly..."
"You're just much weaker than my hero, Stardust, aren't you?"
I said that, roughly scoffing, and she practically died of rage, convulsing.
Well, that's probably enough, but...
To make her lose her mind and charge at me later, I'd need to do a bit more.
I approached her, where she was cursing me with her eyes, and lifted her chin with my finger.
Then, I leaned in close, whispering softly so only she could hear, not the camera.
"Indeed... you should have just hidden behind other heroes like usual. What made you so confident to step out alone?"
I said, smiling, and she flinched.
When I released her chin and looked at her again, her eyes burned with a look that could devour me. Oh my. It's been a while since I've seen such a passionate gaze.
Eventually, she seemed incredibly enraged, and in a final desperate struggle, she squeezed out all her remaining strength to create a small, sharp rock shard in the air, which Desiki easily shattered with a single swing of his sword.
I chuckled once more and said.
"Well... you're too weak. Not worth my time, nor is it fun. Let's go, everyone."
Saying that, I turned my back, my cape fluttering, and walked forward.
I seemed to hear curses like 'fuck' or 'bitch' from behind, but what do I care?
With that, I grabbed Desiki and Eunwol and teleported away. Oh, and I took Electra, who was waiting behind us too.
Whew, today's business went perfectly smoothly. Even better than expected.
Now, I should go home, rest a bit, and then prepare for the next terror attack.
Metell. The final terror attack, one that will completely crush her, ensuring she never even thinks of setting foot in Korea again.
And thinking about the plan, well, it's actually even better.
Meanwhile, South Korea will be in an uproar for a while again.
And sure enough, my prediction did not miss the mark.
***
[Breaking News) Egotistic Victorious Against U.S. S-Class Hero Metell... Metell Currently Under Emergency Transport to Association Hospital]
The video of Egotistic defeating an S-class hero, broadcast live across South Korea.
This news, naturally, spread nationwide in an instant.
People were astonished that an S-class hero from the U.S. had secretly come all the way to Korea to capture Egotistic, an A-class villain of South Korea.
And they were even more surprised that Egotistic had utterly crushed her.
That was the sudden happening.
If you were to summarize the reaction of the South Korean people to this event in one sentence...
It was, 'Why did you come here to cause trouble when we didn't even ask for help?'
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[If this terror attack just made you feel refreshed, hit recommend lolololol.]
Who asked America for help, lololol.
Just Egotistic <<< pretending to frantically run away, then flipping the script at the last moment and blowing Metell away—if that made you feel completely satisfied, hit recommend lololol.
=[Comments]=
[Smashing that recommend button lololol.]
[Seriously, lol. She just came out of nowhere to cause a ruckus and got taught a lesson lol.]
[Seriously, she just told the hostages to screw off and sacrifice themselves, I was speechless. Good thing there was no one in the building by luck.]
[She just proved that US S-class heroes <<< Mango-stic lololol.]
[My hands were sweating watching it, but when Metell got blown away, I stood up and clapped, for real... This is national pride lololol.]
ㄴ[Who dares try to capture our country's S-class hero whenever they please, lololol.]
ㄴ[Seriously, lol. Isn't this a security threat from a superpower, lol.]
[I just checked YouTube, and there are already tons of 'national pride' videos up, lol. Something about 'even America is no match' lol.]
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[Stardust <<< If you just miss him, hit recommend lololol.]
The one who protected hostages no matter what...
The one who strictly maintained zero casualties...
The one who always won against Egotistic, making him flee...
The one with amazing chemistry with Mango whenever he appeared on broadcast...
The one Egotistic himself acknowledged...
Simply the overwhelming top hero of South Korea and
Egotistic's designated hero,
Stardust
<---- If you think he's the true 'main wife,' hit recommend lololol.
=[Comments]=
[Recommend lololol.]
[I'm an Electra fan, but after watching this broadcast, I'm switching to the Stardust fan club, seriously lol.]
[Honestly, Stardust is just an S-class hero, lololol.]
[This time, Mango and the Moonlight Priestess were all chummy, calling him Oppa, but Stardust, who didn't even appear, was stronger...]
[Seriously, lol. Egotistic himself said 'My hero is Stardust,' so if that's not the main wife, then what is it~]
ㄴ[He just meant arch-enemy, don't over-interpret it.]
ㄴ[Checked the reply guy's post history, turns out he's an Ice Mango fan lol.]
ㄴ[Ah, lololol.]
ㄴ[The Icicle you support!! Is absolutely!!! NOT Egotistic's 'my hero,' buddy lololololol.]
ㄴ[Damn, lolololol. That's so funny lololol.]
***
In contrast to South Korea's fervent reaction, American citizens showed little interest in this incident.
With so many S-class heroes, people didn't pay much attention to each individual one, and it wasn't uncommon for a hero to lose a battle to a villain, whether by mistake or otherwise.
Of course, losing to an A-class from a country with a small pool of superpowered individuals like South Korea was somewhat shocking, but even that was quickly buried as the U.S. mainland itself was already a chaotic mess, five minutes from disaster, due to various terror attacks.
Nevertheless, there was some interest in this incident within the North American hero community.
As Americans literally treated heroes as 'heroes,' most reactions were sympathetic, but naturally, there were exceptions.
[Seriously, Metell has never been able to do anything by herself, so why did she act so cocky? lolololol (lol)]
"KYYYAAAHHH!!! Fucking assholes!!!!!"
"Patient! Hero! Calm down!"
"Inject one B-4 sedative here!!!"
While Metell screamed in rage in the association's treatment center.
Shin Haru, sitting nearby with a smartphone in one hand, merely chuckled at the sound.
It was the first time in a long while that she looked so at peace.