I Woke Up as the Villain

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`In the first place, there are so many yangbans[1] called the God of Martial Arts in China that their influence is not special.
And that gent’s weapon is guandao[ref]Guandao is a large sword shaped like a crescent moon, and it is famous that it was used by Guan-Yu in the Three Kingdoms.[ref], right?’ 

Guan-Yu seemed to admire Yu-Seong’s spearmanship and even wanted to transfer his skills to Yu-Seong.
However, the guandao and the spear had quite different ways of being utilized even though they were both pole weapons.
It could be said that the spear was a little sharper while guandao was heavier… In any case, Yu-Seong decided to reject Guan-Yu’s offer after a little while, thinking that they were not very compatible.

‘There are a lot of gods watching right now, so I have to think about saving his face.’ 

Yu-Seong was also still thinking of ignoring Loki, who was still trying to seduce him or whatever.
Rather, a new name appeared in the message of the gods sponsoring many karma points.

‘Culann’s Hound.
Cu Chulainn.’ 

He was a hero more popular than King Arthur in Ireland.
He was handsome enough to be nicknamed the Prince of Light and was also a genius in spearmanship who dealt with a magic spear called Gae Bolg.
In fact, his spearmanship was one of the abilities Yu-Seong coveted.
Though he seemed to have no intention of transferring skills, Yu-Seong had to be satisfied by confirming his presence for now.
Anyway, it could be said that Choi Yu-Seong’s battle was significant enough to attract the attention of Cu Chulainn.

‘By the way, there are already six gods watching.’ 

Cu Chulainn was originally a hero like Guan-Yu, but he had become a god after his death.
It was not just that.
The background of the novel [Modern Master Returns] was that those who achieved great achievements or left their names deep in history became gods and could support others with karma points and raise their status as they were doing now.

The problem was that only up to about five gods could share karma points by sponsoring one human.
In other words, from now on, the gods who wanted to support Yu-Seong would inevitably become cautious.
Since there were gods who already settled and supported him, it was a difficult contest between them.
And even though the other five gods did not know, there was also Loki.

‘The seats are actually full, but it’s a shame to let go of some of the powerful gods I see there.’ 

There were gods with rather low in name-value or status.
Yu-Seong had already noticed the identity of all the gods who sponsored him.

‘There’s nothing I can do.
It’s not like I can choose the gods.’ 

Rather, humans were in a position to be chosen.
In addition, considering the situation just a while ago, it was certainly a hopeful situation that six snobby gods supported him.
Especially since Choi Yu-Seong was still in the process of growing.

When he got out of the dungeon completely with Yu-Ri’s support, Yu-Seong could see the scenery of the mountain that was completely darkened.
Looking at such scenery, Yu-Ri seemed to have come to her senses quite a bit; she turned to looked at Yu-Seong.
“Can you walk alone?”

“Yeah, but I’ve used up too much energy.
Though, tonight might be a little dangerous…”

Ji-Ho’s people had been kind to Yu-Seong and his companions so far, but he could not be completely off guard.
Therefore, the Jin siblings took turns being on watch every night.
Yu-Seong expressed his desire to be on the lookout too, but he had nothing else to say when the siblings said that he was excluded because he was less sensitive than the two.

“Both of us won’t sleep and be on watch tonight.”

“Uhm, that would be great.
And if Ji-Ho hyung-nim doesn’t come back tomorrow morning, let’s just go home,” said Yu-Seong.
He didn’t know what gift Choi Woo-Jae had prepared, but Yu-Seong had already gained satisfactory results after coming here.
Therefore, he thought it was okay to receive the gift a little later.

“Yes, let’s try to be safe and aim for the next time.” Yu-Ri agreed with Yu-Seong, and the two went back to Choi Ji-Ho’s house to spend the last night.

***

Late at night, Yu-Seong heard a noise and woke up from sleep.
He instinctively got up and picked the spear he had placed next to him.
However, he failed to react further.
That moment when he thought he saw long straight black hair fluttering, a pure white hand was placed against his nape.
His eyes blurred in an instant.

‘Who…?’ 

Bam-!

Yu-Seong collapsed to the floor.
He was unable to even utter a question.

The long-haired man floated in the air above Yu-Seong after he passed out.
A bitter smile appeared on Ji-Ho’s face.

“I don’t feel like giving you the ordeal, but I can’t help it.
I hope you don’t blame me too much.”

Complex emotions were indiscriminately mixed in his pensive face.

***

Experiencing a severe headache, Yu-Seong slowly felt the sensations of his body return as he came around.
First, he moved his fingertips and opened his eyes only a while later.
He thought he could feel something cold and hard, but it turned out he was lying face down on the stone floor.
For a moment he felt a bit creeped out.
Yu-Seong quickly got up and looked around.

“…?!” Soon, Choi Yu-Seong found something that filled his eyes with surprise.
The room looked like a spacious enough square for even ten people to lay down on the ground.
However, the ceiling was so high and dark that it could not be seen, and only a few lights were shining inside the room.

The problem was the rooms on either side of Yu-Seong’s room.
He could see the other rooms since the walls were made of glass rather than stone.
Yu-ri and Do-Yoon were hanging from the wall with their arms and legs chained up.
They looked like tortured prisoners.
While a mixture of bewilderment and anger overwhelmed his mind…

[You’re awake.]

…a tampered voice was heard from a speaker somewhere.

1.
Basically ‘yangban’ refers to the status of the ruling class during the Joseon Dynasty, but it is also used as a term to refer to a person who is decent and polite.
It is also used as a term to refer to a man commonly or rudely.
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