I Became The Villain The Hero Is Obsessed With

374 – Invasion from Abroad

Stardust.

The protagonist of this world, the only person who can save the world.

Officially, according to the association, she has two abilities, physical enhancement and flight, but in reality, she is the only person with the power of a star. In other words, what you see is not all there is.

For example, super-senses. Never mentioned in the original work, it is closely related to the ability to discern the truth… even similar to precognition.

And the most important ability that defines the character Stardust.

She possesses the ability called ‘skill growth’.

‘…In fact, in any manga, it is a rule that the protagonist grows over time.’

But Stardust was special.

While everyone else’s growth meant getting better at using their abilities, her growth meant her abilities directly became stronger.

That’s why she could be the protagonist… but the problem is that the other villains were always stronger than her. Whenever she grew a step, a villain on a higher level always appeared.

Of course, this allowed her to keep growing… but the process was too grueling. That was the problem.

Therefore, I was the one who declared myself her archenemy and terrorized her. Instead of killing or turning other villains to my side, I was able to put her through trials myself.

Anyway, this was also the case in the original storyline, and then a power inflation event occurred.

Hoga, who drew the event, ended with the scene of Stardust becoming incredibly powerful at the end… Readers were secretly hoping. Finally, the long-awaited sweet potato ended, and Stardust’s cider Musou started? Is the real thing starting from now on?

…Of course, there was nothing like that, and what came to the readers was the appearance of a Reaper-like villain who slaughtered people while avoiding Stardust’s eyes.

Anyway, considering that, Stardust became incredibly powerful after the inflation. It could be said that she was the strongest in a person-to-person battle, except for Celeste.

‘Especially…’

Now that I am in charge of her, she has become stronger than in the original and is practically at the top among the heroes in terms of power.

But the problem was that the people of the world didn’t know that yet.

As a result of Stardust playing only domestically without international activities. So, it was said that a subjective comparison could not be made. How much stronger Stardust is than others. Although there was a battle at the Moonlight Gate, it only rose above the 50th place and was not further discussed.

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“Brother, I told you not to play only with Stardust, right?”

“…What? Why all of a sudden?”

“Please take a look at this.”

Seoeun, who has now grown her white hair from the original bob to below her shoulders, pulled my hand and showed me her phone.

Then a post appeared there.

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[Author: Villainrules]

[Why is the villain called Egoistic a executive of the Cathedral Asia branch?]

So far, his villain activity has only been against a hero named Stardust in South Korea.

How can a villain who has barely held back and confronted only one hero be in a core position of the Cathedral?

Even though he has blocked the Moonlight Sect, I don’t understand.

=[3 comments]=

[Nate]/[That’s right. That makes sense.]

[Cellestia]/[Could Stardust be that strong? I’m not sure.]

[MangoIsLOVE]/[One thing is certain. You’ve never watched his broadcast. LoL.]

…

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There, as if somehow running a site translator… She was showing a Western community site I had never seen before.

And.

“…..”

Seeing that, I stiffened my expression seriously.

“…Seoeun.”

“Yes. What do you think, should I forget about Stardust and move on to other heroes…”

“No, rather than that. You are now even looking at English articles..?”

I asked Seoeun with a look of disbelief.

…Seoeun, I thought you were only running my fan cafe. Now you are even covering all communities around the world…

In response to my words, Seoeun, who was flustered, answered.

“No… That’s not it! I was just looking at your Western fan cafe, and I just got there by following the link where they were cursing this article. I feel wronged.”

“…I have an overseas fan cafe too?”

“Yes. Didn’t you know? If you add up all the members there, it’s similar to the Korean fan cafe. It’s called Mango Love.”

“….”

At the unexpected news, I held my head.

…Well, anyway. That’s not the point. Just looking at the content of that post, is my career of only dealing with Stardust the problem?

Although I had the ability to show only there within the Cathedral, it wasn’t something I needed to worry about… Well, it wasn’t something I needed to worry about considering the external image.

Stardust, her identity was bound to be revealed, sooner or later.

Originally, a gem is something that someone will recognize its value someday just by being there.

Therefore, I was able to answer Seoeun with a smirk.

“Don’t worry, Seoeun. Such talk will disappear over time anyway.”

At my words, Seoeun nodded and answered.

“…That’s right.”

The moment I felt strange at her serious face suddenly answering like that.

Seo Eun tightly clenched her fist and spoke with a fiery gaze.

“Because when I defeat Stardust, such remarks will disappear! Brother, wait for me. I’ll be back once I finish my new weapon, Star Finisher!”

With that, Seo Eun disappeared into the basement burning with determination.

“…”

…Well, anyway.

I decided to wait.

Someday, everyone would come to know the power of Stardust.

If things go as they did in the original, certainly.

And then.

A few days later.

Finally, that day came.

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[Breaking news! The lord of the castle, known as the worst villain in Europe, is reportedly crossing the sea to Korea! The Association has issued an emergency evacuation order on the east coast…]

Korea.

Unlike other countries, thanks to the North above and Japan below, it was a country relatively safe from foreign invasions. That is, from foreign villains.

Now, even Korea faced a crisis.

[…Korea is such a nice place to live. I’ll make it my base for a while, so the Association should make way.]

A Class-S villain from Europe, too violent even for the Cathedral, known as the Ironclad Lord and the owner of the castle, Lord Castrum.

Standing over 2 meters tall with a massive body, wearing armor as strong as a castle, and actually flying around in a giant airborne mechanical castle.

He usually operates in Europe and Australia, causing havoc wherever he appears, and he’s heading to Korea.

…Exactly speaking, experts analyzed that he refused to be dependent on the Cathedral, and now he’s facing the Association and the Cathedral alone, feeling overwhelmed and running away.

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Anyway, his sudden invasion of Korea was a serious problem.

Especially to the public, who had only ever faced domestic villains and had almost no experience with foreign villains, it was sheer terror.

[Did you hear? When that villain Castrum appears, it takes five top-ranked European Class-S heroes to barely chase him away;;;; What do we do in our country]

[No, we only have one Class-S hero, Stardust, how are we supposed to cope? Plus, he’s gotten even stronger after the inflationㅠㅠㅠㅠ]

[Now we really have no choice but to trust in the Mango Stick real estate insurance…]

[Why is that big shot coming to our country instead of Japan or Chinaㅋㅋㅋㅋ Evacuation is a messㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

Watching his path of movement, everyone fled Seoul.

There, a giant black castle hovering in the air was casting its shadow over the city streets as it approached.

And finally, a giant figure jumped out of the castle.

Kwaaang

After a scary-looking Western man in a house-sized suit of armor landed and shattered the concrete, raising a cloud of dust.

He soon cleared the dust and looked around the street with an expressionless face.

“Hmm… seems like all the rats have run away.”

As he spoke.

“Hmm?”

In front of him, he saw a woman standing in the middle of the street.

A woman who looked at him with a stern face, her blond hair fluttering.

“So you’re the hero of this place. Hmm, but you’re alone?”

Looking down at her with his huge body, he exuded an overwhelming pressure and said with a smirk.

Stardust, with the same unimpressed expression, spoke to Castrum.

“This is the first and last warning to a foreign villain. Leave this land. If you don’t want to die.”

“….What? hahahaha!! I acknowledge your courage. It seems my name hasn’t reached this small land yet. …Right, good. I’ll show you.”

With that, he spread his legs, took a stance, and

Kwaaang

With an incredible vigor that shattered nearby windows and brought in a gust of wind, he shouted at Stardust.

“Good!!! Hero of the small country.”

“I, Castrum, will show you why I am known as the Ironclad Lord here and now!”

With that.

Kugugugugugugugugugung

The man charged at Stardust with incredible speed, as though a gigantic castle was rushing forward.

Thus, the intense battle began.

A few minutes later.

“Hrrrgh…!”

Kwaaang

“Krrrah!”

Despite his enormous size, the man was flying helplessly in the sky after being hit by Stardust.

So.

“Phew…”

Stardust landed on the ground and wiped his sweat, looking at the man who had hit his head at the top of a building, fell to the ground, and was lying motionless.

In this way.

Stardust had brought down Castrum, the worst villain in Europe, in just a few minutes.

And so, the battle against the Ironclad Lord, who had made such a fuss, ended so anticlimactically.

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[?]

[What did I just f*cking see?]

[Wh…What is this]

[Is it over..?]

[????????]

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…Hiding and filming the spectacle, the broadcast chats of the TV stations were left with only people’s bewildered question marks.

And that day, inevitably.

Stardust ended up being the main news on all European news broadcasts.