I Became The Villain The Hero Is Obsessed With

408 – After the Assault

The darkness was pitch-black.

In the darkness as deep as ink, I was asleep.

Next to a flame that seemed about to go out, flickering on its last leg.

A light that seems to be on the verge of extinguishing, hanging by a thread.

How long could that light keep burning?

How long could it maintain its dim light?

In a daze, I think I pondered these things.

And then.

It’s time to rise.

Maybe, I heard such a voice.

***

“‘…Huh, bro? Ah… what happened?”

“…In? Dain, you… over there.”

“Here… call a doctor, quickly…”

Ugh, what is this noise.

From somewhere I couldn’t even guess.

…For some reason, as I felt like I had been in a deep sleep, I opened my eyes to the loud noises around me, feeling drowsy.

“Aha, he woke up!”

Experiencing this bright light and slowly opening my eyes, what I finally saw was…

“Egoistic! Ugh, you finally woke up…”

“…I told you so. Egoistic would wake up.”

“Bro!!! Ahhh. I’m relieved, ugh. I’m grateful…”

“Dain, you woke up. Are you feeling okay?”

Stardust, standing by my side and holding my hand, sobbing.

…Celeste, with an indifferent face, but with a noticeably relieved expression.

Sue, crying over my chest.

And Subin, looking at me with a tired face full of dark circles.

“Dain, you finally… really, really, I’m relieved.”

“Kid, you finally woke up. I… I thought you wouldn’t wake up, loser…”

Hayul too, with a tired look, giving me a faint smile.

…And Choi Se-hee, looking down at me with an angry face and sobbing.

“What is going on… this is… ugh.”

As I attempted to stand, looking at them, I collapsed back down from the severe pain coursing through my body.

“Bro, don’t push yourself. Don’t move! Doctor, when is the doctor coming?”

“Egoistic… really, I’m relieved.”

So, lying in bed, watching the white walls around me and people’s expressions, I realized what had happened again.

Ah. I had fainted.

“…The patient has woken up? Let’s have a look!”

Afterwards, I closed my eyes at the sound of the doctors rushing in.

…I guess, I had a lot to hear.

***

“… What? A week has passed since I fainted?”

“That’s what I said.”

After I woke up.

After getting checked by the doctors, I was told that except for the fact that my body was a bit weak, I was okay.

The most shocking thing I heard was that I had been unconscious for a week.

Apparently, I threw up blood and fainted, and they couldn’t wake me up no matter what they did, causing a havoc.

…In particular, they said it was a mess because somehow this information leaked out and even South Korea was thrown into chaos.

Of course, I was curious about something else.

“…The angels, all vanished?”

“Yeah. Once I defeated the one who seemed to be their king, they all became light and disappeared.”

It was about the massive invasion of angels.

Fortunately, when Stardust defeated their boss who was as white as Buddha, they all burst into light and disappeared.

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It was a surprise large-scale attack, so everyone was severely damaged… but it was fortunate that it ended with just that.

Incidentally, Sue’s one-liner about the monster that looked like the white Buddha was this.

“…Hmm.”

Who the heck is this guy?

Even I, who could be called a true avid reader as I nearly memorized the original work, did not know his identity.

…It makes sense that he looked like Buddha with the world setting influenced by the three religions of the sun, the moon, and the star based on every religion.

But that didn’t mean I had seen him in the original work.

“…..”

Therefore, this was, of course, a problem that had thrown me deep into contemplation.

An all-out attack by the angels that wasn’t in the original work.

…And, the new monster of the sun god that wasn’t in the original work, either.

Clearly, something was happening that was different from the original work.

One thing keeping me curious, however, was…

‘…How is this possible?’

Exactly that. How was it done?

From what I knew, the sun god in the original work had already used his power to its limit to attack.

Therefore, it was possible for Stardust to overpower him in the ending scene.

…Of course, it was actually a victory for the sun god since the world had already been destroyed.

‘After all, in the original work, the sun god didn’t vanish from exhaustion but rather almost depleted his power…’

While it still signified a defeat, still.

When the sun god acknowledged his defeat in the original work and retreated, he had said that he had been using up his power to its limit.

Meaning, if he could do this, he should have done so in the original work.

‘Of course, there had been a pause in the angels’ attack for a while, so he might have amassed his power and launched a concentrated attack…’

In fact, the atmosphere suggested that’s what everyone was thinking.

…But knowing the original work, I had a different thought.

Sparing and gathering power for this extent?

No. The intensity of the attack now was not something achievable just by gathering power for a few days. It was a plainly overt attack surpassing the original work.

Possibly because there seemed to be more angels this time than those who had continuously arrived at this time in the original work. That archangel looked really strong, too.

So, how could the sun god exert power beyond his limit?

…Was there something different from the original work? Did he hide his power? Did someone else back him? Or…

As I was pondering seriously when sitting on the hospital bed…

“…Mr. Dain. You’re thinking about the incident again, aren’t you?”

Then such stern voice struck my ears.

At that voice, I raised my head startled from my thoughts, and Su-Bin was walking towards me with a rare stern expression, saying so.

“…No. Patients should rest. Now, lay down on the bed without thinking about anything.”

“Uh, just a moment…”

“Quickly.”

Thanks to Su-Bin kindly pushing my shoulder, I was forced to lie down on the hospital bed.

…I was told, that while I was unconscious, Su-Bin had been nursing me all day for a week.

So, it was hard for me to defy her words.

As soon as I leaned against the soft bed, the voice of agreement came from the side.

“…Su-Bin is right. Patients should rest.”

Just then, Stardust was sitting in the chair next to my pillow, nodding his head.

Even he had been visiting me all the time except when he was on his hero duties.

I felt sorry for causing them all such worry. Especially because there were many who were depending on me.

“They will be coming right after finishing their work.”

Anyway, as I leaned against the bed and laid down, Seo-Eun, who was always busking in red eyes and tapping on her smartphone, said so.

“Huh. If Ego-Stick was up to shape, he should be coming right away. Don’t know what he’s up to.”

And Celeste, who was dressed in a holy outfit and crossed her arms as if displeased, muttered so.

Seeing her, I realized something.

…Thinking about it, everyone is gathered here now, aren’t they?

Stardust who was sitting next to me, rubbing my arm.

There were Celeste standing next to me, Seo-Eun and Su-Bin in front, and Ha-Yul nodding off in the chair in front.

For the record, Ha-Yul had tried to use her healing ability to heal me as much as possible, but it didn’t work at all, which was hard for her. But thanks to her, the wounds weren’t visible anymore.

Anyway, looking at them naturally sticking together, I felt hopeful. Had they all gotten closer while I was down?

“Dain. Even if you look fine on the outside, you’re not on the inside. I guarantee that from watching you for the past few years.”

“…You stress strangely on the ‘past few years’?”

“Ha. What’s the use of seeing for years. It’s important how close we’ve been lately.”

“Yes. That does make sense. But it is true that I’ve spent more time living and being close with Dain than any of you. hahahaha.”

…Or not?

Watching Subin’s response, I broke out into a sweat. …That’s right. Subin wasn’t the type to back down anywhere.

…Even though we were all glaring at each other with tension, it seemed like we had definitely become closer than before. After all, when the physical distance decreases, the emotional distance also does. As we gradually got to know each other better like this, everyone could live well without me.

As I was having such thoughts, Seoeun, who had put down her phone, opened her mouth.

“…Whatever the case, stop thinking about worldly matters for a while and tell us what’s going on with your body. What sort of ability did you use? I saw something like black spiderwebs flying around.”

“Ah.”

About that day.

At Seoeun’s words, I quietly thought about the incident on the day of the total onslaught.

…The attack itself was definitely bad luck.

Just when there were no heroes around, it all unfolded in a span of mere three minutes.

Even though another hero came to rescue us not long after I fell, it was already over by then.

…Of course, it was also my fault for not being prepared.

I was too complacent due to the existence of teleportation. After all, even if angels appeared, it would all be over if I just teleported.

And for all other situations, I could either summon my bodyguard, Halo, or take care of them with Behemoth. The problem was that I wasn’t summoning Halo in front of angels, not knowing what would happen to Halo who used to be the leader of the angels in the original work… And Behemoth, from the beginning, wasn’t much of a help against hundreds of angels as it was more like a bulletproof vest concept.

In any case, during that situation, I reached out to use telekinesis to save Seoeun and Subin.

…For some reason, instead of telekinesis, a black light came out of my body.

The black light that I had seen once the day I heard Stardust’s sincerity.

…Is this my new power awaken to counter the sun god?

However.

‘……’

That feeling as if my life was rapidly draining when I used my ability.

When I thought about it, it felt quite…dangerous.

Especially since I had also vomited black blood after it all ended. They say the amount was not insignificant. I thought I was really dying.

Still, isn’t it nice to have gained a new power anyway? It seems like I’ll be using it a lot from now on!

I summarized all this and explained it to the people in front of me.

Soon after I finished talking.

“…..”

After a moment of silence, Seoeun mumbled with dead eyes.

“Brother, don’t go outside of this hospital until the sun god comes.”

No, why?

When I protested as if it was absurd, the ladies didn’t deny it but rather nodded their heads.

…It was really unfair.

Thus, against my will.

I was confined.