Chapter 54

Push, pull.

His ability, degraded from the original, was simple to use.

Within the range of his power, he could pull objects toward him or push them away.

At first, it seemed insignificant, but superpowers grow stronger with use.

Through grueling training and extreme experiences, his power turned the front yard into a death zone in an instant.

“My, my neck…”

“Ah… uh… uh…”

“F***…”

Sharp metal shards mercilessly tore through human bodies, leaving those without tough skin lying in pools of blood, groaning in pain.

In an instant, nearly twenty people vanished, and the attackers’ morale plummeted.

‘Damn… I don’t know if I’ll make it out alive.’

The situation was dire.

They had expected casualties, but losing more than half before even properly starting the attack was unexpected.

Kim Deokgon, one of the attackers, tried to assess the situation with a sidelong glance.

‘F***. Where did the leader go?!’

Turning around would give him a clearer view, but with a man holding a metal shard and whistling in front of him, it was foolish to make any sudden moves.

“Damn, Youngdeok-nim…”

A voice from behind.

The voice made Kim Deokgon’s face turn even paler.

Isaac’s gaze, standing with his back to the darkness, pierced through him.

“Ugh, the smell of blood.”

Isaac casually waved his hand.

And—

Bodies and people flew out of the front yard simultaneously.

But elites are elites.

Having experienced countless battles in the underworld, the attackers used their abilities to resist being blown away.

Seeing this, Isaac adjusted the spear he was loosely holding.

Would he swing it or not?

Either way, Isaac had no intention of letting the intruders leave alive.

So, with the upper hand, he needed to crush their morale completely.

A twisted smile formed on Isaac’s lips.

A smile that was unsettling just to look at.

He mocked the fools who had attacked in the middle of the night.

“Those idiots should just guard their own territory. Why bother ambushing innocent citizens at night? If they have nothing better to do, they should focus on their own business.”

“Innocent citizens don’t hunt us.”

“If a snake tries to bite a person, it gets hunted. Even if it wasn’t me, they would’ve ended up like this eventually.”

The strong are devoured by the stronger.

Even if it wasn’t Isaac, the low-quality members of the Viper faction would have been swallowed by another force sooner or later.

“Arrogant.”

“Seeing your snake-like low intelligence, it’s hard not to be arrogant.”

Isaac openly provoked their nerves.

Having lost more than half their comrades to an unexpected ambush, it was the perfect time to shake their emotions.

As expected, one of the attackers pulled out a gun.

“You f***ing bastard—”

“Ah, yes, yes. Is that all you can say with your limited vocabulary?”

Isaac’s spear left afterimages as it drew a semicircle.

The clear start of an attack.

The hardening user at the front instinctively reached out to grab the spear.

But he couldn’t even touch it.

His body flew away as if hit by a truck.

“Either all of you attack at once, or run away.”

Isaac’s feet began to leave deep footprints in the ground.

The second target was an attacker with a shield ability.

As Isaac approached, the shield user deployed his shield and pulled out a gun.

“Die! You bastard!”

Bang, bang, bang, bang.

The dry gunshots echoed through the dark night.

But despite the rapid gunfire, Isaac remained unscathed.

He had repelled the bullets with his repulsion field.

“Damn, damn…!”

Still, the shield bought them some time.

The other attackers rushed at Isaac simultaneously.

‘Annoying.’

Isaac emitted repulsion from his body.

Enough force to send a child flying like a soccer ball.

But the attackers were veterans and managed to resist the repulsion, closing the distance.

Six steps.

The distance between Isaac and his enemies.

‘They can withstand being pushed, huh.’

Isaac held the spear closer to the tip and pressed it against the shield user’s barrier.

Just as the shield user wondered about the strange action—his head flew off.

An unexpected strike.

All they could see was Isaac holding the middle of the spear.

“This much pressure, and it breaks.”

‘We need to attack together!’

Overconfident fools get picked off one by one.

The attackers mustered all their strength and charged at Isaac.

“I don’t have a hobby of being surrounded by men.”

Isaac retracted his repulsion and bounced his body toward the direction of the headless corpse. A bizarre, unpredictable movement.

The attackers’ eyes immediately followed Isaac.

‘Faster than expected! But—’

One of the attackers emitted a chilling cold from his hands.

The frost, enough to form frost, spread like a fire extinguisher toward Isaac.

‘They’re trying to limit my movement.’

If they could restrict his movement, the remaining members could handle the rest.

Seeing their plan clearly, Isaac realized it was time to get serious.

‘If they regain their teamwork, it’ll be trouble.’

The formation had collapsed due to the unexpected ambush.

But given time, they would regroup.

Not wanting to let go of the advantage, Isaac gripped his spear with both hands and took a step forward.

That was all he needed.

The spear’s reach shone brightest in moments like these.

‘No need for complex movements.’

A user wielding a weapon means the ability and weapon can synergize.

Isaac swung the spear, imbued with gravity.

If repulsion pushes, gravity pulls. The gravity pulled the attackers’ bodies toward him.

Since they were already charging at Isaac, dodging was nearly impossible.

As they got closer, Isaac released the gravity and thrust the spear.

“F***… they said this would be an easy mission…”

Isaac pulled the spear from the pierced heart and pushed the corpse toward the enemy.

A naturally approaching attacker twisted his body to avoid the corpse. And that was his last action.

“Two.”

Without a way to counter, they were at Isaac’s mercy.

Realizing this, the attackers knew they had to flee, but couldn’t move easily.

After all, Isaac had no intention of letting them go.

To survive, someone had to sacrifice themselves to stop Isaac.

But no one stepped forward.

They were, after all, selfish and cowardly criminals.

Isaac stomped the ground without hesitation.

‘Can’t leave any loose ends.’

There’s nothing dumber than showing unnecessary mercy.

Pointless self-satisfaction only leads to ruin.

Isaac’s spear tip was charged with intense gravity.

Not enough to pull everyone, but enough to stagger those nearby.

The closest attacker, his target, lost balance and leaned toward Isaac.

Thud.

One side of the front yard turned red.

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‘Just as Grandma said. No mercy in his hands.’

A man who wouldn’t hesitate to kill if necessary.

Ina shuddered at the thought of facing him as an enemy.

‘Is this what they call a double-edged sword? Grandma might be satisfied with getting rid of troublemakers, but who knows how this incident will play out.’

At worst, the Crocodile Birds could use him to take over the territory.

They had already lost more than half of Viper’s forces to this one man.

“…But if we could recruit him to Viper—”

Just giving him a name might be enough.

Connections often start from the smallest things.

‘First, I need to meet him again. Everything needs to be resolved before sunrise.’

Ina stretched and positioned herself to use her ability.

Her body began to pass through the floor, descending to the lower level.

Using this bizarre method, she quickly reached the first floor and stepped into the brutal scene of slaughter.