I Became a National ‘Disaster’ Level Monster

Chapter 130 – Moving Forward Again

The Saintess of the Vatican.

Kang Mi-rae.

She was the first Saintess to appear in Korea, neither a Hunter nor a soldier, but a woman with the third profession title of a priest serving God.

At the same time, she was one of the main heroines of the original story, a crazy woman who hated humans even though she wasn’t a Beast Hunter.

_‘If Beast Hunters are the type that hate humans reluctantly, Kang Mi-rae is the type who loathes them so much it makes her shudder.’_

Thanks to that, in the攻略法 (Hunter’s Blood strategy), one had to become a murderer, killing humans to gain Kang Mi-rae’s trust.

It didn’t matter if they were guilty or innocent, rich or poor. Simply killing around 100 humans would trigger the first bond story with her.

However, she was originally a character who was supposed to appear in the latter part of the story.

But by the time the original story had deteriorated to this point, there was no longer anything surprising.

“I heard you were looking for me, Saintess.”

“Oh, you’ve arrived.”

A church half in ruins.

In the center of the worship hall, a woman with white hair and a refreshing smile was politely praying to God, asking to kill all humans.

_“May God’s blessing be with you…”_

“Uh, yes, well… thank you…”

On the outside, she was smiling kindly, but deep inside, she must have been gleefully comforting herself over the massive human casualties in Korea caused by the recent disaster. Finally, I was able to meet this crazy nun.

“I’ve heard the story. You gave me the Holy Grail with your Saintess authority, right?”

“Yes, that’s correct.”

“Could you explain the reason?”

“Well, you are the hero who protected the world from that monster, aren’t you, Shin-woo? It’s only natural to offer such a reward to someone like you.”

_Bullshit._

Her face didn’t even flinch as she smiled while lying.

I must never be fooled by that face.

After all, in the game, I was killed several times by Kang Mi-rae’s backstabbing when her “human-hating syndrome” flared up.

“Saintess.”

“Yes, hero?”

“Stop lying and tell me the truth. Do you think that kind of nonsense will work on me?”

“…!”

I frowned and directly demanded the truth from her.

“…Ha, damn it.”

As expected, the original story hadn’t gone anywhere.

Kang Mi-rae’s smiling face twisted into a scowl as she spat on the ground and glared at me, revealing her true nature.

“Stupid monster. I guess you’re pretty sharp for something that pretends to be human?”

“Aren’t your words a little too crude for a Saintess?”

“Damn it, do you think I became a Saintess because I wanted to? Ugh, this is why I shouldn’t even associate with empty-headed idiots.”

“……”

Should I hit her?

Kang Mi-rae’s attitude, as rude as ever, was no different from the game.

No, it felt even more stressful now that it was real, like the stress I’d felt through the monitor had doubled.

But I had to hold back for now.

After all, she was still the benefactor who had given me the Holy Grail that would heal my body…

“Hey, monster. Do you know that my ability is called ‘Clairvoyance’?”

“Huh? Ah, yes… I heard it’s an eye that can observe everything in the present…”

“Yes, that’s right. But here’s the thing. You, in the future, have changed in such a spectacular way. Heh heh. You killed every single human. That’s enough to make me want to offer you my ‘virginity.’”

_Whoosh._

_Thud!_

“Urgh?!”

“I’ve heard enough… No matter how much trauma you had in your childhood, even with all those deaths, there’s a limit to what you should say, isn’t there?”

“Eek…!”

By the time I regained my senses, I had already leapt behind Kang Mi-rae and delivered a sharp knock on her head.

She now had a large bump on her crown and glared at me with teary eyes.

“W-what’s going on? Weren’t you supposed to be weak before you turned into a monster?”

“Huh?”

Come to think of it, that’s true.

Before my monster transformation, I should have only been able to use strength comparable to an ordinary person.

But what on earth was that move I just pulled off?

_‘Is this also a result of fighting my future self?’_

I wasn’t sure whether to be pleased or displeased by this ambiguous feeling.

It was right then that Kang Mi-rae started babbling again.

“Damn it! If you’re going to be like this, give me back the Holy Grail! I’ll just store it back in the Vatican vault!”

“As if I wouldn’t know that the highest authority of the Holy Grail belongs to the Pope.”

“?! How… how do you know that…”

“Your Clairvoyance sees everything in the present, so the Pope must have roughly realized the future situation as well.”

The end of the world.

And unless we brought Sophia back from the future, this world was doomed to perish soon.

Well, ever since the moon was destroyed, it was destined for destruction either way.

“The biggest problem is the ocean water floating in the air because the moon is gone…”

No one knew why the ocean water was floating in the air just because the moon had disappeared.

But if my future self was behind it, it made sense.

He had become a “god” capable of doing anything.

Even after bringing Sophia back to the present, there was now another monumental problem to solve.

But then.

“There is a way to deal with the floating water after the moon’s destruction…”

“What?”

For once, Kang Mi-rae spoke like a real Saintess.

“You’re not saying we can… reattach the moon, are you?”

“No! How could we reattach something that big?”

“Then?”

“We’ll turn back time. To a time before your future self appeared. To right before all the incidents began.”

“Is something like that possible…?”

Turning back time.

She wasn’t talking about traveling through time like in a time machine but about moving the entire fabric of time itself. I asked again, unable to believe it.

Then.

“If the Pope sacrifices his life and I sacrifice my eyes, it’s possible.”

“…!”

The Pope’s ability to perform miracles and Kang Mi-rae’s Clairvoyance, which was called a gift from God.

I could only nod my head, thinking about the synergy between those two.

_‘Indeed… The Pope’s miracle is an ability that grants wishes in exchange for sacrifice, isn’t it? And Kang Mi-rae’s Clairvoyance is said to be a divine gift given once every thousand years…’_

And knowing Kang Mi-rae’s personality, she would undoubtedly sacrifice herself 100 out of 100 times…

“You’re not going to ask?”

“Ask what?”

“The reason I’m sacrificing myself. As you’ve seen, I really, really hate humans. When I saw your future self wipe them all out, I was so happy I laughed as I watched the whole scene.”

Kang Mi-rae was genuinely speaking with joy, recalling the near-extinction of 99.99% of humanity in the future.

But.

“Is there a need to ask?”

“Huh?”

“You value other creatures, especially animals, more than humans, don’t you? Isn’t that right?”

“…! H-how does a monster like you know that?”

Human-hater Kang Mi-rae.

She hated humans to death, but she loved animals even more.

The fact that the entire Earth, except for the Korean Peninsula, had turned into an uninhabitable wasteland also meant that the animals’ habitats were gone.

In other words, she had given me the Holy Grail to protect the remaining animals.

“Besides, didn’t you also hate monsters more than humans?”

“Are you my stalker?”

“Who would stalk a foul-mouthed nun like you?”

As Kang Mi-rae stuck out her tongue in annoyance, I responded in kind.

But that lasted only a moment.

“The reason the Pope can’t perform a miracle is that everything in the present is out of place.”

“…!”

“Since the moment Sophia was dragged into the future, the axis of reality collapsed completely. Even if the Pope wanted to perform a miracle, all he could do by turning back time would be to slightly extend Earth’s lifespan, given that the axis of reality is broken.”

“So, in the end, Sophia has to be brought back to this time.”

“Yes, unfortunately… We have to bring that girl back from that monster for everything to be resolved.”

The future Han Shin-woo.

Taking Sophia back from that third-rate villain.

Honestly, what were the odds of success?

I decided not to bother calculating.

Because even if the odds were 0%, I was determined to kill him.

“Alright. Then I just need to go to the future with the power of the Holy Grail, right?”

“Yep.”

“Then, I’ll be off.”

“Okay, but before you go, shouldn’t we eat something? We don’t know what the future world will be like, so we should at least pack some supplies.”

“…Us?”

Just when I had steeled myself to face the final chapter, which was even worse than the original, I was thrown off by Kang Mi-rae’s unexpected use of the word “us.”

“What are you staring at? I’m going too.”

“…Why

are you coming?”

“Well, I’m the person with the strongest healing ability on this planet, aren’t I? Plus, a world where all the humans are dead is like a utopia for me. How could I miss out on such a dream place?”

The healer of the party + satisfying her desires.

It was clear from her determined expression that she had already made up her mind to come with me.

Moreover.

“By the way, someone else said they were coming too.”

“Someone else… here?”

“You didn’t think we’d let you, a monster, go to the future all by yourself when the world’s on the verge of collapse, did you?”

I let out a deep sigh.

But still, despite knowing I was a monster, they were willing to accompany me.

“For some reason, I feel grateful…”

“Why? Are you happy that there are still people who believe in you?”

“Yeah, I’m really happy. Thanks to that, I feel reinvigorated!”

“…!”

Honestly, I was worried, but at the same time, I was so grateful that I couldn’t help but smile.

And so, to bring Sophia back from the future to the present…

“I’m coming, Sophia.”

Han Shin-woo, with Kang Mi-rae, set off to meet the companions who had already boarded the time machine.

Meanwhile.

“Brother, what should we do now?”

Han Shin-woo’s four children, who were now effectively disregarded by their father.

Yulian.

Shin-ah.

Han Yujin.

Han Leon.

Among them, Yulian, who had been told by her father never to show her face again, looked at Shin-ah and Yujin, who were lying in the hospital room, and asked Leon.

Shin-ah was nearly fully recovered, but Yujin, who had been caught in Lorensky’s nuclear-level explosion, was still wrapped in bandages with no clear date of recovery.

Seeing those two, who hadn’t even received their father’s attention, Yulian couldn’t continue speaking…

“What do you mean, what should we do? We’ll side with Father.”

“…! Y-yes, of course, we should, right?”

Leon spoke nonchalantly, leaning against the wall.

However, the father he spoke of was no longer the one who embraced their mother while calling out another woman’s name.

“We’ll side with the father of the past.”

“W-wait, what? Then, are you saying we’ll… betray the Empire… betray His Majesty?”

“Betray? Yulian. That word is both half right and half wrong.”

“Half wrong…?”

“Think about it.”

Betrayal could only occur if you were on the same side to begin with.

But had that future version of their father ever truly considered them to be on the same side?

“I’m going to save Mother from that father.”

“But! But no matter how we look at it, our past father won’t be enough…”

“We won’t have a chance, true. But with Sea Prison.”

“…!!”

“If we free the elite rebels imprisoned in the deepest part of the Sea Prison, the only prison made by the Empire, we might stand a chance.”

“Sea Prison… You mean the prison in Shin-an, where only the worst death-row inmates are held…!”

Leon had thought long and hard while in the pit beneath the Earth’s mantle.

And now, he had reached his conclusion.

“We’re going to rescue Aunt Eve from the future.”

With permission from Lee Seok-gyu and Rolling to use the hospital room, Shin-woo’s children began to move, preparing to join their father in the present.