I Became The Villain The Hero Is Obsessed With
chapter-403

Chapter 403: The Angel’s Mask

Ever since the Association and Cathedral united against the Sun God, the world, terrorized by the god’s declaration of destruction, has been relatively quiet.

…Of course, I knew it wouldn’t be the whole story.

“From now on, we must be vigilant in our defenses.”

~A few days after my speech at the first joint Association-Cathedral meeting~

At this conference held in the United States, on the left side of the table, people from the Association sit side by side, and on the right side, people from Cathedral sit side by side.

The Association’s president and Celeste were in attendance, as well as all the major heroes, including Stardus, and major villains, such as Atlas.

I pointed to the wall and said.

“According to the records I’ve interpreted from the Sun God’s remains, when the Sun God is angered, angels descend from the heavens and power surges. Perhaps this is what is about to happen.”

My new favorite concept it’s pretending to be an intellectual who knows the secrets of the world.

…It’s not really a concept, it’s the truth, but I created it because I can’t say, “This world is actually a comic book and I’ve read it.”

“…Angels coming down from the sky. That’s a little hard to believe.”

“Unfortunately, it’s true. In fact, didn’t I already take one angel with me?”

“Wasn’t that a fabrication?”

“…It was one hundred percent real.”

I said after sighing at the doubting rector.

I’m already having a hard enough time worrying about Stardus and Celeste, who are already tearing each other apart, and this is the last thing I need.

Anyway, I didn’t pay much attention to the suspicious glances.

The truth would come out in time anyway.

~A few days later~

[Sob, sob, sob, breaking news!!! Monsters in the guise of angels are currently invading the world from the skies!!! People, wake up and get to safety now!!!]

As I foretold.

Indeed, one day, angels began to descend from the sky.

They had silver hair with golden touches, white robes and wings but were killing machines in angelic disguises.

…In the original, their drops were already devastating, thanks to the raids of the Cathedral and the chaos of anarchy but not now.

“Hah! These are weaker than I thought, aren’t they?”

~A city in Gyeonggi Province~

That’s where Electra, who had suddenly descended from the clouds and electrocuted all of the angels, Choi Se-hee smirked and muttered,

It was a city that would fall to an angel attack but the angels disappeared in a flash of light from Electra’s counterattack.

“So, how’s it going?”

“Uh, everything…Egostic!”

And seeing her do so with such glee, I dropped down beside her, cloak fluttering.

“What brings you here?”

“I came by to take care of some business.”

“Mm-hmm. You don’t have to worry about this place. I got this!”

Choi Se-hee flips her orange hair and throws a baton at me.

She was right.

After the angelic onslaught began, I sent my Egostream members out in all directions, one at a time, to cover the entire country.

In effect, they are the Korean National Guard.

Eun-woo, Choi Se-hee, Seo Jae-young, Shinryong, and Desik were the strongest in the country aside from Stardus.

I raised them together. Hmm.

And so, with the members of the Egostream each in charge of a zone, and several heroes from the Meteor PMC under them, Korea was protected.

I knew the angels would attack, so I trained and deployed them all in advance.

…Now that the Cataclysmic Villains were officially allowed to enter the fray.

The rest of the world has heard that villains and heroes are working together to protect the world in general.

…Of course, there are a few civil wars between them, but they’re cute compared to the original.

Anyway…this is how society was maintained.

Even though angels attack during the day, and each night passes, the days are filled with fear as D-Day approaches closer and closer until the predicted day of destruction.

And now that heroes and villains could collaborate, we could see all sorts of unimaginable sights.

“No. What’s wrong with this system?”

“It’s… It’s a state-of-the-art surveillance program…”

“Ew! You’re talking like a relic of the past.”

Seo Eun, the S-class villain, occupied the chair in the center of the Association’s control center, hooded, legs propped up on the chair, tapping away at the monitor.

Seo-Eun, who couldn’t penetrate the Association network, was finally able to enter the Association through cooperation, and she took to the Korean computer system like a fish to water.

Thanks to her, the Association’s control center is able to monitor the entire country in real time.

Thanks to Seo-eun’s special system, anything that happened could be reported to the Association in an instant.

Of course, beside her, Soobin was helping out.

…Anyway, our country was much more heavily defended than the others, thanks to Stardus and Egostream, but…The other countries were holding up pretty well, too.

It was scary in the first place when these angels were dropped as Plus Alpha on a world that was already dying from all sorts of attacks, not so scary now that the whole world is armed to the teeth to stop them.

“Okay…”

And so a week passed.

~The present—Night~

“Yeah, yeah. Then arrange that…”

With those words, I ended the call, sighed, and got up from my seat.

Night was such a good time.

…The sun god, as he was known, was inactive at night. Even the angels didn’t attack at this time.

‘Come to think of it, the Sun God doesn’t really have anything to do with the sun, does he?’

He said it was just a name people gave him because it sounded like the sun, and he liked it.

…Well, I don’t know. Maybe the Sun God is a terrible conceptualizer.

I don’t know why he’d use a name given to him by humans if he hates humans.

Anyway, since the god is quiet at night, everyone can rest at night.

Especially since our country’s night watch has its own nighttime heroes, Shadow Walker. He’s too weak during the day to even catch angels, so this is his job.

Anyway, it allowed us, the members of the Egostream, who were separated during the day, to all be together at night.

“Ugh… I’ll live.”

As a result, everyone could be seen resting in the living room, exhausted.

Even Seo Ja-young was sprawled out on the floor, grumbling.

…I do feel sorry for her.

“Come on. Do you want some ice cream?”

“Ugh. Put it in my mouth.”

“Eh…”

Like a carrot to a rabbit, I put the hard candy in Seo Ja-young’s mouth and turned on the TV.

The news was on immediately, given the current situation.

And just then, the Stardus news was on.

[And the latest news from overseas, Stardus, the S-class hero of Korea, is currently defeating the angels.]

[Yes, that’s right. As you can see in the video, the angels are vaporized by the lights around her before she can even raise her fist. She’s the natural enemy of the angels, and overseas, they’re saying that she’s the hope of humanity…]

“Hmm…”

I smirked as I watched the broadcast.

Yeah. It’s going well.

Lately, Stardus has been traveling around the world, dealing with angels from other countries. I sent her out of Korea, saying we were enough to raise some awareness.

Anyway, it’s working out as planned. That’s good.

We’ll just keep going and Stardus will naturally give everyone hope.

Because I feel like lately…no matter how society is doing, I can’t help but feel a general sense of gloom.

Everyone’s uneasy, even if they pretend not to be, in the face of the predicted divine invasion.

We’ll just have to keep them placated for the rest of the time, and hold out until the day of destruction.

[Hence Stardus’ current popularity…]

“Hmm. I’m good at catching angels.”

As I was watching the TV like that, Choi Se-hee, who had raised her head from the couch, saw that and said so in a slightly rumbling voice.

…I should probably change the channel before she gets angry.

“That’s right. You’re good with lightning, aren’t you?”

As I was casually changing the channel, Choi Se-hee muttered as if she was suddenly curious.

“By the way, when I saw the angels for the first time, I was fascinated because they looked a little fierce…Why are they actually weaker than I thought?”

She asks curiously.

At that, I turned my head and looked toward the kitchen.

A woman with blonde hair and white wings was smiling and washing dishes next to Soobin.

I looked at Halo, smiled inwardly, and silently thought.

‘Why? Because I kidnapped the boss of the angels.’

In the original, apparently, the chain of command would have belonged to the first angel down, but I took control of her, though I don’t know if I forfeited other powers when I took control, or if I lost control of the other angels through Halo.

“…Well, whatever.”

Enough with the angels.

We’re running out of time, so we’ll just have to move on.

With that thought, I got up from my seat.

I’ll see Eun-woo, process the moonlight stone…and so on.

By now, two months had passed since the Sun God’s declaration of destruction.