The Protagonists Are Murdered by Me
chapter-107

Hellony.

Since the time she debuted as a singer till she became an international superstar, she had never traveled to any country on her own will. Most of the time, she went to another country for a concert. Even when she went on a vacation, she moved as the company decided.

She had never tried to do anything by herself. Her reason was simple, it was because it was ‘annoying’. It’s annoying, she had no motivation and she didn’t want to do anything.

Who would believe that the happiest time for a world star like her was when she stayed alone in a villa deep in the forest that didn’t even catch anyone’s attention?

Well, Hellony was famous for being a passive doll who did what others told her to, so maybe someone might believe it.

However, when it comes to dating, her passiveness disappeared. She had no interest in men whatsoever. Many famous stars had tried to pursue her, but she refused them every single time.

Because of her behavior, rumors about her being a lesbian were popular. But because she couldn’t be bothered by it, she simply said ‘Yes, that’s right’. At her words, the world flipped once again.

Hellony couldn’t understand at all about how things could go upside down so easily these days.

So, for the first time in a very long while, she decided to do something on her own. It was a vacation. Moreover, she flew to Korea, that too, on her own volition.

“Hey, isn’t it bothersome to come here?”

“Nope, because it’s been a long time.”

“You look so bright too, today.”

“Thanks to you.”

“Don’t say something like that. It’s creepy.”

Hellony, who came straight to meet Taylor Nine, smiled faintly at her liveliness. Then she lifted her head and looked at the scenery around the Floating garden.

“As the rumor said, it’s a beautiful place.”

“What rumor?”

“Well, people who had the chance to come here took pictures of this place and uploaded it on blogs and social media. The reaction is explosive right now, don’t you know?”

“I don’t.”

Hellony smiled subtly. She looked at Taylor who seemed to be in a good mood. Even though they finally met after a long time, Taylor’s eyes were glued on her smartphone.

“By any chance, are you watching that team you were supporting? The 19 consecutive loss team….”

“No it’s not! They stopped at 18 consecutive losses! They also won this time! They’re playing so damn good right now!”

Hellony burst into laughter as she saw Taylor’s reaction. She was a really easy-to-understand woman.

‘By the way, it’s really a beautiful place.’

The bright Milky Way, which was hard to see on Earth, lit up the sky. Countless rays of light swirled in the air as if the starlight had settled on the ground. Meanwhile, the spirits who tended the beautiful flower garden, and the buildings that glowed in pure white, all of them added the mysterious vibe to this garden.

Of course, she didn’t see the beautiful architecture and the greenhouse hidden right behind the flower garden.

After entering the building, Hellony visited Ha Sun-young first. In addition to Taylor and Yoo Seodam, Ha Sun-young was someone she felt grateful towards, because she was the one who helped her get rid of her ‘stalker’.

“Ahhhhhh! Hellony!”

Naturally, the reaction was explosive. She had just returned from training and was resting in her break room. But as soon as she saw Hellony, she rushed towards her and started blabbering.

“Look here! I bought the same pale purple shirt and leggings as Hellony!”

“Wow…”

“Now, this! It’s a brand launched under Hellony’s name!”

“…Wow.”

Hellony clearly doesn’t remember. She felt she had filmed such an advertisement before… or maybe not. So she decides to just trust Ha Sun-young who always covered her whole body with Hellony-related items.

“And this one, this hairpin! Hellony advertised it so I bought it! Ah.. My panties…”

“Please calm down Master….”

It was Ye Sa-hye who stopped Ha Sun-young from lowering her pants by poking her back. She put on her glasses and let out a sigh. Ha Sun-young was one of the 60 SS rank superhuman in the world, and she would soon become a sect leader, only twenty Murim people were sect leaders.

Most of the SS rank superhumans had a classy vibe unique to them, Ye Sa-hye wondered why this spoiled lady had no such thing at all.

Taylor walked straight towards the room without caring whatever they did. She sat on the middle sofa with her eyes still glued to her smartphone. Right after she sat, a little white-haired woman shouted at her in embarrassment.

“Miss Taylor. That is where the guests sit.”

But her scream only met deaf ears. So, Yekaterina guided Hellony to the seat right next to her.

Somehow, after seeing the four hectic women, an idea suddenly came to Hellony’s mind.

Taylor and her straightforward personality.

Ha Sun-young who was energetic.

Ye Sa-hye who was somehow intelligent.

Yekaterina, who looks child-like, but is the one who is the most mature of them all.

Even if all of them were thrown into the entertainment industry, they would be beautiful women who could not be beaten easily.

“Perhaps….”

“Please tell me.”

“…Do you have any thoughts about making a 5-member girl group?”

Tuk!

The atmosphere quickly becomes cold. Taylor had a look of disdain, Ye Sa-hye only smiled, Ha Sun-young shook her head, and Yekaterina belatedly understood the meaning of her words and laughed awkwardly.

“You kept your head in a safe place at home, right?”

“What kind of…… At this age, I’ll be fine as long as Changje doesn’t make fun of me.” (T/N well, for those who forgot who Changje is, he’s the phoenix emperor.)

“I haven’t even sung a song before.”

“Woohoo, that would be fun. But sadly, I have a job to do.”

It was certainly a good combination.

However, their reactions were so cold. Hellony herself who suggested the idea become completely embarrassed.

Yekaterina put a cup of tea in front of Hellony and said.

“By the way, you came here when Yoo Seodam hunter-nim wasn’t here.”

“Oh, that is…. Ugh…”

Hellony owed Yoo Seodam because of the previous accident. Even when the hint was given by Ha Sun-young, in the end, Yoo Seodam was the one who executed the plan to catch her stalker. So, she had to thank him personally. She needed to thank him personally but at the same time she was afraid of meeting him again after what had happened between them.

“That…. a bit…..”

Yekaterina was taken aback because of the mumbling Hellony. Since she was a global star, Yekaterina thought she would be a little more active, friendly and full of talent, however, she was much more timid than Yekaterina thought.

“Because of the mistake I made in the past….”

“Mistake?”

“That……”

Hellony suddenly recalled the past.

‘I can’t do it anymore. Please leave me alone, please. I… really…”

‘Hellony. If we get out of here, we’ll be safe. With your ability, we could overcome it. Just follow me from behind. I’ll do the rest on my own.’

‘Shut up! How could you know my feelings when you yourself don’t have a superpower?’

‘…..’

At that time, Hellony was out of her mind. It was the first and the last time that she, who had never been angry with anyone before, shouted at someone. She also hurled numerous insults towards Yoo Seodam. On top of it, she made him remember his most painful trauma.

But, forget being angry, Yoo Seodam smiled towards her as if he understood everything, and said.

‘So that was your concern….’

Afterwards, Yoo Seodam forced Hellony to break through the battlefield. It was a place surrounded by hundreds of monsters. The only thing Yoo Seodam could do without superpower was run away as secretly as possible by relying on his eyes and ears.

Perhaps, if only Hellony could properly use her ability at that time… Things might have been a little easier. However, after seeing blood, Hellony fell into a state of panic, and she had no control over her own superpower. Her detection ability, which required a meticulous control of her ultrasonic ability, was rendered useless.

But in such a terrible situation, who would believe that an F rank hunter, who was mocked by everyone because he didn’t have any superpower, was able to lead other superhumans?

“…..After that day, I retired from Hunter industry.”

“Ah……”

And, she had never met Yoo Seodam after that. No, to be precise, she couldn’t.

She felt guilty of what she did to him. She slept in guilt every night. For a few years after that day, the words she said to Yoo Seodam haunted her in her dreams over and over again. In her dreams, she hurled insult after insult towards Yoo Seodam just like what she did on that day.

It was such a terrible memory, no matter how much she shouted ‘shut up’ her figure in the dream wouldn’t stop. It was as if it was trying to remind her she couldn’t take back things she’d said.

“Stupid bitch. I told you Yoo Seodam didn’t even care about things like that.”

“……”

Taylor said as she still watched a baseball game on her smartphone.

“But still, I will apologize properly.”

Without wrapping up the past accident, she once again owed a great debt to Yoo Seodam. She really couldn’t brush it off this time.

“Oh, and I bought a present. Would you like to see it?”

“Oh, Hellony’s gift! I will designate it as a heirloom of the Sunyoung sect, I will only pass it to my immediate disciple.”

“Please don’t do that, Master…….”

Hellony knew in advance that there were 4 women and 50 masters staying in the hideout of Another League. Hellony carefully handed them their gift, then lastly, she carefully handed Yoo Seodam’s gift to Yekaterina.

“Please give it to him when he’s back. It’s a simple cosmetic and food.”

“Understood. I will deliver it properly.”

Yekaterina smiled and took her gift, and she asked with a subtle face.

“By the way, I have a question.”

“What is it?”

“…What kind of person was Seodam-nim in the past?”

“Hmm?”

Even though she wanted to ask why she asked such a question, Hellony felt something after looking at Yekaterina’s expression. So, Hellony stroked her chin, she carefully recalled her old memories. The best memories she had with him.

‘Got it? If we do it this way, we can unconditionally get 100% of the share.’

‘If you hit him just a little bit to the left there, his stake will be increased to over a half, so he could claim ownership of the crystal.’

‘Why are we using my bullets? Look, if I throw this over there, Team B should take care of it. But they can’t come this far. Do you know what that means? That’s all ours, this is what I mean!’

Good memories… right?

Hellony smiled awkwardly before replying.

“Yoo Seodam has always been a type of man who, when he has a chance, will take it all the way to the end and get as much profit as he can out of it.”

* * *

The world looked totally different depending on whether I put the glasses on or off.

It’s not just a figure of speech, it really looks different. Even ordinary people who couldn’t originally see it, would be able to see the ‘alternate world’ to some extent by wearing these sunglasses.

At my signal, 7 Murim people who stood side by side wore sunglasses.

All of them, including Seol Jungyeon, were those who were referred to as the 20 Masters of Murim.

“It’s amazing! I can see a different worl–heuuuuuukkkkkkk”

One of the masters who had clenched their fists and shouted loudly suddenly vomited. It was only natural. No matter how much you could observe the world, suddenly looking at another dimension would cause a big side effect. The only person who was fine was Seol Jungyeon.

“That’s incredible. They are really people of Murim….”

Director Michael exclaimed when he saw how Murim people only get motion sickness after wearing the sunglasses.

I poured my magic and lifeforce into these specially made sunglasses that could be worn by anyone to see the ‘Distorted world’, but the downside was that if just anyone wore them, their head would spin and fall.

I warned Michael that these sunglasses could lead normal people to their death if they aren’t strong enough. So he called S rank hunters and asked them to try it on, but the result was disastrous. Every single one of them passed out within seconds.

However, Murim people were different from ordinary hunters. They already experienced dimensional movement before, and since some of Murim people who came here were those who referred to as Hwakyung (SS rank), which belongs to the strongest sect, they only experienced slight motion sickness.

Seol Jungyeon said while taking her sunglasses off.

“So, what should we do now?”

When she said a word, the eyes of all the American soldiers focused towards her. Some even approached for autographs and were dragged away by the executives, but she was quite deadly, to the point that the morale of the soldiers was disturbed.

“It’s simple. Can you see that portal that leads into the ‘distorted world’?”

There were one or two distorted spaces in the air as I looked through the sunglasses. They were really very small, at most there were bean sizes. But what if bugs or birds approached it the moment that portal grew? They would be sucked into it.

Perhaps the missing hunters around the area where this phenomenon occurred were also sucked into the distorted dimensional gap.

“We will walk directly into that gap and smash either the ‘boss’ or the ‘core’ and come out.”

Some dungeons could only be cleared when the boss monster was killed, while other dungeons could only be cleared when the core which was the energy source of the dungeon gets destroyed. And then there were also dungeons that could only be cleared when all monsters inside of it were killed.

Whatever the clearing conditions were, if the source of energy itself was destroyed, the dimension would also be destroyed.

It shouldn’t be different for dimensions that connected to earth as the result of numerous dimensions colliding together.

Director Michael finally listened to me and nodded his head as if convinced.

“Certainly, You are the only one who can solve this phenomenon… Therefore, I will allow the formation of the ‘Special Supernatural Phenomenon Response Team’.”

This work was one thing that could only be done by me and the people of Murim. And it was also recognized by the International Supernatural Phenomenon Association, so there was nothing to worry about.

“Let’s go. Let’s beat all the aliens who are staying illegally in the rooftop room without paying rent.”