The Novel’s Villain

e it off on its own, leaving it stranded within the temple’s perimeter.

“I’ll turn you into a cat.” He said, finding nothing strange about such a remark.

He had a lot of questions he wanted to ask the dog, but all he could think of right now was demolishing the iron bars, beating Cerberus up until it’s at death’s door, then using the settings encyclopedia to turn it into a cat.

When Jin-woo quietly retreated, the canine sighed in relief.

“Cat?”

From Cerberus’s perspective, it didn’t make any sense.

It was surprised when it heard the news about the Black Hound being annihilated and was surprised once more when it saw the jiangshis and vehement zombies on the screen.

And when it saw Titan, it almost peed itself.

The canine made an emergency call to Hades, but he didn’t answer.

Cerberus felt incredibly anxious.
For some reason, the iron bars in front of it seemed exceptionally thin.

Jin-woo came out of the Black Hound Headquarters, finding the ruins of what used to be heaven itself.
Even the remaining intact buildings were destroyed as soon as Titan found them.

Only the Black Hound Headquarters itself was left unharmed since he ordered his minions not to demolish it yet.

The jiangshis returned the kidnapped children to the shopping center secretly.

‘Will I be able to dominate this place?’

Jin-woo unleashed his power of domination, attempting to rule the underworld.
Although he was certainly making progress, it was taking too long.

In the end, he decided to make weakening the underworld his top priority, along with dealing with the iron bars.

‘I have to go back for now.’

Jin-woo passed through the wasteland and returned to the shopping center, finding people who had escaped heaven on his way.
They had all turned into zombies.

Reaching his destination, he noticed something strange.

“For the Great Emperor!”

“Do not be afraid of death! To Valhalla, we shall rise!”

“These holy bullets will protect us!”

Armed with rifles, the survivors gunned the zombies down.
With the absurd amount of bullets they had, they let loose without worry, thinning out the undead horde en masse.

Engulfed in madness, men, women, and even the elderly carried various firearms in their hands.
Whenever they pulled the trigger, they showed quite terrifying expressions.

Jin-woo looked at the scene blankly.

‘What the hell is going on? Why are they acting like that?’

It was even stranger than the fight between jiangshis and zombies.

People that should’ve died long ago skillfully detonated claymores and threw out grenades.

The moment he saw a middle-aged woman running wild with her dual pistols, Jin-woo’s mind just stopped functioning.

Aww!

Due to the loud gunshots and explosions, more zombies flocked in, creating a horde so huge it could prove a little too difficult to fight off.

‘I have to help them.’

Just as he was about to rush in, the people split like the Red Sea, giving way to Bread Jam, who was kneeling on the ground.
An anti-tank rocket gun was right in front of him.

“Great Emperor, please grant this PZF-3 your grace and holiness.”

He picked the weapon up and assumed the proper shooting stance.
Matched with his cute appearance, his heterogeneity heightened even more.

“Ohh! It’s on!”

“Finally, the rocket launcher’s assembly has been finished.”

“That’s the Great Emperor’s magic wand!”

It looked like it had been shown a few times already, considering the people were even calling it the Great Emperor’s magic wand.
Bread Jam grew tense, probably swept away by the atmosphere.

“The Great Emperor is the one true God!” He shouted as he fired the anti-tank rocket launcher.

The rocket flew towards its target at an incredibly fast speed.

Wheeeewwwwwwwwwwwwww!

Soon enough, it crashed against the zombies, taking them out with it through a majestic explosion, which seemed much more powerful than the normal version, probably caused by his Holy Power.

Everyone clenched their fists at the overwhelming sight.

Bread Jam spread his arms.

“This is the power of the Almighty Great Emperor! Not even death can grant you peace now, evil pagan zombies!”

Although he was known as a saint, his actions showed no signs of it.

Standing on the roof, Jin-woo tipped over, almost making him fall.

‘Bread Jam…’

He couldn’t decide if what he did was ugly or amazing.

Jin-woo shook his head.
They weren’t even done yet.

Their one-sided massacre continued.

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Even after eradicating the zombies, they still didn’t return to base.
Instead, approaching the corpses on the ground, they pulled their fangs out.

It was a testament to the faith they had devoted to the Great Emperor.

Some even wore necklaces made from them.
The fact that they had overcome their fear of zombies was nice, but the atmosphere enveloping them made them far too reckless and dangerous.

Alex and Rachel just stood on the sidelines with awkward expressions on their faces.
Meanwhile, all their leader could do was admire them.

Jin-woo couldn’t find the right timing to step out.
They had already finished, so he decided to just casually appear on the battlefield.

Watching the devotees collecting zombie fangs, Bread Jam felt awe and, at the same time, weirded out.

“… War drives people crazy.
This is why peace will always be the best option.”

He felt like he had just gained enlightenment.

“I agree.” Listening to his words, Jin-woo nodded.

Taking in such an insanity-filled scene wasn’t easy, after all.

* * *

The shopping center had been completely converted into a church.
The survivors set up candles all over it and scrawled the words ‘Temple’ and ‘Great Emperor’ on a white cloth using red paint.

Overall, its religious stance now seemed suspicious and dangerous.

Jin-woo talked to Bread Jam in his room after the devotees calmed down a bit.

“Oh? We’re in the underworld?”

“Yeah.
But if you die here, it’ll probably be permanent.”

He wanted to hear his thoughts about their current situation, hoping to view it from the general public’s perspective.
Hence, he disclosed the facts he had discovered thus far with him.

“They’re villainous.
Selling tickets to heaven… Being poor isn’t a sin.”

“Hades seems to think otherwise.”

“You mean the god from Greek mythology?”

“Considering I saw Cerberus guarding a gate, you’re probably right.”

At this point, Bread Jam already felt quite comfortable around him.
It was just like talking to his brother.

“That’s bad.
Every god in that mythology is insane.
They commit incest, infidelity, rape, and many more like it’s nothing.
Especially Zeus… Anyway, if I could meet Hades, I’d love to break his face.”

Jin-woo had also heard of Zeus’s notoriety.
Compared to him, Hades was a gentleman.

“When we meet, I’ll do it for you instead.
We have more pressing problems to deal with right now.”

“Woah.
You’re so cool!” Bread Jam raised his thumb.
“It would be much better if the Great Emperor rules over this place.
Otherwise, I’d rather not be transported here once I die.
Ugh…”

The underworld that Jin-woo dreamed of was simple.

The good would be rewarded, and the bad would be punished.

That was the best rule he could come up with.
Naturally, he was excluded from it.

Regardless, it was a problem not only for Earth but for all dimensions.
No one was free from death yet.

Jin-woo could escape somehow since he was the Great Emperor, but the same couldn’t be said for others.

However, there were at least ways for him to weaken and dominate the underworld.
According to the information he gained, he just needed to bring a bunch of people that were still alive here.

“Well, then, shall I bring my subordinates in first?”

“What was that?”

“I’m bringing my subordinates here.”

He repeated himself, causing Bread Jam to blink in pure confusion and surprise.

“Great Emperor, are you capable of leaving and entering this dimension at will?”

“Naturally.”

“I thought you were locked up in here.
That’s the standard plot of stories like this, after all… Why did you stay here, then? Why am I still here?”

Jin-woo avoided his intense gaze.

He altered his words.

“There’s a god I know.
I have to bring them with me.”

“A god? Well, you are the Great Emperor, after all.
It’s not strange for you to have such connections.
Haha!”

“I’m sure you know them as well.”

“Oh? Is it Jesus? Buddha? Hmm… This is exciting.”

Jin-woo looked at Bread Jam intently.
He wanted to tell him there was no way he’d be acquainted with such great beings but opted not to.

“Do you know Luna?”

“Yes.
I’m from the same dimension as her.”

“She’s a goddess.”

“What?”

Bread Jam looked at him in disbelief.

Luna had done many amazing things with Maze and Vanity, some of them absurd and ridiculous.

“… It seems that God is like that in the first place.”

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“Well, yes.”

Did gods have messed-up personalities by default?

Jin-woo thought Bread Jam didn’t behave as any normal believer would.
In fact, he looked quite sad right now.