Chapter 40
Drip, drop. Drip, drop.
It was when we found out that the Shindang-dong Department Store was Hanbit Capital’s main base and launched our attack.
After a plan we’d prepared for a long time, my comrades and I set foot on the third basement floor for the first time.
We smashed and blew up anything that looked like important equipment or documents, then gathered everything being experimented on and set it all on fire.
– “That’s Bang Hyuk-min for you. He’s our leader, hahahaha. It’s so refreshing!”
– “Who do you think our leader is! He’s a genius among geniuses who remembers everything he sees!”
Hyuk-min’s comrades were all people who had been harmed by Hanbit Capital and the Azure Lake Guild.
They were people consumed by revenge, ready to risk their lives for anything connected to them.
Their drive, combined with Hyuk-min’s brain—which never forgot what it saw—made revenge no longer a dream.
– “Hyuk-min! What’s in here?”
Hyuk-min, who had been silently watching the important-looking experimental tools burn, turned his head.
– “What is it?”
– “There’s… a person in here.”
Hyuk-min’s eyebrows twitched at the word “person.”
When he arrived, he saw a man bound far more than necessary, trapped inside a prison made of thick iron bars.
It was striking that his body was clean, without a single wound or scar, but—
Something else caught Hyuk-min’s eye.
‘Those eyes…’
They were the eyes of someone obsessed with revenge—burning with it, shutting out everything else.
– “What’s your name?”
– “No Death.”
– “We’re people who harbor resentment against Hanbit Capital and the Azure Lake Guild. What about you?”
Clang.
No Death rose to his feet, chains wrapped around him.
He strode up to the bars and met Hyuk-min’s eyes at close range.
– “If I can kill those sons of bitches… I’ll join you.”
That hollow look was the motive—everything—that connected Hyuk-min and No Death.
= = =
Back in the present, I faced No Death.
Seeing his ordinary eyes, empty of resentment, I couldn’t help but laugh.
“Heh.”
“Are you laughing now?”
“Ah, I was just thinking about something good.”
Before Black Label was destroyed, No Death had eyes like that.
But that was only a fragment of memory—something only Hyuk-min remembered.
What mattered was now.
“What did you ask?”
“How you can kill me. I asked for a specific method.”
“Ah~ that? I don’t know if it’ll work now. I haven’t practiced it yet.”
“What?”
“Seeing is believing. Just stay still. I’ll show you.”
A few weeks before Hyuk-min died in his past life, No Death had left, saying he could finally die, and gave up on revenge.
Not long after, news spread that the Omnipotent Party had cleared an S+ grade Dungeon.
I lowered the Immortal Demon Sword I was holding.
Then I closed my eyes and moved my mana.
‘Immortal Demon Art.’
[Beep.]
[Immortal Demon Art is not yet activated]
It was a martial art I would learn someday, after gaining a Hidden Class and putting it into a job slot I didn’t have yet.
I’d been putting it off for a while because I couldn’t learn it in my spare time.
‘Let’s think.’
Hyuk-min’s vast store of data began searching at high speed.
From it, I pulled only the stories told by the All Master who had learned the Immortal Demon Art, and searched again for how to use it.
[Immortal Demon Art is…]
Found it.
In my past life, there was a YouTuber named “Mandala” in the Omnipotent Party, called the strongest Party of the Invincible Guild.
He broadcasted the Omnipotent Party’s Dungeon strategies live on the world’s largest platform, YouTube, and filmed their daily life like a vlog.
[Immortal Demon Art is a martial art. I’ve eaten and used a lot of Hidden Classes so far, but there’s nothing as difficult as this. It’s not something you can do for a short time.]
Hyuk-min remembered how those videos became sensational every time they were uploaded.
And the fragment I remembered now came from a documentary-style video about the All Master’s day.
[When I draw up this blood-red mana, what should I say… is it hot? It’s like the mana I have makes the blood in my blood vessels tremble and makes it hot. It’s very difficult to explain in words.]
[But it’s amazing, isn’t it? You’ve become the only person who can kill a Revenant.]
[Why are you suddenly using honorifics? You must think you’re a real PD.]
***
“What are you doing?”
“Wait and see.”
I took a deep breath and squeezed my eyes shut.
Then I guided the mana not into the Immortal Demon Sword, but into my body, circulating it.
The All Master said I needed to make my blood vessels hot, but unfortunately, that was impossible for Hyuk-min right now.
What mattered now was just once.
I only needed to raise that crimson mana even a single time.
“I thought you knew something… it was a vain hope.”
“Shhh.”
I forced the trembling mana that surged through my whole body into my right hand alone.
Was it because there was less to control?
My right arm, which hadn’t reacted at all, suddenly began to feel hot.
“Huh?”
I opened my eyes at No Death’s voice.
When I looked at my right hand, it was trembling like a vibrating phone.
My right arm was turning red, white smoke rising from it.
I gritted my teeth.
And with every ounce of focus I had—
Fzzzz!
“What is that?”
At last, crimson mana—the sign of the Immortal Demon Art—rose above the Immortal Demon Sword.
‘It worked.’
There was no time.
‘I’ll explain after.’
I fixed my gaze on No Death.
Then—
Swish!
I swung the crimson Immortal Demon Sword at him.
The blade arced from upper right to lower left, cutting diagonally across No Death’s body.
“I don’t know what you’re trying to do. As you know, I’m— Ugh… Ughhhhh!”
Halfway through his words, No Death suddenly collapsed, clutching his chest.
No Death had lived as a Revenant for many years.
He’d died countless times and resurrected countless times.
Pain? He’d mastered it long ago.
“Kuh-uh-uh.”
No Death, who was fine even with a dagger lodged in his heart—
But the Immortal Demon Sword hadn’t even cut deep. It had only sliced the surface of his skin.
Thud.
And yet, with just that wound, he cried out in extreme pain. Soon he dropped to one knee, clutching the cut.
Drip. Drip. Drip.
Blood kept falling.
‘It’s not healing…?’
By now, the cut should have closed completely.
I shrugged off my leather long coat and tore open my top.
Drip. Drip. Drip.
Blood poured endlessly from the neat diagonal wound.
No Death, teeth clenched, looked up at Hyuk-min.
“What is it…”
I looked down at the Immortal Demon Sword.
The crimson mana that had been so eerie just moments ago had already vanished.
Hyuk-min said, “Now you know. I’m the only one who can kill you.”
The burning pain from the wound continued without end.
Pain so intense it felt like he might truly die—something he hadn’t felt in a long time.
It was the pain of death, the first he’d experienced since learning he was a Revenant.
‘Can I die…?’
But No Death wasn’t in his right mind, either.
“Heh heh heh… Hahahahahaha!”
Throwing his head back in wild laughter, No Death forced his sweat-soaked body upright.
Then he spread his arms wide and shouted at Hyuk-min.
“Then! Kill me right now!”
But—
“No.”
No Death’s smile vanished as if washed away.
“What?”
“I said I know the method. I didn’t say it’s possible right now.”
“What does that mean…”
Swish.
Wrinkles formed on No Death’s forehead at the familiar sensation.
His eyes naturally dropped—and he saw that his upper body had been restored perfectly, as if nothing had happened.
The burning pain he’d waited so long for was gone as well.
“As you can see, the characteristics of my sword and mana are the only key to killing you. It’s not a finished product.”
No Death’s mind raced.
His eyes darted around, then he grabbed Hyuk-min’s shoulder tightly.
Rip.
[Regression Mode is deactivated.]
At the same time, Regression Mode was released, and I returned to Hyuk-min’s current-life appearance.
My body was too weak to endure No Death’s high Stats.
I frowned.
“It hurts.”
“Sorry. I’m sorry.”
No Death quickly let go and asked Hyuk-min with a bright smile.
“What… what should I do!? I just remembered. Didn’t you say we’d do it together? I’ll do it with you! I’ll definitely do it!”
No Death in the past life and No Death now were no different.
No Death with eyes full of revenge, and No Death with ordinary eyes.
They shared one unmistakable thing.
They wanted to die.
‘Party.’
Strike while the iron is hot.
[Would you like to register ‘Jang Bokdong’ as your party member? Y / N]
No Death’s real name is Jang Bokdong.
Once again, I felt how long he’d lived.
“What is this? Party?”
“It means you’re with me. It’s a hidden function within the system”
“I didn’t know something like this existed.”
No Death pressed the button without hesitation.
[Party registration is complete.]
[Party] (2 / 6)
-Choi Hyun-jung (Sogoe)
-Jang Bokdong (Revenant)
“Wait.”
“Why.”
Wrinkles formed on Hyuk-min’s forehead as he stared at the Party window.
Something was off.
“Jang Bokdong… Revenant…”
“My real name shows up too? Ah~ is it because the Status Window is shared? Bang Hyuk-min?”
“That’s not it.”
“Then who is this? Choi Hyun-jung? Sogoe?”
“Sogoe!”
That was the strange part.
At first, it seemed natural, so I didn’t notice.
But the moment I registered No Death as a party member, the inconsistency jumped out.
“Sogoe is an alias the world doesn’t know yet. If this is going by aliases, you—Jang Bokdong—should be listed as No Death, not Revenant.”
I checked No Death’s Status Window.
== Status Window ==
[Name]: Jang Bokdong.
[Stats]
Strength – 189
Agility – 201
Intelligence – 142
Stamina – 204
Mana – 102
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That made it clear.
The word next to each name in the Party wasn’t an alias.
It meant the Job.
Not just a normal Job—
The final Job of each Class.
“Sogoe isn’t just an alias… it was a Job?”
“But shouldn’t I be able to see your Job through this Party thing, Bang Hyuk-min? That’s unfair. Sogoe and Revenant show up, but what about you?”
“….?!”
My Job?
“Let me check first.”
No Death’s words stirred a sharp curiosity in Hyuk-min.
Immortal Demon Sword, Immortal Demon Art.
Death Knight’s Helmet.
Dark Ring, too.
I’d been gathering everything for a single purpose, and it felt like something might happen.
Then, just as I thought it might not show because I didn’t have a current Job—
“I found it. But what is this…?”
“It’ll say there’s nothing. I’m not yet—”
“Huh? It says something else though…”
Hyuk-min’s eyes widened.