Chapter 0

I often thought about it.

If I were born during the Three Kingdoms era…

I would have become someone like Guan Yu. Like Zhang Fei, Xu Zhu, Zhao Zilong, or Lü Bu, my name would’ve been renowned throughout the land.

Unfortunately,

I was born in peaceful modern society.

“That bastard! That bastard beat up our son! Look at his face, ruined! Such scum should be sent to prison and fed beans!”

In elementary school, I used to beat up middle school students. In middle school, I beat up high school students, and by high school, I gained notoriety as the “Delinquent Hunter” in the local area. Even the arrogant troublemakers or organized gangsters backed by large corporations couldn’t act recklessly in front of me.

In particular, after taking out forty organized gang members alone during my second year of high school, even the usual arrogant ones didn’t dare to speak up in front of me.

Eventually, I was released from the police station without any charges, and Seomin hyung, a combat police officer whom I usually had contact with, called out to me.

“Hey! General!”

“Ah, don’t call me that.”

“What should I call you instead of ‘General’? A maladjusted person?”

Tsk tsk.

His clicking tongue made my fists tremble, but I restrained myself. Even for someone like me, confronting a combat police officer wasn’t wise. Combat police officers were war weapons capable of summoning Giga Stirs, requiring expertise in combat abilities to obtain their certification. No matter how well one fought, they couldn’t match them bare-handed.

“Why do you live so tiringly? You could’ve just let it go… This is only possible now because you are a minor. It won’t last forever.”

“So, you want me to grovel and beg?”

“That’s not what I’m saying. Damn! Ahh… this guy. Look at how you have nothing left.”

“Why do I have nothing left?”

I replied grumpily despite knowing he was worried about me. The reason was that outside the police station…

“Hyung! I was worried!”

“See! I told you there were no charges! It was self-defense!”

“Jae-yeon hyung~! Congratulations on your release!”

“This poor girl, it isn’t a release from prison.”

My friends in the police station parking lot cheered and welcomed me back with open arms. I smiled.

“I still have my friends.”

”…Well.”

Seomin hyung gave a bitter smile, but I didn’t understand its meaning. As we attended high school together…

“Ah, sorry! I have to go to the academy.”

After graduation…

“What a pity. Now we won’t be able to see you often.”

“Well, Jae-yeon isn’t really the studying type.”

“Still, Jae-yeon can do anything!”

Going to university…

“Ah, what? Is he a bully? Why fight and scream there when you can just call the police?”

“I’m sorry but with these grades, I can’t go to the Police University.”

Then…

“Transfer to a military school? Sorry, they don’t accept traitors like you.”

“All charges were dismissed.”

“Tsk tsk. Do you really think being acquitted leaves no record?”

And…

“Your ki perception is too low. With this level, you won’t surpass the beginner’s realm for any psychic ability. Didn’t you learn or train your skills despite knowing it since childhood?”

“Ah, my apologies. With such results, it seems…”

“Why so angry? You little brat?”

“I’m sorry.”

“It must be difficult for you.”

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Then…finally…

I realized what Seomin’s hyung had meant. I wasn’t a hero who received everyone’s admiration and love. Moreover, I wasn’t a strong person that even gangsters feared. I couldn’t become a great child or a proud friend. I was just maladjusted. With excessive self-esteem, I couldn’t become a part of society. I couldn’t bow down anywhere, and whenever someone crossed the line, I didn’t hesitate to throw a punch like a thug.

In middle school and high school, I was a legendary figure known as the ‘Bully Hunter’. However, now…

After graduating from university, I became nothing more than a lazy bum who couldn’t even hold down a part-time job properly.

“Ah, that crazy bastard is finally being discharged.”

“You mean him? Didn’t the captain take care of him? He only survived because our captain was kind.”

“A torture freak.”

“It’s really fortunate. If he had any ability, how many accidents would’ve happened?”

“What era do you think this is to throw punches when upset? Are you a martial artist?”

Now, I understand it too. In middle and high school, I was a bully throwing punches everywhere. In college, I barely managed to attend a mediocre university due to my stupidity. During my time in the military, I was a disobedient soldier causing trouble.

”…Seomin hyung’s words were correct.”

I am maladjusted. Some people said I was extraordinary, and they were partly right… However, my talents and aptitudes didn’t fit with modern society.

In the end, all that remained was lamentation.

“If I were born in the Three Kingdoms era…”

I would’ve become someone like Guan Yu. Like Zhang Fei, Xu Zhu, Zhao Zilong or Lü Bu, my name would’ve been renowned throughout the land.

“I’m going to sleep!”

I lay down in the sleeping capsule. Tomorrow was my discharge day but there was no joy at all. I knew very well that with my discharge papers, I would just be another useless person in society.

Then as I fell asleep…

I found myself standing in another world.

“It’s hunting peasants!”

“Wahahaha!”

“Kid heads are worth one point! Female heads are two points! Male heads are three points!”

For a moment, I hoped not to be mocked for thinking I had entered Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It happened because this thought occurred daily as my discharge date approached.

Of course, it didn’t take me long to realize that wasn’t the case. All the people I saw were white.

“S-Spare me. Sir! I w-will do whatever you ask, please spare…”

Slash!

A man clad in splendid armor cut off the woman’s head as she pleaded.

“Ah…”

I watched blankly at the sight before me. The head falling and rolling on the ground. Blood spurting with great force. Everything was engraved on my retina like slow motion.

‘Hunting civilians…that’s what they said.’

It wasn’t just about having commoners and nobles. Hunting civilians. With these four words alone, one could roughly understand what this world was like. How savage and brutal this place currently was…

“Hahha! Die!”

“You bastards! Don’t just stand there, run away!”

Young men and women wearing splendid armor screamed as they killed the scattering people. Arms were severed and flew through the air, heads rolled on the ground, intestines spilled out along with blood…

If another person found themselves in this situation, they would’ve panicked. They would waste time trying to deny reality. However, instead of panicking, I picked up a stone near a nearby pillar.

”…Good.”

It was heavier than its size suggested—a cornerstone, commonly used for construction purposes. Using my outerwear (which had somehow become shabby), I wrapped it around the stone.

“Haha! A sturdy man! You’re worth three points! Oh! Your hair is black?”

A tall blonde Westerner riding a large horse approached me.

Ba-dump! Ba-dump!

Ba-dump, ba-dump!

My heart was beating wildly. I could feel the blood shooting through my veins like arrows throughout my body. Holding the stone wrapped in clothes, I faced the ‘enemy’ who was running to kill me. He was high up because he was on horseback. The center of gravity was his right foot resting on the stirrup. The sword weighed around one or two kilograms, and the speed of the running horse was less than 40 kilometers per hour. His body was trained but there was no energy contained within the sword.

“Good.”

I recognized the situation at once. As soon as he approached and swung his sword, I quickly crouched down.

“Eh~ Deal!”

The man leaning forward to cut me completely lost his balance! At that moment, I raised the cloth-wrapped stone.

Kwadang!

“Eh?”

With a heavy impact, the sword swung and firmly lodged itself in the rock. The flashy armored man was surprised and tried to recover his sword but staggered due to the weight when I let go of the stone. Then I reached out and pulled on his arm.

“Eeee?”

As soon as his center of gravity shifted, his posture completely collapsed. If he had just released the sword, it might’ve been fine, but unable to do so, his body helplessly fell over.

Puk!

He attempted to land safely, even showing some proficiency in the movement, but it wasn’t successful. My grip on his arm thwarted his efforts by shaking him off balance.

“A-ah…”

His mouth gaped open wide as his head slammed into the ground, causing his neck to bend unnaturally against his back.

Crack!

There was no need to check; it was instantly fatal.

“Yee-haw!”

The startled horse stopped abruptly while I just stared blankly at the man lying unconscious on the ground.

”…He is dead.”

I had killed someone unintentionally. It was literally a disaster. An unforgivable crime in modern society. A serious crime that would lead to being imprisoned for a long time, perhaps forever.

However…

Ba-dump! Ba-dump! Ba-dump…

As my wildly beating heart calmed down, I pulled out the sword embedded in the rock. Fortunately, it seemed fine apart from some minor damage to the blade.

“Uack! P-Please spare…”

“Ahh! You cut off my arm and took it?”

“I’m killing him, Imzhi! Three points!”

The quiet village nestled in the mountains had turned into hell on earth. With over 100 villagers and only eight armored warriors, the latter were wreaking havoc like lions unleashed among a flock of sheep.

“Haha.”

I once wished to be born during the Three Kingdoms era. If that happened, I would’ve become someone like Guan Yu or Lü Bu, wielding legendary weapons and making my name known throughout the land.

”…Okay.”

Holding the sword, I started moving towards the outskirts of the village. It was time to prove the fantasy I had cherished all my life.