Chapter 124: No Escape

Just as Daniel Basmann reached the entrance of the abandoned building.

Whoooooosh!

A translucent barrier sealed not only the entrance but the entire area.

Bam!

Daniel Basmann, who had been moving toward the entrance at tremendous speed, couldn’t slow down due to the unexpected situation and crashed straight into the translucent barrier.

“Kuh! W-What the hell!”

Seongjun smirked at the sight.

“For someone who calls himself a Grand Overlord, is it really acceptable to run away like this? Whatever it is, we need to see it through to the end. Heh heh.”

What blocked Daniel Basmann’s path was the Holy Barrier Seongjun had cast.

A skill that creates a straight-line holy barrier in a specific area.

Seongjun had cast it at the entrance to cut off his escape.

“You son of a bitch! Fine! If that’s your wish, I’ll finish you right here!”

He said that, but Daniel Basmann sensed it wouldn’t be easy.

‘If it were just Kim Seongjun, I could gain the upper hand somehow, but those troublesome bastards beside him make it tough.’

Even if Seongjun was one thing, the others each possessed extraordinary abilities.

In a situation where consecutive debuffs had already prevented him from using his full strength, fighting all of them was bound to be a significant burden.

Then, toward him, who had lost his chance to flee because of the Holy Barrier—

Whoooooosh!

Yuseon’s powerful attack shot forth.

“Tch!”

Daniel Basmann hastily threw himself aside to dodge the attack.

Bam!

With that, the battle resumed.

Gwang-taek, Seon-hwa, and Chang-su pressured Daniel Basmann from different directions, while Seongjun and Yuseon fired skills from a distance.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whooosh!

Bam! Kabam! Bam! Bam!

But hitting Daniel Basmann, who constantly moved at incredible speed, with ranged attacks wasn’t easy, and they ended up only striking the ground or walls.

“We need to immobilize his feet!”

At Yuseon’s shout,

“I’ll catch him!”

Chang-su replied hastily.

Then.

‘Ghost Step!’

Using Ghost Step, Chang-su instantly moved within arm’s reach of Daniel Basmann.

But Daniel Basmann wasn’t one to let him get close so easily.

‘Shadow Move!’

Shhhhh!

Just as Chang-su reached close range, he used Shadow Move to instantly relocate behind Seon-hwa.

Then.

Whiiiiish!

Bam!

He swung his dagger at Seon-hwa’s back without hesitation.

“Kuaaak!”

Seon-hwa, unable to withstand the impact, tumbled to the ground.

Her health dropped by nearly 30 percent, but thanks to Healing Light, Area Heal, and the Holy Field, she began to recover rapidly.

Meanwhile, when Seon-hwa was hit, Gwang-taek’s eyes glinted with madness.

“You bastard! How dare you!”

Gwang-taek charged forward with his shield at incredible speed.

But a Tanker’s speed can’t surpass an Assassin’s.

Spot!

Daniel Basmann pushed off the ground again and moved elsewhere.

At the same time, Chang-su also moved to a position along his path, preemptively occupying the spot.

“Die!”

Whiiiiish!

Chang-su’s dagger aimed for Daniel Basmann’s abdomen.

“Where do you think you’re going!”

Daniel Basmann hastily swung his dagger to deflect Chang-su’s.

Whish!

Bam!

The daggers clashed, but Chang-su seemed to take the greater impact.

“Kuh!”

Scrambling backward, Chang-su quickly corrected his stance, but Daniel Basmann had already vanished from his sight.

“Damn it! Where is he?”

As Chang-su hurriedly looked around, he saw Daniel Basmann already approaching Yuseon.

“Huh! Noona!”

Chang-su shouted in surprise, but Yuseon was already aware that he had gotten close.

Tap!

Naturally, she leaped off the ground, simultaneously firing arrows at Daniel Basmann.

Ting! Ting! Ting!

Whoooosh!

Daniel Basmann used his daggers to deflect all the light arrows flying toward him.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

After deflecting all the arrows, Daniel Basmann instantly closed the distance to Yuseon at that same speed.

Whiiiiish!

Bam!

His dagger struck Yuseon’s side.

“Aaack!”

Yuseon screamed as she tumbled to the ground.

That single attack had shaved off over 50 percent of her health.

But.

“Divine Healing!”

Whoooosh!

Seongjun immediately healed her with a recovery skill.

Due to his overwhelming healing power, her health filled back up to nearly full.

‘Damn! No matter how much damage I deal, he just heals them—it’s endless. Seems like I need to take out Kim Seongjun first, since he’s the trickiest one here…’

Even if he attacked the others, Seongjun would immediately heal them with his recovery skills, so the situation didn’t improve at all.

In the end, to end this, he had to take down Seongjun.

But Seongjun was also the most troublesome opponent among them, making it a truly difficult situation.

‘Seems impossible in this state. I’ll have to break through the wall and escape, then request support from headquarters.’

Eventually, Daniel Basmann judged it impossible to take them all on alone.

Unless he captured Seongjun, the others would keep reviving like zombies.

Moreover, the entrance was blocked by the Holy Barrier, so he decided to break through the building’s wall and escape that way.

Tap!

He immediately moved to a nearby wall and swiftly swung his dagger.

Kwaaang!

Crash!

The wall collapsed, revealing the outside clearly.

He tried to dash straight out, but unfortunately, things didn’t go as he planned.

Chwaaarrrrr!

Because chains of light wrapped around his entire body just as he was about to escape.

‘Huh! D-Damn!’

The cooldown of Chain of Light had ended, and Seongjun had cast the skill immediately.

“Kkeok!”

Daniel Basmann was pulled toward Seongjun and fell into a stun.

As he was dazed from the stun, Seongjun’s low voice reached his ears.

“Go ahead, try escaping this time.”

Once caught in Chain of Light, he wouldn’t be able to move for at least 10 minutes.

Of course, if he could make Seongjun move from his spot, the immobilization would be lifted, but Seongjun had tanking abilities superior to Gwang-taek, so it wouldn’t be easy.

Above all, there wasn’t time for that.

Whoooosh! Whiiish! Ting!

Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!

The party’s concentrated fire began, and Daniel Basmann, still stunned, had to take all the attacks head-on.

“Kuh! Kkeok!”

As Seon-hwa, Yuseon, and Chang-su, along with Seongjun, joined the attack with a Surge of Holy Arrows, Daniel Basmann’s health began to drop rapidly.

Kwa-kwa-bam! Bam! Bam! Kwa-bam!

Daniel Basmann had to endure immense pain, and his health had already dropped by over half, nearing 80 percent.

“Don’t kill him! Hyung Gwang-taek! When his health drops below 90 percent, knock him out!”

There were things to find out, and other matters to handle, so he absolutely couldn’t be killed here.

“Kiiik! How dare you—!”

Awakening from the stun, Daniel Basmann swung both daggers in a desperate struggle, but it was futile.

His powerful skills had already been used and were on cooldown, and his other skills were insufficient to move Seongjun.

Kwa-bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!

Attacks came from all sides, and Daniel Basmann deflected them with his daggers.

But amidst it all, his health only continued to decrease.

And finally.

Boooooong!

Bam!

Gwang-taek’s large shield struck the back of Daniel Basmann’s head.

“Kuh!”

With his health below 90 percent, his body was far from normal.

When a strong impact struck the back of his head in that state, he lost consciousness.

Thud!

He collapsed to the floor, unconscious, and the battle finally ended.

“Phew! It’s over.”

“Seongjun. Put on that thing we borrowed from the Association quickly. If he wakes up, it’ll be a hassle.”

At Gwang-taek’s words, Seongjun pulled something out of his Subspace.

“Right.”

Whoooosh!

It was a pair of restraint devices.

Used to subdue Villains, once the restraint devices were attached, the user couldn’t use any energy—Mana, Aura, Divine Power, or anything else.

They also drastically reduced physical abilities to the level of an ordinary person.

Clank! Clank!

Seongjun fastened the restraint devices on both his wrists and ankles.

Normally, one on the wrist would suffice, but to be safe, he added one on the ankles.

“With this, it’s really over. There’s no way he can do anything against two restraint devices.”

“But if it weren’t for the debuffs lowering his abilities, we could have been in danger. Next time a Grand Overlord comes, we need to prepare much more thoroughly.”

“Right. If it weren’t for Seongjun oppa, I’d have been dead.”

Yuseon had lost over 50 percent of her health from a single attack.

If Seongjun hadn’t applied healing skills in time, she might have died from the follow-up attack.

Thanks to the Guardian’s Authority, she could now fully exert S-rank power, but she had been somewhat complacent.

This battle wiped away her arrogance.

Meanwhile, Seongjun, having secured the restraint devices on Daniel Basmann, took out his phone and called someone.

Riiing~

“Yes, it’s me. It’s all over, so come now.”

After briefly stating his business and hanging up, Gwang-taek asked with a curious expression.

“Huh? What’s that? Who did you call?”

Seongjun smiled and replied.

“Hyung-nim Gyu-taek. He was waiting at the foot of the mountain.”

Gyu-taek? Out of nowhere?

“What? Gyu-taek? No, why him all of a sudden?”

“Didn’t I tell you last time? That there’s an Awakened who can copy an opponent’s skills and turn them into Skill Books. I’m bringing him.”

He had briefly explained to the party about having Takahashi Mamoru under his wing.

“Ah! That Japanese bastard who tried to copy your skill and got wrecked instead?”

“Yeah, I have a skill that defends against skills cast on me, but he doesn’t. Ah, before that, Chang-su. Collect all the equipment he’s wearing. They must be Assassin-type gear, so use anything useful yourself.”

Skills aside, the equipment Daniel Basmann was wearing was by no means ordinary.

As one of the key figures of a secret organization with branches worldwide, he was equipped with extremely powerful gear.

They should take everything they could while they had the chance.

As soon as Seongjun finished speaking, Chang-su approached Daniel Basmann with a sly smile.

“Heh heh. Shall I? Let’s see what amazing gear he’s wearing.”

Chang-su began removing Daniel Basmann’s equipment piece by piece.

Click! Click!

“Oh! This is SS-rank? Huh! This too? Eh? What’s this! A set Artifact?”

Most of the equipment Daniel Basmann wore was SS-rank, and among them was a set Artifact.

Each piece was far superior to what Chang-su currently wore.

“Oh! These two daggers are also SS-rank! Wow! This is no joke!”

Chang-su, having stripped off not only the armor and accessories but also the weapons, was stunned by the incredible gear, far surpassing his own.

“First, wear that equipment. We’ll sell your old gear and use the money for the hideout’s upkeep.”

Since everyone already had more than enough money, they didn’t feel the need to sell Chang-su’s gear and split it.

So they decided to sell his old gear and use it for the hideout’s expenses.

“Haha! Yes!”

Just as Chang-su was swapping to the new gear one by one.

“Oh! Is that the guy passed out on the floor, the so-called Grand Overlord?”

Gyu-taek entered the abandoned building with Takahashi Mamoru.

“You’re here?”

“Yeah, but he’s not dead, right?”

To Gyu-taek’s question of whether he was dead, Seongjun nodded and said.

“There’s a lot to find out and things to acquire. Of course not. Hey, Takahashi Mamoru. Come over here and copy this guy’s skills.”

At Seongjun’s words, Takahashi Mamoru hesitantly approached.

“But which skills should I copy?”

“I saw earlier that he has a skill to create clones, and one to turn himself into a shadow. Finally, what was it? Dark Frenzy? Anyway, there was also a skill that creates hundreds of small orbs. First, check those, and see if there’s anything else useful.”

Seongjun mentioned the most troublesome skills from the earlier battle.

Even if Chang-su only learned those, it would greatly help their combat power.

And once Chang-su learned them, he could permanently register one and use the other two twice a day.

“Yes, but once I copy, I have to wait an hour. And the number of skills I can copy from the same person is limited to three. So if I copy those skills, I can’t copy any other skills.”

Even though Takahashi Mamoru had a copy skill, he couldn’t copy indefinitely.

The number of skills he could copy from one person was limited to three.

“Is that so? Then it can’t be helped. Just copy the three I mentioned.”

Although there were other powerful skills, none had left as strong an impression as those.

So Seongjun, as if it wasn’t worth considering, told him to copy those three skills.

“Yes, then I’ll begin.”

Takahashi Mamoru took the hand of the unconscious Daniel Basmann.

A little over an hour passed.

“Ugh…”

Daniel Basmann, who had been unconscious, came to.

“Oh! Seongjun! This guy’s awake!”

*

Gwang-taek, who had been watching over Daniel Basmann, called Seongjun as soon as he woke up.

“You’re awake now? How hard did you hit him that he was out for over an hour?”

“Haha, since it was him, I swung with all my strength. Anyway, he’s awake, so that’s good, right?”

While Seongjun and Gwang-taek chatted, the now-conscious Daniel Basmann assessed his situation.

“Kuh! W-What is this!”

Seongjun bent down to meet Daniel Basmann’s eyes.

“Struggling is useless. They’ve put on the restraint devices used for Villains—both on your arms and legs. You won’t be able to use skills. All your amazing stats are also reduced to ordinary person level. So, feeling like talking now?”

At Seongjun’s words, Daniel Basmann glared fiercely and said.

“You’d better be careful. Do you know who I am? If something happens to me here, it could become an international problem.”

If the owner of a Swiss luxury watch company went missing in Korea, it could indeed become an international issue.

But what did that have to do with Seongjun?

“An international problem? That’s for the relevant authorities to handle, not my concern. Besides, didn’t you go around bragging that you were coming to Korea to kill the Saint of Korea, Kim Seongjun? That means even if you die, no one will know who killed you. If you answer my questions well, I might let you live. If not, you’ll just end up missing. And your body will sink deep in the middle of Pyongyang.”

Daniel Basmann flinched momentarily at Seongjun’s threat, but soon regained his composure and said.

“Even if you kill me, you won’t get a word out of me.”

As a Grand Overlord of the Revolution, would he spill information just because he valued his life?

“Well, we have plenty of time, so let’s take it slow. First question. Who is the Master of the Revolution? What is their true identity?”

Seongjun first asked who the Master of the Revolution was and what their true identity was.

Of course, Daniel Basmann remained silent with the right to remain silent, but Seongjun continued his questions regardless.

I Became an EX-Class All-Round Priest, Chapter 124

E-book publication date: 2025.11.14

Author: Kim Hyeon-jun

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