Chapter 403
Episode 403 One Person (9)
After my memory progressed a bit, I realized.
“Oh crazy. Come to think of it, I had a fight with this guy’s gluttony!”
And gluttony is a devil with a hive-shaped body. A scream came out of my mouth, which had never screamed for a long time due to stomach problems.
* * *
As the sun slowly sets over the other side. Deathbringer sensed something abnormal.
“Well… don’t you think you’ve been sleeping too long?”
“hmm?”
“You haven’t woken up yet.”
As it got past noon, it was time to color the evening sky. Even if the average person overslept, they wouldn’t sleep this much. Moreover, the target is an adventurer? It’s also a bit uncomfortable. This wasn’t typical at all.
“…wake me up.”
“Meister?”
Even Meister, who was thinking deeply, came to a similar conclusion. It is clear that his sharp mind also recognized the suspiciousness of this situation.
“lily?”
“hey.”
In the end, two people took the lead and woke up the adventurer. I sincerely hope that he has fallen asleep for the first time in a long time.
“lily.”
Shake it.
However, when I put my hand on my shoulder and held it with appropriate force and shook it.
The object that was supposed to react just stumbled helplessly and did not open its eyelids. Shaking. Even if I pulled and pushed harder, it was the same.
“Nari—”
Tuk.
In the end, the unbalanced body fell limp against the side of the basket like a corpse. The closed eyes still show no sign of opening, as if they had been glued on.
“lily…?”
“Hey…”
The backs of the two people’s necks felt tense.
* * *
“Aaaah!! “It’s gross!!!”
I saw Mephistopheles riding on a hive-type body.
Dozens of flies are whizzing around in front of her, but her steps do not waver at all. The expression covered by the skull probably doesn’t even have a trace of a frown on it.
[That’s disgusting.]
If you really find it disgusting, it would be right to run away right away.
I admired her calm voice and checked the spot where she was reaching. A heart full of maggots constantly rising.
It was clear what she was aiming for. It’s the heart.
Cluck cluck.
The torn and damaged gloves wandered through the bugs, looking for something. In the process, all kinds of unpleasant situations arose, but the devil did not give in.
The person who finally found the heart made of a single imago held it up.
Should I be glad that it’s not a colony, or should I complain that it’s still not good for my stomach. When I saw her biting into her heart, I covered my mouth for no reason.
I felt bad inside.
[It’s not tasty.]
“Ugh.”
It’s been a difficult life to watch in many ways, but this one has been difficult in a particularly different way. I turned my head to see her shaking her head. Fortunately, she didn’t eat that much.
[…There’s no need for this.]
She held the brain made of rotten flesh in her hand and threw it on the floor. It was a very right choice. That’s not something people can eat. It was even more so now that my immunity was weakened due to all the injuries.
Well, just because you have a good immune system doesn’t mean you can eat it.
Sniff sniff.
At that time, a huge pig poked its head in from afar. I’m not sure if I can describe it as a pig, but the overall shape was roughly that way.
“Behemoth… is it?”
It originally looked like that.
I compared the Behemoths I fought with the Behemoths of the past. There was a subtle difference in the appearance of the two, perhaps because of whether or not they had strengthened themselves by eating Beelzebub.
So, should I say that when fighting me, it was like an awakening +2 card, and now it’s like a non-awakening card. Anyway, there is nothing overall. Poor.
[Not even ungrateful. [I can’t even recognize the owner.]
Behemoth of the past picked up the corpse of Beelzebub scattered on the ground and began to eat it.
Mephistopheles lifted his finger at the sight of a third party who, on a good note, was a cleaner, and on a bad note, was a fisherman. If he hadn’t used up all his strength to kill Beelzebub, he would have cut it down right away.
[…No, it might be better for the piglet to eat it.]
But something changed her mind as her hand picked up the rotten flesh again. Wow. The flesh was torn into dozens of pieces by both hands. If anyone saw it, it looked like they were tearing beef jerky apart.
The flesh, separated into several pieces, fell back to the floor.
[If this goes on, I won’t be able to be resurrected anymore…] I was wondering
why they were destroying the flesh that had already turned to mush, but I wondered if the soul or name that was torn away was also included. With those thoughts in mind, I followed the walking path and stepped on the remnants of memories.
Slowly, the tension in his body seemed to have eased, and the weakened man stumbled and left for the other side.
* * *
“What do we do now?!”
Deathbringer shouted, unable to hide his embarrassment. It was even visible to others that his mentality had deteriorated considerably.
“It’s okay! “The signs of the curse are…!”
“If it’s a curse, I’ll do it for you. If it’s not a curse, how can I wake you up?”
“that!”
But that’s not the only thing that’s not in good condition. The Inquisitor, who had been fidgeting next to the adventurer earlier, also had his eyes spinning. It was proof that her mind wasn’t very good either.
“First of all… you two should take a deep breath first.”
In the end, the worse Archmage sat the two down. Their trembling bodies slowly calmed down as she touched them.
[If it’s cursed, there’s no way you wouldn’t notice, and it’s hard to get cursed right away in this sky. So calm down and think.]
Suzaku also joined in calming their agitation.
The two young men’s eyes became wet at the harsh yet friendly voice. It seemed like the reality that the adventurer was falling asleep for no reason and not waking up had finally dawned on him.
The two young men, with tears hanging from their cheeks like steamed buns, nodded their heads in silence.
“It must be the devil, right?”
“It must be the devil.”
“It has to be the devil.”
“What are you, a devil?”
“…?”
On the other hand, Meister and Daniel Keimyung skillfully discovered the cause. Next to him is Berserk, who has a girl sitting on his thighs, and a girl who is just squinting because she doesn’t know anything. “Sniff.” The girl’s nose twitched as she endured the cold in the sky.
“Don’t eat it, just release it.”
Berserk stretched out his hand at the sight of the girl eating her nose. I roughly wiped away the frozen mucus particles with my fingers.
“…don’t wipe with your hands, use a handkerchief.”
“Oh thank you.”
“thank you.”
And the snot particles on his hand moved back to Daniel’s handkerchief. Daniel was silent for a moment after receiving the snot-stained handkerchief back.
“The problem is what kind of tricks the devil used… Seeing that there is no problem with his body and his magic power is not disturbed, it does not seem like he is going on a rampage internally.”
Meanwhile, the meister, who had adjusted his glasses, checked the adventurer’s breathing and pulse.
It was difficult to check its condition while it was still in the basket, so it was placed on top of several layers of leather cloth and continued to breathe slightly. It sounds serious, but surprisingly, it was a peaceful breath, no different from usual.
“Has something like this happened before?”
“No….”
“As far as I know, there isn’t one.”
In response to the Meister’s question, the Deathbringer and Inquisitor shook their heads. The Archmage’s answer was similar. As far as they know, who have been together since the beginning, there has never been an adventurer who fell asleep for no reason.
“…It seems certain that the devil within the body is the cause. “But I don’t know what they did.”
This time, the person who had somehow managed to dispose of the snot-stained handkerchief spoke with a serious expression. The place where his eyes glance towards is where Gye-myeong is sitting.
“Do you know anything?”
“If only things you don’t know come out, looking for me seems to reveal incompetence and ignorance.”
“Then I’ll ask because I don’t know, but would you ask if I knew?”
“….”
At the commandment’s words, Meister raised his glasses with his middle finger and pointed out. Why is this guy saying such obvious things? The expression on his face that blatantly revealed his opinion was a bonus.
Gye-myung’s cool expression caught a glimpse of the meister.
“…I don’t know everything.”
“Don’t you know what? If you don’t know, just say you don’t know. “He acted like he knew about the disease.”
But Meister was not a person who gave in to such things. The meister who had pointed out the reverse had now completely taken his attention away from Kyemyung. Gye-myung’s mouth was tightly shut.
“But after thinking about it for a while.”
“I will listen.”
However, whether she expressed her displeasure through silence or not, Meister began to reveal to everyone what he was thinking.
“If it’s not a curse or a trick, wouldn’t it be okay to just shake it and wake it up?”
In an instant, people’s faces changed into those of dumb people.
“…It’s so primitive that it’s hard to believe it’s something the Great Master said.”
“no. It’s not a curse or anything, or it’s just that I fell into a deep sleep because of the devil. Then wouldn’t it be possible to wake it up with an external shock? “There are no physical injuries, so you won’t die from a strong external impact.”
“…It’s shocking that this sound is even persuasive.”
Daniel lamented like someone doubting his ability to think. The same was true for Deathbringer. Their hands touched their respective foreheads.
“Isn’t that true?”
“Is this correct…?”
On the other hand, Berserk and Inquisitor, which were extremely simple, were almost completely persuasive and remained silent. In fact, it wasn’t even a gingaminga, it was closer to being completely tempting. The two people’s faces were tilted to the side.
“…? …!”
The girl who saw Berserk’s tilt also moved her head to the side.
“It’s a really basic method… but it might surprisingly be a solution.”
“…Is that true?”
“I see.”
At that time, the Archmage stopped thinking and voted in agreement. Daniel was surprised by her statement, but instead turned his head towards the commandment. It was an act of asking for consent, asking if you would make the same judgment. Even though it was a somewhat reflexive action that was surprisingly surprising.
“What are you? “Do you trust that guy more than me?”
“It’s not that I trust that person, it’s that I don’t trust you…”
“What the fuck?”
However, since the Archmage expressed his agreement, I don’t know if it will really be the answer. Daniel said with a cautious look, “Shall we try?” Naturally, Meister did not hide his irritation.
“Can I just wake him up?”
However, regardless of whether Meister was annoyed or not, they did not stop taking action once they had made up their minds. The people gathered in droves looked down at the adventurer.
“You just need to shake it, right?”
“Wouldn’t that be better?”
Several hands reached out towards the adventurer.
* * *
How far has the point of view been skipped?
I was confused about this scene, seeing the point in time that was skipped over after I became the devil. Most of the scenes were just fights, so there was no need to rush to figure things out. All you had to do was check the target you were fighting and the surrounding situation.
[Yes… you named Mephistopheles…]
But who is it this time?
[I thought he was just trash, but did you know he would make this choice?]
He rode a mountain goat as big as a bull and wore a black top hat and a cape that reached down to his ankles. The silhouette felt underneath is clearly a humanoid, but it is not a perfect humanoid in that there is a mask with a smiling expression instead of a head.
[There is nothing short of it that dares to be called anger.]
There… white gloves are worn on the hands, but the wrists that should be connected underneath them are missing. The same goes for ankles. Only shoes or trousers that click together exist under the cape, and the intermediate process connecting the two is not visible.
Suzaku had at least a spark, but this one didn’t even have that.
[What are you?]
[Did you ask who I am?]
But even though he looks like this, what is this energy that radiates from the hem of his clothes?
Mephistopheles, who had never been intimidated in any fight, showed signs of nervousness for the first time, and even when I search through my memories, there is nothing that seems equal to this energy.
[I am the master of this miserable world, the creator who can only conceive of destruction and birth, and the navigator endlessly heading to the world that exiled me.]
This being.
[I hope the world calls me like this]
I opened my mouth in a moment of sudden realization.
[The antagonist is called Satan.]
This is the last demon I have to catch.
[Mephistopheles. I offer you: Are you willing to fight with me?]
Satan.
“How can I catch this crazy thing!”
─A.
“No, actually, I think I can catch it if I do well!!”
─Damn it!
“If it doubles with Arrogance, then we’ll call it a real mangame—”
Adventurer!
My eyes flashed open with a loud cry.