Chapter 662 – Side Story 165) the Chaser(64)
165) The Chaser (64)
I sat cross-legged on the bed and contemplated my inner self.
Good and evil, light and darkness were entangled and pouring like rain and wind. Sometimes it turned into a storm, and sometimes it turned into lava and exploded in all directions. It became a flood and swept away everything, and became the sun, scattering warmth and burning everything.
Gray.
My inner world was a gray world stained with gray.
[Quaaaaa aaaaa!]
And in it, a being was crying out in pain. Both arms and legs were bound with endless gray chains, depriving them of freedom of movement.
It screamed in the form of a man and shed tears in the form of a woman. He struggled in the form of a child and rotted into the form of an old man.
Black tears dripped down its body whenever it was in pain.
Each time the black tears fell, its body became smaller and the gray world licked the black tears deliciously.
[…! You, you, you, you, you!!!!!!]
The suffering being sensed that I was looking down on it and was enraged. I looked up at the gray sky with eyes stained with anger and death.
[Hi. Hmm… You’re a little smaller than when you came before? I guess the accumulated ‘price’ has decreased a lot?]
[I will kill you! I will kill you! I swear by my existence! I will definitely kill you with my own hands!]
[Didn’t you do that right away? If I did, I wouldn’t have suffered as much as I do now. It’s because you’ve been greedy that doesn’t fit your subject because you’re not paying too much. You’re a fucking bastard.]
[Aaaaa! Aaaaa!]
[Chuckling giggling giggling!]
The roar of the being filled with rage sounded beautiful to me like an angel’s voice and tasted like mountain delicacies.
[The power of despair that Mr. Cthulhu gathered while pampering, you have to eat it! Omnyomnyomnyomnyom!]
[Aaaaa!!!!!!!!!!]
Cthulhu, a being who would suffer forever, groaned.
*****
“Ah sweet taste.”
After contemplation, I opened my eyes with the feeling that the ten-year-old jam has gone down. I was so good to see Cthulhu.
“The power of chaos has come back quite a bit. At this level… I can use normal superpowers up to level 7 without difficulty, even if it’s too much for special superpowers.”
Anyway, after contemplation, I could feel that the power of chaos had returned quite a bit. As a part of Cthulhu was absorbed into me, that much surplus chaotic power was created.
Of course, if you use it to absorb Cthulhu, you can absorb Cthulhu faster, but I didn’t even think about that.
Why?
That way, Cthulhu keeps suffering for a long time.
Perhaps by now, Cthulhu feels like a beast being bitten by ants.
It’s because the power of chaos spreads widely like an ant, bit by bit, bit by bit, from the outside of Cthulhu, biting the power of despair he has accumulated so far.
“Hmm. It’s fine.”
As Cthulhu’s presence weakened, the chaotic power to use against him returned. It wasn’t a large amount, but it was at the level of using other psychic powers.
Besides, that wasn’t the only thing I got.
Squeak-!
“Hiya~”
As he used his new powers, black tentacles protruded from his fingertips and wriggled. The tentacles, which looked like octopus legs without suckers, stroked the back of my hand like a pup doing something cute.
“It looks terribly gross.”
Ku-gu-gu-gu-!
Shocked by my honest feelings, the tentacles that had been wriggling flexibly stiffened. Slap-! Then he suddenly hit me on the back of my hand.
“Ouch. Heck heck! Do you see him?”
He burst into laughter at the action of the tentacles complaining like a living being with emotions.
“Yes, yes. I’m sorry.
When I stroked the tentacles and praised them for being pretty, the tentacles wriggled again as if the anger was relieved. It felt like I had an unexpectedly creepy pet(?). One pet is our cheetah girl.
“Ah, come to think of it, I need to cure Cheetah Girl’s mind.”
Through human experiments, Cheetah Girl gained supernatural powers and her skin changed to look like a cheetah’s. Not only that, but I lost my senses and could only think instinctively like a real cheetah.
She couldn’t stand her painful experimentation on the human body and locked herself inside herself to protect her psyche.
Without a special opportunity, the sleeping Cheetah Girl’s spirit will never be awakened.
“Once we’ve dealt with the white cockroach hatchlings, we’ll have to go back to the Dark City right away.”
However, the power of chaos can awaken Cheetah Girl’s spirit even without a special occasion. Being a Cheetah Girl who can talk… It will be very different.
“I have to go back to the Dokgo family first.”
A small amount of chaotic power has returned, so you can use the inventory function as well. Although he cannot use the vast two-dimensional space like before, it is still enough to wipe out the wealth of the Dokgo family.
“Yeah~ Sprout three in the house! Coco coco comon!”
Clink-!
I got up, broke the window and jumped out.
Unknown landlord! Your house is too small for me! So I’m leaving! Paru~!
*****
“Uh, sister… I, can’t walk anymore…”
“…Then let’s rest here for a while and move on.”
As her younger brother, Dokgoyun, sat down on the floor, her older sister, Dokgo Mae, bit her lip and sat down next to her.
The twin sisters, who use the surname Dokgo, took a short break leaning on each other.
How did it happen?
It was a great blessing to be able to use the surname Dokgo in Red Town. For hundreds of years since Red Town was built, Dokgo has been one of the ruling families of Red Town.
Since I was born with a titanium spoon in my hand, how can it be a blessing?
But their fate changed overnight.
It took less than a day for hundreds of years of history to collapse.
It was impossible to escape as the barrier of the cruel wind that tore the human body to shreds enveloped the Dokgo family.
Fortunately, he succeeded in surviving the steel armor that killed Dok Go-young, the head of the household, and the elders, who were powerful psychics, but it was unknown how long this luck would last.
– Aaaaagh!
“I’m sorry…!”
“It’s okay. Don’t worry Yoona. We’ll survive.”
As her brother Dokgo-yoon was terrified of her by her desperate screams that came from afar, her Dokgo Hawk embraced her.
‘Should I call this a blessing or a misfortune?’
The poisonous hawk looked at her sister, who trembled like a frightened baby bird.
The Dokgo family, which seemed to last forever, collapsed. Is this luck or bad luck?
Dok-go-mae and Dok-go-yoon, two twin sisters, turned 18 this year. He was scheduled to take the Dokgo family’s traditional ‘exam’ next week.
The Dokgo family is a truly ruthless family.
If you’re going to make one of them die anyway, you can keep them separate from birth so they don’t have affection for each other. If so, even if you kill the twins while taking the test, you won’t be deeply hurt.
But the Dokgo family didn’t.
From birth until they reach the age of 18, the family keeps the twins together. They sleep together, eat together, receive education together, and never miss a moment.
It creates a situation where you have no choice but to depend on each other and deepens your affection. And put them through a brutal test of killing each other.
That’s why it doesn’t shake even if you kill others. Would you feel any remorse for killing someone else when you killed the twins you grew up with all your life?
Dokgo Mae, who was scheduled to take the test with Dokgo Yoon soon, thought it was rather fortunate that the family collapsed.
This is because no one will force a test on them as long as her family is destroyed.
Rather, she intended to live in hiding in another family’s territory, taking Dok Go-yoon with her while the family was in turmoil.
Both of them have psychic powers and have received harsh education from their families since childhood, so there is no problem in making a living.
However, such a plan failed without even trying.
It was because of the wind barrier opened by the Siren at the command of Steel Armor. While trying to pass through the barrier of wind with Dokgo-yoon, she witnessed right in front of her that the adult of the family who entered the barrier earlier became bloody and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
If she hadn’t seen it, she and her brother would have died without leaving a name at a blossoming age.
-Aaaaagh! Help me!!!! Aaaaagh!
“Uh, sister…”
“… It’s okay. We’re okay. That monster will never touch you. I’ll protect you. As long as Yuni is you… I’ll protect you no matter what.”
Again, screams of pain were heard in the distance.
When Dokgoyun trembled with anxiety, Dokgo Mae hurriedly patted her brother on the back to calm her down.
‘What the hell is that monster…’
To be honest, Dokgo Mae was happy that the family was ruined. Because she didn’t have to kill her brother.
If she had to take her test next week as scheduled without ruining her family, Dokgo Mae planned to end her own life. No matter how much she thought about it, she couldn’t kill her brother.
But that joy didn’t last long either.
It was because of that monster that appeared while he was trying to find a way to break through the barrier of wind and escape.
‘Feed… My… Strength… Become…’
I have never seen such a terrible monster in my life. Even the monsters outside were cute compared to that monster.
The terribleness of a monster is not limited to its appearance.
‘Aaaaagh!’
The monster appeared through the ground and grabbed the psychic nearby. And I attached it to my body… The psychic powers were absorbed by the monster.
‘Kill! Kill him!’
‘Ahhh!’
‘Meaningless…Resistance…’
The surviving elders and other family powers attacked the monster, but it didn’t work on the monster.
Surprisingly, the monster used psychic powers like the family members.
He spread a black cloud everywhere and with his powerful telekinesis, he held on to the powerful so that they could not escape. Not only that, but unlike his slow speech, he moved so fast that his eyes couldn’t keep up with him.
The appearance of the monster using various psychic powers reminded me of Dok Go-young, the deceased head of the Dok-go family.
Fortunately, as soon as the monster appeared, she took Dokgoyun and ran away, so Dokgo Mae was able to survive the terrible horrors.
But how long will that go…
The monster was hunting humans without sleeping. Taking a break like this was practically a gamble from the standpoint of the single mother.
‘Senior. I’m fine even if I die. But as much as our Yuni… Please protect as much as Yuni.’
In her heart, she prayed earnestly to the spirits of her ancestors, asking her to save as much as her brother.
-Oh, no! Aaaaagh!
“…! Oh, sister!”
“Get up quickly. My sister will pick you up. You have to run away quickly.”
Another person was sacrificed to the monster. And the sound came very close to where the two twin sisters were resting.
The monster is close by. I had to run away in a hurry.
“… Sister. Just leave me.”
“… What?”
“Because I’m just a burden to my sister…”
“If you have time to talk nonsense, carry me quickly. I won’t leave you no matter what. Even if I die, I will die with you. So, if you don’t want to kill me too, get carried quickly.”
“… I’m sorry sister.”
“It’s okay. Did I tell you? I will protect you. I will protect you no matter what. So never give up.”
Dokgo Mae, carrying Dokgoyun on his back, moved to avoid the monster. She does have a body enhancer superpower, so she was able to quickly run away even with Dokgoyun on her back.
