Chapter 288 – 288. God’S Atlantis
288. God’s Atlantis
“The King of the Heavenly Demon understands your troubles.”
“The King of the Heavenly Demon sponsors 1,000 AP.
“There’s a good skill that suits you.””
“Good… skill?”
I narrowed my eyes. The King of the Heavenly Demon was my contracted god, but I couldn’t trust him.
However, I couldn’t completely ignore his words either. The reason this guy was so malicious was because he didn’t lie.
If the King of the Heavenly Demon said it was a good skill, then it was highly likely to be a good skill.
“The King of the Heavenly Demon shows you the skill.”
“Subjugation.
Subjugates the target to the skill owner. However, a mark of subjugation must be left on the target’s body. If the target’s strength and mental fortitude are high, the subjugation attempt may fail. If the target is completely subdued, subjugation is 100% successful.
The location of the subjugated target can be known. The subjugated target cannot harm the owner. The owner can place one restriction on the subjugated target. The subjugated target must obey the restriction.
Current number of subjugatable individuals: 0/2.
Type: Skill
Rank: A”
“……!”
I opened my mouth without realizing it.
‘Did a skill like this even exist…!’
Even I, who had the setting book for the world of God’s Atlantis, was seeing this skill for the first time. And it was exactly the skill I wanted. If I had this, I could use Kasha as a sex toy without worry.
“……What’s the price?”
I asked the King of the Heavenly Demon, suppressing my rising greed.
There was no way the King of the Heavenly Demon would give me such an amazing skill for no reason, just out of goodwill.
And as I expected, there was a condition.
“The King of the Heavenly Demon wants you to undertake a trial.”
I flinched at the word ‘trial.’
A trial was similar to a mission. However, in terms of rewards, trials were better.
And the biggest difference between trials and missions was that missions indirectly interfered with the exile, while trials allowed the gods to directly intervene with the exile.
‘Direct intervention doesn’t mean they’ll cause chaos. If it’s not a fair trial, the system will immediately sanction the god.’
Even though there was a system, the danger wasn’t low. If a god was determined to kill me using a trial, I would have no choice but to die. It was impossible to give up halfway through a trial.
‘Is the King of the Heavenly Demon trying to kill me with this trial?’
No.
The King of the Heavenly Demon had never been hostile to me. Rather, he had only shown goodwill. Even if that attitude was a lie, I couldn’t imagine why he would suddenly try to kill me.
‘The King of the Heavenly Demon isn’t my only contracted god. There’s Zeus. There’s no way Zeus would just watch if I died from an unfair trial.’
Normally, I would have refused the trial. The King of the Heavenly Demon was suspicious as hell. But Subjugation (A) was a skill I absolutely wanted.
‘It’s too much of a waste to give up on Kasha.’
I looked at the naked Kasha at my feet. Just looking at her made me horny again.
“……What kind of trial is it?”
“The King of the Heavenly Demon sponsors 1,000 AP.
“It’s a very good trial.””
“The King of the Heavenly Demon reveals the trial information.”
“Ten Thousand Killings.
Kill ten thousand humans designated by the King of the Heavenly Demon.
The trial will take place in a space prepared by the King of the Heavenly Demon.
This is a special trial. Time on the Atlantis continent will not flow while the trial is in progress.
The trial cannot be abandoned halfway.
Trial Success Reward – Subjugation (A)
Trial Giver God – King of the Heavenly Demon”
“…….”
The King of the Heavenly Demon, who had been singing about killing people through missions, was now forcing me to kill people by setting up a trial.
I thought this guy was definitely crazy, but in my head, I thought it was a relief.
‘Ten thousand? Do they think I can’t kill them if I’m told to? It probably means I have to fight and win against enemies of similar skill… If time in Atlantis doesn’t flow, there’s no reason I can’t do it.’
He wouldn’t summon a monster with overwhelming power and tell me to fight it. Trials required the system’s permission. In other words, it meant that trials that were impossible to succeed wouldn’t be accepted.
I trusted the system and said to the King of the Heavenly Demon.
“Okay. I accept the trial.”
“The Golden Collector is bored and falls asleep.”
“The Fallen Star giggles.”
“The King of the Heavenly Demon laughs.”
“You have accepted the King of the Heavenly Demon’s trial, Ten Thousand Killings.”
“The trial is being reviewed. Please wait a moment.”
“It has been determined that the trial’s reward is insufficient.”
My brow furrowed.
The King of the Heavenly Demon sometimes acted like a magnanimous person, but he seemed a bit stingy with this trial.
‘He should be more generous with the rewards. Like an SS rank for the Subjugation skill….’
“Suggest modifying the trial’s content or adding additional rewards to the King of the Heavenly Demon.”
“The King of the Heavenly Demon is reluctant.”
“Suggest modifying the trial’s content or adding additional rewards to the King of the Heavenly Demon.”
“The King of the Heavenly Demon accepts the suggestion.”
“Ten Thousand Killings.
Kill ten thousand humans designated by the King of the Heavenly Demon.
The trial will take place in a space prepared by the King of the Heavenly Demon.
This is a special trial. Time on the Atlantis continent will not flow while the trial is in progress.
The trial cannot be abandoned halfway.
Trial Success Reward – Subjugation (A), permanent stat increase based on progress.
Trial Giver God – King of the Heavenly Demon”
“Do you want to start the trial?”
“Wait a moment.”
I carefully examined the trial information. The content hadn’t changed, but a reward had been added. It seemed the trial’s content hadn’t changed.
‘Permanent stat increase… That’s awesome.’
I was really looking forward to how much my stats would increase when I finished the trial.
“Well… there doesn’t seem to be anything strange. Okay. Let’s start.”
“The trial begins.”
I felt a sensation like I was being sucked into somewhere.
•••
I was standing in the middle of a road leading to a small village. I glanced back and saw a forest path.
I hesitated for a moment about which way to go.
I decided to go towards the village. The trial I received from the King of the Heavenly Demon was Ten Thousand Killings. A trial to kill ten thousand people. If I wanted to kill people, I had to go to a village where people were, right?
‘Killing ten thousand people… It reminds me of the game world of “Kill the Gay King.” I killed billions of people back then.’
Billions of men were struck by lightning and turned to dust. To be honest, I didn’t feel anything back then. Guilt? It was just a game world anyway, and I was a god, so why should I have such feelings?
‘This trial is probably fake too.’
The original protagonist, Kang Myungjin, also received trials. In his case, the trials were a way to experience past history. To put it bluntly, trials were fakes created by the gods using their power. It was like a virtual reality. However, the problem was that you could really die if you failed the trial.
‘How many people are in that village? About 300? If 300 people band together and resist, it’ll be quite annoying….’
Come to think of it, killing ten thousand people would take at least a few days. Even if I killed 1,000 people a day, it would still take ten days.
‘Wouldn’t they all die if I set the village on fire?’
It was a shame I couldn’t use magic in times like this. Magic would be much more efficient for mass slaughter.
‘I could change my status window with the Brain Severing Technique….’
I stopped in my tracks. There was something lying on the road. I approached it and saw that it was a basket.
Waaah! Waaah! Waaah!
I heard the cries of a newborn baby from inside the basket.
Waaah! Waaah! Waaah!
“…….”
Logically speaking, what were the chances of encountering an abandoned newborn baby on a road leading to a village? If this was inside the village, I could understand, but this was outside the village.
If someone wanted to kill a baby, they could just kill it with their own hands or throw it into the forest. If they wanted someone to raise the baby, they would leave it in a place where people in the village could easily see it.
‘This is too contrived. It must be the King of the Heavenly Demon’s doing.’
“The King of the Heavenly Demon designates the baby. Kill it.”
‘Ah.’
Come to think of it, I remembered that the trial information window said, ‘Kill ten thousand humans designated by the King of the Heavenly Demon.’ It seemed that if I killed someone who wasn’t designated by the King of the Heavenly Demon, it wouldn’t count.
‘Damn it. This is going to make the trial take even longer.’
I should have realized it sooner and argued with the King of the Heavenly Demon…. I sighed.
“The King of the Heavenly Demon urges you. Kill the baby.”
“You seem to be mistaken… Do you think I can’t kill a baby just because it’s a baby?”
I strode towards the loudly crying baby. After all, this wasn’t reality, but a game world. And this baby was probably a virtual being in the game world.
I grabbed the basket and threw it to the side with all my might. There was no need to dirty my body with the baby’s blood and guts by killing it directly.
“You have killed 1 person.”
“The King of the Heavenly Demon is pleased.”
“The Fallen Star claps.”
“The Lord of the Sky glares at the King of the Heavenly Demon and rests his chin on his hand.”
I entered the village.
The first thing that greeted me was an old woman sitting on a chair near the village entrance. As soon as she saw me, she hurriedly ran over with a water jug and a crude wooden cup. She said to me, as if she was very happy.
“Young man… welcome to our village! It’s been so long since we’ve had a guest. We welcome you! Aren’t you thirsty? Here’s some cool water. I don’t want any money, so drink up! It must have been hard to get to our village?”
“…Did you poison the water?”
“Oh my! How could I do that! What do you take this old woman for! It’s pure goodwill! If you don’t want to drink the water, I won’t force you! But I can’t stop you from letting me guide you around our village. Our village was founded 200 years ago….”
The old woman began to ramble on.
“The King of the Heavenly Demon wants you to tear the old woman to death.”
“…….”
I frowned. The King of the Heavenly Demon’s job was to designate who to kill, not to decide how to kill them. I wasn’t going to tear the old woman to death.
“Oh? What is it? Did this old woman do something wrong to you…?”
The old woman, who had been happily chattering, looked at my face with a very apologetic expression.
I looked around and grabbed the old woman’s neck with one hand.
“Gack?! Keuk! Kiek! Keuk!”
The old woman struggled. But it was impossible for her to escape my grasp with her strength.
Crack.
I snapped the old woman’s neck and threw her into a corner.
“You have killed 2 people.”
“The King of the Heavenly Demon is very pleased.”
The worry that the King of the Heavenly Demon wouldn’t designate people was unfounded. The King of the Heavenly Demon designated everyone he saw.
“Heeeee! P-please save me! If it’s money, it’s in the drawer…!”
I punched a sturdy man in the solar plexus and killed him.
“You have killed 7 people.”
“The King of the Heavenly Demon is still not satisfied.”
“W-why are you doing this…? W-we didn’t do anything to you… Aaaah!”
A normal housewife died with her face smashed by my fist.
“You have killed 19 people.”
“The King of the Heavenly Demon says the woman’s caved-in face is funny.”
“Kkeuk. I-I’m sorry. I’ll eat well and listen to my mom. P-please save me. Kkeuk. M-mom…!”
I kicked the children who were playing in the open space to death.
“You have killed 32 people.”
“The King of the Heavenly Demon praises you, saying you have talent in soccer.”
“Stop! Stooooop! Please stop… Please…. Don’t kill the people of our village….”
A woman, who was said to be the village chief’s daughter, knelt in front of me. She was crying and begging with her palms together. She was quite a beauty.
“The King of the Heavenly Demon wants to rape that woman.”
I was feeling down, but this was good.
“You have killed 81 people.”
I raped the woman.
“The King of the Heavenly Demon wants you to beat that woman to death.”
“You have killed 104 people.”
“The King of the Heavenly Demon points to a child hiding in the closet.”
“You have killed 179 people.”
“The King of the Heavenly Demon points under the bed. A girl is trembling.”
“You have killed 244 people.”
……
“You have killed 315 people.”
……
“You have killed 471 people.”
I killed all the villagers.
In the process, there were people who begged for their lives or ran away, but not a single person resisted me. Guards? They didn’t exist in this village.
I could feel the Heavenly Demon Divine Art writhing inside me.
“You have achieved a certain level of progress. As a reward, your strength permanently increases by 1.”
I was standing in an apartment complex, not a village. When I looked at the sky, there wasn’t even a moon, it was pitch black. This was modern times.
I looked at the apartment. The cold air, the lights on in the apartment windows, and the furniture I could see through them, told me that it was about 2 AM.
Then, I made eye contact with a man who was smoking on his balcony.
“The King of the Heavenly Demon asks. What floor?”
I counted the furniture from the bottom of the apartment.
11th floor.
“The King of the Heavenly Demon says the answer. 11th floor.”
I walked towards the apartment.
