Chapter 61 – Ah~ It’s Ruined~ (3)
‘Sharper’
It is commonly mistaken for a professional gambler with excellent skills, but in fact it refers to a ‘gambler who manipulates matches with fraudulent gambling’. And the biggest feature of this tazza is that he never throws a winning number. What does this mean…
“Tazza never jumps into a no-win game. When a tazza steps in, it means, in effect, that the game is set in such a way that they have no choice but to win.”
It is newbies to check the opponent’s hand and only go strong when they win. Real ones are different. They do not secretly check the opponent’s hand, but choose the hand that the opponent will have. At first, it induces the opponent to step into a deeper pit by losing on purpose, and then bites the nape of the unwary prey at the decisive moment. That’s the real shit
“How did the saboteurs try to weaken the four villainous bosses, and in my turn, it failed. It’s simple. They directly dealt with those two. Infuse their power to weaken them, and at the crucial moment, sabotage them. By placing the , it made it easy for the warriors to defeat them without much effort.”
[But you rather beat the hero. Then what is the difference between you and the two who have already fallen?]
“It’s simple. I didn’t belong to that world. I was called in from another world to fill the void of an important person who suddenly appeared. That’s me. I wasn’t a creature of their world, so they couldn’t help me. Couldn’t.”
[But that’s strange. Didn’t it say that the scope that God can use his hands is only the field he is in charge of, the world he belongs to, and the creations he made himself? But the one who prepared the stage was Luminous. So, according to what you said, wouldn’t that hinder become Luminous?]
“But it’s not Goddess Luminous’ own play. She wants this play to be successful more than anyone else.”
[And that would create a contradiction in your words.]
“Yes. So I was also confused at first. But this oracle given to me by the goddess Luminous was a hint. As I said before, tajja don’t play games they can’t lose. Their methods are diverse. Checking the hand is a charming act, and when shuffling the hand, it uses hand techniques to make it come out as desired, or enlists other people participating in the game and induces it to flow into a situation that is advantageous to them. And among the techniques used by tajja…There is a thing called ‘swap’. It’s a hand technique that changes an existing hand to another one. It’s the same thing that the blockers did.”
I couldn’t believe it at first. Anyway, I really wanted to do that. But I am human and they are gods. The sparrow cannot understand the meaning of the phoenix, and the king cannot understand the life of a beggar.
“What the saboteurs did was swapping them. It was like replacing the enemies that would fall at the hands of the hero with the enemies they had created. In addition, they were almost the same person or character with no difference in appearance, ability, or personality from the existing enemies. As a stranger.”
[Why did you do that?]
“If you are a creature of Luminous, you can’t use your hands, but if you are a creature of your own, you can have any influence. And there is one basis for this hypothesis. That is me. It was to replace the existing Baron Ragnar Armageddon that had disappeared. If so, where did the existing Baron Ragnar Armageddon go?”
[…Right. While Luminus was preparing for the stage, the interrupters tried to replace some important characters with ones they could use their hands on, and Luminus, noticing the gap midway through, hurriedly filled the gap with a substitute called you. ]
“The obstructionists must have been embarrassed. They tried to get rid of the real Ragnar Armageddon and put the fake Ragnar Armageddon in its place, but when they brought the fake one, another Ragnar Armageddon took its place. So the play began, and the two previous guys It fell easily as planned. And although the choice of the Luminous Goddess could have been a hasty first aid measure objectively, in the end it turned out to be a decisive move to block the plans of the saboteurs I didn’t even know existed.”
[It’s truly a ‘God’s move’. Cuu cu cu.]
Yes. This is the first part of the plan prepared by the saboteurs to sabotage the Goddess Luminus’ play. ‘Changing the villain’. She only wants to ruin the play prepared by a goddess, so she creates a parallel world that copies her world and replaces it with a character she created herself. And she’s probably done with the original characters that were swapped out and the parallel worlds she created to prepare for the fake ones, so she’d just get rid of them.
It was created out of necessity and perished out of necessity. At least one world was created and then disappeared just to disturb one goddess.
And, I didn’t like it very much.
An irrational fate determined by the capricious mind of a transcendent being that cannot be controlled by human efforts. I really didn’t like it.
“But the plan of the saboteurs is not over. The first plan failed because of me, but they have not given up and are carrying out other plans. While I was alone, I was attacked by an unknown entity, and one of the main characters, Violence, The proof is that they do things that are not in the ‘script.’ They plan to ruin the play once again with the Violence.”
[Then how do you see it ruining the play this time?]
“It’s simple. Kill the hero. The hero is already weaker than expected due to their sabotage, so the plan is to completely annihilate the hero party by introducing an enemy that is slightly stronger than the original. And the slightly stronger enemy that appears here. .. The ‘former warrior’, the ‘strongest in terms of setting’ prepared by the goddess Luminus. The first king of Elheim Kingdom and the ancestor of Violence, the ‘former hero’, will be revived and set up as the enemy of the ‘current hero’.”
[…
The black shadow looked at me for a moment and was silent, then clapped its hands and smiled.
[Awesome, really great. Except for the fact that you have castrated some of your own emotions, I never thought that you, an extremely ordinary human being, would reach this far. It’s amazing. You always fail my expectations. Is that also thanks to the extraction of fear?]
“The biggest reason is that fear is gone, but not all humans can act rationally just because they don’t feel fear.
[So, what are you going to do now? In order to obtain the right to wish from Luminus, the play must be completed safely, but at least one transcendent being is trying to stop it. How are you going to stop it?]
“That’s…”
I confided my plan to the shadow. OK…
[…Pooh, keuhuh…Haha!Haha! Great, really great! Amazing! Totally unexpected! You really are a born entertainer! Yes, real entertainment requires the audience to break their expectations!]
Apparently, I am very much in the hearts of the audience who volunteer to be my fans.
[I decided. I think you can entertain me a little more. So… I’ll invest a little more in you.]
Damn As the shadows snapped their fingers, the walls made of red meat began to vibrate and change. The pulse and lumps of red skin disappeared, and expressionless white masks of different sizes and shapes filled the walls, floors, and ceilings. As the shadow stretched its hands upward, the masks opened their mouths in unison, and the black darkness that came out of their mouths gathered on the shadow’s hands. Like a heart beating, the pulsating pulse of the black power soon calmed down, and it turned into a small piece.
“This…”
It was very familiar to me. It was a fragment of chaos that I always hung on a string around my neck. The black shadow came to me and stuck the piece in my chest. The fragments penetrated my fragile flesh and entered my body without hurting, as if soaked in water. I touched the part where the shrapnel entered, but it was an ordinary human body no different from usual. And… The power I used to extract from the pieces I usually wear around my neck is now felt everywhere in my body.
The fragment becomes me?
[Now you can use your usual powers apart from the piece you wore around your neck. I strengthened your original power, added some powers to it, and also awakened some of your existing powers. It’s a special gift for you as a fan. Whoops, it’s about time. It’s time to go back and do your duty.]
Previously, my condition was that I was wielding something obtained based on the power extracted from the fragments of chaos, nestled in a body that had neither the talent nor the owner of Rag or Armageddon. But now it’s different. I could see that the transcendent being in front of me had breathed the power I normally use into the soul itself, not into the body. Even if I do my part on stage and head to another world with that wish, I can now freely use the dark power I used as Rag or Armageddon.
What the hell is this guy, to give such a huge blessing that I can’t even imagine as a gift so lightly? How on earth is he such an enormous being that he performs such miracles casually and lightly?
“Could you please tell me your name?”
[You mean my name?]
Slowly, the eyes began to turn black. Beyond the darkened vision, a black shadow in the shape of a human smiled and waved at me.
[I am our foolish father, the messenger and agent of blind chaos. The Lord of a Thousand Faces, the Lord of Total Chaos, and the Creeping Chaos… Aye, Mr. I’m getting tired of this introduction now. Next time you see me, call me ‘Nia’ lightly.]
…Damn it.
That was the first thought that came to my mind after being thrown out of the realm of foreign gods and regaining consciousness in the original world.
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Thunder and miasma collide with each other. The lightning that fell from the sky instantly burned the living corpses to black and turned them into ashes, but as they dug up the ashes, more corpses than the burned ones rose up. Both the woman in black robes controlling the corpse and the muscular man with thunderbolts wrapped around his hands showed signs of exhaustion on their faces. Even so, the reason they didn’t stop fighting was because of their petty pride.
Although it cannot be clearly stated that one is superior in this space, nevertheless, for the transcendental beings who create and rule at least one world, they are not higher-ranked than themselves, but opponents of a similar level to themselves. It was a great blow to his pride as a god to bow his head and enter first.
“Surrender… You say…!”
“How about… No… Sound…!”
Even though they understand in their heads that now is not the time to fight like this, the two unstoppable beings finally stopped fighting.
[So how long are you guys going to fight?]
It was caused by a third party who intruded into this secret space they created by deceiving the eyes of the Creator.
“What…? How the hell is this place…!”
“This turbid and confused aura…? No, it can’t be! Why are you, a being like you…!
The man clad in lightning was taken aback by someone else’s intrusion that appeared in a space where only the two of them should exist, and the woman holding a scythe saw through the identity of her opponent and was astonished. It was an existence that could not be defeated even if the two of them joined forces, and it was an existence that could not be shaken off even if they ran away, and it was an existence that could make them look ugly if they were wrong, so they could not act hastily. It wasn’t strange that it turned into minced meat the moment it showed signs of running away, it was an insane existence.
[The important thing is not how I came to know this place, but what you guys have to do in the future. What you guys did wasn’t very fun… But thanks to you, I was able to find an interesting guy? So I’m going to give you a special chance.]
“…You’re going to let us go without arresting us?”
[Not only that, but also a chance. Now, take it.]
Whik, Tup. Hundreds of black lines were intertwined and the being in human form threw something at the two of them, and it was a woman holding a scythe who received it. She held in her own hand an ominous red button-like object that seemed to make her forget that memory after 500 million years of her own mind in exchange for a few pennies of her money the moment she pressed it. I looked at it with eyes that said something.
[If the board doesn’t flow as you want, you can turn it over. The moment you press it, the connection between this world and the outside world will be cut off for just 10 minutes. While disconnected, beings from the outside world can never ascertain what is happening inside this world. Well, instead, since you can’t bring the power of your own world, you’ll only be able to exert half of your original power, but that should be enough. There can’t be a god who loses to humans, right?]
The woman with the scythe swallowed her dry saliva. Instead of stepping out to hide her identity, she tries to manipulate the board to get the desired result, but her plans are on the verge of being ruined by a troublesome saboteur hired by Luminous. However, if you use this to deal with only that troublesome intruder, you can spoil the Luminous’ play. It’s literally what they need most right now.
But the opponent is ‘he’. It is a crystal of malice that enjoys torturing others more than anyone else. Madness is his friend, confusion is his lullaby. There is no way that such a being would give these things they needed the most without any reason or in return.
This would be a trap No, it’s definitely a trap. Considering ‘him”s usual behavior, the effect of this object itself will be as described, but something will happen the moment you use it. I don’t know exactly what will happen, but something will definitely happen. Even though she knew something was going to happen, she trembled in her hands holding her things, anxious not knowing exactly what would happen. I can’t even imagine how that twisted crystal of malice and twisted madness will fuck them up.
But the woman couldn’t bear to throw away her things in her hands. It’s not just because the person who gave it to her is right in front of her. Even though she knows it’s a trap, they needed this stuff enough for her to bear with it. Because of the gaze of the outside world, they cannot move directly and cannot leave this space until the play is over. And ‘he’ probably thought about all of that and handed this to himself.
It is a poisoned holy grail, handed to those thirsty from dehydration.
It is possible to overcome the immediate crisis, but it is a meaningless and ugly struggle that cannot change the future that will eventually be destroyed.
[You guys decide how to use it yourself. Anything is fine, so don’t just fight each other like now. Honestly, your fight…]
In an instant, the air around them changed. The incomprehensible tinnitus in your ears, the disgusting air flow that seems to turn your inside out, and the feeling of being naturally nervous as if many people’s eyes are focused on you, the screams of the woman with a scythe and the man with the brain power It was difficult to even breathe properly.
[It was filthy and boring to the point of yawning, to the point where I wanted to kill both of them.]
As if all the excitement a moment ago had been a lie, a voice that had subsided in an instant pierced my ears. In the distorted madness that was terrifying even to face the terrifyingly sharp murder, she felt as if she would vomit her stomach.
[…Then, I’m going to fall for it! Take care of yourself and do well! If possible, make it very loud. That side… Will be fun?]
Lastly, ‘he’ left the secret space after spitting out words like a fresh and lively girl in an unpleasant form that awkwardly imitated a human. The two men and women, who had shrunk in front of the unimaginable weight of overwhelming time, were finally freed from the bondage of invisible power and knelt on the floor.
“Ha-ha-ha… Damn, damn…! What the hell do you want, you crazy bastard?
“Oooh, uh uh uh…”
Even they, who are absolute transcendental beings in front of ordinary humans, were no different from the flame of a dangerous candle that would go out if blown in front of ‘him’. After reaching the state of her god, at the threat of the disappearance of her long-awaited existence, the man slammed her on the floor with his fist and expressed his fear in anger, while the woman vomited and said she couldn’t understand. Her body trembled at her fear coming from the unknown realm.
They just acted as lightly as usual to get in the way, for their own benefit, in advance. However, the fish hook they threw to catch Luminus was bitten by a fearful being they didn’t want to deal with. It seemed like they would fight again, blaming each other for all of this at any moment, but they didn’t. I was just… Desperately trying to figure out how to get out of this troublesome situation.
Because arguing with your only partner right now, far from clearing up the weighty problem at hand, was certain that the madman would come back and cook them in a way you’d fear even imagining.
