Chapter 971 – 971. Yggdrasil (7)
The world outside the workshop that I barely escaped from…
“And… That dog is disgusting.”
It was a world filled with ‘real’ dolls.
It wasn’t an exaggeration.
There was land outside the workshop, but most of it was covered with dolls.
In some places, it was even piled high.
For reference, there are places where it is moderately piled up like a hill…
“Is it really a mountain made of dolls?”
There was also a place where dolls were piled up like a mountain, so much so that one could even use the expression altitude above sea level.
As I clicked my tongue as I looked at the world covered with dolls, I heard a voice from behind me.
“What is this… !”
“W-what!? “If you leave here, you’re out!?”
The locals who arrived just in time were astonished when they saw the doll world…
“Mind… Nonsense…”
“Buy… Help me…”
The two guys who arrived before me fell down on the spot with dying voices.
He used up all his energy to get out, but it seemed like he realized that his hope was in vain and collapsed.
After checking the temperament window…
‘I can throw it away.’
I was able to conclude that there was no need to save him.
I ignored the fallen guys and spoke to the talkers.
“For now, let’s move forward. Let’s go.”
“Oh, yes!”
It didn’t seem like the debaters had any sympathy for the two fallen guys.
Since they’ve been together for a long time, they probably know better that they don’t necessarily have a personality that deserves sympathy.
‘Just by looking at the way they abandoned their colleagues, I can roughly guess what kind of guys they are…’
When I think about it, the fact that I survived this far shows just how rotten my personality has become.
As I started moving so quickly, I heard a helpless scream coming from behind.
Flutter! Pakak!
“Wow!”
“Kwaaaaa…”
A human being captured by a doll and becoming a doll.
And those dolls…
“… There are so many.”
It was covering this world.
It was a place that went beyond being unpleasant and aroused disgust.
And to the point where I feel disgusted…
“Ugh… Surely we too…”
“Shit…”
The talkers must be feeling a fear that goes far beyond that level.
But right now, I wasn’t in a position to take care of their fears.
‘… Where are the exit and main body?’
First, finding a solution was an urgent priority.
Even if there is no exit, I can escape through warp, but I wanted to find Ryosuke’s body.
‘I’m sure it’s in here…’
At least I was able to gain one harvest by wandering around the outside of the workshop.
“Space is not infinite.”
It was true that this world was not made up of infinite space.
[I think the area you are in right now is roughly 5 kilometers horizontally and vertically.]
A cube-shaped space with one side measuring about 5 kilometers.
It wasn’t a small place, but it wasn’t an extremely large space either.
However, even if the shape and size of the space were known, the problem was not solved.
“Stop.”
“Hey, hey! Yes!”
As soon as the debaters stopped, they began to breathe frantically.
It seemed like he was dying to run at my own pace.
‘What… It’s actually better than dying.’
I smiled to myself and looked around.
No matter how much I looked, all I could see was a doll.
Even the dolls all had the same body shape and form.
At this point, I had a question.
‘Can’t these puppets be controlled?’
Unlike the dolls that attacked us earlier, they were abandoned like real corpses.
The moment you observe the doll like that…
Paaaaat!
The doll I was observing suddenly rushed towards me.
I immediately shot an arrow and hit the head of the doll that was running towards me.
Kwasik! Slurp!
A doll that fell down after being hit by an arrow in the head.
I immediately took out a sword from my inventory and muttered as I cut off the doll’s limbs.
“I was surprised.”
Actually, I wasn’t really surprised.
I guess it’s just a guess…
But the moment you put in the chuimsae like that…
“Oh, oh, oh!”
“Sir!”
The dolls around began to wake up one by one.
And before we knew it, all the surrounding dolls stood up and started looking at us.
The debaters trembled and muttered.
“You have too many?”
“Well, shouldn’t I have left the workshop?”
“…”
As they said, there were too many people, so leaving the attack seemed like the worst move.
But…
‘If it doesn’t work out, just use magic.’
It seemed like a single wide-area magic shot could burn it down.
Of course, it would take a lot of my mana to kill all the dolls in this space…
The dolls slowly started coming towards us.
“Uh, what should I do?”
“Hmm… Should I go back to the workshop and search there?”
It was a moment when I was so worried.
The approaching dolls suddenly stopped all at once.
Then the dolls split left and right…
“I didn’t know you would come outside.”
Among the dolls, a cloaked being walked with a calm voice.
I grumbled as I looked at the cloaked being.
“The customer service is poor.”
Haha, sorry. Originally, I was going to wait until he was alone…”
He looked at the talkers behind me and made a grumpy voice.
“I never thought you would make a colleague.”
But… I didn’t expect that either.
If I didn’t like his personality or ran away like the other guys earlier, I would have been left alone by now.
The locals shouted, pointing their weapons at the dolls.
“Ryo, Ryosuke!?”
“You couldn’t believe you brought us here… !?”
Ryosuke spoke calmly without answering the two people’s questions.
“Your skills have been proven. Put away your weapons and come this way. I’ll send it back.”
It was a tempting offer.
But despite Ryosuke’s suggestion…
“…”
“…”
The locals were wary and did not withdraw their weapons.
Then, one by one, they opened their mouths.
“Joy… Do you think you would listen to the guy who killed his subordinate like that?”
“You think we are fools…”
I laughed to myself at the choice of the two people without realizing it.
‘The basics are in place.’
It may seem like an obvious decision to others, but some people get swayed by temptation before making that obvious decision and end up ruining it.
A guy like Guild On whom calls out even when he is facing defeat.
After hearing the two people’s firm answers, Ryosuke bowed his head and opened his mouth.
“I always think, those guys in the Red Crescent are all useless.”
At the same time as Ryosuke’s answer, two puppets rushed at the toyers.
“Only about dolls!”
“I’m dead!”
The potters started fighting with the doll.
It was too shabby a fight to help.
And then the culprit of that shabby fight approached me and opened his mouth as if to steal my attention.
“Can we talk for a moment while my dolls play with those two?”
“… Try it.”
There didn’t seem to be any intention of killing the locals right away.
More than anything, I was curious about his intentions.
‘Isn’t this the real person too?’
[Unfortunately not.]
I was disappointed with Armonia’s answer and listened to what he said.
“As I said before, I originally planned to come meet you when things quieted down.”
But when I suddenly took two gang members with me, the plan went awry.
But that didn’t matter to me.
“Tell me about your business.”
Haha… The limbs were long. First, the first business is…”
Ryosuke looked around and continued speaking.
“I wanted to show off my abilities.”
What kind of nonsense is this?
Do you really want to show off your abilities?
Ryosuke answered as if he had read my question.
“You must have already figured out what my abilities are by coming here, right?”
“Okay.”
The ability to create a doll using a corpse and control the doll.
I don’t know the exact name of the job, but I thought it could be roughly called a puppeteer.
Ryosuke seemed satisfied with my cool answer and continued talking.
“Then I would like to ask. “How do you feel about my abilities?”
“… ?”
First of all, it was a deceptive ability by summoners’ standards.
Pull out the doll, fight with the doll, and use the person who killed the doll as doll material again.
It was truly an ability that felt like infinite power.
They even turn into material for dolls if you put them alive here.
But in the end, that was the standard of the summoners.
“There was nothing special?”
By my standards, even though it wasn’t a warp, it didn’t feel threatening at all.
Ryosuke saw my calm appearance and started giggling.
“I knew your skills were outstanding, but I can’t believe you are so relaxed even here… “I’ve come a long way too.”
I saw Ryosuke trying to chat again and cut him off in an annoyed voice.
“I hope you just tell me what’s on your agenda?”
“This… Sorry. It’s been a while since I wanted to talk to you like this…”
Ryosuke nodded and said his real business.
“Would you like to join hands with me?”
“… Are you crazy?”
Now and suddenly?
I wondered if he was going to make a similar offer to me just like he put rings on Guildon and Robben.
But…
“Don’t misunderstand. “I’m not talking about equal status.”
“… Then?”
“I will serve you.”
“…”
As the conversation progressed, I couldn’t understand the situation more.
As I looked at him with a furrowed brow, Ryosuke began to hastily explain.
“I have heard of your skills. No, I thought my ears would bleed from not being able to hear it.”
After praising me non-stop for a while, he started explaining his strengths.
“My ability is to work with dolls. It can also handle large quantities of dolls.”
I don’t know if I can control all of these dolls, but I thought I could at least cause confusion using them.
“I will fill in what you lack. And I will gladly offer you the red crescent moon.”
“… “What do you want?”
This was the most important part.
What on earth do you want that makes you give it all to me like this?
And the answer was simple.
“This is the body of the person you killed.”
“… “What?”
I know that dolls are made from corpses, but I couldn’t understand why they wanted corpses so openly.
“It seems like there are already so many dolls, why do you really want another corpse?”
After hearing what I said, Ryosuke looked around and muttered as if he was lost in thought.
“… A poor corpse is not acceptable.”
What he wanted was the corpse of a being so strong that even I could barely hold it.
“I will risk my all to support you. Please… “I want you to hand me the body of the being you killed.”
“…”
First, I don’t know the guy’s purpose, but I definitely knew what he wanted.
‘Dead body… And that’s the corpse of a guy so strong that it’s difficult for others to overcome…’
I looked around with a frown.
Countless dolls standing as if waiting for my answer…
I looked at the dolls and asked one question.
“Before I answer, let me ask you one thing.
“Speak.”
“Whose corpse was the doll here made from?”
“… Since I was a Red Summoner, it wasn’t difficult to source corpses. Inevitably…”
“Answer accurately.”
I asked again in a voice full of murder.
“Answer me. Lots of dolls here… “What kind of corpse was it made of?”
Did you make this many dolls using the summoners you killed so far?
The number of dolls here was not enough to fill even all summoners combined.
“…”
Ryosuke kept his mouth shut and did not respond.
I kept asking questions as if I was interrogating Ryosuke.
“Did they really make it into a monster?”
“… “No.”
“Then what animal was passing by?”
“… That’s not it either. “A doll can only be made from the corpse of an intelligent being.”
“Then it couldn’t be…”
I gritted my teeth and asked a question I didn’t want to say out loud.
“Did you get the body from the 4th floor?”
And the answer to the question I hated so much was…
Hehe.”
Ryosuke’s smile returned.
