Chapter 855 – Mythology Academy
Tala reads Seongil’s memories and wonders because the mortal in front of him was too powerless compared to his own body to say he created this world. Because at that time he wanted to disassemble Seongil’s soul more delicately to read more information. At some point, Tala realizes that something powerful is watching her.
『Is it fun to bother my friend? Is it a bug?』
Tala turns his head with an uncharacteristically frightened expression when he hears the voice of a powerful being striking his soul.
『You…?!』
Tala is horrified to realize that what he thought was the universe is actually the face of something huge.
『You -_-?』
At Tala’s question, the universe begins to distort, like an emoticon. As if he had heard all the ridiculous bullshit.
『At best, are you Naburaengi, the god of the dregs dimension?』
『Replace. You guys. What!』
“We? Well? What is it?』
The game master mocks Tala by waving an emoticon made of space in response to her question.
『Why… Me. Han Seong-il. Torture. Doing it. Bystander. Beggar?』
『Hmm… Well. Normally, I don’t like explaining things to people like you. Okay! It would be okay to at least tell the person who is going to die why he is dying.』
With those words, the game master radiates great power and begins to project it at Tala. Tala is terrified and struggles at the overwhelming feeling that the universe itself is trying to subdue her, but for some reason, none of her powers can stand against the power of the Game Master, and she is helplessly suppressed.
『I cannot directly intervene in the world unless there is a special reason. But you were so talented that you filled in all the complicated reasons?』
『Reason?』
“Okay. It’s a very complicated reason… The first thing is to destroy the mental shield of the friend you captured. The second is to read Seong-il’s memories, and the third is to control him. The last time was when I vaguely sensed information about myself.』
『…』
『You really don’t know the topic either? If I had behaved as meekly as Meow, I would have escaped the fate of being ‘deleted’.』
Tala feels humiliated and angry as the Game Master rambles on about her as if he were talking about some kind of scum.
『How dare you!! I am!! Foreign news!! Tala!! 』
Tala expresses intense emotions from her blood-red eyes and begins to frantically pour out her powerful force of cause and effect into the universe.
However, even though Tala frantically pours almost all of her power into the Game Master, the Game Master just shows a disapproving expression and does not take any damage.
『You don’t know the topic? It’s okay. The joke is over. Pay the price for your mistakes. It’s a bug.』
The game master appears to regard Tala’s struggles as if they were flies circling his ear. The Game Master, who responded to Tala lightly in a tone that everything was annoying, twisted the huge universe to form the -0- emoticon.
『Ah… No!!』
As the Game Master opens her mouth and begins to suck in her, Tala begins to glow, letting out her first cry of fear and despair.
However, despite her efforts, the game master easily drags Tala into the emoticon’s open mouth and swallows her.
Wow!! Wow!! Wood-duk!!
『Aaaaah!!!』
A terrifying scream spread throughout the universe. Every time there is a sound of something being smashed, a terrible scream comes out of the game master’s mouth.
Tala is eaten by her Game Master, her essence torn alive by him, and she quickly begins to be absorbed into the Game Master’s essence.
『This… This…!! Ridiculous… Level…!!』
Tala, who is absorbed by the Game Master, paradoxically gets to see all the ‘truth’ thanks to it. Tala screams as she realizes that she, the great god of outer space, is really a being closer to an insect as the game master said.
Hehe!!
The transcendent emoticon made of space spits Tala’s debris(?) Into outer space like spitting gum.
『It’s so tasteless.』
The game master, who killed the great foreign god Tala as easily as squeezing an insect with his finger, holds on to Seong-il, who is unconscious and floating in the infinite universe, with his power.
『Take a good rest.』
The game master catches Seong-il, who has fainted, and begins to lower him back into the inner world. The game master then places a piece of the by-product of the tala he had just caught and eaten on his Seongil’s bedside.
***
“Ugh…”
Some time passes, and Seong-il wakes up from his inner world again clutching his head, feeling extreme pain.
“Bloody hell… What happened?”
Interestingly, Seong-il, who woke up in the pure white inner world, seems to have no recollection of the clash with Tala a while ago for some reason.
“I… Obviously… Attacked the rift to end the foreign world… And then went to the end of the world to stop the runaway meteorite…”
For some reason, Seong-il mistakenly thought that the reason he moved to the end of the world was not to go to war with Tala, but to stop the runaway meteorite. However, since there was no one around, Seong-il did not seem to realize the contradiction in his words.
“Bloody hell… Who knew there were two meteorites.”
After consolidating his mind through meditation for a while, Seong-il strokes his head, where the pain has slightly subsided, and begins to look around. Then, he discovers a strange black sphere that he has seen for the ‘first time’ in his life and appears to be on guard.
“… What is that?”
As a strange black sphere, which had never existed in his inner world before, floats around, Seong-il carefully moves around it without letting down his guard.
“… Is this a new skill? Or is it like a side effect…?”
Suppressing her anxious feelings, Seong-il carefully stretches out her arms and projects her emotions onto the bizarre black orb.
『The Forgotten Essence of Foreign Media』
“… The forgotten essence of foreign media? What is this?”
Clearly, the world of Mythology is Nygl of pestilence and corruption, and Ruhob of madness and hatred. Since this is a place that has been invaded by two powerful foreign powers, Seong-il appears extremely wary when another unnamed piece of the foreign power’s essence appears.
“Ruhob’s essence is a mad red color. Nygl’s essence is a green color infested with poison and pestilence… What is this?”
The nature of the strange sphere moving in a mixture of gray and black was very unfamiliar to Seongil himself, so Seongil tried to figure out its identity by projecting a stronger response with a curious expression.
『Forgotten Essence of Foreign Media (Before Absorption)』
* A fragment of the essence of the evil foreign body that has now been completely ‘erased’ from all dimensions. The owner of the power is no longer a threat to anyone because he has been completely removed from causality throughout the entire universe.
* Although it is only a part of it, it contains the essence of the great God, so it grants great power to the owner who absorbs it.
* Mask of Deception (Active/Passive): Now the owner of the mask can ‘steal’ the appearance of others at any time. It is difficult for others to easily see through the identity of the person wearing the mask, as they can not only simply copy his appearance, but also steal his ‘fate’ to some extent. (Automatically canceled when using other powers.)
* Deceive Fate (Active/Passive): You can copy one of the essence owner’s unique skills and use it in the same way. The completely ‘same’ advantage/penalty as the copied skill is applied. (However, double use does not make the skill’s performance stronger or the performance overlaps.)
* Taunting Fate (Active): Temporarily steals the fate of humans who have sworn ‘obedience’ and ‘loyalty’ to him and creates a copy. The copy is a completely identical being, sharing memories with the main body, but does not share fate or death. (If the copy dies, it can be reused after 24 hours.)
“… It’s a very evil technology, isn’t it?”
At first glance, the content of the skill cannot be considered good at all. Because of this, Seong-il was able to guess that the owner of this essence must be a truly malicious person.
“But… Apart from being evil, the ability itself seems incredibly useful…”
Although it has some limitations, the ‘forgotten essence of foreign media’ clearly has many uses. In particular, the second power has a high possibility of giving Seong-il tremendous power, so Seong-il covets its essence.
“Copying other abilities doesn’t mean much, but… ‘Mage of All Things’ and ‘Creator’s Doll’ are a different story, right?”
Seong-il focuses on the possibility of the second ‘skill copy’ in the text explanation. Seong-il is confident that if he can use this function to copy one of the Creator’s dolls as a bonus, he will be able to gain a great deal.
‘Sounds good, so let’s copy one ability… If you summon one more Creator’s doll and then use ‘Creation Time’, the magic book of all things will be copied for free, right? I have to eat this…!!’
The identity of that essence fragment is unknown. It was clear that it was an item from an extremely evil spirit, but Seong-il decided to gamble for the powerful possibility.
