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Maxian screamed in pain for nearly 30 minutes before being crushed to death, unable to overcome his own weight, which had grown almost as bloated as a bull and as grotesque as tentacles.

It met its end in such an ugly way that no one would think it was a burnt corpse.

Why did he only choose to do evil things when he had good looks, noble status, and cheat skills that allowed him to enjoy the benefits of modern civilization?

I don’t know if it was my nature or if I didn’t feel any remorse because I truly believed it was a game.

If I were reborn as a Maxian, I guarantee that I would have lived a truly enviable life without having to hold grudges against others.

When Maxian died, everything he had created with his cheat skills turned to flour and collapsed.

Not only the monitor and computer where I found the autonomous bomb, but also all the modern objects around me, the smartphone in my hand, and even the glass tube containing the victims entangled in the tentacles were completely pulverized.

Not only the floor, but also the walls and ceiling all turned to powder and fell like snow, but fortunately the underground space itself did not collapse, so we were safe.

Suddenly, all the tentacles that came out of the glass tube dried up and died on the spot, and all the victims who were treated as collectibles also died.

I wanted to collect the bodies, but there were too many of them, so I couldn’t bring myself to do it.

It was fortunate that the Knights Templar troops came into the basement just in time to retrieve the victims.

‘I’m glad I got some help like this.’

After watching the knights work for a moment, I felt something strange and looked back at where Maxian was dead.

Maxian’s ungainly corpse, which was giving off a disgusting burnt smell, quickly collapsed, and a golden sphere was seen floating inside.

As if I was possessed by something, I approached the sphere, stretched out my hand, and with a tingling sensation, the sphere was absorbed into my body.

“Kya!”

I was so shocked that I let out a cute, girlish squeal and cringed.

I looked all over my body to see if there were any injuries, but there was no problem.

And after finally calming down, some good news was delivered to me.

-alarm-

Unlock minimap

at las! Finally, the mini-map function that I wanted so much has been released.

The reason the mini-map function was suddenly opened is probably because Maxian was already able to use the mini-map, and it appears to have been given as a reward when I defeated him.

I quickly activated the minimap and smiled after seeing that it performed the same function as the map window.

Centered around me, Laura and Iris appeared as gold dots with a pink border, and Lucybelle appeared as a blue dot.

And the surrounding Templar members did not appear on the minimap, perhaps because their names were all white, filtered out by the filter function on the map window.

Also, all sorts of arrows appeared around the edges of the round mini-map showing directions like a compass, which was distracting, but this was due to a separate filter function included with the mini-map.

I turned off the function that showed the direction of the white question marks scattered around and only displayed the directions to important buildings such as the accommodation I was staying in, special stores, and government offices.

And I gained not only new features but also new skills.

These are telepathy and tentacle summoning.

Hmm… I’ll have to look at tentacle summoning later and then look at telepathy.

Telepathy is a skill that allows you to communicate with your slaves who have the absolute servitude passive skill within a certain distance using just your thoughts.

I don’t know why the targets that can be used in this way were decided, but I think it’s more likely because I have two slaves who have completed the servitude quest rather than because of Maxian’s influence.

And the reason I acquired telepathy skills seems to be deeply related to the use of smartphones.

‘It would have been better to just give him object creation skills like Maxian, but it’s a bit disappointing. Still, it’s good to have a skill that can replace the role of a walkie-talkie. Let’s think positively.’

I put my disappointment aside and continued reading the description of the skill.

The usable distance is 500m radius, similar to the human tracking or wild animal tracking skills.

It feels a bit short, but it is a sufficient distance in normal combat situations, so there were no major complaints.

And the telepathy skill has the advantage of being able to be given to slaves who are absolutely enslaved to me.

For example, if Iris is 500m away for sniping, and Laura is at an appropriate distance between her and me, she can act as a relay between Iris and me.

Currently, I have two slaves, so I can convey my intentions in real time to slaves up to 1km away, and if the number of slaves increases, the distance over which telepathy is possible also increases.

First, I gave telepathy skills to Laura and Iris, who were sitting and resting around me, and tried to talk to them using only my thoughts.

‘Laura, Iris. Can you hear me? If you hear it, don’t answer directly, but only with your thoughts.’

My loves were taken aback and bewildered by the sudden sound of my voice directly in their heads, then they made eye contact with me and did as I instructed.

‘Can I do it like this?’

‘Good job, Laura.’

‘Ugh. ‘Can you hear me?’

‘I can hear you very well, Iris. From now on, listen carefully to what I explain and use this magic actively from now on. Okay?

I packaged what I learned about telepathy skills into unique magic and taught it to Laura and Iris.

The two people nodded eagerly as they listened to my explanation, and soon completely adjusted to it, chatting amongst themselves telepathically.

Since the telepathy skill shares the contents of the conversation with everyone within its range, I may not know it now, but in the future, I will ban it from everyday life and use it only when performing specific missions.

Like some kind of secure channel.

Now, it’s time to learn about the tentacle summoning skill in question.

Maxian described the tentacle creatures in his own words, and said that this was proof that he had created this world.

joy! You’re funny. How many creatures have I intervened in, but I made such a fuss over just one tentacle creature?

I laughed at the long-dead Maxian and read the explanation of his tentacle summoning skill, an unpleasant legacy he left behind.

The tentacle summoning skill is literally a skill that calls tentacle creatures from another world into this world.

In other words, the tentacle creature is not a creature that originally existed in Arcadia, but a type of alien creature.

And I think the other world mentioned here is the same world that Maxian created through YWS.

I don’t know how Maxian ended up being reborn in the world I created rather than the world he created, but I feel fortunate that I was able to kill him before he caused a bigger accident.

Depending on the purpose of the person who summoned them, tentacle creatures are divided into pet tentacles, which are gentle tentacle creatures that simply provide sexual satisfaction to women, and parasitic tentacles, which are aggressive tentacle creatures that use women as breeding tools.

While pet tentacles are literally pets that can be brought along and raised according to one’s taste, parasitic tentacles are a type of biological factory that uses a woman’s body to produce demon tentacles, monsters that cause biological disasters.

If I can perfectly control the parasitic tentacles and the various demon tentacles they produce, I think I can aim to conquer this world.

With Arcadia’s level of civilization, there would be no way to stop the army of land, sea, and air monsters that had the power to shoot beams that decompose biological materials, throw rocks, and crush steel.

‘What a brutal physical ability. By the way, I never thought the tentacles sold at special stores were pet tentacles.’

I remembered the tentacle creatures I had glanced at in specialty stores.

According to my memory, the things sold at special stores look exactly like the pet tentacles shown as examples in the skill description.

I had no idea that things created by others were being sold in special stores.

So, aren’t other items also traces of people who used YWS and then transferred like me or had a reincarnation like Maxian?

Well… let’s not think too much about it.

I don’t know if I encounter an enemy like Maxian again.

‘It would be good to get as much attention as possible from pet tentacles. First of all, I don’t know, but it looks disgusting enough to others, and I’m sure Laura and Iris will hate it. There’s no reason to summon something like this when we’re busy enjoying ourselves in the first place.’

I decided to seal the pet tentacles.

However, it was decided not to seal the parasitic tentacles at all and to use it as a last resort.

If by any chance it were the only way to protect my life and the lives of my loved ones, I would not hesitate to use my demon tentacles to confront my enemies.

However, in order to produce sufficiently strong demon tentacles, you need to raise your skill level.

This is because the strength of the demon tentacles in the description are all based on the highest level and can only be produced at the level of an ordinary person at the moment.

Therefore, it is necessary to raise the skill level in advance to prepare for an emergency, but no matter what happens, they will never do something like capture an innocent person like Maxian and use him as a breeding tool.

I don’t mind being called hypocritical.

At least I don’t want to fall to the same level as the people I cursed and killed.

And if I do that, Laura and Iris will hate me.

“Rebecca, why don’t you go out now? There’s nothing more to do here.”

“That’s right. Everything turns to powder and there is no loot to be obtained.”

Laura and Iris came out from both sides, linked their arms, and spoke.

Like the two people said, I have no reason to stay here any longer.

Now that I have received my reward for defeating Maxian, I must leave this unpleasant place.

The three of us and Lucibel left the villa, leaving Maxian’s hideous body behind.

Breathing in the cold but fresh air late at night makes my mind feel clearer.

There were many Knights Templar outside the villa, and they were organizing and identifying the bodies recovered from the basement.

While I was distracted by the scene for a moment, I heard someone’s voice calling me.

“Rebecca!”

“Elena?”

As soon as I heard Elena’s completely unexpected voice, I turned my head towards her.

Elena ran to me with a half-crying expression and hugged me.

“Why didn’t you contact me? I was really worried.”

“I’m sorry. I don’t know what Maxian did, but I couldn’t contact him.”

“Are there any injuries?”

“I was a little injured, but I got better after taking good medicine. Don’t worry. And since Maxian’s tyranny has been stopped, no one will have to be sad because of him from now on.”

I stroked Elena’s head and reassured her.

Elena touched my face and arms here and there and smiled cutely.

So it was difficult to tell what happened to her second sister.

“Thank goodness. But what about Krausen?”

“He… ran away with a bomb for the people of Rizerca.”

“Are you dead?”

“Yes, we couldn’t identify the body, but he probably wouldn’t have survived because he was holding a bomb.”

“I see…”

Elena had a sad expression, but she wasn’t extremely sad.

It may be because she already knew of Krausen’s crime and came to the conclusion that the only punishment worthy of him was death, but only Elena herself knows the truth.

“Brother Maxian is definitely dead, right?”

“Yes, that was the only way for us to survive.”

“I’m not blaming you guys. There would have been no way to stop my brother other than death anyway. I’m sure Alicia will understand. And… thank you so much for saving everyone.”

Elena came as close to me as she could, lifted her heels, and kissed my cheek.

I was scared that someone would see me, but luckily no one seemed to notice.

“Elena, I appreciate you giving me a reward in this way, but next time, please choose a different location.”

“I’ll try my best. Hehehe.”

“By the way, Elena, do you remember the name Lucybelle?”

“Yes. It’s the name of the person who saved me when I was young. Do you know each other?”

“Even though it hasn’t even been a day since we became friends. Lucybelle, come here.”

As soon as I left the villa, I called Lucybell, who was snooping around here and there.

At first, Lucybell approached me without thinking, but as soon as she made eye contact with Elena, she ran over to me and knelt in front of her.

“Elena, do you remember me?”

“Of course. I don’t know anything else, but I have a good ability to remember people. How have you been?”

“I have worked hard, but if Elena finds out what I do, she will be displeased.”

“It’s not a crime, right?”

“Yes, Elena. Although it is despised by others, it is legal. I also pay taxes regularly.”

“Okay then. For me, as long as the people I save don’t do anything bad and are doing well, that’s enough.”

Elena said as she hugged Lucybell, and Lucybell’s eyes turned red in her warm hug.

Although he pretended to be strong in front of me, he seems to be honest in front of his benefactor, Elena.

“Laura, Iris. You guys had a hard time too.”

Elena expressed her gratitude by hugging Laura and Iris as well.

Everyone passing by looked surprised at the sight of a nobleman hugging a slave without hesitation.

In fact, this kind of behavior is enough to be criticized as it is a loss of respect for a nobleman.

However, Elena is the type of person who does what she thinks is right without worrying about what others think, so it appears that she will continue to live like that in the future.

“Elena, now that you have less to worry about, go back to the mansion.”

Alicia suddenly appeared and blocked the space between Elena and us.

At first, I wondered if there was some kind of intention behind it, but it didn’t really seem that way.

“Yes, Alicia. Well guys, see you later.”

Elena showed an obedient attitude to Alicia and boarded a luxurious carriage with the maids she brought with her.

We saw Elena off and she leaned out the window of the carriage and waved.

“That kid is all good, but he lacks awareness as a noble. Rebecca, I owe you a lot. I had no idea that the work could be done with this small number of people. On behalf of the Rizerka region and the lord, I would like to express my gratitude.”

Alicia bowed her head to me and said thank you.

So I couldn’t stay still, so I bent down.

“Thank you for your support so far.”

“All I did was encourage you and give you some blueprints. And Maxian’s death will be treated as an accident, so make sure you know that.”

Fortunately, Alicia did not hold me responsible for killing noble Maxian.

I don’t know the specific reason, but it seems like they got tired of Maxian’s evil behavior or they acknowledged that I killed him in some kind of self-defense.

“Thank you.”

“I will call you back to my mansion soon and reward you for successfully completing this task. So go and get some rest today.”

“Yes, Alicia. Thank you for your consideration.”

We headed to Rizerka in the carriage provided by Alicia with a smiling face.

On the way, Lucybell got off first and went back to her window, and we got off right in front of the hotel where we started to become friendly.

I had a headache because I had experienced so many things in one day, but I was able to sleep peacefully as I lay in bed and held Laura and Iris in my arms.