Birth of a Champion

I had to find Vespasian, who was running away, and kill her.

I first went down to Melissa.

My vision was obscured by the locust swarm, but I could feel the positions of the tentacles.

Melissa was fighting two Killer Bee executives.

Melissa had small wounds all over her body, and some of the tentacles on her back had been cut off.

I secretly approached the executive from behind.

I extended a tentacle from my body and wrapped it around the executive’s arm.

The executive gasped at the sudden attack.

“Heot! What, what is this!”

Melissa seized the opportunity and bit the executive’s leg, crushing it.

The executive screamed in pain.

“Ayaya!”

I extended another tentacle and crushed the executive’s head.

The remaining executive died in a combined attack by me and Melissa.

Melissa said.

“Oppa! Thank you.”

Melissa discovered the hole in my stomach and was startled.

“W, what’s that wound on your stomach!”

Melissa rushed to my stomach.

Melissa was worried about me, shedding tears.

“Oppa, what do I do! Heu… what do I do about our Oppa being hurt! Heuk heuk.”

“It’s nothing. Viola stabbed me with a spear, but I killed her.”

“Bad bitch! Bitch who deserves to die! How dare you hurt our Oppa! Heuk heuk.”

I comforted Melissa instead.

Melissa peeled off the skin from the corpse of the Killer Bee executive she had just killed and wrapped it around my stomach.

“I wish I could use healing magic. Sniffle. If there’s a hole, you have to stop the bleeding like this.”

“Thank you. To stop this locust swarm now, we have to kill the Killer Bee Queen. Can you find her?”

“I’ll look for her. I know the Killer Bee Queen’s smell. Sniff sniff. Let’s go that way.”

I went with Melissa through the locust swarm towards the inside of the castle walls.

Our skin was glistening with acidic mucus, so as soon as the locusts touched our skin, they melted, making the locust swarm only inconvenient.

We went down from the castle walls.

Vespasian was running away with the support of the Killer Bees.

I asked Melissa.

“Melissa, run to Vespasian at top speed and cast Slow Curse and Death Cloud.”

“Okay! I’ll go right away.”

Melissa jumped straight from the castle walls, landed on the ground, and shot off like a cheetah.

The Killer Bees noticed Melissa and tried to fly up.

Melissa fired the Slow Curse with the tentacles on her back, and their speed slowed down as they were hit.

Melissa jumped and sprayed Death Cloud from her mouth.

“Puhaaaaaaa”

The Killer Bees hit by the Death Cloud turned pale, coughed, and fell to the ground, tuk tuk.

Melissa bit the fallen Killer Bees in her mouth and shook her head, tearing the flesh apart.

I also arrived and killed the Killer Bees except for Vespasian.

Vespasian’s wings were torn, so she couldn’t fly.

Vespasian said with a resentful face.

“It’s unfair. I’ve only been working hard to grow my kingdom.”

I retorted Vespasian’s words.

“The Slimes will also feel wronged.”

“Do you care about the thoughts of livestock! I hate you! I hate all the Slimes who ruined my kingdom!”

I looked at Vespasian with a pitiful face.

She’s my enemy now, but Vespasian gave me attention even for a moment.

My heart felt bitter at the thought of killing such Vespasian.

Vespasian said in a resentful voice.

“Don’t shame me. Quickly cut off my head.”

‘Yes. It would be right to quickly end this brave woman’s life.’

I changed my hand into a blade tentacle.

I grabbed Vespasian’s hair and lifted her up.

Vespasian sensed her end and closed her eyes.

I quickly swung the blade tentacle and cut off Vespasian’s head without pain.

Vespasian’s face was filled with hatred and resentment.

When Vespasian died, the huge magic circle disappeared, and the locust swarm died and fell to the ground.

I held Vespasian’s head up so everyone could see and shouted towards the castle walls.

“I, Kyle, the King of Tentacles, have cut off the head of the Killer Bee Queen!”

The Slimes let out a joyful cheer, and the Killer Bees wailed.

The torrent of two opposing emotions could be felt even here.

The Killer Bees lost their will to fight and stopped, or were overwhelmed with hatred and rushed wildly.

The Killer Bees were quickly dealt with by the Slimes.

Beyond the castle walls was the Killer Bee Kingdom.

In the center of the Killer Bee Kingdom was a huge hornet’s nest that looked like a palace.

Around it were hornet’s nests of smaller sizes.

The Slimes raided the Killer Bee Kingdom.

Since most of the troops were already dead, only the elderly and workers remained in the kingdom.

Slime massacres of Killer Bees occurred everywhere.

The screams of the Killer Bees echoed.

“Kyaaak!”

“Please save me! Please save me!”

The Slime army killed the Killer Bees as soon as they saw them without any hesitation.

I rejoined my party members and Chike, who had transformed into human forms.

We entered the Killer Bee Palace.

Slimes had already entered the palace and were carrying out a massacre.

There were Killer Bee corpses everywhere, mainly wearing maid outfits or work clothes.

As we walked towards the center, a huge cavity appeared.

In the cavity were Killer Bee eggs, larvae, pupae, Killer Bee teenagers, and Killer Bee maids.

The Slimes surrounded them and destroyed and massacred them.

The Killer Bee maids hugged the young Killer Bees to the end and blocked them with their bodies.

The Slimes didn’t care and hit them with Slime tentacles, causing them to explode.

The Killer Bees screamed desperately.

“Please! Please don’t touch these eggs!”

“No! Not the larvae!”

I suddenly thought of my daughter, the Giant Ent Ctilla.

I closed my eyes to avoid seeing the terrible sight.

Chike spoke to me.

“You seem to be having a hard time. It can’t be helped. There can be no mercy in war.”

“Eum.”

“Think of it the other way around. If the Slimes had lost this war, the Killer Bees might have raised the Slimes like horned rabbits. War is a curse for all races. Kyle-nim has already done so much for us, so why don’t you go outside and rest for a while?”

“I will.”

I turned around to go outside.

Only the screams of the Killer Bees and the sound of them exploding echoed behind me.

I went outside with my party members and sat on a rock next to the entrance.

Melissa and Lucy Nuna read my mood and held my hands tightly.

Winston sat down heavily on a nearby rock and opened his mouth.

“My lord. No matter how great the cause, war comes with many sacrifices. My lord has given freedom to the Slimes today. Just think about that.”

The sun was already setting.

Like reflecting the future of the Killer Bees, the sunset in the sky was as red as blood.

The Slimes annihilated all the Killer Bees in the kingdom.

The Slime army camped right behind the castle walls.

Slimes patrolling the borders walked on the castle walls.

Since I, Lucy Nuna, Melissa, and Winston were heroes, we didn’t stand guard and just dug a hole and slept.

That’s how one day passed.

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The next day, I explained my situation to the Slimes and wandered around the Killer Bee Kingdom, absorbing the corpses.

The corpses I absorbed in Bradon Village little by little were far fewer than the corpses I absorbed once a war broke out.

But the evolution points didn’t go up any further from 105,887.

A system notification sounded.

Ttiririring

[Evolution points have reached the limit. They can no longer increase.]

“Huh? Then does that mean I have to solve it from here on out?”

[That’s right.]

“That means I can use this 200pt 529 times. If I turn all of this into my stats, will I become as strong as a god?”

Ttiririring

[The mortal limit of stat total is 15,000.

The closer you get to 15,000, the higher the probability of a Light Race adversary appearing.]

“There’s an end to everything. What happens if I fill up 15,000 stats?”

[You will become the champion of the Dark Race.]

“What’s good about being a champion?”

[All Dark Races unconsciously feel respect and awe for you. Initial favorability starts high, but can become negative depending on your actions.]

“Is there only one champion?”

[Only one Dark Race champion can exist at the same time.]

“What are the disadvantages of being a champion?”

[The Light Race adversary also becomes the champion of the Light Race.]

“What exactly is an adversary and why does it appear?”

[The adversary appears according to the world’s rules to balance darkness and light. When an adversary appears, they grow like you until you kill them.]

“Does the adversary appear on its own?”

[I don’t know the details, but it is presumed that Goddess Elia is involved.]

“I see. If I eliminate the adversary, will a new adversary appear again?”

[When the adversary of the Light Race or Dark Race dies, the world recognizes that state as natural.]

“So the Dark Race has been losing continuously, and the continent is now full of the Light Race.”

[That’s right.]

I seriously pondered.

My main attack is a close-range attack using multiple tentacles.

Strength, stamina, and agility are important.

“Strength to 3500, stamina to 3500, agility to 3000, intelligence to 2000, magic power to 3000.”

Ttiririring

[You will become the champion of the Dark Race.]

Tremendous power began to dwell in my body.

The inevitable status and responsibility as the champion of the Dark Race were engraved on my soul.

I screamed in pain as my body and soul felt like they were about to explode.

“Euaaaaaaa!”

All the Slimes and my party members around me ran towards me at my scream.

They soon stopped moving at the intangible, unapproachable sacredness felt from me.

My tentacle party members slowly approached me.

Melissa said, watching my mood.

“Oppa…. Oppa looks very sacred. Before, you felt like my master, but now you seem like a higher being.”

Chike came up to me and spoke.

“Kyle-nim. You have risen to a new level. I feel like I should trust and follow Kyle-nim for some reason.”

I felt the responsibility for the champion’s duty surging and shouted so that all beings could hear.

“I have now become the champion of the Dark Race! I will save all the Dark Races and lead them to glory!”

Everyone there could not have any doubts about the sacredness felt from him even after hearing Kyle’s arrogant words.

He seemed like a sacred being who had come down to lead the Dark Race to salvation on this continent.

Lucy Nuna, Melissa, and Winston were led by some intangible force and knelt down towards me and bowed their heads.

Chike leaned forward.

Soon, all the Slimes in that place leaned their bodies towards me.

The sight of all beings offering reverence to one tentacle looked truly sacred.

I slowly headed towards the cave where I had slept yesterday.

The Slimes opened the way for me as if the sea was parting.

I entered my cave, receiving the awe of the Slimes.

When no one could see, I fanned my face with my hand and opened my mouth.

“I suddenly felt so responsible that I said anything, I’m so embarrassed. Hooo…. How am I going to face the kids from now on.”

But the responsibility felt from becoming the champion of the Dark Race was real.

It was a new feeling to become the champion of the Dark Race from the small tentacle when I first fell on this continent.

‘Wasn’t it for this that I came to this continent?’

When I looked at my stat window, it had changed as follows.

[1. Name: Kyle, Kim Cheol-soo

2. Class: Dark Race Champion

3. Grade: Top-Grade Tentacle

4. Race: Humanoid Combat Tentacle

5.

Strength: 3500

Stamina: 3500

Agility: 3000

Intelligence: 2000

Magic Power: 3000

6. Authority:

1) *****

2) Evolution

7. Characteristics:

1) Control Type: Higher Intelligence Brain Control, Brain Nerve Mimicry, Brain Connection (Mammals of the Horse Family, Insects and Monsters of the Bee Family, Mammals of the Rabbit Family, Humans),

2) Combat Type: Thorn Tentacle, Hook Tentacle, Armor Shell, Venom Tentacle, Bludgeon Tentacle, Shield Tentacle, Acid Tentacle, Bone Ejection Tentacle, Spear Tentacle, Blade Tentacle

3) Combat Auxiliary Type: Disposable Tentacle Mine (5pt per mine)

4) Immunity Type: Digestive Juice Immunity, Underwater Breathing, Flame Immunity,

5) Appearance Type: Downy Hair, Human Mimicry, Tentacle Clothes, Hard Skin

6) Action Type: Tentacle Creation, Digging Soil

7) Other: Magic Circuit, Anesthetic Mucus, Tentacle Wings, Tentacle Mental Network, Pheromone

8. Evolution Points 100,000pt

]

I vowed to create a future where the Dark Race, which the Light Race calls monsters and demons, can happily roam this continent.

I stayed still in the cave because I was worried that my prestige would be slightly tarnished if I wandered around.

Lucy Nuna and Melissa came into my cave.

Lucy Nuna called me in an anxious voice.

“Kyle…. You’re still my brother Kyle, right?”

Lucy Nuna and Melissa were afraid that I would become a high being that they could not reach.

When I smiled and opened my arms to them, Lucy Nuna and Melissa both jumped into my chest.

I hugged them both with both hands and said with a smile.

“Nuna is still my wife, and Melissa is my cute sister. What’s going to change? I just have the responsibility of a champion.”

Lucy Nuna and Melissa acted spoiled.

“That’s a relief! Yeah! Nuna believed in Kyle!”

“Oppa! Stroke my head!”

I stroked Lucy Nuna and Melissa’s heads and kissed them.

Lucy Nuna said as if she was proud of something.

“My husband becoming the champion of the Dark Race makes my heart feel full of emotion.”

Melissa also said in an emotional voice.

“I knew Oppa would become a great being! Oppa always has a great radiance!”

“Puh! How do you see radiance?”

“When I look behind Oppa, it’s like the sun is floating on your head!”

“Okay. Thank you.”

I messed up Melissa’s hair.

“My hair is ruined~~ Ung!”

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At that time, in heaven, Goddess Elia felt the birth of the Dark Race champion and was looking at the continent.

Goddess Elia said in a voice filled with worry.

“Haa. This is ruined. A Dark Race champion has been born. First of all, the law of causality has accumulated tremendously, so I can create a Light Race champion.”

God is restricted by the world if they directly interfere with the continent, but this is an exception when the law of causality has accumulated.

Goddess Elia looked around the Light Race.

But there was no being that caught her eye.

“I guess I have to summon a Hero from Earth again.”

Goddess Elia picked up a spherical telephone next to her.

This telephone was an item that could be directly connected to Gaia, the supreme god of Earth, by consuming divinity at the caller’s expense.

Gaia answered the phone on the other end.

Goddess Elia greeted.

“Gaia. Hello?”

“What’s going on? This consumes divinity every second, is it okay?”

“I’ll just say what I need to quickly. A Dark Race champion has been born on our side. Send me some candidates to use as Heroes.”

“What? Earth is also in big trouble because of the rifts right now. I can’t send them.”

“I’ll send you divinity. Send me a Hero of the level you sent me when the Undead Master was running rampant 200 years ago.”

“Hmm…. Divinity.”

“I know you’re very short on divinity right now. You’re still paying off your debts.”

“Okay. I’ll think about it if you give me 20% more than that time.”

“What’s so expensive?”

“Don’t you want to?”

“I will.”

“And I can’t give you kids who have already grown up.”

“I have some shame and I know that. Send me a kid who you guys call a high school student these days. Someone with tremendous potential. They haven’t grown up yet, so it’ll work.”

“Okay. What kind of potential should I send them with? Magic? Melee?”

“Send them as a melee warrior.”

“Okay. I’ll find them first, so tell me when you’re doing the Hero summoning ritual.”

“Okay. Thank you.”

Goddess Elia decided to give the Hero summoning oracle to Asha, the holiest saint in the Holy Kingdom.

The more God interferes with the continent and the greater and more direct the impact of the interference, the more divinity is consumed the longer the interference lasts.

Therefore, Goddess Elia had to say only what was necessary quickly.