Ch.52Chapter 52. I Became an Evolving Otherworld Monster (2)

52. I Became an Evolving Otherworld Monster (2)

[AtomicRex: I think I can use the skills of creatures I eat?

Just learned the ‘Sturdy Front Teeth’ skill. It’s a passive skill.

Since it was just a rat, it only had this crappy skill.]

– Comments –

[MeleeSpy: Sigh… EunuchBro, take care of this.]

ㄴ [MeleeSpy: EunuchBro “Wakarimashita Master…!”]

[Poopoopoong: Mister, please come to your senses.]

[NotACatfish: Coming all this way just to pretend to be a monster. Pitiful]

[TrustedMonkeyUncle: This concept isn’t very funny]

I checked AtomicRex’s posts as soon as they appeared.

I felt concerned about him since he seemed to be in a similar situation to mine.

I thought I might be able to share my secrets with someone like him.

Of course, I’d need to observe him more to see if he was trustworthy.

[AtomicRex: Ate an infected for the first time

It was a dog-type infected, taste was just okay. Slow and weak.

Three were traveling together, so I made ‘dog soup’ out of all of them.

Well, even Paladins can easily defeat them from level 1, so I guess it’s expected?

Got the skill ‘Keen Sense of Smell’. Another passive.

Unlike you guys, I might only get passive skills.]

Just as I get blessings instead of skills unlike the Paladins, this friend seems to learn unique skills with a different mechanism.

While helping the tribal federation repair Symphonia’s walls (supporting with healing totems), I kept an eye on AtomicRex.

[AtomicRex: Killed a cultist.

Pretty delicious. Didn’t get any skills but it gives a ton of experience.

Maybe I should just keep hunting cultists?

Tasty and lots of experience, no reason not to kill them.

So chewy and tender.]

Even though cultists aren’t human, they still look mostly human.

Doesn’t he find this disturbing?

[DinosaurPunch: Stop saying weird things and just eat your food]

[Bramanda: Jokes should have limits]

[NotACatfish: Is this funny?]

People’s attitudes toward AtomicRex are gradually growing colder.

Even I find him rather unlikable.

No matter if they’re cultists, saying things like “chewy” is bound to be unpleasant.

Even if he really did enjoy eating them, doesn’t he know some thoughts are better kept to himself?

[UltraSansMadWithMoonlightMassacreMode: Read the room]

I left a brief comment.

ㄴ [AtomicRex: Yeah your mom~]

So he’s just a person with terrible character. No wonder he’s a toxic user.

I was a fool for thinking I could help someone in a similar situation.

For guys like this, punishment is the only answer.

[Paladin Hannah]

I immediately contacted my “online friend.”

[NotACatfish: What?]

[I authorize the subjugation of AtomicRex]

Let’s bring in the strongest keyboard warrior.

[NotACatfish: lolol what’s this suddenly]

[NotACatfish: Did something happen?]

[I’m literally shaking and crying right now…]

[NotACatfish: ?? What’s wrong?]

The messages stopped briefly. She must have gone to check.

After a few minutes, a new message arrived.

[NotACatfish: What the hell is wrong with this guy]

[NotACatfish: He just throws out a mom insult out of nowhere?]

[NotACatfish: What kind of nerve does this newbie have?]

[For real]

[He can’t even read the room]

[NotACatfish: This idiot is just shitting all over the community]

[NotACatfish: I need to wake him up]

[NotACatfish: Trust me]

[Thanks thanks]

[Thank you, sis]

At times like this, she’s more reliable than anyone in the world.

Now, let’s leave it to Hannah, shall we?

“Lord Malak, I’d like to resume subjugation operations today! We’ll subjugate all the villages in Symphonia!”

Just then, Kanto and his warriors came to visit.

“There’s no need to leave it to them. I, as a ‘Totem Guardian,’ can handle it sufficiently on my own.

Oh, not alone, but with you, Lord Malak.”

Lakye appeared like the wind.

– Good. Let’s all go together.

Since we’ve moved, we’re closer to the villages and can move quickly.

Let’s start the ‘Demon Extermination.’

After telling Paya to report immediately if anything suspicious happens, I switched to Totem #3 using the Binding Totem.

***

AtomicRex continued to post about eating cultists.

Posts like ‘women are more chewy’ or ‘children’s meat is tender’ were disgusting just to look at.

Many users ignored him due to his excessive behavior, and I had long lost interest in him, but…

AtomicRex’s attention-seeking didn’t end there.

[AtomicRex: But these Paladin dogs are pathetic.

Hundreds of you swarming like a pack of dogs and you still can’t clear? lolol

I guess that’s expected from life’s losers who only play shitty games.

Such pathetic bastards tsk tsk]

This was a wide-area provocation unprecedented in the community.

While there had been plenty of trolls before, no one had spoken like this to the entire community.

This attack was on a different level from Princess Dina’s “only losers use the community.”

Naturally, the comment section exploded.

[FullPlay: You think we wanted to come here? You’re in the same situation, aren’t your words a bit harsh?]

[DinosaurPunch: Why should I have to hear such things? We’re all victims here]

[Ghoulr: I really want to block this idiot. Why isn’t there a block function?]

[NotACatfish: Why are you so angry?]

ㄴ [NotACatfish: Did you get destroyed in an argument and get pissed?]

ㄴ [NotACatfish: You’re so slow at typing comments lolol]

ㄴ [NotACatfish: Are you pecking at the keyboard one finger at a time?]

ㄴ [AtomicRex: Just shut up and stop commenting]

ㄴ [NotACatfish: lolol he’s so mad, what a loser]

ㄴ [NotACatfish: Are you crying like a baby right now?]

Well done, our Hannah!

There were too many vulgar words below, so I only read up to here.

[AtomicRex: lolol cheers to the Paladin dogs!

A toast to the bugs who died without accomplishing anything for two years!]

I could have frowned and moved on from this, but the next post was intolerable.

[AtomicRex: George Attack Team? What’s that, you weebs

Why are you sucking up to some guy who died ages ago?

He died because he was a fucking idiot lolol

Didn’t he just prepare a lavish meat buffet for the demons?

The George Buffet lolol]

Ah, this bastard really needs to be dealt with.

I didn’t even need to deliver a sharp rebuke.

Many users flocked to fiercely criticize him.

More than a few users commented that they would kill him if they ever met him.

But there’s always a lower depth to rock bottom.

AtomicRex’s provocations still weren’t over.

[AtomicRex: I ate a human.

Not a cultist, just a regular person. An ordinary person.

It was an adult woman with a little kid.

She was desperately trying to save the kid, so I killed the child first.

lolol you should have seen her expression.

But the meat was so delicious.

Can’t even compare to cultists. Gives tons of experience too.

Now I’m just looking for humans. There must be some hiding around.]

For a moment, my brain froze.

I don’t know if I even have a brain right now—no, that’s not the important thing.

It must be a lie, right? It doesn’t make sense if it’s not a lie.

Just another attention-seeking… this crazy bastard.

[UltraSansMadWithMoonlightMassacreMode: Hey. Did you really eat them?]

ㄴ [AtomicRex: You think I’m making it up?]

Sigh.

Why did they possess such garbage?

[MeleeSpy: …]

[MeleeSpy: Are you really a monster?]

ㄴ [TrustedMonkeyUncle: Judging by how he talks, he must be]

ㄴ [AtomicRex: How many times do I have to tell you, MeleeSpy? It’s real.]

ㄴ [MeleeSpy: What level are you?]

ㄴ [AtomicRex: 7. Unlike losers like you, I level up super fast lol]

ㄴ [AtomicRex: Humans give such abundant experience~]

ㄴ [AtomicRex: Now I can one-shot lower demons with a surprise attack]

He’s grown that much already?

Does he have high base stats unlike me with high growth potential?

ㄴ [MeleeSpy: What does your final goal say?]

…Final goal? What’s that?

ㄴ [AtomicRex: ?]

ㄴ [MeleeSpy: It’s written in your status window. At level 7, a line gets added]

Something like that is written in the status window?

I should be level 7 too since I have seven blessings, but why don’t I have it?

ㄴ [AtomicRex: Oh, that?]

ㄴ [AtomicRex: “Continuously evolve and reign as the apex predator”]

ㄴ [MeleeSpy: …]

ㄴ [MeleeSpy: “Reclaim the cathedral, drive out the demons invading the surface. Protect the goddess’s servants.”]

ㄴ [MeleeSpy: This is the final goal written in the status window of Paladins level 7 and above]

ㄴ [AtomicRex: lolol that’s so cringy. What is this, a shounen manga?]

ㄴ [MeleeSpy: You’re really beyond help]

ㄴ [AtomicRex: Acting all high and mighty lol. You’re just a one-bite snack]

I immediately checked my status window.

[Name: Malak]

– Available Blessings: Healing Totem (Advanced), Divine Descent, Binding Totem, Zombie Control (Intermediate), Chaos Totem

– Used Blessings: Berserker’s Energy (Kanto), Spirit Walker’s Path (Paya), Totem Guardian (Lakye)

– Available Points: 480

– Vassals: Paya, Lakye, Muri, Nix, Bojak, Sola

– Community Access

Nothing. There is no final goal.

Why? Why am I the only one without a final goal?

Because I’m Loa? Having seven blessings doesn’t make me level 7?

…No. It’s not that it doesn’t exist, it’s hidden.

I have that intuition.

I stared intently at my status window. There must be something there.

I kept staring at the status window. How much time passed?

Text that had been hidden below “Community Access” slowly revealed itself.

– Final Goal: Operate in secret. Defeat the demons and the goddess’s servants to seize supremacy over the surface. If your identity is discovered before that day, you will pay a great price.

What is this? What the hell is this?

Hahahahahahaha-!

Perhaps because I’ve been staring at the status window for too long, I’m hearing things.

I can’t explain why, but it sounded like the laughter of the Loa.