episode_0077

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《The Lion King has acquired [Desire for Masochism]》

《The Lion Name has acquired [Delusion Wall: I am a Female]》

《The lion name is not responding.》

【Apostle of the Goddess of Madness】 began to feel a little uncomfortable.

Again. Something is happening again.

The traps set up by the candidates for the Pajeong Knight and the Guizamoshin are being destroyed one after another, as they could have expected a nice collapse.

Every time, everyone confirmed that there was a being called ‘Saya’ nearby. A ridiculous being with a unique skill called [Incompetence].

So I ordered Geum Tae-yang to kill that girl. But after a few days, there was no sign of achieving his goal, and today, it’s like this again.

He was originally a stupid guy and he has a [reverse-heaven long-legged friend] attached to him, so there is a possibility that he was ruined for some reason.

But when I looked at the biological reactions around me, something seemed very strange.

There are no biological signals from any rational being within a hundred meters of the Golden Sun, and the closest biological signal is that of a guy named ‘Saya’. The candidate for the Mother of the Crowned God is also right next to him.

There’s no way such a strange biological reaction could occur in the middle of a city. Maybe he wrote [Labyrinth Flower] or [Otherworld Flower].

Anyway, one thing is certain. There is something about this guy named Saya. And he keeps using that talent to sabotage his own work.

Let’s think of a more direct way to handle this.

“But before that, I have to retrieve [Yeokcheon Gingoa].”

It’s a general-purpose item that works on anyone. It takes a lot of time to make.

On the contrary, it was a pity that I gave it to Geum Tae-yang because it had a synergistic effect with his abilities. It would have been much more effective if I had given it to someone who was more intelligent, clever, and had more power.

【Apostle of the Goddess of Madness】 leaped through space.

There is someone nearby who has removed [Fragments of the Jomakyung] twice. Retrieve them before [Reverse Heavenly Long-Awaited Sword] is destroyed… .

The place he arrived was inside a building. Geum Tae-yang was lying on the floor of that room… but his condition was strange. Anyone other than him who could see the mental waves directly and identify the entity would have questioned this.

“Why are you a girl, you punk?”

The next moment, something cut through the air and wrapped around his body. And… it tightened, instantly tearing his entire body apart.

The entire body was cut off except for the head, which looked like a Rubik’s cube. The four arms and the bundle of tentacles that were disguised as legs were also torn to pieces and scattered into the air, then turned into red smoke and melted into the air.

The magic formula that created the fake body was destroyed.

‘Surprise?! There was no biological response?!’

But the surprise attacker was real. This time, he swung his whip, which was wrapped in lightning, at him, floating in the air with his head like a Rubik’s cube. He must have realized that the previous cutting mode was not working.

The Rubik’s Cube rotated up, down, left, and right, drawing magical letters. It is unknown how the biological response was disguised, but the attacker was human, and his eyes were burning with battle intent.

If you are a rational being… there is a solution.

The four sides of the Rubik’s Cube form a designated color combination, and his specialty, the magic formula, is complete.

“Insane Blast Triple Shot!!!”

A storm of mental waves, unaccompanied by physical phenomena, flew towards the silver-haired, red-eyed girl. The range was short, at around 20 meters, but within that range, there was no way to avoid this attack that was coming from all directions.

First of all… [Phobia: Rubik’s Cube].

The second is [Phobia: Self].

The third is [Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Self-harm].

A spell that causes severe mental illness in the opponent: [Madness Burst].

You have to get close to him to directly hit him since he is close to the spirit body, but there is no way to avoid [Madness Burst] while in close range.

Of course, the same was true for this silver-haired woman.

“Ugh… Ugh… .”

The silver-haired girl who was hit directly by [Madness Burst] let out a blank sound.

He looked at the silver-haired woman with curiosity. Even though the phobia itself is the same, the way it is expressed is different for each person.

It always amused him to see his enemies, who had bravely approached him, retreat, urinate, and tremble in fear at the mere sight of him.

I wonder what kind of girl this is… ..

For a moment, he felt a chill. He was an invertebrate and had no spine, but even so, the feeling he got when he realized he had been screwed was surprisingly similar.

A feeling as if the entire nervous system is frozen.

And just before he attempted to leap through space, the silver-haired woman’s fist flew through the air and struck him.

Part of that arm turns into a lightning bolt, literally glowing golden straight!

Kookwakwakwakwang!

As a thunderous sound followed, the Rubik’s Cube head was no longer floating in the air and fell to the ground.

Part of the Rubik’s Cube that was hit broke, spilling some of its contents.

“What the heck is this…?”

The silver-haired woman frowned at the contents that had been revealed. It looked like a red jellyfish, but its body was filled with tissue that looked like a human brain.

I can’t even guess what kind of ecology this creature has. Among crustaceans, there are creatures that use the shells of creatures with hard shells, like hermit crabs… But it’s a Rubik’s Cube.

On the contrary, he too was feeling doubtful. Since he had just suffered a fatal wound that caused part of his brain to leak out, his doubts were not properly expressed.

“Why… Why… .”

“Oh, this?”

The silver-haired woman raised her right hand. The fist that had seemed like a bolt of lightning for a moment was now tattered, as if it had been struck by a hammer.

It was fine until the moment it hit, but then I was somewhat affected by the impact.

“When Yuna awakened, the [Acceleration (Physical) F-] I received was upgraded to [Bazra E+]… Isn’t that what I’m talking about?”

“Why… don’t… you… go… crazy…?”

“Well, I thought you were doing something, but I don’t understand why it didn’t work.”

That can’t be true.

That can’t be true.

No rational being can ever be free from madness. Unless something, something protects him… or he has gone mad from a greater madness… .

But there was no chance for his doubts to be resolved.

Se-ha has no interest in having long conversations with his enemies. Especially not with unidentified enemies whose abilities and limits are unknown.

Seha’s feet were once again covered in lightning.

[The Apostle of the Goddess of Madness], who was struck by it and burned by lightning, and whose brain and body were destroyed, ended up being the first Apostle to be eliminated in this ‘proxy war of the gods’.

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I sighed.

It was just a fleeting thought to leave Sajamyeong alone and see if something would happen, because the reason Sajamyeong was targeting Sa Ya-sunbae had not been explained.

If I had to find something, I would say that Senior Saya was by my side when the [Fragment of the Jomakyung] that was embedded in the Chairman was removed. Until then, Yuren was also a Master… .

Anyway, I thought that if I waited without touching [Yeokcheon Gingoa], who seemed to be the work of the [Apostle of the Goddess of Madness], I might get some kind of reaction.

I was hiding as carefully as I could, when a guy with an unfamiliar appearance appeared. A strange guy who made my head spin just by looking at him.

Using Sersi’s monowire function to cut off the body. The head part that was not cut off (which actually seemed to be the core) was destroyed with the help of [Bazra E+], which was made available thanks to Yuna’s awakening.

Maybe because I don’t have the durability of Yuna, the fists and feet I used to attack were practically shattered… .

The result is….

《【Apostle of the Goddess of Madness】 has been removed.》

Just this one line of system message.

And two questions were posed to me.

One is that the [Yeokcheon Gingoa] on the lion’s head is still there.

If the contents of the system message are correct, then the [Apostle of the Goddess of Madness] has been eliminated… That means there must be another similar one, or even if that one has been eliminated, its legacy still remains in the world.

Either way, it’s a headache.

Another thing is that my body, which had been sighing after checking the first problem, suddenly arrived in a place that was not entirely unfamiliar.

It’s so sparkly that no matter where you look, it feels like the afterlife.

There she was.

A woman with a slightly wicked smile who called herself the ‘goddess of love’.

“What the hell is this… .”

As I muttered without realizing it, she spoke with that fierce smile brighter.

“If you skip the tutorial, you’ll have a hard time. Do you understand now?”

“… That’s right.”

It was my fault… .

“Um… . I’m sorry, self-proclaimed goddess of love. Can you hear if there’s a part I missed?”

“That’s too short! Am I still a self-proclaimed person inside you?”

“If she were a true goddess of love, she would look like Saya-senpai.”

The self-proclaimed goddess of love sighed, but did not get angry.

“Yeah. That’s why I chose you as my apostle.”

“… I had a hope, but as expected… .”

Then, would I also be recognized as a [Apostle of the Goddess of Love] by someone? If someone called me that, I think I would be so embarrassed that I couldn’t stand it… .

“As you may have guessed, there are two wars going on in this world at the same time. The Master Wars, where one seeks to become the sole Master and gain absolute dominance, and the Apostle Wars, where each god sends an Apostle to achieve the results they want.”

“There’s another one besides you and the goddess of madness?”

“There are many. Their goals are different. They all want their influence to be solid in the world that will be completed in the end.”

I thought, why would you do something like that… but there must be a reason.

“Then is this world… a game or not?”

“We spread a game modeled after this world to each world to find apostle candidates and have them learn in advance, but of course it’s not a game. We just added game-like convenience features for convenience. Isn’t that easier for you modern people to adapt to?”

According to her, fiction is basically mostly the result of receiving a vision from another world.

There are cases where the interpretation varies depending on the personality of the recipient, and it seems that group creations such as games often become distorted from the original vision as the number of recipients increases.

As the game’s content changes based on user feedback, it sometimes gets closer to the original, and sometimes, on the contrary, it goes in the opposite direction.

《Seraph of the Super Dimension》 is said to be an excellent result with a reproduction rate of over 99% of the original.

“You had a guess, right?”

“I thought it might not be a good idea. Although my knowledge and experience in the game helped, the feeling I got was completely different. After feeling that there were many aspects I didn’t know about and many changes that went beyond my expectations, I felt that it couldn’t be a game anymore.”

And every time I realize that, I love it more and more, and it becomes harder to bear.

The self-proclaimed goddess of love looked at me with a pleased expression. Oh, good. That’s good.

“But why did you send me as a woman?”

“I didn’t mean to make you a woman. It was just the most suitable body to recreate you in this world.”

“… Then what about those strange talents that were attached to my body… .”

“You, or should I say your prototype? The one attached to the prototype of the design dolls.”

Ah, so that was it… .

The initial purpose of design dolls was… to be what is commonly called a sex doll… .

After that, I heard an explanation about the relationship between this world and the world I was in, or in other words, dimension theory… Well, it’s not important, so let’s skip that. I’ll have a chance to talk about it later.

“That 【Apostle of the Goddess of Madness】… fell, right?”

“Yeah. They say that they usually fall early in every Apostle War. Because of their characteristics, they can’t choose useful Apostles.”

Ah… madness… .

It certainly seems like it would be difficult to make a sane guy an apostle.

“Even so, I didn’t think you’d be taken advantage of so easily. You’re being attacked by madness, how pitiful… .”

“?”

I don’t know the English, but I felt like I heard something incredibly rude.

“Isn’t there some kind of reward for taking that guy down?”

“Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a fight between apostles. I think it is very fortunate that I can do this belated tutorial thanks to you realizing that you are the [Apostle of the Goddess of Love].”

“That guy must have had some amazing abilities… .”

Not being recognized by others, or sending out psychic waves that are not well understood… I don’t want to be greedy, but isn’t it true that I have a huge advantage over others?

“I have already given you enough power. I am proud that I am not inferior to what other gods have given to their apostles. All that is needed is… you to love more and be loved more.”

That statement… could not be denied.

Looking at the ring on my ring finger, I confirmed that fact again.

Yes. I have already received the blessings she has bestowed upon me. I think there are more promises to come. It would be inappropriate to complain.

A hole opened in the floor.

“Okay, now that the tutorial is over, go ahead and work hard for your own special, extraordinary heroine.”

These were words that I really liked.

“… Thank you. Since Saya-senpai would be too embarrassed to run for the role of the Goddess of Love, I think it would be good for you to be the Goddess of Love.”

“You’re really persistent, you! It’s just because I can’t talk to you if I’m in my true form!”

The hole in the floor expanded and swallowed me.

But I couldn’t react to it in time.

Because at the last moment, the goddess of love changed from her previous appearance to a face like that of a young Saya-senpai, glaring at me and sticking her tongue out.

It was a mischievous expression that Senior Saya would never make… but I couldn’t help but agree with her words.

Truly, she was the goddess of love.