episode_0085

Over the past few days, I have been persistently researching, digging into, and verifying only my weaknesses and killing methods.

As a result, I came to the conclusion that killing myself was surprisingly simple and easy.

As long as he was sufficiently prepared, he was just an ordinary human being, full of weaknesses, flaws, and extreme weakness.

It was a truly useful and rewarding time to learn about one’s subject.

“Cough! Damn it…do we really have to go this far…?”

The doppelganger, who stubbornly lives on despite having his upper and lower body separated by the great sword, smiles bitterly.

It feels strange because he looks exactly like me.

I walked closer, looked down at his face, and asked.

“You probably know why ‘Mirror of Resentment’ didn’t activate.”

“…Yes. I know…I watched the entire process…To be exact, it was activated but purified…”

It’s just as he said.

The place moved by Letel’s spatial movement was an empty lot that we had created by uprooting trees and preparing the ground. Over the past few days, we had soaked the surrounding land and trees with holy water and even surrounded it with several layers of sacred barriers.

As a result, this place became a kind of sanctuary.

A space was created where nothing unclean could exist, and even if it did exist, it would be purified and dispersed in an instant.

It was easy to guess that the power source of the ‘Mirror of Resentment’ was resentment, but I never dreamed that [Basaglia’s Holy Grail] could purify all resentment at once.

So, you don’t know how happy I was when I first thought of this and experimented and verified it.

If I can only use the ‘Mirror of Resentment’, it would be like cutting off 50% of my power… no, more than that.

It’s also worth 120 points. It’s well worth the expensive price.

“…Surprisingly, there is no sign of decomposition. Aren’t you afraid of dying? Or are you desperately looking for an opportunity to fight back?”

“No, I just thought… it wouldn’t be that bad to die like this. Cough, I guess… killing a colleague was a bit difficult and sad… Well, I wanted to take your place if possible, but this outcome wouldn’t be bad… .”

“……”

The doppelganger showed a faint smile with an expression of relief.

I feel like that doesn’t look like me.

“……”

No, maybe I just didn’t realize it, and maybe that’s who I am now.

“Then now I know how to kill you.”

The doppelganger burst into laughter at my words.

“To begin with… it wasn’t true immortality. Conditional immortality due to the ‘Mirror of Resentment’…”

“That’s right. So, ‘Haeju’ starts now.”

In Retel’s case, since he was a pure immortal, I had no choice but to take a slightly excessive method, but in my case, without the ‘Mirror of Resentment’, I was no different from an ordinary person with skills.

“Cough. You’re talking too much. That’s a topic that hasn’t even been verified… Cough! Huh…”

When I lift up [Basaglia’s Holy Grail], he laughs at me.

“……”

That’s actually true.

After confirming that resentment can be completely purified, with Rael’s cooperation, he discovered that souls can also be completely destroyed… but it is not yet known whether that power extends to witchcraft.

I tried to experiment with my ‘Mirror of Resentment’, but my colleagues strongly discouraged me, so I couldn’t even try it that far.

“That’s why I’m going to try it now.”

“Kkkk… Don’t let your guard down, big! If you get the chance, Bukkk! I will bite you right away…!”

Damn it!

More snouts and eyeballs protruded from its body.

Kwaja Jajajak!

“Kahaaagh!?”

However, immediately the space splits and telekinetic power spurts out, ruthlessly splitting, crushing, and exploding the guy’s body.

Fuwaaa!

The ‘Mirror of Resentment’ shone brightly for a moment, but thanks to the sanctuary that erases all resentment, no one suffered reflection damage.

“…It hurts. It hurts so much…”

As the guy, who was essentially just his head and vertebrae, said that with empty eyes, I frowned involuntarily.

And it was the same for my colleagues.

“I’ll finish it quickly.”

“……”

The guy quietly kept his mouth shut.

However, because I had no intention of letting my guard down, I raised my hand and signaled.

“Huh!?”

The guy, startled by something, desperately rolls his eyes and looks upward.

“Pfft, ‘danger that doesn’t exist’…!”

“Yes. I trained hard to block the summoning ability. Now, Saeron says he can tell whether I am using the summoning ability or not just by looking at my scent. Well, I’m just using it as insurance for now.”

“Hahaha…I know…! Damn, I’m scared, I’m scared! Ugh…! Damn it! There’s something! There’s something big and huge around! Hey! Can’t you feel this? Danger! It’s dangerous! We need to protect everyone! Are you planning to let them die?

I slowly tilted the chalice as I watched the man slowly deteriorating.

The subject is a right hand with an eye tattoo.

Grumbling.

It is holy water that is several times more concentrated than regular holy water.

Of course, it takes up several times the mental power and physical strength that are the price, but the effect is clear.

Cheee!

-Keee!

-Aaaahaaah

-Keuhihihihihihi!

-Kyaaa!

The wailing voices of countless souls resound.

“…indeed.”

When I looked at it with the [Mystic Eyes of Condemnation], it seemed that my soul was made up of countless souls intertwined, forming one huge lump.

Normally, it seemed to be safely protected by the thick and dense ‘Wall of Resentment’, but now, perhaps due to the sanctuary, the Wall of Resentment had faded, and as a result, the energy of the holy water was ruthlessly destroying soul chunks and breaking them free.

-Kyaaa!

-Kkeeek!

-Kirrr!

Most of the souls released were, of course, Sahagin.

-Quick!?

-Keee!

-Kyaaaah!

Those who flew up with a roar shrank greatly from the purifying energy that filled the surroundings, and glared at me with venomous eyes.

“…huh?”

-Kkeeek!

-Keee!

The moment I hesitated due to an ominous feeling, they rushed in without any warning.

“No, these damn bastards…!”

It was absurd and shocking to see him charging at me like an enemy of some kind, but I quickly poured holy water on him.

Cheee!

-Kyaaa!

-Krraaa!

Direct contact with holy water melted numerous souls at once, but it was impossible to completely destroy hundreds of souls.

“Tsk…!”

“Hangil!”

-It’s dangerous!

Retel and Rael quickly manipulated space and displayed telekinetic powers, but they didn’t feel like they were a beat behind.

I gritted my teeth and prepared for the pain.

“huh?”

However, the souls’ attack passed through the body in vain.

“…ah.”

It occurred to me.

In the past, the spirit’s attacks passed through as well.

A case like Rael would be rather special.

“……”

I regained my composure and rolled my eyes.

I searched to see if there was a soul that looked just like me among the souls, but no matter how hard I looked, I couldn’t find one.

Since they sacrificed me on the altar, I thought my soul was also included…is it because they are doppelgängers? Well, to begin with, their souls themselves were turned inside out by a strange force and transformed into bodies, and they were just born and didn’t even have any karma…

Fuwaaa!

“Eh…?”

Immediately after, my ‘Mirror of Resentment’ emitted light and immediately absorbed the approaching soul.

Somehow I feel deja vu.

“Turn it off…!?”

For a moment, the same pain as that time was intense, but now, unlike in the past, I have a [cry of despair, pain, and grief].

“Keee!”

“Kaaa!!”

There was a sigh of relief as the cause of the pain was quickly removed by the terrible scream.

“…shit.”

I feel like my soul has expanded even more.

If possible, I wanted to ignore it, thinking it was just my mood, but the feeling was so vivid that I couldn’t.

I feel reluctant.

Even more so now that I know what kind of structure the ‘Mirror of Resentment’ has.

Paaat! Paaat!

At that time, the doppelganger’s ‘Mirror of Resentment’ began to glow dazzlingly and flutter strangely.

“…what?”

Gurgling!

Feeling ominous, I poured holy water and my eye tattoo began to come apart like a ball of thread.

-Ahh…!

-Keuuugh…

-Ah ah ah ah ah…!

“…!!”

It was only after hearing the faint sound of echoing that I realized what the ‘Mirror of Resentment’ was painted with.

“…Right.”

Did you draw the eye tattoo by twisting the soul like thread, or using ink?

It must have been drawn using the souls of humans offered to the altar by the Sahagi shaman.

In that case, my soul, which offered itself on the altar, would also have become part of the eye tattoo.

“……”

He looked at the ‘Mirror of Resentment’ drawn on the back of his right hand and made a complicated expression.

I am the ‘mirror of resentment’ and the ‘mirror of resentment’ is me.

“…Whatever it is, I found a clue that will make it perfect…”

Whether it’s a tattoo or something else, if the material is soul, it can be destroyed in one fell swoop.

Damn it! Damn it!

I took out the bizarre and disgusting snout and various eyeballs and looked into the doppelganger’s ‘Mirror of Resentment’.

Then, souls whose original forms are unrecognizable because they are torn and twisted are clearly reflected.

“Kgyaaa!!”

“KIEEE!!”

“Gwaggg!”

As I focused solely on the terrible scream, the gurgling of the eye tattoo became more intense.

Papat! Papa papap!

The tattoos, which had been loosened one by one by the holy water, broke off and exploded simultaneously, and soon disappeared without a trace.

Finally, the doppelganger’s ‘mirror of resentment’ disappeared.

“……”

“…is it done? Hangil.”

“Oppa Han-gil. How did it go?”

“It seems… it’s gone. Probably.”

“Then it’s okay to kill him now?”

Brother Gyeong asked for permission while holding his sword high, but I shook my head.

“There’s no need for that.”

“Huh? Why…ah.”

The doppelganger was already dead.

It is natural that the ‘mirror of resentment’, which was the main body of the soul, has disappeared.

“……”

As I waited and watched for a while, the body slowly crumbled into powder and disappeared without a trace.

“I’ll bring it.”

“Yes. Please.”

Letel waved his hand in the air a few times, and the doppelganger, reborn on a coastal cliff, was delivered to the sanctuary.

The guy looked around for a moment to assess the situation and then awkwardly made eye contact with me.

“…hi?”

“Okay. Hello. Are you going to fight?”

“……”

The doppelganger glanced at the back of his right hand and made a resigned expression as he noticed that the ‘Mirror of Resentment’ had disappeared without a trace.

“If you are reborn, you can survive without the ‘Mirror of Resentment’… I won’t fight. Instead, just say one word.”

“…try.”

“hmm…”

The doppelganger looks around at her colleagues and looks slightly embarrassed.

“Everyone should be happy. It’s a shame I can’t be with them, but it’ll be okay because there’s a guy just like me.”

“……”

“……”

-……

“Did I just say something unnecessary? Now, kill me. Before you hesitate.”

Kujijijik!

Letel, with a complex expression on his face, compressed the space and exploded the guy’s head.

I repeated it three more times.

“…I am so weak without the ‘Mirror of Resentment’.”

“If that’s the case, we’re the same. I’m just a weak human being without spatial abilities, right?”

“Me too. Without the erosion of the ‘guardian tree’, it is just an ordinary hell spear.”

I chuckled at what Retel and Gyeong-gyeong said and relaxed my tense body.

“Okay, so…is it all over now?”

As if it had heard me, a notification window appeared in front of my eyes.

[You have passed the short trial!]

[The reward for the ordeal is given!]

[You have earned 1000 points!]

[The level of existence is raised!]

“uh…?”

“Ugh!?”

“what…!?”

Immediately after reading the notification window, I sat down with an indescribable feeling.

“This is…!”

It is a feeling of a sick soul.

I quickly looked with [Mystic Eyes of Condemnation] and saw that my soul was pulsating as fast as my heart and that the karma I was carrying was growing bigger and heavier in real time.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

“Ugh…!?”

“Keuuu!!…

Every time the soul pulsates, the senses expand, a sixth sense that has never existed before emerges, and it presents the ultimate ecstasy that you have never felt in your life.

-Are you all okay!? Come to your senses!

Rael is the only one who is sane, panicking with a face full of worry.

“ah…!”

At some point, my brain lights up brightly, and a gigantic presence beyond the universe that rewards me flashes in my mind.

My heart felt warm, like warm snow falling, as my faith and reverence swelled like bubbles.

“Ahh, ah, huh…!”

Only then did I realize another use for ‘sensory accumulation’.

The pain that overwhelmed the senses according to the given time not only accelerated the growth of the doppelganger, but also played a role in raising the ‘sensory threshold’.

Don’t panic or die even if you feel the presence of the constellation!

“You’re watching…!”

“Ah… great being…!”

“I’m going to surround myself with joyful blessings…”

“Okay, that’s it.”

Wow!

“omg!?”

“Hmph!?”

“Kuheook!?”

Romenel, who suddenly appeared, playfully clapped and came to his senses as if he had been doused with cold water.

“Roh, Director Romenel…!?”

“Hello. I’m glad everyone passed the ordeal safely. However, I’ll leave the rest to you. I don’t want to see my employees worshiping bad constellations.”

As she stretched out her hand into the air and clenched her fist, the existence beyond the universe that she felt disappeared like a mirage, and her heart, which had been warmly colored, became cold.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

However, the pulse of the soul and the growth of karma did not stop.

“Kaaat…!?”

“Aaaahhh!”

“Whoa! Gu, Director…!?”

“Hold on a little. It will be over soon.”

A harsh quenching, clearly different from the calm and cozy moments just before.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

“Kruch! Kahak!? Krrr…!”

Even in pain, I was silently astonished as I watched the density of the soul become incomparably denser and harder with the [Mystic Eyes of Condemnation].

What on earth is Director Romenel?

“Hmm, I think this is enough. I want to add more because I’m greedy, but if I do that, my soul might be broken… Ah, that’s right. And.”

Romenel looked at me, smiled, and put a finger to his forehead.

“I’m sorry, but I think it would be best to leave those evil eyes here.”

“Uh…yeah? Kwaaa!?”

Immediately after experiencing intense pain that made my whole body tremble, something fell on the floor and rolled.

No matter where you looked at it, it was a fist-sized eye.

But even though I hurriedly feel my face, my eyes are just fine.

“Hey, hey…! This is…?”

“There was something strange implanted in your skill. I removed it because it increased the possibility of being tracked. You won’t have any complaints, right?”

[Dog-eyed] Did they take away the skill?

“…of course.”

I am so thankful that it takes away my biggest worry.

“Okay then, let’s go back slowly. Hmm… I might get my tail stepped on a little bit.”

She smiled bitterly as she looked at the sky and waved her hand.

The next moment, we were already in the office of the ‘Paranormal Phenomena Response Team’.

“…Ha, haaa…”

“Finally, you’re back…”

“Whew… Director Romenel. Shouldn’t it have been like this from the beginning?”

When I asked her a question in a relaxed state, she smiled brightly.

“Hahaha! I had no choice since I was trapped in an ordeal! Moreover, now that I have the opportunity to steal the constellation’s karma, power, and wealth, I should use it to my heart’s content! Congratulations! You have not only raised your status, but you have also raised the status of the crazy constellations. “You gave me a real kick by stealing some of it! Even though it’s nothing more than dust, I’m very proud of you!”

“That’s a really…pleasing thing to say.”

I sighed, looked up at the familiar office ceiling, and smiled inadvertently.

From ‘space of nothingness’ to ‘abbreviated trial’.

I felt relieved at the feeling of finally passing through an endlessly long and dark tunnel.

“Hmm, but it’s rough.”

“yes?”

“I think you should head back now.”

“…?”

“Have you forgotten that you returned to the past? Not only are you not a member of the Management Bureau, but you are also not an employee of an ‘ordinary small and medium-sized company.’ I am blocking it now, but protests are no joke.”

“…ah.”

She looked up at the ceiling, smiled, and waved her hand.

“I’ll see you later.”

The next moment, I, who had been kicked out by an ‘ordinary small business,’ was lying in the middle of the street, looking up at the clear, blue sky.

“No, that’s too much…”

I didn’t have the strength to get up, so I lay there for a while and looked up at the sky.