episode_0688

The Apostle of Stinginess has two characteristics in his body.

One is a strong, tough body that keeps my energy from escaping.

And the other one is manpower.

No matter how strong a vessel is, if it breaks or has a hole in it, it will leak without fail.

So the flesh of the stingy apostle gathered energy through manpower to prevent even that.

That is the black vortex that Kim Do-jin saw.

Designed to compress, store, and prevent energy from escaping.

Someone might ask.

After all, who could steal energy from the miserly apostle who guards so thoroughly?

The answer is right before Ayush’s eyes.

“Ta, greed… !”

Greed, one of the seven deadly sins, like the apostle of stinginess.

A plunderer who takes and steals anything that catches his eye.

The second most loathsome enemy after the Seven Pillars, arousing an instinctive aversion in a stingy person with a strong desire to protect.

Ayush’s expression became even more distorted with the appearance of such an opponent.

“Yes, the goddess said so.”

Avaritia, the goddess of stinginess.

His loving mother, who pulled him out of the swamp of poverty and want, always said:

“Greed… , ba, must be killed… !”

Whenever you come across the Apostle of Greed, kill him with everything you have.

To crush, tear and shatter thoroughly, and give me the glory of victory.

To keep that promise, Ayush touched the energy that was solidified within his body.

This immense energy, built up over decades, was prepared only for the greed that was desperate to take what was theirs.

“Ughhh… !”

As the mountain range of energy that had sensed that the time had finally come slowly melted and flowed into his body, changes began to occur on the outside as well.

“Haa, haa… !”

The heat generated by the massive flow of energy is rapidly melting the fat clinging to his body, causing his body to shrink in real time.

So, has the body’s defenses been weakened?

no.

The melted fat was incorporated into the huge flow of energy, making the body more solid.

The organizations that used to flow around defenselessly have become more organized, increasing their defensive capabilities and reducing their volume and weight to expand their range of movement.

Through this process, Ayush’s facial features, which had been buried in his flesh, became clearer.

Sharp eyes and a large nose and lips, as if they were guarding the whole world.

The appearance that exudes the air of a bold man rings an even louder alarm in Kim Do-jin’s senses.

“… … .”

In Kim Do-jin’s view, that was an outburst.

A form of the weak who are always being robbed and pillaged, risking their lives to keep from being robbed any longer, and sticking their spears in.

Looking at that sight, I felt like I had become the villain.

‘How much did he have to steal to make him react so harshly?’

As I was muttering to myself, a familiar voice came into my head.

-“There’s nothing we can do about it.”

Gula, the goddess of greed.

She said.

-“Just as a cat cannot pass by a fish shop or a sparrow cannot pass by a mill, it is an instinct engraved in power.”

Now, look at those sharp claws.

She asked.

-“Are you afraid of that?”

or not.

-“Does it look like the world’s most delicious delicacy?”

“…….”

Unfortunately, it seemed to be the latter.

* * *

A black snake wrapped around the body and rising above the head flicks its tongue at the opponent in front of it.

Srrup-!

The deep hunger and starvation I feel from just one flick of the tongue affects me too.

Gulp!

I’m hungry.

A hunger that is felt in the soul, not in the flesh that is nothing more than a lump of meat.

Instinct speaks.

This hunger can only be quenched by eating the opponent in front of you.

The corners of the mouth are twisted.

“It’s a feeling I can’t get used to.”

The instinctive feeling that rises from the soul cannot be adapted to no matter how much one experiences it.

On the contrary, I feel disgusted.

Gulp!

“Shut up.”

I don’t want to.

Giving my body to instincts that aren’t mine.

It is a warning to the greed that tries to sneak in like a ghost whenever there is an opportunity.

“I might rip you off before you get stingy.”

Slurp… .

A guy who quietly pushes his tongue that was flicking into his mouth.

The guy doesn’t know either.

The fact that there is not a single lie in what I just said.

Greed is certainly a necessary force for me, but it has no reason to interfere with my body.

I would rather die than have my consciousness and actions consumed by someone.

And when I die, that guy is finished too.

I guess I’ll have to spend an incredibly long time locked up in the dark.

This is a whip aimed at a guy who instinctively desires his master’s body.

“And don’t worry.”

Now it’s time to give them the carrots.

“Even if you don’t act so impatient, that guy is going to eat it all up.”

Srp!

A guy whose spirits come back to life as soon as he finishes speaking.

Dealing with greed is not that difficult.

All you have to do is block out the constant flirting and occasionally give him what he wants.

If it’s something that satisfies him and benefits me at the same time, it’ll be even better.

Now is the time.

A chance to kill two birds with one stone by getting rid of the stingy apostle who is a thorn in your eye and suppressing your greedy instinct for a while.

But I have a question.

Could I, as I am now, really eat up that stingy apostle who holds that huge mass of energy in his arms?

The profound questions that human senses raised were soon resolved.

“… As much as you want.”

It’s not unfounded confidence.

It springs from a formless foundation.

I dare say it.

For a stingy person, greed is the natural enemy that surpasses the seven pillars of goodness.

“Exploration.”

When I call the name of the guy who had been curled up, his body that had been curled up stretches.

At first glance, the snake looks infinitely closer to a dragon, but a stingy apostle appears right in the center of its sharp pupils.

Slurp!

He gives orders to the guy who is flicking his tongue and showing his strong will and appetite.

“Eat it up.”

Kyaaah!

The black energy advances at an explosive speed, biting Ayush’s body, which emits intense heat.

It wasn’t a physical attack or anything like that.

The black, gleaming molars bit into the soul of the opponent.

To be exact, a part of the great vortex and energy lurking within it is torn off and flows through the long body of greed.

The destination of the long passage is my body.

For a moment, I was happy at the thought that I had easily gotten the first number.

“… … ?”

One question that lingers in my mind raises my alarm.

The attack just now… didn’t the opponent allow it too easily?

As if he was waiting to be attacked.

It was just then.

“Coolook…!?”

The enemy’s energy finally arrived in his body and caused a problem, causing him to vomit blood.

Thud thud thud!

I realize this with the blood coming out of my mouth and staining the floor red and the pain weighing down my entire body.

That I fell for my opponent’s trick.

“It’s not magic power…?”

The energy ripped from Ayush’s body was not magical power, but a third energy.

* * *

A road that is constantly blocked.

Every time she saw her apostle kneeling before the apostle of greed, the wish of the goddess of stinginess was distorted.

He wanted to defeat his natural enemies at every turn and move forward to become the only god in this world.

But no matter what I did, I couldn’t overcome my greed.

A dire situation where if you fight ten times you lose ten times, and if you fight a hundred times you lose a hundred times.

The sense of defeat that had crept into my head harbored a distorted desire.

‘It must kill greed.’

Greed, which was merely an obstacle on the way to achieving one’s dreams, has become the goal.

The spirit of stinginess was itself a distorted goal.

To me, it is an asset that I have accumulated over my entire life, and an energy that becomes poisonous the moment it falls into the hands of greed.

“Heh, heh, uh, how are you? My calories… , hot, hot, heavy?!”

Calories.

Ayush built up his energy through food.

From humans to plants and animals, big and small.

Countless lives were cut off with his sharp, sharp teeth, and he crushed them into small pieces and piled them up in the huge space inside his stomach.

Without going through any refining process, the turbid energy and pure magical power that naturally accumulates in living beings living in a polluted world were gathered together to form a huge mountain range.

Because of this, energy became disposable and could not be naturally recovered once used, but this disadvantage gave rise to one advantage.

‘I feel like my whole body is on fire.’

That is because the energy itself has a strong heat.

‘I need to let it out before it’s too late… but my energy just won’t move.’

And it is hundreds or thousands of times heavier than horsepower, and it is sticky and not easy to move.

“Calories… .”

Kim Do-jin laughed bitterly at the words he heard while suffering from excruciating pain.

It was a truly fitting name.

The turbid air and magical power are mixed, and it naturally evaporates, creating heat.

What this means is that if you endure the pain, your energy will naturally melt away.

But it was not something I could just endure.

Ayush, who was standing far away and giggling, couldn’t just sit by and watch, and if he endured this overwhelming heat any longer, the circuits engraved on his soul would all melt away.

“…Fuck.”

In the midst of extreme pain and blurred vision, I suddenly remembered what the director of the orphanage told me when I was young.

‘They say that if you eat anything because you’re hungry, you’ll get sick.’

I think I’ve really lost it.

Kim Do-jin, who realized that the intense heat was eating away at his body, looked anxious and bit his lower lip hard as he pondered.

‘… How do I get rid of this?’

It’s not an indigestible energy.

However, because the weight is so high, it takes an extremely long time to digest.

It would probably be faster for the circuits to completely melt down before the energy is digested.

‘Then how…, um?’

As he was contemplating the method, he noticed that Ayush’s appearance was slightly different from before.

Still fat, ugly, and grotesque, his appearance has faded a little.

‘…I lost weight.’

Although it was only a little bit, the flesh that clung to his body had thinned out a little.

I was puzzled for a moment, but soon realized why.

‘Is the heat generated by the calories burning fat?’

The heat is so high that it almost resembles lava.

And then, unable to handle the heat, he melts away.

Looking at this, Kim Do-jin thought of an idea.

‘If it can’t be digested or excreted… then there’s no choice but to burn it off faster.’

It adds heat to the aura that sticks to various parts of the circuit and creates heat.

Fortunately, Kim Do-jin also has it.

The aura, no, the power, to emit as much terrifying heat as one wants.

‘Unquenchable anger.’

The mouth of greed.

And the flames of anger that had been lingering in Kim Do-jin’s mind burst out and soared.

Hurrruk!

A red flame that burns fiercely.

The power of anger that even a stingy person could not imagine began to burn hotly and envelope Kim Do-jin’s body to turn the tide of battle once again.