The Completion of the Corruption

I went downstairs to find my parents and Kyle sitting around the round table.

Lucy took a deep breath and sat down in a chair.

“I have something to ask.”

My father replied.

“Ask away.”

“Do you know anything about Elvin?”

“What do you mean?”

“Elvin came to my shop today. But I found Elvin so unpleasant and repulsive. The moment Elvin grabbed my wrist, I got goosebumps. Something must have happened with Elvin a long time ago. But I can’t remember what it was at all.”

Lucy could see the shadows fall over her family’s faces.

My family knew something that only Lucy didn’t.

Lucy pleaded.

“Tell me. I want to know. Who Elvin is. Why I feel this way. Everything.”

My mother looked at my father with a worried expression.

My father sighed deeply, patted my mother’s hand as if to say it was okay, and then opened his mouth.

“I think my anxiety has become a reality.”

“What anxiety?”

“The description of Elvin you gave me, and some of his habits.”

“Yes.”

“Seven years ago, five bandits attacked our house, and one of them had the same appearance and habits as Elvin. He also used an axe and shield. The hair color and face you mentioned also seem similar. As soon as he entered the house, he smashed Kyle’s face with his shield. And he turned Kyle’s face into a bloody mess. I was hit by two other bastards.”

“Kyle. Is that true?”

“…..”

“Tell me quickly. Kyle.”

Kyle said, trembling as if he couldn’t shake off the fear of when he died.

“That’s right. I don’t know if it was Elvin, but the face of the bastard who hit me looks the same as Elvin.”

My father continued.

“I crouched on the floor, being beaten, and didn’t take my eyes off Kyle. That bastard smashed Kyle’s face with his shield, then licked his lips while spinning the axe he held in his right hand, sneering.”

Lucy replied.

“That’s… something Elvin sometimes does while thinking.”

My mother suddenly shed tears and trembled, so my father hugged her tightly and comforted her.

“Honey. Calm down.”

My mother revealed the truth with a trembling mouth.

“Lu, Lucy. I’ll, I’ll tell you too. One of the sons of bitches who raped me was that axe warrior.”

Lucy couldn’t come to her senses from the shocking truth that was pouring out.

It’s true that she currently had a dislike for her ex-boyfriend Elvin, but Elvin was a member of the village’s security force and only did good deeds.

That Elvin was her family’s enemy.

At that moment, a scene that had been dormant in Lucy’s memory came to mind.

It was the scene where she burned two bandits who were raping her mother with a Fireball, and then fifteen bandits were walking towards her from afar.

The face of the bandit leader in the center, who seemed strong, was remembered most clearly.

But when she thought about it in detail, it seemed like there was someone similar to Elvin right next to the guy in the center.

Lucy tried to remember more details.

A tear trickled down Lucy’s eye.

That son of a bitch was Elvin.

Shield in his left hand, one-handed axe in his right hand, and even his face was the perfect Elvin.

Lucy jumped up from her chair and apologized, banging her head on the floor.

“I’m so sorry, everyone. I’m sorry! Mom, Dad, even Kyle died like this, but I’m sorry that I’ve been living happily with the enemy until now! Waaaaah.”

Hot tears of repentance poured down Lucy’s face like rain.

Everyone in the family got up and stopped Lucy from her sudden outburst.

Kyle grabbed his sister’s body.

“Noona! Stop it! Please don’t hurt yourself, Noona!”

Tears of sadness were flowing like a waterfall from the family’s eyes.

Lucy shouted.

“Waaaaah. Why didn’t you tell me until now! Why didn’t you tell me when we first met!”

My father opened his mouth.

“Because when you talked about Elvin, you seemed happy anyway. And we didn’t want to interfere with your real world, since we were already dead.”

“Not now. Elvin is nothing to me now. I, I, only need Mom, Dad, and Kyle! Kyle, why were you just standing there?”

Kyle replied.

“I also love Noona so much and want to be with Noona forever. But we’ll soon…”

My mother stopped Kyle.

“Kyle!”

Lucy shouted with swollen eyes from crying.

“Wait. What? Do you have another secret from me? Tell me quickly!”

She was sorry to her family, but she wanted to hear all the shocking secrets now rather than suffer later.

My father rebuked Kyle.

“Kyle. You really. You still haven’t fixed that habit of saying things carelessly.”

“I’m sorry.”

“We’re about to disappear soon.”

Lucy looked at her father in surprise with wide eyes.

“Dad… weren’t we going to be able to be together forever? I’m so happy right now. I’m so happy to be with my family.”

“The great God gave us a chance. But we are souls that should have already disappeared. We can’t cause any more trouble to Him. The reason He didn’t say anything to you is also because we asked Him to.”

“Then, Dad, Mom, Kyle are all disappearing?”

Everyone in the family didn’t say anything with pitiful eyes.

It was a silent affirmation.

“I have to tell God-nim quickly. To let me keep meeting my family.”

My father urged.

“Lucy. No! We can’t cause any more trouble to Him. He has already sacrificed too much power for us!”

“Still, I’m going to tell Him. I don’t want to be alone. I’ve been so lonely all this time. I just met my family, but I don’t want to be separated again.”

Lucy cried and ran out of the house.

The sound of Lucy being called from the house could be heard outside.

“Lucy!”

“Lucy-yah!”

“Noona!”

Lucy ran and ran like that.

And she lay down in an empty lot and went to sleep.

———————

Lucy jumped up from her spot.

The time in the dream was so vivid.

Cold sweat was flowing all over her body, and tears were streaming down her eyes.

When Lucy thought about Elvin, a cold rage seemed to run through her from head to toe.

But right now, there was something more important than Elvin.

Lucy called God-nim.

“God-nim! God-nim! Please grant my wish.”

“What’s wrong?”

“Do you know what happened in the dream world?”

“I cannot interfere with or see your dream world. That is what I promised your family in order to guarantee your privacy.”

“I understand. I’ll get straight to the point. Please prevent my family from disappearing. And please don’t get rid of the dream world.”

“……”

After a long silence of about 5 minutes, God-nim replied in a voice that felt like the fatigue of a long life.

“That is impossible. The disappearance of a mortal’s soul without any achievements is a matter determined by the world. I have already given up a lot just by holding on for you until now.”

“Please. I’m begging you like this.”

“That leads to my weakening or disappearance.”

Lucy got down from the bed to the floor.

And she bowed very politely to the invisible God-nim.

“Please. I’ll give you my body, soul, and heart, so please save my family.”

“Hoo… I had some idea that this would happen. Will you completely trust, believe in, and serve me?”

“Yes. I will serve you. I’ll die if you tell me to die, and I’ll live if you tell me to live. I’ll even give you my soul. I’ll do anything.”

“First of all, it is impossible to maintain all of your family. If I were to maintain them, I would disappear, and after I disappear, there would be no one to protect your family. But there is one incomplete method that is like a gamble.”

“Then…”

“The content of the contract with your family is to make you my follower. You have already opened your heart to me. I will soon materialize next to you in a state where I have lost most of my former power. In that process, I will mix the soul and ego of one of your family members with me.”

“Then what will happen to God-nim’s and my family’s ego?”

“I am a complex being that humans cannot fathom. If you remember my essence, ego is not important. Perhaps your family’s ego will become the main ego of my entity.”

“I see. Is only one person possible?”

“Yes. There will be no more concessions.”

“Then Kyle! Please save Kyle.”

Lucy couldn’t give up Kyle.

Her parents would understand too.

“I accept. In return, a sacrifice is needed.”

“A sacrifice?”

“Yes. I need the hot corpse of a human who has just died. I need the energy from that corpse.”

A strange madness began to burn in Lucy’s eyes.

“I understand.”

Lucy nodded.

Because she had thought of a way to get perfect revenge on Elvin.

“And I’ll show you my appearance for a moment.”

“Yes?”

At that moment, a world with a huge being appeared and disappeared before Lucy’s eyes as if lightning struck her head.

The entire room momentarily changed into a world containing a huge being and then returned to normal.

Lucy used to like reading mythology novels that her father brought home when she was young.

Among them, her favorite was the ‘Tentacle War’ that was said to have taken place 1000 years ago.

The novel was about a huge war between the mythic tentacle and God of Darkness, Kamaite, and Goddess Elia, with the fate of the entire continent at stake.

She used to wonder what the God of Darkness looked like when she was young.

The sight she saw now was that very God of Darkness.

It was the appearance of a huge, undulating spherical body in a dark world, with countless tentacle legs and eyeballs sprouting out.

Despite the darkness, the appearance of the huge being was bright and clear.

The tentacle legs on the torso varied in size from thin ones to ones dozens of times thicker than Lucy.

It was the very image of the existence that materialized by combining all the corruption and original sin that she had thought of when she was talking about the ‘Tentacle War’ with her friends when she was young.

The magnificent appearance was etched in Lucy’s mind and was clearly imprinted as if she was still seeing it now.

But what Lucy felt was not fear.

Lucy thought it was so beautiful and amazing as she looked at it.

A reverent sound flowed from Lucy’s mouth without her knowing.

“Ah. Ah. Aaaah.”

Saliva flowed from Lucy’s mouth, and her bladder muscles relaxed, causing urine to flow out.

Shhhhhh, trickle, trickle, trickle

Her libido had exploded as she faced the overwhelming and extraordinary great being.

Just like how some girls on Earth actually have their libido explode at the concert of their favorite rock star, causing them to faint, have orgasms, and have urinary incontinence because they are so immersed in that rock star.

Then, the crazed Lucy pledged in a voice full of respect and worship.

“Thank you for choosing me. I will serve you perfectly.”

God-nim answered that pledge.

“Create my altar without anyone knowing and worship me. Offer me sacrifices. Then you will get what you want.”

“I understand.”

Now Lucy could do anything for God-nim.

The first thing Lucy thought about was dealing with Elvin.

This felt natural to Lucy.

In Lucy’s eyes, everyone else except herself and her family seemed to be tainted with madness.