Chapter 122. Who Are You? (4)
This man’s mind is clouded, temporarily disarming him.
Just for a moment.
Just a moment while the powder is made.
The ‘voice’ had a chance to penetrate Eugene’s mind, but it was quickly frustrated.
-How can a human’s mental barrier be so thick······!-
It is impenetrable.
It is impenetrable anywhere.
A race that is primarily focused on physical training should not have such a strong mental barrier.
No. Even in the case of a dragon with a strong mental barrier, there is bound to be a weak spot if you look closely.
However, this man showed no weakness anywhere.
It was as if he were dealing with an inanimate object.
Or, it was as if he were dealing with a group.
A group of dozens of consciousnesses coming together.
If not, dozens of evil spirits are attached to protect the mind······?
-What the hell is he?!-
I was suddenly horrified.
This kind of guy comes out very rarely.
For example, if one of the twins dies and the soul is attached to the other and is born, it will have the souls of two people.
However, this man’s soul seems to be more than 10, even if you count it roughly.
Does that mean he is the only survivor of the ten twins?
It was nonsense.
I couldn’t get the hang of it for the time being.
It is a type of race that cannot exist.
No. It is a type of race that should not exist.
I don’t know what it is, but it’s very dangerous.
I have to get out of here quickly.
As the ‘voice’ began to run wild with such thoughts.
The thick mental barrier began to open on its own.
-Huh?-
The ominous light coming out from inside.
The ‘voice’ stopped thinking.
Something that should not have come out from inside the man’s mental barrier was slowly crawling out.
-Draken······ Master······?-
One by one, giant tentacles emerge from inside the barrier.
Slowly emerging, it soon reveals a huge body that seems to fill the entire mind.
Soon, the giant that emerged from the tiny hole was several times larger than the mental barrier itself.
-aaah······!-
The ‘voice’ trembled at this.
It’s definitely him.
The great one.
He was not supposed to be here.
Don’t make eye contact!
You’re crazy! You’ll have a worse ending than death!
The ‘voice’ began to run away desperately, avoiding the giant body that was breaking through the mental barrier.
-This bastard! Did he make eye contact with the great one?! How is he still sane? No, is he already insane!-
Just then, one of the exits that had been completely blocked opened.
The ‘voice’ jumped out towards the exit and managed to enter the powder.
There was trouble along the way, but I managed to achieve my goal.
Now all I have to do is take control of the powder.
Since it is a powder made with a huge amount of magic, I will be able to draw out about 30% of the power of the main body.
I couldn’t even use 10% of it with Lawrence, but this time it’s different.
······It had to be different.
-Huh?-
The shape of the powder began to change strangely.
It moved on its own, out of the control of the ‘voice’.
The beautiful shape that had been carefully crafted soon disappeared and became ugly.
The ‘voice’ screamed at this, but there was nothing he could do.
He could only howl, trapped in the magic dough with no way out.
At the end, the ‘voice’ screamed at the finished form.
-My powder is just the shape of a sword! The powder of the Great Demon has become an object that imitates a mere lump of iron!-It’s a sword.
It has been fixed in the form of a sword.
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No. It seemed possible to make it unstable again and transform it, but it was impossible for the ‘voice’ that had completely lost control of magic.
-Hwaaak!!!-
The ‘voice’ that was part of Belpegor screamed silently.
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[Magic Sword]
[A sword made of the magic of the Great Demon. It has the same properties as metal, but it has the property of flowing magic and mana. Skilled users may be able to change it to an unstable state.]
It really is a great sword.
It seems that only the metal part can be implemented, so it only reaches the hilt.
This is a problem that can be solved by cutting the sword handle and attaching it.
The specs of the sword itself are considerable.
A single-edged broadsword like the sword of Transylvania.
The blade is hard and the blade is sharp.
The fact that mana flows well seems to help quite a bit with mana control.
It’s more efficient than attaching a magic stone to a cheap sword.
Looking at the magic flowing, it seems that it can be used as a totem.
I don’t know how to use it, so I’ll just pass it off as having such a function.
“······That. Creation. Possible. It seems.”
“Creation?”
For a moment, I was puzzled, but I realized what Mijeong was talking about.
The very last sentence of the tooltip.
It says that skilled users can change it to an unstable state.
I close my eyes and grab the sword.
It’s as hard and cool as metal.
However, as I slowly infuse it with my will, it collapses like a soft slime.
And when I squeeze it again, the sword becomes hard.
But this time, the shape is different from before.
This is not a broadsword, but a huge double-edged sword.
It is the shape of a two-handed sword commonly used in the Frost Stream.
“Huh. Is it a transformable weapon?”
Once again, I crush the shape and squeeze it, and it becomes a magic sword with a wide blade, a one-handed sword used in the Merida style.
With this, I’ll be able to maximize the potential of the three swordsmanship.
Of course, there seems to be a limit to the transformation.
It’s not like it can be changed completely freely.
It only changes within the category of a general ‘sword’.
I tried to lengthen it like a spear, but it was impossible.
It was also impossible to change it into the shape of an axe or a seven-branched sword with many branches.
It was also impossible to reduce it to the size of a small bead.
Anyway, I’m only going to use it as a sword, so it doesn’t matter.
“There are two or three disadvantages······.”
Of course, there are also obvious disadvantages.
One is that only the hilt of the sword is implemented.
It’s no use making a handle and inserting it.
Every time the shape changes, the custom-made handle will break.
There is only one solution.
I myself become the handle.
This may sound like nonsense.
If I fix the shape in the form of a thick hilt, I can hold it in my hand without a handle.
If I wear thick gloves, I don’t have to worry about hurting my hands, and the grip seems to be okay.
But the real problem is the second one.
The former can be solved, but the latter has no answer.
That’s right.
-My body is just the shape of a sword! The body of the Great Demon has become an object imitating a piece of iron! Hwaaak!!!-
This sword is a bit noisy.
“Overall, it’s great, except that the sword is noisy.”
“······The sword is noisy?”
“Oh. He’s talking about this.”
“······Eugene. Finally, you’ve gone crazy. Have you?”
“No, I’m really talking?”Mijung sighed at me as if she pitied me.
No, really, the voice of Belphegor came out of the sword.
Mijung’s eyes widened as I handed her the sword, who had been skeptical.
“······It’s real.”
“What did it say?”
“······Corpse, clean up. Heh.”
I wondered if I was crazy and hearing things, but it didn’t seem like it.
After all, the voice came out of this magic sword.
Judging from the circumstances, it must have been the voice of Belphegor’s magic personality that had flowed into it.
I thought I had crushed and destroyed the shape of the magic stone when I was forging it.
Somehow, only the personality remained, and it seemed to have survived inside it.
No, maybe this magic sword itself was filled with his personality.
-You madman! You madman! You’re out of your mind!-
Is there a mute mode for this?
For now, there’s no major problem other than the voice coming out.
Now that the magic has completely lost its function and has become one with the magic sword, there is no way to contact the main body.
Since the condition is stable, there is no need to worry about spreading magic around.
Probably, even if I put this in front of Belphegor’s eyes, he wouldn’t imagine that it was an object made of his own magic.
The disadvantage of being noisy offsets everything else, but······.
“Why do you keep calling people crazy?”
-Don’t call a madman a madman! What do you call it! How! How can you look into the eyes of the great one and be okay! You, are you really human?-
“······?”
What does this mean?
I’ve never looked Draken in the eye.
I was dragged in front of the final boss and saw his huge body, but I couldn’t bring myself to look him in the eye.
“What are you talking about? I didn’t look him in the eye in the end.”
-Don’t lie! If you didn’t look him in the eye, how did a part of him get inside your mental barrier? You accepted a part of him and kept your sanity! What else can you call this if not a real madman!-
“······?”
A part of Draken is inside me?
At that sound, the setting about the final boss flashed through my mind.
Although most of the settings are unreleased (written as “unpublished” and read as “not yet created”), I remember the setting that those who look into Draken’s eyes are brainwashed.
And the ‘part of Draken’ that the magic sword mentioned must be the subject of that brainwashing.
But for some reason, I wasn’t brainwashed.
I have a guess as to why.
‘Did you erase your own memory?’
I have no memory of seeing Draken’s eyes.
As far as I remember, I never saw Draken’s eyes until the end and escaped from the other world.
According to the magic sword, I looked him in the eye, but it seems that I erased that memory.
Perhaps I erased my memory to isolate the part of Draken and prevent brainwashing.
Surely I couldn’t have done such a thing myself.
Did the ‘Strengthen Mental Power’ trait take care of it?
‘That doesn’t seem to be it either.’
If so, who erased my memory?
It’s full of questions.
That doesn’t mean I can open up the isolated memory again and get brainwashed.
For now, there’s nothing I can do but thank the unknown person who sealed my memory.
“Thanks for the info. So I’ll give you a special choice. First. Shut up and become my sword. Second. Keep talking and get buried in concrete and dumped in the ocean.”
-W, what about the third?-
“There’s no such thing.”
-Th······ Th······ Devil!-
Is it a compliment or an insult to hear the word devil from a great devil?
Oh, it’s just a lump of magic, so it’s not a great devil anymore.
“Choose quickly.”-Ah, I understand… I will submit. Anyway, if the main body sees my current appearance, it will try to destroy me for betraying it. In that case, I will continue to live, even if it means being cowardly.-
Unexpected.
Of course, I thought he would not yield and would be noisy, saying that the pride of the great devil could not be bent.
Surprisingly, he quickly lowered his tail.
I wonder if his personality has changed somewhat since he was separated from the main body.
Or maybe the main body of Belphegor has become powerless, so he has become so cowardly.
I wanted to capture him myself later and find out.
-Don’t expect to get information about the main body from me. I am at best a remnant of the magic that has separated from the main body. Originally, I planned to possess a separate body, connect to the main body, and share memories, so now I am practically a blank slate. Apart from the fact that I have inherited some of the main body’s personality, I have virtually no memories, so you can think of me as a completely different person.-
“I see. Even your speech is different.”
-Is that so…-
His voice sounded slightly depressed for some reason.
I grinned and changed the magic sword back to its old, cheap sword form and sheathed it.
Only the hilt was sticking out of the scabbard, which made it look very strange.
I’ll have to make a cover for it later.
-So what are you going to do now?-
“What am I going to do? I’m going to kill your main body from now on.”
-Hmm. I see. Yes. Yes. Hmm? Huh? Huh…?-
I must have gotten a solid magic sword.
Now it’s time to catch this guy’s main body and finish him off.