World Eater – 2
‘Is there any way?’
I was troubled as I watched the World Eater’s eyes turn black again. If I go on like this, my memory will really be read.
And we’ll all die amicably together.
Even more bleak was the fact that it was questionable whether it would return even if it went through the forced defeat event as it happened in the game.
The reason why the World Eater, who had gone to the brink of killing the protagonist in their first meeting, backed off meekly because he read the protagonist’s memories and realized that he had misunderstood.
But now, from the moment I read my memory to that guy, it was no different from the end. A person who knows the secret will definitely try to kill him.
‘I probably wouldn’t let out a breath all of a sudden… … .’
At first, the pattern I was most worried about was Breath, but as my worries subsided and I was able to calmly analyze the situation, I changed my mind. He said he wouldn’t kill me by unleashing his breath right away.
He had lived for such a long time and the knowledge he had accumulated during that time was enormous, so he said with his own mouth that he was quite hungry for new knowledge.
In fact, when reading the main character’s memory at the first meeting, the cutscene changes in such a way that if the main character visits the DLC area Hell, it takes a little longer to read the memory, saying that he has been to an interesting place.
It was like that even now. Some human being had killed a creature abandoned by the gods, and hadn’t he personally led that huge body and flew to the capital of the empire to meet that human being in person?
That personality seems to have gone nowhere here, too, so there was a high probability that I wouldn’t hit the breath right away until I figured out how to kill the god-forsaken creature.
He knows very well how powerful the breath he is using is, and he also knows very well that ordinary humans evaporate without even leaving ashes the moment they are hit.
No matter how mighty and powerful the power of the World Eater is, it cannot read the memories of a human being who was burned without leaving a single bone fragment.
It’s an opportunity to acquire new knowledge, but I’m not going to kick it out with my feet.
“For what reason did you attack, of course it was because you were trying to do something suspicious.”
First of all, you have to wait until you come up with a suitable method. I opened my mouth with that thought. At my words, the body of the World Eater hesitated for a moment.
The mana created for conversation and the human body returned to its original state. The severed head was attached, and the eyes and mouth that had sprouted from the back of the head disappeared. The body that was created walked up and down.
This was a good sign, as it meant that there was still room for a verbal solution.
“What were you just trying to do to me?”
“Remember . . . … will look into… … .”
“My memory? why?”
Contrary to the momentum of the moment before, when he seemed to attack me at any moment, he was meekly answering my question. The thought that I was going to get over it without a fight passed through my head.
“A creature forsaken by God… … how to kill it… … to know… … .”
“Then you should have talked to me first. Because your eyes are shining without fail, you knew what you were trying to do and blew your throat.”
“word… … ?”
The mana human mouth stopped.
Then, the main body began to move.
His head slowly descended downwards. The body lowered, and the neck fell flat with the floor. The distance between the two of us closed in an instant.
An enormous head with one eye about my height and teeth much taller than I was thrusting in just a few steps away from me.
—-It’s a voice that goes beyond the subject… … human… … .
A cracking noise came.
Even though I knew that it was useless to push thoughts directly into my head, I reflexively covered my ears. Tinnitus blew in my ears. My legs were wobbly.
gritted it His voice simply resonated in my head, and I felt like my body would collapse at any moment. I endured it by forcefully applying strength to my legs that were about to collapse.
It was only one conversation, but the aftermath was constantly messing with my head. My whole body was throbbing, no matter how much force I had hit with just one word.
Or maybe it was just a normal conversation to him.
—-If you didn’t understand… … I will make you realize… … .
As soon as I heard that, my mind jumped.
The words he just uttered were exactly the same as the words the Eater of Worlds said right before the battle commenced in their first meeting with the protagonist.
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Mana scattered into the air came into sight. Scattering it was the same as saying that I had no desire to talk anymore. The hope that I had a little bit of was also scattered together.
I held my head in one hand and stumbled into a posture. Having said such a thing and having eliminated mana and humans, a battle was inevitable.
In that case, no matter what the result is, only the conditions for the forced defeat event will have to be met.
I don’t want it to go like the game now, but it’s much better than doing nothing when an opportunity is right in front of you.
The dragon still lowered its head to the floor, constantly pushing thoughts into the head on this side. Because of that, his whole body was on the verge of losing strength, but he forcibly dragged his limbs and moved.
There won’t even be a chance if it’s not this moment.
He grabbed the bloody sword with both hands. I don’t know why he’s sticking his head in here and hammering thoughts directly into my head, but that was a good thing.
I turned the weapon back and pointed at my abdomen. He stabbed the blade straight through. The voice that had been ringing in my head suddenly stopped as if I was wondering about my actions.
I felt the sensation of blood being sucked out of my body, and when the sensation reached its limit, I pulled out the bloody sword. A few drops of blood that the blade could not absorb fell to the floor.
He narrowed the distance holding a sword stained with bright red blood. Perhaps he was just trying to appreciate the outrageousness of a mere human being, but he didn’t move at all while watching me swing his sword.
ㅡ Crackling river!
As the blade touched his head, the bloodstained sword shattered in two with a sharp metal sound.
“Kee-hee… … hee hee… … It hurts a lot. right?”
A back alley in the capital. In the place where everyone was evacuated by the world eater, a woman with a disfigured body was walking hesitantly, putting her hands on the wall.
There was no sound spot all over the body. Her hair, which had already been scattered and clumped together, was a bloody mess, and her body was covered with wounds, and her legs were also injured, so her gait was limping.
Due to the excessive exposure of the clothes, the exposed skin was full of scars. Most of them were stab wounds that looked like knife cuts, but there were also severe bruises and bluish discoloration of the skin.
It was never normal.
“Your Majesty is too kind. You brag about it in the face, and rush to kill it. Is it a sin to tease you? hee hee This is a wound from the holy sword, so it can’t heal right now.”
A chest much bigger than the head. A thick waist that looks thinner than the thighs with a bit of exaggeration. Thighs that are plump and look as soft as breasts. Clothes that look like they’re not wearing them.
Every time she limped, her large breasts would sway up and down as if they were going to burst, and of course, they were dangerous as if they were about to come out of the shirt that barely covered her nipples.
The woman’s true identity was Nyx.
“That’s why I told you to run away! Even His Majesty the Emperor said that if he ran away now, he would send me back safely, but he just teased me until the end! Because of you, what is this like for me!”
“Hey, what year would you have died if it weren’t for me?”
“If it wasn’t for you, this wouldn’t have happened from the beginning!”
“Was it not you who asked me to visit the imperial palace first? So, did you really intend to go and talk to Minerva? Knowing what things are like between us and Minerva?”
However, something was strange.
Judging from the content of the conversation, it was clear that the two were talking, but both voices were the same. Besides, Nyx was the only human figure in this back alley.
It was a natural result since everyone else had already evacuated. Even if the knights did not evacuate, there was no one who would stand still while the dragon flew through the sky.
But, nonetheless, Nyx’s voice spoke very intently for two people’s worth of conversation.
“Hee hee… … hee hee… … .”
“What is it that makes you smile so strangely? huh? Because of you, even I became like this, can you laugh?”
“Of course it’s not funny. He kept his form like that, and when the dragon roared once, he passed out. It’s the same with His Majesty the Emperor, who made us look like this, so what will he do with embarrassment when he wakes up later?”
“… … really? How do you know that?”
“You can feel it too if you concentrate, idiot. Why can’t you do what I do?”
Hearing the voice yearning for himself, Nyx sullenly closed his eyes. His wounds were throbbing and his legs were trembling, but he somehow expanded his detection range and confirmed the dragon’s proximity.
“listen carefully… … Can you feel it?”
“Yeah, but… … Isn’t it dangerous now? You’re right with the dragon. They say that dragons can also use mind control, but what if even the mind is controlled?”
“Have you been mentally controlled? Is that person?”
Nicks snorted. In response, Nyx’s body shrank.
“Did you forget how we put a spell on his head?”
“Oh… … It did.”
Nyx shyly stepped back. Then, he muttered in a low voice.
“Mind control, is it possible?”
Without permission, even looking into memories would be impossible.