298 – Phase 2 – 2
A strange light began to gather from the muzzle of the World Eater, not the jet-black breath he was used to. The red light gathered in the snout dyed the world crimson.
A motion of collecting light with the head lowered. Of course, it was something I had seen before in the game.
‘Laser pattern.’
As soon as I decided on my next move, the muzzle opened up and down, and bloody rays burst out. A grand explosion occurred along the spot where the laser drew a straight line.
It didn’t end with just one explosion. The bloody beams followed his twisting head to and fro, scratching all over him. The entire surroundings were covered in crimson-colored light and flames.
Rolling into a space that lasers can’t reach, I looked around him. Since almost the entire boss room was a hit-and-run pattern, there was no exception for the women huddled around the Eclipse.
Eclipse was blocking the bloody rays flying towards it. The laser could not penetrate the golden curtain and changed its direction as it refracted into the sky. A red pillar of light rose toward the sky.
As the World Eater turned his head, Eclipse also retracted the golden veil. Even just for a moment, the chest, which was wrapped in pieces of cloth, rose and fell steeply, as if it was quite overpowering.
“Delta! Still not?!”
At Rize’s cry, I shook my head slightly. Different colored eyes were staring at me restlessly.
Everyone noticed that they were eager to help me, but every time they did, I stopped them, so they couldn’t do this or that.
In the beginning, there was nowhere to be seen that I fell into a panic after watching me die and come back to life in all sorts of ways. Quite a bit of time had passed since he had to fight the World Eater.
‘I can’t help it. It’s too dangerous to run all together.’
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Actually, when the offer to help came out at first, I accepted it too. It was from the thought that if we all jumped together, we would be able to finish it faster. There will be only 10 people who can use Requiem right away.
But it wasn’t.
The fake essence of the world eater destroyed all the requiem ‘s’ flying at the same time, and rather, the pattern was twisted, and Caicilia and Nyx were seriously injured.
As long as there was no way to destroy its false essence, it would have been suicidal to attack everyone together. Even if I die, I will be resurrected, but other people can’t do that.
I’ve come all the way now, and I’m only one step away, but it was a refusal for anyone to die from a blinding attack.
ㅡQuaaang!
After the laser show, the World Eater lowered his head as he slammed the floor with his legs together. Since I had been in a space where lasers couldn’t reach, the distance was very close.
I hit the snout with all my might. His scales met with his fists, and a thump and dull sound resounded. It probably won’t do much damage. At best, it must have been hit by something.
However, the psychological shock will be more than that.
‘Three consecutive strikes.’
The exact same attack came as expected.
As he took a step forward, he lifted his right foot and slammed it into the ground, then his left foot, and finally his right foot, and slammed down hard in my direction.
And, as soon as he confirmed that his actions matched what was shown in Brightest Darkness 4, he let go of his angry thoughts.
ㅡTo me…… What have you done…… Human…… !
“I know. You said it moved the same way as the final boss of Brunet 4 in your head? I can’t understand the situation with my head, but it feels like my body is moving first, right? I can roughly guess what that feeling is like.”
I felt exactly the same way when I came here and fought for the first time in prison. My head was dumbfounded and stiff, but my body rolled and dodged it all on its own, as if there was no need for understanding.
“Let me tell you something good. I’m not fighting a fearsome entity that has eaten up all of the Goddess’ world and now only has one left. You’re fighting the ‘Eater of Worlds’, the boss of Brightest Darkness 4. Do you understand the situation now?”
ㅡNo…… ! It can’t be…… ! To think I’m being manipulated by a mere human…… ! It’s impossible…… !
He flew up into the sky, spreading his thoughts.
It’s not exactly being manipulated, it’s the way the world’s laws go, but accurate explanations are useless to him or me, so I decided to do that.
Of course, that was also included in the pattern of Brunet 4, so I wasn’t very impressed. Seeing the World Eater spit out his breath and burn the ground, he moved away and shouted to Eclipse.
“Goddess! This way!”
Eclipse teleported everyone around in the direction I pointed. A jet-black breath swept over the spot where Eclipse had been before.
I ran to where the goddess had arrived. It was a safe zone out of breath. When I finally got a chance to see her face properly, the women rushed in and surrounded me in an instant.
“Delta! You’re alive! After all, what he said was a lie, right?”
“I’m glad you’re alive, Delta. I’m really glad.”
“I’m really glad to see you live like this, Mr. Delta. I mean it.”
“As expected. Delta, you can’t die that easily!”
“…… I tried really hard I was going to fight until you came back somehow…….”
“You are really late. But, since I’m back, that’s enough.”
“Hey, are you hurt anywhere? Do you have any mental problems?”
“Holy Son, you are very welcome… ….”
“I don’t know what to do with the joy of seeing you again, my saint.”
“Ah, Mr. Delta. I missed you very much.”
“That’s right, Delta. We…… We… ….”
“…… Why are you so late, you? I’m glad you came back though.”
Twelve voices filled with joy and chattered, and the surroundings became noisy. Eclipse was the only one who spared his words.
Eclipse just looked at me and he just silently wiped away tears.
After confirming the location of the World Eater, I silently waited for him to express all his emotions. Because of that guy’s personality, he would have been telling me that I was dead throughout the fight with them.
I can at least relieve the anxiety and sadness that rose then, even now.
“… ….”
Some time has passed. Perhaps it was because it wasn’t just a situation where he was recklessly happy, his excited voice gradually died down. Now it was my turn to open my mouth.
“Since there is no time, I will only tell you the main points. I’m not dead. To be precise, he died and came back to life. Like you guys have seen here dozens of times.”
I showed the immortality mark on the back of my right hand. Everyone who saw this widened their eyes.
“You, that…… Wait a minute. Your mission ended with saving the world last time…….”
“I thought I was like that too, but it wasn’t. The mission I thought was to get revenge on that damn dragon.”
“… ….”
Eclipse’s expression went blank. It seemed that he remembered what I said when I returned to the original world.
I confirmed that the Eater of Worlds, which had burned the ground nearby, stumbled back down and continued.
“I’ll catch that one. You guys keep an eye on him so he doesn’t do anything stupid to the world we live in.”
“What if you say surveillance?”
“Don’t you remember that damn blue train? Eclipse is a guy who did such a nasty thing to get on your nerves, but he doesn’t know what else he’ll do if he’s at a disadvantage. That’s why I say it.”
The World Eater has started moving. He had no time to speak any more.
I made my way through Floretta, Luna, and Caicilia, who naturally split on both sides, and approached him. I could feel worried eyes from all sides.
“It’s okay. Nothing to worry about. As long as I’m on the mission of immortality, I won’t die. Right, Eclipse?”
Eclipse clasped his hands in front of his chest and nodded his head. When he gave a confirmation to the goddess, the hardened faces straightened a little.
As I was walking forward, I suddenly realized something.
‘…… Come to think of it, didn’t I just speak bad words to the goddess?’
I didn’t even know he was wearing shorts because he came out so naturally.
—-Did you know this…… Human… ….
I confronted the world eater. As if he had just realized that even his actions against the laws of the world were included in the memories of the 4th, his thoughts were filled with very unpleasant feelings.
“I already wrote enough breaths, did you notice that now? Isn’t your head turning too slow?”
It spewed out thoughts filled with rage and was about to move on to the next movement, but it suddenly stopped in place.
The atmosphere was to see if the action he was just about to take matched the pattern of ‘Eater of the World’ in Brightest Darkness 4.
His front foot, which had been lifted slightly, touched the ground again.
ㅡ Then I knew… ….
The bastard’s eyes were even more red. Words mingled with roars erupted from his mouth. The ground, which had already been weakened, collapsed with a roar that was no different than a shock wave.
ㅡThe world you must protect…… Destroy it first…….
“… ….”
He came out saying just in case, but he didn’t expect to be able to use it this quickly. I glanced back. Leading by Eclipse, the women were busy moving.
A golden halo appeared, and familiar figures from behind disappeared one after another within the halo. It seemed that the division of roles had already been completed.
I finally turned my head after confirming that Eclipse had disappeared and only the two of them remained. And he said with a smile.
“I guess you were a bit embarrassed because you were punched so hard? Isn’t it embarrassing to come up with something like that as a strategy?”
ㅡ Laugh to your heart’s content…… Talk…… Those humans…… Against my creatures…… How long can you last…….
“Hold on? You seem to be misunderstanding something.”
I closed the distance first on my side. The World Eater swung her paw in response. A claw of enormous size grazed nearby. I ignored it and ran closer.
He hesitated, realizing that even that just matched the pattern in his memory, but the hesitation didn’t last long. Another action similar to the boss battle in the game continued.
The big mouth chewed right next to it. Their teeth collided with each other, making a ghastly sound. But I was already out of attack range.
ㅡQuaang!
The fist struck the bastard’s left cheek. Tilted, his head tilted slightly to the side.
The fact that a human smaller than his own pupil got hit by my fist and his head tilted, the World Eater seemed very surprised. His legs kicked off the ground and he stepped back a long way.
ㅡYou bastard…….
“Why don’t you take a look around? What does this look like now?”
The red vertical pupils moved left and right. A small growl leaked from between the muzzles, as if he had realized what I was about to say.
Even at this moment, the words I used were getting stronger in real time. The more I assimilate my perception with Brunet 4, the stronger the laws of the world that apply to him.
And now, even this space was in a state of resembling the boss room of the world eater.
“All spaces designed by Eclipse. So, you die because of the work of the goddess you mocked and ignored as weaker than you.”
It was ironic. It is said that the person who eats the world of Dilla Mode, which was simply filled with the imagination and experience of Eclipse, even restricts the behavior of the original.
“Did you ask how long you could last? I’m telling you in advance, it’s you, not us, who should worry about how long you can last.”
I loosened my shoulders. It was the standby motion of the main character of Brunet 4 with his bare hands.
“Because from now on I won’t be able to afford to make stuff like that.”