Chapter 133
[A new ability is acquired.]
A massive golden roulette appeared. It was a roulette I had seen before.
However, its appearance was different from the last time.
The golden roulette was blazing in fierce flames.
I looked at the spinning roulette with dissatisfaction.
I’ll end up picking what I want anyway, so what a useless process this is.
Perhaps it read my thoughts.
The roulette, which had been spinning at high speed, was engulfed in flames and burned away.
The crimson fire completely swallowed the roulette, and I obtained what I desired.
[You have acquired ’Punishment’!]
I reached my hand toward the sky.
’Punishment.’
A golden light shot forth, colliding with the eyeballs that densely packed the sky.
The light, surging like a star, sparkled quite a bit, but it did not satisfy me.
I knew.
That it could originally shine far brighter than this.
I wanted to create a star that shone even larger.
I wanted to make my subordinates realize exactly what kind of existence I am.
The moment I tried to create the star once more, something urgently blocked me.
[Warning! The body is incomplete.]
As I tried to use my power again, the rectangular window popped up once more.
[You attempt to cool your heat and regain your calm reason.]
I was thinking that this was a nuisance of an interference.
That was when my subordinate placed me down on a piece of floating debris.
I wondered why we had descended to the ground when the pupils in the sky were still countless.
I tried to understand my subordinate.
The subordinate spoke with someone, and subsequently, a man in white approached me.
What is this?
I watched silently, wondering if he intended to harass my subordinate.
He didn’t seem to have any intention of causing harm, but...
I grew a bit impatient.
To think I have to wait when there is a target right above my head just waiting to be torn apart.
I told my subordinate that we should kill that thing quickly.
My subordinate looked down at me and smiled slightly.
"Just the two of us?"
’Let’s do it with just the two of us.’
’It would be better if there were more.’
The suggestion to share something fun with others didn’t particularly appeal to me.
However, since it was the subordinate’s word, I was contemplating it when a blue rectangular window appeared.
[You think you should concede the fun and enjoyable task to your subordinate.]
Because it mentioned my subordinate, I couldn’t ignore it and read it.
The window that caught my attention immediately filled my vision.
[This is because giving a subordinate the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities is also an important duty of a master.]
[This is a basic quality that a master who commands subordinates should possess.]
This... seemed to be true.
[You decide that you will absolutely not use ’Punishment.’]
[Instead, you resolve to help your subordinate show off their skills in front of their master.]
I wanted to be a good master, and I wanted to see my subordinate flaunting their abilities.
Since the subordinate had just asked to use others, I decided to follow that suggestion.
However, since this was the domain of ■■■, I had to make others my possession for a moment to use them.
This was something I had not received permission for from my soundly sleeping subordinate.
I was slightly worried they might be jealous, but it couldn’t be helped. I felt I should finish this before they woke up.
I scanned the neon green sea and picked out things I could use.
Then, I commanded them to follow me.
I could see the command I gave appearing to them.
◆ Event Quest: Follow the Young God
The man in white standing right in front of me slowly shifted his gaze and looked at it.
Since he only stared without choosing an option, I forced him to accept.
With the sound of a fanfare bursting, the man in white became my temporary possession.
I thought he would feel stability now that he was free from the influence of ■■■, but for some reason, the man in white appeared even more unstable.
It was the complete opposite of the grayish-brown man situated a short distance away, who had found great stability.
"...Can I go back?"
The man in white muttered in a trembling voice.
"This... is it possible to go back?"
He looked at me as if seeking an answer.
Fear was etched in his gaze. Ridiculously, it wasn’t fear directed at me.
The man was searching for something within me.
I gave up on trying to understand.
Though his state was a bit strange, it seemed there would be no problem in combat.
’Will this take a bit longer?’
I thought I would burn it all down in one go, but if this was the case, it would take time.
I decided to bring my sleeping subordinate to my side.
However, since I didn’t have a suitable ability, I created an additional new ability.
[You have acquired ’Summon’!]
As soon as I obtained the new ability, the rectangular window popped up urgently.
[Stop it!!]
There was no reason to listen to the words of something that wasn’t my subordinate.
Having endured the urge to use Punishment was already enough.
Light shimmered in the air, and the sleeping kin appeared before me.
I looked down at my kin.
[Current State: In a deep dream of the past where blue lightning falls. Longing for the new God...]
Even in dreams, they thought only of their master.
My kin.
I smiled faintly and wrapped them in a golden veil so that the eyes in the sky could not peer inside.
One layer wasn’t enough, so I wrapped them in several.
I wound them in gold until not a single strand of red hair was visible, then shrunk the size.
I made it the size of a round ball, held it in my arms,and patted it.
Here, they would be able to sleep without being disturbed.
’Let’s handle this quickly while they sleep.’
I barely managed to tear my eyes away from the kin in my arms.
Then I checked the list of my temporary possessions.
1.
2.
3.
4.
8...
A total of 14 entities.
While checking the temporary possessions sorted by highest stats, I tilted my head.
There was one entity whose name was not clearly visible.
I looked at the man in white.
The one wearing the white mask had hair so pale, it had a faint blue tint.
For a moment, curiosity flared and I thought about looking inside, but I decided against it.
There was no reason to waste time on such a thing.
I began to utilize the temporary possessions to create an environment where my kin could run wild freely.
First I decided to clear the filth floating in the sea.
I commanded the remaining 12 entities, excluding the top 2.
[Event quest: Clean the womb of Beblebe.]
As I gave the order, the silent neon-green surface of the water rippled.
At some point, the filth that filled the sea began to disappear one by one.
Between the neon-green waves where the filth was being silently dragged in, a black fin with a curved tip was visible.
Following that, an incredibly thin spiderweb covered the sea like a massive fishing net.
The spider, which gathered the filth and hauled it out of the sea, sang while tearing into them atop the ruins.
Large vine plants extended their stems in all directions, plucking the filth like fishing lines, and small balls of fur dispatched them by emitting electric currents.
The shadow-like spots lingering near them cleanly swallowed the debris, and the filth vanished as if it had never existed from the start.
I was satisfied with how excellently they cleaned. It seemed they would perform the remaining tasks well too.
I gave commands to the remaining two entities.
[Event Quest: Assist the Young God’s Subordinate.]
For those who had to approach ■■■, I specially bestowed a golden veil.
’Protection.’
The two entities would now not have their minds eroded even if they encountered the pupils.
As the fluttering light was cast over them, the two entities showed a bewildered reaction.
Only my subordinate smiled at me from within the protection, as if accustomed to it.
I liked the golden light scattered over the black metal very much.
However, the man in white repeatedly tried to reject the protection.
’Stay still.’
"He told you to stay still, Representative Cha."
When my subordinate relayed the words, for some reason, the man in white’s resistance grew even more severe.
In the end, I placed a restriction on him and forced the veil upon him.
The man in white, forced to wear the golden veil, glared at me and resisted again, so I placed another restriction.
I tied the man in white down and looked into him.
’Status Window’
I checked the individual abilities of the two entities.
Unlike my subordinate, neither of the two had flight abilities and focused on close-range attacks.
The man in white was capable of some long- range attacks.
However, his attack shone brightest as a single blow at close range, using a skill called ’Light Modulation’ as his ultimate.
The grayish-brown man relied heavily on the items he possessed; he had a damage increase effect only if he branded the target.
But that alone was disappointing. This was because he had a decent trait attached to him.
[Trait: Fanatic.]
[Mad faith paralyzes reason and transcends the limits of the physical body.]
[All abilities increase in proportion to the level of faith.]
The stronger the belief in the god they serve, the higher the attack power. However, currently, he does not believe in a god.
If so, I just had to create one for him.
’He likes me anyway.’
His affection level for me was considerable.
Though temporary, since he was even receiving protection, he was suitable to revere me as a god.
I created the necessary ability.
[You have acquired ’Blind Faith’!]
[Stop]
[Please]
And I used it on the grayish-brown man.
[No!!!!!]
’Blind Faith.’
Since it only made him like me a bit more, the use of the ability was simple.
The grayish-brown man did not even suffer and accepted me immediately.
I summoned the grayish-brown man in front of me and checked his state.
Golden light swirled over his hazy pupils.
The look in his eyes as he gazed at me was truly one of absolute blind faith.
He wasn’t a subordinate, and it was a state that would only last temporarily while he followed my commands, but..
Still, the way my light had permeated him looked quite decent, so I was pleased.
With this, the preparations were complete.
I looked up at the sky. It was time to bring that thing down to the ground for the sake of my possessions.
The pupils sent greedy gazes toward me.
I called out with my voice.
Come here.
Come to me.
As I whispered pretending to be affectionate, it could not refuse my call.
Krer-krrr...
Space distorted, and the pupils drew closer.
It was a sight as if the sky itself were descending.
The closer the pupils got, the stronger the power they exerted.
They writhed to dig into the mind, but they could not exert any influence on my things.
whispered to the pupils once more.
Closer.
At the sight of it gradually approaching, my subordinate made a clanking metallic sound.
Before giving the full combat order, I felt a slight emptiness.
Soon, I realized what was missing.
There was something that must not be absent from a joyful and fun event.
Following my will, a subtle drone sound began to fill the space.
Over a low frequency beat based on dark and cold synthesizer pad sounds, a dreamlike voice tickled the ears like an auditory hallucination.
I smiled slightly and intuitively adjusted my vision.
A window displaying the health and available skills of my subordinate and possessions floated before me.
Checking the skill cooldowns and stacks, I cautioned my subordinate.
"Don’t get hurt."
In response, a low chuckle returned, as if they had heard something amusing.
My subordinate let go of my wrist, which they had been holding until then.
Black crescents began to form in their grip.
The tempo of the music accelerated sharply, and a provocative baseline pressed down on the space.
Along with a sharp synthetic sound like machinery and metal grinding, the drum beat tightened.
I waited.
For it to come a little closer...
For the perfect moment.
The instant a distorted electric guitar sound exploded.
I commanded.
My message slammed directly into the minds of my subordinate and possessions.
Along with a lavish orchestral layer, intense electronic sounds poured down like a waterfall.
The first to launch an attack was my subordinate.
Spreading metallic wings and soaring upward, they scattered black crescents.
Hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of black crescents flew toward the eyeballs.
Within the crescents, my subordinate surged forward rapidly, reached the eyeball, and violently clawed the surface with metallic hands.
However, not a single scratch appeared on the eyeball.
Only a sound like scraping iron echoed. The black crescents failed to pierce the eyeball and crumbled away.
I frowned.
The first attack, attempted as a test, was blocked entirely. As expected, it seemed I couldn’t just attack normally.
The enraged ■■■ let out a scream.
I didn’t particularly want to understand the meaning, so I let it slide.
In response to ■■■’s cry, the filth of the sea wailed in terror.
Even so, since my temporary possessions were in the middle of tearing them all apart, the noise wasn’t that loud.
However, the filth weren’t the only ones to react to the sound.
A vortex formed beneath my feet.
In the blink of an eye, a pillar of neon green water soared up and trapped me.
It was a water pillar that plunged the trapped being into an eternal nightmare.
But it was a meaningless act.
There was no way I would fall into a nightmare from something like this.
I laughed aloud inside the neon green water pillar.
Bubbles scattered along with the laughter.
The subordinate and temporary possessions under my influence were also trapped in the water pillar, but it was the same for them.
As soon as it realized it couldn’t inflict any damage, the water pillar vanished.
Subsequently, giant tentacles began to plunge from the sky at an oblique angle.
The tentacles, slamming heavily into the sea like anchors, crushed the ruins of buildings and created high waves.
As the turbulent waves surged, the floating debris beneath my feet shook violently.
I fixed the space so that the place I stood would not shake and commanded the man in white and the man in grayish-brown.
The grayish-brown man leaped onto a tentacle.
There was no fear or hesitation in his action as he sprinted up the thing, which was like a heavy mucous bridge.
My fanatic swung his gauntlets toward the pupils in the sky.
A golden brand was stamped upon the pupil.
’The brand is stamped correctly.’
I tried a simple strike, but as expected, no effective damage was dealt.
It is only natural that a human cannot reach a god.
However, it was a problem that the subordinate and possessions under my influence could not perform any attacks.
To identify the cause of the problem, I gave a command to the man in white.
But the man in white did not move.
I had commanded him to move together with the grayish-brown man earlier, and he had not listened to my commands at all from then until now.
I thought his state was strange; had he broken down? He wasn’t to the point of being combat incapable.
Thinking I might be wasting power, I used an ability I hadn’t used before.
’Blind Faith.’
I used the ability, but the blue rectangular window no longer appeared.
I waited for the golden light to swirl over the man in white eyes.
But there was no reaction. Far from blind faith, the man in white remained purely rebellious.
’Is it because he has the Unbeliever trait?’
I thought I could ignore the trait since his affection level was higher than the grayish-brown man’s.
Just as I was about to look into the man in white again.
"Do you want to command me?"
I shifted my gaze upward.
The man in white, drenched in neon green liquid, was angry.
Holding a snow-white sword, he spoke harshly.
"Then do it while you’re sane, Han Go."
Before I could even react to the arrogance of a mere possession, the man in white dashed forward.
As he swung his sword, he whispered like a passing breeze.
"Light Modulation."
And the world flipped.