Chapter 111
Chapter 111
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 111
Chapter Title: I Will Live as a Sow for Life!!! I Will Preach the Sow's Life to Everyone in the World!!!
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When the hunting dog catches the rabbit, you cook the dog.
Throw away the dog once the rabbit's caught.
Toss the mutt after using it to hunt.
I never thought I'd end up as that dog...
I should've just helped Paco instead!
This is so unfair!!
"If you think you can wriggle out of this with some cheap trick, you're dead wrong."
"Hey, alien sow! You really wanna throw away all common sense and get branded a demon god?! Huh?!!"
What pissed me off even more was not knowing what the bastard really wanted.
Was it mad about getting beaten by Asmodeus and out for revenge?
But my Asmo's just a copy!
Why hit the wrong cheek, you freak?
"There is no evil. There is no good. There is only me."
Whooooosh—
An ominous storm began to brew.
It was gale-force enough to make even me, full of bravado, pull my hands from my pockets.
"Woof!"
That's when Pomi came charging in.
She'd opened my subspace on her own and hijacked the Constellation Throne.
Fwaaah—!
Pomi's body was engulfed in light.
From dog to girl, then to a fully mature woman.
Forced deification through the Constellation Throne.
"Hey, Pomi! Who said you could deify yourself?! Huh?!!"
Deified Pomi was definitely strong.
But she was no match for this thing.
Alien gods could kill Constellations.
Pomi was in danger now.
"Master. The dungeon's collapsing. I'll buy you time—run. You can find the gate."
Pomi's voice was seductive.
But it brimmed with resolve.
"Hey, hey! Don't give orders to your owner, you pet! Get back here now!!"
"I won't let you die like last time. That's unacceptable in our Constellation realm...!"
When I respawned, Pomi had been overjoyed.
She'd slept by my side for a while after.
Pomi had watched Asmo kill me.
The shock must've hit her hard.
So you're gonna die instead?
Don't die! I'll be screwed without you anyway!
"Can't you understand? It's gone from one bug to two. Stop this pointless resistance."
"Kiiing—!"
The moment the alien god spoke, Pomi was struck.
The problem? I couldn't even tell what hit her.
"Hey, Pomi!"
"Master... please, run... away..."
"You run! Don't you know I'm immortal?!"
"I can't... watch you suffer..."
Death is awful.
But if Pomi's life is on the line, I'll take it over and over.
This wasn't just any Constellation—it was Pomi.
My first Constellation, the cute doggy who only had eyes for me.
Even on tough days when the future felt bleak, coming home to her gave me strength.
Yet this stubborn mutt wouldn't budge.
Who knew her loyalty trait would feel like a curse...
"M-Master..."
Fallen Pomi looked at me, her voice a final gasp.
"Hey..."
What was she trying to say?
Some words she'd always kept inside?
No.
Pomi was an honest Constellation.
If she had something to say, she'd have said it by now.
So her end would be like the beginning.
Just like when she first opened her heart to me,
her last words would speak unwavering love.
As if to prove it, a bittersweet smile graced Pomi's face.
Finally, she spoke.
"That... cat bitch behind you... who the hell is she...?"
"Huh...?"
Cat?
What cat???
"Nyaang!! It's spanking time, nyaang!!!"
"?"
I turned—and there Spankings really was.
In a cat pose, standing on all fours with her butt high in the air.
What the fuck is this shitcat doing here...?
"Hey, shitcat! When did you get here?!"
"Just now, nyaang! If you beat that guy, will you spank my butt, nyaang?"
Spankings blatantly pointed at the massive eye in the sky.
"Hey! Obviously! I could give you ten thousand windmill butt slaps!!"
"Sounds good, nyaang! Spankings has been waiting for the challenger to be in peril, nyaang! Ten thousand butt slaps promised, nyaang!!"
Spankings.
By story weight, she was an extra.
Just a shitcat Constellation who popped up to screw over the player.
But what if there was lore I didn't know?
In the fully patched , what if Spankings was strong enough to rival an alien god?!
"Time for a quiz from Spankings to the eyeball challenger, nyaang! Get it right and I'll double your lives, wrong and I'll take one, nyaang!"
"Now there are three bugs."
"Don't get cocky, nyaang! This one's seriously tough, nyaang!!"
"Fine... I'll play along for a bit."
"Quiz incoming, nyaang...!!!"
Quiz!
Spankings' quizzes were pure evil!
Two possible answers, and she'd switch the right one on the fly to troll the challenger—that was her specialty!
Such dirty tricks might just work?
"What shakes in the middle when a man runs, nyaang?!!!!"
Shakes in the middle?
Dick, obviously... but there's another answer.
Tie...!
The answers are 'dick' and 'tie'!
What'll it be, alien god?!
"Shaking means vibration?"
"You don't even know that, nyaang? Dumbass, nyaang?"
The alien god's eye wobbled every which way.
Then it unleashed a flawless response.
"Vibration is a phenomenon where an object moves periodically and repeatedly around its equilibrium position. A man's body and clothes are subject to elastic and restorative forces, so what shakes in the middle when he runs is 'everything in the middle of a man.'"
"Nyaang...?"
Spankings blinked in utter confusion.
"W-Wrong, nyaang... The answer's tie, nyaang..."
"A tie is included in 'everything.'"
"This is just a nonsense quiz, nyaang..."
"And my answer is truth."
Something told me Spankings was getting cold feet?
No way she'd bail now...?
"Sorry, nyaang. He's too boring—my quizzes don't work on him, nyaang..."
"Hey, shitcat!! Don't give up so easy—try something else!!!"
"I'll come back later, nyaang... Talking to a boring guy made me sleepy, nyaang... Bye then, nyaang nyaang..."
And Spankings really vanished.
She's actually leaving?
Typical shitcat...
For the love of god, if you're Korean in your next life, raise a dog instead?
Well, it wasn't totally pointless.
I used the time to scoop up Pomi.
"Hey, Pomi. Pull this stubborn shit again and I'm dumping you with Seol Harin for good? Huh?!"
"Master..."
"I'll take another trip to hell, so stay home and guard the fort like a good girl!"
"Who the hell was that cat bitch...? Please tell me..."
"Is that important right now?!"
"Taeyang hyung!!"
Right on cue, the heroes arrived.
I handed Pomi off to them.
"Hyung...? You're not coming with?"
"Hey. I've got unfinished business."
"Business...?"
"That alien sow won't let me go, right? Heh heh heh."
"...!"
My words made the heroes' faces harden.
Abigail and Shin Yujin were even tearing up.
What.
Don't cry.
Someone might think I'm dying for real.
*
"Hey!!! Alien sow!!! I'll do whatever you want, so send the rest back!!!!"
Kim Taeyang's shout.
"Taeyang hyung! Come out with us! There has to be a way!"
Rumble rumble ruuuumble—!
The dungeon was collapsing.
Due to the alien god's power running wild.
The team knew.
Taking Kim Taeyang with them was impossible.
"Leader! I'll stay instead—please escape!!"
"Hey. The alien sow wants me. Everyone else, quit interfering and get lost."
They knew, yet they clung to him.
It wasn't just hypocrisy.
"Taeyang hyung..."
"Leader..."
"Sob."
They didn't want to part with him.
Didn't want to lose him.
They were all captivated by Kim Taeyang's selfless sacrifice!
"I'll swallow you whole, bug."
Kim Taeyang's body floated up.
Like a cow abducted by a UFO, the alien god dragged him toward the clouds.
"Ahh... Leader...!"
Abigail clasped her hands and murmured.
Even from afar, her eyes sparkled with emotion.
"Pigs are livestock that give everything selflessly to humans...! Now I understand why you called us that—the most wretched fate on Earth!"
A sacrifice of her very life.
Witnessing that noble, transcendent end, Abigail finally awoke.
"You meant for us to see ourselves as pigs, Leader! To give everything from head to tail like pigs...!! That was your teaching!"
Deeply moved, Abigail shed tears.
And swore with those tears.
"Ahh... I truly understand now... Father Leader. I will live the sow's life as you taught!"
"Team leader! We really have to go now!"
"Sow!! Call me Team Leader Sow!!!"
"Team Leader Sow! Let's go already!!"
The heroes set off for the gate.
Meanwhile.
The alien god faced Kim Taeyang up close.
The massive pupil was less than a meter from him.
"Fearless to the end, eh?"
"What the hell is this creepy getup? Did you give up being a woman before you became a Constellation, you bitch?"
"Rant all you want. Once I share my mind with yours, you'll crumble in seconds."
It planned to peer into Kim Taeyang's head.
Find Asmodeus's copy, then uncover her powers through it.
Revenge.
"Yawwwn... I dunno what you're up to, but hurry it up. This is annoying as hell."
"......"
He'd known Kim Taeyang was peculiar.
Curiosity had drawn him in, sure.
But now, that didn't matter.
He was a monster living eons in human time.
Humans might admire a pretty bug, but they don't befriend it.
Same principle.
Sloooorp—!
An eel slithered into Kim Taeyang's mouth.
Last time down, this time up.
Into his mind.
To rummage around inside.
Studies, training, growth, romance, lust...
Seemed ordinary at first.
Aside from being packed with model-citizen thoughts unlike his looks, nothing special.
'Hm...?'
But deep down, something weird appeared.
A cluster of small orbs stacked in layers.
A theory inside.
The end of the universe.
What's beyond?
Not even he knew everything.
Beyond the Constellation realms were other realms, clusters of those, thousands, millions, billions of clusters stretching endlessly...
The universe keeps expanding.
Beyond the unobservable edge,
where light can't reach—what's there?
Darkness, nothingness, nonexistence... myths and legends maybe.
No one knows.
The one theory explaining that mystery.
The theory that is one and all—
'It's here...!'
In Kim Taeyang's mind.
Text incomprehensible in this language.
Not even Constellation tongue or higher alien script could convey it.
The first word of that bizarre text.
'Aca... demia...?'
His mind reeled.
Consciousness plunging into the abyss of the unconscious.
'Gotta run...!'
The alien god sensed it instinctively.
Understand Kim Taeyang's knowledge, and he's done.
Not mere death.
A more fundamental end. The end of self.
Alive but unable to feel life, dead but denied true death.
Better to stay an ignorant speck than approach that void-truth.
Squelch—
The eel withdrew.
Kim Taeyang's consciousness returned.
He spat a baffled "Huh?"
"Kim Taeyang... Go back..."
"You were blabbing about mind-sharing—what, already done? I was gonna pound your brain raw, but this is too lame!!"
"Just... changed my mind."
"Heh heh heh. This bitch is scared shitless."
"...We will meet again."
The eye closed, releasing Kim Taeyang.
Then fled like a coward.
*
A cheerful hum filled the car.
Park Hee-yeon's doing.
She rarely felt good, but today she was floating on air.
"Guild master. We're here."
The site of the 'Old Woman's Ruins' gate.
Signs of gate collapse.
A raid trigger.
"Just in time, huh?"
"Yes. Everyone's safe."
The heroes had just returned.
Park Hee-yeon grabbed champagne.
To celebrate their return.
'Kim Taeyang! Congrats on learning how scary real battle is, you punk...!'
Her real goal was different, of course.
Douse a dejected Kim Taeyang's head with bubbly.
That was why she'd come all the way out here.
She stepped from the car.
Approaching with a devilish grin, shaking the champagne—
"Raid celebra—...?"
She faced the unexpected.
"Long live Kim Taeyang!!!"
"Long live Kiiim Taeyaaaang!!!!"
"Long live!!! Looong liiiive!!!!"
The team was tossing Kim Taeyang in the air.
Abigail took it further, trembling and weeping tears of joy.
"I can see...! A miracle born of Leader's sacrifice!!!"
"Huh? That was just the alien sow—"
"I will live as a sow for life!!! I will preach the sow's life to everyone in the world!!!!"
"???"
Park Hee-yeon froze solid.
Three question marks hovering over her head.