Lewd Wisdom Descends on One Alone
Why does Lewd Wisdom descend only on me? I have no idea why all the bad guys spot me and charge in yelling "Time to take his back!" like they're hell-bent on turning me into a damn donut. Is there some kind of target painted on my back or something?
I stomped relentlessly on the back of the bastard who'd dared to go after mine.
"Guh! I confirmed it was destroyed!"
The girl—no, the pitch-black bastard masquerading as a girl—let out a frustrated outburst, as if the situation made no sense.
She had the same appearance as the constellation of Wisdom, but inside lurked the vile ego of the lab director.
"I told you. I don't die."
Who would've thought he'd hidden inside a god for all that time, biding his moment to devour her divinity? What insane tenacity.
If he'd channeled that persistence into something worthwhile, he could've ascended properly like our investors. But no.
"You damned pest! Release me, you worm! How dare a lowly otherworlder interfere with me!"
This old monster was consumed only by his grotesque desires. None of the nobility I'd witnessed in true constellations glimmered in his eyes, no matter how hard I looked.
If we'd met outside, I wouldn't have stood a chance. He'd laid meticulous plans over eons and endured to steal a godhood. No way the real me could handle that.
But...
"You keep calling me a worm."
Things were different now.
"Who're you calling a worm, you pathetic thing crawling on the floor like a bug?"
Kwachik!
Unlike the Maelstrom incident, my dream powers were intact. I wouldn't die, and I felt no pain. Even ambushed, it was like getting one-shot by a boss's instant-kill pattern in a game—just respawn and fight on.
Still, I could barely contain my boiling rage.
In dream form, I'd witnessed every saga of the goddess of Wisdom up close. Her pain, suffering, sorrow, fear—all of it. And the monster responsible stood right before me.
The ugly beast who'd stolen an innocent girl's life, tormenting her for centuries with endless gaslighting in an eternal loop.
"...Princess."
"...Yes?"
She jumped at my call, responding with a start.
"Tell me what you want. I can rip this bastard apart right now. Or toss him into my game as a boss for eternal looping deaths."
"...!"
To her, he was an archenemy, no less. If I were her, I'd have charged in fury without hesitation.
Yet she trembled, still terrified of his clutches even after I'd subdued him.
Ah, this fucker... I can't let him off that easy.
Weekly boss treatment wouldn't cut it. As my anger festered, I was about to crush his skull when—
"How dare you...!"
The air shifted. The clouds of divinity blanketing the area changed hue.
"How dare worms debate my fate! How dare youuuu!"
Kuoooo!
A storm of divinity swirled around him. The shockwave hurled me back.
"Just die nicely already."
Clank clank!
"Wh-what?!"
Shackles born of my imagination seized him.
"You damned—!"
He thrashed to break free. I conjured more.
Chains that bound the god who gifted fire to humanity.
Silken cords that restrained even the wolf devouring the king of gods.
Even the torturous turtle-shell binding that made countless men weep above and below.
Legions of restraints swarmed him.
"Gaaaaah!"
Shackles that had tormented a frail girl for centuries. I manifested those too, binding him tight.
Once the shackles buried everything but his head, his frantic struggles ceased.
"Any being tied to this continent can't escape my authority. I hold all knowledge of the continent—no other gods' powers work on me."
Pathetic excuses from a cornered fool.
"You're an apostle of an otherworld god, huh? Not just some random otherworld worm."
"What're you babbling about? You're glitching out."
I reached for the core of his divinity.
Shatter his core, and he'd lose his godhood, reduced to a powerless soul. Just like that Maelstrom freak—ripe for toying with.
The instant my hand plunged into his core—
Kugugung!
"Crisis is opportunity! Devour you, and I'll be this continent's undisputed strongest!"
His divinity roiled around the core. A shockwave leagues beyond his prior flailing.
His core began to crumble.
Pasasak!
All the restraints binding him powdered into oblivion.
"Hahahahaha!"
Now free, he rocketed upward.
"This is..."
...My powers, all undone?
"Divine frenzy at the cost of annihilation. For gods where core collapse means existence's end, it's utter madness."
The bastard, wearing Wisdom's face, grinned wickedly.
"But the tradeoff? Temporary overwhelming might. Enough to smash you here and now!"
Kuoooo!
A storm of divinity, dense beyond imagining, surged toward him.
"My core crumbles as payment? Irrelevant. I'll devour you first!"
Restore godhood via otherworld powers! Subjugate the continent! This is humanity's strength! Kyahahaha!
Freed from his bonds, the constellation of Wisdom shrank in terror. No help from her now—she might even get caught in the crossfire.
Time to change the battlefield.
I lunged at him.
Kwang!
We smashed through a building wall, then hurtled into the next.
'Upward. Higher.'
Put distance between him and her before he notices. Higher, farther.
Kwang! Kwang! Kwang! Kwang!
Gripping him, I pulverized dozens of buildings, gaining altitude.
"Uwaaaaaah!"
Then slammed him into the heart of a towering skyscraper.
Kwaaaang!
Smoke cleared.
"Heh heh heh heh! Thought I was done for, worm."
Enveloped in prismatic divinity, he emerged. Burning his core for power? His mere presence exuded crushing pressure.
Crack crack.
He rolled his neck.
"...Now I get it."
Pew! "!!"
A sudden beam lanced from him. It vaporized my right arm without a trace.
"Finally figured out how to wield this power."
His grin deepened.
My severed arm regenerated. I don't die anyway. Outlast his power, and he'll self-destruct.
Dodging and dragging time would work fine.
But...
This could work out perfectly...
Hey, constellation.
Got a favor to ask.
That bastard doesn't deserve an easy, comfy end. I'd rather smash everything he's built.
I glanced at her down on the ground.
She can do it now, I bet.
* * *
Kwang! Kwaaaang!
Explosions echoed from on high, lighting the dark night sky. A fierce battle raged.
The girl clenched her fists tight.
The prince was fighting—for her, now stripped of godhood and worthless.
Once bearer of the continent's knowledge, she knew what the lab director was doing: igniting divinity in a blasphemous blaze no god would dare. The final resort gods had used in myths to thwart continental threats.
Even in the dream world, the prince couldn't stop this kamikaze blaze.
He'd end up the director's meal.
"No..."
Again. Why did everyone tied to her meet such gruesome ends? She wanted out of this nightmare. Erase that monster and live happily ever after.
But.
She gazed at her hands. All power gone. The forcibly implanted Wisdom stolen clean.
Back to a powerless shell—a normal girl.
What can I even do like this?!
Her genius intellect knew: nothing. She'd only hinder the prince—a mere obstacle.
"Why...!"
Kang!
She slammed the ground in anguish.
Then—
—Gonna give up just like that?
!!!!
A voice rang out. She lifted her head slowly, eyes wide.
"...Yook-yook."
A dreamlike sight. Muria-17-06, long dead and impossible here, smiled at her.
—It's the prince. The one you've waited for forever.
"...But I have no power. Nothing I can do."
She knew. Without her help, he'd die. But she couldn't act.
—Aw, sis! Wait, not sis!
"S-Sam-sam..."
Another: Muria-25-03 appeared.
—Really nothing you can do, sis?
"...What?"
—It's all inside you already.
She touched her chest where Sam-sam's finger pointed.
"Already... inside me."
Whiiioooo!
Wind howled. Mysterious energy enveloped her.
Vast knowledge.
Peerless intellect.
Complete saga.
All conditions met. The final piece: her will.
The last puzzle clicked into place.
Kugugung!
Immense power surged within.
Lewd Wisdom breaks the shackles.
—That's it. Knew you had it in you, Chul-chul.
—Sis, you better tell us all about your wedding night with the prince later! Promise? Don't forget!
Her friends' phantoms faded with warm smiles.
"...Yeah."
Tears streaming, she smiled.
"I'll tell you everything. All about our prince."
Time to end it all.
Slay the monster tormenting her prince and her.
And head to that "they lived happily ever after" ending.
Just wait a bit longer, my prince.
I'm coming now.