52
Chapter 52
[Atomic Rex: I think I can use the skills of the things I eat?
I just learned the Sturdy Front Teeth skill. It is a passive skill.
Maybe because it was a rat, it only had a skill like this.]
- Comments -
[Melee-type Spy: Sigh... Kozaburo, handle this.]
└ [Melee-type Spy: Kozaburo Wakari mashita Master...!]
[Ppu Ppu Ppung: Mister, please get a grip.]
[Not a Netkama: Does he really want to play monster even here? How pathetic.]
[I Trusted the Monkey Uncle: This concept is kind of boring.]
I checked Atomic Rex's posts as soon as they were uploaded.
I felt for him because he seemed to be a tragic user in a similar situation to mine.
I wondered if he was someone I could reveal my secret to.
Of course, I would have to watch him more to see if he was trustworthy.
[Atomic Rex: First time eating an Infected.
It was a mutt Infected, and the taste was just okay. It was slow and weak.
Three of them were traveling together, so I turned all three into stew.
Well, it makes sense since Holy Knights can easily beat them starting from level 1, right?
The skill I got is Sensitive Sense of Smell. Another passive.
I wonder if I only get passive skills, unlike you guys.]
Just as I obtain blessings instead of skills unlike the Holy Knights, this guy seems to be learning unique skills with a different mechanism.
I continued to keep an eye on Atomic Rex while the Tribe Alliance people helped repair the walls of Symphonia (I supported them with the Totem of Healing).
[Atomic Rex: Killed a Worshipper.
It tastes pretty good. Didn't get any skills, but it gives a ton of experience.
Should I try hunting only Worshippers from now on?
The taste is great and the experience is high, so there is no reason not to kill them.
It is so chewy.]
Worshippers aren't human, but their appearance isn't that different from humans.
Doesn't he find it creepy?
[Dino Punch: Stop talking weird and just eat your food.]
[Bramanda: There is a limit to how far you can take a joke.]
[Not a Netkama: Is this fun for you?]
The people's attitude toward Atomic Rex gradually grew cold.
He does seem a bit off-putting to me too.
Even if they are Worshippers, saying things like it is chewy is bound to be unpleasant.
Does he not know that even if he actually enjoyed the taste, it is better to keep it to himself?
[Ultra Sanz Crazy for Massacre Mode on a Moonlit Night: Read the room.]
I left a brief comment.
└ [Atomic Rex: Yeah, your mom~]
He is a person with a completely flawed personality. He is not a malicious user for nothing.
I was a fool to wonder if there was anything I could do to help a fellow sufferer.
For a guy like this, a beating is the only cure.
[Holy Knight Hanna]
I immediately contacted my online friend.
[Not a Netkama: Why?]
[I authorize the subjugation of Atomic Rex]
Let's bring in the strongest Keyboard Warrior.
[Not a Netkama: haha what is this all of a sudden]
[Not a Netkama: Did something happen?]
[My hands and feet are shaking and tears are streaming down my face...]
[Not a Netkama: ?? What's wrong?]
The messages stopped for a moment. She must have gone to check.
A few minutes passed, and a new message arrived.
[Not a Netkama: Who the hell is this crazy bastard]
[Not a Netkama: Just randomly insulting someone's parents?]
[Not a Netkama: Where does this newbie get the nerve?]
[FR]
[He can't even read the room]
[Not a Netkama: This idiot thinks the community is a toilet, just dumping whatever trash comes to mind]
[Not a Netkama: I need to wake him up]
[Not a Netkama: Just trust me]
[ty ty]
[Thanks, Noona]
At times like this, she is more reliable than anyone in the world.
Now, shall I leave it to Hanna?
"Lord Mallak, I intend to resume the subjugation from today! I will subjugate all the villages in Symphonia!"
Just then, Kanto and the warriors arrived.
There is no need to leave it to them. As a Totem Guardian, I can handle it alone.
Well, not alone, but together with Lord Mallak.
Rake appeared like the wind as well.
- Good. Let's all go.
Since we moved, the distance to the villages is short, so we can move quickly.
Shall we start the 'Demon Massacre'?
After telling Paya to report any suspicious activity immediately, I switched to Totem No. 3 using the Binding Totem.
***
Atomic Rex continued to post about eating Worshippers.
These were repulsive posts, claiming women were chewier or that children's meat was tender.
Many users ignored him for crossing the line, and I had long since lost interest in him.
But Atomic Rex's trolling didn't end there.
[Atomic Rex: But those Holy Knight dogs are so pathetic.
I mean, hundreds of them swarmed in like a pack of dogs, and they still haven't cleared it? haha
Is it just inevitable since they're life losers who only play trash games?
Absolutely pathetic bastards tsk tsk]
It was a wide-area provocation that the community had never seen before.
Trolling was common, but no one had ever spoken to the entire community in this manner.
This was an attack on a completely different level from Princess Dina's comment that 'the community is for losers'.
It was only natural that the comment section exploded.
[Full Play: Do you think we came here because we wanted to? You're in the same boat, so don't you think you're going too far?]
[Dino Punch: Why should I have to listen to that? We're all victims here]
[Ghoulle: I really want to block this idiot. Why is there no block function?]
[Not a Netkama: Why are you so angry?]
└ [Not a Netkama: Did you get tilted because you lost the argument?]
└ [Not a Netkama: Your reply speed is damn slow lol]
└ [Not a Netkama: Are you seriously hunt-and-pecking every single letter?]
└ [Atomic Rex: Just shut up and stop commenting]
└ [Not a Netkama: lol he's totally pissed, what a loser]
└ [Not a Netkama: Are you sobbing like a baby right now?]
Nice work, our Hanna!
There were too many swear words below, so I stopped reading there.
[Atomic Rex: lol Holy Knight dogs, have a drink~!
Cheers to the vermin who died without doing anything for two years~!]
I could have just frowned and let that one slide, but I couldn't tolerate the next post.
[Atomic Rex: George's Raid Party? What's that, you weebs?
Why are you fanboying over someone who died ages ago?
They died because they were fucking idiots lol
Didn't they just set up a lavish meat buffet for the demons?
George's Buffet lol]
Ah, this bastard is truly beyond help.
I didn't even need to give him a piece of my mind.
Plenty of users swarmed in and tore into him viciously.
There wasn't just one or two users commenting that they'd kill him if they ever met.
But there's always someone lower than the lowest.
Atomic Rex's trolling was far from over.
[Atomic Rex: I ate a human.
Not a Worshipper, just a person. An ordinary person.
It was an adult woman, and she had a kid with her.
She struggled so hard to save the brat, so I killed the kid first.
lol You guys should have seen the look on her face.
By the way, the meat was delicious.
It doesn't even compare to something like a Worshipper. It gave a ton of experience too.
Now I'm only looking for humans. There must be some hiding somewhere.]
My brain froze for a moment.
I don't even know if I have a brain right now—no, that's not what's important.
It's a lie, right? If it's not a lie, nothing makes sense.
He's just trolling like he always does... this crazy bastard.
[Ultra Sanz Crazy for Massacre Mode on a Moonlit Night: Hey. Did you really eat them?]
└ [Atomic Rex: Why would I lie?]
Sigh.
Why on earth was some piece of trash like this possessed?
[Melee-type Spy: ...]
[Melee-type Spy: Are you really a monster?]
└ [I Trusted the Monkey Uncle: Based on how he talks, he definitely is]
└ [Atomic Rex: How many times do I have to tell you, spy? I'm for real]
└ [Melee-type Spy: What level are you?]
└ [Atomic Rex: 7. Unlike a loser like you, I'm leveling up fast lol]
└ [Atomic Rex: Humans give so much experience~]
└ [Atomic Rex: Now I can take down a low-tier demon in one surprise attack]
He grew that much already?
Is his base higher than mine, whereas I have a higher ceiling?
└ [Melee-type Spy: What does it say for your final goal?]
...Final goal? What's that?
└ [Atomic Rex: ?]
└ [Melee-type Spy: It's written in the status window. An extra line is added once you hit level 7]
That's written in the status window?
I've learned seven blessings, so I should be level 7. Why isn't it there?
└ [Atomic Rex: Oh, that?]
└ [Atomic Rex: Evolve endlessly and reign as the apex predator]
└ [Melee-type Spy: ...]
└ [Melee-type Spy: Reclaim the Grand Cathedral, drive out the demons that invaded the surface, and protect the Goddess's servants.]
└ [Melee-type Spy: This is the final goal written in the status windows of Holy Knights level 7 and above]
└ [Atomic Rex: lol that's so cringe damn, what is this, a shonen manga?]
└ [Melee-type Spy: You're truly hopeless]
└ [Atomic Rex: Look at you trying to act tough lol when you're just a snack]
I immediately checked my status window.
[Name: Mallak]
- Available Blessings: Totem of Healing (High), Divine Descent, Binding Totem, Zombie Control (Mid), Totem of Confusion
- Used Blessings: Berserker's Aura (Kanto), Path of the Elementalist (Paya), Totem Guardian (Rake)
- Available Points: 480
- Vassals: Paya, Rake, Muri, Nyx, Bojak, Sola
- Enter Community
It's not there. There's no such thing as a final goal.
Why? Why am I the only one without a final goal?
Is it because I'm a Loa? Just because I have seven blessings doesn't mean I'm level 7?
...No. It's not that it's missing, it's hidden.
I have a gut feeling.
I stared intently at the status window. It's there. There must be something.
I continued to glare at the status window. How much time had passed?
The letters hidden beneath Enter Community slowly began to reveal themselves.
- Final Goal: Work in the shadows. Defeat both the demons and the servants of the Goddess to seize hegemony over the surface. Should your identity be revealed before that day, you will pay a heavy price.
What? What is this?
Hahahahaha-!
Maybe it was because I'd stared at the status window for too long, but I started hearing things.
I can't explain why, but it sounded to me like the laughter of the Loas.