Chapter 675: I'm Trying to Terminate My Contract with the Goddess, but She's Obsessed [R-18] (21)
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 675: I'm Trying to Terminate My Contract with the Goddess, but She's Obsessed [R-18] (21)
It was a disgusting sensation, as if a foreign object was lodged in my very soul.
What is this?
Just then, Verdandi’s voice echoed in my mind.
‘Seo-yun, from now on, this is a battle you must fight alone. I’m sorry I can’t be of more help.’
I sensed something significant in her words.
I delved deeper.
In that instant, my vision twisted violently, and I found myself standing alone in the middle of a vast, empty darkness.
Then, massive walls began to appear in rows, surrounding me like an endless barrier.
In the past, I might have seen these walls as just another trial to overcome, but things were different now.
I lifted my head and looked up.
There, a sphere of pitch-black darkness pulsed, bound tightly by chains.
“So it’s you. The bastard who’s been lodged in my soul, pulling all this useless shit.”
As I finished speaking, the surrounding walls crumbled away, leaving only the massive, writhing sphere before me.
A face identical to my own emerged from the sphere and whispered to me.
[Break my seal. If you do, you will find your lost memories.]
I raised my hand and gave him the finger.
“Eat shit.”
The sphere shuddered, and a black arm shot out to grab the chains.
[Krrrr… Break these chains, and you will become an absolute being who fears nothing.]
“Fuck off. You can stay tied up there and just die.”
[Hehehe. Well, it doesn’t matter if you refuse. The fact that you’ve appeared here means it’s already over.]
“…Huh?”
At that moment, the sphere began to writhe at a horrifying speed, extending its arms and violently snapping the chains.
-Ding!
[The seal is breaking. Prepare for battle.]
A familiar system message appeared before my eyes. It was a warning from the Libido App.
Another message followed immediately.
[Danger! Danger! Danger! Danger! Danger!]
Occupation: #@Only Demon God
Level: 999
Trait: Predation
Health: 100%
Combat Power: Supreme
※Warning: Unsuitable entity for combat.
※Warning: Immediate evacuation required.
※Warning: Evasion deemed impossible.
※Warning: Soul will be annihilated upon defeat.
※Survival Rate: @#@#!%
[Surrender is your only path to survival. Offer your body to him.]
What the hell? This is an Akashic System message…
The problem was that this crazy bastard was shamelessly urging me to surrender.
Just as the chain-breaking entity seemed about to break completely free, a torrent of old memories began to pour into my mind like a waterfall. My head felt like it was about to split open from the sheer volume of information.
[Clear Mirror, Still Water has been activated.]
My mind cleared.
I remember now.
At some point, unable to bear the loneliness, I had given my trait, Predation, a consciousness of its own. I recalled the deal I had made with it.
It was a deal to get rid of my painful memories in exchange for giving it partial ownership of the Akashic System…
I had been insane back then, sealed away for so long that I couldn’t think straight. The time I had spent sealed in that place was far beyond what I remembered, an amount of time that defied imagination.
Even the messages I saw back then were fakes created by that thing.
Still… I guess I’m a tiny bit grateful.
Ironically, it was a relief that Predation had devoured my memories, as it was the only reason I had been able to endure.
If all those vast memories from that immense passage of time had remained within me, my mind would have completely shattered long ago.
But… some of this bastard’s memories have flowed into me as well.
It seemed that even it couldn’t withstand the storm of memories. As the seal broke, it had pushed its unnecessary memory fragments over to me.
And among them, one memory surfaced with crystal clarity.
It was when it stole Kim Woo-jin’s body and the systems integrated…
The memories became clearer one by one.
The moment Predation devoured Kim Woo-jin’s soul.
The Akashic System and the Kkitomi App fought for dominance. However, the Akashic System I owned chose to be absorbed to protect me. In the end, the Kkitomi App swallowed the half-formed Akashic System.
The newly integrated Libido App then tried to eliminate Predation, which it saw as a threat to me. To survive, the entity desperately used the power of the system it possessed to become a parasite in my soul.
The only silver lining is that because Predation was still under my ownership when it devoured Kim Woo-jin’s soul, I was able to become the master of the Kkitomi App.
If not for that, I would have been devoured by Predation by now.
And the memories that followed. The fragment of the Akashic System had tried to erase all of those events from my memory.
My sudden attack on Lucia Valencia was because Predation had provoked my emotions, trying to eliminate someone who could become a threat to its plans.
And it wanted me to be defeated… and for Bi-yeon to die…
That way, I would fall into despair and desire Predation’s power more desperately.
Now I finally understood why the Libido App hadn’t been able to tell me the truth until now.
Predation had used its portion of the Akashic System to block the warnings.
All the while, it had been eating away at my soul—slowly, but surely. If I hadn’t come here and met Verdandi, I would have been in real danger.
“Well, aren’t you a son of a bitch? How dare you bite your master?”
-Ding!
[Would you like to use points for a random gacha pull?]
Points Owned: 10,301
The Libido App suddenly appeared.
…A gacha pull at a time like this?
But there was no time to hesitate. The Libido App had always been on my side. I was certain it was trying to do something to help me in this crisis.
I immediately dumped every last point I had into the gacha.
The results window spun wildly on the screen. At the same time, I could see the massive silhouette of the entity above, thrashing as it shattered its chains.
…The seal must have broken because I got too close to it. In the end, it’s still a part of me.
-Clang!
The chains shattered into pieces, and a colossal figure was finally freed from the pitch-black sphere.
“Free at last. I can’t believe how much I suffered because of that damn system…”
The entity slowly stretched its arms and legs, like it was warming up after a long time.
Just the fact that its seal was broken sent a chill through my veins, a pressure that felt like it could freeze my blood.
…First, I need to buy more time.
The gacha was still spinning.
Fortunately, I’d gleaned from its memories that it wasn’t in perfect condition right now.
“Hey, I have a question. Are you Predation? Or are you a piece of the Akashic System?”
The entity smirked and asked back.
“Hehe, what do you think I am?”
“I’m the one asking the questions.”
“Khuhuhuhuhuhuhu.”
It just laughed like a maniac.
“You’re insane.”
In an instant, a glint appeared in its eyes.
“Do you really think your little tricks will work on me?!”
It threw its arms into the air and shouted at me.
“Now, hand over everything you have to me!”
An overwhelming force pressed down on me, so powerful that my entire body trembled involuntarily.
The pressure was so immense I couldn’t even lift a finger. The entity took a single step, and the very space around us buckled, causing everything to crumble and collapse.
However—
-Ding!
[The blessing of the Goddess Verdandi has been activated.]
[For 1 second, everything except the user will be frozen in time.]
[Random gacha pull complete.]
Two rainbow-colored tickets floated before my eyes.
[Incarnation]
Manifests the power of a desired creation.
※Duration: 5 minutes
[Briefly Borrowing Power from Your Future Self]
Temporarily draws upon your future power for use.
※Duration: 5 minutes
※Warning! A penalty exists.
There’s a penalty, but…!
That didn’t matter right now.
The entity appeared before me as if by teleportation, its hand closing in on my face. I shot my hands up, holding the two tickets high.
“This cost me 10,000 of my precious points, you bastard!”
The moment I tore both tickets simultaneously, its fist slammed into my face.
-BOOM!
A tremendous shockwave shook the entire space, and a brilliant light flashed.
“Aaargh…! You and your Libido Aaaapp!”
The rampaging Predation swung its fist again from within the halo of light, but this time, my hand shot out from the light and clamped down hard on its wrist.
“That hurt, you maggot.”
The light gradually faded, revealing my silhouette.
Two black dragon horns protruded from my head, and a long dragon’s tail swished behind my back.
“Kgh! Stop resisting and give me your body!”
The entity lunged for my neck, but I casually swatted its hand away with my tail.
-Crack!
Its hand exploded in a single blow.
Predation’s face contorted as it clutched its wrist and quickly retreated.
My mind was infinitely clear, my senses sharpened to their absolute peak.
I raised my hand.
In that instant, Bi-yeon was summoned, appearing naturally in my grasp.
A faint black light emanated from her, with mystical patterns flowing along the blade.
I gripped the sword and gently woke her from her slumber.
“Time to wake up, sleepyhead.”
Light seeped into the sword’s body.
And then, for the first time in a long while, I heard Bi-yeon’s voice.
‘…Who are you?’
“I’m your husband.”
‘…You don’t seem like the weakling Jin Seo-yun I know… What have you been up to while I was asleep? The power I’m feeling from you right now… it’s a little scary…’
“I’ll explain later. Right now, we need to kill the maggot in front of us. We’re doing a spirit fusion.”
Only then did Bi-yeon notice Predation’s presence.
‘What’s that thing?’
“A parasite.”
‘A parasite? I don’t know what that is, but fine, I get it.’
The sword in my hand vanished like smoke and seeped into my body.
Instead of the teal hair from before, long, jet-black hair now cascaded past my shoulders. My skin began to darken into a deep shadow, and only my golden, draconic eyes blazed within the darkness.
My entire body was wreathed in a black haze as I took a single, light step forward.
-CRACK
A massive fissure spread across the entire space. Predation’s face twisted in unconcealable fear as it growled.
“You… What in the world did you do…?!!!”
“You know the answer. I just did a random gacha pull.”
I nonchalantly drew a sword made of meteorite iron and swung it lightly.
With just that one swing, the space split apart like a thin sheet of paper, and the entity’s torso was sliced clean in two.
“Krrruuugh…!”
A familiar power erupted from its body—the power of the gods I had used in the Dungeon Conquest Chronicle. But its severed body spewed black smoke and regenerated in an instant.
I raised my sword again and used a trait on it.
[Applying the trait ‘Void’.]
A grayish, eerie flame flickered to life on the blade. A cold energy that felt like it could erase existence itself enveloped the entire sword.
Seeing this, Predation was seized by a primal fear, its body trembling.
“W-wait…! Hold on, Master! Let’s talk! I’m sorry for everything I’ve done! I-I’ll give you my power. So please—”
“Don’t need it.”
I didn’t need any power it possessed. Its very existence was poison to me. There was no need for talk, no need for anything.
Its face twisted in despair. It spun around and tried frantically to flee.
“Where do you think you’re running to in this space?”
This was the space of my soul. No matter how much it struggled, there was nowhere to escape.
I took a leisurely step forward. That single step warped the entire space, instantly cutting off its escape route.
Next, I simply clenched my fist in the air. Its legs exploded, and it collapsed to the ground, crawling pathetically as it trailed blood and black smoke.
“This can’t be happening! After all my efforts! Akashic System! System!! Help me!!!”
“Silence.”
A single word of Dragon Tongue flowed from my lips, sealing its mouth shut.
“Mmmph! Mmph!”
Unable to even scream properly, it thrashed in despair.
“And a deal is a deal. You can take all the useless memories with you when you die.”
I kept only the important memories and returned all the unnecessary remnants to it.
“Mmmph!”
Then, I brought my sword down vertically. The Void trait activated, and the very space the entity occupied was erased.
“Grrmmmph—!”
Its scream echoed throughout the space, but soon, even that vanished into the void.
The black smoke and lingering traces writhed one last time before everything was completely annihilated.
-Ding!
[You have subdued Predation.]
[The Libido App wishes to completely purge the corrupted fragment of the Akashic System. Do you consent?]
There was no need to be greedy. The name itself called it corrupted.
“I consent.”
[Purging the corrupted fragment of the Akashic System.]
[Purge complete.]
[The trait Predation has been annihilated.]
In that instant, the entirely dark space changed, becoming slightly brighter.
Still nothing here, though.
Looking at the empty space, I imagined something, anything, into existence.
A massive building shaped like a vagina materialized.
‘You crazy bastard, what did you just make?!’
“I was bored. Want me to make one for you too?”
‘Fuck off! I just woke up and this is the crazy shit I have to see.’
“Aw, come on, I’ll make you one.”
Just as I was about to create one for Bi-yeon…
-Ding!
[The duration of Incarnation has ended.]
[The duration of Briefly Borrowing Power from Your Future Self has ended.]
[The penalty will now be applied.]
My body returned to its original state. I felt a pang of regret as the power that had filled me drained away in an instant.
Hah, what’s the penalty going to be… I just hope it’s nothing weird…
My consciousness snapped back to reality.
…But the atmosphere felt strange.
“Haah…♡ Seo-yun… you’ve returned…♡”
Verdandi was looking down at me, blood trickling from her nose.
“Huh? Verdandi… are you okay? You look a little dangerous… like a total pervert.”
“Hehe, I’m fine… I’m not dangerous at all… Now, come here, Seo-yun…♡”
She stretched out her arms, trying to pull me into an embrace.
-Ding!
[Penalty: Your body will become younger for one month.]
[Penalty: All stats will be reduced by 50% for one month.]
[Penalty: All traits will be sealed for one month.]
[Penalty: An irresistible charm effect will be constantly active for one month.]