Chapter 201
Chapter 201
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 201
Chapter Title: Wrath's Deception
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“Back sooner than I expected?”
Pride gazed at the impudent girl glaring daggers at her.
Surprise tinged her voice, which was rare for her.
“I figured it’d take you a few more decades.”
Wrath hadn’t managed to kill Judak.
Much less dismantle the Gallery forces.
Having lost the bet, Wrath had ascended to the world above with most of her power sealed away.
To carry out her punishment.
“Check it out.”
Wrath pulled a piece of clothing from her bosom and tossed it at Pride’s feet.
“Clothes?”
“Not just any clothes.”
Pride picked it up and examined it closely.
Then she stared at Wrath in astonishment.
“What the hell, it really is different. You actually succeeded?”
Finding Judak’s location.
That had been the condition of the punishment.
A practically impossible one.
She’d even thought Wrath might get exposed as a demon from above and die.
No, she’d sent her up there hoping for exactly that.
“I thought you’d resurrect in that body of yours.”
Even if she died, her original power would remain.
Pride pointed to the red-haired woman standing silently behind the ruins.
The second strongest of the Seven Deadly Sins.
Wrath’s true body.
If she died, she’d awaken again in that form.
“Keep your promise. Give me my body back.”
Wrath grimaced and strode toward her true body.
Not only had she failed to find Judak’s location, she’d died, so it was time to reclaim her physical form.
But instead of agreeing, Pride blocked Wrath’s path as she tried to pass.
“What the hell are you doing?”
“Hmm...”
Pride eyed the clothes suspiciously.
They definitely weren’t ordinary.
Unique buttons, stiff yet luxurious texture and design.
Only one being could wear something like this: Judak.
Even Pride acknowledged they belonged to him.
“Fine, I get it. You really took these from Judak.”
“Then keep your promise!”
“But.”
Pride suddenly leaned in close.
Gazing at Wrath, who stared back without a hint of fear, Pride grinned.
“There’s no blood on them?”
“!”
“And there’s no sign of a struggle, so you didn’t capture him either.”
Above all, Pride knew.
Judak, that existence, wouldn’t be caught this easily.
So there was only one answer.
“You betrayed us, didn’t you?”
Pride’s expression turned sinister.
The moment her crimson eyes flushed blood-red.
“Judak, now!”
Wrath shouted at the top of her lungs.
“Judak?”
The moment Pride tilted her head in confusion at the shout.
Judak*: Zzztpizzztpizzzt~ What’s this “severe punishment” thing? Explaining it is the punishment itself, isn’t it? I’ve asked 1,384,966 times what zzztpizzzt is, and the whole area’s just zzztpizzzt!!! Kim Zzztboom!!! I’ll carry you all!!! Crybaby only eats one bite uwah uwah I won’t get zzztpizzzted...!
Something burst out of the empty air.
It was something no one should ever see.
A horrific jumble of words and phrases spewing out randomly.
No, could you even call that a sentence?
“?!”
The moment Pride laid eyes on it, she clutched her head.
Just a glimpse made her want to vomit.
“My, my head...”
Pride staggered.
And inwardly, she marveled.
To induce nausea with mere text—this was no pushover.
Judak*: Now’s the time!
Seizing the moment while Pride recoiled in shock, Wrath successfully reclaimed her original power.
“You!”
She realized too late that she’d been tricked.
But by then, it was already over.
The moment Pride turned her head, a stinging blow struck the crown of her skull.
“Argh!”
Wrath, now empowered, had flicked her hard on the forehead.
Pride tried to muster her strength, but Wrath had already forcibly torn open a rift.
“Idiot, moron, cringey edgelord.”
“Wh-what?!”
Wrath unleashed all the insults she’d swallowed inside.
Pride lunged at her, but Wrath sealed the rift faster.
Judak*: Did you get her?
Fortunately, Pride didn’t follow.
What met Wrath’s eyes wasn’t the dreary gray sky, but the familiar scenery of her home.
“Phew, haha...”
A chuckle escaped Wrath’s lips.
She hadn’t believed it when Judak suggested startling them with ASCII art made of text.
Yet it had actually worked.
Pride, said to be the strongest of the Seven Deadly Sins, had flinched at mere words.
Wrath laughed hollowly at the realization, then startled herself by touching her smiling lips.
“I... laughed?”
She, Wrath of all people, had laughed.
It was absurd, but it felt right.
“It feels... good.”
Smiling felt good.
The pent-up frustration she’d carried for so long seemed to wash away.
The surprises didn’t end there.
Judak*: Time to change your IP now.
“IP...?”
Judak*: I’ll make you a new one so you can post on the gallery.
He was granting her permission to post on the gallery.
Wrath blinked vacantly.
“I’m Wrath, you know?”
Judak*: And I’m John Malphite.
“No!”
She’d betrayed the outside world, but she was still one of the Seven Deadly Sins.
And he was letting her join the gallery?
More chats flew in as Wrath panicked.
Judak*: ㄱㅊ Gold-digger concept’s taken by the elf tho.
Judak*: No horned horse, but.
Judak*: You’re average enough to fit right in.
“What if I betray you?”
Of course, she had no intention of doing so.
Even if she went back now, the outside wouldn’t take her.
But Judak’s reply was simple.
Judak*: You won’t.
“How do you know...?”
Judak*: Severe punishment types don’t betray.
That damn “severe punishment.”
But even this time, it didn’t feel bad.
Wrath mulled over the emotion, then belatedly looked up to ask something she’d always wondered.
“Where’s Lust?”
The first of the Seven Deadly Sins to betray the outside.
Judak*: Lust? Oh, Penny?
“Penny?”
Wrath realized that was Lust’s new name.
Using a human-like name.
Wrath couldn’t comprehend it.
The Seven Deadly Sins had names from birth.
No need to name themselves.
“...Okay?”
Yet strangely, it tickled her insides.
She wanted a name too.
Unaware it was jealousy, Wrath waited for Judak’s next chat.
Judak*: Yeah, right next to me ㅇㅇ
And she’d received help from Judak, as expected.
“Next to you means... next door to me?”
She’d assumed Lust was in a specific house like her, but the answer differed.
Judak*: Nah, next to me.
“...What?”
Judak*: Sleeping right beside my bed ㅇㅇ
Wrath’s eyes widened.
She’d never imagined meeting Judak.
Not only together, but in the same bed?
Judak*: But why’d you ask?
“Oh, just curious.”
Wrath trailed off, surprised at herself.
She’d only ever known the emotion of wrath, yet now so many others were blooming.
It definitely happened around Judak.
If just chatting did this...
What new feelings might she discover face-to-face?
“Alright.”
Judak*: ㅇㅇ?
“Make me one of those IPs too. No, please make me one.”
She too would grow close to Judak someday.
And experience new emotions in person.
Wrath smiled inwardly.
*
[Title: Time to Ban These High Nicknames]
(Clip of soldier selling rations to a noble)
(Clip of 1,000 ration packs)
Sold 1,000 combat rations for 1,000 gold each.
Honestly was gonna eat ‘em myself but sold cuz parents’ meds.
Wtf should I do ㅅㅌㅊ?
[Recommendations 942] [Disrecommendations 102]
- High-IQ salesfag
ㄴ Shorten it
ㄴ Don’t shorten it
- Dude yesterday sold 3k worth lol
- But can you inflate prices like this?
- What if Judak sees?
- Judak*) lol
ㄴ Whoa
ㄴ OP) Oh shit
ㄴ Judak*) Parents’ meds ← Letting it slide this once cuz of that
ㄴ OP) Thx lord ㅠㅠ
ㄴ Orange faction’s got that flexibility
ㄴ Orange really has the best sense
Instant-consumable combat rations.
Food circulated only among Gallery forces.
Naturally, some nobles and tycoons couldn’t resist and bought them at high prices.
- Choco balls ← How tf do they fit in there
- Combat rations better than noble meals lol
- Feed this 3x a day and even isekai trash would fight like dogs everyday upvote lol
Reviews were even good.
Sure, they tasted great, but still combat rations.
“Maybe cuz the world’s ending, they rate everything high.”
Even stuff I found meh got good reception.
Eventually led to private sales.
But this time, no stopping it.
[Title: Oh right, combat rations!!!!!]
(Clip of knights re-equipping)
(Clip of bustling garrison)
Tomorrow’s the final reclamation battle of Gallery forces’ 1st expedition.
Don’t forget to eat all those hoarded combat rations.
[Recommendations 1992] [Disrecommendations 52]
- Fml I forgot
- Upvote... major upvote
- Fr lol like we’re gonna eat it in the afterlife
- Fml sell some before going!!! I’ll buy for thousands!!!
Facing the last reclamation of the 1st expedition.
“Zion Forest, right?”
A forest untouched by human hands due to troop shortages.
Countless rifts unleashed waves unchecked.
Teeming with variant beasts, practically a demonic realm.
“Honestly, don’t think we’ll lose...”
Compared to the ragtag Adrian Empire days.
Now every soldier’s level was vastly improved.
I’d paid extra attention to the troops.
“Treat soldiers right, and national power thrives.”
Can’t expect a strong nation while treating troops like dogs.
Basic 1+1=2 logic.
Their nutrition, gear, training—all leaps ahead.
“But... something feels off.”
Still, unease lingered.
Gallery forces had set up camp at Zion Forest’s entrance.
Expected beasts to swarm at first.
But days passed without a single goblin.
- These fuckers all bounced? lol
- Gallery army numbers are intimidating
- Judak’s right there, they gonna square up? Just beasts lol
ㄴ Fact) Yeah beasts
Waves were quantity wars.
Large and small beasts assault villages under leader variant beasts.
Quantity too massive to handle easily.
“But scouts haven’t spotted any?”
That meant.
Maybe just a few strong variant beasts from the wave?
[Title: Fml save me plz]
(Clip of massive zombie made of flesh chunks)
(Clip of fleeing up a tree)
Fml still hoarding rations and now this
Pls someone save me
I’ll share half my rations jfc;
Wait no 3 ㅇㅇ
Wait 1 ㅇㅇ
[Recommendations 1821] [Disrecommendations 12]
- Lmao pussy
- Just die lol
- Respawn and farm more
- But that’s not a zombie?
ㄴ Fr scared of a zombie
ㄴ OP) Fuck you win and I’ll give all my rations come kill it
ㄴ Pretty strong tho?
ㄴ Lmao baiting to test strength
Undead risen from dead humans.
“No way, it’s kinda strong?”
Here, zombies were bottom-tier beasts threatening scouts.