Chapter 214
Chapter 214
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 214
Chapter Title: Pride's Embrace and Appliance Demons
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There were actually plenty of suspicious signs.
Closing her eyes tight and not sharing vision while sharing senses.
If she had truly decided to cooperate, would she really have bothered closing her eyes?
No way.
Even so, Pride didn't pay it any mind.
"Whatever I feel doesn't matter anyway."
She was Pride, after all.
One of the few powerhouses left in the ruined outside world.
Even if pain or shock transferred over, it wouldn't faze her body or mind in the slightest.
"It might even be fun."
And she was a bit bored, too.
There was nothing new out there.
Faded ruins.
If even pain could provide a little stimulation, it wouldn't be so bad, she thought.
"Huh?"
Until someone suddenly hugged her tight.
That shattered Pride's composure.
Her smile vanished, and she froze in bewildered shock.
Yeah, she panicked.
"W-What the hell?"
Pride felt immense humiliation at the realization, and tried to sever the link.
"Ugh."
But she couldn't cut the connection.
Because the hug tightened even more.
Pride knew whose touch it was.
"Judak!"
There was only one person that woman would allow this close.
That's why she botched the disconnection.
-Squeeze...
She had no choice but to endure the suffocating pressure.
"..."
It took three full minutes before she was released from the embrace.
"You okay?"
Greed asked from the corner where he sat.
But there was no reply.
Pride just stood there blankly, staring holes into the floor.
As the heavy silence dragged on and Greed started gauging her mood—
-Crack!
Pride suddenly tore open a rift in the air.
And she didn't stop there.
She bolted to the nearby home appliances section and started infusing power into whatever she could grab.
"Screeech!"
"Grind..."
Amid the screech of metal, refrigerators, TVs, cell phones, and more.
Various electronics began emitting eerie noises as they rose into bizarre, gigantic forms.
"What are you doing?"
Greed was flustered.
An invasion of this world? Of course, that was something they had to do.
It was the outsiders' goal—and the Seven Deadly Sins' long-standing objective.
But rifts didn't open just because you wanted them to, and you couldn't exit whenever you pleased.
"It's not time yet. You know that better than anyone, Pride."
The outside world wasn't what it used to be.
In the process of devouring the last world, they'd suffered massive injuries.
Forcing out that much power would incur equally massive penalties.
Lust—one of the Seven Deadly Sins, now called Penny the traitor—was proof of that.
So he tried to stop her.
"Wanna say that again?"
Pride slowly lifted her head, and her state was off.
Her ears flushed bright red.
Her lips pressed tight in fury, trembling with rage.
Pride was pissed.
Or maybe embarrassed.
"...Nothing."
Greed turned away, pretending not to notice.
Using her power to force an invasion.
The usual Pride wouldn't have done it, but right now, she'd lost her cool.
Pride urged on the horde of awaiting demonic beasts.
"Go on. Hurry inside."
She shoved every last one through the rift—even pushing their backs herself.
She had no choice.
It was the only way to vent this humiliation burning inside her.
"Bring Judak to me."
"Screech?"
"Don't kill him. Got it?"
A body no one dared touch.
Yet...
"He hugged me?"
And not just that—he squeezed so tight her feet left the ground?
"Unforgivable."
Pride rarely ever panted, but she bit her lower lip hard.
"Judak, one way or another, you'll meet me."
It had been ages since she'd felt this humiliated.
Pride covered her face with both hands, trembling.
"And I'll make you pay for it."
From below, her face looked ready to burst with shame.
*
Judak's back bent like a bow.
"Argh!"
"S-Sorry."
It nearly snapped like one, too.
She said hugs were okay, sure, but I didn't expect it'd be this intense.
Gongjukhup awkwardly apologized and fled to the Plague Maria Cathedral.
Rather than hugging, I'd been hugged—and now I couldn't even lie flat with my back injury.
"I'll remember this."
Back injuries mess with gallery time.
Couldn't lounge comfortably in bed; had to prop myself sideways.
Thanks to the suffocating bear hug, I finally broke free and started late-night gallery scrolling.
**[Title: But the gacha system rates are sus af]**
*(500ml bottled water, lollipop pile pic)*
*(13 cans of spicy tuna pic)*
This is everything I've pulled from gacha over two months total.
Ain't this kinda fucked?
There's such a thing as reasonable odds—this is bullshit; frfr
Judak thinks he can do whatever cuz he's the supplier?
.
.
*(1 box honey butter chips pic)*
Lmao yeah he can do whatever lmao
Jackpot bitch!!! Lmao
More than covers all my losses so far lmao
Half for me, half sold at rip-off prices
Judak is a god!
Inkiyat Hou!!!
**[Recommendations 1211] [Disrecommendations 5091]**
- Fucker
- (Where you at? Elf con)
- Check posts daily without getting pinpointed. I'll check daily and hunt you down frfr
ㄴ This guy's serious
ㄴ Poster) (Upside-down dancing frog con) Lmao
- But yeah rates are mega rigged, poor bastard
ㄴ Read the last line
ㄴ Wtf dude
"Still doing gacha, huh."
The gallery was business as usual, of course.
The mad sho-bug chump who dumped everything into gacha and came out ahead.
**[Title: Liberal Arts Ghost's Secret? Got any?]**
Poster: Tuna Can Queen
*(Selfie lounging on throne, throwing up peace sign lazily)*
Survived death and had an epiphany
Round 2 with me
You ain't sleeping till I win
Let's go again! ＼ □ /
**[Recommendations 934] [Disrecommendations 1]**
- Lmaoooo
ㄴ Tuna Can Queen) No laughing, I'm serious
- Liberal Arts dude fucked up ㅇㅇ;
ㄴ Fr how do you piss off Tuna Queen?
ㄴ Liberal Arts Ghost's Secret) Fr lmao
ㄴ Tuna Can Queen) Hey!
ㄴ Tuna Can Queen) Stop messing around and play again!
ㄴ Tuna Can Queen) HEY!!!
And after the bitter Go-Stop loss in the gallery.
Even Tuna Queen's posts hunting down Liberal Arts Ghost.
Of course, Liberal Arts Ghost was me.
My old throwaway account from before possession.
Post-resurrection, her obsession with Liberal Arts Ghost ramped up.
"I didn't wanna go this hard, but..."
No choice.
Playing the villain on purpose to keep anyone from pinning it as me.
Not pulling an "you're trash lol."
- Liberal Arts Ghost's Secret) You're trash lol
ㄴ Tuna Can Queen) You, you... YOU
ㄴ Tuna Can Queen) I'm really gonna find you. For real!
"No major issues."
The gallery was peaceful.
But just as I satisfied myself by lurking without commenting—
"Good thing."
Pop.
The blanket twitched, and Dryer popped out.
No need to forage for food anymore, so Dryer doesn't gallery much.
Maybe that's why—she drops by for chats when bored.
Not bad.
Doesn't interrupt scrolling, and beats being bored.
"Feels too peaceful—like something's about to happen!"
Until those words.
"Oh."
**[Title: Elf Knight Order Emergency Muster]**
Poster: Fullpie Elf
*(Demonic beast chopping trees on Elrad forest outskirts pic)*
*(Face-morphing beast massacring nearby animals pic)*
Unknown demonic beasts appeared on Elrad outskirts
Sorry for ruining your day off...
Nah, not sorry
Assemble at the palace ASAP
**[Recommendations 801] [Disrecommendations 122]**
- Hiiik...
- Heeeek
- (Porcelain elf clutching head con)
- Poor Fullpie Honorary Human, mega-rec lmao
- Elf bait? Mega-rec lmao
ㄴ (Mega-rec lmao elf con)
ㄴ ?
ㄴ I'm not a knight so no biggie lol
ㄴ Damn this is real...
ㄴ Elf power 100/100
Say it's peaceful and shit hits the fan.
Dryer accidentally raised the flag hard.
"Hup..."
Dryer belatedly shut up, but the damage was done.
Demonic beasts hit Elrad.
Beast raids were everyday stuff, sure.
But these looked off.
"G-Gross-looking things."
Dryer, peeking at the gallery beside me, looked baffled.
Fair enough.
Nothing like any beasts we'd seen.
"Those even count as beasts?"
Like Dryer said, beasts were still creatures.
No matter how grotesque, they stayed in the biological realm.
But these...
"Computers?"
Long, spindly limbs topped with machines where faces should be.
Computers, TVs, all sorts—diverse types.
Like junk appliances come grotesquely alive.
"L-Lord Judak, know what those are?"
Dryer stared at me in shock.
No mouths, ears, noses.
If you didn't know modern appliances, nothing creepier.
"But they're always around my house."
"Gasp."
At least to me, they looked kinda decent.
"But why'd they show up now?"
Questions lingered.
Setting aside the modern gadget shapes.
These weren't from a wave burst.
They just... appeared.
Out of nowhere, suddenly.
"Forced through, like."
I scanned the post closely.
Small ones at 2m.
Common ones 3-4m.
Game devs would praise the creative designs.
I reached for bombs out of habit, then paused.
"No bombs—got something easier for those?"
Elrad was a massive forest.
Basically a giant pile of kindling.
Worst case, mines, machine guns, bombs like in the invasion.
But better to minimize damage, maximize effect.
"EMP would be perfect."
Just a thought—no real chance.
EMP to neuter that size effectively with low blast collateral?
Given modern wars never used EMPs much, probably not in shop.
**[Shop/Weapons]**
**[Portable NNEMP] - Starts at 5,000p**
Generate powerful electromagnetic pulses without a nuke!
"Why's it here?"
But it was.
Even more convenient and advanced than I knew.
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