Chapter 61
Chapter 61
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 61
Chapter Title: The Identity of 4.444.404
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A few days after banning the troll who had forcibly intruded into the gallery.
Erzebet obtained a chance to catch that IP.
“You've come.”
A bizarre and unpleasant sensation emanating from Kellieaton Territory reached her.
Erzebet immediately left the castle and headed in the direction the sensation indicated.
She soon discovered a single rift.
-Hummmm.
“Something's different.”
It was unlike the other rifts.
Normal rifts were one-way.
You could cross over from here, but nothing could come in from outside.
That was why they usually waited for the right time, with only a few magic beasts crossing over...
But this rift was pulsating like a heart while emitting an ominous aura.
“Someone forcibly tore it open with brute force.”
Even Erzebet would struggle to tear open a rift by force.
She would feel extreme fatigue if she did.
The opponent was no ordinary magic beast.
Erzebet tried to pursue immediately, but the troll had already vanished without a trace.
A few days later, Erzebet was able to pinpoint the appearance of 4.444.404.
[Destruction Gallery Wiki]
Document/Rifts
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6. Sighting Locations
6.1 Northern Plains of Kellieaton Territory
(A screenshot of a rift twice as large as others)
ㄴ ㅡㅡ Looks pretty savage
ㄴ Like your face?
ㄴ Shut the fuck up
It happened right as the Destruction Gallery Wiki contest started, with gallery users beginning to share the information they had.
Thanks to that, screenshots of the rift she had investigated were circulating.
“Found you.”
Looking closely at the screenshot, someone could be seen fleeing at the edge of the plain.
It was too small for ordinary people to see, but it was easy for Erzebet.
Long white hair, red eyes, the form of a young girl.
An unusually pristine appearance, reminiscent of ancient demons.
4.444.404—it was definitely that drifter.
*
Soon-to-Die Vampire: So we have to kill her
Judak*: No, dude
Soon-to-Die Vampire: She's dangerous
Padak was urging me to commit murder.
The reason was that the girl I had picked up might be a magic beast that crossed over from outside.
No wonder things had been quiet for a few days—they had been tracking this?
“Hmm.”
I turned my head to look at Penny.
Penny was tucked away under the blanket, reading a picture book.
Her eyes sparkled; she seemed to find the fairy tale extremely enjoyable.
She had already stacked enough picture books to reach the ceiling.
So, that was a demon?
Judak*: lol;
Soon-to-Die Vampire: Not joking
Soon-to-Die Vampire: Open the gallery and check
Padak's persistent suspicions were starting to make me a bit uneasy too.
‘Honestly, there are some suspicious points.’
Penny had grown.
By at least 20cm.
When I picked her up, she was clearly a little girl.
If she had been elementary school age in my previous life terms, now she looked closer to middle school.
No matter how fierce puberty could be, this was beyond human limits.
‘But if so, the holy sword didn't react either.’
In cases like this, asking directly was fastest.
I approached Penny, who was absorbed in her picture book.
“Penny.”
“What?”
The moment I called her name, she set down the picture book she was reading and looked straight at me.
Living with me had greatly softened Penny's wariness toward me.
After a moment of hesitation, I said,
“Want to check out the gallery?”
“...Huh?”
“Padak knows about you. He just messaged—says you might be a magic beast.”
I was straightforward.
But even as I said it, it sounded ridiculous.
A girl who could speak, who got sick and in pain from illness, who laughed and cried—what magic beast?
-Tremble tremble
“Penny?”
No sooner had I finished speaking than Penny began to shake.
Her hand gripping the drawer was trembling rattle-rattle like vibration mode was on.
After blinking rapidly for a long time, she asked me in an extremely cautious tone.
“P-Padak, you mean...?”
“Soon-to-Die Vampire.”
“Eek!”
She must have something to hide.
Penny's face turned pale.
“M-Malphite, how do you know Padak?”
“Ah, that is.”
I considered hiding that I was Judak for a second but decided against it.
This place had various refrigerators that hadn't been listed in the market, carpets, and so on anyway.
“I'm Judak.”
I said it casually, and Penny froze.
She stopped trembling as if time itself had stopped.
*
[Gallery access is blocked.]
[Ban duration: Permanent]
“S-Sorry... I wasn't trying to deceive you.”
In the end, Soon-to-Die Vamp's words were correct.
Padak, whom I thought drank nothing but cola and tomato juice every day, had been right.
‘Come to think of it, she did say it.’
When I asked her name, Penny had called herself Lust.
At first, I thought it was some hellish concept, but now I understood the meaning.
She was the demon of Lust from the Seven Deadly Sins.
Soon-to-Die Vampire: See? I was right?
Judak*: For real...
Seeing me frozen in shock at the revelation that Penny was actually a magic beast, Penny bowed her head deeply.
Penny had forcibly torn open a rift using her own power to come out.
The problem was that she had lost almost all her power in the process.
Moreover, immense energy was emanating from the torn rift.
[Conceptual Post: Guys, what's going on with this?]
(Screenshot of Kellieaton Northern Plains rift)
(Screenshot of the rift growing while emitting an ominous sound)
Wtf, first time seeing something like this
[Recommendations 1523] [Disrecommendations 42]
- Even wave precursors didn't look like that
- Fr, super ominous, what is it?
- What the hell is up with the rift size
- Why isn't anyone fleeing?
ㄴ Poster: Shouldn't we be posting memes instead?
ㄴ Lol yeah, memes over life
ㄴ ㅅㅂ thinking of memes first when seeing that is true legend ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
In reality, the rift Penny had torn open was expanding in real time.
According to Soon-to-Die Vamp, the number coming out would be incomparable to any wave seen so far.
For now, I temporarily lifted Penny's ban and added her to the admin chat.
[4.444.404 has been invited.]
4.444.404: ...Hi?
Soon-to-Die Vampire: Let's kill her
4.444.404: Eek!
Judak*: Calm down first. So, why did you cross over?
That was the most curious thing.
Why cross over while losing all her power?
Since she came alone, it wasn't for invasion like other magic beasts.
The response that came back was astonishing.
4.444.404: W-Well.
Soon-to-Die Vampire: Not talking?
4.444.404: I couldn't hold back!
Judak*: What
I reflexively turned my head, and there was Penny, face beet red, peeking only her eyes out from the blanket.
Penny buried her face in the blanket with an expression of shame.
4.444.404: There's nothing to do out there! No fun, no enjoyment, no pleasure, nothing!
Judak*: .
4.444.404: What can I do about being born with this body?
4.444.404: I ate a human named Frederick's memories and learned about this place. That's why I couldn't hold back and crossed over!
“You met Frederick?”
“Yeah. I was happy to meet my first human. I wanted to play a little, but he died on his own...”
I heard he was exiled, but he ended up dying after all.
“Isn't the cliché that exiles survive and return as final bosses?”
Anyway, her first human.
It seemed Penny had lived her whole life outside.
Then she learned about this place and crossed over recklessly, knowing she'd lose her power.
Soon-to-Die Vampire: Lies
Soon-to-Die Vampire: How can we believe that?
Of course, Soon-to-Die Vamp didn't buy it.
A demon of Lust crossing over after giving up all her power because she couldn't control her lust?
When asked where such a stupid magic beast—let alone demon—existed, Penny couldn't say a word.
She just made a pitiful face and turned into a cocoon in the blanket.
“I thought it'd be all fun if I came here...”
But the place Penny arrived at was ruins.
Hunger, disease, invasion, murder.
There was no pink future like she imagined.
Soon-to-Die Vampire: Then what about the Black Death?
4.444.404: I almost died because of that! Why?!
Especially the Black Death—I was a witness.
It had been building up even before Penny arrived, timing-wise.
In the end, Penny was a demon named Lust who crossed over without ever indulging and nearly died.
Only after reaching that conclusion did she clear her name.
Full Elf: Just woke up, what the hell happened?
Judak*: Go back to dibidibiza or whatever
Full Elf: (That damn elf elder! Kon)
*
Penny successfully cleared her name.
But the fact that she had forcibly burst open a rift to cross over remained.
As did the fact that different magic beasts would emerge from it.
4.444.404: Sorry... I really didn't mean for that to happen
The dejected Penny belatedly spilled all the information she knew.
4.444.404: Probably a wave in 3 hours.
4.444.404: Five variant magic beasts coming out.
Soon-to-Die Vampire: Can't Judak's weapons handle it?
I was thinking something similar.
A few high-explosive grenades should take care of them easily, right?
But Penny thought differently.
4.444.404: No, it won't work.
4.444.404: They're magic beasts made entirely of steel—anything short of high-tier magic won't even scratch them...
Soon-to-Die Vampire: (Agh, just boom! Kon)
4.444.404: Eek!
Can't catch them with high-explosive grenades?
If they're entirely steel, even thermobaric grenades might not be effective.
Modern weapons we had so far couldn't handle hordes of such magic beasts.
“Then Kellieaton's in danger too.”
If modern weapons couldn't handle them, Kellieaton's future was obvious.
That's when Soon-to-Die Vamp, who had been quietly watching, stepped up.
Soon-to-Die Vampire: I'll take care of it.
Judak*: Oh, for real?
Soon-to-Die Vampire: But there's a downside.
Judak*: What?
Soon-to-Die Vampire: I'll revert to my old speech pattern.
If Soon-to-Die Vamp stepped up, the problem would be easily solved.
The only issue was reverting to her old speech pattern while using her power.
I closed my eyes for a moment and recalled.
Then, remembering Soon-to-Die Vamp's hellish old speech, I shook my head.
“Evander.”
Judak*: Nah nah, I'll do it instead.
Soon-to-Die Vampire: But how?
Magic beasts impervious to explosions.
If so, something other than explosions would do.
I opened the shop for the first time in a while and went to the weapons section I'd been eyeing.
[Category/Chemical Weapons]
“If the rift is one-way, why not kill them all before they cross over?”
Judak*: There's a way.
I had released Fritz Haber's nitrogen fertilizer to solve the isekai's food problems.
Now, it was time to try putting mass-killing chemical weapons into the rift instead.
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