Chapter 37
Chapter 37
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 37
Chapter Title: Can NPC’s Also be Offered Food?
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“You fucking bastard...! Gwaaah!!!”
The murderer-thug, unable to block the massive tentacle and taking a direct hit, was sent flying at least three meters out of the Daiso entrance, vomiting blood like he'd been hit by a dump truck.
‘It actually works!’
Seeing the thug's laughing face turn pale, all my frustration melted away.
His grinning face was so punchable, but the twisted expression of pain was quite pleasing to the eye.
「That one is mine. I'm going to eat it. Understand?」
“Ah, yes. I-I'll give it to you. I'm giving it to you.”
As soon as I confirmed I would give it to him, Kashnax, as if finally relieved, licked its lips and backed away.
At the same time, the sound that had been making my head ring gradually faded, and the throbbing that made my brain tremble also disappeared.
The divine pressure that had been suppressing my entire body also grew faint.
Of course, the thick, lingering gaze that seemed to be peering into every corner of my body remained, but at this point, I could just take it as a bit of affectionate nagging.
‘So NPCs can also be Human Sacrifices.’
I never imagined that even NPCs could be offered as sacrifices.
The freedom is just too high.
‘If it's a sentient being, anything can be a Human Sacrifice. Then, would infants, who lack sentience, be included as targets for sacrifice? Probably not.’
Only beings with intellect can be sacrificed.
There's a very high probability that beings without or lacking intellect won't be treated as sacrificial offerings.
“Kugh! I'll kill you...”
I had no time to continue my reflection on Human Sacrifice as the murderer-thug, having just shaken off the shock, tried to stand up again.
I immediately used the Oral Summon I had prepared in advance.
‘Alakum Pluton!’
This was the only moment, while his posture was broken, for the oral summon to work.
That guy wouldn't be foolish enough to fall for the same trick twice.
He wouldn't get hit by the coiled tentacle, the so-called ‘Giant Tentacle,’ twice.
So, before the murderer-thug, collapsed on the floor, could stand up and fix his posture, I had to take that threatening hand cannon from him first.
That insane, monstrous weapon had no proper way to block it, and if hit wrong, it was a huge threat that could lead to instant death.
Just by looking at how Han Tae-yang was knocked out cold after his sword was shattered, I knew no one here besides me could block that hand cannon.
‘Ruyue!’
With my left hand, I shot the Giant Tentacle again to keep the thug in check as he tried to fix his posture, and with my right, I controlled the summoned oral beast.
The part I intended to take was, of course, the thug's left arm, the one holding the hand cannon.
‘I’ll chew up the hand cannon along with the arm and swallow it whole.’
Crunch!
The thug, who had managed to deflect the incoming Giant Tentacle with his dagger even in an awkward posture, was struck on his side by the swarm of tentacles I launched as a surprise attack.
He was sent tumbling across the floor, vomiting blood violently.
He couldn't get back up and spewed everything from his mouth for a long time, then glared at me.
“Kahk... Kehk... You sons of bitches... Ganging up on me...”
“If you've got the guts, call your friends too.”
“You bastard... Just kill me already...”
Having judged that he couldn't win even if he fought more, the thug gracefully admitted defeat.
“A good choice. I will grant you a merciful ‘Human Sacrifice.’”
“What? W-Wait. Human Sacrifice? No, what the hell is that...?!”
The thug's words could not continue.
The tentacle had coiled around his throat and clamped his mouth shut.
“Guh...! Ugghh!!! N-No, don't!!!”
“I offer this to you! Lady Kashnax...!”
CRUNCH!!!
The murderer-thug's body was crushed and mangled, turning into a single lump of flesh.
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙
[You have defeated the ‘Murderer-Thug’!!!]
>[10,000 Coins were found in the Murderer-Thug's possession!]
>[‘Lost Hiking Hat’ has been dropped.]
>[Lost Hiking Hat: A hiking hat belonging to a missing peddler. If you deliver this memento to the peddler NPC, your favorability will greatly increase. For one-time only, items will be half-price.]
>[Achievement Unlocked! ‘Model Citizen’]
>[Achievement reward granted.]
>[Level has increased by 1.]
>[Slave ‘Lee Eun-ji’s level has increased by 1.]
As I roughly listened to the level-up notifications for the slaves, I picked up the worn-out hiking hat.
It was a dirty, smelly hat with holes punched all over it.
This gave me one more reason to meet the peddler.
Since it raises favorability, I can't not return it.
Maybe the murderer-thug was a fairy who worked hard to find me just to give me this gift.
As I had such strange thoughts and offered a silent prayer for the dead thug, I heard Kashnax's excited voice along with a crunching, chewing sound.
This... It seems she's savoring the taste of the thug she just ate.
「Crunch... Gulp.」
>「Hmm. Sweet.」
That was it.
From the sound of her voice, it seemed she enjoyed it quite a bit; it must have been delicious.
‘This crazy bitch... Chilling.’
Was she deliberately making me hear this to creep me out?
‘I heard that in Japan, you're supposed to make a slurping sound when something tastes good...’
Could it be she's doing this as a thank-you for the meal?
Truly, as befits the worst kind of evil deity, even her pure actions came across as malicious to me.
And at some point, I had started to think of that tentacle-mass monster as ‘her.’
“I'm going crazy too, little by little.”
I'm so tired.
I want to go back and get some rest.