Chapter 168
Chapter 168.
At Gershu's intervention, who hosted the Transcendent meeting.
Swish.
The tentacles that had been extending from Lovecraft's body stopped in mid-air.
Then.
Crack!
A small tentacle sprouted from Lovecraft's shoulder.
Teeth appeared from the lower part of the tentacle.
[Foolish Creator, wouldn't it be better if you forgave that author now?]
"N, Nial...!"
[Now, now. It's alright.]
Then.
The small tentacle entered Lovecraft's mouth.
Splurt!
It spewed out red liquid.
Then.
"Gulp... gulp..."
Lovecraft desperately drank it up.
After that.
"Hehe..."
His expression relaxed all at once and he sat down in his seat.
And.
Swoosh!
The giant tentacles that had sprouted from Lovecraft's body went back in.
Only the tentacle with teeth remained on his shoulder.
'D, did I survive...?'
I don't know what's going on.
But it seems like that crazy guy's rampage is over.
As Mike inwardly sighed in relief.
[Human Transcendent.]
The small tentacle on Lovecraft's shoulder opened its mouth.
[The Kobold Royal's Hand, shall we make the deal here?]
"Kobold Royal's Hand...?"
[Yes. Didn't you propose it through the Goblin Merchant.]
"I, I don't know about that!"
[Hmm? Really? That's strange. The merchant wouldn't lie.]
While saying that.
Swoosh.
The tentacle with teeth instantly lengthened.
It wrapped around Mike's neck.
"Guk...!"
As he grabbed his neck.
A voice came from the tentacle.
[If our Creator can't experience paradise, he'll send out tentacles again, is that okay?]
"I, I really don't know...!"
At those words.
Crack!
The tentacle pierced right through Mike's skull.
Slurp, Slurp.
There was a sound of something being sucked from there.
[Hmm~? It's true?]
An innocent voice came from the tentacle.
[Hmm? Heavenly Demon...? This person seems to be the seller, seeing as he subdued the Kobold?]
[Hmm. Interesting person? How does a human have this kind of power?]
Whether it was extracting information from Mike's head.
The tentacle continued talking to itself.
"Please stop at that level now, true Transcendent of R'lyeh."
Step, Step.
As Gershu stopped the tentacle and called it 'true Transcendent'.
Sssss...
The tentacle 'Nial' that had pierced Mike's head returned to Lovecraft's shoulder.
[True Transcendent, you say. Our Creator and Transcendent is this person though~]
Pointing to Lovecraft who was drooling in hallucinations.
The tentacle's mouth grinned wickedly.
To this, Gershu shook his head and.
"Are you okay?"
Tap, Tap.
He patted Mike's shoulder.
But.
Perhaps because his brain had just been sucked out.
Mike couldn't recover and fell to the floor like a doll.
"Hm? Why did he become so weak? He wasn't like this before."
As Gershu tilted his head looking at the fallen Mike.
Flash! Flash!
Light burst from each seat of the circular table.
"Gershu, did you do it again?"
"Now you're educating newcomers even before starting the meeting."
Then voices came from beyond the round table.
At this, Gershu frowned.
"Not yet. I didn't do this."
While saying that, he.
"Son, why won't you get up?"
Swish.
He pushed Mike's body with his foot.
Then the body that had fallen face down turned over again.
His appearance was revealed - the skull wound had healed but he still hadn't regained consciousness.
Then.
"Hm?"
Gershu, who kept blinking his eyes looking at Mike's face.
Slap!
Raised his hand and slapped his cheek.
"U, ugh...! A, am I alive?"
Even after having his brain sucked by the tentacle.
Mike, who survived according to the 'safety guarantee law' of the Transcendent meeting.
Opened his eyes with a completely drained face.
Then.
"Who are you?"
Gershu, who was looking down at him.
Stared at Mike quietly with coldly sunken eyes.
"What do you mean who am I, I'm Mike..."
"Your name doesn't matter."
While saying that, Gershu grabbed Mike's collar and lifted him up.
"All humans look similar so I didn't notice... but looking closely, you're different from the one I saw before. Are you a different being from the human leader I saw, the one I was going to make my son?"
Gershu's words carried a strange power.
At this, Mike nodded with dazed eyes.
"T, that's right. He and I are different beings..."
"Ha!"
Whoosh!
Then Gershu immediately threw Mike to the ground.
As the marble floor dented.
Crack...!
Mike's body burst apart again.
"To think such a guy became a Transcendent."
Looking at Mike's corpse that was shattered.
And slow to recover, Gershu clicked his tongue.
This guy.
Can't even use Divine Power properly?
"I hosted the meeting for nothing."
***
Lee Ganghan's house living room.
"Ah... he died again."
"Mike, at this point it's getting pitiful."
Those who were watching Mike's TowerTube channel through TV.
Hardened their expressions seeing Mike who had already died 3 times.
Although Mike had shown somewhat reckless behavior.
He was still humanity's representative, a Transcendent who went to that meeting.
How long has it been since he entered the meeting, yet he keeps dying.
In the chat window next to the TV screen too.
-He died again ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-Sir Mike ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-Not even 5 minutes since entering and he's died 3 times already...
-This meeting just shows how powerless the human Transcendent is;
As Mike burst apart so helplessly.
The atmosphere was generally down.
-What's with Lovecraft again? That tentacle is really disgusting ㄷㄷ
-Don't you know Cthulhu Mythos? That talking tentacle is probably Nyarlathotep!
-I don't know about that;
-But when did it change to third-person view
-Maybe they're showing third-person view since Mike keeps dying
-Good for checking other Transcendents
Maybe because the time alive and dead were almost equal.
TowerTube was showing the screen from a third-person perspective at some point.
And on that screen.
Besides Gershu and Lovecraft.
Transcendents appeared one by one.
[Gershu, you didn't already touch our clan, did you?]
The first to appear was Son Goku.
He approached the shattered Mike's corpse(?) and glared at Gershu.
[Clan? What do you mean, I smashed the human Transcendent.]
[Right. This guy, he's human now but...]
Son Goku, who was about to continue speaking while looking at Mike's fragments.
Sssss...
As Mike's body came back to life.
[Huh? What, it's not Son Ojeong?]
He blinked his eyes seeing his appearance.
[What are you?]
[I, I'm Mike...]
[Why are you being a Transcendent? Where did Ojeong go.]
[He... withdrew from the Transcendent candidacy.]
[Ooh. Really? Well, there's no point in becoming a Transcendent quickly. Ojeong uses his head a bit?]
Son Goku grinned after hearing Mike's answer.
[Then continue what you were doing.]
[Hmm. Not stopping me?]
[Yeah. I came because I was worried Gershu might do something weird to our clan. That guy, well, I don't care what happens to him.]
He returned to his seat.
-Everyone thinks Mike is the Heavenly Demon
-Don't they look completely different? Why do they only notice when they look closely;
-We also think all Orcs look similar, so they'd think the same ㅋㅋㅋ
-But Son Goku came to protect the Heavenly Demon?
-Look at him taking care of his clan ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Son Goku loves the Heavenly Demon ㄷㄷㄷ
Son Goku showing an attitude of not caring as long as it's not Son Ojeong.
"Heavenly Demon Lord, just being a Beautiful Monkey Tribe seems fine too?"
"Son Goku does seem to cherish you."
"Come to think of it, Heavenly Demon Lord's hair color seems to be gradually changing to brown..."
As Esteban, father, and Shin Yuri who were watching together each said a word.
Lee Ganghan smiled bitterly.
The most fatal injuries he'd received in his life seemed to be when fighting Son Goku.
Now somehow he's receiving his favor(?).
Meanwhile.
[This one... is not the one who broke my record.]
The man wearing lion skin.
Heracles had also approached and was looking at Mike.
[Heracles, do you also have business with 'him'?]
[Yes.]
[Ha. Everyone has great interest in my son.]
[Son...? Is he your next target?]
[Will you interfere?]
[No. If he can't survive you, that would be his limit.]
Heracles said that.
Swish.
He turned his gaze from Mike and returned to his seat beyond the round table.
"Heracles seems to have business with Heavenly Demon Lord too?"
"Hmm. They only met once before, I wonder if he really has business."
"But why does that Orc keep calling my son 'son'?"
"That's what I'm saying."
That Gershu bastard, if he's planning to devour him anyway.
I don't know why he keeps calling him son.
Then.
Swoosh.
A new Transcendent approached Mike who was still lying on the floor.
Long golden hair, vertically slit golden pupils.
Golden scales glittered at the nape and ear tips.
With prominent features.
The opponent instantly captured the viewers' attention.
-Wow, beautiful;
-Ooh... this level is like an Elf
-Is it an Elf Transcendent?
-But there are scale-like things on the body;
-The pupils are also like a lizard, scary...
An appearance comparable to Elves.
But a Transcendent with many unique points different from them, causing divided opinions.
Gershu looked at the opponent.
[Dragon Lord, do you also have business with him?]
[......]
The opponent called 'Dragon Lord'.
Quietly looked down at Mike.
Then.
Whoosh.
Quickly turned away as if uninterested.
[No, I have no business with this one, since he's different from the one who received Golden Fragrance's invitation.]
As a clear voice echoed on the screen.
-Oh, nice voice
-Female? It's female right?
-Can't you tell by the voice? It's female yep
-Crazy guys ㅡㅡ It says Dragon Lord;
-Don't Dragon Lords have no gender? There should be sex!!!
-Why doesn't Gershu ask? She could be an Orc mother too?
-Well, because she's an Orc...
-He's not curious about her...
In the chat window, a long debate about Dragon Lord's gender ensued.
[My son is quite popular. But he is mine. Don't show interest.]
[Really? The fact that he became your target makes me more interested.]
At Gershu's warning, Dragon Lord smiled mysteriously.
And returned to her seat.
"But the Transcendents are a bit too much. They smashed Mike and are all looking for only Heavenly Demon Lord."
"I also agree with Father's words. It's the first time Mike looks pitiful."
"If Heavenly DemonLord had won the Transcendent vote, he would have really exploded in popularity there?"
The Transcendents had no interest in Mike who became the human Transcendent.
They only checked if he was Lee Ganghan or not and returned.
So the face of Mike shown on screen was also rotting moment by moment.
But.
'Seeing that Gershu said he invited Mike for nothing... if I had actually become a Transcendent and went there, I would have been in quite a predicament.'
Even if I was popular there.
Rather than trying to help Lee Ganghan, they're all trying to take him to their own worlds.
If I had become a Transcendent before having proper power to oppose them.
Like Mike earlier, I would have died helplessly and who knows what would have been done to me.
'Hmm... did Yoo Doa predict this too and tell me to withdraw from the Transcendent vote.'
Lee Ganghan recalled what Yoo Doa, who had trespassed last time, had said.
-A Transcendent elected without sufficient power is merely a plaything of other Transcendents.
-They thoroughly toy with unqualified newcomers. Heavenly Demon, you're not yet at the level to become a Transcendent.
As her warning suggested.
Mike, who was completely no match for the Transcendents.
Was miserably treated by Gershu and grimacing with humiliation.
Lee Ganghan wondered how different the result would have been if he had been in that position.
'At my current level... I would have been subdued in the end.'
He reached the conclusion that there wouldn't have been much difference.
Of course, unlike Mike, I wouldn't have suffered the humiliation of Transcendents coming and leaving saying 'Not the Heavenly Demon?'
Then.
[Hello, Gershu.]
Clank, Clank.
A Kobold whose body was mostly made of steel machinery.
Politely greeted Gershu.
If it's a Kobold coming here...
'The Kobold King?'
I was curious about what kind of being it was.
It's almost like a robot.
As Lee Ganghan watched the Kobold King closely.
Gershu spoke.
[Kobold King, did you also come looking for my son?]
[No.]
He shook his head at Gershu's question.
[I have business with this person, the human Transcendent.]
He stared directly at Mike.