Chapter 12: The feared power
Part 12
The feared power
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After Eliot slipped away without speaking, he started walking around the Eden bazaar. As he slowly made his way through the crowd, the bright and ornate structure of a sign attracted his attention. When he read the sign carefully, he saw that it was a place where desire crystals for sale.
He said to himself, "If I had some desire with me, I would definitely sell it..." and then he entered the store.
Eliot, who witnessed a wide variety of desires in the store that he had never seen before, noticed that one row of shelves was completely empty. He talked with one of the employees.
Eliot: Can I ask you something?
"Sure, what ıs it?"
Eliot: There are a lot of desires here that are more diverse in color than normal. I wonder why they are presented in different categories?
"With the latest technology vaccines, the desires obtained from certain creatures can have different effects on the consumer."
Eliot: I understand, I think your sales are quite good, some shelves are completely empty.
"I think it's related to religious issues on Eden, a priest came and bought all the desires instilled on healing."
Eliot: Why does one person buy so much desire cyrstal.
"Sir, if you want, take a look at our newly arrived desire crystals, maybe while you're looking, ı can remember why the priest made so many purchases."
"Oh, by the way, what was your last name? Knowing about your family would be useful for us to communicate."
Eliot calmly continued to look at the man. He couldn't give an answer because he didn't have a last name because he was a dormitory student. He said to Himself, "I wonder what Nell's last name was?"
At that moment, the door of the store opened and someone came in. The shopkeeper clasped his hands together and talked with a joyful voice:
"Oh! Miss Nell, it's a great honor for us to see you!"
Nell ignored the man and walked over to Eliot, telling him, "I'm going to get really angry if you disappear again."
Eliot: I'm sorry
Nell: I've known you for 3 weeks, you act like a different person every week! Your power is increasing absurdly, and now the honor of war is acquiring new abilities. No wonder you're popular.
Eliot: Why are you coming out to me? Are you jealous?
Nell: No, no, I'm not jealous. If you think I'm jealous, we can solve this in an arena. Isn't that your style?
Eliot: You're definitely angry to me. Let's solve this problem when you're calm, and it would be good for me to have it in an arena like you said.
The shop attendant who heard this conversation with a hoarse voice:
"Please, let's not start a fight..."
Eliot: If you answer my question, my work here will be finished.
Attendant: The priest said that his son was poisoned in an assassination attempt while making a purchase and asked us to pray.
Eliot: An assassination attempt on a priest's son?
Attendant: Yes, I'm sure I heard correctly-
Eliot came out of the building in an instant and started walking quickly.
Attendant: How rude he is!
Nell: He really agreed to fight me in the arena…
Attendant: What?
Nell left the store pretending not to hear the attendant's question and mingled with the crowd.
After the shop attendant witnessed this momentary confusion, he took a broom in his hand as if nothing had happened and started sweeping the shop floor.
*after 1 hour*
Eliot had his The honor of war on his shoulder, and he was on the top floor of Eden Bazaar looking towards the city. He watched the whole Eden, including the center.
He asked to himself:
"Has my personality really changed?"
Realizing that the past was blurred in his head, Eliot took the honor of war from his shoulder and rested it on the ground.
He kept looking at the weapon and talked:
"I was afraid of monsters until 3 weeks ago. And now I'm brave enough to fend off an raid. Even though I've never trained in swords before, I'm very confident about it and I do things that have never been seen in difficult situations."
He asked to The honor of war:
"Am I really doing this, or are you causing it?"
Of course, he didn't get an answer because the honor of war was just a piece of metal. He calmly recalled his weapon and continued to watch the city from the top floor, which had no ceiling. He was not sure, he had realized something had gone wrong after Nell's words.
Eliot, who had just realized that he was tired, tried to get rid of the constricting feeling in his chest by breathing deeply and calmly. This was not him... he was just a coward who acted like fearless, he knew very well that if he fought an opponent who was stronger than him, he would be no different from trapped rats.
"I think I should be a more careful person..."
"I wonder what Leroy would do if he were here?"
"He would say a few words to motivate me and help me to be encouraged."
"I would give anything for you to be here right now, brother."
Eden was more than a city for him. There was no life left anywhere else in the world, but some heroes, whose even name has been forgotten, had protected humanity and founded Eden 400 years ago. Eliot was the Adam of this paradise, and Eve died as a result of his indulging in pleasures. He took a deep breath again and continued to watch the city until evening.
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(In the warehouse of a store in Eden)
Leroy: When will she wake up?
Darmond: I think she's dead.
Leroy: I don't want to kill an innocent person, we will keep her alive no matter what.
Darmond: You knocked her out inside a store, then carried her downstairs, after that you cut open her rib cage with an ordinary knife, finally open the crystal of desire located under her heart and injected into it the "instinct", which is poison in short for her, Do you think she'll live?
Leroy: Didn't you take my organs out of the monsters' stomachs? In fact, it's so bad that you couldn't find some of my pieces, so you created similar ones. I don't even want to know how ıs my insides.
Darmond: After all, you're alive, aren't you?
Leroy: Yes, after all, she will live too. Right?
!
"Ugh-"
Leroy looked at Maki's body and saw that she was moving, her consciousness was gradually returning.
Leroy: It was easy
Darmond: You wouldn't have been able to do anything if I hadn't told you.
Leroy: Bla Bla Bla
Darmond: Pff
Leroy, who was sitting next to Maki with a happy face, said, "Don't panic, I want you to listen to me calmly, okay?"
Maki: Who are you?
Leroy: I... you know that young man who just walked into your store.?
Maki: I don't run a store. Who are you guys and why am I here?
Leroy: What
Darmond: I have no idea.
Maki: Who does that sound belong to? How many of you are there, what's going on?
Darmond: The fuck? Can she hear me?
Maki: Of course I can hear you! You are talking soo loud moron.
At the moment when Leroy, who did not understand the situation, got up and retreated 2 steps, Maki fainted and clung to the ground.
Leroy: What was happend just now?
Darmond: I think she just fought a battle with her memories or her personality. She's accepting the instinct.
Leroy: Did I do the same?
Darmond: Of course not, I'm instinct itself. My existence chose you and was synthesized directly with your corpse. Do you remember the moment we met? A big part of me has already become one with you.
Hearing this, Leroy felt strange and realized that Darmond had never given him a choice.
At that moment, a notification appeared on Maki's unconscious body.
WEAPON!!
Lotus needle
The user was reborn in a modified form by the almighty Leroy. The lotus needle has now become a weapon that allows people and corpses to be stitched. This weapon, which contains a high knowledge of human anatomy, has been blessed with factors that can disrupt the structure and flow of energy called "Desire". The Lotus needle, which can literally heal people and bring corpses back to life, will serve the almighty Leroy with all its hearth.
Leroy continued to watch Maki in silence when he saw the notification.
Darmond: Congratulations. Now that you have a teammate, she has accepted the instinct.
Leroy: It was bad for her to hear you, I guess?
Darmond: On the contrary, I hear her too. So she can't do business behind your back. She depends on you, just like you depend on me, so I don't think she can break your word.
…..
After a short silence, Darmond said:
"Really, I had not the slightest idea that instinct could do these things. Actually, my intention was to lie to you and cause her death, but you believed so sincerely that instinct became capable of doing it. I knew you wasn't a wrong choice."
Leroy: Are you serious?
Darmond: Of course I'm joking!
Leroy: I was scared, I don't believe you are a such a bad person.
Darmond, who was quite serious in what he said, sank into a deep silence inside Leroy's mind and began to examine himself. Even he couldn't predict what was going to happen anymore, because "Leroy" was more than just an instinct.
Darmond did not know exactly how long he had been living or what had happened to him. But he was feeling things that he hadn't felt before in his meaningless life. Confidence, excitement, curiosity and fearlessness…
Ready to support Leroy no matter what, Darmond was excited again and imagined what they would go through.
Darmond said:
"You'll be a nice memory, Leroy."
Leroy: Hm?
Darmond: Nothing, let's focus on Maki.
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12.End of the episode
The feared power
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