Capítulo 129: Episode 129: The One Who Laughs (5)
It is impossible to affect the true body of [The One Who Laughs]. Anyway, it's hard to know how to get there. But what can I do to reach that incarnation that now exists before me in the form of a book?
- No way! You monster! Terrible devil! How on earth can I act beyond my foresight? This did not exist in precognition! why! why! Why is it that only you can move in a way that is different from my wisdom! You are the noise that breaks the laws of this world! monster! You monster! Obnoxious noise! Your existence is destroying my wisdom! go away! Get out of this world! Disappear!
"Hey, customer, don't worry. "I will fix it for you."
- No matter how hard you struggle, your wish will never come true! You are a foreign object in this world! A strange monster! Ugly error! No one will make your wishes come true! no one! Your wishes will not come true!
Oh, you really talk a lot.
Will I ever have the chance to meet someone who talks this much in the future? I always say this, but what I say in words is just a shame. He says, talk to your heart's content.
"Yes, repairs will begin."
I happen to have something that is perfect for this purpose.
I raised my magic power and activated the artifact's characteristics.
[The unique function of the L-class accessory 'Carcosa's Mask', 'Madman's Dexterity', is activated.
// Madman's Dexterity: You can unlock the artifact's hidden abilities or attempt modifications to give it other abilities.]
It's a joke!!
Tentacles of golden magic extend from Carcosa's mask and wrap around the spirit body hanging on the butcher's hook.
And it rips through the spirit body of the [Laughing One], which is bound by the magic power of the [Living Flame], and grants it new power.
I said it as a joke, but this is incomparable to just sealing it up.
I feel pressure like my brain is about to explode.
If it were an ordinary brain, it would have already been unable to withstand this pressure and the brain itself would have turned to mush.
Magic circles of all colors bloom in all directions, exert certain effects, and then disappear again and again.
"Oh, this is more than I thought... … "It's complicated."
Although it is said to be of lower rank than the beings of the abyss, the [Laughing One] is a high-ranking mental entity that is several levels higher than humans.
Human beings, being metaphysical beings, cannot forcibly change or modify such a person's way of existence.
"But I'm sorry. "It's because they got caught by someone like me."
You don't need to fully understand the structure. Details are corrected using the characteristics attached to the mask.
Nevertheless, calculations in units that the average human brain cannot handle are endlessly repeated. How many minutes? No, how many seconds? My sense of time is vague. Anyway, over 100 million events passed through my mind in a fairly short period of time.
Despite this situation, my mind continued to think and calculate at an incredible speed. At the same time, I have enough mental space to even think about other things. ('Ha, how long should I keep doing this?') If you have reached this point, it is not a difficult task. ('All the gold bars in Cheongho's warehouse are I'll give it to Jeong Hyeon-ah, and I'll take care of the artifacts. They'll all be in Jang Hyeon-deok's car, right?') I already understood content analysis and computation, and what and how to change and how to combine things. ('You stupid old man, Jin-cheol Koo. .Has he died? It's not like I'll see him again, but it's easier to be alive.')
[System: The exclusive attribute 'Feast Offering' is activated. 'The Being of the Abyss: Living Flame', 'The Being of the Abyss: The King in Yellow Clothes', 'The Being of the Abyss: The One Who Comes from the Darkness' is interested in you.]
Yes, everyone who bet on me has gathered.
I thought all kinds of things had happened in the meantime, but are there only three beings from the abyss who bet on me? Ah, King Mangeum is not a being of the abyss.
I can't stop the beings of the abyss from coming out to see what I'm about to do. Could you use it instead? Now, give me the magic power in exchange for the spectacle!
The mask, the ring, and even the fragments inside the body. Tremendous magical energy begins to radiate from the three objects.
Tsuzzzzzzzz… … .
I can't see well in one eye. It appears that several blood vessels in the eyeball have burst due to excessive concentration. And at the same time… … .
I feel great pleasure.
"It's definitely too much power to handle."
Magic power is extracted from the fragments of [The One Who Comes from the Dark] accepted into the body. And it flows through the mask given by the [King in Yellow Clothes]. The book is struggling. But resistance is useless. The power of [Living Flame] suppresses him.
Like assembling a radio, everything was completed easily and simply according to the predetermined order.
At some point, the surroundings became completely quiet.
The magical power that filled the underground and the enormous presence created by the beings of the abyss have now completely disappeared.
Let's see… … .
『Hehehehe!! Hehehehehehe!!!』
That's funny.
Now, this book is a book that predicts the future and makes people laugh, and at the same time, it has become a book that feels pain, the only one in this universe. Even if someone touched the page or touched the cover, I felt pain.
I am a human, and this guy is a book and at the same time a high-level mental body, so it is difficult to make a simple comparison, but if I were to force a comparison of pain sensitivity... … .
"How are you feeling, customer? Just by lightly touching it, I adjusted it to a level similar to pulling out 8 raw molars at the same time. Do you like it?"
『Hehehehe!! Hehehehehehe!!!』
"Okay, okay. I'm glad you like it too. "For now, it's been baking for a while."
Grrrrrrrrr!!
A barrier made of flames will curse him with endless flames. In the real world, books disappear when burned, but this one doesn't have to worry about that. It might just hurt a little, but it could stay like that forever.
"Now that I think about it, what did I do in that split second? "This is made from the magic power shed by a living flame, so don't worry, it will continue to burn even if I die."
『Hehehe!?』
"You're immortal anyway, so this is okay, right? Ah, but you're not really immortal."
In the first place, it is not something to be compared to the existence of the abyss.
If the opponent was a true abyss being, I wouldn't be able to bully him as easily as I want, even if another abyss being lent his power.
This book is not even the true body of [The One Who Laughs].
The existence of the abyss is also the same, and in this world, people above a certain level are generally like this. It splits its will and power into several different forms and spreads them out in various places in the universe.
Therefore, even if the cult serves the same Nyarlathotep, there are separate cultists who serve the incarnation with the nickname [Bloody Tongue], and there are separate cultists who serve the version with the nickname [Crawling Chaos].
Even though [Bloody Tongue] and [Crawling Chaos] have the same body, Nyarlathotep.
Anyway, I was able to subdue it this time, but I may encounter another form of [The One Who Laughs] later.
"Well, still, capturing one terminal of a high-level mental body is a huge harvest."
Although there is one thing that is a little disappointing... … .
[You felt great anger when you saw the reckless behavior of the 'one who laughs'.]
"I assure you, the reason I'm angry is because of you, you bastard."
okay. I think this guy is definitely Nyarlathotep. But Nyarlathotep has a thousand masks.
A thousand masks, a thousand pseudonyms, and a thousand incarnations.
Since each person has a completely different personality and personality, I don't know who is bothering me or for what purpose.
[With your incredible intelligence, you predicted this would happen from the moment Cheongho went missing. Therefore, we planned to use Jang Hyeon-deok as a trap, which we had prepared a long time ago. It was a great strategy. The only mistake you made was… … .]
"Can't you shut up?"
[What was waiting for you in this bomb shelter was the 'Laughing One.' It was not a being of the abyss, but merely a high-level mental body. Your long-standing plan to use Jang Hyeon-deok to capture the Abyssal Being has failed. Moreover, since you have used it so openly, the beings of the abyss will be wary of your trap.]
"I told you to shut up."
[There is no need for a longer story. But you know that all of this happened because of you.]
"stop."
[Now, if Gu Jin-cheol is eliminated, you are the only one who knows what was in this basement and what happened. You can take care of the wealth and artifacts that Cheongho has collected throughout his life. If you wish, you can make the shelter itself your new base. When did you start planning all of this? From the point when you asked Cheongho for a book? If so, that's amazing wisdom. Was it part of the plan to bring Gu Jin-cheol here?]
"Fuck off, you crazy bastard!"
Rumbling!!
The magical energy released from the body causes the entire space to vibrate.
I don't know how much magic power was moved in an instant, but that caused the message window to flicker.
[soul… … The price of… … Wait… … .]
[Quest completed!
<Search Quest: Find Cheongho.>
Reward: 3,000,000XP + bonus based on mission performance]
[You have gained enough experience and have reached the next level. The level increases by 1.]
[You have defeated some of the 'Higher Cerebrates - The Laughing Ones'. Your understanding of the high-level mental body increases.]
[You have defeated 'Cheongho, one of the three heads of the Triad'. Your understanding of the underworld increases.]
[You have gained enough experience and have reached the next level. The level increases by 1.]
[Achievement achieved! You have sealed a portion of the 'Higher Cerebral Body - The Laughing One'. You have earned the 'Rare Achievement: The One Who Stopped Laughing'.
As a reward for the achievement, 'The One Who Laughs' will belong to you as an artifact and you will gain additional experience.]
[Experience bonus: You have achieved a total of (1) achievements in Cheongho's secret warehouse.]
[You have gained enough experience and have reached the next level. The level increases by 1.]
[You have reached level 40!
As a level achievement reward, you have received a bonus ability point (1) that can be freely distributed.]
The newly acquired bonus stats were put into mental strength.
Considering the stats raised by artifacts, mental strength is 19 points.
We are getting closer to human limits.
Nevertheless, the judgment of reason is based on probability anyway. No matter how much you increase your mental power, there is a 1% chance of failure.
This 1% cannot be eliminated no matter what.
And this 1%... … .
'It's too high. Nyarlathotep, this bastard is shameful enough for mischief.'
You should never trust it.
[For you who have gained enough experience, the use of 4th level magic has been unlocked. Please note that in order to use 4th level magic in earnest, you need to obtain or learn a grimoire containing 4th level spells.]
[System: The 'Spell Mastery' trait is activated. You automatically learn the basic spells that exist in the 4th tier.]
A list of newly recognized four-level magic comes to mind.
The power of each one is on a different level from the magic that has been used so far.
'But it's too small.'
There are fewer spells in the 4th level that are automatically learned than in the 3rd level.
Now we really have to decipher the grimoire or use another method.
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Shinhwa Kim
Class: Wizard looking into the abyss
Level: 40
Magic Level: Level 4
Madness: [Mask obsession], [Fish phobia]
Strength 5 + 4 (Residual heat of Bukraksamun)
Health 7 + 3 (Sain True Sword (Nokzon))
Dexterity 8 + 2 (Night Shroud Wings)
Intelligence 30
Spirit 17 + 2 (Necklace of the Body Snatcher)
charm 19
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"Whoa, damn it. "It was a dirty quest."
Tsk, yeah. This is the original Cthulhu World. It's only been a very smooth journey so far, but everything that makes up this world is my enemy.
I never thought of a situation where even the system that makes up the game could become my enemy, but to some extent, I continued to doubt it.
"Oh, shit. "If you just think about this, nothing will change."
I turned my head and looked around.
The darkness in the basement is lifting.
The distorted vision becomes stable, and the distorted space returns to its proper place.
I see Gu Jin-cheol collapsed in the room a few rooms ahead.
The moment I recognized Gu Jin-cheol's location, the message window blocked my view again.
[You can change your residence to a 'nuclear shelter'. If you want this, kill all humanoid intelligences remaining inside the nuclear shelter.]
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