Cheongho's body fell to the floor. Putrid brain fluid and blood spill on the floor.
And Jang Hyeon-deok... … It's not Jang Hyeon-deok anymore.
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[Living Altar]: The effectiveness of Spirituality, Possession, Advent, etc. increases by 1200%. Minimizes penalties due to power, possession, descent, etc. Ignores most of the restrictions of Spirituality, Possession, and Advent.
// You are a psychic with a natural talent. He is closer to a living altar than to a human being with free will.
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This is a sight I saw last time. The living altar characteristic embodies the maximum capabilities of [The One Who Laughs] in this world.
There is a bizarrely shaped skull in the place where Jang Hyeon-deok's face should be, and a sphere of bluish light is burning inside the skull.
And a cloak that seemed to be made by gathering the cold fog and darkness of the night. And the hideous skeletons revealed inside the cloak.
[The One Who Laughs] borrowed Jang Hyeon-deok's mouth and burst into laughter.
"□□□□□!!!"
Rumbling!!!
It is already a huge explosive force that humans cannot perceive as laughter.
It is such a tremendous amount of energy that it seems as if the underground bomb shelter, or rather the entire mountain, is shaking. Unable to overcome the shock, part of the inner wall of the bomb shelter cracks with a terrible sound.
Through the gaping cracks, the vague void beyond is reflected.
'You do all kinds of things.'
Are you happy that your turn has now begun?
"I was completely possessed. Is it over now?"
Artificial darkness and pitch-black fog flow from the body of [The One Who Laughs].
His influence is expanding. The five flames that had been cornering [The One Who Laughs] lost their previous momentum and retreated.
Bones rolling out. Menacing magical powers, laughter heard from afar, sounds of animals, fog, and the energy of death.
"Yes, wizard. "It's over now."
This time, he speaks in Jang Hyeon-deok's tone. It seems like it's because they don't have personalities of their own.
It was hard to accommodate Cheong-ho's childish tastes, but this time, I guess I have to talk to Jang Hyeon-deok. It's painful.
"Please, can you talk less while you are possessed by Jang Hyeon-deok? "Nothing but stupid sounds come out of that snout."
"You just have to be patient. You will soon become one of us anyway. Become servants to the empty laughter that will spread throughout the universe."
no. I am the bad guy who wants Jang Hyeon-deok to shut up.
Just let me shut my mouth. I took out my sword and aimed it at Jang Hyeon-deok and [The One Who Laughs].
"This is ridiculous! Wizard, what can you do with the power of such a beast? Are you going to increase this fire borrowed from the abyss and attack me?"
Gugugugugugung… … .
"□□□□□!!!"
Huge laughter erupts again.
The range of darkness expands further. Skeletons rain down. Darkness, skulls, and laughter are intertwined.
There is no need to even form a special shape. Now, the numbers are so enormous that they can be crushed simply by their weight alone.
A huge tidal wave of bones, darkness, and empty laughter rushes in. This is not an attack that can be blocked. No matter what weapon you bring, you cannot stop the incoming tidal wave or the approaching storm.
Standing close to the incoming tsunami, I held up a sword and spoke to [The Laughing One].
"I'm sorry, but I chose the wrong target for possession."
[The unique function of the SSS-class weapon Sain True Sword (Nokzon), 'Sama's Statue', is activated.
// Sima's Statue: The damage of all attacks targeting good or benevolent targets increases by 400%.]
I've been experimenting with this and that for a while.
[The One Who Laughs] is a being without the concept of good and evil, but Sain Chamjeonggeom recognizes Jang Hyeon-deok as a good person.
[Chain of Domination]
[Spell Enhancement: Maximization]
[Spell Strengthening: Strengthening Power]
[Spell Enhancement: Increased range]
[Spell Enhancement: Multiple Casting]
Churrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Dozens of magic chains stirred the dark basement, emitting tremendous noise and golden light.
Because it has been strengthened by pushing magical power to the limit, its performance is completely different from the Chain of Domination that is normally used.
"Kyahahahaha! Wizard, you are foolish! Do you think that kind of magic will work?"
Gooooooooo!
A pitch black wave erupts and bounces off the golden chain.
In the original, almost, no, almost not. Just completely impossible. Although it may be possible to burn or hit a person, it is impossible to cast this type of magic on a high-ranking mental body that has revealed its true body.
But, how could you use a spell that would fail even if you already knew that?
Giiiing… … .
[Laughing] No, the magic released from inside Jang Hyeon-deok's body that he covered responds to my magic. This is the magic power I poured into it over a long period of time.
"W-what?!"
"Oh, typical villain reaction. very good."
The magical power emanating from Jang Hyeon-deok's body connects with my chain of control... … .
Pachijijijik!!
A thrilling sense of resistance. Is this a mental barrier? It is much weaker than the [King in Yellow Clothes]. Calculations made in an instant. Release.
A magic structure so bizarre that it seems surreal. It's simpler than [The One Who Comes from the Dark]. I respond by changing my magical power structure.
Release complete, analysis complete, connection complete.
It's a joke!!
"Ugh, but this isn't enough."
Output is insufficient.
New magic is added to maximize the effect of the Chain of Domination.
[Voice of Power]
[Spell Strengthening: Strengthening Power]
This is also a magic that has the power to control a specified target.
Originally, I couldn't control the [Laughing One], who was a much higher being than me, but when you entered Jang Hyeon-deok's body, you were already lowered to a metaphysical being.
Therefore, the target of the spell is... … It's not the one who laughs, it's Jang Hyeon-deok.
『Jang Hyeon-deok, stay still.』
Sudden silence.
Not even a moan or exclamation is heard. It's as if time has stopped.
But time has not stopped.
[The One Who Laughs]'s power stopped.
"Oh, it was hard to hold back."
The tightening skull, the darkness, the laughter, and even Jang Hyeon-deok, who was at the center of it all, all stopped.
I raised both hands for a moment and made a gesture to mock [The One Who Laughs], then raised my magic power.
It pushes magical power into the five shrunken flames and gives them new properties. Convert, reorganize, maintain properties and switch themes.
Now there is no need to do things like making a fuss. Converge to one point and strike the enemy.
It's a bit stiff because it wasn't fire that I summoned with my magic in the first place. But listen to me! And move! I raised the Sajin True Sword and directed the magic power of the living flame.
[The unique function of the SSS-class weapon Sainjeonggeom (Nokzon), 'Aspect of Heavenly Flowers', is activated.
// Statue of Heavenly Flower: The effect of all fire-type magic increases by 100%.]
The flames spreading in all directions turned into a violently rotating fire wheel.
RURRRRRRR!!!
"It was fun, right? "Stop this!"
A fire wheel filled with five colored flames strikes the [Laughing One].
Kwaaaaang! Grumbling!!
『Hehehehe!! Hehehehehehe!!!』
It is a flame created with magical power lent by the being of the abyss. [The One Who Laughs] let out a bizarre noise that could not be determined whether it was a scream or laughter.
"Oh, you shouldn't burn it like that."
If I was just going to burn it down, I would have set it all on fire a long time ago.
Switch themes again.
"Congeal, bind, tangle. And tie him up like that."
At the same time, magic circles bloomed in all directions. Magic circles shining in all kinds of colors, shapes, runes, powerful words, hand signs, and chants.
This was something I had done with my bare body before. now? It's easier now.
[System: The hidden characteristic 'Heir of the Corpse Pile' is activated.]
A trait taken from Heo Joo. It exerts a strong binding force on ambiguous entities such as ghosts and mental entities.
"It's something you can't do in games, but you do it really often."
Craddeudeudeuk!!
The five flames tore [The One Who Laughs] out from between the huge darkness and the skull with their powerful binding force.
It is an old book bound in worn leather. The cover has an alien language written in red letters that look like they were engraved in blood.
'After all, it's just a book. It's the Avatar.'
It's a book. book. The book that was the culprit of all this chaos.
[The One Who Laughs] created an uproar as if he had appeared, but even he was just an incarnation.
"Well, where did you capture this?"
The five flames are now stable and rotate at regular intervals.
The magic line extending from the flames drew a pentagram and bound the book that had just appeared.
Once the temporary sealing is complete.
"Did it work out roughly?"
Jang Hyeon-deok was revealed in a space where skulls, darkness, and laughter had disappeared. Jang Hyeon-deok looks at me with a pale, tired complexion. He looks like he doesn't understand what happened.
"mind… … Master?"
"Ugh. "I assure you, I did not bring you here to use you like this."
"yes… … ?"
With those words, Jang Hyeon-deok lost consciousness and fell to the floor.
I thought I could just quietly clean up after myself, but there was still someone left to talk to me.
"Uh, uh, uh… … ."
Cheongho's mouth moves and his voice comes out as he falls down as a corpse.
There is no way Cheongho, now dead, can speak. Some of the influence of [The One Who Laughs] must be forcing Cheongho's body to move.
"How did you do it? Otherwise, how do you know?"
"Uh, uh, uh… … ."
"Do you think I would have taken a psychic with good performance without any safety measures when he couldn't even defend himself?"
They were probably targeting Jang Hyeon-deok from the beginning. Maybe from outside the bomb shelter?
The sound of crows, black shadows, and Jang Hyeon-deok's nonsense that began as if foreshadowing something from outside the bomb shelter.
'What kind of place was this?'
He intentionally created a situation where I had no choice but to take Jang Hyeon-deok into the bomb shelter.
After that, he must have stimulated Jang Hyeon-deok's spirit and caused him to be in a state where he could no longer advance, thereby putting me and Jang Hyeon-deok away.
'Tsk, to be honest, it's not entirely unexpected.'
To some extent, I expected it. So, rather than leaving it outside, they dragged it inside the shelter.
That is why-.
"Even if something possesses us, we have already prepared a means to somehow control it."
This is why I forced myself to look at Jang Hyeon-deok's face periodically.
What if something strange possesses me in a place I don't know? It would be good if they even started fighting, but if they just hid and started a strange religion, there would be no answer.
Therefore, I continued to keep Jang Hyeon-deok by my side and exert my influence.
'I had no intention of going to the point of using Jang Hyeon-deok as a trap if possible.'
I had to listen to that long, long nonsense... … .
Ah, you bastard, thinking about it makes me angry.
Using magical power, he swung the butcher's hook and forcibly pulled out the spiritual body residing in Cheongho's body.
Wow!!
Butcher's hook, too. Thanks to the effect of amplifying the magic of the command line, it is most effective against suspicious entities such as non-entities or spirits.
I looked again at the pitch black spirit stuck in the butcher's hook. It is a strange being that looks like a human head or a page of paper with a bizarre pattern written on it.
- Kwaaaaaa!! stop! stop! stop!!
I can talk too. A metaphysical and abstract being like [The One Who Laughs] cannot communicate with humans in and of itself.
Just as the being of the abyss creates an incarnation to embody its will, this is the persona that [The Laughing One] embodied to communicate with metaphysical beings.
"Oh my, are you sick? Just wait a moment. "I'll make it hurt more."
[System: The hidden characteristic 'Heir of the Corpse Pile' is activated.]
It's a shame!!
- Wow!!
"What about strength and wisdom? "Why do you make people so angry so that you can sit on someone's head?"
Now this is just a vent.
- Wow!! why! why! This is this feeling! What is this strange sensation? What on earth is this!!
"Why do I feel sick when I'm in a spiritual state? Oh, you've never had the concept of pain in the first place, so you don't know what it is?"
Using the corpse pile's successor characteristics, a specific concept was infused into this spirit body.
You can think of it as scribbling on a book and changing its contents.
The concept I instilled is pain.
The sensation of being sick, of pain, of suffering, of a feeling so horrible that it would take you out of your mind.
- Well, at least… … Okay, let's see... … !
"Ah, well, you're a terminal anyway, so it doesn't have much to do with the main body?"
That is correct.
Although this is part of the book that was sealed over there, it is just a page that was torn out.
Even if you scribble here, the contents of the main body will not change. It is the same as burning cut hair without any effect on the owner of the hair.
Even that book is not the true story of [The One Who Laughs]. In short, this spirit that is chatting with me right now is a terminal of a terminal. They are nothing more than consumables that can be discarded at any time.
Hitting and pinching this thing doesn't help much in taking out my anger.
- okay! Feel free to vent your anger with small fragments! You stupid human! My body is immortal! I have existed in this universe for a long time that a tiny human like you can't even imagine. The amount of time you can cause me pain is only a moment compared to the endless time of the universe... … .
Is it because the spirit body is mixed with the blue tiger? For an alter ego created by a being of this caliber, its intelligence is low and its spirit level is low.
"don't worry. "I also have the ability to repair books."
- … … what?
"You can roughly guess, right? "Live with the sensation of pain forever."