121 – The person we should trust and follow – 2

I headed to the place where I had last heard from Claire.

It was not easy to find traces, perhaps because he was a warrior in his own way, but in the end, he was found, so I immediately pursued him.

how far did you move

It was inside a large gorge that Claire’s trail was cut off.

there.

Dozens of corpses were strewn about as if to show off.

Men and women of all ages and even races were diverse, but they had something in common.

hourglass.

The pattern of Kronos remained on the chest, revealing its ominous nature.

Others would investigate this corpse or ignore it, but I heard the moonlight, knowing what it was.

and.

-Hook!!

“Kieeaek!!”

The moonlight, which had been transformed into a sword, was directed at the nearest corpse.

At the same time, the corpse, which had completely lost its vitality, screamed and stood up.

It was natural.

Because these are not corpses.

-Kick! Snuggle Geek! Awesome!

The fallen corpses, no, the decoys raise their bodies.

It moves like a zombie with a hideous appearance, and the appearance of trying to attract people by mimicking a living appearance was like the protrusion of an anglerfish in the sea.

Of course, it wasn’t just tempting like a bump, but it also had attack power, so it rushed as if it was trying to exclude me.

-Suddenly!!

I had nothing to do with anything like that.

If you are attacked by those who are weak enough to fall down with one or two sword strikes, you will shed tears of blood for the time you have suffered so far.

-Kieek! Kiek!!

One by one, decoys resembling corpses.

To be precise, the baits that the monsters belonging to the gigantic imitation monsters kidnapped, ate, and transformed are disappearing.

After putting an end to all the decoys, I continued to enter the canyon and found a ruin with an open entrance.

No, let’s be precise.

In the game, monsters included in the pre-campaign package before the DLC is released.

He found a monster that placed a target inside himself and showed him a sweet future so that he would follow Cronus in the future.

Of course, few players get caught here, but…

The problem is that among the NPCs, there are definitely kids who get caught, and Claire, who must be one of them, crawled in here.

“Tsk.”

If left alone, Claire will lean towards Kronos completely.

Then it’s quite a headache, so I’ll have to save it for now.

I looked at the ruins and changed the moonlight to a staff.

And a shot of magic to declare war.

As the glowing spheres hit the ruins, three eyes appeared above the entrance to the ruins.

Outside, the monster that could not take a hit no matter how hard it attacked laughed.

As if to tell me to come inside if you want to kill me, I was smiling as if my three eyes were bent like crescent moons.

That’s why I laughed too.

Let’s see if we can break it down like that later.

When I entered the ruins, no, the monster’s mouth, I was greeted by an ordinary stone corridor.

It was so similar to the game that it didn’t even surprise me.

That’s why I walked casually, and after a while I found a mimicking slime in the hallway.

– Kkeukkkeukkkeukkkeukkeukkkeukkkeukkkeukkkeukkkeukkkeukkkeukkkeuk

As I stop approaching, the slime begins wriggling and crawling to devour me.

For someone with the power to come this far, catching one or two slimes is no big deal.

But what is the reason for putting out this slime?

The answer was very simple.

Killing this slime and finding what’s inside the slime itself is what this monster wants.

“Ice missiles.”

So I just went through after freezing the slimes.

-Kugugung…

“hahaha. Why. Does it bother me that I don’t have an hourglass?”

-Koo-gu-gu-gu-gung…!!

If you catch that slime, you will be forced to obtain the hourglass.

It is a kind of curse item that restores mana when possessed, but in fact it is just a trap.

The most powerful mental attack that this monster uses in the last room.

Increases the power of ‘Mimang(未忘).’

If you take that hourglass to recover your mana, you’ll raise the difficulty yourself.

Would I do something like that because I’m crazy?

I laughed at the continuous vibrating sound as if bursting into exasperation and proceeded as it was.

Monsters, traps, and other things like treasure chests that you will encounter in the future.

All of that I neatly ignored and passed by, and each time I did, the vibration became stronger.

I sighed when I arrived at the large, endless room after diligently scratching at the nature of the monster.

“Hey.”

A sigh comes out of nowhere.

All the paintings in the endless room were of me and Claire.

The paintings that seem to prove to anyone that Claire is in this room begin to change little by little as if to seduce me every time I look at them.

But is it because I haven’t packed a single hourglass so far?

Or is it because my mental strength is high?

Maybe it’s because I worship Cosmo.

Whatever the reason, his ‘delusion’ continued to fail.

It just repeats that the picture is distorted, drawn again, and then distorted again.

It was a rare success, and in the beginning, I showed the time when I was friendly with the warrior party, but it was a bit difficult to be influenced by that kind of thing..

I’d rather show you the chicken, the computer, and my room.

I laughed at it and walked for a while.

How long did it take?

Inside the soft light, I noticed someone sitting cross-legged.

It was Clare.

And, there were more than ten hourglasses placed next to her.

At the time of discovery, they must have been just stone statues, but they entered the room and became real hourglasses as the delusion was activated.

“It’s not some kind of squirrel, I just scratched it all up.”

I stepped on the hourglasses, broke them all, grabbed Claire, and shook her roughly.

“Hey. Come to your senses.”

“Ah… ah… uh… Hyunwoo… Hyunwoo…”

Calling out my name, but what she actually sees won’t be me.

You must be looking at the unchanging past and the unrealizable future.

I checked her condition.

Even though I smashed all the hourglasses, my mental power suddenly drained.

Well.

Then it hurts.

“Ugh. It really takes a lot of work. Yaya! Wake up!”

“Ahhhh…”

I shake it wildly, tap my cheeks, flick my fingers several times in front of my eyes, and even try to recover my mind, but it doesn’t work.

It’s proof that you’ve already been pretty possessed.

Then there is only one way.

I clenched my fists and gathered my mana, a monk’s skill.

I used the ‘Bright View Index’, which cancels all kinds of mental contamination.

and.

“I’ll fix this kind of warrior!”

I swung my fist at Claire, who was smirking as she blankly looked up at me to deliver the Myeongkyung Index.

Of course she annoyed me very much, but there was nothing against the punch.

It’s just one of Monk’s skills, ‘We can understand each other only with fists.’ It’s just to overlay the Myungkyung index on Claire.

It’s important, so I’ll say it one more time.

There really wasn’t.

“Aren’t you out of your mind?”

Should I hit you one more time?

When Claire, her left cheek swollen, looked up blankly at me, I gathered my energy.

Why doesn’t a great sage say something like this?

If you are slapped on the left cheek, show your right cheek.

Conversely, do you know that when you hit, you have to strike in a well-balanced way?

So if you hit me, I’ll make both sides bloated…

“…uh. uh…?”

She looked up blankly at me, tilted her head, then stepped back in surprise.

“You, yes, why are you here?!”

“I want to ask you. Why are you here?”

“…that…that’s it.”

Embarrassed, she hurriedly explained the situation. So, you saw a monster you had never seen kidnapped a person and chased after it?

He is also the bait of this monster.

All the people caught were eaten by monsters and became like bait outside.

“…sorry. My, I bothered you… again.”

“For now, go back to the garrison. I told the soldier what you need to do when you get there.”

“Huh? Uh… ha, but!”

-Kururururung!!

Is it because Claire woke up? The monster begins to shake greatly.

I guess I was pretty pissed off.

It’s like I overturned the finished meal.

“Once you briefly explain the situation, it’s this ruin, no… it’s the temptation of the mimicking monster.”

“…Is that so… so what did I see in this room…?”

“It’s the temptation of this monster that attacks by digging into the mind. And one more word.”

I grabbed Claire by the collar and met her eyes.

“Even if it’s not your fault, there’s no way to undo the past, and you can’t go back.”

“Ha, but.”

“The past you chose.”

“…ah…”

“No matter what.”

“…”

“never.”

“…ah… ah…”

“I can’t turn it back.”

Would you have known if you had done this?

In case you didn’t understand…

At that time, I can’t help it either.

A sullen Claire opened the portal and returned to the garrison.

Upon her departure, the monster completely turned its head and even released its mimicry.

The stone floor turns into flesh, and the painting is erased.

Digestive juices began to spurt here and there with a terrible sound as if they were going to eat me instead of her, but there was no problem.

No, it was rather good.

Because the easiest strategy for this guy is to get rid of his mimicry.

I ran to the end of the room where it started to turn into a mass of flesh.

Is it because there is no Claire who was delusional?

The room that had expanded so far that I could not see the end became quite narrow, and I could see the exit not far away.

-Thump! pounding!

After exiting through it, a large room appeared.

A large heart was beating in the center of the room, which was filled with blood and flesh.

This is the heart of this monster.

It was the center that radiated the energy of powerful mental pollution.

A normal person would go crazy just by being here for a while, but I’m a bit far from normal.

and.

“What we must believe and follow is not the wicked and petty Chronos, but the great cosmic foreign god, Cosmo of space!

I turned the moonlight into a spear and stuck it into his heart.

-Cooo!!

Was it hard to bear it any longer? A gigantic monster screams and the monsters living inside the monster begin to enter the room.

But it’s already too late.

“Explode!!”

-Kwaaang!!!

The warrior’s powerful skill, Explosive Strike, was displayed at the end of the moonlight. A powerful blow that pierced the opponent’s insides ruptured a portion of the heart, and following that, I turned the moonlight into a knuckle and threw a hook into the heart.

– Wow!!

My heart trembled greatly and the explosion exploded, and a lot of blood flowed like a fountain bursting from the place where the black blood used to flow.

Gradually, I feel that this monster is dying.

-Kyaaa!!

Is it to stop me?

The monsters living inside the monsters rushed through the flesh, but there is no time to deal with them right now.

I bounced them off with moderate magic and telekinesis, and I hit their heart a few more times.

-Push shush shoot!!

-Chanhaaa

The moment when my heart, which had been attacked so defenselessly, finally stopped.

A strong corrosive liquid began pouring into the interior of this room.

When I went, I was determined not to go alone.

I laughed at the monsters laughing at me even as I melted into the corrosive liquid.

If you’re a newbie player who doesn’t know anything, someone will destroy your heart in this room, and you’ll die together.

“Hello.”

It’s a famous person, but I can’t die like that.

I immediately cast teleportation.

-Uh… Uh uh… Uh uh…

As soon as they came out through teleportation, the ruins and monsters began to crumble.

Since I couldn’t hide it anymore, the one who revealed his completely hidden eyes stared at me as he gradually died because his heart was destroyed.

I smiled as I met those eyes full of resentment and anger.

“Why? Why don’t you split it up like before?”

on that face.

There was no more laughter.

“Oops.”

The corpse of a gigantic monster turns to dust and disappears.

There is only one thing left in its place.

A gray gem the size of a fist.

It was a ‘shard of foreign power’.

When the DLC started, I couldn’t hide my joy when I thought of the achievements and skills I could get by offering it to Cosmo’s stone statue.

“Whoop. Whoop whoop.”

Of course, rather than Cronus who tries to make the game over because he doesn’t listen to him, Cosmo-nim, who sweetly takes care of rewards and achievements when you make a sacrifice, is the best.

Believe in Cosmo and go to heaven, no, let’s go home.