NOVEL WEB Chapter 236 - Ritual (1)
A shabby town seen from afar.
“Is that town? Is there a rebel group or something?”
The twisted being asked the government-related man who had followed him earlier.
“That's right. It is called Kuzan Village, but it is actually a slum that cannot be called a village.”
The distorted being slowly nodded at the man’s reply.
Like the man said, it was embarrassing not to be able to call that a village.
A village without any infrastructure. The minimum barrier created
by those who were abandoned because they were not protected and
those who were rejected by others
to help each other.
The collapsed houses were nothing more than huddled together.
“So I didn’t expect it to be located in a place like this.”
“Hmm...”
The twisted being crossed its arms thoughtfully.
Then he spoke to the man again.
“Did you have to call me to a place like this? You can just deal with it yourself.”
Of course, if it was about slaughtering that village,
the twisted being could do it with his eyes closed.
Killing people wasn't much of a problem either.
Because they were just a poor class that no one paid attention to even if they died.
But, as I said, it was ‘that kind of' town.
A shabby village with nothing at all.
No matter how much the rebels gather,
it was the end if professional hunters belonging to the South African government stepped forward.
It was nice to be able to get diamond causality.
But there was no need to bother himself.
After a while, the man replied with a troubled expression.
“I was going to do that at first... but there's a Que-Qu in that town.”
“Queue?”
The twisted being involuntarily tilted its head.
“Who is that?”
“He is the one who leads the rebels. At the same time, he is also the hero of Cataclysm.”
“A cataclysm hero...? ah!”
The twisted being suddenly nodded.
Cataclysm hero.
It was because he knew that it referred to the most talented person in this dimension of Earth.
“Then what?”
The twisted being took the man's words lightly.
Although he is a hero of the cataclysm called the pinnacle of mankind.
There was not even a hint of tension in the expression of the twisted being.
“Okay, can I just kill them all anyway?”
“......”
The man averted his gaze and made no reply.
“Okay, how do you figure it out?”
The twisted being laughed.
Then he took a step forward towards Kuzan Village.
Right then.
“I was wondering where you were going and you were here.”
Suddenly, a familiar voice came from behind the twisted being.
The twisted being's gaze returned naturally.
Looking at the place, there were seven apostles of temperance who led the Jinrihoe.
The twisted being shrugged once and said.
“Ah, I was farming with causal for a while. You said you're taking care of yourself until you're ready?”
“That’s true, but I would have told you to refrain from overdoing it.”
“I was going to do that too, but this side needs my help. When are you going to help these guys?”
The twisted being pointed a finger at the government-affiliated man.
The Apostle of Temperance slowly turned his gaze to look at the man.
Seeing that gaze, the man gulped down his saliva.
One of the seven apostles called the head of the Jinrihoe.
It was because it was an instant for the ruler of South Africa to change with just one word from the apostle.
Fortunately, the Disciple of Temperance
turned his gaze back to the twisted being as if he wasn't interested.
“The preparations are over. He is looking for you.”
“Eh? now?”
The Apostle of Temperance nodded.
“It’s a bit difficult right now.”
“Nothing is more important than this. Above all, you know you don't have time.”
“Um…”
The twisted being seemed to be thinking for a moment.
“Then what can I do?”
But he soon turned around.
That time when I was about to leave the place following the apostle of temperance.
“Wait a minute!”
The man caught the twisted being and set it up.
“Isn’t this promise different!”
“promise? what promise?”
The twisted being tilted its head and continued.
“When will you see me and tell me to take care of it? But what are you talking about all of a sudden?”
“That's...!”
The twisted being waved a hand and said.
“Don’t worry, don’t worry. 'cause I won't eat it In the first place, if it is to be applied as causality, it cannot be removed. I'll come and take care of it, so just wait a little bit.”
The twisted being turned and walked again.
Then the man frowned and shouted.
“If you come out like this, I can’t give you the promised diamonds!”
That moment.
The twisted being's steps stopped abruptly.
Before long, tremendous momentum erupted from the twisted being's entire body.
The fear of the source that comes from the depths of the soul.
A sense of helplessness as if facing a far-off situation.
The twisted being slowly turned its head.
“You're taking away my cause and effect? do you want to die?”
“Cheuk...!”
For an instant, the man's breath stopped.
It wasn't any physical pressure.
I was just crushed by the momentum.
“Buy and save...!”
However, just by facing that momentum,
the man felt the threat of death.
“Don't kill me. We still need the government’s cooperation.”
The Apostle of Temperance, who had been watching quietly, spoke.
“Eh tsk. Why are humans so complicated?”
The twisted being regained its momentum.
“Heh heh...! Heh heh...!”
The man let out a heavy breath, like a man who had just been pulled out of the swamp of death.
The twisted being looked at such a man and said,
“Hmm... I feel good. A body that will soon become a perfect god. Let me show you special mercy.”
He then spoke to the Apostle of Temperance.
“Is pride necessary anyway?”
The Apostle of Temperance did not answer.
But as if he didn't need an answer in the first place,
a terrifying force erupted from the whole body of the twisted being.
and.
Rurr rrr.
Soon, a strange sound was heard and
the twisted being's body twisted grotesquely.
The flesh that is called the body.
They are separated and patched up.
“Hee hee!!”
Seeing that grotesque appearance, the man backed away with a frightened expression.
gurg gurg gurg gurg!
The flesh kept twisting and crushing over and over again.
So little time passed.
Something broke away from the twisted entity's flesh. It
was something that was skinny and dried up with
only bones remaining .
The second power of the Seven Deadly Sins.
It was avaritia.
-Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
greedy raised a bony hand and struggled in the air.
The original sin of endless desire that cannot be satisfied even if it is satisfied.
Greed, from which the original sinful desire germinated, was always impoverished.
The twisted being, which soon took on its own form, stared blankly at such greed.
“Hmm, it's a bit of a waste, but...”
He then took out a handful of diamonds from within.
A diamond worth billions of dollars.
The twisted being fed diamonds to Greed without hesitation.
Wow!
The huge mouth of greed opened and swallowed the diamond in an instant.
At the same time, a bizarre smile spread across the expression of greed.
But that's for a while.
-Kuuuuuuuuuuu...
The greedy smile disappeared and
he raised his bony hands again and began to struggle in the air.
Infinite human greed that cannot
be satisfied
and cannot be satisfied.
“Give me more?”
nod
Greed's head nodded greedily.
The twisted being grinned.
Then, he pointed his finger at the village of Kuzan in the distance.
“Is there a town over there? There's a bunch of things you want out there. Something to fill your void.”
The gaze of greed moved along the finger.
At the same time, a terrible desire appeared in the greedy eyes.
The twisted being said with satisfaction.
“Very painful. Play with them and kill them as much as you want until they are covered in fear and fear.”
-Keep it off...!!
The madness of greed bursting out.
“Hee hee hee hee...!”
Faced with the madness, the man's mind began to go mad.
“What are you doing? Why don't you go?”
Greedy steps headed towards Kuzan Village.
The Apostle of Temperance opened his mouth as he watched greed leave.
“Did you really need to bring out the power of sin?”
The twisted being shrugged and replied.
“They say there is a cataclysm hero there. The last time I played against a cataclysmic hero in America or something... He said he did quite a bit.”
Of course, he was only human anyway.
The twisted being continued with a grin.
“And pride is the power you need anyway, isn’t it?”
“But if it were to perish…”
The distorted being cut off as if asking what it was saying.
“Do you really think that is possible?”
“... that's it too.”
The Apostle of Temperance nodded involuntarily.
Greed is the original sin of man and the second power of the Seven Deadly Sins.
That was power and original sin that even the disciple of self-control could not handle.
Being a hero of cataclysm
was not a force that a human being could handle.
‘Even if it's him...'
The Apostle of Temperance nodded softly.
“let's go.”
The twisted being left the place without delay.
The Apostle of Temperance slowly lowered his gaze.
“Hehehe!! hee hee hee!!”
There, a man from the government who had gone completely insane from the madness of greed was laughing grotesquely.
The disciple of self-control looked at the man blankly and then left.
#
Queku,
the leader of the rebels against the government and the cataclysmic hero representing South Africa.
Cueco took up his weapon, a double-edged sword.
A long sword in the shape of a Gurkha.
As a weapon that has been with us during the last cataclysm, it fits nicely in the hand.
Cue-coo grabbed his weapon and hurriedly went outside.
Outside, a subordinate was waiting for him.
Queku moved quickly and asked his subordinate.
“The current situation?”
“The crew are fighting against him.”
“bloke?”
For an instant, Queku's head tilted slightly.
Not ‘guys', but ‘guys'.
“You mean one person?”
“That's right.”
At the words of the subordinate who nodded, Queku stopped walking for a moment.
There were hundreds of rebels stationed in the village of Kuzan.
And that's the elite of the elite, only made up of professional hunter-level skills.
Even a tolerable person
could not handle hundreds of troops alone.
Above all, he was also the hero of the cataclysm.
A hero of cataclysm called the pinnacle of humanity.
There was no one who could deal with Que-Ku
unless it was a hero of the same cataclysm .
‘But one guy?'
Could it be that he didn't know he was here?
It couldn't have been.
Didn't he deliberately leak the information that he was here in the first place?
Even so, only one person came...
‘No way...?'
A thought passed through Queque's mind.
An unknown entity employed by none other than the government.
since when
There was a single person massacring the villages where the rebels were stationed.
Not to mention the damage done to the rebels by its presence.
The damage to innocent people was so great.
Cueco asked his subordinate again.
“Is it really only one person?”
“yes. It really is one.”
There is only one answer to the question asked by one person.
But Cueco did not consider the difference meaningful.
The meaning of those words was immediately after facing the horrors of the scene.
“Quaaaaaagh!”
Upon arriving at the scene, all Cueco heard was a terrible scream.
There, a member of the rebels was crying out for help.
The hands that were floundering in the air were covered in red blood, and
the look on his face was filled with fear.
“Kujo!!”
In an instant, the subordinates who had followed Cueku rushed forward.
However, Queco raised his hand to stop his men from running away.
“Leader!”
The subordinate shouted with an expression as if asking why.
But Queque didn't budge.
He just raised his eyes and looked at the member called Kujo.
To be precise, an agent named Kujo.
He looked at the monster biting his side.
monstrous creature.
It was something that could only be defined that way.
That moment.
Quadduk!
A chewing sound came from the corner of the monster's mouth.
Before long, the monster shakes off the head and throws the body of the crew roughly.
Quadang!
The crew member's body fell in front of Que-Ku.
A body that was brutally torn apart.
Between them, blood gushed out and the intestines poured out.
“Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!”
The crew let out a terrible scream in agony.
The subordinate who followed Queque hugged the body of the crew member.
Cueco lowered his gaze slightly and looked at him.
Fortunately...
he didn't die, so he seemed to be able to live with treatment.
‘no.'
Queque shook her head.
Not dead, not
killed.
Even though he could kill enough, he didn't kill the crew.
“A freak monster...! That's a monster...”
“Ugh...”
The other members around him trembled in fear at that brutal appearance.
Queku raised his gaze and looked at the monstrous creature.
sigh.
The monstrous creature was smiling grotesquely, as if indulging people's fears.
As if he was enjoying this fear, he was harassing the members without killing them.
For an instant, the strange creature's eyes turned to Que-Qu.
Something that was skinny and dried up with
only bones remaining .
Therefore, it was desirable that it
should be called one, not one.
-Kuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu000e...
The strange creature greed raised its bony hand and struggled toward Que-ku.
The cry of a beast blooming in the thick darkness
as if longing for something .
Queque knew instinctively.
That's not a monster the crew can handle.
“Everyone back down!!”
Queque burst into a rant that sounded like a shout.
Then, without delay, he rushed towards greed.
sigh.
The corners of Greed's mouth twisted grotesquely once more.
There is a limit to the fear of those who have nothing and have no power.
As if there is a gap in existence.
There was also a level of fear.
The fear and soul of those who deserve something.
That is what is truly worth it.
A suitable prey to soothe the endless emptiness for a while.
Greed was the gaze looking at Quecu.
Wow!
The mouth of greed opened wide and swallowed Queku.
Queque quickly twisted her body.
The jaws of greed pass by in front of your eyes.
Queku took advantage of the gap and swung his weapon.
Awesome!
An eerie cutting sound was heard, and the throat of greed was severely cut.
Under normal circumstances, it would have ended.
However, greed was a monster, but
it was a sin that could not be called a monster.
Along with a wobbly neck, greedy eyes turned to Queque.
Before long, the huge gaping mouth crumples.
Hunger desire.
The endless madness ate away at Que-Ku's mind.
“Keugh...!”
Queco gnawed his teeth and resisted the madness.
At the same time, he swung his weapon at Greed again.
shhh!
But this time, it only cuts through the troubled empty space.
The look of greed was nowhere to be seen.
‘back!'
Queque's head turned rapidly at the presence of greed that she felt for an instant.
And the moment you face the hideous face of greed.
Queque's face went white.
Greed's bony hand grasped Quecu's shoulder.
The chilling pressure felt over my shoulder.
Wood Deuk!
Queque's shoulder was crushed.
Queku's mouth opened wide and a scream erupted.
Greed
waved the hand holding his shoulder as if driving away flies.
Queque's old body rolled wildly on the ground.
“Cheuk...!”
A throbbing pain.
Cueco couldn't come to his senses.
And even though it was only about one fight,
Queku could feel it.
Can't win.
That's... that's an unbearable monster.
“This can't be...!”
“Even the captain...!”
The faces of the crew members were tinged with amazement.
The cataclysmic hero Cueku, who is said to be the pinnacle of humanity.
He was taken down in an instant, with almost no resistance.
if so, alternative.
Who can deal with that monster?
“Oh, no...!”
“Everyone will die! We are all going to die!”
Severe despair and fear burst out. The deep and deep emotion of denial.
sigh.
A smile of instant satisfaction came from the lips of greed.
However, it was infinitely insufficient to satisfy the endless human desire.
much more painful.
much more desperate.
That way more fear and satisfaction.
Greed took a step toward the collapsed Cue-Qu.
Queku gritted his teeth and gave strength to his body.
However, the strength was not properly applied to the ashen shoulder.
“Keuk...!”
Nonetheless, Que-ku stood up from his seat.
I know you can't win.
I know very well that I cannot stand against that monster.
However, he himself is a leader of the rebels and
a cataclysmic hero representing South Africa.
The subordinates called the state have been persecuting the people for a long time.
The media has long been controlled and
the so-called international community doesn't even care about this country.
Specifically, blinded by diamonds,
he turned to the side of the profitable government.
It's been a long time since professional hunters also turned around after money.
The era of the present day when pro hunters have been degenerated into a well-paid job.
for the insignificant poor.
For the unprofitable lower classes and the like.
No one steps out and
no one cares.
So, the only person to step out is yourself.
He was the only one who could protect people from brutal violence.
but.
-Kuuuuuuuuuu...
Can we beat that terrible monster?
No, is there anyone who can handle that monster?
Darkness comes with extremely limited vision.
A gnawing hunger is revealed.
The body itself becomes fear and eats away at the mind.
Something that gnaws at the corner of the mind.
A meaningless effort that lasts forever.
Wow!
The jaws of greed attack Queku.
Cueku rushed at Greed, prepared for death.
And just then.
An unknown voice came from behind.
“Step back.”