Pick Me Up!

The gate, which was about to stabilize, dissipated.

“What, what the…? How…?”

Boom!

I stomped my foot heavily.

[Unknown Error!]

[Unknown Error!]

[Unknown Error!]

[Unknown Error!]

[The stat reduction of -75% applied to Hero ‘Han (★★★★★★★)’ has been lifted.]

[The status resistance reduction of -75% applied to Hero ‘Han (★★★★★★★)’ has been lifted.]

[The mana reduction of -75% applied to Hero ‘Han (★★★★★★★)’ has been lifted.]

[The effects applied to Hero ‘Han (★★★★★★★)’ are being removed…]

I stretched out my right hand.

A soldier, trembling as he attempted to reload his rifle, was suddenly pulled toward my palm.

“Ugh!”

“Look into my eyes.”

I pushed my face close to his, locking my glowing right eye onto his visor.

‘Absolute Future Overwrite.’

This was the second power of the Red-Tail King.

Crackle!

From my right eye, crimson lightning erupted.

“You’re going to kill all your comrades.”

“…”

“And then… you’ll die.”

The man’s entire body began to shudder uncontrollably.

Moments later, as if possessed, the soldier staggered upright.

And then—

Tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat!

He began firing his rifle indiscriminately at his comrades.

One after another, the elite soldiers of the special forces dropped like flies, riddled with bullets.

Ten seconds later.

The man, having executed every last one of his teammates, placed the rifle’s muzzle under his own chin.

Bang.

“…”

The blood pooling from the corpses formed a deep crimson puddle beneath my feet.

I took a small breath and snapped my fingers.

Wuuung.

The corpses shuddered briefly, then began emitting a white, radiant light.

The light particles, like threads, slowly streamed toward me, flowing into my body.

‘This… this is the true power of an ancient being.’

I had only utilized a fraction of one of the four beings’ powers.

It was almost laughable. This was a cheat on an unimaginable level.

‘With this kind of power…’

Those so-called gods.

They possessed these terrifying powers, yet they chose to sit idly by.

All they ever did was pose grandly while exploiting the inhabitants of their worlds.

What happened in Townia was likely just a small part of it.

Those gods toyed with and mocked the fates of heroes for their amusement. Even now, with destruction looming right before them, they had no intention of dirtying their hands.

‘Thirty-two in total.’

That was the number of divine beings within Mobius, extracted from the memories of Rantia and Schutenberg.

Each one held a high executive position within the company, with Tell, the CEO, at the pinnacle.

‘Not a single one of them is worth keeping alive.’

I smirked.

If anything, it was a relief there were so many of them.

If there were only a handful, the process of killing them wouldn’t be as satisfying.

Wuuung.

Another dimensional gate began forming.

It seemed they were trying to send in reinforcements again.

‘Haven’t they learned their lesson yet?’

Closing the dimensional gates earlier had been an act of courtesy on my part.

I had thought it better to give them time to clean up the mess in the waiting room.

But if they were going to keep pushing like this, I’d have to adjust my plans.

“Iselle.”

Fwoosh.

With a faint shimmer of stardust, a tiny fairy appeared.

Iselle looked at me with a fearful expression.

“Are you… really Loki?”

“Why?”

“You’re terrifying…”

Iselle squeezed her eyes shut tightly. Her small body trembled violently.

“This… this interference… is terrifying…”

Is it?

Well, I had devoured four divine beings and thousands of heroes at once.

But this was just the beginning.

Thirty-two pieces of trash remained.

If I devoured them all, I’d finally be in a position to face that arrogant little deity.

“Don’t be scared. My subordinate shouldn’t be shaking like this.”

I smirked and placed my hand on Iselle’s head.

Pat, pat.

I gently stroked her head, and her trembling gradually subsided.

“Are you… really Loki?”

“Something happened in there. It’s a long story to explain now.”

Iselle looked at me silently, her gaze filled with unease.

“And there’s something I need to tell you.”

Iselle’s eyes widened slightly, her attention fixed on me.

“From now on, I’m going to destroy Mobius Corp. I’m heading to Server 1.”

“…”

“I’m going to kill them all. The executives, the CEO—every single piece of trash that stands in my way. It doesn’t matter where they run. I’ll hunt them down to the ends of hell.”

Iselle hesitated before speaking.

“That…”

“Make your choice, Iselle. Will you stay by my side? Or will you return to the company?”

Iselle stared at me with trembling eyes.

She was nothing more than a low-ranking administrator within Mobius.

I could easily ignore her. Even if she chose to leave, there was nothing she could do that I couldn’t accomplish myself now.

‘Still…’

The truth was, I owed her a lot.

“Loki…”

“What?”

“If I stay with you… will I… will I become something real?”

Something real, huh.

I suppose that was an understandable desire.

Right now, she was just one of countless fairies scattered across the millions of waiting rooms.

There were countless replacements for her. Over a billion, identical in both appearance and name.

But even so…

“Of course.”

I smiled as I replied.

“…Okay.”

Iselle wiped the tears from her eyes and perched herself on my shoulder.

She had made her decision. She would stand against her creators.

I’d have to think of a new name for her.

‘But once I finish cleaning this mess up.’

Pieces of trash were scattered everywhere.

It was time to start cleaning.

I'm currently Translating the following novels: Pick Me Up! | A Frontline Soldier Awakened as a Gamer In The War! | The 100th Regression of the Max-Level Player. If you want to support me and read more chapters please subscribe to my Patreon!