༺ Interference ༻
“Haa… Haaa…”
Alone in the dark underground chamber, Ferloche released her divine power while stumbling, losing her balance.
“Just a little more… Just a little more…”
Her hollow gaze quivered.
“If I keep going just a little longer…”
She tenaciously stood her ground, using every ounce of her remaining strength to spread light to every corner of the underground chamber diligently.
– Why do you cover my eyes? Afraid you might see something?
“Ugh…”
However, as the cold and chilling voice penetrated her ears, the underground chamber shook again.
– Srrrk…
After struggling until she was sweating bullets, Ferloche finally collapsed.
“Gugu…”
Gugu landed on Ferloche’s shoulders, looking visibly tired, and stared at her tensely.
– Open your eyes.
At the same time, the seduction from the eye started.
– Open your eyes and welcome me.
‘I shouldn’t open my eyes… I should never open my eyes…’
– What are you so afraid of, my dear?
‘No matter what… I should never…!’
The seduction would have made any ordinary person gaze into the eyes instantly. However, Ferloche repeatedly reminded herself to never give in to it.
– Srrrrr…
Several minutes passed, but the seduction didn’t work. Suddenly, grotesque tentacles emerged around the eye and rushed toward her menacingly.
– Pagak! Pagagak…!
The tentacles mercilessly cut through Ferloche’s protective barrier. It was an incredibly strong defense, but they pierced it like paper.
“Egegeuk…”
Ferloche had to take a step back, drenched in cold sweat, as the attacks from the tentacles grew increasingly fierce.
– So, it was you, the one obstructing my sight all this time.
The eye whispered in a low voice while directly staring at Ferloche.
– With the help of the Sun and Star gods, you were also creating variables.
“I really shouldn’t open my…”
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“……!”
Ferloche trembled and flinched.
– You even managed to deceive me; you are truly remarkable.
The tentacles struck Ferloche’s last remaining defense.
“Heaaab!!”
However, Ferloche refused to go down without a fight.
– Kuwagwang…!
It had been a while since she last used the “Blessing of the Sun God,” but she used it expertly to destroy tentacles and rushed toward the underground chamber’s exit.
– Shaaa…
“Ugh!”
While Ferloche stumbled and ran with her eyes closed, multiple tentacles rushed out to ensnare her.
“Gugu!!”
Perched on her shoulders, Gugu fiercely charged and intercepted the onslaught of attacks from the tentacles. Right at that moment, Ferloche’s hand reached the exit.
– Twisting, writhing…
“Eaaaah!!”
The exit was covered with tentacles, but she still smashed the door open, destroying everything around. As she stepped outside, the eye still stared at her intently from the middle of the basement.
“Whew…”
Now outside, Ferloche’s legs lost their strength, and she collapsed and sighed heavily.
“Wow! That was such an exciting and fun adventure!”
Soon, she reverted to her usual silly self.
“Well, then…”
While wiping away the cold sweat from her forehead and wearing an exhausted yet proud expression, she prepared to take the next step.
– Srrrk…!
“Ugh!”
Suddenly, two tentacles shot out from the ground and grabbed her arms.
“H-how…?”
She was definitely outside the underground chamber, so how could the tentacles attack her? Confused, she struggled to break free from their grasp.
“Ah…”
She inadvertently glanced at the sky and froze instantly.
“Oh, no…”
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“I made eye contact….”
No, just until a moment ago, it was something that was similar to the sun.
“I met its gaze…”
Now, it was looking down at her with an open eye.
“T-the Demon God still hasn’t won yet… So how…”
– You have nowhere to run.
It had been “pretending” to be the Sun, the one Ferloche had always tried to avoid meeting its eye.
– The variables you’ve created will cease to exist now.
The true form of the sun, visible only to her, spoke to her.
– The Sun God’s Saintess.
Ferloche’s eyes became dull.
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“Ugh…”
Her arms restrained and down, Ferloche silently lifted her head.
“Ugh.”
The eye watching her intently from the underground chamber entered her field of vision.
“This…”
As her eyes met the eye, Ferloche immediately turned away blankly.
“……”
The clergies, the paladins approaching the underground chamber, the Pope standing in the distance with a pale expression, and even Gugu, perched on her shoulder, were all blankly looking up at the sun.
“Ugh…”
It wasn’t just them.
The inhabitants of the Empire, no, the entire world, were all staring blankly up at the sun simultaneously.
– Goooo…
The celestial being in the sky, observing the world, had suddenly revealed its true form.
– Twisting, writhing…
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At first glance, it resembled the sun. However, its eerie appearance was beyond frightening, evoking a sense of awe rather than mere fear.
“Ugh…..”
Ferloche felt she was about to be overwhelmed by the memories of that horrible and terrifying moment that always came at the end of all the bad ending cycles.
– Shhaang!!
Suddenly, the sound of something breaking rang in the air.
– With this, there will be no more ‘retries.’
Gugu, Ferloche’s pet, was writhing, caught by a tentacle.
– There are no variables. There is no hope. There will be no more light from this point on.
“Ugh….”
At the same time, voices echoed from all around.
“Retry… was no longer needed from the beginning…”
– The same applies to you.
As Ferloche opened her mouth to respond, the tentacles began to assault her from all sides.
– Pagagak…! Pagagagak…!!!
Even with both her arms held down, Ferloche did her best to create a protective barrier all around.
However, her impregnable barrier was brutally crushed just like before.
– Crackle, crackle…
“Arghhh…!!!”
Violet sparks flew from her arms wrapped in tentacles as an unbearable pain spread through her. Ferloche closed her eyes tightly and lowered her head.
– Crash, crash…!
All the protective barriers shielding her shattered at once.
– Smash, smash…!!!
The tentacles attacked Ferloche’s heart.
“……….”
As Ferloche saw them darting toward her chest, she closed her eyes tightly. Right at that moment…
– Shwoop…!
– Hmmm?
Something flew at a rapid speed toward the eye floating in the air.
– Crush…!!!
Thanks to that, the eye stopped attacking her. With a frown, it caught the object flying toward them.
– This is…
The flying object was a liquor bottle dripping with potent liquor.
– Crush…
The eye, quietly observing the liquor bottle, suddenly crushed it and whispered in a low voice.
– Isn’t this a bit impolite for a first meeting?
A resonant voice rang from the direction where the eye’s gaze fell.
“Luna, can you please look at that? There is an eye in the sky! Is it transmitting well? Or am I still drunk…?”
– …Is this really the time for drunken talk?
Among the people present there…
“’First meeting’, you say? You don’t even have a face; how could this be our first meeting? It might be more appropriate to call it a ‘first sight’…”
– Could you please just shut your trap?
Surprisingly, the intruder was the scroll merchant talking to someone with something like a communication crystal.
“Am I a bit late?”
The magic item merchant, the scroll merchant, the tavern keeper, the legendary artisan Rosinante, and more, all in various roles, he casually approached Ferloche with a cheerful smile.
– Please stay alertttt!! Don’t get careless just because it’s not the main body!! You’ll end up dyinggggg.
“Oh, that sobered me right up.”
With an expression indicating frustration, the one called ‘Luna’ from the crystal ball, pounded her chest and shouted. He shook his head from side to side, mumbling.
“Mphm, Hmpm hem… You.”
The person, who had been a traditional comedic character in the Dark Tale Fantasy series, cracked his neck and hands a few times, cleared his throat, and opened his eyes quietly.
– Shaahaah…
However, his eyes shone with starlight.
“…What happens if you make a comedic character angry?”
As he said that, countless star fragments, twinkling spears, and shining shields materialized around him.
– How ridiculous…
With a smirk, the eye retracted its tentacles restraining Ferloche and aimed them at him. The eye whispered.
– To think that Creator God could be reduced to this.
Suddenly, a massive burst of light illuminated the courtyard of the Church.
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Meanwhile, in the underground prison…
“W-What…?”
After cutting his threats and training session with Vener short, Frey exited the prison with Alice and Vener. He looked around with a pale expression.
“……….”
Alice, Vener, the other prisoners, the mice wandering around the shabby and dirty prisoners, and even the flies flying around here and there were all staring blankly upwards.
“What’s going on here…?”
Even the people on the streets in the distance, visible through the exit, were all staring blankly at the sky. Frey wiped his cold sweat and took another step forward.
– Step, step…
“…….!!!”
Suddenly, he heard footsteps coming from behind him.
“Who’s there?”
They were coming from the back of the corridor where no one should have been, considering he had just walked from there. Frey, sweating at the sound, threw the question.
“Well… I wonder who?”
“Huh?”
He opened his eyes wide to cast off the darkness and looked at the newcomer.
“Who do you think I am?”
“Huh…”
In response, Frey muttered with a low voice.
“…That pretty big sister from back then?”
“Oh my, big sister, you say?”
The woman approached him with a crystal ball in one hand and blushed.
“What brings Rosewin’s secretary here?”
“Um, well…”
Looking alert, Frey asked. The woman caressed the crystal ball before she replied to him in a low voice.
“I came to reward you for the successful 19+ event.”
“Wait, what did you say?”
“By the way…”
When Frey looked puzzled by that statement, the woman looked at him as if she found him cute and asked a question.
“Is the Affection System somewhat useful?”
Her eyes, which had been smiling, were now gently curved like a crescent moon.
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