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Genius Warlock-Episode 488

488. conversation with the devil (1)

The moment Oliver put Pilgerette in his mouth and took a sip, he could feel it..

The intense emotions that Duncan had during his lifetime, the countless joys, sorrows, anger, frustrations, goals, hopes, and wills he felt throughout his life..

It could be said to be the essence of pure emotion squeezed from one person, and that essence contained memories related to that person..

What do you mean by drinking it in? It was a very strange feeling. You can experience other people's memories beyond just peeking at them..

Oliver could feel the cigarette smoke entering his body..

Duncan's pride in being born into a wizarding family..

The despair Duncan felt when he found out that he had hypertrophy..

As a result, Duncan's anger at being ostracized by those around him.

The betrayal Duncan felt when he was branded a defective product and kicked out of the magic tower and even his family..

Duncan's vow to use that anger and betrayal to prove himself and take revenge..

Duncan's hope for seeing new possibilities in the underworld.

Duncan's will to not give up even after a long time and despite experiencing failure..

Oliver lived as Duncan for a short, yet fleeting time that could be considered a person's life..

It was bizarre.

I've tried Pilgerette twice in the past, but I didn't see this level of effect..

At that time, I could only feel it indirectly at best. His intense yet pure emotions. But now it was more than that..

Oliver became Duncan himself. He became a man who was betrayed by his pride and devoted his life to revenge..

Is it because of that? Oliver's expressionless face trembled strangely. It was bizarre, as if the mask had come to life..

‘Wake.’

At the moment when he was about to lose his mind in Pilgeret's inexplicable performance, Oliver shouted to himself:.

Considering the being in front of me and the situation I faced, I shouldn't have let go of my consciousness..

Fortunately, Oliver soon came to his senses and was able to see the burned man standing in front of him..

He was waiting for Oliver, who was distracted for a moment by sucking a pill. With pure consideration.

When Oliver comes to his senses, the burned man asks..

[What is excessive??]

[······I don't think it's good to curse someone else's family like that..”

Oliver's words were more animated than usual. It must be Pilgaret's influence..

[It's not a curse. It's a prophecy.]

As soon as Oliver heard those words, he focused his emotions on the end of the quarter staff and exploded with anger..

The vicious explosion that occurred when they were completely attached pushed the burned person back, but that was only enough..

The devil's body, which seemed ready to crumble at any moment, was fine..

It was something I expected, but seeing it in person gave me a special feeling of intimidation..

chuck.

Just as Oliver was trying to extract his emotions with his quarter-staff hand, the Burned One raised a finger..

A gesture that says there is something you want to say. Oliver paused, as he had done before, and soon voices echoed from all directions..

[Why are you blocking me??]

It was a contrasting question. When Oliver asked what to do with Joanna and what to do with the city,.

The devil asked as if he genuinely didn't understand..

[Have you not seen their sins??]

“······I also have my own work. My job now is to assist the paladin..”

[Is that so?]

The devil, who had only said what was necessary, asked back. Maybe that's why I felt something similar to emotion in that voice..

[Let me ask you one more thing... Do you really think you can stop me??]

“hmm······. You have to try.”

Oliver answered briefly but thoughtfully, and immediately extracted his feelings..

A feeling darker than anything else was pulled from Oliver's chest..

The density and color refused to be compared with other emotions, creating an inexplicable ominousness and fear just by looking at it. Like the night sea seen from the middle of the vast ocean.

The amount was so small that the human eye could handle it..

Oliver chanted, scattering that small amount of emotion on the floor..

[Hell Summon)]

Patter. The black emotion that was sprinkled on the floor along with the chanting multiplied as soon as it touched the floor, not only covering the entire ground, but also spreading into the darkness where light could not reach, infinitely expanding its influence..

[Imprison)]

As soon as he took control of the space, Oliver tried to subdue the burned person by manipulating an unidentified, amorphous black substance as he had done before..

When Oliver squeezed his hand, a black substance swirled around the burned man, and ten tentacles spun around to engulf him..

Without allowing even a single gap to escape.

A powerful yet unknown technique that made not only Joanna but also Archive Merlin run away..

However, the burned one was just standing there. As if appreciating.

Black tentacles silently swallowed up the burned man, and as he, the only light, disappeared, the space was filled with complete darkness..

A deep, deep silence has come.

A silence that doesn't tell if you're breathing, if your eyes are open, or if they're closed..

At a time when it seemed like he would be completely consumed by silence if he stayed like this, a light appeared right in front of Oliver..

The person who had been burned re-ignited his burned body, turning the black substance into ashes and revealing the light..

He really didn't look like a devil..

Hell Thurman failed for the first time. Oliver tried to devour the demon again, but this time the demon was faster..

Phew.

He let out a short breath through his cracked mouth, with smoke coming out of it, and a small spark flew out with the breath and exploded in front of Oliver..

━━━━!!

The unrealistic explosion sound represented its power, and Oliver was able to prevent the first damage by building a huge wall of black material in the nick of time..

Then, he wrapped black material around his body to create a black suit and placed a cape on top of it..

It took a lot of material, so I didn't wear it unless I really needed it, but it meant that Oliver felt threatened..

Even though I smoked pilgerette.

As soon as Oliver created the cape, he tried to move it immediately..

It was my first time seeing the devil in person and dealing with it, but I instinctively knew that the moment I stayed still, it would be over..

No, this was also wrong. If the person who was burned in the first place had not allowed it, this would not have been possible now..

I had to move anyway..

Wow.

Just as Oliver was about to move, something grabbed the hem of his clothes. Grip strength that feels small.

Turning his head, Oliver could see the children covered in darkness..

There were all kinds of children, including factory workers, newspaper delivery men, pickpockets, orphans, and beggars, as well as the former red children..

It was obviously fake, but it still felt very real..

[help.]

[cold. I'm hungry.]

[sick. It hurts so much.]

[scary.]

[I miss my mom.]

Very weak grip strength. Oliver paused for a moment, but immediately pulled his cloak, and the children made of darkness lost their cloaks and disappeared into thin air..

[That's too much.]

Voices heard from all directions. Oliver guessed the location of the burned person based on previous experience and immediately swung the quarter staff..

Although he swung with one arm, he was able to create a sonic boom and produce earth-shattering power thanks to the armor he wore on his body..

Even that enormous attack was blocked by a single finger of the devil..

The Burned One blocked Oliver's attack with a normal stance and only one finger. So lightly.

Oliver manipulated the cape wrapped around his body to create a new arm to replace the burned right arm and grabbed the quarter staff with all his might, but he was unable to push it away even a little. Rather, Oliver was pushed back..

Feels like pushing a mountain with my bare body.

The burned man put a little pressure on his finger, and Oliver was pushed by an invisible force and flew backwards..

Witchcraft, black magic, forces of nature. It wasn't any power. It was something more..

Oliver flew far away and was barely able to stop by hitting the quarter staff on the ground..

Oliver tried to resist somehow by moving the black substance again, but the demon grabbed Oliver in the air and compressed the space around him, including Oliver..

Wow!······!

[Shadow Spike)]

Tremendous pressure regardless of whether you have gloves or not. Despite feeling extreme pain in his burned arm, Oliver used dark magic to make a huge pile erupt from beneath the burnt man..

It wasn't just a stake either. It was a huge structure that could hardly be called a pile..

10A mythical punishment device that is large enough to pierce even a giant over a meter tall and has numerous thorns embedded on its surface..

A scale that would not have been usable under normal circumstances. but it was no use.

As soon as the huge stake touched the burned body, it simply turned into ash and crumbled without any intermediate steps..

It just touched my body.

The devil still stood there, and Oliver was caught by an invisible hand..

Even though I had pinned the pilgarettes..

[I thought you would hesitate.]

The devil suddenly spoke. It was difficult to understand what was being said, but the intense pain stimulated my brain and I soon understood..

I meant the kids who grabbed Oliver's cape earlier. It's an illusion brushed with darkness..

[Did you really shake it off because it was an illusion??]

the devil asked back.

[You know it's not just an illusion.]

“······Then what is it?”

Oliver barely asked, enduring the pain that felt like his whole body was going to explode and the burning pain in his right arm..

[That's not something I can tell you. You should know that much yourself... What matters is that you shook it off. For the dirty lowly bitch near me.]

The devil looked at Joanna with his eyes burning like lightning. And then he said to Oliver.

[······I'm very disappointed.]

The Burned One's hands tightened, the gloves on Oliver's body crumbled, and a sound that should not have been heard came from his body..

[I think it came out too early as expected. Or is it that you don't live up to expectations?.]

Wooddd······.

[it's okay. You are noble and interesting, but that's just it. I don't really acknowledge you.]

The devil concluded. Although he couldn't see through his emotions, he seemed to be sincere, and as if to prove it, he completely squeezed his hand around Oliver and tried to twist him away..

mite······.

Just as the Burned One was about to crush Oliver with his full grip, a soft baby cry sounded from beneath him..

A baby emerged from beneath the black substance that covered the floor. One by one, babies emerged one after another, dark red and squishy, ​​as if they were made of mud, and as immature as newborns..

The babies grabbed the devil with their fern-like hands and bit it with their small mouths..

Wajik.

[A life that was never born. I guess you are a noble being..]

Even though the devil was bitten by the baby's teeth, the devil spoke normally..

Meanwhile, numerous other babies came out and bit the devil, and other babies climbed on top of them and grabbed the devil and bit them..

Babies like a swarm of ants surrounded the devil..

[Murder joint venture)]

Oliver chanted as he escaped the grasp of the Burned One..

When Oliver shouted, something in the shape of a human appeared behind him..

Burned man covered in tar?

It looked like the devil I read about in the devil's book..

However, these were not demons.

Although they were summoned by Oliver, he did not know their identities. You can just feel it instinctively. These people were once people, but they were something that was lost..

Oliver ordered those lost beings to unite together..

Obeying Oliver's will, they came together and used their own bones and flesh as material and their sticky blood as glue to create a giant hand holding a knife..

A murderer's knife made up of many murderers. A terrible weapon created by human sin.

The knife, which gave him the urge to rip out his eyes just by looking at it, moved at Oliver's will and tried to stab the burned man surrounded by babies..

Containing all the malice and murderous intent in the world.

deeply!

Surprisingly, the killer's knife pierced the burned man like a baby..

In order not to lose the momentum, Oliver raised a quarter staff and a blood-red dagger with his black cloaked hands, and kicked the ground, closing the distance in one go..

As the distance narrowed, Oliver was able to confirm. A demon whose entire body was chewed up by a baby and whose torso was pierced by a huge knife and still remained intact..

Contrary to his appearance, he didn't even have a cut on the tip of his finger..

This was demonstrated by the sight of the baby and the knife being reduced to ashes in an instant..

[Hate Bullet)]

The Burned One who instantly reduced the attack to ashes. Oliver, who saw that, was not embarrassed and made a gun with his empty left hand and fired a bullet of hatred..

The sound of ten thousand guns firing simultaneously rang out, and invisible bullets created countless holes in the devil's body..

The writhing body of a devil. Did it work just a little bit??

Before Oliver could conclude the question, he launched an onslaught using his cloaked black hand, swinging his quarter staff and blood-red dagger..

I shouldn't have given you even a moment to think..

The quarter staff, wrapped in black material, literally created a typhoon and struck only the devil's vital points, and the blood-red dagger whipped around ceaselessly, as if filling up the blank space, chopping up his body..

The dagger, which was imbued with tens of thousands of diseases, inflicted countless diseases every time it left a wound on the burnt person's body, but all of them were burned away by the remaining fire in his body..

All attacks were meaningless.

widely. widely.

The burned man who was being attacked easily grabbed Oliver's quarterstaff and dagger with only the index fingers and thumbs of both hands..

[All black hands)]

Oliver shouted. Then the cloak that Oliver wore turned into ten thousand hands and grabbed hold of the burned man..

All areas that can be grasped, including ankles, calves, waist, shoulders, wrists, arms, knees, head, and neck..

Like, the hands of a dead man. The dead man's hand greedily devoured and stole the body heat of the object it grasped. Like a ghost wanting warmth.

So bad so bad!

The devil's body, with only the residual fire remaining, faded away, and some of the skin cooled down with a cracking sound..

As the devil's body cooled, darkness came again, but Oliver didn't care..

Soon, the surroundings were immersed in complete darkness, and Oliver focused his black suit made of black material on his face, completely covering it..

A face that has taken on a bizarre shape. My mouth was wide open..

[Out Cry)]