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Genius Warlock-Episode 592

592. A monster that swallows everything (7)

Crash······!

Silence fell on Neverland, which had become a dark room at Oliver's words..

All you hear is the sound of shadows burning.

The silence was rarely broken until the hole in the sky pierced by the human meat cook who transformed into a blood dragon was filled..

“······.”

“······.”

Oliver and Pan looked at each other and closed their mouths..

Meanwhile, the hole in the sky gradually filled up, and eventually Neverland became a completely closed space again..

“You really want to talk to me······?”

Only then did the fan break the silence..

“yes. fan.”

“I guess I wanted to fake a conversation earlier.?”

“······.”

“ah······! Is it because of Wendy? It would be difficult for Wendy to hear this.?”

Pan scratched Oliver gently. It is an expression of anger at having broken through the siege of Neverland.,

Oliver didn't react that way..

This kind of provocation wasn't important to Oliver..

“No, I just added the word real as I was saying it..”

Oliver didn't say anything more. Like it really is.

I couldn't tell if it was true or a lie, but fans didn't hold back anymore..

“······Well, okay. What does it matter...? Okay, let's talk about giving it a try. What do you want to say? What do you want to talk about? Honestly, I'm curious. We're not meant to talk?”

That was correct.

The sewers of Laville, the abandoned mines of the New World, the party hall of Gallos, and even Neverland..

I met fans a total of four times, but none of them were friendly..

Nevertheless, Oliver said something that went beyond common sense..

“Are you willing to make peace with me??”

crackling······!

The sound of burning firewood rang again..

Proof that it's hard to believe even as a crazy fan..

the fan asked.

“······I'm serious.?”

“yes.”

“crazy······. It's true?”

The fan was quietly shocked..

Because I read the slightest sincerity and will in Oliver's seemingly empty heart..

Oliver was speaking sincerely now. He said he was willing to reconcile with the fan. And that also shows a lot of will..

It was so absurd that fans burst out laughing..

“Kick! Kick! Kick! ······Are you really crazy? or not-”

The fan quickly wiped his smile and looked with a straight face..

“-I look funny?”

With the subtle wrinkles on the child's face and the extreme shading added, the fan created an atmosphere that would make most people cringe..

Even if it looks like a child, fingers are still fingers..

However, Oliver was not at all agitated..

There was something more important to Oliver than fighting with his fans..

However, perhaps because of that, Oliver's mask-like face changed slightly..

A dry face that showed no emotions showed some kind of will..

I can't pinpoint it, but I could feel it..

“I don't look down on fans... I just sincerely want to reconcile..”

Instead of being sarcastic, the fan asked a question.

“······Why? You probably want to tear me to death. Right? They kidnapped your precious friend? ······ah! By any chance, Wendy wasn't actually that important to you? If she knew it would be like this-”

“-That's right, a precious friend. And it is true that I want to take revenge on the fan..”

Sincerity.

“I want to grab its hair and break it, I want to smash its head with a quarter staff, I want to stomp it with my foot and make it explode like a tomato, I want to pull out its limbs one by one and make it crawl on the ground, I want to rip out its intestines alive, I want to explode its eyeballs, and its skin. I want to strip you, I want to burn you alive, I want to make you cry with all my heart..”

Oliver spoke one by one, recalling what he had done to Sleeping Beauty in the dense forest..

I tried everything except making her cry at the end. that······.

“you are serious?”

“To my shame.”

“But why don't you do that??”

Instead of answering right away, Oliver touched the quarter staff in his left hand..

Cant's gift to Oliver.

“that······. It's so addictive.”

“what?”

“They said it was addictive. Because I'm so happy.”

“What's the problem with that? If it's fun, you should keep doing it.!”

the fan asked.

It made some sense..

What's wrong with acting with strength? Especially in this era.

Oliver also couldn't answer right away, as if he didn't have a clear answer to this, and sat down and scratched his head..

Why? Why shouldn't we do it? Because it’s morally wrong? Because it doesn’t fit social norms? Is it just because it doesn’t look good? kinda like that?

Nothing was wrong, but Oliver couldn't say it out loud..

I feel like it's lacking little by little.

So Oliver gave another reason that made the most sense to him..

Because conversation must be sincere..

“······This is so that I can remain as myself..”

It was like that..

That was the reason why Oliver resisted the terrible desire to kill Pan right away..

Oliver. That is, to remain oneself..

cant like yourself.

‘······I like your unique personality..’

What Marie thinks of herself.

‘······Because Dave saved us..’

The self in Joe's heart.

‘You are my... No, because he's our hero..’

Jane's friend.

‘······yes! I want to be friends!!’

Himself working with Forrest.

‘Absolutely not. How many times in my life have I had the opportunity to work with a friend like you?.’

The one whom Joanna believed in.

‘Well then, I will believe it. No matter what happens, I will believe in you, support you, and help you..’

Oliver thinks he is who he is.

‘I'm just being me..’

Oliver tried to use these words as a compass in the grim situation before him..

I wanted to use it as a support to withstand the constant fear..

I wanted to use it as a pillar to endure the reality that I wanted to ignore and deny..

That's why Oliver wanted to stop taking emotional revenge. To remain just myself.

The fan who heard Oliver's determination suddenly burst into laughter..

“······Kick, kick, kick... Kihihihihi!! Hahahahahahaha!!!”

A laugh that is more absurd than really happy..

For several minutes, the sound of fans laughing echoed everywhere, and Oliver watched quietly..

This too was a conversation.

-pop.

Inside Neverland, which is completely closed off. The fan's laughter cut off like a knife..

opened their mouths at the same time.

“Also, it's not right. It's not right. I should be the prince······.”

Pan looked similar to when he attacked the Burned One in the New World..

Oliver looked at the fan in silence..

“······No, right? I'm better suited than you, the guy you don't want, right? I, who long for it, am worthy of a special being, right? That's fair?!”

The fan's voice gradually grew louder, and his emotions glowed like greed and obsession..

Oliver asked. He seems really curious.

“Why are you so obsessed with being special? Aren't you special enough already??”

There was nothing noticeable about the volume or intonation of his voice, but Oliver's question calmed the surrounding air like pouring water on a fire..

“······what?”

“I heard a little bit about you from Miss Jane on the way..”

“······.”

“It seems like you had a very hard time. She takes care of her widowed mother... I'm not sure because her ex's mother isn't there..”

“······What do you want to say??”

Oliver patted the quarter staff..

Cant's gift to Oliver.

“······In my eyes, I am telling you that you are already great enough. He took care of his sick mother alone, cleaned her chimney diligently, did not give up despite her illness, and used black magic on his own..”

Oliver briefly mentioned the fan's diary that Jane had been reading..

The fan was able to hear about the hardships he endured under his mother, who claimed she was royal, and how much he was bullied by his peers because of her mother..

Then, while he was in despair after contracting cancer, an occupational disease among chimney sweeps, he suddenly became able to use black magic..

I didn't know the detailed process, but······.

“······Isn’t that special enough??”

Oliver said based on Jane's guess..

The reason the fan wanted something special was probably due to his obsession with his mother and his own miserable past..

Just as the human meat cook was distressed by the fact that he had done something similar to the parents who abandoned him, and did his best to relieve his guilt by helping his sister..

It was a very possible story..

Among the black magic series, creative black magic was the black magic that best reflected the psychology of the magician..

If there was such a diary in Neverland, which could be said to be the essence of such creative black magic, it would be safe to say that it was a secret deep in the heart of the fan..

“······But do you really need to be obsessed with eschatology??”

“······Things like eschatology?”

“Yes, I'm saying this because you already have great fans..”

Oliver spoke once again, recalling the past history of the fan and the meat cook he had heard from Jane..

Although the human meat cook is a man-eater who eats people, he rose to the status of a finger over hundreds of years due to his love for his younger brother..

Fan also rose to the status of a finger, although it was because of his mother's words that bordered on brainwashing..

Regardless of good or evil, it was great.

Although I committed terrible things in the process... Oliver tried not to think about it as much as possible. He is not qualified to judge whether he is right or wrong..

Therefore, Oliver tried to go as rationally as possible to suit his own purposes..

A fan who caught a glimpse of Oliver's emotions reacted to this.

“you are serious?”

“yes······. So, how about reconciliation and a peaceful solution at this point??”

Oliver spoke with all his heart..

The sea monster was being fought by Merlin, and Merlin was going to win, so if it ends well with the fans, maybe... Very maybe... Oliver might have deviated from the trend he was worried about..

Of course there are other plans, but this was the best plan..

For Oliver, there are more important things to do than defeating Pan..

It was selfish, but I couldn't help it. Because I was that scared.

Then, a fan suddenly asked a question..

“Thank you for the nice words... But suddenly I'm curious. Have you yelled at me a few times in your life??”

“yes?”

“How many times have you shouted in your life??”

shout. loud crying or shouting.

Oliver thought about the dictionary meaning, but Pan added additional explanation as if that was not the case..

“That's not what I'm asking... I asked him if he had ever yelled out of anger or injustice. Or because life is difficult... How many times have I shouted?”

Oliver thought deeply about having a meaningful conversation..

Life is resentful, unfair, and difficult... When I thought about it, it seemed like there was a bit of it..

The orphanage and the mine were full of hardship and absurdity..

However, I don't know if I ever shouted that much.?

Pan said, as if piercing Oliver's heart. No, he spoke as if he already knew the answer before that..

“Looks like it doesn't exist?”

“······There was a time when I screamed because I was in pain..”

Oliver said, barely finding one..

When I returned from the New World and sparred with Merlin, I screamed loudly only once..

When my right arm was chained, I felt such intense pain..

However, as if it wasn't a satisfactory answer, the fan shook his head..

“What I said was yelling, not screaming..”

“Would there be a difference??”

“Exactly, that's the point. What I hate about you.”

The fan pointed at Oliver with jealousy and hatred..

“Everything you do makes it seem like you're different..”

“I don't intend to.”

“That's why I hate you even more. The fact that there's no intention means it's real... You, the one who runs away like a coward, have that kind of status... Being chosen... That's not fair······?!”

Despite Oliver's efforts. I touched the small wound on the tip of his finger, anticipating where this conversation would go. A few drops of blood appeared on Oliver's fingertips..

I really wanted to reconcile if possible. I wanted to go with Merlin defeating the sea monster and Oliver making up with them..

However, it didn't go as planned.

“But I'm not a coward. I will become a prince even if I have to twist the shape of the apocalypse!!”

“······.”

A fan's words that seem to make your brain light up.

Oliver thought deeply about that part without even realizing it. He twists the shape of the apocalypse and becomes a prince. It was a story worth thinking deeply about..

But the fans didn't give that a chance..

A shadow burning with fans' cries exercised control over Neverland, which closed like a flower bud..

Numerous creatures emerged from under the ground, and numerous capture and torture devices, such as hooks and chains, appeared in the air..

These are the things used when trying to capture the burned one..

Numerous monsters and pieces of metal flew towards Oliver at once..

The terrible creatures that surrounded from all directions each made bizarre cries and clanking sounds..

When Oliver saw that scene, he felt sorry that his plan had gone awry and at the same time felt an unfair temptation. Twist the apocalypse······.

Oliver pondered that part and activated the spell he was preparing..

[Burning fire)]

A complex technique that mixes emotions and magic..

In addition, this time I added a drop of blood from my fingertip..

Perhaps because of this, the fist-sized firewood quickly spread in all directions, using Neverland as firewood..

Teeth made of black flame dug into the north, south, east and west, above and below, turning everything into ashes, and tongues of black flame licked in all directions, moving the flames..

The flame monster constantly grew in size, swallowing countless creatures and torture devices and using them as food.,

With that nourishment, Tamhwa grew in size again and filled the closed Neverland..

A win-or-lose situation.

But the fan was smiling.

I think I expected this much.

I was soon able to see the basis for that confidence..

“shadow!!”

At the fan's shout, a shadow whose entire body was burning like firewood, a shadow reminiscent of a person who had been burned, moved..

Phew······.

As the shadow opened its mouth and exhaled, the tamhwa that had been attacking all around split apart and avoided the fan. That wasn't all.

Just!

When Pan's shadow snapped his fingers, a small spark of red and orange appeared, and it covered the surrounding area using firewood..

flame eating flame.

The colors of the flames that filled the surrounding area changed, and the fan burst out laughing like crazy at the sight..

“KICK KICK KICK KICK KICK!!! Do you think I wasn't even prepared for this??!!”

Oliver engulfed in flames that ate Tamhwa.

Seeing Oliver like that, the fan walked forward, probably intoxicated with a sense of victory..

“I will roast you like this and absorb you into Neverland.······.”

The fan took a step forward. I passed the burned shadow.

“······Use it as my nourishment······.”

Pan stood in front of the shadow, and the shadow that was commanding the flames placed his hands on Pan's shoulders..

“······what-”

I opened my mouth and swallowed the fan..

[······My, I come, prince······.]

***

A fan who is swallowed headfirst without being able to scream even once.

Pan struggled as his head was swallowed by his shadow, but the shadow didn't care, muttering that he was a prince, picked up Pan's body, and started swallowing him whole like a snake..

The fan's body slowly entered the shadow in that order: head, neck, shoulders, arms, chest, waist, and legs..

Surrounded by flames, Oliver watched clearly despite the intense heat..

But what surprised me was that it wasn't like that..

Clearly, the shadow of Pan that I first saw was a creature so subordinate to Pan that it could not rebel even once until it disappeared, but that was because Pan's power overwhelmed the creature..

However, Pan's shadow with the blessing of the Burned One is not the case..

That's because, thanks to the blessings of the Burned One, his strength and self-consciousness had grown abnormally..

Above all, the characteristics of the shadow, which can be said to be the alter ego of the magician,.

It wasn't surprising that the fan's shadow was eating the fan..

It was the same way that Jane was first surrounded by her own shadow and manipulated like a puppet..

That's why Oliver suppressed his own fluctuating shadow..

[······Me, I am... wow, the prince······.]

The shadow that swallowed up Pan's feet manipulates Neverland like an oven..

The flames inside grew even louder, turning the inside into an inferno..

I plan to burn Oliver like this and swallow him whole along with Neverland..

It became increasingly difficult for Oliver, who had fire resistance, to withstand the ever-increasing firepower.,

Additionally, as soon as it was extracted from the body, whether it was magic power or emotions, it was immediately destroyed by the overwhelming firepower..

At first glance, it seems like there is no way out of it..

At that time, Oliver slightly tore off the bandage on his right index finger..

Squeak······!

With Merlin's help, part of the bandage was torn, revealing an index finger that looked like a burnt twig..

Thinking it was the next best thing, Oliver placed his index finger, which had torn off the bandage, onto the burning earth.,

Pak.

A pure white flame that would bleach the world exploded and immediately burned down the surrounding flames and Neverland..