Chapter 406
Ken Miyamoto (3)
Ken quietly looked down and muttered softly..
“···It's definitely true.”
He looked skinny, as if he was about to suffocate, but no matter how much I looked, he looked just like he did when he was human..
There's no way he wouldn't recognize the face he's lived with his whole life.?
Not only does it still maintain the basic base, but it is also a face that is often used when mimicking a human..
‘Plus, this outfit... is the one I wore when I was a mercenary. It's the same outfit as before falling into the warlock's trap..’
After being so dazed, his mind started to tickle little by little..
And soon, I started getting a headache that went beyond just an itchy feeling to a throbbing level..
A whirlpool of questions swirling in your mind, accompanied by intense pain that feels like a throbbing headache..
He grabbed his head, his expression distorted fiercely..
‘for a moment.’
Then suddenly.
A shiver ran down his spine as a topic suddenly came to mind..
‘···Now that I think about it, what was the unique skill I originally had??’
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn't remember..
What was even more strange was that I didn't even harbor any doubts about him in the first place..
He unintentionally became a settler and lost all his abilities as an awakened person..
Everything connected to the system, including status and skills,.
But isn't it clearly unnatural that he didn't think of everything related to it and didn't even feel strange??
‘Who am I...?’
I felt dizzy due to confusion about my identity..
Ken took a deep breath and quietly looked at his other self, who was lying as if dead..
Although his skin and bones were old, his age still seemed to have stayed the same for twenty years..
Gulp—
He swallowed dry saliva and slowly stretched out his hand as if possessed by something..
It was an instinctive action without me knowing..
And finally, the moment his hand touches the other person's forehead.
“······!”
His body convulsed as if struck by lightning..
As if he had been waiting for just now, memories he had forgotten—and distorted—began to burrow into his head..
“Ugh! Ugh!”
dump!
He staggered back and fell to the floor, breathing heavily..
How long has it been since I closed my eyes and caught my breath like that?.
After roughly sorting out the jumbled memories, he slowly opened his eyes and looked around..
From the majestic white temple to the golden scriptures engraved here and there..
I felt a strange sense of déjà vu, as if I had already been there once..
Yeah, it wasn't his first time here today..
“···I see. Was that how it happened?.”
Ken Miyamoto’s unique skill is “Thought Transfer”」.
It was an ability that could be used for purposes such as telepathy, which conveys one's thoughts, or, conversely, psychometry, which reads the remaining thoughts of a target.···.
He wanted more combat skills to survive as a mercenary, so he developed them a little differently..
They created and used 'ego weapons' by giving their own thoughts to the magic tools they possessed and sharing them with the main body with their own will..
Magic tools imprinted with simple defensive magic became treasures that arbitrarily protected their owners, and items prepared for attack and healing were no exception..
The Ego Sword, which freely moves along unexpected paths and slaughters enemies, and the potion supply device, which injects various potions into the body in a timely manner depending on the situation, etc..
Thanks to this, Ken, a mercenary of extreme righteousness, was able to reach a level where the magic tools he wore on his body would move and respond on their own even if he lost his mind after receiving great damage..
‘and i···.’
Ken looked down at his hands and clenched his fists tightly..
‘Is this a doll with Ken Miyamoto's ego implanted in it?···?’
That's it.
It was the true identity of Ken, a devil of the Count level in the Demon World..
***
The deepest part of the temple is deeper than the place where Ken is in agony after facing the shocking truth..
Something that had been sleeping for a long time stirred violently..
Now it was a 'thing' that was in ruins and couldn't do anything on its own, but now the situation was different from before..
at las···.
The key that will free you has finally appeared.!
The little thread of self-consciousness that had weathered away began to awaken little by little by external stimulation..
It immediately stimulated instinct and induced movement..
If you miss this opportunity, you will never get another chance in the future..
There was no time to hesitate anymore as what I had probably done had become a reality..
Rumbling—
The shallow vibrations that had been echoing from the depths of the temple began to slowly rise upward..
The only things that moved that existence were a few thoughts that now remain as fragments..
Taking revenge on the people who lied to you and made you like this..
To regain lost strength and to become one's whole self again..
That greater power is needed to cut down the sky, etc..
In order to achieve them, it was important to continue to climb higher and obtain the key..
To complete myself, who has become extremely unstable..
To fill in the gaps and be reborn as a more complete person..
[————!]
The figure trapped in the black nest roared loudly..
***
Ken was neither an Earthling nor an awakened person..
I'm just a being who has received those memories intact..
He himself was the rag doll who clumsily filled in various omissions of information that occurred during the delivery process..
‘Did you pull all of your ego together and make a final gamble?.’
It didn't take long for Ken Miyamoto, who was forcibly transported to the Demon World, to accept the fact that he couldn't escape this place..
In this worst environment, he was just a weakling who could not guarantee victory even if he fought a baron-level demon..
So, in order to avoid a crisis, he gathered his thoughts together and threw them elsewhere in order to find a solution from outside and solve the problem..
‘Of course, at the time, I would have never dreamed that twenty years would pass by..’
In fact, the attempt itself was a gamble even for Ken, so the distortion of missing memories was unpredictable..
I came to the 'Dark Nest' on my own, following some kind of attraction, but due to strict security, I was unable to find this place and that's why I was only able to spend my time wandering around..
“Phew, it means nothing now..”
Ken looked down at his body with a confused expression..
It would be a lie if I said I wasn't shocked at all, but it wasn't to the point where I struggled with my identity..
This is probably because the body that has already become a complete demon is also affecting the way of thinking..
‘It looks like it's already too late to save him..’
I knew that right away when I saw it..
Right now, he's barely breathing due to some kind of consciousness, but in fact, he's no different from a dead body..
The spirit body remains like burnt ashes, and the unique skills that were arranged in advance show no sign of being activated..
The fact that aging did not come was simply an aftereffect of an evil ritual, and the body had already become a real settler a long time ago..
It was only natural that he had been in Outerica for almost thirty years..
As he slowly turned his head, the people who had turned into corpses on the small altar came into his sight..
They must also be people from Earth who were in the same situation as Ken..
An uneasy feeling came over me as I thought that the main body would soon become like them..
‘The condition of those still alive is generally similar. What a terrible tactic. What on earth were you trying to do??’
The moment Ken was lost in thought.
“Kahahaha!”
“Kahang! Kahang!”
A three-headed dog the size of a large dog walked lightly into the space where he was, accompanied by a bizarre howling sound..
Even though it has the face of a dog, it has an expression full of deep satiety and satisfaction that can be felt at a glance..
“Davidson? How so fast?”
Ken, with wide eyes, looked him around..
The fact that he followed me this far means that Sodian has been dealt with..
A type of wizard who has set up a workshop in his own residence—and to kill a marquis-level demon so quickly..
Looking at it, it didn't seem like there was much damage..
‘No, did I waste more time here than I thought??’
But even so, it was still great.
Even if you're a marquis, if you fight an opponent with those conditions, you won't have enough time to make a final decision even if you fight all day..
‘Maybe this guy inherited the power by eating the essence of that duke..’
While Ken was secretly admiring.
Davidson, who had followed his scent all the way here, was diligently moving his three heads and looking around..
Golden letters engraved all over the place, dozens of offerings on a small altar, and even one of them... a man with a face that looked just like Ken..
“Kaheung?”
Davidson's eyes narrowed as he looked at the two people back and forth several times..
At the same time, a strange majesty began to emanate from that small body..
Is it because the ranking has already been clearly established??
He didn't say a word, but for some reason Ken seemed to know what he wanted..
“Hmm... It's hard to explain this in words. I also found out this time, but it seems like this was my real body. The main body had the ability to transfer consciousness to another place, but now I am···.”
His words, which he continued to speak as if he were making excuses, as if he were reporting the past events to his boss, suddenly stopped..
And I just gaped and couldn't open my mouth..
Me now... and then···?
‘Why didn't I remember it until now??’
I figured out why things happened like this..
The problem is then.
Where on earth did this body come from, containing the consciousness of the “thought transference” used by Ken Miyamoto??
‘Same as before. It's as important as the truth about this, and I didn't even suspect it until I told you about it..’
Unprecedented power felt in the palm of your hand.
The magical power of an earl-class demon who had reached the state of transcendence boiled up like an active volcano deep within his body..
The body he now occupies was no ordinary body..
Just by simple calculation, he was a strongman in the double digits of the entire demon world..
And above all···.
‘···I've had this power since my first memories as a demon..’
It makes no sense that the body of a demon with such power was stolen by a "thought transfer" that was thrown away as if gambling..
Rather, it was normal for this side to be torn apart as soon as it came into contact with the other person's mind..
‘That only means that this enormous body was left without an owner..’
Because of the perfect timing when he tried to gamble,.
Coincidentally, the synchronization rate is so high that there is no particular sense of incongruity with the main body..
A body that is capable of ignoring even its lack of enlightenment and bringing it to a state of perfection..
He accepted Ken's thoughts, which had been drifting as if he had been waiting.?
There's no way something like that could happen···?
Rumbling—
At that time, his sensitive senses felt a slight vibration shaking the entire temple..
Earthquakes that get stronger as time goes by.
Soon he could tell it was because of something coming from below..
“Could it be that Sodian wasn't the only one protecting this place? Davidson! Can you still fight...? Pfft!”
Ken quickly turned his head and looked at Davidson..
But he couldn't finish speaking.
Bye bye—
One of the heads that was looking at him with meaningful eyes suddenly bit off his hand..
“Ugh! What are you doing all of a sudden?!”
Ken, frowning as he felt his energy being drained away, shouted harshly..
The wound itself was not a big problem as it could regenerate quickly, but since I was attacked without warning by someone I thought was an ally, I couldn't just ignore it..
But his anger didn't last long.
“Ah, as expected.”
Because of a sudden loud voice.
“···Who are you?!”
Ken raised his guard and quickly looked around..
The only people here are myself, Davidson, and the barely breathing sacrifices..
Even so, my nerves were on edge as unexpected situations occurred one after another, but when I heard an unidentified voice without any sign, I had no choice but to react sensitively..
“Boom! Where is he looking??”
“Kahaha! I thought from the beginning, he seems kind of stupid.!”
“Too bad. It would be better if it had three heads like us..”
However, Ken's expression darkened at the voice he heard next..
Unlike before, when you were quiet, didn't you really listen clearly this time?.
He was wary of his surroundings and looked down with blank eyes..
There, a three-headed dog with a grumpy expression was looking up at him blankly..
“you could talk···.”
“Okay, that's okay..”
The humiliation of the past flashed through Ken's mind at that indifferent answer..
The days when I had to sleep on the floor after my bed was taken away from me by a dog in a battle for rank, and the moments when I had to make a sad noise to get meat, etc..
There was so much he wanted to say, but he swallowed it hard and quietly closed his eyes..
Because he also had a good sense of time and place..
“Anyway, that body doesn't belong to you right now, right? That's right?”
“···That's true, but.”
Ignoring the man who was still frowning as if he was still dissatisfied, Davidson snooped around and nodded..
The prayers engraved everywhere had already been completely erased from this world, so it was normal for them to be 'impossible to exist', but it was a matter of little concern to him who was from another world and possessed a "xenoglossy"..
“Boom! I guess this···.”
One of the heads that had been scanning the surroundings for a while twitched its nose and took a bite..
“I think what is coming now is the original owner of that body.?”
“what?”
“Kahaha! This is special! The taste was definitely that of a count. The smell that is getting closer now is not that bad.?”
His sensor, which boasts a sense of smell as good as Diana's, was responding loudly to something he ate once..
It is said that a being worse than the marquis-level demon Sodian and the duke-level demon Karakul that ate before coming here is approaching this place..
“Well, I was wondering where I had gone, but I ended up stuck in a place like this.?”
“What are you talking about... no, wait. no way?”
Kugoogung! Kwaaang—!
The increasingly strong tremors finally reached the nearest point..
A black figure began to appear from far away and began to approach quickly..
“Boom! But this is a bit difficult, isn't it? Even though I smelled it, I did it just in case..”
“···Ugh, I don’t have any strength when I do this..”
But there's just one problem.
““There's no meat!””
That being was Davidson's natural enemy, a spirit body without any flesh... no, it was a being whose entire body was made of a curse..
[————!]
An empty cry swept through all directions..
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