Chapter.9 Star Fall (10)
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Look at that passionate support. It is said that there is no one like him in the world, so how is it that everyone is talking about ‘Crazy Professor Park’?
Honestly, it’s a bit unfair to me.
Would I have wanted to become such an inefficient maniac? I was just struggling to somehow compensate for this crappy glass body characteristic. The problem is that the result has some side effects.
Slurp!
The professor, who was overcome with a feeling of extreme helplessness due to the effects of the end of the berserk, collapsed on the way to the confluence point.
“Oh my! “Be careful!”
“The gentleman who was being carried on his back is very talkative! Let’s take turns! “Because I have no strength in my whole body.”
“Do you know who has the power? “Thanks to so-and-so for burying him alive, this old man, who was in a state of mana exhaustion, struggled desperately!”
“If you had stayed still, I would have gone to pick you up on my own.”
“I want you to stick your head out right in front of the enemy lines and stay in the ground! “How disturbing that is!”
Of course, I didn’t forget to pick up the Ottoman wizard I had buried in the forest on the way out. I did feel a bit sorry when I saw his gray, gray hair sticking to his face, soaked in dirt and sweat. I thought it was the safest thing at the time!
“Keu-cha!”
In the end, all the professor could do now was use his last remaining strength to roll Ottoman and his body into the grass next to the main street.
The professor, whose entire body’s muscles had been torn apart cell by cell due to the berserk, and Otman, whose old body was drooping from mana exhaustion and the fatigue of being buried alive, were lying on their backs in the grass.
“Oh my… it’s Saksin. If it stays like this and they send a tracking party, it will be a big problem…”
“The possibility is… Ugh! It will be low. “I gave you a really scary scare.”
“Scare me? Does Mute feel that too?”
“Eh…what. It seemed like that? “I saw his expression change after splitting his head a few times?”
“You split the head ‘a few times’… I’ve never seen a mute alive even after its head was opened, so I don’t know what you’re talking about. How was the operation?”
The professor, who was groaning in the grass and trying to massage his body a little, lay down again, screaming strangely from the pain of his flesh being crushed.
“Kwaaaah! What is the operation? If the Borca team does well, it will be a success. “There was a lot more interest in me than I expected.”
“Then those friends will come here soon. “This is the fastest road to the hill where the monks of Gwangmyeong Bridge are located.”
“So, let’s lie down here and rest, and when the kids pass by, don’t miss them and ask them to carry us.”
I listened for a moment to check my surroundings, but all I could hear was the strange sound of bugs screeching as if to prove that no one was there.
The start time for the operation was exactly midnight. It seemed like I did a lot, but the actual time I was in Pellas was a little less than two hours. The large moon and stars were still twinkling in the black sky.
As I was resting for a moment, I heard Hyde’s voice in my head.
[But I think you solved it well without my help this time?]
‘That’s true. ‘Why don’t you say it’s a pity that I’m asking you to let me out?’
In the dark ritual space that has now become more familiar than familiar, Hyde waved his black left arm attached to his shadow-like silhouette. He seems to be a little taller than before. When I saw him before, he was like an elementary school student, but now… he’s like a middle school student? Only the silhouette was visible, but the overall outline was mature.
[What should I say? Lately, I’ve been outside and moving around a lot, but… I guess I can say that I feel more relaxed now that I have more parts of my body that I can call my own. My mindset is different from when I just moved a few fingers. Hmm!]
‘Ugh.’
I always get a strange feeling when I talk to Hyde. It’s friendly like family, but… when I think about the relationship between me and that guy, I feel wary and consciously distance myself from it. This time, the reason he solved it on his own without receiving help from Hyde was because of an even stronger sense of crisis. My body almost went down to my shoulders. If you pass it a few more times, your head may soon be completely taken over by Hyde. No, maybe the next one is the head. If it’s the shoulder, it’s just below the neck, right? I may not have much more room than I thought…
[Next will be the bridge, right? I don’t know if it’s the left or the right.]
Uhmmm… What they’re talking about is the ownership of my body that needs to be handed over to the next person.
‘Now that I think about it, I was planning to talk about it sometime.’
[What?]
‘Body. ‘Can I not take that?’
I felt it little by little as I stayed with him, but this time, seeing his actions in a series of events involving Dom, I became more confident. Hyde was more interested in preserving my life than I thought. Not only was it important to save my life, but I was trying to make things as positive as possible for me when I was out.
[Sudden confession? After meeting my new son who stabbed a spear in his father’s face, I realized, wow, my eldest son was a very dutiful son! Did you even think about it?]
‘I’m serious. Honestly, we’ve become quite close, right? ‘It’s been a while since I heard you say something like, ‘Give me your body’ while giggling unluckily.’
[They say we’re close… I can definitely see it that way. He is an intelligent person who can share the most intimate conversations without hiding anything. You feel like a spouse, not a friend? Dad, will you marry me?]
‘Do you want to keep talking back? Let’s just live like this. If you really need it, I’ll give you an extra arm or leg. ‘Can’t we just go outside and move around sometimes and just live in peace like this?’
One of the things I’ve learned from living in the wilderness is that the world is a very shitty place. A place where the law of the world is that if you imagine a happy and an unhappy imagination, the unhappy one will always fit.
In the game, we meet a transcendent being and ask to separate the two of us? If possible, that would be best. Looking at the game in action, it seems like there is more potential than I thought. But it’s just an assumption. If that’s not possible, eventually one of us will have to disappear. Either Hyde is eviscerated using some device in the game or Dom’s old-generation technology, or I have my body taken away and eventually disappear.
I thought it might be best for the two of us to come to an agreement before that happens.
[Useeueueu- Haaa. You’re going deeper than I thought. If you had eyes, you would have cried because you thought of me that much. It’s going to be a long story, so shall we sit down and talk about it?]
Slurp –
Hyde waved his hand, and a table and two chairs slowly appeared in the empty ritual space. Familiar design. When I looked closely, it looked exactly like the one in our shelter.
[Negotiations should be done at the table. There is also a word for negotiation table, right?]
‘So. ‘What’s the answer?’
[…..]
Hyde shook his head as if he was worried and then opened his mouth with difficulty as if he was embarrassed.
[….briefly? Long?]
‘Short.’
[That might be a bit difficult.]
Kwaang!
At that moment, without realizing it, I hit the table with my fist. That might be a bit difficult. Let’s go until one of us dies!
‘So you’re saying I have to take it all? One of them has to die to end! It’s my body in the first place! Don’t you think even a part of it is precious? I think it would be better for you to live with a prosthetic arm or two rather than disappear…!’
[Whoa whoa. I heard that you should know that Koreans are short-tempered. If you’re not going to understand it, why did you choose the short one? You’re going to have to listen to the whole explanation anyway.]
When the cheap table that had been shattered by my punch slithered back to its original state, Hyde placed his left arm on it and said,
[Actually, I’ve been trying to do it since the left hand came into my ownership.]
‘What?’
[body. I didn’t want to accept it.]
‘I didn’t want to accept it…? you?’
[Yeah dude! Do you think I didn’t think the same way as you? In less than a month, a piece of work has already been accomplished! He came over to me, but I thought that if I continued like this, I would have a future where I would live with Professor Park full of resentment in my head! That’s not what I wanted! The problem is yours, you stupid bastard!]
Hyde’s hand grabbed my collar and pulled me close.
[Not me! It’s being handed over from your side! Body!]
Hyde’s words echoed in the conscious space that existed only between him and me.
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‘I… gave it to you?’
[Yes.]
Hyde let go of my collar for a moment and I fell into a chair.
[In the final moments of the old picture, I thought I was going to pass out when I suddenly saw my entire left arm move of its own will. I obviously didn’t want to. With just my left hand, I can write, shake hands with people I meet for the first time, and feel hot and cold, the roughness and softness of metal, earth and wood. There is so much to think about and understand with just my left hand. I really didn’t want your body taken away. But now it has become like this, regardless of my will.]
Hyde scratched his knuckles with his left finger, making a crackling sound, as if he were me.
[After the work at the dome was over, I tried to find the reason. Actually, there were more than one or two strange corners from the beginning, right? My birth My existence. Because nothing was normal. I remembered what you said back then. If you get it wrong once, your guess may be wrong, but if you keep getting it wrong…]
‘What you originally knew was wrong.’
As Hyde continued, I found myself tracing back memories that went back to Hyde.
[GG. What a game. Just by looking at the settings for Aurora skills and other things, you can tell that this is not a game made to just laugh and have fun. The problem is that you’re so obsessed with that that you’ve come to think of GG as something close to reality. Do you know that so far, GG has had almost no direct impact on reality except for the mental aspect?]
‘That’s right…that’s possible. Even though it’s a wasteland right now, without GG’s exchange and community-‘
[That’s what happens between people. GG is just a tool.]
‘My left arm-‘
[It’s a very special case, but it’s a miracle created by my existence and the mutant virus.]
‘Then you are!’
….Tagagagak.
The sound made by Hyde’s fingers echoed in the black space as if filling the silence between the two people.
[Me too. It lives in your head, but it has no substance. Think about it calmly. GG only affects things related to ‘spirit’ in reality. Actually, it’s so obvious, right? It is said that a virtual reality made up of electricity and programs cannot cause physical phenomena. I was just momentarily deluded by the absurd reality.]
As he said, it is an extremely obvious fact. The limitation of Gedreutz’s game is that it is, after all, a game. Although it can influence the player’s memories and mind, it cannot physically create something.
[When I thought that way, the answer came to me. This is what Gedreutz’s game has instilled in people until now. When you think of something that changes people, it immediately comes to mind.]
‘….mental illness?’
Hyde nodded. At that moment, the two were recalling the same memory.
A person who plays as a man-eater and starves to death because he cannot eat anything other than human meat. Instead of being his usual self, he became like himself in the game…
[It’s called multiple personality disorder. You’ve seen it a lot in movies. Split self. Two consciousnesses fighting to take over each other’s bodies. The losing side disappears and the winner takes over. It was such a simple fact, but I forgot it because I was so absorbed in the realism that this game gave me. They gave me a name, even though I was nothing but a mentally ill person, and treated me as if I were a separate entity that had really been born.]
The professor thought that Hyde had a bitter smile on his face that had no facial features.
[That’s how it happened. A battle for dominance between two consciousnesses. The reason you started to fall for me little by little is because you are such a nice guy. Even though you say with your mouth that you absolutely do not want to give it, somewhere deep inside you, there is a strange feeling of debt that you have to pay with your life. Are you that kind of guy? He pretends to be the most experienced and selfish person in the world, but is an asshole who can’t ignore others when it really matters. That’s you, Professor Park. Every time you receive help from me, you are weighing the price on the scales of your own conscience. Help in the game is with one or two fingers. In reality, I saved his life and he gave me a huge arm. Please be kind to the world.]
After saying that, Hyde got up from his chair.
[Actually, I thought there was no need to say it, so I was thinking about it to myself. In the end, knowing doesn’t mean our relationship will change, right? The ownership issue is not something I can solve. However, unless you are caught in some kind of prison and are chained and whipped and transformed into a human being, that strangely distorted altruism will not be corrected. In the end, nothing has changed. Either I can somehow find the absurd ‘absolute master’ of this game and ask for a new body for me to settle in within this game, or I can find the guy who created this and ask him to separate us with his amazing ability to mess with people’s minds. So, what I’m saying is, don’t worry about unnecessary things and play games hard. Wouldn’t it have been better if I had been researching magic or swinging my fist while talking like this? How long do you want to live as this character of a major premature ejaculation? Let’s get away from the powerful and short-lived batteries. If you don’t want to hand it over to me.]
Hyde’s grunting voice seemed to gently embrace the shocked me. okay. Nothing has really changed, so there’s no need to sit there with your mouth open like this.
‘I can’t get used to it because you always say the right things.’
[Someone said something stupid, so we changed roles. Did you like it?]
‘Tsk. ‘I don’t miss a word.’
[That’s what I learned.]
Tap, tap, tap!
thud! Coo!
Between the two grinning people, quiet footsteps and loud footsteps were heard.
‘I guess the kids are here.’
[Get out quickly. Don’t panic.]
Hwaaaak –
The space of consciousness collapsed and the smell of grass and starlight began to fill my eyes.
‘….Shit. Thank you, Hyde.’
[Oh fuck, the chicken meat is growing! Get out of here quickly!]
I was embarrassed before I left, but I couldn’t help but say thank you. Hyde said nothing had changed, but at least to me it wasn’t like that at all.
Just mental illness? Egoschizophrenia? That sounds funny. Is there a split ego in the world that consoles itself by treating it as a mental illness?
Nothing changed, but the fact that he was special remained the same. At least it was special to me.
A kind other consciousness that exists in the consciousness of a person who lacks affection. Is there any cure as great as this?
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Tiring-!
[Information update: Blood armor? Tier 2 (Inclusive Repulsion): Origin spell of Player ‘professor’. A realization of repulsion and acceptance and a ‘deep consciousness of blood? ‘Protection life’ is needed. Converts your own blood into armor. It is canceled when you turn it off directly or when all magical energy is used up. / While casting: Battle fatigue ?70% (relevant area) Impact protection Lv.10 Propulsion Lv.4(+) / Additional effect: Berserker Lv.5 ? Does not get tired easily due to battle. Immune to mental attacks below Lv.5. lose one’s temper The battle does not stop unless something special happens.]
“…Something very complex has appeared.”
“Complicated guy?”
“Hmm… You said the assassination team was busy too, so maybe you didn’t see it? “My magic.”
“Oh, that’s it.”
“It was quite impressive. Of course, it couldn’t be compared to the monster-like appearance he showed next time.”
After finishing his conversation with Hyde, the professor loudly called out to Notum, who was carrying Borka and Aldrich, who were running down the street in the distance. In a welcome greeting, the werewolf smiled, showing his fangs, and proudly held up the supply of chamber maids in one hand. It was a complete success.
“What would you do if you were a monster? In just about 5 minutes, you can become a living corpse like this. “We need to find other means quickly.”
So, while riding on Borka’s back, I decided to learn a little about this new magic called ‘Blood Armor’.
Blood Armor. Perhaps because it was an origin spell I made myself and because I used it quite a bit, more information was revealed than I expected.
‘It is an unreliable system window, so it can be seen that values such as level can change at any time.’
First of all, all the features I wanted were included.
Impact Protection Lv.10
Now my glass cannon has been transformed into an iron cannon, although it is limited. Actually, this alone is a success. This means that the past of being ridiculed as a ‘rocket punch’ because your arm disappears with one punch is over. It’s so good.
Battle Fatigue?
It must have come with 70% impact protection. If you compare swinging an ax in the air and hitting a tree, the latter is much more tiring. There are different stages of muscle pain. It seemed like there was an advantage in terms of stamina because there was no reaction. This is good too.
Driving Force Lv.4(+)
This is truly an unexpected hit. When I swing my fist with Blood Armor on, the reaction equivalent to the impact the enemy received goes up my arm and explodes backwards! And it becomes a spray.
This means that the impact that shattered my arm has now become a driving force and helps me attack. The same goes for defense. If you block, the impact flows through the gauntlet to the other side and boom! And it becomes the strength to push back the attack. There were excellent bonuses on both offense and defense. Looking at the (+), it seems like there is room for it to rise further if I meet the conditions.
Up to this point… I was very happy.
Berserker Lv.5
One of the most famous psychotropic status ailments in this game has occurred.
– Jokass: You have become a court warrior.
– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: Hehehe…. If the student’s combat power is not enough, try this potion… It’s a potion that makes Berserker feel very good and stronger hehehe….
– takealook: Gedroitz Company is involved in a nuclear war. The number one contributor who was sent to the shadows so that he could survive.
Berserker. Berserker. The starting point that caused GG Ver 1.0 to be swept away by the global altitude tsunami.
After using it once, I can clearly see why it has such a reputation.
‘It’s not at the level of losing consciousness or anything. I felt like I was fighting and taking drugs that were supplied in a real battlefield. ‘Will this also have an impact on reality?’
– professor: Speed Wagon? Can you tell me what symptoms people used as evidence in lawsuits related to Berserker potions or buffs?
– Speed Wagon: If you search a little, you can find it. Most people complained of only vague symptoms, such as personality changes and brain damage caused by the use of psychological trauma data drugs. It was the only bulwark that Gedroitz Company could rely on. Because there were no symptoms that could be clearly medically proven.
– professor: Oh! So you’re saying that Berserker just had a big impact and nothing like that?
– Speed Wagon: It’s difficult to give a definite answer because it’s Kebaker. There is a case where a 7-year-old white girl who loved flowers and princess paintings came across GG and sharpened the legs of her beloved Barbie doll, hunted a wild rabbit, and gave it to her mother as a gift. If you look at what you do outside, it might not really have that much of an impact, right? Personally, I think there is no need to worry.
– Speed Wagon: + image / Rabbit Hunter Girl before. jpg / Rabbit Hunter Girl after. jpg/
– Jokass: Look at how fucking bright it is… He’s holding it in the same position as a Barbie doll stuck in a rabbit’s neck…
– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: It’s as full of flavor as fucking sesame oil
– DOOMgay: It’s stuck exactly in the carotid artery. . Great for a young girl.
– Highway Nacho Man: The genre changed from Princess Maker to Doom, so of course I have to sue this one.
– Noru Drug: Would it be okay to go with the sue? I need to grab my shotgun right now, get on my Harley Davidson, and run to the Gedreuts Company headquarters.
Fuck. scary. How can you not be worried after seeing that? A girl who was running through a flower field got tired of it and proudly lifted up a bloodied rabbit.
“The boss looks like he has a lot to worry about, but let’s think about it later.”
“what. “Are you all here?”
“Yes. “I can see it over there.”
The professor turned his head to where Borka’s fingernails were pointing. It was still dark in the early morning, but it was not difficult to see that that was the confluence point.
Because I could see the monk’s shiny bald head pacing in the dark, bathed in moonlight.
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