— Volume 12, Chapter 13
288. The former parasite. The giant king’s body (3)
“Kiyi!”
A centipede emerges from between the flesh and howls. Then the heart starts beating.
pounding. pounding.
A violent beat makes the slime quiver. Blood, which had been pouring out little by little, starts pouring like a waterfall in line with the beating heart.
The flowing blood soaks the feet and fills the area.
And blood comes out.
“Keiy.”
The centipede cries. What was contained there was a clear hostility to kill Taesan.
“It’s easy to understand.”
die or die I only had to do one of the two. There was no need to talk about anything.
The raised blood floats up in the air and takes the shape of a sphere.
And the blood is pouring towards the mountain
. It becomes a sharp thorn and tries to pierce the whole body.
Taesan raises his sword.
Kagagak!
It cuts off bloody thorns, blocks them, and bounces them off. The blood is broken and sheds in all directions.
However, before the spilled blood reaches the floor, he gets up and rushes at Tae-san again. Tae-san punches at the waves of blood rushing in to bind Tae-san tightly.
Wow!
A wind blows.
And the bloody water splits even before the wind hits it.
Dodging Taesan’s attack and running towards him. Taesan widens the distance.
Blood that moves as if it has an ego.
[You activated Grasping the Essence.]
[The blood of the deceased Giant King. A state in which the heart-eating centipede controls it with its own will.]
‘It’s tricky.’
The power of the centipede itself was not that great. Now that Taishan has surpassed the base level,
he was able to win without difficulty.
However, the movement of the blood was tricky. There was no sign of strength. It is next to impossible to read the movement in advance.
In a way, it was natural. That was the power of a dead being. There is no change and no movement.
Since the centipede was forcibly moving it, the trajectory could not be read and the expression of power could not be grasped.
“Kei.”
Centipede bursts into a small cry.
In an instant, Taesan read a single will from the centipede.
Taesan immediately kicked his feet. I widened the distance from the blood that encroached on the floor.
Let’s go!
And at the same time as Taesan kicked his feet, the blood on the floor rose violently.
If it hadn’t been moved beforehand, it would have been a skewer. Taesan spread his wings and looked down at the bloody water from the sky.
There was no sign of the movement of the blood
. It was almost impossible to know in advance.
However, Taesan read it in advance and evaded it.
‘Concept skill.’
The ruined world of Hafran. A skill that reads and adjusts the will obtained there.
Perhaps because of the fact that blood and water are manipulated with will, the centipede in front of him felt that will stronger than any enemy Taesan had ever seen.
And Taesan’s concept skill became 60% after defeating the queen ant
.
Now Taesan can project his will into the world.
“Kiyi!”
The centipede cries. The blood flowed out more violently. Filling the surface of the water, it becomes a whirlpool and tries to swallow Taesan.
Taesan stretches out his hand.
“stop.”
Then the bloody water exploded.
Blood from the explosion drips onto Taesan’s face.
It was a very dangerous situation. The centipede could manipulate the blood in some way. It was possible to inflict damage by sharpening the blood in the area where it touched Taesan.
“Kiyi!”
And the centipede did not miss the opportunity. He expressed his will to control
the blood that touched Taesan .
But nothing happened.
“Kei? Kii?”
Centipede was perplexed. Taesan murmured.
“I can’t handle it the way I want yet.”
Taesan raised his will as he looked at the blood spilled on the ground.
Then blood began to rise in response to Taesan’s will.
Taesan stamped his feet. The water of blood
shot me sharply towards the centipede.
“Kei!”
The centipede cries. Wills collide and flying blood bursts out.
The ghost realized. What is Taesan doing now?
[…Are you manipulating the blood?]
It wasn’t even using mana or magic. It wasn’t even a matter of physical force.
Taesan was manipulating the blood with pure will.
“Kiiiii…
Centipede couldn’t understand.
He had been here since the beginning of his consciousness. There have been times when consciousness has been cut off, but it has always lived its entire life buried in lumps of flesh.
Whenever he was hungry, he ate the flesh of his heart and drank the blood. Over an incalculable amount of time, the giant king’s remains gradually became part of the centipede.
At the end, the centipede was able to control the giant king’s blood.
The centipede used this power
to make many of the people who visited this place part of itself. None of them could resist the centipede’s power.
At some point, no one came to visit, but the centipede did not have the intelligence to understand it.
As time passed, the centipede came to think of itself as absolute. While this place was full of blood, he was invincible.
But now that invincibility has been broken.
“Kiyi!”
The centipede bursts into a fit of will. At the same time, Taesan
looks at the bloody water under his feet.
It was dripping with blood and swaying as if it were about to wake up, then it became quiet.
The centipede, which tried to pierce the mountain by raising blood under its feet, was even more incomprehensible.
The blood, which always moved according to its own will, did not move. It felt like someone was interfering.
[That’s for sure,]
the ghost muttered in an admiring voice.
[Attunement of the will…
Is it actually an embodiment? Move things with willpower alone?]
“It’s not that grandiose. I can’t do anything great. But… that should be enough for now.”
The will moves.
Blood swells. The centipede cries out like a fit. It collides with the will of the centipede, and blood pours out in all directions.
Taesan rushed at the centipede.
The centipede tried to fight, but the centipede’s strength was only in the blood. Although his own strength is not weak,
he has never reached the level of overcoming Mount Tai.
Kwajik.
“Kiyi!”
Taishan’s sword pierced deep into his heart. The centipede with a sword stuck in the middle of its body howled.
Taesan put his hand deep into his heart.
A wriggling sensation touched his hand. Taesan tightened his hand. The long body of the centipede gradually protruded out of the heart with a pu-deuk sound.
“Kiyi!”
Taesan hit the centipede. Blood spattered wildly on the floor.
Trampling wriggling on the floor, he drove the sword in and cut it long.
The centipede screamed a few more times. They moved their countless legs to run away, and tried to gnaw Taesan with their jaws.
Taesan quietly trampled on all resistance.
“Kiiiii…
Before long, the centipede was limp.
[You won against the heart-eating centipede.]
[Your spirit level has been activated. Permanently increased physical strength by 1021, strength by 150, and intelligence by 300.]
[Your spirit level has been raised.
???’s mastery has risen by 2%.]
[Subquest completed.]
[Payment begins…]
the ghost asked.
[How exactly did you do it?]
“Wait a minute.”
Taesan looked at the blood and
focused his mind. Then blood began to rise.
shudder.
The blood flowed here and there around Mount Tai.
Taesan closed her eyes. The rushing blood dripped down the river.
“Is it like this?”
[Huh.]
The ghost exclaimed.
It handles things with will and influences reality. Taishan
was showing off
the power of transcendentalists .
However, Taesan calmly grasped it.
“It’s not that great.”
The reason she was able to subdue the will of the queen ant was because the difference in strength between her and the queen ant was so great. In addition, it was easy to influence the worker ants because there was no ego at all.
And the centipede was not much different either.
The blood that the centipede handled was not the centipede’s strength. It was handled in a way that interfered with the
already existing power of the giant king.
In other words, it was a matter of who intervened in power without an owner and in what way.
That’s why it was easily broken by Taesan’s will. It could not interfere with those who dealt with normal powers. It was very far from the power of the transcendentalists.
[Even considering that, it seems like a ridiculous power…]
But the ghost was still surprising. In other words , it meant that
he could exercise near-absolute influence on power without an owner .
“I need to check the details. I need to go see Halfran.”
Taesan murmured. At the same time, the system window appeared.
[Payment completed.]
[You got the 63rd floor clear reward [Ma Gubania’s Red Shoes].] [
You got the 63rd floor secret room reward [Dark Dark Magic Orb].]
[You got the 63rd floor clear reward [uh??].]
[Your level has risen.]
[Your level has risen.] [Your level has risen
.]
[Arrogance’s interference area has decreased. It’s all.]
[Arrogance invites you to its territory.]
Taesan nodded.
“I agree.”
coo!
Then the world changed. Everything was distorted and Taesan’s body began to move into the realm of the gods.
And the place where Taesan arrived was in front of the huge gate.
A door that seems impossible to even open, bigger than any mountain. Only one black door was visible in the dark space.
[Are you interested?]
A voice rang from behind Taesan’s back. It was a light voice that wasn’t serious or heavy.
[Now you don’t have the right to open that door. That’s a fairly later story. If you still want to open it, I won’t stop you, but would you like to open it?]
“No.”
Taesan shook his head and turned around.
There was a man with black hair.
There was a grin on his face. The young man, dressed like an adventurer, opened his mouth.
[Nice to meet you.]
“Meet the Great God.”
Taesan knelt down. Oman waved his hand.
[You don’t have to. Be comfortable
.]
Saying that, Oman snapped his fingers. Two wooden chairs came into being.
[Sit down.]
Oh Man said as he sat down on the chair. Taesan followed his words.
[It’s been a while, too?]
[…Meet the great one.]
The silent ghost hesitated and said. Oh Man looked at the ghost for a while and muttered.
[I feel sorry for you. I thought you could
reach the end someday .]
[Thank you for your words.]
The ghost said bitterly. he has already failed And it was no consolation for him to know that even if he had reached the end, he would not have been able to fulfill his wish.
But Oman continued.
[How will you respond to the opportunities that have come to you after failing?]
[…What do you mean?]
[You heard from Zervand, right?]
[…]
Zervand told the ghost. The ghost will have three choices. Don’t regret making the wrong choice then.
[Suddenly, the time has come. That’s why I’m telling you not to regret it.]
[…Thank you.]
The ghost was silent.
Taesan asked.
“Did you see the future?”
[It’s not that grand. Some of the guys who hate you are on the move. It’s not
hard to predict what they’ll do.]
Oman shook his head and opened his mouth.
[I gave you this ordeal to confirm one thing.]
Level up with skills.
