– KWAANG!
“Urgh… huh?!”
My head is spinning.
First things first, the intense heat in my stomach can wait. Whatever is dragging me doesn’t seem to care that rocks and debris are piercing and hitting my body as I’m dragged.
‘Why are you showing up now?’
Normally, after Yoon Se-ah’s group was eliminated and the power leveling finished, this guy was supposed to be a mid-game boss.
– KWAANG!
“AAAHH?!”
Finally, it seems the dragging has stopped, and the demon throws me aside roughly.
‘Damn, what should I do…’
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[Monster Information]
[Name: Sheena]
[Monster Type: Humanoid]
[Danger Level: S]
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The demon, Sheena.
‘Tch, I need to get away from here… but even if I do, can I actually do anything?’
Probably due to hitting my head while being dragged, my entire body is in agony.
“Would you mind staying still for a moment? That psychokinesis of yours is quite bothersome.”
– PUHK!
“Kh… AAAAAHH…!!”
Whatever was embedded in my stomach is suddenly pulled out, making my life force drain rapidly. If I didn’t have <Dull Sensation (B)>, I would have probably died from shock long ago due to the immense pain.
‘…Damn, I can’t let this go on…!’
I have <Recovery (S)>, but at this rate, I’m just going to end up as a blood pack for this thing.
“Energy boo….”
– PUHK! PUHUK!
“Ugh, AAAAH!”
Instantly, holes have appeared in my thigh and upper arm.
“Kh… It hurts…”
– PUHUK!
“AAAAAAHHHH!”
After Yoon Seong-ho’s death, my once pristine white coat is now rapidly being dyed red. It was something I cherished due to the protective magic applied to it.
– CHURP
“Mmm… as expected, you’re delicious. Top tier.”
The demon seemed to be somewhat satisfied from drinking my blood and began to slowly grip my neck tightly.
“Kh… Khuh?!?”
“Mmm… I wonder how much I can squeeze out of you before you reach your limit?”
My arms are trembling, and my vision is turning white rapidly.
‘Crazy, I’ve never felt pain this intense…!’
Honestly, the game had its fair share of gory content. Yoon Se-ah even died by being split in half after taking the final boss’s attack instead of the protagonist.
Thanks to <Dull Sensation (B)>, I shouldn’t feel normal pain easily, but my brain is now being bombarded with intense pain signals.
“Khuh… Khuuuuh!”
“Mmm… dying would be inconvenient…”
– KUUNG!
“Kuh… KUH… Kuhk, kuh!”
My head is spinning, not a single thought crossing through it.
In the meantime, the blood-stained demon seems unsatisfied and grabs a lock of my hair to hoist me up.
“AAAAAAH?!”
-CRACK!
“Mmm… how about we start by slowly cutting off your finger joints? Your screams are so adorable, they’re to my liking!”
Afterwards, I can’t recall how much time has passed. I can no longer feel the pain, but all I can see in my blurred vision are my fingers being sliced like par cuts and the grin on the demon’s face as he relishes in my blood.
Then.
-KWAAAAAAAAAANG!
There was a scene of golden lightning piercing the demon’s face.
And my vision was engulfed in the light of what seemed like a gate, before everything faded to black.
…
…
…
– KUDDANG!
“AAAAAAHHHH…!! Ugh, KUH…!!”
My head is spinning violently from the sudden impact. Must be from losing too much blood.
“Ugh… hurts quite a bit. I can’t even move my fingers.”
Let’s recall what just happened…
There was the scene of Sheena slicing my fingers like par cuts, and then the golden lightning that struck both me and Sheena right before I went insane from pain…
‘Fortunately, Eve arrived, but it doesn’t seem favorable.’
Eve Meitner is a wizard type, excelling in firepower but unfortunately, quite weak at close quarters.
If even the story’s protagonist with B-class stats could defeat an A-class High Goblin Magician, you get the picture.
‘The healing must have finished already.’
As I slowly moved my fingers, I could confirm they were moving as I intended.
This was the first time I experienced torture-level pain since possessing Yoon Se-ah’s body. Probably due to my body already being accustomed to pain, I managed to avoid going into shock despite having holes in my body and my fingers being sliced off like par cuts.
“Hoo… it’s quiet.”
Looking around, there are no demons present.
‘…’
In front of me lies the corpse of some great ‘something.’
‘That light back then was likely a gate entrance. A double gate…’
It’s extremely rare to find a second gate within a dungeon after entering via another gate.
It typically happens in two cases. First, when a hidden reward in the dungeon is concealed. Second, when someone has sealed away a powerful monster that deviates from the norm.
This dungeon was likely planned to have C to B-class monsters, but the ominous aura emanating from this space is producing A-class monsters.
‘Who would dare approach an entity emanating such an aura?’
It wouldn’t be surprising if A-class monsters simply stayed within the dungeon, but unfortunately, the ominous presence radiating from this corpse is quite unsettling.
The C-class demon that spawned earlier panicked upon seeing the massive corpse and quickly fled through the gate outside. So, those A-class monsters must have wiped out all the lower-tier monsters living within the original dungeon when they ventured outside.
And this corpse, emitting an overwhelmingly oppressive aura that even A-class monsters couldn’t withstand… I’ve seen something like it before.
‘It must be part of a Demon King’s body.’
Sheena visited to find the gate containing part of the final boss Mephisto’s remains. I learned this briefly from her conversation.
Sheena’s premature visit must have been triggered by me killing Yoon Seong-ho. Discovering this gate inside the dungeon could have been pure chance.
‘At least, I’m safe for the moment.’
My body feels numb due to the lingering pain, almost as if it were anesthetized.
“This place might be safe, but I need to send for help… ”
Outside, Eve Meitner is battling Sheena in a life-or-death duel.
‘She’s probably going to lose.’
Since I fell into this mysterious gate, if the dungeon collapses, certain conditions will need to be met to prevent it.
Even though Eve Meitner excels in battles involving multiple enemies rather than one-on-one, she’s bound to be at a disadvantage against the agile Sheena.
She will likely avoid Sheena’s mind control because she’s a powerful mage, but she’ll struggle in close combat and inevitably lose, ending up as a blood bag. After all, Sheena enjoys drinking the blood of powerful beings.
I need to bring a Sword Demon or a Sword Saint. That’s the conclusion I’ve reached.
‘What should I do… at this rate, both me and Eve Meitner will just end up as this bastard’s blood bags…’
Knowing Eve’s capabilities, she might be able to hold on for about an hour. After that hour, Sheena, fully sated on Eve’s blood, will likely use the gate to recover part of Mephisto’s remains.
How can I achieve the objective of obtaining an item from this corpse that can enhance <Suggestion's Evil Eye>?…
And in my moment of despair, a gleaming object from the fallen Mephisto’s remains caught my eye.
Even as a fragment, it still proclaims itself as the final boss. Though only a part, it maintains the appearance of a complete demon, taking the form of a massive snake as it moves closer to the fallen Mephisto.
Upon closer inspection, one of its eyes appears crushed against a rock nearby, but the eye on the opposite side gleams as if it’s still alive.
And when I dismantled the gleaming eye using a nearby rock fragment, for some unknown reason, Mephisto’s remains began to shrink to the exact size of my own eye.
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“…Haha, am I crazy?”
The idea of replacing my eye with this monster’s in the game world seemed absurd.
But Yoon Se-ah managed to maintain a relatively stable state even after having a monster’s eye implanted, thanks perhaps to <Dull Sensation (B)>.
People tend to make irrational decisions in moments of instant pain and desperation.
In a past safety design course in university, the professor mentioned that some people, panicking in fire situations, failed to open circular door handles even though they could easily manage lever-type ones, leading them to suffocate in the smoke.
At this point, I thought that if I pulled out my own eye and replaced it with this evil eye before my regenerative abilities kicked in, the new eye might integrate successfully.
Looking at the corpse, this is a fragment of Mephisto that intimidated B-class demons into fleeing.
There’s no telling what side effects this might cause; I might die instantly from pain upon insertion.
‘There’s no other choice; if I do nothing, we’ll all die.’
I need to clear this story. To defeat Sheena, the demon in front of me…
It’s a simple game of survival or death.
Using telekinesis, I grabbed and pulled out one of my eyes.
“AAAAAAHHHHH…!! KUH…!!”
Then, I took the fiery Mephisto’s eyeball and inserted it into the socket where my eye had been.
-FZTCK…!!
“AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!”
It hurts.
‘Crazy, this is too painful…!!’
It feels like I’ve inserted a 1000-degree iron ball into my eye.
“Kuh… Aaaah, AAAAAAAAAAHHH!!”
Still, I must endure this. Only by doing so can I help Eve and escape from this dungeon.
Perhaps I deserve this punishment for not foreseeing such variables.
“Kuh… KUH…”
A sane person would strongly believe in Eve Meitner’s victory outside the gate and pray or wait quietly.
But I’m not thinking clearly due to self-hypnosis and panic.
The result of this insane clinical trial…
“Kuuhhh… damn, it hurts.”
Surprisingly, it was successful.
Using telekinesis, I removed one of my eyes and replaced it directly.
‘In this situation…’
