Chapter 191 – 191. If You Lose Your Footing, You Die.

“Huh. Huh!!!”

A heretic lying on the ground and screaming.

I plunged the sword into the guy’s back.

The long sword knelt on the guy’s back without any problem and stabbed into his lungs.

He is coughing up blood and shaking without even being able to scream.

I stabbed him in the back over and over again. Continue until all major organs, including the heart, are crushed.

“Whoa.”

[Did you vent your anger?]

“Well. I feel like our world is ruined because of pagans. “A little?”

[Hehe. I see That is correct.]

I answered Agaf’s question appropriately and searched the arms of the dead heretics.

Magic stones and awakening stones were dropped along with various useless miscellaneous items they had.

Since magic stones are medium-grade, it would be good to use them as dark spirits, or collect 10 to make them high-grade and then summon a high-grade cultist.

And the awakening stone contained three skills.

[Forcing sacrifice(-)]

[Effect: Kill others and offer their souls and bodies to the evil spirit. You will now be able to summon foreign entities from the demon world.]

[Handicap: Your soul is pawned by an evil spirit.]

[Penalty: If you use the skill, you will suffer from nightmares and auditory hallucinations for the rest of your life.]

[Illegal assembly (-)]

[Effect: If those with the skill ‘Unholy Assembly’ gather together and perform a ritual, they can receive blessings from the evil spirit.]

[Handicap: Your soul is pawned by an evil spirit.]

[Penalty: If you receive a blessing, ownership of your body is completely transferred to the evil spirit.]

[Second Coming of the Evil God (-)]

[Effect: You can accumulate karma by committing evil deeds and gain the power of evil spirits.

[Handicap: Your soul is pawned by an evil spirit.]

[Penalty: You can sacrifice karma to bring back the evil spirit.]

“Huh.”

Some terrible skills have appeared.

These are all skills that seem to be deeply related to the existence of the evil spirit. It is said that one makes an offering or performs karma to a distant being…

[This is a pretty serious situation.]

“That’s right.”

Agaf and I know.

As the winter nights get longer, the number of heretics, i.E. Fanatics, will increase.

‘Asmorphia said.’

It was also written in the survivor’s diary.

As despair deepens, non-awakened people are gradually called.

It is said that if you are guided by that call, you will become a fanatic who uses supernatural powers.

In short, as the chances of survival become slimmer, more survivors become the devil’s minions.

They will go completely crazy and sacrifice the same survivors to the evil god, sacrificing themselves and becoming monsters.

‘It was said that if a group of fanatics gathers together, they will be able to kill even a vampire.’

A life in which everything else is sacrificed to a being called an evil spirit instead of being guaranteed immediate survival.

The number of fanatics will increase. The world will become even crazier.

‘I didn’t know you had these skills.’

These heathen bastards are a teaser. This is an example of how fanatics will start moving around the world with these skills.

‘Can I stop this all by myself?’

There were only three heretics killed today, and the place it was created in was a sewer full of the dead. If it had been created in Demon Cave 4, which is overflowing with things to kill and offer, there is a high possibility that it would have already summoned a demon or something.

And there are more survivors still alive outside than expected. Moreover, the number of ghouls must have increased significantly…

What happens when everyone goes crazy and gets called out?

‘The minimum condition for not being called is awakening.’

Awakening. Being granted a skill is the same as gaining a kind of defense right. It means you have received God’s protection. Of course, this is also not absolute.

What matters is despair. It was clear that if he completely lost his mind, he would sneak in through that gap. Regardless of whether you are a non-awakened person or an awakened person.

However, non-awakened people who do not receive God’s protection will fall to the evil spirits more easily. I will go crazy under the protection of the evil spirit.

Slowly, I started to feel that the world was truly falling apart.

‘The sun won’t rise from today. I don’t know what will happen.’

Will the survivors of Seoul, Busan, and the Korean Peninsula be able to overcome the call?

Furthermore, all survivors around the world stood at a crossroads.

‘The number of special zombies will continue to increase. Fanatics will also increase like crazy. And from today…’

The red gate will open.

Also, the black gate will open.

The gates of the blood world and hell will open.

“What the fuck.”

[What do you plan to do with the gate coagulator?]

“That’s right. “That’s…”

Gate coagulator pulls in all nearby gates. In other words, there is a good chance that both the red gate and the black gate will be brought in.

“For the time being, if a red or black gate appears, I guess I’ll have to turn off the coagulator, right?”

[If I turn it off, does that mean the gate will return to its original location?]

“I don’t know about that. For now, let’s look at the situation and decide on a policy.”

[You will have to be careful. The pillars of hell and the highest level true ancestors are of different rank. You could die in a moment of inattention.]

“…”

[Especially Senectus… That is, his immediate blood relatives created by the main god of the blood world… Are close to demigods.]

“Close to a demigod.?”

[You can’t kill him using normal methods. Close to immortality.]

Agaf’s words sent a chill down my spine.

It’s painful that no one can understand my current strength most objectively.

Since we are living together as one, the analysis of me is probably already over.

Agaf, who knew all of my battle sense, physical abilities, and skills, told me to be careful because I might die.

‘I’m going crazy.’

The difficulty level is increasing like crazy.

The past month or so was the last reprieve given to the survivors.

A little reprieve given with the intention of struggling with all your might.

Those who fail to utilize it properly will soon either die or go crazy.

Now I understand why Asmorphia views the future of humanity with such pessimism.

‘Still, we have laid the foundation for survival.’

Before the winter night came, I moved the hardest I’ve ever worked in my life.

I conquered the labyrinth by reducing my sleep, and killed as many people as possible to steal their skills.

They abandoned humanity and invested everything in survival. As a result, we were able to lay the foundation.

I even got 4 infinite labyrinths already. The base labyrinth that we are currently using as a base, the collapsed sanctuary of Raythena, the dimensional market, and even the abandoned fish farm.

There is no need to be afraid of the coming long winter. Preparation is over. Now all we have to do is destroy the pagan symbols and erase the disaster.

“Let’s go out slowly.”

[Of course.]

Unfortunately, there were no elite monsters or bosses in sewer area 1.

Since they were randomly generated, it was inevitable that they wouldn’t exist. It might appear next week.

“Oh right. “I have to make an offering and go.”

Because of various concerns and worries about the future, I almost left the Pagan corpse alone. It shouldn’t be like this. I need to come to my senses.

“Let’s make a deal.”

I tried to receive a reward box by offering the soul and body of a dead pagan.

At that time, I felt the gaze of something foreign.

What is it?

What is it.

This is.

“Kwaaaaa!!!!”

The pain comes.

Something is wrong.

Staring at me.

A huge shape.

My vision turns upside down.

Where am I?

What is that?

[——]

I couldn’t understand what was being said.

It felt like tens of thousands of screams.

It felt like someone’s sobbing.

I thought it might be a child’s song.

Stop. Please.

Stop.

The pain of digging into the brain with a spoon.

The intestines are about to pop out of the mouth.

The pain of twisting and pulling out a limb.

My eyeballs are bursting out.

The lungs came out through the back and fluttered out.

Before I knew it, my heart was in my hand and another me was looking at it.

[—–]

“Ah.”

He reached out his hand to me.

I felt strongly that I had to hold that hand right away.

It has to be that way.

According to that person’s will.

Let me give my soul.

As if my life depended on it.

I sacrifice my life to give praise to the Great One.

Praise to the One who is alone and pure.

Ah. This is a wonderful person.

Look down on me-

[You have fallen into a trap.]

[Please wake up.]

[I’ll give you one more chance.]

“Asmorphia…”

A strong light that struck my head woke me up.

I almost passed over.

Just before I took her hand, Asmorphia pulled me up.

[Hey!!! Come to your senses!!!]

“Agaph…”

[Open your eyes straight and look ahead. Step back immediately.]

“Ah. Uh!”

The bodies of the pagans who were about to be sacrificed for spiritual and physical robbery were being sucked into the writhing darkness.

My arm was half-eaten.

“Keueuuuuu…!!!”

It seems that Agaf was forcibly blocking it. Thanks to that, it wasn’t swallowed up.

I quickly pulled my arm out of the writhing black tar-like object.

All of my skin was melting away, but I had no time to feel pain, so I had to quickly step back.

Gurgling…

The writhing creature soon swallowed up the corpses of all the heretics and then disappeared.

That black darkness looked at me before leaving. As if it was very disappointing.

Like savoring your appetite.

“Fuck.”

I can’t help but curse.

Indeed, they said their souls were mortgaged, and they were taken away when they died.

In the first place, it was impossible to trade because of spiritual and physical robbery.

Because the spirit and body of the pagans were not theirs.

However, when I forced my way through it, I almost got eaten in reverse.

‘Fuck. Fuck. Fuck…’

The thought of being taken away by an evil spirit when you die is so terrible.

If this happens, you won’t be able to trade spiritually or physically when you kill fanatics in the future.

[It would be better not to touch the corpses of heretics from now on.]

“Uh. I see.”

He roughly sprayed the healing liquid on the wound on his arm and took a breath.

I got goosebumps all over my body. I’m sweating like crazy.

In an instant, I almost became a slave to that monster.

If Asmorphia hadn’t protected me at that moment, if Agaf hadn’t stopped me from being dragged in, then I would have already died.

A rotten world. The difficulty level is extremely difficult.

No matter how much of a disaster it is, if you lose your footing for even a moment, a blade will reach your neck.

Even though he has clearly become stronger, he still falls behind if he is not careful. My hands and feet trembled slightly at that fact.

The thought of having to fight with someone like that in the future makes me dizzy.

It’s to the point where I feel like giving up on just being a savior.

[First, let’s get out of here quickly. Treatment is urgent. The wound will rot soon.]

“Uh. Let’s go out. Okay. “I have to go out.”

I survived thanks to Asmorphia and Agap.

If they hadn’t protected me, I would have…

Let’s end the negative thoughts here. Thanks to you, I learned something new.