## Chapter 1239 – Shurdick Great Desert

“I will now begin the conversation.”

I formally declare the start of the conversation.

“Answer my questions!! Answer when I ask!!”
“Kuaaaaack!!”

While declaring that we’ll have a conversation, I inject unilateral violence.

The other party clearly heard that we were going to talk, but they’re just getting beaten, so they can’t help but be bewildered and scared. They were briefly relieved, but now an incomprehensible, inexplicable violence is washing over them.

This soon leads to a loss of will.

It was one of the know-hows I’d learned while living my life.

Usually, if you talk a little shit like this and then beat the crap out of them, they’ll spill everything. This is the Kim Kat’s style prisoner interrogation method.

ㅡCrack!
ㅡKuaang!

I stomp on him and stick my fingers into his flesh. I tear his flesh like splitting crab sticks in half, and I carefully peel the meat off the bones like eating LA galbi.

“Giyaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!!!”

If I control my strength properly, I can inflict great pain without killing him.

“Kkeueueueueuk…!”

As I beat him, I realized that this bastard was also bound to his flesh. He’s not free from pain at all.

From the start, he’s been screaming his lungs out.

He bleeds, his body is damaged, he feels pain, and he screams. If you have these four cruel facts, extracting information is a piece of cake.

But it feels a little strange.

I don’t know where this guy was summoned from, but the fact that he’s so bound to his flesh… and that he can feel pain… is a bit odd.

It’s a little fascinating.

I’m curious about this guy’s origins.

“This is not a conversation!”

As I was beating him, he screamed as if in despair.
He even has emotions.

He’s more human than Adramelech.

“This isn’t a conversation?”
“That’s right…!”
“Wrong… In situations like this, you just have to quietly accept that this is a conversation.”
“W-What on earth!”
“Hehehe, when you’re getting your ass kicked, the person kicking your ass is your god and your truth. If you don’t understand that most basic law, you’ll just have to get beaten more!!!”

The violence resumes.

“Euaaaaaaack!!!”

His recovery ability isn’t bad. Even if I break his arms and legs, they soon recover. But his wings didn’t regenerate. Anyway, I completely trashed him like that, tearing off all of his gold ornaments and mask.

“Holy shit, what the hell is this!!!”

I couldn’t help but be extremely surprised when I tore off his mask and checked his face!

“It’s too inhuman!!!!”

This bastard doesn’t have a nose on his face!!!

His eyes have no whites, so they’re completely black and round, which might seem cute at first glance, but it’s just plain disgusting! It’s like seeing Voldemort trying to put a cute skin on himself but failing in a twisted way!

Customization failed big time!!!

His lips are also huge and thick!! Even though he has blue skin, his lips are bright red! Don’t desecrate the Korean flag with that grotesque appearance!

“Euaaaaaaaack!!!!”

Excited, I spread my index fingers on both hands and used them as drumsticks, drumming on his face like crazy.

ㅡTududududududu!!

“Gueoeoeoeoeok!!”

Blood and flesh. And bones fly.
Right now, I was a murderous drummer.

“My heart!!!”

After trashing him for a long time until I was satisfied, I asked.

“Alright, my Aladdin friend. Are you ready to talk now?”
“Anything. I’ll say anything… everything… I’ll say everything I know.”
“Good. Seems like you’re ready now.”

ㅡHaa. Haa.

He was breathing heavily.
He was even capable of breathing.

“Where did you come from? Tell me your origins.”
“…”

After catching his breath for a moment, he finally began to answer.

“I was originally… a being wandering through dimensions.”
“What the hell is this bullshit? A being wandering through dimensions?”

Amazing!!!

“That’s right… Even before… I gained consciousness… I was wandering through dimensions…”

But it was hard to understand clearly.

“So, you mean you were wandering through dimensions even before you were aware that you were you?”
“That’s right…”

A wanderer of dimensions.

Is that the general feeling? Just saying “wanderer” makes him sound like a homeless bum, but saying “wanderer of dimensions” makes him sound kind of cool.

Certainly.

It’s because I’ve become so damn strong, but this bastard’s magical abilities were no joke. Since he said he was wandering through dimensions, his power is understandable.

“Race? Parents? Do you have any friends?”
“Nothing… I have nothing… I was just wandering through dimensions meaninglessly…”

What is a dimension wanderer?
I heard they have no parents or siblings.

“Is that so?”

Anyway, it’s hard to understand, but it’s certainly possible.

I experienced ‘Heaven’ through the World Tree and superficially encountered the appearances of ‘dimensions.’

I don’t know exactly what this world and dimensions are, but I know that there are countless dimensions, and different beings live in each dimension. I also know that those dimensions can interact with each other.

This bastard was one of those beings.

It’s a bit strange that he’s wandering through dimensions, but if I just think of him as that kind of guy, I can understand it roughly.

“So, you mean you’re a monster from another dimension when viewed from the perspective of this world.”

This bastard was a powerful being from another dimension.

“…That’s right.”

If he has no parents or race, is he just a single entity that originated somewhere? Or is it possible that he came from a certain race but doesn’t remember?

“Hmm.”

Questions arise.

If I examine this bastard’s appearance one by one… he walks on two legs and has limbs.

ㅡHe’s similar to humans.

How can such an extradimensional being share characteristics with humans? I don’t know well, but isn’t this a very amazing thing?

There might be a secret to this.

I decided to ask about it.

“But you. Why do you resemble a human? You say you came from another dimension, but you have arms and legs like this. Your skeletal structure is also similar to humans. Tell me the reason.”
“Originally, this is… not my true form.”
“What, you little punk?”
“I gained a new skin when I descended into this world. Originally, I had no body… I existed as thought and reason.”
“Tell me more.”

Karceth continued to explain about his origins.

Originally, he had no body.

A bit spiritual? I don’t know how that’s possible, but he was wandering through dimensions in a spiritual state, and when he descended into this world, he created a skin and bound his soul to the body.

It seems that a body is absolutely necessary for such a spiritual being to descend into the real world.

He became one with the body as he was bound to it.
Therefore, this body was his true form.

This was a rather interesting fact. In order for such a spiritual being to set foot in this real world, it is absolutely necessary to go through a body.

Let’s keep this in mind.

“But why a human shape?”
“Because I… partially imitated the human form…”
“Why humans of all things?”
“Because it was… the simplest… Because I devoured souls… I could understand it.”
“Devour souls?”

Now for the main point.

“You bastard!!! You dare to eat human souls when there’s nothing else to eat!!!”

ㅡGal!!!!

I strongly scolded him!

Humans have souls! The demons of Pandemonium want them, and some evil gods also want them! And this bastard is the same!!!

“You need to be hit!!”
“K, Kuaaaaack!!!”
“Tudul Tudul Tudulgyeoeeeeeeeeok!!!”
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaack!!!”

ㅡPubeobeobeobeok!!
ㅡKuaang!
ㅡKuung!!

I randomly punched him and stomped on him, unleashing violence. I just beat the crap out of him! This body is his true form! He can’t escape!!!

“Huu.”
“Geeeeeek…”

I feel a little better now.

I will never forgive a soul-devouring insect.

“Hey. Okay. I understand that you’re a soul-devouring being.”

A powerful being from another dimension is trying to devour human souls.
This is a very dangerous thing.

“But are souls really that valuable?”
“Y-Yes… The souls of intelligent beings… have great value… The emotions and reason… contained within… provide supreme pleasure to beings like me… and at the same time… allow me to grow stronger…”
“You’re a complete piece of shit.”

If the act of devouring souls is a pleasure and a means of enhancing power. Such a being will inevitably be obsessed with the act of devouring souls.

He’s vicious.

“This place… was a bountiful world… overflowing with souls… So… I lent my power to that small being who summoned me.”
“Yeah. That’s the important part.”

Who summoned this bastard?

“Alright. I’ll ask properly. Who summoned you and for what purpose? If you can’t resolve my questions, I might unleash that curiosity on your body.”
“I, I’ll tell you! I’ll tell you everything!!”
“Hehehe, you thought well.”

As I raised my fist and threatened him, he calmly explained.

It was like watching a rabbit trying to have a conversation with a lion.

“I was wandering through dimensions… At some point, I became aware that a gap had formed, and I received a will through that gap. And so, I was led into this world…”

A gap in the dimensions formed?

“When I entered this world, I encountered… as I said before, a being who claimed to be the savior of the human race… That small being offered me the souls of humans, and I was delighted to devour them for the first time…”

Tearing through a dimensional gap.

Summoning a powerful being from another dimension from there.

Offering human souls.

“Based on him, I descended into this world after incarnating…”

The being who summoned the monster.

Claimed to be the savior of the human race.

“Hmm.”

This just seems like a crazy person spouting nonsense, but `if they have the ability,` it can’t be dismissed as simple nonsense. I can ignore the trashy heretics who spout nonsense about saving humanity by destroying the world. Because I can just kill them all.

But if a bastard with the ability to summon such a being has that kind of mindset, the situation is different.

It’s dangerous.

I need to understand and exclude him.

“I lent my power to that beautiful being… Because he led me to a bountiful world… and provided an environment for me… There was no reason not to lend my power…”
“Yeah.”

I understood.

“So. Who is that so-called savior of humanity?”
“Since there was no need to know… I didn’t have detailed interactions with him… I only lent my power and fought according to his request…”
“No, you little shit.”

There was no need to know?

I immediately stomped on the back of his neck.
What the hell kind of bastard doesn’t know about the guy who summoned him!

“If you don’t know, at least tell me what you saw, you bastard!!! What do you mean you don’t know!!!”
“K, Kueuk…!”
“There must be some characteristics!”
“T-That being!”

Yeah.

That being?

“Was a being made entirely of bones! It seemed clear that he originated from humans, but that small being had no flesh and blood!”
“Oh.”

Oh.

Wait.

What is this?

“What did you say?”
“That being… was a being shaped like a human skeleton… That being led me into this world.”
“…Yeah. I see.”

There’s one being that comes to mind.

A being made entirely of bones, and also capable of tearing through dimensional gaps.

ㅡLich.

There’s no one but the Lich.

That heretical Lich summoned this bastard. What’s the purpose? What the hell is it that made that bastard claim to be the savior of humanity?

“When. When was it. When did he summon you?”
“A long time ago… Hundreds of years ago… from now…”

The era of the Idol War.

“After descending, I fought against beings with divine power… I also fought against beings made of that power called divine power…”

The Holy Knights.

And the Valkyries.

He fought against them.

“You must have fought quite well.”
“That’s right… But in the end, I was defeated… and I was sealed…”

The Lich.

Did he summon this bastard to check the gods? It’s like he fought with a mercenary recruited from the outside. If I think of it that way, it fits.