Chapter 134: GODS Headquarters (4)
“Fucking disgusting.”
Jin-young muttered as he walked through the corridor filled entirely with blue.
The walls, ceiling, and floor were all bluish.
The problem was that they were not made of ordinary stone or metal.
Guruk- Gurururuk-
They wriggled as if alive. It felt like walking inside the intestines of a living creature.
『The movement seems alive, but I don’t feel any reaction from a living being at all.』
The tentacle, which had explored the surroundings, said.
“It doesn’t feel like undead either. It’s quite unique, but I have been to a similar place before.”
『When? I don’t remember.』
“Of course you wouldn’t remember. It was when I was in Renard.”
Jin-young recalled the past.
An uninhabited abandoned island. In the underground of that place filled only with death existed the ruins of an ancient temple.
It was also the place where he first encountered Legacy energy.
At that time, he had wandered all over Renard looking for a way to return to Earth.
He had hoped that some secret might be hidden in the ancient temple, but.
He remembered wandering through corridors filled only with gloomy and wicked Demonic energy and coming up empty-handed.
This place also felt similar to the Demonic energy he had felt there.
『Did the corridors there move like they were alive too?』
“No. There it was completely still, as if already dead.”
『Then this guess is possible. That place was a deactivated facility, and this place is an activated facility.』
At the tentacle’s guess, Jin-young stroked his chin.
Could the ancient temple on Renard also have been related to the Demon King or the demons of Hell?
If so, perhaps touching it had led to the arrival of the Demon King’s Army.
But he couldn’t be sure there was a direct connection.
The Demon King’s Army had appeared several years after he visited the temple.
“Hmm… For now, keep investigating what this place is.”
『I am doing that. To collect more information, you need to keep moving until the end.』
“Seems like there’s only one path, so I’ll keep going.”
It wasn’t twisted like a maze, so he just had to continue in one direction.
After moving for some time, a space slightly wider than the corridor appeared.
A dead end with no further path.
Jin-young felt the strange power flowing in this space.
『It’s Void energy.』
He nodded at the tentacle’s words.
Faint but definite Void energy was flowing here.
Yet he felt no presence at all.
While wondering if something had stayed here and left just now.
Tsztsztztsut-
A crack suddenly appeared in the air, and a large eyeball revealed itself.
The red pupil stared exactly at Jin-young, and Jin-young stared back at it.
『False prophet… How did you get here?』
A voice that softly echoed throughout the entire room.
A voice imbued with powerful Demonic energy, similar in tone to a dragon’s Dragon Tongue.
It had no particular effect on Jin-young, who was wrapped in psionic energy.
“Godfather, isn’t it polite to greet each other first since this is our first meeting?”
Jin-young spoke with a relaxed attitude on the surface while filling the entire room with psionic energy.
The opponent was not some prophet but Godfather.
Even if it wasn’t his main body, he had no idea what tricks he might pull.
『Greetings. Are we in a relationship where we can leisurely exchange such things?』
Srrrrk-
Black smoke rose behind Jin-young and a figure appeared.
Kwadeuk- Kwaaaang!
He instantly grabbed the guy’s collar with psychokinesis and slammed him into the floor.
The opponent emitted black mana but was suppressed without even being able to use proper strength.
Jin-young pulled him forward to check his face.
But there was no face to speak of. It was just a pitch-black shadow wearing clothes.
“So this was the main body of the shadows planted all over the world.”
It gave off the same power as that spy guy who had been with the National Intelligence Service Director before.
At that time, he had simultaneously eliminated all the clones whose minds were connected, but he had missed just one.
『There is no such thing as a main body in my shadows. All of them are the main body, and all of them are clones.』
Jin-young brushed off Godfather’s words with one ear and spoke to the tentacle.
‘How about putting this shadow guy into the sub-space and researching it?’
『That’s not a very good idea.』
‘Why?’
『Our sub-space information will quickly be exposed to that demon.』
The tentacle was wary of Godfather’s shadow.
If they invested time, they might be able to brainwash it someday, but before that, their hand would be revealed to Godfather.
It had already determined that this was an existence on a completely different level from experimental subjects like the variant or the red-haired one.
Jin-young, sharing thoughts with the tentacle, quickly understood and raised his psionic energy even more.
Paztsztztsztzts-
Blue and red energy wrapped around the shadow floating in the air.
The moment Jin-young clenched his right fist tightly.
Susususut…
The shadow turned to powder in an instant and scattered.
“You’re not thinking of surprising me with just this kind of toy, are you?”
『You bastards who handle profane power are all the same. Extremely arrogant.』
“Arrogant? It’s confidence based on solid grounds.”
Jin-young tried to carefully probe the eyeball floating in the air with psionic energy.
But the Void energy surrounding the area was so solid that secretly working on it seemed impossible.
『Exploratory actions are meaningless. I exist in a different dimension from you. No matter what method you use, you won’t be able to reach me.』
The large eyeball blinked as if mocking him.
But Jin-young did not fall for the provocation at all and calmly conversed with the tentacle.
‘If I use an energy explosion, it seems like I could break through his protective barrier. Still, delivering damage beyond the dimension would be difficult, right?’
When it came to dimensions, the tentacle knew at least more than Jin-young.
After all, the tentacle had already crossed dimensions from a Disaster-grade Dungeon and leaped to Earth.
If they could use the same method as back then this time, he planned to apply it immediately.
『Right now Godfather is looking at us through the dimensional window. In that case, we cannot interfere with each other. If that were possible, he would have already exerted influence on Earth long ago.』
‘Then how did you use your power on Earth from the Dungeon?’
『It was possible because Earth is my hometown. Other dimensions were completely impossible to even approach.』
After that, the tentacle wandered the Void aimlessly and searched for dimensional windows.
However, all the dimensional windows he discovered were protected by powerful forces, making even approaching them impossible.
In the process, he found only one dimension where the protective barrier was relatively weak.
It was Hell.
It seemed to be because it was a dimension where the tentacle was already extending its influence.
If he succeeded in completely taking control of Hell, he would be able to reach across dimensions.
But because of Gehenna’s barrier, taking control of Hell was not easy.
Jin-young set aside the matter of Hell for now and spoke with Godfather again.
“You also can’t do anything to me right now either.”
『For now, that’s true. But the preparations are almost finished now. Once the last puzzle piece is put in place, the Hell Gate will open. You will face the end.』
“I’m blocking all of your plans, yet you still have a way left?”
『Such shallow tricks don’t work. No matter how much you interfere, the Hell Gate will definitely open.』
Jin-young had tried to lightly probe Godfather, but as expected, he didn’t fall for it easily.
“Then shall we make a bet?”
『I hope this time it gives me some interest.』
“Whether you conquer Earth faster or I conquer Gehenna faster. The loser becomes a slave for life. How about it?”
『I only make bets I win.』
“So, you’re not going to do it?”
『I accept.』
In reality, even if he won the bet, there was no way the opponent would obediently become a slave.
But that was no longer important.
This was a kind of preemptive suppression.
And neither Jin-young nor Godfather thought they would lose.
At that moment, the tentacle’s voice was heard.
『The analysis of this place is finished. It is an advance base for exploring our dimension. It is the only window through which that demon can communicate with GODS.』
‘An advance base… If I destroy this place, Godfather won’t be able to give orders to GODS anymore.’
『Until he finds another method.』
Jin-young grinned and spoke.
“Good. Let’s start by destroying this place first.”
『What……?』
At those words, Godfather’s eyeball suddenly widened.
“This is basically an advance base, right? Since the enemy has discovered it, it should naturally be destroyed, shouldn’t it?”
『I thought you were arrogant, but to this extent. Do you really think you can destroy this place?』
“Well. We’ll find out once I try. First, let’s get rid of that unpleasant eyeball.”
『I…』
Tzukakakakakakang-
An energy explosion began without warning.
Before Godfather could continue speaking.
Kwaaaaaang!
A huge explosion occurred on the dimensional window where his eyeball was reflected.
Then the eyeball disappeared without a trace.
The connection to this place was completely severed.
Since the dimensions were different, it probably didn’t cause any actual damage, but it must have dealt a mental blow in another sense.
For the current situation, that alone was enough.
Chwaaaaak-
Dozens of tentacles shot out from Jin-young’s body.
Puk- Puuk-
The tentacles attached to the ceiling, walls, and floor of the room without exception.
Tsztsztztsztz-
At the same time, they began emitting Void energy.
Destroying it with psychokinesis was possible, but it couldn’t be considered a perfect solution.
The tentacle’s power was perfect for erasing this space itself.
Kuwaaaaak-
The Void energy that had quickly filled the area created a large black hole and began sucking in the entire facility in an instant.
And it disappeared into the Void from which it could never return.
***
“…….”
“Why has he stopped talking? Something must have gone wrong.”
Galomah asked while looking at Pope Lakser.
But no answer came.
Even though he felt displeased, Galomah continued speaking without getting angry.
“For now, I will respect you as the Pope and let it pass, but soon the people of Gehenna will also wish for the barrier to disappear. Think about it carefully until then.”
After finishing his words, he left the place together with his adjutant Naraka.
And Lakser was left alone in the inner sanctum.
“What the hell was that…”
He had been dazed ever since he took a direct hit from the false prophet.
The powerful explosion he had never seen before left a strong impression.
Because it had momentarily shattered the dimensional window and nearly dealt direct damage.
He wondered how something like that was even possible.
Lakser shook his head once.
First, he regained his composure and tried to reconnect with Earth.
“…The connection is cut?”
But the dimensional window no longer showed the bluish-walled space.
There was only pitch-black Void.
He had not even considered that the false prophet would have completely erased the base.
No matter how much it was destroyed and buried in the ground, that place would restore itself on its own.
It was like a Mine recovering through super regeneration.
But no matter how long he waited, there was no restoration.
Feeling that something was wrong, Lakser narrowed his brows.
“Don’t tell me… what I’m seeing right now is…”
This wasn’t that it hadn’t been restored.
It meant the base was still intact, but beyond it there was only Void.
“Hehehehe…….”
Lakser let out a laugh for the first time.
He suddenly recalled the revelation he had received from the Demon King.
About the false prophet, that is, the Psionic Successor, and the Demon King’s fragment he carried.
Only Lakser alone knew about that revelation.
Every time something matched the content of the revelation exactly, an inexplicable excitement boiled up inside him.
“Since that person’s fragment has obtained Void energy, things will proceed even if I just wait quietly.”
_____________________________________________
TL Note:
This novel is fully completed.
You can either:
- Unlock this novel individually through its Collection "Transcendent Psychic Regressor" and access all remaining 67 Chapters for only $3
- Or join the Premium Tier ($7) for access to all 6 novels and ongoing updates
Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/cw/Vritratls
____________________________________________