Chapter 462 – Chapter 462 Yggdrasil (4-10)
“Souta Takeichi… Aren’t you the head of the Red Crescent Moon?”
“!?”
As soon as Souta heard my words, he started to back away as if to cause a match.
He was wearing a cape, so we couldn’t see his exact expression, but just by looking at him, you could tell that he was perplexed.
I smiled sarcastically at Souta, who was surprised.
“Is it different from the rumor? Aren’t you too embarrassed?”
“It would be strange if you didn’t panic! How do you know my name and organization!”
“There is no reason to tell you that.”
Because I can’t say I figured it out through the temperament window.
When I shrugged my shoulders leisurely, Souta fell silent and began to look carefully at the comrades behind me.
I noticed what he was thinking and opened his mouth.
“Don’t worry. All I know is me.”
“Whoa….”
Only then did Souta sigh in relief, and I spoke to the relieved Souta.
“I heard he was missing, but I never thought he was dead.”
“… How much do you know about me?”
“Hmm….”
As I touched my chin, I began to think about how far I should talk.
‘Because he’s dead anyway… Is it okay if I tell you?’
[I think it will be fine. It’s enough to cut it off after returning anyway.]
It was as Armonia said.
I thought there was nothing wrong with talking to this guy in an appropriate way.
We have to exchange each other for a conversation to take place.
After arriving on the first floor, I explained that I had fought the inn gang and found Yang Ji-hyeon and the Red Crescent Moon in the process.
“And in the process, I accidentally found out about you, and I pretended to be you and had some fun for a while.”
“… I didn’t think it was normal, but he was really invigorated.”
I took it as a compliment.
But I couldn’t praise him.
“But compared to rumors… Isn’t there much to see?”
“It’s great… In front of a monster like you, all humans look alike.”
I took this as a compliment.
I got to the point and started asking about his abilities.
“How on earth did you lead a group of assassins with that ability?”
“… Do you know what my ability is?”
“Isn’t it soul hypnotism?”
“Did you already see through there? I guess you don’t know more than that.”
“… ?”
Temperament windows don’t lie.
And show everything
But Souta was talking like there was something I didn’t know.
“There was no point in hiding my identity like this.”
Souta sighed, then turned her cloak inside out to reveal his face.
His face….
“What? Were you a kid?”
He had the appearance of a delicate boy who looked about middle school age.
His handsome appearance made him look like he would have been quite popular when he was in school.
He was so good-looking that if he did well, the celebrity agency would pay attention.
Souta was furious at my words, and he started shouting.
“Tail… Don’t call me a kid!”
“You say a kid is a kid, are you dissatisfied?”
“It’s great… My original age is twenty-five. It’s just that he was cursed before he died and became like this.”
“Aha….”
But… Despite his young appearance, I thought he acted like an adult.
But even with that appearance, it didn’t mean anything to me.
‘It’s just that a man has turned into a boy….’
[….]
A man is a man.
I had no reason to be interested.
“Stop talking nonsense, keep talking. What more do you have?”
“… There is nothing more. But back then it was different.”
“… ?”
“Originally, my ability was not a soul, but a human hypnotist.”
Souta began to outline how he had led the group of assassins.
When he first arrived in Yggdrasil, the recommended job he was given was hypnotist.
Souta, who first obtained hypnotism, became a Red Summoner after exulting in his abilities.
I looked at Souta with a pitiful expression on my face.
“It’s obvious what you did….”
“Ha, anyway… After that, I had no options. I came to walk the path of a Red Summoner.”
Hypnosis and the Red Summoner.
It was the best match.
A human who possesses and manipulates people with hypnotism, and just kills them when the need arises.
That was Takeichi Souchi.
‘But… The Red Summoner’s side would be much better for hypnotism.’
As he walked the path of the Red Summoner, he met other Red Summoners, and he explained that he created the red crescent moon by manipulating them.
“Honestly, at first, I didn’t have any intention of creating such a grandiose organization. However, after meeting some decent talent among the Red Summoners and forming an organization, it suddenly grew like that.”
In other words, it was a story that he had talent for assassination through hypnosis, but it was not his will to run the organization.
“In the meantime… Betrayed.”
“Betrayal? Are you a hypnotist?”
“As you said, there was hypnosis. But at some point I started craving faith. I have a desire to have someone I really want to believe in.”
“….”
“And… It became like this.”
And the betrayer is ironically….
“Perhaps you are taking my place now. The capture of the inn you mentioned must have been planned by him.”
“Ohh….”
The guy from Yang Ji-hyun’s dream… That guy was the culprit who killed Souta.
However….
“By the way, why did hypnotism change to soul hypnosis?”
“It changed after I died. The job itself has changed from being a hypnotist to being a soul hypnotist.”
If you make a rough analogy, you can assume that the job you originally had has changed due to death.
Because once you get a job, it’s valid even after you die….
“After deciding that my ability would be useful even after death, I began gathering forces for revenge. However, an unexpected person appeared.”
“The unexpected guy? Me?”
“No, the guy who appeared earlier. That grim reaper….”
“Aha, gravekeeper.”
Hypnotism is all-powerful, but not all-powerful.
Unlike my Cerberus eyeballs, Souta’s hypnosis was a valid ability in the human category.
It would not have worked for the gravekeeper, who is the one who manages the dead.
“My ability didn’t work on him, so I was secretly gathering power in hiding like this.”
“….”
I couldn’t hear Souta’s story.
‘After all, I can’t use hypnosis right now…’ .’
No matter how versatile Enel was, he couldn’t learn his ability without seeing it himself.
[It’s a pity, but there will definitely be another opportunity.]
‘Tsk… I can’t help it. Then what should I do with this guy?’
I whispered to myself as I looked at Souta with a sad expression.
‘It’s useless now, right?’
[Once all the information has been extracted.]
I figured out everything to find out, and it wasn’t difficult to kill him now.
When I put on a cold expression, Souta, as if reading my thoughts, stepped back and shouted.
“Wait a minute! That green gem you have… Isn’t it only valid for spirits?”
“What… Right?”
Cerberus’ Eyeball was an item that could only be applied to spirits.
Even if I showed it to the general public, it was nothing more than a jewel that emits a musty green light, nothing less.
After I answered bluntly, Souta started talking to me earnestly.
“I felt it earlier, but you… You seem interested in hypnotism.”
“….”
I didn’t answer easily, but Souta took my silence as an affirmation and began to smile at her.
“Then help me hypnotize!”
“Eh? Your hypnosis is for spirits only. It’s useless to me anyway.”
What I needed was hypnosis that could be used on humans.
The spirits can all kneel at my feet with Cerberus’ eyeballs. Soul hypnosis was not very meaningful.
Despite my words, Souta hurriedly stretched out her hand and hurriedly spat out words.
“No! I know how to use the real hypnotism you want!”
“Uh… Really?”
“Really. It will take a complicated process, but I’m sure you can use it too.”
It was tempting.
I couldn’t be sympathetic, so I was humiliated.
And Souta, satisfied with my humiliation, began to offer me a deal.
“I have a request instead.”
“Aha… The request you said earlier?”
I ask you a favor, but it will take a long time….
“Yes, that’s why I tested you in the first place….”
He looked at me, erased his embarrassed expression, and spoke to me with fierce eyes.
“I want you to take revenge on the man who killed me.”
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After all the conversations with Souta, I took him back to the altar.
However, even after returning to the altar, the party members were just having a conversation, and no one had gone up to the altar.
Even just watching them talk gave off a slightly heavy atmosphere.
‘What? They’re not fighting, right?’
In fact, if I were a human without alchemy and never met Armonia, I would have turned my eyes to the legendary job.
Even unlike me, they weren’t the only ones on the channel.
There was a high possibility that his heart would be shaken if several people continued to stir up each other.
The moment I calmly turned to the members in preparation for an emergency, I realized that my thoughts were wrong.
The three of them were shaking their heads at Min Ha-yeon and Han Bom.
“I am not going up.”
“Right. If I go up, I think I’ll get greedy….”
“I think I would be really shaken seeing this level of fuss in the chat window.”
The trio said she didn’t want to go up to the altar….
“It’s okay. I believe in three people.”
“Right. It’s not like we’ve only seen each other for a day or two….”
Min Ha-yeon and Han Bom were persuading her to go up to the altar comfortably.
Looking at the trio, Armonia said.
[Your personality seems to have changed after going through quite a few things.]
‘I see, I don’t think he had that kind of personality on the 0th floor.’
It was showing a completely different look from the three people who were clinging to Midsummer.
It looked like they were trying not to test their greed beyond concessions.
In particular, what made them great was that their jobs, like Min Ha-yeon, were really ordinary.
Two swordsmen, one spearman.
It was just a basic job.
If I had an ordinary job like that, I might have been tempted to get a job right away as soon as I entered that altar.
The trio were afraid that such greed might break their patience.
I figured out the whole situation, approached the members, pretended not to know and started talking to them.
“Has everyone gone up to the altar?”
“Suho. Hear the story….”
Listening to Min Ha-yeon’s words, it was a situation where everyone couldn’t go up as I thought.
When the trio said they couldn’t go up, Min Ha-yeon and Hanbom couldn’t go up either.
Park Jin-hee, who heard Min Ha-yeon’s words, said to me with a bitter smile.
“It’s shameful, how are we going to pick that job?”
Thinking of the help she received from me, Ha-yeon Min, and Bom Han, she said that she couldn’t possibly go up to the altar.
It also meant that we didn’t want to go up and test each other’s faith.
In a way, it was a wise decision.
No matter how great a legendary job is, once you get it, you have to think about the next thing.
If you can’t hold back your greed and suddenly ask for a job, there’s a chance you’ll be abandoned in this dungeon….
There was even a regression, so it was possible to put it back to its original state.
The scene where they confront each other and express each other’s opinions… It was really nice to see.
Through this, the hearts of the trio could be confirmed to some extent.
‘Still, there’s nothing good to keep wasting time like this…’
Since there were a total of four legendary jobs anyway, it was also true that the opportunity should go back to the trio.
I opened my mouth resolutely while looking at the party members who noticed.
“Then let’s do this.”
“… ?”
“Let me go back up and confirm the job, and then have a discussion to decide who is a good fit for the job.”
