A Vain Person (6)
Beautifully fluttering snowflakes.
They possessed a somewhat heterogeneous black light, but it was so beautiful that even such an observation faded away.
It was a scene that stemmed from a kind of paradox.
The thick frost bore shadows.
Even the spring that had bloomed so refreshingly.
It is covered by a winter night as if it had never been.
Those who witnessed the contradictory season were captivated by the terrible ecstasy.
Meanwhile.
"Gasp··· gasp···"
At the center of the circular arena.
There is a girl breathing roughly.
"Cough··· Ugh."
A bad cough bothers her.
The identity of the girl standing there, exhausted, is none other than Emilia.
Her slender legs stagger.
Crunch-.
Footprints are left on the snow where her dress was piled up.
Against the unreal backdrop unfolding before her eyes, the girl mutters to herself blankly.
A white breath rises.
"···What."
What happened?
She falls into thought.
The last thing the girl remembers is ten thousand spears falling.
And the next moment.
- Shatter.
Winter broke.
In an instant.
The scenery that was vivid until just before disappears like a lie.
It scatters into numerous fragments.
"Ah."
It felt like being lost in a dream.
If she closed her eyes like this and opened them··· wouldn't everything disappear and she would wake up from a soft bed?
Of course, the delusion doesn't last long.
Snowflakes falling on her cheeks.
The coldly dyed body temperature was proving the reality.
Emilia raised her head.
"···."
What is reflected in her blurry vision is a golden snake.
Unsettlingly smiling, half-closed eyes.
The boy was full of composure.
He is neat, unlike herself, who is shabby and withered.
Only then does Emilia realize.
The fact that she is weak.
She tried to use magic to at least reach the boy's toes, but even that was woefully insufficient.
It was a truly unreasonable gap.
"Are you still thinking about fighting?"
A gentle voice asks.
Her breath catches in her throat.
A deep sense of exhaustion permeates her whole body.
Her exhausted legs tremble.
But.
"···Yes."
She doesn't collapse.
A venomous light still flickers above her blue eyes.
A terrible obsession.
Emilia bites her lip.
She forces herself to catch her breath.
Hallucinations ring in her ears. It was a few words she had heard sometime ago.
- Get stronger, Emilia.
Her chest tightens.
- Otherwise, you won't survive.
A single memory eventually brings the girl to her feet.
Of course, she wasn't expecting a reversal.
She already had a hunch from the previous blow.
It was a hopeless gap.
So much so that even looking up was a struggle.
"It's not over yet."
It's just that Emilia didn't know.
Because defeat in her life only meant death, she never learned how to kneel.
The way she learned to survive a cruel fate.
It was the same this time.
The girl clenches her fists.
If she scrapes the bottom of her drained mana, she can barely create a single ice spear.
A last-ditch effort.
"I won't lose··· never."
The atmosphere is vicious.
As she points the sharp spearhead at the boy, she hears a sigh mixed with a mutter.
"Oh my··· I didn't want to be rough."
The snake flicks its tongue out as if amused.
Is it that enjoyable?
Well, it was the process of stepping on a bug that was acting up without knowing its place.
'It's only natural.'
She didn't feel particularly wronged.
Wasn't it what she was trying to do in the first place?
If she had decided to stab the opponent, she must also be prepared to be stabbed in return.
The ominous half-closed eyes smile.
"It can't be helped! I wanted to end it like a gentleman if possible···."
Grin.
The boy's lips curl up eerily.
An intense surge of murderous intent.
"This is the result you chose, Lady."
The snake clasps its hands together.
A black mist billows around him.
Emilia, sensing something ominous, tries to back away, but the boy's next action is faster.
He lightly claps his hands.
Clap-!
A ripping sound spreads out.
The next moment.
"···Huh?"
The gravity surrounding the girl reverses.
Her body hangs in the air for a moment.
It doesn't take long before.
"Aaagh···! Kyaaah!"
Her blue hair shoots up into the sky.
***
Judas is depicted as the ultimate evil in the original story.
He acts like the protagonist's helper until the latter half, but when the most crucial moment arrives, he reveals his true colors.
He's responsible for a shocking twist.
[What the?]
[?????????????????]
[Is this for real? Judas betrays them?]
[Damn, the narrow-eyed character trope is real]
[Don't be ridiculous]
[More importantly, why is that bastard so strong?]
[Maybe he was hiding his power because he's a narrow-eyed character]
The reactions to the walkthrough video I uploaded were also heated.
He was always kind, and sometimes a goofy, comical character.
The supporting character, who had established a favorable image among players, was, in fact, the mastermind behind all the tragedies.
And because the foreshadowing was so cleverly hidden.
It was nearly impossible to notice on the first playthrough.
The problem didn't end there.
His abilities were nothing short of disastrous.
The protagonist's party, with no time to recover from the shock of his betrayal, had to set out to prevent the world's destruction.
Judas' strength was far beyond the norm.
[Is this the right difficulty level??]
[If the walkthrough master himself fails, it means we can't even touch it]
[He wiped out the Galimar faculty in 30 seconds?]
[Is this for real?]
As such, there were many intense scenes.
Among them, the most talked-about scene was the 'Continental Gravity Reversal' that appears in the [Final Battle].
《It's getting a little boring.》
《Shall we··· make our world a little more interesting?》
Denying the laws of physics.
As the boy claps his hands once, the gravity of the entire continent reverses.
People plummet towards the sky.
The world helplessly falls into ruin.
It was a scene that still remained etched in my mind.
[How can you beat that?]
Of course, that was possible because it was the original Judas.
It was impossible with the power I possessed.
Even after three years since my possession, the ability 'Liar' was still difficult to handle.
It was difficult to reach its peak with insufficient output.
Reversing the gravity of an entire continent?
How is that even possible?
It was a level of power I couldn't comprehend.
'However.'
That didn't mean it was entirely impossible.
The ability to manipulate reality with lies.
It was just that the output was low, the nature of the ability itself hadn't changed.
If it was within a narrow range that I could handle, I could easily defy the laws of the world.
Clap-!
This was exactly the case now.
"Aaagh···! Kyaaah!"
The principle was the same 'Gravity Reversal', but it was a scaled-down version beyond comparison.
If the target of the original Judas was the continent.
The target I designated was a single girl.
A residual image rapidly ascending vertically.
Looking at the form that was gradually accelerating, I put on a pitiful smile.
-I won't lose··· never.
As expected.
Emilia showed no sign of surrender.
The tenacity to fight to the bitter end.
To break that, I had to use a somewhat forceful method.
If she intended to keep getting up even though she knew the difference in their power.
Then I just had to shake her up so badly that she couldn't get up again.
"Hehe."
The referee didn't seem to mind either.
I guess that meant it was okay to continue the duel.
As the girl's head was about to reach the clouds, I clapped my hands once again.
Clap-.
Immediately, the gravity surrounding the girl returned to normal.
Her blue hair, which had been hanging at the edge of the sky.
Momentarily floated as if swimming in the sky, then began to fall back to the ground.
A faint scream was heard.
"Uh, uh, aaagh···!"
Emilia descends rapidly, gaining momentum.
No matter how strong her body was, falling from that height would cause serious injury.
Moreover, she was already in a state of mana exhaustion, fatigue, and exhaustion.
The girl was bound to hit the ground without being able to brace for the impact.
Of course.
"Up you go again."
Clap-!
I didn't leave her like that.
Just before her fluttering blue hair touched the arena, I clasped my hands together in time.
Emilia's face grew distant again.
"For someone who spoke so resolutely··· your screams are quite lovely."
The little villainess tossed about by the villain.
I resumed my applause.
Clap-!
Clap-!
Clap-!
I would drop her when she reached the sky, and send her back up when she came down.
Occasionally, I would switch the gravity horizontally for a change of pace.
"···!!"
For a while, only delicate screams echoed throughout the arena.
How much time had passed like this?
The reason I stopped clapping.
Was none other than the system notification that popped up.
- Ding!
[The output of your unique ability 'Liar' has been mostly depleted.]
[Current remaining output: 4.7%]
"Shall we wrap things up?"
Clap-!
I clap one last time and wait in place.
Standing there with my arms outstretched, I soon see the girl plummeting at a terrifying speed.
Her blue hair leaves a long trail behind it.
"Oh dear."
I effortlessly catch the falling girl.
Using my ability, I erase the acceleration and gently embrace her limp body.
"Are you ready to give up now?"
"···."
Emilia is dazed.
I whisper in her ear teasingly, implying that I'll show her worse if she doesn't surrender right now.
Her slender shoulders tremble.
"Hmm hmm."
I lower the villainess to the ground.
As soon as her feet touch the ground, her legs buckle.
As expected, Emilia collapses to her knees.
Her chin trembles like an aspen leaf.
"Lady."
"···."
"Lady?"
"···."
No answer comes.
I, who had been grinning smugly, only then realized something was wrong.
Did I take the prank too far?
But she's a skilled student. That's why I felt safe toying with her.
Her chilling reaction was unsettling.
'Wait a minute.'
As I ponder, a certain setting comes to mind, albeit belatedly.
'Come to think of it··· I think there was something about Emilia having a severe fear of heights.'
It was a detail I vaguely remembered from an extra booklet released a while ago.
A chill runs down my spine.
"Oh my."
=Oh, shit.
I hurriedly check on Emilia.
The villainess kneels, her eyes vacant.
It was already too late.
"Lady! Are you alright··· Huh?"
The girl's trousers are damp.
A small puddle has formed around where she's sitting.
The black snowflakes that had accumulated from the previous attacks are rapidly melting as they come into contact with the spilled water.
At the same time, white steam rises.
"Oh."
My mind goes blank.
A yellow liquid.
No matter how I look at it, the water··· came from beneath the girl.
I hurriedly look away, pretending I didn't see anything, but my eyes meet her blue ones.
"···."
"···."
Her pupils shake as if they'll shatter.
Tears well up in her eyes.
The trembling intensifies.
Finally.
"Sob···! Hiic, waaah···!"
Emilia bursts into tears.
Oh no.
I messed up.
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Noooo poor girl lmao
ReplyDeleteMessed up? He did good. Wonderful even. Get fucked!
ReplyDeleteQuick! Use your lies to erase the evidence! One thing is stripping the enemy of their pride, and another thing is completely humiliating them, by that point she already abandoned any idea of her superiority, not doing anything about the "accident" is just cruel.
ReplyDeleteI think he's out of gas
DeleteLiving up to that villain name
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