A story about a max level player’s 100th return, Episode 13
13. A plausible lie
Boluak looked at the human hand held out to him in bewilderment.
‘Are you asking me to cooperate?’
I looked at the human, no, the being who revealed himself as the God of Time.
The sincerity can be seen in the eyes.
‘Are you really the god of time?’
I had my doubts, but that lasted only for a moment.
Not only does he have a force beyond imagination for a player, he can even open gaps in space and time.
How can you doubt that he is not the god of time?
‘I admit that. But why on earth are you suggesting this to me… … .’
I was curious as to why he abandoned Archizar and proposed cooperation with him.
The reason why the God of Time eliminates the host.
Instead of holding his hand, he just looked at him, and the black scythe lowered his head as if he understood.
“You’re very alert. Yes, you probably still have a lot of questions. Why am I abandoning Archizar and switching to it? And why you want to remove the host.”
Boluak’s eyes widened.
There are no ghosts.
“The reason I want to change is simple. It’s because I didn’t like this guy named Archizar. I hate seeing him betray his own people and seek attention for himself. But he couldn’t help but cooperate. “Because it’s my job to eliminate hosts.”
“Why is the God of Time the host…?” … ?”
“The host is a being born against the laws of time. “It’s fundamentally different from your Sid.”
Boluak nodded in agreement.
Although the lowly hosts and the higher body themselves may look similar, they are different species.
“I couldn’t just stand by and watch such ignorant hosts run amok, violating the laws of time. That’s why he descended into a human body.”
“then… Does the Lord of Time intend to eliminate all hosts from this land?”
Boluak’s tone became polite.
It seemed like he didn’t even feel it, but it was a good thing for Ryumin.
‘I’m almost over it.’
I smiled to myself and resumed acting.
“Yes. What I want is the extermination of the host. “Whether Sid dies or not is none of my business.”
“Then, as for collaborating with Archizar… … .”
“okay. No matter how much I did, I couldn’t pinpoint the host’s location, so I had no choice but to get help. “I didn’t know he would ask me to eliminate other seeds in return.”
“under… … .”
A sigh escaped Boluak’s mouth.
-Arquizar I didn’t like that bastard from the first time I saw him, but I never thought he’d be hiding something like this.
His thoughts were conveyed in detail.
In Ryumin’s head.
-Using the God of Time to eliminate rival seeds? Since you can suck out biological energy even if you are the only one left in the world anyway, do you think it would be okay to give me a host? You’re crazy! How could such a crazy bastard occupy the position of commander?
It was a situation where only Archizar was being criticized, but Boluak wouldn’t know.
I thought everything was a blatant lie made up on the spot.
‘I’m glad he’s stupid.’
In fact, Ryumin had no idea that Boluak would be fooled.
Because it was too crude to be a lie.
‘Thank goodness the operation worked thanks to my stupidity.’
But it’s not over yet.
Because the question was whether he would join hands with him or not.
“What are you going to do? “Will you cooperate with me?”
“First, I want to hear your story. How are you going to help me get revenge? … .”
There was an unprecedented desire in Boluak’s eyes.
A desire for revenge on Archizar.
Ryu Min, who read the sincerity, grinned.
“What do you need to get revenge?”
“hmm… … .”
A random question.
Boluak was troubled.
“What are you so worried about? Of course you need strength.”
“ah… … strength.”
“I will help you increase your strength and take revenge on Archizar.”
“how… … “You mean?”
“The method is simple. “It absorbs the host.”
“The host… … ?”
“As far as I know, I heard that you become stronger by absorbing hosts. Am I right?”
“you’re right.”
“So, you provide location information for the host instead of Archizar. Then I find the host and eliminate it, and you eat the host’s corpse to become stronger. Imagine this. “You became stronger after eating all the hosts in this land.”
Boluak imagined.
He absorbed all the hosts on Earth and became incredibly strong.
“But it is more efficient if you collect a certain amount of biological energy and then absorb it… … .”
“Isn’t it possible to become stronger just by absorbing a host that has no biological energy?”
“That’s true… … .”
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“Then it won’t be a problem? I eliminate the host as I wish, and you absorb the corpse to become stronger. Isn’t it a mutually beneficial structure? “If you run out of energy, it’s up to you whether you collect human bioenergy or not.”
“ah… … .”
That was correct.
Boluak’s heart began to decline.
After much thought, his mouth opened.
“great. “We will cooperate.”
“good. Now then, let’s cut off contact with Archizar. Please take care of me.”
“yes. Please take care of me too. “God of time.”
It was Boluak who greeted him with courtesy, perhaps because he was a god, but he didn’t know.
I don’t think we are playing into the hands of humans who call themselves gods.
‘Good.’ I enlisted Sid’s cooperation.’
Now you don’t have to run around using light speed runes to find the host.
A seed named Boluak here will find a host for you.
‘There is a limit to what you can find using light speed runes. That’s why we need his cooperation.’
Sid and the hosts dispatched to collapse the world line.
For Ryumin, both were candidates for elimination, but the most urgent task was the elimination of the host.
‘Even though Seed is the core of the world line’s collapse, it is not moving right away.’
The seed does not move until the host gathers its bioenergy.
They say that the host is slaughtering humans right now.
‘To minimize damage, it is urgent to find and eliminate all hosts on Earth.’
But finding their location is like finding a needle in the desert.
The speed of light rune also has a cooldown of 1 hour, so you have to suck your fingers in the meantime.
They say that alone it is not enough to prevent casualties.
‘That’s why there is a need to deceive the higher species, Sid. To use it as a navigation tool to find the host.’
If you use a seed that can detect the host’s location, it will be easier to find.
‘Things went better than expected. Of course, there was also a way to threaten with a scythe without making things complicated… … .’
I’m not sure if he will give in to his threats.
For now, the best thing to do was to elicit his voluntary cooperation with a plausible lie.
Perfect!
When Ryumin snapped his fingers, the barrier of time and space was lifted and a village appeared.
“You eat the host’s corpse.”
“Well, is that okay?”
“You promised.”
With Ryumin’s permission, Boluak stretched out his palms to the body of the host who had put Montana in danger.
OK.
Slurp slurp-
Black liquid came out of the body and was completely absorbed by Boluak’s hands.
Even though he had no accumulated biological energy, he still felt like he had grown up a bit.
“That’s how you absorb it.”
“That’s right.”
“Okay, now let’s go find the next host.”
“yes. wait a minute.”
After concentrating on the signal for a moment, Boluak pointed to one side.
“It’s over there.”
“Take the lead.”
Boluak, whose wings were made of black liquid, rose into the sky, and behind him.
Flap!
Ryumin followed, spreading his wings of darkness.
To remove the host.
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“Hey, Archizar.”
Sid, in response to Rukainu’s question.
“for a moment.”
Archiza raised his hand as if to wait.
Because it interferes with concentration.
Archizar opened his eyes soon after.
The expression on his face is extremely serious.
“Why are you doing that?”
“The signal from the host dispatched to a country called Mexico was lost.”
“what?”
Although Rukainu was surprised, he recalled a story about a hunter he had heard before.
“Could it be the work of the Black Scythe player who hunts the host?”
“I don’t know the details. But there is a strong possibility that it was his doing.”
“How strong is the black scythe?”
“well. “I am certain that he is at least skilled enough to kill the host.”
“Shouldn’t we stop it instead of just sitting by like this?”
Archiza shook his head.
“It is not time yet. Don’t you know how strong this guy is? “If he steps forward for no reason, he could end up harming us as well.”
“Is it because you are the commander? Even in this situation, you are very cautious… … .”
“It may be frustrating, but it is a necessary procedure. “Didn’t you already send a decoy to measure the Black Scythe’s combat power?”
“Oh, that’s right. Did you say Boluak? But why did you tell him not to touch the host’s body?”
“Because that’s how I’ll touch it. The psychology of an intelligent being is that when you tell it not to touch something, it wants to touch it more. Boluak will be no different.”
“Wow, you’re smart. “I didn’t take on the position of commander for nothing.”
Archizar grinned, perhaps happy to receive praise from his compatriots.
“He must have gone to absorb the American host.”
“Are you sure?”
“100%. “Maybe you came across a black scythe.”
“Or maybe you just gulp down a host in Montana without meeting anyone?”
“yes.”
The power of the black scythe can be measured by whether Boluak survives.
“It’s about time I contacted you.”
As Archizar spoke, he connected to Boluak’s frequency and sent a telepathic message.
-Can you hear me? Boluak? Boluak?
I asked several times, but there was no answer.
‘Is he dead since there is no answer?’
After the host, Sid also died?
If so, it means that the entity known as the Black Scythe is as strong as expected.
‘You shouldn’t touch this hastily. We need to gather all the seeds together and have a meeting… … .’
But the expectations were wrong.
-Who is it?
-ah… .
It is connected to Boluak.
-Who are you?
-Ah, it’s me. Archizar.
-What’s going on?
-Uh, that’s… … .
This is an unexpected situation, so I don’t know what to say.
-How are you?
-What are you talking about?
-I’m asking if you’re hurt anywhere. You see, isn’t it my job to manage the seeds?
I quickly tried to explain it away, but the voice I heard was rough.
-It’s okay then. How can I get hurt?
-I don’t know if you know, but the signal with the Mexican host was lost. It could have been the work of a hunter.
-If you are a hunter, a black scythe?
-okay. If you ever meet him, be careful.
-I’ll take care of it, so don’t worry about it.
The contact ended with that.
Boluak seemed more sensitive than when they spoke before, but Archizar thought it was just his mood.
More than that, I was surprised that Boluak was alive.
‘What happened? Didn’t you come across a black scythe?’
If you met Black Scythe, you should have reacted when his name came up.
But Boluak’s voice was the same as before.
Lucainu asked at Archizar’s surprised expression.
“Why are you doing that? Is telepathy over? Can you contact Boluak?”
“Boluak is alive.”
“Then you haven’t encountered the Black Scythe.”
“I guess so. “After talking to you, it doesn’t seem like we’ve even met each other.”
I was planning to use him as bait to measure the Black Scythe’s combat power, but it went overboard.
“What should I do now? Since you don’t know the power of the black scythe, can’t you step forward hastily?”
“I think we should first investigate the scene where the host died. “I’ll ask you for that part, Rukainu.”
“If it’s an order from the commander, you should listen. I get it.”
The two seeds had to feel an unknown sense of anxiety towards the unidentified enemy known as the Black Scythe.
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