I Became a Genius Mage in the Cthulhu Game Chapter 214

Episode 214

Episode 214: In the words of the eliminated person

Gong Yi-soo suddenly hits his head.

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“Ugh, what are you doing?”

“no… … . “I suddenly felt like I was hallucinating.”

“You know that the keystone removes the state of confusion, but it doesn’t eliminate the madness itself, right?”

“… … know. But something is coming. “I feel like something is coming.”

Then, Gong Yi-soo hits his head again.

Kang- Kang-

We haven’t even had a long conversation yet, but he already looks unstable.

‘How long do you have left?’

Confusion is just the result. As long as madness remains, it will happen again.

In order to gauge the level of madness that lies within his mind, I once again scanned his appearance from bottom to top.

bare foot.

And a body wearing a tattered green hospital gown.

Since he is a person who has been confined in a closed ward for a long period of time, this is not a particularly strange outfit.

But the part that isn’t unusual ends below his shoulders.

“Why are you wearing that helmet?”

“Why are you wearing that mask?”

“… … .”

I have nothing to say.

Just as I am covering my face with a mask, Gong Yi-soo is covering his face.

‘Iron mask. No, it would be more accurate to call that a helmet rather than a mask.’

On Gong Yi-su’s shoulder.

So, where his head should be, there is a cylindrical metal helmet that looks like an overturned bucket.

Is that called the Great Helm?

‘It’s a bobblehead… … .’

Why the nickname bobblehead? If you’re going to give it a nickname, wouldn’t it be more appropriate to call it Iron Head?

‘It’s similar to me in that it covers its face, but… … .’

Besides that, there are many things in common between me and Gong Yi-soo.

They may be sacrifices for a banquet, they may be from a different time and space than this world, they may have powerful abilities that cannot be reproduced by the people of this world, or they may know part of the truth about this world.

However, during this brief meeting, I was able to identify more differences than similarities.

‘For example, kidneys.’

In the file, it was written that Gong Isu’s height was 1.6m. However, it is not Gong Yi-su’s head that is 1.6 meters away from the floor, but his shoulders.

If you calculate Gong Isu’s height based on his head position… … .

‘Is it approximately 1.9m?’

Even taking into account the size of the metal helmet on his head, his height would be around mid-180cm.

The body shape is also quite different.

Despite his long imprisonment, Gong Yi-su has a very well-developed body. A completely different physical condition from me, who is suffering from health problems.

And their abilities are different and their situations are different.

“hey. Shinhwa Kim.”

“yes.”

“I think I know what you’re thinking, but I’m not you.”

“I know. “I was just assessing the possibilities.”

Even though I had not finished speaking, Gong Yi-su took a step closer and cut me off.

“I will never be you.”

“Because I know.”

“I am someone who will never, never, never have anything to do with you. “I’ve never seen or met anyone like you.”

This is a bit harsh.

“Why are you talking so obsessively?”

“Because I don’t want anything to do with you. “No, it’s not you. I don’t want to be associated with the dinner offering.”

“Why?”

“I don’t know how different the information you know is from the information I know, but the humans involved in the dinner offering… … .”

“I’m becoming unhappy, is this it?”

“under! Unhappiness? It’s nice to be able to say it so easily. “I’m just glad it ends in misfortune.”

“What do you want to say?”

“How many people have you met so far? And how have they changed?”

“… … .”

Jang Hyeon-deok, a security taxi driver, gained unwanted psychic talent and became a target for cultists and evil spirits.

Not only did Cheong Hao die, but his appearance was stolen by an otherworldly entity. And Hyuna Jeong lost her father because of me.

Besides that, I think of the faces of people who went crazy or died because of me.

“Is this because of me?”

“It looks like you have something to figure out. That’s what the dinner offering is. “The beings of the abyss are not only interested in you, but also in the places you move and the people you meet.”

“Are these the observations and descriptions you mentioned earlier?”

“okay. They will destroy, twist and torment those around you. “It’s just to make you feel comfortable.”

“I think I know what you’re talking about.”

“No, you don’t know! I don’t know the feeling of everything that touches me collapsing, being ruined, and crumbling! In the end, you too will give up everything!”

Gong Yi-soo is now almost starting to scream. Could it be that the confusion has begun again as we feared earlier?

“This is that kind of game. “A game that wins if the feast sacrifice bows and surrenders itself to the hateful being of the abyss, or instills obsession and madness in itself to become one with the mighty being of the abyss.”

“Victory. “You’re speaking from the perspective of an abyss being.”

“That’s right. Because they are the players of this game. We are just little pawns on the game board. “It’s no use struggling.”

It’s not wrong.

I have thwarted their plots or rejected their proposals several times so far, but it was a miracle that only happened thanks to their willingness to follow the rules of the game.

‘If they had tried to overturn the game board or grab the game pieces and make them explode, I wouldn’t have been able to resist at all.’

Gong Yi-soo’s words continue as if he is reading my thoughts.

“I don’t know if there are any rules, or if it’s because they go against the twisted aesthetics of beings of the abyss, but they rarely exercise their skills. Instead, you either tame it by feeding it or project influence on it so that it eventually becomes your own incarnation. In that sense, you know that you are in quite a dangerous state, right?”

That’s why guys like [King in Yellow] and [Living Flame] show a lenient attitude towards me.

The more I gain their magical power, the more powerful I can become, but I also gradually become closer to them.

“You said it was no use struggling, so how did you escape?”

“me? Hehehe – yes, as a senior, I can tell you a good way to escape.”

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Gong Yi-soo hits his head in fits and starts. The metal helmet on his shoulder twitches unsteadily.

“You can tell when you see it, right? “You just have to get eliminated.”

“Are you eliminated?”

“Okay, eliminated. Hehehehehehehehehehehehehe!”

Gong Yi-su hugged his body for a moment and burst into hysterical laughter before saying.

“Give up struggling, cut ties with everyone, give up changing anything, achieving anything, or doing anything. It’s no longer fun or interesting for them to watch. Then they will take the curse of being a feast sacrifice from you.”

“that… … .”

I know what it is. As Gong Yi-soo said, that means elimination.

“In short, you chose to end the game in the way that caused the least damage.”

“that’s right. I escaped my time zone, changed my name, changed my settings, and changed my face. And I gave up on the friends I was trying to protect, abandoned the people I cherished, and ignored the mistakes I was trying to undo. Then the observations directed at me disappeared, and I gained the peace and rest I have now.”

An enemy of cosmic scale. A conspiracy spanning cosmic time.

This is an ending that can be faced by someone who has become so tired of its enormity that they have given up thinking, challenging, or moving and have stopped walking.

“I recommend that you make the same choice as me rather than struggling to achieve a useless goal.”

I rested my forehead for a moment and thought about his words. And some calculations based on some possibilities.

“… … no. I have no intention of giving up yet. And even if the worst happens, you won’t be hospitalized here.”

“I guess you don’t like the way I look that much? It’s all because of useless hopes. Well, anyway, the field I studied was mainly related to time, and I don’t think that would be of much help to you.”

“I guess so.”

I will admit that we have many similarities, but in the end, Gong Yi-soo and I are strangers in different situations.

“Hahaha – the room next to mine is empty, so if you feel like giving up, come in at any time. “Kind and smart perverts, including Lee Ha-seo, will take good care of you no matter what.”

“… … .”

Suddenly, an unpleasant feeling that is difficult to express in words arises.

‘It’s not the first time I’ve seen something like that.’

This is something that can be seen not only in the characters of [Cthulhu World] but also in real life. desperation. Pessimism. A self-deprecating joke. Made-up cheerfulness.

Still, it doesn’t feel good to see him in such decline.

“I’m sorry I couldn’t help you. Still, I can give you at least one tip.”

“A tip?”

“The Tabula Rasa device is trash. “That can’t cure madness.”

“… … .”

“How did you know? Isn’t it obvious? I know because I’ve been through my own head with that before. “It’s not very helpful.”

“okay.”

“But I still remember how to use it, so if you want to try it, I’ll drill your skull. “Would you like to do it now?”

“no. That’s it.”

“okay. I’m already done, but I hope you can go a little further. now-”

[System: The banquet offering effect is activated.]

Gurgling-

Suddenly, an earthquake occurred that shook the entire building.

It’s not at an everyday level. It’s so powerful that it’s difficult to keep your balance and stand.

Plus, the noise of blah blah blah. Is something in the building bursting or distorting?

[Invisible Hand]

I reflexively activated magic to avoid falling, but Gong Yi-su… … .

“Oh, no!”

Even though he was in better physical condition than me, he screamed and struggled and fell with a loud crashing noise.

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And his metal helmet rolling on the floor.

“Ah, damn it, my head!”

Gong Yi-su hurriedly reaches out his hand and catches the helmet rolling on the ground. He pauses for a moment, holding his helmet.

And Gong Yi-soo slowly turns towards me.

“You saw it… … .”

Now I know why Gong Yi-soo got the nickname Bobblehead.

‘In the file, it was recorded that your height was 1.6m, right?’

Gong Yi-su was covering his face for a completely different reason than me. No, it is incorrect to say that he was covering his face.

He had no head.

All you can see is a neatly cut section where the neck should be. One of the holes in the neck wriggles, producing the voice that Gong Yi-su has heard so far.

“Ha ha ha ha ha! You saw it! I saw it! Now you understand, right? This is one of the words through which the banquet offering arrives! This is what happens to toys that are swayed by the beings of the abyss! okay? Do you understand?”

[System: The banquet offering effect is activated.]

The message window once again blocks the view.

Wow!!

It’s not vibrating anymore. The noise of something bursting.

“That vibration! That shock! That noise! Can you feel it? “You ended up bringing disaster here!”

As soon as Gong Yi-su’s hysterical cries end, a new change occurs.

Wei Ying-Yi Yi Ying-Wei Yi Ying-

Alarm sound. It’s a different type of alarm than the one that sounded earlier.

“This is a level 1 alert. Just as you said, it looks like something has crawled in.”

This is an alarm that activates when some of the patients escape or when something breaks in from the outside.

Damn it, even though I took the risk of calling Yang Seo-ho, I was still defeated?

“okay! The people who were observing you came crawling in! To interrupt my conversation with you! To murder me! To drag me, who was leading a peaceful life, into the center of the incident!”

The headless madman screams horribly and goes crazy.

These are the words of a failure who accepted defeat and chose to voluntarily drop out.

‘Did I waste my time listening to something like this?’

As I continue to listen to him, an uncomfortable feeling of disgust wells up in my chest.

“all right. “I won’t disturb you further as you wish, so please stop now.”

“I don’t want to move anymore. I don’t want to be observed anymore. “Just let me be in a world where nothing happens, quietly, outside of everyone’s attention, as if I never existed in this world from the beginning, just like a plant.”

“is it so. Just keep living like a plant. “I still have the strength to move, so I will move.”

“okay. Keep moving, Shinhwa Kim. But do not forget that misfortune and destruction will spread like a plague along the path you travel.”

I left the room without answering his words.

fantasy,