Mebius World Online – Mari’s VRMMO Diary, Embarking on a Laid-back Adventure as a Novice - Chapter 87
87. Mari-nee and entrusted the battle
My emotions, everything I feel, are nothing but manifestations of the cursed soul within me, flowing from the wretched spirit of calamity.
It was hatred, anger, and murderous intent towards the adventurers.
The grief of losing family and friends because of them drives my very being.
I never questioned it, I believed that’s what I was.
But she… Maria… she treated me as if I were a child, despite everything.
At first, it irritated me, and I lashed out with words as I pleased, but Maria would only look troubled, with a hint of sadness in her eyes… and say nothing.
That oddly stirred my emotions.
Why do I feel this way…? My eyes should not reflect emotions, yet her expression burned vividly into my mind.
The definitive discord between my feelings and the soul within me was felt when Maria was pelted with stones by the townsfolk.
At that moment, I undeniably felt anger.
I couldn’t suppress the anger welling up for Maria, the adventurer whom I should have despised…
Time passed, and as I faced an impending battle, I was bestowed a name by Maria.
She spoke of the feelings she entrusted to that name.
‘Live as you wish. You have your own worth. I want to give you that wish, taking it from the words of ‘My thought, therefore I am’ <Cogito, ergo sum>. The name is…’
Yes, that’s right.
In that moment, along with the name Gils, I was granted a new life.
Yet, my soul still didn’t acknowledge her.
The condition for acknowledgement became clear immediately… but to ask that of Maria…?
While I grappled with the conflict, the situation abruptly changed, and Maria fulfilled that condition in an unexpected way.
If my soul hadn’t responded even after hearing that grief, I would have extracted it from my body with my own hands.
What meaning is there in a soul and power that doesn’t respond even when pushed this far?
Such a thing, I don’t need.
However, the soul responded.
It’s not just one soul residing within me, but three.
Combining these souls with the one in my hand, there are three.
Without hesitation, I gouged out both my eyes.
‘Those three said it. A half-hearted magic stone is not worthy of me.’
Then, if Maria is protected by this magic stone, housing the souls of the two who entrusted and passed away, there can be no other magic stone more fitting for me.
I inserted Nero’s magic stone into my left eye socket and Kuuga’s magic stone into my right.
With the emotions of the two flowing into me, colors filled my vision.
This time, it’s me… no, us, who will protect Maria… from all malice and threats.
Isn’t that right? Nero the elder brother, Kuuga the second brother.
When I opened my eyes, there were adventurers rushing towards me.
Just before the battle began, I switched from Moira’s blessing to Manipulator and Puppetry.
Now, combined with Maria’s power, I can fully utilize my abilities.
Squatting and waiting, a man resembling a thief broke away from the group of adventurers and, using some skill, swiftly maneuvered behind me, swinging a dagger.
“Hey, you clown-like puppet, don’t get cocky on your own!”
He seemed confident in his finishing move, but I caught it barehanded.
“What?! How did you notice, and why can you stop it barehanded?!”
Elder brother Nero was always skilled at sensing presence and anticipating danger.
Well, it’s not my obligation to tell this bastard.
And my skeletal structure boasts a high hardness from adamantite, while my skin is made of wyvern leather with excellent blade resistance.
Even if he hit me directly, it wouldn’t leave a scratch.
“Such a weakling.”
Without letting him finish, I slammed my clenched fist into his head.
With the physical strength to handle what Maria provided, I struck him down in one blow.
Several others tried to challenge me, but I crushed them all.
Of course, I didn’t suffer any wounds.
Seeing my fighting prowess, the so-called PKs all raised their voices.
“Too much of a cheat!”
“The game balance is ruined!”
“The admins are kidding us!”
They sure have the nerve to say whatever they want… but.
“Are you all idiots? I’m made with the rare materials that the top three production jobs obtained as rewards and poured without hesitation, over a long period of time.”
While slaughtering the protesting PKs, I continued.
“And in essence, what resides within me is what was entrusted only to Maria, who single-handedly quelled that calamity… That which now dwells within me. How strong is it…? Know it with your own bodies, the strength imbued with the feelings of the two who perished to protect Maria!”
My enraged voice made the PKs flinch, but realizing they couldn’t match me, they distanced themselves for a moment.
And then, the next move they showed… I see, so that’s how it is.
It’s a standard move, but you’re aiming for Maria here, aren’t you?
Haha… It’s almost laughable.
Can humans truly fall this far…?
Very well, then I have no hesitation in using that.
If you resent, resent your own actions!
Swinging it from both hands, I swept my arms horizontally.
In an instant, those who were trying to flank me and approach Maria were torn apart.
“What?!”
“What’s happening?!”
“Get away, just get away!”
Distance means nothing.
One of the two skills I possess, Soul Inheritance.
With this skill, I can use some of Maria’s skills and even rewrite some of my stats.
Considering the high level of Maria’s Thread Manipulation and the vastness of space, there’s no escape for them.
And with the bestowed Dragon Threads’ equipment trait, there’s no one who can withstand <Null Defence>.
I freely directed the Dragon Threads in all directions, slaughtering every adventurer in sight.
Honestly, I wanted to cut off their limbs and kill them slowly, but I doubt Maria would wish for that.
For now, I must swiftly eliminate them and move Maria and my brothers to a safe and quiet place.
The one-sided battle continued for about tens of minutes.
Just as I finished clearing most of them, an unprecedented large-scale magic descended.
Of course, it not only targeted me but also engulfed Maria and the others with a massive downpour of ice spears.
“Don’t underestimate us!”
Maria’s high Dexterity enhances my precision in controlling the Dragon Threads.
That gave me enough power to shoot down every single incoming ice spear without fail.
When the attack ceased, the area around me and Maria was like a devastated ice field due to the shattered ice.
“So, it’s you who stands in our way at the end…”
With eyes filled with colors, I looked ahead, where Leon and his group of five stood.
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