The Crazy Villain Regains His Sanity

Episode 400

I spoke with confidence, but Yongyong’s reaction was cold.

[Is it really there? Isn’t this like the hidden camera people are talking about?]

This was the current state.

I’m not being sarcastic about Yongyong, I’m just saying that he disguised it well.

He had hidden his secret abode so well that Yongyong, a divine beast, could not detect it.

“Are you sure. “To this extent, it must have been possible to deceive him.”

Maybe he’s pretending to be dead and continuing his research.

[Oh, no way, that’s impossible. Other divine beasts are not so easygoing.]

Yes, as Yongyong said, the opponent depends on the opponent. When I think about it, I think there must have been something that he wanted to protect even at the cost of throwing himself away.

[No, but how could they fool even me?]

Even though he was able to fool the other divine beasts, Yongyong was even suspicious of the possibility from the beginning.

To this extent, he was able to fool even self-proclaimed gods and thunderbirds. They may have thought that they had completely destroyed everything the hermit sage left behind, but that illusion left a trace.

“Then go.”

[It really exists, right? It’s not a hidden camera, right?]

Seeing the guy trying to take care of his pride in the meantime, I clicked my tongue and walked away.

The cold wave was so strong that it made me think my skin was stretching.

It occurred to me that it was a welcome message from a hermit wise man.

Or maybe it’s my imagination.

Anyway, the important thing was whether what he left behind was what I wanted.

Then, the place where my eyes rested was on the ice floor where nothing existed.

But I could feel a faint presence out there.

[uh? Huh?]

Only then did Yongyong react as if he sensed something.

“Can you feel it now?”

[No, not at all! Isn’t it just a pit?]

He’s a nasty guy.

Just as Yongyong said, there was a deep space beneath this ice floor.

It is a common terrain that can be seen here, but when common things overlap, it becomes inevitable.

“I put camouflage on camouflage.”

Kwasik!

A mine was fired to remove it, but surprisingly, the ice withstood it.

Even if it was a powerful force that would have exploded in an instant if it were a human being.

After being attacked with mines several times, cracks appeared in the ice that had held up tenaciously.

Damn it! Damn it!

The ice floor cracked like glass and disappeared without a trace as it scattered into fragments. What took its place was an abyss whose depth could not be measured.

The depth was much deeper than I or Yongyong thought.

[Wow, it really happened?]

“Let’s go.”

[Huh? It could be a trap, but just go for it? I could take a closer look, but just wait!]

I left Yongyong’s voice behind and jumped into the abyss.

In the endless darkness, mental attacks accompanied by all kinds of hallucinations rained down.

In it, I could feel the will left behind by the hermit sage.

This place was not like the arrangements left behind by that bastard. They simply tried to ignore the other person by using all possible means to fundamentally block their access.

Yes, this guy was a genius and he put his abilities to full use in this area.

[This is why we have no choice but to say that it does not exist!]

Yongyong screamed after realizing that Shinsoo wholeheartedly refused to contact other beings.

When we finally reached the end of the bottomless pit, what greeted us was a trap.

It was not the type that posed a threat to one’s safety, but rather a type that could transport one to another space if one took a wrong step.

“It seems like you really want to avoid contact.”

But if we could reach this place, the trap was meaningless.

After avoiding even that, what greeted us was pitch-black darkness.

However, even Shinsoo’s presence could not be erased, so Yongyong was able to clearly sense the abnormal air current.

[Is there a reason to hide it like this? If it were me, I think I would be curious and approach you after seeing you hide it like this.]

“Everyone would be like you.”

[right? It’s not that I’m weird, it’s that this person is wrong.]

“He was an otaku in the corner.”

[I think the title ‘Hermit Sage’ is too grandiose. Windigo seems to have a very poor naming sense.]

I also agreed and moved on.

Although visibility was blocked, the energy was getting stronger, so it was not difficult to find direction.

It was about 10 minutes after moving like that. At some point, the darkness became lighter and my vision became brighter.

This was a huge cave that preserved its ancient form. Places that could not be reached by human hands had the most natural and most artificial forms.

“Did he touch me?”

[I didn’t touch it as much as possible. He probably only touched it enough to move.] The more he

walked, the darker the traces left by the hermit sage became.

After walking for about an hour, I finally reached the end of the cave and when a huge cavity appeared, I saw the sight I wanted.

[This is…]

“Is this his lab?”

There were scenes of unknown abnormal force phenomena occurring throughout the cave.

And in one place, there was a body about 100 meters long. Its appearance was similar to that of a lizard, but its skin was all wrinkled, as if it had become very old.

It was so cold that its shape was still intact.

[I guess it’s God and the Thunderbird’s doing. [It is full of injuries.]

Yongyong, who had already reached the body, looked around and said this.

Since I wasn’t interested in the body, I focused my gaze not on that place, but on the traces of the experiment.

There were a total of three sites where the experiment appears to have been conducted. In one, various types of force were mixed together, each with its own characteristics, interlocking like gears, and in the other, a force consumed other forces and changed its shape, growing endlessly. It was a process of growing and then naturally disappearing.

The long-awaited finale.

There was a core that was emitting a soft red wavelength without any phenomenon occurring.

“….”

I looked at the core as if I was possessed and then walked away.

He reflexively stretched out his hand, but then stepped back as red lightning swirled around him like a wave.

“Kuh….”

[What’s wrong? Of course it’s dangerous if you touch it carelessly. Uh huh?]

Yongyong, who came next to me, looked at the core and made a sad expression. And as he looked back and forth between me and the core, he looked confused.

“This is the core he made.”

[But this is like…]

It was clear that even Yongyong felt that way.

That’s right, it’s different from what it is now, Yongyong isn’t 100% sure, but I know.

This was the core of blood feeding.

It’s just that he doesn’t know that I’ve returned to the past and that there are two identical abilities, so he’s just confused.

“I finally found it.”

It’s just that the criminal is no longer alive.

* * *

It was when I dealt with the Hell Master and sensed the presence of the Divine Beast that I came to think that blood feeding was not a self-awakened ability but the result of the intervention of an external being.

Afterwards, in the process of removing the instant death device, he destroyed the remnants of the divine beast and concentrated on research for a year, gaining much enlightenment.

The biggest realization was when I learned that instant death, which was too powerful to be considered a gift, was a form close to power.

Powers and Gifts are similar, but show stark differences.

While the Gift is optimized for humans, the power is the power of a divine beast and its usable range far exceeds human limitations.

It would be correct to say that it is a gift from a divine beast. Instead, the difference in power cannot be compared because the mental power and physical ability of the divine beast cannot be matched by humans.

High-speed flight alone had significant side effects, even if great efforts were made to overcome it.

There is no problem if you pass it all on to your ego.

However, after experiencing high-speed flight and instant death, I came to one conclusion.

“Then what about blood feeding?”

Even though there were side effects, it was a gift that far surpassed existing gifts in its power.

Although I went crazy because of this, I was able to gain the power to overcome human limitations and, after repeated regrets, I was able to return to the past.

Phenomena that an ordinary human being could never experience unfolded to me.

In that case, it was correct to see that this was the intervention of a higher being, not a human.

The moment I saw the instant fraud, all my doubts were answered.

“Shinsu.”

This was when I became convinced that it was God who created blood feeding.

However, I had no idea who created it and for what purpose it was given to me.

It was a journey to find that, and although I reached the final destination, my doubts were not solved but rather grew.

What on earth did he intend to create blood feeding?

And why did it reach me?

[Oh, it’s dangerous!]

I ignored Yongyong’s cries and reached for the blood feeding core.

Pajik! Puzzle!

A terrifying wave of red lightning swept over me, but I held on calmly.

This guy was already so familiar to me.

It came to me like a miracle and gave me strength when I was an incompetent person who desperately craved abilities and consumed the blood and flesh of monsters to survive.

[Are you okay?]

“It’s okay to this extent.”

As a result of the red thunderbolt, he suffered major burns all over his body, but his super regeneration recovered quickly. And in my hand, the blood-eating core that had stopped resisting was lying calmly.

Ugh!

At that time, a strong wave spread across my hand.

It pulled me into the mental world without me even having time to do anything.

[What’s wrong? Mental difference….]

As I heard Yongyong shouting indistinctly, my mind was sucked somewhere.

What unfolded before my eyes was a pure white space. There, a white-haired middle-aged man with drooping eyes was looking at me wearing a gown.

I could feel it intuitively.

That guy is a hermit sage.

This guy and I didn’t meet face to face. He summoned a being to reach this place. Probably because he wanted to leave something to say.

[I wanted to become human.]

So what should I do?

The guy continued his story without paying any attention to my thoughts.

[The infinite possibilities of mortal humans fascinate me. Maybe it is because they know that their lives are short, but they have made amazing progress in a short period of time that amazes me.] The

hermit sage was amazed, saying that because humans are finite, they have created infinite possibilities.

[But I, an immortal, could not become human. So I thought differently.]

I had been listening indifferently until then, but when I heard the next words, I had no choice but to stop.

[What would happen if humans gained infinite power and could become beings like us?] This

is a phrase that corresponds to blood feeding, which allows infinite absorption of gifts.

[So I studied how humans can gain infinite power. And after research, I found a way to gain strength that is as good as ours by overcoming a few trials. This is something that would be shocking to my compatriots if they found out.]

A faint smile appeared on the lips of the hermit sage. It quickly returned to an expressionless expression for a moment.

[But there is not much time given to me. My fellow countrymen coveted my achievements and did not like my arguments on how to use them. I’ll probably be eliminated by them.]

I wondered why I didn’t avoid it even after I knew I’d been tricked, but when I realized what was strange, everything about the Hermit Sage was under control.

The person who was fooled is stupid.

The guy didn’t deny it either.

[It resulted in speeding up my research progress. It was surprising that this level of efficiency was achieved the moment I realized I didn’t have much time. How far will a human being with an earnest will who comes into contact with my research results grow?]

Could it be that this guy didn’t think that blood feeding would cause the user to go crazy?

No, he must have known that smile.

Maybe the fact that users would go crazy wasn’t a factor to consider.

Looking at that expression, I was convinced.

So, have I been caught up in Shinsoo’s play and suffered all this time?

[They were preoccupied with other things, but my legacy will become a seed and sprout. Even if it becomes a seed of destruction, it will be fun.] I confessed my honest feelings as he looked at me clearly and spoke

.

“You’re sick.”