Chapter 6: Mercurion
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"Who are you exactly, Human?"
Nghh...-
Mercurion spoke the moment I had the grasp of my body, his hand which held my entire body was slowly tightening as if he couldn't wait for my reply. I was surprised that this guy doesn't only frantically roar all the time, he could speak like me. His voice is much deeper than his roars, or more precisely, more like an old war veteran trying out cool and edgy voice-over techniques.
But, ah... I can't speak.
Mercurion's grasp included my chest so I had a hard time breathing. Not only the big breasts were in the way, but the armor's additional plating was also included. I had to make my breaths as short as an inch and inhale in from the mouth or else I would be suffocated to death.
The nose couldn't supplement the body alone due to the limitations for breathing.
And now he's pressuring me by slowly gripping tightly onto my body.
In addition to the suffocation, there is this... Super hot aura of Mercurion. There wasn't enough oxygen in the area.
Any moment now... I could pass out due to lack of air.
I want to breathe!
I am slowly suffering. My body becoming heavier, my head is being filled with air, my breathing became harder and more desperate. Adrenaline started to make things worse as it made me shudder even harder.
My vision is slowly blurring.
My senses are dulling.
Fuck-... I wanna breathe!
"Can't... Breathe..."
My voice subconsciously cried out. I doubt Mercurion hearing it.
And if he did, it would be much better for a god-like monster like him to kill me instead of heeding to my needs.
Since it was just but a whimper from a lowly human like me.
"... Will you answer my question if I let you breathe?"
There- There is no time to think about the consequences.
I want to breathe!!!
"P-Please..."
Mercurion loosened up his grip and turned off his Jet wings, the air slowly returned to its original temperature, oxygen is coming back to the area and...
COOOOUGH- COUGH. COUGH!!!
I, grasped for air desperately. It lasted for a whole minute before my entire person stabilized. My skin color is coming back from being pale blue, heartbeat's rhyme steadying, and my vision is becoming somewhat clearer for every second passes by.
"Now it seems you are fine. Answer."
Mercurion bellowed coldly. "Who. Are. You?"
Due to my dulled senses, I wasn't able to perceive his voice. My ears are still ringing at this point.
Though the moment he stopped speaking, was the moment I could almost hear properly.
"You are a human... No, I... I must refrain from lumping you, an immortal human that could resurrect even without an inch of your remains, to those trashes."
"... You are a permanence of a being who exudes an aura of not existent to this world yet existing... An immortal being that is supposed to exist in another world made by God."
"A contradiction of existence. You are that kind of being, therefore, you are different from these rascals that call themselves Humanity."
Hey! I am a god damn human, can't you see!?
"I do not know what you think of. But, as far as I could judge your abilities. You are... Much worse than her. Avarice, the nine-tailed World Aggregator who has the same ability to resurrect, just like you."
"Though only once..."
Mercurion wasn't bothered by the lack of reply at the least bit. He continued speaking at a discerning tone that carried a hollow defeat. I was able to ascertain his voice tone because... That was the same tone I used when I got caught by the police.
The taste of defeat... On a god-like monster like him..?
Did something happen while I was away respawning? Out of my notice?
Maybe he fought somebody and lost while I was under the stasis of the respawning process?
And, probably, he uses me as a toy to vent out his frustrations...
He did say Avarice though. Maybe it was another monster that is on par with his godly powers and... Maybe his rival? His rival that he couldn't afford to lose against with but when they battled again, he lost..?
Or, I am just misunderstanding things.
"You may have your reasons as to why you don't speak about your identity, but whatever, I have lost enough face on trying to kill an immortal being like you."
Mercurion lowered his head as he spoke. He looked pretty much depressed from his actions.
Did he lose something more than his pride? More than that...
Trying to kill an IMMORTAL BEING?
Are you nuts?
You killed me many times already, fool!
"You see, immortal being, I am a being that takes contentment as the most powerful World Aggregator in these lands. I am a being that transcends every World Aggregator-class Monster that lives inside this world layer."
"I am a being that takes joy in slaying foe. Be it the weakest, be it the strongest... Be it... god."
Takes joy in slaying foes...
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THEN SHOULDN'T YOU BE HAPPIER!? YOU HAVE SLAIN ME FOR MORE THAN THOUSAND TIMES!!!!
"I have long tried with every inch of my power, my sacred divine power that would make even World Aggregator-ranked monsters cower in fear, in killing you... Completely."
"But to think... I couldn't destroy someone like you... Who has the ability to defy death, even if you have to exchange time as the cost... It is disheartening at most."
"Disheartening? Me? You couldn't kill me?"
I subconsciously splurted a question that I couldn't prevent from leaking out the moment he said those words.
Mercurion looked up to the skies after hearing my voice.
"Immortal being. You are the evidence that I might... No. You are the evidence that, I, the World-Aggregator who preys on other World-Aggregators, the one who considers himself the King amongst the Kings have no standing in the face of God. The God that created this world, the one and true God, the Creator and at the same time, the Destroyer of the worlds."
Faced against God..? This guy? Facing God?
"Are you planning on facing God..?" I asked out of PURE CURIOSITY. Even if it is obvious, I must get a piece of information out of this guy.
I am getting more and more curious about this guy.
Is he proving that by killing me, who has the ability to respawn several times over, he could kill God?
WELL. My hatred hasn't gone to the drain at least bit... I still hate this guy. I loathe him to the bone.
"It is indeed so... To become the apex predator of this world... One must destroy God. And to destroy the one who has the ability to Create and Destroy, you must become a monster beyond one's imaginations."
"I used to believe I have the sufficient power to take on even Death, the one that God fears, but now, you... Immortal being... You proved to me that my powers were... Just but a fraction of God's capabilities."
Mercurion sadly said and lowered me down to the floors of the Labyrinth Halls without the hostility he had earlier. "If God is capable of gifting someone like you, a power that defies Death's grasp."
"Then that would mean God is also capable of gifting himself immortality that transcends even yours."
"I loathe your ability to resurrect many times over as it makes me feel weaker than anything else that moves in this world."
I seeeee. I could make sense of his logic now.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD KILL ME MANY TIMES OVER!!!!!
THAT FUCKING FRUSTRATES ME!
"... Even I... Tried to escape that reality by preying on monsters while you were being resuscitated... The reality that I couldn't kill you with the best of my power... Thinking about it, it makes me even feel sorry about myself."
Somehow, I could feel his depression becoming worse every minute or every word he speaks.
... Is the effect of being unable to prevent me from respawning that harsh on this... Guy's mentality?
How sad. Yet, I don't feel the slightest of sympathy for you, fool! A braindead dragon that would kill the same fucking person for almost a day non-stop.
Fucking asshole, you must regret it! Those decisions of yours!
I hope God would smite you down for your sins!
"... Your existence... It is preventing me from reaching further heights while it is here. I want you to leave. Although, a part of my heart does wish you remain here so I could, someday, prove that even Immortal Beings like you could be slain with sheer power."
Asshole!!!! You want to kill me again!?
Not happening, I want to leave.
Even though I don't feel it, I could clearly see my body being shaken from his presence. It is as clear as the day that I have been inflicted with PTSD! From your consecutive killing, alone!
"But I must refrain from letting you stay here any longer. I will be blind by my own passion to get stronger which is not a must for Predatory World Aggregator like me. As the wisest World Aggregator says, you cannot hope to achieve Nirvana with just one. Simple. Goal in mind. Which will become a reality if you were to remain here for too long."
Yes, yes. I agree. Now let me live and get me out of this place!
Dammnit, I wanted to say all of these things but I couldn't
I am like being kept silenced by an invisible wall!
What the hell is this!?
"For the better of my future, for the greater change, and for my goal of which to achieve the heights that one will never fathom. I will assist you in leaving this place, least, expect help not anywhere better than just a mere guide, Immortal being. I wasted enough time and precious Primary Mana in attempts to wipe your Contradiction of Existence off the surface of this world."
Mercurion suddenly reared up and opened his mouth, he aimed it towards me and started charging. His action brought about great despair to me. My knees gave out and fell down hopeless as I saw the fireball I loathed so much, charge up right in front of my eyes.
"Before I help you, let me kill you one more time... If I managed to kill you, then that would be for the better of my future, if not. Then I shall reflect on myself."
... AH.
I SEE.
You fucking asshole, he wants to kill me again!!! He's using these 'so-wise' words so that he would look like someone who is in great despair or maybe trying to look someone who will be changing for the better after he killed this ONE GUY!!
My avatar's body shook like hell, her area was soiled, and from the reflection of Mercurion's eyes. Her expressions weren't fitting with my emotions.
Her eyes were widened and she was crying...
THIS IS HIS- HIS FAULT!!!
THIS ISN'T MINE!!!
"Ahh- FUCK YOU MERCURION!!!! YOU MADE A GIRL CRY!!!!"
"Goodbye, Immortal being."
"Turn to your back once you get resurrected... If you got indeed..."
"Resurrected after this blow."
"MOTHERFUCKER!!!"
"We shall meet again, in the future."
BOOOOOOOOMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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0 second has been reached. Respawning...
Ah- yes...
I have finally resurrected after counting grains of sand for almost one hour and a half. My perspective immediately joined up with my newly constructed body and paralyzed me for two minutes. The same process all over again.
And while we wait, I guess I should... Curse.
Yeah. CONDEMN THAT ASSHOLE OF A FLYING LIZARD FOR KILLING US AGAIN!!!
Even though he 'complimented' us several times over during our conversation, I still loathe him!
That fucking Mercurion. I swear. If I have been a little bit stronger to tank at least one of his attacks, I could've skewered him alive with bullets.
Hmmm..? But now he is gone.
Ah, no matter, we'll see him later after 2 or more minutes.
Maybe right after we recover from paralysis.
More than that, it is really weird...
Why is my Avatar having a share of her emotions? Shouldn't I be the one who is in charge of her emotions?
... Wait, come to think of it. The senses I am feeling right now feels like... I am holding a remote control?
It is much different from the first time I entered this world, where I could feel every inch of pleasure, temperature and the rest of the senses.
Did my control over the body... Gradually wears down as I keep on dying!?
I could only speculate that theory... But... This doesn't make any sense at all.
How could an avatar that I created have a share of her emotions!!!! That makes me confused! That one statement!
Human has only one brain, or in perspective of religious man- We only have one soul and our body could only hold one but not two!
Unless our character has developed multiple pers-...
Wait.
That's it!!!!!
MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES ONLY APPEARS TO A HUMAN BEING WHEN SHE OR HE EXPERIENCES AN EVENT THAT ENOUGH TO TRAUMATIZE YOU FOR YOUR ENTIRE LIFE!
Maybe... Maybe that...!
I am no psychologist but, I think I know why she has an emotion. If it's incorrect, then that's fine. Since I don't know if my speculations are even correct to begin with.
I have done... Some research whenever I had free time... And the topics I research were, Umm. Found in Hairbook...
I am this kind of person who has these kinds of friends on Hairbook that share their experiences and problems... Nonsense included.
PING! The mechanical sound of my paralysis being over rang into my ears and broke my train of thoughts, I didn't heed on it any further since it was breaking and exhausting my brain faster than what I could use during exams. I weakly stood up from my place, and hurriedly leaned onto the walls for support. I still couldn't get a grasp of my body, just 16 hours and 30 minutes are enough to remove your handling of the human body.
It feels like I have become a toddler again. With an adult body, of course.
Alright, how do we get out of here..? Looking up, it seems possible to climb up there with the use of augmented armor but...
I doubt about... Surviving from that height if I indeed lost a grip from either of those, brittle sandstones, since they are known to be the brittlest rock on the planet.
Hmmm.
Hang on, I remember about Mercurion mentioning about... Turning around when I get resurrected..?
I slowly looked back and I saw the Labyrinth hall again, the one that collapsed was opened once again... Except it was now lit with Dungeon lights similar to that Labyrinth I saw where Chelone was apparently resting about. Except it was livelier.
Monsters that... Look weaker... Than Domain monsters?
They are not goblins, they are not slimes either.
They weren't part of the Domain monster family either.
They were skeletons.
Skeletons that belong to
HUMANS!
Skeletal Pawn HP: None Mana: Perfect Rank: Undead Level: 2 Exposed Ability: Recreate: Six Senses