Chapter 41: The King in Yellow

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Chapter 41: The King in Yellow

It was eerily silent.

Something something was off.

[System: The unique trait Feast Offering has been activated.]

My magical detecting abilities which were developed far beyond the limits of human capacity detected an unexpected situation.

Something had gone terribly wrong.

The worst possible problem had arisen.

The enormous amount of information, threats, and voices released to shake the human psyche, along with the electrifying magic burrowing into the flesh, forced my mind to momentarily cloud over. Being devoured by this force would render one a slave to an indescribable being and would make them lose even the memory of what had been endured.

I gritted my teeth and stepped back.

Damn it, damn it, damn it!

What the hell. What did that bastard want to pick up that hes crawled out here to cause such a fuss?

[The /Null yellow /Null has appeared before you.]

[Phase mutual-strategyo dam essence alloy . mysterious-signs-peak, uttering-underneath .

Unknown CommandError Code D-24522

I declared to you human in your inferior and lacking tongue of your insufficiencies. Can you even comprehend human own shortcomings, do it?

Do it.

Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it.

Do it.

With your own hands, tear out your tongue.

With your own hands, gouge out your eyes.

With your own hands, rip off both your ears and nose.

With your own hands, pull out your stomach.

With your own hands, extract your pancreas.

Thrust your hands into that filthy mouth of yours and pluck out your own heart.

I shall permit you to offer that heart to me.

Do it.

Thus, I will allow you to dedicate your entire beingyour body, soul, spirit, magical power, and futureall to me.

Do it.

Offer your heart, offer it to me, and by doing so, you as a human shall be fulfilled. Extract your heart yourself and offer it to me, and I promise you a place. Let us return to the beautiful Carcosa, your homeland, the land where you belong. Let us depart for the great Aldebaran.

Offer your corpse, offer it to me.

Do it.

Let your flesh be a feast for the maggots that crawl underground, offer it to me.]

[The unique trait of /Nulls /Null Indescribable, has been activated.

|Light, light, stranger, feast offering, Carcosa, light, swirling, golden, shining brightly, beyond, the Milky Way, crossing the Milky Way, crossing, crossing, to the great Aldebaran, golden light, star, light, beyond, let us embark on a journey, let us embark, let us embark, to the far-off homeland of life, towards a place from which there is no need to return, the beautiful Carcosa, to the great land|

The effect of the Indescribable trait forcibly infused your mind with irrational madness, madness, madness, madness, madness, madness, madness, madness, madness, madness, madness, madness, madness, madness.

Mental IllnessSuicidal Impulse, Mental IllnessSelf-harm Impulse, Mental IllnessHomicidal Impulse, Mental IllnessBroken Mind, Mental IllnessSchizophrenia, Mental IllnessBizarre Taste, Mental IllnessSpecial Faith, Mental IllnessObsession with a Specific Color (Yellow), Mental IllnessSevere Delusion, Mental IllnessMask Phobia, Mental IllnessTentacle Phobia, Mental IllnessFear of a Specific Color (Yellow), Mental IllnessObsession with the End of the World.]

Far from a fight.

It merely revealed itself in reality.

It was just a single breath.

But with that breath, the overwhelming amount of information and threat, the voices, and the thrilling magic burrowing to consume my flesh momentarily dazed my mind.

Its a strange and irrational power that, with its mere presence, completely tramples, destroys, and humiliates the human psyche.

Being consumed by this entity means becoming a slave to that indescribable being and forgetting even what happened to you.

|Remarkable. You have proven your strength, mind, and wisdom. For a pitiful and lowly human, this is a commendable achievement. I commend you for reaching this far. I shall allow you to regard this as a glory for your lineage.|

Ah, so beating up the dancers was the proof of strength, enduring the mental attack was the proof of mind, and somewhat figuring out its identity was the proof of wisdom? Is this amusing to you? What a load of crap.

|I also permit you to express a wish. Speak your desire. Reveal your longing. Bring forth the desire that has been harbored in your soul even before you were born. Speak. I shall fulfill your most vile desire that you have never voiced to anyone.|

I considered unleashing a tirade of curses but somehow managed to hold myself back.

Even during my time playing [Cthulhu World] as a game, I encountered a similar scenario. Regardless of the response I gave, it would be deemed to be entering into a contract. My wish would be granted in the most wretched way possible, and then I would definitely pay the price for it.

But that didnt mean not answering was the right answer. He wouldnt disappear for eternity until I gave an answer. What should I say?

The period of contemplation was brief. I made my decision and responded to him.

Im not interested.

Despite my response, the being behind the mask covering Jang Hyeon-deoks body showed no response.

I never wanted to come to this damned world in the first place, nor do I have any desires in this crazy world. I refuse to be destroyed while clinging to unwanted gifts, and Im already aware that theres nothing you can fulfill for me. Ill find my own way back home

I almost blurted out to go screw themselves and to just leave me be.

Telling them to leave me alone would probably be taken as a wish, and then theyd demand payment for not doing anything. But since I couldnt take back what I had already said, I ended my sentence with a somewhat awkward phrase.

thats it.

Due to excessive tension and fatigue, my neck felt stiff. A fleeting thought crossed my mind that it was an unsightly state to be in, but the situation had already taken a toll on my appearance. Instead of just holding back, I began to massage the back of my neck while channeling magical power.

Had I reached a higher level by this point, I would have had more options at my disposal. However, at this moment, there was only one course of action available to me.

I started to draw out the remaining magical power within me and focused my mind intensely. The spell was to forcibly send back this divine being that had descended into reality.

Tch, this spell isnt even permitted in my current order.

It really has been one risky play after another since last time.

I would have preferred to use high-level spells like [Banishment of the Otherworldly], [Expulsion of the Summoned], or [Song of Return], but none of those were available to me at the moment. Therefore, I decided to stack lower-level spells to construct a magical logic and environment.

[Exhilaration]

[Eagles Splendor]

[Prayer of Protection]

I wasnt sure if it would help, but I activated these related enchantment spells to elevate my body and mind and started pushing away the influence created by this outer god.

Then, I took out the silver bell of the underworld and shook it. The tiny silver bell emitted a refreshing tone before releasing the magical power it contained.

[The unique effects of the S-grade magical tool Silver Bell of the Underworld, Pure Silvers Charm and Pure Silvers Dominion have been activated

//Pure Silvers Dominion: Automatically casts the Voice of Authority spell on a designated target and increases the effect of Mind spells by 100%.

//Pure Silvers Charm: Charm +2 only for ghouls, undead, and demons]

Even as I was applying buffs, the King in Yellow simply watched me without making any move or showing any reaction.

Indeed, if I were in their place, I too would be curious enough to watch if I saw an ant suddenly emitting magic circles and starting to dance. Please keep watching until the end.

I created dozens of magic circles around me. These were not for a single consistent spell. There were circles for amplification, for organizing the flow of magical power, for ascending and sublimating power, for descending and solidifying power, for release, decomposition, protection, hardening, focusing, dispersing, and rotating.

Each one was a magic circle designed to implement the most basic principles of the simplest spells.

But all of them moved in perfect harmony under my will, creating a single grand miracle. It became a primitive yet vast magical engine constructed outside my body.

I fueled this huge magical engine and activated the spell.

[Identification]

Paaaaa

A bright blue light was emitted from my fingertips

[System: Invalid target.]

I know. In the first place, identification was a spell intended for identifying artifacts or lifting minor seals.

I pushed the released magic into the magical engine. The magic, passing through the circles of the magical engine, was forcibly decomposed, concentrated, rotated, dispersed, and then reassembled. I then directed the strands of this transformed magical power towards the mask covering Jang Hyeon-deoks face.

Crackle, Fizzz, Fzzzzt!

As expected, ominous golden sparks began to fly from the mask Jang Hyeon-deok was wearing. At the same time, a bright yellow magic circle formed in front of the mask.

That magic circle is