Villain Hides His True Color

Chapter 7

“Keuh…”

Yifret slowly walked out from the dust.

Broken claws and torn fur.

Fortunately it seems to have worked, as there were traces of the explosion all over his body.

“Gwaaar! I’ll definitely kill you!”

Yifret let out a coarse roar. His fighting spirit has become much fiercer than before.

Perhaps a berserker ability of some kind where he grows stronger the more he is hurt.

Even so, that doesn’t mean the damage is nullified.

In the past, there were heroes with similar abilities, but in the end, they also died at my hands.

In short, anyone can die if you beat it to death.

Between the moment he slowed down for a bit, I took a heavy machine gun out of my inventory and placed it on the ground.

Next, looking towards Yifret I pulled the trigger.

Dududududu–!

The flames emitted from the gun illuminated the dark interior.

Bullet shells constantly fell as the walls hit by the bullet shattered like a cookie.

“K-keuk…”

Yifret didn’t avoid my attacks. Instead, he covered his face with one arm and launched a charge.

Damn it.

I thought a heavy machine gun would work, but naturally, the fur encased in mana was difficult to penetrate.

Quickling changing my shape, I dug into the cracks of the fallen debris.

Boom!

The machine gun that had collided with Yifret’s body broke into pieces like a toy. Meanwhile, I crawled on the ground in my liquid state and ran away.

“You little rat!”

I can hear the roar of the angry Yifret. Once I was far away from him, I changed back and fired at him again.

Bang! Bang!

Yifret charged at me in the hope of catching me, but it was no use.

Thus, I hid myself among the debris, gnawing at his health little by little.

“I’ll chew you alive once you’re in my hands!”

At some point, Yifret began to break the debris around him at random.

Boom! Boom!

Thick chunks of cement crumbled like plastic straws. Perhaps because of the added small wounds on his body, his strength seemed to have grown.

As expected, a head-to-head match is dangerous.

Phase Change is a useful skill that can ignore most physical attacks, but unfortunately, attacks infused with mana couldn’t be neutralized.

“Where are you hiding?! Come out now!!”

The coverings on the ground broke one by one. There were fewer and fewer spaces for me to hide.

At this rate there was no chance of winning.

Unless I know how much mana he currently has, I can’t just wait for him to run out of mana.

And before that, it was obvious that my location would be discovered first.

I have to make the first move and create a decisive opportunity.

Cautiously, I approached Yifret who was still breaking down the debris.

Then, when I was at a moderate distance, I immediately threw the grenades that had been stored in my inventory.

Boom! B-boom!

“Keeuk!”

A sudden explosion erupted in his blind spot. He was hit with no time to defend against my attacks.

His fur peeled and the ruddy flesh was exposed.

And in the same size as where his fur had disappeared, a gap with no mana had appeared.

It was time.

Instead of stepping back, I rushed at him with all my might.

The shocked bastard swung his claws recklessly. Managing to avoid his attacks, I stuck like a leech to his wound.

Next…

*Drain life.

I quickly absorbed his energy.

“Kueaaak!”

He didn’t stop his attacks even in the midst of me sucking his energy. With only one arm left, he clawed at his back without hesitation.

Keuk.

His back was torn and blood was constantly flowing between it. The same was true for me who was clinging onto him.

The mana infused attacks that ignored the general law of physics were tearing my body apart.

Terrible pain came as my flesh peeled away.

However, this was a pain that I’ve already experienced in the first round to the point where I’ve grown bored of it. Just this much wasn’t enough to remove me.

“Keuaak! Get off me! Get off me you punk!”

Yifret was rampaging. The more he did that, the closer I stuck to his back.

It was my first and only chance. I held on with the idea that if I fell here, it would be over.

Whenever he tore my body apart, I regained my stamina by absorbing his energy.

In the end, time was on my side.

His movements slowed down little by little. The mana that shined gradually disappeared.

And soon after, he fell to the ground.

Boom!

“Keuh…”

I slowly swallowed the groaning bastard’s body. Through the gap where mana has disappeared, a sticky lump of flesh seeped in.

The larger the area of contact is, the faster the rate of absorption becomes.

His huge body shriveled until it didn’t resemble anything, and the blood-like red eyes gradually returned to white.

“T-turbak, sir…”

Now he was no longer even making proper sounds.

“Please…Judgment…”

I completely devoured him.

It’s over.

And I was sure. This game is my victory.

All that’s left now is to slowly absorb his energy until my mana recovers. The moment I tried to completely cut off his breath,

Suddenly, my back turned cold and I felt an ominous feeling.

What? Did I miss something?

My intuition was high enough to be called an ability.

Thanks to this intuition, I overcame several crises in the past, so I couldn’t just ignore it.

I looked around calmly and checked again to see if there were any risks that I hadn’t noticed.

Soon, the bone necklace hanging from Yifret’s neck caught my eyes. Compared to his modern outfit, it felt too old.

It’s suspicious…

At that moment, blue light emanated from the necklace.

“?!”

An alarm rang in my head the moment I saw it.

Although I couldn’t figure out what the purpose of the light was, I was convinced that something I couldn’t handle was dormant there.

I hurriedly changed my shape and threw myself back.

As if it was on queue, a white breath came out of Yifret’s mouth.

Then…

Crack!

Countless icicles began to pop out of his body. It gave off the appearance that his fur was made of ice.

This…what the hell?

While I couldn’t hide my surprise, Yifret slowly stood up.

After looking around for a moment, he opened his mouth with an expressionless face.

[Who killed my lovely children?]

What the hell is he saying?

Naturally, I had killed Feoria, but what does he mean by children? I remember that he has only one child. Was I wrong?

At that moment, a new message popped up in front of my eyes.

[Challenge – Suspicious Supporter.]

Condition: Defeat Yifret who is being supported by the Savage God Turbak.

Period: 1 week.

Reward: 1x Random Box (High).

Savage God?

It was a concept I had never heard of before.

I thought I knew most of the things about this world, but it seems there are still things I didn’t know.

It was hard to keep up with the sudden situation.

[I’m going to ask you again, mortal. Did you kill my children?]

Along with the voice, the temperature of the cave began to drop sharply. Moisture that was floating inside froze and fell like snow.

I had no choice but to start at it blankly.

“What…the…”

Does this make sense?

It was unimaginable that there was a monster like this hiding among the drug dealers.

I was so speechless that I thought a dry laugh would leak from my mouth.

“Ha…The game balance is messed up.”

I let out a long sigh.

* * *

The Savage God Turbak.

An absolute powerhouse that’s impossible to deal with at my current level.

It was at least B-class or higher just by looking at its ability to control such a phenomenon. I can only guess that its power is equivalent to A-grade.

On top of that…it’s a God.

In a world where Devils exist, there was nothing strange about the existence of a God, but even so, I thought this was a little too much.

I was playing in a hunting ground for beginners, and now it feels like a high level monster has suddenly stormed in.

Naturally, I don’t believe that is its true form.

From my point of view, this situation seems hopeless. But in a sense, it was the same when I held the handgun to my head, or when I was gunned down by a machine gun, or when I was just starting out as an F-class.

Not only that, my Phase Change skill was completely at odds with the cold ability that it used.

Even so, I pretended to be innocent for now.

“It wasn’t me?”

[Lie.]

It spoke firmly, as if the answer had already been decided. Why the hell did it ask me then?

[Mortal. The sin you have committed will be purified by the snow.]

Yifret’s mouth opened wide as its words fell. White frost condensed around it and began to be drawn in.

Is he trying to blow out a lot of air?

That’s…really dangerous.

I could tell without having experienced it. If I get hit by that attack, this game will end right then and there.

There must be a way.

Usually, ‘Challenges’ are difficult, but it has never made me do something impossible.

On the contrary, there would be a way for me to get out of the crisis.

At this moment, I quickly wracked my brain. Starting with the skills I have to even the items in my inventory.

I looked for a way out by thinking of anything that might help me.

And then suddenly, an idea crossed my mind.

Come to think of it…There was that.

In games, there were sometimes monsters that were set up to be unbeatable right from the start.

A gimmick-type stage in which it’s impossible to pass simply by fighting.

And usually in the case of such monsters, there were event items tailored just for it.

It just so happens that I have something that can be used.

I opened my inventory and put the item I was thinking of on the ground.

Boom–

Then…

The cold air that was swirling around Yifret quickly dissipated.

And emotions began to permeate his frozen eyes. Perhaps he was gradually coming to his senses.

It’s as I had guessed.

According to the explanation written in the Challenge, he is currently ‘supported’ by a God.

In other words, the ability he is using is the power borrowed from something else.

The blessing used in the demon army had a similar concept.

Recalling that time, there was one fatal weakness to these kinds of abilities.

That is, the ability may be canceled depending on the user’s current mental state.

And…If Yifret saw this, he’ll never be able to keep his composure.

Sure enough. He looked at the item I had taken out and roared sorrowfully.

“F-Feoria!!!”

I stopped the bastard from approaching and then pointed my gun at the body on the ground.

“Hold on, mister. Stay still there.”

Yifret halted on the spot. His eyes constantly shook.

“Y-you!!! W-what are you doing? Put the gun down right now!”

“Don’t worry. I don’t have any thoughts of holding nuna hostage.”

“O-okay…If you’re a man, fair and square…”

“She’s already dead. I don’t need it in the first place.”

I pulled the trigger towards the corpse.

Bang!

“Noooo!!!!”

Yifret fell to the ground screaming. Perhaps because his mind was shaken, the icicles surrounding his body fell off.

The effect was greater than I had expected.

“You, you, you…ah…”

He lost his mind and made a beastly cry. I explained it calmly so that he could understand the situation.

“Mister, you don’t have to get so excited. I’m just confirming that she’s dead.”

“I-I’m going to tear you limb from limb!!”

Yifret’s eyes overturned as he kicked off the ground and lunged at me. In the meantime, I put another bullet into the corpse.

Bang!

“Aahh! D-don’t! Stop it!”

He was in pain as if he had been shot. The icicles on his body fell off again.

But it’s still not enough.

The power I felt from him decreased a lot, but it was still dangerous.

I thought I needed to make him lose his mind a little bit more.

So I shot at the corpse.

Bang!

Bang!

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.

.

“Aahh! D-don’t! P-please stop!”

Finally, all of the icicles that surrounded him disappeared. Since then, I have alternated between firing at him and the corpse.

Bang!

Bang!

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.

.

When he tried to rush at me, the corpse was shot, and when he stood still, a bullet flew at him.

Like that, he slowly collapsed. I thought I could succeed if this continued.

But…

“Huh?”

At some point, Yifret didn’t respond to me shooting the corpse. With a body that’s completely worn out, he just glared at me.

Is the effectiveness over? He opened his mouth with a cracked voice.

“…I just realized.”

“What are you talking about?””

“To end this pain…The fact that I have to kill you.”

Ah…Just a little bit more and it would have been over.

The strain seems to have exceeded its limits. I should have paced myself. It was my source of trouble, always wanting to finish games quickly.

Bloody icicles began to spring out of the body that has become a mess. Immediately his eyes turned red as if blood was dripping.

“You killed my brothers.”

Yifret walked to me at a speed that was neither fast nor slow.

“And…even took away my reason to live.”

Large ice pillars resembling a coffin formed wherever he stepped.

On the pillars were reflections of the bodies that had fallen.

[So…]

Yifret’s words echoed as it collided with the ceiling of the cave.

[Together.]

His voice, which had turned into an echo, resonated grimly like the chorus of the dead.

[Let’s go to hell.]

Before I knew it, the Yifret in front of me had turned into a huge wolf.

Bloody ice which covers the whole body, sharp teeth like icicles, and claws that are harder than ever.

The way he looks now was simply like an ice monster.

[Enough is enough, die.]

A cold and sinister power was drawn into Yifret’s mouth.

The air swirled like a sharp knife, and the sound of wind resembling a jet engine filled the cave.

Hmm…Doesn’t that look really dangerous?

I’m not sure what he’s preparing, but at first glance, it looks like I’ll die if I get hit.

However, I have no intention of ending this game yet. It was a game that I had just started again, so I couldn’t die here.

I’m afraid it’s time to use it.

I took out the second item I had in mind from my inventory.

Wuung–!

A rhythmic sound reached my ears.

I lifted the chainsaw I had taken out of my inventory so that Yifret could see it well.

Then little by little, I lowered my arms as the chainsaw scratched the ground next to Feoria’s corpse.

Flame scattered from the fast rotating saw blade. I was in a close position where it would touch the corpse if I moved a little more to the side.

“What do you think? Should we continue?”

“…”

Seeing the scene, Yifret hardened as if he was a lump of ice.

Then he opened his mouth wide as if to tell me something, but no sound came out.

In the end, he couldn’t say anything.

It’s over.

I threw a handgun at Yifret.

Thud–

“You know what to do, right?”

Yifret looked at the handgun that fell near him.

In the next moment, he slowly lowered his head and picked up the handgun.

There was no longer a monster made of ice or a swirling storm.

There is only a beastman standing in a complete mess.

In a completely dry voice, Yifret spoke.

“Y-you…demon…”

He pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Bang–!

Like that, Yifret died.

* * *

After Yifret’s death, the ice inside the cave began to melt quickly. Because of this, water filled the cave as it reached my ankles.

“My shoes are all wet.”

I became very annoyed at the thought of having to go down the mountain path in wet shoes.

Was everything planned by the Savage God for this moment?

If so, I would like to say that its plan was successful. How did it know that I hate being grimy?

“Ah, but it was still fun.”

Although there was the mishap of my shoes becoming wet at the last minute, it was very satisfying simply in terms of the content.

It felt refreshing to feel like a newbie after a long time, and it was quite fun to kill my father who I had missed in my last life.

And…

Did it say it was Turbak?

Maybe until now I’ve only scratched the surface of the game.

Even up to the last moment of the previous round I didn’t know that there was a Savage God.

What would it have been like if I had met it in my heyday? Would I have felt this gap then too?

It was hard to know.

Honestly, my skills are so poor right now that even my level cannot be properly estimated.

But one thing is for sure.

There are still contents left to enjoy in this world.

Suddenly, my heart began to pound. I thought there would be no dull moments in this round.

I knew it would be fun.

And at that moment, a pleasant notification came to my ears.

Ding–!

“Oh, I forgot.”

Diligently playing all day long, it was time for the rewards.

I opened my status window and countless messages began to cover my eyes.

== Translator’s Note ==

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