I Am the Only Totem in This World - Chapter 171



Episode 171. Escape From the Spirit World Number One (1)

Episode 171 Escape from the spirit world number one (1)

White. Short black hair. Oval-shaped face. Deep blue eyes, thin and slim body.

Although he is thin, he is a person with a strange sense of vitality.

The eye color and face shape were different, but somehow it reminded me of Lakhe.

The atmosphere is not similar. What should I say, energy? It’s very difficult to explain, but the energy was similar.

“I don’t know how the human soul got here by itself, but if I make a loud noise here…”

The woman who looked at me with strange eyes as I was panting opened her eyes wide before speaking.

“Well, what about that energy? Malak’s?”

My mouth is wide open.

Uh, can you read my energy? Come to think of it, I also said something about the ‘human soul’.

Although he is a civilized person, he may be related to Loa. The clothes also have a strangely barbarian feel.

“…”

I was a little worried here. Now I am Sans, with a human body and dressed as a convenience store part-timer.

Should I introduce myself as Sanz, the messenger of Malak? Or should I introduce him as Malak, who temporarily borrowed a human body?

If you want to elicit ‘awe’, it might be better to disguise it as a real joke.

After a short period of thought, it was time to open my mouth.

“Ah, you are the one! Malak’s representative! “If you don’t look closely, you won’t recognize it!”

She smiled broadly as if she was happy to see the woman. Her smile also strangely resembles La Que.

No, this is not the time for such leisurely thoughts.

“Oh.”

This time I was confused. How do you know that? Jinmalak and the goddess, it must be a secret known only to other Loa, right?

“Now, wake up.”

She absentmindedly grabbed her outstretched arm. Warm and soft. Although it was definitely the first time she had met someone in a long time, she felt familiar somehow.

Is it because I felt the warmth of Lakhe even in my totem state?

It was time to open her mouth to say something.

“Perhaps because the spirit’s leadership has changed, I feel Malak’s energy is weak. “Let’s get out of this garden first and then we’ll talk.”

She gently lifted me up and got busy.

“A flower garden?”

Isn’t it a forest? What flower garden? I turned my head to see what was going on.

“What, what?”

The plants that were stuck in the ground were raising their heads and slowly moving in this direction. The flowers blooming at the head are split like the maw of an animal.

The mucus-like dripping seemed like drooling.

“These are carnivorous plants that live in Sesu’s flower garden. It reacts sensitively to loud sounds. Come on!”

It looks like he moved after hearing me swearing at the goddess.

It’s a carnivorous plant. Is it a carnivorous plant like nepenthes or sundew?

… As far as I know, the so-called carnivorous plants eat their prey by slowly dissolving it in something like gastric juice.

If you get caught, will you melt to death? It’s so terrible. Even if you don’t die because you borrowed Malak’s soul for a moment, what’s the point if your whole body melts?

I don’t want to become a liquid monster, a popular toy among children.

“Yes!”

I ran towards the woman who was jumping up and down like an elf. It’s really fast.

***

“It’ll be okay at this point.”

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The woman looked around her and nodded her head. I am now free from what seems to be a flower garden for washing my face.

“Whoop, whoop, whoop… ” !”

I was so exhausted that I was sobbing. Can’t help it. It was my first sprint in several years.

Ah, I should have exercised more regularly. What is this?

“You’re lucky. “I was nearby at the right moment.”

“Thanks. “I almost got into big trouble.”

I also agreed.

At first I was polite, but when I thought about it, I realized there was no need to do that. Even if he is Jinmalak’s representative, it is clear that he will be in a higher position than an ordinary priest.

Well then, you should just speak informally. It doesn’t seem to matter since they don’t seem to have any issues with it either.

“I am Nike of the Brown Rock Tribe.”

“Nicera.”

For a moment, I thought of a game called ‘Goddess of Victory’, but immediately put it aside in the back of my mind. It’s rude to think of a game where you’re trying to make love while looking at a girl you’ve just met.

By the way, I have a lot to ask this woman. Let me ask you this first.

“What does it have to do with Lakhe?”

I was very curious about how she knew me and where I was, but I was even more curious about this woman’s identity her.

Who on earth is it that gives off an energy similar to Lakhe? Could they be half-sisters that Lakhe didn’t know about?

He looks roughly the same age as Lake.

“She met the boy.”

Nike smiled gently.

Is she that kid?

“This is Rakan and my daughter.”

“Hmm.”

Well, she wasn’t too surprised because she had expected it to some extent.

I stayed silent to organize my thoughts, no, to formulate a hypothesis.

1. She said that Lakhe died shortly after her mother gave birth to her.

2. It makes no sense to meet someone who is said to be dead in a rainforest like this. I must be hallucinating or in the underworld. Let’s just say it’s the afterlife.

3. Interestingly, there is a place in this world that resembles the afterlife. It is a spirit world where it is said that barbarians do good things(?) From the perspective of Loa.

4. Nike did a certain thing with Rakan and gave birth to a demigod, so she did a good thing.

5. Crucially, when Nike first saw me, she called me ‘the soul of man.’

“Then this place… ” “

Before she could finish her sentence, Nike answered first.

“Yes. This is the spirit world, the dimension where the Loa resides, and the hall of our ancestors.”

It is a spirit egg.

The underworld.

Fuck.

The moment I realized the identity of this world, a status window appeared.

[First entry into the hidden stage ‘Spirit World’!]

[If you succeed in returning to earth again, you will receive a blessing!]

It was not a message sent directly by the goddess, but the status window’s own system.

It must have been prepared in advance, just like the status window that appeared when you acquired the territory called Symphonia Castle. It was not possible to confirm what the blessing that appeared as a return reward was.

It looks like I’ll have to return to see it.

“You must be on the ground, how did you come here?”

“That is…” “

She explained to her the whole story.

Not in detail, just to say that she used up a lot of her mental power to kill the Seven Head Dragons.

Oh, I even said that Lakhe and I have a very close relationship. She has become my guardian, and she serves with great passion.

… Lakhe also ‘slightly’ said that she would be very sad without me.

It is a spirit world where there are no acquaintances. We need Nike’s full support. In order to do that, it was necessary to sell Lakhe’s name

“It’s fascinating.”

Nike rested her chin and continued her words.

“The mind is the power of the soul. It is separate from the presence or absence of divinity or material or immaterial strength. Even if their status is low, there are people whose soul power is as strong as that of superhumans.

“Isn’t it because the soul’s power was consumed beyond its limit, so it flowed into the spirit world?”

“I see.”

Actually, I didn’t understand it completely. It just seems like a random fantasy setting.

Let’s just say that I’m wandering around in the underworld because my mind has become lax. It’s going back and forth between life and death.

“Is there a way to return to earth?”

Nike nodded her head.

“It’s possible. You can exit through the gate that connects the spirit world and earth.”

“It’s English.”

That’s a very straightforward name. It is easy to understand.

“We don’t have a lot of time.”

“What?”

“The representative is currently vaguely in the spirit world. It’s an unstable state. Take a look. “Isn’t your soul shaking?”

“Huh?”

Before I knew it, my body had become slightly blurred.

I think this happened once before. Was this for that reason?

After waiting a few minutes, my body returned to normal. As the expression ‘shaking’ suggests, it seemed to be blurred for a moment.

“As time goes by, the shaking cycle will become shorter. It may not just become blurry for a moment, but it may last for a long time. And then when it becomes completely cloudy…

I don’t know what happens next either. It won’t be a good thing.”

There is a time limit.

“Can you go to Yeongmun with me?”

“Of course. Rakan will be waiting for you… “If it’s something like this, you’ll understand.”

Nike accepted readily.

“Is Rakan here too?”

“Yes. Like all Loa, he resides in a realm within the spirit world.”

Well, did I ask something too obvious?

You might meet another Loa along the way. I’ll have to worry about whether they’ll be friendly or hostile to me later.

“To get to Yeongmun, you have to go through difficult areas. “I alone is not enough.”

Nike grabbed the arrow he was carrying on his back and examined it. It looks like they are checking weapons.

“Is there anyone who can help me?”

“Sir, this is the spirit world. “This is where the warriors who sacrificed their lives for the Loa go.”

Nike said confidently.

“You can ask for help from Malak’s followers who live in the spirit world. I know where they are. Now, let’s go.”

***

After a few hours, I was able to see my congregation.

“If it is Malak’s messenger… Sanz?”

“Nice to meet you.”

“The messenger… What was it?”

People I knew were dead said hello to me.

In that order, it’s soup, nix, and denzo.

Those who risked their lives to fight for me were waiting here.