I’m the Only One With a Different Genre - Chapter 133



133 – This is now mine.

Rian scratched the back of his head and then started moving forward. It seemed like he thought there was no one left to proceed after him, so the path to the next room was very short.

“Hmm.”

Rian stood in a large underground cavity that made him think of a huge gymnasium. At the end of his gaze was a smooth wall. The wall, which appeared to be about 15 meters wide and tall, was filled with intricate magic circles.

“Should I draw out the magic sword? No… It’s a bit too much to do that after coming this far…”

In terms of the game, the magic sword was no different from a guidebook or a cheat code. Since he had arrived here through his own strength, he wanted to reach the end with his own strength.

Because he had been repeatedly caught in various traps and then returned, he had partially forgotten his goal of finding Pia.

“It’s quite an impressive magic circle, though…”

Rian approached the magic circle. The magic circle, shining brightly in fluorescent sky blue, looked as if it was carved into the wall from a distance, but upon closer inspection, he could notice that it was drawn like a picture.

“Can’t I just erase this?”

Rian tried to lightly erase one side of the magic circle with the remaining sleeve of his clothes. The magic circle, which couldn’t be scratched by any magic, was easily erased by the touch of ‘Ju Bu’s’ hand. No, it didn’t erase completely, but it sparkled and shimmered.

Wooong…

When a part of the magic circle was damaged, it lost its power and began to collapse. The beautiful light faded away, leaving only a dark brown image.

Crack… Kugugugung!

As gold spread across the wall where the magic circle was drawn, it soon collapsed. Rian looked at the falling debris and widened his eyes.

“Whoa!”

He agilely avoided the falling rocks as if playing a trick.

“Cough, cough…!”

The sight was obscured by dirt and dust. As he coughed and wiped away the tears flowing down like a waterfall with his hands, the dirt and dust settled.

“Huh?”

What appeared beyond was a chimera crawling on all fours. Its face was that of a chameleon, its torso human, and its lower body that of a lion, and so on… Ten chimeras, composed of various animals, drooled as they looked at the newly appeared prey.

“Uh…”

With a dazed expression, he looked at the ten chimeras. A black shadow was cast over his face.

“Keeeh!”

“eeek?!”

The hungry chimeras rushed towards Lian. The chameleon opened its mouth wide and its sharp teeth mercilessly bit into Lian’s shoulder. Another chimera bit into his side, and someone else bit his head.

The body of the chimera that swallowed a portion of his flesh began to twitch. The more diverse the life forms the chimera synthesized, the higher the probability of its demise.

There was one way to dramatically reduce the probability of demise: absorbing the consumed organism and evolving. That was why the bodies of the chimeras that attacked Lian began to change little by little.

For the chimeras that had consumed and evolved by devouring something since birth, it was only natural that consuming Lian would cause their bodies to change.

…If it hadn’t been Lian that they consumed.

“Keehit?”

When the chimera with the chameleon head swallowed a large chunk of flesh, it felt a bubbling sensation as if carbonation was bursting inside its body. With a strange feeling, the chimera separated from Lian and looked down at its own body.

Gurgle, gurgle.

“Keeek?!”

Its stomach started to convulse violently, as if it were waves crashing. Like a living creature, the stomach swayed back and forth before finally…

Boom!

It exploded. The flesh of the chimera fell heavily in various places. It seemed like that was just the beginning.

“Ket?”

“Keehit?”

Boom! Boom!

The chimeras that had taken a bite of Lian began to burst like balloons, one by one.

There were eight chimeras that had rushed at Lian, devouring his flesh. Two of them had no place to attach their mouths, so they circled around Lian, looking for an opening.

Paaang! Pweeeng!

Only two chimeras remained unexploded, unable to consume Lian. The two chimeras looked on at their exploding comrades with blank faces.

The trembling bodies of the chimeras, who were not even afraid of death, began to shake. In the world of dark fantasy, chimeras were fearsome monsters that harm humans without reason, but in the world of comedy, they were one of the common creatures that could be seen.

Because of that, the ones who were left with only instincts gained something similar to “reason”. Because of that, the remaining two chimeras were terrified and kept their distance from Lian as much as possible.

“Ugh, if I had raised a dog, I would have written a warning or something…”

Ferocious, charging, and biting the opponent recklessly. Those were the characteristics of the comedy world’s dogs.

With faces made of gold or bodies made entirely of iron, or alien dogs that walked with a wobbly gait. In the comedy world, there were so many different forms of dogs that Lian felt even the chimeras looked a little peculiar.

Lian got up from his seat and his face and body were as smooth as ever, but there were round marks left behind. They were the marks that appeared when a dog bit someone in the comedy world.

“Kkiing…Kng.”

“Kkeung…”

Even though he clearly saw eyeballs popping and stomachs splitting open, with organs spilling out and being swallowed, Lian stood up in perfect condition, causing the two chimeras to tremble in fear.

Lian didn’t feel the need to deal with the trembling dog… no, the chimeras, while crouching down. He passed by the collapsed pile of rocks and stepped into the space where the chimeras were trapped.

The wall with strange patterns carved into it, the pillars standing against the wall, and the large blue torches burning brightly. It clearly looked like a boss room. Lian, who quickly realized that there wasn’t much left of the dungeon, chuckled coolly.

“Let’s see… Ah, there’s a door over there.”

Despite the large space, he found a small door and approached it immediately. Various magic circles were plastered all over the door to prevent the chimeras from crossing.

Poof.

They were cleanly erased by the touch of a housewife’s hand. Lian pretended to wipe off sweat and opened the door.

“Where… Hm? It’s narrower than I thought?”

Muttering to himself, Lian entered a room the size of a small studio apartment. In the center of the room was an altar whose purpose was unknown, and on top of it sat a round bead the size of two adult male fists combined.

The walls, ceiling, and floor were adorned with intricately carved magic circles that shimmered with a deep violet hue.

“So this is the reward room… I thought something like this would appear. Hm, is this the reward?”

Lian approached the altar in the middle of the room and looked down at the bead.

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At the time when Lian had just defeated the Chimera and arrived at the deepest part of the dungeon.

Pia, consumed by the cruel reality, bit her lip in despair, while the old man savored Pia’s despair with delight.

“Lian-nim…”

As always, Pia prayed, searching for Lian more deeply within her distant despair.

“Please, have mercy on the children and save them…”

A faint aura of holiness emanated from Pia’s body. It was not visible to the naked eye, but the old man, who had once used holy power, quickly noticed.

“Oh, you were actually a faithful believer! In that case, I shall send you to the embrace of the gods first!”

The old man approached Pia, smiling unpleasantly as if he truly believed his actions were for the sake of the gods. Pia held her ground with eyes filled with conviction.

Even if she were to die here, her determination to save the children was clearly evident. Seeing Pia like that, the old man suddenly smiled kindly.

“Don’t worry. Your suffering will end soon.”

Contrary to his benevolent face, the sword swinging towards Pia was more menacing and faster than any other blade. It was a speed that the old man’s body was not capable of. Pia’s eyes widened at the terrifying speed. However, her body couldn’t keep up with the old man’s speed.

As the blade swung diagonally towards her neck, time seemed to stretch like a piece of taffy for Pia.

As if living in a slow world on her own, Pia’s body moved slowly backwards. But the old man moved casually as if he lived in a different timeline. That was how fast the old man’s movements were.

The moment the old man’s sword dug into her neck as if slaughtering an animal.

Clang!

The sword suddenly twisted and struck the cave wall. The wall, made of massive rocks, caved in deeply from the force.

“Gah…! Kyaaah!”

“….!”

Startled by the strange twist in the old man’s attack and the horrifying scream, Pia flinched and hunched her shoulders.

“What… was that?”

Was he pretending to be in pain, like when he stabbed himself in the chest with a dagger?

With that thought, she moved back cautiously while keeping a watchful eye on the old man. At the same time, she slowly made her way towards the children.

“Cough, cough! Gyaah! Kiiiiaaah!”

The old man clawed at his wrinkled chest with his trembling hands and let out a scream. His eyes bulged out, his skin peeled off, and blood splattered all over.

At that moment, Lian thought,

“What is he using? Is it used for fortune-telling?”

He held the old man’s heart in his hand, gently stroking its trembling surface, and then started shaking it vigorously, like shaking a bottle before drinking milk. Soon, he slapped the trembling surface with his palm, seemingly enjoying the sensation.

“This bead that sticks to my hand feels quite nice!”