"GYAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!"
Screams echoed throughout the white plain. A transparent being with their head bent into the shape of a hook screamed in agony.
"Wow, it bends pretty well," Oh Kang-Woo remarked.
He did not know what Eveâs body was made of, but her head was elastic and clay-like; it was like making glass art. Kang-Woo grabbed Eveâs head again and twisted it.
"GYAAAAAAAAAHHH!!! I-IT HUUUUUUUUUURTS!!! IT HURTS, SIR GUARDIAN DEITYYYYYYYY!!!"
"What was it you said? A seedless watermelon? A Vienna sausage?"
"IâM SORRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!"
Eve screamed in Kang-Wooâs clutches. Although she was an AI that managed the Law of Titans, she couldnât resist because she did not possess any combat capabilities.
"Youâre sorry?"
"YEEEEEEEESSS!!!""Then why did you say all those things??"
"IâM SORRYYYYYYYYYY!!!"
"Iâm asking you why, arenât I?"
"I JUST WANTED TO TALK TO YOU!! IâM RESTRICTED FROM SENDING MESSAGES TO PLAYERS WITHOUT PRIVILEGES!!!"
"So you sent those hurtful messages because you wanted to talk to me?"
"IâM SORRYYYYYYYYY!! M-MY HEAD!! MY HEAAAAAAAAAD!!!"
"WHY ARENâT YOU ANSWERING MY QUESTIOOOOOOON?!!"
"I-IâM SORRYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!"
"AGAIN!!! YOUâRE NOT ANSWERING ME AGAAAAAAAAAAAIN!!! WHY DO YOU KEEP IGNORING MEEEEEEEEEEEE?!!"
"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!! P-PLEASE SPARE MEEEEEEE!!!"
"WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!"
Kang-Woo continued to bend Eveâs head to vent all of his pent-up frustrations. Eveâs excessively stretched head swayed lifelessly.
"Fuuu."
He let go of the rage deep inside him and released Eve. She fell to the ground and wept.
"WAAAAAAAAHHH!IâM SORRYYYYYY!!"
[ ĘĚĽďšĘ ]
A crying emoticon appeared on her face. Kang-Woo smirked and lightly smacked her head with the back of his hand.
"Ouch."
"Donât do those things from now on."
"OkayâŚ"
"So, how has it been lately?"
"What do you mean?"
Kang-Woo sat on the ground and replied, "Earth, considering how much Akart has been messing with it."
"OhâŚ" Eve expressed and nodded. "There are no issues with Earth yet thanks to you and the other Players stopping the otherworldly invasions."
"Will Earth be safe as long as we keep stopping them? It wonât spontaneously collapse or anything, will it?"
"No, that will not happen."
That was good news. Kang-Woo would be out of options if Earth would inevitably fall no matter how well he protected it.
"Is there a possibility that Akart will give up on Earth as long as we keep protecting Earth?" Kang-Woo asked, slightly hopeful.
He wondered if Akart would stop coming for Earth if he took on the role of the damaged Law of Titans.
"..." Eve shook her head in silence. "That will likely⌠never happen. I do not know the details either but Akart has never left a world with a disrupted balance untouched."
"Fuck," Kang-Woo cursed.
He was already determined to face Akart but he would rather avoid it if he could.
"What are the other Titans doing? Why is he the only one doing this shit?"
"Mm⌠The majority of the Titans are likely too busy battling the beings of the Void. Akart is a little different."
Kang-Woo chuckled and asked, "What are beings of the Void?"
âHm? Wait a second. I think Iâve heard about them somewhere.â
He searched through his memories and remembered that Raphael had mentioned it a long time ago[1].
"I donât know much about the beings of the Void either. All I know is that they are very powerful entities that exist outside the Law of Titans."
"Outside the Law, huh?" Kang-Woo thought of the Cthulhu Mythos. "Then are the beings of the Void like Outer Gods, and the Titans are like Elder Gods[2]?"
"Itâs not an exact comparison, but itâs close."
However, in this scenario, an Elder God was the one trying to end all life on Earth instead of an Outer God.
"Is there anything else you know about Akart?" Kang-Woo asked.
He would need as much information about Akart as possible since a confrontation with him was inevitable at this rate.
"As I have mentioned before, I do not know much either. Hmm⌠Oh! I know that Akart accepted the power of light born from the Primordial!"
"Light born from the PrimordialâŚ"
Kang-Wooâs expression hardened. Such light was likely just as powerful as the darkness of the Demonic Sea.
âThat must be why his light has the power to disintegrate the Demonic Sea.â
Kang-Woo clicked his tongue and shook his head.
"I also know that he is among the most powerful of the Titans," Eve added.
"More powerful than Bauli?"
"Bauli was⌠among the weakest of the Titans if not the weakest. He acquired the seed of the Demonic Sea purely by chance."
âWhy are you insulting my daddy?â
"Yeah, I figured." Kang-Woo feigned laughter and nodded.
He had wondered for a while if Bauli was weak for a Titan.
âHe lost against the gods, after all.â
Bauli was defeated by an alliance of gods gathered around Gaia, Seraph, and Tai Wuji. Not only that but he was continuously disrespected by Kang-Woo in the world of the Abyss and couldnât take over Baelâs body either after he jumped from Kang-Woo to Bael.
âHeâs a dumbass.â
Kang-Woo couldnât remember the last time Bauli was dignified.
"Are you⌠worried?" Eve asked.
"Hm? About what?"
"About facing Akart," she answered worriedly with an (･â˘Ě︿â˘Ě･) emoticon on her face.
Kang-Woo smirked and shook his head. "No."
There was no reason for him to be worried.
"No matter what he does, Iâll be the one to emerge victorious. Like I always have."
"I⌠have no idea where that confidence of yours surges from."
"Iâll send you the motherfuckerâs head later."
"I donât need it. Besides, you canât bring it here with you."
"Thatâs true." Kang-Woo snickered and stared at the screens behind Eve. "That aside, you can see everything happening on Earth with those?"
"Not everything since the Law is damaged. Mmm⌠the things I can see are restricted to whatâs around you."
"Really? How do you see them?"
Kang-Woo was curious about how Eve communicated with him from here.
"Just a moment, please."
Eve turned around and placed her hand over a screen. It turned into a display of Kang-Wooâs room and him lying on the bed.
"Whoa, like this, huh?"
"Yes. Theyâre like cameras that float around you, Sir Guardian Deity."
"Wait⌠Does that mean⌠donât tell me you watch us in bed?"
"Hehe. The four of you sure go at it intensely! When the three of themâ GYAAAAAAAAHHH!!!"
Kang-Woo bent Eveâs head again.
"Turn it off at night from now on. Respect our privacy."
"ARGHHH!! O-OKAAAAAAAAAAAAYYY!!!" Eve screamed as she writhed in pain.
"Hm?" Just then, Kang-Woo saw on the screen someone entering his room. "Echidna?"
[Huh? Are you sleeping, Kang-Woo?]
Kang-Wo saw Echidna approaching him with her head tilted.
[Mmm⌠I wanted to play games with you.]
Echidna stood next to the bed, pouting with a finger on her lips.
[...]
She looked down at him for a few moments and then turned around in disappointment to leave the room.
"This is pretty damn cool."
It was odd to see himself lying in bed as people came to check on him; it was like watching a prank video.
Creak.
[Hey, Oh Kang-Woo. I have something to ask yâ Eh? The hell? Are you sleeping?]
As Kang-Woo was staring at himself sleeping, Cha Yeon-Joo entered the room this time.
[Urgh. What should I do�]
Yeon-Joo pondered on whether to wake him up or not as she scratched her head.
[Whatever. I can ask him later.]
She turned around and walked toward the door.
[...]
However, she stopped in her tracks.
[A-Ahem!]
She coughed and looked around.
[Umm⌠H-HeyâŚ]
She mumbled in embarrassment as she twisted in embarrassment and turned back toward Kang-Woo.
[Y-Youâre⌠sleeping, right?]
Yeon-Joo looked around some more and hesitantly got closer to Kang-Woo.
[Ngh.]
She blushed as she carefully bent down and kissed Kang-Woo.
[H-Hehehe.]
Yeon-Joo giggled and poked the sleeping Kang-Wooâs cheek.
"What should I do, Eve?"
"What do you mean?"
"My Yeon-Joo is way too cute."
"Good for you," Eve replied bluntly as she stared at the screen next to Kang-Woo. "You sure are blessed, Sir Guardian Deity."
"Itâs only natural since I saved the goddamn world."
Kang-Woo thought he had the right to be this blessed since he had remained a virgin for ten millennia, or a little over nine millennia, to be more exact.
Creak.
Yeon-Joo kissed him again and left the room.
"I might as well go back," Kang-Woo said.
He had nothing else to do here.
"Oh, Sir Guardian Deity. It takes about thirty minutes to generate an exit."
"Eh? What kind of bullshit is that? This isnât some bus in the countryside."
"This world was built for the management of the Law of Titans. I couldnât do anything when you entered, but I have to generate an exit so that it doesnât cause any anomalies."
"Oh, then I guess I have no choice but to wait."
To make a comparison, it was like waiting until a USB was safe to remove from a computer. The Law of Titans was already damaged considerably so he did not want to cause further damage.
"Then what should I spend thirty minutes on�"
Kang-Woo turned to the screens, thinking about checking information about other Players.
[Oh? Are you asleep, Kang-Woo?]
Just then, Han Seol-Ah entered his room.
"Why is there so much traffic in my room?"
No one besides Lilith usually entered his office room when he was working.
[HmmâŚ]
Seol-Ah looked down at the sleeping Kang-Woo and kissed him as Yeon-Joo had done.
"Hehe. Oh, Darling."
Kang-Woo couldnât help but smile as both women kissed his sleeping self.
âMy lovers are so cute.â
They kissed each other regularly but seeing them kissing him while he was asleep brought him even more joy.
[Huh? Is he that tired?]
Seol-Ah tilted her head in wonder after Kang-Woo did not wake up even after a kiss.
[Kang-Woo? Kang-Woo?]
Seol-Ah shook Kang-Wooâs shoulders in slight worry. Her expression grew harder after Kang-Woo stayed asleep no matter how hard she shook him.
"Eve, send Darling a message."
"What should I send?"
"Something about me being in a world of consciousness and that I canât wake up for thirty minutes."
"Okay!"
Eve typed away on a screen and a message window appeared in front of Seol-Ah.
[Phew.]
Seol-Ah placed her hand over her chest and sighed in relief.
[Mm⌠If he wonât wake up for thirty minutesâŚ]
She fell into thought for a moment and clapped her hands together as if she had thought of a great idea.
[I should be able to do it without him knowing!]
âDo what without me knowing?â
"I wonder what sheâs about to do?" Eve asked.
"No idea."
Kang-Woo and Eve focused on the screen. Seol-Ah left the room for a moment and came back as she hummed. There was something in her hand.
"Wait."
It was a hairband with cat ears on it and⌠a tail with a bead tip.
"WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAAAAAAAAAAAIT!!! GAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!" Kang-Woo aggressively grabbed Eveâs shoulders. "OPEN THE DOOR!!!"
"P-Pardon?? Why all of a sudden?"
"OPEN THE FUCKING DOOR NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!"
"Y-You have to wait thirty minutesâ"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP AND OPEN THE FUCKING DOOOOOOOOOOOOR!"
âIf you donât open it now, something else will open!!â
1. Refer to Chapter 270. â
2. Iâm not well-versed in the Cthulhu Mythos but after some research, it seems the Elder Gods are extraterrestrial entities that protect humans while the Outer Gods are evil entities that live in the void outside the universe. â
erigiiiâs Thoughts
This woman seriously doesnât learn⌠I roll my eyes whenever sheâs in the chapter nowâŚ