Hermit Wizard

Yodmo looks me in the eye.

What did you call me today? Why is that weird shell being turned upside down?

He pointed out that I was transformed into a fake god. I double-checked what he said instead of answering the question.

“You just said that, didn't you? If you eat memories and digest them, you can interpret them.”

That's right.

“Can't you see what you remember before you eat? It's not possible to crystallize your memories because you can see them eventually, right? ”

When extracting the memory of the apprentice, only the memory of the tissue was separated, and during the Ashpim Giant, only the information about the savior was selected and crystallized.

Yodmo shakes his head.

When crystallizing, the classification of memory is not something I do by looking at the content. It's more like throwing a bullet in a mass of memory. Some kind of agglomeration catalyst?

He continued to explain. For example, by throwing the condition of 'affiliated tissue’ into memory, the memory corresponding thereto seems to self-adsorb and aggregate to separate the crystals.

Although, it didn't take a few seconds to make a decision last time. I don't seem to have the cognitive ability to understand and analyze hundreds of years of memory in that short time.

I point to the shape in the cistern.

“So, after eating their memories, can you interpret them and answer my questions? ”

I can't use the external hard drive called fake god, so I'm going to use the extractor, Yodmo himself.

The first thing Yodmo offered me when I signed the contract was to pick out the memories I wanted and crystallize them. Maybe it was a more convenient way for him. But now that I don't have the storage media to implant the decision, I think it would be better to propose it.

Yodmo narrows his eyes.

But isn't that different from the content of the contract?

The look you're not giving me. It's better to make a quick decision and go back. It seems quite bothersome to do what I propose.

“The contract should not be renewed. ”

I pointed to his ship.

“And you received a gift you didn't expect at the time of signing the contract? If the counter payroll changes, so should the request. You said you left one unidentified memory in your stomach? Isn't that enough for a while? ”

Yes, I will.

Yodmo looks around. His gaze stopped on Hessler and Alice.

You want me to extract their memories?

“That's right.”

I don't think they're both ordinary human beings. Approximately how many years of memory?

I told them their age, which the fake god had guessed.

It will take a few months to digest them all. Will you wait that long?

That's too long. I shake my head.

“You don't have to spend time digesting all your memories. Can you extract just a few memories of what you want? ”

It's a placenta that I don't need in my memory. It is inefficient to mix and feed even that.

Just throw in a few simple concepts like before and eat them separately. Yeah, what do you want?

I roll my head for a moment. The most urgent is the keyword 'Dragon Resurrection’.

“The first thing I need is a memory of the resurrection of the Savior. And then a little bit bigger, the idea of your organization,"

Wait, wait, wait. What did you say?

The embarrassing notion of Yodmo is conveyed.

What else do you mean the Savior is resurrected? I don't think he really died.

So Yodmo did not eat only classifying the memories of the apprentices. You have no knowledge of this world.

“Hm · · ·. ”

I said very briefly what happened in this world. In fact, I didn't know the details of the Old Testament's death, so I couldn't explain it long. Yodmo laughs at his head as if he's in chaos. Then I look around my chest and say,

I see. You're a villain, aren't you? You're looking for a way to revive the Savior you worship. They know the answer, don't they?

A summoner who misunderstood my purpose nodded.

Yes. If you pierced the channel in your body, your existence is like a symbol of the Church. It's not uncommon to be an imitator. Are you the head of the world's troublemakers?

I keep making assumptions in the opposite direction to the truth.

“If you eat memories, you'll find out. To tell you the truth, it's those two who belong to the gangster group you're talking about. ”

What? I don't understand. Why do the traffickers take sides and steal memories?

In fact, I was quite reluctant to tell you everything as it is.

“There's a complicated situation. ”

Yodmo and I are a contractual relationship and it is enough to pay each other a fair price. I don't need to seek an understanding by explaining my past and motivation for action.

Do you both draw out memories at once? It is more efficient to digest one after the other from incoming memories.

“Then eat that man's memory first. I'll ask you again if you don't try something else. ”

It seems inefficient to digest both memories simultaneously. I pulled Hessler out of the cistern and laid him on the floor. He regains consciousness with his hands and feet tied in the form of a cross.

And as soon as I see Yodmo's head approaching, I spit out the curse with my eyes open.

“Fuck you, you fucking pig! ”

Before the words were finished, Yodmo lifted his front foot and pressed it over Hesler's forehead. Weight gains and the hoof presses like Hesler's head.

“Argh! Can't you put that stinky sole away right now? ”

A yodmo that doesn't have a grudge against the reaction. The user lowers his/her neck with his/her head restrained. Then Hesler smiled and breathed.

“Tsk!”

The cold swirled in the room for a moment. Me and Parvasse lost their word. That son of a bitch!

Glug,

A white liquid bubbled in the glabella of Yodmo flows. That son of a bitch spit in Yodmo's face!

“Khhhhhhhh! ”

Hesler, who can only move above his neck, laughs in a mockery. Parvasse speaks with intent.

[It looks like you're poisoned to kill yourself.]

I don't know if you're just doing it because you're a jerk. Or I'm confused whether you're already giving up and trying to die quickly.

Hmmm.

Wind blows on Yodmo's forehead and the spots disappear cleanly. His emotions were not good in both eyes. Look at Hesler for a moment with deep glossy black eyes.

The summoner calmly sent me his intentions. It was a telepathy permeated with quiet, cold anger.

This cocky worm was also said to be a villain. And yet, is he your enemy?

I nod.

“That's right.”

After you suck your brain, you'll be a lunatic. Is there any value and utility to this beauty besides memory? A co-worker?

“None at all. ”

I don't know if hostage-taking's gonna work, but there's Alice.

If so, let me make one suggestion. I think it's possible to see this place. Can you take care of this guy 'not to die’ after I extract his memory? For an endless period of time, it would be too much. As long as your life allows.

Yodmo raises his head. I saw a horrible glow in his eyes. I understood his intentions and commonly said I knew. It is not difficult to hide without dying.

“Of course you can. I'll do that.”

The moment Hessler hears our conversation, Hessler's face hardens.

“· · · What? ”

But before his mouth opened again, Yodmo put out his tongue first. Drops of body fluid drop from the tip of the split tongue. A drop of blue fluorescent light flows into Hesler's nostrils in a single breath.

“Huff! Huff! ”

Hesler rebelled as if he were slitting his throat, but not for long.

Soon, a soft tissue, like a sapphire, escapes from both his nostrils. I think I see a pork mince picking machine at the butcher's. A mass of the brains of two stems mixed in light orange and pink.

Even if the whole form is made into minced meat, the cells have not broken down at all and the connections of neurons that maintain organ memory are also maintained. The summoner who created the miracle drank the discharge.

Hesler, who had all his memories drawn from the singular, lost his expression as it was. In front of him, the summoner snorts and spits out a decision. It is to classify before eating.

This is an agglomerated memory in response to the verb 'The Resurrection of the Savior’.

Immediately spit out a slightly bigger decision.

This is a memory that responds to the concept of 'affiliated organization’. That's all the memories you want, contractor.

I nod. That's all the information I need.

But Yodmo doesn't stop there and spits out another little grain.

This is the fragmentary memory that this beauty has just spit on me. Aside from that, he aggregated a few pieces of memory that would allow rational thinking. I will give this decision back to him. I left some areas of my brain that control my memory. You're okay, right?

I nod. Then Yodmo put the little grain back into Hessler's head.

I take back some of my stolen memories, and my expression returns a little.

“Me? ”

A very confused face, whether or not you remember enough to maintain your self perfectly. Seeing him, Yodmo flies a chilly thought.

You have to know why you suffer. You will constantly regret and despair. Physical pain is not the only thing. Mental distress is also important.

“.. what, what? ”

Hessler's expression suddenly twitched as he was unconscious.

“Ugh. ”

A groan comes out of his mouth. The dry spirit of Yodmo resounded in the room using it as a counterweight.

All you can do is extract organ memories from your brain, and eventually you can know the structure and touch it to my liking.

“Aah! ”

Hesler's whole body gets wet with sweat. Tears and nostrils flow on your cheeks.

The brain cells that control the sensation of pain, while extracting memories, were left intact. And then we modified the rest of the brain tissue.

“Uh-uh. ”

Hesler, who was quickly recovering from any pain, is now crying with a crumbling face.

There are times. Too much pain suddenly pushes, so the brain is surprised and doesn't detect the moment properly.

But after such a short time, the pain swells like a tide. Now, that response is too much pain, so the brain doesn't know exactly. The real thing hasn't started yet.

Hesler gradually blurred with a loud voice. The frozen moment didn't last long. The next moment I blocked my ears.

Aaaaaaaaaah

A desperate scream echoes through the basement that I have never heard before. There has never been such a scream across all the creatures in the world that I have experienced. All I hear is chicken flesh and a cool blade in my back.

It didn't take a minute until Hessler's vocal cord ruptured. However, the elixir is infused immediately and the vocal cord is regenerated. The scream that was cut off is followed again.

I looked at Yodmo slippery with my ears shut. He calmly explains.

I manipulated that brain's neurons to feel the extreme pain they could feel. An organism that is born and dies normally, it is impossible to endure pain. That's enough for an immortal to fall into that condition in all its dimensions.

I'm sure it will. I was so noisy that I spread soundproofing magic around Hessler. Phew, that's better.

“How much pain did you suffer? ”

I feel Hesler's body crumble. If you leave it like that, it's a shock. But before that, Ringell is injected again and endocrine material finds a balance and the heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature and breathing are temporarily controlled. Apart from the analgesic effect, it contains all of these effects.

It's the most intense sensation that the organism's nervous system allows. It will be painful enough to notice where the limbs are.

“Well, if you don't want me to die, it's going to cost Elixer a lot. ”

Then let's say I owe you this. I'll pay the equivalent.

“Let's renew the contract soon. ”

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