Chapter 38: Begging the Great System
A group of ordinary people suddenly got caught in the middle of several superhumans, leaving them too scared to do anything.
At first, they had simply thought they were here to beat up Mark. Who could’ve guessed it would end up involving someone as powerful as Nexus?
After learning the secret that an S-rank hunter like Bell wanted to keep hidden, the only way they could hope to leave this place without getting into trouble with Bell was if Nexus gave them his word.
Everyone looked at each other, and in the end, their eyes settled on the guy who had arrived here first.
After asking around, they found out he was the only one who had actually managed to beat Mark up. The happier you are, the greater the responsibility. Naturally, the ’noble’ responsibility of saving everyone was dumped entirely on him.
The man’s trembling eyes looked at these temporary brothers, while inwardly he had no idea how many times he had cursed them.
He really was the only one who had beaten up Mark, but was he happy? Was there anyone else here who had ended up drinking sewage from the gutter because they accidentally slipped as he did?
The moment he opened his mouth to push the responsibility onto someone else, dozens of unfriendly stares made him swallow his words back down.
"Sir... can... can you let us go? We..."
Before he could finish speaking, the indifferent gaze from Nexus facing him made him unable to get another word out.
He was a man who had spent many years working in society and gone through countless hardships, yet he still pissed his pants from just a single glance.
Seeing their useless teammate like this, the group wanted nothing more than to beat him up. But surviving was more important right now. As long as they made it out of here alive, they would definitely give this bastard who couldn’t even speak the beating of his life properly.
"I don’t care."
Even when Nexus’s first disciple had been beaten to death, he hadn’t cared that much, so naturally he couldn’t be bothered to care about a bunch of ordinary people like them. But looking at their expressions, he started questioning himself again.
Why is everyone afraid of me even though I’ve never intentionally killed anyone? I’ve never even been the one to attack someone first.
With Lucifer’s emotional heart, for the first time, Nexus wanted to know why everyone reacted like this.
[You stupid mortals, don’t you realize who the real main character is here? Do you think that brat came back to life because of my trash master?]
The system angrily shouted at the group kneeling and begging for their lives. If these people had known their place and knelt before it instead, it wouldn’t have been this irritated.
Clearly, from beginning to end, the system had been the one doing the most. Yet these blind fools completely ignored it.
"Well..."
Faced with the system’s questioning, the whole group began to stammer. To be honest, even though they knew the system could do many extraordinary things, deep down they still thought that because they were humans, they were naturally above a system.
Kneeling before the greatness of the system was no different from kneeling before an AI. For people with huge egos who always believed they were right, this was a form of self-humiliation.
[Are you looking down on me?! How dare lowly mortals look down on this great system?!]
The group’s contempt wasn’t hidden very well. The system noticed it with just a single glance.
Lowly mortals, not even hunters, yet they dared to have this kind of attitude toward the system. It was completely unacceptable.
[I can bring that kid’s soul back from heaven to earth, and I can also send your souls from earth straight to hell.]
Blood-red screens appeared in front of every person. The pitch-black skull images, reeking of the aura of death, were extremely effective at terrifying people.
As expected, the group had already been scared out of their minds and had no way of withstanding the system’s psychological attack. They all started kowtowing to the system and desperately begged for mercy.
They really did feel superior because they were human and believed the system was nothing more than an inferior creation. But compared to that sense of superiority, they valued their lives far more.
This system was obviously no good. Its explosive temper made them worry that it really would give them a one-way trip to hell.
"Great System, please forgive this lowly one’s ignorance."
"Please show mercy to lowly souls like us, O great one."
"As long as you spare me, I’ll worship only you as the only true god for all eternity."
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These shameless words of flattery poured out under the fear of death, but the system didn’t care.
The only thing it cared about was that these mortals had acted exactly as it expected. The system was the greatest, greater than everything else.
Some of their words were even so arrogant they bordered on stupidity, but the system didn’t care. The system knew very well that the universe had never hated the arrogant, as long as they weren’t stupid.
[Hahahaha! This great system forgives your ignorance. You stupid mortals know what to do after you leave here, don’t you?]
The system wanted these people to spread news of its greatness so the entire planet would worship it. But it didn’t say it outright because it felt that a great existence like itself didn’t need to explain. Its ’loyal’ servants should already know what it wanted.
"Thank you for your mercy. We understand."
The whole group answered in unison before hurriedly running away. Their legs, which had been trembling just moments ago, were suddenly full of strength, as if they could run dozens of kilometers without stopping.
Of course, Ron wasn’t among them. He was still immersed in his own world while struggling against the pain, so he had no time to pay attention to the system’s nonsense.
Suddenly, the space changed. It had been fairly dark just a moment ago, yet now it was filled with light, and there was nothing left around them.
A gigantic phantom sat upon a throne, radiating dazzling light. Looking at him was even more blinding than staring directly at the sun. That enormous hazy figure was so vast it had no limits, as if no matter how many galaxies there were, they could all fit within him.
The system had been floating on cloud nine, its ego thoroughly satisfied. Suddenly, a majestic voice with a hint of amusement scared it half to death.
"The only true god, huh?"