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"Forget it, not now!" Korgami said in a tired voice.
"As you command, my lord," Ragnar replied in a tone saturated with loyalty.
"I told you: don't call me 'my lord' when we're alone," Korgami retorted, this time with a disappointed tone.
He had told Ragnar before not to call him 'my lord' when they were alone, but Ragnar did it whether they were in private or not.
Korgami felt some guilt towards Ragnar; he had always walked with him, to the point that Korgami considered him a companion more than just a soldier.
"But, my lord, there is someone else!" Ragnar said in his usual cold tone.
"Oh, that's my fault now—I forgot that serpent!" Korgami hit his temple with his hand while still walking inside that hut.
And at that moment, a purple thread shot through Korgami's mind; it was that thread that made him see from Ragnar's perspective. It covered his eyes, so he couldn't see anything at all.
The light, colored like gemstones, reflected inside the cave; they were scattered all around.
And there was a current of pure energy passing by, touching the roof of that hut and emitting a faint sound.
That current was truly gigantic, but transparent, adorned with different colors; it sometimes shone red, sometimes gold, and so on.
A part of the current moved from the roof down towards Ragnar, who was leaning on Korgami's shoulder, his eyes covered.
But they showed no concern; for this was the origin of power in this world. Because humans were superheroes, some of them good on the outside and corrupt on the inside, and others whom no one knew anything about.
That part of the current moved around both Korgami and Ragnar; it spun around them very quickly. But, unexpectedly, the energy of the current wanted to enter Ragnar's body; however, it passed right through him and couldn't enter his body, which was made of shadows.
As for Korgami, the current entered his body and rushed inside him with force. But Korgami felt no pain; he only felt the current flowing towards the leader's power and overwhelming him with a wondrous sensation.
But when the current tried to merge with the power—the beasts and Korgami's original power (darkness)—there was no response, so the current exited his body and returned to the cave roof.
This process revealed the forms of Korgami and Ragnar; Korgami began to wonder to himself: why hadn't the serpent's wounds healed with all this energy? He was pondering intensely when he heard a hissing sound.
"Sssss..."
"Human, why are you walking so slowly? You need to speed up your steps," the serpent spoke, its giant head appearing from a corner of the cave.
"As you can see, serpent, I can't see!" Korgami replied sarcastically, advancing slowly.
"Then why don't you get rid of that thing on you, human?" the serpent declared its thoughts aloud.
It had been wondering since Korgami covered his eyes when he woke up in front of the cave, but it hadn't mentioned it because it wanted to rush through a deal with them.
It didn't want anything to hinder the deal; it had even sacrificed its Mana-rich den to human beings it hated, but was forced to do so. But now its patience had run out.
It stuck out its giant, red tongue and made a rustling sound before saying, "Human, give me the core now."
The sarcastic expression on Korgami's face disappeared, replaced by a serious one. He said, "Very well, take it now. I am a person who keeps his side of... the deal, even if it's with a smart beast." Then he took out the core, which was very faded.
Upon seeing the core, which had almost lost its blue glow, the serpent felt fear and involuntary tremors ran through its body.
But Korgami didn't make it wait any longer; he took the core and stepped forward steadily. He was no longer leaning on Ragnar, but he was borrowing vision from his eyes.
He walked on the floor, which was made of sharp and smooth rocks; he walked with an eerie calm under the gaze of that giant serpent. His reflection showed in the pupils of its huge green eyes.
The serpent looked at this human who seemed the size of an insect compared to its massive size; it looked at his torn cloak and the wound in the middle of his chest that had been treated with a strange energy it knew nothing about.
It had caught a glimpse of Korgami's past using its previously remaining power and knew the cause of that wound. Thinking of this, it felt sadness; not pity for the human, but because they shared the same fate: both had been attacked by the people they loved most.
The serpent extended its red, giant tongue towards the approaching human; it expected the human to bump into its tongue when handing over the core, but contrary to its expectations, the human stopped close to its tongue.
By seeing everything from Ragnar's perspective, Korgami was able to stop just in time; he stood before the serpent's tongue, which was enormous, but this was nothing compared to the size of its head. He felt some fear creeping into his mind upon seeing its close-up appearance.
He pushed all his feelings away and said, "Serpent, I have fulfilled my promise." Korgami placed the core on the serpent's tongue and turned away after signaling to Ragnar to help him sit on a medium-sized rock inside the cave.
After that, the serpent quickly retracted its tongue with the core and swallowed it into its giant mouth. Before heading deeper into the cave, it said, "Human, this is the limit of your living space in the cave; do not go beyond this. Didn't you want to kill?" A tremendous energy burst forth from that audacious serpent; it covered the entire cave before petrifying a passageway, covering the whole large mountain, and warding off intruding monsters.
"Dammit." Korgami cursed the serpent while holding onto that rock to avoid falling. He felt that pressure was like a thousand elephants on the body of an ant, but his smile became devilish and twisted in a terrifying way.
"Hehehehehe... These will truly be fun days here!" Korgami laughed in a low voice, then the tone of his laughter rose as he held his forehead and pushed his long black hair back, revealing the piece of cloak that covered his eyes, and said, "I have a hope that you will accept my gift!"
As for Ragnar, he remained still, motionless; he merely suppressed the pressure to match his lord's condition.
After that, the serpent withdrew its pressure and went deep into the cave, leaving its guests behind.
"Tsk, insolent serpent! You will regret it later!" Korgami cursed again and turned his face towards the shadow soldier, saying, "Thank you, Ragnar."
"My lord, you have no need to thank me," Ragnar replied with a cold expression.
"You're saying it again!" Korgami tried to object but stopped. Using Ragnar's sight, he saw that his body was in a pitiful state.
"Damn, because of this weak body I would have been killed several times." Korgami sighed and added in a sad tone: "If my body were healthy, I would be by her side now, instead of planning and making her push me towards the continent of beasts. No, my decision was correct. Yes, what difference would it make? Even if I were by her side now, I would have chosen a path different from hers. Same thing—I am now on my own path, no regrets at all."
"And I will continue like this until I leave this damn planet, of course after exterminating all the heroes on it, or what they call 'heroes' on whom people hang their hopes and wishes. Yes, this is the illusion of heroism."
"And I am the one who will wake them from their illusions and show them the face of justice they had pinned their hopes on; I will show them the ugliest and worst side of the heroes."
Upon finishing his speech, he gently hit the rock beneath him before saying, "Ragnar, I want you to train me until my body becomes strong instead of this disgusting weakness."
"The honor is mine, my lord." Ragnar's tone carried some uncharacteristic warmth.
Korgami ignored the word 'my lord' and lay down on the rock, trying to sleep again, but he remembered that the serpent hadn't told him any information about the continent he was on, so he felt that his news tomorrow would be better, and thus he wasn't bothered.
"Ragnar, return..." Korgami ordered Ragnar to return inside his body, but as expected, Ragnar said he would continue guarding for fear of some monsters attacking him. Nevertheless, Korgami said, "Don't worry, the serpent has purified the entire mountain, and don't be afraid—she won't attack me while I'm asleep because she will be busy until morning."
Hearing this, Ragnar returned to Korgami's body, and stillness settled in the cave; there were no sounds except for the sound of the current passing through the cave roof.
End of Chapter — To Be Continued...