Overgeared

Hundreds of thousands of eggs wriggled like slime. Agnus looked at the eggs, each one bigger than himself, and remembered the conversations he had with Chepardea. In fact, these were the words that Chepardea used to say.

His Highness Baal is great. I believe only in His Highness Baal. Even if I am abandoned by him, I will sing hymns for him.

What was the scope of the 'abandonment' he was talking about? Being murdered, having the memory of being murdered erased, being resurrected, living as a plaything, being killed again, forgetting, resurrected, killed…

Could Chepardea accept even this terrible reincarnation with a happy heart? He was sure this wasn't the case.

"Crazy bastard…"

Agnus stopped breathing for a moment before letting out a curse. He wasn't feeling compassion for Chepardea. He was a demon who shouldn't be sympathized with. In the first place, Agnus had no loyalty to Chepardea. It was just that Baal was too disgusting.

He imagined it spontaneously in his mind. The moment when Chepardea was in his most important phase.

Baal, who came to him as if he had been waiting, suddenly violently attacked him and slowly and painfully killed him while telling him the truth. Baal would speak very slowly while savoring it.

You have been betrayed in various ways by me. How many times have you been killed? You will be born again and forget this moment.

Then it would repeat again from the beginning. The reason? There was no need to think about anything like that. It was because giving meaning to Baal's choices and actions was the most meaningless thing in the world. He was merely seeking pleasure and the form of pleasure he desired was usually cruel.

That was all. It was like the ordinary neighbors who bullied the weak.

"It is Baal. He is going to keep killing Chepardea."

"That's right."

Betty confirmed Agnus' conclusion. What was Chepardea that he hatched and resurrected endlessly? Why did he lose his memory, what exactly was his relationship with Baal, etc.

Agnus had many questions, but he didn't bother to express them. It wasn't good for his mental health to be curious about Baal's affairs. The one thing he did want to confirm was none other than Betty's identity.

"You… who are you? Why do you know about this place?"

The road leading to the cages where the memphis were trapped—it was also the place where Chepardea's eggs were stored and it was a very secret area even in hell. Yet Agnus and Betty, who would've been teleported elsewhere, showed up here. She also knew about the relationship between Chepardea and Baal. The implications were great.

"Are you perhaps a former Baal's Contractor?"

The girl who hadn't taken her eyes off him from the first moment they met—Agnus asked while feeling it was a possibility and Betty nodded gently.

"That's right."

An abandoned toy. A failure who wasn't interesting.

Betty took off the robe she was wearing. Her bare body was immediately seen. It was a body with severe ossification from

"I am your senior."

"…You are bragging."

at Betty with a confused expression for a moment before

as she threw away the robe she had taken off. She took for granted the reaction of people who showed their displeasure with this disgusting body. She just chose a

she heard Agnus' dissatisfied complaints. The tone was quite harsh, but it resembled that reaction that Grid had shown. He perceived her as a human being, not a

expected, there was a reason he

she was convinced that she could pass her knowledge

"You are my successor."

What nonsense are you

is cruel

"Who doesn't know this…?"

more

"……"

keep in mind that the moment the contract with Baal is broken, it

a shell. The reason why Agnus suffered from the ossification was that his soul was slowly escaping from his body. It

your soul is seeping into Baal. You will completely enter

by Baal. They would be used regardless of their will. In the case of a player like Agnus, it would be in the form of forced quests.

you have to be a priest. You just have to inherit my knowledge.

moment that every player dreamed of came to Agnus. Anyone would welcome it with open arms. However,

"Why look at me?"

Betty, he was doubting himself. He had been wandering for many years after his twist of fate with Baal and he clearly recognized how pathetic a human being he

cocked her head. Her messy, short hair matched her innocent expression well. "You were abandoned

enough? Agnus read the meaning of Betty's words

will find

made a promise about the next time before moving forward. There wasn't much point to getting rid of Chepardea's eggs, so she just passed by them and headed into the depths of

expected, my judgment

the ability to steal the target's stats, and the ability to release a barrier of electricity. The memphis were monsters who lost their sense of reason after being abused by Baal. They were much more aggressive and able to withstand pain compared to Noe. Their damage to their side would

"……"

and Agnus walked behind her. Agnus thought that Betty's steps seemed heavy. Younglings who had suffered from the moment they were born—it must be painful to know she would

"My steps aren't heavy."

"……?"

my steps," Betty spoke while looking at Agnus' face that was reflected in

was inwardly startled before turning his head away. He was unable to meet Betty's

before arriving at a large dungeon. The structure was like a labyrinth. There were heavily intricate, intertwined paths that caused disorientation. There seemed to

was confused even though it was a place he had followed Baal to a few years ago. There was a foggy sensation in his mind. Agnus hesitated a few times, but Betty just moved forward.

still talking

Agnus

"Nyaaaaong!"