While I was dead to the Sweepers, receiving privileges from [ The Great One ] and returning, the Sweepers were in the process of turning my physical body into fuel when they began to sense something strange.
The issue was that no matter what they did, the protagonist's body would not turn into fuel. One Sweeper, sensing that something was going wrong, tried to tell its brethren, but...
- Grab!!!
Its head was seized by a suddenly approaching hand. The captured Sweeper and the entire horde witnessed it: a 'monster' regenerating its body as if reconstructing itself....
- Grrrrrrr....
The protagonist's body, regenerating at an incredible speed, was being moved by the privileges that had arrived first... Soon, the Sweeper whose head was held...
- Crunch!!
had its head crushed by the protagonist's body and died. Seeing this, the other Sweepers...
- !&!21-10@(&)6-291097#*!*^@@)7!!!!!!!!!!!
Enraged by the death of their kin, tried to tear the protagonist's body to shreds to turn it into fuel, but....
- { ' Transcendent Body ' resonates with ' Madness '!! }
- { ' Madness ' resonates with ' Egoist '!! }
- { ' Immortality ' resonates with ' Indomitable '!! }
The three privileges resonated, preventing the body from being turned into fuel. Simultaneously, 'Transcendent Body' began to do its job for the 'protagonist' who would soon return.
First, 'Transcendent Body' killed Sweepers bare-handed to ensure the safety of my soon-to-be-resurrected body. However, since it was still an ordinary human body, it was soon brutally shattered by the densely packed Sweepers surrounding it. To survive, the privileges made the optimal judgment.
They extracted 'Cogito' through the 'Transcendent Body', using the life force overflowing from the body, to forcibly manifest a blooming E.G.O. from a self not yet present in this world, making contact with [ The River at the World's Very Bottom ], touching the owner's well, and forcibly awakening the Virtues.
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- { The Will to Stand Upright }
- { The Hope to Become a Better Being }
- { The Courage to Continue Living }
- { The Courage to Protect }
- { The Eye That Severs Subservience and Confronts Fear }
- { The Eye That Accepts the Past and Faces the Future }
- { The Thinking Self }
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However, having forcibly awakened the Virtues while lacking so much, it manifested an incomplete, imperfectly bloomed E.G.O.
- Clang!! Clatter!!
The moment the imperfectly bloomed E.G.O. manifested, an indomitable armor enveloped the entire body—a fortress that would never yield as long as fighting spirit remained unbroken and could never be shattered. It became an eternal, unyielding wall firmly protecting the body.
As the armor covered every inch of the body without a gap, the final piece covered the face. Once the armor was fully equipped, its appearance began to slowly change.
Sharp thorns gradually sprouted from the armor. The face gradually transformed into a form that seemed like a mix of a mad dragon and a fighting dog—the visage of a Mad Dog.
At this time, the imperfectly bloomed E.G.O. the owner manifested was like a mad dragon and a rabid dog. If one were to give it a name,
- ( Mad Savage Hound-Dragon )
would have been fitting....
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The Sweepers, having seen their kin die before their eyes, were enraged and tore the killer of their kin to shreds. No matter how much this killer of their kin recovered, no matter how much it regenerated, they... no, we would not give up and kept killing the enemy before us.
The one who killed our kin, with its weak, fragile human body, was being torn apart miserably by us, yet for some reason, it was smiling. And soon, an anomaly began.
- Clang!! Clatter!!
The human body, which was being brutally torn apart by us, became clad in armor bearing the form of a Mad Dog, resembling a mix of a mad dragon and a fighting dog. Gradually,
the Sweepers' attacks began to have no effect. The body, still without its owner's consciousness, controlled by the 'Privileges', spoke quietly, just loud enough for the Sweepers to hear.
- My turn now.....{ MY TURN.... }
Immediately after, the fully armored Mad Dog howled.
- Graaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!
From that moment on, the situation changed.
The moment the weak human turned into a Mad Dog, we Sweepers were helplessly flung about. A single punch would cause our bodies to explode and die. The Mad Dog swept through the Sweepers as if brushing away dead leaves. With each slaughter, it seemed to lose humanity, gradually consumed by madness. With each Sweeper killed, it rampaged more violently.
- { ' Madness ' is running wild!! }
As a result, half the Sweeper horde was annihilated in an instant.
We (the Sweepers) who saw that spectacle witnessed a true monster that day.
Our younger sibling 'Jack', whom we were just talking with, was torn in half and died. 'Wilson', who would talk with me while waiting for Mother's orders, died...
'Jake', who was like an older brother, guarding Mother's orders and preventing other Sweepers from escaping elsewhere, exploded and died before our eyes.....
We witnessed with our own eyes a monster worse than ourselves...
Only then did the Sweepers begin to feel the situation turning strangely. Only then, sensing something gravely wrong,
they gazed at the existence more monstrous than themselves....
- Grraaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!
Each time that monstrous existence roared, their bodies shook as if about to shatter... Some actually had their bodies explode and die.
- Kwaaaaaaang!!!!
Each time that monstrous existence swung its fist, Sweeper bodies and the terrain were blown apart. Kin were also caught in the shockwaves of the punches and died.
- KuKwaGwaGwaGwaBang!!!!!!!
Each time that monstrous existence moved as if charging, it crushed everything obstructing its path. Kin in the path of its charge also died.
At that moment, all the Sweepers felt terror simultaneously. As their 80-minute active period was nearly over, the Sweepers all retreated rapidly, as if fleeing, and vanished.
Only then, feeling tranquil safety, the body collapsed. The privileges within the body, sensing their owner's return, closed their eyes. The resurrected owner, having regained the body, opened his eyes.
Only after everything ended did the resurrected owner open his eyes to see the rising morning sun....
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At that moment, a B Corp Fixer watching from a back alley in W Corp observed the situation and was about to call Claws to either deal with that power or preemptively prune it for the City, for the Head, but....
- [ ' Transcendent Body ' enters a chain resonance with ' Egoist ' and ' Adaptation ', seeking a way to conceal the owner!! ]
- [ Temporarily acquired ' Unrecognizable ', which temporarily erases ' Presence and Trace '!! ]
- .....??? What was I about to do??
The Fixer who had intended to prune the protagonist, due to the privileges [ The Great One ] gave the 'protagonist', suddenly lost all memory related to observing the protagonist. He even forgot the reason he intended to harm him. Just realizing he couldn't remember, he tried to report this fact to A Corp's Arbitrator, 'Garion', but...
He forgot even that. Ultimately, the power used by the protagonist went unnoticed by anyone and passed safely....
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My eyes opened.... My body feels refreshed and without pain..... It's a very hazy feeling. Is it because I died and came back to life??
The brightly shining sun visible far away looked so beautiful....
Getting up and looking around, all I saw were the remnants of what looked like illegally constructed buildings, utterly destroyed, and the back alley bordering the outskirts...
Not knowing what had happened, but confirming the Sweepers were gone,
I was about to collapse from the relief of being alive when a red status window appeared before my eyes.
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[ The God of All Great Losses ]
Felt a bit uneasy just giving you privileges and sending you off.
Use it well!
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After that, what the red status window handed me was a special black card that, while having a daily spending limit, would free me from money worries,
and the status window and inventory, staples of this world's otherworldly rules.
Seeing this, I confirmed no one was around and let out a cheer.
Soon, I began making plans to survive in this world.
Having made my plans, I entered the city wearing the special clothes and with the ID issued by the god.
Along with the 5 emergency escape instant teleportation tickets from [ The Great One ] and the various untraceable items inside the inventory...
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Starting my move towards the city, I first looked around to figure out where I was, searched the inventory for a map, and began identifying which district I was in.
Looking around and figuring out my location, as I entered the city's back alley from the outskirts, a delicious smell hit my nose, making me hungry. To find where this smell was coming from, I went deeper and what I saw was...
Restaurants and popular eateries scattered all around. Seeing this, I could tell where I was...
It was the back alley of District 23, home to the Wing known as W Corp { Warp Corporation }, nicknamed the 'Street of Fine Dining' and 'Alley of Flavors'. An insane alley with countless shops that would stop at nothing for taste, even distributing and using human flesh, but...
Separate from that, it was a place with many popular eateries frequented by regulars....
And the enchanting smells wafting from the surroundings were by no means ignorable.
In the end, unable to resist, I gripped the card and entered one of the establishments to order food.
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Entering the shop, I sat down and ordered the recommended dish: a meat pie.
After ordering the meat pie, the one who seemed to be the chef looked at me, went into the kitchen, and cooked. Soon, he served the meat pie, scanning my body as he watched me... and then he saw something shocking.
The clothes I was wearing were actually a failed creation made by [ The Great One ] when bored, but the materials used were incredibly precious, beyond description, to the point that the [ Nuovo ] fabric was nothing in comparison.
The chef, upon seeing my clothes, initially considered making me into cooking ingredients, but upon seeing such unbelievably high-quality attire, he suppressed that impudent thought, quietly gave me the meat pie, and returned to the kitchen...
Unaware of this, I ate the delicious meat pie, but almost spat out the juices when the status window informed me...
Because...
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[ You have eaten human flesh. ]
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I almost vomited after learning I had eaten human flesh, but...
- { ' Indomitable ' resonates with ' Madness '!! }
- { Temporarily acquired 'City-like Thinking' }
Having temporarily acquired 'City-like Thinking', I...
- .....It's tasty...
Due to the 'City-like Thinking' that arose inadvertently, I managed to chew and swallow without spitting it out. Not wanting to waste the money I'd paid, I just shut up and ate it, but infuriatingly, the meat pie was incredibly delicious....
That made me angrier, but with my stomach filled, I moved to take the W Corp Warp Train to go to an association and issue a Fixer Registration Certificate, necessary for living in this world and for the start of the plan I had set.
On my way to the Warp Train platform, I felt something unsettling and tried to recall something I seemed to have forgotten. I finally arrived at the platform and boarded the train after spending a considerable amount from the card,
but it was only after boarding the Warp Train that I remembered... how this train operates.. Realizing this, I tried to get off the train quickly, but...
The train had already departed, and what followed was the beginning of hell.....