Second Protagonist [Omniscient Reader]
012 | SACRED TREE (3)

012 | 𝗣𝗢𝗛𝗢𝗡 𝗞𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗧 (3)

𝗣𝗢𝗩 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿.

Lying his body on the shards of a fairly large building, his back was stuck to the wall as he crossed both his hands behind his head, he looked towards the sky.

'Meetrain?'

On the horizon, twinkling stars that fall like rain is a spectacular sight. Dokkaebi also floated beside him, looking at the meteor shower with a gaze of anticipation.

("It's starting to happen.")

'I have a bad feeling now.'

Go Eunyeon's brows furrowed smoothly as she looked at the horizon, she didn't know what was going to happen but surely it wasn't an ordinary thing, something was going to take a big step, and it must have been a meteor shower of some kind of code or something from the reaction that dokkaebi showed.

[Choker Personal Unknown chat room active.]

|And|

Huh hello? How do I call you?

|××××| - Lucifer, no need formalities between us.

|And|

If that's what you're saying, I won't hesitate. Why did you choose me? How strong are you?

|Lucifer| - Straight to the point, aren't you afraid of offending the constellations?

("You're really an arrogant human right? Look, it's not that I'm exaggerating, but that your life would be miserable against the will of the constellations.")

Dokkaebi circled in the air and right in front of her face, making all her pandagans filled with dokkaebi's body.

|And|

Pleasantry is not my style. I want to seek certainty, not begging for your kindness.

|Lucifer| - Pfff-when other incarnations begging coins from us, how low is your price? Humans like you are willing to do anything for our coins and attention, why aren't you like them?

|And|

Although there is human blood flowing through my veins, there is no rule that says that humans should be the same.

[Star Race 'Supreme Holy And Darkness' chuckled.]

[The Star Race 'The Nine Tail' looked at him in confusion.]

|Lucifer| - Interesting answer, I did not see wrong.

|Lucifer|-Compared those boring garbage, you fit my criteria, I was surprised to find diamonds among the trash.

|Lucifer|- Does it answer your first question?

|And|

Appreciable. But I wonder, are you as strong as in the legends or is it just a paper tiger? (1)

|Lucifer|-Your courage is worthy of appreciation, son, but something superfluous is a double-edged sword.

|And|

I take that as a compliment, thank you.

|Lucifer|-Speak strength is not a trivial thing, to some extent, it is a secret among us the constellations so I will not explain it specifically.

|Lucifer|- As long as you don't do anything excessive, I can help you.

Reading this line, Go Eunyeon's eyes narrowed slightly subtly.

|And|

Win-win huh? You take away your boredom and I take refuge using your power.

|Lucifer|- You are quick to respond, of course this is not included if your light is dim.

|Lucifer|- Because diamonds can shine among the garbage but will dim among the same diamonds (2)

|And|

Do I look so easy to fall in your eyes? Underestimation was a fatal omission while fighting.

|Lucifer|- The future will prove it, whether you will remain a diamond or a trash.

|And|

Then you will wait forever.

|Lucifer|- Such a proud greeting from an incarnation.

|And|

If I'm not arrogant, how would a fallen angel like you choose me?

According to legend, Lucifer was once the highest angel in heaven, but was eventually dropped into the world because of his arrogance. His main trait is arrogant and Go Eunyeon does not deny that she also has it.

|Lucifer|-Ha, we are really similar to a certain extent.

|And|

I'm flattered to be able to resemble a famous angel.

|Lucifer|- What is a mockery or compliment?

|And|

Both.

[Star Race 'Supreme Holy And Darkness' laughed.]

("I'm serious, you better tell them before you take it personally.")

"Dokkaebi has a lot of free time? Don't you have any other jobs? Or is your hobby taking care of other people's problems?"

("Basically arrogant man! If it wasn't for the flow of the constellations behind you, I wouldn't bother advising you guys! Compared to other species in the universe, you are by no means like ants!") Dokkaebi seemed to run out of patience as there was a snapping tone contained in her voice.

|Lucifer|-You're good at talking provocations.

'So he did it for the constellations, I seem to understand now why he cares so much for me.'

Seeing the dokkaebi in front of him, Go Eunyeon thought.

|Lucifer|- Are you disappointed?

|And|

Why should?

|Lucifer|-He's not sincerely worried about you.

|And|

Do I look like that?

|Lucifer|- Well, your notes show that you're like a child lacking in love.

|And|

Is that so? It's just overstated.

[Chat space in deactivate.]

Notes. According to Go Eunyeon's guess, it must be hers' information, but she has no idea how much they've dug into her past. He also observed several things during this time, such as. . . Dokkaebi behavior.

He seemed to have great respect for the constellations, as if his life depended on them, this attracted Go Eunyeon's interest.

What exactly is the constellation? How strong are they? How many are there? Can he be a constellation too?

Everything is so interesting to explore. The feeling of finding new things that will not make him bored quickly, it is really a fresh taste for him.

By the way, he also found something new interesting before.

("Inkar-Uwah!?")

Dokkaebi was startled when suddenly a red glint passed her, she quickly flew backwards. Only now dokkaebi realized that there were many presences staring at them in the darkness.

The darkness of the shop gave them the opportunity to fuse with the surroundings secretly without being caught from the physical eye.

Dokkaebi's round eyes were stunned when they saw a swarm coming out of the crevices, they now no longer bothered to hide and present themselves in the moonlight.

Messages from the constellations flooded the channel, most of them shocked and curious.

Redder.

It was the first color dokkaebi saw and in front of her now, a red swarm flew around Go Eunyeon, circling around her.

There are still traces of blood on Go Eunyeon's body that has not been completely clean, for example on her ankle that was previously bitten by a sacred tree, although it has healed due to the effect of the healing bottle, for example, there are traces of blood.

And they swarm wherever the rest of the blood comes from.

It's an insect.

Having two red scaly wings arched wide on each side of its body, its wings were extremely beautiful and like it could reflect moonlight. There are some complicated patterns around the back, and because of their size they cannot be seen clearly, two pairs of antennae on the head twitch to detect something.

Their overall size could be said to be quite small but quite large in the normal insect world.

Their mouth is like a proboscis and can be rolled sucking blood on the floor even though it is dirty. They're looking for all the bloodstained places.

[The Star Race 'Secretive Plotter' smiled gently.]

[Star Race 'Mother Of Humanity' small humming interested.]

Go Eunyeon still had a trace of the mirror shards she used to look at before, she sat down and made a new cut on her palm. It was not big and rather painful to be honest.

The antennae of the insects shook and immediately swarmed the snags like sharks smelling the smell of blood.

As a dokkaebi, even though he is only a beginner level, he still has some knowledge taught him, for example some species stand out and attract the interest of the constellations, and the insect flying in front of him was the only one.

Butterfly Devouring, or its real name Butterfly Sky Devouring Blood, an old insect monster species, according to records, their ancestors had a relationship with a certain demon king, the, there is even a theory that they carry the blood of an outer god in their veins, but since it has not been proven, it is still in question.

[Something unknown in your soul vibrates.]

[Exclusive Skill 'Modifying Reality' neutralizes the vibration of the unknown.]

"Didn't you wonder how I got out? They can answer that."

Dokkaebi gulped as she could guess now. He began to notice everything that this incarnation had done over the past three days.

Staring at the astonished dokkaebi and the flood messages from the constellations, his lips involuntarily curved.

'Do you realize it now?'

The plan is actually simple.

First of all, having no skillful strength, he broke down the basics of the shop using the power of his own sacred tree. For three days, he did not fully run around erratically but also observed.

What is the right thing to be his protector? If an attack hits this structure, will the crack survive? What is the monster's weakness? How do I kill him with his condition?

And he found a way.

("You're using them to neutralize corrosive substances? But how do you know?")

Butterfly Devouring, they are not top predators but their hallmarks are very frightening, especially their voracious and vindictive nature. Like how ants can lift objects 5 times their size, butterfly devouring has a worrying hunger.

Don't be fooled by their small body size, ten of them can eat an elephant for less than two minutes. Their beautiful wings are the best camouflage as well as deceitful, their stomachs are like black holes and their reproductive system is very strong.

They were also famous for their illusory abilities and extremely powerful poison, only special medicine could cure them.

"When the monster first came out of the pot, its mouth opened unnaturally, and its tongue removed the soil in its mouth, and you must know what happened to the land."

("Is there something like that?")

Bihyung tried eavesdropping three days ago at the beginning of the scenario, it does exist. As the pot trembled and broke, all the tendrils tried to break the pot that imprisoned it and there was one scene of the sacred tree mouth opening and spewing out the ground, his tongue was squirming and trying to pull out the soil in his mouth (Imagine like a human trying to pull out leftovers stuck in the crevice of teeth using the tongue.)

Bihyung really did not pay attention, his main focus at that time was seeing tendrils that attacked wildly when the pot broke and how Go Eunyeon immediately escaped from her attack range.

At the sight of how the ground was destroyed upon coming into contact with the saliva of the sacred tree, Go Eunyeon knew that she could not hide in the monster's stomach, the ground was destroyed then what about the knife? Will it be destroyed too?

If the knife was destroyed, how did he get out of his stomach?

But there was nothing that could help him from the ruins other than the trees.

Then he found something interesting.

As he hid in the crack of the ruins while the monster was in the midday time transformation, he found some broken plants and flowers, this shopkeeper seemed to like having flower pots as decorations. Fortunately, the monsters in this scenario are just one.

Because at that moment his right hand was bleeding (out of the bite) and the area was dark, he could not see clearly until his hand came into contact with something soft.

At first he thought it was clothes or something until. . .

[You find a cocoon of mixed blood caterpillars that is almost hatched.]

'Eh?'

[Skills 'Butterfly Lv.3' active.]

And just like that Go Eunyeon got a weapon for a special substance. The existence of these butterflies became his main weapon to get out of the stomach unharmed, they somehow gnawed at the flesh of the sacred tree very quickly, even corrosive substances lost to their stomachs.

And most surprisingly of all, it was their way of breeding, unlike normal creatures that required two different genders to produce, they didn't need to!

The energy they digest is mostly used to divide and create new individuals through their flesh and blood. It was very fast, three days, only three days until one butterfly hatched and produced five cubs.

What kind of speed is this!?

Added now that they were full after eating the tree corpses, their population increased sharply. If counted, there were about 20 of them, even more.

During these three days, Go Eunyeon secretly cultivated these butterflies under the rubble, but knew that these butterflies had just hatched and were still immature, they did not yet possess strength strong enough to directly fight the tree except for its iron digestion.

Knowing that the monster's weakness is his internal body, Go Eunyeon devises a plan to infiltrate his body without being discovered.

To more original effect, he even willingly got hurt and looked desperate. Then unbeknownst to the sacred tree, he hid the butterflies using their illusory abilities, although the illusions were still weak, it was better than nothing.

Go Eunyeon brought two butterflies with her to enter the belly of the tree as she escaped the attack by getting into the ruins of the building and her legs entangled in tree tendrils after confirming that the store would collapse in some time ahead.

Then activate [Illusion Shield Lv.3] to protect his entire body from corrosive substances for some time and the butterflies that come with him perform a feast in the belly of the tree, which is, they gnawed at the flesh and sucked blood vigorously, it was their favorite.

Just in time, the pillar could no longer afford to chop up the shop and it collapsed.

The sacred tree actually died from two directions, from the ruins outside as well as being eaten from within its own body.

Lose telak.

("Aa-o-so. . .") Bihyung seemed to have not processed everything as he nodded like a fool.

[Star Race 'King Of Heroes' shook his head.]

[Star Race 'The World Serpent' scratched his bald head.]

[The Star Race 'Guardian of the Velebit Mountains' asks what you think of the sacred tree.]

"My opinion?"

[The constellation 'Golden Fire Wings' smiled and said that the sacred tree was the result of the constellation trial 'Guardian of the Velebit Mountains']

[The 'Guardian of the Velebit Mountains' star constellation smiles in embarrassment and says it will further refine the sacred tree in the future.]

Uh.

Go Eunyeon's eyes slightly wiped while reading this message.

'In other words, I was just your guinea pig all along?'

He's safe now, but what if he dies? Or someone else who started the scenario other than him? If congratulations are fine, but failed to complete the scenario? Even your soul will be trapped forever in illusions.

No one will like it when made an object of experiment.

"Well, the body of the sacred tree is quite soft because it can be cut off with my knife, it can be a fatal weakness."

[The Star Race 'Guardian of the Velebit Mountains' took careful note.]

He had observed many things since the beginning of the scenario, some of them like the reaction of the constellations and guessing their personalities from there.

They are not much different from humans, even their vile nature is the same—

'The Nine Tail' or gumiho has a cheerful and open-minded personality from his attitude all along which is reinforced by the fact he greets new and familiar constellations quickly.

'Calamity Of The Fastened' and 'Sun Monarch' had their foresight and brains not wasted but their personalities were somewhat troubled, intentionally or not, they seemed to provoke another constellation.

And surprisingly, Gilgamesh did not get into their group, Go Eunyeon never watched an anime with the character Gilgamesh in it.

Gilgamesh is described as very arrogant so he unconsciously thinks that this constellation has a problematic personality.

There were many other things he observed, but this was all just what he could observe now, and it could change at any time.

His strength is not enough.

("How do you have it? Was it given your sponsor? Who's your sponsor?")

Bihyung was agitated as he saw how the wound on Go Eunyeon's palm healed at naked speed. Looking at the choker on his neck and the ring on his finger, it was something that should not have (bought) incarnations like him.

Never before had Bihyung seen a sponsor deliver such an item to their incarnation. The price of the goods could even make the eyes of the constellations twitch, so whoever sponsors Go Eunyeon must be very rich.

Another fact that made him uneasy was how this incarnation seemed as if it did not feel anything wrong.

How'd he do it?

Bihyung is not stupid. As a streamer, he has been watching the running of the scenario with his own eyes (literally, he has the channel.)

("Actually who are you?")

Bihyung could say that this incarnation could not survive not without reason, the way he fought with despair, a face full of determination but one that almost gave up, the fear of how he would fail, Bihyung saw everything!

It was too real until . . .

The surrounding butterflies started flying in unison with his orders as they began to drift away and fly into the night sky, spreading out in all directions.

Except for the six butterflies he cultivated at the beginning, all of them spread out with an unknown purpose.

"Go."

Not knowing whether it was due to the refraction of the moonlight or perhaps because he was hallucinating, Bihyung dazedly looked at the smiling Go Eunyeon with a face that was hard to describe.

His spine immediately creeped.

". . . I'm just an actor."

—And that human being is him.

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(1) Something that looks strong but is actually not powerful and benign.

Go Eunyeon's max here:

Is Lucifer real strong (in legend Lucifer is strong) or not? Go Eunyeon ensures/tests Lucifer's powers.

(2) The meaning of this section can be interpreted as:

A genius can be named a genius if his environment is in the society of ordinary people (Because he is the smartest, he can be the title of genius) But what if the genius is 'fake' this went into the environment of the original geniuses?? Will he still bear the name of a genius? Or just an ordinary person?

Lucifer's max here:

What Go Eunyeon can endure with people 'in short' in the future or just fall.

Sorry this chapter is all just featuring Go Eunyeon, the next chapter might be changing pov.

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