NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 303.2
Chapter 303.2. The Final Scheme
As the flesh spoke, its tone became more fluent. Even without a mouth, it could speak. How convenient, I thought, as I responded.
“Don’t give me that. You were afraid of the concept of me, weren’t you? You didn’t know if a ‘savior’ would truly be born. Right?”
“You are a formidable existence. To put it in your terms, I lost the bet.”
“You understand, don’t you? Flesh-kun. Or should I call you Earth’s Dungeon Core?”
I smirked as I responded to Flesh-kun’s retort. Greetings to Earth’s Dungeon Core-kun.
“I wondered why I could use skills and magic. It was too soon to change the laws. When I met the dragon, it changed the state of the world with a single word. But thinking about it this way makes sense. You just prepared some kind of package, didn’t you? For example… yes, a Dungeon Core.”
There was no need to start from scratch. You just had to set up something pre-made. Simple, right? With that one word, the dragon turned the remains imbued with primordial power into a Dungeon Core. The crimson crystal I saw in my dream was a Dungeon Core.
“……”
“At that time, Earth itself had already become a dungeon. The spatial distortions were because of that. We were living inside the belly of a dungeon all along, but we never noticed. Pathetic, but inevitable. We only ever saw dungeons we could perceive. Who would have thought Earth itself had become a dungeon?”
Because we were living inside a dungeon, skills, magic, and status points—game-like mechanics—worked. An enormous dungeon. A planetary-sized dungeon where we lived.
“Correct, Amano Sakimori. Then you must know what I, having lost the bet, will do.”
“Yeah, in the end, it’s the same. Defeat the boss and retrieve the Dungeon Core. Just like always, I’ll do the same thing this time.”
The floating Flesh-kun. A massive monster, over 100 meters long, with no mouth or face, yet somehow it gave me a sense of amusement.
Is it my imagination? No, it’s definitely not.
In the end, no matter what, I wanted to fight. This life dedicated to dungeons. Conquering a planetary-sized dungeon? That’s the best. A fitting reward for a dungeon maniac.
Flesh-kun wanted to fight too. As a Dungeon Core, it wanted to eliminate me, its enemy. It wanted to repel the challenger conquering the dungeon.
In the end, it’s just me again. No different from the past. As a lone dungeon maniac, I’ll just fight. It’s a shame I parted ways with Shizuku, but she achieved her goal. I hope her life from now on is happy.
And this battle is something I, living in this world, want to settle. I must be the one to defeat Flesh-kun. It has to be me. This is my selfish will.
I look up at Flesh-kun and release my power.
[Dark Mode]
The darkness within me, mixed with human will, swells and transforms me into darkness.
“Huh? What’s that?”
As I transform into darkness, dyeing the rainbow-colored space in black, Flesh-kun voices its confusion. Of course, of course. An unexpected power, right?
“What I exchanged for the L-Rank Dungeon Core was [Will Convergence]. It allows me to focus my will and increase the success rate of magic… but I can also collect ownerless will. I brought the floating will energy from Shizuku’s world. Recycling, you could say. Amatsugahara Corporation is an eco-friendly company.”
If I don’t exceed Flesh-kun’s expected power, I’ll be killed. Adventurers always prepare thoroughly.
Right now, I’ve collected the will energy from Shizuku’s world, so my power has more than doubled. It was really tough gathering it while fighting Shizen.
“Let me say one thing to you.”
“Huh?”
As I, now transformed into darkness, grow dark wings and float, Flesh-kun says something. What is it? A parting gift?
“You are insane.”
“I know.”
I burst out laughing. Even the final boss says it. I know, I know.
I’m insane for dungeons. Fighting dungeon monsters is the most fun.
“Shall we begin the battle, Flesh-kun? Oh, or do you have a name you’d prefer?”
“Flesh-kun is fine. I have no need for a name. Names are for observers to define existence.”
“I’m not good with philosophy. Then I won’t hold back.”
“Let’s make this the final battle.”
We’re in agreement. Now it’s just a matter of who wins.
[Darkness, dance wildly.]
[Light, dance gracefully.]
Darkness and light dye the world, dancing wildly. Colliding, canceling each other out.
The rainbow-colored space. No need to worry about the surroundings. Let’s fight with everything we’ve got.
Sakimori, releasing his power, chuckled with delight.