Leveling With The Gods - Chapter 449
[Level Up with God Episode 449]
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-Ni—- Sat-!
Uuuuuuung-.
Blah blah blah-.
At Shub Niguras’ shout, the surrounding trees broke and fell sideways. Her anger was that great.
It wasn’t because I felt betrayed. In the first place, I never considered foolish chaos to be on the same side, so the word betrayal was not appropriate.
but.
The reason she was so angry was because two names had already been taken away.
Meeeeeee-.
Me-.
The goats bleated around her.
The reactions were full of shrinking and fear.
Hearing the cries of the baby goats, Shub Nigguras gradually regained his senses.
He stroked the soft fur of the mountain goats gathered around and comforted them.
-okay. I feel sorry for this mother.
Meeeeeee-.
The mountain goats were beings named after Shub Nigguras. They assimilated deeply and responded sensitively to her emotions.
Therefore, Shub Niguras quickly calmed down. The fight wasn’t over yet, and getting more excited here didn’t help.
-The loss is huge.
Two names were lost.
I thought I might lose at least one because the job was so big, but I didn’t consider two.
-The balance is not right.
What if I finish this job, win the bet, and take away the name of foolish chaos?
In this way, even if the rest goes well, we will only break even.
Meeeeeee-.
It was that time.
The heads of the goats circling around Shub Nigguras turned.
-Why are you doing this?
Shub Niguras asked about the reaction of the howling goats.
And only then did she realize that the place she was standing was different from when she first started.
This must have been a black forest.
However, although the black thing was the same, the trees that were growing around had disappeared everywhere.
-You must have been very distracted.
I didn’t know the location had changed.
Since the Black Forest did not suddenly disappear, it meant that he had already been moved somewhere.
The fact that he didn’t notice the change meant that his eyes were turned upside down.
-Okay, who was it?
Shub Niguras asked, looking around in complete darkness without a single ray of light.
-You invited me.
Jeopuk-.
Footsteps were heard.
It was a small sound. But the sound suddenly appeared nearby.
It was a familiar face.
He was also the person I was most wary of from the beginning.
-He moved lukewarmly.
Suuuu-.
Yuwon, who revealed his face from the darkness, stood in front of Shub Niguras.
Yuwon is about a head shorter than the tall Shub Nigguras.
-Are you thinking of doing something right now?
[‘The Adversary of the Other World’ confronts ‘Shub Niguras’.]
The message was not only delivered to Yuwon’s head but also to Shub Niguras.
The message wasn’t delivered to her, who didn’t have a system, but it was like it was engraved in her instincts.
-An enemy of this world… That’s a cheeky name.
Looking at Yuwon’s eyes that were somewhat unfocused, Shub Niguras felt a strange feeling.
Clearly, the external appearance was no different from before. The energy I felt was also the same.
However, the name ‘Adversary of the Other World’.
And the vibe you get from him.
Only then did Shub Nigguras find the autumn leaves next to the amusement park.
-Where did the kid go?
Although Yuwon, known as the Great Adversary of the Other World, was a threat, he was still an unripe fruit.
But the autumn leaves next to it were different.
If the ‘he’ you think of is true, he may appear smaller on the outside, but on the inside he will be bigger than any other being he knows.
Shub Nigguras, who had been looking for autumn leaves for a while, made eye contact with Yuwon, who was slowly coming back into focus.
And that moment.
-…It’s you.
Shub Niguras instinctively knew.
That the little boy he was looking for was inside the Yuwon in front of him.
-You were that kid.
-still-.
Yuwon’s mouth opened.
-Do I look like a kid?
A voice spreading in the same space as Shub Niguras.
At that voice, Shub Nigurath’s pupils grew so big that they felt like they were going to burst.
Yuwon’s image was reflected in big eyes that sparkled like jewels, and along with that, lights like stars in the universe appeared in the black background around him.
-It’s been a while. Spearbearer of Sothos.
Sothos.
I knew that name.
She was not offended when she was called a prostitute, just as foolish Chaos had been called.
Now was not a situation worth worrying about. The name ‘Sothos’ and the meaning of the word ‘prostitute’.
Yuwon seemed to know everything.
It was a moment when my unexpected thoughts became almost certain.
-Really…
Shub Niguras almost bent her knees and bowed to him without even realizing it.
That you don’t have to do that. No, even though I know I shouldn’t do that.
– Is that you?
-Why are you asking this when you already know?
– Didn’t it disappear?
-It was gone. He was dead.
-But how…
-Even the phoenix, a mere creature, is resurrected from the ashes when the fire is extinguished. Is this explained?
A being like a symbol of immortality that is reborn even if it dies. He disparaged the phoenix, calling it a minor creature at best, but there was not an inch of awkwardness in his words.
Whether or not to judge a small thing depends on who is speaking. And the being in front of Shub Nigguras was a being who was not at all lacking in such words.
-Nothing will change.
Meeeeeee-.
Meeee-.
Me-.
According to Shub Niguras’ will, mountain goats appeared around him.
A flock of sheep filled the area around them.
Meanwhile, the sight of the amusement park surrounded by it looked as if it would be buried in the fur of the goats at any moment.
-The phoenix dies and is resurrected from the ashes, but its embers do not light up the sky from the beginning. Same goes for you.
-okay. That goes for me too.
-In my eyes, you still look like a kid. The great power and status fell to the ground, the power of the name disappeared, and only the shell of the true name remained.
That wasn’t what Yuwon was saying.
Shub Niguras was saying this to himself.
Because it was a challenge to those who once kneeled in reverence. It reminded me once again that the king who fell helplessly was only naked.
but.
Meeee-.
Me-.
The mountain goats, which had surrounded Yuwon and exposed their teeth as if they were about to eat him, suddenly became docile.
Yuwon stroked the goats’ fur. The goats, who were happily crying, looked at Shub Nigguras one by one.
With murderous eyes that have never been shown before.
-All of these are correct, but one thing is wrong.
Meeeeeee-.
The king, who had already become the leader of the mountain goats, spoke through Yuwon’s mouth.
-Jinmyeong is the core, not the shell. The names you cling to are nothing more than a beautiful shell.
-A shell…
Shub Niguras’ eyes shook as if he couldn’t believe it.
The mountain goats turned around. It was a phenomenon that denied Shub Niggurath’s longest-held name, ‘Goat of the Black Forest with a Thousand Babies.’
Shub Nigguras stretched out his hand forward, wondering if it could be possible.
The moment I tried to stroke the fur of the mountain goat that was so close.
Kwasik-!
The teeth of the mountain goat, which had been following Shub Nigguras for a long time and biting at her enemies, now started chewing on her hand.
It was a shock.
I can’t believe the baby I gave birth to chewed my hand and ate it.
-This is the power of a name. These lambs didn’t follow you in the first place. It was based on the name you had.
-I still have the name.
-Of course. Because I haven’t taken it away yet.
-But why on earth….
-The lambs follow your name, but at the same time, they follow ‘me’.
me.
It did not mean names like the goat that gives birth to madness or the black god of abundance.
It meant the true name hidden within, like Shub Niguras.
-A name that cannot be taken away. A name that will never disappear even if you kill and trample on it a hundred times.
-A name like that… has power?
-You probably didn’t know. To adorn you with a fake name. I was missing something really important. but.
Shub Nigguras’ image was reflected like a mirror in Yuwon’s eyes.
-This may not apply to you.
It was a story everyone knew.
But even though I knew it in my head, I couldn’t accept it all.
Shub Niguras felt that the name he had been given was being erased one letter at a time.
-Nothing to be surprised. Isn’t this something you were prepared for?
Shub Niguras shook his head at that sneer.
-I wasn’t prepared. There was no need for that.
-I respect your thoughts. But then you shouldn’t be shocked by what’s happening now.
The power of the name is disappearing.
The ‘Goat of the Black Forest with a Thousand Babies’ has disappeared and now only ‘Shub Nigguras’ is left behind.
And the one who was stealing that name was the being that resided in Yuwon’s body.
-You wanted my name.
Jeopuk-.
Yuwon took a step towards Shub Nigguras.
My body flinched, instinctively wanting to get away from him. However, just because I sensed the end was coming, I had no intention of turning ugly and struggling.
Ever since it happened, I’ve been thinking that a moment like this might come.
-But that name eventually went to another guy. And in the end, I couldn’t let go of my attachment to that name, so I even lost the name I had.
Passsss-.
Shub Nigurath’s skin peeled off, and his flesh and bones crumbled into a handful of dust.
-But don’t feel too unfair. Because all the names came from me in the first place.
Let the power of the name turn to dust and disperse.
Susss-.
-That’s your true self.
The appearance of a huge goat and a beautiful woman are everywhere.
A small, young lamb appeared before Yuwon’s eyes.
Me-.
It looked not much different from other mountain goats. No, in fact, it was much smaller than other baby goats.
Shub Niguras.
The only real name, small and unsightly, hidden in a huge name.
To hide his name, Shub Niguras wore many names and coveted another name.
And then the lamb’s neck revealed its true form.
Skaat-.
Yuwon was cut down with a single sword.
Tuk-.
Toduk Degurr-.
The sheep’s head bounced on the ground a few times and rolled around on the floor. Coincidentally, the head rolled at Yuwon’s feet and stopped after hitting his leg.
And at the same time.
Sssssssssssssssssssssssssss-.
A purple mist rises from the cross section of the severed neck.
And the moment the fog envelopes Yuwon’s body.
[‘Shub Nigguras’ has been defeated.]
[‘Maple’ has acquired the name of ‘Goat of the Black Forest with a Thousand Babies’.]
The name has completely become Maple’s.