My Alter Ego’s Path to Greatness - Chapter 207

#207

The Beginning of Chaos (2)

Instead of the radio, I can hear the sound of the TV playing.

Wajangchang—!

The utensils that had been placed on the table fell to the floor.

“…shit! What is this all of a sudden…!”

I managed to grab the table with my struggling hands, leaned against it, and gritted my teeth.

Before I knew it, the tidy living room floor had become a mess, but now was not the time to worry about such trivial things.

The abyss of mental erosion that began suddenly.

Hans, who became the Immortal King, had immunity to mental attacks even if he did nothing, but since the current erosion was not an external attack, such defense was not particularly helpful.

‘Right after he looked into the guy’s eyes, Hans’s heart… the abyss was sympathizing with him inside. This level of reaction is greater than when fragments are absorbed.’

Of course, even if its own mental defenses became useless, it wasn’t a big problem.

When you combine his mental abilities, which he has grown by investing a huge amount of karma, with the resources he can draw from other avatars, he has such transcendent mental power that it is strange that problems arise.

If you use it to moderately suppress the rampaging erosion and change its direction so that it does not flow back toward the main body, there will be no problem.

Wasn’t it because of these fraudulent characteristics that Hans was able to use the dangerous power of the immortal king in the first place?

“Ugh, why not now!”

…If only it were normal.

Although Hans’ mental resources were overflowing, his inner self was too precarious and unstable to fully utilize them.

‘I can’t fucking suppress it. ‘Why, right after my mental world was damaged!’

All kinds of negative elements explode from within.

The negative emotions that I had already experienced several times and had been steadily blocking since then amplified several times in an instant, reaching the limit of the “Mind Hub.”

‘If we continue like this, it will flow back…!’

In an instant, numerous thoughts passed through my mind.

Summon canceled?

No, that is an act of putting off the problem.

Since there is already a bomb inside Hans, the same thing will happen again as soon as he is resummoned.

And at that time, ‘Hans in trouble’ will exist right next to the defenseless body.

‘It’s a bonus that I can’t suppress my energy properly, so my location is exposed to all directions! Unless you want to seal Hans away forever, that’s the worst option.’

No matter how much of a barrier was installed in the house, considering the energy radiating from Hans’ body right now, this would not be possible.

As expected, it was best to solve this problem now that Outerica was immortal.

‘But if my mind is polluted, that’s the truth, so I have to prevent that somehow.’

The erosion had already surpassed the limit and was pounding the boundaries of the “Mind Hub.”

I stopped all the avatars’ movements at once and focused my attention solely on Hans.

It protects the mental world damaged by the ruler and prevents further damage.

It gave strength to “Myunggyeongjisu,” which was shaking back and forth like a sailboat caught in a storm.

While controlling the “Persona”, the security of the “Mind Hub” has been further strengthened.

In the process, I realized that there was some information contained in the abyss flowing backwards, but I didn’t have any time to distract myself from it now.

‘It’s really dangerous like this. There is some workaround…’

But such resistance did nothing but buy time.

The situation was still depressingly dark.

When you are doing your best to find a breakthrough.

‘…Wait, what is that?’

Suddenly, the bead left behind by the ruler was sensed in Hans’ inner consciousness.

Although upheaval was raging around it, it just stayed calmly in its place as if it didn’t care about what was going on around it.

‘Amplification of mental abilities. I don’t know if that will help with this, but… it’s still better than nothing.’

In fact, isn’t it because of that thing that this Sadar was born?

There was no time to choose anything as long as it helped resolve the current situation.

‘uh? ‘Maybe this is better than I thought?’

However, the product that I used with the feeling of grasping at straws performed better than expected.

It wasn’t a dramatic effect, perhaps because it wasn’t used correctly, but it was at least enough to help prevent reflux and block the gap between them.

‘It will be later to sort out the abyss that has swollen inside Hans. First of all, the priority is to strengthen the perimeter and prevent backflow. ‘If I just finish this…!’

Afterwards, a tiring struggle with the abyss continued for a while.

How long has it been since we responded to erosion like that?

In reality, it wasn’t that long, but it felt like a long time had passed, perhaps because I was going through such an exhausting struggle in the mental world.

“Whoa—.”

My whole body is drowsy, covered in sweat, and I feel uncomfortable.

The fact that you feel this way is probably proof that you have the space to turn your consciousness outward.

‘I did it…’

Yes, it was a success in the end.

The task is to block the contamination triggered from the abyss and build an additional barrier at the border of consciousness to prevent it from crossing over.

Zing-

But before I could even feel relieved about it.

Craddangtang!

I stumbled from the sudden dizziness that struck my head and fell awkwardly on the messed up floor.

“Ugh ugh.”

Is it because I overexerted myself in a situation that suddenly occurred?

Although we were able to definitely prevent the contamination flowing back into the body, there was nothing we could do about the mental shock and fatigue inflicted in the process.

Even though I tried to continue thinking somehow, the flow in my head was interrupted and my thoughts could not connect.

It was all hazy, as if I was dreaming, and I couldn’t concentrate properly, so only fragmentary thoughts ran through my mind.

《Unique skills grow and potential blooms…》

But before those paragraphs even take shape.

I felt my consciousness slipping away and fell into darkness.

***

After a short period of time had passed.

Clang—

With the sound of a doorknob turning, a figure entered the messed up living room.

He looked around lightly, then looked at the man who had fallen on the floor and sighed deeply.

“Ha—I didn’t expect this.”

Then, ‘Hugo’, who came into the living room, took Han Seong-hyun, who had the same face as himself, and laid him down in the bedroom and checked his condition here and there.

‘I never even thought about this situation since I was just running my avatar in a safe place. ‘It’s natural for things like this to happen when the mind is strained.’

As this was my first time experiencing a shock to my body like this, I was quite embarrassed.

Fortunately, after looking at the details, it wasn’t that serious. It seemed like if I just rested like this for a few days, I would get over it quickly, but…

‘No, this isn’t a problem, is it?’

Suddenly, cold sweat ran down his spine.

In fact, the real problem started now.

‘Whew, let’s calm down. Let’s summarize the situation first.’

Not long after being created, Hugo, who still had a weak ‘personality’, finished cleaning up after everything and sat down in the massage chair as usual, lost in thought.

Every person has a different side, no matter how big or small.

It can change depending on the situation or place, and also depending on the person you are dealing with.

When you’re at work, with your family, when you have hobbies, when you meet with friends…

A person who is fairer than anyone else in society can be a tyrant who gets angry at even trivial things at home, and the blood that killed many people A villain without tears may be a family man who loves his children more than anyone else.

Because it is such a natural thing, there is no need to divide it into a framework such as dual personality. It is due to the diverse and complex emotions that people naturally have.

‘And the individuality given to the avatars through ‘Persona’ came from the emotions of an individual named ‘Han Seong-hyun’.’

Each avatar was a side of Han Seong-hyun and a projection of his image.

Even though everyone seemed different, they were still unmistakably him, and even when the main body had passed out, they continued to share memories.

However, what each person expresses is different depending on their individuality.

In particular, Hans, his first avatar… was a being like an emotional trash can, containing all the negative aspects of him.

Sadness about losing family, resentment toward the world, anger toward the criminal, despair about the future, etc.

Of course, if an ordinary being had such emotions, it could be seen as a big problem, but for Hans, the avatar, the case was different.

‘Because we were compatible with undead to begin with, and those negative emotions actually helped us control the ‘Heart of the Immortal King’.’

Also, since it was possible to objectively control the avatar’s personality independently of it through the “Mind Hub”, there has not been any problem so far.

‘Until now.’

If Han Seong-hyun, the owner of “Avatar” and the subject of “Mind Hub,” were alive and well.

And unless Hans was in the midst of being contaminated by the erosion of the abyss.

“Hahaha… this is true.”

Hugo, who was smiling awkwardly and scratching the back of his head, swallowed his saliva and then let out a short sigh.

“…I’m bored.”

That brief sentiment was the common thought of all the avatars except Hans.

***

‘No need to worry.’

Hans, suppressing the abyss welling up inside him, muttered briefly to himself.

No matter how hard it was to focus on preventing reflux, the mental power level allocated to Hans was definitely not easy.

It was inevitable that this incident would cause additional abyssal contamination, but that was what had happened before, so it wouldn’t have changed much.

‘This body is a ruler who transcends death and a righteous king. ‘Never play according to someone’s will.’

Whether it’s the abyss or some entity hiding behind a giant.

While he was thinking that, he heard Dwell’s voice fussing next to him.

[O king! Are you okay? sorry! I should have sealed that arrogant giant more securely. I never thought he would try to trick the king even in that state!]

When I looked around at those words, it seemed as if not much time had passed, and the surroundings had not changed much from before.

[It’s okay, so just shut up and dwell. Because this body has something to think about.]

[Humph! Ah… I understand, my king.]

Hans said a cold word to the man who was talking annoyingly next to him and turned his head again to look at the giant’s head with a hole in its forehead.

A huge head slowly falling apart in the aftermath of nuclear destruction.

‘under! mission? main? ‘That’s ridiculous.’

He looked at it and laughed inwardly.

I haven’t analyzed all the information I got this time yet, but I still felt like I had a rough idea of the situation.

It seems that both ‘death’ and ‘madness’ were designed to act according to someone’s intentions.

Perhaps the giant’s move just now was also a procedure to restore the Immortal King, who was not moving according to his will, to its original state.

If I hadn’t been an avatar, I might have ended up playing the guy’s intentions.

‘I don’t care what you do. Just get rid of anything that gets in the way of Hannibal Strauss. Just like those oath bastards from the reverse world.’

From the beginning, his purpose was only one.

Obtaining a huge amount of karma through ‘home theater’ and using it to destroy the Earth’s Buncheonhoe.

He was moving only for that.

‘But when I dealt with him in person, I realized that the Buncheonhoe was not easy.’

As Hans was looking at the giant’s head, his thoughts naturally flowed in that direction.

There is one conclusion that naturally follows from there.

‘After all, more karma is needed.’

The idea was that karma should be harvested more surely, rather than in a lukewarm way like now.

I’ve thought about it several times before, but I was never a good being.

The man named Han Seong-hyeon, who had already been ruined a long time ago, was the kind of man who could slaughter countless people without blinking an eye if necessary.

‘matter of course. To begin with, how many people has this body killed so far?’

No matter how much the “Mind Herb” filters, the fact of killing a person does not disappear.

However, even though the number of people he has killed directly and indirectly is already countless, he has never been particularly shocked.

Wouldn’t that prove that it wasn’t normal from the beginning?

And yet, what they tried to do to reduce the damage to the civilian population… was just an excuse to rationalize themselves and for self-satisfaction.

A struggle to protect what little humanity one has.

‘That’s funny.’

however.

Now the shackles are off.

‘We need to improve efficiency.’

The policy he was taking now was extremely inefficient.

Home theater is good.

The enemy of the hero and the devil is excellent.

So do you like the current scenario?

‘No, that can’t be!’

What does this mean?

It’s not like playing house, it’s just playing pranks and sending out small children from time to time!

In an RPG game, even the Demon King, who raises heroes by throwing his subordinates at them step by step, did not take such a clumsy offensive.

purple! The forces currently piled up in immortality.

An immortal army that just piles up with nowhere to go.

What kind of waste is this?

As expected, I didn’t like the current method at all.

[Dwell McCain.]

[Yes! Immortal King! Dwelt here!]

Did he sense that the king’s reaction was different from usual?

Dwell, who had been hiding his presence as if he were not there, lied down and shouted.

Hans stared at the man lying on the floor for a moment and then said a short word.

[Assemble the executives.]

[Yes! I will carry out your order right away!]

Dwell disappears from his seat as soon as he finishes speaking, as if he is in full military spirit.

Hans, who was left alone in the laboratory, looked again at the giant’s head as it turned to ashes and disappeared, then turned his gaze to the ceiling.

There was only black stone, the basic interior of immortality.

He whispered softly as if he was talking to someone.

[This body is Hannibal Strauss.]

Hans…no, Hannibal Strauss, the immortal king.

[He is the one who will bring the end to this world.]

He began to extend his black hand towards the continent in earnest.