I Became the Weakest Summoned of the Genius Summoner

319 – Traces of Being Alive

It was a hard reality to believe, but Denard had to admit it.

‘That man… Even what he showed me back then wasn’t at his best. How can such a being exist? How on earth did they let a guy like that loose in this world?’

A long time ago, Denar cried out for the god he served and longed for, but the god never came to him.

Like that man, I wanted to protect Denard.

He didn’t want to lose his precious things.

‘… Under! It’s all useless.’

The blue-eyed believers standing foolishly next to Denar were connected through ‘shared eyes’ with Geum Jae-hyeon, the S-class barrier magician they had worked hard to attract for several years.

And through their ‘eyes’, they were able to see a man with the appearance of a dragon who had single-handedly blocked a great monster.

There was a moment when my perception was blurred, but it was definitely like that.

The man was so famous that there was no one in this country who didn’t know him.

“Just early…!”

Denard’s hand was vibrating roughly as if something was broken, and there was a piece of parchment in his trembling hand.

There were several paintings drawn there that looked as if they were alive.

A strangely shaped monster with dozens of tentacles.

A man with the appearance of a half-dragon.

And even the top hunters are so famous that even Denard recognizes them just by looking at their faces.

Amazingly, that painting was the work of one of the Blue Eyes believers.

When the guy who was drooling started to draw, he became completely fine, surprising Denard.

Denard realized this when he saw the parchment that copied what the believer saw through the ‘shared eye’.

Jo Ki-man did not have the smooth face I saw when I first met him, but his accepted appearance and the abilities he used were the same as the man I faced at that time.

Denard briefly shifted his gaze to the laptop screen on his desk

There was a large page-sized photo of Jo Gi-man walking with difficulty while being supported.

The headline title of the article was a praise song for Jo Gi-man, which was embarrassing to look at.

‘I-I-IK…!’

Boom boom boom!

The moment I got in and out, my fever rose and I hit the desk again and again.

The desk did not break even when Denar hit it, because it was made of black steel wood, which was used as an altar for sacrificial rituals.

“”······.””

When it became clear that only Jogi could freely change his face, Denard felt an unexpected headache and rested his forehead on his palm.

However, the blue-eyed believers who had been sitting still began muttering unintelligible words.

It was only after listening to their words several times that Denard was able to loosen his wrinkled brow.

“…Are you sure? Jogiman’s status has been lowered?”

“”······.””

Despite Denard’s questions, they only repeated the same thing.

“There’s no reason for these guys to tell lies. Jo Gi-man’s status has been lowered because of this… Why?”

He probably made a great and unknown sacrifice while fighting the great monster alone.

If you think about it in conjunction with the constant interference in his work, the man seemed to have made a great deal of determination to protect this world.

“I see… You too were a being who claimed to be the guardian of this world.”

Just as Denard’s efforts to own this world are the ‘good’ he claims, preventing Denard is the ‘good’ for Jo Ki-man.

“If it’s a fight about who is more right, I can’t lose.”

Still, what I gained through this transfer technique was not just knowing Jo Gi-man’s identity.

It’s quiet now, but the crack that once opened has widened further.

Thanks to this, it will be much easier to open gates and maintain dimensional passages in the future.

And with the appearance of the Great Monster, which had been absent for a while, the evil spreading in this country also grew day by day.

Just look at the internet right now.

When a monster broke out in the capital, the response was said to be very quick and clean, and criticism was boiling over as it was compared to the response to Dungeon Break that occurred in Geoje Island in the past.

Since major hunters are concentrated in the metropolitan area, it is natural that there is a difference in response time, but this is no longer an area where reason works.

People needed something to attack to relieve their anxiety, and as they split into two sides, there was plenty to fight about.

That’s why ‘Malicious Crystal’ is so effective in this world.

The world where Denard lived was not a world where science and advanced technology were developed.

Of course, I heard that the ‘Kingdom of the Dwarves’ had a different level of technology, but it was a legendary story that had already disappeared hundreds of years before Denard was born.

Therefore, it would not have been possible for so many people to quickly become immersed in one incident and have such intense emotional conflict.

‘Anyway, if the dimension opens again, we can airlift as many crystals as we want. In a world with this kind of atmosphere, it doesn’t take long to transfer at least one monster.’

Still, the guys in this world are formidable, so it was necessary to restrain themselves for the time being.

However, the fact that the dimensional passage that was supposed to be opened today was not opened was a factor of anxiety.

There was something like this a few weeks ago, but it wasn’t a problem caused by the dimensional passage being unstable, but rather it was caused by it becoming extremely stable.

A strange phenomenon whose cause cannot be determined even by Denard.

Do you know about those disgusting things?

Denar looked at the blue-eyed believers for a moment.

The believers seemed to be in much worse conditions than usual.

‘Those guys… Their condition has gotten extremely bad. Why has my connection to blue eyes faded so much? Because of dimensional stability? There’s no way that monster would be affected to that degree?’

With my eyes dry, I was lost in thought as I looked at the disgusting guys dripping with saliva.

‘Somehow… I guess it means that the power of blue eyes isn’t perfect either…’

Blue eyes that I thought were perfect evil spirits.

Since you surrendered to that bastard, how long have you dreamed of the day you would be liberated?

‘I might be able to do it.’

It might be possible to subdue him without resorting to the inhumane and extreme methods his mentor is preparing.

He felt like he had seen an elusive hope and felt the need to find out more about what had happened today.

Before that, first.

“Moving the hiding place once more.”

“”······.””

I had a bad feeling about something.

Although he had planned to stay a little longer, De Nar improvised and changed his plans.

The blue-eyed believers disappeared immediately upon Denar’s command.

After biting the believers, he leaned against his desk and thought.

‘Just Jogi… I’ll give you a hard time.’

The corners of Denard’s mouth turned up subtly.

* * *

When Yeonhee returned home, she couldn’t say anything and just stretched out.

I radiated heat from my body and blew away the dirt, and as soon as Yeonhee washed up, she fell asleep right away.

I guess I was too tired to even think about putting myself in a dark space.

It looks like Yeonhee didn’t do anything special for two days, but in fact, she always has a harder time than me.

At first, they didn’t feel pressured to summon me, but recently I’ve grown rapidly and gotten bigger. If you use a big technique like today, Yeonhee has no choice but to stretch out.

It’s just that I don’t consume mana to maintain myself, but other mental power is being invested.

Maybe even combining all the other summons, it might be better than maintaining just me.

‘Maybe it’s because I have too many skills…’

I even had such an absurd thought while looking at the message that surfaced long after the barrier Geum Jae-hyeon had placed was released.

The message was that the activation of my main skill was fortunately intact.

‘The great monster’s characteristics and skills… Anyway, I’m glad that [Kleptomania] Is activated on them too.’

The great monster also falls into the category of monsters, and if given the opportunity, it was worth moving with the purpose of killing it like this time.

I read the message carefully as usual, but from the first line, there was information that was different from usual.

– Due to an unknown force, the connection with [Cursed Ancient Ruins] Has been lost.

– By an unknown force, the ‘trace’ left behind by the great monster ‘Depsorpia’ has been completely destroyed!

‘… It’s creepy to say that the slime has lost its connection to where it used to live. What are the traces again? Could it be … Did that bastard lay another egg like his mother his ‘

Is giving birth to babies after death some sort of racial trait? No slime I know ever has that ability.

Or she could have been Deb Sor Pia, the next generation queen.

I re-read the messages that had already passed.

– The attribute [Kleptomania] Is activated.

– Randomly steals the characteristics of ‘Depsorpia’!

– Acquired the trait [Traces of Existence]!

– The achievement [Pioneer] Is activated.

– All abilities increase by 1.

– Experience points have been lost for unknown reasons!

As I gained new characteristics, my abilities increased significantly.

But the main thing is probably the [Characteristic] Of the great monster.

[Traces of existence]

Due to a singularity, the slime was born in a terrible place called ‘Cursed Ancient Ruins’ and has always lived only for survival.

Thanks to its near-insane survival instinct and a few strokes of luck, the slime survived for a long time and eventually reached the pinnacle of its species.

‘Queen Slime’, who had already reached the moment of death, left behind a trace called ‘Depsorpia’, and ‘Depsorpia’also inherited that ability and tried to leave traces of her existence.

– Upon death, a person leaves behind a ‘trace’ containing their potential.

The storyline that was triggered when you sometimes acquired characteristics or skills was impressive.

A slightly sad story about a slime who, after going through endless hardships, finally reached the pinnacle of his species, was dragged into this world and died in vain.

However, the description of the characteristics displayed in just one line at the end was unusual.

‘…Trace? Wait for a second! Do you really think that when I die, I will lay eggs like them?’

Suddenly, I thought of Yeonhee’s face looking at the traces I left behind.

‘Oh, no! Why this ability?!’

I couldn’t help but be embarrassed to have gained a completely unexpected ability.

‘Ugh… There’s nothing special about what I’ve gotten now. But there is no explanation for storing energy and leaving something behind?’

Skills stolen through kleptomania tend to be reset, so it may take time for someone as powerful as Debsorpia to leave a trace.

Following the characteristics, an explanation of the stolen skill also came to mind.

– Randomly steals ‘Depsorpia’s’ skills!

– Acquired the skill [Manhwanpo 萬環砲]!

– The achievement [Pioneer] Is activated.

– All abilities increase by 1.

‘Manhwanpo… This is it! Shooting artillery from a hole.’

[Manhwanpo]

– Countless gun ports open in the body, which has swelled to an even greater extent, and the magical energy stored inside explodes all at once.

– While inflated, you become [Invincible]. While in the [Invincible] State, a portion of the attack received is converted into magical power.

‘Wow!! Invincible!! You can become invincible, even if only for a short time! Wait, so Queen Slime was also invincible?’

Now that I think about it, I remember not reacting at all except to the attacks of Yeonsu and a few other hunters.

‘Wow… This was a huge hit. I can’t predict what effect [Traces of Existence] Will have, but it will definitely be useful, right?’