Chapters Chapter 290: The Black Silhouette (2/2)
Kang Chul-In emphasized.
“No more mercy.”
“...”
“Challenge me one more time, and I will kill you without hesitation.”
A final warning. Of course, he planned to visit Brynhildr the moment he got the Sonic Ring. It was a special service.
“Ah, also.”
Kang Chul-In added.
“Let me request one thing.”
“Request?”
“Can you relay this message to Vilhelm?”
“...?”
“Tell him that marriage is a crazy thing.”
“...”
“It’s up to you to tell him.”
Kang Chul-In sniggered. A demon’s grin.
***
“W-Where is this…?”
Lee Ji-Tae looked around.
“Where else?”
The black silhouette replied.
“We are in Atal Ramanujan’s territory.”
“...?”
“To be precise, we are in a remote area in Shatyameba.”
“Ah…!”
Lee Ji-Tae exclaimed. He had escaped from that collapsing Itaracia fortress!
“Who are you, by the way?”
Lee Ji-Tae turned to face the black silhouette.
“Do you want to know?”
The black silhouette asked.
“Alright then. It’s no secret, anyway.”
“...”
“I’m Milenius, the last Agnaga.”
“...!”
“I’m the controller of time.”
Thump! Lee Ji-Tae could feel a shudder.
Ba-dump! Ba-dump, ba-dump!
It was a sense of kinship and instinct. They were of the same kind. As only a few Agnagas existed in the whole universe, Lee Ji-Tae felt a special feeling when he encountered his own kind.
“Milenius… the controller of time...”
“Do you know who you are?”
“Me…?”
“As I said earlier, you are the only one who can command our army.”
“W-What are you talking about…?”
“You are Cereb, the great mind of Agnaga.”
Incomprehensive words.
“I don’t get you.”
“Of course not.”
The black silhouette agreed with Lee Ji-Tae.
“But you will soon figure it out, anyway. I don’t see how my explanation will change anything.”
“Figure it out anyway?”
“Just a matter of time. Be patient.”
“...”
“You won’t appreciate whatever I say now. Just focus on developing your abilities for now.”
“My… abilities?”
“I’m referring to this.”
The black silhouette tapped his own head, which was covered in a hood.
“Your incredible intelligence is the sole reason for your existence. Once you develop it, you will realize everything yourself.”
“How…?”
“Your appetite.”
“...!”
“You didn’t think that your overwhelming appetite exists just to tear the skin and meat off of humans, did you?”
“...!”
“Hey, Cereb.”
The black silhouette explained.
“We Agnagas are advanced. How could a lame desire like appetite exist in us?”
“T-that means!”
“Your appetite exists not for survival. It exists to develop your abilities.”
“I don’t understand...”
“Cannibalism.”
“...!”
“I’m sure you didn’t just eat your human preys’ meat and blood.”
Tap tap.
The black silhouette tapped his own head again.
“The brain.”
“...!”
“You probably found the human brain to be particularly delicious.”
“...”
“You would’ve eaten the brain and all of its cerebral fluids, even if you left unfinished bits elsewhere.”
That was true. Lee Ji-Tae definitely did that.
“By consuming human brains, you can become the true Cereb.”
“That means...”
“Now that you know the method, I hope you won’t just stay still.”
“...”
“Eat as much as you want. And awaken your true abilities. This land has plenty of humans. There’s no better place for your growth.”
The black silhouette began to walk away.
“When you’ve finally developed your abilities, we shall meet again.”
“W-wait!”
Lee Ji-Tae shouted.
“Who are you, really!?”
“Who am I, you say…?”
The black silhouette pondered for a moment.
“Curious?”
Then… the black silhouette turned around.
Flick!
The hood came off.
“Argh!”
Lee Ji-Tae screamed the moment he realized the silhouette’s true identity.