I Became a Mythical Hunter After Killing the Golden Goblin - Chapter 193

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Chapter 193. The Seat of the Sin of Pride
A pressure that would never feel familiar, no matter how many hundreds or thousands of times I experienced it, bore down upon my entire body.
The atmosphere tore apart, mana quietly vanished without a trace, and the wind froze as if dead.
Crackle. Crackle.
The System, as expected, could offer no warning, no restraint, no interference. As if these beings were beyond its reach. But I was not the same as I had been before.
It wasn’t simply that my rank had elevated to the highest tier of divinity.
〚Do not worry. Most of the Concept Divine Seats likely hold goodwill toward you, chosen as you are by The Creator. Well, there are also those who hold goodwill for reasons entirely separate from that.〛
Akasha. The Entity that collects, records, and gathers everything in all of creation now clung to me.
〚Well, strictly speaking, that existence cannot be called a Concept Divine Seat, but…I would stake everything on this: that serpent will absolutely never bring you harm.〛
Hearing her words, relief washed over me, and my tense body relaxed all at once.
Oxygen vanished from the air and I could not breathe, mana was absent and my stomach felt heavy, and fatigue compounded the pressure. Yet my physical condition was not so dire.
I had already ascended to the rank of divinity—a mere absence of oxygen or mana for a few minutes would not kill me.
It was in that moment of relaxation. As if amused? No, intrigued? No, no—something playfully licked my body.
A tongue. A serpent’s tongue.
It had no form. It possessed no mass. I could neither see it with my eyes nor sense it with mana.
As if it were beyond perception itself, the tongue left only the result of having licked me.
My body, which had relaxed an instant before, tensed sharply, and goosebumps erupted across my entire frame.
【Tee-hee-hee-hee-hee】
Sai-han’s laughter. Simultaneously, it was also the laughter of a mischievous child. One thing was certain: there was not even 1% of malice or murderous intent in that laughter.
I shuddered and suppressed the goosebumps, looking up at the sky.
“Serpent.”
【That’s right.】
I had unconsciously spoken in casual speech without realizing it, but the atmosphere suggested it didn’t matter.
【Glad to meet you. New Pride!】
“I’m glad too. What should I call you? Serpent? Or your epithet? Or perhaps some other title?”
【Hmm~~~just Serpent is enough. But you’re special! I’ll allow you to call me by a name I hold particularly dear.】
With those words, countless names began to be inscribed into my mind.
【I have existed since before the beginning of time. I am one of the few uncreated beings.】
The Serpent was not created. It simply came into being of its own accord. From nothingness, it consumed emptiness and opened its eyes.
【I am the ancestor of all serpents.】
The Serpent gave birth to offspring. The Serpent was life and death, cycle and ending.
【I have lived as countless beings across many mythologies.】
The self-born Serpent never imposed a name upon itself. The names that people gave were the Serpent’s names, and it was satisfied with that.
When called, it expressed itself as it was called; when not called, it concealed itself accordingly.
【If I were to recall the greatest of tales…yes!】
And the reason the Serpent became connected to the Seven Sins and to demons was this:
【I am the instigator of the Fall. The creator of Original Sin, the evil that blackened the pristine purity of the beginning.】
The evil that made Adam and Eve eat the Forbidden Fruit, casting them into the abyss. The being that created Original Sin and, together with the Seven Deadly Sins, brought demons into existence.
【Well, I didn’t even know my name back then, so let’s skip that. The name I will tell you is just one.】
A great being that presides over countless concepts. An existence that ranks among the very few even among the Concept Divine Seats.
An irregular who, compared to Solomon—whom even Akasha praised for his accumulated Achievements—was not merely equal but far more remarkable.
【Ouroboros (ουροβóρος)】
Gasp!
Not a true name. It was merely an appended designation, yet the weight that name carried rivaled that of a Concept Divine Seat.
Blood poured from all seven orifices as my mind twisted and tangled chaotically, threatening to collapse entirely.
〚That is enough.〛
My consciousness snapped back in an instant—the moment countless names that had begun etching themselves into my mind were suddenly erased.
Akasha had intervened. By deleting information I could not bear, it protected me.
〚This is a warning. No matter how uncreated you may be…〛
【Ah, ah~I got it, I got it~. Just having a little fun. You know I have no intention of killing you. And besides.】
The playful tone suddenly turned glacial.
【Don’t interfere with my entertainment, you mere plaything.】
At those chilling words, even Akasha lost its voice.
【I am not a plaything born from your father. If anything, I came first. So don’t give me orders.】
〚How insolent…〛
【Hm~~Yes, today is a good day. How long I have waited for this!】
Watching the serpent’s tone brighten once more, I understood.
This thing is insane.
Well, of course it is. What else would the master of the Seven Sins be? The creator of demons.
‘The scale of this just keeps growing.’
The Creator, I suppose I could comprehend to some degree. But this serpent is far too heavy. Didn’t it declare from its own mouth that it was an even more primordial existence than the Creator?
‘Why does such a being wear the shell of a Concept Divine Seat?’
【Out of boredom. And I really am insane~you understand me well, don’t you!】
A sigh escaped me unbidden. As my mind approached its limit, I desperately wanted to hear why it had descended here first.
If beings like me are two-dimensional, and Concept Divine Seats are three-dimensional, then Creator-tier existences are essentially four-dimensional.
That single numerical difference contains an immeasurable gap, making it difficult to endure.
【Well, nothing special. Just came to say hello. And while I’m at it, I thought I’d organize all those messy things you have into one neat package. Oh! I can also tell you news about your parents!】
My weary eyes suddenly gleamed with light.
【Ahahaha! Now that’s the look I wanted to see when mentioning your parents. Just a moment ago, I was so annoyed I wanted to gouge those eyes right out!】
It was no lie. If it had truly been that irritated, my eyes would have been gouged out.
Apart from the chill running down my spine, I could only cry out. About my parents.
【Well, if we’re talking about whether they’re doing well or not~~they’re doing well now. They won a bet against these little ones here. Now they’re treated as honored guests rather than outsiders. You could say they received a kind of identification card.】
“Thank goodness.”
【Kekekeke. Thank goodness? But don’t get too happy. Even with an ID, your parents lack the standing to avoid disappearing at any moment. They were only maintaining existence through the bet, and now that the bet is over. Well, it was mercy I showed because I couldn’t escape the bet myself, and these little ones intrigued me when I arrived here.】
That’s right. I hadn’t thought of something obvious. My parents hadn’t escaped.
In other words, without undergoing the phenomenon of shedding, my parents obtained an Abyss banishment item somehow, were randomly exiled to a region, and by chance arrived at the domain of the Concept Divine Seats.
“Then?”
【Hm~~you want to know more?】
I nodded.
【Then first, before that!】
The serpent’s tongue, the serpent’s body—they coiled around me.
【Your filthy body needs changing. You’ve consumed quite the variety. My child’s essence, that irritating rigid little one’s power, and oh! Even the incomplete prophet’s strength.】
In order: the Sin of Pride, Solomon’s power, and Uranus’s power.
【Shedding my skin entirely is impossible, but at this level! I can create a half-formed version.】
The moment those words ended, something began layering itself over my body.
A membrane. An egg. A cocoon. A nest.
It tuned me. No matter how I thrashed and struggled to break free, I couldn’t. The terror of death! I knew I wouldn’t die, knew there would be no problem, yet an overwhelming fear erased all reason.
〚Shin Ju-ha! Calm yourself!〛
It was Akasha who calmed me. Without Akasha, I might have already descended into madness, becoming either food or a plaything for that serpent.
〚Simply accept it. This is far too precious an opportunity for you.〛
【Kekekek. That’s right, that’s right. You’re becoming a being blessed by me. I am Ouroboros. The serpent who governs life and death, who commands cycles and annihilation. Born from nothing, consuming the void, I am the administrator who orchestrates and manages all things.】
My status window opened of its own accord. The window containing everything I’d accomplished since my return became distorted. As if it no longer held meaning.
No—as if to erase every trace within my body, it shattered.
But that process couldn’t continue.
Sssssss.
The form of the Golden Goblin. It rose again. Like action and reaction. As if refusing to let another break the blessing bestowed upon his own child.
【Fine, fine. You’re quite greedy, aren’t you?】
And for the first time, Ouroboros quietly closed his mouth and withdrew.
‘Even so, one cannot defy the Creator.’
Though Ouroboros had read my thoughts, his pride wounded, he continued tuning my body without speaking.
The System restored to its original state—the tuning ended, or was it evolution?
Like a serpent shedding its skin to face a new world, I advanced one step further.
【All done! Now that’s much cleaner!】
When everything concluded and the egg shattered, everything felt lighter. No—Ouroboros’s aura no longer caused me pain. It remained heavy and oppressive, but no longer inflicted damage upon me.
“Status window.”
The status window I confirmed had become remarkably simplified. As if only the essentials remained.
『Status Window
Name: Shin Ju-ha
Feat: The Most Arrogant One (★★★)
LV 100 (0%)
Status
-Sky (★★★★★) A- (0/100)
Remaining Points: 0
Concept
[Sky (Unstable) LV 1]』
“What is this?”
A trick? The words rose to my throat, then sank back down. All my authorities had vanished, yet I could feel it. That disappearing from the System didn’t mean I couldn’t use them.
This was fusion.
【Kekekek. Actually, Pride is no longer my power. I gave it to my most cherished child.】
“Lucifer.”
【That’s right! They were a child I cherished. Such a meaningless death.】
“So, since it wasn’t even your power, why did you approach me?”
【If my power were to pass into that vermin’s hands, that would be unacceptable, wouldn’t it?】
A hollow laugh escaped me.
“Wasn’t I the vermin?”
【You’re special! You’re harboring that being, after all. You’re also the key that holds the fate of this world in your hands.】
“So what did you do?”
【Heaven is arrogant. From the highest place, it oversees all things, rains down divine punishment, manipulates the weather, and governs everything. Light and darkness are ultimately mere appendages derived from heaven itself.】
Hearing it this way, Uranus’s power seemed formidable. Yet it didn’t seem to be quite that level.
【I poured all the powers you possess into creating such a concept of heaven. If you merely stabilize this unstable concept, couldn’t you shed your skin twice in a single blow?】
“That… makes no sense.”
【It makes sense. That’s my blessing, after all.】
“How do I stabilize it?”
【First! Achievements. Accomplish grand Achievements worthy of the world’s recognition. Not trivial ones—five Achievements that shake the Abyss like becoming the master of Pride. Then you’ll qualify to become a Concept Divine Seat, and it will stabilize naturally. Your rank will make it so.】
“The second method is training?”
【Half correct! Training is important, but what matters more is understanding the concept. I can’t explain this in words. Simply, once you feel you’ve completely mastered that power, it will stabilize. Of course, in that case too, you’ll be immediately promoted to Concept Divine Seat!】
“Which came first, the chicken or the egg.”
【Puhahaha! Exactly! That’s the analogy! Well then, let’s end our meeting here! Any longer and that Golden one will try to kill me!】
Ouroboros’s presence gradually diminished. The being who had transformed a half-god into a half-Concept Divine with a single blessing departed.
“Wait! My parents…!”
Before I could even finish my question, Ouroboros threw one final word at me.
【Your parents are becoming Concept Divine Seats, so don’t worry! If you want to meet them, quickly adapt to that power and stabilize it!】

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