That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 275

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Chapter 275

That terrible mouth that had been swallowing people whole opened to an unbelievably massive size and literally sank its teeth into the floor of the Grand Temple.

It happened in an instant. Coriko’s red mucous membrane became the sky and red mucous membrane became the walls.

Just like that, all the living people were trapped inside Coriko’s mouth.

“A monster is a monster after all….”

Hiss.

At the same time, the bones of the creatures melted from an unidentified liquid dripping down the mucous membrane.

“Aaah!”

“Save me! Save me!”

“We’re going to drown in this liquid!”

Pandemonium.

Following Grandfather’s orders, the knights tried to slice through the walls in perfect coordination, but it was useless.

Instead, the liquid that had started dripping began to accumulate more and more.

“Dig the ground! We must endure as long as possible!”

But.

“Foolish things. Pathetic things! Ahahaha! Become my sacrifice!”

A mocking voice echoed in our heads, and the dripping liquid began pouring down like a torrential downpour.

“Take cover under the pile of creatures!”

“Aaah!”

But those who couldn’t escape, or those who had been brainwashed by Coriko and knelt motionless, melted in the liquid as their flesh dissolved.

I was already being led by Ferdinand, watching this scene from under the pile of creatures.

“Ferdinand.”

“Yeah.”

“Do you think we could last 23 hours and 43 minutes?”

At my question, Ferdinand stuck his head out of the creature pile without hesitation.

He quickly returned and answered.

“That won’t be possible.”

“I see….”

Even as I asked, I had expected as much.

I was about to take out Mother’s keepsake again and write a demand for answers with severe profanity, but.

[System] Victory Setting is manifesting!

[System] Reminding you once again of the ‘explanation’ you forgot!

‘Explanation?’

The moment I blinked.

[System] Permanent Benefit Beauty That Topples Nations

[System] Beauty that destroys a nation? That’s ridiculous! How could a country fall because of one beautiful woman?

The sight of monarchs and ministers ruining the country and shifting blame to an innocent beauty! How petty and biased!

[System] But this permanent benefit is different! You can physically destroy any ‘nation’ of whatever scale you desire!

Use your imagination to its fullest extent!

Why is the explanation about Beauty That Topples Nations, which I’ve already read before, appearing again….

What did I miss? What is it?

I possessed the mindset of a repeat student facing their last chance after four attempts and read the explanation about Beauty That Topples Nations over and over.

Any nation of whatever scale I desire, physically.

Physically.

Use imagination to its fullest extent….

“…!”

Suddenly, it felt like stars were twinkling in my eyes.

I jumped up from my spot, bumped my head on the pile of creature corpses, and trembled.

“Tulia?”

“Ferdinand.”

Rubbing my aching head for just a moment, I smiled sheepishly and asked.

“Do you trust me even in this situation?”

Ferdinand looked at me quietly and answered.

“Of course.”

His breathing slowly broke apart.

“I always have.”

“Then wait for me.”

“Yeah.”

“….”

“I’ll wait.”

I was suddenly seized by a strange impulse and lightly kissed his cheek.

Ferdinand blinked several times. It was truly a rare sight.

“Don’t let anyone come out.”

Smiling brightly, I pulled the thick cloak over my head like a hood and rushed out from under the creature pile.

“Tulia!”

“G-Grand Duchess?”

I knew Grandfather and Father would immediately rush out. So I shouted more urgently than ever before.

“Kim Ddongbyeol!”

At the same time, Kim Ddongbyeol, now tremendously enlarged, appeared above my hand.

For a moment, I staggered under its enormous weight but didn’t fall.

‘I was the one who thought of even Empress Carmi’s shoes as a nation of feet and destroyed them.’

Why had I only used Beauty That Topples Nations as an attack skill all this time?

The essence of the Beauty That Topples Nations skill is being able to destroy any ‘nation’ of whatever scale I desire.

I raised my head and looked around Coriko’s ‘mouth’ that covered us in a semicircle.

That’s right.

Where else could there be a more perfect ‘nation’ than this?

Where else in the world could there exist a nation better suited for destruction than this?

[System] Using your star to activate the benefit ‘Beauty That Topples Nations’ at maximum power!

[System] Permanent buff ‘Obsession’ grants additional attack power to the benefit!

[System] Completely destroying ‘Coriko’!

Crash!

Like stone walls crumbling, everything about Coriko began to decompose.

Coriko’s screams filled my head.

“Aaaah! Aaaah! Successor, damn successor! Star of the Sacred Tree! I will devour you! I will devour you…!”

Countless black tentacles writhed and rushed toward me.

[System] You have exceeded the limits your soul can handle!

[System] Victory Setting: Choices appear!

[System] You who face the final victory! However, if you are defeated, you will never be able to regress again! Which will you choose?

1. Endure with sheer stubbornness and determination until you obtain a Wish Ticket

2. Regress again before being devoured by Coriko (However, if you choose this option, you will start with the souls of three of the Male Leads completely destroyed)

“Really disgustingly kind of you…”

Would you choose option 2 if you were me?

Would you!

I burst with resentment at not being able to smash the System Window.

“Option 1! Option 1!”

I’ll endure with sheer stubbornness and determination!

I’ve always lived like that as Tulia, so I can do it again!

Was it moved by my obsession? Suddenly, countless bright stars appeared around the previously gloomy surroundings.

‘Huh?’

[System] Changes are occurring to the main grade!

[System] You have cleared the main difficulty on hidden mode during error normalization work!

[System] Main hidden grade achieved!

[System] A new title is granted to you for achieving hidden grade!

-Tulia Frazier (17 years old)

Successor of the Sacred Tree who saved the continent by sacrificing herself.

‘No. What?’

The title that appeared above my head was clearly visible to others’ eyes as well.

Suddenly, the priests were kneeling before me, clasping their hands together in prayer and crying.

But I was fixated on one word.

Sacrifice?

Sacrifice?

[System] Your star is breaking apart!

I blankly looked up above my head.

The unlucky Kim Ddong Star that had always sparkled sacredly was fragmenting.

That’s right. All the small, countless stars that were gently falling around me were fragments of Kim Ddong Star.

“Successor…!”

“The Successor has sacrificed her own body to save us…”

When the priests began to cry, others followed suit.

But still!

‘I don’t want to be sacrificed!’

You bastard!

My voice no longer sounded like human speech.

So this is how I’m recorded as holy and die!

I struggled to survive, and yet.

To think it would lead to this result…

I laughed in disbelief, then saw people running toward me.

It felt strange.

Grandfather, whom I had always feared and felt hurt by, and Father too. The Twins as well.

And Klaus, who had somehow rolled out again.

‘Benjamin is badly injured too…’

He must have been consciously hiding it so I wouldn’t see.

I finally turned my gaze to Ferdinand.

By then, I could no longer continue my thoughts.

The sensation of my body scattering into pieces was too unfamiliar. I soon closed my eyes.

The whole world became distant.

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