I'm the Only One With a Different Genre - Chapter 126

Chapter 126
“Oppa, who is that woman?”

It might have been a touching reunion between father and child (?), but for Lian, it was nothing but shock and horror.

‘What the hell is that?!’

It felt like going on a blind date, only to find a tentacled alien shyly sitting across from you.

Lian, being a native of the gag world, quickly regained his composure. He immediately asked the young spirit to help him assess the situation. The young spirit then relayed the conversations of the surviving dark wizards, who were loudly discussing the current events.

The information he gathered was shocking.

The main laboratory, which had been full of glass capsules, was in ruins because someone had injected mysterious blood into the subjects through the main capsule, turning them all into monsters.

Lian rolled his eyes, recalling the moment he had stuck his hand into a strange capsule and poured in a flood of blood.

‘…It was my fault. Hah.’

Using the patented technique of the Gag Residents, Lian laughed it off and then calmly thought to himself.

‘I was going to deal with the test subjects anyway, so this works out fine. It looks like they’ll disappear on their own over time. Let’s just leave them and get out of here.’

After sorting out his thoughts, Lian exited the lab through the emergency passage.

‘Gargandoa, can you destroy this building in one go?’

[Do you just want the building to collapse like last time?]

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‘If possible, I want to kill all the living beings inside.’

According to the young spirit, only the dark wizards who had been conducting cruel experiments remained in the building. Besides destroying the data that could be used to create a combat weapon, it made sense to eliminate everyone involved in its creation.

Having lived in a world where death was treated as light entertainment, Lian could make ruthless decisions without any mental anguish.
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Crack! Crunch!

And so, the laboratory was swallowed whole by a crimson light, compressed to the size of an ant. It was a perfectly clean disposal.

‘Alright, let’s go find the others.’

With the help of the demon sword, Lian began running as if flying. Before long, he spotted Noah and the others running in the distance.

“Noah!”

“…! Li… Lian?”

Was it because everything had been too easy? Or was it because he was in too much of a hurry?

Lian had half-forgotten what was attached to his back. Because of this, Noah had to witness a massive woman embracing Lian’s shoulder with her arms.

Swish.

If Noah froze in shock, then Iris responded by drawing her sword without a word. The sword, taken from a dead researcher during their escape, was laced with dark energy.
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Without any questions or hesitation, Iris aimed to slash the spirit clinging to Lian’s back.

The spirit’s benevolent smile twisted like that of a ghost. Mistaking the attack as a threat to her child, the Spirit King’s fury began to manifest in the form of crackling dark power at her fingertips.

The atmosphere turned icy in an instant, and Noah’s group each drew their weapons, preparing for battle.

“Grr…”

Lian flinched at the sight of Jess baring her teeth, lowering her body into a fighting stance. Having never seen Jess in a serious fight before, her killing intent felt foreign and unsettling.

‘If this keeps up, a big fight will break out!’

With alarm bells ringing in his head, Lian quickly raised both hands.

“W-wait! Calm down! This person isn’t an enemy!”

Unlike the three women who kept a watchful eye on Lian, Lily, who was still in control of her faculties, immediately responded to his words.

“Iris, Jess! Stop! Unnie, Oppa said she isn’t an enemy!”

Even Noah, who was usually rational, had drawn her sword and was ready to charge. Lily had to raise her voice to stop her. Noah hesitated, her fingers twitching, before regaining her senses. However, her eyes couldn’t tear away from the woman clinging to Lian.

Once the situation had somewhat calmed down, Lian, sweating nervously, spoke to the Spirit King.

“Umm… Could you please let go for a moment?”

The Spirit King, having lost her temper, was beyond reasoning, causing Lian’s insides to twist with anxiety. However, he asked her to let go repeatedly, hoping against hope, and to his surprise, she released her hold easily.

Startled by how simple it had been, Lian widened his eyes, and the Spirit King’s mother smiled kindly and said,

[Thank you for helping me and my children regain our freedom.]

“…!”

In truth, the Spirit King had regained her sanity after the demon sword had destroyed the laboratory. Although she realized that Lian wasn’t her child, the scene where he had stammered, “M-mom,” had been seared into her mind, causing her maternal instincts to overflow.

For that reason, she had clung to Lian, not wanting to let go. However, she hadn’t wanted to make him uncomfortable, so she complied with his polite request.

“…Oppa, you said she had lost her mind.”
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“Uh… she definitely had…”

Iris narrowed her eyes, thinking that some shameless woman was trying to seduce her precious Oppa. Her gaze grew even sharper when it landed on the Spirit King’s ample figure.

While Iris focused on the wrong aspects, Lily, Nero, and Noah wanted to understand what exactly was going on.

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Lian briefly explained what had happened in the laboratory.

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Of course, he left out any mentions of the original story. He talked about how the dark wizards had been conducting experiments on the spirits and how the Spirit King’s mother had suffered terrible things at their hands, causing Noah, who had been stammering like a broken doll, to snap back to reality.

With the explanation over, the next task was to find the Nest members who had left ahead of them.
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[If you go straight that way, you’ll find them!]

The young spirit’s guidance made this an easy task. Since everyone was skilled, their running speed was fast.

Gently…

As they ran, Jess couldn’t take her eyes off the demon sword, staring at it like a cat would at a toy. Until now, whenever Lian used the sword, he had tried to suppress the dark energy as much as possible to avoid discomfort. But now, it was openly radiating dark energy.

Because of that, Jess instinctively kept her guard up against the demon sword. Her pupils naturally dilated and contracted repeatedly as the ominous aura flowed from the sword, sticking close to her master.

When Lian gave a warning look to the demon sword, it clicked its tongue and withdrew the ominous energy. Noah, Lily, and Nero had looks on their faces as if they had many things they wanted to say, but it wasn’t the right time to ask, so they remained silent.

‘I should have broken it back then.’

Iris hadn’t forgotten how Lian had wounded himself with the demon sword. However, she knew that without the sword, her Oppa wouldn’t have a means to escape dangerous situations, so she left it be.

Thoughts about Lian and the demon sword, the separated group, and the suspicious laboratory…

While everyone’s minds were occupied with various thoughts, they finally reunited with the group who had escaped from being captured by the giant spider.
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“Ah! Lian!”

“Savior!”

The two who had become devout followers of the “Church of Lian” greeted the group with strangely sparkling eyes.

Jess’s face was full of pride, as if others had finally recognized her master’s greatness, while Iris maintained a calm expression, as if their reaction was only natural.

In contrast to the two who were blindly devoted to Lian, Lily, Nero, and Noah had clear question marks floating above their faces.

“Lian, what is this…?”

“Pia Unnie…?”

“Hyung… he’s the savior, but…”

The three were caught between relief that no one seemed hurt and confusion at the strange atmosphere.

Meanwhile, Lian, surrounded by devoted followers, was drenched in cold sweat.

‘Something feels off here…’

[Hehe, it’s only natural to be revered when faced with such overwhelming power.]

Though they had actually been mesmerized by the divine power rather than the demon sword’s, that distinction didn’t matter to the demon sword, who smugly enjoyed the situation. Having lived far longer than Lian, the demon sword gave uncharacteristically wise advice.

[It’s common to revere and deify immense power. Those with weak minds instinctively seek to rely on the strong.]

‘Is that… so?’

Lian found the demon sword’s words convincing and interpreted the followers’ actions as simply that of desperate people clinging to the nearest source of strength.

‘But there are actual gods out there, so maybe they should worship a real one…’

Lian tried to recall the image of the god who chirped like a white bird and found his focus blurring.
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‘Hmm, let’s just leave it as is.’

While Lian didn’t think of himself as a godlike being, he did feel that, at least compared to those gods, he was a much more reliable figure.

At that moment, Lian had no idea how this thoughtless decision would come back to him later.

As more time passed, the group, now larger, moved quickly and reunited with the rest of the Nest members who were heading towards the village. Everyone wept tears of joy, calling it a “miracle” that they had all returned unharmed from the brutal laboratory.

“It’s all thanks to His mercy.”

As soon as the word “miracle” was mentioned, Lian’s followers quietly spread out. Just as Pia had taught them, they seamlessly blended into the group like assassins.

While Lian’s “church” was quietly expanding, he was deep in conversation with the others, discussing their next steps.

“We destroyed one of the Demon King’s research facilities, so we need to move faster than we originally planned.”

This was information Lily had learned before escaping the lab. Lian knew this from the original story, but he nodded with a stern face, as if hearing it for the first time.

As they were thinking of finding a quicker, albeit more dangerous, route out of the Demon King’s territory, the Spirit King’s mother, who had regained her sanity and shrunk herself to the size of the young spirit, perched on Lian’s shoulder and spoke.

[I think I can help.]
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End of Chapter.