I'm the Only One With a Different Genre - Chapter 138

Chapter 138
Pure Love Triumphs!

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Rewinding time by five minutes before the middle-aged woman let out her bloodcurdling scream.

‘Where should I go?’

Iris found herself lost once again. This wasn’t due to her particularly poor sense of direction.

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Just as Lian had accidentally destroyed the old man’s heart, the villains of the gag world, especially those with false madness, typically meet their downfall through the ordinary actions of ordinary people.

Iris’s inability to find the correct path and her aimless wandering was also an effect of the gag filter.

It was a cliché that when wandering without any particular thought, one would inevitably stumble upon the very places villains had carefully hidden.

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‘Ah, a door. I should be able to get out through there.’

Her steps quickened, having spent so long wandering the dungeon. Just as she was about to open the door in one swift motion.

Bzzt.

“…!”

A stinging pain surged through her, as if an electric current was flowing through the door. The fact that the magic circle remained intact despite the gag filter indicated that something important was enshrined within. However, Iris neither needed nor wanted to know such circumstances.

She quietly clenched her fist and struck the wall beside the door.

CRASH!

If there was no door, she would simply break through the wall. It was a logical course of action.

‘….? This isn’t it either.’

She surveyed the room, filled with unpleasant talismans plastered all over the walls, wearing a dejected expression. Red strings hung from the ceiling, suspending eerie masks in mid-air.

Drip, drip.

Blood was dripping from the masks. It was an unpleasant sight to begin with, but seeing it in her current foul mood made it even more irritating.

Snap, crack!

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Expressing her anger, she grabbed the strings and yanked them hard. The strings, stronger than a giant’s spider web or iron chains, were easily torn away.
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The mask entangled in the strings fell to the floor with a splat. It was as horrifying as if it had been made from human skin.

‘Sigh.. Where on earth is the exit?’

Iris picked up the mask with an expressionless face. As she did, the mask began to glow faintly.

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[Don’t you want to become beautiful?]

[Don’t you want to become the most beautiful woman and rule the world?]

[All humans in this world will praise and love you!]

[Come on, use me! And become the most beautiful person in the world!]

Iris’s expression soured even more at the slimy voice that invaded her mind, reminiscent of a muddy road on a rainy day.

“You want me to wear such a filthy mask…?”

[…]

The demon mask, which would devour its wearer if they had even the slightest desire to improve their appearance, was left speechless.

“Hey, do you know the way out of here?”

[No, I-]

“If you don’t know, then I don’t need you.”

Crack.

[Kyaaaa!]

Without a second thought, Iris applied force and split the mask in half. The demonic item shattered easily under the strength of one who possessed the power of a hero.

Clatter.

She carelessly tossed the mask aside and continued her search for a door, passing through the unpleasant room.
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‘Ah, found it.’

It wasn’t long before she found a door leading outside. The exit was connected to a small house on the outskirts of the village. By the time Iris had quickly escaped the dungeon, the sun was already rising. She had spent that much time wandering and destroying things inside.

As soon as she got out, Iris started running to find her brother.

***

At that moment, Noah and Jess had coincidentally met while destroying the dungeon and joined forces. With Noah’s adaptability in various situations and Jess’s animal-like senses working together, conquering the dungeon became easier than eating cold soup.

“That way!”

Following Noah’s advice to go where there was an unfamiliar scent, since there was no immediate information available, Jess relied on her nose to move forward.

The two discovered a different passage from the one Iris had entered. Found in a small space hidden behind the maze walls, this passage was one of several the middle-aged woman had created to connect her room for managing the dungeon. It was a passage that could only be found by destroying the walls.

Without hesitation, the two entered the passage. Although it branched off into several spaces like an ant colony, they headed towards where they sensed a human scent.

“Jess, how can you distinguish and recognize the scent of unfamiliar people?”

“Hmm, just like how rabbits and deer have different scents, humans also have their own unique smell. But there are slight differences, so I can roughly tell when there’s an unfamiliar human scent. Of course, this is only possible in situations like now where there aren’t many people around or when I can concentrate.”

Noah shuddered slightly at those words. It felt as if Jess viewed humans as just another type of prey, like rabbits or deer.

“Master! Master!”

Of course, seeing that bright, innocent smile, it seemed that might not be the case after all.

‘Come to think of it, Jess doesn’t often show her ears and tail when she’s not with Lian.’

For some unknown reason, it had always been that way. Her personality also differed quite a bit. When with Lian, she seemed like a bouncy mischief-maker, but without him, she appeared more calm and sly. In battle, she became frighteningly composed.

‘I guess… she really li… likes Lian?’

Having managed a massive organization like Nest, Noah was perceptive enough to notice this much. She continued her complicated thoughts with a troubled expression before lightly shaking her head.

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‘Now’s not the time. Finding Pia and the children comes first.’

No sooner had Noah finished her thought than Jess stopped in the damp corridor that resembled an underground prison hallway. She approached the door and sniffed.

“They’re in here!”

“Alright.”

Noah assumed a battojutsu stance and drew her sword in an instant.

Click.

With the sound of the sword returning to its sheath, the door split precisely into 16 pieces and fell to the floor. It was an impressive display of skill.
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“…? Who’s there?”

“That person is…”

The two discovered a man who had achieved a perfect pure love marriage but was now captured by a witch-like woman, seemingly destined for NTR.

“Let’s wake him up first.”

Just as the two were about to wake the man, the middle-aged woman was rapidly aging.

“Huff, gasp… This can’t be… This can’t be happening.”

Her hair, having turned white, began to fall out in clumps, and something like age spots grew on her face. Her eyes lost their luster and turned white. The ornaments hanging heavily all over her body weighed her down like a prisoner’s shackles, pulling the old woman—for she was now indeed old—towards the floor.

“I… I… can’t end… like this…”

The old woman muttered as she staggered forward, one step at a time. She was desperately searching for the mask that Iris had destroyed.

Her eyesight had become blurry with old age, making it difficult to see clearly ahead. She stumbled but continued on. However, she had no idea where she was heading.

Thud.

How long had she been walking? Her fingertips touched what felt like a door. She immediately smiled brightly and pushed it open.

‘It must be beyond this door!’

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The mask that had promised her eternal beauty. If she could just find that mask, she would regain her youth. Of course, she would lose her mind until she had consumed the blood of 100 virgins, but that didn’t matter as long as she could reclaim her youth.

“Huff, gasp… If I can just find my youth… I’ll kill that bitch and… that strapping lad Horen… I’ll have a taste of him too…”

She ignited her will to live, trying to hold on just a little longer. Just as her eyes, clouded with lust, began to gleam disgustingly.

Clang!

“Urk..!”

A wok, the kind used in Chinese cooking, mercilessly struck the old woman’s head. Her body, with only 1 point of durability left, immediately collapsed forward. Judging by the deep dent in the back of her head, it seemed she had died instantly from a fractured skull.

A cold breeze brushed past the old woman’s body. The door she had opened was one of the exits leading outside. The person standing in front of the door exhaled roughly.

“Huff… huff…”

A woman holding the enormous wok glared at the old woman. Her eyes were swollen as if she had been crying heavily.

She gripped the heavy wok in one hand and grabbed the old woman’s collar with her free hand.

“Where is my husband! Tell me now!”

Indeed, she was the wife of the man kidnapped by the old woman. According to the clichés of the gag world, she was someone who should be at the pinnacle of happiness, having succeeded in childhood friendship, first love, dating, and marriage.

The gag filter worked furiously to maintain the pure love cliché while simultaneously dealing with the old woman.

“Tell me now!”

“Down… there…”

It forcibly held onto the soul that had left the old woman’s body, making her answer.

Thud!

As soon as the old woman finished speaking, the woman threw her body backward. The old woman’s body flew helplessly like a newspaper tossed outside on a windy day, tumbling across the ground.

The woman was currently in a state akin to invincibility.

Crash! Bang!

She wouldn’t stop until her husband was back in her arms.

***

In just one night, it was revealed that the High Priest had kidnapped children to indulge in cannibalism, and the Priestess was exposed as a witch who abducted virgins to consume their blood.

These two major incidents overshadowed the Guard Captain’s story. However, this didn’t mean the Guard Captain’s ending was a happy one.

“W-What did you just say?!”

“Unfortunately…”
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“I-I…”

“With both sides exploding like this… it’s too late for any measures to be taken.”

“Urk, aargh..!”

End of Chapter.