How a Nuisance Character Survives in a Horror Game Chapter 60

 

The basement was different from the hotel in terms of creepiness. Unlike the monsters upstairs, they had a sense of self and could think.

 

They were even more cruel.

 

Those evil spirits were dead set on killing me.

 

Each evil spirit showed up with their own event, so I couldn’t help but jump for joy.

 

Because of that, the hammer’s durability ran out and it left me.

 

Hammer, thanks!

 

Wiping the sweat dripping down my chin and happily gazing at the room labeled ‘Laboratory 44’.

 

There were some hardships, but I arrived anyway.

 

I opened the door without hesitation and a window popped up as if it had been waiting for me.

 

[Synchronization with the corresponding character for smooth story progression.]

 

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Like a doll that lost its strings, I collapsed on the spot and lost consciousness.

 

[Starting the story.]

 

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《The Researcher’s Diary》

 

【A very noble man came in today. A boy I thought I would never meet in my entire life.

 

No, status wasn’t important at this moment.

 

This mana!

 

I never imagined I would meet someone with this kind of mana in my life. Powerful, even brilliant mana. I can handle this!

 

In the end, I couldn’t hold it in and cheered in front of the boy.

 

With this much mana, it didn’t seem strange for the father to be jealous.

 

The man had everything, yet he repeatedly showed his jealousy and madness toward his son.

 

However, I couldn’t say anything. I just had to shut up and do what I was told.]

 

《The Researcher’s Diary》

 

【I learned through that rich man that the more you have, the more you long for what you don’t have.

 

The man had a lot, but he didn’t have one thing. Infinite mana that could move the world.

 

I learned how ugly jealousy toward one’s own child is.

 

Of course, that doesn’t mean I should save the boy. I’m very satisfied with what I do.】

 

《The Researcher’s Diary》

 

【Laboratory 44. The mental strength of the boy I was in charge of was amazing. Despite all the torture in the name of experimentation, he cried and searched for his mother.

 

In vain.】

 

《The Researcher’s Diary》

 

【The laboratory was so dirty. Well, it was a place where experiments were conducted on humans, so how could it be clean?

 

Sometimes the smell of blood became unbearably disgusting. Laboratory 44 in particular. It was especially bad here. Blood and flesh were spread out everywhere.

 

As the days went by, the boy seemed to have given up on everything and lowered his head, not even moving an inch.

 

Even though his entire body was covered in injection marks and his unknown wounds were festering and bursting, the boy didn’t say anything.

 

But there were times when he would cry with all his might, and that was when his father appeared.】

 

《Researcher’s Diary》

 

【I felt good today. I succeeded in turning a human into a demon. I also extracted a lot of mana.

 

Now, not only did I extract magic power, but I also got a thrilling pleasure when I dissected a human.

 

Even the screams sounded like songs. At that time, the boy’s voice was heard from Laboratory 44, his throat cracking and howling.

 

To put it roughly, he was asking where the two people he was always looking for were.

 

He doesn’t seem to get tired.

 

Call for them until your throat bursts.

 

Does calling for your dead mother and ㅡ bring them back to life?】

 

《Researcher’s Diary》

 

【I couldn’t understand the boy’s earnestness. The boy who said that he didn’t care what happened as long as the two people were alive seemed like a hypocrite.

 

How could he do that?

 

If one was to be in pain, they would rather have their family in pain instead, wouldn’t they?

 

On the contrary, it made me want to torment him even more.

 

But the boy, as always, gritted his teeth and endured the pain…

 

…Oh my. It makes me want to be even worse.】

 

《Researcher’s Diary》

 

【Today, the boy’s father looked at the boy and said.

 

[You’re trying hard. There’s nothing you can do. Even with that much mana, your body can’t handle it, so you can’t use it, you’re a failure who can’t even die as you wish.]

 

It was so harsh that even I, the listener, was hurt. (Laughs)

 

Just seeing that I remember every single word without a single mistake shows that it must have been quite shocking to me. His face is burning with an ugly sense of inferiority.

 

And yet, the boy says he’ll definitely save them both.

 

He probably doesn’t know that it’s already useless.】

 

《Researcher’s Diary》

 

【Now the time has come. The boy finally went outside. Does that boy know that this is the first and last time?]

 

【The day to summon the demon has finally come. This tiresome experiment is over. The day my skills will be recognized is just around the corner.

 

The boy stood in front of the blood-stained magic circle. Even in the midst of this, he cried out for the two people.

 

All the families that had colluded with the dark mage gathered around him. I’m full of greed, but I probably look no different from those humans.】

 

【The father sacrificed the boy to the dark mage. Everyone here knew that he was using the boy to gain eternal life and immortality.

 

The boy’s father personally pushed the boy there. The boy searched for the two people like a madman.

 

The conversation between the boy and his father was quite funny.

 

Um, what did he say? Ah!

 

[What on earth did you do to those two!]

 

The boy’s father pointed to the puddle of blood absentmindedly.

 

[They’re probably mixed in there.]

[Y-You…!]

 

I remember the boy crying.

 

[You’re not even fit to be a parent!]

 

The boy cursed until the veins in his neck burst, yet the man laughed because it was funny.

 

[That’s strange. I’ve never been your father, nor that woman’s husband.]

 

He clearly refused.

 

I’d rather not have such a father too.】

 

【In the end, the boy’s mouth was gagged.

 

Although it was noisy, it was good now.

 

Resisting wouldn’t change anything. Good for him, I thought.

 

Soon, the summoning circle was activated, and screams that pierced the eardrums echoed throughout the… i-island.】

 

【My head hurts, my head hurts! My head is killing me!】

 

【I’ll use it, so shut up! Shut up! S-Shut up!】

 

《The Fallen XX’s Diary. Cloudy. Feeling irritated.》

 

【The screams seemed to start devouring the boy. The boy’s face was distorted with despair, and he seemed a little? pitiful?】

 

【[I offer all this to you!]

 

The dark mage spread his arms and shouted toward the sky.

 

How ridiculous, I thought.

 

…This isn’t it?】

 

【The man laughed. Very delightfully. As if he was so happy. While watching his son fall apart.

 

I shouldn’t be a father like that.

 

Ah, we can’t be parents!】

 

【In an instant, the island was swarmed with monsters and evil spirits. In the end, none of the boy’s wishes came true.

 

What were the boy’s wishes, you ask?

 

Of course, he just wanted everyone to survive. Foolish-like.】

 

【…There’s a big problem.

 

The boy has become strange.】

 

【No, it’s me who has become strange.】

 

【Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me. Save me…】

 

[The connection is not smooth.]

 

[The story switches to the boy’s point of view.]

 

In the end, the boy’s earnest wish that everyone would live, that it would stop with just himself as the cost, didn’t come true.

 

We did nothing wrong, though.

 

Mother and —.

 

He begged for that. He apologized so much, even though he did nothing wrong.

 

Why are we the ones who end up dying?

 

‘Why do I have to die?’

 

It’s unfair. It’s unfair. It’s unfair. It’s unfair. It’s unfair. It’s unfair. It’s unfair!

 

‘It’s unfair…!’

 

The boy raised his head and his pupils were torn vertically.

 

A cruel world of survival of the fittest.

 

The boy helplessly took in the brutal reality that was controlled by strong power.

 

The screams stopped and soon only the howls of the monsters tore through the sky.

 

The white of his eyes became bloodshot. He clenched his fists in his slowly rising anger.

 

In the end, he prayed desperately, yet it didn’t go as he had hoped. Everyone had changed.

 

Everyone but the humans who remained here had changed.

 

They exploited the boy to gain eternal life, and they called the demon inside his body to gain it.

 

Because of his father’s disgusting greed, so many lives were lost that a river of blood was formed.

 

The boy’s eyes lost their original light and became increasingly cloudy. His howling voice became lower like the echo of a deep cave.

 

The dark mage didn’t even spare a glance at the boy. They all couldn’t take their eyes off the empty space.

 

The spirits floating in the sky gathered around the summoning circle, that is, the boy who had lost his senses.

 

They soon began to infiltrate the boy’s body indiscriminately.

 

It was a ritual to summon the demon into the boy’s body.

 

And now, something the dark mage and they had never expected happened.

 

[The boy controls the demon’s enormous power.]

 

[One, eventually, it goes wild.]

 

The intense desire to not be able to do as he wanted and the overflowing mana were so great that he unconsciously suppressed the demon.

 

However, due to intense anger, he was unable to control their rampaging mana and magi, going wild.

 

Even as he lost his senses, the boy could clearly hear their voices in his ears.

 

—Let me out…

 

—Kill me. Kill me. Kill me. Kill me.

 

—Let me die as myself, please!

 

—Kill me!

 

Instinctively, the boy raised his hand.

 

The more he used that power, the more the ominous energy gradually spread and covered the entire island.

 

Tears flowed ceaselessly from the eyes of the boy who had lost his reason.

 

The boy’s power quickly spread throughout the island so that those who were dying couldn’t even feel the pain.

 

The eerie sound of flesh being torn apart continued unceasingly.

 

After a while, a heavy silence descended on the island.

 

The smell of death covered the island like waves.

 

The only ones left on the island were the boy and those who had led this.

 

The rippling dark energy, the empty blood-red eyes. The boy’s body was falling apart.

 

No one could move. At that moment, the boy’s torn pupils turned toward them.

 

The dark mage knelt down in awe before the powerful power.

 

[You have finally come, my God! I have offered all these sacrifices for you! Please. Please grant me…!]

 

However, the dark mage couldn’t finish his words. The boy’s skinny hand touched his head.

 

The boy looked at the dark mage, who was filled with joy.

 

The dark mage’s body froze at the glint of anger in his eyes.

 

At the boy’s gesture, bloody hands shot out from the summoning circle and grabbed the dark mage.

 

[A-AGGGGH! H-How could…!]

 

The dark mage’s body was dragged down in an instant. Then, a piercing scream echoed through the underground.

 

The boy’s inhuman eyes stared at the remaining people. They were terrified by the eerie sight.

 

Some people collapsed on their trembling legs and ran away screaming, yet before long, a desperate scream was heard.

 

Finally, the boy’s eyes turned directly to his father.

 

[The Emperor of the Vallone Empire trembled with fear for the first time.]

 

The Emperor who had been on the battlefield, always planting the flag of victory, and eventually founding the Vallone Empire, couldn’t move due to the fear that was squeezing his throat.

 

His heart pounded, warning him of danger. He had never felt such fear in his entire life.

 

He begged like a dog, like those who had knelt before him to live.

 

[T-Truth is, I did it for you! Don’t you know! I’m your father! I won’t do anything that would harm my child!]

 

The geometric lines drawn on the face of the man spitting out lies slowly began to disappear.

 

The man’s face slowly and clearly appeared.

 

The face of the man, sweating and smiling awkwardly, was unfamiliar. The man’s face was just plain. Too plain, and that’s why.

 

He became even more angry.

 

His jaw clenched. The boy chewed on his gag as he looked at the face of the man he felt disgusted with. The gag fell to the floor, torn like a piece of paper.

 

[What about Mother and —?]

 

For a moment, the man couldn’t answer. When the boy’s hand went up, the man added urgently.

 

[A-Alive, they’re alive!]

 

The man kept biting his lips. A lie so obvious even without him revealing it.

 

In the end, the boy lost everything.

 

When the boy cried, the man seemed to have taken it in another way, forcing a smile and eliciting sympathy.

 

[L-Let’s go back now. It’s over! I’ll make up for everything I failed to do as your father.]

 

Not a single word of apology came out of his mouth.

 

[The voice could no longer reach the boy’s ears.]

 

The boy slowly closed his eyes and opened them.

 

There were many opportunities, yet they were the ones who threw it all away.

 

The boy’s hand covered his father’s cheek. The Emperor’s mouth was torn to the point where his hopes were meaningless.

 

[GAAAAH!]

 

He was dragged down like the dark mage.

 

Into that dark, scary, and cold basement.

 

Everyone died without hesitation at the boy’s hands.

 

[The rampage subsides. The power is completely controlled.]

 

After everything was over, the boy was left alone.

 

The boy covered in blood looked exhausted. Tears fell helplessly.

 

There was nothing left. His stomach felt even more suffocated.

 

The boy was still sad.

 

He was left alone on this large island. Now he couldn’t return to his family or his homeland.

 

The boy eventually collapsed.

 

He couldn’t keep his promise to protect them. In the end, he had nothing left in his hands.

 

He was no longer human.

 

Even though he didn’t want to do it, even though it was what they wanted.

 

The boy was just like a murderer who had killed countless humans.

 

[Left alone on this large island.]

 

Footsteps were heard. The bushes moved and someone jumped out.

 

Someone carefully swept the boy’s delicate back, who was crouching and falling into a pit of despair.

 

[The demons trapped underground approached the boy.]

 

At the unexpected sound, the boy lifted his face that had been buried in the ground.

 

He wasn’t alone. There were children, in the same situation as him, left.

 

[The stench of countless corpses reached the sky.]

 

The gloomy clouds that had enveloped the island cried loudly once. A light flashed in the black clouds and lightning struck the island.

 

It struck fiercely all over the island, as if wondering whether it was the beginning or the end.

 

They just watched from afar, as if they had given up on everything that reminded them of war.

 

At that moment, a solemn voice was heard from the sky.

 

The voice, which he had never heard before, was sacred and neutral.

 

‘Sin is never light.’

 

A voice that seemed to be punishing.

 

A voice that blamed the boy.

 

[He received punishment.]

 

[He is trapped on an island.]

 

‘I will punish you.’

 

No one took the hand of those who needed a helping hand.

 

[He is abandoned by God.]