I’m the Only One With a Different Genre - I’m the Only One With a Different Genre chapter 78

78 – The Arrival of Destruction.

“Things worked out easier than I thought. Thank goodness.”

I let out a relieved sigh and took a big bite of skewered meat. After ransacking the inn and gathering information, I planned to head west immediately. This was because I had heard that Noah’s organization, Nest, was located there.

Just as I was about to set off, there was a rumble from Jess’s stomach. I realized that it had been a long time since we had eaten.

Since I couldn’t starve the kids any longer, we had come to a tavern far away from the inn and piled up skewers like a mountain to eat.

“…I can’t believe I won without even mixing in a single sword strike.”

As I recalled the massacre that had taken place in the inn, I took another bite of skewered meat.

“After killing so many people and having a meal without a care in the world, I…seem to be adapting well to this dark world!”

Having lived in a world where the concept of “death” was as light as a feather, I was thoughtless, but let’s just say I adapted well.

“Jess, don’t eat the wooden skewers. Add 50 more skewers here!”

“Yes!”

Chwaaak, chwareureuk!

Since Jess had such a good appetite, the store owner had to sweat and grill the meat without a break. At that moment, Iris swallowed the remaining meat in her mouth and asked.

“Oppa, who is this person named Noah?”

“Oh, come to think of it, I never told Iris about him, did I?”

I put down the skewer I was holding and took a sip of water to moisten my throat before starting to tell her about the past.

The encounter with Noah and the children when they were captured as test subjects, the incident where they were saved by a dark magician named Mia, and the time when I was half-kidnapped by Jiso and met Iris.

If I said I was experimented on, I would worry, so I lied and said I only did cooking and miscellaneous tasks. It wasn’t a particularly painful experiment, but Iris was a worrisome child, so I purposely kept my words to a minimum.

“You… are going to meet that person?”

“Yeah, I want to help.”

“Then I’ll help too. Because it’s what you want, Oppa.”

When I petted Iris, who was smiling with her eyes in a crescent shape, she looked so cute that her face lit up.

“Hoo-heening! Awo! Awo! (Jjuin-nim! Me too! Me too!)”

Jess ran towards me, his mouth full of skewers, and extended his head towards me. His ears, which were sticking out, were drooping as he urged me to pet his head. As I raised my hand to stroke his head…

Snap! Crunch!

A dagger flew towards me, but Iris deflected it with her swinging sword. The deflected dagger split the table in half.

“Tsk, you’re more skilled than I thought.”

A man’s voice came from a corner of the building. It was the same spot where the dagger had flown from. A man, his entire body covered in a neat robe, spoke with a laughter-filled voice.

“For now, retreat. But next time…”

As the man said that, he began to melt into the shadows and disappear.

“Ugh… Those annoying people from the dark arts are such a pain!”

People who suddenly appear, attack with a clumsy strike, and then disappear!

When I’m in the bathroom, when I’m changing clothes, when my pinky toe is throbbing and hopping… Just thinking about them appearing in those situations and annoyingly swinging their swords is already exhausting.

“I can’t have such a terrible experience!”

Even if I were to summon my dark sword and try to attack, the man would disappear faster. How can I catch that man who has already disappeared 70%?

Instinctively, I lifted the wooden skewer on the table. With all my strength, I threw the skewer towards the man and said,

“Jess! Fetch!”

“Kyaaah!”

With wide-open eyes, Jess, who had been growling and keeping an eye on the man, suddenly opened her eyes wide like a puppy and ran towards where the skewer had flown with incredible speed.

“Ugh…!”

The speed was almost like a truck racing down a highway. The reason for comparing it to a truck… was because the man, soaked in sweat, was sent flying like he had been hit by a truck.

Bang! Crunch! Thud!

The man, who flew against the building wall, fell to the ground with his eyes rolled back, frothing at the mouth, unconscious. He looked like he was about to die soon.

The owner of the skewer restaurant, who was grilling skewers like a pile of sand, grabbed his head and slumped to the floor.

“Oh… The skewer restaurant that has been passed down for five generations… the legacy my mother left me… sob… I was going to pay off all the debts and confess to her…”

Seeing the skewer restaurant owner sitting dejectedly and uttering clichéd words, I felt like I had done something terribly wrong. I approached him, my cold sweat dripping.

“Um…”

“Master, I’m sorry. I was truly worthless! Uhuhuh…”

As I tried to hand the money I took out of my pocket to the crying skewer restaurant owner…

Thud!

“Hey! Get out, store owner!”

Clearly, the store door, which had been wide open until we entered, was now closed, and it seemed to have been kicked off by the foot of a stranger.

“If you borrowed money, you should pay it back!”

“Oh, I see. Business must be going well, huh? There are so many skewers piled up!”

I silently alternated my gaze between the two gangster-like men and the person stuck to the wall, who I assumed was an assassin.

‘Wait… a person is stuck to the wall and no one cares?’

This was clearly something that only happened in the world of comedy. I realized it in that moment.

“Ah, the power has been activated! But why?”

It was clear that the power was activated against someone who posed a threat to me. That meant, the gangster who casually disregarded the clichéd remarks of the rude tavern owner and the fallen man was threatening me.

“But if that’s the case… um…”

The gangsters only threatened the tavern owner and paid no attention to me. I was confused about the situation. One of the murmuring guys turned to me and shouted with his mouth wide open.

“Whoa! Sir! Isn’t that the guy we saw on the wanted poster earlier?!”

“What? Oh! You’re right, you’re right!”

Wanted poster?

The guys who fell victim to the comedy filter kindly explained.

“They say he’s the crazy guy who messed up the operation of Debiathan and fled… Hiyah, even though the wanted poster was out, he was having a meal in Debiathan’s territory… Isn’t he a really big shot?”

“That guy’s bounty was definitely 10 gold coins, right?”

“Heh heh.. I hit the jackpot! And that girl next to him is quite attractive, so if I sell her too, my pockets will be full, right?”

After hearing their conversation, I finally realized why this situation had occurred.

“The Debiathan guys threatened me… and that’s why the power was activated throughout this entire area!”

My pupils started shaking like crazy.

“Wait, does that mean everyone has become invincible and unable to die?”

Just as I was thinking that, the gangsters approached me and tried to swing their fists.

“Crunch!”

“Get lost.”

Jess revealed this by tearing out the man’s throat, and Iris spat out curses as she slashed the throat of another man.

“Crack, thud!”

“Ah… They’re not immortal.”

I let out a relieved sigh as I looked at the neatly deceased bodies of the two men. I almost made them invincible against the Deviatans.

“Oh, wait a moment.”

Suddenly, a realization struck me, causing my brain to buffer.

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“Doesn’t that mean… that they may act like residents of the comedy world, but their lives are finite?”

In that moment, I could sense the impending doom of the Deviatans.

“…Hey, let’s quickly head to the western district. This place seems too dangerous.”

“Okay.”

“Great! Jujin-nim!”

Jess tightly embraced my waist and nodded. With his ears perked up, he looked at me with bright, twinkling eyes. As I stroked his head, his tail wagged vigorously.

“Let’s go, Iris.”

“…Okay.”

When I reached out my hand to Iris, who had been silently watching Jess, she smiled widely and took hold of my hand like a blossoming flower.

Jess tried to hold on to my body, but I gently persuaded him to let go for the sake of quick movement. He reluctantly detached himself with a gloomy expression.

Leaving the payment for the skewers and broken furniture on the table, we hurriedly left the snack bar.

***

“Oops! Dammit! Get lost!”

“You’re the one who should get lost! Oops!? You’re falling!”

The buttocks of the two burly men, who resembled bowling pins, became stuck together with adhesive.

The two men struggled clumsily and eventually fell down. They remained sprawled on the sloping road, rolling along with it.

“Wow-ahh!”

“Cough…! H-Help me!”

With the eerie sound of crackling flames, those who had started rolling began smashing boxes from other shops as they rolled along.

“Ugh! Our shop’s merchandise!”

“W-Who the hell is it?”

The shop owners came out belatedly, cursing and trying to find the culprit, but the culprit had already rolled far away and couldn’t be found.

“It’s… Hophin! It must be you!”

“Huh? It’s not me, it’s you!”

Normally, these individuals would have had a rational conversation, but their eyes went wild, and they started insulting each other, throwing objects that fell to the ground as they fought.

If this were a comedy world, they would have had a good laugh and moved on, but this was a dark fantasy world, so bloodshed began in an instant.

“Psst! Miss, care to have a drink with me?”

“Hmph, no thanks.”

The woman working in Hongdeungga snickered and smacked the man in the face with her bag. And then, the man’s neck turned with a thud, and he fell to the ground as is.

“Wow…”

Lian looked around and said,

“What a mess.”