Divine Protection: The Pride System

Episode 10: The Pride of the Little Soul

His body was in a mess, with a terrible condition.

Rogant had lost a lot of blood, and felt a tremendous pain as his body was bitten by those wolves.

But, her face was calm, she herself was also astonished by the case, feeling uneasy as her entire soul screamed while she did not care about it at all.

He wondered, what kind of feeling is this? Why would I let my body hurt?

He himself did not even know about it, or perhaps, he already did not care about it.

Strange things cross her head as she tries to help the girl who introduces herself as “Meily”.

The brown-eyed iris looked at him with hope, and also an innocent fear.

Rogant doesn't understand why he's still scared, he's saved.

Shouldn't he be smiling here?

Did he need to kill those wolves first, for him to calm down? It's worth trying.

“Grr?”

The wolf groaned, like a silly animal whose behavior was unclear.

The satisfaction he showed, no longer applies when Rogant cut off his left hand with an apathetic face.

A kitchen knife appeared out of nowhere, and Rogant used the knife to cut off his own limbs. He almost laughed as he looked at the ridiculous expression the wolf showed.

But, there is nothing wrong, and nothing funny. With a cold face, he only did what he could.

He used a kitchen knife to cut off his hand, after which threw out the blade covered in red blood, and used the remaining hand as a weapon to kill.

His right hand held the neck of the wolf, which almost fell down along with his left hand.

—Shortness, shortness of breath, and shortness of breath, the wolf was short of breath when its neck was strangled.

Finding himself captured by human hands, the wolf rebelled. His claws tried to scratch Rogant's skin, so he would let go.

But Rogant's hand, still firmly clutching his neck. It was too strong, to make him convulsing with foam in his mouth.

The resistance only lasted for a few seconds, and he could only despair with his breath bound.

Then—

“>Savagery

Just before the little girl's eyes, the wolf's neck shattered into pieces with flesh strewn about.

His head was dislodged, falling and rolling. Meily had a bad feeling about this.

But, before he managed to react, the head was already in front of his eyes.

It was the head of the wolf, with a body that was no longer with him. At the end of his head, there was only red mud and crushed meat.

Eyes glared at him, mouth open with white foam as his saliva.

The sight was too horrible.

Blood spurted on her cheeks, making Meily unable to contain her disgust and spewing out all of her entrails.

“—Hrk! Eeek!”

Rogant paid no attention to her, there was no regret or guilt in his heart. There was only a big smile that had not been there before.

Her lips formed a crescent moon, seeing that, Meily wondered, is she human?

His hands were still in the same position as he strangled the wolf's neck.

Meily couldn't bear it, she couldn't see it anymore. His mind instantly collapsed, the throbbing pain made his head thrash in pain.

Her body was hot, seeing her pride that had been gone, she could only give up.

He and the other person, his consciousness instantly split into two, so unsure of who he really was.

The memory is cloudy, but it's not raining, there's just clouds clumping to be annoying obstacles.

His brain lacked common sense, but his head still wanted to be conscious, unfortunately the body wriggled in the form of his protest.

—Am I going to die?

Meily asked, but even she herself was not too sure of her own answer.

His strength which he used to think had dissipated, he could not bear the throbbing of his pain. His heart was too weak to withstand too strong a mental shock.

Instantly, he recalled the faces of the people he cared about.

Thereafter...

His frail body fell down, with a position that crawled on the dirty ground.

His vision flickered, and felt heavy to maintain.

Before Meily fainted, her lips stringed up a few words in a low voice.

“Eras... chan.”

After that, rolling over and falling over, Meily fainted along with small tears that fell from the tip of her eyelid.

...\=\=\=[★★★★★★]\=\=\=...

Unmerciful and doubtful, Rogant destroys the flesh, esophagus, neck bone, and body that connects the wolf's life.

For the other wolves, they were very easy.

He used the corpse of the dead wolf, to serve as an intermediary among the other wolves.

So then...

Clearly and coldly, his lips, which formed a sadistic smile, said in a happy mood.

“>Soul Resonance

At that instant, the wolf in his legs and stomach died in the condition of a severed neck and body.

A similar death to the wolf Rogant had killed before.

[Skill: >Soul Resonance< is a skill where the Master can connect the souls of all living beings into one. For example, if one soul dies, the soul connected to the dead soul dies in the same 100% way. This makes it easy for you to destroy hundreds or even thousands of living things just by killing one living thing.]

“Well, I know, it's an amazing skill. You deserve to get my gratitude.”

[Together.]

Finished responding to Pride System pride. Rogant watched the wolf corpses, observing if they really died in a similar manner.

“No doubts.”

This power had surpassed human common sense, and easily reversed the logic in this world. In response to a similar death, this injustice would make anyone feel humiliated.

Hard work, self-esteem, feelings, all of that in the same position and way. Equality from an unpleasant death, this is too terrible.

This skill is so disgusting when you look at it in a different light.

But, it seems that Rogant doesn't care about it at all.

“... Well, it's interesting, and it's also amazing. I'll keep using it..”.

Rogant said, ignoring the nonsense that came to his mind, and blurting out words that were not in the line of sight of humanity.

After which, he finally glanced towards Meily who was lying behind him, and muttered with a skeptical expression.

“By the way, what should I do with the fainted Meily-chan? I intend to make him return the favor by taking me to his village. But, it seems like it's impossible for now.”

[What did the Master say? If Master wants, I can take you to the nearest village with >Navigation System<.]

“Dumb bases, even if I go there, there's no guarantee they'll let me in. What's with this look, they'll suspect me. That's troublesome.”

[I don't understand... Can't you take this girl to the village and say that you saved her when she was in danger, so their suspicions will be reduced.]

“It was also too risky, what if they thought of me as a bad guy who cheated a little girl.”

[.. don't you just think too much Master?]

“This is not something that an artificial intelligence like you can know. I don't want to be considered as lolicon.”

[Well, I won't comment on Master's fetish, considering you're dating Pandora-sama. I think you're that kind of person.]

Rogant snorted angrily in response to the less-than-provoked idea of the Pride System.

“Don't equate this girl with my Pandora. They are obviously different.”

[Well, I don't deserve to say that. So, what are you going to do now?]

—What should I do?

Rogant also wondered, he did not have a good idea to deal with this problem. If she waited for Meily to wake up, it would take a long time.

And Rogant is tired of playing in the woods all the time, he wants to quickly 'feel' different things.

In that case, he could not wait any longer, impatience would make him go crazy if he held— no, he had indeed gone mad.

Then, could he think of a way with his crazy mind?

—Something, different things, feelings, and impatience, his mind kept spinning in uncertainty, and logic always brushed aside his common sense.

He doesn't know what to do.

His mind entered a dead end, Rogant held his chin and thought hard.

As his line of sight moved, it was like a blurred picture that started to become clear.

Rogant's eyes fell upon the corpses of the wolves, and soon—

“>Soul Resonance<..?”

An idea suddenly flashed through his mind.

[Master, you won't—]

It seems like the Pride System understands what it means. But, Rogant ignored her reaction, and simply closed his dark eyes and opened them as he stared at Meily's body with a melancholy look.

The lips slowly formed a smile.

But it is different than before.

The word “Iblis” is perfect for describing that crazy smile.

“Alright, let's make a little mess.”