The Core of Evil
Yarn Control
Hearing the news from Fuyuki, the three of us immediately walked as fast as possible towards the scene
The fast-paced time finally led us into the cafeteria, where we soon found Noah with his bloody neck, was holding a regular employee staff who seemed to be struggling to escape on the floor
When he saw me and Hector came, Noah raised his head slightly, showing a panicked expression
"Help me! This guy just suddenly took a kitchen knife and cut my face in half!" He called
With a kitchen knife...?
"Purpose. Her. No. gabe. Lt could. Dead" Raggot, who happened to be with Noah, also spoke while holding his sheathed sword
Both of them looked alert, in case everyone who surrounded us also began to behave strangely along with the man Noah detained
Hector immediately approached and asked Noah to step aside for a bit, so he held a thin, transparent object that could not be seen until I approached
Then, he activated the power of Terror, so that the transparent object spontaneously broke off, and pulled itself into the air until it disappeared from our sight
...
What's that thing?
The detained man also began to become unconscious, as Hector and Noah began to step aside completely to avoid putting pressure on the man again
"Take him to his room, then lock the room" Hector gave a direction, which everyone immediately agreed to with a restless expression on each of their faces
"Tch! All these people are not trained to handle a Maledict..." He then said, making Noah and the still shocked Raggot instantly flinch
"Maledict...?" Noah asked
"The "Malict of Control. The thread you see is its power. We'll talk about it later"
Along with the end of Hector's sentence, some fragments of space were open to each of us, indicating that we must enter immediately
"Chairman. Calling" Raggot said
He went ahead of us into a fragment of his space
If this space fragment is open, then the pillars must be gathered, right...?
Hmh! All of this is so confusing!
Alright. We'd better have some good news from today's incident
Simultaneously, the remaining of us entered the fragment of each room, so as to take us to the room of the pillars that had been filled by some members who had not been seen around us
"Explain what's going on?" Pinky asked curiously
But without giving us a breath, the meeting had apparently been opened immediately. This situation was so dire, that the pillars even went into an uproar
"Maledict of Control is attacking us. It seems like the bastard is in a place not too far away" Hector said as he began to sit with us on each other's thrones
"That's what makes me curious, too. How'd you get the results, Psyche, Tenet?" Mother Hera began to ask, but used a code name
The first one to answer was Cassidy, drawing our attention by raising our hands quickly
"The woman is far away. Among the stars" He said
"To be precise, 8 galaxies separate us from the Maledict..." Ulysses added later
They both acted quickly. I even had time to doubt that they were right, until I remembered what kind of power they had
And the distance is 8 galaxies?? That's a long way!
"Chairman. Give us an order" Noah asked in spirit
"I agree. Maledict is dangerous if it can control a person up to 8 galaxies away" I added
Our leader was silent for a moment on the empty throne, before finally speaking
"Your training is not done. We will only kill ourselves if you have to come" He said, specifically to me
"It really matters?! The Malict of Control will be able to handle it quickly if I come along!" I protested too
My Maledict power can already be activated even a little. So, if I can deal with that Maledict before he wreaks havoc any further, then-
"Don't go back to history, son. I know you don't want Corruption to kill anyone again" our chairman denied
...!
Shit...!
"Other "Armadas have also started to act to find and handle Control. Although I doubt they can find Maledict who's been wreaking havoc on Lantrophe's planet, we should let them move first"
"Armadas. Another?" Raggot asked this time
"Suthon Cavaliers, Unotopia, Eruditary, Astran Order, Void, and lastly Arcadia"
...
All of the anti-Malefic Armaments had the most famous names because of their strength...
Chairman's right. Anyways...
We should protect the ordinary personnel and members of this Fleet first. They are in even greater danger because the Fleet, which I do not even know the position of this place, has already begun to be attacked by Control. The fact that they had no fighting skills was also not helpful at all
"Why don't you spy on that fucking Maledict in person, chief??" Noah asked
"Because he'll know soon enough. There's a reason why his nickname was {Control}, Span" Our chairman replied
!!!
So he deliberately used the code name to all of us so that Control could not hear...?
Regardless of my doubts, every single one of our phones started ringing, indicating an incoming message
When I read it, the message went into every detail we knew about the Maledict of Control. The sender is Hera who should be with us right now on the 2 o'clock pillar
"One of my homemade bodies has already sent the message. All of them, along with the Androids, will also do some temporary isolation in the special ice tube" he answered a question I haven't had time to answer
"And preferably, the personnel except the cafeteria cooks and the pillars should do self-isolation as well. Lock yourself in a room with no one else, while the chefs deliver their daily meals until further notice. We're also going to do some sort of surveillance to make sure no chef is acting weird" our chairman gave us a directive, which everyone agreed to as soon as I stayed focused on reading the file
...
"I'll help in this mission" Pinky volunteered, unexpected by everyone. "The maledict was too dangerous to be left unattended" he added
Pinkie...
"Psyche and Tenet should also join in to replace Spine who must train this new child. Control has a weakness against opponents who have a strong psychic" Hera spoke, approved by the 2 names he called it
The meeting started quickly and ended very quickly. The chairman's decision entered final status, so that without a sign, the fragments of the room behind our respective thrones began to open
Maledict Offensive...
I never had it in Arcadia before. But...
Now we are in a life or death situation. This is how everyone in Arcadia felt when I got out of control...?
...
I'd better get going, too. Everyone's gone, and Noah has taken me out
I'll find a clearer answer outside later
...
...
...
Control...
He's more dangerous than I thought...
This fellow...
No. gabe. This monster...
He's not just wreaking havoc on the planet Lantrophe...
He actually made every person on the planet Lantrophe became his puppet...
But when I read the given file, the fact that this Maledict has not even fully risen makes me even more goosebumps, unlike what I thought
The fact that he still has his normal consciousness, but decides to act out of reason and choose to play the lives of others...
Choosing to be something terrible, so the unfortunate people of the planet had to endure its cruelty...
...
Barbarous creatures...!
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{{{ Somewhere }}}
"Those people really insisted on making my cute thread and doll break from each other..." A young-looking girl grumbled with a broken thread that fell from her hand. "That place has more Maledict than I thought. Not very cute..."
The girl with two round braids on either side of her hair, wearing a black dress that did not cover the upper part of her chest and shoulders, while playing her legs in the air was merely humming a children's song. The short skirt and long black socks she was wearing began to lift up along with her legs, as she lay on a stone chair and noticed what she wanted to notice
"My dolls started to move. They were so cute, covered in blood like that~" He said again, in a very carefree tone, before starting to laugh cynically
His eyes that were heading towards the top were faintly showing a black silhouette like a person
A person who was seen being bound in the sky of that building somehow kept moving it. A person who makes the girl happy, especially when a drop of blood of the person tied high above her drips down her cheek, as she licks the droplet into her mouth
"You are the best doll I have..." He said again, as long as the person he tied up with resignedly opened his eyes
"You... Was the first Maledict to be my doll~"
His laughter was ringing all over the unknown place, while the sound of wooden cracks clashing with each other was heard from the many dolls tied further above the victims belonging to the Malict of Control
