Chapter 14

“W-what the hell?!”

“Why is the Black Slime…?!”

“Wait… is that… Purification?”

One of the fanatics muttered in a trembling voice.

Purification.
A legendary power said to be granted only to the pope, chosen directly by God.

It had no physical form, and yet it was the single thing most feared by the fanatics of the Evil God.

“No,” said the fanatic with the armband. His face was pale and cold, and the whites of his eyes were unnaturally prominent.

He narrowed his eyes.

“That’s not Purification.”

The Black Slimes hadn’t been purified.

They had simply melted.

These creatures that would normally dissolve anything they touched had been dissolved instead.

Wasn’t this precisely in line with the Evil God’s doctrine—returning all things to their source?

The fanatic with the armband was named Dekara, commander of the underground cult cell in District 321.

“…Ah. Truly…”

His mouth opened in awe as he exhaled.

All the Black Slimes had melted away, leaving behind only a massive black puddle.

The Evil God’s ultimate goal was to corrupt all things, to return all existence to its origin.

Only that was considered salvation.

The back of his neck itched with exhilaration. An uncontrollable desire, a rush of pleasure.

He had just witnessed a miracle.

“Salvation… we’ve been saved!”

Dekara’s eyes glistened as a wide grin split across his face.

The child who had melted the Black Slimes was sitting calmly at the center of the black puddle.

Bennett stared blankly at Nemesia.

‘That’s… really a child of the Evil God? No, that’s…’

No fanatic would call someone who had erased such a fearsome creature a “follower.”

Someone who eradicates monsters and returns them to nothingness…

By every measure he knew, that looked more like a savior from God.

While Dekara and Bennett each stood lost in wildly opposing thoughts, the child quietly reached her hand into the black puddle.

And then…

Nemesia looked up toward them.

“The Black Slimes have returned to Him.”

Her tattered clothing clung to her, exposing parts of her pale skin, which contrasted starkly with the inky black puddle around her.

Even seated in that thick, viscous liquid, she somehow appeared clean… sacred, even.

“They’ll return, stronger than before.”

Nemesia bowed her head and kissed the liquid.

Even with the black ooze staining her pink hair, she didn’t look the least bit sullied.

“For the Evil God’s left brain is watching over us.”

Even Bennett couldn’t help but feel a sense of reverence.

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Meanwhile, Nemesia herself was—

‘AAAAAGH! NOOOO! OH GOD THIS IS DISGUSTING!!!’

Internally, she was screaming like mad.

‘Gross, gross, GROSS! Gamer down! I need emergency evac!!’

Life in the Order was brutal for a gamer.

It was like a mafia-style game.

The kind where if you got exposed before the right timing, you were just dead. No save point.

It played on every masochistic survivalist instinct buried deep in her Korean DNA.

And in this game… there was a special rule just for the protagonist:

‘Any item the protagonist discovers for the first time is automatically treated as a first-time discovery—no matter what it is.’

[Item “Black Moss” acquired!]

She had picked up her first item the moment she entered the hideout.

Which meant… no one—neither the fanatics nor the Order—knew what “Black Moss” did.

[Objective: Discover 10 Black Slimes – 10/10 Complete]

The reason this mission even popped up was because…

This was a practice dungeon.

With Black Moss in your inventory, you could melt the monsters effortlessly.

This whole place was designed to let players practice using items.

Game Category [Post][Casual Chat]
[Fanatic Diaries]… cough…

Reflections

…(excerpted)… After 300 failed runs, I finally realized…!
The key to the perfect fanatic act… is item abuse!

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Comments:

👤 Savior 1
Bro… just drop a proper guide already, this is torture

👤 Savior 2
Evil God! Evil God! Evil God!!

It was all thanks to the Black Moss, though no one else could possibly know that.

The image of a child kneeling in a puddle where the Black Slimes had melted…

And remaining completely unharmed?

That alone was enough to look like the blessing of the Evil God.

‘Whew… thank goodness I memorized all that cult doctrine. My mouth ran smooth, but my heart nearly stopped.’

The only downside was that the slime puddle was disgusting.

‘Make out with waste fluid and live, or get murdered by a fanatic.’

Was there even a choice?

‘Good thing I unlocked the fanatic route too.’

All that doctrine she’d memorized? Originally, it was for research—just a mishmash of Earth philosophy and conspiracy theories.

But whatever. It worked.

‘Looks like I fooled them all.’

And best of all—she’d done it without a scratch.

[Achievement Unlocked! A Fanatic’s Bashful Favor!]

[Nothing Is Too Difficult for a Child of God: Passive Skill “Child Actor” acquired!]

Child Actor—a skill that only activated when the protagonist was a child, and yes, it was that child actor.

‘Huh? Why’d that trigger here?’

Not that she had time to think about it.

“Truly… truly remarkable.”

The certainty in Dekara’s voice snapped her out of her thoughts.

The commanding fanatic strode forward, then dropped to one knee before her.

“Aah! Oh Left Brain of the Evil God, forgive me for doubting and questioning Thy will!”

“…”

“O Chosen One!”

Thud!

He slammed his forehead into the ground.

Ssssshhhk!

‘ACK!’

You lunatic! The splash!

Dekara’s head had barely touched the Black Slime puddle, and already his hair began to dissolve, his skin sizzling slightly.

But his face was radiant with joy.

‘I really didn’t want to feel the “power of acting” this way…’

“That robe…! Are you a pope candidate? Have we finally infiltrated even that sacred place?”

A sharp glint entered his eyes—he was fishing for information.

There was still doubt… faint, but lingering.

Oh?

Nemesia wiped her expression clean.

“Why would I tell you that?”

“…”

“The Evil God said, ‘This is not something to be shared with a mere underground district leader.’”

Dekara’s face twitched. Doubt? No—it was vanishing.

“You’re right. I was foolish to overstep. Then… what do you desire?”

Nemesia turned her head slowly, deliberately.

‘Whew, good thing I just got the “Child Actor” skill.’

Her stamina was wearing thin. A child’s body wasn’t made for long stretches of tension.

This new skill would make all the difference.

Game Category [Post][Strategy Guide]
[Useful Passive Skill List (Long)]

Among the things you can get by achieving milestones,
I’ve compiled only the useful ones.

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◆ No.23 “Child Actor”

An ultra-rare skill only obtainable in early chapters.
Yes, it’s that child actor skill lol.
If you got this, congrats, you basically won the lottery.
Children have low stamina and are vulnerable to fanatic skills, but this boosts stamina efficiency.
Lets you pick favorable dialogue options continuously.

But the major drawback is…

“What do I want? A sacrifice.”

Her eyes locked onto the other fanatics standing in the back.

They looked terrified—either trembling or bowing so fast their foreheads nearly hit the floor.

“You were planning to use them as live offerings, weren’t you?”

She glanced toward the ground.

Now that she wasn’t hiding by the wall, she noticed a massive ritual circle drawn on the floor ahead.

‘Confusion, Isolation, Containment… Is this a nightmare spell?’

She skimmed the markings.

“A summoning circle for paranormal entities.”

“…! How do you know that?!”

“The Evil God told me.”

Bennett was still bound nearby, and she could see him through the corner of her eye. Their gazes met—and he flinched.

‘Hm? What’s with that look…?’

“You were trying to summon an aberration through the underground… but you don’t have nearly enough sacrifices.”

“Impossible…”

Dekara’s eyes narrowed again. He was calculating.

“Then try it.”

She gestured with her chin.

“Throw one of them into the circle and cast the ritual. You’ll see I’m right. The spell’s single-use anyway, so it won’t matter if it fails.”

“…”

“And you’d better hurry.”

Expressionless, she raised her finger and pointed at the ceiling.

“The holy knights are coming down… from above.”
 

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Translator: Japchae