Chapter 238

Chapter 238: They Actually Let Disabled People Work!?

"Hateful! Hateful!"

"Release us! Release us!"

"You’re asking for death! Asking for death!"

The three blood octopus Outer Gods hurled curses over each other.

They were bound by magical ropes.

Though appearing comical, blood octopus Outer Gods were formidable; beyond their hidden trump cards, each possessed strength comparable to a core councilor based on surface-level power alone.

Whatever bound them had to be at least Core Councilor Level!

Just as expected…

"Hey, vermin."

"Quiet!"

"Whoosh—!"

A colossal Divine Body bearing overwhelming divine might pressed down violently; divine winds swept backward the blood octopus Outer Gods’ large "ear blades".

"Gurgle…"

The enormous skull upon the Divine Body loomed before them.

The blood octopus Outer Gods widened their eyes, not daring to breathe.

They were stunned by the sheer ugliness of this creature before them!

It had a large torso with four short legs, standing somewhat upright with a stubby tail; while this posture might seem clumsy and unwieldy for modern animals, it was standard during the Permian era when Deinosuchus could dominate.

But the head stood out most!

Its elongated snout bore nostrils at the very tip.

Unlike the moist noses of cats or dogs, his nose exposed two rounded cavities like a boar’s snout.

The gaunt, hairless face featured two small eyes glinting fiercely as they fixed upon the blood octopus Outer Gods.

In short: ugly.

Ugly with distinction, ugly to perfection—so repulsive it petrified the blood octopus Outer Gods.

Yet soon, they regained their senses.

"What abomination is this?! Is this even a living thing?"

"Hideous! Utterly hideous!"

"Don’t make us look! Our eyes ache!"

All three blood octopus Outer Gods bent their "elephant ear blade"-shaped fins downward, covering their round eyes as if shielding their vision.

"You lot—!"

"ROAR—!"

The grotesque Chaos Demon God began to erupt in fury…

"Poof!"

"Pop!"

The three blood octopus Outer Gods suddenly made crisp sounds and vanished like bubbles.

Nearby, their laughter echoed.

"Hahaha! Stupid! Foolish!"

"Underestimated us! Serves you right!"

"Can’t catch us! Can’t grab us!"

Waving their tentacles and shaking the "ear blade fins" on their foreheads, the blood octopus Outer Gods kept provoking.

"Oh?"

Yet the Chaos Demon God showed no offense.

Instead, his ugly Divine Body revealed a hint of a "smile."

Though still hideous, it mattered that the Divine Body could smile at all.

Some Divine Bodies never smiled.

For instance, the Divine Bodies of Lady Xidi, Barbatos, and Gimmerly showed no expressions; their emotions came through shifts in Soul pressure, making others sense the deity was smiling or raging.

But this demon god was the opposite.

His Divine Body smiled genuinely!

"They say blood octopus Outer Gods are utterly dependable."

"Lady Xidi seems to believe that, treating you as her trusted aides."

"Yet she doesn’t know the darkness and betrayal hidden in your hearts!"

"So…"

The Chaos Demon God eyed the blood octopus Outer Gods.

"How about this? I, Butis, the seventeenth seat of the Chaos Council, will give you 3000 shards of divine rank."

"In return, just tell me what Lady Xidi plans to do in that Bubble World, ‘Sotiko’?"

"Or hand over what you’re escorting? I hear it’s top-secret intelligence, right?"

"To fish well, you must know the fish—then you can bait the hook."

The blood octopus Outer Gods froze, their noise ceasing.

"This… this… isn’t easy! Not easy!"

"Lady Xidi treats us kindly! Very kindly!"

"Guilty conscience! It weighs on us!"

…

The Chaos Demon God paused, then laughed again.

"Hehe, do you lot actually talk about conscience?"

The blood octopus Outer God shook his head, his ear blade fins swaying back and forth.

"No! No!"

"I mean more shards of divine rank! You must pay extra!"

"Only shards of divine rank can soothe one’s conscience! Only then does conscience feel better!"

"Pay extra! Pay extra!"

—-

【Hey! Chosen one candidates, ready?】

【Listen, those evil gods aren’t simple!】

【They’re chaos! Get what chaos means? Destroys everything, no mercy!】

【Go now! In this brutal arena, duel terrifying deities and become the true, one-and-only god!】

An overly energetic voice buzzed in Trilobite’s mind.

Trilobite nearly tore out Miss Themis’s installed "speaker."

Not that the female voice sounded bad.

Quite the opposite—it was spirited and bouncy, radiating intense "genki" energy.

Her tone and emotion perfectly mimicked a peppy high school girl.

Just painfully cringey…

Trilobite felt exactly like Akiyuki meeting the SOS Brigade leader for the first time. (Wonder if any readers still recognize the Haruhi reference.)

Hearing this made Trilobite’s embarrassment meter explode.

"Ahem, miss customer service lady."

"Is your brain… wait, do you have some… cognitive or perceptual… issues?"

Trilobite phrased it diplomatically.

A direct translation would be: "Are you mentally okay?"

This "cringey girl" answered bluntly:

【Correct!】

【My brain’s infected by chaos! Totally broken!】

【I’ve lost all judgment! Haha!】

"…"

"Hey, don’t sound proud about being sick!"

"Take meds if you’re ill!"

【Incurable! Haha!】

"Sigh…"

Trilobite felt an urge to cover his face, though his stubby little hands couldn’t manage it.

"What’s going on?"

"Among these customer service ladies, Miss Themis enjoys bossing around experts, but she’s relatively the most normal one."

"The next…"

"Valaharl, sickly."

"Zizi, child labor."

"And this one, brain-dead."

"What kind of blessed capitalist!? String them up on lamp posts!"

【Hey! You! How rude to a beauty!】

【How dare you call me brain-dead?】

【I’m the great Will of the World! Sotiko!】

【I named this world!】

【I just have an incurable sick mind! Not brain-dead! Haha!】

Trilobite listened with pity.

"Still, this silly brain-dead kid gave me useful clues."

"For example…"

The "customer service lady’s" mention of beasts put Trilobite on alert.

"I’ll send a capable assistant to scout first."

"Hmm…"

"Summon my number one symbiotic creature young lady. Then reward the fourth symbiotic creature young lady!"

"Hmm…"

Trilobite lay on the dry "moss," checking the fourth symbiotic creature’s status.

"Oh!"

"She’s stored so much Chaos Energy!"

"Why not… buy all this for you!"

—-

"This… impossible!"

"The Outer God leading this attack actually…"

"Actually…"

Even now, Sotiko warriors in bio-armor couldn’t believe recent events—Chaos Demon God was defeated!

He’d lost a Soul battle to some "unknown" deity.

His minions, the powerful Outer Gods from the Void, fell first. Then the loathsome yet mighty evil god intervened personally—and failed again.

He fled the world wailing.

Shame and pain barred his return.

Armored warriors claimed their "Giant God" won this "Soul battle."

Good news, yet…

"Lord Ancient Blood Warrior."

"Those tin cans are preaching again!"

"They demand our children worship the ‘Giant God’! Many have shamelessly converted! This…"

The concerned Ancient Blood Warrior’s report was cut off by his commander’s raised hand.

"Not the time for arguments…"

"Chaos Demon God won’t swallow this insult."

"Look…"

Distant black dots suddenly swarmed the horizon!

"Is that…?"

"Outer Gods from the Void!?"

"A whole swarm of them!"