Chapter 156: Spiritual World

Chapter 156 Spiritual World

A pure white world spread before my eyes .

As it turned out, after discussing things with Seto, I fell asleep in the middle of Roxy’s class session .

Perhaps I unknowingly leaned on the table and fell asleep right then . Honestly, I think Roxy must be feeling irritated right now .

I really shouldn’t wake up anytime soon…

[Luna . ]

I called the owner of this space, but there’s no response . Only the silent white space replied back to me .

[Greed . ]

Along with Luna, I also called out to my one partner who had been assisting me in my training inside the spiritual world .

But the result was the same . There was no prideful voice that I’ve come to be familiar with replying to me .

Have I somehow become lost in this spiritual world?

No, no . That shouldn’t be the case . This world was created by Luna to protect my heart and soul from the Gluttony skill . Luna should be here, somewhere .

I repeatedly called her name, but no reply came back to me still .

[What is going on here…]

Stumped by the unexpected situation, my eyes wandered downward . And there, I saw my own shadow .

Weird… this is the spiritual world here . How come my spiritual body cast a shadow here?

[Why… do I have a shadow?]

I crouched down, trying to touch the shadow,

[Don’t touch!]

The shadow distorted and escaped from my touch .

So intently it tried to escape, it separated itself from where the shadow should’ve begun .

As if it has a will of its own,

[You are…]

The shadow rose and took shape . The silhouette of someone I knew .

It has a pair of repulsive bright red eyes .

Its index finger was pointed at me, as an ugly smile formed in its face . The shadow expanded and formed a greatsword in its hand . A greatsword, but it looked weird .

The body of the blade extended down to where the pommel should be, making it so as if the greatsword was just a piece of iron slab without any hilt at first glance .

A jet-black greatsword seemingly specialized for powerful strikes . The sword’s features reminded me of mortal sin weapons such as Greed, Sloth, and Envy .

The shadow seemed to be hostile . Its gaze seemingly filled with extraordinary hate, as though I was an obstacle to its greatest goal .

This might be dangerous .

The reason is simple . I was unarmed . And facing this kind of enemy while unarmed is like looking for death .

Even so, the shadow already moved in to attack me while letting a guttural beastly roar .

While I was still hesitating, the jet-black greatsword already rained down on me .

[Wha!?]

I managed to evade the downward swing . But then black aura burst out from the sword, painting the white floor where it landed earlier with its color instantly .

At the same time, my body was wrecked by pain .

[I still took damage… what did it just do?]

The shadow didn’t even care to reply to me . Already moving in again for a second strike .

This time I had no time to evade . I needed a weapon to block this attack .

But I don’t have any right now .

Am I going to die…

『Sorry for the wait . 』

[Greed!]

My partner appeared within my grasp in a flash of light .

Encouraged by his appearance, I moved to block the Shadow’s attack .

『You seemed to be struggling there . 』

[This fellow, what in the world is he?]

『You should be able to tell』

[… . . ]

Borne from my shadow, with a form that resembles me .

『Yes, you guessed it right . He is the other you……that has been corroded by the Gluttony skill . It is finally strong enough to force its way to the spiritual world that Luna created . 』

[That is . ]

『Until now, it has been waiting until you got devoured by the Gluttony skill . But now, it is trying to take you out by its own power . Remember that dying in this place equals to the death of your soul . 』

[That means, if it managed to kill me here…]

『The Gluttony skill will take over your body and run rampant in the real world』

Dammit, I inwardly thought as I pushed the greatsword back .

If I get done in right now, the rampage will most likely destroy Hauzen .

I jumped as far as I could away from the shadow .

『That was why Luna lost control of this spiritual world . She asked me for help, so here I am . 』

But Greed was in his sword form this time . He always appeared in his human form while in the spiritual world before .

And yet he’s using his real life form .

『Moreover, its power spiked up for some reason . I do not know why . 』

[Ah, I wonder if it has something to do with me]

『So you have an idea why?』

With the black sword already in my hand, I felt most assured .

[Let’s go, Greed]

『Go . 』

I deflected the attack from the shadow, and countered from the opening .

But the shadow managed to twist its body to minimize the damage it took .

With that, it should have difficulties in handling the greatsword .

For the first time since it started attacking me, the shadow actually pulled away .

I didn’t miss one little fact .

[What was that?]

『It’s this form’s secret technique . There is no limiter in this world, remember?』

[Yeah, I’ll do my best then . ]

Changing Greed into bow form, I immediately used Bloody Ptarmigan, this form’s secret technique .

We’re in the spiritual world . There is no need for me to sacrifice my status .

I could basically use the technique as if I’ve sacrificed 100% status . Thinking so, I changed the secret technique into its mutated form, the 《Bloody Ptarmigan Cross》 .

Normally, sacrificing 100% of my status to Greed would’ve killed me though .

A huge black lightning split into a double helix and struck the shadow .

The shadow shrieked and tried to block the arrow with its greatsword . However, before the overwhelming power, its attempt was in vain .

What was left was tattered pieces of shadow as it was no longer capable of maintaining its shape .

And for once, it actually said something that I could understand .

[You…are…mine . ]

After hearing that, I launched a coup de grace on the shadow . I could no longer stand seeing its hatred-filled face .

When it lost its shape, it melted into a black pool on the white floor . The pool, along with all other black stains that the shadow left behind with its attacks, disappeared after a while .

[Somehow, we defeated it . ]

I could hear Greed’s voice . But it’s coming from behind me, not from the black sword in my hand .

Turning around, I saw him in his human form . Luna was also there standing next to him .

[I’m glad that things worked out . I was worried for a moment there . ]

[Luna, that shadow, can you prevent it from attacking me again?]

Those last words the shadow left behind still lingered in my head .

[Impossible . After all, it’s also part of yourself, except that it has been tainted by the Gluttony skill . As long as you have the Gluttony skill, there is no escaping it . For now, it’s easy for Fate to defeat it since your heart and soul isn’t that eroded yet . However…]

[One day, it might get stronger than me . ]

[Yes . I made this wall to prevent the Gluttony skill from devouring Fate . But at the same time, Gluttony skill is also trying to find a way to overcome this wall . I’m sorry…]

From the looks of it, there’s nothing else Luna could do about it .

[There is still time, you’ll still have the advantage until then . ]

Greed added in as he tapped my shoulder .

I nodded to him, then spoke to Luna .

[Please don’t make such a face . It’s thanks to Luna that I could go this far . ]

[Thanks, Fate . ]

[I should be the one thanking you . So, thanks, Luna . Mmm, by the way, can I ask you one thing?]

[Yes, ask away . ]

[If Gluttony skill manages to devour me, what will happen to you?]

The girl smiled as a response,

[Then I’ll fall into the infinite hell below . ]

Her expression simply didn’t match the gravity of what she just said . Even Greed who was also listening next to me had his mouth agape .

These two sisters… They tend to be indifferent about themselves, don’t they?

In any case, all the more reason for me not to lose to that shadow .

[Alright, it’s almost morning . Fate should leave the spiritual world now . In the meantime, I’ll repair the damage left by the battle earlier . ]

Luna said that before sending me back to the real world .