NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 1018
<1018 – Eastern Chronicle (17)>
Ungratefulness.
Turning the Tables.
This phrase perfectly fits Oknodie, who is unreasonably angry when they shouldn’t be.
“This wicked Dark Tentacle Bird! Stealing energy from the Netherworld that others made, and thinking it’s something special! It deserves to get beaten up!”
“Creeeak!!!”
“What’s it bragging about? You bad bird! I’m gonna make you sick!”
The Dark Tentacle Bird is a high-ranking demon-level monster that absorbs an insane amount of energy from the overflowing Netherworld.
It’s a terrifying top-tier predator that wraps its tentacles around any weird creature it sees and devours them without a second thought.
But the fact that it eats everything might just be its weakness.
[Endless Spring Water]
[Holy Teacup]
By mobilizing a magic tool that forcibly grants the holy attribute and a teacup that copies ‘water-type’ items, holy water was copied to create an endless river in an instant.
“Yikes! The water’s too hot!”
“My hands are burning!”
Curious Mini Noddy Sisters popped out from all over, dipped their pinky fingers into the river, screamed, and scattered in all directions.
For the dark attribute creatures, river water made of holy water is pure poison!
“Aaah! My sister released weird water!”
“Why’s my sister acting weird when the youngest is dead?!”
“What? The youngest is dead?”
“Purpur died! You foolish sister!”
Oknodie’s eyes widened.
Could it be that one of the Mini Noddy Sisters actually died?!
“You wicked Dark Tentacle Bird! I didn’t want to give it more power, so I made the Mini Nodds, and now you’re eating them? Seriously unredeemable! I’m gonna punish you!”
The charges against the Dark Tentacle Bird kept piling up!
“She killed it…”
“Didn’t she?”
“Maybe?”
“I dunno…”
“If my sister says so, it must be true!”
The Mini Noddy Sisters, busy devouring emotions through their contracts, were just as clueless about the situation!
Thanks to that, even the innocent Mini Noddy Sisters started to harbor resentment against the Dark Tentacle Bird alongside Oknodie.
“The youngest’s enemy is that gigantic bird!”
“You nasty birdbrain!”
“Let us fight too, sister!”
Oknodie felt incredibly pleased with the Mini Noddies’ enthusiastic willingness to help.
“Spirits who live freely like thugs without siblings exist, but our sisters are all good kids! It must be because I’m a good sister!”
“Of course!”
“Did you contract with a lot of humans who wanted contracts today?”
The contract parties might have had slightly different opinions, but most were already a cold corpse.
The Mini Noddies thought they were genuinely being good kids, so their eyes sparkled as they chattered about today’s achievements, resembling Oknodie in both good and bad ways.
“So can I have a bit of your power?”
“No way!”
“Then how about the Hell Gate?”
“Definitely no way!”
Even though Oknodie, the Golden Goblin Noddy, usually shared stuff around, there was no compromise on something that could wipe out the round!
“Instead, I’ll exchange contribution points and dark magic techniques!”
“Wow, I’m so excited!”
“Does it also expand the emotional sensing range?”
“Yup!”
“If our strength increases, we can gather emotions without trades, right? We can also get stronger magic techniques?”
“Yup!”
“That’s awesome!”
The Mini Noddies prided themselves on 100% customer satisfaction, and they were excited about the exchange of achievements!
“Helping to catch that gigantic bird counts as a contribution too?”
“Yeah, but you gotta listen well, okay?”
Oknodie successfully controlled the Mini Noddies.
It was nice having spirits, imprinted from oneself, who came from oneself.
While deemed one of the foundation’s worst enemies, being able to handle such a dangerous entity so easily was an enormous advantage.
“First, hide nearby and catch the weird creatures hunting the residents! I’ll give you contribution points for everyone you bring in!”
Oknodie didn’t bother gathering the weird creatures and easily utilized the Mini Noddies to hunt them down.
Weird creatures immobilized and dragged in by the Mini Noddies.
Using magic to cut open the captured creature’s abdomen, a protective barrier lasting a set duration was applied inside, and then it was filled with endlessly copied holy water.
After stitching the abdomen back together and releasing it?
A Holy Bomb disguised as a weird creature was complete!
This was Oknodie’s strategy to take down the Dark Tentacle Bird.
Of course, this little weird creature would mean nothing to a Dragon-level Dark Tentacle Bird over 100m in size.
Even the influence of the high-grade holy water might just leave it a bit bloated.
So, catching more weird creatures and stronger ones was crucial.
The more you have, the more holy water can be stuffed in, and stronger individuals grant even more powerful additional effects to the holy water.
Thus, the most important task was for the Mini Noddies to diligently catch the weird creatures.
“I caught one!”
“Me too!”
“Here’s another!”
Fortunately, the prey was overflowing.
There were so many weird creatures released into the city that Oknodie couldn’t keep track, with even more pouring in from the Eastern Region.
The Mini Noddies couldn’t hide their excitement and came back with beaming faces after catching weird creatures.
“Low-grade weird creature! 1 contribution point per each!”
“Eh…”
“But for the first weird creature you deliver, I’ll give you a bonus of 10 points!”
“Wow!”
“That makes 10 points plus 10 more for the first delivery, and another 10 points for the first ten weird creatures delivered. Total of 30 points!”
“Sister, that’s amazing!”
The hidden advantage of a veteran player.
Reading the dopamine points!
Oknodie actively introduced achievement elements to boost the Mini Noddies’ motivation.
The more weird creatures they delivered in multiples of 10, the higher the contribution points they received.
Thanks to that, even the less skilled Mini Noddies pressed on with the volume to actively deliver weird creatures.
“Hmph. I brought in a mid-grade weird creature.”
“Impressive! I’ll give you 100 points for each!”
“…Hmph! If you think I’d want to kiss you for giving me a hundred points, you’re mistaken.”
“I’ll give you a hundred points if you kiss me!”
“….I’m only doing this because of the contribution points. It’s really out of necessity, so don’t misunderstand!”
Oknodie got a cheek kiss from the tsundere Mini Noddy while sprinkling fun with contribution points!
The Mini Noddies’ human-like reactions served as a reminder for Oknodie of her forgotten past, reflecting on her weak self who pushed everything off onto Cooking Oknodie.
‘Was there someone I wanted to kiss too?’
Unless it was a cursed frog that transforms into a random race upon kissing, why would she…?
At first, she was hesitant, but it seemed word spread already, as Mini Noddies began lining up to give her a kiss.
‘If I have to, it’d probably be the Papas…’
But all the papas were dead.
Whom should I kiss?
Suddenly, the images of Arcadia and Isabel, who always tease her with treats saying she’s so cute, popped up in her mind.
Also, the face of the wicked Professor Bronze who cages them in the special training room with snacks bought who knows where.
Couldn’t fall for such obvious tricks!
Oknodie shook her head vigorously.
Yet she couldn’t help but wonder about certain people.
Jonnas and Reap.
Two people she was always indebted to.
And if she had to add one more, maybe Warrior Ishtar?
But no, Ishtar was off-limits.
The gods would get super angry.
Kiss confiscated!
Oknodie, who diligently fantasized about giving a kiss while confiscating one, found the line of Mini Noddies waiting with a full bag of weird creatures for her to count.
“Sister. Once we’re done playing, settle up!”
“…Okay!”
Oknodie began to unpack the bag and inspect the weird creatures one by one.
However, the appearance of the fierce and terrifying weird creatures that should rival Western monsters was becoming increasingly modern.
This meant they had taken on practical forms like modern necessities, making it impossible to cut them open.
‘Where in the world did they get such weird creatures?’
As she casually activated psychic magic to glimpse the past memories of objects, short past events vividly appeared in Oknodie’s mind.
Crash!
Mini Noddies burst through a house window.
“Hand over all the weird creatures you have!”
“Oh dear, Mini Noddies. What are we supposed to eat if you take our weird creatures?”
“Weird creatures are harmful. Hand them over!”
“Instead of forgetting how to use chopsticks, this weird chopsticks enhance our skills using other hands!”
Weirdly useful weird creatures were not limited to just the <Weird Chopsticks>.
The <Super Layered Cloak> allows you to wear multiple layers but also sell the clothes you take off.
A <Rooster Weird Creature> that suddenly starts laying eggs one day.
The weird creatures had changed in their operational mechanism to benefit the civilians.
In another city, they may seem like fortuitous mutations, but in Sonwon, this direction of evolution was perfectly logical and reasonable.
Creeeek!
The Dark Tentacle Bird, master of the shadowy realm, often devours weird creatures.
However, the Dark Tentacle Bird didn’t touch the weird creatures that posed no harm to humans.
That’s because there were plenty of edible weird creatures, and it didn’t want to get on Oknodie’s bad side for allowing its own existence.
Thanks to that, weird creatures that didn’t want to be eaten changed their presence to become human-friendly, thereby reducing danger.
As a result, weird creatures had become precious means of livelihood and heirlooms for Sonwon’s civilians.
It also marked the onset of how the Mini Noddies became evil thieves robbing weird creatures from the public.
‘But, what if stealing doesn’t really matter? They are weird creatures after all!’
Oknodie casually accepted the weird creatures she kidnapped.
Thanks to that, the Mini Noddies realized that they could be even bolder in their pillaging against the civilians!