I Became a Wendigo in a Fantasy World

78 – Episode 78

Alfodr smiled so widely that he bared his teeth.

The exhilarating pain, the cold air, and even Freya’s life were more than welcome.

Because all of that was proof that he had reached Middle Earth.

“I want to enjoy this sensation a little more… But it’s going to be difficult because my body doesn’t speak.”

Alfodr was greatly disappointed when he felt the limitations of his body. His warrior body was not strong enough to contain the spirit of God.

Of course, it was not without fault that Alpodr himself treated his body harshly. He plucked out a healthy eye, so how could he be fine?

Freya pointed a finger at Alfodr and reprimanded him.

“Then why are you making such a fuss about possessing a body that doesn’t meet your level? Why are you pulling out your eyes, and can’t you see that we’re scared because of that?”

“Uh…Us?”

Skadi looked puzzled and asked back, pointing at himself and Sir. She and Sir were not so inexperienced shamans that they were afraid of having their eyes gouged out.

It’s no different from being a female boss who has already seen a difficult situation…

“Hey, Freya. We’re okay…”

“Well, it certainly doesn’t look pretty.”

When the Wendigo nodded her head and supported Freyja’s argument, Skadi swallowed her words as if she had never done that before.

As Skadi smiled softly, Sir sighed.

It’s shocking that a being who calls himself a god has plucked out his eyes, but even the most calm and common-sense Skadi has started to lose his grip…

Alfordr pointed at Sir, who smiled slyly and sighed.

“That girl’s reaction isn’t that she’s scared at all, right? And if she’s going to be scared, she’s probably more scared of the ogre next to you, not me.”

“?”

“I’m sure there’s a lot of prejudice because he’s an old man, or rather an old god. Gulmarg is a good ogre.”

The Wendigo lightly accepted Alfordr’s point. Alfodr looked at the Wendigo with an incredulous look, but he did not discourage her argument.

Honestly, Gulmarg had better common sense than Alfodr, who ripped out the eyes of his followers alive.

The Wendigo glared at Alfodr and warned him.

“You look unwell, so I hope we can move on to the main topic quickly.”

“Oh, I’m sorry. I was so excited to be back that I stopped talking nonsense. Anyway, before I get to the point… How about sending those ladies away?”

“You mean Skadi and Sir? Why?”

The wendigo did not let down her guard. The bad guys that Freya acknowledged were the gods of the North.

With guys like that, it wouldn’t be surprising if they started tricking them while they were away from him.

Sensing her Wendigo’s wariness, Alpodr explained to the Wendigo with a shocked expression.

“The story I’m going to tell you now is a fairly old one. I don’t mind listening to it, but… Honestly, I don’t think the shamans will just listen.”

“What does that mean?”

“A shaman who is full of curiosity tends to be as naughty as a tentacle. Unfortunately, he will die before I can answer all the questions and get to the point.”

“There’s no way they could do that.”

I flinch.

Alfodr’s sharp guess made Skadi and Sir turn their heads with awkward looks.

The wendigo looked at them with an absurd gaze.

No matter what, I was thinking of asking a question even though no one can tell that it is normal…

The girls blushed and made excuses.

“There are not many records about God in the world…”

“It’s a being whose name I don’t even know. It’s something a shaman can’t help but be curious about.”

Honestly, it was not easy for Wendigo, who was far from having such intellectual curiosity, to understand the two….

Her arms were bent inwards, and the Wendigo decided to accept the two’s excuses.

“Certainly the curiosity of shamans is an unavoidable instinct.”

“Do you really doubt me? Even though I was lost and left no name behind, no one in this winter land could lie in my name. If you want, you could even swear…”

“Good. Promise me that you won’t manipulate the two of them.”

“……”

Alfodr was embarrassed. I had no idea that the Wendigo would be this strong.

Those who dealt with gods were generally of high status and good ability.

Of course, when such people mentioned the gods’ oaths, they thought, ‘If the gods say something like that, I can believe it,’ and moved on…

‘Do spirits these days have no desire for honor?’

Alfodr’s judgment could be seen as half wrong. Even after the gods disappeared, the spirits were still evil species obsessed with arrogance and strange honor.

However, the Wendigo did not have much desire for honor and she did not believe in things that were not as clear as honor.

‘Among the guys I’ve met so far, it’s rare that they don’t mention honor.’

The wild boars, Onetondo, and the shamans who made threats in the name of a deal each had their own honor.

But in the eyes of the Wendigo, honor was nothing more than an accessory to her. There were too many tribes who said that they had no choice but to kill one person for the sake of honor.

‘I can’t trust that with my life, and there’s no reason to do so.’

The Wendigo glared at Alfordr as if telling him to swear quickly.

Those who think of themselves as honorable have a hard time picking up what they have said.

Alfordr swore with a shocked expression.

“I swear to the Creator, my father and mother, that I will reach out to Skadi and Sir…”

“I hope you swear clearly. Stretching out your hand is a word that can be interpreted too ambiguously.”

“……”

Alfordr looked at the Wendigo with an expression of bewilderment.

What kind of guy is this…?

Freya, who watched this, felt refreshed as if she had just drank cold ice water.

‘hehehe. ‘The wendigo is so obnoxious when it comes to arguing, but at times like this, it’s really adorable!’

Freya looked at the Wendigo with a look filled with kindness.

The Wendigo felt those gazes and was puzzled. She couldn’t figure out why Freya suddenly expressed her favor.

‘Are you crazy?’

A short, rude thought that would have made Freyja scream if she had noticed passed through the Wendigo’s mind.

Alfodr was only able to talk to the Wendigo after making clear and complex oaths to Skadi and Sir.

* · * *

Alfordr began to tell old stories to an audience that was difficult to imagine: two spirits and an ogre.

At first she thought the wendigo wouldn’t be much help. Because what he was living through was the present, not the past, and what he had to worry about was the future.

However, the Wendigo’s thoughts gradually changed as Alfordr’s story continued.

“So… Are you saying that the children of the Creator who created the world were gods, and that the gods committed many accidents and were expelled?”

“You could say so. The Creator was the most good person and could not stand by and watch Middle-earth fall into chaos.”

“But shouldn’t he have made the gods good from the beginning?”

The Wendigo suspected Alfodr of her unbelievable words. Common sense tells us that if the creator did not want it, there would be no reason for his children’s personalities to become a mess.

But Alfodr shook his head and opened his mouth.

“The Creator is omnipotent, but not omniscient. The void he used to create the world was tainted with evil.”

That is why the world was born indiscriminately with evil people, good people, and beings in between. Even the gods couldn’t avoid that law…

The Wendigo looked puzzled and asked Alfodr.

“Then is it because the spirits’ personalities are so bad because they are tainted by evil?”

“hehehe. The spirits’ personalities are definitely the same. I guess it’s no different now than it was in the past.”

“That’s true. The spirit has a dirty personality.”

“… Why are you looking at me?”

Freya grumbled at the stinging stares coming from around her, and Alfordr burst into laughter and touched his empty eye sockets.

“The reason spirits have bad personalities is not because they are tainted by evil, but because of the law of the fittest. That law is the most powerful law that was created at the birth of the world.”

‘Certainly the spirits had a basic contempt for the weak.’

In order to fight against the might of the jungle, one had to have the ability to judge whether the opponent is the weak.

Naturally, the spirits born from nature, who were no different from nature itself, had no choice but to be strongly influenced by those laws.

Since the surroundings were full of beings weaker than themselves, it would have been natural for the spirit to become arrogant and cunning.

“Well, let’s skip this boring old story. It’s good to learn from the past, but it’s not a reason to postpone problems that need to be solved right away.”

“Okay. Why on earth did you appear in the forest? You weren’t even interested before you were expelled by the Creator.”

Freya glared at Alfordr with a dissatisfied expression.

Now, having lived as an outcast for so many years, my personality may have become toxic, but my essence has not changed.

This is the essence of a war god who glorifies the tragedy of warriors and delights in the loss of dozens of lives.

Alfordr snorted at Freya’s question.

“Freya, are you really going to pretend like you don’t know? Do you really not know what my return means?”

“Two, stop talking about things that only you know. We’re young and don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Gulmarg scolded the two with a frustrated expression.

Alfodr pointed to Gulmarg and said.

“Where did your high intelligence come from?”

“It came from a strange fruit.”

“Yes, it must be a fruit. It is a fruit of wisdom that only grew in the days when the gods walked around Middle Earth. It is a mysterious fruit that makes anyone realize their intelligence and realize good and evil.”

“What do you want to say?”

The Wendigo urged Alfordr.

This old god must have been so happy to return to his hometown after such a long time that his tongue was very long.

“The exiled gods have begun to return to Middle-earth, and the awakening of the fruits and relics of wisdom is nothing more than a sign of the beginning.”

Alfodr looked at Gulmarg and tapped his head once and again on a piece of stone he had picked up from the floor.

Throwing away a piece of stone, Alfordr drew runes in the air, creating a large circle and several circles surrounding it.

Alfodr opened his mouth, pointing to the largest circle.

“This circle is Middle-earth. It is the largest, greatest, and most perfect place. It can be said to be more interesting and enjoyable than any other place.”

“What about the remaining circles?”

“What can you say? These are the dimensions that the Creator took away from the children he kicked out.”

Lines extended from the various dimensions surrounding Middle-earth and headed towards Middle-earth.

The Wendigo realized that it signified a connection between Middle Earth and other dimensions.

“It looks like a gap has appeared between dimensions.”

“Yes. It can be said that it is the result of efforts to return to Middle-earth. However… It is not to the extent that the gods return to Middle-earth.”

“So, rather than descending directly, he possessed the body of a warrior.”

Alfodr nodded his head. Naturally, the Wendigo had doubts.

Why on earth did you come to the forest?

“It’s suspicious. Forest people have little faith in the old gods, so why on earth did they come to this forest?”

“You are asking the obvious. Of course I came to see you, right?”

Alfodr held out her hand to the Wendigo with her only eye shining.

“Would you like to do something big with me?”

“……”

The Wendigo looked at Alfordr’s hand.

She looked next at Freyja’s face, then at Gul Marg’s face…

“… This is the first time I’ve ever received a proposal that I wanted to decline this much.”

The Wendigo was disgusted and walked away from Alfordr. She didn’t even have to smell it.

This guy was clearly a fraudster.