Transford into Cosmic Horror in a Sci-Fi Universe
EP.76 Interview
Whoa, that startled .
Sohow, I was suddenly able to escape from there and return to my laboratory.
[ Hm? You suddenly went sowhere, and now you’re back. ]
Seeing Idra, who I was just talking to, it seems I’ve returned to the right place.
Wow, that really scared .
This is the first ti I’ve encountered an unexpected crisis since becoming an Outer God.
That was really dangerous.
At least when I entered that space, it felt like I gained so new power? That’s how I managed to escape.
What could that have been?
I couldn’t even perceive its existence.
[ Conversation requested. ]
Just as I was thinking that.
Suddenly, that voice spoke to again.
[ What are you? ]
It was behind .
Surprisingly, its form was that of a tentacled giant with red eyes, just like .
Seeing the imasurably large tentacled giant, I realize how grotesque my own appearance must be…
No, that’s not what’s important right now.
What matters is that this being followed here.
Moreover, this isn’t just so gap that can be easily traversed; it’s a laboratory dinsion I created independently.
It’s not a place that even beings like Idra or Nyarlathotep can casually break into without my permission.
Yet it appeared beside as if it had co along without any effort.
[ Huh? Why are there two of you? ]
Idra is confused beside .
It seems it’s not just visible to …
[ Conversation? You want to talk with ? ]
When I asked that, the other tentacled giant nodded affirmatively.
A conversation, suddenly.
What happened to kidnapping at will and trying to kill for being a dangerous elent?
As I glared at it with that thought, it moved its arm and suddenly transported and itself to a different space.
“Is this more comfortable for conversation?”
[ ….. ]
I’ve seen this scene before.
It was when I had a conversation with Nyarlathotep.
It changed into a human form to make comfortable.
This ti was the sa.
The difference is, while Nyarlathotep changed into a beautiful young woman.
This other giant, amusingly, took on the exact appearance of my human self.
What’s this? Is it deliberately imitating ?
As I started to feel a bit annoyed at that thought, it spoke.
“I apologize. In my haste to transform, I synchronized with you, the one I’m most strongly connected to at the mont. I hope you’re not offended.”
Strongly connected? Synchronized?
Why is it taking on my appearance?
I suppose I’ll find out all of that when I talk with it.
“Alright, let’s talk.”
I also change into a human form for easier conversation.
However, wanting to differentiate myself from it a bit, I take on Yujin’s appearance.
We look basically similar, but there are so differences between Yujin and my true form.
…Saying it like this makes feel a bit annoyed again.
My human self was good-looking too, you know? Really!
So, and that… ugh, what should I call it?
“Well, if it’s a na in your information… How about calling ‘Azathoth’?”
How is it answering as if it’s reading my thoughts?
Can it read minds?
That thing’s na is Azathoth, Aza… what?
Wait a minute.
Azathoth?
The Azathoth I know is the being at the pinnacle of the Outer Gods in the Cthulhu Mythos, isn’t it?
No, it’s not just about Outer Gods.
It’s the absolute being in the mythology.
The creator of this world and a being unbound by anything.
It’s truly the being most deserving of the na ‘god’ in the Cthulhu Mythos, the very Origin of everything.
And at that mont, I felt like all the puzzle pieces were falling into place.
The most fundantal being, yet one without an origin.
The reason why I could only obtain information about the universe without any reaction when I connected with it.
How the being I’m now calling Azathoth could move with overwhelming power.
And why I could resist its power.
Everything made sense in my mind.
“Azathoth… I see. I was your ‘Yujin’, the Yujin of you who are the Origin of this world.”
Finally, everything made sense.
The highest-ranking Outer Gods are the beings that co into existence from the primordial Origin.
But I suddenly appeared out of nowhere, as if I had dropped from thin air.
The reason is that Azathoth created by breaking off a piece of himself.
Because I am his avatar and alter ego.
What about being human? Why do I have mories?
I’m not sure about that.
Is it because Azathoth created that way?
Or… did so unexpected problem occur that even he didn’t anticipate?
Considering he said things like “dangerous elent” and “must be eliminated,” I think it’s more likely the latter.
I have many questions.
Well, that’s okay.
There’s plenty of ti.
That Azathoth fellow probably has plenty of ti too.
No, I suppose the concept of ti is aningless for both of us.
Then I’ll ask the first thing I need to ask.
“Why did you create ?”
Above all else, that’s what I wanted to know most.
After understanding this fundantal aspect, I needed to think about the rest.
“For the sa reason you created Yujin.”
Yujin.
The first alter ego I created.
I created him to communicate with the beings of the universe because I couldn’t approach them directly.
Of course, now it feels more like he’s the protagonist of a story for my amusent.
Then, the Outer Gods born from the most fundantal Origin…
Did he create to communicate with them and the creatures they created?
Or to watch and enjoy it?
Considering the gaze I felt earlier, it’s probably the latter.
Is he saying he created for his own amusent?
…This feels a bit unpleasant.
I’m starting to feel a little sorry for Yujin and the elves.
More than that, I see.
So I’m a being created by Azathoth.
To think that after creating and playing with creatures, I turn out to be the creation of an even higher being.
It couldn’t be more ironic.
But putting that aside, why was I human?
Was that so kind of disguise too?
Or did he want to experience sothing by creating an alter ego that was an ordinary human?
But then why make an Outer God?
No, let’s think about this carefully.
Considering all the experints I’ve done on various creatures, I might never have been human at all.
Perhaps, as part of curiosity or testing, mories of having been human were simply overlaid onto .
That might be why the personality of my human self is gradually fading, and my sense as an Outer God is growing stronger.
I want to ask about this aspect too.
Just as I was about to ask the next question…
“Wait, let speak first.”
It interrupted and said to .
“I’ve co to warn you.”
A warning.
Is this about being a dangerous elent?
Why am I considered a dangerous elent?
I’ve done plenty of things that could be considered threatening, but…
Still, those were just things I did in a few small universe bubbles.
I don’t think that level of activity poses a danger to the entire Origin.
“The fragnt of the Origin within you has sprouted.”
“…?”
What’s that supposed to an all of a sudden?
What does it an to sprout…?
“You are no longer a fragnt. It ans you are now an ‘Origin’ like .”
“What…?”
The sa as Azathoth?
What does that an?
I understood that I was born from a fragnt of Azathoth’s power.
But are you saying that fragnt has sprouted and beco like Azathoth… an Outer God above Outer Gods, an ‘Origin’?
Could it be that I was suddenly able to escape from the Origin’s space earlier because… I gained this power?
But wait, this is strange.
I don’t possess such an absurdly omnipotent power.
Of course, the power of a top-tier Outer God could be considered omnipotent, but it’s not the sa as the inconceivable omnipotence of Azathoth, who exists on a level above all Outer Gods and is practically the Origin of this world.
That would be an absolute power that’s impossible to even describe.
He just said it sprouted.
Does that an it’s the beginning of growth?
So eventually, I’ll beco an ‘Origin being’ like him?
…How should I take this?
I’m confused.
I haven’t even clearly understood what kind of being I am yet, and now I have to worry about how I’ll change in the future.
This is too difficult.
Even as an omnipotent top-tier Outer God, this seed like too complex a problem.
“If you have questions, ask. If you don’t know what to do, ask. But rember one thing.”
Azathoth said, pointing at both himself and .
“Two Origins cannot exist in this world. Either you or I must disappear from here.”
“…!!”
Well, I suppose that makes sense in a way.
To put it simply, it’s like how two sets of physical laws can’t overlap in the universe.
A law stating that gravity acts downward and another stating that it acts to the right.
What would happen if both existed simultaneously?
The universe would beco a complete ss, all jumbled up and in chaos.
Of course, those two might combine to create a new physical law, but imagine if every single law in the world overlapped like that.
The universe would struggle to maintain its very existence.
…It’s sudden, but I’m feeling a bit curious to experint with this.
Anyway.
In other words, Azathoth is the ‘law’ of this entire world where Outer Gods live and multiple universe bubbles exist.
And I am the sprout that will beco that.
If two Origins overlap, it’s obvious what would happen to this world in the cracks, where far more laws are intertwined than in the ordinary laws of physics.
Which ans soone has to leave this place.
Literally disappear, or if that’s not possible, create a separate world with a different Origin.
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