The Most Notorious “Talker” Runs the World’s Greatest Clan Vol. 4 by jaki

Author:jaki [jaki]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: light novel
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Published: 2023-03-16T07:00:00+00:00

The preliminaries consisted of four concurrent matches. That meant four fights taking place in four rings at the same time. Though all the competitors were B-Rank, I could tell immediately that they were all fighting at a very high level. Any one of these competitors was equally capable of victory. The spectators watched on with wide eyes, ecstatic at the chance to finally watch Seeker-on-Seeker combat.

The scream that tore through the air chilled everyone to the bone.

“Aaahhhhh!”

The voice sounded like death throes, and everybody—spectators and other competitors alike—turned toward it. A Seeker was clasping his left arm, spit flying from the corners of his mouth as he fainted. He was in such extreme pain that even his opponent was shocked.

“Whoa! What in the world is going on?!” cried Luna. “Gilliam is down, and by the looks of things, can no longer stand! But even his opponent is flabbergasted by what just happened! Big sis, can you fill us in?” She whirled on Finocchio with expectation in her eyes.

Finocchio nodded. “Put simply, Gilliam fell because he was unable to bear the pain. He and his opponent are both Gladiators, and their strength-based classes had them stuck in a deadlock. Gilliam decided on a risky strategy: to take a minor hit in order to counter with something fatal. He invited his opponent to take his left arm to open a path to a swift beheading. However, the Megalith instilled the appropriate level of pain before he could strike back, and Gilliam fainted.”

“Aha, he underestimated the Megaliths. The pain was so beyond his expectations that he fell unconscious! Wow, what a sad way to go!”

Luna didn’t pull any punches with her conclusion, and Finocchio responded with a wry chuckle.

“You’re correct, my little Lulu, but let’s not forget that Gilliam is an exceptional Seeker. We all saw the extent of his resolve. In real battle, Gilliam wouldn’t have flinched—he would’ve let his arm go flying so he could take his opponent’s head.”

“Huh?! Wait, wait,” said Luna, puzzled. “But Gilliam fainted from the pain, right? Are you saying that the pain reflected from the Megaliths is more than what it would be in real life?”

“Exactly that,” Finocchio said, bobbing his head.

“What?! How does that work?!”

“It’s pure pain, really. The Megaliths absorb bodily damage, but they reflect the equivalent pain or paralysis. The system works via simple electrical signals, which travel through the nerves to simulate damage. Put simply, the Megalith fools the brain.”

A cruel smile grew upon Finocchio’s face as he went on.

“However—and this was quite the surprising discovery for us—when the Megalith generates the illusion of pain, this signal to the brain bypasses any physical boosts imbued by the competitor’s class. Ordinarily, Gilliam could’ve withstood the pain of his arm being cut off, but without his physical boosts—that is to say, when faced with the pain in its purest form—he could not. That is the truth behind Gilliam’s defeat.”

The so-called “pure pain” Finocchio spoke of was not something I had intended. It was just a coincidence.

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