PSI stood speechless. Not literally; he was still mumbling in his head. So many situations at once—it was just enough for him to see the entrance of the twelve divine goblins and the king's aura forming right in front of him.
Not to mention he had just realized that there was another one stronger than the goblin he faced. Apparently, he was the leader of those goblins.
Now that all this was happening, he still had to kill all the goblins too. But it was super uncomfortable when a ghost shouted at him in such a stressful situation, saying,
"What the hell are you doing in my body?"
Overall, it wasn't half bad, since the actual episode would begin when the original owner of the body appeared. It seemed like Pathless was just transmigrated into someone's life to change it, either for the better or for the worse.
That all depended on the system and the original body owner's will. Which seemed very doubtful at first sight, but believable when it actually came down to one request and all the things that happened would end.
This was the sudden system that was prepared for him by the divine system he copied from the guidancer at the entrance.
[MEET THE OWNER WITH RESPECT.]
PSI saw the system standing right in front of him, telling him to meet the owner with respect. Expectantly, he turned around to see the ghost that looked exactly like the body he was in when he first arrived.
The body's looks had changed, and it had definitely become much stronger, with pretty satisfying fitness.
As a human, he would have actually died from lack of energy, since he would have been so skinny. That was the case, but for some reason there was still something repairing every tissue and every body part of his. Not even once had he felt like he needed to eat.
And to be honest, he had even gotten stronger since he was originally so skinny. Pathless wasn't bothered by that fact. Instead, he was thinking ahead about how to end this whole damn thing.
The ghost was so worried it kept moving around, thinking a lot and holding its hair.
"Please help me return to my body. I want to know what is going on. There is a war coming—a war, and not just any war. It's a world war. The unexpected yet undeniable war… the 25th World War."
PSI seemed curious, so he raised an eyebrow and asked politely,
"Fear not. We will talk about that later. I am PSI, and I came here to make your dreams come true. Not through magic, not through miracles, nor divine ways. It will be through living your life and showing you the potential you have. Just lean on me and watch me change your life. Once I'm done, I will leave this body to you and our connection will be severed. I will travel by then. So listen, please tell me your dreams."
The owner smiled, placing his hand on his forehead.
"Wow… like wow. I mean, you already took my body. Why can't I believe you? But what kind of wish can I even make? Well… yeah, something I can achieve by working hard is the only dream I can tell you—not through luck or fate. I'm so grateful that this is heaven. But let's get to the point. First of all, my name is Eugene. Nice to meet you. I'm the body's original owner, and my dream is honestly… I don't know what I want you to achieve for me. But I would say survive this, and either let the human territory win the war or save us. Please use my body in any way possible. I allow you."
PSI seemed a bit pale seeing how Eugene, the original body owner, was sacrificing his body—his life, his pride, and his identity, which was literally everything—for the sake of saving humanity. It made him feel terrible.
But no matter what he did, once it became a wish, everything changed. The system had already named them {Wish Episodes}.
[Wish Episode 1]
Main Goal: Win the War
Survive the island
Kill the Goblin King
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Penalty: You will be reincarnated as an animal.
PSI read the screen and was shocked, even more than when he saw the otherworldly entrance and aura forming.
"Penalty!!! Reincarnated!!! Animal!!! That's not good… not good… not good…"
Eugene cleared his throat in his soul state and coughed to grab PSI's attention.
Pathless noticed and immediately responded,
"Okay then. Time to kill some damn goblins."
PSI gazed at the goblins—all of them—which were too much for his incompetent eyes to bear.
But he still thought,
I have been fighting again and again with no second to breathe. Ten times without any movement at all—just breathing. I couldn't have been fighting goblins. There's no way I will chicken out just because I saw their power. It doesn't matter. I must do it. I have somehow become stronger. At least I'm more agile, and I have strength and some insane speed. I don't think this is all humanly possible. I think this body is a bit weird. Anyway, time to focus on the episode.
The main goal of the episode is to win the war. The others are side quests, but they will help a lot in making this episode epic.
PSI shifted his head to the right and made strong eye contact with Eugene.
"Tell me. I definitely know you can't use magic or whatever… but is there something you can use?"
Eugene, with slight annoyance, extended his arm and focused his gaze, aiming at a stone in front of them.
"Focus your gaze on something and relax your palm slowly."
PSI extended his arm toward the same stone and relaxed his palm, gazing at the stone intensely.
Right after that, Eugene said,
"With all your strength, clench your fist."
He showed him by doing it himself. When he did it, it looked like he was punching nothing but with extreme focus and tightly gripped strength.
PSI copied it perfectly.
As soon as he clenched it—
The stone disappeared.
When PSI realized what he had just done, he smiled.
"I got a very good idea. We might actually win so easily and faster than I think."
PSI walked forward with dignity, with purpose, with power, and with an unbreakable will toward the beach.
Eventually, he saw the thirteen divine goblin—the Goblin of Fighting. He was the ruler of the normal goblins. The usual darker green goblins were brainless and more like anime goblins, though a bit cunning. So they weren't assigned as divine.
Sadly, the king had already promised the thirteenth that he would make him divine alongside his subordinates if he defeated PSI.
The goblin walked toward him with a fair amount of aura and insane physique.
While walking, the silver goblin's leader—who looked too chill about it with so many accessories on his body—spoke,
"Yooo… worthless goblin and trashy human. Who wants a better weapon? I will make you weapons, so please use them carefully and return them in one piece. Jerk-ass beings."
As soon as he said that, a long and thin beautifully crafted axe-spear dropped to the ground.
PSI grabbed it while it was dropping in front of him.
But the goblin near him punched it away.
PSI sighed, looking at the goblin.
"You sure are brainless!!!"
[Sys: You Died.]