In the beginning, Caldisso was like all mind flayers.
In other words, like all the extraordinary creatures trapped in those broken spaces, it received the same information, and its heart was filled with anger.
Anger towards other extraordinary creatures that are constantly invading their homeland, and hatred towards the culprits of all this - human beings!
It is human beings who have turned their backs on the gods, and it is also they who have used despicable means to force us, the noble messengers of the gods, into this miserable situation where we can only kill each other.
no doubt!
All in all……
"It's all humanity's fault."
Everyone else around him was hating, and Caldiso, who was among them, had no unique perspective.
In other words, those with a brood consciousness do not have a particularly distinct individual consciousness.
It's just an ordinary mind flayer, hunting humans just like the rest of its kind.
Make your own counterattack against humanity and inflict on others the pain they have inflicted on themselves.
Until...that day.
That day, the Mind Flayer met a being who was destined to change the rest of his life.
About sixty or seventy winters ago, on an ordinary night, Caldiso took on an ordinary mission.
It's really just a very simple task, just to clean up the humans in a remote area as quietly as possible and lead the clues to the humans in the nearby city.
At the beginning, everything went smoothly, and those humans without any special powers were like exquisite foods picked at will in Caldiso's hands.
It did not restrain its desire to kill. In the pleasure of revenge, it gradually forgot the requirements of the mission. It just followed its instincts and feasted on the village, sucking out their brains.
In the last room, after happily draining the brains of a man and a woman who were hugging each other, Caldiso discovered the truth behind their abnormal behavior.
In the arms of that mortal couple, there was a hidden young boy.
It's meaningless, and for mind flayers whose use of psychic powers is as natural as breathing, their struggles are meaningless.
Just when it was about to devour the children they were protecting tightly in their arms, its tentacles paused.
Because he saw a pair of dark eyes that looked particularly strange at this time, and they were not as calm as a child who had witnessed the death of his parents.
He didn't cry or struggle, he just stared at Caldisso seriously, as if he was seriously thinking about what he should do.
In the entire rather mediocre race of humans, there will always be individuals with special talents born from time to time.
The child in front of me has a talent similar to [innate extraordinary intelligence], no, it is not like that!
Even if his excellent brain prevents him from feeling fear like ordinary children, he shouldn't be so calm.
Unless... the boy's reason overcomes other weak emotions, allowing him to calmly analyze and react to the situation at hand.
A human being has an innate ability similar to [Mechanical Mind]!?
greedy.
Endless greed devoured Caldisso's mind and plunged him into complete madness.
Caldiso understands what this means.
This means that if it devours this boy's brain, it will also have a certain probability of acquiring part of his talent!
The mind flayer's instinct made Caldisso unable to resist this urge. It couldn't wait to insert its tentacles into the boy's brain.
Pfft.
The boy did not dodge, allowing the mind flayer to pierce the tentacles covered with mucus into his skull, touching the brain...
However, at that moment, Caldiso, who had just tasted the sweet taste, was forced to put an end to his feast.
I don’t know when, a piece of
The cone of light, not much thicker than a child's arm, pierced through the softest part of the upper side of Caldisso's tentacles!
Directly destroying its brain!
who is it!?
Where is the enemy?
Have your actions been exposed?
Before he had time to think clearly, Caldiso sensed that his warning device in the center of the village had been triggered.
The opponent is about to make a surprise attack, and there are a lot of them!
Although it was a pity for that talented brain, Caldiso, who was seriously injured, did not continue to be greedy and decisively chose to follow the mastermind's order to retreat.
Later, Caldiso couldn't remember how he escaped back to the city-state, but when it woke up from its sleeping brain, it discovered something different.
It, Caldisso, a mind flayer has its own consciousness independent of the mastermind.
But for Caldisso, it was the beginning of another nightmare.
Perhaps he had really acquired some special ability from that boy, Caldiso began to think to himself uncontrollably.
Unlike other supernatural creatures, mind flayers can obtain more information, memories, personalities, and even fears from human brains.
Caldiso didn't care in the past, but now he can't help but think about it, constantly reorganizing and analyzing the information that he once ignored...
What is true?
What is fake?
This question often leads to different conclusions depending on the perspective from which it is viewed.
The so-called truth, in many cases, does not actually have a final conclusion.
Even if there is, it can only be said that this is what certain groups of people think.
So, after an unknown amount of time, Caldiso came to a conclusion that it could not understand before.
"I don't admit it! How can we be the invaders? This is absolutely impossible."
This is absolutely impossible!
That's right...
"This is a scam, and this war is the biggest scam!"
"No, no, that's not the case!"
"We, how could we be the aggressors!?"
"Absolutely impossible!!!"
Caldiso thought he had discovered the truth, but in the end he could do nothing.
No one is willing to listen to its "crazy" ideas, and its voice cannot be heard by others.
When everyone has the same idea, and absolutely no one is allowed to refute it, then the person who raises the objection... will become an outlier.
Sober people are the most ridiculous.
Moreover, in addition, the mind flayers themselves are not welcomed by others, and Caldiso, who has independent thoughts, is an outlier even among the mind flayers.
So, it's crazy.
In the eyes of everyone, Caldiso is crazy.
The shame of a mind flayer who was reversely corrupted by humans and lost his mind.
At that time, Caldiso, who had lost his mind in everyone's eyes, suddenly received a special order.