How To Live As A Writer In A Fantasy World chapter 588

588 – Annihilation (5)

Devil worshipers are widely known to the world as a cancerous and deadly group.

In fact, it is safe to say that most of the dark, not the sunny, lies under the jurisdiction of devil worshippers.

From the fallen cardinal to the overthrow of Helium by using hardline demons.

Not only this, but the slave trade, human experimentation, unethical rituals, group brainwashing, and so on. I am only doing things that I shouldn’t do as a person.

Naturally, awareness is bound to hit rock bottom, and its notoriety has spread worldwide in less than a year.

At least through Isaac’s event and overall subjugation, the activity has calmed down, but they are so cancer-like beings that they are alert.

Demon worshipers also made their presence evident by hanging all the weavers who destroyed the machines.

Thanks to this, people were able to judge that the devil worshipers hadn’t completely disappeared, but they had no idea where they were or what they were doing.

They are stepping out of the Minerva Empire, which is stigmatized as the cradle of devil worshipers, but only criminal organizations that have been rampant from the beginning are caught.

If I had even a slight connection to the devil worshipers, they quickly cut off their tails and ran away. This makes it difficult to track.

Even though they live quietly like this, a group that doesn’t know when and where it will spread like a plague.

[Devil worshipers are ‘evil’ that must be eliminated from this world.]

[They will call the devil and bring the world into chaos.]

[Be alert. They have failed so far, but with one success they will move towards destruction.]

The world speculated that the purpose of the devil worshipers was the return of the demonic wars that had broken out 3000 years ago.

In fact, several places have been speculated to be summoning rites, and recently even an underground temple that almost came close to success was discovered.

Commoners who are busy making a living every day simply think of devil worshipers as evil, but high-ranking people have no choice but to have a headache.

It wouldn’t be safe anywhere else in the yard where even the underground temple was discovered. With the help of Savior’s holy war, they are diligently pursuing them.

Then, as the origin of the devil was suddenly revealed, the situation became confusing in many ways. The devil was not a being from another dimension, but a human being.

Isn’t the temple supposed to be a summoning ritual just with this prayer actually used for a different purpose? A question arose.

[It may be the purpose of turning the entire Minerva Empire into demons.]

[The same goes for the Demons of Helium. There is a high possibility that another temple is hiding.]

As the origins are revealed, the purpose of the devil worshipers is also unclear.

Was it a plan to summon something, or was it to demonize humans like the kingdom of Gerios?

Coincidentally, with the advent of blood and steel, the activities of the devil worshipers also waned. With little activity, it became difficult to even hold the tail.

To make matters worse, as the Great Depression erupted, which threw the world into chaos, there was a lot to sort out.

The fire is out in the foot, and the devil worshiper has no choice but to put it on the back burner.

So, what is the devil worshiper up to now? This is a question that many people wonder about.

“Are you going to keep the status quo even after he fed you water?”

A young man wearing a robe pulled up a question in a disapproving tone.

In a dark space, he was only relying on a candle, but his sharp jawline allowed us to guess his appearance.

And the subject the man asked, the old man, quietly opened his mouth while stroking his beard.

It was an unpleasant voice, like boiling phlegm, as it always did.

“I’m going to keep it for a while. At least until the work is completed now.”

“Ha! Sometime, they said he wouldn’t mind chewing him to death while foaming at the mouth.”

Was the old man’s answer annoying? The man groaned and groaned.

In addition, he even implied his hatred towards Isaac. But the old man calmly said that it was nothing.

“It’s showing us the world we really want. And there are many who agree that the time will come when we will be freed from the arms of those hideous gods.”

The gods gave many gifts to mankind and were willing to bestow the power to live on.

However, their tendency to rely too much on God has hindered their progress.

The earth developed in a way to resist violence with greater violence, but this world was solved by the gods themselves.

If you disobey the word of God, the punishment falls immediately, so anyone will obey. This was a constraint that hindered progress.

“The monarch thought a lot about it too. However, after seeing the tank that appeared in Machina, he completely hardened his mind.

“What do you mean by that chariot? Isn’t it destroyed as soon as a skilled knight comes out? I also saw it at the Zenon Festival.”

“I know one, and I don’t know the other.”

The old man clicked his tongue, as if the man had said the same thing. The man wiggled under his eyes.

Up until now, we were able to talk in an agreed-upon situation, but after blood and steel appeared, it became increasingly distorted.

I don’t know if there was infighting among the devil worshipers, as Isaac was aiming for, but at least these two seemed to have it.

“Clergy, wizards, and knights. They differ depending on their talent, that is, who is more loved by the gods. But what about chariots? Anyone can operate them as long as they have education, not talent. The same goes for making them.”

“······”

“The world is changed not by those who have been blessed by God, but by the technology built by mankind itself. God remains only an object of faith, and all actions and directions are determined by mankind.”

Talent is a law that comes down from the sky, that is, from God. Wizards are, of course, the realm of talent, and knights and priests are divided according to their talents, even if the hurdles are low.

However, machines, including tanks, can be produced sufficiently if trained. It means that you can create powerful weapons yourself.

Even if it was not a tank, if only guns were invented, human history would be greatly different. It is a situation where each individual is given the power of a knight.

The day will come when mankind, not those chosen by God, will control history by themselves.

“If that happens, God’s position will naturally be lowered, and humanity will also lower its dependence. A weapon that can defeat a knight, even a powerless commoner, is the beginning.”

“But if war broke out, wouldn’t everyone be looking for God?”

“Both the victorious side and the defeated side will seek God. Unless they are lunatics like Nazi Germany, they won’t lend a hand to anyone.”

That’s right. In war, there are winners and losers.

Both sides will go into battle looking for God, but the surviving soldier will also seek God, and the soldier on the verge of death will also seek God.

There is no place chosen by God in war. It is only that mankind points spears at each other, and the stronger one wins.

However, the old man also made an exception for Nazi Germany. I envied the ability of Nazi Germany, but even the devil worshiper is so tainted with madness that he is insane.

“The more you fight, the more mankind will realize. God eventually favors those who are prepared for themselves. That is why I like your country. Didn’t it happen?”

“······”

“It doesn’t matter what you do to Zenon. But keep this in mind. Our goal is to uncover all the detestable aspects of God and bring him down from his ‘absolute’ position. This is the ultimate goal.”

The old man put special emphasis on the word ‘absolute’. Hagiya gods are like emperors who reign in absolute positions.

Although it is difficult to rule the world as you please, transcendent beings who punish you mercilessly the moment you try to cross the line.

The devil worshiper’s purpose is to bring him down from his position.

“······Then I will ask you one question.”

A man with a somewhat dissatisfied expression brought up a question. The old man nodded his head patronizingly.

“If so, what is the purpose of the underground temple that you said you discovered in the Minerva Empire?

“Keep talking.”

“However, the demon’s origins were revealed to be human, and its purpose itself became unclear. I heard from you that rather than ascenders, monarchs gathered together to perform the ceremony.”

“I know you well.”

“What the hell did you perform the ritual for?”

The man also heard about what happened in the underground temple. I also know the secret that the ritual was half-successful.

The problem is that it was half-successful, and all the monarchs who performed the ceremony were annihilated, so they do not know the aftermath.

I went there from time to time and suspected Isaac as the remnant, but it was all discarded with the appearance of Zenon’s biography.

Instead of helping the devil worshipers, they are slaughtering them all. What kind of success is success? It’s just a dog that doesn’t feel cool even if it’s chewed.

Of course, since the rise of Blood and Steel, things have changed a little in a friendly way, but for devil worshipers, Isaac is a target to be shunned.

“I can tell you, but I doubt you will understand.”

To this, the old man brought out an ambiguous answer. It’s not that I’m ignoring the man, it’s a really ambiguous look.

Either that or not, the man frowned and did not hide his annoyance. His face was covered with a robe, but the atmosphere itself was threatening.

The old man snorted despite the man’s threatening atmosphere. It’s so funny how a young guy can’t control his emotions already.

Still, I have to tell you what to tell you. Even though he doesn’t like it, he’s a good guy to himself.

“Do you believe in another dimension?”

“Another… dimension?”

A man with a bizarre expression at a strange sound. As a man, this is a question that goes far beyond expectations.

The old man nodded as if he had expected this reaction. As I said earlier, it is questionable whether a man can understand it.

“The father of all things learned about the existence of another dimension early on. He learned various cultures from there and worked hard to achieve true development of mankind. Because of those hateful gods, he returned to Heotu.”

“······”

“But my father’s existence has not completely disappeared. And there are still paths left that connect to the dimension that has affected the world, even in very subtle ways. We planned to use that.”

“What are you trying to achieve with it?”

“You have a quick temper.”

I think I’ll make a big mistake later. The old man clicked his tongue once again at the words and actions of the man who had no patience.

“What we wanted was a soul from that dimension.”

“soul?”

“Yes. A mortal soul like us.”

“Not really demons, only mortals?”

The man was dumbfounded. It is believed that it took nearly 80 years for the ceremony to take place.

The result of those long years was completely destroyed by Clark about 20 years ago.

But the price is only a mortal soul. As a man who expected something huge, I felt as if I was flying to another dimension.

“On the surface, it may be said that it is barely. However, in the records left by my father, this remains. Until mankind from one dimension reaches another dimension, no beings, including gods, can interfere with the order of things.”

“That means…”

“We intervened in the order of that dimension. Through the legacy our father left behind.”

Of course it failed. It was only half successful that even the devil worshipers didn’t know exactly.

If you’ve only heard this far, you’d think it’s for eating candy. But the devil worshipers were very sophisticated.

“The problem is we don’t know anything about that dimension. What kind of world it is, what shape it is in, what culture it has, what ideology it has.”

“It means that commoners may come over.”

“It took time to prevent that much. It took 80 years for the ritual to take place, but we don’t know how long it took to bring us the soul we wanted.”

“What kind of soul did you want?”

The old man answered the question calmly.

“The soul that changes history.”

The devil worshipers wanted butterflies, not loaches. A butterfly that can create a huge storm with a single flap of its wings.

It was half successful. With the arrival of Isaac, the fate of the Republic of Korea changed drastically.

It is natural for the fate of the world to fluctuate as the fate of Korea changes.

In a way, this is half the success, as the world has fallen into similar chaos.

If so, let’s think about it.

“This is the reason why I thought of Zenon as a remnant. His existence itself was at a level that made no sense.”

Thanks to Clarke’s heroic actions, the devil worshiper’s summoning ritual was only half successful, and Isaac was summoned.

“You said it was a remnant, so you’re saying it was half successful?”

“Yes. But the spirit of ‘Time’, which is completely different from what we want, has crossed over.”

Isaac’s arrival is in 2022. It has been 20 years since then.

In other words, the timeline set by the devil worshipers is roughly the late 1930s to the early-mid 1940s.

“But the temple was so damaged that I still don’t know what was wrong. Above all, we wanted to send them as demons, not humans. There were sacrifices for that.”

Who would change ‘history’ in that era?

No one will ever know.

“Aww. Aww.”

“Oops. Yes, yes. My lovely brother. Are you hungry?”

“Dad. Doesn’t Ariel feed you?”

“Of course I’ll give you Ariel too. Shall we eat with Daddy?”

“Yes!”

Except for one person.