Episode. 25 Lesser God (2)
The disturbing noise did not cease.
The sounds of arranging food and other supplies, the loud shouts of commanders, the clear sound of blades falling to the ground, etc.
Everyone squeezed their last stamina with their exhausted bodies.
Hey, even if you want to rest a little.
When I said that, the commanders laughed and pushed me on the back.
“We are fast-paced guys who have to push forward like this without rest. Please rest well, Bocchan. Didn’t you have a hard time in front of the front line all the way back? Anyway, we will organize only food and leave the rest to the royal soldiers.”
Can you feel comfortable doing this?
In the end, after helping out a few times, I passed a glass of holy water one by one.
The men seemed to be thirsty at the time, and they were drinking well.
I looked at them and entered the fort.
“Status window.”
[Hor] [Low Deity]
▶ [Cult Level – 2]
□ Number of believers – 1,326 □ Faith – 683,637
□ Authority [appoint believers] [receive prayer] [new eye] [revelation]
□ Unlocked positions – [Low Preacher] 32/50, [Low Paladin] 30/30, [Low Priest] 20/20 [Low Preacher] 0/5, [Low Paladin] 0/3, [Low Priest] 0/ 2
As I lie on the bed and look at the status window, I realize that a lot has changed.
But the change wasn’t necessarily a good thing.
The number of believers, one thousand three hundred.
The undead hordes encountered countless times on their way to Pauline Castle, the final battle at Pauline Castle… … .
More than four hundred men died while fighting valiantly for the end of the war.
By numbers, the number of followers filled the vacancy.
Loss is something I’m not used to yet.
It was something I didn’t even want to get used to.
I caught the feeling of being depressed for some reason.
Just in time, there was something just right to change the mood.
“It’s a low-level deity.”
Ugh.
The light that bloomed from the fingertips shone splendidly.
The faith that escaped the lowest label was more brilliant than before, and had stronger power.
And that’s not all.
The condition of the believers also changed significantly.
All the inhabitants of Snowfall became missionaries, and twenty elves, including Ta’sar, became priests.
The Paladins had nothing to say.
All of this happened after the war ended, along with the rise of godhood.
Would you say that the feeling is new?
Seeing the ample number of special followers, it seemed as if a knighthood had been formed just for me.
Of course, I had no intention of being satisfied here.
really need to make it
The Temple Knights, whose name is also brilliant.
“Now, next… … .”
As I pictured the future, I immediately looked away.
The newly acquired powers, ‘God’s Eye’ and ‘Revelation’.
It was an intuitive name.
And it generated so much anticipation.
Up until now, all I knew how to do was radiate light or gain faith from the wishes of others, but as a god, I couldn’t do anything to make those wishes come true.
Seeing me like this, who would think I was a god?
Because of this, I put my hopes on the two newly acquired powers.
I wondered if it was only now that I had acquired at least one ray of godlike ability.
‘How different from the game, where should I check?’
I had to find out from now on whether my expectation was kimchi soup or if it was delicious.
“new idea.”
He pursed his lips.
At that moment, my eyes flashed.
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God’s Eye.
It was truly the ability to look down on the world through the eyes of a god.
Now that you can see the Rio Castle at a glance, to briefly explain the situation… … .
Yeah, it seemed like my eyes were hanging high in the sky.
The limitations of the body and sight disappeared.
It should be said that it is an omniscient point of view like a god.
“Why are you drinking my holy water, you bastard! I think I saved it!”
“Excellent! Why are you acting like this with just one drop left over?”
I saw men rummaging through wagons.
I laughed at the squabbling over the last sip of holy water.
I glanced around the Rio Castle for a while.
I saw someone secretly stealing tears while holding the armor of a departed colleague, and I saw someone falling asleep as if fainting.
It was a landscape where a calm and sorrowful peace had come to a castle where death and battles had never ceased.
I looked down at everything and turned my gaze.
In the distance, in the land of the dead, I could see demons surging.
‘Once the Shinan passed. It’s the strength I really needed.’
A world that has already gone wrong.
I was just about to be perplexed by the variable that constantly pops out.
This ability will be of great help in recognizing variables in advance.
‘I’ll hit the back of the head.’
Isn’t there a saying that even heaven can’t stop those who know and prepare?
The Southern Continent and the Southern Continent’s gnome, Alan Marx.
Variables that I don’t know how twisted it would be.
I was planning to send a spy sooner or later to check the trend, but I got a telescope with good performance at amazing timing.
‘Where should I look farther away?’
The ground beneath my vision swept past.
The land of death, which had been traversed through hardship, reappeared, and in an instant, the ruins of the cursed Pauline Castle approached.
Since then, Shinan’s maintenance costs have increased exponentially.
‘Street and Magi…’ … is it.’
The further the distance from my body, the thicker the demonic energy of the place I wanted to see, the greater the consumption of my faith.
As proof of that, when he passed the area of Pauline Castle, which was full of demons, his faith, which used to consume 800 per second, dropped below 300.
With this, Shinan’s abilities were roughly grasped.
Now it’s time to see what you really need to see.
‘First of all, that guy.’
Alan Marx, the youngest son of the magician Marx and the greatest genius prodigy of all time.
I had to see if he was training as hard as I knew, or if he was sharpening an unfamiliar knife.
So I looked for him.
I wondered if this could happen, and I thought of Alan Marx in my head.
Then the scenery in front of my eyes changed.
Damn dag dag dag dag.
An antique wagon running on the ground. There must have been Alan Marx in it.
However, something was strange.
‘under… … .’
A rather familiar magi emanated from the wagon.
It seems that the energy has been saved as much as possible, and it was so weak that the general public could not notice it, but I felt it clearly.
It was clear that the demonic energy of the liches who had taken control of Pauline Castle.
“Keugh… … !”
I hurriedly looked into the carriage and saw a boy.
It was Alan Marx holding my head with both hands.
Why is Magi wriggling deep inside him?
sh*t.
I don’t disappoint my expectations because I thought there would be a variable.
Somehow, fortunately, my head came up with a plausible hypothesis.
‘If this guy was in the Magic Union… … ?’
Variables give birth to other variables.
It was not possible to rule out the possibility that Alan Marx, who would confine himself to training, joined the coalition in the first place.
‘Those dog bones did a trick on Alan.’
I was quietly thinking.
Also, this seemed right.
The word nangjungjichu (囊中之錐) came to mind.
Alan’s talent must have been unrivaled enough to attract the attention of the rich.
Seeing that I gave away all of my magic to make this guy a demon.
Goosebumps ran down his spine.
A very deadly poisonous tooth was growing out of sight.
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I stopped thinking and organized my thoughts.
“This happened because of me.”
I never regret sending the liches away.
If he hadn’t done that, the Magic Alliance might have attacked.
I just chose a number that would take away the lich and the outrageous magic alliance.
“Anyway, the circumstance is that the point is that the demonic energy is trapped inside Alan’s body.”
I almost ate sh*t.
Unless, of course, you didn’t know until when.
As far as I realized, taffy is not taffy, and a crisis is not a crisis.
Rather, it could turn into a great opportunity.
And, now I’ve come to a conclusion.
Alan Marx, the man who destroyed Battenberg in the future.
“I have to seduce him.”
The sea apologizes in advance to the liches who must have already died and crumble.
Their repair work will also go wrong because of me.
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A whisper echoed in Alan’s head.
kill kill kill… … .
The harsh voice stimulated violence.
Like the voice of a demon, it gripped and shook the human spirit.
“shut up!”
wajangchang-
Randomly thrown objects shattered the windows.
He knew long ago that the liches had done something bad to him.
So, it’s been five days since I left the ragtag alliance and returned to my hometown.
Meanwhile, Alan Marx tried to figure out his condition.
Thanks to this, there was some harvest.
‘Monsters’ are rampaging all over the continent.
They spread ominous demonic energy and look like humans or monsters.
Some literally call them ‘monsters’, while others call them ‘fiends’ because they harbor demonic spirits.
Whatever it was, there was only one thing that mattered.
All of them were originally normal humans, and it is said that they showed obvious abnormalities before becoming monsters.
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Alan seemed to be referring to his condition.
“under.”
I knew I’d become that kind of monster-
There was poison in Alan’s eyes as he murmured.
He showed no fear of me going mad.
It’s just that I can’t stand myself being pathetic because of Richie.
“You have to become stronger.”
I need to become stronger enough not to be swayed by demonic energy.
It was when Alan Marx made such a pledge.
“Alan… … .』
A faint voice was heard.
Alan blinked once.
“Hey Alan… … .』
Did it flow through the broken window?
Some leaves fell in the room following the wind.
Why is my heart beating fast?
I felt like I was on the verge of something very big and amazing.
Squeak-
Brilliant haze rose from the leaves.
Looking at that light, it was as if my body, which was full of filth, was being washed away.
“ah… … .”
Alan blankly stretched out his hand toward the haze.
When my trembling fingertips touched the light, I heard a voice once again.
『I have watched you for nine days.』
『Poorly, you are going into darkness.』
It was completely different from the monster’s voice that whispered violence.
Not evil, not ugly.
The voice that flowed from the light was infinitely benevolent and very reverent.
“… … Who are you?”
Alan asked.
He involuntarily noticed that his voice was shaking.
Alan had never been nervous about anyone, but it was impossible to pretend to be calm in front of that light.
Waves of fearful and wondrous light swept through the room.
“I made the earth and the sky.”
“I made what was necessary, and made what was not necessary.”
“What more do you need to say to me?”
“… … !”
The light intensified.
When I came to my senses, I was already on my knees.
“What do you want from me?”
With the attitude of taking orders for granted, the genius of Marx bowed his head.
All of this felt natural and appropriate.
What if I fall into a hallucination?
Will it be like this when I’m on drugs?
There were no doubts or vigilance.
At least for now, he just lowered his posture like a docile sheep.
“I give you a revelation.”
『First, you must not drop the leaves I have stayed on from you.』
『The second one would have to starve for three days and train for ten days.』
“Third, you will have to wait anxiously for the right time.”