123 – The End of Salvation (Complete)
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ㅡHuung.
A strong breeze shakes my body.
A week has passed since the ordeal began.
I tried all kinds of methods.
Take sleeping pills and force yourself to sleep, beat your cheeks until they swell, read the set book again, or run like crazy to find a loophole in the ordeal.
But I was still in an ordeal.
The hour is urgent, but the way to overcome the ordeal is still unknown.
That’s why.
ㅡHuung.
I was standing in front of the railing of Seonghwa Bridge, feeling the strong wind.
With the Hidden Peace Academy setting book in hand.
The memories are gradually fading away.
The sense of desperation becomes increasingly shallow.
The gap between reality and ideals was narrowing, and if things continued like this, there was a high possibility of succumbing to the ordeal.
It could never be like that, and it never should have been like that.
I couldn’t be frustrated with the brilliant mission of destroying the illusion and saving this world right before my eyes.
I climbed onto the railing.
I don’t know if it was a mental patient’s delusion rather than a missionary’s memories, and I don’t know if this moment was a brief awakening from the delusion.
The world without Han Tae-jin was meaningless anymore.
The story is not over yet.
I will definitely go back, even if it is just to end the story.
There is no such thing in the world as an ordeal that cannot be broken.
ㅡHuung.
The wind blows again and pushes my back.
I didn’t hold on and threw myself.
I closed my eyes and relaxed my body.
A body descending rapidly.
After a while, I crashed into the water with a strong impact and opened my eyes with the feeling that the world was turning upside down.
And, I was able to see Elsia sitting somewhere.
“You’ve woken up as expected.”
“Ah….”
As expected.
In order to overcome the ordeal and return to Han Tae-jin, was it necessary to empty all of the past?
It felt like something big had been cut out, but there was no regret or regret left.
I was happy just to be able to see Lesha still lying down with her eyes closed.
I was more relieved than happy because I had just passed the final hurdle for the final battle.
I looked around at Lesha, Nayeon, and Hyeseo with a puzzled expression and asked Ercia.
“How much…” “It’s past, right?”
“About an hour has passed.”
“One hour?”
“Because time spent in trials is meaningless.”
“… But.”
I leaned my back against the cold wall of the tower.
And then, looking at the companions one by one in silence, he asked again.
“But Ercia.”
“Yes. Brother.”
“Are there any episodes in which you did not pass the 52-episode test?”
“I failed in rounds 15, 23, 32, 42, 45, and 51.”
“….”
I haven’t been able to pass this tower of trials in quite a few rounds.
Well, after experiencing it myself, it was an ordeal that kept submerging me as if I was falling into a swamp, even if I didn’t have the most mental strength, so it’s not that I can’t understand it.
And that.
“That doesn’t mean there’s no chance of failure this time, too.”
“Do you think so?”
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“No. “I will definitely pass.”
Because I don’t know what trials each person faces, it’s just a baseless confidence, but I decided to think of it as a reasonable belief.
Everyone will wake up.
Because they are all strong people.
“Anyway, this guy named Rachel seems to be quite merciful?”
“Why is that?”
“If we attack at this time, we can easily annihilate them.”
Well, I don’t know if it’s a childish setting like the national rule of children’s cartoons [No attacks when transformed], But anyway, I’m just thankful for the silence right now.
Well, setting it up so that it absolutely falls into an ordeal and attacking it in the meantime would be beyond shameful and disrupt the balance.
“It is a test. Are you worthy of being on par with yourself?”
“… It’s the noble hobby of the final boss.”
“Because the longer you sit on the throne, the more itchy your butt. Perhaps our visit will be quite welcome.”
“I hope the welcome isn’t too grandiose.”
“I hope I don’t live up to your expectations.”
“Then I’m glad.”
The silence that came to an end after a short conversation.
The awkwardness of the stillness was certainly unbearable.
Moreover, in a state where you don’t know when it will end.
I was looking for a suitable topic of conversation until the party woke up, and then I opened my mouth.
“Come to think of it, I couldn’t say hello.”
“Yes?”
With her eyes closed, Ersia, who was holding her hands together, opened her eyes.
“Thank you.”
“… Which… ?”
“Thank you for dedicating yourself to this world. Ercia.”
“Ah… It’s just doing what you have to do.”
“Where is that? If you want to do it, you do it, and if you don’t want to do it, you don’t.”
“Ho-ho-ho. That’s what I heard. Then, I humbly accept that greeting.”
Ersia bowed her head, nodding.
I leaned her head against the wall and looked up at the lofty ceiling.
It’s not even 2 in the morning, but I feel like I’m getting sentimental for no reason.
“Is it because the end is approaching? “It feels strange.”
It hasn’t even been half a year since I was possessed.
If it’s long, it’s long.
“Do you think this is the end?”
“What… “For me, yes.”
For me, the possessed chair in the novel, the final battle with God Rachel meant the end.
Of course, it didn’t mean returning to the real world.
If there was room for a return, there would have to have been a setting, like any other novel, where a messenger was heard or some kind of goal or reward was presented.
It was just the end for a new beginning.
“It’s the end… That’s good to hear. “It’s the end.”
Ersia also seemed to be soaked in emotions for some reason.
After the beginning of her mission, the single word “End” Would have quite an impact on Ercia, who endured eons for the “End.”
“I’ve worked really hard so far.”
“Hoho, are you sure of victory?”
“Rather than being sure of victory… “I’m saying hello in preparation for failure.”
“Yes?”
“If I fail, the 54th regression will begin, and then I will lose my memory. “Before that, I wanted to say hello.”
“Ah….”
Ersia let out a spit and smiled sadly.
I shook her hand without saying anything.
Ersiaga looked at her hand for a moment, and then she shook hands with both of her hands.
“Thank you. Brother.”
And.
“Umm….”
Starting with Lesha waking up, Nayeon and Hyeseo also started waking up.
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1 Hour, and 53rd session.
This was the episode where all the trials were passed in the shortest amount of time out of all the episodes, and Ercia spoke in a quite refreshed voice.
Perhaps the time spent passing this ordeal had an effect on the final result, but I didn’t really ask.
It was because Ercia had a habit of saying, [It is not a good thing for her to know the future].
And.
ㅡUgh! I really thought I failed… !!
I guess I went through a pretty harsh ordeal, but I didn’t have time to ask Lesha while she was crying.
As an aside, when Nayeon heard that Lesha and I had the same way of escaping from our ordeal by [Death], She exclaimed, ‘You’re a match made in heaven.’
Nayeon’s method of escape was [Farewell], Like Ercia’s, and Hyeseo’s was [Fight].
We decided to discuss details later.
Now that everyone has overcome the ordeal, it is time to overcome the final enemy named Rachel.
Engraving our resolute will into each and every cell, after a brief maintenance period, we began climbing the stairs toward the top floor of the tower.
We encountered a monster that seemed to be raised by Rachel in the middle layer, but it did not become an opponent for us, who had grown stronger through the ordeal.
ㅡhahahaha! This time, I made the last hit!
ㅡNo? I put it in?
ㅡLesha was faster by about 0.6 Seconds.
Lesha and Nayeon, who quickly recovered, are energized as usual even in stressful times, and Hye-seo, who seemed shaken for a moment but has returned to being a cool-headed investigator, balances out that vitality.
How long has it been since you ascended to the top floor?
Elsia, who was following us from the rear, hesitated and called us.
“Hey… Brothers and sisters?”
“Huh?”
“Why?”
Everyone stops walking and responds to Ersia’s call.
“Now, once you climb these stairs, you will enter Daejeon, where the head of Illusion is located.”
“Huh, is it over there…” !”
“These damn stairs are finally coming to an end.”
The companions each expressed their feelings in response to Ercia’s words.
I also looked at the huge iron door at the end of the stairs with a nervous expression.
“There will be a decisive battle right away. Previously… “There is something I want to tell you.”
Ercia rarely spoke out in front of everyone. She only implicitly talked about answers to questions or things that needed to be known, and everyone listens to her because she knows that.
“I listened to Brother Taejin’s words and thought about it carefully.”
Huh?
Suddenly?
“What am I saying…” ?”
“It was something only we knew. “If we don’t win against God Rachel, we will all lose our memories and return to a certain point in time.”
“What… ?”
I looked at Ersia with surprised eyes. She had heard
She revealed her identity in episode 52, but she was only a missionary and did not mention anything about ‘her return’.
That’s why she couldn’t help but be surprised.
“Now, wait a minute. Return?”
“So, if I don’t defeat God Rachel, I’ll go back without my memories?”
Nayeon and Hyeseo are surprised and ask questions for a different reason.
Lesha knew.
Because she heard that it was because of the incident with Choi Do-han.
When I thought about it, only Nayeon and Hyeseo were unaware of that fact.
“Yes. Go back in time. “With the power of Eternity, a planetary salvation organization.”
“… “Why are you suddenly saying such a thing?”
In response to Nayeon’s question, Ercia looked at me.
“Brother Taejin said. “It’s just a greeting in preparation for failure.”
“That’s right…” “It was, right?”
“Looking back, I guess I didn’t think of my brothers and sisters as colleagues.”
“Why?”
“Because I tried to take all responsibility for the failure on my own. I thought I could start over on my own for the brothers and sisters who lost their memories. “Losing your memory is a sad thing, so I should keep it to myself.”
Ersia mutters as if she were a sinner confessing to a priest.
No one could blame him for that appearance.
Because I could tell without having to say how heavy the weight I was carrying was.
That’s why Lesha, Nayeon, and Hyeseo listen to Ersia’s words in silence.
“But after listening to Brother Taejin’s words, I realized how ignorant and shameless that thought was.”
“Elsia….”
“Brothers and sisters are my colleagues who shared life and death with me. It was because of my arrogance that I didn’t even give those people a chance to say their final goodbyes. “I was being hypocritical by saying I was carrying it alone.”
Ercia lowered her head.
“I’m guilty of deceiving you all this time….”
But the confession did not make the point.
ㅡChuck.
Nayeon placed her hand on Ersia’s left shoulder.
“… Sister?”
“There’s nothing to apologize for. “It’s actually better, isn’t it?”
After saying that, Nayeon looks around at us.
She smiled.
“Yes, yes…” ?”
“So, even if you fail, you won’t die?”
“That’s right! Is that so!?”
Lesha claps her hands and smiles brightly.
… No, the change of idea is so wrong?
“Well, if you ask me whether I would rather lose my life or my memory, I think I would choose the latter.”
No, Hyeseo? Even you?
“Now, sisters….”
Elsia looks at them with a grateful expression.
It was my first time seeing this expression.
It was said that the ‘apostles’, the transcendent human beings, were beings with dull emotions, but their current expression was one of emotion as a ‘human being’.
“I was scared because I knew they were talking about some kind of big twist.”
Nayeon playfully taps her shoulder.
She seemed like it was no big deal.
She couldn’t tell what was inside, but it was an extremely gratifying sight.
“Oh, no. “But.”
“That’s enough. Instead, if she ever regresses, she comes to me first. Ercia.”
“Yes?”
Nayeon spoke threateningly (?) And looked at me and Lesha.
With a sinister smile.
“At that time, I will seduce Taejin before Lesha.”
“Ah! No! Ercia! “You must come to me first!”
Lesha presses her eyes and hits Ercia’s right shoulder.
… Hey, Lesha, aren’t you in Drogpia at that time?
“I just need you to tell me the location of Gaikan. “I’m going to wipe it out by myself.”
Hyeseo glared at the entrance to the top floor with her murderous eyes and scolded.
Her venomous eyes seemed to be already chewing Rachel up.
… It seems like Rachel needs to take more care of her body in episode 54.
Ercia bows her head again and expresses her gratitude.
“Everyone, everyone… Thanks for understanding.”
“It’s okay, I promise. “I will come first.”
“Ahh! Me first! From stamping to copying, tsk tsk tsk tsk.”
Ersiya has both of her hands taken away from her and is baptized by Nayeon and Lesha.
The comical appearance of the Apostle of Eternity, a transcendental and cosmic being, made me chuckle and laugh.
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And it’s a little cringy.
“Ershia.”
“Yes?”
“Don’t worry. “We will never lose anyway.”
He spewed out a rant that was reckless and full of B-grade emotions.
Ercia smiled broadly and nodded her head.
It was a smile brighter than any smile I had ever seen.
“Of course. I believe it. Brother.”
“….”
Hmm, answering like that with a holy face and a godly smile makes me feel like the leader of a cult.
“Me too! “I believe it!”
Lesha teased by raising her right hand, followed by Nayeon raising her left hand.
“Me too. “I trust my student.”
And all eyes turned to Hye-seo.
I know that Hye-seo doesn’t like awkward things, but I think it’s okay if it feels awkward for a while at this moment.
Hyeseo looked around at us anxiously and then burst into laughter.
“Yes, yes. I believe.”
He responded with a raised hand in inverse proportion to his annoyed expression. It was an awkward posture, as if standing for punishment, but it was enough to shake off the slightest remaining fear.
Then, I stretched out my arms and looked up at the top floor where Rachel would be, and muttered reverently and playfully.
“Oh, hallelujah.”
It was the last spell uttered before the final battle, a cry that would lead us to victory, and a mace of condemnation that would end the infinite regression that had been repeated for eons.
We vigorously lifted the mace and marched straight to the entrance of the top floor.
“All-out fire-!”
“Breaker Will-!”
“Dream thoughts-!!”
“Nemesis Walker-!!”
“Please bless all areas with the power of the Holy Spirit… ! Holy Arena-!”
Let’s have each other’s backs.
We trust in each other’s swords.
For each other’s memories.
And.
For everyone.
The 53rd final battle has begun.
It is.
This is the final battle that will never happen again.
It was the end of salvation that would shine brightly.
ㅡfinally