223 – Shell
It’s an old thing.
But when I think back, I remember it as clearly as if it had happened just moments ago.
How could I forget?
The first encounter with that absolute being.
That day.
Kudalin followed her left arm to the temple for the first time.
She entered the realm of the Great One to welcome Him.
At first, I thought there were two moons floating in a pitch-black world.
But it didn’t take long to realize that it was different from the moon.
Eyes.
It was a gigantic reptilian eye, capable of capturing the entire world.
Cudalin was sure the moment she saw those eyes.
That is the true absolute of this world, and that the concept of God is derived from it.
Cudalin was confident.
This is probably the great person the left arm was talking about.
Cudalin bowed before the Great One and barely withstood his absolute presence.
He waited for the words of the Great One.
But no matter how long I wait.
The Great One said nothing.
Kudalin tired of waiting and raised his head.
Suddenly, the huge eyes looking directly at me seemed unfocused and empty.
Cudalin remained prostrate for several days and nights, waiting for the words of the Great One.
But in the end, when the Great One did not respond in any way, Cudalin had no choice but to leave the Great One’s residence without any results.
-Tell me what you saw and heard inside.
Her left arm, waiting outside, spoke to her.
-You didn’t even care about me. As if I had fallen asleep.
Her left arm was locked in her agony.
Cudalin heard him muttering softly.
He said ‘as expected’.
-Of course. Is there something wrong with me?
-No.
-Then why didn’t he tell me anything?
-Even for me, it has been a long time since I heard His voice or felt His will.
-Yes?
The left arm stared at the altar for a moment.
-Have you seen his appearance?
-Yes? Ah, yes. Saw.”
-How was it? Tell me the impression you got from his appearance.
-Well, I don’t know.
Kudalin carefully chose the words to describe the great man he had seen.
-You look dazed?
At Kudalin’s words, her left arm nodded as if she was convinced.
-It looks like he was asleep.
-He fell asleep?
-At this point, when the end of the Great Realm is not far away, He is storing up strength for the Advent.
Kudalin nodded his head as if to convince himself.
-Do not be deceived even if you have not heard the voice of the Great One. Nothing has changed. We just have to be faithful to our roles.
-…
Cudalin nodded and looked.
In this world, the person who is closest to the great man and understands him best is his left arm, so he is probably right.
***
Memories of that day-
Cudalin was confused as he remembered the moment he first met the great man.
The eyes that look at you now.
Those were definitely the eyes of a great person.
‘That voice just now…’ ‘
But the voice that spoke to me.
It was clearly the voice of Ceylon.
Eyes of the Great.
Voice of Ceylon.
Which side should I focus on?
She was in deep agony.
She then soon comes to a conclusion.
The Great One realized that I had fallen to Ceylon.
He is testing me by borrowing the voice of Ceylon.
Cudalin believed that it was the most reasonable conclusion she could come up with and accepted it.
“Great One. Please forgive this weak being… The fact that I was dominated by him was beyond my ability to resist.”
Hmm.
The Great One began to speak in a Ceylon-like voice, drooling like a Ceylon, pensive like a Ceylon, and speaking like a Ceylon.
“Then Cudalin reluctantly follows the ‘bastard’.”
It was as if it had absorbed the existence of Ceylon, and it was truly eerily similar.
“Yes.”
“Then, given the circumstances, I would gladly stab him in the back. If I could help you do that. Would you do that?”
Yes!
Cudalin almost answered quickly.
For Cudalin, the opportunity to get revenge on that creepy and annoying guy was so attractive.
“…”
Nevertheless, Kudalin hesitated in her answer.
The situation of being dominated by that guy was, of course, humiliating and frustrating to the point of death, but-
But, borrowing the power of a great person to escape from that was like setting the house on fire to kill fleas.
Be honest.
Cudalin was afraid of the Great Man.
If you had to give your leash to either the Great One or Ceylon –
I think Ceylon would be better.
At that time, Cudalin was lost in thought.
“Ah! Kudalin, are you really hesitating right now!? Are you really thinking that if you borrow the power of a great person, you could somehow stab me in the back?”
“…”
Cudalin frowned.
Really. That’s a great person?
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t understand it.
Unable to bear it any longer, Kudalin finally raised his head and caught the sight of it again.
“Huh…?”
It wasn’t a mistake.
It was clearly a pair of eyes like a full moon.
However.
It was clear. He was intelligent.
It feels blurry or empty-
The impression that it was a shell of its former self had disappeared without a trace.
What happened?
What’s the difference between the two?
Cudalin blinked in fascination.
Horrible.
Horrible.
Horrible.
“Huh…?”
And before I knew it, one pair of eyes had become Ceylon.
“Are you finally coming to your senses?”
“…Are you Ceylon… Right…?”
“…”
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“…?”
“hahahahaha, can’t you tell when you see it?
“…”
Kudalin frowned and rubbed her forehead.
“What on earth is this-“
I couldn’t figure out what it was.
Is it Ceylon before her own eyes, or is it an illusion shown by the Great One?
I felt like an insect playing in the palm of a huge being.
Kudalin decided to believe that the being in front of her was Ceylon.
Ceylon was easier to deal with than the Great One.
“Hey, no matter how you look at it, this isn’t right. This isn’t right!!! You have to leave here right now!”
“What’s going on, you’re so pale.”
“This is normal! You’re strange!!! Didn’t you see anything strange!?”
“Is it something strange?”
“Yes! It’s like giant eyes-“
“Huge eyes~”
Seylon deepened his unique narrow-eyed expression and created a meaningful smile.
“Damn it…! That’s enough! Let’s get out quickly!!!”
“Oh, wait! Huge eyes! Are you talking about those?”
“…What?”
Ceylon raised her finger and pointed somewhere.
Cudalin’s eyes reflexively followed the finger.
“…!!!”
The thick darkness that filled the Great One’s residence cleared away, revealing the surroundings.
Cudalin and Ceylon were standing in a vast cave whose ceiling seemed to be higher than the sky.
The place Ceylon pointed with his finger was inside the cave.
Boom!
Cudalin’s heart almost sank.
The head of a huge white snake was facing this way,
Cudalin immediately recognized the identity of the snake.
“Above, great man…!!!”
Those eyes!
Those eyes were looking at them.
“Ah…”
The true nature of the great person I am witnessing for the first time.
Kudalin was so overwhelmed by the majesty that his legs gave out and he almost fell.
“…?”
But that feeling of awe is only temporary.
Kudalin immediately squeezed the corners of his eyes and thrust his head forward.
I tilted my upper body to the limit and captured the great man’s appearance in as much detail as possible.
Cudalin looked like she couldn’t believe her eyes and finally began to approach the great person she had been so afraid of.
“What is that?”
Cudalin got close enough to the Great One to fully see his appearance.
She muttered in confusion.
“Could it be that he’s dead…?”
The darkness cleared, and the reality hidden in the darkness was revealed.
The eyes of the Great One appear empty-
The great man did not say anything.
It wasn’t because he was asleep.
The great man is dead.
“…!”
Suddenly, she was startled and looked at her Ceylon.
“You guys, the true Harashin murdered the great man!? Why!? How!? When on earth!?”
Kudalin was half out of her mind and interrogated her.
“hehehe, this is really. Something feels strange.”
Ceylon muttered her meaningful words with a meaningful smile.
“First of all, I think it’s my fault that this guy ended up like this.”
“Uh, how… How on earth did you kill that thing…?”
“Strictly speaking, he’s not dead.”
“What…?”
“What should I say about this? Please calm down first and let’s take a look again.”
Cudalin observes the great man closely again at Ceylon’s words.
“!!!”
Soon she understands Ceylon’s words.
I looked again.
It wasn’t dead.
It was not a corpse.
It is a shell-
No, it was a fault.
“Did what was originally inside there shed its shell and go somewhere else…?”
“Yes, I guess that’s what happened.”
Escape from the great man.
Kudalin racked her brain trying to figure out the meaning behind it.
In the meantime, I see Ceylon with a face that says he finally understands everything.
“Wait a minute. You said that it was your fault that it happened like that. What on earth do you mean?”
“Hmm…”
Ah!
Ceylon pondered carefully, and then she snapped her fingers, saying that she remembered something good.
A very mischievous smile appeared on his face.
“Wait a minute, can you look at that guy?”
Following Ceylon’s instructions, Cudalin obediently looked at that guy, the great man.
‘Oh my god…’
Once again, I felt a new emotion.
Until just now, I could not even dare to make eye contact with its absolute presence.
The moment I realized that he was an empty shell, I couldn’t believe I could face him so casually.
Dangchoi Since when has it been like this?
Was he already in this state when he first received it?
‘Wait a minute. Then, what happens to the great plan between Hara Shin and the Black Root Church to bring down the Great One?’
Where has the great man gone?
That was the time when Kudalin looked at the shell of the great man and kept asking questions.
Derruk.
The great man’s eyes rolled back, and his reptilian eyes, which had lost focus and were blurry, regained their anticipation.
It stared at Cudalin.
“Ah.”
Cudalin sighed.
Yes.
Those are the eyes.
The eyes I saw when I first came here today.
She realized.
The empty eyes I saw before were really just shells.
Those unexpected eyes are the true face of a great person.
“…Huh?”
Wait a minute.
Surely that thing was nothing more than a shell with what was inside gone?
But how did she regain her original appearance?
‘Has the great man returned?’
At that time. The mouth of the Great One opens, and his tongue flickers.
As if the Great One had read her Cudalin’s thoughts, she gave her the answers to her questions as she felt them.
“Wow~ This is a really strange feeling. I never imagined that I would be able to become such a big snake in my life.”
In Ceylon’s unique, no-nonsense voice and tone.
“…”
Woweee!!!
Kudalin cried, cried, vomited, and lost her mind.
‘I was wondering where these crazy specs came from…’
Seylon looked down at his true character with the gaze of a great man.
I guess based on the situation.
I guess. She felt as if she had robbed the presence of a great man.
‘Hmm?’
It was that moment when I suddenly fell into deep thought.
Ceylon is itself and-
So, she felt beings connected to the body of this great man.
‘Oh my.’
Shururuk.
The corners of the snake’s mouth were grinning and torn.
***
Left arm.
At Harashin’s hideout, he was deep in thought as he looked at the demonic body of the demon king he had recaptured.
‘Adonis…’
The sudden appearance of Adonis.
Sudden absence of a great person.
It seemed like the world was determined to confuse him.
“…!”
At that time, the wrinkles on my skin, like the bark of an old tree, were increasing.
He suddenly got up from his seat.
How long has it been since this?
I felt the presence of a great person.
Snaky Ceylon