241 – The Death of Adonis
I had a dream.
When was the last time you had a dream?
It is far away.
To the point where I don’t even dare to remember.
Still, strangely enough, I remember at least one part of the dream clearly.
That sickening moment that glimmers when you close your eyes, even if you’re not dreaming.
-In the end, I couldn’t overcome it…
This is the moment when Adonis, his idol and nemesis, bowed down to him.
It was definitely a moment of joy that should have been remembered as a monument.
However, that moment became an unpleasant nightmare that he would never forget for the rest of his life.
-Yes, Adonis. A man about your age was defeated. To me. It is the result of your stubbornness and arrogance.
The foolish self in the nightmare enjoys a sense of superiority in victory as he sees Adonis on his knees.
-No… That’s not it, Cudalin… I wasn’t defeated by you…
Adonis looks at himself like that and shakes his head.
I thought it was Adonis making excuses because he was humiliated by his defeat, and felt a kind of elation.
That Adonis.
A man who was so flawless that it seemed like he would never be able to catch up with someone like him, but he was defeated by himself and showed such an ugly side.
-Then what is it? Adonis. What is the reason why you are rolling around on the floor like a bug crawling on the floor? No matter how much you deny it, reality does not change.
He is intoxicated by the situation and talks excitedly.
-Adonis. I definitely reached out to you. If you had held my hand, you too could have become a great person. But you refused, and that’s why you’re on your knees like this now. All of this was brought on by your arrogance.
The composure of a winner.
No matter what Adonis said, he was confident that he would turn it into a loser’s excuse.
No matter how Adonis looked at him, he had the confidence to laugh at him.
But he ends up being completely denied that confidence.
-Cudalin…
Adonis looked at himself pitifully.
What was contained there was not resentment over defeat.
It was not a resentment toward the traitor who abandoned righteousness and duty, and abandoned his destiny and oath.
-My dear friend…
What is contained in that gaze is pity for a friend who has taken the wrong path.
And I resented myself for not being able to stop it or correct it.
-We were defeated by ‘it’ that swallowed you up.
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-… What?
It was not a lame excuse from a loser.
Adonis was truly feeling resentful for not being able to stop him and for not being able to save him.
-I’m sorry, Cudalin.
-…Don’t be funny.
Nevertheless, he considered it a lame excuse from a loser.
-What are you sorry about? Really, I’m sick of it. Even at this point, he still acts like his superior. Are you going to preserve your fragile pride like that? Know the fountain, Adonis. You are nothing now. You should see your shabby appearance now.
-…
-Don’t look at me like that!
I was vaguely realizing it.
This was not the type of victory he wanted.
This was not the ending he wanted.
This was not my will.
I did not serve that.
I was dominated by it.
What Adonis said was right.
He did not win against Adonis.
We-
‘… ‘
No.
I ended up being defeated by it.
I was consumed by the small inferiority complex I felt toward Adonis and abandoned humanity, justice, and duty.
I have broken my promises and oaths. I lost my colleagues and close friends.
It gave him the victory he had promised.
This is a formal victory with no value.
And in return, everything was taken away.
Can it be corrected even now?
Then ‘it’ whispers in its own voice.
-Cudalin.
-You achieved the victory you wanted through your own will.
-I was also aware of the cost.
-But are you going to pretend to be innocent now?
-Are you still going to covet moral rest and pure glory even after achieving victory beyond measure?
-How could he be so greedy?
-How could he be so selfish?
-How could it be so miserable?
My head is filled with darkness due to that voice.
When I came to my senses.
-Ah.
His sword had already pierced Adonis’ chest.
…
…
…
His left arm looked down at his hand.
It was a past I had forgotten for a long time, and a dream I had never dreamed.
But why am I suddenly having this horrible dream again?
There was only one reason.
The soon-to-be right-hand man – meeting with Adonis.
I see.
Are you looking forward to something that is unusual for you?
Meeting with Adonis. And a chance to correct the wrong choices that you have regretted your whole life.
I felt like my heart, which seemed to have stopped, was beating again and my blood was getting hot.
This time, I won’t necessarily borrow ‘that’ power, but will hit him with my own pure power.
The left arm swore.
But it’s strange.
The world of dreams will not collapse.
That was the moment when I felt something was wrong with my left arm.
-Cudalin…
Adonis, who had fallen to the floor, got up again and looked at himself.
The emotions contained in that gaze were resentment and contempt.
-Are you saying I feel sorry for you?
-Are you blaming yourself for not being able to stop you?
-What a disgusting delusion.
-You are a coward.
-And he is a traitor.
-You killed those who believed in you, you destroyed what was supposed to serve you, and you betrayed me, your friend.
-That’s how we managed to achieve something resembling victory.
-But what?
-Are you really going to bump into me as your pure self this time?
-I was glad to hear that.
-I can finally condemn this disgusting traitor with my own hands.
Adonis begins pouring out curses towards his left arm.
I tried not to listen.
However, the mind of his left arm was slowly sinking into darkness just like then.
Finally, when my left arm woke up from the dream again.
“Adonis… It won’t go your way…”
He was pouring out curses and words of resentment towards Adonis with his eyes stained with darkness.
The darkness that had lost its original body and was driven out dwelled in its left arm.
The left arm engulfed in darkness now had two goals.
This time, we will kill Adonis for sure.
And, staining this world with darkness.
The left arm radiated the power of darkness to achieve both.
As if a dam had broken, darkness began to overflow and spread throughout the world.
“It’s not enough…”
My left arm felt a strong lack.
The darkness was vast enough to encroach on the entire world, but at the same time, it was unstable.
Like internal organs that have lost their shell called skin.
‘Is this… The power of the Great One?’
What happened to the great man?
I felt doubtful about my left arm, but soon I thought it was okay.
-I’m hungry, I’m hungry, I’m hungry, I’m hungry, I’m hungry, I’m hungry, I’m hungry, I’m hungry, I’m hungry
A strong instinct was guiding him.
He moved his body as guided by his instincts.
It wouldn’t be a bad idea to solve this hunger before meeting Adonis.
He headed to a place where quality prey was gathered.
A place where members of the National Assembly gather.
It was Palgyeonseong.
***
Harasin. Black Root Bridge. And the devil.
The great invasion of darkness, with no way to stop it, came to an abrupt and absurd end.
Cheonlae and Gwangmyeong say that it was all thanks to the arrangement of the right arm.
Members of the Great Council entrusted the handling of the situation to their close associates and headed straight to Palyeonseong to check the inside story of the incident.
Libringer. One by one. Leolian.
The heads of the family filled their seats one by one, and when everyone gathered, Libringer opened his mouth.
“Where is he?”
In order to overcome the great invasion, Ceylon went overboard and used the great man’s power and self-immolation excessively.
Because of this, he suffered great damage to his mental power, and for a while it became difficult to handle the power of his alter ego and the Great One.
This is the reason why Ceylon’s self-immolation is currently left in a private room in Palyeongseong, looking like a doll with its strings cut.
“He is currently resting separately.”
Gwangmyeong spoke about his right-hand man in an extremely polite manner.
The lawmakers were embarrassed.
The right arm is an assassin and a warlock.
But what about the light that despises not only warlocks and assassins, but anyone else?
But no one questioned it.
If it was really the right arm who put an end to this great invasion, he would fully deserve to be treated as such.
With this incident, the status of the true Harasin and his right-hand man within the Great Council will skyrocket.
Perhaps, he may be reborn as the true ruler of the continent, reigning over the Great Council.
Not only did it have the power, but it also had the legitimacy to do so.
The expressions of the lawmakers became complicated.
No matter how much you think about it.
I felt like I had to talk to my right hand man right now to get my senses resolved.
There were too many questions to ask him and too many things to discuss.
“Gwangmyeong. I need to meet him right away. Can you tell me where he is staying?”
It was the moment when Gwangmyeong reluctantly tried to lead the way to the residence where his right arm was staying.
“…!”
The lawmakers simultaneously looked around in astonishment.
“This power is-…!”
Unholy dark power covered the entire Pal Yeonseong.
“What happened! Have they started moving again!?”
Then, a huge wave of power occurred somewhere in Palyeonsung.
The eyes of the delegates all turned towards that place.
“…!”
Among the delegates, Cheonlei and Gwangmyeong were visibly embarrassed.
Because the direction in which the power wave occurred coincided with the direction in which the residence where the right arm was staying was located.
And, his right arm, which was currently in suspended animation for rest, was extremely vulnerable to external attacks.
“No…!”
They were embarrassed and quickly headed to the place where the wave occurred.
It was the quickest response possible.
Still, it was already too late.
He was an old man who spread darkness.
The old man was about to pierce his right arm’s chest with his sword and remove his mask.
The lawmakers immediately prepared to attack the old man.
“…”
The old man looked at his right arm and them in turn, then whispered to his right arm.
“It’s unfortunate. I never thought my bad relationship with you would end like this. Anyway, this is the end.”
Tuk.
He let go of his right arm and entered the encroaching darkness around him.
Soon the darkness disappeared, and there was nothing left in its place.
“Right-hand man…!”
At that time, when everyone was looking in the direction where the old man disappeared with a vain expression, Gwangmyeong approached his right arm and lifted his body.
I checked his condition.
“Ah…”
Then a deep sigh flowed from her mouth.
“No… I can’t do this…”
Gwangmyeong hugged his body and sobbed.
Several lawmakers opened their windows and looked up at the sky with serious expressions.
The birds flying in the sky stood still.
The power of darkness covered the entire world.
“This is…”
The invasion of darkness was not over.
Rather, it was just the beginning.
Perhaps the darkness took a step back for this.
A greater darkness than before was casting over the continent.
The lawmakers thought about it.
My right arm is no longer there.
And the true Harasin lost his leader.
Can we block that huge darkness in this condition?
“It’s over…”
Elosis muttered in despair.
A heavy silence fell in the place.
They felt despair.
***
“Hmm?”
That was when Ceylon confirmed what had happened to his alter ego.
The three eldest sons of a great family that lived in Ceylon.
Ledar, Melloin, and Dugan listened to some information transmitted through the emergency communication artifact.
The true leader of Harasin has died.
“…!”
There was astonishment on their faces.
“It doesn’t make sense…”
In the case of Ledar, his legs became weak and he collapsed into his seat.
“No… What on earth is this…”
Ceylon was relieved by the death of the self-immolation, and embarrassed by the sight of them falling into chaos.
‘That’s an alter ego…’
The atmosphere has gone too far to reveal the truth.