682 – 8. Last Words (56)
“I used the power of the ‘First Sacrifice’ to call out the fear in your deep psychology! Mainly, the moment when life and death were different… And, the enemies deeply imprinted in your fragmented mind!”
“Really? I’m a bit disappointed about that… “Not a single one of the most outrageous people came out.”
For example, strong people other than the standard, such as ‘Corpse Giant’, ‘Saint’, or ‘Vampire’.
I understand. No matter how great the ‘First Offering’ was, the relics of the Seven Sins were nothing more than a deteriorated version of it. Even the number of people who can be summoned is limited, as it is just the residue that flows out from there.
But Eindel’s answer was different from what I expected.
“Well, that’s…” hehehehe… Because you couldn’t understand them properly…….”
“What?”
“Still, you don’t know about ‘imagery’… Heh, heh… Furthermore, about yourself… ….”
Once again, I sighed as it sounded like a Zen question.
Have you come to your senses yet?
Just when I thought I should threaten him a little more before taking his life.
Hook.
A blade pierces the solar plexus from behind. Sigh, I coughed up blood and tried my best not to let go of Eindel’s collar.
The wide-open eyes look towards the background. Obviously, I didn’t feel any presence.
The secret was revealed as soon as I saw the eyes located there.
A golden color of extremely tired light.
“No way, the one I feared the most… I can’t believe it was myself. hahahaha!”
“It’s not mine…” f*ck you, bird… “Wow!”
I wanted to protest because I felt so wronged, but I couldn’t continue speaking due to the blood pouring out.
I used too much imagery.
The body that had been sealed as a temporary measure was slowly collapsing. It was the same as when I battled Celine not long ago.
Will it end like this again?
I became dizzy for a moment, and before I knew it, I was lying on the ground. I had no strength in my arms and legs. The sound of panting is particularly loud.
Tak, thak.
Eindel took a deep breath while shaking off his clothes. There was deep interest and compassion in the eyes looking down at me.
“It ends up like this… “Don’t be too upset, this is also fate.”
“f*ck, same…” Sound… Cough!”
Blood pours out of my mouth as I try to swear. Perhaps because of my excitement, my limbs, which had lost sensation due to the blood rushing throughout my body, began to twitch.
My physical condition was the worst. If only my body had been fine.
“Since this has already happened, let me tell you a story that no one knows. “A history that even the imperial family has forgotten.”
Blurred pupils face upward. Because it is out of focus, Eindel is only seen as a multi-layered image.
“Do you think we are the only ones who know the truth about the ‘first offering’? Of course not. It was not known exactly when and as whom the ‘first sacrifice’ would be reincarnated… The all-purpose material that can achieve anything on its own has ignited the hearts of all those in power. Among them was the imperial family in the early days of the founding of the nation.”
I wanted to ask what that had to do with it, but I didn’t even have the strength to move my tongue anymore.
I guess the only consolation is that Eindel also seemed to have no intention of stopping.
“They make seemingly impossible plans for when they will one day secure the ‘first offering.’ ‘Created God’ plan… This is crazy nonsense about creating artificial masters by passing on all kinds of visions. However, the imperial court at the time truly believed in the possibility of this plan. For this plan, they collected fragments of the Seven Sins scattered across the continent and developed a new ‘bloodline’.”
Ha, ha.
Every time I took a breath, I had to resist the urge to turn my mind blank. I wanted to close my eyes right now, but I couldn’t.
“At best, it would just be something that would eventually break down if the imagery started to overload, but it was a bold investment with a view to the distant future. All you have to do is adapt to the ‘created God’ plan to some extent. And if you secure the ‘first sacrifice’, you will be able to awaken the power hidden in the fragments of the Seven Sins, just like in ancient mythology… A plausible plan to create countless artificial masters from the descendants of that lineage.”
Before I knew it, Eindel, who was kneeling down, was tapping my shoulder with a tap.
No, are you knocking? It was vague because my senses had been paralyzed for a long time.
“This is your family. Just one thing they didn’t expect…….”
It feels like the old man is smiling.
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“Just as the ‘first sacrifice’ was drawn to the seven sins, the ‘first father’ was also drawn to the seven sins. The first human being who was destined to be the partner of Delphirem and the ‘first sacrifice’! hahahahaha, who would have thought that those three would come together in one place after such a long time?”
Eindel stood up, bursting into laughter. A faint obsession and madness flashed in his voice.
“All conditions are met!”
A cry filled with joy trembles slightly. The old madman was probably shedding tears.
“Long ago, the ‘first sacrifice’ was spilled in the center of the continent. Right here on earth! And the ‘first father’ couldn’t bear the fact that the death of the woman he loved was caused by him, so he blamed God and tried to solve all the problems himself like God, but ended up committing suicide. That is the first sin and the first death! The devil was born from ‘arrogance’ and ‘suicide’!”
The eyelids gradually close.
If you do this, it won’t work.
Even though I had an intuition that this shouldn’t be happening, my body didn’t listen. Suddenly I thought.
Why does God take everything away from me?
“Today, I would like to recreate that myth here… Lord! As the saying goes, ‘I leave everything he has to you (Ecce universa quae habet in manu tua sunt)’, I have taken your son’s fate into my hands!”
Okay, I said.
The sound of an old man shouting while gritting his teeth.
I kept thinking about it.
In the end, was my stubbornness nothing more than foolishness?
“Just as you played with my fate! This poor young man, even though everything was taken away… No, how could you do nothing even when everything you love about humanity was taken away!”
Ah, I’m sleepy.
I would rather go to sleep. For a dreamer, there will be no ending as sweet as a dream.
There is still one regret.
If only my body had been fine. If only that were the case, if only God had allowed me to do just that one thing.
Is it already too late?
It was just when I was about to lose consciousness.
“I will definitely watch with my eyes wide open…… !”
Paak, and do it.
Aindel’s arm, which was raised high in the sky, was wrapped in a ring of light. The old man, who was immersed in joy, could not even properly understand what it was.
Until you start screaming.
“Ah, ah, keaaa!”
Suddenly, the highly concentrated divine power melts the forearm of an old man tainted by evil power. All of a sudden, my body started to float up, and soon I was retracing my previous movements and changing positions.
The power of regeneration that interferes not only with life, but also with matter and time.
As far as I know, there was only one person who could use this kind of power.
“Ian!”
Crying sounds, light pink eyes, still pretty.
How could a saint come here? The question was quickly resolved.
“Ian, Ian! Are you awake? Holy sh*t… If Shiene-senpai hadn’t told me…… !”
Ah, it was Siene senior.
He had been restless since I left, and he seemed to have reported this to my friends. Considering that not only the saint but also Leto arrived here.
But the timing was not good. I said with a faint smile.
“Hey, I’m late… spin… ….”
Like an unfinished sentence, it was already too late.
My body was already a mess. Life was at risk, and no matter how much the saintess lashed out at her divine power, this fact would not change.
And what if I die?
No one can stop Eindel. Moreover, Eindel was plotting a suspicious plot against me.
There was no way the saint could not have known what I also knew.
Tears flowed down her cheeks. Crying and crying, the saintess said something to Leto. Of course, it didn’t seem like something he would say in his right mind.
Leto was listening without saying a word. With a stern expression and agonizing eyes.
But the next moment.
Quuck, I felt Leto putting something in my hand. The last thing I thought in my fading consciousness was, “Is it a document?”
“Ian, do you trust me?”
I nodded even though I was unconscious. If I don’t trust Leto, who can I trust?
Then the corners of my friend’s mouth rise.
“Then tear it up.”
There was no need to hesitate. Squeezing what little strength I had left, I faithfully followed my old friend’s instructions.
‘The contract has been concluded.’
I felt as if I had heard those words at first glance, as if my body was floating, in a world of light and darkness.
Right after that.
A pain as if my entire body was being torn apart struck me. I wanted to scream, but I didn’t even have the mouth left to do so.
As if the body were torn apart and made anew.
It was the last move that Leto had prepared.