709 – 8. Will (83)
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I was thinking about ways to kill God.
This is a memory of a man. It’s been a full day since I walked and walked with a completely ruined body, heading towards the end of my journey.
The man finally discovered the place where his body had fallen.
The ground where the flesh was stuck was shiny with an unpleasant blood color. Hands, feet, and other unidentifiable body parts flutter like flags, offering a disgusting welcome.
With a thud, I felt life pulsating beneath my feet as I touched the ground. A colony made up of countless people, a creature of hell that is in itself an affront to God and morality.
It’s bizarre.
That was the man’s impression. Even though I only sensed its presence, I felt an unpleasant sensation as if an insect was biting my skin. My intuition was constantly screaming at my heart.
Run away immediately.
Turn your back and leave this ominous place.
It was indeed a warning that I had heard for a long time. I thought that after I became this strong, I might not need to listen to it anymore.
It was an absurd misunderstanding.
You can see a throne made up of countless arms and legs. On top of the tangled skeleton of flesh and sin, the woman was sitting on it, looking down at me with her chin resting in silence.
Red-brown hair, light green eyes.
The black robes that cling to the body subtly reveal the curves of the body. The woman, with clean skin without any blemishes that contrasted with the color of the fabric, smiled dangerously as always.
With my back to the tall tree of flesh.
“Hello, Ian.”
The overcast sky did not allow sunlight to easily penetrate. There was only a single ray of light shining, pointing towards the front of the throne as if that was where the man should be.
There was no reason to refuse.
Forcing her creaking joints to move, she takes a step forward.
One step, two steps.
Soon, in front of the woman.
The man wearing a sword looked up at her throne. No, she’s not a guy, it’s me.
The fascinating light green color captured my vision.
“You finally came back? So, I told you to leave…….”
“Emma.”
The woman’s lips met at the soft call. Light green eyes looking down at me with a vague question.
I said.
“Stop it now.”
No answer came back.
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Emma just chuckled and burst out laughing, and then she just had a faint smile on her face.
It’s probably a mockery.
“Me? What?”
“Everything.”
Despite encountering enemies, the killing intent does not come and go.
However, there are two men and women who are calmly continuing their conversation.
“It’s already too late. Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, the Dragon King will arrive here… Then everything will be over.”
“Aha, the great princess will be better, right?”
The woman was in no way listening to me. On the contrary, the twisted smile at the corner of her mouth becomes even deeper.
Long white fingers twist my hair.
“I don’t know if that woman can help me… “What should I do, Ian? As you said, it’s already too late.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Me too, you too… “It means that we have already come to a point of no return.”
Just do it.
As the woman snaps her fingers in boredom, the tree of flesh behind her throne responds. As if a knothole had opened, several faces slowly emerged from the cracks.
Including Princess Iris, there are several old people with empty eyes.
The vitality itself remained, but no vitality was found. It seemed like I had become part of that fleshy tree, but it seemed relatively clear that the core of the colony occupying this land was that giant tree.
“Did I ever say anything? The Yeongsaeng School has been pursuing the ‘Philosopher’s Stone’… ….”
“Is it a hideous monster behind you?”
“I have a good feeling, Ian.”
The woman’s singing voice was beautiful yet cruel. How could that face that casually told her terrible story look so innocent?
My hand slowly moves towards my waist.
“Hundreds or thousands of years of obsession can drive humans crazy… The basis of alchemy is ‘equivalent exchange’. “In order to obtain the all-purpose material that can make anything happen, you have to pay a certain price.”
“How many people did you kill?”
“I don’t know either. But one thing is clear.”
The woman finally relaxed her chin and opened her arms with an exaggerated gesture.
It seemed as if he was imitating a singer in front of an invited guest.
“I didn’t do it alone. “I received help from many seniors here.”
“Princess Iris… ….”
“Yes, she is not only that stupid woman… The same goes for the great alchemists of the Eternal Life School. They sacrificed their lives and eventually completed the ‘Philosopher’s Stone’, but… “They didn’t know.”
He smiled brightly, and his slightly opened light green eyes gave off a magical glow.
“The fact that the price can vary depending on the wish. “They mistakenly thought that they had already completed the ‘Philosopher’s Stone’ hundreds of years ago, but without a single exception, all of them were overly greedy and ended up being eaten by the Philosopher’s Stone!”
My eyes glanced at the faces sticking out from the cracks in the trees.
Empty eyes and open mouths told of their miserable fate. People who sacrificed countless lives to obtain the almighty substance that can make any wish come true, and ended up becoming a sacrifice themselves.
Emotions were already showing in Emma’s voice.
“This is the world, Ian.”
A spark appeared in the eyes of the woman who gritted her teeth as she said something I had heard before.
“This is reality! We ruined this world? No, this world was a mess from the beginning!”
With a thud, the woman’s clenched fist hits the armrest of her throne.
“You’re still going to say I did something wrong?! I, I just…… !”
“Emma.”
Tap.
The feeling of the dangling sword sheath coming off was smooth. “Whoa,” I said, catching my breath, and the muscles on my face twitched slightly as I closed my eyes.
The body is still intact.
“I’m sorry.”
My old friend is looking down at me with a distorted face.
“I shouldn’t have left you alone then.”
“…… What?”
“Whether it costs 10,000 gold or how much it costs… Even if it means sacrificing my life.”
With a tap, he takes out the sheath and throws it.
It meant that he had no intention of leading the sword anymore, in other words, it was a signal that he was going to see the end.
“I should have saved you. No, I should have at least tried to do that.”
“What do you mean?”
“You are my first regret, Emma.”
Reminisce.
My past, when I was a third year student at the Academy, and was unable to save a girl who was bitten by a magical beast and spilled her internal organs.
Because she was only the second son of her country maid, she tried to pretend not to notice the pale-faced woman. She was a coward who could not even say a word of comfort to the herbalist who was sitting down as if he had lost the whole world.
The choice of that day rolled and rolled until it arrived in front of me.
As a disaster that will destroy humanity.
“If I had saved you back then, how much would have changed?”
The woman is silent. She just pursed her lips with a frozen look on her face.
“I’m sorry, Emma. It’s my fault.”
Then he saw me slowly adjusting my grip to the sword.
The woman, who was half-rising her body, remained silent for a while. She was silent, silent, then silent.
Soon, a sound of laughter escaped her lips.
It was a pitiful tone.
“Save me? If that were the case, what would have been different? … ?”
Right after that.
“…… Do not be ridiculous!”
With a bang, her fist, clutching the armrest, slams down once again. Before she knew it, the whites of her woman’s eyes were bloodshot.
“For me, nothing has changed…” It’s just that she realized it then. I just don’t have 10,000 gold… “After a hellish time where she couldn’t even move her fingertips or even utter her voice!”
Park, pak!
The voice of a woman pounding on my chest instead of on her armrest is heartbreaking.
“My father gave my soul to an evil spirit! Those proud apostles of the Heavenly God received 10,000 gold… That’s because you didn’t save me because you didn’t have any gold coins! Outside, nobles are pouring wine worth hundreds of gold…… !”
In the end, the woman’s light green pupils were trembling as she held her head. Is the emotion that appears in her eyes fear or anger?
“Oh, how can that be possible…?” … ? They say the Heavenly God loves us all… But why? Why is the world such a mess? Some people lose their lives for a few gold coins, while others casually take the lives of others for their own greed…… !”
uuu-!
Following the wrath of her woman, the ‘Philosopher’s Stone’ screams. Containing the resentment and resentment of all victims.
Suddenly, I said.
The woman was gritting her teeth, and desperate emotions were pouring out.
“You guys need to be punished.”
It was a notice.
“There is no such thing as the ‘equal heaven’ you promised… I felt so sick of it. So, I will create a hell where everyone is equal.”
Abandoned by the world, I ended up hating the world.
A woman was slowly raising her body.
“Welcome, Ian.”
I saw her refreshing smile and aimed the tip of my sword at her without her saying a word.
Even if you regret it, even if it hurts.
It was already too late. Our paths crossed so long ago.
“In the hell I created.”
There was no answer.
The ‘Philosopher’s Stone’ is a substance that makes all wishes come true. Once it was in Emma’s hands, it was impossible to predict what kind of phenomenon it would cause.
Just guessing, at least within this territory, Emma is a being that can be compared to a ‘god’.
That power is ‘the power to forcibly fix the result.’
Today, I must kill God.