212 – Reception – 1
“…… Really?”
Lize pulled my head over his chest and threw his neck back. Her face was upside down. Rize was staring down at me with her head bowed forward.
I could feel the eyes stained with astonishment from all sides. Except for me, everyone here had the same reaction. Meeting God face-to-face would not be something worthy of discussing a feat, so it was worth it.
“You can’t lie about something like this? If you do, you might be punished by God.”
“That’s true, but… ….”
Rize blurted out her words. The reason why the popes were so persistently asking for me was more than understandable, and it seemed that they were even worried.
If that method doesn’t work, they will try to take me back to their country at all costs.
“How the hell did you meet? Please explain that first.”
Aura Laura, who was clinging to her right arm, thrust her head into her abruptly. A face of hers was added next to Rize’s face.
“For now… ….”
A wingless nightmare stuck in the neck of a tree root demon. The tip of her knife, which had gone into her right throat, slid inside and out through her left throat.
As soon as the feeling of recovering physical strength came over me, I kicked his body and pulled out my sword. The roots of the tree that fell backwards were crushed by the impact. Powders that were once tree roots seeped beneath the ground.
Right now, that guy is the last one. I turned around. Black flames were still burning fiercely in the wingless nightmare.
Lucifer was still staring at me with his only eye.
The time to continue 1v1 is short. It won’t be long before a new one will come out. We had to do everything we could in it.
Lucifer did not move until the moment I slightly bent my knees and prepared to run. I don’t know why, but it was good for me anyway.
‘…… ?’
Just as I was about to hit the ground, I felt something looking down at me again. Instinctively he stopped. I didn’t know why, but I felt like I shouldn’t ignore it.
Lucifer was still standing there. He didn’t seem to have the will to actively attack me at all. So far, the only attacks I’ve received have been a few spears, so I’m done talking.
‘Come to think of it, I think it’s been like that since I first felt something in the sky.’
Did the Eater of Worlds order you not to kill me?
‘…… What is that again?’
A huge red silhouette appeared in the sky. The color around it became even darker, and the darker color took on a scaly shape, creating something in the air.
Vertical pupil.
It was a familiar eye, I couldn’t forget it, and I shouldn’t have forgotten it. I even checked that right in front of my nose, so it was impossible.
Shortly after, a shape that seemed to be removed from the dragon’s one eye and placed in the air was completed. In the meantime, clear eyes were staring at me.
‘What is this… ….’
Unlike me who was stunned, Lucifer knelt down on the floor and bowed his head. I didn’t seem to care.
As expected, the discomfort I felt a while ago must have been because he was watching me.
What remained was the question of why he was doing such a thing. When we met at the imperial palace, he flew directly to us, but now why?
The size of the eye that appeared in the sky was much larger than the imperial palace. If that was the real size of the World Eater, I wondered what it looked like the other day.
Fortunately, apart from my confused emotions, my head was calm. Rather than the fear of this situation, I started to think about how to deal with that situation first.
Of course, there was no way I could come up with a method. How could he kill a guy whose eyes looked bigger than the imperial palace? My knife wouldn’t even be as good as a toothpick.
‘… ….’
The confrontation lasted quite a long time.
The red eyes floating in the sky just looked down and didn’t do anything, I couldn’t move because my head was complicated with all kinds of thoughts, and Lucifer didn’t move with his head bowed.
How much time had passed in this state, it was the World Eater who started taking action. The red vertical pupil in the middle of the scales gradually moved closer to the ground.
Soon after, a thought struck in my head.
ㅡ That human…….
The mere resounding of the thoughts made the rivers of blood boil even more violently, and the red color of the sky deepened terribly. The color of the sky and the river were indistinguishable.
I tried to cover my ears, but I remembered that it was useless anyway and lowered his arm. I was fine then, so I’ll be fine this time too. I hope my head explodes and I die.
ㅡThe reason why the goddess intervened…… I understand…….
That bastard is talking alone, so I decided to do it. If you ask, they will never tell you.
Fortunately, this self-talk was short enough. The guy who was talking to himself while punching his thoughts on his own, suddenly started talking again.
ㅡ Human…… Make an offer…….
I asked in bewilderment.
“A suggestion?”
ㅡYour faith…… Turn to me…….
“…… What to do?”
ㅡSoon…… God to perish…… It is a meaningless belief…….
“To be destroyed, what is that—”
Before I could fully understand the situation, divine power powerful enough to turn everything around me into white burst out. Perhaps because of the divine power, none of them were dazzled. Thanks to that, I was able to check my surroundings.
The river of blood that had boiled violently like lava evaporated cleanly. The blood-red sky became as clear as a blue day, like a starry night sky. Day and night began to coexist in the sky.
The land, which was no different from a barren wasteland, has turned into green nature.
Grass full of dew sprouted, and in the place where the river of blood flowed, a stream as clear and transparent as glass flowed. The trees grew densely, creating a dense forest.
A wind blew that mixed the smell of earth and grass. I heard the chirping of birds. Hell turned into nature in an instant.
It was obvious who did this. It must have been the work of the owner of this tremendous divine power who appeared in front of me.
‘…… Is it the god of the holy kingdom?’
I’ve never seen a pope in full force, but even if it’s a pope, there was a high possibility that it would be impossible to transform the space that Lucifer created himself into nature in an instant.
Then, of course, there was only one option left.
I tried to take a closer look at the inside. However, it was difficult because of the halo of light. It wasn’t dazzling or anything, just the light itself was physically covering my body.
—-To come this far…… That human…… Was it your reverse…….
“Shut that mouth.”
ㅡThe ugly loser…… Is it the last outburst…….
“They told me to shut up!”
A roar broke out. It was a voice that trembled with anger, so the tone was quite different, but it was a voice that I remembered.
The voice that said that it was not yet time in the holy kingdom was clear.
As the light spread, space collided with space. Something was randomly mixed, wreaking destruction beyond human cognitive ability. I was watching with my own eyes, but it was impossible to understand.
ㅡWrath of the powerless…… Pointless…….
This time, feelings were conveyed along with thoughts. It wasn’t that it could be guessed from the way he spoke, but that the thought itself conveyed the emotion that the Eater of the World had just felt.
The emotions that flowed were ridicule and ridicule.
The halo shuddered, but that was all. Even though it contained obvious ridicule and ridicule, he only drooled and shuddered and couldn’t even refute the slightest. This meant that the power gap was obvious.
ㅡListen…… Human… ….
The voice of the world eater turned to me again.
ㅡYour existence…… Interesting…… I’m interested…… A goddess needs…… Special human…….
“You shouldn’t listen to that.”
It was as if I had just received a definite answer about the identity of that glow. The light group urgently tried to deny that statement.
—-So…… Serve me…….
It was a recruitment offer following Lucifer.
ㅡOne human…… Infinitely small…… It’s a pointless struggle…… Can’t change anything…….
“You can change a lot of things. Ignore it.”
The voice of the goddess became more earnest.
ㅡIf you serve me…… That one…… Not needed…… Only…… Waiting…… That’s all…….
“That’s not a lie, but it’s not the truth either. Of course you can just wait. The world will end.”
I already know that. Because I heard from Lucifer. Did she say that what she was doing to save was to devour and destroy the world?
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“I need you. Definitely But that’s just chattering for fun. It’s different from me.”
I had no intention of accepting the offer from the beginning, but I wondered why they bothered to bring me in. She gazed at the vertical pupil floating in the sky.
Compared to her own size, it was a move that was less than a grain of sand under her fingernails, but the World Eater managed to understand it and spread her thoughts.
ㅡGoddess’ last struggle…… That…… Trampling completely…… Very interesting…… Will be satisfied…….
“Look at that. You should never be fooled. If I go, I will die.”
—-Even if it’s under you…… So it will be…… Insignificant…… You weak being…….
The World Eater and the Goddess. The gap between the two was very large. Even though he was constantly ridiculing me, I couldn’t even refute a single word.
I kept my mouth shut until the end. Perhaps he took my words as a sign of refusal, his eyes floating in the sky began to fade.
ㅡTime…… It’s not long…… After the absorption of the other world…… Only one will remain…….
Soon after, the pupils completely disappeared. The blood-stained sky turned to day and night all the way to the horizon. His thoughts rang out for the last time.
ㅡCapturing destruction…… It’s a meaningless action…… Write it down carefully…….
And then, as the thoughts disappeared, a terrible scream was heard. Lucifer, who had been bowing his head to the floor, started to roll on the floor screaming.
It was only natural that the king of demons would not be able to handle the divine power emitted directly by the god of the Holy Land.
As if the halo didn’t even pay attention to Lucifer, it came closer to me. It seemed that he was going to leave it to slowly burn to death by the divine power. Even when I came close, I still couldn’t see her.
“You must have a lot of things you want to say and a lot of questions. That heart, I fully understand.”
“Yes. A lot. You know me well. I’ll ask this first. I was almost certain, but just in case. Are you the god of the holy kingdom?”
“Otherwise, what else would I be?”
“Then which one are you, the sun or the moon…… ?”
First of all, if you look at the color, it looks like the sun, but it was a bit ambiguous because the night sky was spread out in the sky and the moon was also there.
The group of lights paused for a moment, then she gave a completely nonsensical answer.
“It doesn’t matter what you think. That’s not what’s important right now.”
Golden and silver light covered my hands.
“First of all, what I can answer is limited.”
“…… Why?”
“Because your body will not be able to withstand it. Why would the pope have such great power? Only then can they accept my voice and be safe.”
“What about the conversation you are having?”
“Isn’t that the process of reaching the truth of the world?”
I felt like the halo of light was gently laughing. The truth of the world, were they such a serious question?
“Currently, the number of questions that you can endure with your physical body is limited. I will answer just that. Because I don’t want to lose you.”
I just heard something strange. In addition to the title of you, he also expressed that he did not want to lose it.
Anyway, it was weird that I felt weird, and I had to do my job. I asked back to the glow.
“Which one?”
“About that cute little witch next to you.”