273 – Catastrophe – 3
‘Think positively. Now, Seongguk won’t have to worry about it until the end of the day.’
No matter what kind of treatment I receive in the Holy Land, I just have to worry about it after I deal with the World Eater and the situation is over. I calmed down and came down to the ground.
Citizens of the Seongguk, who had bowed their heads toward me, scattered in all directions with determined expressions. Thousands of people were moving, yet not a sound of footsteps was heard.
As the central plaza became empty, Eclipse, which confirmed that it had no eyes to see, returned to its original form. He revealed a body that was close to the pinnacle of beauty, and a thin piece of cloth that contrasted with it.
“Goddess. How far has he come now? Seeing that the sky has changed like that, it will probably be soon.”
“We are touching the dimensional rift. No matter how long, it will be within a few minutes.”
Perhaps it was because he had made such a big mistake the other day, Eclipse seemed a bit intimidated. I patted him on the back so he wouldn’t blame himself.
Eclipse probably wasn’t like that on purpose, and since the concept of time doesn’t exist, it must have moved much faster than expected.
“Okay. Then, can you even know where you are going to arrive? I wish it wasn’t in this world.”
I had no intention of letting the Eater of Worlds appear here right away, or let it fight here. If I fight him here, even if I win, it won’t be the result.
“It is most likely the dimension I live in.”
“That’s fortunate. If I had come here, I would have had to think of a way to lure him. Since we are scheduled to arrive at the Goddess’ dimension, we will go to greet them first.”
“Yes, you. I will follow.”
“What will Goddess do? Will you fight with me?”
“I will do whatever you ask. You can have them fight against it, or you can have them do other things. Please feel free to use it however you like.”
Still, two are always better than one, so I tried to ask him to fight together, but he stopped talking for a moment. There was one more person besides the World Eater who would appear from outside this world.
“First of all, I will look at the situation and make a decision. If you don’t want to pour anything with him, you can fight together. But if the immortal centipede comes along, Goddess, please block them first.”
Only the amount I checked last time was in billions. If that number of immortal centipedes descended to the ground, even if all the women who accepted my memories miraculously awakened their souls, there was virtually no hope.
Because she’s like a goddess, I ended up with hundreds of millions of centipedes leaking out, but even if it was only 10,000 units, let alone hundreds of millions, the entire continent would be covered with centipedes.
“…… You.”
Eclipse gently wrapped around my hand. I wondered if he was going to use teleportation, but seeing that the odd eye toward me had changed vaguely, it didn’t seem like that.
“I won’t say anything else, knowing the weight you are carrying. Just…… Just know that being able to meet you was the greatest blessing for me. And…… I also wish for your safe return. There are still rewards and punishments left for me.”
Thin fingers slowly stroked the back of his hand. Eclipse looked like it would shed tears any second.
‘Those words always work as a death flag.’
I tried to get the ominous thoughts out of the corner of my head. I thought about it for no reason, but I’m really out of luck. I’m not the type to believe in superstition, but I don’t have any intention of getting an ominous feeling.
Instead, he raised his other hand and stroked his jet-black hair. Her expression, which looked like she was about to cry, turned into a tear-soaked smile.
In the next moment, the two of us were transported to the Eclipse dimension. Looking around, I quietly let out my impressions.
“…… I’m completely harpooned.”
The Eclipse dimension was turned into ruins.
The sky, where the blue day and the dark night were mixed in half and harmonized, was stained with the color of red blood that made me disgusted just by looking at it.
I could not see any white clouds that flowed leisurely through the daytime sky, nor the twinkling stars that seemed to pour down from the night sky. All I could see was a group of centipedes swimming in a sea of blood.
The same was true of flowers, grass, and trees on the floor.
The flowers that lost their color were crumbled with all their petals shed, and the grass and grass turned brown and twisted. The tree had lost all its leaves and even its stems had died, leaving it bare and bare.
The soil was no different. As if suffering from a severe drought, the parched ground blew away light brown dust as the wind blew.
Everywhere I looked, there was nothing but death.
“Anyway, I think I will have to fight that lizard alone.”
I muttered softly when I saw a group of Immortal Centipedes wriggling in the sky, like a huge mountain range. Then Eclipse answered in a sullen voice.
“…… Sorry, you. In the end, I couldn’t help until the end.”
“There is no need for the goddess to be sorry. It’s just as important to protect the world from contamination as it is to defeat him. If there is a goddess, I won’t have to worry about the immortal centipede.”
The sky was torn apart as soon as the words were finished. A claw protruded from the empty air, shattering the nearby sky like a window. The fragmented space collapsed.
The toenails began to slowly descend downwards. A black dimension emerged from behind the cracked space. It was a dark space with literally nothing in it.
“…… You are here.”
It’s finally here. I took a quiet breath. This time, you can’t use the knowledge of the game, and you can’t try again after dying.
‘If you want to see the ending with one life, you’ve done it before. Let’s think it’s the same as back then.’
I was the one who installed a mod that deletes the save file if it gets hit even once, achieved everything I could in the first playthrough without getting hit, and saw the ending.
So, I decided to think it was the same as back then.
Eclipse, with a determined expression, lightly kissed my forehead. The right half of the body glowed golden and the left half glowed silver, then faded.
“I have given you a blessing. Maybe you need it if the dragon that contains your will doesn’t work. Please, be careful.”
Eclipse left those words and disappeared. It seemed that he had left to defeat the immortal centipede. The World Eater, who gradually began to reveal himself, did not even pay attention to Eclipse.
It wasn’t long before the sky was torn in half, and a red-eyed dragon with black and indigo scales descended from within. One body was still filthy large.
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ㅡCooooong!
Its four legs landed on the parched wasteland. The earth’s axis shook, and the ground that couldn’t bear the weight cracked open. The world itself seemed to be screaming.
ㅡI didn’t run away…… Human… ….
“What, let’s talk first? Don’t you want to kill me as soon as I see you? Congratulations. If it was meant to surprise me, it worked.”
A thought came to my mind. I wanted to know what else he was up to, so I aimed at the nightmare that had lost its wings and took it back.
Still, the word itself that surprised me was sincere. I didn’t know that the final battle would start with a conversation rather than a first attack. It wouldn’t have been strange at all if he had tried to kill me as soon as he saw it.
ㅡMy pride and carelessness…… Made things go wrong…… However…… The difference in power doesn’t change…… There is no reason to be in a hurry…….
“Hey, but you must have known that he was fooling around?”
I don’t know why the conversation started, but I decided to accept it. In any case, there would be nothing bad about this side by dragging the time.
Eclipse is blocking the Immortal Centipede, so we have some time to spare until they finish sharing their memories.
ㅡNot ridiculed and ridiculed…… If death is the goal…… Nothing difficult…… Human…… Just your corpse…… Enough to give you despair…….
“If you’re going to kill me, attack me now. What do you believe in and have so much room for? Then you want to cut me again?”
ㅡ Try it…… Human… ….
It was a thought mixed with obvious ridicule. Seeing how confident he was, it was clear that he had a way to deal with the requiem.
I don’t know if he’s doing it because he can block the requiem itself, or because he can simply avoid an attack.
Well, given his personality, he wouldn’t have come out here if he hadn’t prepared a countermeasure for his soul.
“You! It’s a big deal!”
While the bizarre confrontation continued, Eclipse came back in a hurry to find me. It was an expression full of bewilderment.
I asked a question without taking my eyes off the World Eater.
“Why is that, Goddess?”
“I looked around the ground to see if there were any immortal centipedes that had leaked out, but the monsters suddenly became several times more ferocious and were attacking the humans. It is difficult for me to protect the immortal centipede and the ground at the same time.”
“…… What does that mean?”
“It will be faster to see it in person than to explain it in words.”
Eclipse opened a small space in front of me. He glanced sideways at the World Eater to make sure it was still motionless, then he scanned the space the Eclipse had created.
I saw a monster with a familiar appearance that appeared as a mid-boss in Brunet 4.
“…… ?”
But something was strange.
First of all, the size was much bigger than I knew. And the place behind it was also very different from where it should have been. Since it’s a monster placed in a dungeon, there shouldn’t be any way out of the dungeon, right?
“All the monsters remaining on the ground are in that state. They are trying to hunt humans much more aggressively than before.”
Eclipse shook his hand to close the space, and before I could say anything, he disappeared in great haste. Presumably, it seemed like it was on the verge of breaking through somewhere.
I looked at the World Eater.
“Is it yours?”
ㅡThings that were created because of my existence…… What else could be the cause…….
Once again, the thought filled with the emotion of ridicule flew in.
I heard about the source of the monster from Eclipse before. Common sense tells us that Eclipse, who was terribly fond of his world and his creatures, would not create a being that harmed his creatures.
In the aftermath of the appearance of the World Eater, a small part of the world was contaminated, and those monsters appeared. Since the main body of pollution is alive, even if it is purified, the effect is only temporary.
ㅡDid you think time was on your side…… This insignificant thing…….
In other words, the reason he tried to talk first was to do something like this. Somehow, he didn’t want to kill me, he wanted to open his mouth first.
ㅡIf a group of people tried to attack…… Use it to block the ground…… Killing people…… Interference is not allowed…… Nothing…….
Thump! The guy stamped his feet. Then, space began to warp around him. I hesitated and looked around.
Everywhere my eyes touched it was dyed red, and even the floor was filled with red bloody liquid up to my ankles. It seems that he forcibly moved me here.
In a world where everything is red, there are only two things with different colors: the world eater and me.
ㅡCome on with all your might…… Human…… Engrave your struggles on the timeline…… I will show that goddess forever…….
It spread its wings wide and soared into the sky. The liquid on the floor was blown up in all directions by the wind pressure, and immediately rose up again.
—-A dead body…… Raise me up…… I will destroy the world of the goddess…….
I didn’t say anything while he was talking. It was too much for me just to overlay the laws of the world on the words.
This is his space, and honestly, I wasn’t sure if it would work. But if I could, I’d be able to tell that arrogant bastard that I was still hiding my teeth.
I took a deep breath and looked up at the sky. Every time the World Eater flapped its wings, the blood-red liquid rose to his ankles and pulsated.
As I let out the breath I had taken in, I shouted with all my might in a loud voice.
“Come down!!!!!!”