292 – The World After Defeat – 1
The world eater’s pupil stared at a human corpse lying coldly dead on the floor.
The stab wound, which started right next to the right pituitary gland, rose toward the right shoulder blade, breaking all the bones between them, and thanks to this, the right arm, which was connected only by the skin on the side, was drooping.
Blood, internal organs, broken bones, and torn flesh dripped from the cut surfaces, soaking the floor. The area around his body was already covered in blood, so at first glance it looked like the body was submerged in a puddle of red water.
He was very pale, with no blood on his face.
He was a tough guy indeed. The World Eater thought so as he got rid of the black weapon embodied in his right hand. He was incredibly tenacious for a mere human being.
He’s eaten so many worlds so far, but he’s never fought a single entity for so long, except for the Goddess. He had never been hurt by anything other than the goddess.
“I should have played with it longer, but it turned out to be a pity.”
It was an achievement achieved after waiting for the perfect opportunity to come, but objectively it was never perfect.
Some of the wounds were so great that he died soon after, and it was also very regrettable that the will to fight was alive in his eyes until the last moment.
It could have been called perfect if he had destroyed even that final will to fight and killed it with a face in despair or pain.
“However, I couldn’t have kept something like you alive.”
Of course, killing him right away was the right choice.
He wanted to ridicule at the cost of his life, but he had already done such a thing and was severely beaten. He can’t do the same thing twice.
Even if there are some regrets, it’s okay because I killed it anyway.
—- Now…… I’ll have to put an end to it…….”
The appearance of the World Eater has returned to its original form. His tail came to life, his front and hind legs, not his hands and feet, stomped on the floor, and huge wings sprouted from his back.
A dragon with the size of a small mountain, whose eyes could not even be covered by a mere human corpse, appeared. Pupils the same length as those of an adult male looked down.
A breath was prepared from that mouth. It was the most powerful breath a world eater could emit.
It was never too much power. The more thorough the confirmation kill, the better, and I had no intention of causing unnecessary trouble by leaving the corpse behind.
I wanted to ridicule him by cutting off his head and showing it to the goddess, but there is a possibility that the goddess will revive that human. I didn’t even want to offer the possibility of what if.
The center of the dragon’s chest began to glow jet-black. A breath that is not simply bursting from the neck, but a breath that is drawn from the depths of the chest.
It was a breath that had the power to annihilate an entire world.
ㅡ Chii Iik… ….
Every part of her body was burning red and emitting smoke. It was because the heat generated was so great that even the dragon’s body could not easily endure it.
The floor I was standing on was about to melt, so I could guess the temperature.
The jet-black light rose slowly. It passed through his chest, and entered his neck. The heat that enveloped her entire body escaped through her eyes, turning her crimson-colored vertical pupils even more red.
After preparing the most powerful breath he could use for a very long time, the World Eater stepped forward with his forepaws.
His mouth was wide open.
ㅡQuooooo!!!!!!
A jet-black breath that seemed to melt everything burst out from between the gaping mouths.
First of all, the space where the breath passed melted away. The melted space rose like a haze and formed a geometric pattern. Nothing was reflected beyond the space.
A force that melted the world itself poured into the human corpse.
Of course, there was no way a corpse could stand it. The corpse skipped the step of transforming into liquid and sublimated before the breath even touched it directly. Breath attacked the place where even the space had melted, one step too late.
The melted space came together, melted again in the place where it was united, and even twisted the concept nearby. The world covered in black collapsed, and the time came when literally nothing existed.
The World Eater’s mouth closed only after it fired its breath for over a minute. The smoke rising through the scales became quiet.
The space in front of it had melted to such an extent that it was impossible to even know its original shape.
—- ….
The dragon that devastated the surroundings passed its time with patience.
Maybe he hasn’t died yet, or he can be resurrected using some other trick. In order to avoid an unexpected situation, you need to monitor the situation a little.
Ten minutes passed like that. The World Eater continued to wait, but the fact that there were no signs of life and no signs of coming back to life confirmed that he was dead.
—-What’s left…… Is it one…….
The body, which was huge like a small mountain, shrank. After going through the exact opposite process of growing up, the World Eater’s appearance took on the appearance of Delta again.
Lastly, the dragon, perfectly camouflaged to its essence, prepared to return to the bright red space. He intended to put into practice what he had been talking about for the purpose of provoking that human being.
It doesn’t matter if it doesn’t work. Because I didn’t expect it in the first place.
The memories of that human he possesses are limited only to the Brightest Darkness series. Just ask a few questions and you’ll get caught up in no time.
The remaining ones don’t matter anyway. The goddess just has to deal with her as she has done so far, and the rest are people who don’t even know how to use that strange power properly.
The world eater who collapsed the black space itself escaped.
In the collapsing space, the mark symbolizing the mission of immortality shone very briefly.
“… ….”
Eclipse was eagerly trying to locate Delta. However, nothing was detected in this red world. Delta’s presence, and that damn dragon’s presence.
Lastly, the eclipse, which extended its senses to the limit, withdrew the light. The women, who were looking at the halo with desperate expressions, tensed up and waited for the next words to come.
“Delta doesn’t exist in this world.”
“…… Yes? What does that mean?”
“It’s the same as the word. It means I can’t feel Delta’s presence in this world he created.”
“In that case…… Dead-“
“Nothing is set, so calm down. Didn’t you say you were sucked in as the floor collapsed? It must have been dragged into deep space.”
The expressions of the women around her changed suspiciously at the word deep space. Eclipse read that gaze and added.
“I don’t know anything about it other than that it exists. It wasn’t the world I created, it was the world he created.”
“…… Can you find it?”
“It may not be very impossible, but consider the fact that it will take a very long time. I have to search through all those countless spaces one by one…… ?”
Eclipse’s tail faded. It was because he had spotted a jet-black human figure walking from the banchi. Recognizing Inyoung’s true identity, Eclipse muttered in surprise.
“…… Delta?”
It was Delta.
Delta, who had been walking with a tired and weary expression on her face, using the nightmare she had lost her wings as a walking stick, waved her hand towards her with a slightly emaciated smile.
Eclipse, which was about to fly to the side with a bright smile, stopped for a moment. He felt something strange. Obviously, even the essence feels similar to Delta, but it feels strange because it is similar.
Similar to Delta. But that’s why I feel uncomfortable. In the first place, if that was Delta, there wouldn’t even be a need to say ‘it resembles’.
Because it is you.
Just as it is strange to say that Eclipse resembles Eclipse, it is also strange to say that Delta resembles Delta. Where in the world is there a person who expresses that?
Feeling a sense of incongruity, Eclipse stopped in place and hesitated. Although the identity of the sense of incongruity was so vague that it was impossible to explain in words.
Perhaps the rest felt the same sensation, and in the corner of the bright expression, there was a longing or a longing, one by one. And he didn’t even run out to greet Delta.
Eclipse is not an illusion alone, and if everyone is like this, it is safe to say that there is something. If that was true, Eclipse stopped Delta’s feet with the thought that he would have to apologize later.
As a jagged spear of light rose nearby, Delta stopped at his feet and looked at Eclipse questioningly.
“What is it all of a sudden?”
“Please stop for a moment. Just one…… Let me ask you just one question. Are you really the Delta I know?”
“Is the Delta I know right? You are talking strangely, Goddess. You just came back after fighting to death, and you’re dying of exhaustion. Why are you doing that all of a sudden?”
Delta replied in a ridiculous tone.
“…… I’m really sorry. But, I feel uncomfortable with you…….”
“Sense of incongruity…… ? Oh, I think I know what it is. I almost got into trouble because of the words he used in the middle. You must feel that way because the aftereffects are still there.”
“… ….”
Eclipse hesitated. I couldn’t treat Delta like this forever just because I felt uncomfortable. I don’t know if there’s a clear basis for that, but that wasn’t the case either.
The reactions around us were also similar. It seemed that none of them could do this or that.
“I know what you’re thinking. Do you know that it’s a bit unpleasant? How would you feel if you came back alive and looked at it with those eyes? Yes?”
As the annoyance lingered on Delta’s expression, the hearts of several weak people sank. No one here wanted to see that man get angry.
I didn’t completely let go of my doubts. However, I was more embarrassed because Delta’s expression was hardening in real time.
Especially since he was a Delta who had never been angry with the people around him.
“Wait a minute, Delta.”
Just as Eclipse hurriedly tried to retract his spear of light, Laura, who had been still, stepped forward. Naturally, my attention was focused. Delta was also in an atmosphere of holding back anger and trying to answer.
“…… Yes, Your Majesty. What are you doing?”
“I want to ask you something. You said last time that you would ask me when you come back alive. I do not remember?”
“…… Did you say that?”
“I did.”
“What…… Then I wouldn’t have heard it right. Something?”
“When you killed my dad with that strange spear, where did you say you got it from? I want to designate it as an off-limits area later. You never know.”
Delta shrugged.
“Okay. I do not know.”
“I don’t know, la… ….”
Aurora’s golden eyes turned bloody.
No matter how delta you are, you may not know where the demon-infused book came from. Because in the first place, it was quite a thing. Maybe I can’t remember the exact location.
But I couldn’t forget what weapon I was holding at the time.
“Who are you?”
After hearing those words, Delta’s pupils turned red.