295 – Mission to Immortality
I was floating in a strange space.
In fact, I wasn’t even sure if the expression “Floating” Was correct. I just felt the sense that I was going somewhere. It seemed to be a similar sensation to this when submerged in water and losing strength.
I couldn’t even tell if my eyes were open or closed. Even if I thought my eyes were closed or open, all I could see was darkness.
‘…… Is he dead?’
It was a memory that suddenly came to mind in the endlessly passing time. I struggled desperately not to be swept away by boredom, barely holding on to the memories that came to my mind.
That goddamn lizard stabbed a knife through my stomach, and at the end his head was blown off. A human most often dies when his head is blown off. It would be safe to say that I also died then.
‘If I’m dead, how can I be thinking this right now?’
I asked myself a question, but no answer came.
I thought about it over and over again. Since it was completely torn from the stomach to the shoulder, it would have died if left alone, and in the end, even the head was blown away. The one who thought he was alive was even weirder.
By the way, when I said that I was dead, the very act of thinking about me bothered me. I couldn’t figure out what could be the reason for this.
The more I thought about it, the more complicated my head was, far from organizing the situation.
‘I don’t know. Should I just pretend that’s the case and pass it on?’
Even if we come to a conclusion, nothing will change. I lost to that lizard, and that’s why I died. There must be some reason I don’t know, and it might be the most convenient to skip it roughly.
It’s also something I’ve already done a lot of.
Haven’t you pressed your wounds and trampled on death just for the reason that you are alive, without a clear reason or purpose to move forward?
There was no purpose in that action. There was no reason. It was all about moving because he wasn’t dead. If you accept it similarly this time, that’s it.
It was around the time I was thinking about that in a daze. The sensation in the fingertips and toes gradually began to fade. The concept of fingers and toes is out of the body.
The sense of body fading gradually rose upward. Soon after, the lower part of the elbow disappeared, and the lower part of the knee disappeared. Even after devouring his forearms and calves, he did not stop.
‘…… By the way, what will happen if the head is also gone?’
Remembering that, I felt like my heart sank. I don’t know why, but if I disappeared like this, then it really seemed irreversible.
I felt impatient. I tried to come up with something somehow. Anything was good. I needed something to turn my attention to. All kinds of miscellaneous memories flooded my mind.
Then, the fading sensation in the limbs returned. I tried to wiggle my fingers. It was moving. I also tried wiggling my toes. It was the same.
‘Now I know for sure. It is clear that this is a real space.’
Leaving aside where it is for now. So I guess I can feel the sensation of missing limbs or the return of what was gone.
‘I don’t know what kind of world I’m in.’
As soon as I decided to let go of this situation, my body began to disappear, and as I tried to recall my memories somehow, the body that had disappeared returned. I wondered what the situation was like.
‘Is there anything I missed?’
Fighting the World Eater got his stomach pierced, and he blew his head off to finish it off. This is a memory that I looked back on dozens of times.
But what next?
I was certain that I was dead. That much won’t change. There’s no way this could ever be real.
In that case, you could think of it as falling into the afterlife after death.
‘No.’
I flatly denied that possibility.
Regardless of whether it really exists, if this were the afterlife, either the Eclipse or the World Eater would have been aware of my existence.
If Eclipse had found out, it would have come to get me, and if the Eater of Worlds had known, it would have come to kill me completely. Unless that is the case, there is little chance that this is the afterlife.
As I thought about it over and over again, I realized at some point that my bodily sensations were much clearer. The feeling of floating as if flowing was completely gone.
I twitched my eyelids. I had my eyes closed. Only now did I realize that.
‘Cook it up.’
I commanded with determination. The closed eyelids twitched violently.
‘Cook it up.’
I ordered it again. One word contains power, purpose, and will.
My eyes opened.
The world was reflected in the jet-black pupils.
“… ….”
I looked around. It was a space with nothing. Only I was floating softly in a space made of something black or black because it was empty.
I checked my body. The jet-black uniform he wore until the last moment. Nothing really changed. As I was about to raise my head again, I saw a brilliant color shining brightly on the back of my hand.
The back of the hand turned over.
“Why is this here…… ?”
And had bewildered eyes.
A mark that symbolizes the mission of immortality. The mark, a mixture of half gold and half silver, was clearly shining on the back of my right hand, just like the game.
Besides bewilderment, wonder came to mind. The mark of immortality on this body, it just didn’t make sense.
I committed suicide by using the requiem on my own body to defeat the last immortal centipede in Brunet 3, and my body naturally withered and twisted. This was the new body that Eclipse had created.
But how can the mark of immortality be etched into a newly created body? It’s not like Eclipse arbitrarily granted the mission of immortality while creating a new body.
In the first place, the mission ended in the era of Brunet 1. Brunet 2 was just a process of restoring a broken soul, and Brunet 3 was a journey to defeat the immortal centipede.
Because Brunet 4 is different from the world in the first place, there is no reason to even discuss such a thing–
‘…… For a moment.’
Is there really no relationship?
For a moment, it felt like I had been hit in the back of the head. Did my mission end with saving the world, restoring the soul, and defeating the immortal centipede? Was it really what I was ‘targeting’?
What did you come here for?
“Ugh…… !”
When I realized that fact, I felt something hot burning on the back of my hand.
No, it wasn’t a simple feeling. The sign symbolizing the mission of immortality was really shining brightly. The darkness that covered the surroundings did not dare to approach the light.
“…… Was it?”
I firmly clenched my right hand.
The mission is not over yet. The purpose of my coming here was to pay the debt to the World Eater. The debt Eclipse had to bring me here to make him suffer.
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There was still a mountain of debt to pay.
“Not yet.”
Blood ran through his body. The white skin returned to its original color.
“Not yet…… It’s not over.”
Breathing resumed. I moved her neck and inhaled. The stiff limbs creaked. The body temperature rose, and the stopped heart started beating again. There was a thud, thump, and a small pulsating sound.
ㅡYou must have seen many broken immortals while enjoying Brightest Darkness 1. All of them were human beings who were once given the mission of immortality, but they could not endure repeated deaths and their souls were destroyed, leaving only their bodies.
ㅡThe reason why the main character doesn’t become like that is because of his will.
ㅡIn the game, it is displayed as physical strength for convenience, but it actually means mental strength. Because he is an immortal, he never dies, and his wounds are automatically healed, so his physical strength is meaningless.
ㅡThe death of Brightest Darkness 1 is not a physical death. Due to the pain, the mental power is reduced to 0, and the person loses consciousness for a while. That is the death of Brightest Darkness 1. In a word, it can be seen as a temporary state of fainting.
ㅡHowever, even if the main character faints, he gets up again. Silently follow the player’s will to attack, dodge, move and move forward. And eventually you reach the end of the game.
ㅡThe main character never breaks. I don’t even give up. The moment the main character breaks is only when the user who plays the game gives up.
ㅡAs long as the player is there, the main character is always there too.
Around the 7th year since there was no news of Brunet 5, I remembered an interview with the producer of the Brightest Darkness series, which was suddenly rediscovered and used as a meme.
The only time the main character breaks is when the player gives up on the game. If the player doesn’t give up, the main character will silently rise again as many times as he wants.
“The main character is unbreakable…… Okay. That’s right.”
And, I haven’t given up on the game yet.
—-Faaah!
According to my will, the mark symbolizing the mission of immortality glowed even more strongly. The mission buried deep in the soul was fully awakened through the trigger of death.
As long as this lasts, I will not die.
As long as I don’t die, I won’t break.
“Because I am doing it.”
My body senses have completely returned. I was standing on my own two feet, seeing the world with my own eyes, and breathing through my mouth.
The last suppressed memories poured down like a tidal wave. The deaths repeated countless times, those experiences, all merged into one within me.
The body began to reorganize.