23 – Chapter 23
When the fluctuating space stabilizes, the figure of the heavenly god is revealed as if a closed curtain is opened.
And right after that,
“Search!”
– Bang!
My fist is firmly inserted into the heavenly face.
It’s not just a hit, it’s literally a full-power attack that even embodies the power of this space.
The celestial being hit by it was slammed to the ground.
“Keah!”
“Is this what you mean when you say that next time we meet, we will be enemies? Great, the design is perfect.”
-Kang!
I pulled out my tentacles and tried to pierce them, but I couldn’t hear a satisfying sound.
After a while, tentacles and solar shields that were burning and crumbling caught my eye.
“Block?”
As I took a step in the direction of the heavenly god, incontinence spread around the place where my feet touched.
As soon as the distance with the angel was sufficiently narrowed, I brought up the main topic.
“If you don’t want to get hit any more, take off the shield on Angela.”
In the first place, Cheonsin is not a being who can only be beaten like this.
At the very least, you can fight on an equal footing with me, or you should be on top of that.
Even so, it must be because of the shield you put on Angela that she’s only defending herself like this.
It would take a lot of strength to block the powers used in the material world in this space.
But if you keep blocking it like this, one day your strength will be exhausted and harm will go to the heavenly spirit.
Of course, God is God, so he won’t die, but he will suffer.
“…Won’t you release it?”
“…Sorry.”
“Enough. Aren’t you going to solve it?”
In the image projected in one direction of the space, Illyana screaming while holding on to Ea’s corpse and Angela praying in a semi-transparent sphere shining with sunlight were projected.
“Then, fan until you solve it.”
-Kung
I made a sword on the spot and hit the shield with it, but the sword couldn’t stand it and oxidized and disappeared.
It must have been a divine instrument imbued with a lot of power that is different from a hastily made sword.
When the sword disappears, the hammer comes next. When the hammer disappears, the ax comes next.
How many times did you have to constantly switch weapons and hit the shield?
At one point, the Celestial God threw his shield aside and sat down on his knees.
-Kang Kakang
I looked at the shield that flew away with a loud noise and looked at the heavenly god and questioned him.
“What are we going to do?”
“…You can do whatever you want. It is true that I broke the pact, so I have no excuses for it.”
“If you want to hit me, I will hit you. If you want something, I will give it to you. Please, can’t you forgive me just once, just once?”
“What do I believe in?”
That’s literally it.
He’s a guy who lightly broke even the conditions he accepted.
What on earth am I supposed to believe and forgive him here?
“…”
“You wouldn’t believe it even if you thought about it, right? Just loosen the protective shield on him.”
“…Sorry.”
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, don’t just say it, show it with your actions.”
Every time I see Angela’s happy face reflected in the projected video, I feel like the anger that has cooled down is rekindled.
“Hey, see that? Compare the expressions of Illyana and Angela.”
In contrast, Illyana’s expression was completely filled with negative emotions.
…A good idea came to my mind.
“Hey. Didn’t you say you’d do anything I wanted?”
“Yes, yes. I’ll do anything. So please….”
“Well then, that happy-looking kid over there. Excommunicate.”
“…”
“Don’t just excommunicate… Yes, heresy. Make it a heresy and kick it out. You yourself Talk to Angela as well as the other saints.”
“Well, then…”
“If it gets worse, you could end up killing yourself.”
But what does that mean?
“Illyana is in the same situation.”
“…I got it…”
“This is the payment for what happened this time.”
If you break your promise, shouldn’t you be punished for breaking your promise?
I can’t solve my last name at this rate.
“There must be a price for breaking a promise.”
“…Okay. What do you want.”
With the demand to excommunicate Angela, her demand to relieve my mood ended.
This time I’ll be constructive and ask for something that will directly help Illyana.
“I will ask for two things.”
“First, I will tell you the location of the eclipse church, so go in there.”
“…Could you say that again?”
“I’ll tell you where the eclipse church is based, so go in there and make a mess.”
“…May I ask why?”
“They don’t like you either.”
“But aren’t they worshipers of you?”
“What do you do when you worship? You do things you didn’t even do. Human sacrifice? Kidnap a saint? What the. I left it because it was useful, but if it was useless, I wiped it out a long time ago.”
To be honest, the eclipse church’s favorability within me is at its lowest point and shows no sign of rising.
Illyana’s unfortunate past was all created because of their arbitrary judgment, so how could it be otherwise?
And because of this incident, the favorability of the Sun Bridge fell similarly.
So my plan is for the two of them to fight, create chaos, and take advantage of the chaos so that Illyana can have her new life.
The second request for that.
“And secondly, create a new identity for Illyana. It is meticulous enough not to be noticed by the Solar Eclipse Church or the Sun Church.”
“…I got it.”
And I pondered if there was anything else I could ask for, but no more came to my mind.
I can make the financial part, and if I dare to bring the capital of the Sun Bridge, there is a high possibility that I will be caught.
There might be a way to give Illyana her position, but that way is too risky.
“This is the end of the request. Can I assume you accept everything?”
“Yes. I’ll accept it. …Honestly, I knew I was going to ask for more, but…”
“For example?”
“Something like ‘stop intervening in the material world for a few hundred years.’ That way you can bring the chaos and chaos you want.”
Who wants confusion and chaos?
All I want is Illyana’s tranquility.
“But… It seems to have changed quite a bit after being released from the seal.”
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“…That’s right.”
To be precise, before and after being sealed are completely different beings, so that’s not wrong.
By the way, I’m still not completely angry.
Looking at the image of Illyana that is still being projected, she still wants to slash the heavenly god in front of her like a dog.
“…So, talk to me. What were you thinking when you did this?”
“That’s…”
After hesitating for a long time, as if he had noticed the anger in her voice, the angel started talking as she was on her knees.
“After hearing that child promised not to touch your child in order to save herself, she blamed herself for it.”
“Yes, when she used her self-reproach as the driving force to polish herself even more, I thought it went well.”
“If you polish it like that, someday you will be able to have enough strength to withstand the prophecy.”
“…But that child’s inner thoughts are different from what I thought.”
“The lord of this place has requested reinforcements from the Sun Bridge to subdue the saint of evil spirits. Of course, it was a request that was sent in top secret, so it was rejected without anyone knowing.”
“…I thought so.”
I can almost feel it.
How else did she hear that and suddenly rushed all the way here?
“If it’s really like that, I won’t worry about it in the future. There will be no room for sudden acceleration.”
“…Yes.”
“From my point of view, you should reduce the number of saints. You can’t manage it.”
“…I will consider it.”
Anyway, if he knew he had done something wrong, he would have reacted right away and rushed to fight, but he is meekly kneeling down and accepting my ridiculed words.
I was planning on stepping on it if there was even the slightest resistance, but now that I’m being insulted like this, I don’t even have the thought of swearing anymore.
“…Tsk. It’s okay. Get off now.”
“Okay… I’m sorry.”
Having said that, the heavenly god walked away and disappeared just as he was on his knees.
And when she turned her gaze, Illyana was seen holding on to Ea’s corpse and continuing to weep.
“Haa… How do I do this…”
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“Whoa…”
I was even determined not to interfere with the material world for a while.
Even if it wasn’t my intention, it doesn’t change that it’s my sin.
However, I couldn’t help but be surprised at the fist that flew right after the space was integrated.
A fist with almost no divine power.
It was a fist that seemed to have no intention of harming anyone.
At first, I wondered if his strength was weak right after he was released from the seal, but soon after seeing his physical attacks, he realized his intentions.
‘Evil God, you had no intention of harming me from the beginning.’
Yeah, from the beginning, I was planning to negotiate after letting go of my anger.
When I noticed that, I was honestly terrified.
What kind of demands do you have to make a show while going so far as to show deception? Saying.
However, as I hid behind the shield and blocked the attack to vent my anger, I noticed it before long.
In the first place, it means that you have no choice but to accept whatever the evil spirit demands.
If I don’t accept it, the evil spirit will sincerely try to kill me, and if that happens, the shield I put on Angela will be broken.
But at that thought, I threw away my shield and the request I heard was very merciful.
‘I thought great chaos would happen without fail…’
Great chaos in which the boundary between man and beast becomes blurred and the distinction between the living and the dead disappears.
I couldn’t help but think that way from the point of view of knowing the evil god who laughed and enjoyed the great chaos in the past.
‘Haa… First of all, I have to tell you about Angela’s excommunication… I have to tell you the place the evil spirit told me about… Lastly, I have to tell you about your status, your status…’
None of these things were easy, but compared to Angela’s death and the chaos, they are easy.
Concerns include whether Angela will be able to withstand her excommunication and the paladins who will collide with her eclipse cult…
For now, I have no choice but to do what the evil god asks me to do.