155 – Gaia (11)
“…I can’t.”
After the work was roughly settled, Gaia explained everything she had prepared so far, oblivious to the hostile behavior she had shown so far.
Starting with why Gaia and Belial had such a bad relationship, why the hell they started to fall asleep, what the hell is the difference between ancient elves and today’s elves, and why they came to the conclusion of being wiped out by the flood, literally everything.
Umm… Well, some of them were things I knew about, so it wasn’t that big of a shock, but for the other kids, all of Gaia’s words seemed to come as quite a shock.
[…I’m the safe of life.]
[Empty shell… Then, Irene was also our ancestor?]
Ancient elves, including Irene, were originally vessels containing the essence of all life in the world, and when the world became normal, ancient elves scattered the essence contained in their bodies throughout the world to fulfill their original duties. was rebuilt, and the fact that the ancient elves, whose essence was drained and left only empty shells, became the ancestors of the current elves, seemed to come as a considerable shock to both Lena and Irene.
In other words, Irene’s body contains the essence of countless life forms that have long been extinct, and because of that, if Gaia doesn’t exist, Irene is said to be the closest to the divine status of life.
I never thought that Irene would be such a person. This is information that did not appear in the original story, so I didn’t know about it, but it’s amazing.
[They fought to take each other’s lives, and even the ancient elves and demons were influenced by their gods and killed each other…]
[Even until now, the reason that caused it is not known to each other?]
The story of the ancient elves shocked only Lena and Irene, but the relationship between Gaia and Belial shocked everyone, including me.
Despite the fact that Gaia and Belial were in danger of being destroyed because they couldn’t fight each other, Gaia and Belial were completely unaware of the reason for their falling out with each other.
If they were normal beings, they would have noticed something strange in the middle and stopped fighting, but Gaia and Velia didn’t notice anything strange about each other as they had already seen too much blood and they were gods with a completely different mindset from mortals.
…What is that.
According to the contents of the original work, the reason Gaia and Belial fought each other was because they competed for the seat of the chieftain, which had been vacated by Stella’s death. Why don’t they know the reason here?
‘So is that Noah, or is it a year? I don’t know.’
What’s even more troubling is that there is an existence called Noah.
As can be seen from the fact that the name of the original game is Noah, Noah is a character who penetrates the core of the story.
Of course, introducing Noah into the story is no different from the end of the game’s lifespan, so from the point of view of a profit-seeking game company, there was no intention of making Noah appear in the story.
Of course, that is only the position of the game company, and the development team, which is in a position to develop the story in a way that players can understand, clearly grasped Noah’s form and character.
It was just that it was not solved with official information, but all the stories were being developed around Noah, the key character.
And… Noah’s character, which was the main axis, was completely different from what I had seen before.
‘Noah in the original work was building a huge ark to prepare for the threat of the world, worthy of its name. That threat is a myriad of enemies that are constantly added in patches over the life of the game. But… here?’
Far from building an ark against the threat, didn’t Noah himself act like a threat to the world?
Even the black space called the Flood is truly worthy of the name Noah.
Above all, looking at how I, no, Faust and I acted as if we already knew each other, the existence of Noah is full of things I don’t know.
‘Even the Faust who sleeps inside me doesn’t try to talk about Noah… Tsk, I should have held him back so that he wouldn’t run away no matter what.’
Even Gaia knew that Noah died that evening, that is, when he and Belial were fighting each other, so he doesn’t know much about Noah. does not exist.
Above all, the fact that Noah did not give up further amplifies my impatience.
“…Noah harbored a great hatred even right before he escaped from Gaia’s body.”
[…okay.]
From being quite strong enough to be able to take Gaia’s body for a moment, to the fact that he harbored an infinite depth of hatred that he knew no bounds, it was unthinkable that Noah would quietly step down like this.
The black smoke, the change of Noah’s will, had no physical characteristics whatsoever when I saw it. It seemed as if they melted into this world and became one.
If it’s right to be one… well, that’s fine.
It’s a little bit of a headache because it’s full of unknown information, but as you can see from the fact that he got scared and ran away when he saw me, I wouldn’t be able to beat him like Gaia or Cerapia.
It’s good to be sure what you need to do once. I need to catch Noah and kill him.
“In that case, I’ll have to kill Noah first. I’m sorry to have to kill your friend, but I can’t help it. If you have any complaints, tell me now.”
[There’s no way there can be any complaints, since you defeated me, I can’t say no to you.]
“…if you think so.”
Gaia shows an attitude as if she is asking why she is so defeated.
Hey, Belial, Gaia, Cerapia, I don’t know why all the people who call themselves gods put strength first.
That’s why it’s good to communicate clearly and quickly, but I can’t help but feel pathetic when I’m watching it from the side. A human would have had many opinions even if he had obeyed… Well, is that why you say he’s a god?
“If you can’t refuse anything… Yes, restore the Great Forest first. Spit out the elves who absorbed them again.”
[The Great Forest?]
But even if you don’t have complaints, the doubts don’t seem to disappear.
When I spit out the words to restore the great forest, Gaia doesn’t understand why I’m doing such a thing, and above all, she shows an attitude as if she’s asking why I’m asking her to do that.
The great forest is a nest and nest created by the spirit of life.
In other words, to have Gaia do these things means that Gaia will not die or lose her dignity.
Just a moment ago, she shouted that she would solve the problem of the limit of life by obtaining the trust of life herself, but now hearing that she will come and save her would be shocking to Gaia.
“Even if I don’t directly possess the life prestige, I can proceed with the task of resolving the life limit with your help, and there is no reason to have the sanctuary as I have to leave everyone’s side.”
[That alone doesn’t explain why the Great Forest and the elves need to be restored.]
Gaia sincerely doesn’t understand my actions, and Lena and Irene look at Gaia with a bitter expression.
Well, it’s not that Gaia doesn’t feel the need to restore the great forest and the elves because she has malice, it’s just that she can’t help it because her way of thinking is different from that of mortals, so there’s no need for both of them to be so complicated…
“Kheum, at least when everything is over, there should be a place for Lena and Irene to return to.”
“…Faust?”
“what?”
When I answer Gaia’s question, Lena and Irene, who are the wrong subjects, react to my answer.
Despite the fact that Gaia, the person who actually heard the answer, just blinked her eyes and showed no reaction.
“One day, everyone will have to return to their daily lives after work is over, but isn’t it too harsh that only Lena and Irene have no place to go back to?”
[…is it. Earlier, you talked about doing evil because you are a devil, but you are not a vessel to do evil.]
“Take it as a compliment.”
However, Gaia seems to have understood my answer somehow. No matter how much a god is, if his mindset is completely different from that of mortals, there is no reason for him to be worshiped by mortals.
Accepting my answer, Gaia spread her arms wide to the left and right, and before long, a tremendous amount of life energy began to radiate from her fingertips. Just like when he fought me earlier, moss and sprouts are growing everywhere.
Of course, life only grows, but the soil that has already been eaten up by the flood cannot be recovered, so the large pit that looks like it was dug with a giant ladle remains intact, but the desolate appearance has disappeared.