The Paladin Owns the Relic chapter 187

187 – Advent (5)

I saw an injured cat on the road. Even while she was busy handing out her flyers, Seo-Ah Han hugged them.

A deep wound that completely disables one leg. There was also a lot of blood flowing out. Her cries were weak, and she felt like she would die any minute.

But for such a cat, she knows Hanseo and spent all the money she had saved on a veterinary hospital.

“It was hard-earned money.”

“Isn’t it?”

“…Can I use it like this?”

The cat went back to nature. I left without looking back.

There was nothing left. Even so, Han Seo-ah laughed.

“The cat lived.”

“…Doesn’t mean anything?”

She asked me the other way around.

“Why doesn’t it make any sense?”

“……”

What is meaningless?

I didn’t know. What does meaningless mean? I just followed the back of the cat that was moving away with my eyes.

As I watched her leave, I only said one word.

“You don’t even thank me.”

“Is it meaningless if I don’t thank you?”

“…I don’t know.”

“Ugh.”

Han Seo-ah brushed off her pants and stood up. She glanced back at me.

“Stupid.”

Han Seo-ah stuck out her tongue.

“I like helping people around me. When I see a poor person, I want to give her a hand and help her stand by her side.”

“…Even if you don’t appreciate the help?”

“Hmm…Actually, I don’t know anything complicated like that. But I know something else.”

“What do you know?”

Seoah Han smiled broadly.

“It is meaningful because I am satisfied!”

…I was such a child.

Seoah Han was such a person.

The person who couldn’t be me who lived through being hit and run.

But if you follow her all the way, she will…

Someone who makes her want to be like her.

. . .

“Your Majesty?!”

Duran kicked the floor. However, it was blocked by the red barrier of the altar and bounced off.

“What…?!”

“I don’t know what it is…it worked.”

I put my hand on the barrier. The red sky was vibrating. The earth bursts into tears, and the surrounding plants dry up.

Natural Disaster.

The advent of a demigod with a real body, not a temporary body.

I threw a spear at the red barrier. But it bounced off the road. It was the same no matter how hard I tried.

It is a heterogeneous figure that seems to have realized the law itself, impenetrable.

“Your Majesty! Majesty!!!”

Amid Duran’s bitter cry, the queen of the forest beyond the barrier closed her eyes.

She is with him…

Something happened.

Quiet. I felt silence. As before the storm, everything was enveloped in silence.

Obviously everything is moving. It vibrates, but there is no sound at all.

As the world trembles in fear…

I was watching the advent of a being.

“……”

Duran spat out. But i didn’t hear I didn’t hear anything except the pitch moving.

It felt like my eardrum was torn. Arpina covered her face in the raging wind.

The red barrier of the altar has been lifted. The withered Queen of the Forest tumbled down with Basmorph.

And at the same time…

Space is torn.

. . .

“…Ah.”

A stigmata that reacts violently. Fabian wiped his hands. He turned her head away from the messed up Camilla.

“It’s over. Over there too.”

“…I still…”

“There is no use trying to pretend to be strong. Are you feeling it too? That you and I now stand in an incomparable place. And…”

An ominous dark red holy power roared and curled up in Fabian’s hand.

“It is different now. Because my lord broke his shell and descended into this world. The connection has deepened, and the power to receive has also become stronger. Demigod… No. No. Wouldn’t it be more accurate to describe it as an incarnation of an imperfect god who descended into the real world?”

“…What…What…”

“Let’s go to sleep. Let’s just finish this. I have to go get my lady and her master.”

Those who were fighting all over the place reaped their weapons. I kicked the floor in a moment of silence.

The golden angel gained his wings.

“There is something I need to prioritize, so I can’t help it.”

The iron-blooded lord has reaped his weapon.

“I will go away now. It seems that all the data has been extracted.”

The woman flicked her hand away.

“Gather. I’ll open the rift right away.”

The giant snapped his shoulders.

“It was fun. Warriors. Next time we meet, let’s see the end.”

The assailants disappeared in an instant, leaving only the corpses of countless spirits. Those who were left were pushed to the ground without saying who came first.

Those who were enduring their lack of ability with evil and kang.

“…Damn…Damn…”

Vulcan chewed the dirt in his mouth.

“To play with… Until the end…!”

It was strong.

The fragments of power I saw at the end were unimaginable.

Where are those monsters? Vulcan forcibly lifted his weak head.

Unfamiliar vibration heard from far away. In an earthquake-like motion, I felt countless wild beasts fleeing to the outskirts of the forest.

Something that all life fears was coming down now. Perhaps something that those strong people serve.

“…Is… Even… A god…?”

. . .

I opened my eyes slowly. In a place where the world seems to have slowed down, it seemed that I was the only one seeing a different scene.

The movement around me, which had been slowly slowing down, completely stopped. As if frozen, even the dust that had fallen stood firm in its place.

Tak.

For the first time, I heard a sound I had never heard before. I looked up. I just had to work hard and do my best.

[Partial Apotheosis (SS) is activated.]

The frozen body began to move again. The raised holy power pushed away the pressure on the body.

In the forcibly lifted gaze, there were feet coming down from the altar. A body that slowly begins to materialize. Her black hair was fluttering, and her long ears were exposed through them.

Looks like an elf. But beneath her breathtaking beauty, the looks I knew remained.

…Damn it.

My expectations were not wrong.

“…Han…”

I spat out the words.

“Hanseo-ah…!”

My feet stopped. Her eyes looking up at me were as sharp as the ones she had when she was young.

Those eyes made her laugh often. Whenever adverse or difficult things happened, she bent like a pretty moon.

But she wasn’t there.

It was just frozen, cold eyes.

“…It’s been a while.”

The only connection I had with the other side of the world that I cherished continued here.

“Do Min-joon.”

Completely the opposite of our previous relationship.

. . .

We looked at each other. He didn’t say anything for a while. I just looked.

I didn’t know what to say. Just now that time is frozen, this moment was uncomfortable.

Why?

Why is she here?

“…What is the world tree?”

That was the first question.

Her answer was simple.

“He gave up on himself. Eventually he gave in and was eaten by me. It’s difficult, but I did it somehow. Beyond that is the bottomless pit. A place where both time and space are messed up. It’s an absurdly good place for a god to be born.”

“Then, are you saying that the advent of the World Tree they dreamed of was all nonsense?”

“Maybe. But in other words, it is also correct. I am the world tree, and I am like a god who has descended into this world.”

It was scattered at her fingertips and then restored again.

“…It would have been perfect, except for the fact that the watchers were still watching, but my strength and body are a bit unstable. It’s hard to use force. To get my way… I’ll have to get rid of them first.”

The voice was heavy. I felt like my mind would break just by listening to it.

Feels like looking into the abyss.

I had to ask.

The most important thing.

“Why… Are you here?”

I spit out the thought that I couldn’t get it back when I heard the answer, even though I couldn’t erase it.

“I’m sure…I wished Ra your happiness…why…”

“Happiness.”

She nodded her head.

“What was happiness?”

“…I…”

“I know. I should call him Zahard, not Do Min-joon. We’ve been given a new destiny, and we can’t go back to the way we were before, whether we like it or not.”

She raised her hand. A distorted, dark red lump formed like clay in her hand.

“Do you know what causation is? Everything has a price. Cause and effect must be clear, so the world accepts it.”

“……”

“However, this world is full of contradictions. It is a world created by the hands of God and neglected under the name of ‘naturalness’. The observers are forcibly maintaining the shape of the world. Somehow set the rules, and move only within the set frame. Because that’s the only way this world can survive.”

“Watch me…?”

“Seven transcendentalists. Those who observe the world and adhere to their will. They can’t even touch God. Touching them would mean the collapse of this world. It’s also strong in the first place.”

A beautiful star combed from her hand spun on her hand.

“But I know those watchers too. That this world…Is simply a plaything of the gods. That you could perish at any time under their whim.”

– Wrong! I am…!

Ra’s voice suddenly jumped out.

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And the voice distorted in an instant and disappeared.

“You are talking. Don’t interfere Don’t disturb my reunion. Because he’s someone I thought I’d never see again.”

Formed stars colored her surroundings. Dozens of small stars that each turn.

“Did Ra tell you? That there is a turning point of destruction. And to prevent that, there were many fake worlds.”

I heard.

This is a story from when she just arrived here.

“Those fake worlds were created for one purpose only. In order not to go through the turning point of destruction that suddenly appears in this world artificially created by the gods. But Ra would have known. Despite dividing the world and running various ‘simulations’ to keep the world from perishing, for some reason the speed of destruction is accelerating.”

“…What?”

“Inevitably, death always came to the fake world. No matter what form it takes, it will perish by the concept of ‘fallen ones’.”

One of the stars spinning around her turned black.

“And the world on the verge of destruction is scrapped and becomes a star that never existed.”

One star has disappeared. As if it never existed in the first place.

“It’s a fake world line anyway. From the point of view of the gods, it has nothing to do with anything. Real toys are separate, and only rough copies are gone. Then there is Zahard.”

She asked me.

“Who manages this fake world…? Who do you think is responsible for abolishing the world that has been destroyed and getting rid of the insane corruptors who are a threat even to the gods?”

“…God?”

“She can’t be her. God doesn’t always try to interfere directly with the world. I know it’s a fragile toy. And that’s true even for a fake star on the verge of being scrapped. They are always careful because they don’t know what the consequences of one choice will be. The reason why Ra was chosen as her manager is because she is especially careful about that part compared to other gods.”

She whispered.

“Then… Who the hell will fix what the gods have ruined? How can I use someone else’s hands without using my own hands?”

The cleaner.

A person who has to clean up the mess the gods have made.

In other words…

Those who obey God’s will and act according to their will.

“… Four… Do…?”

“Right. And I am Ra’s chosen first apostle. He had an infinitely pure and pure soul, and Ra himself brought him…”

She whispered quietly.

As before.

But there was not a single smile on her face.

“God’s scavenger who killed countless fallen people. A part of Han Seo-ah and a traitor mixed with those who killed him. An aggregate of ugly emotions that Ra forcibly removed and discarded. A beast of the abyss that ate the world tree and now can reveal its teeth.”

Numerous stars formed by her hands are encroached into black and disappear.

The only thing left is her.

“Real born from crushed fakes. A fallen god who devours everything that exists and stands above the gods, and the turning point of the destruction of the real world. That’s me…’Mercedes’.”