Part 3 Episode 7: Advent.
Clear.
The sky is clear.
It is dirty yet clear.
Obscure looked up at the sky and muttered absently.
The sky was clear.
Like an innocent child who does not know what will happen soon.
It was flawlessly clear.
Obscure, who had been looking up at the sky, lowered his head again and looked at the ground.
The rough sand was trampled by his feet and broke apart.
This place, which used to be a city that erased the stars in the sky with bright light and made colorful stars called neon signs bloom on the ground, is now nothing more than a barren land.
Obscure, who was sighing for a moment at the scenery that was nature itself, muttered quietly.
“I kind of regret it. There were a lot of good restaurants here.”
Awareness. Consciousness.
The Obscure trampled the desolate land, even the sound of stepping on the ground, and stood still in the exact center of this desolate land.
The black dot in the exact center of the sandy ground instantly attracted attention.
“..It’s time.”
-Tiririririn.
As Obscue finished speaking, the phone in his pocket wailed furiously to announce its presence.
He took out the phone and put it to his ear.
“…Our deployment of magical girls is over. Do we really have a chance of winning?”
Obscure smiled slightly at the woman’s very nervous voice.
“If all goes as planned.”
“..Good.”
The woman let out a sigh.
Soon, a strong voice filled with courage rang out.
“Let’s begin the operation. Everyone, get ready! One minute before the advent of ‘The Architect’.”
The president quickly issued orders to those around him.
Obscure looked up at the sky again.
The sky was still shining blue.
Black dots were falling from the sky.
“..50 Seconds before the advent of ‘The Architect’.”
It was huge.
” 40 Seconds before the advent of ‘The Architect’!”
It was long.
” 30 Seconds before the advent of ‘The Architect’!”
What was falling was falling, ignoring all the laws of physics around it.
” 20 Seconds before the advent of ‘The Architect’!”
“..It’s coming. Damn it.”
When Obscure saw the enormous majesty of the ‘Tower’, he took something out of his arms.
” 10 Seconds before the advent of ‘The Architect’!”
The huge ‘tower’ opened its mouth to welcome the land.
Kwakwakwang.
The black tower was eating away at the ground.
Even though it was a simple landing, ‘Top’ gave off a huge shock wave, so Obscure lowered his body low without realizing it.
‘Top’ buried itself in this desolate ruin.
“…It’s always crazy big.”
Obscure was disgusted by the ‘tower’ that he could not see no matter how much he looked up.
The ‘tower’ stood tall and looked down on him.
Soon, the part expected to be the door to the ‘tower’ opened to the left and right.
And there.
“Nice to meet you all! Foolish citizens of Korea!”
Someone walked out, waving their hands happily.
Long hair that reaches down to the waist.
A pair of eyes filled with dirty madness.
A huge double-edged ryoba top draped over the shoulder.
“This is me!”
Women, no.
The architect came out of the tower and fell towards the ground.
“I came here to personally teach you what ‘beauty’ is and what ‘art’ is!”
Thump.
The woman’s light body hit the ground, creating a light falling sound.
“I am an ‘architect’! From now on, all the buildings here will be…! ….?”
The architect looked around with slightly trembling eyes, as if he was embarrassed.
“What..What?! The landing location was obviously chosen to be where there are the most buildings…!”
The architect, who was looking around, made eye contact with Obscure.
“Ho. There just happens to be one poor citizen left who doesn’t know art.”
Awareness. Consciousness.
The architect asked as he walked towards the obscure.
“Do you by any chance know what art is and what true ‘beauty’ is?”
A drop of cold sweat rolled down Obscuy’s forehead as he saw the architect putting down the ryoba saw from his shoulder and starting to draw the ground and approach.
It looked more like a serial killer than an architect, and the evil energy emanating from it was not that of an architect either.
“You don’t have to answer. I will personally engrave it on his body. Oh, I’ll leave you with his mouth. I have a lot of questions to ask about this situation as well.”
“..hahahaha. I guess it’s because I’ve gone crazy. I can’t understand the situation at all.”
The architect’s steps stopped.
“…What?”
“That’s right?”
Obscue gestured to look around.
“This is not your stage, architect.”
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“I will deal with the architect.”
After Obscure finished speaking, Crow barely managed to spit out the hot coffee down his throat and spoke.
“…What boss?”
“The architect said I was dealing with him.”
Crow couldn’t find anything to say for a moment, but then he placed his hand on Obs Q’s shoulder and spoke.
“Boss. I understand the feeling of loss over losing your power…But wouldn’t it be a bit difficult to fight the Architect without your power?”
“That’s right, my lord. Why don’t you take a break this time? You haven’t had a proper rest in several days.”
“That’s right. And you said that architects can’t even use their strength properly. If that’s the case, wouldn’t one of us be able to go instead?”
Xiao tried to dissuade him and Haein helped him, but Obscue shook his head.
“No. Even so, the Architect is insanely strong. As I said, he possesses ‘anger’. However, if I let someone else deal with the Architect, something goes wrong with the plan. I have to deal with him.”
Crow, Xiao, and Haein looked like they understood, but they were still covering their mouths that were about to open.
“Then boss. How are you trying to deal with me?”
Bishop, who was quietly chewing a cookie, asked Obscue.
“Courage without a basis is nothing but cruelty, and fighting a fight you can’t win is just stupid. Of course you know that, right?”
“Of course. First of all, in order for an architect to ‘build’, he needs to secure materials by chopping up surrounding buildings with ‘anger’. But I couldn’t do that because I evaporated the city. It’s in a completely weakened state. Meaning, there is still a small amount, so I can’t win without arrogance and greed.”
Obscure looked at the Golden Supreme sitting across from him.
“I need a little help.”
Golden Supreme smiled and held out something as Obscure looked at him.
“But how much time are you going to purchase? I’m paying for it. But I think I need to know…”
“..Probably 4 months.”
Golden Supreme asked with a surprised expression upon Obscure’s words.
“Only four months? You wouldn’t have gotten much stronger in that time… Shouldn’t it have been about a year?”
“No. I can’t guarantee that I will be alive after a year. So, I have to bet on something certain. And even if it’s only 4 months… It will be possible. That much.”
Entropy members, including Crow and Xiao, were watching the unknown conversation between the two with disapproving expressions, but Golden Supreme was the only one who asked with great surprise.
There are two sentences that Golden Supreme paid attention to.
‘I can do that much.’
‘I can’t guarantee that he will survive.’
“What on earth will happen in the future?”
“…So many things will happen. It’s unimaginable.”
“..I’m going crazy. I might have to change the way I lead the company sooner or later..”
In the end, Crow joined the conversation between the two.
“Boss. What on earth are you talking about? Tell us so we can understand.”
“..Ah.”
Obscure smiled slightly as he looked at Crow.
“To put it simply…It means calling for reinforcements.”
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“Reinforcements from the future.”
Together.
Obscure turned the crown of the pocket watch.
Golden series,No 3. Golden poketwatch.
Golden Supreme can buy anything with money.
Even if it is time.
Even if it is.
Even if it is a person from the future.
A huge amount of money is paid.
‘The future’ has been purchased.
When the deal was concluded, a long strand of thread came out from the pocket watch.
It was a thread of time.
It was payment for a transaction sent here from the future.
The threads are coming together.
Time gathers together.
And as some time passed.
There was a person standing there.
A being from the future.
Descent in the past.
“….Ah.”
With his eyelids tightly closed, the man looked up blankly at the sky, as if he had lost his eyesight.
“The sea…Is it Busan?”
It was muttering in a low voice, but the voice hit directly into the brain of the obscure and the architect.
The man who was quietly looking up at the sky turned his gaze to Obscure.
Still with your eyes tightly closed.
Obs Q couldn’t help but flinch for a moment.
Obviously the man had no eyes.
This was because some huge energy was passing through the obscue and grasping it.
‘Mi.. Crazy…’
The man was just emitting energy for detection, but Obscure had released his arrogance and greed.
A huge force pressed down on the obscure and hindered his breathing.
“Gagging…Gagging…”
Obscure couldn’t help but clutch his neck in search of oxygen.
“……..”
Soon the man’s head turned to the architect.
The architect also took a step back, probably because he felt the great energy.
“…This is not artistic…You brought a monster.”
The man was still silent.
“…Aha. Did you use ‘pocket watch’?”
“….!”
I was able to completely understand the situation with just a few clues given.
“Yes. That’s the situation…”
Finally, the man stood up.
Then, the energy emanating from the man became even stronger.
“…Oh my…”
In the end, Obscure had no choice but to take a step back.
The architect must have been embarrassed as well and had already backed off.
The man looked back at the obscure.
“Get out. If your pocket watch is broken, my summons will never happen. Run to the outskirts of the city immediately.”
When the man stood up, Obscure was able to see the man’s appearance in more detail.
Both arms with sharp nails that can hardly be called human arms.
Black scales suddenly sprouted from the face.
A black thorn sticking out of the knee of the pants.
A shadow wriggling ominously.
He was not human.
Obscue turned around and started running like crazy.
‘You must live.’
Obscure was desperately running, repeating one thought, but one thought passed through his brain.
‘Is that… Me?’
The future obscure looked at the architect again.
“Shall we begin?”
“…You’re crazy. Where did a monster like you come from?”
“Nothing to know.”
Future Obscure raised his arms and muttered.
“I wish I could be saved.”
Future Obscure’s eyelids lift.
My eyes were opened.
“…Hiik..!”
The architect took a step back again.
Because her sinister enemy, An, was glaring at her.
The Future Obscure thought for a moment and said.
“Welcome to Korea.”