Dragon Sword Hrunti (2)
God of cause and effect.
Theo thought he—or she—was quite unique among the many gods of the pantheon.
Even when climbing Baektap, he sometimes showed a dazed(?) appearance.
It still looked exactly the same.
‘If, as Asin said, all the messages I’ve seen so far were created by this god… … the discrepancy is too great.’
The messages Theo had seen so far had been delivered bluntly, as if by a machine, without any emotion whatsoever.
Even the penalty for failing a quest didn’t always end in death.
It was difficult to see him as a personality that would give such harsh trials.
‘More than anything, Baektap continued to show me a friendly attitude.’
So Theo just couldn’t quite connect with the message and the god of cause and effect.
‘Kerto.’
“Yes, master.”
‘What do you know?’
“Well, I’m just a simple intermediary conveying the will of the Pantheon.”
‘… … .’
『But I can tell you one thing. The ‘message’ you speak of, the system, is indeed created by the God of Cause and Effect. It is He who also manages it.』
So were all those messages really the God of Cause and Effect?
Then suddenly Theo discovered a loophole in Certosuchus’ words.
‘Just because you are the creator and administrator of the system doesn’t mean you are a user.’
“Yes. Utilizing the system is a completely different concept. ”
That means that there was a different god who had been giving quests to Theo all this time.
‘Then who is that user?’
“That’s all.”
‘All of it?’
『The gods of the pantheon. They are all watching over you, my master. And their expectations of you are all different. Some of them are very kind.』
Theo unconsciously turned his gaze towards the message.
[The manager looks startled as if his eyes met yours.] [The manager looks around in embarrassment and tries to quickly hide himself.]
『And some people don’t have any particular expectations.』
[The God of ■■ is watching you.]
『There are also some people who are hostile to the master.』
‘Hostile? Me?’
For a moment, Theo did not understand what Certosuchus was saying.
Why would they hate you for fighting on the front lines against the <Nameless Monarch> on their behalf, even if they can be indifferent to you?
『These are gods who mainly think that the chooser should have been someone else. Or they have a relationship with a foreign god.』
Theo wondered how a god of the pantheon could be friendly with a foreign god, but soon understood and nodded.
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If you think about Ed, it’s easy to understand.
Isn’t that the same with human society? There may be a third party, or they may have become close friends because they got along well with each other, unlike their faction.
Depending on each person’s political standing, their position is different.
Would it be different if it were God?
Rather, Theo felt fortunate.
Because I knew that no matter how transcendent a god may be, in the end, they are all just the same living beings.
“Or there are gods who want to test their master further.”
[The unnamed god carefully examines your every decision and action.] [The unnamed god hopes that you will show something more advanced.]
Theo seemed to know who that god was.
-Sigurd Ragnar.
If it was the ancestor who had only seen him in passing, it would not have been strange for him to have taken a deep interest in the descendant who had succeeded him and become Lordbroke’s new companion.
‘So, in the end, the system you’re talking about is the will of the pantheon of gods, or a test?’
“Yes. The God of Cause and Effect plays a role in regulating it appropriately.”
Theo could now understand why the quests had always been so mixed in difficulty and why they sometimes seemed disconnected from one another.
‘Then the rewards from there would also be given by the gods of the Pantheon.’
Theo was relieved to finally learn the secret of the message, but also felt bad.
‘So in the end, they think of me as just a puppet for them to manipulate?’
The very concept of manipulating mortals ‘as they please’ was unpleasant.
Although I did get stronger quickly thanks to the power of quests.
Theo also actively utilized and exploited this, but it still felt bad.
Just as humans think of ants as tiny creatures that can be eliminated somehow.
I also got a vague idea of how the gods view humans.
‘I think I understand why my father had such contempt for Lorda and the Dragon Emperor.’
Because Lordbrok is a god of this world, representing the pantheon.
Because the Gwangryongje is a crazy author who is consumed by madness and offers his soul and reason to foreigners.
The reason I hated selectors would be similar.
Their divine ability to turn back time is what deprives humans of their free will.
[The manager is worried that not everyone is like that.]
Theo immediately adjusted his grip on the Dragon Sword and Dragon Hwal Sword he was holding in both hands.
No matter what the God of Cause and Effect said, distrust in God or a transcendent being was already sprouting little by little in his heart.
Of course, that doesn’t mean I have any intention of rebelling against their will right away.
But at least there was no more respect.
and,
“To make that certain, we’ll have to defeat it completely.”
Where Theo cast his gaze.
Asin’s flesh, which had been flying in all directions with the explosion, began to writhe in the air and spread its tentacles in all directions.
As flesh and flesh connected, the faces of the upside-down people began to emerge one by one.
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“Kyahahahaha!”
“It’s fun! It’s really fun!”
“This is my first time playing such an exciting game! This is my first time!”
“Play with me more! More!”
“And then you get eaten by me!!”
It wasn’t over yet.
<Hellfire>
Theo clenched his fists.
Then the sparks blazed and caused countless lightning strikes to fall.
Kwarrung! Kwarrung! Kwarrung!
Lightning striking the ground burned the flesh, and fire rising from the ground burned the remaining pieces.
Kukukukuku-
As if that wasn’t enough, the iron gate opened wide from behind Theo, revealing an army of dragons.
However, this legion was a little different from the previous ones.
It was right at the feet of the dragons that the chronograph quickly turned in the opposite direction and the figures of the inspectors appeared above their bodies.
[The dragon’s magic is evenly distributed throughout the area.] [The activation conditions for <Clockwork Enumeration> have been met. The magic is activated.] [Heroic spirits appear.]
-Dragon Tiger Corps!!
The spirits of the Yeongmyo Sword attempted to descend.
-Foreign news? I don’t know about that! Let’s just sweep away everything that’s left!
-Let’s go!
-Let’s go!
The 299 spirits quickly erased the flesh of Asin that was trying to erupt.
[‘Evil’ is added to the attributes of the spirits that have appeared. The vaccine program is activated.] [Viruses are deleted at a rapid rate.] [Some viruses resist fiercely.]
The spirits who were scattering auras indiscriminately were as strong as they were in their prime when they drove the <Nameless Monarch> into the sea of magic.
Above all, the dragon legions that accompanied them were more energetic than ever.
The death of his long-time colleague, Nessie, caused him to become filled with anger.
“iced coffee……!”
“I wanted to play more… … .”
“It’s a pity… … .”
“I wanted to eat it, but ugh!”
“But still! But you’ll play with me again next time, right? Yes?”
Asin’s faces quickly disappeared, but rather than being in pain, they seemed to be enjoying themselves.
As if he was looking forward to the day when he would meet Theo again, not as a clone but as his real self.
Kwajik!
But the commotion finally died down when the last guy had his head smashed in.
-Phew… … !
-What is so persistent?
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-In some ways, it’s worse than embarrassment?
Passus-
The spirits let out a long sigh as they watched the finely broken and scattered Asin powder.
As it was a comeback brought about by Nessie’s sacrifice, the mental fatigue was definitely great.
Already, the surrounding area was devastated by the explosion, leaving nothing intact, not even the forest or anything else.
-But, descendant, why do you still have that expression on your face?
Then, one of the spirits tilted his head as he looked at Theo, who was still looking around with a stern expression.
“It hasn’t come out yet.”
-Huh? What?
A message saying that all viruses have been eradicated or that the quest has been cleared –
Just as Theo was about to answer,
Kwaaang!
Suddenly, a giant ape several meters in size appeared from the ground behind Theo, its mouth wide open.
“Ahahaha! Surprise surprise! I haven’t gone all the way yet!”
-this!
-Were you hiding in the ground?
-Shit!
The gaping mouth was about to fall on Theo.
The legions of spirits and dragons, who had not yet noticed the guy’s hiding place, were belatedly trying to move with pale faces.
On the one hand, I was trembling at the life force of Asin, who kept coming back to life no matter how many times he was killed.
however,
“I’m sorry, but you’re not what I was looking for in the first place.”
Theo laughed with deep, sunken eyes.
Asin couldn’t answer.
Before that could happen, a black lightning bolt suddenly fell from the sky and tore apart the guy’s body.
Kwarrrrrrung-!
Phew!
The place where black lightning struck.
A man slowly rose from his seat, scattering dust.
-What about that face?
-It’s too similar to the descendant?
-So that guy is also our descendant?
-But why does it smell like fucking shame?
The spirits looked at the black-haired man who reeked of the Holy Demon Church with eyes filled with hatred.
Grrr!
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Even the dragons are showing their hostility.
The split halves of the god took a step back and then came back together. The head, which had been spinning clockwise, screamed.
“What are you doing all of a sudden, 5th Apostle! Did ■■■ teach you to do this!”
Could it be because I was interrupting them while they were having fun?
Asin kicked the ground hard with his foot as if he was displeased and grumbled.
The man just laughed as if it was absurd.
“I’m sorry, but I hope you don’t see me as the same as the other apostles. The shame and I are simply contractual equals. And.”
Buck!
As the man took a step, the black magic and madness that spread out fiercely ‘swallowed’ the flesh that Asin had shed here and there.
All of them were things that could become the raw materials for Asin’s clone to come back to life. From the beginning, they were nipped in the bud so that it couldn’t happen.
And the divine power of Asin that was absorbed in this way had the effect of making the man’s magical power much stronger.
“This was my playground to begin with. That kid was my guest. Why are you talking so much when you’re interrupting that?”
As the man made a light gesture in the air, the madness and magic that had been wrapped around Asin’s body took the form of a dragon and devoured Asin.
Crunch! Crunch!
“Heeeeeet! For now, let’s go like this! Next time! I’ll definitely! Definitely! Have fun! I’ll really have fun then! I promised!”
Asin disappeared, making a strange sound.
“Whew. The uninvited guest has finally disappeared.”
The spirits and dragons had to look at the man with wary eyes who had so casually devoured the clone of Asin whom they had worked so hard to catch.
-Ragnar and an apostle… … What on earth is that?
In their eyes, the man did not look like the same Ragnar. Nor did he look like a fanatic of the Holy Demon Church, their long-time enemy.
A monster that seems to be a mixture of the two.
It was a hybrid in itself.
But the man paid no attention to the gazes of those spirits and dragons, and looked towards Theo.
There was a warmth in that gaze that did not match madness or magic.
“I didn’t know we would meet like this. Still, it’s nice to meet you, grandson.”
The Gwangryongje laughed.
How the bastard of the Return Sword Family lives
