Into the Creations 2316

Chapter 2316 – 2316. Virgin Ghost

“Hmm. May I ask what you plan to use it for? From what I see, Ms. Sung Yoo-jin doesn’t seem to know how to use dolls or their creative abilities.”

“None of your business. If you interfere, I’ll kill you.”

“Interfere? Rather, I intend to help.”

I stared at James, surprised by his unexpected words.

“What are you plotting? Didn’t you use most of the association’s assets to make that doll? And the Spear of Longinus is a treasure with immense power.”

“You are the noble person from the prophecy. Perhaps you possess powers or methods I am unaware of. Besides, the Divine Doll and the Spear of Longinus are no longer of much help. Though the Spear of Longinus might still be useful… Retrieving it from there is no easy task.”

I belatedly realized that they hadn’t failed to retrieve the doll and spear, but were unable to. It made sense; with such powerful items, it was absurd to leave them behind unless they couldn’t retrieve them.

“What’s in that space?”

“I’ve maximized the density of the space. Even an A-rank hunter would be compressed to the size of an ant upon entering. I can confidently say that even an S-rank hunter wouldn’t last more than 10 seconds.”

“That doesn’t make sense. Didn’t an A-rank hunter named Selena go in and break the seal?”

“She went in with the Spear of Longinus. But currently, the Spear of Longinus is in front of the doll. Selena… no, the Virgin Ghost broke the Divine Seal, planted the Longinus into the ground, and let go of it. Selena died from the spatial density.”

“Suicide? Why? If it was powerful enough to break the seal, wouldn’t it be more useful to keep it?”

“The Spear of Longinus contains divine power. The power of order. The ability to eliminate dimensional rifts, anomalies, and seals… or rather, to make things right. It’s incredibly effective against evil and impure things. Many incidents have been resolved with the Spear of Longinus. However, divine power is consumed each time it’s used, so it couldn’t be used recklessly.”

“So, it was thrown away because it was a threat to the Virgin Ghost herself. Did the Virgin Ghost also disappear?”

“Even spirits aren’t completely unaffected by space. In that space, even a spirit can’t survive. The Virgin Ghost died. Though it was a clone, not the main body.”

“You said you’d help me. How can I get in and out of there? Is spatial teleportation possible?”

On a whim, I pulled out a spatial teleportation scroll from my pocket, intending to set the coordinates here. *Tzzzt*. The spatial teleportation scroll tore. It seemed spatial teleportation scrolls didn’t work here.

“I heard something tearing.”

“It’s nothing.”

“…Yes, well, I understand. I am a mage. I can do many things, and one of them is spatial manipulation. I will open a path for you. I can only maintain it for… 15 seconds. Please finish your business within 15 seconds. Tell me when you are ready.”

[Using Acceleration. Duration: 10 minutes. Remaining stacks: 11]

“I’m ready.”

“I will open it.”

*Crack!*

The glass-like barrier surrounding the space cracked, and a part of it collapsed, opening a path. I immediately ran into the space. I felt a pressure that seemed to crush my entire body. I gritted my teeth and moved forward.

[Using Time Acceleration. Remaining stacks: 6]

I wrapped my body in mana and moved forward. There was no room for any other tricks.

In the slowed time, I somehow reached the center of the space. I probably had more than 10 seconds to spare.

I grabbed the pure white spear, the Spear of Longinus, and put it in my inventory.

Then, I reached out to the doll hanging on the cross. Up close, it definitely felt like a doll.

I wanted to examine every nook and cranny of the doll to see if it had nipples and a vagina… but there was no time. I put the doll in my inventory and turned to run back.

[Using Instant. Remaining stacks: 5]

[Using Instant. Remaining stacks: 4]

[Using Instant. Remaining stacks: 3]

I used Instant in succession and escaped the space. I gasped for breath, clutching my waist. It felt like I had barely escaped from the deepest depths of the sea.

“Cough!”

James collapsed, coughing up blood. Blood started flowing from his eyes, ears, and nose.

“…Was that so difficult that you’re dying? The association president is weak.”

“Haha. If I may make an excuse, I am weakened right now. I had to protect New York as much as possible. Cough, cough!”

James coughed up a large amount of blood. His energy was greatly diminished. He would die within a minute.

“Don’t die yet. I have something to ask you.”

I sprayed a top-grade potion on James. His energy slightly increased. But it was only enough to add another minute to his lifespan. Spraying more potions wouldn’t have any effect.

“Something to ask… My last words are…”

“No, not that. I’m talking about the SSS-rank giant that appeared in the Pacific. What is that monster?”

“…Ah. That’s not a monster. It’s the body that a god discarded when ascending. It wasn’t originally that size… but it’s been growing bigger. We couldn’t handle that god’s body, so we created an artificial dimensional rift to seal it. Its power was so strong that it couldn’t be sealed any other way.”

“Why is it deep in the Pacific?”

“Because that’s where no one would find it.”

Why do these bastards keep creating seals? Useless bastards.

“Where are the other members of the World Hunter Association? Are they all dead? Are there no other powerful items?”

“They left to handle the situation in America. They were given magic tools and artifacts. Special forces members have been dispatched around the world. I’m sorry, but this place is now empty. Except for one thing.”

“I’m curious about that one thing.”

“Please extend your hand.”

Did the association president have it? I extended my right hand to him. He was dying, so he wouldn’t be able to play any tricks.

The moment he grabbed my hand, something glowing from his shoulder area connected to the back of my hand.

The light disappeared, and a triangular tattoo appeared on the back of my hand. Inside the triangle, complex patterns were drawn.

“What the hell? What is this tattoo? It won’t come off?! Harin hates it when I have tattoos!”

I scrubbed the tattoo with my left hand, but it wouldn’t come off. Should I tear off my skin? That would hurt, and I didn’t want to.

“Haha. That is the Trinity. It is a symbol and power passed down from the previous masters of Kabbalah.”

“……I definitely feel more powerful. My mana has increased too. Am I… S-rank now!”

Overall, it felt like my rank had increased by one level.

I was starting to like the Trinity a little. But the fact that it was a tattoo was still not to my liking. This design would suit Park Su-ho better. Since it was embedded in my body, I couldn’t put it in my inventory.

“The Trinity provides powerful strength by consuming soul, body, and karma. You have accumulated enough karma. But the human soul and body are too weak compared to the accumulated karma. Even if a human uses it, it’s limited to a few minutes, and the output is fixed. I protected New York with the power of the Trinity. But as a result, I lost my strength and became weak.”

“So, you stayed here to pass this on to me from the beginning. Is that right?”

“In the current situation, a noble person means… someone who can take responsibility for this world. Noble person. I entrust this world… to you…”

The light faded from James’s eyes.

I left his corpse behind and went outside the building. There were still things to confirm. I tore a spatial teleportation scroll and moved to Japan.

Thunder Sky Style (雷天流) Flying Thunder God (飛雷神).

I ran through the sky and headed to the Pacific. I wanted to use a spatial teleportation scroll, but there were no coordinates saved in the center of the Pacific.

Fortunately, I was S-rank now. It didn’t take long to reach my destination.

I looked down from the sky over the Pacific. A giant with a pure white body was crouching. Its size was gradually increasing.

*Thump! Thump! Thump!*

Waves surged violently in time with the giant’s heartbeat. The body of a god. It was alive. Even though it was just a shell without a soul, I could feel a powerful force emanating from it. I couldn’t predict what it would do if it awakened.

I couldn’t kill it with my power. The term SSS-rank wasn’t just for show. I could feel a power that made my fingertips tremble just by watching it.

What should I do next? Should I regress right away? I wanted to kill the Virgin Ghost, but I had no way of finding her main body.

“……”

I glanced at the Trinity on the back of my right hand. If I regressed, this power would disappear. Regression doesn’t affect the game app, but it does affect my body.

‘Since I have it, I should try using it. And I want to use it as efficiently as possible.’

How should I use it efficiently? Do I need talent? Should I use the Trinity while in the Genius Time state?

‘If I don’t have talent, I can just summon the talented me.’

It was a bit of a waste of points, but I could earn them back by entering the game world or doing quests. Time was on my side.

[Purchasing Devotion.]

[Manifestation
Summons and recreates yourself from a desired ending world.
The duration and ability recreation of the manifestation depend on the total stats.
Price: 10,000 points
※Caution
Recreates all applied penalties.]

[Using Manifestation.]
[Summoning yourself from the Tyrant World for you.]
[Tyrant Quality is applied.]
[Tyrant Quality is excluded from the effects of traits and Absolute Spirit.]
[Tyrant Quality makes your personality somewhat violent.]
[Tyrant Quality greatly increases physical abilities.]
[Tyrant Quality grants talent bonuses.]
[Devotion lasts for 90 minutes.]

Power surged through my body. My senses became sharper, and my mind started working vividly.

The crouching giant slowly rose. It had a human form, but it lacked both male and female characteristics. The giant’s gaze, with its head raised, turned towards me.

More accurately, it was the Trinity on the back of my hand that caught its attention. The giant sensed a power similar to that of a god within the Trinity.

‘I see. The Trinity is a power created by humans who revered, admired, and envied gods, a power to become a god. And it’s a failure.’

I also had a grasp of how to use it.

I turned my gaze to the sky. Beyond the clouds, where the stars twinkled, dimensions were slowly tearing apart. I could feel a disgusting madness through the gaps.

‘Brahmasen. It’s no coincidence that that bastard appeared now. He’s targeting the god’s body that reacted to the Trinity.’

But it was too late. I would take the god’s body.

The giant reached out its hand to me. It was an instinct to fill what was lacking. To it, I must have felt like a god’s soul.

The moment I was caught in its hand, I used the Trinity. The giant’s body was sucked into the Trinity. There was no resistance. The giant had achieved its goal of becoming one with me.

‘All the conditions are met.’

Karma. The Trinity was the history of all humanity, protected by the World Hunter Association.

Body. The shell left behind by a god. There was no better body than this.

Soul. Absolute Spirit.

I reconstructed my body with my soul at the center. There were no major changes in appearance.

‘Now, if I envelop my existence with karma… It’s not easy to handle.’

It was impossible for humans to handle karma. They didn’t even have the sense for it. But fortunately, I had experienced that unfamiliar sensation once before. When the King of the Demonic Sky descended into my body. The King of the Demonic Sky had used his power without restraint.

[Activating Genius Time for 10 seconds.]

Mara Papiyas’s Mandala. I would recreate it in my own way.

*Crack, crackle!*

Blue lightning sparked and flashed from my body. Lightning was now my symbol and identity. I gave the lightning form and imbued it with karma.

The lightning gathered behind my back, forming a circle.

Thunder Sky Style (雷天流) Divine Will (神意) Lightning Karma Wheel (雷光劫輪).

*Kiiiiiiiiiiiiing!*

The karma in the form of lightning rotated infinitely in a forward direction, flashing with lightning. This lightning was karma sublimated into power.

This halo was proof that I had become a god.

I opened my eyes as a god.