Chapter 881 – Reunion
As he is also a being who can read causality to some extent, Illax feels something uneasy and appears wary of Seong-il’s demands. However, he had no choice but to admit that Seong-il’s demands were valid, and in the end, Illax had no choice but to accept Seong-il’s demands.
『The Archbishop is coming soon! Follow me right now!』
‘It was eaten!’
The reason Seong-il asked Illax for a holy relic in the first place was naturally a kind of bluff to be able to obtain the archbishop’s body. Therefore, Seong-il is internally relieved when his gamble pays off.
‘For some reason, I don’t think it would be a good idea to show the inventory…’
Illax’s own abilities. In particular, Seong-il, who had no intention of showing his abilities related to the game master, stored the archbishop’s body in the ethereal stone of space and then moved the body to the ark under Illax’s guidance.
‘It’s been a long time.’
The appearance of a space that was quite familiar to Seongil. However, Seong-il pretends not to know anything. He acts as if he is visiting for the first time without any knowledge of the ark.
Rumbling…!
A fierce shock wave echoing near the teleportation device on the top floor of the Ark. Based on that, Seong-il could feel that the ‘Archbishop’ was still tracking him and Illax.
『It’ll be okay. Since large-scale teleportation was not used, no matter how much the archbishop uses the holy relic, he will not be able to track the location of the ark.』
Ilax, who read Seongil’s mood, tells him in a calm tone not to worry. The Archbishop explains that in order to track them, they must either use a powerful holy relic with enormous causality, or disarm the dimensional barrier and change the laws to make dimensional movement and tracking easier.
『Of course, if you do something like that, ‘things’ will track you down, so the Archbishop would never do something like that.』
AI is scary for Illax as well, and he appears to not want to talk about AI directly. Anyway, Illax is confident that if they hold on just a little longer, the ‘transcendence’ they have longed for will be realized, so they will not go overboard and take the gamble of exposing the church to AI tracking.
“I see.”
Seong-il listens to Ilax’s words and nods his head in a calm tone. In the worst case, all you had to do was take refuge in the Inner Plane.
『Nice to meet you. My name is Ilax. In fact, the bishop who fought us a moment ago is a member of a fanatical group that oppresses humanity…』
“I know. You are a branch of an alien race that broke away in opposition to the fanatical group the Transcendence Church, and you call yourself the ‘Guardians of Reason.'”
『…』
When the human in front of him appears to know a lot about their organization, Illax looks at him with a very interesting and surprised expression.
“Exactly? Then, can you also see that we are beings who can coexist with you? We are…』
“No. To be honest, I don’t particularly like your goals. No, I could say that I hate them.”
『…?!』
When Seong-il responds as if he knows their ultimate goal, the psionic waves emanating from Illax’s body begin to shake in accordance with his emotions.
“I know that you are trying to change your body into a machine body to avoid AI tracking. To be honest, I find that method disgusting.”
『… How on earth do you know that? That plan is truly a plan that only a very few people know about.』
“I know more than you think. So let’s not talk in circles.”
At that time, Seongil was watching Illax and speaking in a cold tone. The dimensional attacks pounding the ark’s psionic defense wall begin to quiet down. And the spire door opens as if waiting for that response.
“Are you okay?”
The appearance of a group of Ark Hunters and low-level aliens. They appear worried that Illax, their focal point, may have been seriously injured.
『I’m fine. In fact, I didn’t even use much force. When I entered the battle, this man had already cut off half of the bishop’s lifeline.』
Ilax moves his psionic arm and points to his holy day. Then all eyes focused on Seong-il.
“Would you like us to clean up the little things and finish what we were talking about?”
“… A small portion?”
The S-class hunters, including Yoo Chang-jin, glare at him with an expression of bewilderment at the outrageous remarks made by the masked man in front of them.
‘If I act clumsily, my true identity may be revealed.’
Because of his disappearance, the ‘seeker’ on the Ark could already be misunderstood as Han Seong-il or that they are related. In fact, there was no problem in the latter case, but if it was misunderstood as the former, it could be quite annoying, so Seong-il even dared to tell the people in front of him that he was Han Seong-il in order to prevent them from associating the seeker with Han Seong-il. I decide to put on an overwhelming ‘show’ to prevent them from doing so.
“Yes. Small spoon.”
Seong-il begins to radiate his fierce energy towards the Ark Hunter, who is radiating murderous energy towards him. As an overwhelming power beyond imagination builds into an area and spreads around, not only the human race including Yoo Chang-jin and Min Ye-jin, but even the aliens who were performing Illax nearby look at Seong-il in amazement.
“This is the last time I’m going to speak in a gentlemanly manner. Next time you look at me with that kind of expression, I’ll gouge out your eyeballs.”
“… Huh! He was an amazing person. This… Is it because your eyesight is gradually becoming blurred as you get older?”
Interestingly, Yoo Chang-jin, like the old boss of the Hunter Association, does not needlessly show off his pride to Seong-il, but quickly acknowledges Seong-il’s strength and kills him like a fox to end the situation.
‘However, unlike his soft tone, his eyes are still sharp… Well, I guess I can get over that…’
Seong-il doesn’t particularly have any ill feelings towards hunters like Min Ye-jin or Yoo Chang-jin, so when they try to end the situation appropriately, Seong-il doesn’t bother to argue further and just lets it go.
『Illax. The psionic pod is ready.』
『Thank you.』
When Seong-il first met Ilax, the strange psionic energy equipment he was using appears before his eyes again. When the circular barrel opens, dense psionic energy begins to spread around.
『I’m sorry. If a psionic user as powerful as me wanders around without any special sealing device, the causality will crack.』
“It’s okay.”
『I need to talk to this customer here, so could you please make room for me?』
Surprisingly, instead of moving to his office located in the center of the Ark, he declared that he would continue his conversation with Seong-il in a remote dimensional port, and the Ark’s executives were all surprised.
『The man in front of me has the qualifications. Didn’t you hear this directly from me a little while ago? That he is the one who murdered the bishop, whom even I cannot easily deal with.』
『But… Maybe…』
『Let’s go.』
The alien who was a guardian of reason seemed worried when he heard that Seong-il had murdered the bishop, and he seemed to want to leave behind at least a few guards. However, Illax wanted to show him the favor he deserved since this unknown monster trusted him and came to his base, the Ark.
“… Now that the uninvited guest has left, I’ll say it again. I find the act of putting a human soul into a machine disgusting. In that sense, honestly, I can’t walk the same path as you.”
『Hmm…』
Before even explaining the cause advocated by the guardian of reason, Illax is embarrassed when the monster in front of him denies the ideal they want to pursue.
『Then are you confident that you will win the war against the Transcendent Church? It is good to have high ideals, but if the goal is not realistic, it is ultimately just an empty claim.』
Illax begins to reprimand Seong-il by talking about the difference between reality and ideals, as if he has always used a gentle tone of voice.
“No matter what you say, I, and by extension our species, will fight against them. And I am confident that we will actually win. Decisively…”
『Conclusively…?』
“At least I didn’t do anything like you, hiding extreme plans like human body modification from the ‘target’. I gave them a choice.”
『Hmm…』
“I hope you don’t try to spew out words like white lies. If it hadn’t been for the invasion of your species in the first place, humanity wouldn’t have ended up in this situation. It’s honestly disgusting to hear words like good intentions from the mouth of such a species.”
『…』
Although it was a cynical and rude opinion, it made enough sense, so Illax remained silent and just looked at Seong-il.
『Phew… Are you really confident? Although the Transcendental Church is a fanatical group… It is not an easy organization at all.』
Illax emphasizes that although Seongil’s killing of the current administrator and bishop was a great achievement, it was in fact the tip of the iceberg of the power of the Transcendent Church.
