Chapter 156 – The Goddess’ Proposal (1)
Episode 156: The Goddess’ Proposal (1)
“This time, the time to break the normal ending was a bit slow.”
After finishing his part-time job in the afternoon, it became Kwon Kang-han’s daily routine to go straight to the computer.
Kwon Han-han, who drank all his remaining coke, rested his chin on his chin and clicked the mouse.
A fast-paced dialogue script.
Because I broke the ending several times, I watched until I got tired of learning each line.
Just then, Saint Lesilia’s face closes up, and her tears flow.
It hurt a little to see my favorite character crying every time I broke the ending, but it was still pretty.
After the ending screen, I returned to the Ikarut character.
I immediately pressed the reincarnation button.
In the Artis game, abilities were accumulated through reincarnation.
Kwon Kang-han entered the rankings with the highest number of reincarnations ever.
Of course, it was a game where more dead people were prevalent, so it wasn’t number one in the rankings.
‘Around this time, I’m going to announce an update targeting the summer vacation season.’
Late update notice.
Rumors were circulating within the community that the game would be closed.
‘How much money has been poured into the game company so far, it must be a shame.’
The last update notice was exactly 4 months ago.
Kwon Kang-han bent the can out of habit.
If you’re addicted to a game, you’ll just have to switch to another game, but that’s how much I got attached to it.
Kwon Kang-han, who had nothing to say as a deceased person, entered the character selection window and adjusted his equipment to the hero character again.
Through the roots of the world tree, I strengthened all the sacred equipment.
I pressed the reincarnation button on the accumulated ability.
“… Why can’t I see the character?”
When I went back to the character selection screen, the hero was nowhere to be seen.
Relogged into the game, same thing.
Is it a bug? Kwon Kang-han eventually turned on the game start window to make an inquiry.
[Server maintenance and large-scale patch update information]
New has finally appeared on the notice window that has remained unchanged for 4 months.
Even if you put in an inquiry, it only responds with macro-type answers.
The management team, which had been silent, brought an ambitious large-scale patch notice as if it had been called a build-up.
‘I can’t stand this.’
The mouse cover clicked on the notice instead of the inquiry window.
***
“Master… ?”
Memories passing by like a kaleidoscope.
Ikarut came to his senses at the voice of the saintess.
It was a very brief moment, but I remembered clearly right before I was possessed.
‘Where is this?’
Ikarut looked around.
It was night up and down and sideways. It was like being trapped in outer space.
“Are you okay, master?”
Two slender arms wrapped around her waist.
Saint Lesilia hugged him behind his back.
Ika Root did not respond to the rustling of his arms and his breasts touching each other.
“I knew the master was going to die… I thought my heart would break.”
“… “
“I was so scared. So please don’t die in front of me.”
Ikarut untied his arms, which were slowly entangling like his chains.
When she was released without a word, Lesilia, who was being held, took a step back.
The posture of bringing her hands together as if praying and placing them on her chest was extremely saintly.
“I am not dead.”
“I know… But with her magic sword, the heart… It’s been pierced… “
Lesilia’s face collapsed with sadness.
However, Ikarut was expressionless.
“The demon king chosen by the demon sword will not die.”
It was something the warrior had overlooked.
The demonic sword that annihilates the soul itself was an exception to the master chosen by the sword, the demon king.
Even if his heart was pierced by a knife, it is enough to recover even if it heals.
Because of his holy power, his recovery was delayed, but he did not die.
“Why are you sure I’m dying?”
“That, that… I didn’t know that the hero would threaten the master’s life with a magic sword. So… “
“All weapons other than the holy sword cannot kill me. It must be a fact that the saintess knows best.”
A demonic sword that destroys souls. That was the only information the human world knew.
Lesilia was a saint who told the oracles she received directly from her goddess.
The Trial of the Holy Sword quest in the game also had to be received from Lesilia in order to proceed.
In the dialogue script, ‘All weapons other than the holy sword cannot pierce the heart of the demon king. There was a part where even a demonic sword could not harm the demon king.
“Who are you?”
Ikarut was wary.
A saintess who suddenly appeared.
Even her conviction that she was going to die was contradictory.
Lesilia twisted her chin slightly. Her platinum hair covered her cheeks and cast shadows.
The gentle blue eyes curved strangely.
“Are you very quick-witted?”
“I asked who you are.”
“I was relieved because Lesilia Arnel is my favorite girl… If she was this quick-witted, she would have played the role of a saintess, but it’s a shame.”
She was a perfect saint with flawless appearance.
However, her tone and behavior were far from the saint he knew.
Seeing Lesilia’s sudden change, Ikarut rushed into battle.
“This is a gap in the rift, so it must be difficult to summon another space?”
“!”
Although she tried to summon a unique ultimate, this space. It soon exploded
Lesilia in front of her had a sad expression.
Ikarut raised his aura.
“Mr. Wu, he fixed his body, but he’s about to attack right away. Aren’t you ungrateful?”
“I ask you who are you for the third time.”
Aura across the air.
Lesilia snoops at her chin without even dodging.
“Eolssi, it turned out that he was an impatient guy.”
Push type…
The aura quickly dissipated.
“No matter what skill you use here, it will be nullified. Did you understand that you’re the only one losing strength?”
“… “
“And you already know who I am?”
Goddess Gaia.
For a moment, a message window appeared in front of her eyes.
The goddess looks exactly like Lesilia Arnel, as if copied from the character.
It was like twins, differing only in her personality.
‘Then, is this place called the Ark of the Timeline?’
Along with the message that Goddess Gaia recovered the demon king’s body, it was written that she invited herself to the ark of the time line.
Gaia hums, snorts and puts her hands behind her back.
Like a rabbit, her gun-running footsteps seemed to be excited for some reason.
“I was surprised too. I never thought the hero would call the ark of the timeline. I was so embarrassed that I called you first. You were looking for me too, so it’s a win-win for both parties, right?”
“… It wasn’t the ending you wanted. Wasn’t it just playing with your hands even though the scenario changed?”
“What?! How busy I was! You try to run the world! It’s damn hard! Even the loop function has been removed!”
The pouting Gaia puffed out both her cheeks.
With her arms crossed, she circles around Ikarut.
“So how do you feel about coming here?”
“I want to go home.”
“Chit, this is the first time a stranger from the beginning has come here in person. Enjoy what you came here. Because the world will end anyway.”
“The world is already perishing.”
Since the war was won, the fall of the human world is not far away.
Middle-earth followed by the order of the underworld.
In the course of the ending, the saintess acted suspiciously and a returning hero appeared.
“Huh? What are you talking about? The world still ‘exists’.”
“… What do you mean?”
“Ah, it will be difficult for you to understand, so I will speak in your language. It means that the game operation service will be closed soon.”
Gaia, who turned around and turned her back, let out a faint smile.
Side view of my face. The lines of her lips curved beautifully.
“For a stranger in the beginning, this place would be nothing but entertainment, but ah! Of course, when the hero dies, the world ends! Now, the scenario revolves around you, but originally, the main character of the scenario here is a hero.”
“… Clearly explain.”
“Ha, where do I start explaining? Let’s stay… “
A stranger in the beginning, a subservient. I just said things I couldn’t understand.
Gaia sighed, pursed her lips and crossed her arms.
“The world of the beginning, the world you are in is the starting point for creating many worlds with your imagination. This place called Artis was made in the form of a game.”
“You are virtual to us, but are you saying that you actually exist?”
“Oh, right! Aside from games, fictional stories actually exist somewhere. That’s why it’s called the world of the beginning.”
Fictional scenarios such as novels, comics, and games.
Desperate wishes and imaginations become reality and move to the world.
Only Goddess Gaia, who is said to govern the world, knew the truth about this place.
“The first strangers who come here directly are extremely rare! To be honest, it was amazing, so I redesigned the order around you. How do you like it?”
“… That’s why the wheel of fortune is moving around me.”
“Then! Because I made the world revolve around you. It’s temporary, but you’re the main character in Artis’ game!”
“Understood.”
Ikarut nodded his head.
However, there were not one or two places that were uncomfortable.
“Then, assuming I make the ending, what will happen to this world?”
“It disappears naturally. All game data will be erased at the same time the operation ends.”
“… Does anyone else know about this besides you and me?”
Gaia smiled. That smile resembled Lesilia’s, and she felt strange for a moment.
The goddess raises her finger and points to the empty seat next to her on the Ikarut.
“I’m right next to you right now.”
The saintess knew.
At that moment, Lesilia came to mind.
She was entrusted by the goddess, and was a helper NPC and main heroine with a large proportion of the scenario. It was only then that she acted like she knew everything, which made a little sense.
“Lesilia Arnel is the only character with free will, so I don’t know what she thinks either. But even the saintess knows that the world will end.”
“You must have told me.”
“Then~ I only give an oracle to the important ones?”
“Do you even know that this is a game?”
“… Well?”
Gaia’s reaction was lukewarm.
Snooping, twisting her chin in her oblique line, turns her eyeballs up.
Slowly, her rolling eyes blink slowly.
“Since the saintess is a child with free will, I’m watching over her, so don’t worry! To you, this place is just a game, right?”
“Don’t be ridiculous.”
Ikarut took a step closer.
A menacing life engulfs the air.
Even with her eyes that would terrify anyone, Gaia snoops at her chin like an ignorant child.
She said, “You said you almost died when you saw me. You retrieved the body of Demon King Ikarut and even treated it yourself, so it must be true.”
“Ohh, so?”
“And complained that her loop function was also a deleted world.”
Gaia complained that it would be difficult to operate in a world where her loop function was deleted.
Loop has the meaning of repetition.
In general, it can be a premise that restarting is difficult or, furthermore, cannot be regressed.
“For me, it means this place has become a reality.”
“Oh oh… You’re right. But you are the demon lord Ikarut, but you are not, right?”
Gaia, who had been exclaiming, lightly touched her palms.
“So it would be better to quickly find the holy sword and make an ending?”
Also?
Ikarut’s face became serious when he was told to find the holy sword.
