Chapter 157 – The Goddess’ Proposal (2)
Episode 157: The Goddess’ Proposal (2)
“Ah! To be precise, I meant to find the holy sword where the hero’s soul was sealed!”
Gaia rolled up her fist as if she had forgotten, and lightly struck her palm.
Lesilia’s identical face. Since she was a completely different person in speech and behavior, she became even more wary.
‘Is it the final darkness? Or is it an assistant to help me?’
He is the only person who knows his true identity and the truth about Artis.
For Kwon Kang-han, it was all or nothing.
Be suspicious and wary, but you must find out what Goddess Gaia wants.
They cooperate when it is advantageous, and kill mercilessly when it is not.
As her eyes narrowed sharply, Gaia drooped her shoulders.
“It’s unfortunate, but the hero didn’t die perfectly. He should have been killed with a magic sword, so his soul is gone.”
“So why do I have to find the holy sword where the hero’s soul is sealed?”
“Because you are the main character in the game!”
“… I can’t speak.”
Ikarut pulled out her magic sword and aimed it at her.
If you don’t tell them the necessary information, they will only use violence.
The sword was shaking with its master’s wrath and thirsting for his blood.
Gaia giggled and vigorously waved her hand.
“Hey, hey, wait! Hear me out! I was saying to help you! You have to make an ending so you can go back to the beginning of the world!”
“… “
“If the hero’s soul disappears, your story will end!”
“With the end of the service, you and I will disappear.”
Anyway, he was possessed by the demon king Ikarut.
If the game ends, Kwon Kang-han also disappears at the same time.
‘That’s why the saintess asked me not to kill the hero.’
If it was the saintess who received her oracle, she would have known about this.
The face of her earnest request came to mind.
“No! Listen to me!”
“Clear your face.”
“Kyaaaaagh!”
At that moment, Gaia hurriedly pushed her in the face.
It was Lesilia’s face, but her mood was dirty.
As she swings her sword, she narrowly avoids her side.
The tip of her brushing blade cut off a few strands of Gaia’s bangs.
Gaia’s complexion turned blue.
“He is crazy! Are you going to kill your staunch bag?! This is a complete madman!”
“I will decide whether you will be a helper or a traitor who will slap me in the back.”
“Ah Okay… Calm down for now There are countless other reasons to find the Holy Sword.”
Gaia shows her palm and wags.
Still, she didn’t remove the tip of her sword, so Gaia nervously flipped her bangs.
The twisted brow revealed the agony.
“You know that a holy sword can only be broken with a demonic sword, right? The same goes for the warrior’s soul. It’s a character created using the holy sword data.”
“You can’t kill with a holy sword. Is this?”
“Okay! Besides, you were the first to pierce the heart of a hero with a holy sword, so I didn’t expect an unexpected bug to happen.”
“Bug?”
In the game, too, the world itself was full of bugs.
Gaia lets out a big sigh and narrows her eyes.
“You said the loop function was gone. The hero’s soul data, which should disappear forever, scattered and became one with the holy sword. It’s also difficult to delete.”
“…”
“A bug messed everything up. It will be dangerous if we continue like this.”
Gaia bit her nails.
With an expression full of nervousness, Ika Root slightly lowered the tip of her sword.
It was a very subtle movement, but Gaia quickly noticed it.
“Am I in danger too?”
“Forced game service termination. A scenario with an unknown ending will annihilate the world and your existence itself will disappear. Neither do I.”
“You didn’t want the game to end.”
“… ? Who is it?”
Gaia blinks her big eyes.
He raised her finger on her lips and pointed up at her.
“I’m also a character in an Artis game? It’s only mentioned in the tutorial script, but technically it’s an npc character. Ending the game is just the will of the creators who develop and operate this place.”
“It means you don’t want it either.”
“Yes! Since I am a goddess, I made you the main character by using my authority to the fullest!”
Demon King Ikarut is also a playable character, so he can become the main character according to the user’s choice.
Using Amai, Gaia seemed to play her move.
“What’s strange is that the world separated independently from the moment your soul was possessed by the devil?”
“What do you mean?”
“That is what I want to ask. Maybe it’s because you’re the same as the creators… “
Gaia touches her cheek with her finger and raises one corner of her mouth.
Coo kung! She has a gap in space full of universes. The rift split like the roots of a tree in an instant, causing chaos.
Damn.
Roaring ground. I inserted her magic sword and supported her center, but it seemed like she would fall straight away.
“Retrieve the holy sword in which the hero’s soul dwells. Then I’ll take care of it.”
“I cannot fully believe what you say.”
“If you bring the holy sword to my temple, I will let you go back to where you lived. Oh, don’t worry too much, I’ll make sure the world stays intact even without the main character!”
Gaia laughed and spread her arms.
Even as the space gradually collapsed, Gaia did not lose her smile and even spun around in her place.
“The ending is not over yet. Kwon Kang-han, it’s a scenario you’re creating from now on, so do your best.”
Gaia waved her hand as if to say her final goodbye.
Between the collapsing universes, there was an empty darkness.
Around the time when the black night came and covered her eyes as if she would suffocate.
Gaia’s lips moved silently.
‘Don’t trust the saintess too much.’
Neither this guy nor that guy warns you not to trust your favorite character.
Feeling sucked under her feet, Ikarut closed her eyes.
“… I have to protect you.”
A voice resounded like a cave in the distance.
The voice, as thin as a thread, gradually hardened and resonated in my ears.
“… Hurry… Go back.”
Lesilia’s face was distorted in front of her blurry eyes.
A scene cut like a film.
In a world where everything fell into darkness, only the saintess shone in the middle, but it was full of scars.
“Strong sir… “
How does the saintess know my name?
The real name he calls out earnestly.
The tears in my eyes eventually flowed down my cheeks,
As I unconsciously tried to brush my teeth, my consciousness flashed again.
Is the scene I just passed by a glimpse of the future that will happen soon?
The saintess and those who fell around her were high-ranking demons.
After that, the brave Retina stood tall.
***
A sky with two moons.
Lesilia stares blankly at the window, then follows the trail of moonlight and stares at the bed.
“It is still a beautiful night. It would have been nice if the owner could have watched it too, but you like looking at the sky.”
Two days after he lost consciousness.
Even after returning to the Demon Castle, the body was still sleeping as if it were dead.
Sometimes Ikarut’s forehead wrinkled in the middle of what he was dreaming about.
If you hit it with your finger, it will straighten out.
Resilia, laughing at her appearance, covered her mouth with her hand.
The face of the Demon King without even a slight movement.
Wanting to wake up, Lesilia lay down next to the bed and looked at his profile.
‘If the hero had known how to call the ark of the timeline, he would have changed his method.’
Ark of the Timeline.
On the day she received her first oracle, the saintess met Gaia for the first time.
She almost passed out because she resembled her own face, body, and even her voice.
‘Why do you have a body when you are endowed with free will just like me?’
‘Goddess… ?’
‘Puha! That’s just what I said There’s no need to get serious all of a sudden, right?’
She only saw her very briefly, but she was human.
The ark of the timeline was a world only for the goddesses.
Standing alone in the middle of the universe, Gaia seemed lonely for some reason.
It was Lesilia’s first impression of facing her goddess.
‘What conversation did the two of us have in the ark of the timeline?’
The message window seen by Ikarut was also seen by her saintess.
As soon as the demon king lost consciousness, Lesilia hurriedly ran.
The moment she entered the ark of the time line, her soul entered the rift, but her body remained there.
Lesilia, who barely supported her fainting demon lord’s body, looked around her.
‘And… What happened to the hero?’
The holy sword that entered the hero’s heart was broken.
The fallen warrior gasped and died.
At that moment, a holy light shone around her body and gradually disappeared like ashes.
Along with the holy sword, not even a trace disappeared.
“I didn’t come back… “
Saint Lesilia returned for the first time every time the ending of the playable character was repeated.
A truth only the saintess knows.
In the beginning, she was embarrassed, and even though she grabbed a passer-by and talked to her, she eventually gave up because something formless was choking her.
‘The world did not perish and I did not return. Then what happened to the hero?’
I also learned the word “Return” Through Kwon Kang-han.
Kwon Kang-han, whom I met in my dreams, reads fantasy novels, although not often.
As she glimpsed the regressor scenarios that occasionally appeared, Lesilia thought she was similar to the phenomenon she was experiencing.
“How are we going to be from now on?”
Lesilia lay on her face and sighed.
The warrior did not die.
I don’t know which direction a world without an ending will flow.
Kwon Kang-han, possessed by Ikarut, also lost consciousness.
Lesilia was confused in her head.
She shakes her head and pulls her body up.
When she lowered her gaze, the sleeping Ikarut was motionless, and I put my ear close to him to feel his even breathing.
“Strong sir… “
His name burst out in an instant like that day.
Lesilia shuts her mouth tightly and looks around.
Fortunately for her, there was no sign of her outside and Ika Root was sleeping.
“Please wake up quickly, and let me be by your side as usual.”
Lesilia took a deep breath and, as if promising, moved closer to his face.
Her hot lips rested on her smooth forehead.
She kissed the thief. She touched and fell off, but it was embarrassing nonetheless.
Lesilia’s face was ablaze, her cheeks reddened.
Touching her with both hands, she spun around.
“Ho, I don’t know if you’ll wake up, so I need to prepare for tea time… !”
Embarrassed for nothing, the saintess went out the door, talking to herself that no one would listen to.
Her arms and legs squeak like robots.
Widely.
The door is closed.
After a while, a crack forms in the air.
“Huh~♡ Our saintess is very shy♡”
Her pink hair sticks out. With one corner of her mouth fully raised, she crosses her arm.
Lilith, who spun around flapping her wings, turned her eyeballs downward.
“What are you doing? Master ♡”
“… It was not the time to open my eyes.”
“Because you are secretly insidious♡♡”
Ikarut, who had already woken up, naturally opened his eyes.
Lilith shrugs her shoulders.
