## Chapter 1233 – Shurdick Desert
“KIEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!”
A scream that erupted without warning.
But this time, it was real…!
“Is this a Simma!”
ㅡSmirk.
The Wright brothers didn’t answer, only stared at me with faces split into grins that reached their ears.
Such a murderous look?
Yeah. It was like the fear of the Red Mask, dormant deep within my heart, had taken concrete form.
The Red Mask…!
Like most kids in the countryside, I used to believe in all sorts of superstitions. I thought the Red Mask was real! I even drew the character for “dog” on the back of my hand and carried cinnamon candies in my pocket!!!
The countryside is no place to live! With the Hong Kong Granny, the Sack Man, and the Red Mask running rampant, how did the adults even go to work every day!
No. Come to think of it, not everyone went to work. Looking back, there seemed to be more drunk, white-haired old men wandering around looking for stray dogs all day than adults going to work.
They were addicted to dog meat.
From the moment they heard a dog’s death throes, they would start a drinking party and sing songs.
Anyway, having formed my ego while spending my childhood in such a bizarre environment, I became a teenager full of dreams.
That’s the story.
“Mr. Kim Kat.”
ㅡSwoosh.
The Wright brothers inserted fingers, hooked like claws, into the corners of their torn mouths and pulled them sideways, emphasizing their smiles.
“Weren’t you scared of this? The Red Mask, you know.”
“You’re reading my mind like an open book.”
This bastard…
“Because I am something Mr. Kim Kat created.”
“Huh.”
That’s true.
In fact, a Simma is like a hallucination seen in a state of madness, where one becomes intoxicated with power and it infects the mind.
It’s a kind of dream, which Karin explained is a surprisingly natural phenomenon.
Humans who awaken mana for the first time become intoxicated with it, entering a manic state and gaining a sudden, explosive, limitless confidence, going crazy, or seeing hallucinations. Or their personalities become a little eccentric, or they acquire a destructive nature.
I know that.
But… it’s strange.
When I was a nobody, I used to be caught up in such things often. But not anymore. I, who have completed a spirit of steel harder than anything else, don’t experience such mental confusion.
I always think.
There’s no reason for me to be caught up in a Simma.
I am not weak.
“Mental confusion? That’s a bit harsh, Mr. Kim Kat. We definitely met in the sky last time, you know.”
Such a concrete Simma.
Even now, facing these twisted Wright brothers, I know that I am normal. But now that I think about it, I did encounter a Simma in the sky last time too.
Aren’t these bastards showing up too often?
Whatever. I won’t succumb to such a Simma.
Of course, it’s a bit shocking that my idols and legendary brothers, the Wright brothers, have appeared in this way, but it will only surprise me a little and won’t do any damage.
“If this is mental confusion, then Mr. Kim Kat, you’re a mental patient who has delusions all the time.”
“Yeah. Now that I think about it, that’s right. I am normal.”
“Good to know.”
I judge calmly.
I am normal now. Therefore, this is not mental confusion. Then why is this Simma appearing? The fragment of God. Is it because of that? Has my mind been shaken without me knowing by absorbing the power of God?
And thus, I am caught up in a Simma?
There’s a possibility.
I, with my steel mentality, should never be caught up in a Simma. But just now. I destroyed the Colossus and absorbed the power that made it up.
A powerful external force has entered and mixed in.
If that’s why this has appeared.
It’s suspicious, but I understand.
“Are you an existence derived from the fragment of God?”
Looking back, it’s clear. This bizarre Simma… It’s definitely been appearing since I killed Valkyrie and absorbed her power.
This power of God, derived from the fragment of God.
It’s completely different from mana, and it’s also a more powerful force. As it melts into my body and mind, it’s natural that it could cause such side effects.
“Mr. Kim Kat. If you absorb power that isn’t your own, there’s bound to be some side effects.”
The Wright brothers said that as if to confirm what I had just thought. Yeah. This is an existence derived from my mind.
“So that’s you? The Wright brothers.”
ㅡSmirk.
He just smiled at those words.
A chilling smile.
“Mr. Kim Kat.”
“What.”
“Experience destruction.”
Destruction.
“Face the power you possess. That power is by no means the power of love… You are now! Talking about love while killing and destroying everything! Don’t you think that’s strange!!”
It’s not strange.
Because that’s what Kim Kat decided.
“I created the airplane only to create a demon to bomb this world, not to deliver love at high speed!”
“Don’t lie!!! I can’t accept that bullshit!!!! You created the airplane to spread love around the world at high speed!”
Not a bomber!
“It’s not a lie.”
“Wright brothers.”
I reach out.
I point at him and say.
“You’ve changed.”
That thing has changed.
“Even when you were fighting Hilde, you taught me the secrets of the Heavenly Demon’s Advent.”
“Mr. Kim Kat. I didn’t teach you anything. It’s just that everything Mr. Kim Kat has built up over his life has manifested.”
Is the altered thing another spirit dormant within me?
“I am not weak enough to be caught up in this Simma state. Get lost.”
“Khehehehehe!”
Laughter.
ㅡThump!!
My vision shakes with that laughter.
ㅡZhiiiing.
The background changes. The ruins of the Colossus and the endless desert are gone. I am now floating in the blue sky.
“Mr. Kim Kat… What do you think a Simma is?”
“It’s you.”
“Mr. Kim Kat. You are me. And I am you. So that means you are a Simma, but is that even possible?”
What is this again.
“Is this bastard daring to say something plausible?”
I almost got persuaded for a moment, you fucking bastard.
“Because I am you.”
There’s no need to listen to what that thing says. Just like thoughts in a dream are random, that thing is just randomly combining and spewing out things in my mind.
I calmly calm my mind.
I look around.
Where am I now?
Am I just standing blankly on the fragments of the Colossus? If this is the world of the mind, that seems likely… I can’t. I can’t figure it out. It’s as if I’m trapped in this space, unable to know what situation the real me is in.
ㅡPowerful.
In order to escape from here, I have to use intense power.
But.
To just escape from here.
That thing in front of me bothers me.
“Mr. Kim Kat. What you possess is the power of destruction. The power to destroy everything.”
“Don’t bullshit, Wright brothers. This is the power of love.”
“You’re saying that again.”
What is the identity of that thing?
Come to think of it, I only took the fragment of God, and didn’t think about what kind of being it was originally a fragment of. Even the World Tree didn’t know. What god did the fragment of the Colossus I absorbed this time come from?
“Mr. Kim Kat. Accept destruction.”
“It’s as if you want me to destroy and burn this world.”
ㅡSmirk.
The Wright brothers smiled at those words.
“But you’re wrong. I am an existence that will scatter love in this world… I will never do such a thing.”
There was a time when I wanted the destruction of this world. It was when I first came to this world and was struggling as a pathetic, useless, pathetic jerk. At that time, I quite seriously yearned for it, burning with anger and hatred inside, and used it as a driving force to continue that miserable life.
I threw it away.
I am not the me of that time.
But the thing I thought I had thrown away.
Was it sunk deep inside me?
ㅡTtaak.
At that moment, the Wright brothers snapped their fingers.
With that, the background changes.
“Here is.”
I was standing on the ruins of the Colossus.
Is this the real world?
“Now, your friends have come, Mr. Kim Kat.”
“Friends?”
ㅡ…
ㅡ…
ㅡ…
ㅡ…
ㅡ…
In an instant, my soul friends appeared here and there in my vision. Mersin and the others who had lent me their strength so far.
“They are the ones who lent you… the power of friendship.”
“Yeah.”
Why have those bastards suddenly appeared?
“Mr. Kim Kat. Look at them closely. What do you think when you look at them?”
“Think?”
I looked at their faces.
ㅡ…
ㅡ…
ㅡ…
They all had blank expressions. No expressions could be found anywhere, and they were just standing still and looking at me.
I focused on those faces.
What am I supposed to feel?
“Uh.”
And.
“…What is this feeling?”
Without me knowing, I was walking towards them.
ㅡStep step.
I walk. Yeah. I’m walking. I didn’t feel the need to stop… That’s how I feel. I clearly recognized that and examined the situation. This is clearly strange. Why am I walking?
But it’s better to see and find out directly than to stop.
At some point.
ㅡGrasp.
I was grabbing Mersin’s shoulder and opening my mouth wide… What is this? I forcibly closed my open mouth and looked at the Wright brothers.
“This is.”
Strange.
“What is this feeling?”
A strange feeling was felt…!
This bastard!
What are you doing to me now!
“What are you saying!!!”
The moment I shouted that.
“Do you feel it!”
The Wright brothers rejoiced.
“Mr. Kim Kat…! You! Are you feeling it!”
ㅡKheu!
ㅡKhehehehehehehahahahahaha!
ㅡHahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
Mad laughter.
ㅡCrack!
ㅡPpaadeudeudeudeuk!
The Wright brothers’ appearance changes. A steel great demon combined with an airplane. All sorts of flesh stick to it.
Suddenly, I realized.
“You. You’re not a Simma.”
That’s not the Wright brothers!
Also, I didn’t come up with it!
ㅡHwaak!
I pushed Mersin away.
The friends who had appeared at some point had all disappeared.
“Fragment of God, an existence derived from that power!!! You originated from that!!!”
“No… Mr. Kim Kat. I am you.”
“Don’t bullshit, you ominous being who has taken on the appearance of my idol!!!”
That bastard is a side effect from the power of God! A huge force is trying to shake my mind! That’s clear!!!
“No matter what you say, I won’t be deceived or accept it!”
Therefore, I declare here!
“Heavenly Demon Divine Art, Heavenly Demon Advent!!!”
ㅡKugugugugu!!
The Wright brothers, who were about to float into the air, fall as I take a step.
The guy who fell like that was sprawled on the floor.
“Khahahahahahaha!!!”
He was still laughing madly!
“You ominous bastard! Now, let’s start the exorcism ritual! Come out, my friends!”
ㅡSwoosh.
At my call, the friends who had disappeared for a moment reappeared. I don’t know exactly, but there were a lot of them. So many that I couldn’t count them easily.
ㅡCheoeok.
We formed a circle around the Wright brothers, holding hands. The size was too big. But they move as my will.
“Round and round, round and round. Round and round, round and round.”
In that state.
We sing and rotate.
“Let’s spin around and dance.”
ㅡKugugugung!
ㅡKwagagagagagang!!
As we rotated, the space shook and my vision seemed to clear. This is a ritual to drive out an impure existence. Whatever it is, I don’t accept such an ominous existence.
ㅡ…
The Wright brothers, who have become monsters, convulse silently.
The only sound allowed in this place now is my singing.
Like that.
ㅡPasuseuk.
His appearance begins to turn to powder and disappear.
“Mr. Kim Kat.”
As he disappeared, he said in a flat tone.
“Remember that feeling from just now.”
Just now.
That feeling.
“Remember what you want…”
That’s nonsense.
“Get out of here!!!”
“Mr. Kim Kat. I’ll be waiting for our next meeting.
ㅡPachut.
With that, the Wright brothers disappeared.
At the same time.
ㅡPaaht.
I had returned to the real world.
“…!”
As soon as I returned, I realized that my body was burning with divine power. Power beyond my control is burning as if it’s running wild. What is it? Did it activate unconsciously?
“Uh!”
No, fuck, power is overflowing from my eyes too!!!
White light is pouring out of my eyes!!!
“Rays of light are pouring out of my eyes!!!”
Scream.
on.
