Chapter 384 – 109. Memory of the Six Temples (2)
She continued.
“History of the Empire. And in the ancient books of the Central Order, the myth of Jedin’s creation is recorded. Along with the records from before the creation of the world.”
The creation myth explained by Lilia. The story was not much different from what the Pantheon cadets gathered here knew.
Before creation. The fall of the old world, full of corruption and darkness. And on behalf of the extinct old mankind, Jedin, the creator, created the current new world, Island and mankind.
Not only humans, but also demons.
Of course, the record intentionally distorts and omits the facts about Unir, the main deity of the same title. But now it didn’t matter.
“Not only Yulian-nim but everyone here knows the truth about Yunir. He is not an evil spirit, but the lord of darkness. And since light and darkness are one, Unir is absolutely not an evil god as is known to the world. But for now, we must first talk about what happened before the creation of the world.”
Everyone focused on Lillia’s words.
The old world before the creation of the world. A forgotten world that existed long before the ancient empire of Island. Although it was loosely classified as the Old Empire.
The Old Empire, which existed after the creation of Jedin, and the Old World were completely different worlds.
“Then please. Are these memories of the dungeon we are looking at now from the old world?”
At Chloe’s words, Lilia nodded her head.
“Perhaps I think so. A place that is completely different from the relics of the old empire and the style of the ruins. And the current battle doesn’t look like you’re using mana or magic.”
At Lilia’s words, her party went inside the building. And I looked at the scenery beyond the window.
Although it is a landscape similar to the modern Earth that remains in my memory. It will be the first time you see them.
Ta-ta-ta-ta-tang-
Armored vehicles were advancing on the road below the building, and soldiers in military uniforms were engaged in a gunfight.
It was a completely different look from the battle in Island now. Again, the gaze of the party turned to Lilia.
“According to the records of the old books, it was said that the Old Man was excessively aggressive and greedy. Although they developed a surprising level of civilization and technology through their own witchcraft, which is different from magic. In the end, they said that they were foolish people who waged an endless war among themselves and headed for destruction.”
Lillia’s words reminded me of memories from my previous life.
A divine spell planted by her mother to prevent Knoia’s curse. The spell made me use my memories and personality from my previous life for a while.
Although that personality was integrated into the original me, Julian. Some memories remain.
The old world is a place called Earth. And the old humans are the so-called humans on Earth. It was Homo sapiens.
‘It’s their own enchantment.’
Of course, the witchcraft of the old mankind that Lillia talked about was science and technology. It was a completely different study from magic and alchemy developed in Ireland.
Like Lillia said. The old mankind enjoyed a prosperity incomparable to that of Island today thanks to science and technology. Their weapon system has also been developed to the extreme through science.
‘From Ireland to unimaginable weapons of mass destruction.’
Of course, there are beings who have the power to massacre humans in Ireland as well.
Masters and grandmasters who enter the 10th seat of the Empire. Or even dragons like me or top level monsters.
But like the Old Man, on a national basis. No, it did not have enough force to annihilate life on a continent-by-continent basis.
‘Because there is no way a weapon like nuclear weapons exists in Island.’
Lillia’s explanation continued.
“The period that the foolish Old Man stopped fighting was only for a short while. In the end, new great wars were repeated over and over again to slaughter each other. And…”
Right at that moment. Lillia stopped her words.
Kwa Kwa Kwa Kwa Kwa Kwa Kwa-
A loud explosion, incomparable to today’s gunshots and explosions, shook the building.
***
The group hurriedly moved to their seats.
Seven people including me. It wasn’t a small number of people, but they hurriedly moved to another building using magic and alchemy.
And on the roof of a high-rise building. The party witnessed the sight of an explosion that they had never seen before.
“What kind of explosion is that? Even with a high-level fire spell, such a gigantic explosion…”
Like Chloe said. A huge mushroom cloud and fireball could be seen in the distance. Everyone was speechless at the scale of the explosion.
‘Actually using nuclear weapons…’
It was fortunate that we were far away from the center of the explosion.
Of course, if it were real, the current location would not be a safe place either. The party was using divine magic to block the exposure of the nuclear explosion.
‘Maybe you don’t feel the radiation yourself. Is this also the magic power?’
Memories that are not real. So, instead of the actual radiation exposure, I didn’t know that the destructive power was transmitted instead of the demon power.
At the same time, terrible screams rang out all around.
“Kuaaaaa-“
Everyone couldn’t understand it because it was different from the current imperial language. Everyone could tell that it was a very terrible scream.
The faces of the companions were very hard. Lillia crosses her name, then puts her hands together and closes her eyes.
“There’s a lot of malice in that explosion.”
Lillia was right. A war with nuclear weapons. It must be a great war of annihilation of mankind, prepared for each other’s destruction, filled with terrible malice.
While the group is silent. The landscape around us has changed. Like a panorama, the process of the extinction of the old mankind passed by. Said Lilia.
“The old mankind must have perished in such a terrible war.”
I nodded. Although the mere use of nuclear weapons would not have wiped out all the population.
It would have been enough to destroy the civilization built up by the Old Man at once.
Whether Jedin’s will continues to be transmitted to Lillia. Divine power continued to bloom around her body.
The will seemed to whisper to Lilia her truth about her old world.
“Jedine’s divine power. And the will contained in my memory now is what I keep talking to. The Old Man destroyed the civilization they had built on their own, and after that…”
Lillia explained the scenes that passed by in the background around her a little while ago.
An old human race with less than 10% of the population at its peak. Even the few survivors of the archaic race could not stop the conflict.
Rather, those few people further developed the science and technology they had left for the war.
“And after so long, they finally found it.”
A space of another dimension from reality, bounded world. And the unknown energy mana that cannot be explained by the physical laws of the earth. I found it from the legacy.
“To be precise, the existence that discovered and explained that mana was not an old human race…”
In an instant, the surrounding landscape changed.
Pure white space. So at first glance, the surroundings were clean enough to be mistaken for a temple.
Through memories from previous lives, I came up with a place most similar to this one.
‘Is this a research lab?’
And I saw researchers there who seemed to be wearing lab coats. It must have been a laboratory.
The researchers stood in front of a giant machine.
“Is that a divine obelisk?”
Said Rosette. Like she said The gigantic machine resembled the sacred obelisks located throughout the ecliptic.
Not one, but two huge obelisks. And I found a letter engraved on the obelisk like a nameplate.
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Quantum Control Z.E.D.I.N
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Quantum Control U.N.I.R.E
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The party couldn’t read the text, so they didn’t seem to notice.
Those words written in Chinese characters and English characters, I, who had memories of my previous life, could read them.
‘Quantum computation artificial intelligence?’
Without a moment to think specifically about the meaning of the word. I read the English written next to that word once again.
‘Zedine and… Unir?’
For a moment I was speechless.
Jedin and Yunir. The names of the two gods were engraved on that machine. And I knew the meaning of the word artificial intelligence.
At that time, Lilia continued.
“Jedine and Unir dwelling in that sacred obelisk. The will of the two of you brought mana to the old mankind for the first time.”
Again, the surrounding landscape was dark.
And when the surroundings light up again. Again, the surroundings turned into a ruined city. Another battle was raging in the city.
“And the few survivors of the Old Man with that mana…”
Like Lillia said. The Old Humans waged a great war again with mana as a new weapon.
***
The light of divine power that spread from Lillia stopped.
It seemed that all of Jedin’s oracles had been completed. Lillia sighed.
“Jedine’s divine power is still too much for me to handle. I wish you would trust me a little more, but…”
Like Lillia said. Except for me, everyone in the party was making faces that didn’t know why.
“The Old Man race had been at odds for a long time, but Jedin and Unir, who could no longer see their war, descended directly to the ground. To sum it up, do you mean this?”
Chloe looked at me and said. My companions can’t know the text I read. It seemed that he did not fully understand the scene and story that Lilia showed her with her memories.
‘It’s quantum computer artificial intelligence…’
But I am that obelisk. I saw the words engraved on the equipment, which could be a machine or a computer to be precise.
If my predictions are correct, Jedin and Unir are super-artificial intelligences created by old people. And the artificial intelligence that surpasses the intelligence of the old people probably identified the existence of mana.
‘And will those two types of artificial intelligence be the main gods of the new race?’
Perhaps that assumption was correct, I thought. However, it was a bit difficult to organize and explain the facts to the party.
That the two gods of the new race are actually artificial creatures created by the old race. It’s going to be hard to accept easily.
Rather, think of that machine as a divine obelisk. It wasn’t blasphemy, as Lillia explained.
‘I’ll have to tell you that slowly.’
And yet the purpose of this final main quest. I couldn’t get a clue about the truth of the 6 temples and the disappearing Unir.
Lillia’s oracle is over. I had a hunch that the quest would begin from now on.
Kyaaaaa
Then, from beyond the building where the party was located, a scream like the scream of an animal was heard.
“What happened?”
At Chloe’s words, I hurriedly poked my head out the window of the building.
A battle was going on there. It looks like a city turned into ruins from the outside. The atmosphere was still different from Island.
I saw people carrying modern weapons such as armored vehicles and guns.
‘Are they still surviving old humans?’
And I saw another group of people attacking them. Chloe exclaimed.
“They are old people? No, it’s different from the Old Man… Can’t it?”
Although standing on two feet. Monsters with bizarre appearances that are completely different from humans. The party knew beings similar to them.
“Are you married?”
At those words, Lillia nodded her head.
“They are old people who used mana as a new weapon that I just mentioned. And they probably…”
To Lillia’s words, I answered instead.
“They must be the source of the demons.”
“Yeah. Julian. A form that has changed due to the combined power of the Old Man and Mana. They must be the demons of the beginning.”
And at that moment, Lucia drew her sword.
“Looks like now is the time to move.”
6 Immediately after entering the temple. Lucia, who had awakened as a guide, seemed to feel something again. Her party cautiously headed out of the building with her.
When they came out, the surroundings were full of human corpses.
