Chapter 576 – 575. Wake Up Boy (2)
It continues.
Whose memory is this?
And, who is this person?
“Think slowly, kid. Even if you force yourself to think, you won’t wake up quickly. Everything will be mixed up and dizzy. So, should we talk with me now?”
I want to say something… But-
I can’t open my mouth.
“Oh, I’m sorry. I guess I can’t talk right now… It’s a shame. This meeting is only meaningful if you have a conversation.”
He continued to tell the story in front of him.
“Just listen. Living is such a shitty thing, and no matter how many times you try, something you can’t do won’t work. No matter how many times you try, hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of times, you end up angry, sad, and saved by the inevitable fate. “I roll in the mud because I want to save the person I want, but I still fail and get frustrated… But sometimes you have to let go.”
… Why.
If it’s precious, then why are you telling me to let go of something I want to protect?
“I’m not the type to spin around. I can tell a white lie if necessary, but kid, if you want to save that precious person, you have to think that that person also cherishes you. If you get into trouble because of me, then People also cherish you, so it’s natural for them to try to save you.”
That can’t happen. Everything – I have to save everything.
In this frustrating situation where the story was coming out of my mouth but not coming out, I had to just listen to what the man was saying. I want to refute something, but in this frustration that I cannot refute, I-
“… Fuck and love are exchanged ■■■.”
…!
That moment when I felt like my brain would wake up.
“… You’re violently interfering with me.
Are you that scared?
But, what should I do with this?”
Are you saying this to yourself?
No.
And countless tentacles rushing towards him, a huge monster.
That shape…
“You can never beat me here… Well, there’s no such thing as never…”
Kwadeuk!!!
Taang!!
“You know it’s your father’s shotgun?”
The monster was torn apart, its shape torn to pieces and burning with white light. The firearm or shotgun he is holding tears apart the monster, and the monster of the same shape presses on him as if it will not give in. What I took out was an axe.
Then, he throws down the ax, blinks and moves to the direction where the ax was pointed, rips off the monster’s neck with the ax, and quickly fires his pistol at those who attack him at high speed, hitting the monster’s head –
“It’s a lie!”
Kwahiah Ah, Ah !!!
There must have been a spell to explode the monster’s head, so the entire monster’s head was blown off.
Something resisting fiercely and a man tearing it apart. Somewhere, that appearance…
He resembles his father.
…
Father?
Who was your father?
A car that was slowly being remembered in the swamp of oblivion.
-…■■■, When using magic, be calm.
-Throw away stereotypes.
-You can use magic in any way. The combination of magic words can produce countless results with just one change.
-There is also a school of thought that relies on the flow of energy itself, and you never know what will happen. That’s why you need to create a shield in advance to prevent such magic from having an effect on you.
The lecture on magic continues.
Nostalgic, very sad memories.
Memories of times that can no longer be returned.
-Enchant and engraving are used to give various effects to a weapon or target by using the engraving. It is looked down on by idiot wizards who only look for flashy things, but in reality, it is the only way to imprint magic on creatures or objects.
And-
The one who lectured me about it one by one, the one who lectured my younger self.
-Summoning is good, isn’t it? In particular, these anchovy bastards forget that they have to fight in the last resort and bring out those who will fight for them, and those in other schools are also the most popular among those who learn additionally. It is useless against strong people who can ignore summons and kill them.
-So train and train again.
A being who gave lectures and instructed himself to hone himself.
And-
-Yes? Give up?
-Kwaak- You damn-
-Take it Boy-! It’s a joke!
Somewhere they overlap, and there is even an image of oneself receiving joint manipulation with both arms tilted back, and the person instructing it.
… It seems like something is strange.
That was probably good.
Think of them-
Dark memories come to mind.
-… You can make me do it? Yes, I guess so.
-But, I won’t let that happen.
-Only he can save this world…
-Only that guy… Deserves to save this world.
-You’re that guy’s son, so what?
-… I can’t save anyone.
-No one can make him forget. Even you.
Another memory was flashing back.
“… Ah, you fucking bastard. Why do you keep bringing up things that aren’t even his memories? In fact, I’m talking about the memories of the ‘bastard’ who is watching over his own memories, his body, and his body.”
The man in uniform clicks his tongue as if he is annoyed.
“Looking at it like this… Well, it seems like they are completely mixed. Even so, the essence will never change. Otherwise… Did you think that living on ‘this side’ would be worse for you?”
To whom do we keep talking?
I don’t know.
But, my head hurts like it might break-
I…
“… I am not a star, but when it comes to controlling energy, at least beyond the dimension, there is no one better than me.”
Sigh for a moment-
Is it a painful memory?
“… That’s right, I was locked in a room where I couldn’t come out until ‘God’ said that to me. Tsk – she’s such a spartan goddess. But she’s also smart, so I won.”
And-
“There was some bullshit for a moment. From now on, focus. The goal is to ‘normalize’ the energy flowing through your body.”
And about that, men reach out to me.
And-
Pure white magic flows in.
It’s warm.
And-
What I know…
What do I know…?
…
Who?
Who was I?
“Don’t think too much about it, but spread it around your whole body. It’s just a handful, but it will burn everything that’s holding you back. And… Don’t try to do it all on your own. It’s the same thing for ‘that bastard’ and ‘you’. . Trust others too, and whatever you see – stay focused.”
As soon as those words come to an end-
What is caught in my sight.
-… Honey, I guess I’m done here. I can’t go back to you…
-… Mother, I will go first.
Something comes to mind.
Things I wanted to protect-
And, the weak ones dared to defend themselves arrogantly and did not avoid death even as it approached.
Seokgeuk-
The winged maidens and valkyries decapitate the knight. And even those who are dying close their eyes and entrust their lives to that blade.
Warriors are reborn.
A warrior who will fight forever, Einherjar-
No, no-
If this happens-
And then, he hits me with the blade of his hand.
“Concentrate. No matter what you see in front of you, never waver. What happened in the past can never be undone. And, it’s not your fault. It’s not because you’re lacking. And, throw away your arrogance.”
Throw away your arrogance?
“You can do it all on your own. Yes, you will ‘be’ like that. But not right now, not in the past, much less in your past life. That ‘bitch’ who was already a monster wasn’t at your level to do anything about it. “You were a monster that was destined to be destroyed if you decided to destroy it. And now, you are in a state of transition, and you are like this.”
Kwadeuk-
The man’s body is pierced.
…!!
“Don’t worry. I’m dead anyway, and this image is just an image to wake you up. Concentrate. If you don’t concentrate, not one of them will survive.”
That time when I could see the situation outside again, as if laughing at those words-
“… Are you going to kill all your colleagues like you hesitated and killed me, you stupid bastard!!”
Bah!!
Once again – strike at yourself.
And, it was visible then.
The person who hit me like this every time I did something wrong or went astray. The being that I always wanted to see, wanted to ask if I was doing well, and wanted to make fun of.
“… Ah… B… Ji…?”
For the first time, words came out again.
I was slowly able to remember who I was, who he was, and who I was.
Everything was uncertain, but I vaguely remember this yelling, and every time I tried to commit a major sin.
-… What did you say just now?
-A magic circuit was applied to ■■’s body. Maybe it’s because they’re fairies, but they’re different from humans-
Bah!!
-Father?!
An angry voice was directed at me.
-… You crazy bastard. I told them not to recklessly experiment on living beings. I would have said it. Knowledge, wisdom, and inquiry should be good.
-Do you know what happens to the person who abandons something like that? Even after destroying the world itself, a world was destroyed because of a crazy bastard who gave priority to his own greed and greed and abandoned the world.
-Do you want to ruin this world? That act forcibly decided the life and death of ■■!
-What you did is the same as arbitrarily deciding the fate of an intelligent being.
-The first step is difficult, but after that it is very easy. It’s easy for a towel to become a rag, but it’s incredibly difficult to turn a rag into a towel!!!
This is a memory from my childhood.
And this-
-… Why do you care about what other people think anyway? If you can’t get results, you’re useless.
-Line? Research ethics? What’s wrong with that?
-Listen carefully. If you want to learn under me, remember it properly.
-If you don’t get results, this world is the end.
-If you want to learn from me, get rid of those sordid ethics.
-The weak should make a fuss, they are just scum and commoners who live on the mercy of the strong anyway. Are you worried about the lives of the scum whose fate is determined by the choices of the powerful? You don’t have much free time, do you? But why are you worried about them? Your life is short.
Conflicting memories.
And-
-No matter what you do, you can’t save it.
And, a feeling of resistance against it.
-… I can’t let someone like you, Kim ■Jin… Save the world he wants to save.
-What are you trying to save as you please!!
-If he can’t save it, if he can’t come back and save it-
I will ruin everything.
…
After that, there were only truly disgusting memories.
And-
The more I faced them and showed them to me, the calmer I felt.
…
Is it because of the energy he gave me that started flowing through my body?
Otherwise-
Even as his body gets hurt, he protects me…
Is it because of [Father]?
“… Father.”
“I see you have recovered enough to speak now [Clarke].”
Only then did I recognize my name.
And…
His appearance-
That he looks just like his adoptive father.
No-
This was his essence.
The essence of my father.
And, the essence of my adoptive father, [Kim Hae-jin].
The adoptive father [Kim Hae-jin] Called himself Dick Johnson, a derogatory term.
His appearance-
“… Your father is ‘Kim Hae-jin’?”
The essence of the father.
He was Kim Hae-jin.
The true identity of Marcus Dawn Bringer.
It was the same as my adoptive father.
“… Is it difficult to say?”
And my father said to me, smiling as if he was proud of it. The fact that the father’s identity is [Kim Hae-jin], The same as his adoptive father. In fact, considering that the two seemed to have something in common with each other, but were criticizing each other, and considering that they looked at the same person, literally bordering on homophobia, it was only natural.
To put it bluntly, my adoptive father is a crazy bastard! He used to change the topic while talking, and he often hit me.
“Puh-ha, well, I came all the way here and hid it. Yes, it’s Kim Hae-jin. But… I lived in a world that was like the ‘other side of the mirror’, completely different from the [Kim Hae-jin] You knew, and faced a completely different ending. I guess I’ve seen everything that happened to [Kalos] In the past and the shitty things that [Machina] Did.”
“Father- he-“
“Okay, get ready to go out. You’ve regained some consciousness. It’s time for you to wake up. You’ve seen the situation of those outside. If you don’t come to your senses, you’ll die even more. My job is done now.”
There was so much I wanted to say. How I have been and what I have done. I heard everything I wanted to hear from my father through the messenger magic left by my father, which I had already seen, but despite that, there were many things I wanted to say and had to say to him.
“No, to be precise, the part that was cut into pieces, this part’s work is done.”
And-
Me in the past, me now-
I had to ask my father for forgiveness for doing something really bad.
I-
“Do you think you can go out?!!!”
Someone else appears in the darkness.
Blonde hair, but those eyes that shine green. The hostility that seemed towards me, and I could tell that it was a star. My instincts were telling me that I must punish this bastard who showed unholy behavior, rebelliousness, and behavior that should not be shown to the Master of the Stars and the Vice King of Chaos.
However, about that, my father grabbed my shoulder and laughed.
“Look, I came here because it didn’t seem like it would get any better. Are you in a hurry because it’s coming out like this from the inside and the outside?”
Laughing at intruders.
And-
“Kaaak?!”
The spear of light, the spear of the sun pierces it and entraps it.
“Well, I don’t have much time, and I can’t hold out for long. If I had to explain it, I cast a spell to prepare for you to eat me. To make it easier for you to eat me, and to maintain consciousness and shape even inside your body like this. So that we can maintain it.”
“… Such-“
“It had to happen that way. The original affair was that [Clark Dawn Bringer], Who could not overcome the abuse, awakened to Yog-Sothoth, ate [Marcus Dawn Bringer], Who had been abusing him, and awakened into a star being. And, there are many ways to reach fate, right? Dad said that the outcome of the person dying doesn’t change, but the type of person who dies and the way the person dies can change.”
A story I once told.
A story about gods. The fate of the gods, and-
-Father, is it true that fate cannot be resisted?
-What must happen will happen, but the process can be changed. What’s going on, you suddenly bring up a heavy topic?
-… At the temple, an oracle came down, and people were seen crying and laughing at it.
-… Those bastards.
-?
-… No, this is not something I should say in front of you. One thing is certain… If you specify the result, you can change the way you reach that result.
And the father’s body shines.
I knew what it was doing.
As his existence disappeared, he was in the process of returning to his original soul.
And I wanted to stop this –
My father’s hand stroked my head.
“… Father-!!”
“Now, it’s time to wake up, son. I’ve always loved you. In my previous life, I didn’t have a son, and this time I raised a son, but it wasn’t easy because he was a prankster and a lot of things that stood out, but still, I’m happy for you. I wish I could have lived a life where I could smile, even though my previous life wasn’t a happy one, and this life may be full of hard times and frustrations.”
My father approached me.
“Father – not yet, not yet – what I want to say!!”
“… Well, did you say there’s still a lot I want to say? But, I have to wake up. Quite a few people are dead. And… Your daughter, who is my granddaughter, is also hurt.”
“…!!”
Evie!!
And then, what appears before your eyes.
I saw my daughter standing up to the power of the bastard who had taken over my body, no, the ‘power’ that had taken over my body.
The power of reversal.
With that power, he was trying to protect everyone here.
And-
-Ah… Pa…
Evey’s voice calling me.
And-
My father hugged me tightly.
“You’ve grown up a lot, Clark. I was wondering what would happen when I let the bright blue baby outside. Protect your family. This time, for sure.”
“… I’ll go… I’ll come back.”
And, what I said when I left home.
And,
Words that I never heard an answer to again.
“Okay. Go back.”
This time, I could hear it.
This is the last time, and this is the last time I see my father-
“Oh, there will be another half of me out there, so it’s too early to cry. So… Make the final battle extravagant. I’ll be watching from there too.”
“…!”
And, my body comes to mind.
No, consciousness awakens.
The last thing I saw, before tearing my father’s half to pieces, was oxidizing it like light, wrapping it around my body and sending it out, while simultaneously preventing me from waking up.
However-
“Get out.”
As soon as you say all that, the world falls apart right away.
And finally-
“… Hwaaaaa- of-!!! Not-!!!)-!!!)
Haemin, this little boy, swinging his fist at me.
And- I saw that this kid was screaming and beating me, and the surroundings were starting to get more and more chaotic, the ground was collapsing, and I was starting to get sucked into the void.
And I grabbed that fist.
“… Thank you, my little boy.”
“… Clarke? You, Clark-“
Quad Deuk-
I reach out to my heart and take it out just like that.
And, a parasite-like entity writhing inside.
“Get the hell out of me, Wilbur.”
Wilbur, he crushes my heart. It is not a body that will die if its heart is crushed, and the heart is only one of the organs in this body anyway. And the heart was crushed, and I felt dizzy and anemic for a moment, but that was it.
This is all the human body can do, and even the anemia disappears as the regenerated heart takes root.
And-
I walked towards Evie, who was very hurt by my power.
Haemin, as if his strength had run out, also sat down on the floor, and Elizabeth, who was restraining the two stars that were about to run amok, also looked this way.
“… Clarke!!”
“… You had a hard time.”
And then, while hugging Evie, I reach out towards the two monsters that Liz is holding on to.
“…”
Quad deuk!!
As the space was distorted, the two monsters began to shatter and shrivel just as they were trying to fall, and their bodies were finally destroyed.
Even if their bodies are destroyed, it is not the end.
However-
I stopped him from going on a rampage right now, and Elizabeth retrieved her sword and looked a little tired.
And-
“… A… Bad… You’re back… I did a good job… Right?”
“… Evie. It’ll be okay soon.”
The power of star existence.
And, with all my strength, I held on to the life of Evie as she was dying. And, borrow Evie’s power. And as a result, the power I can use right now will only be at the level I could use when I was a human –
“Kukkkk- Is it okay to use up the power to kill me by having another child? Do you think you can beat me then?”
I don’t even use honorifics anymore.
I knew that this guy was my future child, my son. Wilbur Waitley. As you can tell from the name, this girl is Lavinia. In other words, he is Lorraine’s son. The son of Lorraine, who is currently struggling to save the dying warriors behind him.
And the image of Phyllis doing her best to treat the injured along with Lorraine.
Anna, who was guarding Liz’s side, also had her maid uniform torn here and there, and about a third of her sword was broken,
Although Arash and Hector survived, most of the troops under his command became sick or died.
Gawain, too, was trying to get up, throwing away her broken armor, vomiting blood, and trembling after putting Excalibur in it.
Morgan and Merlin are somehow holding on to a world that is about to be shattered.
Even though the Einherjar were immortal warriors, it was also known that their bodies were destroyed, and their regeneration was slowed down.
Karlshevni.
…
Modi, Magni. A new god created by combining the divinity of these two.
They fought this battle, giving up even their bodies and their lives,
Fenrir’s white fur is also stained red with blood stains and wounds here and there.
And now, he is doing his best to prevent the entire world from being destroyed.
‘Ilias’, whose power had become stronger than before, was exercising his power to protect this world.
…
As I awakened, she also awakened.
The reason why I felt that the more I mixed my body with her, the stronger she and I became.
Now I know.
If I destroyed the world, she was the one who protected this world, a transcendent god.
Looking around her again, Matilda was smashing the corpses of countless monsters, spitting out the blood that had entered her mouth and glaring at Wilbur with her red eyes burning.
“… You’ve finally woken up, you damn brother! Now I just have to kill that bastard, right?”
“… As much as you want. And, sorry-“
“What does my brother have to be sorry about? That son of a bitch is the problem!”
As soon as I broke the heart, I spoke to Wilbur, who appeared.
The appearance of flesh coming together and gradually forming a shape.
I could never say anything good about that son of a bitch who broke away from me, lived on my body, created havoc around me at will, hurt the people around me, and almost killed Evie.
“Did you use your body well? Now you have to pay the price. Wilbur Waitley.”
“… You are not my father. My father was a being without the slightest mercy. He didn’t cling to affection like you-“
“Don’t cling to affection. How much do you think you know about me? Do you think you know everything? Then you are truly an arrogant bastard.”
The power consumed to restore Evie.
And, by borrowing Evie’s power, he succeeded in restoring the world that had begun to fall apart to its original state. Thanks to that, the power I have left now is, as I said before, only the amount I used when I was human.
That’s all, but I wasn’t too worried.
This was enough to deal with the monster, and although it took time for the wasted strength to return to its original state, it was recovering quickly.
Anyway, what this guy is going to do here is too simple.
“The only thing you can do here is whine to the Demon Sultan. Otherwise… If you know me now, you know that I can’t win even if I’m this weak, so you just shake your head and don’t attack me. Isn’t that right?”〈 Br〉
Well, in the end, the limits of those who manipulate power that is not theirs are clear.
“Try it. I’ll wait for you.”
“… Now, are you looking at me like water!!”
“I see you as an asshole. If I were a normal person, I would call you a scoundrel, but that’s not at all suitable for an idiot like you.”
To be honest, among my future children, he is uniquely an asshole.
“Your father saw you as an asshole, and because an asshole like you was born, [Yog-Sothoth], Who now goes by the name ‘Clarke’, was born. You despised your father, looked down on the universe, and the world. I made this plan so that trash like you would never be born.”
You can tell because of my age.
Because I am [Me], I can say this because I know that [Me] On the other side would do this.
It was a death sentence.
Like this now.
[Kalos] Was erased and [Clarke] Was left behind.
The reason why [Kalos] Erased himself and sent me away was very clear.
In fact, deleting this asshole is the second reason even if you hit him well. Nevertheless, the words were enough to scratch this guy.
“Even if you borrow the power of the Demon Sultan, it’s easy to kill you.”
“Don’t regret those words… Khak?!”
Paaaaang!!
And, the blade shot out from Liz’s hand.
The blade pierces Wilbur.
“You know you won’t die from that, Liz.”
“Of course it is. I just threw it away.”
Indeed, she is like my wife. And-
At that moment, a rain of blood flames erupted, and Mira, my sister, hugged me from behind and kissed the nape of my neck.
“… You’re back, Clark. I’m glad, I’m really glad-“
“… I’m sorry for worrying you. But, it’s not over yet.”
“Yeah, it’s not over yet, right son?”
“…!”
And, I saw my father here.
That’s what I’ve seen so far. The appearance of Marcus Dawn Bringer itself.
And…
Haemin, too, stands up again.
Somewhere, the reason they look the same.
And, the reason I can only see it now.
…
These two were the same person.
