Chapter 1472 – 1472. The Abandoned World
“Hyung, please protect this place.”
“Protect? I thought you’d ask me to charge in with you.”
“It would be reassuring to have Yoojin Hyung with me, but I’m more worried about this world. If a priest of the evil god comes to Earth through that castle and hides… Ugh. Just imagining it is terrible.”
Park Suho sighed with a serious expression.
I found it a bit absurd. The followers of the evil god were already active on Earth. Their cult had collapsed, but they were surely up to other tricks.
‘It’s not good if beings from another world come over.’
I looked at the red castle on the roof of the building. I wondered if it was possible to enter the tattoo world through the door of that castle.
“Okay. It’s serious, so I’ll help. What will you do while I’m protecting this place?”
“I’m going to attack the red castle with the soldiers of Veroprin.”
“So, you want me to deal with the ones who run away this way while you’re attacking the red castle?”
“Yes. Please, Hyung.”
I stared at Park Suho and asked,
“Can you do it?”
“Of course, I can. I’ve become stronger than before. Veroprin has also developed with the support of the Cell Church.”
Park Suho was full of confidence.
The energy I felt from him was indeed stronger than before. He was getting stronger at a really fast pace. He wasn’t at my level yet… but I had a feeling he might surpass me soon.
‘Park Suho becoming stronger than me? That’s a bit unpleasant.’
Should I become stronger more actively?
Park Suho continued to explain the red castle attack operation. Honestly, I wasn’t very interested, so I listened half-heartedly. All I had to do was deal with the guys coming out of the red castle on Earth. The rest was up to Park Suho.
“We plan to attack the red castle in three days.”
“Three days. Got it.”
•••
Three days later.
I leaned against the railing on the roof of the building, looking at the red castle. The red castle was bigger than it was three days ago. The red castle was gradually coming over to Earth. What was more serious was that neither the Hunter Association nor the general public could perceive this castle.
‘Park Suho sure found this castle well. It couldn’t have been by chance… Does he have a special ability?’
Park Suho was a hero.
A hero chosen by God.
Since he’s a hero, I hope he gets stronger quickly and deals with the evil god.
‘Just don’t get stronger than me.’
The evil god, that bastard Brahmasen, already recognizes me. He probably knows that I’ve interfered with his plans several times, so he’ll try to kill me if he gets the chance.
Kwaaang!
An explosion was heard from the red castle.
‘Did it start?’
I glanced down at the roof. The citizens passing by on the street seemed not to have heard the explosion and were walking calmly.
I gripped the handle of the Hwaryeon Bido at my waist and glared at the entrance of the red castle.
Kwaaang! Thud! Kwakwang!
The explosions were getting louder.
I tensed up. I could feel the presence of someone trying to come out of the entrance from inside the red castle.
The door opened forcefully.
What came out was a man in blood-soaked gray clothes. Red skin, sharp teeth, a head with thorns instead of hair, and two bright red eyes. He was a monster.
“A priest of Brahmasen.”
“Who the hell are you?!”
The monster spoke in a harsh voice, babbling in the monster’s language. He hadn’t lost his reason to madness. It was proof that he was a priest of Brahmasen.
I pulled out the Hwaryeon Bido and pointed it at him.
“You arrogant bastard! I don’t have time to deal with you right now! I’ll let you live, so get lost!”
“Why do you think I’m here? To kill the ones coming out of there.”
Lightning Heaven Style (雷天流) Lightning Flash (雷閃).
I swung the Hwaryeon Bido in the air. A blue sword energy with red lightning walked towards him. The monster hurriedly raised his arm to block the sword energy. The sword energy failed to cut off his arm.
“He’s tougher than most monsters. You monster.”
“This is the body that the god has bestowed upon me. With such a pathetic attack… Ooooh?!”
The monster, who had been speaking arrogantly, suddenly screamed and knelt on the floor. He raised both hands to the sky, and his eyes rolled back.
“Brahmasen! Brahmasen has whispered to me! To kill you here! You are our greatest enemy!”
I grabbed the sword with both hands.
I felt a sense of incongruity, and it seemed like Brahmasen had descended upon him. And Brahmasen was watching me through the monster’s eyes.
“I know. You are the most dangerous one in this world. I will take you.”
“You’ll die before that.”
[Using an Instant (刹那). Remaining stacks: 6]
[Using an Instant (刹那). Remaining stacks: 5]
[Using an Instant (刹那). Remaining stacks: 4]
I ran towards the monster, accelerating repeatedly. I arrived in front of the monster in an instant and swung my sword at his head without hesitation.
Lightning Heaven Style (雷天流) Lightning Light (雷光).
A red lightning flash flickered, bisecting the body of Brahmasen’s priest. From the crown of his head to his crotch. The body split in two, and at that moment, tentacles sprouted from the gruesome cross-section and wrapped around my arms and legs.
-Hahahaha!
“You son of a…”
I immediately unleashed lightning. Paji-jijijik! Blue lightning burned the tentacles. The tentacles burned and disappeared. But new tentacles sprouted from the priest’s corpse and aimed at me.
-I thought today was the worst day. I was about to give up the castle because that damn bitch’s toy was stronger than I thought.
Tentacles stretched out from all directions. There were hundreds of them. I cut the tentacles with my sword and burned them with lightning, but they kept regenerating endlessly.
‘Should I get rid of that priest’s corpse?’
There was a limit to approaching while dodging the tentacles. I had to prevent the tentacles from grabbing my body.
[Activating Heavenly Mind (天心). Lasts for 1 minute.]
[Using an Instant (刹那). Remaining stacks: 3]
The tentacles that were trying to grab my body slipped. I moved forward without any hindrance and swung my sword at the priest’s corpse. I swung my sword so hard that my arm muscles tore. I went beyond just cutting it into pieces and completely pulverized the corpse.
Kiiiiiiing.
The red castle behind him began to collapse with a strange sound.
-But I ended up meeting and dealing with the most troublesome one like this! Thinking about the divine plan that failed because of you… I’m still furious. Just die already. You unknown interferer.
It was useless. The pieces of the corpse, smaller than fingernails, became tentacles that filled the space and enveloped me.
-Today was a lucky day.
I grimaced and stabbed my sword into the wall of tentacles. I slashed through the wall of tentacles, and the lightning generated from my body burned the wall of tentacles.
I was startled as I escaped from the tentacles.
It wasn’t Seoul there.
The ground was a dull black. It was dead land. There was no life at all. The sky was as red as blood. No wind was blowing.
I looked around. There was no one. There wasn’t even a common weed, let alone a tree. There was no life here except for me.
‘…Did I fall into hell?’
That was the only thing I could think of. I walked forward, wary of my surroundings. No one would save me if I just stood still.
‘It can’t be an illusion… I can’t be mentally penetrated.’
I took out a space-movement scroll from my inventory and tore it. It didn’t activate. I couldn’t go home. The situation was more serious than I thought.
‘The fact that I can’t use the space-movement scroll means… this might not be Earth.’
Was this Park Suho’s tattoo world? Is there such a space in the tattoo world?
I started running forward, feeling a rising sense of unease.
I discovered a moving creature below the hill. It was neither human nor animal.
Red skin with bone spikes piercing through the skin all over its body.
‘A follower of Brahmasen…!’
The creature wandered around, then stopped in place and self-harmed. Wandering, self-harming, wandering, self-harming. It repeated endlessly.
That repetition was broken when the creature discovered me. It started running towards me like crazy. There was no trace of reason in its red eyes. All I could feel was madness.
‘There’s nothing to find out even if I torture a madman… I’ll kill it.’
Lightning Heaven Style (雷天流) Lightning Flash (雷閃).
The sword energy flew and cut the creature down. I approached cautiously.
‘It might regenerate with tentacles like that guy earlier and attack me.’
The corpse didn’t regenerate. There were no tentacles either. Even when I touched the corpse with my toe, there was no reaction.
‘It’s definitely dead.’
I summoned a bike from my inventory and rode around. I had been riding for two hours, and I hadn’t found anything except for the occasional followers of Brahmasen wandering around. There was no water either.
The scenery all looked the same, so I was worried that I might be going around in circles in the same place.
‘At this rate, I won’t be able to go back even in a few years.’
The food was fine.
The Play Life app was working. I could bring food from other worlds. I wouldn’t starve to death.
‘Live in a place like this? Don’t make me laugh. I’ll go back to Earth no matter what.’
I thought of one item.
[Absolute Imperial Authority
Activates one use of Absolute Imperial Authority.
You can issue an absolute command. If you command the destruction of the universe, the universe will be destroyed. The command lasts for 1 minute. Nothing can refuse the command.
Price –
※Caution
The command only lasts for 1 minute.
Think carefully before using it.]
If I use this, can’t I go back to Earth right away?
‘…Now that I’m about to use it, it feels too precious? And there might be other ways.’
[Fragment of Omniscience.
You can get answers to 3 questions. The Fragment of Omniscience will answer any difficult question, even if it’s a question about the distant future.
Current uses – 2
Price: –
※Caution
Questions related to the Play Life app will be ignored.]
I took out a small pebble from my inventory.
Fragment of Omniscience.
I had already used 2 of the 3 questions, and only 1 question remained.
I asked the Fragment of Omniscience.
‘How can I go back to Earth?’
[You can return to Earth by finding and activating Brahmasen’s altar to open a dimensional gate. A sacrifice is required to activate the altar.]
Pasa-sak.
The Fragment of Omniscience turned to dust and disappeared.
Having received the answer, I started the bike and then stopped.
‘Where is that altar?’
I couldn’t hear the answer to the question. The Fragment of Omniscience had turned to dust and disappeared.
‘There’s no guarantee that I’ll find it just by wandering around…’
After thinking for a moment, I launched the latest drone from the ‘Vampire Detective’ world into the sky. The drone, which had risen high into the sky, was suitable for exploring the surroundings.
‘…Found it. It was easy to find since there’s nothing else around.’
Four priests were performing a ritual at the altar. If you looked closely, it was more like a prayer than a ritual. Brahmasen’s followers were swarming around it. There must have been at least 300,000 of them.
Break through there alone? That’s crazy.
‘Even if I summon Yuria and Elena, the power I can use at full strength is only for 1 minute. I can’t deal with all of them.’
Bring a nuke and wipe them all out?
‘The altar will be swept away too. If it’s destroyed, I might not be able to go back. Is there another way?’
I pondered for a long time and then fiddled with the Play Life app. One of the Play Life app quests that I checked after a long time caught my eye.
[Paladin: Journey of Evil Extermination.
Long ago, evil was rampant.
It is frightening.
Evil seduces, deceives, and devours humans.
Humans fall into evil and become corrupted, and the world is being stained with evil.
A few of the righteous are trying to protect this world.
It is difficult.
There is too much evil in this world.
The demons who spread evil laugh at the righteous.
But there is a god who shines light on this terrible world. She is the only hope left in this world. You are the light of the world that she spreads.
Exterminate evil.
Eliminate the great demons.
Bring the world that is sinking into darkness into the light.
Quest success condition: Eliminate the great demons
Quest success reward: Manifestation
※There is a penalty.]
