Chapter 2318 – 2318. Virgin Ghost
Flying through the void, I reached my destination and immediately reached out to tear through the dimension.
A dimensional rift opened, creating an entrance. Without hesitation, I stepped into the rift.
It was a desolate dimension. The ground was crimson, and the sky was gloomy. There were no clouds or sun, only a faint glimmer of starlight.
On the surface, this world appeared dead. There was no trace of its glorious past, only ashes waiting to be swept away.
However, through the eyes of a god, this world was alive. It had its own order and civilization. There were living beings, though everything was for the sake of Brahmasen.
‘Brahmasen is somewhere in this dimension. I can feel his presence. But where exactly is he?’
Perhaps because it was Brahmasen’s domain, his presence was felt everywhere. This wasn’t Earth, making it difficult to pinpoint his exact location.
‘Fortunately, this isn’t a stable dimension, so there are no restrictions. Should I use my power to scan the entire world? Or should I conserve my strength?’
Even without restrictions, it was difficult to use power recklessly like I did on Earth.
As I pondered these things, I saw a creature walking weakly on the ground.
It was hunched over, with a head and limbs, but it wasn’t human. Its eyes were large, and its skin was like rock. Its three fingers were all long and hooked.
I transformed into lightning and landed in front of it. Surprisingly, it remained calm.
“Brahmasen’s spawn, tell me where Brahmasen is.”
Thud.
It knelt on the ground, bowing its head. It seemed accustomed to facing transcendent beings.
“Yujin-nim! It is an honor to meet you!”
“…You know me? Who are you?”
I’ve never been here before?
It raised its head and opened its mouth wide. Inside its yellow teeth, the flesh split, bleeding, and a small insect popped out. It was a grotesque creature, like a mix of a larva and a fetus.
The moment I saw it, something came to mind.
“A Levre’s minion.”
“That’s right. We have been quietly breeding and surviving in Brahmasen’s territory under Levre-nim’s orders. But serving Yujin-nim is a duty beyond breeding and survival.”
“Brahmasen hasn’t noticed your existence until now? Even if it’s not anywhere else, this is the dimension where he’s settled.”
“Brahmasen isn’t interested in most of his followers. As long as we don’t act openly… we won’t draw his attention.”
“Why are you here?”
“Brahmasen’s territories are organically connected, except in special cases. Traveling between Brahmasen’s territories isn’t a big problem.”
“He rules over multiple dimensions… He’s quite something. Lead me to where Brahmasen’s main body is.”
“Yes, I will guide you. But…”
“But? What else is there?”
“I can’t be sure if the one here is truly his main body.”
“It’s his main body. His power permeates this entire world.”
It bowed its head and led me to where Brahmasen was.
Its pace was slow, so I grabbed it by the scruff of its neck and flew in the direction it indicated.
It was a temple. A temple carved out of three giant rocky mountains. The temple was still unfinished. Tens of thousands of creatures, who looked like slaves, were bringing rocks and stacking them like a pyramid.
“We are building the temple under Brahmasen’s orders. It’s been over 500 years.”
“He’s doing something interesting.”
I understood Brahmasen’s intentions. It was to strengthen his power. When people prayed to me on Earth, I gained a small amount of power. It might not be helpful right away, but after 10, 100, or 1,000 years, things would be different.
I landed in front of the temple. Inside, I felt a massive presence.
-A moth has come, not knowing its future. Or have you come to find your grave?
Brahmasen’s voice echoed. The creatures touched by his voice went mad and began to rampage. They rushed towards me, showing vague hostility.
“Yujin-nim, do as you wish. We will stop them.”
Levre’s minions were fine. Others who weren’t mad gathered in various places to stop the crazed ones.
“Why are you all okay?”
“To survive in Brahmasen’s territory, we had to adapt to his madness first. We can adapt to any environment… even madness is no exception.”
Levre’s minions fought against the crazed followers. Thanks to them, I could conserve even a little bit of my power.
Kiiiiiiiiing.
The lightning wheel behind my back rotated.
Even with me right in front of him, Brahmasen showed no sign of coming out of the temple. So, I would bury him along with the temple.
I created blue lightning and grasped it in my hand. I imbued this ordinary-looking lightning with karma. The karma of Earth, of humanity, accumulated by Trinity.
‘Be shattered with this world.’
I threw the lightning.
I heard the sound of the lightning tearing through Brahmasen’s body inside the temple. But I didn’t hear his pained groan.
The lightning continued to cut through anything that stood in its way. Now, it needed to create a powerful explosion to deliver a massive shock. But… the lightning disappeared.
The ground shook, and giant tentacle-like appendages emerged from the ground. Not just one. Even as this was happening, more tentacles kept appearing. Feeling the power of Brahmasen within the tentacles, my expression hardened.
The tentacles whipped around like lashes and pounded the ground like rods.
‘This is dangerous. Getting hit by even one of those tentacles would be fatal.’
Lightning Sky Style (雷天流), Flying Lightning God (飛雷神).
I transformed into lightning and dodged the tentacles, flying up into the sky. The tentacles pursued me. I flew higher, towards space.
“……”
Standing in space, I was speechless as I looked at the planet.
The tentacles covered the planet. It was no longer a planet. It was Brahmasen. The disgusting god of madness.
A vortex formed at the center of the planet. The vortex glowed red and turned into the shape of an eye, looking at me.
-Consider it an honor that I am dealing with you personally.
“…It’s good that the target is big. At least I won’t miss.”
Kiiiiiiiiiiiiing.
The wheel rotated faster than ever before. The lightning from the wheel was momentarily brighter than the sun.
I gripped the Hwaryeon Blade and raised it high.
Domain Expansion.
Starlight poured out from the blade of the Hwaryeon Blade. I gathered the starlight at the tip of the blade. Red lightning surged from the tip of the blade.
Lightning Sky Style (雷天流), Lightning Calamity (雷劫).
I swung the blade. The red lightning burned and exploded through Brahmasen’s mass of flesh.
-Ughhhhh. That hurts. It’s been so long since I felt pain… It’s almost welcome.
“…Why won’t you die?”
-You think you can kill me with an attack of that level? Are you serious?
That level? It was an attack that used the karma of Earth and me, and the power of the Hwaryeon Blade. It was enough power to shatter a planet.
The fact that the attack didn’t work… was due to an immeasurable difference in power.
The karma he had accumulated was infinitely deeper than the karma of humanity accumulated on Earth.
Kiiii….
The rotating lightning wheel stopped and disappeared. The wheel rotated using karma as fuel. It was natural for it to stop since there was no karma. And karma was my very existence.
I felt my power draining and myself fading away.
-Is that the end? How boring.
I gritted my teeth at Brahmasen’s mockery.
[Using Complete Recovery.]
The karma that had been consumed was restored. However, the karma of humanity accumulated in Trinity was not restored. I was barely maintaining this body with the karma I possessed.
Kiiiiiiiiing.
The lightning wheel began to rotate, but my will to fight was already broken. I couldn’t win even if I fought. With this level of power, I wouldn’t be able to inflict even a small wound on him.
I sighed and reverse-summoned the Hwaryeon Blade.
-If you have nothing more to show, then die.
Brahmasen’s tentacles reached out.
Just as I was about to try to struggle, I felt gazes. Those gazes became a shackle, binding me. I knew that all those gazes were Brahmasen.
An absurd hypothesis came to mind. Perhaps even the Brahmasen in front of me wasn’t the real one.
The giant tentacle touched my body. My body immediately collapsed.
[Death Resistance has been activated. You will not die for the next 15 seconds.]
In the midst of death, I used a regression ticket with only my consciousness.
[Using a 1-day regression ticket.]
[Regressing to one day ago.]
[The Play Life App is not affected by regression.]
Everything began to rewind.
• • •
“……”
Crack!
The egg in my hand broke.
Sweating, I looked around and realized I was in the kitchen. I had returned to before I started cooking fried rice.
“Hah, shit.”
Brahmasen was much stronger than I had imagined. He could probably destroy Earth in an instant if he wanted to.
‘But the fact that he didn’t act directly… is it to save even a little bit of power? Or is he working on other dimensions at the same time as Earth?’
What should I do now?
Even without Brahmasen, there were many dangers on Earth. Right now, there was a swarm of giant locusts hiding in the crater of Mount Fuji in Japan, and the Pylons were up to no good in China.
‘If nothing else, I’m a bit greedy for the Trinity that the chairman of the World Hunter Association has. If I had that, I could become an S-rank right now.’
It was impossible to sneak in and steal it. Trinity was in the form of a tattoo on the body of the current chairman, James. Even if I went and asked for it, he wouldn’t give it to me. He would probably become hostile towards me.
The world now was different from the world before regression. The World Hunter Association was not powerless.
‘Ah, whatever. Shit. Let’s just eat fried rice. Why should I bother? There’s no benefit to be gained from suffering.’
The locusts and Pylons weren’t causing trouble right now.
Brahmasen? Even if that bastard went crazy and invaded Earth right now, I had insurance.
Life Authority and Absolute Imperial Authority.
No matter how great Brahmasen was, he couldn’t beat the Play Life App. It was clear from the fact that he couldn’t resist the regression ticket.
I made fried rice and ate it.
It was delicious.
