Chapter 183 – 183. Heukcheongyo
183. Heukcheon Bridge
Ashur Shadia, the 11th servant of the Black Sky.
Called a brutal slayer, she buried her head in the filthy ground and prayed with tears in her eyes.
“Ah, finally! The true God has come to this land!”
“Oh God! You great giant!”
“Your faithful servant will clean up the filthy heretics and make a paradise!”
Along with her, countless humans clad in black priestly clothes cried out to God. The scene of collective madness. No one approached them.
In the first place, except for Heukcheongyo, there were no guys whose liver was swollen enough to approach the place where the giant footprints that were close to 1km were stamped.
Thud!
So, while those who witnessed the existence of God prayed while shedding tears of emotion, someone fell in front of them.
“Ashur Shadia.”
“The 6th servant of the great Dark Heaven, Noah. You are late, foolish child.”
“What did you see?”
“A piece of the great one! At las! He has descended on this earth! He who will wipe out all the false prophets and build a great paradise amidst the chaos and destruction rampant on this land!! Ah, God, take my lowly soul to your resting place.”
The one called Noah looked down at the sobbing Shadia on her knees. And he looked away. Towards the huge, footprint-shaped pit that stretched behind her.
He roughly estimated the size of the footprints. It is unbelievable that it was created by humans. It’s as if a real giant descended and trampled on the human world.
Faced with that overwhelming trace, Noah’s body trembled. However, he did not sit down in the face of the feat of God like other believers.
It was not because of his lack of faith. It was only because the delusion remained in his heart.
“The eleventh servant, Ashur Shadia. Is what you saw truly a god?”
“Dare!!”
Noah’s voice resonated softly. As soon as he finished his words, Shadia, who was lying on the floor, rushed at Noah in a rage.
The ring on her hand glowed and turned into a giant war axe. She swung the ax at Noah, stained with heretic blood. Blood-colored magic glows on the blade of the axe.
Jjoong!
It was an ax that was unknowingly swung, but it did not touch Noah’s body. It was because a sword that appeared out of nowhere blocked her ax like a shield.
Noah’s unique skill, the sword. His unique skill, which allows him to freely manipulate objects or items classified as swords, was activated, and swords around him flew in and protected his body like a guardian.
Dozens of swords circle around Noah. Shadia glared at Noah with her furious eyes.
“It is blasphemy!!”
“Calm down, Shadia.”
Unlike Shadia, Noah did not lose her cool and looked at her nonchalantly. As Noah would admonish her little child, he spoke to her.
“Is there any evidence that those footprints are an act of God?”
“Yes! Who can imitate the body of a colossus!”
Shadia pointed at the footprints left by Lee Hyun with her hand and said. Certainly, the 1km foot-shaped pit was not something anyone could imitate.
However, that did not mean that no one could imitate them. The world is wide and there are many Awakeners. And as many awakened people, there are many unique skills.
Someone might have the technology to create at least one of these footprints. Also, Noah knew of several beings who could make a 1km long pit with magic or skill alone, even if he didn’t have to use skills.
“Noah! Your brain is full of doubts! Are you saying that I’m an idiot and didn’t think of a single thing like that now? I saw! The footsteps of a god that fell before my eyes without showing any signs!”
Shadia raises her blood and cries out. As if feeling the grace of God, she shouted at Noah again, shaking her body.
“And! Who else could do such a miracle? Who other than God can leave huge footprints all over this vast city without leaving any marks or traces! Tell me, Noah!”
“…”
Perhaps fed up with Shadia’s fanatical behavior, or perhaps he felt the presence of God too, Noah said nothing and just looked at Shadia with her carefree eyes. And she turned her gaze back to the footprints.
In his nonchalant eyes, Lee Hyun’s footsteps were captured. Regardless of whether it is a building or a human being, they are equally squeezed into the ground. It’s a look that fits the word God’s punishment.
Noah entered the footprints. A huge pit dug about 3m. He went into the hole for his big toe. Even the traces left by the toes were large enough to bury hundreds of people.
“That’s strange…”
He closed his eyes for a moment in the pit. Then he concentrated his mind and swept the remaining mana. However, something was wrong with him. Even with such huge footprints engraved, not even a handful of magic power could be felt.
‘Did God really descend?’
If you use magic, you can imitate footprints of this size. But what if you don’t use magic?
Impossible.
It is impossible to create a ‘footprint’ of this size without mana, even with modern technology as well as human power.
I don’t know if it’s a simple pit.
And since Shadia didn’t seem to notice the sign at all until the moment her footprints were engraved on the ground, she had no choice but to truly believe that it was a feat of a god.
‘But.’
Nevertheless, he did not categorically claim to be a god. Because Noah, unlike Shadia, he had not witnessed the existence of God.
Noah fell into contemplation for a moment. Judging rationally, this was an act of God. However, he did not conclude that this was an act of the god he believed and followed.
It wasn’t because he lacked faith. It’s just that his faith was so great that he doubted everything.
So, while Noah was immersed in contemplation, something popped out from among the rubble under his footsteps in the distance.
“Kyaaaaagh!!! Dare! Who woke me up!!”
He is a muscular monster with gray skin. The monster came out of the wreckage, emitting red eyes and screaming.
Even in the overwhelming violence created by Lee Hyun, the monster survived. The reason was simple. Unlike humans, monsters’ bodies are made of magic, just like monsters.
That’s why, even in Lee Hyun’s stomping, which did not contain magic, he did not get hurt. Because simple physical force couldn’t have any effect on pure magical power.
“Is it you?”
After looking around for a while, the monster found Noah and rushed at him. Noah lightly stretched out his hand, and one of the swords that fell on the ground flew in like a flash and pierced the monster’s neck.
‘A monster who survived in the wreckage…’
Once again doubts bloomed in his mind. If the footprints were truly created by God, how could the monster beneath his feet be alive and well?
“Turn off, turn off…”
Noah looked down at the monster. He had the urge to bring this monster in front of Shadia and to break her groundless beliefs.
But she decided to quit. On the contrary, she claims to have witnessed the existence of God. Nothing would make sense to her now.
Noah himself, too, if he had seen the existence of God, he would not have heard anything.
Awesome!
Noah cut off the monster’s head and returned to Shadia. She was still prostrated in front of her toe pits, praying fervently. She kissed her in front of the toe pit Lee Hyun had created and praised God.
“Shadia.”
“Did you feel the greatness of God, Noah?”
“Have you seen God?”
“Yes. God sent his angels to give me a sacred task.”
“A task?”
Noah asked a question. Shadia proudly puffed out her chest. Beyond the robe, the contours of her breasts bulged out, drawing smooth curves.
“Yes! God has commanded me to deal with all the mongrel and his companions who pretend to be angels! Oh, and he told me not to kill the bug with four arms, but to capture it. It seems that he has business to do.”
“Four arms…”
“You know?”
A monster appeared in Noah’s mind. On the day they first arrived in a foreign land, they encountered an immortal monster.
“Well, good. It was the saintess’ order anyway.”
“Anyway? Even if you are a saint, you are only a mortal before a great God!”
“Let’s act separately. I don’t think I can talk to you right now.”
“You bastard!! Noah!!”
“Cool her head, Shadia. If God truly exists, why doesn’t he appear now?”
“It’s because I’m disappointed in your disbelief! Don’t you know that?”
Noah didn’t answer and jumped up into the sky. Noah rides the sword she controls with Iggy’s sword and disappears into the sky as it is.
He looked down. Shadia is seen carrying her axe and causing her rampage. And huge footprints behind her.
Looking at it from the sky, it was so large that it gave the illusion that it was truly created by a god.
However, there were many things that made it difficult to believe that it was a feat of God. Especially, the monster that just appeared.
‘I’ll have to do some more research.’
Did you say that the country around here is Korea?
It is possible that the other side may have played an unknown trick. For now, Noah decided to report to the saintess.
Shadia would whine about opening her heretic judgment, but her saintess was more likely to believe her own words than her own.
If you think about it from her point of view, it would be hard to believe that a god appeared first in a foreign land she had never heard of, rather than the saintess who was closest to the god and the temple in the dark sky where she resided.
He looked down at the ground once again. Huge footprints of large and small sizes engraved all over the lawless zone, and footprints of 1 km boasting an overwhelming size.
‘If it’s truly a god descended.’
Then he closed his eyes for a moment and said a prayer.
‘Forgive me the sins of your foolish and careless servant…’
