Chapter 1021 – 1021. Secrets of the World (2)
[You have an angry face.]
Eunhyeon’s face showed intense anger.
His eyes were showing a ferocious, murderous look in his eyes as if he would swing his sword and attack the manager at any moment if he could, but his tightly clenched fists were suppressing those emotions with incredible patience.
It was a natural feeling.
It was no different from being denied all of his life, all the effort and time he had put in for a long time.
That is what manager Myeong-hwan did to Eun-hyeon.
We intentionally twisted the final outcome of death, and intentionally assigned various trials and tasks to the twisted flow of fate.
Eun-hyeon experienced unfair events so many times that death was no longer surprising.
In fact, he even faced death once.
After experiencing countless things, Eunhyeon became a god and earned the qualifications of a ‘manager candidate.’
Although it was separate from whether that was what Eunhyun really wanted.
Eunhyeon held back those emotions and asked with a trembling voice.
“What does it mean to be a manager candidate?”
[Literally, it refers to a person who is qualified to become the next administrator system.]
Myung-hwan explained the manager system like this.
[Originally, this universe was full of chaos. The administrator system was created to calm the chaos, create life, and manage the universe.]
[The universe has infinite potential to grow infinitely, but whether or not it can be accommodated is a separate story.]
If the potential of the universe is like a waterfall that pours down infinitely, the filtering device that embraces it and manages it so that it does not rot or stagnate can be said to be a manager system.
[What do you think we need to do to accommodate and manage a universe that is growing and growing out of control?]
“… “The scale needs to be reduced.”
Eunhyeon told the first method that came to mind as it was.
Actually, that was the only thing that came to mind, and the manager also nodded slightly.
[Yes. So, successive administrators, including me, intentionally adjusted the scale of the universe in their own way. The method I thought of for that was war.]
The number of souls growing at an absurd rate.
In order to reduce the number even further than that, there was no method as fast and sure as war.
[I created a place so that the emotions that continue to proliferate without knowing the end in the souls of countless lives existing in the universe can flow to one place.]
Among the many things that make up the human soul, it proliferates the most violently.
It meant emotion.
Among them, the most special emotions.
A place where various emotions such as joy, sorrow, sorrow, arrogance, jealousy, greed, anger, and lust gather.
“That…”
After hearing that explanation, Eunhyeon remembered a place.
[Yes. I am a dimension where countless evil intentions flowing from humans gather. I created the Demon World.]
The starting point of demons and magical beasts is a collection of emotions resulting from the malicious intent of humans that continues to proliferate without knowing the end.
[And gave it an instinctive thirst for human blood and souls.]
Demons slaughtered and ate humans according to their instincts, and humans also fought against the demons after making many sacrifices and engaged in a fierce war.
Naturally, as the scale of life and souls existing in the universe decreased, the amount was adjusted.
By adjusting the balance so that one side does not dominate and the other side is completely destroyed.
[At some point, the growth of demons became increasingly uncontrollable.]
As several demons born with great power were born within the demon world, its scale grew to the point where a hierarchy existed among demons.
So, prohibitions and laws were created to prevent demons from easily crossing into the underworld, and in the process, a being called God was created to keep demons in check.
And to prevent humans from being easily destroyed, he gave them the fate of a hero with special talents who could lead other humans.
From Eunhyeon’s perspective, the way the administrator system manages the universe was extremely miserable and dark.
This management method did not include any consideration for how many people like him died and in what manner.
Of course.
To the manager, humans, life, and souls were nothing more than the composition and numbers that made up this universe.
It is one of the many numbers that cannot be measured with numbers like 10,000 or 100,000,000.
For manager Myeong-hwan, Eun-hyeon was the same.
[I have twisted the fate of countless people like you, given them trials, and guided them to accomplish tasks.]
Eunhyeon was the only one among the numerous candidates who were qualified to become a manager.
There was no malicious intent to tease or harass him.
The administrator system simply fulfilled its role and responsibility.
Eun-hyeon, who heard the background of the truth in which the trials, hardships, and irrational events she had experienced so far were intentionally arranged, could not feel any emotion.
It was just feeling empty.
“You told me I was a ‘manager candidate.'”
[It did.]
“Then, are there any other candidates?”
[Not at the moment. Because you eliminated all remaining candidates except you.]
“… Yes?”
When Eunhyeon heard Myunghwan’s words, he opened his eyes wide and showed a surprised expression.
After hearing the words of the ‘candidate’ whom he had eliminated, only one being came into Eunhyeon’s mind.
[Yes. She is that woman.]
“Media…”
Upon hearing that he was a candidate for manager like her, Eun-hyeon was shocked.
“How is that possible?”
Medea was a huge disaster that ravaged the souls of countless humans, demons, and magical beasts and turned them into her servants, threatening the world itself.
In Eunhyeon’s opinion, it was far from the role of an administrator system.
[There is some misunderstanding. The ‘manager system’ does not serve the role of benefiting or saving humans. Its role is to manage and control the scale of the universe so that it does not grow to an unacceptable level.]
There was absolutely no room for the concepts of ‘good’ or ‘evil’ to intervene.
[In the first place, the concept of ‘good and evil (善惡)’ is also just a standard created by your standards, so do you think it will apply to me?]
“…”
[Then I would rather ask. Do you humans feel any remorse or sadness when you slaughter and eat livestock such as pigs and cows that you raised with great care for a long time?]
Eunhyeon couldn’t answer.
Racial differences.
Or differences in values.
Perhaps the difference in assigned roles and responsibilities is as different as the end of a dimension rather than heaven and earth.
By the standards of the administrator system, there was no difference between Eunhyeon, who struggled to save countless people, and Media, who had repeatedly massacred countless people.
What is important in a manager system is only whether the candidates who will succeed him or her are qualified and arrive in front of him or not.
[The condition for a candidate for administrator is to achieve numerous feats that have an impact on this universe and be reborn as a transcendent being. From that perspective, you and that woman had already achieved that condition.]
Eunhyeon eventually transcended human limitations and became a god, killing numerous demons and protecting the underworld.
Through her black magic, Medea slaughtered countless humans and took their souls to strengthen her own soul, removing her ‘her death’ from within her own soul and becoming her transcendent.
The battle between Medea and Eunhyeon, who achieved such incredible feats that they slaughtered even the demons of the Demon World, is enough to eliminate the dimension of the Demon World.
The two people who had a great influence on the universe called ‘The Extinction of the Demon World’ accomplished such great feats and established the conditions for candidates for the manager system.
“…”
Eunhyun thought.
If she lost to Medea.
If you were selected as a candidate for the unique manager system and accepted this offer to succeed Myeong-Hwan.
What kind of universe would the universe she managed become?
It was terrifying just to imagine it.
“If I become a manager… Do I have to manage it the same way you do?”
[Not really. You can do whatever you want. Because there may be a better way to manage it than mine. I only implemented this method because I thought it was the most certain and stable.]
Human souls grow in size over time.
And in order to reduce the number of humans, he intentionally created demons to prey on them.
In order to prevent one side from being destroyed and to balance the numbers, the fate of heroes was born and the existence of gods was created.
For Myung-hwan, this management method was the best way to maintain balance in the universe.
[Of course it has to be different, right? Not only the invitation, but also the manager before me, and the person I am now, everything that led me to this position as a manager is bound to be different.]
How you arrived at the role of manager.
The starting point, the process, and the future we want to pursue.
Everything cannot be the same, so how can the method be the same?
[The first administrator sowed discord among beings in the universe and intentionally started a war.]
And in that war, beings from numerous dimensions killed each other, and the being who survived to the end and achieved great feats became a transcendent through the awakening of his soul, killed the first manager, and became the second manager.
[The second manager set a certain limit and applied a law whereby half of the beings that make up the universe would randomly die when the limit was reached.]
A fair yet merciless law that kills exactly half of the population without considering race, story, status, power, or anything else.
Finally, the war began again as the beings of one dimension realized that the half rule would not be activated unless the limit was reached, destroying other dimensions in order to survive.
And the being who achieved the feat of destroying countless dimensions killed the second administrator and became the third administrator.
[The third administrator divided the entire universe into two dimensions and made them fight each other. Until one side is completely destroyed.]
The great hero of the side that completely destroyed one dimension became the fourth administrator.
[I am the fourth manager born that way.]
And next, it’s your turn to become the fifth manager.
Myeong-hwan seemed to be speaking.
If possible, it would have been better for him to accept this offer.
No. If Eunhyeon had been her previous self, she might have accepted this offer.
Just as when Verdandi first proposed to him the mission of being the ‘Apostle of the Goddess’ to save the underworld, he accepted it.
But now Eunhyeon hesitated to accept this offer.
Images of the wives I left behind came to mind.
“If… “What happens if I reject your offer?”
[We will have to go through the process of selecting a new manager candidate again.]
“…”
No one knows when that new candidate will be born.
Maybe it could be hundreds of years, or thousands or tens of thousands of years later.
However, if the candidate is very early, a few decades later, a disaster like Mediah is born at a faster rate than expected.
Perhaps the worst entity, even worse than Mediah, becomes the administrator system.
[I will ask you again.]
This was probably Myeong-Hwan’s last suggestion.
[Are you going to succeed the administrator system?]
