Chapter 538 – The Cursed Throne
『Is it difficult to understand? Then let me explain Nazarus is a germ that entered my body. Abyss is my twin who threatens me with a knife.”
“…Understand.”
“Okay…Then let’s talk in earnest, shall we?”
When Seong-il seems to have solved his curiosity to some extent, the cat seems to want to bring out his business.
“Gulp…”
Seong-il is naturally nervous about his attitude.
“You don’t have to be too nervous. Of course, I have no intention of forcing you to make unreasonable demands.”
A cat talking softly towards a nervous holy day. However, since he wasn’t stupid enough to believe it, he looked at him without any tension.
『To be honest. Since this universe is my realm, no matter what Abyss does, he will never achieve his goal.”
“Is that so…?”
“Of course. It is not yet time for the universe to return to its primordial chaos. In fact, even the abyss knows that. However, he does this trick because he wants to stretch that time even a little bit.”
“Um…”
『So originally, I blocked his direct offensive. Nazarus intended to send an oracle to the gods to stop it. But…”
The cat slurred his words, and he silently looked at the holy day.
『…There is one blind spot here.』
“What’s the problem?”
『I ordered the gods never to directly manage the main material world.
“…Can you give me a specific example?”
『I told you never to descend the main body. I said that if you violated it, I would personally take away your divine prestige and destroy you forever.”
“…”
common sense different from what you know. Since he knew that several gods, including Grizna, were about to descend to the main material world, Holy Day says it is absurd.
“Eh…? Why?! Some of them were trying to descend their bodies!? I actually remember doing it!!”
“You are misunderstood. They descended not the ‘body’, but the ‘avatar’. I’ll tolerate that much. Because I am not the body.”
“Isn’t that what it is…?”
“It is completely different. However, since the Grizna you pictured in your head is a small deity who did not receive the ‘law’ from me, the descended avatar is as strong as the main body, so you must have misunderstood that.”
“…What’s the relationship between the law and your beliefs?”
『Simply put, even if you send an avatar, the power of the law will not come with the power of the law, and even if you succeed in descending, the power will fall to the small god. However, there is no such restriction for the minor deity, so there is no difference.”
“Ah…”
『On the other hand, the avatars of the small god can be sufficiently subjugated by the apostle of the great god. In fact, it would have been possible in the ‘game’ you played?』
“…!!”
When the cat accurately reads his memory and answers perfectly, Seong-il is surprised in many ways by his answer.
‘That’s true, but… Anyway, why doesn’t he shake when he knows that this is a ‘game’? If it were me, I’d probably go crazy or get angry…’
『Ah… I wonder why I’m not doing anything wrong. Is it?”
“…I’m embarrassed, but I am.”
“Simply put, it’s because it’s such a trivial matter.”
“…Is it insignificant?”
Seong-il looks at him blankly, genuinely surprised at the cat’s comment that it is insignificant that it might be a virtual world.
“What is the truth, what is a lie?”
“…?”
『Don’t be too buried in the knowledge and information you feel.』
“What do you mean…”
Seong-il felt that there must be some secret in his words. Because of this, even though he asked with a desperate expression, the cat smiled and gave no further answer.
‘…Is it because of the game master?’
Seong-il vaguely feels the reason why he doesn’t answer in detail anymore. Thinking that perhaps the two mighty beings might have discussed something, Seong-il puts all his energy into keeping his mouth shut and pondering his hints rather than questioning him.
“Let’s go back to the main topic. Anyway, I wanted the gods I appointed to do their duty ‘faithfully’ according to their respective laws.
“What the hell is going on with that…?
『Simply put, this is a kind of testing ground I have prepared for them. To make sure that the gods are doing their best in their respective roles.”
“…!!”
『They, who have been entrusted with power by me, bestow ‘grace’ according to the law to the mortals here. In return, they must receive ‘faith’ from mortals. If not… Do you know what will happen?』
“Ah…”
『The problem is… But if the gods who are overly faithful to my mission descend too directly into the material world or exert excessive power… The mortals’ judgment will be problematic… In that case, the ‘test’ ‘ will have a problem with fairness. There must be a difference in power according to the ‘law’. That’s why I ordered that the gods never descend directly to the primary material world.”
‘Ah… I remember seeing this roughly in the rulebook…’
In Seong-il’s head, the content he had read flashed through his mind because it was not very important.
『So even if the situation becomes serious, I want them to handle the problem according to the principles as much as possible. That way they won’t work in a mess, drunk with power.”
‘…In fact, in the DLC of another game that shared the world view, there was a story in which the gods who abused it were punished and sealed, right?’
‘The problem is… The world whose laws were broken due to the absence of the gods was on the verge of ruin, so in order to restore it, the main story was about the main character leaving to save those gods…’
Seong-il finally realizes that all of this is because of the cat in front of him.
“But… When Nazarus descends, the people here…”
『It will take quite a lot of damage, right?』
“…Isn’t that what you need to solve?”
“Why?”
“That’s innocent…”
At Seong-il’s words, the cat looks at him with emotionless eyes. In those eyes, Seong-il feels that he has no sympathy for mortals.
『The law of all things. That’s the only thing I value and protect. It is not the life of mortals.”
“…”
Seong-il recalls once again that the absolute in front of him is not always good. And how insignificant mortals like humans are to him.
‘…Actually, to him, mortals are like an atom in his body. So I have no choice but to be interested in salvation…’
The time when Seong-il was slightly offended by the cat’s will. Strange information begins to be inserted into his head.
“…!!”
The vaguely felt law of all things.
Something is born and dies. However, sometimes death is the beginning and birth is the end.
Although mortals suffer and die countless times because of Nazarus, they are saved or reborn in the universe.
And eternity repeats again. Death is not death, and birth is not birth. As long as the law is eternal, life goes on.
Because of the rules, their sacrifices are not in vain.
‘This is normal and normal, so I don’t feel any sympathy…’
Bitter heart. That time when he sighed for a moment in pity. The cat smiles uncharacteristically and whispers to Seong-il.
『But… The appearance of Abyss and Sculpture is obviously too unfair.』
“That means…!!”
“Okay. Although it is very rare and unfair for me to directly intervene. Nevertheless, I decided to indirectly intervene in this case in two ways.”
Fortunately out of misfortune He is not a person from this world, but Seong-il plays games here like crazy and has a strong interest in the characters and worldview. Because of that, they rejoice as if it were their own work when they were told that they could be saved.
『The first is to allow the gods to come.』
“Ah… That makes sense.”
“Is that so…?”
“…?”
Seong-il makes a face that is difficult to understand at the cat’s words.
『You should already be vaguely aware of the cases where the gods descend to the ‘primary material realm’.』
‘Is there such a thing…? Ah…!!’
The cat’s words remind Seong-il of an eerie DLC.
‘Eternal darkness…’
The name of the ambitious game that the publisher, inspired by the success of the Cursed Throne trilogy, came up with.
‘It was no fun, so I stopped playing for a while… But one setting was unconventional, so it was a game that talked a lot.’
Encouraged by the success of the previous work, the sequel, 『Eternal Darkness』, Which was clumsily made with the latest specification graphics, was ruined. As Seong-il thought, the game was not really fun, but one setting was very unconventional, so it often became a hot topic overseas.
‘The setting story of this game is probably… That the gods descended due to an accident in the material world, right? And a terrible thing…’
One day, the gods break a taboo to prevent a bizarre phenomenon, and descend to the outskirts of the main material world to stop the incident. No problem so far, but after that.
‘…The world that couldn’t withstand the mighty power of the gods was torn to pieces. The sky and the earth were reversed, magic power rotted, and the sun disappeared, leaving the world with only night.
And the game was a dark fantasy game in which the main character leads people in despair in a world destroyed by the descent of the gods.
“Looks like you’ve come up with it now. If not one or two deities descend, but several deities descend at the same time… As you think, the primary material world will suffer a serious blow.”
“…Are only a few descending?”
『Nazarus is not an ordinary godhead. It’s an existence of the highest rank. He even became a piece of the abyss and was endowed with mighty powers. Can a guy like that be subdued with just one or two gods?”
“…”
『In the end, a huge war of gods will break out. At that level of descent, the primary material world will be completely destroyed.”
“Direct intervention is…”
“I said it before, but I won’t. In fact, it is also what Abyss wants for me to participate directly.”
“Yes…?”
Shocking cat remarks.
“It is simple. What would happen to the rules if I, the ‘will’, openly broke the rules of the dimension?』
“…!!”
『Surely there will be extreme contradictions, right? Then, of course, the power I seize will be weakened, and of course Abyss will try to reach out here using that much power vacuum.”
“…Okay.”
Seong-il finally realizes why the cat desperately wants to obey its own rules.
『That’s why I’m thinking of making the abyss difficult with the second plan.』
“…Second?”
“Okay. Me and the abyss. Something that we all couldn’t even imagine. In addition, an apostle of a ‘strong man’ no less than the two of us.』
“…!!”
“Yes… That’s you. As I said before, the causal law I can read can also read the twin Abyss. Of course, but also vice versa. That’s why our fight was so boring that it was close to eternity.”
After saying that, the cat licks the soles of its paws as if it were very enjoyable and sings to Seong-il.
“But… Hey. Exactly, the Game Master is an incomprehensible being that is completely out of our causal predictions. If an apostle of such a person roams around here, it will be a pretty big variable.”
“…I am mortal. There is very little I can do.”
『A typhoon starts with the flapping of a butterfly’s wings. Originally, great events start with very small things. It’s enough for you to make very fine cracks.”
“Hmm…”
“So please, please. Retrieve the two Abyssal Fragments scattered in the primary material world and hand them to me. Then, I will take responsibility and banish him from the main material world forever.”
“Oh…”
The cat’s words that stir up the meeting on the holy day. When he’s quite interested, he whispers to him in a sweet voice as if he’s seized the opportunity.
『Of course, since the abyss is involved, the work will never be easy. For that reason, I will promise a huge reward for you.”
“…Which is it?”
『The first is part of my authority.』
『The second is a mighty holy relic.』
『The third is strengthening your potential.』
“!!!!”
When a cosmic horror-level being promises three rewards, a great upheaval arises in Seong-il’s mind.
『I will give you a reward one by one.』
“…Divided into three?”
“Okay. The first one is to be paid in advance as an advance payment. The second will come naturally as you do the mission.”
After saying that, the cat starts spraying Seongil’s body with strange powers.
