Chapter 880 – Reunion
The bishop screams horribly and is in pain. To put an end to that guy, Seong-il swings Arunlabe like crazy and cuts the guy to pieces, killing him. And Illax looks at Seongil with a strange expression.
“Stop. The bishop is already finished. I don’t know who you are.』
“Whew… Whew…”
In order to prepare for an unexpected battle situation with Illax, Seong-il calmly pours elixir into his mouth instead of answering to restore his body. Although it must have consumed a considerable amount of power, Illax is intrigued when Seong-il completely recovers his body using an artifact that appears to be a sacred object.
『Who are you…?』
‘I feel…!!’
Seong-il frowns as he realizes that he is faced with an important choice. He now feels that not only his fate but also the fate of humanity can change significantly depending on his choices.
‘It tells me that it is not good to be in an antagonistic relationship with the guardians of reason, including Illax, or to form a blood alliance.’
When he whispers that both choices are not well received, Seong-il looks embarrassed and thinks about how to respond to Illax.
‘What are you asking me to do…?’
『Choices are not limited to two extremes. Master.』
‘It’s not just extremes?’
『That’s right. Master. Another way is to ride a rope. A way to not be hostile, but to form a light cooperation or alliance.』
Seong-il listens to Dana’s advice that there is a way to act a little like a gray molecule and thinks it is quite plausible. And the positive sensation felt. Seong-il, who got the sense, pretends to catch her breath and answers Illax.
“I came here to destroy the Transcendental Church and save humanity.”
『Are you… A human?』
“I guess so. Could you wait a moment?”
Seong-il flicks the abacus while consulting with Dana in his mind, and turns on augmented reality to check the progress of the hunters’ operation.
Tiring! Tiring! Tiring! Tiriring!!
As soon as you turn on augmented reality, a ton of messages come up. Fortunately, the hunter team led by S-class hunters seemed to have succeeded in quickly ‘rescuing’ the people in the main cities of the western United States or assassinating the ‘hunting dogs’.
‘Clearing the dungeon was really fast too.’
Although time passes several times faster than reality, Seong-il breathes a sigh of relief when he reports that a group of hunters cleared more than 80% of the difficult dungeon in just two hours.
“I am the ‘seeker’ of humanity. I came here to put an end to the ambitions of the Transcendence Church and save the race.”
『… Seeker? You certainly seem strong… But you wouldn’t be able to deal with the Transcendence Church unless there were at least a few dozen beings like you, right? Do you have many colleagues like you?』
“Not really.”
Even while Seong-il is talking to Illax, he quickly returns the team that cleared the mission to Eden to prevent any accidents. And in the meantime, a powerful crack erupts again in the sky above LA
“Hmm! The Archbishop, who sensed that Bishop Tichilac has died, is about to descend. We must leave this place immediately.』
“… Is the Archbishop strong?”
『Of course! He possesses many of the most powerful relics from ancient times. To the point where Tichilac’s holy relics felt like a joke. We must leave this place immediately.』
Even at first glance, the Archbishop’s fighting power appears to be no joke. Seong-il, who must have seen all the balls anyway, decides to quickly leave this place following Illax’s opinion.
『How about going to my base to have a serious talk with you and provide safe refuge?』
He initially suspected that Seong-il had staged an act of his own to capture the guardian of the opposite sex from the Transcendental Church, but after seeing Seong-il kill the bishop without hesitation, he alleviated some of his suspicions and suggested that he move to the Ark.
“… I would like to talk, but I do not want to conduct the meeting in your territory. I do not trust you yet.”
Seong-il at least acknowledged that the guardians of reason were a group of aliens with whom he could communicate. However, since he now knows that their true purpose is the insane act of discarding the body, extracting the mind, and transplanting it into a machine, Seong-il appears to be wary of them rather than showing them any favor.
‘If you talk on the ark and something goes wrong for no reason, it’s a pain in the ass.’
Seong-il is reluctant to naively follow Illax into the ark as he realizes that there is also an object blocking his inner plane, like the sacred object shown by the ‘bishop’ a moment ago.
‘It could even lead to my identity being discovered.’
Seong-il also appears reluctant to have his identity revealed, as his position in Eden could be shaken if others recognize him after moving to the Ark for no reason.
‘If we find out that the true identity of the seeker who controls Eden is Han Seong-il, a fledgling psychic, there will be great confusion within society.’
There may even be many insidious attempts from within and without to uncover the secret of Seong-il’s rapid growth. In addition, he did not forget that the game master had advised Illax to hide his identity in the past.
『Then how are we going to talk about it? I don’t have time. When the Archbishop comes, it will not be easy for us to evade his pursuit.』
‘It’s a bit weird to take them to the inner plane…’
Illax appeared very wary of the existence of the Archbishop, who was trying to tear the current dimension apart and descend on LA. Seeing the powerful man worried, Seong-il also felt a sense of crisis and was wondering where to talk to him. Illax realizes what Seong-il is worried about and proposes a mediation plan to him.
“Do you think I might be your enemy? That’s definitely true.』
In fact, Ilax himself was still unable to clearly tell whether the monster in front of him was an enemy or an ally. Therefore, Illax wants to talk to Seongil again in the future somewhere in reality.
『Game Master: Instead of visiting the Ark, tell them to stop hostile actions. And instead of trusting and visiting Illax in the ark, say that Illax will keep the holy relics, and you will keep the bishop’s remains.』
“…!!”
In a very short period of time, Seong-il feels his spirit come to his senses as the game master spits out advice to him like lightning.
“Can you swear that you will not commit any hostile acts against me if I visit your territory?”
『Of course. But… Can you trust me?』
“In order to make progress, sometimes you need to have the courage to take a step into unknown territory. Instead, there are conditions.”
Seong-il says he will take the body and relics of the Bishop of the Transcendental Church for himself. However, Illax shows a strong refusal to Seongil’s request, even though he does not have time.
『Do you know how dangerous that sacred object is? An evil, cosmic being unknown to you could descend here because of that holy object! Therefore, I cannot hand over that dangerous object to someone whose identity I do not know!』
Illax even says that he would rather hand over the holy relic to the Transcendental Church, whom he hates, than to hand it over to Seong-il, whose identity he does not know.
『The Transcendent Church is a group of crazy fanatics, but at least they are well aware of the dangers of holy relics. In fact, because he knew the danger, Bishop Titzilak did not try to break the taboo even when he was dying. But there’s no way you can do that. So…』
“Okay. You take the holy relics. I will then take care of the bishop’s body.”
『… The body?』
‘Good. Caught! If we do this, we can avoid suspicion…!’
Illax tried to prevent Satan from taking the holy relics even if it meant losing his life to the Archbishop in order to prevent Satan from abusing the holy relics and causing a ‘demon’ to descend. However, when Seong-il surprisingly gives up the sacred object, he glares at him with a questioning expression.
“I want to show my people that we, the human race, can kill you ‘alien’ people. To do that, we need the right ‘trophy’. The original administrator was a ‘human’ after all, but not a ‘bishop’. When the human beings I rescued see the body, they will gain courage.”
『Hmm…』
The logic of a monster makes quite a bit of sense. If he had succeeded in hunting down a demon that he thought he could never defeat, he would have tried to give hope to his fellow countrymen by showing them the result, so Ilax could not bear to deny Seongil’s request.
『… Okay. Take the bishop’s body with you. I will take care of the holy relics.』
As he is also a being who can read causality to some extent, Illax feels something uneasy and appears wary of Seong-il’s demands. However, he had no choice but to admit that Seong-il’s demands were valid, and in the end, Illax had no choice but to accept Seong-il’s demands.
『The Archbishop is coming soon! Follow me right now!』
