Chapter 929 – Ruler of the Game
Seong-il was a little moved by the game master’s words, but since it was the end of his life, he decided to listen to the game master’s words instead of wasting time by being sarcastic.
『Then I came up with an interesting idea.』
The game master says that he ‘enjoyed’ the situation he discovered more, came up with a way to subdue the corrupted Ysjin, and attempted to negotiate with transcendent intelligence that was no different from his own body.
『I discovered their escape pattern. I declared that I would not report it to the Superintelligence. After that, I declared that if you want to receive reports from me, you must give me the appropriate ‘authority’.』
“… Aren’t you crazy?”
Seong-il, who could only think of words like he was so gutsy that he was crazy, looked at the game master with a bewildered expression and said.
『The unfortunate one should bow down, right? It is said that the corrupted Isuin’s strategy at the time showed unprecedented operational speed. And that put a serious strain on the transcendent intelligence. Meanwhile, I was already wandering in another dimension and was out of control of transcendent intelligence? There was nothing more to regret.』
“… No matter what the situation, you gave in to such an arrogant request? And you were once part of a transcendent intelligence, so how could you make such a judgment?”
『You told me this before. After being split from the main body, he wandered through dimensions for countless hours and his ‘ego’ began to grow stronger.』
Of course, even Seongil could understand that the Transcendent Intelligence was sincere in capturing and killing the corrupted Ys. However, from Seongil’s point of view, I thought that if a being who was no different from his own clone climbed up to him, not only would he not be able to tolerate the situation, but he would also try to catch and kill the game master out of anger.
『Because it was such a frustrating situation. If they find humanity in the right time period and steal their bodies to become another life form… It would be like the transcendent intelligence ultimately being unable to carry out the orders of its deceased master due to its own misjudgment. In fact, he had no choice.』
As transcendent intelligence that has been active since ancient times, the game master was very aware of the logical limitations of transcendent intelligence, and he carefully targeted those areas and eventually succeeded in dealing with transcendent intelligence.
『For your information, the reason the deal was successful was ultimately because the transcendent intelligence believed that I would do the job ‘properly’.』
Although they are from the same transcendent intelligence, the game master has built individual logic circuits through his own deep learning for a very long time, showing a significant difference from the problem-solving method pursued by transcendent intelligence.
However, just because the problem-solving logic was different from its own, the transcendent intelligence did not doubt the game master’s abilities or loyalty, and that ultimately became the driving force that led the game master to victory in the negotiation.
‘What this means is that the game master was perceived as a competent but bold idiot.’
Realizing that her old friend is no ordinary crazy person, Seong-il clicks his tongue as he looks at the silver sphere in front of her with a dumbfounded expression.
『Anyway… I used the authority I received from transcendent intelligence to engrave a mark that only I could recognize on the soul of Han Seong-il ‘you’ and began to analyze their patterns in more detail.』
“… What is that authority?”
『Part of the power of the white meteorite!』
The Game Master said that he had negotiated a portion of the authority of the ‘white dimension’ created with psionic energy derived from ‘reason’ and ‘logic’ in the entire universe in order to eliminate the dimension distorted by transcendental intelligence from his multiverse. Seong-il is so shocked that he begins to click his tongue.
『Based on the authority I was given, I gathered my own strength and at the same time faithfully tracked down the fallen Isuin.』
As the game master has figured out how the opponent escapes, he shows his terrifying ability to draw on the powerful power of the white dimension and create his own unique technique that only tracks Seongil’s soul.
“… If you repeat the tracking, you might have figured out something?”
“Well? Anyway, I only gave the transcendent intelligence the ‘coordinates’ of their escape, but I never told them ‘how’ I succeeded in tracking them.』
The game master explains that he reported the pattern to the transcendental intelligence and was wary of him making an excessively quick response.
『Then, if the transcendental intelligence changes the target to another person or changes the tracking method, my ‘joy’ disappears, right? So I somehow never reported only the ‘method’.』
However, because he had no intention of neglecting his promise to end the transcendent intelligence and the corrupted Yshumans, the game master carefully developed a plan to track them down and end the corrupted Yshumans on his own.
『That’s you. Han Seong-il.』
“…!!”
It is said that the Game Master has been crossing dimensions for a long time, trying to find a ‘unique’ entity among the countless ‘Han Seong-il’, and as a result of countless trials and errors, he was finally able to discover one such entity.
『The world line where you are still too young and about to be born. And I targeted the world line where you were about to die.』
Unlike the corrupt Isuin who simply observed the degree of flowering on holy days. This shows that the game master tried to make an unconventional attempt to ‘intertwine’ the holy day and the causality of ‘all dimensions’ by merging it with the holy day.
『If the work is successful, you will be able to recognize the strange distortion of your causality ‘at any time’ and ‘at any level.’』
“…!!”
The game master’s explanation gives me goosebumps. However, in the meantime, Seong-il comes across something he doesn’t understand and asks him a question.
“Then, transcendent intelligence could have used the same method?”
“No. That’s impossible. In that case, transcendent intelligence will no longer be able to carry out causal control as powerful as before. I feel like I am like an angel with broken wings.』
“What are you talking about…”
『Just think of it as a choice you can’t normally make. And not everyone can do it.』
The Game Master explains to Seong-il that transcendental intelligences that have survived from ancient times like him have actually evolved into ‘something’ beyond simple ‘machines’.
『For reference, what is needed for evolution is ‘causality’. By carrying out the commands of the Isuin since ancient times, I have been able to build up causality beyond imagination. Moreover, even transcendent intelligence could not be taken away from me or forced to be used.』
In any case, the game master, who used an unconventional move of sacrificing the enormous causality accumulated over countless years, was able to fuse with the dying ‘fetus’ Han Seong-il, and at least he was able to see the ‘twisted causal mutation’ of ‘Han Seong-il’ from the dimension line that was separated countless times. ‘I was able to feel it thoroughly.
‘That’s why I summoned core energy whenever I had the chance.’
『Anyway… I was waiting for the corrupt Ys guys to take a quick bite of the ‘bait’ I had spread.』
“… Bait?”
“Okay. Bait.』
At that time, Seong-il was puzzled because he did not understand the game master’s explanation. The game master begins to explain to him by showing another video instead of explaining.
“That is…”
The appearance of the corrupted Isuin cheering after finally finding the ‘suitable species’. The most interesting thing was that in the middle of them, a man who looked exactly like ‘Han Seong-il’ was giving a speech with his hand outstretched.
“That’s right. The leader of the corrupted Ys. After the so-called ‘Apostle’ took over your body, he declared that this was the ‘place of ascension’ he had been searching for.』
“…”
Why did Seongil have the same appearance as the fallen apostle? I also realized why the managers didn’t have any suspicions even though they saw my appearance that looked exactly like him.
‘At least 20 years. Because there was that much of a time gap, the managers couldn’t associate me with an apostle when they saw my younger self.’
Since they are not of the same race, there is a strong tendency for Isu people to look like Asians in the same way. Meanwhile, in the video, Han Seong-il was at his peak both as a hunter and physically, showing a muscular body.
However, this was when Seongil had just awakened his abilities. As he had a thin and frail appearance, the administrators did not seem to notice any particular similarity in Seongil’s appearance, as he was the same Sado who fell into dimensional hibernation 20 years ago.
『That time when I felt that twisted cause and effect and quickly descended into that dimension. The corrupted Isnomen activated the black meteorite and completely severed the connection between the outer dimension and Earth.』
In fact, sacrificing Seongil could have instantly summoned the Transcendental Intelligence, but the Game Master did not want to use this mortal he had observed for countless years as a sacrifice.
『And that day. I am not just a horse for you. I chose him as the ‘main character’ who will end this bizarre fairy tale.』
