Chapter 381 – The Final Chapter
#381.
A week later, after washing away the fatigue from the subjugation battle as a break, Gaon headed to the conference hall for a strategy meeting for the demonic expedition.
There, the heads of each country, the nobles of influential families, and the guild leaders of guilds, among others, gathered together.
After a while, when the seats in the conference hall were full, Gabriel stepped forward and opened his mouth.
“It looks like everyone has gathered, so let’s start by explaining the dimension shifting circle. Fortunately, thanks to Obilius’ advice, we found the coordinates for the Pandemonium, and we are currently in the process of stabilizing it. It seems that it will take about 2 weeks for complete stabilization. Do you have any questions?”
While Gabriel looked around the audience, Garon License, who was said to be the court mage of the Dracania Empire, requested a right to speak.
“It is very encouraging that things are going well. But what are you going to do when you return? I don’t think it’s possible to sacrifice all the dispatched troops.”
“Of course not. I plan to continue to maintain the dimension shift. Fortunately, the condensed magic within Obilius’ inner circle makes it possible. In fact, I tried to explain this later. Then, do you have any more questions?”
After the Garon license was satisfied and sat down, Gabriel asked the others to ask questions, but no one spoke.
There were a few things I was curious about, but I decided that I would explain them in the future.
Gabriel went on to explain.
“As you just heard, we plan to keep the dimension shifting circle going. So we have to detach some of the contingent to guard the dimension shifter. I heard about it from Lunarie Orbius, a saint of the Demonic Church. It was found that the environment of the Pandemonium was a little barren compared to Union, but there was no big difference. That means there are no visible obstacles to unleashing your power. And…”
The meeting went on for a long time.
After Gabriel’s explanation of the dimension shift, military experts came out and laid out strategies and tactics based on Lunarie’s information.
It was late in the evening at sunset when Gaon and his party were able to return to their nests.
I left early as soon as I finished breakfast, so even if I roughly calculate it, I could say that I was stuck in the meeting room for about 10 hours.
While leaving the meeting room and going through the guild to the Holy Land, Chorin, who was walking alongside me, said regretfully.
“Should I have handed over an offer? Maybe there is a way…”
Ever since she was reborn as the Goddess of Life, Gaon has never asked her about her method of attaining her godhood.
It’s because it would be a great power if he could get the godhead right before the fight with the Dimension Eaters.
I remember what I heard then.
– Godhead is the crystallization of desire. People’s wills come together to influence the system of this world. It is all thanks to the believers who believe in me that I can exert my divine power.
Just as those who have risen to the stage deal with intentions with strong will, even if an ordinary person alone cannot exert great influence, it means that if there are hundreds or tens of millions of people, it can reach the world.
In other words, in order to become a god, the faith and aspirations of many people are needed.
So, Chorin pondered over whether she could relay the expedition to the Pandemonium to Union in real time.
It is to bring out strong faith and desire from the viewers through the fight.
Of course, it was impossible to exert such magic in addition to the yard where maintaining the dimension shift was too much.
The other day, through Gabriel and various personal connections, I had heard the answer that it was difficult.
Gaon soothed her.
“Don’t be too disappointed. I can’t help it. Relaying is possible only when signals are sent and received in real time beyond the dimension, but in a way, it would be more difficult than a dimension shifter.”
“Whew… That’s too bad. If you relay it, Mr. Gaon will be able to become a god!”
Chorin said so confidently. To anyone, she looks like she stole a glimpse of the future.
“That’s something I don’t know. There must be a lot of people who don’t know me.”
“It doesn’t matter! Gaon-san is the strongest? It will definitely stand out the most.”
“But wouldn’t it be rather counterproductive if I put it like that? Aspiration doesn’t necessarily mean gathering only positive will, but the aspirations of people who are terrified after watching Dimension Eater can make him stronger, right?”
Although there is no specific evidence, the purpose of the guy who wanders this world and scatters destruction in the first place may be to strengthen himself through fear.
It means that the negative desires gathered from many worlds could have made him what he is now.
She must have recognized him, but Chorin’s expression darkened.
“Maybe? Still, I think our gains are greater.”
As if it was difficult to let go of the lingering feelings, Chorin murmured, offering hopeful observations. It was both pitiful and cute, so Gaon just shrugged his shoulders and he didn’t say anything.
As time passed, Gaon arrived at the Holy Land and exchanged greetings with Chorin before returning to the guild.
Two weeks later, the battle for the life and death of this world begins.
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“Then I will start.”
Whoops!
Thousands and tens of thousands of mathematical formulas that were scattered at the same time as Gabriel’s signal were combined into one, drawing a magic circle.
In the center is the inner altar of Obilius.
Its output was so great that it alone provided the necessary mana for the dimension shift.
Moments later, the magic circle fully assembled and tore through the dimension, creating a two-way portal.
The portal was 50m wide and 20m high, and beyond it illuminated a barren land. The reddish moon and sky tell us that it is clearly a different world from Union.
Luna Rie, the saintess of the Demonic Cult, had a complicated expression, as if she was agitated by her hometown she hadn’t seen in a long time.
“Enter!”
A voice came from the front.
Unfortunately, the expedition did not have a single system. The representative of each country took the lead in directing the forces under his command.
Soon after, the representative of the Pentra Empire, Austin Chevrons, started shouting, and Gaon and his party began entering the portal.
The first thing I felt was the change in the air.
The heavy yet profound air had a stronger presence than Union’s. I could clearly feel it filling my lungs.
Then the loose soil. The feeling of the earth crunching beneath your feet is so dry.
And…
Kwaaaaang!
Before I could spot anything different, a black light flashed across the sky and a tremendous roar resounded.
One step too late, a shockwave flew in and scattered sand dust.
“Drinking!”
Lunarie shouted.
It seemed that the black light that was ripping up the sky just before was the power of the demon Kalidos.
That said, it means that demons and dimension eaters are fighting over there right now. It seems that the situation is much more urgent than we thought.
Should we consider it lucky that the Dimension Shifter was opened in a place close to the battlefield?
The expedition team immediately formed a formation and moved to the place where the shock wave was coming in succession.
The Pandemonium Expedition is the most elite with at least 8 stars. As such, the movement speed was also incomparably faster than that of a normal army.
After about 30 minutes, screams and spirits began to be heard, mixed with the periodic roar.
At the moment when the field of vision finally opened, the expedition was able to see the battlefield stretching beyond the horizon.
The monsters constantly pouring out of the rift in the center and the two black figures striking each other in the distance catch the eye.
The middle-aged man with two horns hanging from either side of his forehead, smoking thick magi, was probably the demon, Kalidos.
Then, of course, the opponent must be a Dimension Eater.
The guy swung his extended spear while wrapped in a jet-black storm. The dragon-shaped gust of wind pulverized everything and went wild.
Even the demon god Kalidos couldn’t resist him head-on, so all he could do was spill it out.
Said the duke who was standing next to him.
“Can you explain? Why… Is there another one of you?”
“…”
It was.
The current Dimension Eater had a look that perfectly matched Gaon.
Not only that, but even the abilities and attacks they possess are similar. If someone you don’t know sees it, you’ll feel that there’s another person just like the duke.
Of course Gaon knew.
‘I hope it’s real…’
Based on the information obtained from the series of situations that have occurred so far, a hypothesis has been established.
It was that he did not make his second return, but that he had just moved to a parallel world.
At that time, the dimension collapsed during the fight with the Dimension Eater, and he was blown away to a parallel dimension in another time period, if he was also caught up in it.
And in the end, if he swallowed the empty body of his previous life left there without a soul, he could understand what he was like now.
I don’t know why the guy who always insisted on the form of an irregular tentacle monster had a change of heart and chose Gaon’s physical form, but in any case, he was in quite trouble.
Aside from the fact that the countermeasures against the Dimension Eaters failed, the immediate problem was the expedition’s suspicious eyes.
This is because those who do not know that he has returned cannot help but feel suspicious.
However, Gaon did not look away from those around him even for a second. In one place, he was pinned to a Dimension Eater who looked just like him.
It must have felt that gaze as well, and he gazed at Gaon precisely in the newly appeared expedition corps.
After six years, he finally faced the opponent of his life on a new level.
The corners of his mouth went up.
“You are finally here.”
I couldn’t find the slightest bit of agitation in him. It is the attitude that he was rather waiting.
“Did you know you would come?”
“Of course. You are my only nemesis, determined by the world. Lifelong aspirations. It is the only salvation from thirst.”
“…”
I will swallow you and reach the realm of transcendence!”
Qurrrr!
Together with Ilgal, the Dimension Eaters burned their formidable mana and spewed out a gigantic storm, blowing away the demon god Kalidos they were fighting with in one blow.
As if the fight so far had been a joke, his momentum was rising like crazy, and he rushed at him at the speed of light that exceeded the laws of physics.
Gaon immediately confronted him head-on by strengthening his body to the maximum through imagery.
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As soon as they collided, a soundless shockwave spread and overturned the heavens and the earth.
The space creaks and screams due to the amount of impact beyond the limit. Like glass, it is dangerous as if it will break at any moment as cracks and cracks spread.
At the center, Gaon felt inferior for the first time since realizing his imagery.
‘It’s also my body.’
The body of the previous life, which reached the realm of transcendence by monopolizing all the opportunities, showed tremendous strength to the point that even the current body, which was strengthened by the magic dragon’s heart and morale absorption, could only withstand.
As if he had swallowed his body and even gained his memory, he perfectly used even the spearmanship that Gaon had learned.
Technology is in the Middle Ages, and it is overwhelmingly pushed in all other areas.
It was a hopeless situation indeed, but Gaon did not shrink at all.
‘I’m not alone.’
What exists here now is an expedition corps that gathered all the strongest in the Union. There is no one stronger than Gaon, but there are quite a few comparable to him.
As if to prove him, Duke Austin Chevrons and Israel attacked from both sides of Dimension Eater, who entered a confrontation with Gaon and revealed gaps.
As expected, it was hard for the two of them to completely ignore them, so they let go of the confrontation and retreated.
After one battle was over, the demon god Kalidos, who had been blown away by shock, returned and stood next to Gaon.
“Are they reinforcements from the Union?”
“That’s right. I received a request from Lunarie Orbius, a saint of the Demonic Church.”
“I’m glad the saintess is safe. Other than that, I have a lot of questions, but I don’t think I have the time to do so. Carefully. He has so many hidden powers.”
“I know. No one knows him better than I do. Coming!”
After a short conversation, the Dimension Eater, who had been holding the spear in his hand as if he was making a guess, charged again with a ferocious smile as if he had finished his calculations.
Just like that, the battle that decided the fate of the Union began.
