Episode 592
592. Side Story Demon God (4)
“We are demons. He should have originally ruled the Demon World and been the owner of this place.”
[The one who created this place was a demon god.]
“No. The planet itself was born naturally in space. “The demon god defiled it as his own territory.”
The man knew the history of what happened to the Demon World.
The man clenched his fist. His hands were shaking with anger.
“We were born here. “This is our land.”
The man spoke in a voice full of power, as if he would not back down.
“We will get our homeland back. “We will return our species to where it belongs!”
[I see.]
Baal had no particular reaction. He just asked in a calm tone.
[Do you think it’s possible?]
“It’s impossible on my own, but… it’s possible. “There’s a card for that.”
[Khadra.]
“Miracles have come down since the Savior left.”
[That’s funny.]
Baal sneered slightly.
[Is the crude device placed here also your card?]
“Yes. It’s still in preparation, but it’s almost finished. Please come back in a few days. “I’ll explain everything then.”
[Well, okay. Do as you wish.]
Baal arose.
The two left the small model garden. Baal asked Taesan.
[What do you think will happen?]
“It will fail.”
Men are strong.
He has the power to be called immortal.
But that’s it.
Baal chuckled.
[This small miniature garden has suffered immeasurable destruction. Among them, there were many destructions like this.]
Breaking free from the small miniature garden that protects oneself, moving forward to take control of the huge world.
In the end, it perishes cruelly.
[Someone with talent always appears. He is strong. This small model garden has a lot of power to contain. But that’s just it. That level of talent has been displayed dozens of times before.]
They all went outside to save the demons.
And died.
[It’s like a child who feels happy as if he or she has accomplished something great by building a sand castle as tall as he or she is. In this narrow world, we overestimate our own power and underestimate the greatness outside.]
“What do you plan to do?”
[Nothing.]
Baal said lazily.
[I don’t do anything. Just watching. It can’t have any significant impact at that level anyway. It’s just simple entertainment. If it is destroyed… just create it again. That’s all.]
Taesan looked at Baal in silence.
He is stronger than Baal.
The level difference was clear.
That’s why he was able to understand Baal’s psychological state.
I read its distortions and contradictions.
And a few days later.
Taesan and Baal visited the model garden again. There the man was waiting with a tired face.
“You’re here.”
* * *
[okay. It looks like your poor preparations are over, right?]
“There are still many parts that need to be fixed, but they are primarily complete.”
[okay. So what do you plan on doing? Let’s listen first.]
The man spoke in a subdued tone in response to Baal’s words.
“I am strong.”
Those weren’t empty words. In this narrow environment where it was impossible to gain proper experience, I reached the realm of immortality. That in itself spoke to the level of talent the man had.
“But it’s not strong enough to overcome the outside world.”
[Hoo.]
Baal’s face shows interest.
[I know.]
“I searched for many things. Buried here is a lot of information about people who perished before we settled down. “I know very well that this place has been destroyed many times as a result.”
The man’s face is distorted. It was filled with a sense of helplessness and despair.
“There are many people who have the same choices as me.”
Male-level talent appeared only occasionally, but clearly.
“It is impossible at my level to cover a huge world. “It should be a level that goes beyond simply individual strength and affects the universe itself.”
Not just an immortal.
An entity that governs the concept of the universe itself.
You must reach the level of conceptual god. Only then could the demon world be shaken.
The man’s face becomes tinged with helplessness.
“But… that’s not possible here.”
To become a being who controls the concept of the universe, you must accumulate enough power and achievements.
You have to go through countless experiences, fight against the strong, and risk your life.
But all of that is impossible in this small miniature garden.
“Even if someone with the talent to reach transcendence is born, he or she will die without being able to blossom. So I changed my mind.”
The man laughed. There was madness in that smile.
“I will force that flower to bloom.”
[That’s funny.]
Baal laughed.
[Do you think you can smoke if you try to force it? If it were so easy to achieve, this universe would be full of transcendents.]
The transcendent is the one who governs the concept of the universe itself.
It wasn’t something someone else could make. I had to be born alone. The man nodded as if he knew.
“I know. It’s impossible for a weak being like me to smoke. “Under normal circumstances, that is.”
The man smiled quietly.
“Don’t you know, Baal? “There are flowers that bloom not through one’s own strength, but from others.”
[…is it a god of faith?]
The state of transcendence reached through faith. God of faith.
That was entirely possible, but Baal shook his head.
[But that is also impossible. How do we build sufficient faith?]
The number of these people is very small.
Even if you gather everyone’s faith, you cannot gain enough faith to become a god of faith. Even if he could somehow achieve it, he would be too weak to be called a god.
“I don’t deny it. It’s the only way, but it’s also impossible. So I thought a lot and searched for a way, and eventually I did it.”
The man smiled crookedly.
“I will place a curse on us. “Savior.”
* * *
[Curse.]
Baal laughed.
[Tell me this. Let’s hear how great something he has prepared.]
He didn’t think much of the man’s plan. He was barely immortal and the plan he came up with in this small space couldn’t have been anything great.
The man said.
“The power of faith gains greater power as the number of believers increases and the stronger their faith. “It becomes stronger if it is a collectivized faith.”
Taesan once received faith from all beings on a planet. Although their numbers were not very large, they gained very powerful powers thanks to the special characteristics of all beings on the planet.
“Demons are one race.”
Same as humans, dwarves, and elves. It was a separate race born in space.
“Then what kind of power will a person who receives the faith of the demon race itself have?”
The faith of all demons that exist in this universe.
What level can we reach if we receive that unified worship?
The answer wasn’t difficult.
That power and status will reach even the concept god. Baal stroked his chin with interest.
[Then… it would be possible. But it’s impossible. You are not many in number. If I wanted to achieve this, I would have to gain the respect of the demons who live as livestock. Also, it is impossible with ordinary faith.]
You have to send a faith that has a deeper value than your life, which is literally immortal.
[How do you plan to solve those problems?]
“I have no intention of going there to gain adoration.”
The man spoke calmly.
“Because they are not intelligent. “The faith I hope for is the faith of the future.”
[….]
A moment of curiosity appeared on Baal’s face.
[Future?]
“It’s a curse. Savior. All demons born in the future will be born with absolute faith in someone. That faith may be more precious than your own life. “Unless you lose everything and are abandoned, you will receive an absolute faith that will never break.”
The man spoke passionately with a red face.
“A god of faith from a race called demons will be born! “He is an absolute being who will save and lead us!”
You do not become a god by gaining faith, but you become a god by being promised faith.
It was a kind of retrograde. Baal frowned.
[The theory is plausible. But there is a very big problem. How do you plan on placing that curse? If you want to receive the promise of faith in the future, you will have to pay a price.]
“I will sacrifice the present.”
[Currently?]
“We have already asked for everyone’s consent. “If we sacrifice all the demons currently existing in this universe, we can place a curse on our species itself.”
[You won’t be able to get consent.]
There are a lot of demons out there who live as livestock. The man tilted his head as if he couldn’t understand Baal’s words.
“What are you saying? Savior. “I don’t need their consent.”
[What is that?]
“They are livestock. They have no intelligence and act based on instinct. There isn’t even a proper language. But I couldn’t even get consent.”
[….]
Broken livestock that were distorted to begin with.
They have neither the qualifications nor the intelligence to seek consent.
So there is no need for their consent.
The only intelligent demons in this universe who could have faith were the ones in this small miniature garden.
By dedicating the present, we gain faith in the future. It was a method only possible for the current demons. To Baal’s surprise, he realized that it was possible.
[Amazing.]
Baal was purely amazed. For a long time, a man was the first to reach such a solution.
[But there is still a problem. You will all die. Even that soul will be bound to the species called demons and will never be able to escape.]
A curse for the future.
It’s not something that can be put on easily. All current intelligent demons. Their souls themselves will be scattered and imprinted on the demons.
You can’t achieve peace forever. You can’t be born again.
“It doesn’t matter. “Because we have already agreed on that part.”
[And here’s the biggest problem. A being with that much faith would be very strong.]
The faith of the species itself.
If you are a god of faith who has obtained it, you will not be defeated by a god of concept. It is no exaggeration to say that it governs the concept of demons. I will become one of the greatest transcendents in the universe.
[And to get that kind of power, you have to have that kind of qualification. Otherwise, you will simply become a power-mad maniac.]
Position does not make a person.
Only those who can sit there in the first place can reach it.
[That is also impossible for you.]
Servant faith. Even if you take it and still maintain your sanity, it is impossible even at the level of an immortal. In the first place, he had to have the talent to reach the transcendental level.
[It is impossible for those who have already reached the state of transcendence.]
They are alone. Even if you reach the level of faith, it will only be distorted.
In the end, it was necessary to find a vessel that could become both mortal and transcendent, which was, of course, impossible. Baal asked without expectation.
[What do you plan to do about that problem?]
“I told you so. “A miracle has come.”
The man stood up.
“Please follow me.”
The man took Baal and Taesan to the very center of the village.
Stamp your foot to break the seal. And then it starts going down to the basement.
“Take a look.”
The man spread his arms with a proud face.
“It’s our miracle.”
And there was a girl in the very center of the basement.
A black-haired girl.
Drowsy black eyes turn to them. Baal’s face hardens for the first time.
“There are two people I’m seeing for the first time.”
A soft girl’s voice rings out.
“One is dysentery… I don’t know about the other. What are you? “It’s neither this nor that.”
An ordinary girl who doesn’t feel anything.
But Baal knew. About the potential the girl has. The girl smiled.
“Nice to meet you. My name is Lucifer.”
