– Volume 19, Chapter 5
455. The 7th Return Earth (7)
After defeating the apostle, there was not much difficulty.
When it was dangerous, Taesan moved and dealt with the monsters, so no one died after that.
It was a very strange thing.
When Taishan judged, Goshen was able to send one more apostle down.
There was such a margin of power.
But no movement was seen.
The number of S-class monsters was noticeably reduced, so there was no difficulty in defending.
Taesan knew Gosin’s goal.
“Are you saving your strength?”
There was an explanation that there was a disadvantage in the next quest depending on the destroyed pillar.
Anyway, the plan was distorted at the point where the apostle fell, so it seemed that he was thinking of capturing Taesan by pouring all his energy into the next quest.
However, those who did not know him were very happy and delighted as he defeated the monsters without much difficulty.
Burning fighting spirit, he defeated the monsters.
Time passed without any problems and the quest ended.
[Quest finished.]
[One week later. The next quest is in progress. Until then, clean up the damage and prepare for the battle to come.]
“Waaaaa!”
“I won!”
“We won!”
The people who blocked the attack of the monsters exploded with joy.
Taesan approached Diana and Beldenkia, who had collapsed from exhaustion.
“great job.”
“Uh. this is hard My stamina isn’t what it used to be.”
Beldencia grumbled with a tired face.
Diana’s expression did not change much, but her breathing was noticeably quickened.
“It is hard. This is a world that is being invaded by the old gods.”
“Thanks to that, many people survived. thank you.”
While Taesan was facing the apostle, the S-class constantly appeared.
If it wasn’t for the two of them, Lee Taeyeon should have stopped it alone, but no matter how strong she became, it was impossible.
Without Diana and Beldencia, the possibility of destruction could not be denied.
“no. It’s something I want to do. Rather, I will thank you from my side.”
Diana looked at the people with a soft smile.
They were rejoicing that they had survived destruction.
Seeing them was a great comfort to her who couldn’t save the people she needed to save.
“Are you done now?”
“no. A new quest will start in a week. But now you can rest in peace.”
All they were given was a week. It’s a daunting time just to check the damage, but they
fought fiercely for a month.
Rest was also essential.
Diana and Beldencia followed Taesan’s words.
The two approached the jubilant crowd.
“Ohhhh;”
“The princess and the wizard are here!”
“thank you so much! My son survived thanks to you two!”
People cheered and welcomed the two.
At first, there was a strange gaze toward Beldencia and Diana.
When they found out that the two were not human beings on Earth, many people doubted that they could not be trusted and that they were spies of the monster.
However, as the quest progressed, those people completely disappeared.
Everyone said thank you.
The two perfectly assimilated with the people of Earth.
The two were embarrassed by the people’s praise, but they looked happy.
People rejoiced and rejoiced. I took
a break and
served food that I had cooked for a very long time.
As the ingredients were scarce, the dish didn’t come out that great, but people were satisfied.
The leaders of each country did not block it either. It was because he knew that compensation was absolutely necessary.
And during that time, Taesan was confirming his newly acquired power.
[Black: Fragmentation]
[Proficiency: 1%]
[Able to divide and handle pieces of himself
]
It was the first skill to be classified as black.
It is probably their own ability that can be handled starting at the apostle level. The effect was not difficult to guess.
[You activated Fragmentation.]
At that moment, something came out of Taesan’s body.
[How is it?]
Bard Ray was momentarily taken aback.
A wavering human-shaped aura of the same size as
Taishan that appeared in front of Taishan .
That was Taesan itself.
[…the master is divided.]
Akasha also muttered in bewilderment.
Taesan looked at the separated energy.
He didn’t feel any will, but that was definitely himself.
“Some of my powers are super-holy… I have all of that black on top of that.”
[But it is very small. Even the current
country can be erased without a problem.]
Taishan ended the fragmentation.
It was as described in the skill. It became possible to share and deal with one’s own fragments.
But I still have no idea what to do with it.
If you think about it gradually, you will be able to think of what you can do.
[By the way… how do you do that?]
Bard Ray muttered with a tired face.
Taesan was now identifying herself on the roof of a building in Las Vegas.
And around the building, countless people were bowing their heads.
It was a number that filled the entire city.
Millions of people bowed their heads and worshiped Mount Tai.
Taesan traveled all over America to stop the apostles.
Literally went back and forth between east and west, defeating apostles. In the process,
people confirmed his power with their own eyes.
Even more so, it was Taesan who brought Beldenkia and Diana who saved them.
Indeed, except for a handful, all of them were worshiping Mount Tai.
really like a god.
People expressed their disapproval when Taishan tried to block the hole he had made in the process of capturing the apostle.
When asked why, they replied: “These
are traces that Taesan-nim personally left to save us .
We need to preserve this place and let people who will be born in the future know about it.”
“…I see.”
Taishan did not fill the hole after all.
Divine power reached 99%.
With that alone, it feels like the limits to divinity have disappeared.
It seemed that now, with a little pressure, the whole of America could be covered with divinity.
However, 1% was still lacking.
Taesan could understand why.
Most people worship him, but there are also a small number of people who oppose him.
“I admit I’m strong, but I’m not a god.”
pure unbeliever.
Those who do not believe in God as human beings.
“How can there be such a strong being? Aren’t you arguing with your enemies?”
doubter.
A person who doubts Taesan’s identity and thinks of a close relationship with Gosin.
In addition, there were those who had various hearts and did not worship Mount Tai.
When you have received their faith, your proficiency will reach 100%.
“It won’t be easy.”
Although they were worshiped by everyone in the world on the verge of being destroyed by the ancient gods, they were few in number and were pushed to the limit.
In addition,
it was possible because all those who did not believe in him at that time fought and died with him.
Akasha, who was quiet, said.
[master. Are
n’t those who don’t believe in Master right now the problem?]
[Then the solution is simple. Kill them all. The owner should be able to handle it without being noticed by anyone.]
Akasha said calmly.
Taesan stared blankly at Akasha on his finger.
[That’s too… radical?]
[But in a reasonable way. The heart of the unbeliever cannot be easily broken. It is more reasonable to erase rather than persuade.]
“I don’t use that method.”
Taesan answered firmly.
There were more convenient ways to solve it by killing it.
However, Taesan denied all of that and came here.
[Is that so?]
Akasha, who was silent for a moment, asked quietly
.
[master. Am I weird?]
[Not really normal?]
Bard Ray said timidly.
[If you don’t believe me, I’ll kill you. It’s an idea that only fanatics can do.]
[I see… I see.]
“Did your memory come back?”
By defeating the Apostle, Bard Ray’s attack power increased considerably.
Akasha, who grew every time she defeated an enemy, did not find it strange even if something changed.
[It’s not like that… but it comes to mind naturally. Should I say emotion? Should it be an action? Something like that. It seems that I was quite heartless in my human days」
[Well, since I am an apostle who believes in God. Depending on God’s inclination, it can be. Looking at you, you seem like a fairly cruel god.]
[Is this the feeling of being cruel? It’s a strange feeling.]
Akasha muttered.
“You may be the fastest to speak, but I have no intention of doing that. Because I am thinking of
another way.”
Taesan said.
Time passed like that, and the day passed.
People began to check the damage with serious faces.
The first thing I checked was the number of destroyed pillars.
“14 out of 108 are destroyed.”
“I don’t know if this is good or bad.”
“not bad.”
Taesan replied. He thought that up to twenty or more pillars would be destroyed. Fourteen was well within the acceptable range.
And in the place where the pillar was destroyed, something strange was visible.
“…What is it? that one?”
It was a black substance.
Something pitch-black had squeezed through the space and settled down.
People didn’t go all the way out of instinctive fear.
Taesan approached the material.
I reached out and grabbed the material. The people watching held their breath.
But nothing happened.
‘ Barrier?’
I looked closely, but couldn’t find out the specifics. I thought about using the boundary line, but I knew about the boundary line of Kosindo.
If touched wrongly, it could be a good thing for Gosin, so Taesan handled it at the level of blocking the surroundings.
“Leave it alone for now.”
“yes. But even after the quest is over, there are still undestroyed pillars left?”
“Isn’t that because it will also be used in the next quest?”
“Then, we should try placing them around the pillars. ”
Kim Hwi-yeon calmly replied.
The number of dead was not very high.
Around 20 million, 10% of the total population lost their lives. It was not a small amount of damage, but they who rose up after overcoming billions of lives quickly
gathered their sorrow and moved forward.
Everything was sorted out so quickly.
Everyone was expecting the next quest to be the last.
And I knew that it would be very difficult.
But they had no doubt that they could overcome this time too.
Everyone was determined and waited for the quest.
And a week passed.
The quest has begun.
[Special quest begins.]
[14 destroyed pillars.]
[Checking conditions…
[Checking complete.]
Jjaeong!
The black substance breaks apart.
The black energy that flowed out slowly
began to unite as one.
” ah?”
People reflexively shuddered
.
Something was descending here
.
It was not an apostle.
I couldn’t say it was terrible or alien. No sentence or vocabulary could explain it.
It was an existence outside of their cognition itself.
[Condition: Defeat the Goddess who descended before all the pillars are destroyed. In case of failure, all mankind will lose their lives.
Level up with skill.
