Episode 72
The pure white light annihilated part of the Demon God and filled the cavity.
Nothing was visible.
And when you finally come to your senses
“her.”
Before I knew it, I was in a pure white space.
A space with nothing but pure white.
Having seen it once, I wasn’t too shocked.
“When will it come out?”
There was no need to think too deeply about where this place was.
Originally, that’s what a being called God does.
Isn’t it his speciality to suddenly appear and intervene without consideration?
“Wait a little. You say you need to be prepared.”
Then a familiar voice came from behind.
I glanced behind me and saw a middle-aged man I had never seen before.
seemed to know who it was.
“Ah, aren’t you, senior?”
invitation warrior.
A hero who suffered for a long time from part of the Demon God. He stood there with a more relaxed expression on his face.
“Looking at it like this, you look a little different from the stone statue. I think the stone statue was more bumpy… …“
Oh, that is what I asked for. A man must have a strong body. People have to be able to exaggerate a little on occasion.”
Saying that, the first hero subtly bent his arms and took a pose that showed off his muscles.
hot!
Although it is a little weak compared to the stone statue, it has a strong enough body.
I don’t know why a person called a wizard is so obsessed with making up his body.
“So what? This body of mine, who dreamed of becoming a paladin as a mage! Isn’t it really brilliant!”
“Uh yes. It’s really hard.”
Keeping the concept to the end like this is never easy.
Well, since he did that, he’d be called a hero.
After exchanging such useless conversations for a while, we brought up the main topic.
“So did you feel comfortable?”
“It’s comfortable. really.”
The first warrior smiled brightly.
“I have nothing to say except thank you very much. To be honest, I didn’t show it that way, but I was a little scared.”
“Is it so?”
“The feeling of a part of the Demon God riding up to the bone marrow is truly more horrifying than I thought. In order not to be encroached on… …I had to be patient for a really long time.”
He shook his head, as if he didn’t want to even think about it.
“Hope is gone. Even though I was confident that I was more patient than anyone else, I felt that my mind was gradually crumbling. And in a situation on the verge of collapse… …”
“Here I am.”
“Yes, you are here. Great.”
He looked at me with his hands behind his back and a gentle face.
“To be honest, since you are the eighth, it is a very satisfactory result as an invitation. You can be here in peace.”
“It’s not confirmed yet.”
“It is not certain. you should be that…Siegfried? He’s not a bad person, but he doesn’t have the ability to carry out the duties of a hero.”
“You seem to know the information better than I thought.”
“Even if you don’t like it, you can hear it from above.”
he said with a wry smile.
“I heard what you said. Did they say that if I were alive, I would have survived to overthrow the Church?”
“…You’ve even heard useless things.”
“It is not useless. As you say. I really would have done that if I had been. but…”
He pointed to himself.
“Now I have no chance.”
“Isn’t it time to rest?”
“that…That’s right.”
I’ve been holding on for too long
He said that with a pretty mischievous smile. Then he spoke to me with soft eyes.
“So you do that.”
Eyes full of hope.
I didn’t expect to hear these words from the first hero.
‘It’s not a bad feeling.’
Perhaps no one would have saved him before returning.
It was clear from the fact that Hekau didn’t intervene until the very end.
But this time he was saved.
He saved another important existence that he couldn’t have saved before.
That alone was enough.
“It doesn’t.”
I nodded.
Isn’t it still turning over in real time?
Of course, it was still in the building stage, so I couldn’t explode all of them….
‘There will be a decision soon.’
He smiled coldly, thinking of the archbishop who was in the midst of his dream of making Siegfried a warrior.
“Looking at that smile, I don’t think there is anything to worry about.”
He smiled contentedly and took a few steps back.
And that’s scary.
“I made you wait!”
Hekau’s voice was heard.
* * *
[Whooping.]
She approached me with a smile so bright that it couldn’t be compared to the last time I saw her.
“You did a really, really good job!”
“Not everything has been resolved.”
“It’s okay, it’s okay! Now I can deal with them.」
His expression was quite excited.
“The only thing left to do is to restore the connection with the children. jib…So, the disgusting thing that was parasitizing on the first hero has completely disappeared!
”
“Yes, yes! great job! No, I will continue to work hard, but at any rate, you did a great job!」
Saying that, Hekau’s two strands of hair pricked up like ears.
“What can I give you? I want to give you anything! Thanks to you, I can give my children a voice again! Ah, two years if you diligently move forward? With that much, I can restore it back to normal!J
Hekau looked at me with shining eyes, asking me to say something.
I told her the first thing that came to my mind.
“First of all, Cassandra. Bless the girl you showed the prophecy to. Because of you, I have suffered unprecedented misfortune.”
“Yes, of course it should be so for that child. But that can’t be called a reward. It’s something I should have done right away.”
“Hmm…“
What is it?
It is never common to receive something from a divine being.
I would like to receive something nice, but… ….
‘I already received the symbol.’
Since it is directly connected to Hekau, there is no need to worry about divine power.
‘There’s no problem with Mana either.’
The other side is already accumulating a lot of mana in an autonomous circulation type, so the mana side is also dismissed.
Then what’s left… ….
‘ah.’
At that moment, a thought naturally popped into my head.
“Stigmata.”
[Hmm?]
At my words, Hekau looked at me with his eyes wide open.
「What do you get?」
“Stigmata. Come to think of it, it was the most valuable thing I could ever receive from you.”
“Um…」
She looked like she would gladly give anything, but she drool and showed a worried look.
I understand.
Stigmata.
It is the greatest blessing and symbol that God can bestow.
The real stigmata have never been received by any adult.
In other words, there is only information, but it is a blessing that no one has ever seen the exact reality.
“You say something unexpected. Hmm stigmata stigmata….」
Hekau’s expression changed.
It wasn’t just that I was angry.
A little more than that… ….
“It’s fun. The fact that I can’t read is also interesting, but I never thought they’d ask for a stigma.”
“Because I’m interested.”
“Unlike other children, you must have a clear reason. You probably don’t want it simply because it’s proof of my faith.”
He looked at me with a different look.
A calm and all-knowing atmosphere, different from the loud eyes.
“If you, as a magician, want a stigma… …It must be because of the state of your soul that is close to your half-body,
right?”
“Fufu, it’s fun. It’s fun.」
Hekau smiles as if he’s having fun.
But it didn’t really react.
I know that she can’t see things about me because of her experience in the 10th circle.
“Honestly, I am interested. Stigmata that I had never given to other children…After saying that
, she glanced in the direction of the first hero.
「It might be more accurate to say that one child refused.」
Because I wasn’t sure that I could receive a part of God and maintain myself completely.
The first hero shrugged and smiled.
He had a chance to receive the blessing of the stigma.
The first hero looked at me with interesting eyes and said.
-But this junior… …I think it might be different from me.
“I think so too,”
she told me.
“I’ll tell you in advance. Stigmata is, in the end, the divine part mixed in. If it’s severe, it means that there is a possibility that humanity will disappear.
”
“But you might be different.”
Hekau’s eyes lit up.
“why?”
“Because you are at least partially at the stage of being a half-body. It means that there is a possibility that your humanity has already exceeded its limits.」
10th Circle.
For a moment I thought back to when I reached the 10th circle.
In an instant, futility came, followed by the thought of failure… ….
‘It was special.’
Maybe at that moment I was out of humanity for a while.
Circle 10 is an unknown territory that even I do not know for sure.
I couldn’t be sure.
“So you want to get a stigma? If you want, I’ll carve a stigma on you.”
“Engrave it.”
“good. Give me your hand.”
She took my hand and closed her eyes. A white light seeped into his hand.
The light flowed down my wrist and slowly spread throughout my body.
and….
‘Kuh… …?!’
In an instant, an excruciating pain arose throughout his body.
Something was happening in the depths of my soul.
If I had to express this.
’10 circles?’
I only reached it for a very short time.
It must have been a state in which he had abandoned everything and stepped into it for a very short time. But traces of it still remained in my soul.
Become an advanced footprint.
It is pointing me in the right direction.
The last desperate effort I made before returning was of no use at all.
haha.
When I thought about that, I laughed out loud.
yes it will disappear
There is no way the soul can forget such an intense shock.
And as long as it has such traces, the soul will never be the same as before.
It’s still just a small part, but… ….
‘can do.’
Realized. when will it be
Will it be 10 years or 100 years?
Even I didn’t know
It is certainly.
I got the ‘possibility’.
With that thought in mind, I accepted Hecau’s stigma.
If it’s about stigmata.
‘What would happen if I could analyze something like this.’
Rather than simply admiring and rejoicing in that grace, if you analyze and gain insight as a magician.
Then Hekau said.
“The stigma engraved on you is awakening.”
His hand was very skillful.
“I’ll make use of the characteristics that are close to your half body. It may not be very effective at first, but it will become stronger as time goes on. On and on… ….”
Keying.
Stigmata inside the body began to rotate rapidly.
What I feel right now… ….
‘Refreshing feeling.’
“Be strong,”
said the Hekau.
「If you transcend and destroy the predestined destiny, you will be able to get what you want.」
That’s right.
Thinking so, I closed my eyes.
The stigma was engraved on his body and slowly settled in his soul. Now he could see that the work was almost finished.
got the confidence
Anymore.
To me, the 10th circle is not an impossible stage to climb.
Perhaps, in this vast world, I was the only one who was qualified to reach the 10th circle.
“I will watch over you from now on,”
ending with her last words.
“So please.”
Consciousness faded.
Great mage who transcends by regression
