Episode 557: Inflection Point (1)
Nirva laughed as if it was absurd at Ludger’s words.
“…Hehehe. In the midst of all this, are you picturing possible situations in your head?”
Ludger was convinced by Nirva’s attitude.
I don’t know what the intention was for Nirva to change her mind, but at the last moment, she tried to choose death.
“Death is too lenient considering what you have done. And there’s something I want to hear from you.”
“What do you want to hear? Are you planning to mock me even though you know everything? “Puppet of Lumensis.”
Ludger glared at Nirva upon hearing the word puppet.
“I don’t know what you’re misunderstanding, but I’m not a puppet or anything.”
“Tsk tsk. “Most puppets don’t know they are doing it.”
“If you had seen my memories, you would know. “Where am I from?”
“It’s not a memory, it’s a dream. And because I knew his origins, I was even more suspicious.”
Ludger’s pupils narrowed.
“You didn’t read all of my dreams.”
“A quick-witted guy. How are you supposed to read the dreams of someone who has no dreams in the first place? Your information was also found by combining fragments of people who came into contact with you from the outside. “It was just a deception tactic to sway you by pretending to read it.”
Cough.
Golden blood poured out from Nirva’s mouth.
“It must be because of God’s protection that I, the apostle of dreams, cannot read your dreams. Considering your origins, I have no choice but to know who that blessing belongs to.”
“Didn’t you know it was from another god?”
“Wouldn’t it be possible for that cunning Lumensis to transform his energy into that of another fallen god?”
“I can’t understand anything at all. “Why on earth did you think I was a puppet of Lumensis?”
“Why?”
Nirva rolled her eyes and screamed.
“Because you ruined everything!”
It wasn’t the complaining of a failed person or blaming others.
“Do you know how they were treated in the past when many gods disappeared and only humans served Lumensis?”
Nirva said with a laugh.
“Lumensis said it treated humans with kindness and blocked their development.”
“You blocked development?”
“Isn’t that the case with you humans too? They like cute pets, so they forcibly breed them and create small cats and dogs that don’t grow up. I don’t care if my lifespan is shortened and I develop genetic diseases. Lumensis is the same. “Because they were the people he cared about, he wanted them to remain like this without developing.”
“There’s something strange about that.”
It was quite a long time when Rumensis drove out other gods and reigned as the sole god.
If humanity had not developed in the meantime, that was not the case at all.
This is because, rather than the medieval times in the distant past, we now have a society that is close to modern times.
Even recently, the pace of development has accelerated with the development of magic engineering that combines science and magic.
In the 21st century, there were even fields that went beyond Earth science.
This is a world where rapid development is taking place, but development has been blocked?
Nirva’s words were full of contradictions.
Nirva seemed to have read Ludger’s inner thoughts and laughed.
A laugh that you don’t know whether it’s a mockery of someone who deceives you or a lament for your own situation that has no choice but to suffer it.
“Lumensis did not castrate human development potential from birth. I chose to gradually reduce it. However, he knew that this was not enough, so he tried to hinder the development of the world in various ways. Is this what you humans call a backup plan? “I don’t need to tell you about one of them, right?”
“…Bretus Holy Kingdom.”
“okay. “I tried to get people to organize their own cages through obedient humans.”
“But it failed. In the end, the Holy Kingdom of Bretus could not stop the development of humanity.”
“yes. People who struggle to avoid the eyes of the Holy Kingdom appear in any time and place. But was that really all there was to it? There are many ways to stop humans from developing. For example, war.”
War.
Ludger was reminded of several wars in human history.
However, there was one incident that stimulated my memory the most.
‘Delica Kingdom.’
The Kingdom of Delica was once a steel nation where Ludger operated under the pseudonym James Moriarty.
Considering what the Steel Choir project they were secretly working on was for, it was truly unbelievable.
“Are you saying they are intentionally trying to start a war?”
“There’s no way you wouldn’t know, right? It’s all like that. We don’t want humanity to develop too much, so we force them to fight with each other. If you push their shoulders just a little bit, they say it’s good, but they start biting and slandering each other. “Maybe that’s human nature.”
Ironically, a half-baked war contributes to the development of science.
But what if it’s not a half-baked war?
What if the war is so big and fierce that the entire continent is engulfed in war, and nothing but ruins and ashes are left at the end?
What if the Holy Kingdom of Bretus once again uses the excuse of relief to spread its magical arms over the ruined continent?
How far will human history regress to the past?
“….”
Ludger was momentarily speechless at the surprising truth.
I knew this world was a cage, but it wasn’t just that.
This elaborately constructed cage did not simply confine the birds.
Even the wings were cut off to prevent the bird from even trying to escape the cage and fly into the sky.
How much feathers and blood had piled up under the cage where the birds were chirping?
It was difficult for Ludger to dare to guess.
“I tried to wake up the goddess and change the very frame of the cage. A world where infinite development is possible through dreams and imagination, not a fixed world where development is blocked! But you ruined it!”
“…You’re crazy. “This is absolutely insane.”
“What was that reaction? Did my cause seem so ridiculous? There is no way you, the puppet of Lumensis who is more faithful than anyone else, would not know that…”
Nirva muttered like that and then widened her eyes.
As if I didn’t know about this until now.
“okay. Was it something like that…!”
A deep smile appeared on Nirva’s lips, as if he couldn’t bear this situation because it was so funny.
“I was very mistaken. You were not a puppet or anything. Rather, it is the opposite inflection point!”
“Inflection point?”
“It means that it is something that will bring change to this world. But it’s strange. You clearly have the role of ‘vessel’, but why are you performing the opposite role? “What on earth is Lumensis doing?”
bowl.
Nirva looked at Ludger and said it was a vessel.
“It means that the being who should be oppressing this world more than anyone else is actually loosening the restrictions of this oppressed world.”
Ludger realized why Nirva looked down on humans so much and why he was surprised at himself.
To Nirva, humans were not seen as living creatures.
In essence, life is a being that is born, grows, struggles, develops, and changes endlessly.
It was a being that evolved and continued to move forward as each generation passed.
But the humans of this world are not like that.
This was because a divine being called Lumensis was oppressing them.
How can a species that does not develop be called life?
To Nirva, humans were nothing more than bugs that the abominable Lumensis raised with care.
But now.
A mutation appeared before my eyes.
It was nothing short of a miracle for a being who was supposed to follow the will of Lumensis more than anyone else to act contrary to that will.
“What on earth made you like this?”
“…It must be human desire.”
It was a short answer, but it was also a sufficient answer.
Nirva burst out laughing like crazy, forgetting that he was defeated and covered in injuries.
“nice! Hahaha! This is a masterpiece! Could it be that the Holy Kingdom of Bretus, who should serve Lumensis the most, actually had other intentions? Ah yes. Is this a human?! Is this desire? Truly truly admirable! “Lumensis should be concerned!”
Although he was Ludger, who had greater qualities than anyone else due to his bloodline from the prosperous Bretus.
On the contrary, he was pushed out due to internal conflict and almost lost his life.
Originally, it shouldn’t have been like that.
Instead, they should have praised Ludger and served him as their next successful person.
“Those who feed their masters gradually became insatiable and began to strain their necks, eventually committing an irreversible act. What’s even funnier is that they still haven’t realized what a terrible thing they have done. “How ridiculous!”
Nirva, who was laughing despite the pain, sighed.
“Now I understand. Your ability, that power, the quality to handle the power of God. And even the influence to change the people around you.”
Right now, Sedina Rochen and Julia Plumheart are the same.
Elisa Willow, who fought this time, was like that too.
While being with Ludger, they were stained by Ludger.
It showed a ‘miracle’ that could not have happened in the first place.
“Lumensis selected those who faithfully served him and gave them authority. However, what Lumensis overlooked was that if those in power were self-righteous, who would manage them? “They didn’t think about being there to monitor the watcher.”
Let’s imagine that there is someone who has absolute power to control the world.
He will perform many roles for public benefit.
However, if such a being becomes twisted and commits self-righteous actions.
Who can stop that power?
“Even if we knew, there would be nothing Lumensys could do. Because he can’t really influence the underworld. Even though I know it, I can’t help but suck my finger.”
“A god who can’t touch the cage he made. “It’s a comedy that isn’t even funny.”
“That’s because I wasn’t the one who made it. “Because he created it with other gods, drove them all out, and stole it for himself.”
There was anger mixed in Nirva’s voice as she said that.
Considering that one of the exiled gods was the goddess who was currently sealed, there was nothing that could not be understood.
“All the gods agreed with each other when they first created the world. Let’s let intelligent life live freely. Let’s not interfere with each other. It is the law of this world. This is a law that even Lumensis cannot dare to rashly tamper with. So he used a trick.”
“That guy named Jushin is funny.”
“And Lumensis did something like that once in the past and ended up getting in trouble.”
Ludger looked at Nirva as if he was saying this with a chuckle.
“ah. Right. “You don’t know.”
“Something happened in the past.”
“okay. There was. It was very fun. Of course, I didn’t actually intuit it, but you know, my power makes me feel like I experienced it. “I’m not sure whether to tell you this or not, but since we’ve already come this far, I’ll tell you.”
The reason Nirva was telling the truth only he knew was not because he was acknowledging victory or defeat.
Rather, there was some kind of intention hidden there.
Ludger didn’t know about it, but ignoring it made him curious about the fact that Nirva knew about it.
“It wouldn’t be a bad thing for you to know. Because what happened at that time also involved Surna.”
“Surna….”
“Surna, the great devil. “Right now, you can just call me Zero Oh by a name that’s easier for you to hear.”
Although Ludgar Chelisi held the title of First Order, he was never a subordinate of the Zero Order.
It was more of a business relationship, where the two were wary of each other but held hands at the same time.
That’s why Nirva revealed Surna’s past.
Because if I don’t repay what that guy did to me, I won’t be satisfied.
“You know that Surna was defeated and subjugated in the past war with the Holy Kingdom of Bretus.”
“After the sacrifice of Saint Archenis, she died a brave death.”
“That is true. But only part of it is true. Surna and Arkenis definitely had a fight that day. But it was neither Surna nor Arkenis that put an end to the fight.”
Then who?
Ludger looked as if he could not believe it.
Nirva smiled and shook his head.
“okay. Lumensis That cunning bastard got involved in the fight.”
“Lumensis intervened? why?”
“I don’t know the details. The aftermath at that time was so huge that even with my powers, I couldn’t understand the inside story. But that huge wave of power was something only Lumensis could show. “No matter what, Surna, who was known to be dead, lived, and Arkenis died.”
Lumensis intervened, but the devil lived and the saint died.
No matter how I thought about it, this was a strange thing.
Isn’t it normal that it should normally be the other way around?
The saint is probably the most faithful servant of Lumensis.
“Lumensis broke the law and intervened in the Underworld, so it no longer touches the Underworld without permission. That may be why they are even more anxious. Your existence is proof of that.”
