The great mage who transcends by returning, episode 290
I bowed my head, but Asar didn’t change anything.
Asar just tilted his head as if he cared about my words… ….
“One thing is certain.”
He lightly raised his index finger and said to me.
“I am not ‘Asar’.”
“….”
“There is neither omnipotence nor omniscience. It means that you are no different from anyone else you have ever seen.”
As he said that, he lightly snapped his fingers. Then the chair across from him was pushed back.
“Why don’t you sit down first? Conversation is the way to live the taste when you are on equal eye level.”
“It is.”
A representation of Asar who does not regard himself as an Asar.
There was no particular reason to reject Asar’s words, so I sat down in a chair.
Still ‘Asar’ is unknown.
It was a truly unknown existence.
It looked like a human.
It looked like an elf.
Also, at some moments, it looked like a giant ogre or troll.
It’s strange.
That one being can look so diverse every moment.
“It seems that you are conscious of yourself.”
“It is not strange. Even if it’s only half, it’s a being born from God.”
After saying that, Asar looked up at the sky beyond for a moment.
“…It wasn’t difficult to define myself. I quickly learned that I wasn’t real. I was born that way.”
“….”
“I took it for granted. I know what ‘Asar’ was like. They didn’t make lifelines or allow for emergencies.”
In other words, whether it’s Asar or a representation of Asar, he didn’t even think about his ‘resurrection’ at all.
In a way… …It was something that even made me feel irresponsible.
isn’t it god
Even in a situation where there was a clear adversary, not allowing even the slightest possibility… ….
“I couldn’t help it.”
“…!”
As if reading my thoughts, Asar’s representation continued.
“Every ‘death’ should never be taken lightly. If even mankind is like that, then should God take death easy? The mortal I endured… ….”
“If you had to do that, you should have prepared a countermeasure against the demon before leaving.”
It may sound cold-hearted, but it was the truth.
Of course, a divine being would not have made such a choice without thinking.
Was it really for the best?
A situation in which the Demon God exists intact, harboring hatred for mankind.
Objectively speaking, there was little chance that mankind, which is nothing more than a creature, could defeat the ‘Creator’.
Even that Hekau was barely able to block the entrance.
‘I don’t think Asar didn’t know that.’
He made an ‘arrangement’ to tear up his remains and make a tomb with the apostle who followed him as his guardian.
This is something he wouldn’t have done if he hadn’t had his own death in mind from the start.
‘The conditions that are too strict for such an arrangement… …It must have predicted the existence of the Demon God and prepared for it.’
In other words, Asar predicted that the demon would survive after his death.
“Hmm, don’t you think that was Asar’s best?”
“I don’t think it makes sense to distinguish the best from the worst for a god.”
This time, he confirmed and spoke about my inner feelings as if it were natural, but he wasn’t particularly embarrassed.
In the first place, whether it’s a representation or whatever, the existence in front of me right now is ‘Asar’.
You are right to think so.
“Well, if you think so, that will also be the correct answer. Originally, there is no such thing as always right in the world.”
“Tell me, then.”
I stared at Asar.
“I wonder if everything you did was really for the best.”
“…Hmm.”
Asar tilted his head.
As if contemplating how to answer, he was silent for a moment… ….
“It wasn’t the best.”
“then….”
“It means to me.”
Asar continued.
“But it was for the best of mankind. I did it just for that, so it must be natural.”
“It wasn’t the best for you, but it was the best for mankind?”
“yes.”
In my head, Asar thought about the meaning of what he had just said.
He was looking at me with a strange smile, as if he could understand me.
He doesn’t say clearly.
It just leads me to the correct answer by continuing the Seon dialogue like a riddle.
…Asar gave up immortality.
He voluntarily came down from the position of ‘God’. And he got into trouble with the Demon God about it.
at its center.
‘There was mankind at the time.’
The thoughts continued.
It wasn’t the best for the gods, but it was the best for mankind.
Know.
Asar is clearly a god, but a demon is also a being of the same rank.
If there is no demon god, he may not know, but if the demon god exists, he cannot be ‘omnipotent’… …What was the result of Asar’s death and the banishment of the Demon God?
“…After your death, this world naturally changed from the world of gods to the world of mankind.”
“yes.”
I don’t know the ‘details’.
All I know is that Asar tried something and the Demon God was enraged by it, and they turned against each other.
And as a result, Asar died and the Demon God was banished for a long time.
For thousands of years, this world has been moved according to the choices of mankind.
It was achieved after the agreement of countless intellects, not gods.
It’s not that it’s unconditionally good, but at least Asar must have wanted it.
“You rookie…You mean you wished for a world without God?”
Asar did not answer.
just laugh
It was nothing short of positive.
The blue eyes seen through the pitch black noise were saying ‘yes’.
The first question I had was.
‘why?’
Asar is not a god hostile to mankind.
Rather, they are friendly and are good gods who sacrificed themselves for humanity.
If he existed, we wouldn’t have to be afraid of the threat of the demon.
The world would have been a little more peaceful.
Then obviously… ….
‘…until when?’
A question ran through my mind at that moment.
How long will that peace last? tens of thousands of years… …
It doesn’t matter to us.
For humans with a limited lifespan, even 100 years is a long time.
But what about God’s point of view?
What is the ‘world’ he sees?
hundreds of thousands… …No, he would have seen even the distant future tens of thousands of years later. The level of thinking is bound to be different from ours.
Then Asar said.
“Would you like to watch first?”
With those words, Asar rose from his chair. Then, naturally, the surrounding landscape changed completely.
just like it was from the beginning.
Before we knew it, we were in the city.
A splendid and prosperous sight that is by no means insufficient compared to the present.
He wandered aimlessly through the place and asked me.
“How do you look?”
“It is a civilization that is hard to believe that it was a world thousands of years ago. It’s definitely gorgeous, but… ….”
The representation of a great god wouldn’t show me this sight just to let me know.
I looked around.
A brilliant and prosperous civilization.
Everyone was laughing.
The clothes he was wearing had no signs of wear and tear, and the slums that one would normally see in a big city were nowhere to be seen.
It is perfect.
Yes, the utopia everyone hoped for.
but.
“…Everywhere you look, there is a god.”
“You are quick-witted.”
Asar smiled bitterly and looked around.
Of course, his eyes would see nothing but his mark.
“Humanity lived in a ‘deserved peace’. Nothing changes, just the way it is here.”
“….”
“As creatures, they held back their thoughts because they considered it taboo to entertain even the slightest ‘disrespect’ to God. Come and see.”
There was a huge square where he pointed.
And around the plaza, ‘all humans’ in the city were blindly worshiping God.
– Worship Asar!
– Thank you for giving us daily bread and leisure today… ….
Believers can do that.
But to worship God at once like that all over the city as if all the humans were preparing… ….
“…Aren’t they fanatics?”
thought at the same time.
Even fanatics, if the god they believe in is correct and inevitably presents the ‘right way’, is that a problem?
If it’s really wrong, shouldn’t there be something wrong with the sight I see now?
But nowhere is there such a thing.
If so… ….
“You will be happy.”
“….”
“Maybe there is nothing to worry about. In any case, the fact that there is a milestone that can be trusted is as stable as it is. however.”
he kept walking
The scenery continued.
Countless cities passed by, and equally peaceful and happy scenes filled my vision.
There doesn’t seem to be a problem.
Still, it was somehow inconvenient.
What is the source of this discomfort?
It wasn’t long before I found out.
“It’s the same wherever you go.”
Everywhere worshiped Asar. There is not the slightest error.
He follows it as if it were natural and does not pay attention to anything other than what Asar ‘decided’.
happy.
However, in that happiness, ‘individuality’ and ‘will’ were castrated.
Of course, this thought itself may sound full. Peace and happiness have their own meaning.
But that’s my position.
God.
What did Asar think?
“Yes, they imprisoned themselves in blind faith and refused to change. The same day followed by the same happiness. At some point my children stopped even thinking about whether it was unhappy or happy.”
“….”
“I didn’t think that was right.”
Asar stopped walking.
“Doesn’t the fact that there is no change mean that the world has finally stopped? Then, how is this world different from the breeding grounds raised by the existence of ‘Asar’?”
“that….”
“A breeding ground that produces the faith that establishes a god as a god. I know what this ‘world’ is. I know what will happen and what they will do. Nothing new comes out.”
Isn’t that kind of world cruel? After thousands of years of doing so, Asar came to a conclusion.
It has to change.
However, as long as ‘God’ exists, the world does not change. The same day will continue forever.
Unpredictable.
Such a nursery will continue.
It came to mind at that moment.
“…law.”
The Demon God burst into anger, saying that Asar had disrupted ‘order’.
At my murmur, Asar laughed.
“It seemed wrong to me, but then again, order was order.”
In other words, does Asar want to bring about change, even if it means destroying the existing order?
Change is better than peace without growth or evolution… ….
It is difficult to simply judge which side is right and which side is wrong.
But as a result, it became the world I remember now.
A future created by mankind.
He gained a ‘possibility’ that even the demon god could not easily assure.
“Okay then.”
Asar stopped and looked at me and asked me.
“Michael Walpurgis, a hero of the time and a descendant of Solomon. I will ask you.”
Asar asked me.
“How about the ‘present’ you saw?”
“It is unstable. There are countless dangers, and the peace is so precarious that it can be broken at any time.”
Even in the mighty capital of the empire, there are underworld and slums. Not everyone is happy.
I don’t have the right to unconditionally affirm that the ‘present’ is right.
“but.”
I said looking straight at him.
“Tragedy and happiness…It was won by mankind.”
“is it.”
“I am not qualified to judge right or wrong in the current world. The qualification must be with the ancestors who struggled to make the present somehow. In any case, the present world has become. Maybe this unchanging world was right.”
but nonetheless.
“I will keep my reality. Anyway, the world that was created ‘that way’ became my home.”
“…It is home.”
At that, Asar laughed.
It won’t be a clear answer.
I don’t know exactly what answer he wanted to hear.
But whatever he wanted, my answer wouldn’t change.
“Then you need ‘power to protect’.”
“That’s right.”
“No matter how mere a representation of me, I might be able to achieve at least one thing you want. What you need most right now is… …okay.”
That moment.
“ah.”
he was standing right in front of me
Then he simply reached out and pierced my chest with it.
But what I felt was not an excruciating pain. Something was changing.
The country is the most fundamental thing that makes up a human being… ….
Asar said.
“I’ll raise the unstable level.”
He said that he would firmly fix the status of a ‘demigod’ that he had not even fully realized yet.
The sign of God told me.
* * *
“…Hmm.”
The five apostles were still looking at the ‘grave’ where the twins would be with the round table spread out.
If there were no special problems, it would have been possible to return the round table as it was, but Mikhail did not do that.
Why?
“Is it necessary for us to keep it like this?”
“It doesn’t look like it’s there right now.”
Thoth gave a simple answer to Anubis’ question.
Earlier, he had his arms folded and his eyes not turned away from the loaded side.
“But don’t you know?”
“that….”
“Things have changed quite a bit. To be honest, I’m not showing much, but we’re guessing.”
Thoth’s eyes lit up.
“…The possibility that the Demon God has already descended into this world.”
“….”
“If I were him, I think I would touch Mikhail at least once to gauge his capabilities.”
At those words, the mood of the other apostles all at once sank.
It had to be.
The possibility that the nemesis they tried to stop already exists in this world… …Because it was truly terrifying.
But the reason I didn’t deny it was probably because others were also predicting that possibility in their hearts.
“Yes, for example….”
Kwajik.
At that moment, the sound of something breaking was heard in everyone’s ears.
All the apostles who were there turned their eyes to that place.
There was a crack in space.
like glass.
Seeing this, the corner of Tote’s mouth twisted coldly.
“…Like that one now.”
And it’s scary to say that.
Clink!
Quaaaaaa!
A pitch-black pillar swept across the area with a sharp rupture.
