The great mage who transcends by returning Chapter 339
Before returning, I had no intention of understanding demons.
Why?
Because I thought there was no reason or meaning to understand.
It was clear that there was no compromise as he wasn’t even a god who would show mercy anyway.
Then, I thought, it would be wiser to use at least one more demon at that time.
yes it was
…That is before the return.
Of course, the fact that there is no room for compromise with the Demon God still remains.
But what about ‘understanding’?
To understand is to eventually dig into the source of his behavior. If so, you can get a rough idea of how he’s going to behave.
‘Of course, I still don’t know.’
yeah i don’t know
I’ve already peeped at him a few times.
I know that his hatred stemmed from Asar and will never be undone.
At least Asar, who would have had room for compromise, is no longer there.
But rather, because of that, I felt the need to ‘certainly’ understand the existence of the demon god.
Especially now that I can think of many possibilities.
The reason I came here this time is to understand the existence of demons after all.
Understanding, not forgiveness.
Of course, since the opponent is a demon, it will never be easy… ….
‘…I’ll have to try it.’
what’s the difference
Just like I’ve done before, I just have to do something.
“Whoa.”
Thinking so, I raised my head and saw a thick darkness.
I couldn’t find any light in it, as if it wasn’t a space created by cutting out the dreams of demons.
The ‘pure darkness’ that seems to have been connected since the beginning is the identity of the space we are in right now.
I couldn’t feel the coolness of the wind, and I couldn’t smell the scent of flowers or grass.
It should be natural.
Because this is a space where such things are completely excluded.
We just walked through the space.
Direction doesn’t matter.
In any case, you will reach your destination. This is the space that has been made that way.
“Shall I summon the light? I can’t see anything like this… ….”
“No, no.”
I said firmly.
“The light Ariandel is trying to summon right now is not an ordinary one, is it? Isn’t this darkness the kind that can be driven out with just enough light?”
“that…Yes.”
“Then you’d better not do that. This darkness will react quite sensitively to the light of the saintess, not anyone else.”
It was sure to turn right away and try to bite the intruder.
The darkness here is of that kind.
“…I understood.”
She nodded and started walking again, holding onto the end of my sleeve.
We had no choice but to recognize that each other existed only through our senses.
Feels like being blind.
It’s not a very pleasant feeling.
[It’s really desolate,]
Seth muttered in a bittersweet voice.
[It’s miserable. Without forgiveness, it constantly contained only malice, and it festered and festered… ….]
“It can’t be helped.”
Because that’s his origin.
Even if it wasn’t like that in the past, it eventually became like that.
Even if I came to understand him through this performance, that would not change.
“But if you understand that demon…Is there anything in particular that is different?”
“Simply put, you can see it as identifying vital points.”
Anyway, I’m at a disadvantage with the regular method.
And just in time, thanks to the Demon God turning his attention to Hekau, a gap was created that wasn’t there before.
“It is not simply a dimension that can be learned through theory. It’s something you have to experience firsthand to know.”
“About him…It seems like you’ve been running around so diligently, but it’s still not enough.”
“Because it is God.”
If not to that extent, would there be any reason to be called a god?
Fortunately, he also possesses the arrogance of a divine being, and Asar’s influence is still holding him back.
If it wasn’t for that, the fate of mankind would have come to an end sooner rather than later, whether or not I returned.
how long did it take
[…] …Ah.]
Set was the first to react.
His eyes trembled as if he had seen something he missed.
[I can’t believe this….]
The darkness begins to clear little by little.
Light began to fill the surroundings little by little, as if coming out of a long cave.
And what you see at the end.
“Hmm.”
A young man with black hair and bright crimson eyes.
The young man was looking at us with his arms crossed and interested.
“This is so….”
Then he smiled and spoke slowly.
“Welcome, my soul and body.”
“….”
Damn similar word choice.
But the atmosphere is different. There is no doubt about what kind of existence is in front of you right now.
The atmosphere is quite similar to the ‘Asar’ I saw that day, but there is something fundamentally different.
The feeling is too mild to be reminiscent of the current demon god.
yes, to put it bluntly.
“I was waiting.”
This must have been ‘drinking’ anyway.
* * *
“…That’s how it happened.”
Briefly summarized what had happened so far.
Then, Lian, who was in front of them, stared blankly at me with his mouth open.
“That’s it….”
With an expression that seemed to make sure he understood, he stammered and organized my words.
“I infiltrated this Pandaemonium in order to obtain the weak point of the Demon God while he was moving to regain his omnipotence. yes?”
“okay.”
“Thanks to us cutting all kinds of monsters and attracting attention, we were able to reach this ‘deep part’ more easily than we thought… …?”
“That is also true.”
“That’s how I met the person who was imprisoned in the depths of the devil, who was supposed to be an alter ego or the past. That’s it.”
“I understand.”
After all, Lian isn’t a brainless guy. A truly accurate summary.
“Yeah, I understand. Until then, I really… …I understand… ….”
He trembled with the hand holding the sword and pointed to my side with difficulty.
“…What the hell is that?”
A young man sat quietly at the end of the direction Lian pointed out.
A guy who is showing off a needlessly smirk and chewing fruit.
similar to me
Except for the slightly darker skin and black hair… …Even the atmosphere was similar.
then what is this
It is true that it is difficult to define something as a very complex being, but if I had to define it… ….
“Did you drink something stupid?”
yeah, that would be roughly the same.
When I shrugged my shoulders with that thought, Lian’s mouth twitched and trembled.
“Hey you bastard!!”
…It exploded.
Tendons sprouted from his face to the extent that anyone could see his face bursting open.
“We haven’t even washed in days!”
“Right!”
Aileen accepted Lian’s words.
No, it wasn’t just her.
Not only the butler, but even Herma, who always took my side, was looking at me with a look of disapproval.
“Do you know what we ate, Bocchan? Preserved food Preserved food! It’s uselessly stuffy, so even if you give it to me, I won’t eat it!”
“…oh that was the worst that.”
The butler and Herma took turns grunting.
Ryan yelled again as he pointed at me.
“But at that time! Is this brave man enjoying his tea time comfortably here?! Even the unreasonable thing the opponent drank?!”
“It means sleeping with the enemy.”
“You’re talking bullshit again.”
Ryan looked at me with a puzzled expression. But I don’t really feel like reprimanding you.
It’s just that I’m getting annoyed because I’ve had a hard time, but I don’t even think about the possibility that I really cheated.
It was the same with the other three.
Well, that’s not to say I wasn’t annoyed. Anyway, when that atmosphere continued.
“Let me correct one thing.”
The ‘drank god’ intervened in the conversation.
“Now I am not your main enemy. To put it bluntly, it’s more like a victim. Because I was forcibly separated and locked up like this.”
“…what?”
Ryan’s eyebrows twitched.
When the guy who had been staring at the ‘demon god’ who had said such a thing calmly, as if he couldn’t understand it, opened his mouth.
I was the first to open my mouth.
“You didn’t drink?”
“It is and it is not. Hmm, how should I express it… ….”
After thinking about it for a while, he said.
“…< infancy >?”
It was a self-defense that the being who was once a demon had concluded.
“The piece before God became that way. yes that’s me I could put it in a different way, but in the end I think it fits.”
“It doesn’t sound like anything else.”
“No, it is different. Aren’t you like that too? When you look back on your past after growing up, isn’t there a case where you don’t understand what you did in the past? It’s definitely ‘me’, but at the same time it’s not ‘me’ either. There is no continuity between me and him.”
Saying that, he stood up. Then he burst into laughter.
“That’s why it’s called < Childhood >.”
“….”
The childhood of the enemy who had tormented mankind for a long time and reigned as an overwhelming ‘malice’.
It was a complicated expression.
In the first place, isn’t it from the perspective of a being that is fundamentally different from humans? There’s no way I can accept that easily.
Because it’s not common sense at all.
I intervened at the right time.
“For now, it’s safe to say that there’s no danger to him.”
“…Are you sure?”
“You can be sure.”
I continued talking while looking at the guy who looked like I didn’t like it.
“If I had felt that kind of danger in the first place, would I have stayed still?”
“….”
At my words, Lian quietly looked at me.
Even if he grumbles like that and looks at me suspiciously, he is the one who will trust me and follow me in the end.
“What good.”
At that time, < Childhood > glanced around us and clicked its tongue.
“I don’t think it would be a very good atmosphere even if I were there, so I will try to avoid it. Come when things are properly organized.”
“….”
With those words, the guy voluntarily disappeared.
Rian and his colleagues glared at the place where he had disappeared with their eyes wide open.
There was silence for a moment.
A situation where you can’t get a sense of what to say to each other for a while.
It doesn’t mean bad.
What should I say… ….
I don’t know what the actual time would be, but from the perspective of the four, Solomon’s arrangement would not have been short.
If you look at it in terms of experience, it probably felt like a year.
it’s the difference
From the point of view of the four, it is as if they have reunited with me after a considerable amount of time has passed.
Such an awkward atmosphere.
And what broke that silence.
“so….”
It was Ryan.
The guy sat down on a chair scattered around and said.
“Where did you get some good results while we fell behind?”
“I took care of it wisely. I’ve collected all the gods except for one. I also annihilated three of the Great Demons.”
“…Wait, three great devils?”
Eileen said that with her eyes wide open.
“uh…If you achieved that level of achievement while we were gone, wouldn’t it just be okay without us?”
“That was in the plan.”
I let out a bitter laugh.
“Not from now on.”
“That means….”
“First of all, before talking about future plans, I would like to briefly talk about the current situation.”
One sentence that can implicitly and clearly state this situation.
“First of all, half of us are fucked.”
“That makes sense that it wasn’t half fucked up.”
“Yes, that is the point.”
I’ve been ruined this way and that, but it’s not ruined enough to despair.
From now on, I will have to say that things are getting pretty tight.
But first.
“But before that, I have one truth to reveal to you guys.”
“…Are you telling the truth?”
The butler widened his eyes.
When I suddenly said this, the look on his face didn’t know what to say.
I slowly opened my mouth.
“I made a regression.”
that I went back in time
Finally revealed to everyone.
