Face-to-face (3)
“There are 65,400 hours left until purification.”
Almost eons had passed since Guffin fell into hell.
‘It’s truly a huge time.’
Sirone was distraught.
It’s a shame because Omega is 1000%, but if he had experienced the same time as Guffin, he would have gone crazy.
Guffin muttered.
“Time flies.”
His body was thin and thin, and his face was so haggard that his eyes were sunken.
But his mind was still intact, and that fact alone gave Sirone goosebumps.
‘Actually, not 600 quintillion years have passed.’
Time is the realm of the senses, and hell was a space where the action of those senses was maximized.
‘A strong sense makes time pass faster.’
In other words, the stronger the pain the Guffin suffered, the shorter the purification time was.
‘That’s the nature of time.’
Sirone recalled the memory of dismantling a single moment of time into infinity in the state of nothingness.
When we dug deeper past 0.666 of a second, we saw strangely shaped signals.
‘Perhaps it is a special signal that acts on the relativity of time and sensation.’
It was the truth of time.
‘In the end, what the being who created this world wants is efficiency in data purification, not punishment for evil.’
Sirone’s eyes were filled with sadness.
‘Is God indifferent?’
With the same question in mind, Guffin arrived at the end of hell, which was blocked by a black wall.
When I looked closely, I felt like the darkness on the wall was alive and moving.
“It’s the end of space.”
It was expressed as a wall, but in reality, it was the beginning of a world of nothingness where there was nothing.
It was also the gateway through which the emotions of the other world reached the end after being purified.
‘Ogent Guy.’
Sirone guessed the fate of Rian’s eldest brother, who disappeared after handing over the link to him.
‘I have gone to a world of eternal nothingness, but it may not be as terrible as I thought.’
In reality, Jin Seong-eum would be wandering through hell without even getting a chance to be purified.
“It’s an infinite wall.”
When Guffin turned around at the sound of a voice coming from behind, an angel with wings as black as a shadow walked towards him.
After confirming that it was Lucifer, the Lord of Hell, Finn raised his hand and raised his eyebrows for the first time in a long time.
“Have you come to see me off?”
Perhaps because we fought fiercely for over 600 quintillion, I no longer felt like a stranger.
However, Lucifer ignored Guffin’s joke and turned his attention to the infinite wall.
“Why are you being impatient? “If I just hold on for 65,000 hours, it will be purified.”
“I don’t want to be here even for a second.”
Of course it is.
However, it was not a sound that should have come from a Guffin who calmly endured 600 quintillion hours.
Lucifer asked.
“Are you still holding out false hope?”
After falling into hell, Guffin searched for a way to return to the real world, but it was ultimately impossible.
Unlike crossing through Park Ji, the subject of purification could not escape the other side of the world.
‘Because the world was created that way.’
Guffin looked back at the Infinity Wall.
“Hope is a good thing. If you break through the realm of nothingness, you will be able to return to the real world. If that happens, hell will have to go on strike.”
From Lucifer’s perspective, it was crazy.
“Why are you so obsessed with reality? Hell has already been devastated because of you. “Do you think you could live a happy life here?”
“Yes, that’s right. Spent a lot of time It’s going to be a really long time. But now that it’s over…
Guffin shrugged.
“The eons of time were no different from a single moment.” “Actually, isn’t it? Time seems to keep going by, but when you eventually reach the end of the future…
when only the past remains.
“Every memory is just a feeling contained in 0 seconds. “It doesn’t mean anything how long you live.”
That is why.
“A being that cannot surpass infinity is an illusion. Me, you, and your brother…
Guffin pointed at Lucifer.
“Ikael too.”
Originally there were nine archangels.
Eight concepts that make up the world and another concept that is the opposite of those concepts.
Lucifer, the Archangel of Chaos.
“Of course Ankhera didn’t create you. Because you were not born. “It can be said to be negative energy belonging to a non-existent time and non-existent event.”
It is called outside the law.
“In the great bondage, you and the angels are the number 2 of the law. As the angels’ concept becomes weaker, chaos becomes stronger… But
Guffin said with a wink.
“But that doesn’t mean you can meet Ikael.”
Lucifer wrinkled his nose at the sharp words, but if you look at it, he was the only one who lost.
“So you’re willing to gamble over the infinite wall? If you fail, you will be lost forever.”
“doesn’t care.”
Guffin’s eyes turned serious.
“Even after 600 quintillion times, what remains is ultimately emptiness. If God is truly indifferent, that’s fine too. Because it means it doesn’t matter if I become a god.”
This was the reason why he did not choose reincarnation like other colleagues and remained as his own signal.
Guffin walked to the wall.
“Shall we go soon?”
It will break infinity.
“wait.”
Guffin turned his head at Lucifer’s words.
“I don’t think it’s worth saying goodbye to.”
Lucifer was horrified by the fact that he could laugh while heading towards immortality.
“Do you really think it can exist? “Not an indifferent god, but a god who loves this world.”
“Hmm, it’s actually a difficult task. Because the concept of God is not like that. But if I am God…
Guffin said, looking up at the ceiling.
“Wouldn’t it be okay to instill some hope? Even if it’s just a single signal.”
Lucifer was silent for a long time.
‘Messiah.’
If you can really do it….
“I will send you back to reality.” Guffin playfully raised his eyebrows
at Lucifer’s unexpected words .
“Hoo? It took quite a while. “How have you been able to hold back from having an itchy mouth for so long?”
“It’s not a method or anything. The purification cannot be prevented in any way. But that’s why I can let you go.”
Guffin realized.
“No way, you…
“Yes. Anyway, all you have to do is purify it. I will perish on your behalf. “After all, I’m the only one in hell who can replace your level of data.”
“Hmm.”
Guffin, who was thinking with his chin resting, asked.
“You know what kind of pain it is, right? “It will be on a different level than what I have dealt with.”
“Instead… there is a condition.” Guffin chuckled.
“I knew so.”
“If you truly want to give meaning to the world of emptiness, share that meaning with us.”
Because it can’t end with just a signal.
“I understand how you feel.”
Guffin showed an embarrassed look.
“You guys are different from humans. It means there is no link. “It’s just part of the system that makes up this world.”
“Ichael.”
Lucifer said firmly.
“Give her meaning. The meaning of being like you, not just a system. “These are my conditions.”
“Ichael.”
After all, that stubborn archangel.
“I thought you didn’t like it?”
In fact, Ichael, the beginning of the law, and Lucifer, the chaos outside the law, have never encountered each other.
As if something and nothingness cannot be combined.
However, that is why Lucifer hated and was jealous of Ichael more than anyone else.
I still remember it.
The image of Archangel Ichael, born smiling in a brilliant explosion at the very beginning.
What was my first feeling at that time?
‘Why was I…
born so ugly?
Sirone knew from Omega’s early days how much Lou Sipper’s anger had been.
‘Yin and yang.’
Two extremes that split at birth.
Lucifer, who came out of the flashback, continued speaking, showing his feelings of dejection.
“I was jealous. “Even though we were born in the same place, why am I so ugly?”
It was a matter of concept, not appearance.
“Why do I hate Ichael? “Why do I think I am ugly and Ikael is beautiful?”
“So did you realize it?”
“maybe.”
As he fought Guffin for over 600 quintillion times, a change occurred in Lucifer’s mind.
“Because I can’t have it.”
Lucifer smiled sadly.
“The only one who can do this is Jung-Oh. But not anymore. If it’s empty anyway…
if emotions are just signals.
“At least I want to do it with love in the end. Love is better than hate. is not it?”
Just as Lucifer felt that Ichael was beautiful even though they referred to each other equally.
Sirone doubted his own senses.
‘ love?’
The word love comes from the mouth of the lord of hell.
‘ah??????
What came to mind at that moment were the last words of Demon Division Commander Igor.
‘This was it.’ -It does not mean that there are no devils who repent.
Guffin asked.
“What are you going to do with hell?”
“Just because I disappear doesn’t mean Ma disappears. It’s just that the initiative is transferred to humans. I wonder what kind of hell the world they create will be like…
Lucifer shrugged.
“If most people are like you, this wouldn’t be a bad place to live
.”
“What if humans become corrupted?”
“There is no need to worry about hell for the person who will return to reality. In any case, a human-made monarch will rule this world. “Let’s just say he’s Satan for now.”
“Satan.”
Humans, please be considerate.
“good. Once my purification is complete, you can return to reality. Your Ultima will become stronger as the Lord of Hell repent…
Lucifer’s evil eyes flashed.
“Ankhera is strong.”
Guffin nodded.
“I know. But you are not alone. “All Gaians will join together to attack.”
“Ikael will not help you.”
Guffin knew how conservative and proud she was.
Lucifer’s fangs sparkled.
“But promises must be kept.”
Since it was a deal that depended on the existence of the universe, Guffin had no intention of breaking it too hastily.
“I’ll do my best. “I will never abandon Ichael under any circumstances.”
Lucifer was finally satisfied.
“That’s enough.” The moment he closed his eyes and smiled, thinking of Ikael, a cold voice was heard.
“There are 9,984,129,811,763,329 hours left until purification, around 1428 in the year 764.”
It was the price of penance.
After leaving the Infinite Wall, Guffin finally disappeared from sight after about a day.
“…How much is left?”
Lucifer asked the sky.
“There are 9,984,129,811,763,329 hours left until purification, around 1428 in the year 764.”
It didn’t decrease by even an hour.
“Keok, I guess so.”
In hell, time is converted into sense, and the lord of hell cannot possibly feel pain.
“It’s embarrassing.”
As Lucifer’s eyes turned faint as he looked up at the sky, the illusion of Ikael was revealed.
” iced coffee??????
It must have been a love as great as the distance between nothing and something.
“If only I could see you just once.”
I stretched out my hand toward the woman in front of me, but I couldn’t catch anything.
For the first time in his life, a beautiful smile appeared on Lucifer’s tearful face.
“Ichael.”
The pain of my heart being torn to shreds surges through me.
“love you.”
That pain is completely converted into time.
“Aaaah!”
Lucifer’s body exploded into black ash and was instantly pushed into the wall of infinity.
A place where there is only silence.
“…Purification is complete.”
A woman’s voice rang out softly
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