Episode 831
I must have heard something like that.
Kwachang.
Sounds like a window breaking.
It was a signal that it was time to get out of the illusions surrounding me and return to reality, and it was an alarm that awakened my mind from deep sleep.
Hwaaak.
The surrounding landscape
melts as quickly as ice cream. The shouts that had been clearly audible seemed distant like an echo.
– Turn around!
The final battle of this great war, perhaps the fate of mankind.
Team leader Choi stepped forward with the heroic sword held high, and countless hunters following him were advancing like waves.
Towards a place where even the moonlight cannot reach.
Towards a single being standing tall there, wrapped in thick darkness like a cloak.
‘no.’
Not yet. Not yet.
I reached out my hand with all my might. In the blurry vision, I moved my body, which was entirely mine, and took a step toward him.
Demon King Asmodeus.
You can see the back of a disaster that is neither huge nor hideous.
Even if all of this was an illusion that would not come true, I wanted to clearly see with my own two eyes the reality that no one had heard of.
I wanted to feel for a moment
the power of the invisible figure buried in the thick darkness .
‘more. little bit more!’
I don’t know.
Could it be that my earnest cry resounding in my heart reached me? Or is this all I’ve seen and felt right now something else other than an illusion?
The only thing I could be sure of was that a being responded to my soundless cry.
Seruk.
New slowly turning around. overflowing darkness.
My heart sinks. An ice cold chill ran down his spine.
It’s nonsense. It’s impossible.
However, the Demon King was clearly turning towards me, and that soon became the last scene I saw.
Dig.
Everything around me disappeared. Choi and Xiao Shen. many hunters. And even the Demon King Asmodeus.
But the darkness did not disappear.
No, rather, an abyss-like aura was approaching, squeezing all around.
‘This was…
confusing. I couldn’t even tell them apart.
Is the scene I am seeing now another illusion? Or am I, who had already reached my limits, losing consciousness and dreaming?
And that moment when I was captivated by a question.
belt ring.
– You are the chosen one. the owner of the ark.
– [System] automatically runs the firewall.
– [System] blocks newly detected viruses.
– [Abyssal Swamp] has been canceled.
– [Power of the Abyss] is dissipated.
– [Lv.10 “The Last Abyss” doppelgänger has been blocked.
belt ring. belt ring. belt ring.
The clear sound of a bell reached my ears. It rang out all
over the room.
At the same time, the darkness that was wriggling towards me like a living snake quickly dissipated.
He shuddered violently as if facing something frightening.
And I realized the identity of this abyss.
The existence that brought the countless illusions that suddenly came upon me.
‘Doppelganger.’
Suddenly, a phrase I read somewhere comes to mind.
When you look into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you.
What that short sentence meant was different, but what happened to me was the same.
I looked at my doppelganger and he looked at me. That’s how I was dragged into the abyss he created.
no it was
But now I know.
That this is another illusion in reality. That it was the power itself possessed by the doppelganger.
And what should I do.
Hwareuk.
The heat gushing from the two empty hands. Darkness struggles with dazzling bluish-white flames.
I reached out and grasped the darkness, like someone who had decided to do so a long time ago.
Kwadeuk.
At the same time, the moment when I tore it with all my might.
Chow ah!
i saw
The darkness turned to ashes by the flames is powerlessly dissolving. Beyond that, the world I remember appears _p_
Hoo-wook.
Air mixed with dust flows in through the nose and mouth.
The crumbs of stone that had paused in the air fell down again, and the Skeleton King, staring at me with his eyes wide open, came into my field of vision.
‘Everything was fleeting.’
In reality, less than a second had passed.
But I’m back after years of illusions for at least a few hours.
Perhaps none of those who have gone through the same thing as I have survived. All of them must have been absorbed by their doppelganger.
′′ this is something
that can’t be easily explained in words, and there is no time to explain.
I shook my head instead of answering the confused Skeleton King.
Then, leaving him behind, I faced my doppelganger, who was looking up at me with a stunned gaze.
-You, what the hell are you
…
The body, shimmering like a shadow, continues to disperse little by little at the same time.
What I tore earlier with my two fiery hands was not just an illusion, but his body and life itself.
“I saw the last struggle well.”
“Yeah, I thought the bastard who was barking and barking hard from earlier cooperated so easily.” The doppelgänger
trembled
at the word he gave as if tossed .
Every time the darkness gushing out like blood was scattered like ashes, the shadow of his body was shrinking.
“Honestly, the attempt was fine. If I had been in the same physical condition as usual, I wouldn’t have started in the first place… but I didn’t know that some Sibeol would come in without even turning on the blinker.”
– This can’t be like this.
“There are bastards like you, but what else can a bastard like me not have?”
The doppelganger shuddered like a moan.
– The Chosen One…
The Chosen One. the owner of the ark.
I don’t know why my doppelganger and system call me this way.
I don’t know who chose me or what the ark is right now.
However, if those two words that refer to me are not simple nonsense, I know that it will be my mission to prevent the fucking sight that my doppelganger showed me.
– Be prepared. All the sights you saw will soon become the future and reality.
“Are you sure? I am a genius, but I have no intention of dying prematurely.”
Upon hearing my answer, my doppelganger laughed out loud. From a guy who had already accepted complete extinction, there was a sense of desolation and madness that could not be hidden.
– If the king returns, will you be able to say the same thing then?
I suddenly remembered the deep darkness I had seen in my imagination.
It reminded me of the strength that was conveyed just by looking at the last appearance of Asmodeus, the demon king, who had to let go without confirming it in the end.
‘If I face him, will I be able to win?’
It’s an empty question.
Because you already know the answer to that question.
Demon King Asmodeus is strong. No, discussing strength itself is meaningless.
If it was reality, not an illusion, if the power I felt was truly true, my limbs would have become stiff and frozen just by looking into each other’s eyes.
However, sometimes there is not just one answer to a problem, but many. Especially if
the person who solves the problem is me
.
“If it were me now, I would definitely die. They couldn’t even properly injure themselves and were miserable.”
Upon hearing my answer, the doppelganger’s laugh grew louder. As if he didn’t care about my body, which was already more than half gone.
– Yes that is the truth. Accepting the king’s death is all you can do…
“You can’t skip the premise.”
– what?
Looking at the doppelganger who had stopped talking,
I continued to speak slowly.
“If it’s me now. That is the most important premise.”
Since one day, I have changed. I had no choice but to change in order to survive.
He threw away the cautiousness he had cherished while living as an F-class hunter, and at times faced the enemy boldly and recklessly.
And every time I fought to the death, I got a good price for the risk.
‘It has been like that until now and it will be like that in the future.’
The present me and the future me are different.
So the future has to change too. No matter what danger I take, even if it means death, I will definitely change it with my own strength.
Because that’s all I can do and it’s the only thing someone unknown has chosen me for.
“An illusion is just an illusion. We’ll have to wait and see how the future will change, but… I don’t care because there won’t be any youngsters in the world who are likely to die right away.”
What moves the middle ground is the power of the heart
, and the power of the heart is the firmness of the mind.
I’m not shaken by a few words of my doppelgänger at some horrible illusion.
“And I must have forgotten something important.”
I’m tired. It looks like it will collapse any moment.
However, looking down at his hardened doppelganger’s face, he desperately wanted to say this.
“The future has already changed.”
I pulled the corners of my mouth that were hardened in blood. Enduring the pouring drowsiness, he continued.
“Because I ended the plan you made with my own hands.”
Exactly how the doppelganger was trying to achieve what result is unknown.
I wanted to hear about it directly from him, but it will completely disappear in just a few seconds, so it would be futile to ask now.
But if you know everything, that’s enough.
Even if you search the whole world, if you follow the traces of your doppelgänger and pull out the roots that he might have left somewhere, illusions will remain illusions.
There will be peace in a future filled with terrible disasters.
‘can do.’
This is not just a wish, but a conviction.
The world has finally come together. I sounded an alarm to those who were intoxicated with peace, and poured cold water on the faces of those in power who were ignoring the reality.
And those who are called the sword and shield of mankind built countless hunters under one flag.
World Hunter Federation.
gender and race. A group that transcends age and borders.
I am the leader who stands at the pinnacle of that gigantic alliance.
Everyone has supported me and everyone believes in me and follows me. Therefore, the word impossible does not exist anywhere in the mind.
“So…
the tail of a horse that has lost its power is stretched out.
Contrary to my will, the Skeleton King suddenly approached without a word in my slowly slanting field of vision, extending his arms
to support me.
Helped me to continue unfinished words.
“Don’t be afraid to talk shit anymore, put your shoulder around your friend who left earlier and watch it.”
Huung.
The tip of the toe, which was vigorously lowered with a heavy punch.
and that moment. Suddenly, an unknown sight caught in a blurry vision.
‘Smile?’
As for me, I never knew.
I wonder if the feeling that he laughed was an illusion caused by fatigue. Or was it an incomprehensible reality?
And before he could even look back at that momentary question, his toe, which was already tinged with weak flames, trampled on the shadow. He led the monster who had lived for a long time to extinction.
Shadows shattered and scattered with a bang .
A clear bell announcing the extinction of the doppelganger resounded between them.
belt ring.
finished. Finally.
At least for that moment, I definitely thought so.
Until soon after, I heard an unpleasant noise that pierced my ears.
Beep.
– The main quest [Cataclysm] has failed!
…what?
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