Episode 501:
The Earth may have been destroyed.
At those words, Taehyun was dazed for a moment.
It’s not because I heard it’s dangerous.
just.
‘I forgot.’
About the planet you come from.
About why he tried to win the turf war.
‘…’
Lucifer smirked as if he was enjoying that reaction.
[Kim Tae-hyun. You’re showing your emotions in an uncharacteristic way. Don’t worry. It’s not your fault that you forgot the planet you came from.]
“…What?”
Even in his own opinion, his attitude of asking blankly was pathetic.
Still, I couldn’t help but check.
The changes that are happening to you.
Even if it’s through Lucifer’s mouth.
[Do you still think of yourself as a human?]
“….”
Lucifer continued, enjoying Taehyun’s silence.
[The equivalent of an archduke. From the moment you get that power, you won’t know that you can no longer live normally.]
You can’t go back and forth between dimensions normally.
You cannot be free from the spell that suppresses your power of existence.
[Now you are not just mortals.]
As if handing down a sentence.
Lucifer confirmed Taehyun’s anxiety.
[It means that you have become immortal like ‘us.’]
“….”
[You probably didn’t know either, but it’s worth looking at that stupid expression.]
I know.
[Know. It is not easy to deny one’s origins.]
It is not easy.
There is no way it can be summarized simply in those words.
‘To some extent.’
To some extent, I was accepting it.
The more your power of existence is strengthened, the more you learn about ancient memories, and the more you accept the power of the Divine Beast.
I recognized that I was becoming something else.
Several times a day to avoid being eaten.
I figured out who I was and what my purpose was.
[indeed. Looking at that expression, it seems like they didn’t even expect the speed.]
“….”
The end of the turf war.
Although it is the doppelganger that directly consumed Noname.
Changes were also happening to Taehyun.
[Is this an aftereffect of taking a piece of God in a collapsed state? Certainly… if that’s the case, I can understand why your recovery is slow with the help of the Divine Beast…]
Lucifer, who had been talking smugly to himself, tilted his head.
[Wait… you can’t believe it…]
His red eyes were fixed on Taehyun’s red eyes, which were starting to shake.
[You didn’t forget, but you were forgetting?]
“….”
[….]
The silence wasn’t long.
Puh… Puh heh….
Lucifer let out a dark laugh.
I noticed it.
Taehyun’s memories were not erased.
It’s being erased.
The key to the Underworld King, which showed endless possibilities, revealed its weakness in front of me for the first time.
[Khahahaha….]
It was a laugh that was like a mockery.
Taehyun was also quite shocked by this, so he didn’t stop him, and Lucifer’s laughter only stopped after a while.
[That’s interesting. I never thought that this body would share similar experiences with humans.]
I came down to the underworld to aim my sword at the heavenly world.
For that purpose, I was saving up my strength.
At one point, he forgot his origins and thought he was a monster from the underworld.
I told him about my experience without even asking.
[I can’t believe I now know your weakness. It’s just a shame.]
“Haa….”
Taehyun sighed.
I thought that losing oneself from exhaustion after a long journey was a problem for the weak.
But now I see that wasn’t the case either.
Familiar.
I confirmed the origin of the danger I had been deceived by those obvious words.
I looked straight at the shaking existence.
[You will get used to it.]
As someone who has had a similar experience, I said this as if giving advice.
‘no.’
If we forget, we cannot say that we have solved the essential problem.
Taehyun.
‘I am.’
We need to know more.
About what you are aiming for.
About what you wanted before and what you want in the future.
A fleeting moment.
Taehyun’s thoughts sank deeply.
I thought of myself in the world of images that I had visited countless times.
That brief moment of time and thought awakened Taehyun’s spirit.
The opened red eye regained its vitality.
I quickly escaped from the swamp of Simma I had fallen into.
[Hoo.]
Lucifer looked at his contractor in surprise.
[This body’s eyes are not wrong.]
Questioning one’s own existence.
It is not an easy task, neither for mortals nor for the Absolute.
No, on the contrary, the stronger the existence, the more difficult it is for them to get out of it once they begin to fall into the mind.
I don’t understand and I don’t understand.
Can’t admit being wrong.
They do not listen to what others say and become distrustful of everything.
Lucifer was confident because he had also experienced it.
Once a question begins, it continues to shake everything about the subject.
I was just shaken for a moment.
He came to his senses quickly.
Lucifer was happy to see Taehyun.
[This is indeed a great belief. I guess it wasn’t just a coincidence that I ate a piece of God.]
“Now tell me. “What do you mean by sending a toy?”
What does it mean that the Earth may have been destroyed?
The Archduke quickly resolved the chaos from earlier.
The new Absolute of the Underworld asked, his red eyes flashing.
I’m really glad to see that.
[I guess I have no choice but to answer.]
Lucifer couldn’t stop the corners of his mouth from rising.
* * *
Made Cody Cruz a contractor to suppress the fragment of God that would one day bloom.
By modifying the body, the power of regeneration was strengthened.
In order to test its power, it was made to face a powerful great devil and an absolute being who had come down to the underworld.
Cody Cruz grew up as Lucifer thought.
At the time, they were trying to gain hegemony over the underworld through a turf war, so they planned to completely take over the pieces of God after that.
I really liked the growth of my contractor.
Even so, I did not let down my guard.
Rather, we were wary of the possibility of God’s sculpture running away and made various preparations.
Interest in Middle Earth was one of them.
Middle-earth.
A world with only minor possibilities compared to the upper and lower worlds.
Even so, I didn’t think it was completely worthless.
This is because we know that through very rare possibilities, beings called variables are born.
On Earth, King of the Underworld and Kim Tae-hyun and Cody Cruz did the same.
In addition, others who were comparable to him in other dimensions raised their heads by proving their worth.
Like the great dukes of the underworld, the Irregulars were influenced by the fragments of the One God.
Lucifer’s experiments were similar to those conducted by the One God in the past.
The only light that is not the brilliance imitated by the Absolute of the Upper World.
If you get a clue, it will be of great help in recovering your strength and dealing with the fragments of the One God.
He ordered the so-called anti-aircraft contractors to be arrested.
They survived even though they were immature in accepting the power of the great dukes.
It was no different from a verified experimental subject.
Min Ji-hong, who has trained Orgal’s power and reached the limit of the power that a contractor can possess.
Kasim Zort, Beelzebub’s first contractor and one who voluntarily transcended species.
Lee Jeong-jae became a spare contractor through the body stolen by Kassim Jort.
Ryusubo was exposed to Mephisto Asura’s magic and became a contractor for Mamon, who eventually became the Demon King.
Each of them was a unique test subject.
Those guys were remodeled once again through the hands of Lucifer.
With the exception of Cody Cruz and Kim Tae-hyun, who are already difficult to call ordinary anti-aircraft contractors, they have reached a level of presence that no one can easily see.
“You sent those guys to Earth?”
Taehyun, who had been listening quietly, frowned and asked.
[We weren’t in a cooperative relationship until not long ago.]
“….”
The way he said that and casually shrugged his shoulders was so obnoxious.
Taehyun sighed again.
‘Those guys were alive….’
They are demons who are no longer a threat to Taehyeon.
That’s why I forgot about it before the end of the turf war.
[I am not the one who gave orders to those failures.]
I know.
Because Cody Cruz sincerely wanted to create a new species called human.
If you have been the shield of humanity up until now, you would have thought you were qualified.
So in the coming era.
Is today’s humanity worth surviving?
I would have wanted to check that.
‘Cody. What a bother…’
The only people who can deal with anti-aircraft contractors are Yoo Ah-young and a few top players.
Considering that Lucifer’s power is added to it.
‘I don’t know if it’s the guys today.’
I can only hope that the growth of Yoo Ah-young and others is greater than I expected.
[It looks like you have made some preparations?]
Taehyun did not deny it.
[If you’re planning on going yourself, you’d better stop.]
“Don’t worry. Prioritize things in the lower world….”
[That’s not true.]
“…?”
[Grand integration is taking place. [Your current body possesses more pieces of the One God than anyone else in the Underworld.] It
is said that you can influence the space and time around you regardless of your will.
He said that if you make a mistake, you could end up trapped in a dimensional gap.
[Absorbing the power of a god requires a certain level of determination. The King of Underworld was in a similar situation.]
Lucifer said something more.
[—–.]
It was not conveyed properly due to witchcraft.
[It’s a shame. There must have been a lot of things I wanted to hear from this person.] He asked
if he would like to take a look around the new castle he was building.
The fallen angel asked playfully.
I was annoyed that the situation was more twisted than I expected.
Is that why?
“Lucifer.”
[….]
The spirit of winning was overflowing.
I was overflowing with desire.
Lucifer, whose true name was suddenly called, kept his mouth shut.
“Aren’t you curious? “Now that we have been downgraded, who has the upper hand?”
[You’re making a trivial provocation. Just because this body has been destroyed, do you think it is on the same level as other babies?]
“That can’t be possible. But this is so ironic. Igmun Orgal Jormungand. “They said that too.”
[….]
“Think of it as a light warm-up.”
Contrary to words.
Taehyun unleashed his magic with all his might.
It didn’t take long before the restored Sky Castle fell once again.
* * *
[Contractor. [You came back earlier than expected.]
The elven welcomed Taehyeon, who was in perfect condition.
“They’re not the kind of guys you’ll listen to.”
She burst into laughter at his casual manner of speaking.
“What about Tolkien?”
[Ah, wait.]
Clap clap.
As the Elven clapped his hands, a panting dwarf came running from far away.
Taehyun was taken aback for a moment by that unfamiliar appearance.
[You called me…]
[Dwarf. Couldn’t I walk faster?]
[I’m sorry… I will be careful….]
“What the hell is this….”
Taehyun couldn’t finish his sentence due to the shocking situation.
[Bonyo carried out the training while the contractor was away. That’s all.]
“….”
Taehyun was left speechless by the Elven’s joke.
“…How to repair the dragon slayer sword?”
[Dwarf. Have you finished repairing the contractor’s sword?]
[Of course, Fairy King…]
[Then what are you doing without bringing it back?] When
the Elven poked him with a branch, Tolkien, startled, ran to his hut.
Tolkien returned drenched in sweat and found a completely restored dragon slayer sword in his hands.
