< Incarnation of Mazda (2) >
“Mazdashi.”
Lily woke up to the sound of a woman’s cautious voice in her ear.
“Wow…”
When the girl opened her eyes, the shaman of the Heavenly Demon God Church stepped back and bowed as if she was in awe.
“Is it morning?”
Lily stood up, rubbing her eyes with the back of her hand. Moorim’s bed was huge. She could roll a few laps.
But Lily didn’t roll around on the bed out of habit.
Because this is not your room on Earth. Don’t cause trouble. There are many kind and nice adults here, but if they get angry, they might kick you out.
“good morning!”
When Lily smiled brightly and said good morning, the shrine maiden smiled awkwardly and followed suit.
“Kuk···mo··ni?”
Unfortunately, the two did not communicate.
This was an abnormal phenomenon that occurred when Lily came to Murim, and it was because the interpretation artifact she had was broken.
‘If As had been next to me, I would have cast an interpretation spell…’
But it’s already been three days since we crossed over to Murim.
Lily somehow found a way to communicate using hand and foot gestures.
-I was believing that.
“Did you find ‘As’ by any chance?”
“!”
For a moment, the shaman’s expression hardened.
The shrine maiden hurriedly took a few steps back, threw herself on the floor, and shouted the name of Lily’s dragon friend.
“Yass! Yass-!”
Lily was surprised at first because she didn’t know why the shaman did that, but now she knew.
‘Moorim’s greeting method is really strange.’
The girl got off the bed. And just as she bowed to adults on New Year’s Day, she bowed her small body like a shrimp and bowed in the martial arts style (?).
“hello. Good morning. “Thank you for letting me sleep yesterday too.”
“Hi! “Mazdashi!”
The shaman looked like she was about to faint. She said she was the incarnation of God and that she deserved it. It wasn’t the first time this had happened to her, but every time this happened, her heart pounded as if she had been punished by heaven.
The shaman had no choice but to dare to guess the god’s will.
‘Oh, Mazda is testing a lowly servant. Bow your head more humbly…’
Ugh…
The shaman lowered her head, ready to leave a mark on the floor with her forehead. She held her position until Lily raised her head first.
After a while, the shaman whose forehead turned red spoke.
“Mazdashi. “It’s meal time.”
At the same time, the shaman pretended to eat something with her hands.
“Rice?”
Although the translation still wasn’t working, Lily was surprisingly perceptive in this part.
“yes. “The meal is ready.”
Mazda’s incarnation stretched out his hand to the side, his eyes shining brightly.
“Smooth. let’s go eat.”
Kyaaa?
Then the sacred snake that had been sleeping in its coil next to me raised its head. His eyes were half-open, as if he was sleepy.
“Come on.”
Lily hugged the soft animal and wrapped it around her neck like a scarf. The mallang opened his mouth and yawned.
“let’s go eat!”
“…Please follow me.”
The shaman thought as she guided the incarnation of Mazda and the sacred snake to Gyojujeon.
‘The incarnation of Mazda…’
Over the past three days, having served God with honor, the shaman was confident that she had come to know one thing for certain.
‘You really like food.’
***
There were all kinds of seafood and delicacies on the long table.
Swish! Swish!
And a small hand moved across the plates on the table.
Lily, who was eating breakfast until her cheeks were full, suddenly felt many eyes looking at her and stopped.
“······.”
Lily blinked her big eyes and looked at the adults looking at her. His cheeks got puffy and he spoke in a slurred voice.
“Why not?”
“Hmm.”
“Keuhumhum!”
Only then did the leaders of the Demonic Cult, who had been looking at Lily as if fascinated, realize their mistake and hastily lowered their heads.
But they couldn’t resist whispering among themselves about that amazing girl.
‘How can so much food fit into that small body…’
‘I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes.’
‘After all, he is an incarnation of God, so he must be different from humans.’
They were elders of the Heavenly Demon Church.
If even just one of them goes out to the martial arts faction, they are the masters who will terrorize the martial arts faction. But now he was embarrassed in front of the little girl.
“Mazdashi. “Please don’t worry about us and just enjoy the Eucharist.”
The white-haired elder smiled kindly and pretended to eat with chopsticks. In the martial arts world, he was called the Poisonous Blood Demon Emperor.
But in Lily’s eyes, he just seemed like a good grandfather. Lily smiled brightly and pushed her vegetable dish towards her poisonous blood demon.
“Grandpa, please eat this too!”
The words didn’t make sense, but the meaning was roughly the same.
“Ah…yes…! thank you!”
He was a poisonous demon who usually didn’t even bother to eat greens, but he chewed the greens given to him by Mazda’s Avatar as if they were ginseng and ate them with pleasure.
The other elders looked at the elder eating the vegetables with envious eyes.
‘i envy you···.’
‘I wish you would give me the Holy Communion too…’
The elders believed that the little girl in front of them was the incarnation of Mazda, the only god they believed in.
It wasn’t just the elders. This was the case for all the members of the Heavenly Demon Church who experienced a miracle three days ago.
A red-eyed girl who appeared from the sky through the torch.
Their white skin and hair color looked exactly like their ancestors who came to this land 500 years ago.
‘I’ve only seen such clear expressions in the portraits of my great-grandfather who attacked the martial arts group 100 years ago. No, it’s redder than that.’
Cheon Mu-jin, the leader of the Heavenly Demon Church, glanced at Lily and thought.
Although their characteristics have now become lighter due to blood mixing, the Heavenly family and some of the great families that produced the religious leaders for generations still have white skin and reddish-brown hair.
But no one had as deep red eyes as the girl in front of him. Just by her skin and hair color, the girl could be recognized as a holy bone among holy bones.
Su Qiaoju continued his thoughts.
‘Is that girl really the incarnation of Mazda? ‘Is he our savior?’
The Heavenly Demon Church established itself on this land about 500 years ago. However, their roots were not originally martial arts.
According to the scriptures, they originally lived in paradise, but sinned against God and were banished to this earth.
-Trust and worship me. Then one day I will send a savior to bring you home –
An old phrase written in scripture.
All followers of the Heavenly Demon Church read it, prayed and worshiped God every day in order to one day return to paradise.
‘I thought the paradise thing was a threat to make Mazda believe… Ha, even I want to believe it.’
The fact that the leader of the Heavenly Demon Church lacked faith in God was a secret known only to him.
It was then.
“Mazdashi.”
The leader who was sitting at the head table opposite Lily opened his mouth.
“In their ignorance they have forgotten the words of Paradise. Please forgive me. however···.”
Cult leader Cheon Muhan was not a very patient man. He endured a lot in three days. He said, getting up from his seat.
“There are ungodly people out there who don’t believe in God.”
Unlike his son, the leader truly believed in Mazda. However, he did not just worship the girl in front of him as an incarnation of God.
‘I have the perfect justification.’
An incarnation of God who appeared ahead of the soon-to-be political war.
The girl will be a symbol of the victory promised by God and a reason for 20,000 Protestant warriors to sacrifice their lives in the holy war.
The religious leader walked to the girl and bowed down before her.
“20,000 soldiers are prepared to suppress the hypocrites of Wulin. Please allow us to deploy troops.”
Madness flickered in the seemingly calm eyes of the religious leader.
The moment she made eye contact with him, Lily felt goosebumps. And she knew instinctively.
‘I don’t think this guy is nice.’
Lily said, biting at her food with her chopsticks.
“I’m sorry. I don’t know what you’re saying… “Can’t I tell you when As comes?”
“······.”
The leader calmly listened to what the girl said.
However, even he, who memorized the entire sutra, could not understand the Avatar’s words.
But that didn’t matter.
‘If no one can understand God’s words, then the interpretation is up to me.’
The religious leader considered it his natural right.
“Thank you for your permission.”
The leader stood up and bowed to Lily. Then he turned and looked at his elders and said,
“The Hwashin has just given permission to send troops. “We will make God’s will widely known to the believers, and we will begin preparations for war right now!”
Then Elder Lee, who had always been skeptical about the war itself, suddenly stood up.
“Master! “Do you understand what the Avatar just said?”
The leader nodded confidently.
“exactly. His words came into my head. Suppress the non-believers. “Spread my glory throughout the entire martial arts world!”
Demonic energy seeped out of the cult leader’s body. Elder Lee was out of breath due to the strong force, but he managed to mount a rebuttal.
“···It is difficult to start a war right now. “It will take at least a year, maybe even six months.”
“Elder Lee is right. “If we start a war hastily, the damage to our religion will increase.”
“Master. “We cannot repeat the mistakes of 100 years ago.”
“We haven’t even figured out the dynamics of the three world powers yet.”
All the elders who opposed the war added their words. The religious leader glared at them.
‘Ugly old cowards.’
In the past, the leader would not have been able to easily ignore the words of the elders. But not now.
“Shut up-!”
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!
Along with the sect leader’s words, the energy of the Heavenly Demon God, who had reached great heights, covered the sect hall.
“The Murim Alliance is probably expecting the same thing. The war will start in six months at the earliest. “Are you saying we’ll attack after they’ve completed all defenses?”
Intense demonic energy emanated from the sect leader’s body, and flames erupted from his eyes. He scolded with Mazda’s incarnation standing behind him.
“Look! Proof that Mazda has answered our prayers! We will win! This time, we will crush the hypocrites of Wulin and plant our flag in that rich land! “All of this is God’s will!”
The religious leader’s terrifying power and the presence of the girl behind him silenced the elders.
At that time, the elder noticed that the religious leader’s condition was different from before.
‘Has the cult leader’s level of martial arts increased so much? It’s an abnormal speed. no way···?’
He tried to deny the ominous imagination and knelt before the religious leader.
thud!
Eventually, the war will begin. Now is not the time for infighting.
“I obey the leader’s orders!”
The other elders also knelt down one by one after reading the elder’s intentions.
“I obey the leader’s orders!”
“I obey the leader’s orders!”
“I obey the leader’s orders!”
“······.”
The leader nodded with a soft smile on his lips. A girl muttered something quietly behind me, but I ignored it.
‘This is it.’
A temple permitted by God.
Even those who were skeptical about war will come together as one.
‘And I will be remembered as the first Cheonma in history to unify the martial arts world.’
To do that, God will also have to use it.
Before the poisoning gets worse and I go crazy.
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That night.
Lily pretended to be asleep and then quietly woke up. She then started packing her belongings into a bag.
“We have to run away quickly.”
They weren’t good people. A bad person was the leader. Lily remembered the face of the Celestial Demon Cult that was filled with madness.
Burrr.
Goosebumps appeared on my body. I had a very bad feeling. Finally, he put the softie in her bag and draped it over her shoulder.
And carefully opened the window.
Hwii~
A cold wind blew. Fortunately, the moon was not bright, so it was a good environment to escape.
But escaping wasn’t easy.
“Where are you going?”
Like a ghost, the figure of the Heavenly Demon Cult appeared behind Lily.
“that is···. walk! “I’m going for a walk!”
No matter what excuse you make, they won’t understand it anyway.
So instead of looking dumbfounded, the leader smiled softly and approached the window, closing the window and locking it.
Click.
“It’s cold. “If you want to take a look around the campus, I will have a teacher guide you tomorrow to show you around.”
It was a soft but firm tone. It seemed like a request, but it was no different from coercion.
“······.”
Lily thought for a moment. Because she didn’t want to stay here even for a moment longer.
‘Shall we fight?’
Reason fiercely warned. But nature whispered to him to burn the enemy before his eyes and leave.
‘If I’m caught here, something bad might happen to me.’
The sight of the other person trying to capture her reminded the girl of a terrible trauma from her past.
It was when the girl’s eyes gradually became tinged with evil…
[You can’t fight.]
In her head, she heard the voice she wanted to hear for the second time in the world.
[For now, let’s do as we are told.]
A startled Lily looked around and shouted.
“As? Where are you?”
“?”
The leader twitched his eyebrows and looked around together. But Abraxas’ voice was heard only by Lily.
[I’m here.]
Kyaaa!
Malang, who had been crumpled in his bag while asleep, stuck his head out. And licked Lily’s cheek with his tongue.
“Soft? “Why is As there?”
[I was in a hurry to save myself, so I ended up only here. It’s a bit funny. A dragon becomes possessed by the body of a serpent.]
“Then what about soft?! Are you dead?”
Malang shook his head.
[I borrowed it for a moment. This guy’s consciousness is sleeping down there.]
Lily sighed.
“phew···. thank god. “I thought As had gone far away…”
[I told you. I will be by your side. For now, let’s just do what that person tells us to do.]
“huh!”
Lily, who found peace of mind, did as Abraxas told her.
When I took off my bag and went into bed and lay down again, the leader stared at me for a moment and then lowered his head.
“I hope you have a comfortable night.”
And then it slowly disappeared.
Lily said with a disapproving expression, “Hmph!” And she said, hugging Malang.
“Where have you been?”
[I was a bit shocked because my soul was suddenly separated. I needed time to recover. It first entered your body, but in a hurry, it entered this guy.]
“really? “Have you been in my body this whole time?”
[huh. Thanks to you, I saw something interesting… Let’s talk about that later. Because that’s not what’s important right now.]
“thank god···. I was scared. “There is no uncle, there is no As, and we can’t communicate…”
Abraxas spoke after comforting Lily.
[I know that? These guys. I think you are God.]
Lily opened her eyes wide.
“god? I?”
[huh. That guy from earlier is trying to use you to start a war. A typical pseudo-life that interprets God’s will as it pleases and exploits it.]
Abraxas had been watching everything from inside Lily’s body.
Although I couldn’t go out to recover my shocked soul, it was enough to observe and judge the surroundings through Lily’s vision.
[First of all, I have learned all the languages here. From now on, I will translate everything they say.]
“As the best!”
Lily hugged Malang tightly. She felt like she had gained a thousand soldiers and a thousand horses after being alone in the enemy camp.
Soft! and screamed.
[And since these guys here think you’re a god, why don’t you try acting like a god properly?]
“god? how?”
Abraxas’ sinister laughter sounded in Lily’s head.
[I’ve done it a lot in the past for fun. Troubleshooting people who try to use God to satisfy their own greed is my specialty.]
“I don’t know, but I’ll leave it to As.”
[good. So what to do first…]
The two stayed up all night planning their future. Lily was the first to speak up.
“Let’s call the man!”
The next day, Lily sent a signal by creating a giant chicken with flames in the sky.
< Incarnation of Mazda (2) > End
