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[As I saw and learned (2)]
“Persuasion “I knew you could do it… but who on earth do you resemble to do that?”
Daein looked at the hologram monitor activated with [Star of Transcendence] and sighed.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwak!
Disaster was colliding with disaster and the entire area was being devastated.
The flames summoned by Lily fell to the ground and caused a series of explosions. The monster caught in the explosion was not only burned but turned into ashes.
As flames rained down from the sky, pillars of fire rose from the ground. The pillar of fire moved like a giant whip and swept away the monsters.
In the place where the huge flame whip swept away, only traces of something melting remained.
[Surrender!]
Lily was floating in the sky with her flame wings wide open.
The great man was amazed at the sight. At the same time, I remembered a little of the fear I felt in the past.
Fire witch.
A disaster that burned down half of Seoul.
Later, the Fire Witch incident was classified as a ‘city-level’ disaster, but considering the power gathered in Seoul at the time, it was a disaster that could have easily spread to a ‘national level’ or ‘world level.’
‘The Fire Witch was out of her mind at that time. It was almost like I was walking into a trap on my own. If there had been an accident that could have been judged properly….’
It was a scary thing to even imagine. Perhaps the entire city burned down and he died without being able to return.
Of course, it would have been meaningless to assume what if now.
What was important was that the power Lily was showing now was enough to remind Daein of the fire witch he had seen in the past.
“Maybe it’s already better than that…”
It was difficult to accurately compare the skills of the two. At that time, the Great Man was much weaker than he is now, and all he saw was a passing glance at the Fire Witch.
Daein does not know what kind of life the Fire Witch lived. The Fire Witch was crazy from the beginning and was a monster with whom no communication was possible.
All the superhumans in the city did their best to kill the Fire Witch and the disaster ended.
Daein did not kill the future disaster that was planned, but saved it.
“…and somehow I ended up raising it like that.”
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!
The ground exploded and the air boiled hot. Most of the monsters that God summoned from the gate could not even withstand the heat properly. It didn’t take long to burn thousands of monsters.
[I told you to stop and surrender!]
Lily’s growth rate was incredible. I hadn’t really felt it much until now, but seeing it objectively from a distance like this was jaw-dropping.
“As expected, the most talented boy ever…”
What was even more surprising was the fact that the boy who was now competing against Lily was also quite talented.
[Don’t interfere with my revenge!]
Jeeeeee! Jeeeeee!
Jeeeeee! Jeeeeee!
Jeeeeee! Jeeeeee!
God continued to summon the gate. Inside, new monsters constantly poured out.
Crrrrr…!
Wow!
Like moths blindly flying towards the light, the monsters rushed towards the flame barrier that Lily had created.
[you idiot! I told you it was no use!]
Lily shouted bluntly and waved her hands, causing hundreds of lumps of flame to bloom and attack the monsters.
Burbububbung!
The leading group of monsters turns into ashes with an explosion.
However, the monsters that came out from behind continued to attack. They were not afraid of the flames and caught the pouring flames with their bare bodies.
Whoa whoa…!
He roared even as his body melted and turned into a pile of charcoal. Lily looked at that with an expression of incomprehension.
[No matter what, it’s no use?]
[That’s your opinion.]
God said in a low voice. And at some point, the types of monsters coming out of the gate began to change.
Sigh! Sigh!
Crrrrr….
Kaaaa!
Everything from a lizard spouting flames from its mouth to a lion with a mane of flames came out in droves.
The newly appeared monsters began to advance while resisting Lily’s flames.
[Huh?!]
The person who was more surprised than Lily at that moment was Daein.
The great man suddenly stood up and muttered with an expression of disbelief.
“In response to the kid, you only summon fire attribute monsters? “You can take it out and use it as you like like that?”
I had only heard stories about that ability in India, but this was my first time seeing it in person.
Shin, who had fully awakened his characteristics, was adapting to his abilities at an incredible speed.
In short,
“It’s a scam!”
Kurodama God.
A world-class disaster that devastated more than 30% of Japan’s landmass with an army of tens of thousands of monsters.
One of the worst demon superhumans recorded in history.
“In terms of notoriety, it is true that she is much higher than the Fire Witch…”
The great man had no choice but to admit that he had underestimated God’s talent.
When we first met, Shin was a boy who didn’t even realize that he had awakened his abilities.
But now he is showing the power of a top-level superhuman.
Of course, that power was not God’s alone.
Some could even be seen as having been given by great people.
“I thought it would be a good match with Balam… but this far exceeded my expectations.”
A red brooch hanging on God’s chest.
It was made from the totem of Balaam, the demon king whom Daein defeated in Busan.
Balaam is a demon king who specializes in summoning magic.
The artifact made from the totem imbued with magic and power combined with God’s [Gate] characteristics created tremendous synergy.
‘I didn’t ask you to give it to me because I knew it would end up like that…’
Before leaving for the training camp with the Shinjuku Rangers,
Daein called Lily aside and entrusted the girl with a special mission while he was away.
One of them was to watch over Joo Sang-wook so that he does not fall into danger, and the
other was to help Shin reveal his abilities without being noticed.
The great man handed Lily the brooch and said this.
‘Take the opportunity and give this to God as a gift. It might help you awaken your abilities.’
‘really?’
…In fact, even Daein was skeptical.
That brooch was an artifact with miscellaneous functions (actually, these are also great functions), such as preventing curse immunity and mental magic immunity from being attacked by monsters below the mental magic immunity level when worn by someone else.
However, Daein remembered the fact that in the past, God had shown formidable abilities after making a contract with the Demon King, and he looked forward to it with a ‘just in case’ mind.
And now.
By adding the power of the artifact to his talent, God was showing truly formidable ability.
Jeeeeee! Jeeeeee!
Jeeeeee! Jeeeeee!
Jeeeeee! Jeeeeee!
Monsters that poured out of the new gate roared, raced across the ground, and flew into the sky.
Wooooow!
The brooch hanging on God’s chest was more powerful than any other top-class artifact.
In other words, they were said to be extremely compatible with the owner.
[Lily! You can’t stop me!]
Kyaaaaa!
God flew into the sky on a huge monster engulfed in flames. The boy spoke after reaching the same height as the girl.
[…I don’t want to hurt you.]
Those words were sincere. God didn’t want to kill Lily. I just wanted to kill all the lords and trash beyond the fire barrier Lily had created.
[Remove the fire barrier.]
[No!]
God spoke in a somber voice at that firm refusal.
[Even if you don’t get rid of it, it will break through anyway.]
The fire-type monsters summoned by God began to bite into the flame barrier. Most of them were in pain from the flames, but they still opened their mouths and began to swallow the flames.
Rumbling….
The flame barrier decreased little by little. Lily, who saw this, lit up her eyes.
[Don’t eat my flames!]
The moment the girl’s eyes turned red, the monsters that had swallowed the flames exploded all at once.
Burbubububububung!
The ground shook from the series of explosions.
There was a ‘level’ that could contain no matter how similar the attributes were.
If it exceeded that level, the bowl was bound to break.
Shin’s eyes widened at the sight, but he then gritted his teeth and spoke.
[Just call me out again and that’s it. With stronger monsters.]
[Hmph. You can just explode it again!]
Kwakwakwakwakwakwak!
Aside from the dire consequences, the arguments between boys and girls had a childish quality to them.
As the two fought, they exploded with their emotions towards each other.
[you idiot! It’s Vicky!]
[Who’s the idiot! You idiot!]
Lily seemed to think that it would no longer be enough to just fly or create flames, so she moved her flame wings and flew towards God.
Before I knew it, I was holding a huge flame chicken leg in both hands.
[He’s dead!]
[You better prepare yourself. Protect me!]
God gathered the boss-level monsters that came out of the gate. They were all monsters with fire attributes.
Quang! Bang bang bang!
Going back and forth between heaven and earth, the two disasters fought as if they would tear the world apart. The lord crouching inside the castle could only watch from afar and did not dare to lead his troops out.
Daein, the only spectator, watched the fight in real time and muttered.
“Is this a battle between little monsters?…”
It was a fight between two people with such incredible talent that it would later be called a disaster.
The fight was fierce and childishly honest at the same time.
[What do you know! Why are you interfering just because you know something about me?]
[I don’t know! You didn’t even tell me!]
[I can’t imagine someone as immature as you! What have I been through! On a topic that only reveals what you eat!]
[What? Apologize! I was very unhappy too!]
The argument became more and more intense. The great man shook his head at that childishness.
“Anyway, kids….”
And at the end of that fight,
Quaaaaaang!
The match has been decided.
In fact, the outcome was already decided from the beginning.
[Ugh….]
Lily was looking down at Shin, who was lying on the floor and moaning, with a sullen expression.
[I really hate you.]
Lily flopped down next to Shin. And the two started talking about various things.
“…….”
The great man watched the scene quietly for a moment and called someone to see what came to his mind.
“uh. “It’s me.”
The person on the other end of the phone was extremely happy to see me.
[Himura-san!]
I skipped all the unnecessary greetings and asked the main question first.
“Genji. “How much can the troops move now?”
***
The outer wall was half melted.
God was lying on top of him and crying.
“Ugh…Ugh….”
I tried not to cry. But the tears kept flowing.
lost.
I lost. I was sad, unfair, angry, lonely, all of those emotions were mixed together and I couldn’t stop crying.
“Hotaru….”
I wanted revenge. I wanted to kill all the people who made Hotaru kill her friends. I swore that I would definitely do that when I had the strength.
I gained tremendous strength that I had never dreamed of.
But revenge failed. All of the monsters the boy had summoned were burned away, and now a red-haired girl was sitting next to him with her knees together.
Lily spoke to God with a sullen expression. His eyes were not even looking at God, as if he was sulking.
“why are you crying?”
“Get away from me!”
God screamed. It was a voice full of crying.
“Why on earth are you disturbing me!”
After losing her friends who ran away from the orphanage together, Lily was the only one of her age whom God opened her heart to. Even though he was a few years younger than me, I thought of him as a friend.
The friend prevented his revenge. The power that I thought was overwhelming was suppressed by an even more overwhelming power.
Shin realized this while fighting Lily.
Lily was watching over him to make sure he didn’t get hurt. The fact that he could never defeat this girl.
Ultimately, revenge is impossible.
Lily asked with a sullen expression.
“Is it revenge to just kill someone?”
God gritted his teeth.
“You don’t know how I lived. “So, you’re saying something like that.”
“You have to tell me to know. you stupid!”
The two had the same conversation as before. However, if there was anything that changed from then, it was God’s reaction.
“shit! “Then I’ll tell you everything, so listen carefully!”
God poured out stories like crazy. He lost his parents during the First Gate and became an orphan, wandering the streets, entering an orphanage, meeting his friends, and seeing how they were treated by the director and teachers… “He was
someone who deserved to die.”
After killing the director and running away, I barely made it to the tribe, but I went through another hellish day and…
“Kiyoshi, the lord of this place, killed Hotaru! “And right in front of my eyes!”
“…….”
All the pain and despair the boy had experienced in his life poured out. It was a long story that I had never told anyone before.
Anyway, there was nothing I could do now other than say this. Something felt empty and I could no longer use my abilities.
“Revenge was my only wish. “You stopped that…”
Shin glared at Lily with eyes full of resentment. Lily did not avoid that gaze.
Lily suddenly said something strange.
“Actually, I’m not from Earth?”
“What…”
Shin looked embarrassed even while he was angry at that absurd beginning.
Lily raised her head and looked at the sky.
With all the fireworks gone, the sky regained its original color, and the blue moon was emitting a cold light.
“I was born in a place called the continent of Gaia. “In a rural village.”
Lily told her story.
“I don’t remember my dad. I lived with my mom. “My family was very poor, but my mother always said she was sorry to me…”
“I was always complaining that I was hungry.”
“One day, my mother said she would send me to be a maid for a rich man…”
The girl’s voice was calm, as if she was telling an old story from a children’s book.
“There were many kids like me in the carriage. “That’s when I met Wendy.”
“It was a cave there. “It was a place where children were brought in and experiments were conducted on them?”
“…….”
A terrible story that God could never have imagined.
“My friends disappeared one by one. “I had a very painful surgery, and it was really, really painful.”
Lily continued talking.
The story of being subjected to all kinds of experiments in Pandemonium’s laboratory, struggling with extreme pain and hunger all night, and escaping there with Wendy, who had awakened her abilities first.
“…Wendy is dead. And I kept running away and ended up on Earth. And then I met you…”
Lily, who was talking while looking at the blue moon, turned her head and looked at God.
“This is where the unfortunate story ends!”
Now Shin was looking at Lily with an expression that he couldn’t understand.
“You did something like that and you don’t feel anything?”
Lily was smiling. God could never have imagined that such a terrible misfortune could lie behind that bright face.
“Aren’t you angry? Don’t you want revenge? “Why are you smiling like that when you have that kind of power?”
Lily had a strength that was incomparable to her own.
It would be possible to set fire to the entire continent of Gaia or something.
“But why don’t you take revenge…”
Lily said with an expression that asked what she meant.
“I took revenge?”
Lily had a record of going to the continent of Gaia with Daein and inflicting a serious blow on Pandemonium.
“what?”
God’s face became increasingly red.
Until now, I had understood Lily’s long story to mean that he should forgive everything and not take revenge on himself.
“…what? “You took revenge, so why are you preventing me from taking revenge!”
God suddenly raised his upper body. Lily sighed and shook her head.
“you idiot. “I’m not telling you not to do it.”
Lily raised her finger and pointed to the people huddled around the inner wall in the distance.
They were civilians who had nothing to do with God’s vengeance. The monsters summoned by God tried to kill them all.
“Is it because of those people?”
Lily nodded. And he said with a stern expression.
“You can take revenge. But you shouldn’t hurt people who don’t care. “Only bad guys get scolded.”
“Ah…”
Shin muttered with a blank expression. It was both absurd and Lily-like, so I nodded my head a little.
This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take revenge.
The idea is to accurately select your partner and only do what you need to do.
Otherwise, it’s not revenge, it’s just destruction and slaughter.
Although she is younger, Lily has experienced many things before God.
There were times when I felt so angry that I wanted to burn the world down.
But not now.
So I was able to say this.
“We are not monsters.”
“…….”
Shin felt his head, which had been hot with anger, turn cold.
‘We are not monsters.’
Those words kept ringing in my ears.
Killing people who have no power is something only a monster would do.
God wanted to take revenge on the monster-like adults, but did not want to become the same monster as them.
“…that’s right. “I am not a monster.”
I have never given up revenge. Rather, the anger was cooled down and its target was clearly determined.
‘The people I have to kill…’
At that moment, the boy’s fate began to change significantly from the planned future.
Just as the fate of the girl next to me was changed by someone else.
It was then that Daein intervened in the conversation between the two.
[Kids. Isn’t the date too long in the middle of the night?]
“Mister?!”
Lily, startled, looked around. And soon I realized that the voice coming from was the brooch hanging on God’s chest.
Lily grabbed the brooch and shook it wildly. Suddenly, Shin was out of breath.
“mister! “Were you in there?!”
[…What are you imagining? Communication functions were simply added to the artifact.]
Before leaving for Mount Fuji, Daein deliberately did not give Lily any communication equipment.
It was to help people change their habit of always asking and relying on themselves when something happens.
As you can see, the results were quite satisfactory.
‘You know how to say something amazing to a little kid.’
I thought about watching a little longer, but Daein decided to change his plan and contacted Lily.
From now on, the situation will develop quite urgently.
[You two should return to your dorm right now.]
Shin said, looking burdened at the brooch hanging on his chest.
“Look, I’m in a situation where I can’t go back…”
There was no way Kiyoshi, the lord, would leave him alone if he saw God.
Because I just summoned an army of monsters and tried to wipe out the territory.
But Daein said it didn’t matter.
[First, sneak in and hide. An invisibility cloak worn by a little boy. You two can use it together. And the lord there can’t care less about you. Because….]
Before the great man could finish speaking, a long cloud of dust could be seen rising in the distance beyond the outer wall.
Doo doo doo doo doo doo!
Lily’s eyesight was already far beyond human level. Because of this, the girl was able to know before anyone else the identity of the things approaching and raising dust.
“It’s a car! “A motorcycle! There’s a tank in the back!”
Tokyo is one of the largest cities in the world.
Currently, Tokyo is ruled by four armed organizations (tribes) dividing the territory into east, west, south, and north.
And today,
one side of the outer wall of Mandala in the north collapsed due to an unexpected large-scale attack by monsters, and the battle that followed would have thrown it into extreme confusion by now.
[I was the only outsider who knew this until just now, but not now.]
Dududududududududu!
The Orochi from the west were coming with their army, raising a huge cloud of dust.
[I would like to organize one thing at this time.]
With a new person with disaster-level abilities, Daein decided to accelerate the plan to unify Tokyo.
[As I Saw and Learned (2)] End
ⓒ Ganjjajang
