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[Star of Transcendence (4)-Lily]
“ “Huh… huh…”
Wang Guhao was breathing hard and forced his body that felt like it was going to collapse to move.
Every time I moved, pieces of broken rock fell from my body. Blood seeped out from between the torn and cracked bodies.
I just wanted to collapse. But I had to keep moving.
‘I am a shield. A shield that protects everyone!’
Constantly repeating this to himself, Wang Guhao stepped forward to block the attacks pouring down on his colleagues on the front line.
However, he could not stop all attacks alone.
Every time his colleagues fell one by one, Wang Guhao screamed in his heart.
When that co-worker had a special relationship with him, screams erupted outside.
dump.
“Minjae hyung!”
“Ha, I thought I could hold out a little longer…”
Minjae fell to the floor, and there was a big hole in his chest. Wang Guho rushed to the hospital belatedly, but it was already too late to treat him.
Minjae waved his hand telling him not to come. He looked at Wang Guhao with blurry eyes.
“It’s relief. Please say hello to my brother on my behalf…”
“Minjae! wake up! “To the team leader together…”
Minjae’s body went limp as he stopped breathing.
With Minjae as the last member, the WH-7 team was wiped out except for Wang Guho.
“Aaaah!”
But there was no time to even be sad. The demon lords’ attacks continued to pour in, and he knew that if he did not take the lead, there would be other victims.
-Bububububung!
Wang Guho screamed and received a barrage of attacks. The rocks on my skin cracked, blood flowed, and my bones broke. He poured potion on the wound and drank it to heal the wound. I had to hold on a little longer somehow.
“The main character and his friends lived happily ever after.”
I may have vaguely dreamed of such a happy ending.
‘Because the team leader is here… I thought everything would go well this time too.’
A future in which we defeat the Demon King and return to Earth together, living happy, normal lives.
I never thought it would be this difficult or impossible.
“Awesome…”
As each of our allies fell one by one, tears fell from Wang Guho’s eyes. Because he had natural physical strength and special defense characteristics, Wang Guho witnessed the most deaths.
Before we knew it, the number of surviving death squads had been reduced to less than ten.
Tuk.
“…It’s a relief. Are you okay?”
“CEO…”
Wang Guho was already facing Baek Changsu.
WH No, the strongest spear and shield representing the superhumans of Earth.
However, in the face of countless demon lords, they were keenly aware of their helplessness.
“CEO. “Thank you for everything.”
“It’s relief. “Thank you.”
The two had their last conversation, calmly accepting their upcoming fate.
It wasn’t that I gave up the fight. They drew out every last drop of magic in their bodies and charged in with the intention of dying here.
“Hwaaaap!”
“Ugh-!”
It was then that the demon kings stopped moving like a still screen.
-Kwazijic!
Abraxas, who took the opportunity to kill a demon king by biting him, looked around with a puzzled expression.
[…what? Why aren’t they moving all of a sudden?]
Ouch!
Cheonmugeuk, who cut off the heads of the two demon lords, looked to the side and said.
“There are all kinds of strange things happening.”
To the left of the Heavenly Demon, who had lost his left eye, was fighting a swordsman who had lost his right hand.
“Pacheongeomje, didn’t that kid do something?”
“That would be a good thing…”
Cheonmugeuk chuckled as he saw the place where Geomseong’s right arm was fluttering.
“A one-armed swordsman. “Even you, Saenim, must be feeling quite manly now.”
“Brother Cheon has become one-eyed, so his expression has become more fierce. Are you afraid that your wife and children will come near you?”
“Cluck. “Just worry about yourself.”
The two old men exchanged jokes even in this situation. They did not ask about the well-being of Taowang and Sinchang, the elders of the Heavenly Demon Church and the current leader.
Because I knew what happened without even asking.
“What on earth is going on?…”
“What is happening all of a sudden?”
“Let’s kill them first!”
The surviving members of the death squad began to massacre the demon kings who were standing like mannequins.
But the massacre soon became meaningless.
Pusssss….
All the demon lords turned to dust and began to disperse.
“What the hell…”
“What happened?”
People who couldn’t understand the situation looked at each other with puzzled expressions. But no one knew for sure what happened.
However, I could have guessed.
“Perhaps the team leader….”
“The vice president?”
“Cluck. “After all, you are my disciple.”
[Anyway, the landlord…]
Everyone sighed in relief and put down their weapons.
As far as they knew, there was only one person in the world who could do this.
“Then is it all over now?…”
someone muttered, and people who were relieved of their tension began to sit on the floor.
dump. dump. dump.
As the tension eased, a great sense of loss came over me.
Those who survived for a moment looked around with gloomy expressions, although they were happy that the fight was over.
“Black….”
Out of the 300 people in the death squad, there were at most less than ten people who survived.
“Hehehehehe…”
Wang Guho curled up and burst out crying, which he had been holding back until then. Baek Chang-soo patted his back and comforted him.
“…….”
Everyone had similar feelings even without saying anything.
Because they lost too much to be purely happy about their victory.
It was then that another miracle happened before them.
“large…?”
“you you…!”
Geomseong, who was collecting the bodies of the victims, was speechless and stuttered.
The King of Dao, whose heart had been pierced by the Demon King’s attack and died right in front of his eyes, was looking up at him, blinking his blurry eyes.
“Am I… not dead?”
‘no way?’
At that moment, Geomseong suspected that the King of Dao had been resurrected as an undead. As soon as I thought about it, I took action to check whether it was true or not.
Pow!
“100 million! “Why are you suddenly stepping on me?”
Geomseong, who judged that the Daowang was certain from his usual reaction, hugged his younger brother.
“Miss Gun! “You really survived!”
“Hmph. When did you hit it and now it’s here….”
“…Large size. What happened?…”
“Joong-ki! come here! “Let’s give both of us a hug!”
Thanks to the confirmation from the resurrected King Do, Shinchang was able to be welcomed without being kicked by the general. All three people of the world embraced each other and rejoiced.
Miracles like that were happening everywhere in the community.
“Infinite! Grand Elder!”
“Minjae hyung?”
“you…!”
The dead people came back to life, engulfed in light.
Bodies whose hearts had been pierced, their throats cut, torn to shreds, or exploded and their bodies had become shapeless were engulfed in light and regained their original forms.
The miracle did not end there.
“Whose eye…”
“The arm again…”
The missing body parts of the injured were engulfed in white light, and after a while, they recovered as if it were a lie.
“This is a miracle….”
“Thank you, God!”
People hugged their surviving colleagues and shed tears. I got down on my knees and offered a prayer of thanks to God.
Miracles did not only come to the death squad that fought against the demon kings.
Hundreds of thousands of allied forces were fighting outside the Demon Countries.
The same miracle happened to them too.
-Paaaaaaa!
After a dazzling light like the beginning of the world exploded throughout the Demon World,
“Huh?”
“I’m definitely dead…”
“That doesn’t make sense…”
“A miracle! “This is a miracle!”
All races of the Allied Forces that were sacrificed in the battle against the Demon World were brought back to life.
Everyone’s faces were filled with joy and joy.
And then
– what a miracle. Please know that it’s all thanks to me. –
“!!”
Those who were hugging their colleagues, kneeling down and praying to God, shedding tears and repeating the names of their families and lovers, all looked up at the sound of that voice.
The great man’s voice was echoing throughout the Demon World.
– I did that, right? In the end, there will be a happy ending. –
“Team leader!”
“Vice President!”
“Landlord….”
Many words poured out of the mouths of many people.
However, Daein did not have time to listen to it all.
– Now it’s time for everyone to go home. –
Jeeeeee! Jeeeeee!
Jeeeeee! Jeeeeee!
Jeeeeee! Jeeeeee!
Thousands, tens, hundreds of thousands of gates were opened.
One for each person, in front of everyone.
The Demon World, seen from high in the sky, sparkled like the Milky Way with the light created by the gate.
Everyone was speechless at the overwhelming sight.
“Landlord… have you become a god?”
“If you want a miracle like this to happen, you have to…”
Everyone looked up at the sky with a feeling of awe. The great man’s voice was heard again from the sky.
-Why are you standing still? Aren’t you going home? –
The annoyed tone was far from a divine being, but the believers, who had already experienced a miracle and were wearing a tight beanbag, quickly crossed the gate as they were told.
Of course, there were some who did not go through the gate right away.
“Disciple! “Aren’t you going with us?”
In response to Cheonmu-geuk’s cry toward the sky, Daein conveyed his voice so that only he and his acquaintances could hear it.
– You guys go first. I’ll clean up here and catch up soon. –
“Clark. OK. It has to come quickly. “Now that we have won, we must have a party starting tonight!”
Cheon Mu-geuk looked as excited as a child.
Not only did he win the war, but his disciple became a being whose abilities could not be measured.
The best of all time.
No, even that wasn’t enough.
As a teacher, what could be more gratifying than that?
“Let’s go first and prepare the feast!”
“manager! Hurry!”
“…Vice President. When we get back, let’s talk about the guild separately.”
The acquaintances who each left a message also entered the gate.
Only Abraxas remained until the end, looking up at the sky with a strange expression.
[Are you… are you really okay?]
To cause a miracle like this, it was definitely possible to have the power to be called a god.
However, even with the wisdom of the Dragon Lord, it was impossible to know ‘what’ the great man had done.
I just have a vague, uneasy feeling.
– are you okay. I’ll clean it up quickly and go with the kid. –
[If I can help…]
– It’s quite difficult to maintain a gate at dragon size. Can you please go quickly? –
[…Okay.]
Abraxas eventually crossed the gate, even though he had a doubtful expression on his face.
Finally, only Daein and Lily were left in the demon world.
***
“No! “I don’t want to go!”
Lily shook her head vigorously from side to side. The girl’s face was swollen with tears.
However, against his will, the body floating in the air about a span was moving toward the gate.
“I’m not going! “I’ll be next to you!”
I even tried to resist by raising the flame. However, the flame that had always bloomed according to the girl’s will was not ignited now.
The core, the source of the demon world, and the divine jewels brought to control the core were also in the hands of the Great Man.
He was now like a god who ruled the laws of the demon world.
“kid. “You know what?”
The great man bent down and was at eye level with the crying girl. He said, wiping away the tears under his eyes with his thumbs.
“When I first met you, all I wanted to do was take advantage of you.”
Crazy talent on the verge of disaster.
I planned to use that talent to hunt monsters and make a lot of money.
…I did.
The great man gently pinched the girl’s nose, which was bright red from crying, with two fingers. While I was leaving, I also wiped my nose.
And then he chuckled.
“I’ve already developed a lot of affection for you.”
“I don’t want to go! I want to stay next to you! please!”
Lily struggled desperately. He pleaded with Daein with a desperate face.
“no! “I don’t want you to leave me alone like this!”
-Jejeok….
Cracks were forming all over the great man’s body. Pure white light leaked through the gap.
The price of forcibly containing power that cannot be contained in a vessel.
In fact, it was a miracle that I had survived until now.
[warning! warning! User’s…!]
Ignoring the boring warning message, Daein quietly looked at Lily.
A small and fierce kid.
A troublemaker who loves chicken the most in the world.
An unfortunate child who was kidnapped at a young age and subjected to terrible experiments.
A girl who harbored deep darkness in her heart, but never lost her humanity until the end.
The great man quietly called the name.
“Lily.”
It may not take much for a person to change.
One very small coincidence can change a person’s personality, change their life, and change their destiny.
‘Meeting you helped me become a better person.’
From the moment he met Lily, the landlord’s many ‘good deeds’ that were different from the past may have begun.
“Go home first. “I’m going to stay here for a while.”
“Do not lie! “You’re not coming!”
Lily looked at the dying man with a face covered in tears and snot.
“please. Don’t abandon me, mister…”
“Who abandons me? I heard that it will be there soon. “It may take a while, though.”
The great man scratched his head, took off the watch on his left hand and put it on Lily’s wrist.
Because it’s something you no longer need anyway.
Churrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
The watch automatically shrunk to fit Lily’s wrist.
“I’ll give this to you. “I’m giving you an early birthday present.”
Lily shouted that she didn’t need any presents. Now I was so choked up that my voice couldn’t come out.
“Now go. “The adults will wait.”
The great man pushed Lily’s forehead with his finger and pushed her into the gate.
“…mister! mister-!”
After Lily disappeared inside the gate, Daein changed all the laws of the demon world and blocked the passage connected to Earth.
“Whoa…”
The great man let out a long sigh and looked up at the sky of the Demon World.
-Blah blah blah.
The cracks in my body were getting worse and my consciousness was becoming increasingly blurred.
“…Still, isn’t this a happy ending?”
The great man closed his eyes and muttered.
***
Earth.
“Lily?”
“why are you like this? what’s the matter?”
People who discovered Lily were startled and rushed over.
“mister! mister-!”
The girl, swollen with tears, waved her hands in the air. However, once the gate was closed, it did not open again.
Abraxas, who noticed something strange, asked. She was polymorphed into a human.
“Where is Daein? “Why are you alone?”
“As! “Please save me!”
Lily sobbed as she explained the situation. Even though the crying was mixed and the words poured out incoherently, there was no difficulty in helping people understand the situation.
“This guy-! “Open the gate again immediately!”
Cheon Mu-geuk got angry and shouted at the gate to be opened.
“…no. “The passageway is completely closed.”
However, neither the Dragon Lord nor the gate powers could reopen the closed dimensional passage.
“You idiot!”
“Someone told you to sacrifice yourself!”
“There must be a way! When wizards and scientists from all dimensions come together…”
“In what time period! “It’s dangerous right now!”
“So you’re saying we’ll just look around?”
People in confusion eventually began to argue. With no other choice, they had no choice but to pour out their anger and loss on each other.
“Uncle….”
That was then.
A voice began to sound in Lily’s head as she sniffled.
[…I can hear? Can you hear me?]
It was definitely a voice I had heard before.
Lily remembered the owner of that voice and looked around.
“Guardian angel sister?”
[…I can hear you. That means you are wearing a watch, right?]
The watch I received from Daein was shining red on my wrist.
“sister! “Old man, old man…!”
Lily spoke to her watch as if she were clinging to a straw.
No, I was going to say it.
[You don’t have to say anything. It’s obvious seeing that you have a watch.]
[…Good thing I prepared it just in case.]
-Uuuuuung!
The red light emanating from the clock became darker and soon turned into a flame and soared into the sky.
-Roaring!
The flame took shape in an instant and soon took on the shape of a human being.
Fiery red hair that hangs down to her waist.
A beautiful face and slender height that leaves you with admiration.
The woman who got down in front of Lily gently stroked the girl’s hair.
She had the same watch on her wrist as Lily.
“Is he dangerous?”
“Ah…”
Except for the fact that they were children and adults, their faces were surprisingly similar. People looked at the two in turn with blank expressions.
“Lily Lily?”
“Did you have a sister?”
“As far as I know…”
Abraxas was the first to escape the shock and approach the two.
“…I can roughly guess who it is. “To start with the important thing, the dimensional passage to the demon world is completely blocked.”
“As. “You just have to clear the blockage.”
Grinning, adult Lily waved her hand lightly in the air.
-Jjiik!
With that one gesture, the closed passage was reopened.
No, it was torn.
To everyone’s surprise, she held out her hand to little Lily.
“Let’s go. Anna Uli goes to kick that bad guy’s ass.”
Lily wiped away her tears with the back of her hand and held her guardian angel’s hand.
And he answered bravely.
“huh!”
[Star of Transcendence (4)-Lily] End
ⓒ Ganjjajang
