Chapter 375 – Thanatos (5)
“Kyaaaak!!”
It’s a mess.
I knew that many of the G.o.ds of the Pantheon were originally Rulers.
In fact, it turns out that almost all of them were made from Rulers except for a few. Non-Rulers were not the majority.
The Rulers who had returned to the days before becoming G.o.ds when they were called monsters of the source, were going berserk in madness.
Since they had just returned to the verge of reaching G.o.dhood, they were not completely devoid of reason.
But they couldn’t handle the sudden confusion.
Falling from divinity to mortality, returning to the days when reason remained, but still possessed by desire, they could not think normally.
Frightened and excited, they attacked whatever was nearby.
There were also those that showed off their survival instincts and ran away.
There was a phenomenon of chasing and being chased in all directions according to the complex hierarchy of the forces.
“Ohoho.”
Ahb.o.o.boo was smiling unpleasantly next to me.
“It’s such a great ability, isn’t it Warrior?”
He seems to want to show off his abilities.
I was trapped on the 61st floor because of that ability, and I didn’t think I was going to be trapped in the future.
I didn’t dare to point that out, and decided to just make Ahb.o.o.boo feel better.
“Yes, that’s great.”
It was really great.
It was an idea that we came up with on the 61st floor, but it was a discarded experiment because it was not realistic.
The G.o.d of the Sky who made it into a reality is really amazing.
Seregia sat quietly on the ground.
There was a somber look on her face.
“I feel heavy.”
I guess so.
Seregia lost her G.o.dhood, so if she considered her body light, then that would be even stranger.
For a moment, I watched the Rulers roll around.
I don’t know how long the confusion will last.
They certainly have reason.
Enough to rise to the level of a deity.
It will calm down soon.
And then, their anger and madness will focus on me.
But before that, there was something to be aware of.
“It’s been a long time.”
When I looked back, I saw a giant fox lying around a little away.
It was the G.o.d of Sacrifice.
This was the first time I saw her since the 61st floor.
The G.o.d of Sacrifice was not like the one who was dealing with the G.o.ds of the Pantheon, nor was she like when she borrowed the body of an apostle on the 61st floor.
She looked like a giant fox flapping hundreds of tails.
Which floor was it?
It was on the 19th floor.
At the stage on the 19th floor, where Myong-myong and the fox beast appeared, I encountered the G.o.d of Sacrifice, who had not yet reached G.o.dhood.
She looked the same as back then.
The appearance of a time when she was called the G.o.dmother of the fox beasts.
The only difference was that there were hundreds of giant tails fluttering behind her giant body.
“There are so many things I want to ask you about.”
Really? That’s very strange.
For me too.
From this bizarre war to the G.o.ds of the Hundred G.o.ds Temple, the G.o.d of Adventure and the G.o.d of Order.
I even wondered what kind of ending Myong-myong had in his original time.
“But today is not that day either.”
The G.o.d of Sacrifice said something that seemed like she was backing out.
This is where our opinions diverge.
I had no intention of putting off my curiosity.
There was no need to worry.
I knew the art that allowed me to get the information I wanted.
“If you don’t like ordinary conversation, let’s move on to a more aggressive way.”
On the 19th and 61st floors, I wanted to fight the G.o.d of Sacrifice.
Even though I’m inferior in abilities, I wanted to hit and burn her.
I wanted to challenge her even if I was reckless.
The difference from that time was that I had the confidence to survive and win.
“I don’t want to.”
I’m sorry, but that’s not up to the G.o.d of Sacrifice to decide.
It’s up to me to decide.
I, too, was no different from the Rulers who fell into unG.o.dliness and were in a riot of madness.
When I went back to my imperfect days when I couldn’t complete myself, my emotions were fluctuating.
Tension and excitement.
The mighty power I feel from the G.o.d of Sacrifice stimulated me rather than discouraged me.
“I understand what you’re saying, but I’m a pacifist. I’m sorry I can’t accept.”
You’re a pacifist.
You say all sorts of things.
Like a fox.
It wasn’t a word to brag about, considering the fact that not that long ago she partic.i.p.ated in the war against the G.o.ds of the Pantheon alone and launched an attack, destroying the surface of a planet in the aftermath.
“Many sacrifices are expected in the future. We’ll probably see each other again. By all means, I would like to be able to talk rationally then.”
I sat there, forgetting about the talks.
I ignored those words and ran toward the G.o.d of Sacrifice.
But before I even approached, the G.o.d of Sacrifice faded and disappeared completely.
The only thing left in the place of the G.o.d of Sacrifice was a huge fox tail.
“… Are you a lizard*?”
The G.o.d of Sacrifice ran away again this time.
*
The s.p.a.ce was shaking.
The G.o.d of Sacrifice disappeared silently, like paper wet with water.
But the aftermath certainly remained.
What method was used by the G.o.d of Sacrifice to escape this s.p.a.ce and go outside.
She must have regained her G.o.dhood.
That fact was shaking the premise of this virtual world.
“How long can you stand it, Warrior?”
Ahb.o.o.boo said.
In the words of Ahb.o.o.boo, an actual user, this s.p.a.ce will begin to collapse very soon.
This meant that the beings inside would go out and regain their G.o.dhood, and the number of Ahb.o.o.boos prepared at best would be in vain.
“Before that, I should reduce them as much as possible.”
No matter how much I’ve been preparing to deal with the G.o.dhoods, and although I say I have the abilities to match them, it is much easier to deal with monsters without G.o.dhood than to deal with ones with G.o.dhood.
I just entered the war, and the G.o.d of Sacrifice, who was one of the pillars, has disappeared.
There is a high possibility that the battle between the G.o.ds and mine will proceed, so I have to reduce their power over there as much as possible.
Even though I, like them, am unG.o.dly and outnumbered, I was confident.
In the absence of the variable of G.o.dhood, I had the confidence to triumph against any being in the world.
“Ahhhhhh!”
One of the Rulers cried out loud.
Then, the movement of the Rulers who were in a riot around them became noticeably dull.
Do they communicate with such a scream?
You don’t need a secret language.
The number of Rulers slowly regaining reason is increasing.
They attacked each other in confusion and are not immediately able to reconcile, but soon they will cease to fight.
I had to attack right now.
“Seregia.”
I called out to her and reached out my hand.
Seregia, sitting blankly on her floor, put her hand on my outstretched hand.
I was dumbfounded by her reaction, and I looked at her for a moment.
“I’m sorry, can you return as a sword?”
Seregia looked at me with a sulk for a while, then turned into a sword without a reply.
Ahb.o.o.boo, who was watching a little away, vomited blood.
“Ugh, Warrior, did you use poison?”
I didn’t use it.
This was not me, but the poison that Seregia was emitting.
It wasn’t just poison, it was Lee Ho-jae’s special poison.
But, Ahb.o.o.boo, this guy doesn’t have poison tolerance.
Come to think of it.
Ahb.o.o.boo is not a deity.
Although it could be said he is degraded in this s.p.a.ce, it is not before becoming a G.o.d, but before reaching his current state.
Now he is just an ordinary superhuman.
It was sloppy.
This guy, why did I believe in him?
“Hold on anyway.”
“It looks like it’s going to be hard!”
“Then, run away.”
Ahb.o.o.boo immediately turned to the opposite and started running away.
It was a wise judgment.
Whoooo
A heavy roar rang from Seregia’s blade held in one hand.
It was heavy.
Come to think of it, it was the first time I tried using this in practice.
To my surprise,
Before becoming a G.o.d, on the 61st floor, we had so many attempts.
Most of them were Seregia’s remodeling experiments.
When it was difficult to find a way to damage the G.o.dhood, I tried to create a sword that could even injure the G.o.dhood with extreme destructive power.
It was the Seregia at this point that was completed as a result.
In the end, I couldn’t do proper damage to G.o.dhood.
Because of this, most of the abilities were lost when Seregia ascended to G.o.dhood.
But there, there was no weapon like this against those imperfect monsters without G.o.dhood.
Poison, disease, curse, fear, confusion, hallucinations, flames, lightning, freezing, radiation.
It was the worst weapon using everything harmful to life.
I endured the heaviness I felt in my hand and ran forward.
Whether they noticed my approach or not, the closest Rulers focused their attention on me.
You’re late.
In order for them to increase their odds, they had to unite and ambush when I was talking to the G.o.d of Sacrifice.
Kwoooong-
A huge shield was created in front of them.
I threw Seregia at the shield.
A huge explosion occurred, and I was swept back by the aftermath.
But I got up again and ran forward.
I went through the heat wave.
There was a Ruler who was alive even though he was. .h.i.t by the burst of radiation.
I grabbed Seregia who had flown into my hand again, and swung her towards the Ruler.
Once again there was a huge explosion.
With the explosion, all the harmful effects built into Seregia spread far and wide.
[Warrior, I think I will die first before the s.p.a.ce collapses!]
Ahb.o.o.boo’s whining was heard via telepathy.
Surely Ahb.o.o.boo won’t last long.
Even me, who had enough tolerance, was wielding her while taking considerable damage.
[But hold on for a bit.]
Until then, I’ll take care of everything.
*
The s.p.a.ce is collapsing.
I could feel it even in the storm of the heat wave caused by the nuclear chain reaction.
[Are you alive?]
[Barely!]
I also thought that the s.p.a.ce suddenly collapsed due to the death of Ahb.o.o.boo.
[Because I’m dying, it seems like the s.p.a.ce is collapsing!]
It was right that I turned over.
d.a.m.n it.
I just need to kill some more.
Keughh!
I thought, sticking Seregia into the neck of the Ruler, who was making a thin scream.
Immediately after the first clash, the Rulers began to spread openly and flee.
If you were a G.o.d, you might not be able to easily choose the option of escape.
They were now in the form of those days, the monsters of the source who valued only desire and survival.
There was no problem with chasing and killing them, but it took too much time to deal with them one by one, as they were struggling to run away and enduring it as long as possible.
Eventually, before the s.p.a.ce collapsed, I realized that I could not kill all the G.o.ds of the Pantheon.
“That’s too bad.”
I escaped from the lightning storm and moved back to the sky of Thanatos.
This planet became a devastated field, but it was in quite a good condition compared to the place where I had just been.
[What. Are you feeling bad that you didn’t kill us all?]
Someone asked me as if they had heard my self-talk.
He was the G.o.d of Flexibility, a member of the Pantheon.
I was feeling a lot of intense anger on my skin.
The number of the Pantheon G.o.ds was greatly reduced.
At first glance, the number that had exceeded thousands had shrunk.
Now, I should call it not a war between the Pantheon and Hundred G.o.ds Temple, but a war between Hundred G.o.ds Pantheon and Hundred G.o.ds Temple**.
It became very fair.
All of the G.o.ds of the Pantheon who survived in the midst of it were the powerful ones.
The G.o.ds of the Pantheon, who recovered their G.o.dhood and recovered their physical damage in an instant, were sending me strong hostility.
[Take care of everything… Can’t you?]
Ahb.o.o.boo asked anxiously.