Episode 536
Yu Seol-ha swallowed her saliva.
As Ragnarok said, he did not touch the people in this ice palace at all.
Just like a mountaineer taking a break, he came here and asked if there was anything to eat. The only thing he could say after leading hundreds of thousands of monsters up here was if there was anything to eat. At first, I thought he was eating people, but it wasn’t. He asked me to cook him. So I did.
I wondered. Why didn’t you kill me? Why did you come here?
I didn’t really ask because Ragnarok explained it to me.
“Do you know what it feels like to be at the top?”
“… … .”
“You don’t know. You have no way of knowing. You, who plays house like a child, have no way of knowing.”
The narrator was silent.
“I was a snake. I crawled on the ground. I felt from the moment I was born that I was different from others.”
Yu Seol-ha quietly watched Ragnarok, who was eating the finely chopped meat with a spoon. It was a snake? It was different from others?
“I should say he is a being destined to become a king. He felt mana from the moment he was born, understood the nature of the soul from the moment he started walking, and transcended the race of the Imoogi when he was 20 years old.”
I poured some alcohol into a glass and drank it all down.
“Even the same snakes tried to restrain me. But I embraced them all. I wanted to go with them.”
“… … .”
“But he turned away. He abandoned me and joined hands with Asura. That’s when I realized.”
What did you realize?
“I am an inevitable being.”
“… … .”
“Have you ever lived through a time of war?”
“……no.”
Ragnarok laughed as if he had not expected it.
“Greed and war are inseparable. It has always been that way. Intelligence has always wanted something, and has chosen the simplest means: war.”
To have land, to have money, and to have power.
It’s always been that way. It really has always been that way.
“Before I was born, that was the way the world went. There were times when war stopped for a while. But somewhere, war was always going on, even if it wasn’t visible. War happens in one way or another. Because desire and greed move the world.”
Ragnarok lived in such a world.
And I realized a lot. After all, the world is an era of war. It can never be stopped. But what if we control it?
That’s when I realized it. It was inevitable.
Something that must happen.
War was inevitable, and I, born into that world, was an inevitable being.
“Grow your power to kill me.”
“… … .”
“If you want to go to war, go ahead. While you’re at it, raise the strong and grow your power to kill me.”
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“… … .”
“Kill me, who will be resurrected someday, and create a new future.”
Ragnarok was waiting for someone to kill him.
And anyone who would kill himself would realize that he himself was an inevitable being, just as he had realized.
To get to this level, you absolutely have to go through a time of war.
Because we need to clearly understand our instincts as an intelligent being and what kind of being an intelligent being is.
“You never lived through the war. You just played around. Do you know why?”
“… … Now that I hear the context, I get the gist of it.”
Ragnarok looks at Yuseolha with an expression that seems to be longing for an answer.
“… … You founded the Cheonmasingyo and the organization called Cheonwicheon.”
“You’re quite perceptive.”
“Was it also your intention that a man named Dharma wrote the Revelation?”
Surprisingly, Ragnarok shook his head at this part.
“That has nothing to do with me. The man Dharma acted that way himself and intervened in his own fate. It was not my intention.”
“… … .”
“The chronological order is wrong. From the beginning, the purpose of the Cheonmasingyo and Cheonwicheon was to kill ‘me’ who would be resurrected ‘someday.’ The man named Dharma wrote the Apocalypse about when I would be resurrected. Do you understand?”
“Yes, that’s enough.”
Ragnarok poured wine into the empty glass once again.
“The Heavenly Demon Sect and the Heavenly Heaven ruled this Eastern Continent from the shadows. Naturally, two boundaries emerged. A boundary where people like you live peacefully without knowing anything, and a boundary where you build up your strength in preparation for the future.”
Over a drink, Ragnarok asked.
“Aren’t you quite happy?”
“… … .”
“The world needs to change periodically.”
“… … If war is inevitable, then you, who control that war, are an inevitable being, is that right?”
“Heh heh, what have you heard so far? You look like you don’t understand.”
“… … You saw it well.”
Ragnarok burst out laughing. He must be genuinely enjoying this situation.
“If you could understand, you would have come this far. Isn’t that right?”
If you say it like that, I have nothing to say.
But if you look at the results, Ragnarok’s standards are probably at a level that the criminal cannot even think of.
A being that transcends so many things.
A being that would not be awkward to call the true pinnacle and absolute being of this world.
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What kind of world would that kind of being see?
Two groups may fight each other with swords drawn. There may be deaths. But not everyone will die. It is a process. A process of taking control of one’s own life.
In fact, the Eastern Continent was very peaceful.
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Since the Heavenly Demon Sect and the Heavenly Heavenly Cult ruled the Eastern Continent in secret, there weren’t that many major battles. They really only happened occasionally.
For example, the Jeongma War.
The incident at that time when the founder of the creation Yuunje challenged the Cheonmasingyo to war.
Apart from such big events, there were no wars as big as expected.
The border was strictly divided.
A great war? It must have happened. It lasted at least a thousand years.
It would have been strange if nothing had happened during those thousand years.
But I don’t know. Even if it was called a ‘big war’, it was only the Jeongma War mentioned earlier. It was proof that the border was thoroughly divided.
There was a time when a war broke out within Cheonwicheon, and Cheonma Shingyo started a war with the White Horse Cult, Blood Horse Cult, and other sects to win the position of Cheonma.
It’s just that the division was so strict that they didn’t know anything about that history.
Clearly, we lived in an age of peace.
That is an undeniable fact.
The balance of the world, the order of the world.
Isn’t Ragnarok saying that it is the being that protects itself?
Yusul asked a question.
“To be honest, I don’t think I can understand you. I probably never will.”
Ragnarok nodded.
“You’re honest.”
“… … .”
“Actually, I don’t show it, but I’m a little embarrassed.”
“What do you mean?”
“I used to center around this eastern continent.”
“……yes?”
“Honestly, I wasn’t really interested in the Western Continent. After all, it was a land where the losers fled. I really didn’t care what they did there. I only cared about the Eastern Continent. But… … I never thought that a man like that would appear on the Western Continent.”
“… …Are you talking about Jack Milos?”
Ragnarok licked his lips with his tongue, as if he was enjoying just thinking about it.
“That guy’s name was Jack Milos? I thought he was a descendant of Asura, so I thought he’d be named Asura VIII or IX, but that wasn’t the case.”
Was he trying to joke? Unfortunately, it didn’t seem to be the case. Ragnarok seemed quite serious.
Then Ragnarok slowly stands up from his seat.
“… … Are you planning to go?”
“That’s right. You promised ten days, but two days have already passed. It’s time to go now.”
Ragnarok, wearing a long robe, turns his head.
“I plan to first organize the Western Continent and then talk about it, but I’ll do it in advance. You will lead the next generation.”
“……yes?”
“It’s like raising strong people like Cheonmasingyo or Cheonwicheon.”
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“… … .”
“The history from now on will be rewritten. Forget all the history up to now. This place is called the Ice Palace, right? I will give it a new name. The North Sea Ice Palace. You are the first princess of the North Sea Ice Palace. Raise the warriors who will kill me. Raise the warriors and restore balance to the world.”
“… … What if you don’t like it?”
“Well, I don’t know because I haven’t even thought about it.”
“… … .”
“If I really want it, it will happen.”
Ragnarok walked like that. As he was about to open the door and go out, Yu Seol-ha asked him urgently.
“if.”
Towering, Ragnarok’s body stops.
“… …What if Jack Milos kills you?”
The corners of Ragnarok’s mouth slowly curl up. It seems like he’s having fun just imagining it.
“If that happens, another inevitable being will be born.”
It was a very confident tone. Yoo Seol-ha asked.
“… … Are you really sure that that man will become like you?”
Ragnarok did not answer that question.
Because I just turned around.
He walks. Watching his back, I get goosebumps. Why?
Because his shoulders were shaking.
… … Crazy guy.
* * *
The entire western continent was in an uproar.
People of all ages and genders celebrated the victory.
The dead were buried in their hearts. They drank alcohol and ate meat, it was literally a banquet.
All academies in each region have suspended classes.
For just one day, the academy students spent time together and chatted with their close friends. Then, the next day, everyone headed home.
There were exactly three children who were not swept away by that atmosphere.
One is Thanos.
Even though it had only been a few weeks, he had grown more mature. He had already become a 7th circle mana user.
And Charlotte.
She was the same. Even though she was a 6-circle mana user, it was only a matter of time.
Cell has already become an 8th circle mana user. This is possible because he is a dragon known as the lord of mana.
These three were gathered in a corner of the academy.
“But, can I stay here forever?”
It was Charlotte’s question and the target was Thanos.
Thanos currently rules the Cradle, but he didn’t go there and stayed here at the Academy.
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“It’s similar to here.”
“Ah… … a banquet?”
Thanos nods. Of course, that wasn’t the end of it all.
“I don’t feel good.”
I was serious. I really don’t feel good.
“Is the war really over?”
“… … I don’t think it’s you, oppa?”
“uh.”
Thanos pledged his loyalty to Jack. To be honest, he is ready to pledge his loyalty not only to Jack, but also to Jack’s descendants, and to any children Jack may have.
I blindly believed him. It was understandable. He was the one who gave me the answer to a life that had no answer.
If it weren’t for Jack, I wouldn’t be alive today, I wouldn’t be able to tell you this story, and I wouldn’t have been able to avenge my family’s grudge.
But something was strange.
This time, I couldn’t really describe it as anything other than a feeling.
And the same was true for Cell and Charlotte.
