My Alter Ego’s Path to Greatness Chapter 505

Divine Power (1)

A large space filled with all kinds of equipment everywhere.

Ki-ki-kik—!

A faint metallic screaming sound was coming from one of the instruments placed inside.

It is a special device made of special metal that does not budge even with moderate impact.

As fatigue accumulated beyond expectations, some parts began to make noises indicating abnormalities.

-I think you can stop there. Thank you for your hard work, San.

-Measurement complete! We will deploy the maintenance team immediately.

At that moment, several voices came out of the speakers on the ceiling.

They were researchers and trainers who were checking the Slayer’s condition by looking inside through the glass wall on one side.

thud!

As soon as he heard those words, Kang Tae-san released the strength in his arms and began to breathe heavily.

A heavy sound echoed as the weight of the measuring machine fell, but he was already drenched in sweat and had no time to pay attention to anything else.

“Sigh, if this keeps up I might really die.”

The muscles, which had long since passed their limits, spasmed and screamed.

My heart was beating so hard it felt like it was going to burst at any moment, and my blood, which had been pumping at an extremely high speed due to my extremely high blood pressure, was circulating furiously throughout my body even at this moment, swelling my blood vessels.

“Hahaha! Are you kidding me? There’s no way the Slayer would die from something like this. This isn’t even a mock combat training session.”

He turned his creaking body this way and that and muttered to himself in a complaining tone, and a light laugh came back as a reply.

“Ms. Saira.”

A woman enters the measuring room with the maintenance team, the door just opened.

It was his fellow Slayer, Saira, who brought him to this SOD headquarters.

“Your training… seems to be finished already.”

Kang Tae-san looked back at her and slightly avoided her gaze.

Skin that is toned and moisturized from high-intensity training, with leggings and a bra top that reveal your body.

The sight of a mature woman like that must have been quite a stimulus to him, a sturdy man.

“Well, I just do what I usually do. Yours is a bit more unusual. I fully understand why, though.”

Unlike Kang Tae-san, Saira approached him casually and looked him up and down before nodding.

“···No matter how I look at it, it’s still unbelievable. I’ve heard quite a bit about how fast people in another world grow, but this isn’t at that level. Honestly, even if you became a vampire in the meantime, I don’t think you’d grow to this extent.”

“ha ha ha···.”

He smiled awkwardly at her words.

And he looked down at his muscular body, naked in only a pair of shorts, with all sorts of observation electrodes attached to it.

‘Well, I guess that’s what I can say. This is really my body.’

He never neglected his training while working as an investigator, so he originally possessed physical abilities far superior to those of ordinary people.

However, it is only excellent compared to other non-awakened people.

There was a limit to how high a body without any mystery could climb.

‘But now it’s different.’

He clenched his fist.

An unprecedented force felt in the palm of your hand.

It wasn’t just that my muscles had gotten stronger.

After acquiring the “Essence of Origin” thanks to Phantom.

He was able to develop skills such as “Strengthened Body,” “Super Recovery,” and “Amplified Senses” in succession.

As you continue to train at high intensity, the blood in your heart begins to melt away, and new possibilities begin to sprout from that soil.

“Wow, I’m really jealous. Look at those muscles. I’ve been a Slayer for longer than you, but the quality of your muscles is so different.”

Kang Tae-san, who had been lost in thought for a moment, flinched.

Before he knew it, Saira had come up right next to him and was grabbing his arms with both hands and stroking them.

“···That, isn’t Ms. Saira a sniper? There’s no need to be more obsessed with physical abilities than you are now. When I saw you training, your dynamic vision and reflexes were amazing.”

Although she may look slender, her body as a Slayer was by no means ordinary.

Because he was able to stand and shoot his main weapon, an anti-material sniper rifle, with his bare body, ignoring all recoil and not even shaking the muzzle.

It was a mysterious built-in muscle that literally ignored even the laws of physics.

“I don’t know. The higher your physical ability, the better. Not only will you be able to do more things, but your survival rate will also increase dramatically.”

“Well, that’s true.”

“···The current situation is already serious, so we need to do something to increase our chances of survival. It’s not like it was yesterday that Slayers die young, right?”

In this Nocturnia, the number of humans with an aptitude for Slayer Arousal Drugs was not that small.

To begin with, isn’t humanity’s greatest advantage the fact that its population is overwhelmingly larger than that of vampires?

However, as with all things in life, the number inevitably decreases exponentially as you climb to higher levels.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that she is one of the best in SOD, as she can utilize Bishop-level ether.

By then, it was natural for me to become acquainted with my peers.

“Like the recently deceased Raivard and Elisa. And the previous team members too. They all died in such an absurdly meaningless way. Ha! Isn’t that funny? There’s no way a Slayer would die that easily.”

And it was not surprising that as she let go of her relationships one by one, thoughts about her own death began to sprout in her mind.

Slayers don’t die easily.

That habit was an expression of his rebellion against his own weakness.

“The ones we’re dealing with are monsters. No matter how much strength we have, it’s not enough.”

Cyra’s grip on his arm tightened.

Like when we were talking alone on the roof of the forward base dormitory right after the raid.

But unlike her, who hadn’t changed much since then, that wasn’t much of a problem for his body, which had evolved to a whole other level.

“I heard about your power. You’re still analyzing the detailed mechanism, right? Anyway, you have to understand that the researchers are being overly cautious. How can we afford to be so careful in this situation?”

“Ms. Saira···.”

There must be researchers beyond this measuring room right now.

As he smiled awkwardly, feeling embarrassed for no reason, she came even closer to him than before.

With those dazzling eyes, he pushed them in closely.

“As you know, we don’t have much time. That’s why I’m saying this···.”

Kang Tae-san’s eyes shook dizzily at the scent of a woman rushing in.

The awkwardness was compounded when a woman in light clothing, wearing nothing more than a pair of shorts that were practically nothing more than panties, approached him, revealing her entire body.

The moment he, unable to bear it any longer, tried to calm her down.

“Excuse me?”

The two people stopped in their tracks at the sudden voice.

“I’m sorry to interrupt you while you’re having such a good time, but I have some pressing matters to attend to right now. Could you please spare me a moment?”

Both of their heads turned toward the entrance at the same time.

There, a middle-aged woman dressed in a neat uniform was looking at them with a gentle smile.

“Director May?”

When Saira saw her face, her eyes widened and she hurriedly got away from him.

However, Kang Tae-san, who was still not familiar with Nocturna, could only tilt his head.

‘Moving?’

Director of SOD, an international organization created to fight against vampires.

The members of the board of directors, who coordinate various operations around the world directly under the chairman, were powerful figures with far more power than one might imagine.

“San, there’s something I really need to talk to you about.”

What would a person of such power suddenly say to him…

“About the mysterious power you possess. About divine power.”

In the end, there was only one thing.

The reason he was able to stay here at SOD and receive all kinds of support, and the decisive reason why Saira had strangely high expectations of him.

Making it possible for others to use the ‘divine power’ that is fatal to vampires, the natural enemies of mankind.

“I think we need to expedite its popularization a bit more.”

Kang Tae-san was flustered by the development that had suddenly begun to develop rapidly without him knowing, and just blinked his eyes blankly.

***

A being that has ascended to the throne could not dare to be defined by the eyes of a mortal.

Moreover, it was absolutely impossible for someone who had not yet reached the state of transcendence to see through its truth.

‘Well, in this case, even if the observer is a transcendent being, it wouldn’t make much of a difference.’

Heinz II, who had his eyes tightly shut, smiled faintly.

It was confirmed that the bait that was dropped through the traces left intentionally had finally settled successfully.

‘So, all that’s left is to help the divine power be properly manifested through faith?’

The bait he had thrown out in the first place wasn’t that complicated.

I just added a little bit of directing by using the greatest characteristic of my divinity, ‘diversity’, according to the scenario.

The scenario he envisioned was simple.

For some reason, a vampire deity descended upon the earth.

It may not be unrelated to the fact that vampires from all over the world who were usually at odds with each other have gathered in the Karancal region of the Amerian continent.

‘The reason is… I think it’s something like world conquest.’

Actually, that wasn’t that important of an issue.

The moment the vampire god descended to earth, an unidentified deity appeared to oppose him and block his path, so in the end, all the conspiracies were thwarted.

The traces of destruction left at the scene were only a small part of what occurred during the process.

If the god who appeared later hadn’t intervened separately, the entire continent would have been blown away.

And the identity of that god is…

‘The owner of the divine power used by Kang Tae-san. That is where his faith ultimately leads.’

But unfortunately, that wasn’t the end of it.

The vampire god had countless followers, but didn’t the other gods only have one apostle, Kang Tae-san?

In the end, there was only one way for humanity to stand against the vampires.

“As you commanded, I have issued a summons to each region. Since it was given as a top priority order, it won’t take long for everything to be completed.”

While Heinz was deep in thought.

A vampire appeared like a ghost, knelt politely and gave his report.

The work of subjugating vampires from all over the world to himself was still progressing smoothly.

‘Of course, that doesn’t mean I can take care of everyone.’

In order to quickly spread belief in divine powers among the humans, sacrifices on the vampire side were essential.

You’ll have to figure out how to moderate it yourself, but you’ll probably end up taking a lot of damage until everything gets back on track.

“Tell them to hurry as much as possible. I will personally hold the person in charge of the area that is the last to arrive.”

“···I will obey your command.”

The vampire swallowed quietly at the cold, resonating voice, hurriedly saluted, and disappeared like dust.

Heinz, left alone, looked up at the ceiling and closed his eyes tightly.

“Yeah… I don’t have much time left.”

Suddenly, the feelings I had been trying to ignore came out like a sigh.

The reason why they are pushing forward with such a hasty and reckless plan to swallow up the entire world.

Of course, it was for himself and his home, the Earth.

‘I don’t think I can save everyone. But at least···.’

Beyond harvesting karma, it was designed to spread faith and greatly inflate divinity.

‘Home Theater Special (Nocturnia Edition)’ has begun.

***

The Holy See is the most influential religion in Nocturnia.

“Your Holiness, an urgent message has arrived from SOD.”

At the place where the leader resided, an old priest spoke respectfully.

Of course, even though he was a priest, the mysteries he possessed were entirely his own, and he did not possess any divine powers bestowed upon him by God.

“I told you I was busy! Unless it’s something like a Clan Lord invading, just tell them to do it themselves.”

But the response to that polite report was a cold, resentful refusal.

With a voice so young and a tone of speech so childish that it made you wonder if he really was the Pope who had lived for over a hundred years.

“They said that···.”

But the old priest, who was already familiar with it, continued speaking without even blinking an eye.

As he was in a position similar to the Pope’s personal secretary, he knew better than anyone why he had suddenly locked himself in his room, having recently become extremely sensitive.

“Since a user of the divine power, a power from another world, has appeared, I have something to discuss with you···.”

“What?! Divine power?”

The response came before he could even finish speaking.

The tightly shut door burst open and a boy in his early teens popped out.

Then, he straightened his disheveled clothes and opened his mouth solemnly.

“Ahem, what are you doing? Why don’t you guide me?”

Another transcendent being possessed by humanity and a great man who has been sitting in the highest position of the Vatican for decades.

The Pope, who had been locked in his room for a while, devoted himself to his studies, urged the elderly priest on.

With eyes sparkling brighter than ever.