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< Mazda's Incarnation (2) >
“Oh, Mazda.”
Lily woke up to the sound of a woman’s cautious voice in her ear.
“Wow···.”
As the girl opened her eyes, the priestess of the Heavenly Demon Sect stepped back and bowed as if embarrassed.
“Is it morning?”
Lily rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand and sat up. The bed in the martial arts world was huge. It was big enough to roll around a few times.
But Lily didn’t roll around on the bed like a spoiled brat.
This is not your room on Earth. You shouldn’t cause trouble. There are many kind and gentle adults here, but if you get angry, they might kick you out.
“good morning!”
When Lily smiled brightly and greeted her in the morning, the priestess smiled awkwardly and followed suit.
“Kuk···Mo···ni?”
Unfortunately, the two could not communicate.
The abnormal phenomenon that occurred when Lily came to Murim was due to the interpretation artifact she was carrying breaking down.
‘If Asgard was here, he would have cast a translation spell for me···.’
But it’s already been three days since I came to Murim.
Lily somehow found a way to communicate using hand and foot gestures.
– I was believing that.
“Did you happen to find ‘As’?”
“!”
For a moment, the priestess’s expression hardened.
The priestess hurriedly took a few steps back, then fell to the ground, shouting the name of Lily’s dragon friend.
“Yasu! Yasu-!”
At first, Lily was surprised and didn’t know why the priestess was doing that, but now she knew.
‘The way people greet others in the martial arts world is really strange.’
The girl got down from the bed. And just like bowing to adults on New Year’s Day, she curled up her small body like a shrimp and greeted them in a martial arts style(?).
“Hello. Good morning. Thank you for letting me sleep in yesterday.”
“Eek! Mazda!”
The priestess felt like she was going to faint. The incarnation of a god was going to fight her. It wasn’t the first time this had happened, but every time it happened, she felt like she was being punished by heaven and her heart would pound.
The priestess had no choice but to dare to guess the god’s will.
‘Oh, Mazda is testing his lowly servant. Tell him to bow his head more humbly…’
Kuk…
The priestess lowered her head as if she was going to leave a mark on the floor with her forehead. She held that position until Lily raised her head first.
After a while, the priestess, her forehead turning red, spoke.
“Mazda, it is meal time.”
At the same time, the priestess pretended to eat something with her hands.
“Rice?”
Although the interpretation still wasn’t complete, Lily was surprisingly quick-witted in this regard.
“Yes, the meal is ready.”
The incarnation of Mazda stretched out his hand to the side, his eyes sparkling.
“Malang-ah. Let’s go eat.”
Kyaaaa?
Then, the sacred snake that had been coiled up and sleeping next to him raised its head. Its eyes were half-open, as if it was sleepy.
“Come here.”
Lily hugged Malrang tightly and wrapped it around her neck like a scarf. Malrang opened her mouth wide and yawned.
“Let’s go eat!”
“···Please follow me.”
The priestess guided the incarnation of Mazda and the sacred serpent to the main temple, thinking:
‘The incarnation of Mazda···.’
For the past three days, while having the honor of serving the god, the priestess prided herself on knowing one thing for sure.
‘You really like food.’
***
All kinds of delicacies from the sea and the ocean were laid out on the long table.
Swish! Swish!
And a small hand moved across the plates on the table.
Lily, who was eating breakfast until her cheeks were swollen, suddenly stopped when she felt the countless eyes on her.
“······.”
Lily blinked her big eyes and looked at the adults who were looking at her. Her cheeks were swollen and she spoke with a slurred speech.
“Why are you crying?”
“Ahem.”
“Ahem ahem!”
Only then did the leaders of the Demonic Cult, who had been staring at Lily as if possessed, realize their mistake and hastily lower their heads.
But they couldn’t help gossiping among themselves about that amazing girl.
‘How can so much food fit into that small body…’
‘I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes.’
‘As you are an incarnation of God, you must be different from humans.’
They were the elders of the Cheonmasin Church.
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If even just one of them went out into the world of martial arts, they would strike fear into the hearts of the martial arts world. However, right now, they were struggling in front of a little girl.
“Mazda, please do not worry about us and enjoy the feast.”
The old man with white hair smiled kindly and pretended to eat with chopsticks. In the martial arts world, he was called the Poisonous Demon Emperor.
But in Lily’s eyes, he just looked like a kind grandfather. Lily smiled and pushed the vegetable dish towards the poisonous blood demon.
“Grandpa, you should try this too!”
Although we couldn’t communicate verbally, we roughly understood the meaning.
“Ah···yes···! Thank you!”
Normally, he would not even look at vegetables because they were so poisonous, but he chewed the vegetables given to him by the incarnation of Mazda as if they were eternal ginseng and ate them deliciously.
The other elders looked at the elder eating the vegetables with envious eyes.
‘i envy you···.’
‘I wish you would give me the Holy Communion too…’
The elders believed that the little girl before their eyes was an incarnation of Mazda, their one and only god.
It wasn’t just the elders. All the followers of the Cheonmasin Church who had experienced the miracle three days ago were like that.
A red-eyed girl who appeared from the sky, piercing through the Holy Spirit.
Their white skin and hair color were exactly like those of their ancestors who came to this land 500 years ago.
‘Such a clear redness was only seen in the portrait of my great-grandfather who attacked the martial arts world a hundred years ago. No, it was even redder than that.’
Cheon Mu-jin, the leader of the Cheonmasingyo sect, glanced at Lily and thought.
Although the blood has mixed and the characteristics have faded a lot now, the Cheon family and some other great families that have produced cult leaders for generations still have white skin and reddish-brown hair.
But no one had as much redness as the girl before her eyes. With just her skin and hair color, she could be recognized as the most beautiful of the beautiful.
The disciple continued his thoughts.
‘Is that girl really the incarnation of Mazda? Our savior?’
The Cheonmasingyo sect settled in this land about 500 years ago. However, their roots were not originally in the martial arts world.
According to the scriptures, they originally lived in paradise, but they sinned against God and were banished to this earth.
-Believe in me and worship me, and one day I will send a savior to bring you home.-
An old phrase written in the scriptures.
Every follower of the Cheonmasingyo read it, and prayed and worshipped God every day in hopes of one day returning to paradise.
‘I thought the paradise thing was a threat to make me believe in Mazda… Ha, even I want to believe it.’
The fact that the leader of the Cheonmasingyo lacked faith in God was a secret known only to him.
That was when.
“Oh, Mazda.”
The leader sitting at the head of the table, opposite Lily, opened his mouth.
“We have forgotten the words of paradise because of our ignorance. Please forgive us. However,…”
The leader, Cheon Mu-han, was not a man of much patience. Three days was a long time. He said as he stood up.
“There are ungodly people out there who don’t believe in God.”
Unlike his son, the cult leader truly believed in Mazda. However, he did not worship the girl in front of him as an incarnation of God.
‘The perfect excuse has been created.’
The incarnation of God who appeared before the imminent Great Battle of Jeongma.
The girl will be a symbol of the victory promised by God, and a reason for 20,000 Shinto warriors to give their lives in the holy war.
The leader walked towards the girl and knelt before her.
“20,000 soldiers are prepared to punish the hypocrites of the martial arts world. Please allow us to dispatch our troops.”
Madness flickered in the seemingly calm eyes of the cult leader.
The moment her eyes met his, Lily felt goosebumps. And instinctively she knew.
‘This guy doesn’t seem like a nice guy.’
Lily said, picking at her food with her chopsticks.
“I’m sorry. I don’t understand what you’re saying… Can you tell me when Asga comes?”
“······.”
The leader calmly listened to what the girl said.
But even he, who had memorized the entire scripture, could not understand the words of the incarnation.
But that didn’t matter at all.
‘If no one can understand the word of God, then its interpretation is mine alone.’
The leader considered it his natural right.
“Thank you for your permission.”
The leader rose from his seat and bowed to Lily. Then he turned around and looked at the elders and said.
“The incarnation has just given permission to dispatch troops. We will spread the word of the divine will to the followers and begin preparing for war immediately!”
Then Elder Lee, who had been skeptical about war itself, suddenly stood up.
“Master! Did you understand what the Incarnation just said?”
The leader nodded confidently.
“Yes. His words came into my mind. Suppress the non-believers. Let my glory spread throughout the martial arts world!”
The magic energy slowly rose from the leader’s body. The intense momentum made Elder Lee breathless, but he managed to refute it.
“···It is difficult to start a war right now. It would take at least a year, or even six months.”
“Elder Lee is right. If we start a war rashly, the damage to the religion will be great.”
“Reverend. We cannot repeat the mistakes of 100 years ago.”
“The movements of the three kingdoms of the world have not yet been determined.”
The elders who opposed the war all added their voices. The leader glared at them.
‘Ugly old cowards.’
In the past, the leader would not have been able to easily ignore the elders’ words. But not now.
“Shut up-!”
Kwakwakwakwakwakwa!
With the leader’s scolding, the energy of the Heavenly Demon Sect that reached Daesung enveloped the leader’s temple.
“The Martial Arts Alliance must have expected that as well. The war will start in six months at the earliest. Are you saying we should attack after they’ve finished preparing all their defenses?”
A strong magical energy surged from the leader’s body, and flames shot out from his eyes. He shouted while keeping the incarnation of Mazda standing behind him.
“Behold! The proof that Mazda has answered our prayers! We will win! This time, we will defeat the hypocrites of the martial arts world and plant our flag in that rich land! This is all God’s will!”
The leader’s fearsome presence and the presence of the girl behind him silenced the elders.
At that time, the elder noticed that the leader’s condition was different from before.
‘When did the leader’s martial arts skills level rise so high? It’s at an abnormal rate. Could it be…?’
He tried hard to deny the ominous thoughts and knelt before the cult leader.
thud!
Eventually the war will start. Now is not the time for civil strife.
“I follow the leader’s orders!”
The other elders, who had read the elder’s words, also knelt down one by one.
“I follow the leader’s orders!”
“I follow the leader’s orders!”
“I follow the leader’s orders!”
“······.”
The leader nodded with a soft smile on his lips. The girl muttered something softly behind him, but he ignored her.
‘This is it.’
The temple permitted by God.
Even those who were skeptical about war will come together as one.
‘And I will be remembered in history as the first Heavenly Demon to unite the martial arts world.’
To do that, we will use God.
Before the coin addiction gets worse and I go crazy.
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That night.
Lily pretended to be asleep, then quietly woke up and started packing her bags.
“We have to run away quickly.”
They weren’t good people. The leader was a bad person. Lily thought of the face of the maddened leader of the Heavenly Demon Cult.
Brrrr.
I got goosebumps all over my body. I had a terrible feeling about this. Finally, I put the bag in my handbag and slung it over my shoulder.
And then I carefully opened the window.
Wheeing~
A cold wind blew. Fortunately, the moon was not bright, so it was a good environment for escape.
But escaping wasn’t easy.
“Where are you going?”
As if a ghost, the figure of the Heavenly Demon Lord appeared behind Lily.
“That’s… a walk! I’m going for a walk!”
No matter what excuse I make, you won’t understand.
So instead of showing a dumbfounded expression, the leader approached with a gentle smile, closed the window, and locked it with the latch.
Click.
“It’s cold. If you want to take a look around the school, I’ll have the head priest show you around tomorrow.”
The tone was soft but firm. It sounded like a request, but it was no different from demanding something.
“······.”
Lily hesitated for a moment. She didn’t want to stay here any longer.
‘Shall we fight?’
Reason warned fiercely, but nature whispered to burn the enemy before her and leave.
‘If I stay here, something bad might happen to me.’
The sight of the person trying to hold her back brought back to the girl’s mind a terrible trauma from the past.
It was when the girl’s eyes were gradually turning ominous…
[You must not fight.]
In her head, the girl heard the voice she wanted to hear the second time in the world.
[Let’s just do as we’re told.]
A startled Lily looked around and shouted.
“As? Where are you?”
“?”
The leader looked around with his eyebrows furrowed. However, only Lily could hear Abraxas’ voice.
[I’m here.]
Kyaaaa!
Malrang, who had been stuffed into his bag while still asleep, poked his head out and licked Lily’s cheek with his tongue.
“Malangi? Why is Asga there?”
[I was trying to save my body in a hurry, and this is the only place I could find it. It’s kind of funny. A dragon possessing a serpent’s body.]
“Then what about Malrang?! Is he dead?”
Malrang shook his head from side to side.
[I borrowed it for a moment. This guy’s consciousness is asleep down there.]
Lily cleared her throat.
“Phew… Thank goodness. I thought Asga had gone far away….”
[I told you. I’ll stay by your side. For now, just behave as that human tells you.]
“huh!”
Lily, who had found peace of mind, did as Abraxas told her.
I took off my bag, went into bed and lay down again. The leader stared at me for a moment and then lowered his head.
“Have a good night.”
And then it disappeared without a trace.
Lily made a displeased expression and said, “Huh!” Then she hugged Malrang and said.
“Where have you been?”
[I was a bit shocked when my soul was suddenly separated. I needed time to recover. At first, I went into your body, but then I came into this guy because I was in a hurry.]
“Really? You were inside my body this whole time?”
[Yeah. Thanks to that, I saw something interesting… Let’s talk about that later. That’s not what’s important right now.]
“Thank goodness… I was scared. There was no uncle, no As, and we couldn’t communicate….”
Abraxas said after comforting Lily.
[You know what? These guys. They think you’re a god.]
Lily’s eyes widened.
“God? Me?”
[Yeah. That guy earlier tried to start a war using you. He’s a typical cult member who interprets God’s will as he pleases and uses it.]
Abraxas had been watching everything from inside Lily’s body.
Although he was unable to come forward to recover from his shock, he was able to observe and judge his surroundings through Lily’s vision.
[I’ve learned the language here. From now on, I’ll interpret what those guys say.]
“Ass is the best!”
Lily hugged Malang tightly. She felt like she had found a thousand soldiers after being left alone in the enemy’s territory.
Malrangi screamed, “Ugh!”
[And since these guys here think you’re a god, why don’t you try being a god for once?]
“God? How?”
Abraxas’ sinister laughter echoed in Lily’s head.
[I’ve done this a lot for fun in the past. It’s my specialty to make trouble for people who use God to satisfy their own greed.]
“I don’t know much, but I’ll leave it to Asun.”
[Okay. Then the first thing to do is···.]
The two stayed up all night planning their future. Lily was the first to offer her opinion.
“Let’s contact the uncle!”
The next day, Lily sent a signal by creating a giant chicken out of flames in the sky.
< Mazda's Incarnation (2) > End
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