Episode 193. A doll’s dream.
After a long period of darkness, I arrived at a small light, and when I went through the gap, a familiar place appeared.
‘This place.’
The upper level of the tower where I fought dragons in my past life. The moment I tried to look around, I suddenly became unable to move my body as I wanted.
It feels as if someone is controlling my body. So who is this person who is now moving my eyes?
I stopped in front of the wall where I was defeated by Red Dragon. The only difference from then was that the dragon was no longer in the same place, and only a huge hourglass remained.
‘What on earth is this?’
Even as I approached the hourglass, I felt my heart pounding.
The emotion overflowing so much that I couldn’t control it made me shed tears.
“It’s been a while, dragon.”
A deep voice came out of my mouth. It had a pitch that wasn’t much different from my usual voice, but there was something subtly different about it.
Crrrrr-.
As the voice echoed and spread, a dragon’s cry was heard beyond the wall, and soon a red dragon appeared overhead, flapping its wings with a roar.
The two showed strong momentum as if they were about to start a fight. A life so threatening that it wouldn’t be strange to aim for a vital spot right now, regardless of who will go first.
But as time passed and the two started talking, I realized that this was all a mistake.
[The owner of the tower is visiting me in person. Is it finally time to respond to my proposal?]
The dragon’s voice rang in my head. The ability to sense and communicate, rather than simply opening one’s mouth to communicate, is commonly referred to as telepathy by wizards.
“Yes, I think if we wait any longer, the tower will collapse before the World Tree.”
[How can you say such a weak thing even though you are in a position called God? If the apostles who follow you find out about this, they will be greatly disappointed.]
“It doesn’t matter whether you do it or not. “They are aiming for my position anyway.”
The dragon showed its face, exhaling a long stream of steam from its nostrils as if it were interesting.
Crrrrr.
[The apostles are aiming for your position?]
“It’s as if my place has already been taken over by those guys. One of my sons, Ordin, took the lead and tried to kill me.”
[If it’s Ordin, isn’t he the child you gave birth to in this world?]
“That’s right, it’s one of my works created to conquer the World Tree without your eyes. what… . Just looking at the result, we failed to climb to the top of the World Tree, so the plan failed.”
[It was a fun plan. Instead of you, who cannot leave the tower, they are trying to conquer the World Tree with those who have your blood.]
“It may seem like fun to you, but as someone who experienced failure myself, it was a painful defeat that felt like my heart was rotting.”
The person controlling my body continued speaking while swiping the bottom of the hourglass with his palm.
“How many times has it been repeated already? “I’m talking about the bondage created by this hourglass of time that you control.”
[The number of times is not important.]
[In order to prevent this world from being destroyed by your hands, we have no choice but to repeat the same thing infinitely until we find a way.]
“Are you not planning on just handing over this world into my hands? “If you do that, just let me out of the tower and I will never touch your four dragons.”
The dragon that was talking laughed and let out flames from its mouth.
[Even if I believe you, my brothers won’t even listen to your story.]
“I will try to convince them too. No, as long as they trust you, you don’t have to listen to their wishes.”
[Don’t do nonsense.]
[There is no way for you to get out of the tower anyway.]
“I will try to solve that problem myself. All you have to do is just watch me.”
[…] Just watch you?]
“Yes, in order to prove that all my actions from now on to you four dragons are true. “Because at least one person has to see the truth.”
The person controlling my body answered, holding a sword in one hand and magic in the other.
“Not only that, I will prove to you that I can leave the tower a long time ago.”
[Is it true that you can avoid our eyes and head outside the tower?]
“Yes, I will prove it by showing you right now. Then, trust me and leave the rest to me.”
[Please trust me and leave it to me.]
“Just as I could have killed all four of your dragons so far and still not touch them. “You are also leaving me alone in this world.”
I couldn’t help but be surprised by his answer.
How on earth is this guy who is moving this body so great that he can spout such arrogant words against a dragon?
If it were an ordinary human being, it would have been such a dangerous statement that it would have been torn apart on the spot.
The one who is now sharing my vision spoke very confidently through the dragon.
“How can you accept my offer?”
The dragon stared blankly into space.
[I will make you promise.]
[If you find a way to get out of the tower without our permission.]
[And through that action, if you show that you control your own potential power, rather than simply following your instincts.]
[There is no choice but to preserve the world tree as you wish and watch the moment when this world is destroyed.]
With these words, the person sharing the same body as me began to recite an unknown spell.
At the same time, a soul appeared behind my back and split into two, and the body that was talking to the dragon lost its strength and fell backwards.
The two souls that remained after losing their bodies spoke to the dragon at the same time.
“From now on, I will gather information about whether this world should really be destroyed or not.”
When the same voice raised its voice twice as if shouting, the dragon showed a good smile.
He said it with a relaxed expression, as if to say give it a try if you can.
[Then how about doing it this way?]
[There are three dragons in this world that you have not faced yet.]
[Anyway, you know the past history of this world, so find out how our dragons protect the world.]
“You want me to find out about your dragons?”
[Yes, if you know anything about us. And if you spend your time in this world with that kind of heart.]
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[Perhaps, by that time, you too will be able to understand our feelings.]
[This is the will of Father World Tree, who cherishes this seemingly insignificant continent.]
The next story was told in a whisper, as if they were having a conversation underwater.
I feel like some invisible force is preventing me from hearing their conversation.
Not only did I already understand the conversation between the two, but I also learned the identity of the person who met the dragon earlier.
Puzzle.
The chains of unanswered questions in my head were broken one by one, and a new world began to appear.
As I woke up from the illusion created by Timeless, thunder pouring overhead came into view.
It was clear that it was falling from Ragnarok in the middle of the World Tree, which had nothing to do with the clear weather around here.
‘Ordin… .’
Even though he uses his power to intervene, he is unable to get out of Ragnarok.
‘then.’
There is only one hypothesis I can formulate based on his behavior right now.
‘It’s competition.’
Ordin and Baphomet are keeping each other in check for the position of god.
Not only that, but it was clear that they were moving with awareness of the owner of the tower, so I was able to use this to deal with them.
Asabrag’s shadow, which had stayed in front of the fallen Timeless, disappeared. I don’t know if he really came back, or if someone who just looked the same faced Timeless.
“Good job, Timeless.”
I ran to Timeless and started picking up his decomposed body one by one. It looked like a human on the outside, but inside it was made up of countless cogs and various connections.
“hemp cloth… . “Rdin.”
“I found all the history and meaning you mentioned. “I also learned why he gave up his revenge on me and waited for this moment.”
“… “Have you met the dragon?”
“okay. “Not only did I meet them, but I also heard what they wanted from me.”
Of course, I didn’t talk to him directly. Still, I was able to hear enough stories to understand past history.
“then… . “I can disappear now.”
“Disappearing?”
“okay. By conveying the history of this world to you. “I dreamed of the day when I would be able to catch the wrong time.”
“I don’t know how many times the same history has been repeated, but in it, you Strange were both light and darkness to me.”
“Then did you know about the existence of the hourglass?”
“Yes, whenever the dragon moves, it hides itself in this world tree. “I don’t want to be sucked into the space-time created by the hourglass.”
So how long did the first Timeless live?
Isn’t it so many years that I can’t even imagine living the life of an ordinary human being?
“I won’t let you forget your sacrifice.”
“It doesn’t matter if I forget… . “I hope you get the job done properly.”
“Okay, don’t worry about him and get some rest. “I will never be defeated by that guy.”
The cut-out face of Timeless smiled brightly.
“Don’t let your guard down. If you are defeated, Ordin will truly bring destruction to this world.”
“That’s not going to happen, so get some rest. “Whether it’s Ordin or Baphomet, I’m the owner of this place right now.”
“… Now that I am experiencing this moment that will come someday, I feel like I have come to know what one of the parts the Creator said was missing when he created me.”
“I forgot a part when I made you?”
“Okay, the name of that part is…” .”
Timeless tried to say something in my ear, but time froze and I couldn’t continue the conversation.
I lowered my head and looked at Timeless’ body. His skin, which had looked as vibrant as a human just a moment ago, had become dry and resembled a withered tree.
‘… ‘Timeless.’
I will make sure I never forget you.
After slowly putting Timeless on the ground, I walked towards the stream where he had bled before, struck the ground with my sword, and shouted for everyone to hear.
“Let us drink the water flowing from the streams and fight against the dark shadows through the knowledge flowing from the world tree!”
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