Episode 311 < Next world. (1) >
One.
A change occurred in the spire when dawn was still just a foot above the ground.
The earth was dark and the son-in-law was quiet.
“hmm.”
Upright.
The gray witch who stayed the night with me listened. We were in the midst of darkness, I cannot say, but in the midst of silence. I could even hear her ears moving.
“It’s calling.”
The gray spider narrowed his eyes and looked at the spire.
“yes?”
“me… … . is not it. “I’m calling you, Death King.”
“Who are you talking about?”
I followed the gray spider’s gaze and looked at the tower. The huge iron gate was still closed. There was no sign or sound at the door, whether it was Uburka who had come in to invite surrender or the spiders who had decided to surrender.
“I don’t see anyone.”
“I’m already standing at the door. alone.”
“…….”
“I don’t know what you can do. Perhaps, what you used when fighting me was only a part of your fat sense. But that goes for you too. “Do you think you have seen all the thousand years that the Magic Tower has had?”
“indeed.”
understood.
I nodded and relaxed from my lotus position.
“that’s right. “It wouldn’t be surprising if some spiders have the skills to [make their body invisible] and [to erase their presence].”
“Your advantage is that you can talk quickly.”
“I will go. “Do you have something to tell me?”
“[Thank you for staying. It makes me cringe to think of the escaped bastards. But rather than them, let’s curse those bastards gathered outside.]”
“Be neat.”
I headed to the spire.
The first headquarters of the Magic Tower was surrounded by a moat. A drawbridge as transparent as glass connected the castle gate and the outside of the gate.
As I climbed onto the drawbridge, I could see a blurry shadow like soot on the glass.
“Did you call me?”
There is someone standing in front of my nose.
Even though it is not visible to the eye.
“…….”
The transparent one looked at me for a long time.
“… … “Do not move your lips and use full consonants.”
Finally she said.
“Not too forcefully. So loud that only I can hear it. “No one can overhear our conversation.”
“It’s quite difficult to specifically send a message to someone you can’t even see.”
“Difficult doesn’t mean impossible. Do it.”
I shrugged my shoulders.
“It’s done. It would be difficult for even your elders to eavesdrop on this conversation. Now, please speak comfortably.”
But the invisible witch could not speak comfortably.
She spoke again after a long silence.
“… … Are you Uburka’s father?”
“ah. “It’s okay.”
“… … what?”
“Instead of asking me if I was the Death King, you asked me if I was Uburka’s parent. For you, Uburka has been imprinted as being quite important in some way. “I could have called him ‘that bastard’ or ‘pig’ or other derogatory terms, but I politely called him Uburka, and to me, I used the word father.”
I nodded.
“It looks like Uburka is persuading me well. Or maybe he was just good at persuading. However, instead of sending a formal envoy to surrender, they are trying to secretly meet with me like this… . It means that a minor problem has occurred. Isn’t it?”
“…….”
The Invisible One was silent for a moment.
“… … “I listened to Uburka’s story carefully, carefully, and seriously.”
“hmm.”
“I heard what you were. The delay is because we have to verify whether the story is true or false… .”
I tilted my head slightly. I could hear the tension in the other person’s voice.
As if afraid of something nearby.
Why am I nervous?
“… … We didn’t stand still. An investigation team was dispatched to the world of the dead. I followed the route Uburka told me about and contacted the demon tribe. Death King, I have seen the work you have done as a god.”
“Why are you so scared?”
“what?”
“You’re shaking right now. I am afraid. “What’s going on?”
“What’s going on?” … . “Are you serious?”
For the first time, the Invisible One laughed. It wasn’t a funny laugh, but a ridiculous laugh.
“What are you afraid of? “Of course he is afraid of you.”
“yes?”
“In my dream, I saw that there were a thousand elite soldiers wearing black robes under your command. I have seen thousands of Asuras, warriors of the designated tribe, who are happy to do what you ask them to do. and… … “The Constellation Killer who obeyed you.”
“…….”
“But don’t be afraid? you? “If you put your mind to it, you could easily destroy us, the 50th floor, and build your own thousand-year empire, right?”
The invisible one muttered, “I’m really going crazy.”
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“… … A silence order was placed on the investigation team. “Still, most of our children don’t know how much of a hunter you are.”
“In short, you are the head of Headquarters 1. Are you willing to surrender to us?”
“okay. “But there is a condition.”
condition.
“What is it?”
“We surrender to you. Death King. “Only to you.”
A very distinct voice rang out in full sound. Transparent tone. It was a voice that announced a decision without any hesitation or hesitation.
“I will never surrender to a ragtag group of people like the anti-demon group.”
“…….”
“Only you treated your species as true friends. At least, I tried my best to do so. By persuading not only you but also your colleagues. okay. I’ll admit it. If it’s you, if we lose to you, [it means]. But not them!”
The transparent one was not visible.
But I could tell she was pointing over my shoulder, looking, and gritting her teeth.
“Among those who have set foot on this 50th floor, is there even one innocent person? iced coffee. Sometimes there were people who committed less sins. Those kids willingly joined our magic tower. okay? Death King, do you understand? “We will never kneel before those bastards!”
Those were the same words that the gray spider had said.
“…….”
I thought for a moment and said.
“In other words, the Banma Maeng people are going to be left completely empty-handed.”
“okay. They were the ones who didn’t deserve it anyway. Thanks to you, I was able to raise a spoon. “I won’t give those bastards the feeling that [we won], even if it’s just an illusion.”
The Transparent Witch’s words were resolute.
“okay. We didn’t live well either. Admit it. But the only ones who can insult us are Uburka, you, and the warriors of your world! I will kneel as much as I want for you, but not for others. “Absolutely not.”
“What did Uburka say?”
“He said [it’s difficult]. And, he suggested I talk to his father. “The reason I am here is because of Uburka’s advice.”
but.
I guess so.
“… … “A happy ending is always difficult.”
“what?”
“Protect something precious to you. Whether it’s resentment, pride, or whatever. “The reason the world is like this is not because there are many people who have nothing more precious than life, but because there are many people who have something more precious than life.”
“What are you talking about? … … Zen question? “I don’t like that type of thing.”
“I knew very well what was important to you.”
I prepared my heart.
“So you don’t have to kneel in front of the congregation.”
There was a moment.
It’s like he doesn’t believe what I’m saying.
“… … Really?”
“yes. Open the door, cross the drawbridge, and cross into the world of the dead. “When I get there, my children will guide me well.”
“…….”
“step. Please cross this drawbridge on foot.”
I also placed one condition.
“It is impossible to just transmit to the world of the dead from within the spire without showing anything. “If you will only surrender to me, if you cannot possibly kneel to the believers, please show the courtesy and courage to cross the drawbridge.”
“no way… … “No one will attack us while crossing the drawbridge, right?”
“I am the Death King.”
I said calmly.
“If you know who I am, then you know how much weight my name carries. You can trust that promise.”
The invisible one was silent.
“… … good.”
But in the end, I agreed. All she could do was nod her head.
Just, really, simply walk across the drawbridge. What’s difficult about it? Spiders who worked at Headquarters 1 must have crossed glass drawbridges to their hearts’ content.
You’d think it wouldn’t be difficult.
“Then in an hour.”
“yes. “Please come out in an hour.”
I said goodbye and returned.
“…….”
When I returned, the gray spider was glaring at me with expressionless eyes.
I sat down next to her, not paying any attention to her.
“Medicine is a guy. “You’re using a trick.”
“The elder is in charge, but he still needs to know how things work.”
“So you lied to the general manager? [It would be difficult for even an elder to eavesdrop on this conversation]. “In the first place, they even sent me a message at the same time.”
Yes.
From the beginning, I sent word to not only the transparent head of the headquarters, but also the gray spider. Thanks to this, the elder learned the whole story.
“The sound quality was okay, right?”
“Oh my, the reception was good, you f*cking idiot.”
“Do I look different now?”
The gray spider looked up at me.
The look in her eyes that had appeared a moment ago when I had hinted about Uburka’s past had become a little darker now that she had heard the story with the Transparent Witch.
The gray spider spoke as if lamenting.
“Is it all real?”
I crossed my arms and puffed out my chest.
“yes. “I am the Death King.”
“Not that, you two bastards.”
“A thousand elite soldiers wearing black robes obey without hesitation, and countless warriors of designated tribes and thousands of asuras support them. I have two rivals, one of whom has a thousand elite soldiers wearing white uniforms, fighting demons who control 256 colors, and a shabby ponytail-haired bastard, and the other has no such reputation at all, but he is the original swordsman pick, so he is just a fan. “He’s a very strong old man.”
“Not even that, you bastard.”
I opened my chest even more.
“sure? Using immortal brilliance as a sword? That he brought down the blood-red devil who opposed him and did his work? “Are you saying that even that fearsome constellation slayer, the Constellation Killer, who was famous as the [Season Boss] of the 50th floor, is under my command?”
“Oh, not those [frivolous] things! “The only real trick is, damn it!”
Unlike the transparent witch who showed fear of the power I had, the gray spider cut it off as [trivial].
“Strong bastards. Stronger cubs who treat the strong cubs like a mountain… If you live for a thousand years, you are bound to see countless such [ordinary strongmen]. Why couldn’t we nail all the constellations to the bottom of the tower right now? “What on earth is the reason why those voyeuristic bastards led by Mahos, the top false gods served by those f*cking false gods, can eat popcorn while looking down on the 50th floor?”
The gray spider ground his teeth.
“What’s a little surprising is that you got the Constellation Killer, but that’s because the Constellation Killer wasn’t such a trivial powerhouse! The reason why Geomje was different was because he was not such a trivial powerhouse. But you… You don’t know. “What am I saying?”
hmm.
“Really?” okay.
“Really?”
Yes.
“Death King, you… .”
Even though the gray spider overheard from a distance, she accurately understood what the Transparent Witch had not fully realized because she was paying more attention to my power.
she asked, moaning.
“On the 30th floor, on the 40th floor… “Aren’t you ruling as a god?”
I nodded.
“yes.”
“I can not believe it!”
The gray spider shouted.
“I can’t believe that you are that kind of person, no, that such a person even exists! Until now, no one… .”
“yes. “You can say that.”
I spoke to the spider.
“You can believe that. Gummy, thinking of me as a liar, thinking that I was mistaken about what the first Magic Tower said was confirmed, throwing it all away, forgetting about it, and moving on is definitely an option that Gummy can choose.”
“…….”
“Or, you could choose a completely different option.”
The gray spider gritted his teeth.
She leaned towards me. But because she took her steps backwards at the same time, she ended up standing in an awkward position, neither trying to approach me nor moving away from me.
I waited.
The gray spider looked back and forth at the magic tower, the forces surrounding the magic tower, and the increasingly bright dawn, and muttered like the death knell of an animal driven to a cliff.
“… … “You said you were a dream demon or something, and that you showed them your strategy through a dream.”
“yes.”
“… … Show it to me too. Look at that, and then… no. Anyway, first of all, show it to me.”
I nodded.
“That’s something I can do for you.”
So I did that.
2.
Dawn was slowly creeping across the sky.
The sound of dawn was the sound of believers stretching out in Banma Maeng’s barracks and temporary buildings, the sound of apostles grooming themselves, the sound of a child crying, or the sound of a livestock bellowing.
“… … okay.”
And it was the sound of a wizard who had lived for a thousand years saying, “Yes.”
“…….”
The gray spider’s eyes were blurry.
It wasn’t just because I had just had a long dream with the help of the dream demons.
“…….”
A small murmur.
“……I am,”
After some time, the gray spider, covering its face, began to speak.
“I originally had no intention of protecting my sisters. Just find and kill the person who sown the seed to my mother, burn that person’s village, destroy the village’s territory, destroy the territory’s country, and burn the country’s continent… … . “At some point, there were sisters around me.”
The words seemed to flow of their own accord from her parted lips, rather than being flicked out of her tongue.
“There was no sense of responsibility. But there was responsibility. When I think about it, the guy who doesn’t take responsibility where responsibility belongs is just like my father. They were our gods. I decided not to be like those guys and became the monarch of my own people. He built a magic tower.”
The promised morning.
The iron gate of the spire opened with a squeak.
“I had no intention of becoming anything in my life. Let’s not be like that. Let’s not be like that guy. Let’s just kill those bastards. … “When I look back, I’ve always been a person who lived only by that.”
The followers of the anti-Demon Maeng murmured.
There were many different types of murmurs. ‘Are you really surrendering!’, ‘Damn it’, ‘Let’s see how shameless your face is!’, ‘It’s the end! ‘It’s our victory!’ Tens of thousands of humans formed a siege and watched the spire, each expressing their feelings.
“It was my first time. “Geomje.”
From the open gap in the iron door, hundreds of spiders walked out.
“Like that guy. “It was the first time in a thousand years that I wanted to be like someone other than myself.”
The spiders did not come out with a white flag. ‘what?’ Then, little by little, the various whispers of the crowd began to focus on one place. ‘I don’t have a white flag.’ The spiders walked confidently and did not lower their heads.
‘… … ..’
upright. I walked out the iron gate, glaring straight ahead.
‘Really, what is it?’
As if they were not defeated.
“It was light.”
The gray spider’s voice that said that was also not heavy.
But that was because there was nothing more contained there.
“The man didn’t seem to hate anything. It wasn’t a pretense. I also have the insight to find out that much. However, he is not particularly good. He wasn’t the type of person who was anxious to help others. just… … It was light. “Like the wind.”
Anger too. Contempt too. Malice too.
Even the hatred that was thick until I showed you my dream.
“I wondered if it was possible to live like that person.”
The anti-ma-maeng people began to shout. ‘Kneel!’ ‘Apologize!’ The believers shouted without hesitation, perhaps feeling that the previous four headquarters had been too obedient to the surrender. ‘Kneel!’ Your whole life is wrong, ‘Kneel!’ It’s not just a few parts that are wrong, but your entire existence is wrong. ‘Kneel!’ The believers took this opportunity to prove themselves.
“I thought about it.”
“Kneel!”
“It’s not possible. It’s impossible. “A life like that is impossible for me or anyone else.”
“Kneel!”
“So Geomje is just an exception.”
“Kneel!”
“But, that’s right.”
“Kneel!”
“So that wasn’t necessarily the case.”
“Kneel!”
Spiders from 1st Headquarters began to step on the drawbridge. Trudging. The drawbridge, transparent as glass, did not shake precariously even under the footsteps of hundreds of people.
The gray spider and I were standing at the edge of the drawbridge.
“Even if it is different from the Sword Emperor. Even if it’s completely the opposite. So even if it is heavy. Even if it’s so heavy.”
“…….”
“It means that a life different from mine was also possible.”
While we watched, the 1st Division spiders confidently crossed the glass bridge.
As the majesty got closer, the anger expressed by the believers became even hotter. ‘Kneel! ‘Can’t you kneel?!’ ‘Those things!’ There were also people who tried to throw things like rotten fruit or sewage, not knowing where they came from.
“You don’t have to.”
I said.
“thank you. “Maybe so.”
The gray spider lowered its hand covering its face.
“I spent over a hundred years thinking that the Sword Emperor was a special exception. “I could spend over a thousand years thinking of you as a similar exception.”
“…….”
“I wasn’t wrong. I lived my best. I am. I am. … … “But.”
As she said that, she was crying and laughing.
“Wouldn’t that be so embarrassing?”
and.
The gray witch slowly knelt down.
“…….”
The 1st headquarters spiders crossing the drawbridge stopped.
no. Spiders from 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th headquarters watched the surrender ceremony with anxious faces. The anti-ma-maeng believers also surrounded them and went wild and jeered. Ordinary hunters who joined in on a festival that wasn’t a festival and shouted loudly.
“I’m sorry.”
The gray witch was kneeling towards the believers.
“sorry. “I was wrong.”
On behalf of the hundreds of spiders who refused to kneel, the largest spider, the lord of all witches and the God Slayer who did not kneel even to the gods, wrapped his body in bandages and placed his forehead on the floor.
quietly.
“My thousand years were wrong.”
The city was silent.
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