Episode 378 < A place called Sanctuary. (3) >
4.
[The Constellation Killer disappears.]
dump.
The Constellation Killer, having lost his way, buried himself in the floor of the garbage dump. Her silvery hair fluttered as if in sleep.
It was like looking at a pile of broken threads from a doll.
[There are no constellations in that world.]
A quiet voice echoed throughout the world.
[The conditions for world destruction are met at level 1.]
[There are no apostles in that world.]
[The conditions for world destruction are met at level 2.]
[There are no believers in that world.]
[The conditions for world destruction are met at level 3.]
The roar of an animal was heard from somewhere.
[warning.]
[All conditions have been met.]
At first, the howls of the beast echoed only on the outskirts of the world. However, it soon came under pressure from all directions at a rapid pace. The ground shook, and the countless mountains of garbage rising on the horizon shook. Whoosh! Trash tumbled down from the top of the mountain.
It was not the cry of an animal.
It was the sound of this place collapsing and sinking.
[The world is destroyed.]
The sunset was split apart.
The sky became a glass wall, and as soon as it became glass it broke. The pieces of glass that broke into fragments fell with the sunset just before breaking still printed.
Coooooo!
A piece of glass the size of a quarter of the sky fell into a mountain of garbage far away. The garbage mountain collapsed, spewing out countless plastic bottles. Pieces of glass also shattered. Billions of glass shards flew out. The sunset was still imprinted on each one, so the pieces were red.
So the dumpsite seemed to be spewing drops of blood into the air.
“… … “It’s beautiful.”
It was not impossible to understand what the paladin muttered inadvertently.
The paladin, who had scratches all over his body from dealing with the murder doll, looked up at the shattered sky. While holding the wound on her forearm.
“It’s as if the world is blessing destruction. This kind of destruction is not bad. If this is what you will see in the end… … .”
“Why are you holding a free fair?”
The Black Dragon Master shouted.
“Hurry up and run away, you idiot! “If you don’t want to die covered in glass shards!”
“But Anastasia. Look. To run away with such a scene in front of you is something that no human being could do… … .”
“Don’t be damned! I was pressured into making a promise to Nisha! “If I can’t bring you back safely, the rest of my life won’t be fun!”
The Black Dragon Master forcibly grabbed the Paladin’s wrist.
“Kim Gongja, I will count the help I gave you this time as a debt. “I’m going back to Babylon with this idiot, so you can do whatever you want!”
“Ah, that’s a shame. It’s so disappointing. Think about it. If I have to die, I want my cause of death to be stabbed by the sunset. Stay here a little longer… … .”
“send!!”
White light surrounded the two people. The Holy Knight’s face, which was full of regret for not being able to let go of his regrets, was soon engulfed in a halo of light and disappeared somewhere.
“hmm! “Then please excuse me too, master!”
“father. “I will step down first.”
Pot! Faaah!
Other companions and retainers also escaped from the collapsing world one after another.
The next moment, only Kim Yul and I remained.
“…….”
We watched the world shattering in red light in silence.
Suddenly, I realized that there are only two people in this world.
Has the paladin’s quirk passed on to me? When I thought that the world had become the minimum unit to be a world, I wanted to stay here a little longer, even though I should have escaped quickly.
“Why was it a garbage dump?”
I heard Kim Yul’s voice next to me.
I didn’t turn my head. I just looked up at the redness of the world side by side.
There were relationships where eye contact was necessary to communicate, and there were relationships where just breathing in the same air was enough.
“Why did it have to be here?”
“…….”
“I don’t have good memories of home. I lost my slippers on Wednesday and went to school wearing them until Saturday. “As soon as I finished class on Saturday, I came back and searched the garbage dumps around the house to see if anyone had thrown away indoor shoes.”
In the world where I was left alone, Kim Yul’s tone—was a little different.
Maybe it wasn’t something that had changed, but maybe it was just a temporary return.
“I found one pair, but I couldn’t find the other one. However, you can’t go wearing only one pair of indoor shoes. I couldn’t find it even after Sunday so I gave up, but when I woke up on Monday morning, there was one remaining pair left. “My father found it during the night.”
“okay.”
“huh. But it wasn’t a good match. They were different sizes. I don’t think my father stayed up all night because he was worried and caring about me. “The son must have felt that wandering around the garbage dump all weekend was giving his father attention.”
Kim Yul muttered.
“That’s the best memory I have of my father.”
Kim Yul moved his hand. Only then did I turn my head and look at him. Kim Yul was untying the string tied around his head and putting it back in his pocket.
“The Constellation Killer must have discarded all of Kim Yul-il’s memories. I don’t know why he used this place as a scenery for his sanctuary, or how he was able to use it.”
In the short period of time that the hair tie came off, Kim Yul’s tone returned to normal.
“Even if it is forgotten from our minds, does it mean that it is imprinted in our souls? “It’s a trivial story.”
“But we decorated a landscape on one side of the tower like this. “Thirteen people, including you and me, saw this.”
“… … okay.”
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And I thought Kim Yul laughed very softly at that time.
“From that day on, there were several pairs of unused slippers piled up in a corner of the house. “If you think about it that way, it may seem like a memory that isn’t as bad as you think.”
Tuk. Kim Yul hit me with his elbow.
“I will go back first, head of the family. “This is no longer my home.”
With the words “send,” Kim Yul was enveloped in a halo of light.
So I was left alone in the world.
The horizon has collapsed. All the pieces of glass that fell from the sky shattered upon impact on the ground, and plastic and scrap metal were scattered in the air. Pitch-black darkness engulfed the world from the outskirts.
I looked down at the remains of the murder doll one last time.
“…….”
After taking one last look at the 13 dolls with broken strings, I let out a voice that would be recorded for the last time in this world.
“send.”
[You will be transferred to the 81st floor.]
So the world closed its eyes.
While welcoming the pitch-black darkness.
5.
As soon as I returned to the 81st floor, what greeted me was the vaguely bored voice of a wizard.
“Good job, Myeongcheon. I thought that even if it was you, I might lose this time. “It’s ironic that you killed the Constellation Killer.”
[The Primordial Staff] was standing with his broken staff leaning on his shoulder.
A stage where there is still only darkness. In this dark space that will one day be my sanctuary, the wizard was like a white orchid.
“You were busy fighting, weren’t you?”
“I guess I was just out of my mind. “If Raviel had hesitated even slightly, I would have been stuffed here forever from that day.”
“okay. For those of you who don’t know what’s going on outside, all the constellations in the tower are in an uproar right now because of you. “The Constellation Killer’s death was notified just moments ago.”
I shrugged my shoulders.
“Honestly, it’s not the first time there’s been an uproar because of me. “The constellations will now have to get used to my existence.”
“Unlucky… … . “You seem to be acting especially unluckily in front of me. Is this my mistake?”
“Anyway, there’s something I’d like to advise you on.”
“Look at you shamelessly changing words.”
The wizard sighed.
“Well, the loser has to be willing to endure the humiliation. What kind of consultation is this? “Is this a question related to the sanctuary?”
“yes. Among the skills I have, this is consultation regarding [Reincarnation of One Hundred Returns].”
I opened my palms.
“Skill card, open.”
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-.
Golden scum overflowed from the center of my palm. It soon took the form of a card.
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[100 Ghost Reincarnations]
Rank: SSS+
Effect: Summons those you have killed. The dead do not inherit their abilities from life. However, if you wish, the lion retains its memories and appearance from when it was alive. If you don’t want it, it will just be summoned as a monster.
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The wizard looked at my card and nodded.
“okay. It’s your proprietary patent. “This is the skill you used the most and are indebted to, so now you have nothing left to do but seek advice from me?”
“yes. Especially this part… … . “If you don’t want it, you will just be summoned as a monster.”
“Why is that?”
“Can I decide which monster will be summoned?”
The wizard blinked.
“that… … , hmm. wait for a sec. I will think about it.”
She rested her chin for a moment and then glanced at me.
“First of all, I don’t know why you asked this question. Originally, when you summoned a white ghost as a monster, it materialized in the form of a skeleton. Of course, this is to achieve balance. Let’s say it’s the same monster, but it’s summoned as a bone dragon. It’s ruined. So, you can decide the type of monster…”
“Oh, there’s no problem with that part.”
I waved my hand.
“I plan to summon it in a much weaker form than the skeleton.”
“… … “More than a skeleton?”
The wizard narrowed his eyes. It seemed like he had no idea what I was doing.
“If it’s true, it doesn’t matter. why? What are you going to do? When it comes to monsters that are weaker than skeletons, the only thing that comes to mind is slime. And what does that have to do with your work building the sanctuary?”
“You’ll know when you see it.”
I smiled.
“Let’s start by defining a monster. Would it be enough to be a [creature without reason]?”
“It doesn’t really matter, but… … . Don’t even think about playing around with this. Don’t forget that the top owner has already done you a favor when it comes to skills. never.”
“of course.”
“good. “I will temporarily change your skills.”
The wizard hit the floor with the tip of his wand.
[The permissions for skill ‘100 Returns (SSS+)’ are modified.]
[caution. These modifications are temporary.]
Even though he was defeated by me and his staff was broken, I think he can still handle this kind of thing on his own.
I half closed my eyes
Feeling my heart sink, I brought my hands together as if I was washing my face.
“…….”
What came to mind was the 13 butcher dolls that had just been abandoned and broken into the world.
The more I thought about the murder dolls in detail, the darker it became under my feet. It was a shadow.
Just like when they invaded the Constellation Killer’s sanctuary, black-painted arms were crawling up my ankles.
What is different from then is that there are 13 pairs of arms.
‘Come up a little higher.’
I left my arms alone.
Perhaps it was reading my thoughts, or it was the natural instinct of the shadow, but the arms steadily climbed up my body. I concentrated all my attention and guided the arms to one place.
The shadow arms grabbed my pelvis, moved to my elbows, passed through my wrists—-and finally crawled into my palms.
The moment when all 13 pairs of shadows pooled in the palm of my hand.
“… … “The reincarnation of a hundred ghosts.”
I said with prayers.
[Activates the skill.]
procrastination,
The long arms that stretched from the shadows beneath my feet were gradually drawn into my palms. It was focused. Jet black swirled and gathered at one point, taking shape little by little.
[Ancient Staff], who was watching what I was doing, parted his lips as if he were puzzled. She must have wondered what kind of monster she was trying to summon, but what was reflected in her eyes was something completely unexpected.
“……flower?”
It was a lily of the valley.
The lily of the valley in my palm was rotten. It was dried out. It stretched out its head, and 13 silver bells, already withered, hung from its neck.
“yes.”
I put down the rotten lily of the valley carefully so as not to damage it. Mulkyung. The soil on the 81st floor, which was covered in darkness like mud, gently accepted the lily of the valley.
“This child is the Constellation Killer.”
“If the condition is a creature without reason, there is no need to summon only beasts.”
I planted 13 flowers with silver bells hanging into this world. I was transplanted from a world that was destroyed a little while ago to this world where there is still only darkness.
“From now on, I will either bring the white ghosts back to life in human flesh, or simply transform them into flowers.”
I looked back at the wizard.
“So this world will bloom with the flowers that withered in other worlds because they could not bloom, with the flowers that rotted away. “Right now only one flower has been planted, but soon hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of flowers will rot here.”
“……..”
“A garden of rotten flowers.”
I smiled.
“That is my sanctuary.”
Perhaps the wizard wasn’t the only one who heard my oath.
[Your skill will be renamed.]
The owner of the tower was always watching over me, and this time he extended his hand as if wishing me a blessing. White light enveloped my skill card.
Where the light subsided, the final destination of my skills was drawn.
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[100 Flower Reincarnation]
Rank: SSS+
Effect: Summons those you have killed. The dead do not inherit their abilities from life. However, if you wish, the lion retains its memories and appearance from when it was alive. If you don’t want it, it will just summon you as a flower.
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someday.
This will be a place where ten million flowers dream of reincarnation.
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