The Boundless Necromancer Chapter 515

Episode 515 The Last Story (3)

Tower of Trials.

Was it because I never thought that the day would come when I would reach that final floor?

Even though I knew that climbing the Tower of Trials to the end would be a trivial task at the point where I had obtained power equivalent to that of the three ancient gods, my heart continued to pound.

Excited, Excited… … .

When you first enter the Tower of Trials, a miracle you could not even imagine is within reach.

“The Tower of Trials looks to the great challenger who has reached the highest point for the first time.”

Numerous challengers climbed the Tower of Trials again and again, each with their own wishes, hoping to reach the final floor.

One day, I wanted to reach the final floor of the transcendent structure called the Tower of Trials and see an untouched view that no one could reach.

Same goes for me.

‘Tower of Trials. What will be on that final floor, and what can you get? ‘I’ve thought about it several times.’

I imagined it.

I kept thinking about what the final reward the Tower of Trials had arranged on the final floor would be.

However, there is no need to think or guess about the final reward that the Tower of Trials gives to challengers who reach the final floor.

“The achievement ‘First Reacher’ has been achieved.”

“Exclusive authority #D-0007 [Increased Compensation] is automatically activated when the conditions are met.”

“The level of rewards obtained from achievements increases.”

“All abilities increase by 1,000.”

obviously.

「… … .」

「Challenger Han Seong-yoon.」

“Entry to the final floor of the Tower of Trials has been permitted.”

60th floor.

Among the numerous challengers who have chosen to climb the Tower of Trials, they ascend to an unexplored realm that none have been able to reach.

My eyes were filled with pure white light, and a new world appeared, along with a strange sensation similar to advancing beyond the Gate of Ascension.

***

Final layer.

As only the greatest of the challengers climbing the Tower of Trials reached the top, the world of vision also experienced an unexpected change.

Everything I saw in front of me was bathed in a pure white light, and all of my physical senses, energy, and other exploratory abilities stopped working, and I felt like I was flowing somewhere.

───.

“… … .”

however… … .

‘Why?’

It was strange.

‘I’m used to it.’

The Tower of Trials allowed entry to the final floor and immediately reached the 60th floor without going through a private waiting room.

Well, so the Tower of Trials’ way of configuring stages or moving them to specific spaces is not different from the existing method… … .

Aside from that, I felt a sense of familiarity with the ‘final floor’ itself, which the Tower of Trials had summoned here.

‘okay… … . It feels like I’ve returned to a place I’ve been to before. Are you sure.’

I thought that Tower of Trials might have been a modification, but I thought that wasn’t the case either.

There has not been a single change in my body or mind, and all of this can be stopped by my refusal.

However, despite this, I continue to feel familiar with the ‘final floor’ itself created by the Tower of Trials.

Strangely enough.

‘Where is it?’

question.

Where on earth have I seen something like this that gives me such a strong sense of déjà vu?

‘Where on earth did I see something worthy of being placed on the final floor of the Tower of Trials?’

step.

That too is only for a moment.

This is the moment when we try to think again and again to find the answer to the question.

Suddenly, the pure white light that filled my vision faded, and I realized the most obvious answer.

Goooo───!

A pure white space spreads out beyond your field of vision, and you complete your grasp of the new space the moment you step on the ground.

Ok.

The pure white space spread like a thin membrane around the point where I was standing, but beyond a certain range, the pitch black space was radiating its presence.

Kiririk─… , Kiririk──… , Kiririk───… .

A pitch-black space.

Thousands or even tens of thousands, or even tens of thousands, of countless different types of cogwheels rotating together in a space like space.

There was a pure white space at the center of the interlocking cogwheels, emitting intense light like a cluster of stars embroidered in space.

“… … .”

no.

To be precise, the gear wheels did not engage with the pure white space itself as the center.

Rather than the pure white space itself, it seems to be centered around a ‘door’ with a geometric pattern engraved in the deepest part of the space.

‘door. A geometric pattern whose meaning is unknown. A space-like background, and various gears interlocking within it. … … ‘Is that so?’

and… … .

“under.”

Realized.

“Really… … .”

What value and meaning does the pure white and pitch black space arranged on the final floor of the Tower of Trials contain, and what on earth made me feel such a sense of déjà vu?

“This is absurd.”

Jeopuk, Jeopuk… … .

“Tower of Trials. I thought imitating this and that was your specialty… … . How on earth did you make this? “It doesn’t make sense.”

Standing in front of the ‘door’ with a geometric pattern at the center of the pure white space, I stretched out my hand and smiled at the corner of my mouth.

“From my perspective, this secret weapon placed on the final floor of the Tower of Trials is an impossible realm that cannot be reached even if you pour out all your capabilities.”

It’s no different… … .

“that’s interesting.”

It was simple.

“The god of transcendence and death looks at the temporary instrument of ascension with a cool smile.”

[ … … ‘The Beginning of Ascension’. Imitating the blessings and curses that must be experienced in order to become a transcendent. It’s a miracle. ]

‘Simple Ascension Organization’.

This means that the final trial and reward arranged by the Tower of Trials on its final floor was an imitation of the ‘beginning of ascension’ to become a transcendent.

***

To be honest, I couldn’t help but notice.

The ‘door’ with geometric patterns placed on a pure white space, and the countless ‘cogwheels’ embroidered on a pitch-black space were blatantly imitating the beginning of ascension.

The ‘door’ with a geometric pattern placed on a pure white space symbolized the path beyond the Gate of Ascension, and the ‘gear wheel’ embroidered in a pitch-black space symbolized the ‘truth of the universe.’

“under.”

A smile comes out naturally.

I couldn’t even imagine that what the Tower of Trials had placed on the final floor was a simple ascension device modeled after the start of ascension.

Yes, the Tower of Trials is also a transcendental structure, but it is inferior to a true transcendental or ascendant with omniscience and omnipotence.

And that too very loudly.

‘I never would have thought that something like the Tower of Trials could imitate the beginning of Ascension and embody, at least as an imitation, the truth of the universe that exists at the Gate of Ascension and beyond.’

A simple ascension mechanism.

Was it because he knew that what the Tower of Trials gave to the most outstanding challengers who reached the final floor was the right to ascend to heaven to become a ‘transcendant’?

Now that I could go beyond the Gate of Ascension without the Tower of Trials, it didn’t seem that important to me.

“Tower of Trials. I know you’re good at imitating, but… … . You can’t always make a replica that surpasses the original. know?”

It’s not even just that.

Originally, the Tower of Trials attempted to imitate its sacred <Transcendence> and sacred <Death>, etc., but in the end, everything ended in failure.

This means that the Tower of Trials can create creations exceeding expectations by activating divine <Creation>, divine <Laws>, and divine <Miracles>, but even that has clear limitations.

The ‘simple ascension mechanism’ cannot replace the ‘initiation of ascension’, which is the original text.

“The same goes for the ‘Simple Ascension Mechanism’. It just creates something close to the transcendent rather than the transcendent. “You can’t reach the realm of the ascended or transcendent with something like this.”

Tuktuk-.

“You know? Something like a ‘simple ascension device’ will only produce dregs that have not yet become transcendents. “Like you.”

In response, I touched the ‘simple ascension device’ placed on the pure white space as if knocking and sneered.

“Even that may not be everything.”

Eat.

“Anyway, even if you use the ‘simple ascension device’ and become the dregs of the transcendental, you will only end up with a tool that is the same as yours or has no intention of being backward compatible.”

Wasn’t that why they forcibly stopped the start of Ascension beyond the Gate of Ascension?

In the beginning of ascension, beings who take on the great challenge of becoming transcendent lose themselves.

Thus, it evolves into a vessel with no limits capable of containing the truth of the universe itself, and becomes a transcendental being without intelligence.

Since the ‘simple ascension mechanism’ is nothing but the dregs of the transcendental, the penalty will be relatively weak, but the essential problem cannot be completely ignored.

There is a possibility that there will be problems in recognizing oneself, whether big or small, and that one may become a puppet that acts as controlled by the Tower of Trials.

You can’t look at something like that and call it a transcendent or an ascendant.

“That’s boring.”

Okay.

Before I knew it, I had lost the light of interest in my eyes, took my hand off the ‘simple ascension device’, thought for a moment, and then opened my mouth.

“… … Tower of Trials. You and I are essentially the same being. “What you and I pursue are essentially the same.”

This is a story from one day.

━Is this the right path to salvation?

━Are you telling me that as an excuse? Don’t be a jerk.

━It’s just that the strong playing with the weak as they please is packaged with trash talk like it’s a great cause or salvation, right?

During the War of the Gods, I had a deep conversation with the God of Creation.

━I am you.

━The sharpest weapon forged through countless trials just to realize your ideal.

Tower of Trials. The creator, the god of creation, pushed countless people into hell for the beliefs he believed were right. I was the worst weapon ever made by those hands.

━So. … … I am the closest being to a transcendent that the Tower of Trials has created.

It felt bad, but it was true.

so that. I said that it was the same as the Tower of Trials and, by extension, the God of Creation.

However, now that I think about it, even if that is not the case, I and the Tower of Trials have the same meaning.

“I seek to become a transcendent purely out of a desire to become stronger, and you pursue a transcendent as a means to achieve the goal of eliminating the existence of God.”

The Tower of Trials and the God of Creation beyond it did not answer, and regardless of the answer, I continued speaking as if in a monologue.

“I know that? This is a story told to me by a close friend who died for me. It is said that beings who pursue life, intelligence, and power live like puppets without being able to prove their freedom and existence.”

… … .

“I felt the absence of choice as everything was taken away from you, and I felt the unfreedom that comes from weakness. So, in order to become stronger, I gave up everything and came here.”

… … .

“You believe that you can bring about true salvation by cutting out the existence of God like removing a tumor from the universe. “I have become stronger for that.”

… … .

“I learned that although they look different, there is essentially no difference between the two.”

derision.

“me. and you. There is a difference between the two that separates the ends from the means. However, crucially, there is no difference between the two.”

Damcheonwoo.

The old challenger was a being who came to life, acquired intelligence, and sought power, hoping for freedom and validation of existence.

And, he thought that by giving up his will to acquire free will even though he had the right to decide, he would achieve the proof of freedom and existence through self-acquisition rather than self-loss.

As time passed and I also searched for an answer to his thoughts, I came up with my own answer.

“Free will.”

“There is nothing like that.”

“You and I both just kept moving forward to get what we believed was right.”

It was the answer to the contradiction that proof of the existence of free will can be achieved but cannot be achieved at the same time.

“It makes no difference whether it is a thirst for power or a desire to achieve a goal based on faith.”

There was no difference in terms of free will between the Tower of Trials and me.

“I lost everything to you, suffered a lack of power, and sought power by making desire itself an end.”

… … .

“According to your beliefs, you believed that the existence of God was a hindrance to the right path to salvation and sought the power of the transcendent.”

… … .

“me. and you. Would you like to tell us what the two have in common? “You and I both felt ‘frustrated’ or, to put it another way, ‘unfree’.”

strength.

My longing for that overwhelming violence stems from a lack of loss.

‘Frustration’, that is, ‘unfreedom’, comes from the absence of power. Therefore, I long to reach the pinnacle of power beyond that.

… … .

belief. Or, purpose. The existence of God hindered them from reaching the right path of salvation that they thought was meant for everyone. ‘Unfreedom’. That is why he longs for the transcendent power that can exclude all that.

… … .

“I felt frustrated that I had no power and could not choose anything.”

“‘You’ felt frustrated because you thought that the achievement of your goal according to your beliefs could not be achieved due to the existence of God.”

“Free will. That thing never existed in the first place. I just want the power to achieve what I want. There was no free will in that progression.”

It’s just that I and the Tower of Ordeals just kept moving forward to achieve our individual wishes.

“and. Therefore, for us, free will is the power to carry out our will. That’s my answer.”

Unlike Dam Cheon-woo, I arrived at another answer by seeing and feeling his legacy.

“In the first place, the oppression of freedom and existence that we feel stems from the frustration of not being able to achieve our goals and desires.”

In other words, the answer is that free will does not exist, but if there is something we consider free will, it is ‘the power to carry out one’s will.’

“The power to achieve what you desire. “That overwhelming power that excludes everything means liberation from unfreedom.”

Ouch!

“I don’t use power as a means to an end. Turn means into ends, and desires into beliefs. There is no fiction in my mind. “Not like you.”

I clenched my hands into fists.

“so that… … .”

and.

“I am the freest.”

Next moment.

“That is the difference between you and me, and ultimately, it is what determines whether I succeed or fail in carrying out my will.”

Sze-.

“Look forward.”

At the same time, I clenched my right hand into a fist and swung it at the speed of light, laughing in pleasure.

─────!

“The god of transcendence and death raises the corners of his mouth and lets out a twisted laugh.”

[ ───Soon. The day will come when I will be the most free. Then, you will have to pay for my unfreedom. ]

In an instant, the entire space itself, including the ‘Simple Ascension Mechanism’, is shattered, and the divine <Death> returns everything to nothingness.

Coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo co!

In the apocalyptic space where everything was falling apart and dying, I burst into laughter, feeling one step closer to freedom.

***

As time passed and I climbed the Tower of Trials, I converted all of the rewards for clearing trials into strength.

… … .

Now everything is ready for the final story.

“Challenger Han Seong-yoon has confirmed his intention to return.”

“Consume the return stone to permanently return to Earth.”

「… … .」

‘Let’s go back.’

… … Thus, the prologue of the final chapter, where the final story begins to unfold in earnest, has arrived.