181 – No Face (3)
“…… “
Choi Si-woo carefully turned the next page.
【Hill of the End. I headed to that place called that. Corpses infested with flies and maggots. All of them were collected without exception.】
【For the first time, I felt troubled by the severe corruption. It was different. I can’t believe I can feel this.】
【After many trials and errors, I realized one important thing. 1St. Beings who are nominally brothers and sisters. I don’t know why, but he looked at me and thought, ‘You are a being that should not have been born. A being who spoke inexplicably, ‘Go back to His embrace!’ A being that killed someone with a single sword and dumped the body in an unknown location. I was able to use the power of that existence.】
【I don’t know why. I used his/her power so naturally, as if it had been possible from the beginning.】
【It is the power to revive countless dead people, but I was not interested in such things at all. What I want is their resurrection.】
【We did our best to restore it. He healed rotten skin, repaired broken bones, and restored damaged organs and bodily functions to their original state with his power.】
【At that time, I felt excitement for the first time. I see a silver-haired woman in front of me. He opens his closed eyes and looks at me. Now, please answer quickly. Let me know. How could you be so determined? Why did I hesitate? What is that light that shone in my life that was filled with only darkness? Answer me. Answer me. Holy woman. You unclean witch. A woman bound by a dead goddess. Answer me!!!】
【The result was a failure. For the first time, I realize the feeling of disappointment. What has been brought back to life is just the appearance. I was foolish enough to not know the concept of the soul and thought that as long as I moved, things would go back to the way they were before without any problems.】
【The silver-haired woman didn’t tell me anything. She just looks at me with empty eyes. Filled with evil, I revived the others.】
【Empress of the bitter cold, a great mage who realized the truth of magic, and even a broken and broken hero. Revived everyone. No, no. Except for one person… Choi Si-woo. He couldn’t bring the man back to life. No, the body didn’t even exist in the first place. I tried to take at least the sword and coat he used, but… I couldn’t even touch it because it was a polar opposite that denied my existence.】
‘…… What?’
I stopped reading for a moment.
The body… There wasn’t one?
‘… Does this mean someone recovered it?’
What about… who?
No, why?
‘…… Let’s calm down.’
First, focus on the story of No Face.
【I asked even though I knew it was meaningless. Grasp both hands of the Empress of Severe Cold. Grabbing the Grand Mage’s shoulder. Grabbing the collar of the collapsed hero. Answer me. Answer me. Answer me. Please… please tell me the answer However, being nothing more than corpses, of course they did not give any answers.】
【It was futile. I wanted to know. What on earth am I? What was I born for? What on earth was that light I saw? Why did you smile like that at the last moment? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why!!!】
【This was the first time I learned about frustration. Shout out to a place where no one is around. I wanted to grab someone and ask them. However, in this world that had already been destroyed and was about to end, no truly intelligent being existed.】
【It was at that time. One thought passed through my head like lightning. If you don’t have anyone to ask, shouldn’t you just go to a place where there is someone to ask? At the same time as that thought, a memory unfolded before my eyes. Someone unknown, someone with absolute power. The sight of someone moving through numerous worlds as if it were their own home. The manifestation of the power that makes it possible.】
【I knew instinctively. I too can do that. Even though there is no learning, they wave their hands in the air. Then what appeared before my eyes was a passage to another world that was infinitely similar to this one, but was completely different.】
‘…… Also.’
Choi Si-woo swallowed his moans and sighed.
It was the moment when the ominous imagination guessed from the records left behind and the abilities shown by the children became reality.
The power that No-Face possessed was not simply an overwhelming destructive power or the power to cut down and destroy anything.
‘Parallel world… ‘
The power to move freely across the world.
That was the true power of No Face.
‘… At the same time, it also includes an infinite vessel that accepts anything as its own.’
No. 1 In Yukma Station. It would be in the same context that he was able to use the power of the Accuser of Evil.
My guess is that it has more powers than I thought.
▶…… Something similar to Master… You say it?
‘…… ‘
Choi Si-woo turned the pages, struggling to read Kay’s words.
We quickly pass through the unidentified experiment logs that account for the majority and the cruel actions that are difficult to open our eyes to.
【I crossed countless different, yet similar worlds. The first thing I visited was Saint Yurika. Sometimes she was a great mage, or the Empress of the Cold, sometimes a young genius from the Mountains and Seas, and sometimes a middle-aged man who had reached the path of a sword saint. And… Even heroes with different genders and powers in each world. I found everything and asked everything.】
【But no matter which world line I traveled to, no one gave me the answer. They only show hostility and use the weapons or They are holding. Take a moment to sigh over meaningless actions. I realized one thing that was puzzling.】
【This is Choi Si-woo. He did not exist on any world line. To be exact… That entity existed, but it wasn’t the person I knew.】
【He is not such a weak man. He is not a very frail man. Thoughts, thoughts, even the extremeness of the sword that made even me, who was like a machine at the time, fearful… Choi Si-woo couldn’t show anything. He wasn’t just unable to bloom, he was a completely different person.】
‘…… ‘
I had an idea about this part.
‘It must be because I am a possessed being in the original world.’
What No Face saw must have been Choi Si-woo, who was no different from the brat I was getting into before I was possessed.
【For a moment, it occurred to me that this might be a clue. Yes, if you think about it, he was the one who survived until the very end and fought against me. He was the first person to suffer damage to my roots, which could not be hurt by anything.】
【The pain, pain, and wounds he gave me awakened my ego. If he is the one who revived the emotions of the entity called me, wouldn’t he also be able to prove the existence of me? Choi Si-woo must know something. No, at least even if he said he didn’t know, there was no doubt that what I wanted to know was related to him.】
【Normally, I would have despaired. Because he is already dead. Because the other Choi Si-woo is nothing more than a lie. But I wasn’t like that. For some reason, I feel my heart beating. Excitement? Fate? I don’t know what it is, but my soul is screaming. He will definitely come back. He’ll confront me again. This is a certainty. My power was whispering.】
▶Ma, Master… this.
‘…… ‘
【I was obsessed with him. In my heart, I wanted to put a part of him into my body and become Choi Si-woo myself. Unfortunately, his body has still not been found.】
【Therefore, I chose the next best option. The four members of the warrior party who had the most contact with him and were connected by a bond of fate, and who were together for a long time. It was decided to bring back the four people.】
【I read the memories first. Next, the skin was covered. I cut and separated the body parts and collected them into my body. The warrior’s scalp, the archmage’s arms, the empress’s lower body, and finally… The face of the saint with whom Choi Si-woo was most closely related was covered.】
“…… “
【Their emotions flow into me. I am Yuen Joun, I am Seolgaram, I am Erina, and I am Yurika. After realizing that, my appearance changed. Rather than simply being a huge monster covered in skin, she had the body of a slim and beautiful woman. The scars Choi Si-woo left on me still remained, but I considered this as proof of my existence.】
【As time passed, I felt the desire to try various experiments. Information from a capable person flowed from the covered skin. Arien Mullach. And a man called a scientist. The bodies of the two were found and brought back to life. The hideout was built with the help of the two.】
【Most experiments ended in failure. Even if it produced meaningful results, it did not make much of an impact to me. With my last thoughts, I cut open the saint’s stomach and took out the miscarried children. These kids might give me the answer-
Boom!!
Choi Si-woo, who had read up to that point, crushed the awkward bookshelf with his fist.
An unspeakable curse boils in my stomach.
‘… Phew.’
There is no need to read this part.
Similarly, I guess I didn’t get an answer from the children.
That’s why I threw it away.
It was good, so I left it alone.
Driving a nail into me and Yurika’s chest.
▶… Master. This is the last chapter. Please be patient.
‘… Uh.’
【It was a time when I was spending meaningless time crossing countless worlds. The disappearance of the two test subjects was confirmed. The information that came naturally passed through my whole body. I was so happy that I couldn’t bear it. A world where even though I wandered through countless worlds, I couldn’t find any clues. The children were able to make the observation of the world where Choi Si-woo was located that I was looking for.】
【The two test subjects informed us. Choi Si-woo’s memories have been inherited, and his strength has surpassed his prime! Ah… This is definitely a blessing. Even though I don’t believe in goddesses or demons, at this time I felt like bowing down and thanking anyone.】
【I wanted to run right away. So it has no meaning. We need to make him more desperate. He suffers and struggles, and has to push himself until the last moment. Only then will you be able to see again the blow that was struck right before your final death. Therefore, I decided to put into operation what I had been making and preparing for a long time.】
“…… That?”
The content of the book ended here.
I look through the last page with my hands.
Flapping-
Immediately later, an old blueprint that had been cleverly inserted was held in my hand.
“…… What is this?”
▶…… Castle… shall? No, what kind of structure? I do not know.
A huge blueprint of unknown origin.
I saw something like a cloud around me… It looks like it’s flying in the air.
Choi Si-woo, who was worried, decided to take care of it first and carefully placed it in his arms.
“… Phew.”
Shake your head.
Various shocking facts disturb the mind.
The fact that it is because of me that No Face has an ego.
The fact that I was certain that I would appear again.
Beyond imagination, even the fact that he is a crazy bastard.
We organize the waves of information that rush in like a panorama.
I opened my closed eyes and muttered.
“… “Let’s go back.”
▶Yes!
Choi Si-woo turned around and opened a portal to the original world, pledging to destroy the hideout later.
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“…… Yuen. What are you talking about?”
―So. I told you! He’s dead! A body has been found!
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No. 1 In Yukma Station. Condemner of evil.
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―There… That guy was dead too.
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2Nd place in Yukma Station.
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…… Even no face.
