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Chapter 316
Chapter 316
Chapter 316
Chapter 316
- This too shall pass (9)
When the completion rate of the dwarf fortress walls reached 200%, space junk, snow, began to fall.
Winter.
Already a year was about to pass.
“Ah, life.”
In the past, it seemed like there were still over fifty years left, but now I’ve already passed a half hundred years old.
I quietly close my eyes as I watch the new white snow flutter down.
I can hear the great voices of my ancestors from the past.
‘When times are difficult, close your eyes and feel the darkness. That is your future.’Creak!
My mind clears at the great voice of my ancestor.
That’s right. This darkness is my future.
To survive in this dark future, I needed a ray of light.
“Just what kind of people were master’s ancestors anyway?”
“Great people who lived diligently in a place called Hell Joseon.”
“This so-called Hell Joseon… What kind of place was it?”
“Uh, um… A world as difficult as my current situation?”
“Good gracious…”
“And here, only I’m suffering, but there, everyone is suffering.”
“The, the gods?”
“There are legends written down that they appeared, but no one actually saw them. Well, it would be stranger if people who saw them were still alive, but instead the ones who believed in the gods were fighting and making a mess.”
“Huh? Believers fighting?”
“That’s right. To put it in terms of this world – ‘Our god is the one true god! What you believe in is an evil god!’ They had bloody battles while yelling that at each other.”
“What… What kind of world is that?”
Well, it’s the place where the jewel world, the beautiful planet in the solar system, is located.
It had such high difficulty that even the symbol of evil, the Demon King, would say ‘What? That’s scary!’ But, well, thinking about game difficulty, it just applied the Korean patch to the game called Life.
Above Hell difficulty. That’s right, it’s Korean difficulty!
“Gives me the chills.”
They say even the tutorial for Hell difficulty is too hard, let alone Korean difficulty.
I feel like as soon as you enter, a quest to fight ogres will pop up.
Hmm… Very likely!
“The mystery surrounding the tenacity of master’s life force has been solved.”
The metal bat, who had been thinking hard by herself, nodded.
“Since you lived in a place like that, no wonder you’re so good at staying alive.”
“Well, I suppose you could think of it like that.”
Though my method for surviving now has no relation to my past life whatsoever, that basic foundation was helped by my previous life.
That’s correct
With the Demon King chasing after us, where else would you find someone building walls with dwarves and installing weapons?
If someone else were put in the same situation as me, they would have despaired of life and committed suicide, or fled to escape reality.
But I have the soul of a tenacious Korean within me.
If you can’t do it, it just means your effort was lacking!
Having inherited that soul, I believe nothing is impossible in this world, so I strive in my efforts today as well.
“Master? The dwarves are the ones putting in effort while you seem to be playing around?”
“Oh my! You shouldn’t say things like that. I’m so busy too.”
I stir up chaos amongst the dwarves by causing internal divisions, and when I see dwarves with weak wills, I make them my allies with fancy words.
Of course, among them were also some who approached me on purpose.
It was an effort to get close to me as a confidant in order to squeeze out information.
Well it was ultimately meaningless since I was planning to liberate them anyway, but since they were working even harder to try and catch me off guard, I decided to just leave them be.
Who hasn’t said this before?
That the hope you see in despair seems even more desperate.
The dwarves are happy to gain some hope while I’m happy to raise productivity.
It was just like the saying, both the sister-in-law and brother-in-law being happy, digging holes while catching crabs.
“So, that is effort, effort, effort is resting?”
But the metal bat, unable to see the big picture, could only look at me coldly.
“Lying down is the best way to rest, originally.”
“That’s true master, but rest refers to resting after working hard, it doesn’t mean focusing on resting and occasionally working.”
“This is also all part of the big picture…”
“Does that big picture also include your belly fat?”
Belly fat. As if the great Naran, a symbol of effort, would have such a thing…
Gulp.
The metal bat pulled it towards him relentlessly with a very cold voice.
“The symbol of effort is what?… You failed at self-management even when you lived with my younger sibling in the past, right?”
“Urgh…”
With the cold voice and even bringing up my past record, I was left speechless.
Yes. I had gained weight.
My extreme physical training to cover for the disadvantage of not being able to use magic was in the past.
Naran who lived each day risking his life during his time in the evil organization died, and became a middle aged man drowned in peace.
Moreover… A middle aged man with a belly!
“Although your body condition is quite good for your age in human standards, but… You shouldn’t be like that, Master.”
Unlike usual, hearing the metal bat speak in a serious voice naturally made my head droop.
“The current Demon King is an existence as warped as Master in this world. That’s why he can’t use magic. But you know, right? The tremendous difference between you and the Demon King?”
“I know.”
He can control the army of evil god, and freely utilize the fragments of evil to replace magic.
Since he was not originally a part of the world’s composition, he cannot block magic, but at the same time, he also cannot be blocked by magic.
The strongest lance containing the Demon King’s will to burn his own flames and destroy the world.
While we both lack armor, my opponent wields a powerful weapon while all I have is the metal bat.
An existence vaguely included yet separate from this world.
That’s why to the residents of this world, she’s the strongest weapon, but to the Demon King, a completely warped existence, It’s useless.
“Master? Isn’t it too much to evaluate yourself so ambiguously right in front of you? I was speaking quite seriously, the strongest yet useless existence, is that an insult or praise?!”
“For the evil god it’s praise, for the goddesses it’s an insult.”
“For me who is included in both, it’s both an insult and praise!”
Seeing the metal bat revert to her usual self, throwing away her serious expression, I strangely felt relieved.
“Right. It’s only natural to be surprised seeing the sun rise from the west.”
“Isn’t it going overboard comparing someone else’s seriousness to the laws of the world changing?”
“Because they’re similar things.”
“Ugh!”
Seeing her pout looking very angry, it seems I went too far.
That was immature behavior, I should apologize.
“This time–”
But before I could get my words out, the metal bat burst out at me, her lips protruding.
“I was worried about you! Among the humans I’ve seen since my birth, none were as entertaining as Master, so I wanted you to live for a very long time showing me your escaping figure!”
Hey, wait a minute.
“So I was worried and even gave you advice, yet you’re being too much! I want you to live long because that makes me happy!”
…This guy,
“You say… Happy right now?”
When I’m doing my best in a situation where my life is hanging on the edge, you say happiness!
“Doing your best my ass! Who’s doing their best! Only rolling around on the sofa and bed!”
“Me!”
“That’s bragging!”
My gratitude and apology to the metal bat completely disappeared.
I thought she was worried because we had been together for quite some time, but my partner was still an evil god after all.
I could only feel pity for the goddess of devotion and benevolent, having such a bastard for a younger sister!
“Hmph! We were on good terms!”
“Bullshit, good terms my ass! If you were on good terms, would the goddess in charge of benevolent and devotion be so pissed off she descended upon the earth to grab you by the collar and seal you!”
“Ho, How did you know she grabbed me by the collar? I never said that!”
Crazy! So she really did grab it.
It seemed there was no end to the bizarre stories related to this evil god.
“Huff! S, Siblings can fight sometimes too! It’s normal for human siblings to occasionally grab each other by the collar and punch each other!”
To the metal bat saying ‘You don’t even know that!’, I nodded my head.
“I don’t know. I had no siblings either in my past or present life!”
From my experience, the only younger sisters I had were 2D.
Of course I know that those weren’t reality.
At least in my life so far, I have never seen with my own two eyes a younger sister who makes lunchboxes for her older sister, or an affectionate older sister who kindly teaches her sister’s studies.
Moreover, from the memories I heard from my friends, older sisters were always the enemy eyeing their territory, giggling at their helpless younger sister in front of their boyfriend.
As for younger sisters, once they got their first paycheck it was an expression of some strange lifeform suddenly calling themselves your older sister.
Of course from the perspective of their older sisters and younger sisters who say thank you for becoming friends with weird humans like that, it is probably the complete opposite.
“Tsk! This is why I shouldn’t talk to humans without cute younger sisters! Normally people with screwed up personalities like Master wouldn’t fight with strangers. They fight with people they know!”
“That’s certainly true.”
Most fights start with someone you know.
Fights usually start with words in the first place, and the fact that people are exchanging words means that they know each other well.
How many people talk to those they don’t know?
“That’s right! That’s why there are no fights like with families who have seen all the ugly things under one roof that can’t be unseen!”
So the goddess of benevolence and devotion who is said to have grabbed her own collar must have become an evil god to rationalize it.
Well, I’ll acknowledge that.
“So, make up?”
“Huh…?”
“If it’s family, you should make up.”
It would be very inconvenient if the goddess of benevolence and devotion, who is worshiped throughout the continent, becomes the enemy.
Especially since it’s due to the older sister who made her cute younger sister angry, and I have to suffer the damage.
“Um, that’s…”
It was just a flippant remark.
A meaningless remark.
She was very flustered and embarrassed by it.
“What is it?”
She wasn’t as flustered even when she first revealed herself as an evil god and I said she would be thrown into a volcano.
What should I say?
If that time felt like she was causing trouble in an evil god-like way, now she looked like a weak prey in front of its natural predator.
“Um… That is….”
She rolls her eyes around avoiding eye contact, there must be something!
And it’s very important!
“If you tell me quickly, I’ll consider forgiving you.”
“You mean you’ll definitely forgive me, right?”
“No.”
It would be a lie to say I’ll definitely forgive her no matter what.
How could I judge whether to forgive when I don’t even know what she did?
She could be my parents’ enemy from when I was little, for all I know.
“Uh… Um… That is….”
And what the metal bat said next was very shocking.
It was an outrageous story that could easily take up about 10 pages, but to summarize simply…
“When a god in charge of a concept is defeated, an adverse effect is created?”
“Yes…”
“According to you, the fire god and the water god fought, the water god won, and as a result fire’s adverse effect became water?”
“That’s exactly right!”
Gods are in charge of those concepts.
Therefore, the moment they are defeated by another god, or most beings in the world think of it as common sense in the world, the gods themselves also gain an adverse effect.
And,
“As an evil god, you lost to the benevolent and devoted goddess, who is also a sacred goddess…”
It means that an existence with the concept of evil cannot defeat the goddess of benevolence and devotion.
“How crazy is this…! Why does no one know about this?”
“The moment my younger sister descended to the ground, her religion was dismantled.”
The goddess descended to the ground and was sealed along with the evil god.
Therefore, the devotees of the goddess of benevolence and devotion gained divine power, and all denominations other than high elves were absorbed into other denominations.
“Even if it exists, you can’t use your abilities in this situation?”
“That’s right. It’s not that there is no way, but that method is…”
“The world tree, which is called a part of the goddess of benevolence and devotion…”
“That’s the right answer.”
Now I understand why that crazy elf’s troops easily drove out the Demon King.
Because the world tree was the only remnant of the goddess of benevolence and devotion!
“So the moment I meet my younger sister, I’ll get beaten up and sealed! I have no choice but to run away until my younger sister’s anger subsides!”
Damn! She chooses now to say this?
“You should have told me before giving it to Rain!”
“Talk about a story from decades ago?”
Summarizing the metal bat’s words, the wooden bat is the decisive weapon against the Demon King!
If I just had the wooden bat, I wouldn’t have gone through all this suffering!
“But then I would have disappeared! Master, you won’t abandon me, right?”
“Hmm…”
The evil god who brings evil just by existing, and the goddess of benevolence and devotion who saved the world and is the Demon King’s hard counter!
Everyone in the world would answer if asked.
“If I had to choose, of course it would be the wooden bat?”
“Master, you betrayed me!”
Ah! Ignoring the metal bat screaming and kicking me, I was thinking about how I could utilize Rain, who is in the hands of the princess.
“Honorary Elder, the Demon King has arrived at the nearby kingdom!”
“Damn…!”
The information was too late.
I’ll have to carry out my original plan ignoring the wooden bat.
“Tell the dwarves. Get ready to fight the Demon King!”
And as a result,
“As expected… Nothing huh?”
All the dwarves had fled.
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