episode_0160

I don’t feel very good.

I really didn’t want it to end like this.

If it were me in the past, I probably wouldn’t have thought about this first. I tilted my neck loudly and looked at the guy who was suffering from the blow.

The condition of the person who had been exploded inside the shield, at zero distance, seemed to be more serious than expected. Its moaning sounds become even more eerie, mixed with the characteristic reptilian joint sounds coming from the neck I broke.

Is it over?

I felt that way.

“Do you not have the strength to attack me anymore?”

“keuuu. You guy”

It’s the power of God.

In the past, when he told me about it, I had thought deeply about this magical ability.

Compared to this ability, which is generally expressed as a single thing, magic has a very high degree of application. Even demons, or even guardians who were servants of God, possess only one ability.

The limits of my abilities were not clear.

And the test for that is.

Could it be said that the condition of the grotesque-looking guy moaning before my eyes was proven?

I’d like to think about this a little more, but I have work to do now.

For Northmund, who is active in this world, it was nothing short of a great awakening, but in this situation, he was not childish enough to test it further and give up.

One thing is for sure, we need to make this guy tell everything before he comes to his senses.

Why do you do this?

It’s no big deal.

Even if this world is just a story created by someone’s imagination.

Because I don’t want everyone in this world to live a life controlled by someone anymore.

“… Murgun Northmund. I should have finished it.”

I chuckled at your muttering.

The reason he stretches out is probably because he’s confident that I won’t be able to kill him.

Since I need the knowledge in his head to complete my cause, he probably thinks he can’t kill me completely just yet.

That’s right. Although cocky.

I didn’t touch him anymore. I just aim the sword at what appears to be the guy’s neck and look down with cold eyes.

Judging from the reaction that his fighting spirit has not yet died, he might launch a counterattack once or twice more. A guy who has been making foolish plans and unreasonable betrayals until now might be even more strange to accept like this.

“Now admit it. You are defeated.”

“… Damn.”

“Resistance is meaningless anymore. It is clear that no matter what you do, you can no longer do anything to me. So now, just tell it to me.”

“I see.”

Something began to flow out of the body of the self-deprecating guy. I was nervous and almost swung my sword because I thought it was a counterattack, but something was different.

To be precise, the energy surrounding him was coming out. Just as a melted frozen pack had a hole in it and the contents were spilling out, the armor of the supernatural he was wearing was slowly falling apart.

And what appeared within it was the figure of the old man I had seen before.

The damage seemed to be serious, his entire body was covered in red bruises, his hands and feet were horribly twisted, and his face was a mess.

I couldn’t see the inside because it was surrounded by a strange cosmic energy, but it seemed to be more serious than I imagined.

“Yes. In the end, it failed. Was it too radical a rebellion?”

“No matter what happened, there would have been no change.”

“Khehehe. Unfortunately, you made this happen. My plans went awry when they invaded Africa so early.”

With a self-mocking, sarcastic voice, I raised the sword aimed at his neck even further.

Then the guy looks at me with blurry eyes.

“5 years. If we had been able to provide a 5-year deadline, the current results would have been different. I’m disappointed that you came out so quickly.”

“Do you mean it would have been different if that time had existed? There wouldn’t have been much of a difference.”

“… Is that so? No, it’s all pointless… . Yes, Northmund you are right. My plan was so poor, it was a plan I made with impatience while being chased by Alexstras, so it may have been natural for it to collapse like this.”

The guy returned to his previous polite tone and lowered his head.

It was a voice that conveyed regret. As a result, my mouth, which was trying to laugh at him, was closed and no longer opened, and I responded by taking a light breath of victory.

He searched in his arms for a moment and pulled out a small box. Half of the box was broken, so I carefully opened it with my two fingers, and inside was a glowing green sphere.

“It is the key to a great being. Think of it as wanting to go beyond the world. Then, before you know it, you will have reached the end of your journey.”

As I quietly handed it over, the corner of his mouth suddenly twitched and he started talking towards me with a grin.

“Whose side will God take?”

“… What do you mean?”

“Sacrifice is necessary. You can’t have everything without sacrifice. Even if this world were just a story within a story, it wouldn’t always end in a happy ending.”

The guy who was smirking narrowed his eyes and spoke as if he had decided on something. As if his body was reaching its limit, a black lump of blood came out of the corner of his mouth along with a cough.

“In the end, you might die.”

“Is this another similar threat? I think I heard that from you, but in the end, nothing came of it.”

“No. That’s not to say that you might not be able to maintain your sense of self. The story is that the journey of the great Northmund may end with him becoming something other than Northmund. Because in the first place, you are a part of Him, not Him Himself.”

“… Professor.”

As I was thinking about what he said for a moment, I heard a voice calling me from behind.

I turned my head and saw my students standing behind me, looking at me with worried expressions.

is it. I was so worried that I couldn’t pay attention to the fact that my detection system clearly detected the mana of several people moving behind me.

As I chuckled at that, Han Sejun gave me a small nod and walked up to him to ask something.

“Tell me more. So what happens? In the end, what should the dean do to get things back to normal?”

“There’s no need to tell me everything just because you’re telling me so. Rather, it only makes things more complicated for Northmund. It is something that Northmund must decide the ending himself.”

“You knew. So you didn’t drag the dean into it? Tell me!”

“Khehehe. It’s not that I don’t do it, it’s that I can’t. I don’t know what happens after that either. Even if everything goes according to plan and I swallow Northmund, the outcome of the negotiation with the great being cannot be guaranteed. Well, that was the biggest problem. Hehehe.”

You heard it all.

My appetite was a little bitter. I wanted to keep this fact a secret.

There are some secrets that you don’t necessarily want to know.

In fact, I am a being that was formed from a chunk of the God these demons serve, and I think it is both awkward and inappropriate to say that they are ultimately trying to return to that God.

An academy built to fight against monsters and demons. And the children raised with them as educated weapons.

It was a bit awkward to reveal that the leader of such a target was actually the same person as them.

“Don’t think about useless things. Actually, we also vaguely knew about it.”

“… What?”

“No matter what, you are our professor. You are our teacher, and it doesn’t matter what your origins are, where you came from, or what your identity is.”

“That’s right, haha, actually, I didn’t really believe that the professor was from Grandis, right? And that’s not really that important, is it? Isn’t that right, Gideon?”

“I think so too, Master. Master, you are still our teacher. And we are Master’s disciples and nothing has changed.”

Ahyeon Jang, Jimmy, Gideon. My disciples gather their mouths together and say to me:

I thought I was living without my emotions, but I feel like a part of me is itching.

“Ah, Dean. I’m here now through Yue’s Telecommunications, and they say that everyone is cheering for the Dean. It would be nice if I could connect this line to the dean as well. Oh, I just told Muriel to cheer up too.”

Han Se-jun adds in a mocking tone.

And even the collector who was looking at them with a truly annoyed expression.

I was lost in thought for a moment at this scene, like a scene from a sitcom, where if you’re happy, you can be happy.

I was so absorbed in the lingering feeling for a while that I forgot everything and closed my eyes for a moment, then raised my eyes vigorously.

“I am going to destroy this world today.”

As if making a declaration, I slowly exhaled while looking clearly at each eye that was looking at me.

“By destroying this world, which was the source of all problems, and putting it back to its original state, we will be able to correct this world that has been swayed by others. There may be an aftereffect. No, it’s probably huge. There may be a rift in the world.”

“Huh? Dean, what do you mean… Evil!”

Han Se-jun reacts in confusion as if something different from what he was thinking came out somewhere, but then he gets hit by Jang A-hyeon’s elbow and goes in.

Looking at the reaction, it seemed like he only vaguely knew what Jang A-hyeon said. Perhaps that was all I knew, that I belonged to the devils. Yes, just as the former president said.

Perhaps he thought of it as an extension of the devils’ power struggle. Among them, a devil who stands on the side of humanity?

“I’m not telling you to understand. Because this is nothing more than a statement of my own resolve. And the motivation is sufficient. Because I just don’t want to see all of this, all the intelligent beings in this world, played into someone’s hands. Because I don’t want any more beings like me to be created.”

“Hehehe, you really are a contradictory person. I get annoyed every time I see it. It should have been you lying here right now.”

“In a way, I am grateful. Wasn’t it you who created me with this personality? It could have been made into someone who simply adapts to reality and lives like a rat, but I am truly grateful that they gave me this setting.”

“I never imagined it would end up like this. I gave it a setting that would not be loved by anyone due to its self-righteous personality, but I had no idea it would end up like this. Rather, I thought he would become a villain and become a public servant to all mankind… Cough!”

“Did you try to win my favor by approaching me at the last moment after being pushed as a villain? Ah, then you really set the wrong settings.”

I grinned, twisted the corner of my mouth, and looked into his eyes. Seeing the light fading from the eyes of the old man lying in a puddle of red blood, it seemed like this moment would be his last.

Laughing at him, I opened my eyes and shouted.

“Because, unlike you, I am a villain who only believes in my own will.”

There was no answer.

At the last moment, I’m not sure whether he heard me or not, but my will must have been conveyed to everyone around me.

Then he lifted the box he was holding in his left hand high.

The moment the sphere in the box shone like the sun and surrounded me, I heard someone’s voice.

Her voice as if I heard it for the first time today.

“… Are you coming back?”

“Of course.”

“I will trust you. If you don’t come back, I don’t know what will happen to me.”

“Have I ever broken a promise? I will definitely come back. Yoon Sia, there was a promise made to you earlier in the dean’s office. Shouldn’t we keep it?”

“You remembered. Yes, I will wait. I trust the professor.”

He shrugged his shoulders without looking at her. Because I could definitely imagine her expression.

And it would be nice to come back and see that expression again.

With those thoughts, the green sun I picked up consumed me.