Ch.6565. Unity (1)

-Thud! Boom!

Intense vibrations continue.

A believer’s consciousness floated in pitch-black darkness.

“…Ah.”

Fenrion.

The gray-haired wolf beastkin regained consciousness in some unknown space.

She had clearly been preparing for a holy war according to Father God’s will.

The order was to swiftly eliminate forces that dared to rebel against her order.

But from the middle point onward, her memory was blank, as if someone had spilled intense blackness over it.

“…Where is this?”

A beastkin’s sense of smell is exceptional.

Their racial characteristics are so strong that they can remember a scent for a lifetime after smelling it just once.

That’s why Fenrion could immediately recognize where she was.

-Sniff sniff.

The secret and dangerous basement within Father God’s order.

She was now standing in that place.

“…Why?”

Muttering to herself wouldn’t yield any answers.

-Thump.

She felt something unsettling.

A feeling as if her very existence was being stolen by something.

An intuition that if she remained still, something precious would be completely taken away.

‘What’s inside there.’

In the past, before the Absolute One sent down his divine manifestation, she had asked during her immature days.

Why they had built an underground prison, and what exactly was inside it.

The answer that came back was-

-Never think about what’s inside.

An absolute denial.

For the first time, his will, which respected all actions of believers, had stopped Fenrion.

Since then, she had never thought about the underground prison again.

She wasn’t stupid enough to go against taboos to satisfy her curiosity and betray Father God’s love.

But now.

“Ah…?”

With dilated pupils, Fenrion stared at the massive sealed stone door while drooling,

The door covered with bizarre patterns, leaking ominous divine power through its weakened seal like a snake in a jar-

“Ugh…!”

Fenrion clutched her throbbing head.

A sensation she had felt somewhere before, yet unfamiliar.

She wanted to hurry away from the indescribable revulsion rising within her, but the control over her body had already been taken by “someone.”

-Carry out the instructions…

‘Who…!’

-Put aside your pathetic resistance and bring the Absolute One here immediately.

The voice came from beyond the tightly sealed barrier.

Burrowing into her mind, staining her heart black with its nauseating power.

Fenrion soon lost consciousness and once again became a puppet of the visitor.

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“Forgotten Wisdom: Are you really sure you won’t harm my believers…?”

‘Have I ever broken my word?’

“Forgotten Wisdom: Well, this is the first time we’re openly starting a holy war like this…”

‘Yes, yes, I understand.’

I reassured the constellation who kept asking, and the plan proceeded smoothly.

Mysterious forces heading toward the Sanctuary.

The main characters of this incident that I arranged through Forgotten Wisdom.

Of course, they won’t directly harm our order.

The divine power of myself and Forgotten Wisdom will ensure that.

When two constellations join forces, no matter how hard lower beings fight with all their might, they can’t even leave a scratch.

The purpose of this holy war is solely to uncover the visitor’s intentions.

‘Got him.’

And checking a believer’s map, I sensed that the visitor had taken my bait and started nibbling.

“Believer ‘Fenrion’ has fallen into a ‘mentally unstable’ state.”

Our innocent little puppy Fenrion is moving toward the underground prison where the visitor is sealed.

I could easily stop this by ordering another believer, but I deliberately chose not to.

“Perfect.”

“Incarnation of the Black Sun: Are you really okay going alone…?”

“Are you worried about me now?”

“Incarnation of the Black Sun: …If you die, we’re all finished.”

“Forgotten Wisdom: Please, stay safe…”

These constellations are always too honest with their emotions.

Sometimes they need to be more modest like the residents of Dianon.

“This is when he’s at his weakest.”

If he dares to challenge me, he’ll just get his seal renewed rather than achieving complete escape.

And somehow, this series of events gave me an inexplicable sense of unease.

And now.

While looking at Fenrion with her half-dilated pupils, I detected divine power flowing through the seal.

“Warning! Prolonged exposure to divine power may lead to death.”

“We can’t have that.”

I put aside my playfulness and used “Divine Manifestation” near Fenrion.

-Whoosh!!

After pushing away the alien form of divine power, I pulled Fenrion toward me.

“Ah…”

She was so intoxicated by the divine power that she couldn’t regain her senses even with my arrival.

However, soon.

“Ah…?”

The beastkin’s exceptional sense of smell began to recognize my presence.

Her blurry focus sharpened, and she finally registered my existence.

“Ab-Absolute One…?”

“Sleep well?”

“….!”

Having realized her mistake in that instant, her face flushed red with shame.

“It’s okay, it’s okay.”

Seeing that she might burst into tears at any moment, I quickly reassured her.

“Could you step outside for a moment?”

“I-I obey…”

Still drooping her tail with guilt, Fenrion hurriedly left the underground prison.

‘There’s no need for that.’

There’s no way to resist a constellation’s schemes.

Like a natural disaster, you can only experience it and think, “Oh, so that’s how it is.”

“Incarnation of the Black Sun: That’s because they’re not beings you can easily encounter.”

‘That’s true.’

Meeting a constellation in this world is as difficult as catching a star from the sky.

It’s just that the frequency is exceptionally high in my field.

As I silently gazed beyond the sealed door-

“Constellation ‘Visitor’ has discovered you.”

The alien divine power, having found its target, began approaching me.

“【Visitor’s Divine Power】

-Status: Neutral”

‘Neutral?’

I was ready to respond immediately if it was hostile, but this attitude is quite strange.

Is it maintaining such an attitude despite being sealed and half-killed?

Or is it hiding its true intentions well enough to deceive even me?

Either way, I couldn’t tell right now.

“Hmm.”

I pondered for a moment.

In real-time, the divine power had reached my feet and was flowing up my legs like a snake.

“Incarnation of the Black Sun: Danger….!”

‘No.’

My intuition tells me.

Right now, the other side is requesting a conversation.

‘Hmm.’

“Constellation ‘Visitor’ invites you to its domain.”

“Do you accept the invitation?”

‘Well.’

-Swoosh!

The divine power that had been creeping around my feet suddenly surged upward with my permission.

It’s definitely alien.

If it had intended to harm me, it would have done so already.

Even with Fenrion, it stopped at light brainwashing with no aftereffects.

‘And even now.’

“Incarnation of the Black Sun: What is this…?”

“Seems like it wants to make a deal.”

Another thing constellations love.

This is also one of their hobbies when playing with believers.

‘I didn’t touch your believers or cause trouble, so you should grant me one wish too.’

That’s essentially what the visitor is saying.

“Moving to ‘Visitor’s’ domain… 64%”

‘Might as well hear what it has to say.’

Unlike with humans, negotiations between constellations have rarely—no, never—gone badly.

It’s the constellation’s pride at work here.

Once they give their word, they never go back on it, even if they die and come back to life.

The only time they retract their words and instantly become pathetic is when they face me.

“Incarnation of the Black Sun: …Wouldn’t it be better to strengthen the seal from outside—”

“You know that won’t work. That’s why we’ve been looking for land.”

We finally decided on the underground prison of Regalium Palace as the good land.

That’s where high-quality and delicious magical power sleeps in large quantities.

“Child of the Lost Star: Come to think of it, why did the Regalium dynasty build their palace on such a dangerous place?”

“Because they did something stupid in the past.”

Edmund’s ancestor, the first king of Regalium, tried to summon a constellation and control it as they pleased.

The result ended pathetically with his aged body going “pop!”

“Anyway, thanks to that, we can make good use of it.”

This time, I plan to have a chat with this visitor and then move his home to a new location.

Of course, while keeping him sealed.

“Entering ‘Visitor’s’ domain.”

Then, my vision was completely engulfed in darkness.

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-Clank.

One of many chains.

The divine power, sensing the intruder, immediately flowed to its master.

-….

Closed eyes slowly open.

Just like when it first brainwashed Fenrion, the visitor’s gaze turned to one divine manifestation.

And to the two constellations staying by his side.

“Child of the Lost Star: What an incredible presence.”

“Incarnation of the Black Sun: This is… the visitor’s aura.”

“Indeed.”

And meeting that gaze, the Absolute One put on sunglasses and grinned.

-….Absolute One.

A grand display of divine power resonating throughout the entire space.

-It’s been a while.

“Yes. It’s been a while.”

The final glorious memory is still vividly etched in my mind.

A malicious creation of the developers, designed to give players the ultimate nightmare.

An outer god who came from a place so distant that even constellations couldn’t fathom, now reunites with the Absolute One.

“So, why did you call me?”

-I want to make a deal.

“Yes, yes.”

I already knew that.

The atmosphere has been screaming that from the beginning.

So what kind of deal-

-I want to become one with you.

“…What?”

“Constellation ‘Visitor’ is using Divine Manifestation.”

“Due to ‘Sealed’ status, some penalties are applied to the divine body.”

What appeared was.

The figure of a woman presumed to be the visitor, with a slender frame.

“…Thanks to the weakened seal, I’ve been able to observe your existence bit by bit.”

“Excuse me?”

“My heart is racing. That’s how sentient beings would express it. My heart raced. Only you can fill my void.”

In her eyes, once empty but now filled with vitality, all she sees is my figure.

Just me, wearing the lens of truth and looking bewildered.