episode_0049

Nonbelievers’ Day (5) – Starlight Church Rooftop Floor

A system message appeared with a grinding sound like a blender running.

[You have taken on an awakened person.]

[Acquire 1000 faith.]

[Absorbs the inventory of the slain awakened person!]

Only after confirming the clear kill message did I release control of my telekinesis.

With the wind of Dragon Fist quietly fading away, the rat’s demise was revealed.

The entire body is cut apart by a huge rotating blade, and stone fragments are embedded in the right side of the body.

I frowned at the small holes on the guy’s right side.

“Ugh, I think I’m going to get trypophobia.”

After all, wouldn’t it have been a better ending for both him and me to just rip his throat cleanly?

I spoke to the inside of the building, which was dark but felt very dirty.

“Have you prepared anything else?”

At the same time as he said that, a beam of green light flew to the rooftop again.

Huh, it wasn’t a surprise attack like before, but the flying object was easily stopped.

This probably means that they have now run out of means of resistance against me.

Thanks to my telekinesis, the grenades stopped in the air exploded.

Fuquaaah

With an explosion that tore through the air, debris flying from all directions stopped in the air.

I lightly closed the hand that was outstretched towards the grenades.

The frozen fragments slowly gathered together, as if time had stopped.

The collected fragments took the shape of a grenade again and began to return to the space from which they had come.

“Ugh, wow!”

Screams and shouts shook from inside, as if time had been turned back.

I kept an eye on those who hurriedly jumped out onto the rooftop to avoid the explosion.

One guy wearing a military uniform that I caught and the ones I missed poured out in front of me like a set.

First of all, I read the name tag of the guy in military uniform I saw for the first time.

‘Kim Joo-hyung.’

That guy seemed to be Sergeant Kim, the head of this area who spoke through the speaker.

“Now, everyone, if you don’t want your head blown off by a grenade, don’t move.”

The grenade that had entered the room with my horse resurfaced and floated right next to their heads.

I could clearly see the fear on their faces as they squinted at the grenade floating like a cloud.

“Are you Sergeant Kim who was talking to me earlier?”

A grenade floated right in front of his face.

He was looking me up and down with his calm face.

“Doesn’t a bastard called a sergeant repeat his name?”

“… Yes. I am Sergeant Kim.”

“Wow, even speaking informally?”

Although he pretended to be the leader calmly, I could see it all in my eyes.

Beads of sweat were cooling down his back and his white hands were holding the rifle.

If you saw how the rat died, you would never be able to keep calm.

“Aren’t you going to run away by teleportation this time? I already have to travel around Incheon to do some missionary work anyway.”

It didn’t matter if they ran away.

There will be no paradise in a place where we abandon all of our infrastructure and run away.

I had to run away to Incheon, and I had to search every nook and cranny to find his treasure, the Teleportation Awakening.

As soon as I said that, their eyes closed.

Sergeant Kim’s face, who had been thinking hard about something like that time, became stained with embarrassment.

‘Something has gone wrong.’

His throat twitched slightly and he spoke in a dry voice.

“… I hope for negotiation.”

Squeak-

“Hee, heee!”

The head of the guy just to the right of him was torn off.

The blood of the dead bastards hit their faces, which were piled high together.

I said while looking at the people causing the fight and Sergeant Kim, who had a puzzled expression on his face.

“Now it’s getting hard to be so arrogant… .”

“… You are crazy.”

An indifferent gaze swept over them.

There were no awakened people left in that group.

‘He either stayed indoors or ran away.’

I pointed out a black tracksuit that somehow managed to fit into the crowd and avoid my gaze.

“Hello! I’m so glad to see you again?”

“Ugh, ugh. Sorry, sorry!”

“Baby, I know you’re sorry, but you’re already a human bastard, right?”

After all, those damn people need to taste blood to come to their senses.

I gently pulled on the head of the guy whose eyes were darting around like a fly.

“Hehehehehe! Sorry, sorry!”

“Now! If we want to survive, we, the black people, must quickly bring all the remaining survivors here. You can do it, right?”

“Yes, yessss! Oh, I can do it no matter what!”

“Good, good! Let’s go right now!”

As soon as I let go of my telekinesis, it started running inside without even looking back.

“Ugh, wow!”

Before he disappeared into the darkness, I grabbed his butt with telekinesis, so he screamed and made a fuss.

‘Ah, I feel bad when I get stabbed in the butt.’

From now on, I won’t touch a guy’s butt.

After the black training uniform disappeared, Silence tied up the fallen group with telekinesis.

I calmed them down a bit while looking at their eyes rolling rapidly due to unknown external pressure.

“Wait calmly. Because there is still work left to do.”

Their true usefulness came next.

***

“Oh my, Joohye. Let me see, are you hurt anywhere? Huh?”

“Are you worried about me now? Did you give those bastards their meals on time?”

“Oh, don’t worry about you and me. We’re all okay. The Lord will look down on us.”

Joo Joo-hye snuggled into the arms of her grandmother whom she hadn’t seen in a long time.

He held back tears as he felt the blunt hand of his grandfather patting his shoulder.

She did not leave Starlight Church as instructed by Sergeant Kim.

I also changed the keyword to a password that only I know.

From the moment a loud voice shook the entire building.

From the moment the key personnel occupying the Starlight Church ascended, she was literally in the mood to let things happen as they should.

Sergeant Kim can never kill himself anyway.

New invaders will also covet this useful skill.

There was no vague rosy future waiting for me if I left this place.

Outside was already a hell where you couldn’t even take a single step.

“Oh my, everyone at our church is safe, right?”

“… … .”

The people in the main temple gathered around them all fell silent.

In my current state, I couldn’t say that I was safe even with empty words.

“Black, huhuh―”

Joo Joo-hye closed her eyes tightly as she heard Seo Hye-won cry.

Only the feeble breathing of Elder I, who was lying dead on the chair, added harmony to the cries.

“Oh my… Oh my, Lord… .”

The empty prayers of the grandmother, who understood the entire situation, flowed to the main sanctuary.

“… It seems like things have been sorted out little by little.”

The grandfather lightly hugged the grandmother and spoke softly.

As she looked at her grandfather’s extremely thin forearms, she also looked up at the ceiling.

A bloody roar that shook the building just moments ago.

Now that the roar had stopped, it was quiet, as if it were the eve of a storm.

Wow!

“Hehehehehehe Ju Joo-hye, you bitch!”

The door to the main sanctuary opened and Jo Seong-cheol came in, out of breath.

Even in the dark cathedral, its shining eyes were full of anger.

“Ugh— Really! Really you! Ugh!”

The guy who was on his own took a deep breath as if to let go of his anger.

The guy shouted as his red cheeks subsided.

“Is there anyone outside right now? There isn’t any? From now on, everyone goes up to the rooftop! Hurry up!”

Jo Seong-cheol, who was gesturing as if he was chasing people away, spoke to Joo Ju-hye.

“Run away quickly now. If you stay here, we’ll all die!”

“Even if I run away, only your search team will cowardly run away! What are these people going to do and tell me to run away alone!”

“You stubborn bitch! It’s really different this time! Wow, he’s really crazy! From the moment you go up, there are no more opportunities!”

Joo Joo-hye ignored the guy who was going crazy and jumping around.

From the moment he stepped into the main temple and was with them, he was riding on the back of a running tiger.

He did not have enough mana to move the search team and all 30 people in this great temple.

“Ugh! Well, first of all! Let’s go up first! Hurry, we have to go quickly!”

“Wait a minute. Can’t I leave the elder behind?”

“Fuck! I told you to bring everyone! If that bastard finds out! Oh, I don’t know! Make sure to bring them all!”

Jo Seong-cheol finished what he had to say and started running up to the rooftop again.

The eyes of everyone in the main temple were turned to him.

Feeling the hands of her family quietly holding her hands, she shuddered with a heavy sense of responsibility.

Now, I had to move forward into a future that I couldn’t even see.

She nodded to them, carrying the fallen Elder Na on her back.

It’s a profit –

With her in the lead, the group in the main temple climbed the rooftop.

After passing through the somewhat dark interior, my eyes closed in the bright sunlight shining in front of the rooftop.

“You are here, my children.”

She glanced at the rooftop view.

Right next to her, the search team and Sergeant Kim were frozen and white.

And Park Young-jin’s body was thrown onto the heavily cracked and dented lawn.

Someone floating on top of the corpse.

Floating in the air, he couldn’t look closely at the sunlight’s brilliance.

Only the white-light eyes looked down at them clearly.

Those bright eyes sucked them in like a deep well.

“I have heard your prayers.”

A warm voice permeated those who were hurt and sad.

“I heard your cries. Those who desire stability, hope and salvation.”

His pure white coat fluttered in the wind.

A huge cross can be seen next to him floating in the air.

Joo Joo-hye’s eyes twinkled at the sight of a person she naturally associated with.

“Aaaaa―”

And it wasn’t just Joo Ju-hye who thought that way.

The companions’ mouths let out small exclamations, and their eyes showed small admiration.

“Some people despair of unwanted and coercive relationships, while others tremble at the unseen future.”

“Ugh― Black― Black―”

At his words, Seo Hye-won cried and trembled slightly.

Invisible future… .

Joo Joo-hye’s body also couldn’t hide the tremors as it felt as if she was looking down on her own longing.

“Even in this terrible pain, someone will say this. Love your neighbor as yourself.”

“Ah, Amen―”

He smiled slightly in response to a small whisper.

Strangely enough, it seemed like a mockery to Joo Joo-hye.

“Someone would also say this. If you get hit on the right cheek, turn to the left.”

“Ah, ah… .”

He shouted before he could finish saying “Amen.”

Anger that resounded like thunder shook the rooftop.

“What kind of heartless person! How dare you beat my sons and daughters and demand more from them!”

Creak drudge-

The cross that stood up as if connected to the sky screamed.

Wow! Argh!

As the cross was torn off by a strong force and floated in the air, screams and shouts erupted.

“Lift the black curtain that covers the eyes of the soul! Wash your dirty ears and look at me with wide-open eyes!”

A huge cross blocked the sunlight shining down on them.

Then the one standing above them with a perfect face shouted.

“Am I the Messiah you were hoping for? Is he the only one who can save the world?”

No one could answer.

“Then where is he? Why don’t you extend your hand to those who are groaning at the bottom! Look carefully! My children! Who is it that hears your prayers?”

He spread his hands wide.

At that moment, the search team right next to Joo Joo-hye started walking in front of them, creaking like a doll.

“Ugh! Uuuuck! Ugh!”

They mumbled and shook their heads as if someone had forcibly covered their mouths.

The person standing above pointed to Sergeant Kim among them.

“Look at those who oppressed and tormented you! I blocked my meeting with you with the face of an evil snake, but fate eventually arrived, and in the end, I came before you!”

The search team completed long and short straight lines.

The Cross.

He shouted, pointing to a cross made of human beings.

“Is there anyone left who can climb Golgotha with those snakes? If only there were a hypocrite who would really share forgiveness and understanding with them!”

Coughing-

The huge cross floating in the sky was aligned exactly with the cross made by the search team.

“Come out and erase the cross with the snakes.”

Joo Ju-hye looked around.

No one came forward.

Everyone listening to him was listening to him, even forgetting to breathe.

I was sympathizing, comforting, and sympathizing.

“I am happy! My children, free from the grime of lies! Tell me what you wish! Pray to Me for the true desire deep in your heart!”

dump-

Someone screamed desperately as the ground hit their knees.

“Please kill me! Please, please take care of those scumbags! Please kill me!”

Joo Joo-hye’s pupils were shaken by Seo Hye-won’s sorrowful crying.

The madness slowly spreading in Seo Hye-won’s eyes was consuming her.

“Ugh! Save me! Save me, Hyewon! It’s my fault! Unlike Youngjin, I actually gave him a meal ticket!”

“Sin, sorry! Well, I did all the errands the leader told me to do! Please save me!”

“Oh, someone please solve this! My body can’t move!”

Those who were suffering trembled with goosebumps as they heard the screams of the search teams pouring in as if a seal had been broken.

Only then did they find out.

That today was the day they suffered, cried, and waited for.

The end of those bastards, the just punishment of good and evil, will now unfold.

“Che, they are the ones who will be punished! Those guys really deserve to die!”

“Ma, that’s right! Please kill me! Please kill those guys!”

Those who suffered knelt down like Seo Hye-won and begged.

There were cries for life and cries for death.

At that scene of madness, Joo Joo-hye just opened her mouth in a daze.

When he lightly squeezed his right hand, everyone fell silent.

In the never-ending chaos of hell, the man in white smiled brightly and whispered.

“I have heard your prayers.”

Whoa whoa!

The huge cross crushed the entire search team to death.

With blood flying everywhere, more red blood was painted on the red cross.

“Aaaa—!”

“Lord, he’s dead! I really died!”

Someone dies and someone is happy.

In this place filled with joy and laughter, not screams and crying, the blood from the sinners flowed through the green grass towards them.

The bodies of those who rejoiced before the blood of sin spread to them floated.

The white-robed savior spoke to them, smiling like a saint.

“The false plan of God has collapsed and true salvation has come!”

Joo Ju-hye thought as she looked at that flawless smile.

They said that a madness on a different level from that of Sergeant Kim had overtaken them.

“Paradise awaits you.”