episode_0191

Letisane’s memories flow in.

At the same time, I remembered the sentence about Letisane written in the Yoho tribe’s booklet.

[Letisane’s past did not exist anywhere in this world. However, that great wizard was a prophet chosen by the World Tree. It was definitely a saint. The Dark Ages took a turn thanks to his actions that seemed to read the future.]

Records of the Dark Ages.

The setting is from the dark ages as I know it.

So, in the current reality, the history that happened 30 years ago came to mind.

‘A gate suddenly appeared. Countless monsters pouring out from there… and dungeons created under the influence of the gate.’

Among them, the first year of the Dark Ages was when the very large gate that was recorded in history was summoned to China.

It was exactly 35 years ago now.

Of course, monsters and dungeons existed even before the gate occurred.

A world tree that exists in Europe.

And the sub-race that worships the World Tree as their deity has existed in the shadow of humans for thousands of years.

The monsters that threaten the World Tree also have a long history.

‘But the problem was the absolute number of heads.’

Difference from before. That shocking number of heads was the problem.

When it appeared, it posed a very big threat.

Still, unlike the past, when monsters and dungeons could be dealt with from the other side of society, from the shadows.

After the mass outbreak of Gate, monsters fully appeared in human society.

The number is over 10 million.

Even though the population was larger.

In the face of the invasion of monsters that nullified the existing fire weapon system, people had no choice but to suffer one-sided massacre.

‘Until the so-called awakened ones appeared.’

Like a mutant of a new era.

Among those who refused to die and fought against those monsters, special abilities began to manifest.

And when it was proven that the paranormal ability was a real phenomenon, not an urban legend.

The awakened people became humanity’s new hope to deal with monsters.

‘Of course, the contaminated awakeners. Villains also started appearing at the same time.’

And not all awakened people were good people.

A confused society.

Just as warlords with private armies stage coups.

They also destroyed the existing national system and began their own struggle for power.

As a result, world hell unfolded to the point where the national system could not be maintained in countries except Korea and the United States.

The so-called true dark age unfolded.

‘Did you say it was about 10 years?’

From exactly 35 years ago to 25 years ago.

It is said that in those 10 years, 70% of the former Earth’s population was wiped out.

The misery would have been indescribable.

But I felt a sense of alienation in that unrealistic past.

– It’s like the setting of a novel or game.

No, that wasn’t a wrong idea.

The gray city of the full moon.

Because I am possessed by the original gacha game.

So, even those mobile game presets are a thing of the past.

So, it was no wonder that it continued like a series of lines and floated around in my head.

‘But strictly speaking, I was wrong. Not the original preset. Because it was the setting of the previous game.’

I paused to think for a moment as the concept of ‘previous game’ came to mind.

It was like that.

A mobile game called I Am Gray City of the Full Moon. Although I was possessed by that academy game.

The truth was that the gray city of the full moon was continuing from the previous game, which I had never played.

Gate Apocalypse. Or, it is a genre of game that can also be called Monster Apocalypse.

The despairing dark ages were a game in themselves.

‘The title of the game is The Collapse of Yggdrasil.’

Yggdrasil was called the world tree in Norse mythology.

It was a game with Yggdrasil as its symbol.

A world that perishes with the collapse of the world tree.

So, in the current reality, there was someone who was possessed before me.

The possessor’s real name is unknown.

But before starting the previous game.

The man named the custom character like this.

‘Letisane.’

A man who possessed a dying world under the name of Letisane.

Regardless of his past before being possessed, he came to live as Letisane in the current reality.

‘With all prior information prior to possession.’

So, I could understand all the records left by the Yoho tribe elders.

It was Letisane who was the possessor and had all the prior information. I couldn’t help but feel like a prophet who knew the future.

After possession. Visions and hidden pieces that have existed in the world since the World Tree grew.

Letisane, who obtained all those cheat-level items, grew rapidly.

‘A being far beyond the existing strong powers.’

At the same time, Letisane’s growth was a natural necessity for survival.

A world on the verge of destruction.

A collapsing world tree and an entity called ‘Chaos’ that polluted the world tree.

In that world of chaos, Letisane performed brilliantly to the point where he earned the respectful nickname ‘Grand Wizard’.

[The noble archmage Letisane’s sense of duty and righteous spirit. With that sincere desire to destroy evil, humanity was able to lay the foundation for resistance against monsters and ‘chaos’…]

And those inspired by his activities are vigilantes fighting against monsters and villains all over the Earth. I created a guild.

Suddenly, people started calling the heroes representing the guild heroes.

Yuje Song Yuhwando. Choi Hana’s father, Jeon Ho, was also the head of a guild and a hero during that dark era.

Letisane was their comrade and rival, fighting with all he had in a world of chaos.

At that time, a familiar voice popped into my head.

Letisane’s will flowed in.

[But still, I could not overcome that will of destruction. Contrary to the records of the demon tribe, I am not a noble hero, but a loser who kneels before that great despair.]

Along with that self-mocking voice, I could read the despair contained in Letisane’s will.

***

If he hadn’t despaired, it would have been a strange reality.

100 retries continued.

Letisane, the possessed person whose game soon became reality, was a return beyond Retry for him.

However, even in those 100 regressions.

No matter what method Letisane used, he was unable to prevent the complete collapse of the World Tree.

Even, the most absolute power in the world view.

Even though I gained the true power of the World Tree.

‘The power of the World Tree. ‘It must be the source of Letisane becoming an archmage and the source of the three sacred powers.’

Letisane was not just a user.

A remains from the previous game, The Collapse of Yggdrasil.

But at the same time, he was like a saint who sacrificed everything to destroy the world in the reality he possessed.

‘Even though I’m putting myself down like I am now. You can tell just by looking at the records of the Yoho tribe.’

A very proud and arrogant demon tribe.

Even the person who was said to be the previous elder of the demon tribe could not suppress the respect he had for Letisane in the records in that booklet.

However, even Letisane has such a great spirit.

Even with all the prior information, it seems that the game’s bad ending could not be prevented.

And in that repeated regression.

Letisane fell truly in love with a woman.

His fellow hero and An Yu-min’s mother. Joo Eun-ji.

[But… it didn’t work out that way.]

Letisane’s will whispered to me as if screaming.

[The power of the World Tree that I possessed. Even that power has already been contaminated in advance by the beings of chaos.]

An Irregular called the Possessor.

Also, repeated regression may have been the trigger for the contamination.

And the power of the polluted World Tree was passed on to Letisane’s daughter, An Yu-min.

That truth is the fundamental reason why An Yu-min was reborn as a villain.

I closed my eyes.

Letisane’s will now left me with only one message to say.

[I have a favor to ask of you, another Irregular. The three sacred powers are the only power of the World Tree that cannot be polluted by the existence of chaos. My daughter, who has become an apostle of chaos with that power… Please prevent my daughter from destroying the world.]

The information being conveyed to me is not by nature, but by will.

So I was able to read even the words that Letisane was omitting.

Worst case.

The decision to prevent the end of the world even if it means killing his own daughter, An Yu-min.

“……”

And now I also know why the archmage Letisane suddenly disappeared.

‘A man who gave up his life to save his daughter. Now are you asking me to kill that daughter?’

An Yu-min has been weak since he was young.

The power of the World Tree was so great that it could move the world.

Perhaps if Letisane had not sacrificed his life.

An Yu-min would have already died before he was even born.

“I will do that.”

I answered Letisane’s will.

Actually, whatever his request was.

If the chaotic being that resides in An Yu-min is going to destroy the world.

I have a duty to stop it.

‘I am Unknown.’

And now, as an Unknown, I knew for sure my fate.

I am the king of the underworld.

I swore to become the absolute ruler of the shadow world.

As a villain, I could never allow myself to destroy anything I owned.

Wooow-

I deactivated the 3 magical powers again. And then I remembered what I had to do right away.

‘The world dominated by Song Yu-hwan. ‘You have to create a crack.’

And it starts with the public opinion war that the apostle of Valhalla always uses.

The next day, I invited several streamers, including Mungseokkkyun, to my office.

‘long time no see.’

Among those streamers, my childhood friend JiU, Virtuber Crew, and Underdolls were also there.