Chapter 470 - My Original Stash #70 - The Second Coming of Gluttony by Ro Yu-jin (1/2)

-A completed redemption arc novel with ”Ara Ara-Neesans”, W/

Synopsis: ”The son of god Gula has returned.”

I was lost in the world of gambling.

I turned my back on my family and even betrayed my lover.

I wasted every day of my life.

It was a life of tr*sh.

The reality told me thus:

That I would amount to nothing no matter what I did.

In order to change my pathetic life, I chose fantasy, instead.

Even then, it was the same story.

I wondered if salvation would come at the end of the long road.

But, I was forced to kneel down in defeat in front of a powerful entity.

The tower I built up with my own hands crumbled into nothingness.

Just for once, I dearly wished to know the truth about myself.

”Come closer, my child…”

I will not hold back this time.

Words: ???

Posted on: novelupdates.com/series/the-second-coming-of-gluttony/ (Ro Yu-jin)

Chapter 1

Puhak!

Blood splattered everywhere. A woman's dazed gaze fell on the spear impaling her left c_h_e_s_t. When she felt the coldness of the blade penetrating her heart, her pupils shook as her body slowly lost strength.

As the woman collapsed to the ground, an owner of an anguished cry rushed to the spearman's back. The spearman let go of his spear, startled by how quick the voice was approaching him. But that was it. The spearman quickly spun around, swinging his fist at the enemy behind his back.

The target fell backward from the impact. The spearman didn't stop and swung down his bloody fist once more.

Pow!

The target's head burst open in an instant. Even then, the spearman didn't stop. Once, twice, thrice…. He roared and screamed, bashing the target's head until he finally smashed the man's skull and brain to pieces.

The man resembling a demon shot into a swirling fog.

A swirling fog of ashes….

**

Cough. The collapsed woman heaved out a dry cough. She scowled from the smell of ash in the area. But her frown only lasted a moment. She lifted her head and surveyed her surroundings.

”Is anybody there…?”

Only a bleak gust of wind blew by.

”Is everyone… dead?”

She waited, but no reply came back. Kuk. She let off a sudden chuckle and began humming as if she was singing a lullaby.

”Dead, dead, everyone's dead….”

Her throat hurt.

She somehow managed to raise her upper body before spitting out her saliva. Her complexion lightened a little before she looked up at the distant sky with her blurring sight.

'How…'

…How did she end up like this?

One day, an alien race appeared in her world. Although it was only discovered later on, this race had been chased away from its original home-world. After suffering a crushing defeat, they had wandered aimlessly in outer space for a very long time before invading her planet.

In order to become its new overlord.

”Those retards.”

This woman was the princess of a certain kingdom subordinate to the Empire. She was six years old when she first heard the news of the alien race's appearance, and she was ten when she heard the news of the Empire's collapse.

Despite being praised as the 'Never Setting Sun' for their overwhelming technology and magic engineering, the almighty Empire had fallen in less than four years.

That was probably when everything began.

Deprived of its Chief Deity, the planet fell prey to the many other races that had been eyeing it for an opportunity to pounce.

The first invading alien race posed its leader as the new Chief Deity and began a bloody invasion throughout the planet. It was around then that new alien races began to appear one by one.

One had appeared in the name of 'survival', and the others under the banner of 'conquest'….

Recalling the events of the past, the princess chuckled feebly. The land once ruled by mankind was now a war ground for several foreign races.

Pushed around this way, pushed around that way, the original inhabitants devolved to a candle flickering in the wind.

But accompanying the appearance of these foreign races were the seven un-worshipped gods, who were born together during the birth of the planet. These seven gods promised to help the surviving humans, and the inhabitants promised to worship them in return.

And so, the deal was struck. But to the surprise of the inhabitants, help from these gods came in a strange manner.

Their method of fighting back was to form an army by summoning another race that most resembled the world's inhabitants.

Furthermore, the population had fallen drastically due to the war.

”Those damned sons of bitches.”

The princess spat out a curse as she blankly stared up at the sky.

'We shouldn't have trusted them in the first place.'

In truth, it wasn't so bad in the beginning. The first Earthlings summoned to aid the inhabitants grew at a shocking speed under the gods' divine protection.

However, as their influence grew and gradually overwhelmed that of the original inhabitants, the situation began to change.

There really were all sorts of reasons. Some formed groups by nationality, some by the color of their skin, some by religion, and some by politics.

In the end, 'profit' was the problem. The factionalization among the Earthlings began to cause rifts in the relationship of the once-united kingdoms. The alliance formed under the d_e_s_i_r_e to survive broke into pieces, and the ensuing internal conflict naturally weakened their forces.

There were some who even revolted against the new gods.

But was that all?

In the end, the majority of Earthlings refused to participate in the final battle. They coldly ignored the inhabitants' desperate pleas and returned to their home-world.

This was why rage boiled inside the princess.

”Sons of….”

She was about to curse once more but quickly shut her mouth.

Splash… splash….

A soft sound echoed out amidst the gradually-cooling mountain of corpses. The sound approached her, but it stopped a bit to the right of her.

Standing there was a burnt corpse.

[Amazing.]

In front of the corpse was a large darkness that couldn't be described with words.

[Truly amazing! I did not place much hope, but to think you actually survived this bloody battle…]

'An Earthling?'

As if to answer the princess' question, the collapsed man raised his head. A powerful emotion surged up within the princess' heart, but she had no choice but to swallow it back down.

The state of the Earthling was horrific, so much so that she wanted to avert her gaze.

The number may have been extremely small, but it wasn't as if no Earthlings participated in the battle. The state of the burnt man clearly demonstrated that he had fulfilled his duty in this battlefield.

When the princess thought this far, she began to develop a sense of sympathy. At the same time, she felt it was a shame.

'If only all the other Earthlings were like him….'

[I want to praise your achievements a bit more, but you do not have much time left.]

A low-pitched voice struck her ears.

[Since you kept your promise, it is time for me to keep mine. Tell me, what is it that you wish?]

As darkness set in the man's eyes, his weakened eyes looked forward. When he opened his mouth, he spurted out bits and pieces of his organs along with a mouthful of blood. His voice seemed to be lost, as only the sound of wind passing through his vocal cord came out.

[You do not have to speak. I can simply read your mind… So, you wish to be revived?]

The princess almost laughed. Wishing to be revived? What use would it be? Everything was already over.

[No? How foolish, your life is hanging by a rope. Then what is it that you want? Don't tell me, riches? Honor? In this situation?]

”….”

[What?]

Suddenly, the tone of the darkness went up.

[You want to start over?]

An ominous sensation suddenly rose up in the princess' heart.

[Impossible!]

An enraged voice shook the earth.

[Even with your achievements, how could it be possible to reverse time!? You wanted to return everything to the way it was with only what you've accomplished?]

”….”