Chapter 82: End; Death dancing in the Masquerade (10) (2/2)
Thus, the Regressor pondered.
When the ones being killed by his hands wished to live, Noah swallowed their ‘desire to live’ and strengthened his own survivability.
Yu Jitae didn’t have a convenient authority like Noah. However, after scanning through and learning about every authority of his, he realised that he had a similar tool with him.
It was none other than [Vintage Clock (EX)].
<You have failed in saving the Earth. The Authority, [Vintage Clock (EX)] rewinds the world’s time.>
After the end of the fifth iteration, when the world rewound itself back in time; when the Regressor opened his eyes in a rainy city of Korea.
He decided to go and be killed by someone.
The ‘desires to live’ that had been swallowed by Noah was roughly 997. Since it was unclear how much it would change in the various iterations, he had to absorb a lot more ‘desires to kill’ than that.
Therefore, he had to make someone want to kill him and he had to die to that person.
The method itself wasn’t difficult.
He went up to someone and took their precious ones.
Going to a filial child, he killed his parents and said to the son that night while showing the bodies of his parents.
‘I killed your parents.’
It wasn’t a good feeling.
The faint emotions as a human that had remained until that point, were felt screaming that he didn’t want to do this.
‘I killed your son.’
But he still had to do it,
‘I killed your husband.’
And that was his life.
‘Kill me if you dare.’
He was then murdered by the enraged people.
<The existence, [Yu Jitae] has entered the abnormal status, [Death].>
<The Authority, [Vintage Clock (EX)] collects the wish of the killer, [Kim Chulgon].>
<You have failed in saving the Earth. The Authority, [Vintage Clock (EX)] rewinds the world’s time.>
He was repeatedly killed.
<The existence, [Yu Jitae] has entered the abnormal status, [Death].>
<The Authority, [Vintage Clock (EX)] collects the wish of the killer, [Oh Minji].>
<You have failed in saving the Earth. The Authority, [Vintage Clock (EX)] rewinds the world’s time.>
And was killed time after time.
In order to die, all the authorities and blessings protecting his body had to be lifted. Thus, the pain of death that came with the process was solely for Yu Jitae to shoulder.
‘Die! Dieeeeee! You murderer–!!’
His physical body being ripped was painful.
‘Why, why did you do that… What did our family ever do to you?’
‘You will burn in hell forever. I will curse you till I die.’
And the hatreds of others were slightly more painful.
Back then, that was the case.
Every time someone killed him, their emotions and desire to kill were absorbed. A dark poison-like substance dropped and merged itself into his blood. One drop, two drops, ten drops… the sticky and disgusting poison began encroaching his blood vessels and the heart.
10 deaths.
50 regressions.
And when the world restarted for the 100th time.
A change occurred inside Yu Jitae.
<With your desire to kill that has exceeded the limit, the world’s Providence gifts you with an authority.>
<Obtained Authority: [Shapeless Sword (A)]>
Killing intent began showing itself in a shape.
However, he was still lacking in numbers. Noah had swallowed 997 desires to live, so the Regressor had to gather a lot more desire to kill.
It was truly a crazy act.
After 200 regressions, the grade of the authority changed.
volved Authority: [Shapeless Sword (A+)]
He had been killed 200 times.
Gradually, he no longer felt the pain of death. Once he got used to it, death felt a lot easier and he was no longer afraid of pain.
volved Authority: [Shapeless Sword (S)]>
Then, he was killed another 300 times.
At that point, he no longer felt afraid or apologetic of others’ hatred against him. He completely got rid of hypocrisy from himself.
He had no choice but to do this in order to kill Noah? It was wrong. He was a selfish existence that took crazy measures like this for his own necessity.
He was but a sinner.
volved Authority: [Shapeless Sword (S+)]>
For the final time, he was killed 500 more times.
During that, he sometimes forgot what was happening and what was going on with himself.
He had started doing this shit in order to become something, but forgot what he was trying to be, and had already turned into something he himself didn’t know of before realising it.
volved Authority: [Shapeless Sword (SS)]>
And with 1100 deaths, Yu Jitae’s insane deeds came to an end.
Those were times that had only been for death without any other action. Since he did not assign any meaning to the iterations that had solely been for death.
<You have failed in saving the Earth. The Authority, [Vintage Clock (EX)] rewinds the world’s time.>
He thought to himself, that this was the start of the sixth iteration.
Although he didn’t end up encountering him in the sixth iteration because Noah had hidden himself.
He was able to meet Noah in the seventh iteration.
“…”
There were clamouring humans. Their voices of hatred and jeers left in unison while Noah reflected his confidence in his desire to live with a sneer.
Killing intent gathered in the Regressor’s hand in the form of a tornado and formed a shape.
[Shapeless Sword (SS)]
The Regressor’s killing intent resulting from his 1100 deaths from those filled with hatred, that had solely been for this moment, slashed Noah’s body in half and killed him.
“—–!”
The last thing he saw was the look of disbelief hanging on Noah’s face.
In an instant, the jeering outcries stopped.
He kicked Noah’s corpse with his foot and dropped it off the scaffold. Then, he slowly gazed at the ‘desires to live’ that had been screaming their guts out.
Noah’s dream had come to an end.
Gradually, the ashen world began dispersing like a fog.
He gazed at the ‘desires to live’. Once the main body’s desire ended, the existences that had been swallowed by the demon’s dream floundered their arms around and started carrying out meaningless gestures. They shook their heads, flailed their arms and walked endlessly in a direction.
Close to a thousand existences danced.
Slowly, the scenery before his eyes scattered and vanished.