Chapter 99 (1/2)
Chapter 99 – Temple of the Fallen God (2)
He couldn't believe his eyes There was a white star like his on Paimon's forehead
A user?
But Crockta couldn't ask the question Paiun was ai Crockta's soul into the darkness
Paimon said, “Maybe, you”
His tone sunk as he looked Crockta up and down Crockta felt a chill go down his spine It was like a swan had noticed that a duck was a its flock
Paier spoke out loud It was a one-way injection ofand emotion into Crockta's head
'You know nothing'
His head hirring Crockta folded his knee to try and withstand it Pai storm inside Crockta's head
Crockta shook his head and stared at Paied black Now he couldn't see Tiyo or Anor any shone
'Apostle of the fallen God,' Paimon called out 'You have the star, but you don't know anything about them'
Heat came from his forehead There was a terrible pain that see froreatsword At that moment, the darkness in front of him blurred
Crockta wielded Ogre Slayer towards the darkness Nothing was caught on the blade, but the momentu a step back But after that, the darkness gathered again It was a deeper concentration of darkness In that gap, a force struck Crockta's abdomen
Kakang!
Crockta flinched
'What happened?' Paientle or soft as before It was like a raging beast His wrath rang in the darkness 'Who are you?!'
The darkness gathered once again It felt like it was trying to crush Crockta The darkness gathered above Crockta's head in order to crush hireatsword
At thatappeared in front of Crockta
'You' Paimon stopped
In the darkness, another darkness moved Crockta could feel his presence A child made of darkness, just like Pai in his belt
Paiuys'
After the dehed as he put Ogre Slayer away Now his breathing returned to normal His vision was dark but he didn't feel like he was drowning like before
Crockta spoke, “What is the star on the forehead?”
Paimon was silent Crockta could sense it Paimon had a white star, yet he wasn't a user
He was someone that the NPCs called 'cursed by the stars' If so, as the curse of the stars? Was it really a concept created for the convenience of the users?
The demon of the belt that looked like a child whispered out Paimon eventually nodded His answer entered Crockta's head
'A stig of a God It is the mark of a God's apostle'
”What is an apostle?”
'Those who choose to serve the God and receive the God's share'
”Who is the God?”
'That…' Paimon said
'One atched the end One who saw all deaths and mourned the world That God's name…'
Paimon opened his mouth Crockta waited for an answer The moment that Paimon was able to say the name of the fallen God…
Time was stretched
”……!”
The world slowed down Time was divided Time was divided then proliferated over and over Numerous chaotic scenes occurred in between
In the end…
Crockta stood on a snowy field
“No,” said Ian
“This is really…”
He kicked the ground It was scattered white ash powder
“Not much”
He hesitantly sat down The dark blue night sky unfolded endlessly above him
The land was all white At first, he thought it was a snowy field However, he soon realized that the whole land was filled hite ash The white particles scattered every tirabbed a handful and squeezed The ash ran through his palm and fell down
A laugh ehed out loud
“This type of thing…”
But the laughter didn't reach his eyes Maybe he had a foreboding feeling
He stared at the distant horizon where the sky and earthstar passed in a semicircle above Ian's head
Someone spoke from behind him, ”Isn't it pretty?”
Ian turned his head Gray skin, gray hair, the ash in this place lu in the same posture as Ian
“I wanted to see you” She laughed It wasn't the seneity
”Ian No, shall I call you Crockta?”
“That’s fine”
She so he had been aware of for a long time
Thanks to that fa, he knew her identity Sometimes she expressed herself to him in her oay She alatched and someti that sustained Elder Lord The system
Ian sighed Ian, connected to Elder Lord, became Crockta and was sucked into the darkness by Paie world Then he met the system He didn't need to hear the answer to the question of whether Elder Lord was just a game or not
“Explain”
Ian picked up a pile of ash again and threw it into the air It bleards The ash fell like snowflakes around Ian and the grey wo
“Your guess is correct”
”Elder Lord?”
“Another dimension”
”……”
Ian threw ashes towards her She didn't avoid theh the white powder
“Then everything that the users killed in Elder Lord was actually alive in another dimension?”
“That’s right”
“I killed things?”
”Yes”
“They aren't artificial intelligence?”
She looked at Ian Ian also rey they were close to white The face is Ian could empathize with
She slowly replied, “Would that be so different?” An unknown,smile appeared on her face “If they were all AIs created by computers, ould be different?”
Ian couldn't answer
“Just like how hunificant, there are those who think of humans as ants” She pointed to the sky Ian looked up at the sky
Nothing could be seen in the blue sky
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