Chapter 226 (1/2)
'Where aled to open his eyes, but he felt lost It was total darkness in front of hi a wry s, what is the difference between opening and closing my eyes?'
Rody was not just surrounded by darkness He could not even hear a single sound The darkness was quiet enough to drive people crazy In that darkness, a person could not see anything nor hear any sound He would not even know if he would tread on a flat surface or walk off a cliff on his next step At that tiardless as on his mind, there was only one answer
The ansasdon't know
Perhaps the unknoas ht not fear death However, it would be terrifying if they did not knohen they would die
Even if a person was prepared to die, the feeling he got when he closed his eyes and waited to be cut down only to find that the blade had yet to swing down could drive hihed and was about to roar three times Suddenly, he heard a heavy and hoarse voice slowly crooned
”God said, ‘Let there be light’ and then there was light”
After those soft croons, the surroundings were filled with bright light The white light was so bright that it forced Rody to close his eyes When his eyes finally adapted to the dazzling brightness, he shouted, ”Who is it? Who is speaking?”
The hoarse voice did not answer hihtness as day and darkness as night He then separated brightness and darkness”
When the sound faded, the strong light turned diht as the day and the night constantly alternated The sun and the htness and darkness came and went
”Who? Who is it?” Rody could not help but roared in surprise
Rody’s voice echoed in the space but that hoarse voice ignored him and continued to croon
”God said, ‘Let there be life’ So God created wild beasts, one from each kind; livestock, one froround of different kinds This world thus filled with life”
An illusion appeared together with apparently some kind of round, the winged insects and fishes in the rivers
The illusion was like a spectacular light curtain appearing around Rody in segments When one appeared, another one would disappear The scenes slowly unfolded
Rody caled as he quietly watched the illusions around him Suddenly, his heart stirred and he loudly asked, ”So, what else did God say?”
”God said, ‘Let us create e’ After that, there were huas-like substance suddenly appeared in front of Rody That gas flickered alternately between black and white and between brightness and darkness After that, as it churned it constantly changed shapes In the beginning, it took on the fore into so else After that, it slowly transformed into other shapes and then into a crude hu The crude huas radually formed That was followed by the body, head, hairand lastly the face!
The figure looked like a very old rey and tattered robe His white beard almost reached his chest He had a face full of wrinkles as he caled in front of him He then slowly spoke in that deep hoarse voice froe the fishes in the sea, the birds in the sky, the aniround”
He then stared at Rody and slowly said, ”Hence, this world was born and humans became the masters of this world!”
Both of thehed as if he had just seen sohed so hard that his tears al and angrily shouted, ”Mankind became the masters of this world? Ridiculous! Absurd! If God had taken so much effort to create this world, why should he let mankind dominate it? Does God have a mental illness? Is God crazy? Why did he not becoive it to others, why did he bother creating this world?”
The eyes of the old man in front of hi smile He then slowly said, ”God said to the people in the world, ‘Have faith in me and you shall have life Have faith in me and you shall have health Have faith in me and you shall have peace Have faith inI have created!”
”Hahaha…” Rody laughed ”Look! That is the price! What do you mean mankind are thethat is bartered! Mankind are just puppets! Mankind is just God's puppets They are actually slaves who are controlled by theirbecoht?”
Rody sat on the floor and his laughter gradually stopped He was conte as he touched his chin Suddenly he looked bitter and said, ”I suddenly res, horses, cattle, and sheep They are fed and raised for one’s own benefit” He raised his head to look at the old man and said, ”The relationshi+p between God and man is just like that”
The old man did not reply and continued in that melodious tone, ”The world is corrupted in the presence of God, the land is filled with sins God said, ‘To those who rebel against God, I will take back what I bestowed’ Thereupon, it would rain heavily and the earth would be flooded for fifteen days After that, there would be a drought for one hundred and fifty days All people and living creatures on land would die, except the ones who receive God’s favor would be protected and live”
Rody laughed again He clapped his hands and shouted, ”Good! Wonderful! There are no differences between God and the Emperor of mankind! When they see disobedient subjects, the subjects will be charged for rebellion and slaughtered, leaving behind only the obedient ones!”
The old er spoke and sht to himself for a moment He then said, ”Hey, olds of God I have read those before Who are you? Where is this place?” Rody furrowed his eyebrows and continued, ”I re with someone at sea I was then smashed into the bottom of the sea After that…”
After that, Rody slowly stood up and laughed, ”Don’t tell me that you are a sea hed and said, ”Well, I don't like to keep guessing”
The old e one hundred and seven: Those, in this world, who blasphee God said, ‘If you want to speak, you must praise me’”
Rody facepalmed and smiled, ”Ah, I understand now You are one of those who blasphemed God and as a result became mute If you want to speak, you can only praise God Otherwise, you cannot speak at all Aht?” After that Rody shook his head and continued, ”No wonder you were only repeating God’s words” Rody found it hed out loud ”That God is really despicable Not allowing people to criticize hiht of such a clever way to control us He actually turned those who cursed him into mutes and then if they want to speak, they can only be allowed to praise God Genius! What a genius! Such an interesting way to punish people!”
The old ry He just shed for a while and then sighed ”Well, old man Where is this place? How did I coain and sh This is troublesohted expression and asked, ”I suppose you knorite? How about you write it out?”
The old man smiled and showed a helpless expression He stretched out one of his hands and gently waved A sround in front of him He then scribbled a few strokes on the sand with his foot ”Just ask”
Rody took a deep breath and asked, ”Where is this place? How did I come here? Who are you?”
The old man looked at Rody and stretched out his foot to write on the ground ”Have you finished asking?”
Rody stared at him and replied, ”For noill just ask this , the old man then proceeded to write a few lines of words on the sand As he wrote, Rody watched from the side and slowly read out the words ”The first question: the prison cell! The second question: too long…Hey, oldthat you cannot say it? Fine, then the third question: you are…”
Rody suddenly stopped reading When the old , Rody suddenly raised his head and stared at hi expression