Chapter 192 (1/2)

Final Battle (3)

Most of the problems in that world resulted from the end of the mythological era.

At that point in time, all dimensions were one instead of being isolated from each other as they currently were.

But as ‘Rom’ once told Seo Jin-Wook…

– Space has been split into numerous fragments and scattered.

The sudden war between the gods and the invaders, their defeat without a natural transition, and the world’s reconstruction.

It was its connectivity that the invaders and the inhabitants of the void took away from the ‘god of space.’

The dimensions cracked in the span of an instant.

It was like forcibly tearing apart and scattering flesh, causing a backlash to occur. It was as if a gale had swept through the cracks of the dimensions and separated them.

The future Empire called the phenomenon the ‘dimensional storm.’

The successor who returned to the past once thought:

‘If I leave that as it is, it will encroach and eat away at all dimensions again this time.’

He joined hands with the divinity of time. In the early days of exile, the gods maintained deep intelligence and a great memory. In addition, the successor who returned to the past knew that if left untouched, countless dimensions would be caught and swallowed up by the torrent.

Therefore, he succeeded in several generations with the god and established a feat.

They had created a creature with the power to protect the world from Dimensional Storms.

‘I will call this sacred beast, who borrowed all of your powers, the dimensional bird.’

Dimension Storms didn’t come to all worlds in the same order. The successor, who observed the torrent like a wild beast, sent the dimensional bird to the world in danger.

It wasn’t in the form of an egg as it was in the current era.

‘If we do that, there’s going to be a risk of breaking or loss before hatching. Let’s send it after it’s been born.’

However, there was a problem with the way the successor sent it. While the successor was in reincarnation… it became impossible to cover all the dimensions that were on the brink of collapse during his hiatus, which was essentially the interval between two lives.

Solutions also existed in his soul. The Empire had predicted that situation when they sent him back to the past.

‘Unlike a living organism, we need something that doesn’t sleep, is always observing, and cannot die.’

Considering the concept alone, it was practically the same as creating a new deity, but with the help of the diving being, the successor once again delivered a miracle.

Hence, the first Spirit opened its eyes.

‘Spirit, I will leave you with the responsibility to keep an eye on and manage a series of processes to build the future empire.’

In order for the creation to avoid death, a constant supply of energy was needed, and the energy that formed the basis of the material world was Mana. Therefore, the successors sculpted the blood and flesh of the Spirit with Mana.

‘Thanks to the power lent by the gods, you will have the free will to judge and make decisions on your own, pushing you beyond blindly following and carrying out instructions.’

The successor named the Spirit “Administrator.”

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The Administrator’s first job was to observe the flow of Dimensional Storms and send the Dimensional Bird to dangerous places.

Over time, however, more responsibilities were added.

‘Administrator, the safety device to prevent spatial disruption of dimensions has been built. The next step is to establish a master builder to support the future Empire. We have to help the mortals who will be the forefathers of that civilization.’

The Empire, which collapsed before the regression, was also built based on the collapse and destruction of countless dimensions and mortals. It’s because even in that timeline, there existed dimensions that were destroyed by Dimensional Storms, Red Gate monsters, and other bizarre reasons.

Therefore, species and civilizations that had already been buried before their flower could bloom prior to the Empire’s establishment were excluded.

One could dismiss it as a cull. However, the Empire that sent the successor to the past thought otherwise. They had no intention of losing them in vain, even in repeated history.

‘The Empire of the future must be more powerful and grow with even more possibilities.’

The method he chose was to save the species that had disappeared in pre-regression history in that cycle.

‘Even if many species are born with Mana Hearts, they don’t know how to use them. Unlike races such as dragons and devils, many individuals cannot enlighten themselves by nature. We’re going to help them.’

The gods warned the successor.

– You, who have memories of the future, after a long exile, our selves and memories are already fading en masse. After this deed, the same support we granted you before will be deemed impossible.

The successor borrowed the power of the gods one last time to build a huge system.

‘The Red Gate will begin to open soon. From the beginning, we need to foster the power to respond to the monsters. We also need to be able to endure the great war that will come in the distant future.’

The successor undertook the design and production. On the other hand, the Spirit that didn’t need to be reincarnated was supposedly in charge of the operating body. It was a non-material mechanism without a soul that performed the heir’s will without disconnection in time… It was supposed to be the agent who would be his limbs.

The successor then absorbed Mana scattered across space and built the engine to maintain the Administrator. Just as Mana was the ingredient that composed the Spirit, it also served as the fuel.

It was also the divine power that made the bones and flesh of the new System. They built the structural foundation with the transcendent powers that remained in them.

What was completed was a nurturing System for the mortals.

Since its creation, the species that met the conditions had received the following message.

– Do you wish to Awaken through a contract with the System?

It contacted the mortals at the dimensions selected by the Administrator, especially those who showed high potential among others and presented them a contract on the premise of Awakening.

The contract wasn’t made unless the mortal responded to it with free will. The Administrator couldn’t manipulate the heart of the mortal either. That was because there was no god of the mind among the gods that the successor had borrowed power from since that deity had already collapsed before then.

However, it wasn’t a big problem, considering most of the mortals agreed to it anyway.

The species Awakened by the signing of the contract went wild. They were the ones who would have supposedly never felt Mana for the rest of their lives.

‘W-what is this? I can feel an unknown power!’

The Administrator set several criteria when choosing dimensions.