Chapter 200 (1/2)

Epilogue (2) End

Adam came to me the day after I returned to Earth after a long time.

“I stand in front of the successor.”

He no longer disguised himself as a human. He returned to his original appearance, whereas the entire body was covered with white fur. He deeply lowered his head that resembles a mixture of a bear and a raccoon.

“I’ll brief you on the reports during your absence.”

It had been a while since Adam’s ruling dimension joined the Union. The reason why they changed their stance, which was to remain neutral, was simple.

The “System” had changed.

Since they didn’t trust the System, they didn’t join the Union that blindly worshipped it, but the situation had changed.

One more mission was added to the Union they joined. I told the command both my goals and plans as a successor. A road map to establish the future Empire and win the battle against the Void.

Therefore, the Union had realized that it was the skeleton of the future Empire. And Adam’s species were fulfilling their purpose of becoming one of the Empire’s foundations by becoming a member of the Union.

“Five of the dimensions that have remained neutral expressed their desire to join the Union.”

Their species’ job in the Union was to roam around similar dimensions to encourage Union membership and negotiate terms. It was also the direction I desired.

When Adam left after finishing the report, a voice rang in my head.

He spoke with his whole heart.

– My god!

I frowned as I replied as if it was troublesome.

– I told you not to call me that, didn’t I?

Then, Secretary Kim, who was praying in his room, said, proudly…

– But I can’t call you the Guild Master, can I? Since that’s not true.

Over the past three years, all guilds on Earth had been merged into one. That decision was made based on each country’s judgment that it was desirable to establish a unified command to focus its power on defending against the Red Gate.

Of course, my influence moderately seeped in the process.

Ironically, it wasn’t an Awakened but the Senator, who took the role of being the head of the only Awakened organization in the world in that manner. Although he grumbled that he would retire soon, he had yet to find a successor and was still active.

The bottom line was, I was no longer the Head of the Celestial Dragon Guild.

– Just call me by my name.

– I can’t just call the name of a benevolent god!

– I told you I’m yet to be a complete god, didn’t I?

– Well, aren’t you going to be one day? And at that moment… you will be the only deity that contributed greatly in the mortal world without being sealed.

The System had returned to normal, and almost all the fragments of the previous god of the mind in the Void had been absorbed, but not all the problems in the world had been solved.

The Void hadn’t been eradicated yet, and the Red Gate continued to open… Most of all, other gods were still sealed in the blood-red world.

However, the future was bright. All the gods, including the god of time, had been granted their lost fragments. Furthermore, the number of their believers was increasing, and new incarnations continued to emerge.

One day, they would all escape from the Void, and from then on, the fight against their old nemesis would begin.

And I would maintain my existence “as myself” without reincarnation or regression, watching all of it and participating in all of the events as who I currently was.

– Anyway, why did you call me?

– Please speak comfortably. How can the great being address the first scepter that serves you with honorifics…

– I’m going back to catching Mercadius, then?

– Wait! Wait a minute. Actually, there’s a matter that I need to discuss with you…

Secretary Kim wanted to seriously discuss the new “launching”– he really used that word! – of the congregation emblem, clerical uniform, and outline of the scriptures, and I was going to cut the connection while pretending to listen for a while.

However, he spoke in a hurry just before that since he was ever so quick-witted.

– This is the last one! Well, I’ll be on a business trip.

– Have a safe trip.

– Aren’t you asking me where I’m going or why?

– I can see everything if I want to anyway.

Secretary Kim explained the plan regardless. On another dimension, many individuals were interested in the denomination that would soon be launched and continued to explain that he intended to travel around such places to promote the religion.

I spoke after listening to him.

– Don’t move alone. Take Euclid with you. The dragon is deep into the Internet these days, so tapping on the keyboard all day is all she does. What’s the use of playing around? She should be working.

After finishing the conversation like that, I disconnected the communication with him.

And I decided to get on the long-pending project.

I concentrated my mind and sank inside.

*

I dived into my soul and dug even deeper. Throwing my consciousness so deep still felt unfamiliar even after I had become a half-god.

There were more fundamental elements underneath the thick deposition of the memory of the previous life.

Fragments that made me exist as myself.

Among them, the empty space was once where the traces of the god of time’s fragments and the Monarch of Evolution’s soul stayed.

The former was returned to the main body of the sealed god. That was because there was no need for regression anymore.

Meanwhile, the latter was sent together with Genograche when he returned to the Magic Kingdom. After becoming a half-god, I didn’t have to carry his soul to maintain his Unique Skills.

Past the area where embedded stones had been pulled out, I went further down and deeper.

I then saw the fine dust that had been sinking and swirling inside my ego. It was rotating with a shape similar to the Milky Way seen from outer space.

I looked inside with the power of ‘mind.’

A very faint image was formed in the middle.

It was someone’s soul.

A person who had been hidden as my soul was at the front of my consciousness and who couldn’t be found because of the fragment of a god and the Monarch’s soul had pushed it behind.

I called out to him.

“You’re awake now.”

The soul opened its eyes.