How a Former Pastor Lives in Another World

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Isn’t this complete shit?

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Long ago, there was a man named Jacob.

Jacob was born as the second son and did not have the right to inherit as the eldest son, but he said to Esau, the hungry eldest son, who had gone out hunting and returned empty-handed, smelling of freshly made porridge.

“Are you hungry? Then call me brother.”

“What is this b*stard doing to my heavenly brother?”

“Oh, just call me Jacob hyung just once? Don’t you want to eat red bean porridge?”

If it were a normal brother, he would have beaten his younger brother and robbed him of the red porridge.

However, in this era where the older brother was cold to my younger brother without knowing anything about the world, he was dirty and mean and ended up calling my younger brother “brother.”

At this moment, Esau’s birthright was half handed over to Jacob, and here Jacob planned another fraud.

He deceived his dim-eyed father and even received the blessing of his eldest son.

In fact, his older brother Esau, who was robbed of his inheritance rights over a bowl of porridge, did not tolerate it.

“I’m going to kill this b*stard and go to hell!”

“Oh my brother Esau! Put down that knife!”

Jacob, who was exposed for cheating on his brother and father, ran away to his maternal grandparents’ house and tried to steal their property, but his cousins counterattacked him and he had no choice but to leave.

In the meantime, I went home with my maternal cousin and it was my first homecoming in 20 years.

“What if my brother kills me?”

It was a natural agony for a child who had deceived his brother and father, but there was a man who came to visit Jacob that night.

He argued with Jacob and wrestled with him, but when he was hit on the thigh bone and his pelvis was misaligned, Jacob realized something was definitely wrong.

‘What strength is so strong?’

It is not human power. Jacob sensed that this person was no ordinary person.

“Kwaaa

Jacob stretched out, holding the man in his mouth. Until dawn. It was truly a life-threatening fight.

“Hey. Let go.”

“Mo, I can’t let it go! No! I can’t let it go! Bless me! Give me a blessing!”

“I think Blessing is someone’s dog’s name. Won’t you let it go?”

“Congratulations! Congratulations!!”

In the end, the exhausted man left him and said, ‘From now on, you will call yourself Israel, not Jacob.’

So Jacob called the land he had received the blessing of the Lord “Peniel,” which means the face of God.

Kinship fraudster.

The guy who almost robbed my uncle’s family.

This guy took two of his cousins and sisters as his wives.

A man whose descendants have since become more numerous than the sand on the beach.

This is the story of the founder of modern Israel.

***

Peniel!

Its identity is not clear, but it is assumed that it was a messenger of God, or angel.

‘No, is it an angel who is trying to scare me? Is it okay to do this?!’

How long have I lived believing in Jesus!

I am Pastor Kim! How can you do this to me?

“······.”

I had a guess, but he really was an angel.

However, it was not Ray that the Peniel man attempted to talk to, but something beyond him.

“You know that poor girl is not in His plans. It is your duty too.”

Peniel’s man asked, but Ray did not hear the answer.

However, the Peniel man protested as if he was not convinced.

“There is no time. If you don’t intervene, this could be done right away. Isn’t it our duty to make his plan perfect?”

The man from Peniel was desperate.

The reason he was able to descend into this world where he had no connection was purely due to the peculiarities of the existence of Kim Gwang-oh and Ray Anderson.

A vessel that can receive God.

A constitution that covets gods, devils, ghosts, and evil spirits is like a miracle.

Dungeon Core made a huge mistake by cloning Kim Gwang-oh’s body and creating a doppelganger.

It’s just a limitation of the mechanically systemized core.

While constructing a body based on Kim Gwang-oh’s memories, he even duplicated the trait of being a vessel of God.

This was a huge opportunity for those who watched Ray.

To make His plan perfect.

Eliminate imperfections in the plan for the sake of creaturely duties.

Ophelia violet plants with ‘seeds’ planted must be removed.

All for the ‘imperfection of evil’.

This is a plan that must succeed, for he even gave his beloved son for him.

“For the sake of a girl. Are you willing to risk your foolish son’s personal feelings?”

“You’re talking like a fucking b*stard.”

Ray stood up.

“what?”

“If you beat up the wrong person, I’m going to make you pay for it. Why are you talking so much?”

Ray had a very confident expression.

That’s why I noticed it.

The thing behind Ray is something enormous.

“I had a rough idea when I destroyed that Capricorn. I guess there’s someone really great behind me?”

I glance behind me, but there is nothing behind my back.

It was natural. Advent is such a dangerous thing. Pastor Kim, whose mother was a shaman, knew what pain his mother went through as she sometimes attempted spiritual spirituality.

If another being had tried to descend from this level, there was no way Ray would have been okay.

Peniel’s man descended because he borrowed the body of a disposable doppelganger.

It doesn’t matter whether the doppelgang’s body disappears after he leaves.

“Hey, Mr. Peniel. I know you didn’t get what you wanted, but just pay the price and go now. It’s a nuisance. It’s a nuisance. In someone else’s world.”

“······This is for you.”

“If you want to go through administrative procedures, get permission from your superiors!

The man from Peniel was silent for a while.

It seems that this person cannot ignore Ray’s support and carry out his work.

Ray, who had gained momentum, suddenly had this thought.

“Wait a minute? All of this was his plan? So, why did I come here?”

“See what He has done in what you have done. He is at work in all that you have done.”

With those words, the man from Peniel disappears into a cloud of light.

“No, wait a minute! Blessing! Like Jacob, I can at least give a blessing!”

Ray shouted urgently, but there was no answer.

It’s just that the light he left behind as he disappeared was absorbed by Ray.

“······.”

“······.”

For a while, Ray and Ofelia only saw each other’s faces.

Is it finished? Did you go?

Ray, who was watching closely, helped his fallen comrades up. There was no problem with recovery due to the presence of Director Amelia’s cane…

“Ray, that person just now…”

“Shh. Talk to you later.”

This story should not be carelessly passed on to the outside world.

Because it was not a question of whether to believe or not, but a story that could be classified as heresy.

***

After recovering, Ray and his party were able to reach the deep part of the dungeon.

In fact, from this point on, it couldn’t even be called a strategy because the dungeon’s defense system didn’t work at all for some reason.

The group that arrived along the road soon found out the reason.

“Oh, the Ray brothers are here too!”

Huge cavity. Priests and imperial troops surrounded a large sphere presumed to be the dungeon core.

“Has the strategy been successful?”

“No, we have to take out the dungeon core to finish.”

“Removing it? Not destroying it?”

Sir Felix answered Ray’s question with a chuckle.

“The dungeon core is something that cannot be destroyed. Many people have tried, but no one has been able to destroy it.”

All that was possible was to remove the core from the dungeon and seal it.

That’s how to conquer a dungeon.

“······I see. Have you seen the wizard?”

I asked the priests who arrived first, but it seems that no one could find the wizard.

“It was in worse condition than I thought. I think it may have been damaged before we arrived.”

The dungeon core is different from what I expected, and it is worn and broken here and there.

I can’t believe the core that has supported the wizard’s remains since ancient times looks this ugly.

“······.”

“······.”

But Ray saw.

Something lurking inside that dungeon core.

A pure white energy that is faint but clearly similar to holy power. It’s trapping something.

Black… a very black and evil soul.

“devil?”

Ray grabbed Sir Felix and asked:

“Sir Felix. What is the dungeon core?”

“Well, nothing is known about it other than that it is an ancient item from thousands of years ago. I have a few guesses.”

“What is that?”

“It is said that it is an item that ancient great wizards were not satisfied with the magic power granted by the devil and sealed away the devil itself.”

It is said that numerous sacrifices were made for him.

The sacrifices included sacred relics of the time, and priests were also likely sacrificed.

“That’s the best guess. Well, I haven’t delved deep into it, so I don’t know for sure.”

“······Yes. That’s enough.”

White souls binding black souls. After thousands of years, the dungeon core has now hardened like a fossil.

Ray stretched out his hand toward the magnificent sealing sphere.

“Ray, the dungeon core cannot be destroyed. It’s pointless…”

At that moment, white flames shot out from Ray’s left hand.

Grumble!

The surrounding attention was drawn to the suddenly blooming flame.

‘Ah… it fucking hurts.’

I know it’s a special firework.

I had an intuition that this was some kind of power ever since the Peniel man disappeared.

Ray frowned at the burning pain rising from his left hand, but moved his hand towards the dungeon core.

That moment.

──────!!!!

The dungeon core shook and a terrible roar poured out.

The core, which was as gaunt as a mummy that had been drained of all its vitality, poured out waves as if making its last struggle, and this alone was enough to send Ray and the others flying away.

──────!!!!!!

But the fire that had already started did not go out.

Like white phosphorus that won’t go out until it burns everything it touches.

The outer shell of the dungeon core melted and flowed like blood.

“More, the dungeon core is melting!”

“How could this happen!”

Everyone was shocked.

Ray’s flames enveloped the core, and the outer layer melted, flowing like blood.

Soon, the pure white flame that burned the entire core was so holy and holy that it seemed as if the Holy Spirit had descended.

Eventually, as the flames reached the depths where the soul was contained… a terrible roar was heard once again.

It was a scream that was now clearly recognizable.

Ray was overcome with anxiety as he watched the evil soul within his core burn to death.

That is most likely a demonic soul.

And the moment the demon is destroyed and absorbed, the events of Capricorn are repeated.

I know there’s something behind me… but since I’m a human, I can’t help but be afraid.

The pure white flame had already burned away the evil soul within the core and was absorbed by Ray.

thud!

The spirit of great evil resided within Ray.

***

It seems like it was fast forwarded.

It doesn’t take long for Ray to read the soul’s memories.

However, in that split second, I was able to grasp a lot of information. If I were to explain it in terms of modern culture, it would be like being double-acquired.

It would be difficult to understand the YouTube video at double speed, but Ray was able to vaguely read it.

but.

But this time it’s a little different.

The fleeting moments seem to contain eons of time.

It presents information in a condensed manner and does not require understanding.

All we know is that the owner of this memory is a distant, ancient demon.

Its majesty is like that of Mount Tai, and it is said that it once filled the world with fear.

Even after absorbing such great evil, it did not stop resisting.

The bell tower collapsed under the swing of the arm, and as soon as he stretched out his feet, the village disappeared.

Grumble!

But the arm of the great evil cannot reach the sky.

Burning, covered by so many terrifying gazes and wings.

Just for a moment.

What Ray witnessed was a giant eyeball opening with thousands of sharp teeth and chewing up the giant creature and swallowing it.

It was the moment when the holy and fearful fire annihilated the great evil.

***

“Ugh!”

When Ray opened his eyes, an unfamiliar tent came into view.

It’s someone’s tent built in a campsite.

“Woke up?”

At that time, a voice came from a place where I could feel the presence.

“Seo, saintess?”

A saint with her eyes covered with an eyepatch. Iris was watching Ray.

“What happened?”

“We were brought in after the dungeon core was destroyed. Congratulations. Your party conquered the dungeon. It’s our first achievement.”

“Something… I feel dizzy.”

A lot happened in the dungeon.

To be honest, dealing with the doppelganger was a more intense experience than the dungeon core.

When we first arrived at the dungeon core, it was already dead.

‘More than that, what happened to the soul inside it?’

My memory is vague.

There was something big and scary.

Is it because I was so shocked? I knew that the spirit of the great evil was extinguished, but I couldn’t remember how it was extinguished.

All Ray felt was that a very fearful being had overwhelmed the spirit of the great evil.

“congratulations.”

“yes?”

“You have manifested new powers. This is probably the first time that you have acquired three powers at that age.”

“ah······.”

New powers.

Yes, this is the power that Peniel’s man received after blessing himself.

‘for a moment? That gentleman gave the blessing, but why did he acquire the power of Soltera?’

Is something not right?

Although Ray only had doubts in his mind, Iris explained the power.

“What you have gained is the ＜Power of Holy Fire＞.”

“The power of sanctification?”

“Yes. The power to create flames using holy power as a medium. Although it has some drawbacks.”

“If you say it’s a disadvantage…”

“Are you saying you are in a lot of pain?”

“ah······.”

Ray looked at his left hand. When the power of sacred fire was activated, it was incredibly painful.

The most painful thing in the world is burning pain, and that pain covers my entire left arm.

“I didn’t get any burns.”

“It’s basically a blessing. But be careful. Those who had the power of sanctification were powerful enough to be recorded in history, but they died in a fire at the end.”

gulp.

This isn’t really a suicide bomb.

“But it’s strange… The power of sacred fire is a powerful power, but there is no record of it burning the core. How did you do it?”

“Uh… with grit?”

Ray has no way of knowing.

This was the first time I learned about the power of sanctification.

“It’s a good harvest. The wizard missed, but it turns out that Ray can destroy the core.”

“Isn’t that right? Oh, then are you going to be called up to conquer that dungeon or something?”

Iris shook her head at those words.

“Why a person who can eliminate the dungeon core? You can just eliminate it after the strategy is over, right?”

“ah······.”

I see

It has become too valuable a resource for Ray to attack the dungeon himself.

‘uh?’

wait for a sec.

The raiding party conquers the dungeon.

After all threats are eliminated, Ray takes the core and destroys it.

When the core is destroyed, an elixir… no, the devil’s soul is sleeping inside.

Will my successor take care of the devil’s soul?

Isn’t this complete shit?

“Saint!”

“huh?”

“How many dungeon cores are sealed in the Church of Christ?”

Ray’s eyes sparkled.

Solterra. I think there will be a lot of demons going up in the future.