I Became a Soul Eater

It was the punishment of becoming a vessel and being endlessly reborn as life on earth.

“Did Bastet understand what he meant?”

[Yes. I think so. That’s why I woke up again.]

“Then those who aren’t, can’t wake up even if I use my hand?”

[I can’t fathom his will, but I think so.]

As expected, waking Bastet first was the answer. It felt like something that bothered me had been resolved.

I wondered if I could wake the gods he had punished at will. If so, it would be wrong to wake Bastet.

The gods who were exiled to this land for committing a crime in the first place were punished again. It cannot be easily forgiven.

“Is there a way to tell if a god has repented of his sins?”

[I do not know.]

Even if there are many gods who died in the middle of the process, there are really many gods in this world. It will take a long time to awaken all those gods. But am I really obliged to wake them all up? It seemed that Bastet noticed my troubles.

[Think about where your strength comes from. Then it will be solved naturally.]

Bastet left those words and stood up. It felt like going somewhere right now. This is a skill I learned from watching Bastet from the sidelines for quite some time.

“Where are you going?”

[The restrictions placed on him have been lifted. Now you can go outside the earth. I am too weak right now. I should go back to the original world and increase my strength.]

Surprisingly, the Bastet in front of me was not an avatar, but the main body. Contrary to my expectations, all the gods exiled to Earth were not avatars, but the main body.

“Is that the Cat Star?”

[What nonsense?]

I guess not. It was something I was very curious about. I didn’t ask if it would suit Bastet in the other world.

[Wandering recorder. I owe you I will pay you back someday.]

It seems that the debt has already been paid off by another Bastet. Bastet left those words and turned into light and disappeared.

I said it like it wasn’t, but it must have gone to the cat star. Maybe someday I’ll have a chance to go there too.

After Bastet went to the Cat Star, I thought over what Bastet had said. It was too easy to think about where my strength comes from.

Records and wandering This is my essence. I haven’t recorded the information I get from the tablet yet. It is very rare and grandiose information. If it was like before, even if you only recorded this, your rank might have gone up a few steps.

However, there was a question about whether the rank would be meaningful to me, who refused to become a god. For now, I decided to record as Bastet told me.

I left the house and found a place where I could be alone quietly. Thinking of a suitable place, I went to the uninhabited island where the couple who came out of Mnemosyne’s paradise stayed.

I took out my record book and started recording. Before entering the information on the tablet, I recorded everything I saw, heard, and experienced here, starting with my arrival here. Then I started recording the information on the tablet.

I was conscious, but I couldn’t move because I was focused on recording everything. I sat and watched the sun go down and rise again. And again the sun disappeared over the horizon. It was repeated several times.

It’s been a long time since I fell into the void to record this long. Memories of that time came to mind, and consciousness slowly faded away.

I was in a state of trance and came to my senses. When I came to my senses, the record had already ended. I got up from my seat. It’s been quite a while longer than I thought.

Even if you have a body close to a superhuman, the human body should sleep well when you sleep and eat when you are hungry.

While watching the sun go down, I took out the dishes I had put in the subspace and checked what had happened while I was in a state of selflessness. Merlin is back at home, and Christian seems to have recovered quite a bit now.

Even though he couldn’t take care of it for a while, Kim Hong-ki was in the middle of training, and Moon-in opened a store in Joseon and started business.

I went back to where the Merlins were. I had something to say to them. As soon as they saw me, Merlin, who fussed about where I had gone, and Christian, who quietly waited for an answer, sat down and started talking.

“I have something important to say.”

“What do you mean?”

“Now we can resurrect the gods. It’s a bit strange to say it’s a resurrection, but I should say that it can be awakened again.”

“uh? suddenly?”

Both of them looked bewildered.

“The cat I brought with me was the first god to wake up. Call me Bastet. Exactly, when you saw it, it wasn’t a god. Anyway, I succeeded in reawakening, and there is a possibility that Anu and Mnemosyne will also be reawakened.”

The two of them were at a loss for words, their mouths wide open.

“Of course, it is a possibility. It doesn’t seem like you can wake everyone up unconditionally.”

“Wake Mnemosyne right now.”

It was Christian who reacted first. Since he was Mnemosyne’s apostle, Christian’s reaction was natural.

“Aside from the possibility of success, important issues remain.”

“Something?”

“You could die. Maybe I won’t live in this world.”

As Bastet left, the revived gods were likely to leave Earth. If so, what will become of Merlin and Christian? To my words, the two of them reacted surprisingly calmly.

“Well, you’ve lived long enough already.”

“It doesn’t matter if it’s not of this world.”

Well, death may not be fearful to those who have lived for more than a thousand years.

“Then can I just go ahead?”

“then”

“Please do so”

The two answered without hesitation. After getting that confirmation, I started working.

But it was neither Anu nor Mnemosyne who went first. In fact, it’s probably a god that I should have visited before Bastet.

I met an elderly woman in a village on the African continent. The woman was physically healthy, but was sick. It is a disease of memory loss. Thanks to this, it was not difficult for the family to take over the woman. He said that taking the woman was for treatment and gave a lot of money.

Unlike Bastet, this woman did not have any physical problems, so she started working right away.

It required a lot of energy that was incomparable to that of Bastet, and after two days, another god awoke.

[Am I awake?]

“That’s right.”

Unlike Bastet, this god was aware of his situation.

[Then you must be the recorder of wandering and time.]

“I don’t know about the time, but I was called a wandering recorder.”

I took out the records and tried to hand over the information, but God refused.

[I don’t need that.]

I thought it might be. Because the god in front of me was the master of this world.

“I have something to ask you.”

[Is it about another god?]

“That’s right. not Gaia”

The god I woke up before anyone else was Gaia, the owner of this dimension.

[You already know the answer. You can do whatever you want.]

No, I don’t know, so I’m asking.

“I do not know.”

[The answer is fixed.]

is it? No matter what I do, the future won’t change much?

“Does it not change at all?”

[I don’t think so. But the answer won’t change.]

Wither’s previous life and the current me are different, but the big flow of the world always flows in the same way. Is this also the same?

“okay.”

Still, wouldn’t it be right to move in a way that helps the world?

[I feel sorry for you.]

That’s right, some gods, including Gaia, should feel sorry for me. Of course, even though I came here for my own benefit, I set up a strategy to target it and completely destroy it.

“it’s okay.”

If it was a predetermined future, I would have been a part of it anyway. Is this his big picture? Even the gods who set up such a strategy might have been a piece of chess.

[It is not so. Punishment is what I asked him to do. The future is what I wanted.]

did you read my thoughts? It seemed that Junon couldn’t read my thoughts after he had risen to a certain level, but it seems that Gaia was a much better god than I thought.

“Did you make a sacrifice?”

Gaia just laughed without saying anything. I didn’t quite understand.

[It’s for my children.]

That one word made sense. No other reason was needed. All life in this world is Gaia’s children. Although I couldn’t understand all of Gaia’s feelings, I could understand her love for her children.

“What are you going to do now?”

[I have to watch the children as before.]

Considering the knowledge of Setas, Gaia’s time was still quite long. About 400 years from now. Of course, it is my standard and it may be only a moment by God’s standard.

[Who are you planning to visit next?]

“I am thinking of waking Lord Zurvan. Because that was the purpose of coming here.”

[Then I will give you this.]

Gaia held something in her hand and held it forward. I held out both hands and received it. What I held in my hand was a seed. It looks like a bean, but is much larger than a normal bean. And it was shining golden.

“What is this?”

[You will find out if you go to Zurvan.]

As I put the seeds in my pocket, Gaia smiled and said goodbye.

[May your long journey always be happy]

Because Gaia didn’t move to another dimension, she didn’t disappear shining like Bastet.

I put a seed in my pocket and went to Zurvan’s Bowl to accomplish my purpose this time.

There were two reasons to wake up Zurvan. Because my purpose was with Zurvan, and secondly, because it was Zurvan and Mnemosyne who set up the strategy to exploit me.

Zurvan was in Europe. He was an old engineer who worked at a watch factory in a small country called Switzerland, in case he wasn’t the god of time.

I had already done my research before coming here. Unlike Gaia, it was much easier because she had no relatives.

He kidnapped Zurvan halfway, woke him up, and transferred the information from the records. Zurvan, who had closed his eyes gently while receiving the information, opened his eyes.

[understood.]

Zurvan announced his situation in a firm tone.

“Then you know what I want?”

There is only one thing I want from Zurvan. Bringing Nivea back to life.

[Know. But I can’t listen now.]

thank god. However, it is not unconditionally impossible, but it is now.

“Does this require conditions?”

[Yes.]

“What conditions do you need?”

[You have to go to the dimension you came from. It cannot be revived here.]

Oh, I asked a stupid question. If Nivea was to be saved here, wouldn’t he have to cross the dimension with Nivea?

“Is it true that you can save it over there?”

[I do not have the power of resurrection. It just turns back time.]

“Then will Nivea’s soul return to normal?”

[It is not.]

I thought so. I’m slowly starting to get annoyed. Could it be that Zurvan planted a fragment in Nivea’s soul in the first place?

“So what are you going to do with it?”

[I can’t.]

Now I’m starting to get angry, but I held back and asked again.

“Then is there no way?”

Zurvan, who had the face of a hardened engineer as he had when he was still human, tilted his head and looked at me.

[Are you stupid?]

This is obviously an expression to fight, right?

[I guess you still don’t know how great your privilege is.]

“Because I don’t know. Please tell me.”

I answered bluntly without even realizing it.

[Think of the gods you can awaken and the rewards you will receive from them.]

uh, so There are 3337 gods I can awaken.