I’m Just an Ordinary Human

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The [Alliance] is going crazy.

This is something everyone who’s sensed the current events is thinking the same way.

They poured all their power into this.

And right in the capital of a nation.

Everyone acknowledges that the value of [Eating Abnormalities] is high, but it’s hard not to think whether such a risk is worth it.

Of course, since it wasn’t all of Seoul and the scale was minimized, it’s not impossible to clean up afterward.

Well, once they create a commotion, they can just say a terrorist came in, and the civilians will probably swallow that lie easily.

Sure, the security might get worse and there might be some effects on prices and international relations, but for the underground forces with extraordinary power, that’s just a minor issue.

That being said, it’s true that only the [Alliance] could dare to pull off such a crazy stunt.

[Mythic-Level Abnormal Phenomenon – Ragnarok]

The reason why the [Alliance], now significantly fallen from grace, can claim to be the world’s protector.

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The ultimate weapon of the [Alliance].

Its ability is not simply limited to debuffing enemies.

Another nickname for [Ragnarok] is the Duel Realm.

The reason it has such a name is simple.

Perfect isolation from the outside.

The reason the [Alliance] could end the Age of Myths.

A power that allows a mere human force to bring down a [God].

In modern times, it’s been discovered that it also affects electronic signals or internet connections, but that’s not its true nature.

The severance of thoughts.

No matter how much they claim to be a [God], their essence is [Abnormality].

For that existence born from the gathered thoughts of humans to maintain itself, it naturally needs a steady supply of thoughts.

If it originally reached that level of [Abnormality], it wouldn’t need to do anything in particular; it could simply absorb faith, reverence, fear, and the like given by people to maintain itself. However, the situation inside [Ragnarok] is different.

The moment it activates, all humans inside become contaminated with [Abnormality] and are isolated, preventing any thoughts from reaching the inside.

The more power they use, it’s not just about tiring out; it’s a hell of an endless abyss where the very foundation of what constitutes a [God] collapses.

A collective will formed from human hatred directed at the [God] to kill it.

That is the power of [Ragnarok].

Even [Temple] and [Artist], who desperately want to spread [Abnormality], are made unable to openly act in this world.

Therefore.

Even the Alliance Leader who ordered that act must not have considered such a scenario.

“Oh? Is that the [God] from the abandoned school?”

Indeed, the power of the [God] is worth seeing.

With its splendor and grand scale, it captures the eye right away.

As a middle-aged man who was appreciating it while looking at a computer screen smiled, I could imagine the Alliance Leader’s face twisted in anguish.

“That old man must be feeling quite sick.”

No, even before that…

If things go well, today I might get to see the [Alliance] perish?

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Whoosh—

“…!”

“!!!”

As waves of flames crashed in, the screams of shadow soldiers were drowned out by the roaring fire.

Overwhelming violence.

This was close to one-sided massacre, a scene akin to a calamity.

The descent of a [God].

The image of the [Calamity God] burning everything was reminiscent of why ancient humans feared and revered [God].

It was like a divine punishment descending upon foolish humans who sought to resist the [God].

“Phew, it’s flashy.”

Unlike how it put up a decent show of strength against me, shadows were effortlessly swept away by the power of the [Ashen King].

Not that the shadows are specifically weak.

While there are weak ones, at least those armed shadows are strong.

If I had fought against them, I would’ve lost in the end.

It’s a matter of compatibility.

The humans who became the originals of those armed shadows must have shown prominence in their lifetime.

Strong bodies and skilled combat techniques.

The army of shadows that inherited that has become rather formidable from my perspective.

With skills to withstand and not die in a single hit, well-forged weapons and practiced strength can inflict wounds on me.

If I were to face them while my ability to heal is fundamentally blocked, there’s no way out but to be crushed.

If I’m the rock, those are merely a blanket.

It’s an unwinnable matchup.

And…

Whoosh.

That’s exactly the opposite.

If you don’t have enough resistance to withstand the [God]’s fire, then no matter how superb the skill, there’s no way to counter the [Ashen King].

“I surely would have died today if I hadn’t obtained that guy.”

The recently fallen shadows soon came back to life and rushed back.

The speed of resurrection is absurd.

At that rate, it’s like coming back to life instantly.

Considering that even for entities, it takes about a day to refill a dead entity, it’s really outrageous.

Entities will ultimately be unable to put up much resistance, and it would have been nothing more than the limit for me and the [Security Guard] to endure against those.

Of course, now, it’s a pointless assumption.

Whoosh—

A wave of fire surges up, as if to cover the world.

Attacks in terms of area, not points or lines.

The approaching wave of flames makes it impossible to endure or charge if there’s no space to dodge, meaning the very premise of establishing a match is impossible.

The powers of the [Calamity God], born from the curse of the burned [Ghost].

My impression of that overwhelming spectacle is…

“Surely weakened, huh?”

Having died once and been absorbed into the Backroom to be resurrected, can’t be helped, right?

The heat of the fire feels lukewarm compared to before.

-??? It looks way stronger than before broadcast.

-Don’t you have bad vision?

-Didn’t he die before?

“Well, it has become more extravagant, hasn’t it?”

I replied while looking at the chat popping up on my smartphone.

According to the chat, it does look stronger than before.

At least at a glance.

“Back then, it was ultimately constrained to just a classroom, so the scale was inevitably smaller.”

It’s now a complete [God] reborn not imperfectly spanning with [Ghost], within the Backroom.

No matter how much it weakened, there’s bound to be differences between imperfect and perfect beings.

Now that the [Ashen King] can descend into the world through the [Backroom], the scale of the fire it can handle is naturally different from when it was confined to a classroom.

Classroom versus world.

There’s a difference right from the range of strength projection.

“But it’s still true that it has weakened.”

From the moment it was downgraded from [Ashen God] to [Ashen King], the scale and scope have grown, but the apex of absolute firepower has dropped dramatically compared to before.

D+ grade.

The grade of the [Ashen King] stated on the [Status Window].

It’s still being called a [God] since it has [Divinity], but the actual stated grade is rather ambiguous.

Considering the current firepower, the original [Ashen God] was likely in the B-grade level, the disparity in firepower is indeed vast.

Thinking about the origins of the [Ashen God], it might just be that level that can be called the cutoff for being a [God]?

Since the current form still exists in the realm of [God], even if downgraded, the [Divinity] is maintained.

Still, it’s more than enough to contend with shadows, so it’s not an issue I need to worry about right now.

“By the way, it’s suddenly a kin broadcast, but there are quite a few viewers, huh?”

I said while turning to look at the ‘camera floating in the air.’

307 people.

With this, I’m nearly a major corporation, right?

After the abandoned school content, the viewer count has skyrocketed.

Of course, it dipped back down afterward.

-No, but that doesn’t really make you a major corporation, right?

-Not to that degree, no.

-More like a small-medium business?

That’s just ugly jealousy from the viewers.

At this level, that counts as a major corporation.

I heard roughly about [Ragnarok] from Kim Yu-na.

A barrier that supposedly causes [God] to die, right?

I heard that as an additional effect, it cuts off calls and the internet too, but that isn’t a problem for me.

While the [Management System] allows me to add various functions to the [Ordinary Apartment], it wasn’t like I didn’t have this functionality when I couldn’t use the [Status Window].

It seems that the [Ordinary Apartment] itself has the ability to learn, it just wasn’t something I could adjust directly.

After moving here and broadcasting over quite some time, it seems the act of broadcasting has been learned by the [Ordinary Apartment].

The reason the corpses appeared on the last broadcast without being stopped is the same principle.

My broadcasts are no longer subject to any external interruptions, and there’s no need for an internet connection.

Because I’m connected through the Backroom.

So.

“It’s finally time.”

I’m prepared, and the situation has presented itself.

Though I’m not especially fond of the situation created by the raid, there are likely no better opportunities than this.

-You’re talking to yourself again.

-We like that kind of older brother.

-He’s probably going through a mid-life crisis…

I ignored the chat and spoke towards the camera.

“It’s finally time to reveal the truth to you all.”

-Holy…

-Where even is this? Is there a war?

-Is this CG?

I turned the camera around to show a scene that looked as if the apocalypse was about to strike.

The spectacle that had been hidden behind the flashy battle scene of the [Ashen King].

It’s on a whole different scale compared to the abandoned school scene.

Even if one might want to deny it’s CG, it doesn’t make sense for an individual broadcast to utilize such technology.

However, those who still don’t believe will deny it anyway…

‘Even talking about mankind’s guardians, hiding the impending doom right in front of our eyes can hardly be said to be for humanity.’

Humans are meant to be beings who make their own choices and move forward.

It’s only infants who cannot make choices that need protection and someone to choose for them, not humanity as it stands now.

I don’t deny the accomplishments of the [Alliance], whether they’ve fallen or their roots were rotten.

They brought down the [God] and ended the age of myths.

Gathered humans to form nations and laid the foundation for civilizational development.

Thousands of years have passed since then.

Whatever their purpose was, it is an undeniable fact that they have protected humanity.

But.

Humanity has continued to progress, and now it has matured sufficiently.

It’s about time to stop the unconditional protection.

I declared, as if to the astonished viewers.

“There exists something known as [Abnormality] in this world.”

Humanity will break out of its childhood today.