Saved a Heroine From the Brink of Death

154. Reunion (3)

#154. Reunion (3)

Is this the landscape imagined by those who sang about the end of the century?

The sky was dyed purple and an unknown phenomenon occurred.

The civilization of mankind kneeling before it.

Buildings that were once national landmarks have disappeared without a trace, and people with excellent civic consciousness have turned into packs of dogs.

Otherwise, you’re just waiting helplessly for death.

The situation on Earth was moving towards an obvious end.

After reclaiming the land of the Kwonseongsin family and driving out the Baekga forces, Cynthia brought the Madocheon family into the family after some discussion, and the people entered the Shinga family’s barrier with relaxed expressions.

“… Things are a little chaotic, aren’t they? A lot of things have been happening while you were away, but things will get better soon.”

After things settled down a bit, I had some free time and met with Cynthia.

There was no way to end this situation, but I told a white lie to reassure Cynthia. The solution is something we can find from now on anyway. Even without relying on the original, there must be a way to get through this situation.

“Actually… there is no solution?”

“How could there be no countermeasure?”

“… Please don’t treat me like a child. I know everything.”

“okay…?”

I thought about telling Cynthia the truth. It had been years since she disappeared. Cynthia was an adult. I couldn’t treat her like a child forever, as she said. But how could I explain this? As I continued to ponder for a long time, Cynthia spoke first.

“Brother.”

“huh?”

“Please listen carefully, this is a serious story.”

Cynthia suddenly felt heavy and looked at me with a serious expression. What was she trying to say?

“I actually became a transcendent being.”

“…?”

Transcendent? What is that?

I tilted my head and asked Cynthia.

“Sia.”

“yes?”

“… Did you get a head injury inside the gate?”

“… … .”

***

I thought that even if I told you about transcendence and divine power, you wouldn’t believe me. No, beyond believing or not believing, don’t you even know what the two concepts I mentioned above were in the first place? Cynthia admitted that her explanation was awkward.

“… … is what it says.”

Cynthia explained the concept of the Transcendent to Han Seong-jin. This explanation was also heard by Illian, who was in the guardian symbol engraved on Cynthia’s hand.

-Transcendent? Now that I think about it, I think I’ve heard of such a being… .

Illian, who was a succubus princess, was confined at a very young age, so she lacked basic knowledge. However, she had heard several stories about transcendent beings when she was in the demon world. They were described as something great… Cynthia had become such a being? Illian couldn’t believe it.

“Hmm… I see.”

Han Seong-jin nodded repeatedly, seeming to agree with Cynthia’s words.

‘… I didn’t understand it at all!’

Cynthia noticed Han Seong-jin’s subtle change in expression and realized that he was not taking her words seriously at all. She thought too simply. It would be understandable for someone like Illien, who was born in the demon world and had some knowledge of transcendence, but trying to explain this to an ordinary person was an impossible problem from the start.

“This is divine power. Not all transcendent beings can do this, but… if you use divine power… well, you can create clothes like this, combine elements, and do various things.”

Cynthia displayed the abilities she had gained through her power, the Holy Body Identity, in front of Han Sung-jin. Her divine power, the Tushinki, could not have done such a thing, but since power is ultimately achieved through divine power, it was not entirely wrong.

I thought that even if an explanation didn’t work, if I showed the phenomenon right before my eyes, people would have no choice but to believe it. It would have been easier if it had been like this from the beginning.

“…Everything you said just now was true?”

“I told you it’s true!”

Cynthia spoke passionately with a look of injustice on her face. If the situation had been the other way around, she probably wouldn’t have believed it either… but it was still too much.

“No, but I can’t seem to understand it with my common sense… My head is too complicated…”

Han Sung-jin, who usually thought a lot and knew a lot, was even more confused by information that was outside the existing framework and beyond common sense. Cynthia breathed divine power into him. The perfection of the divine power seeped into Han Sung-jin and had a calming effect on his mind. “Are you okay… Are you okay?”

“Ahem. How is it? Can you trust me now?”

“… Then I have no choice but to believe it.”

Han Seong-jin finally raised the white flag.

He acknowledged that Cynthia had become a transcendent being. In fact, nothing would change if he acknowledged it, but he couldn’t proceed with the work going forward while hiding his divine power, so he had to reveal it. Of course, even if it wasn’t now, he would have revealed it someday.

“Did you explain it to the new lord?”

“… No? This is the first time I’ve explained it to you, oppa?”

“You’ll faint if you listen to my story.”

“Haha… No way?”

That day, Shin Dong-baek suddenly fell backwards while being grabbed by the back of his neck. It was nothing special, but he said that he was simply surprised and his muscles stiffened.

***

The Earth was transitioning from the early stage of the apocalypse to the next stage. The cracks that had formed all over the world were interfering with the law of causality, gathering karma to transition from the early stage to the middle stage of the apocalypse.

Originally, the end times were supposed to be from the early to the middle stages, and at the same time, all kinds of self-existent evils should have been running rampant, cleaning up the entire environment, including the Earth’s ecosystem.

However, due to Han Seong-jin’s actions, the cracks disappeared in a short period of time, causing a disruption in this work.

[ Looking back now, it’s not so bad, is it? ]

Berget was not pleased with what Han Sungjin had done, but now that he looked back, there could not have been a better plan. He wanted to descend to Earth right away, and Han Sungjin’s choice eased his burden.

It was a shame to have to use up some of the divine power I had saved up to level up, but fighting the foreign apostles was worth it.

Having traveled through countless dimensions and universes, Berzet had only once fought against an alien. He could not even inflict a tickle on the alien. He had no technique or ability to strike at something conceptual that did not exist as a physical thing.

This is also true when fighting against the apostles. The aura of fantasy that Cynthia had shown before… If you draw on the divine power of an external god that is an enhanced version of fantasy power, ordinary transcendent beings will not be able to even use their biological power against her.

[ What the… This energy is clearly that of an external god, isn’t it? ]

Heron, who had been quietly looking at Berget, looked at him with a bewildered expression. She usually hid her true self behind a mask, hid her true feelings, and acted hypocritically, but right now, she couldn’t easily control her emotions.

The energy of foreign media.

It is a strange divine power that, just by feeling it, your mind becomes polluted, you become mad, and everything becomes meaningless. Berget had it.

It wasn’t just their temperaments that were similar. Their abilities were similar too.

[ If you want to catch a monster, you have to become a monster. This is the power you gain along the way. ]

Berget sat up and explained calmly.

[ Let’s jump straight to the aftermath of the apocalypse… A great disaster will occur, but I’ll just stop it. I have to prepare for my descent in earnest. ]

He suddenly remembered the [wooden tablet] he had given to Han Seong-jin. He had given it to him as a medium to descend at the moment of the great disaster, but it had become useless. If he were to descend using it, he would only be able to draw out a portion of his body’s hidden power, so he would have to drag his body to Earth himself. A huge amount of causality would be consumed, but this was something he had to handle.

[Heron, you’re coming over too, right?]

[ … Me? ]

[ Given your personality, I don’t think you’d leave the most important tasks to someone else. ]

Berget mentioned the end of the apocalypse.

The moment when the final chapter of the apocalypse is reached, when the Lord dyes the world with nothingness, and the divided body descends into the universe.

The only way to make the ‘Fate of the End’, which was bound by foreign media, belong to another world.

Such an important matter could not be entrusted to a mere mortal.

Of course, it was obvious that Heron would do it herself. In that sense, she had to head to Earth. No matter when that would be.

[ Phew, I get it. Your heart can’t handle it. Let’s go now. ]