This is closer to oral tradition and folklore than history.
Such is the story.
In a very distant past.
When a goblin committed a sin out of longing for his home.
Because of his sin, the framework of the world was crushed, and dimensions became distorted.
From within that, beings that defied the laws began to pour out.
In an instant, a single act destroyed the rules.
The broken rules began to dismantle the laws set by the world.
As a result, countless lives perished.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
To call it a punishment feels misplaced.
It would be more accurate to describe it as an accident.
Yes, it was an accident.
An accident born of ignorance.
But.
The incident that unfolded because of that accident was all the more serious.
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Screams ran rampant.
The world was drenched in blood.
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Unidentifiable beings appeared and devoured humans whole.
The world was colored with death.
Upon seeing this, the goblin shed tears filled with fire.
Because he had crushed the world with his own hands.
The world, too, was enraged.
Not because innocent people were dying.
It was because the laws it had established were collapsing; that was why the worldâs god grew angry.
The established rules were broken, and the world began to crumble.
Upon seeing this, the world spoke.
A broken world is of no use.
So, it will begin again.
That was the worldâs final judgment.
Thus, the goblin thought.
As things stood, he could neither return to his home nor do anything but watch the world fall apart.
Then what should he do?
The goblin thought once more.
First, he needed to close the door that had been pouring out these beings.
He would close the door and plead with the world for mercy.
Since he had committed the sin.
He would plead for leniency.
Having made up his mind, the goblin ultimately closed the door.
Closing the door was not difficult.
Enduring what came after closing it was another matter, but as for literally shutting the door, that itself was not so difficult.
Thus, after closing the door, the goblin sought out the world.
He resolved to fix what he had done, pleading for mercy, no matter what it took.
And in that moment of desperate hope.
To the goblinâs surprise, the world listened to his plea.
Rather than erasing the world immediately, it would grant him a chance.
The world spoke to the goblin, telling him this:
It would give both the goblin and the world an opportunity, but the goblin must bear a single sin.
If the goblin accepted this, the world would give them a chance.
That was the condition.
And as the goblin had no other choice from the beginning, he accepted without hesitation.
Fortunately, the world did not speak lies.
As it had said, it granted him a chance.
The problem was.
The condition that the world imposed on the goblin, which was called a punishment, turned out to be far crueler than he had expected.
And even if the goblin came to regret it later.
This sin was something he could never relinquish of his own will.
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Tap-takâ! Swishâ!
The spectacle of Qi unfolded before me.
A flow of pitch-black energy, as if scorched, danced through the air.
Even in the forest veiled by night, the Qi was darker still.
Amid that alien scene, I gazed at a small back.