Savior or Destroyer (11)
I repeated Gramielâs words in my mind.
â⦠Eat?â
She delivered her voice to that world with great pleasure. The voice of an unknown alien species continued through the medium, the Dragon Emperor.
âThe Song of Chaos, the Truth-Seeker from that great race is also scared in the end. Theyâre monsters whose information has been erased from Akashic Records, so most mortals donât even know the speciesâ name. Itâs scary even for a Truth-Seeker born of such a race to stand at the crossroads of choice. Thatâs why itâs doing the trick!â
Gramiel giggled.
âMonsters that understand everything in the galaxy jumped over dimensions without Channels. They play with the universeâs mass like toys; they sealed and instrument the Truth-Seeker of their world and managed the world directly. Theyâre the historical reasons for Truth-Seekers to control information to mortals. Itâs a Truth-Seeker born of such a terrifying creature! Even one of those monsters doesnât want to gamble on its existence in the end, right?â
I paid attention to the implications of her words. I then asked quickly.
âGamble? I heard that Truth-Seekers are not interested in the lives of mortals anyway, then isnât it over if you just eat it?â
It mightâve cherished the dimension it raised. However, it might not be said for the mortals who lived in their world. The object that the expression referred to was probably the world itself.
âItâs over if you just eat it⦠Hahaha. Yeah, my current self also thinks so. Iâm sure that the Song of Chaos feels the same way right now. If itâs a choice to eat or not, weâll definitely choose to eat it. Weâre going to choose evolution, but⦠will this change in the future?â
There was a deep feeling in its voice.
âIf you look at many failed cases, the answer is clear. When that moment comes, Truth-Seekers will suffer from a crack in their will. Isnât it funny? I mean, weâre struggling in the agony of existence for eternity, in the prison of thought, and then finally reaching the eternal gatewayâ¦â
She continued.
âIn the end, it wants to avoid the danger of âwrongâ decisions its future will make, so itâs looking for a way not to stand at the crossroads. Itâs afraid it will be shaken by any chance.â
â⦠Be shaken?â
Gramiel hummed as if singing a song.
âThe world is the body of the divine, and the Truth-Seeker is the spirit of the divine.â
=What?!=
That time, the Dragon Emperor, who was still listening to the conversation, interrupted with mental waves.
â⦠Khihihi! A Truth-Seeker who is well-qualified enough to become the soul of a God must eat the world it has grown up and make it a body, but the problem is that the world has grown for so long.â
Unlike the Dragon Emperorâs confused mental wave, the dark gray eyes he exchanged with the existence of a different world gleamed.
âAs the dimension evolves, it has a will. In other words, the world that has evolved to the final stage is said to have had an ego for a long time by the moment of choice.â
âWhat?!â
=Is that true?!=
The Dragon Emperorâs mental wave was filled with a lot of confusion as if it were also the first time he heard it.
âThe dimension with ego has been together for a long time as a friend of a Truth-Seeker who spends a lonely time. To the Truth-Seekers, the world is already like its child. A world that they did not create themselves, but was raised by endless blood transfusions after suffering for a long time when counting by numbers was meaningless.â
I suppressed my groan and tried to speak in a calm tone as much I could.
â⦠I havenât heard of it.â
It was a completely new concept that the world had an ego.
âAnd at the last moment, at the last crossroads to acquire the divinity and take a leap, the moment God tries to bite and devour the world he has cultivated, the world is said to whisper to the Truth-Seeker. They say that even though the person who created them is not the Truth-Seeker. Father or Mother, please save me. Donât eat me. Donât kill me. Fuhuhuhuhu. Fuhuhuhu!â
A voice like the sound of the dry wind echoed in the space.
âThen what to do in this situation? The Truth-Seeker who has met the last choice has already become so high-kevel that the existence is likely to collapse unless he evolves into the next stage, namely, a God. You canât stay still in that state, right?â
â⦠If you donât evolve, your existence will collapse?â
âYeah! That makes sense. Child, thatâs why youâre unique. How can you maintain your existence with such a high level, without evolving, and without crossing walls? The Song of Chaos is observing you to find out why.â
I asked myself.
â⦠Why? Why only me?â
âThe right choice is, of course, overcoming inner conflicts and eating the world to evolve. Now then, what should Truth-Seekers do if they choose not to eat here?â
âDo they wait for their existence to collapse? Will they disappear without becoming a god?â
However, Gramielâs answer wasnât what I expected.
âThey have to take the risk of becoming a god in the absence of a prepared body, and the results were mostly not good. Of course, there are few successful cases. Do you know a god named âthe Edacious Worldâ? There are traces of it among the many kinds of sweet smells that you have.â
The Edacious World, Kylgeniapros. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
I used the spell it gave to call the God to Earth, and as a result, the entire Hun-neung base was torn apart and eaten.
âDo you know why the Edacious World takes the casterâs body tissue in return when it gives a spell to mortals? The poor God couldnât eat the world it had raised, after all, and it went crazy because it couldnât overcome the pain while evolving into a God without a divine body. Itâs said that it was the moment when the first fanaticism was born.â
A crazy God that was born for the first time since the beginning of the universe.
It was only then that I understood, at least a little, the meaning of Kylgeniaprosâ numerous characteristics that distinguished it from other Gods and the irrational and contradictory myths that couldnât be explained properly, and no matter how much Parvacheâs help was, I got an answer as to how the barriers created by mortals limited the scope of Godâs perception and deceived him.
The God⦠it was crazy.
âThink again about the price of that spell. Taking a piece of mortal body is a kind of meaningless self-comfort created by Godâs madness.â
As I listened to her, I remembered the bloody radiance that covered the skies of the Hun-neung and the shady and unruly will that was mixed in it.
âAfter going crazy, it became obsessed with the madness and obsession with the body. It belatedly built up a body like a god by randomly eating and devouring the world it was summoned at. Of course, because it wasnât a proper way, its existence itself a dimension.â
She giggled and continued.
âWhatâs important now is what Iâm going to suggest. Again, Iâm trying to be the Truth-Seeker of your world. I need your help to do that. Anyway, the moment the Earth faces the last crossroads and the last choice will be a distant future that you cannot recognize with your concept of time. You donât have to worry about that.â
âI have already declined it.â
âCome on, listen to me more. How long are you going to leave your dimension in that shape? One of the Truth-Seekersâ roles is to protect the world by creating a dimensional barrier. Your world seems to endure somehow so far because of the unusually high level of civilization, but if it stays like this, the Channels will only increase. From your standpoint, you have to use your hand quickly.â
Logically, it made sense until I decided whether it was in line with my interests.
âYour world needs a Truth-Seeker. A world without Truth-Seeker will not be able to evolve to a higher level, and if it remains, you may have to prepare for the destruction of your race. Remember, as soon as I become the Truth-Seeker of your world. You will be saved. The Truth-Seeker is a kind of guardian and savior to the world.â
â⦠And you will be the destroyer of the dimension. At some point in the distant future.â
The savior and the destroyer of a dimension.
âThatâs not something youâre worried about right now.â
Earth in the very distant future, that whole dimension would be eaten by a Truth-Seeker. Wasnât it something I was worried about?
According to that logic, I would protest like that.
âEven if I leave it like this, the Earth wonât be ruined any time soon. It will last a few hundred years with or without the souls. Itâs a problem that cannot be predicted right now, even when it comes to human existence. Why should I take the risk of entrusting my body to you and make you the Truth-Seeker of the Earth?â
Moreover, there was a problem that Gramiel had not mentioned so far.
âAre other Truth-Seekers working with you? Seeing the Song of Chaosâs reaction, I donât think so.â
âYes, of course, they will try to stop me. Many Truth-Seekers are benefiting from the Earth right now, but donât worry, once I block the Channels, the way they can intervene on Earth is very limited.â
I got a rough idea of ââwhat the word limited meant. I could tell quickly from the facts that Gramiel had no choice but to use that cumbersome method to communicate with me in that dimension.
âIâll ask you again. Why do you really need me? If you want to take over the Earth, you can do whatever you want. I donât know how. Donât mind me.â
âThe Truth-Seeker who originally had jurisdiction over the Earth. It is you who have the deepest trace of him. To know his intentions, first of all, I need youâ¦â
âAh, wait a second.â
At that moment, an idea came to mind as if a light bulb was lit in my head. I quickly reviewed it, then immediately spoke.
âYou need information about the Dragon, the Truth-Seeker who originally ruled the Earth, right?
âYes.â
âI have no idea why he planted a Seed on me. There is no contact as far as I can remember.â
âThen?â
âHowever, there are some people on Earth that have been in contact with the Dragon for a long enough time. I think itâs more like an authorized family. They know a lot more information than I do.â
â⦠Hmm?â
I put a smile on my lips.
âI often get misunderstood, but Iâm not actually the ascetic of the Truth-Seeker. I know very little about him whoâs already dead, but there are people on Earth who know about him so well. Theyâre the real ascetics of the Dragon. If you catch them and dig for information, wouldnât you be able to find out why the Dragon who ruled the Earth died and what kind of plans were being made through me?â
Information that neither Alice nor Hessler knew, the reason why the Dragon diedâ¦
However, among other executives? In particular, wouldnât that be the helper who received the authority contract and become the executivesâ centerpiece?
I was conscious of Maru. I didnât know if that conversation was being conveyed to the Song of Chaos or only transmitted after the Channel opened as it was then.
It was said that Gramiel couldnât get out of that dimension for a while since the Song of Chaos beat her. How much utility could that Truth-Seeker in such a state give me?
In many ways, the most important thing wasnât to offend the Song of Chaos. Even for that risk, it was necessary to adjust the level of conversation appropriately.
Gramielâs conversation with me continued for some time after that.
***
âHuooooooooâ¦Huaaaaaaaaa!â
Hwang Soo-rim frowned. The alien in front of her was kneeling and burst into cries.
Looking up close, it was surprisingly human-like. However, according to Parvache, they werenât classified as human-type creatures.
âHuoooooooo! Huaaaaaaaaa!â
He was crying as he had lost half of his mind. In front of it, an elephant-sized giant animal fell with its body lying on its side. Although it was still breathing, it flinched several times as if it didnât have enough strength in its body.
In front of it was an alien who continued to cry until his throat became sore, raised his head, and he looked up at Hwang Soo-rim and shouted.
â$!#@$#@@!â
Of course, she couldnât understand the language at all.
Hwang Soo-rim stared at Parvache.
One of the consciousness fragments that dwelled in a robot toy, as it lost its body after the end of her world, gave her the answer.
[Please save the Flower Bud. I beg youâ¦]
â⦠Flower bud?â
[I think itâs Tobogaiâs name.]
Tobogai, who was chased by the Red Hiel and the alien on its back, ran to the place where Hwang Soo-rim and others were. While running away, Hwang Soo-rim, who witnessed Tobogai being stabbed by Hiel several more times and injected with semen, eventually kicked out the male Red Hiel with her magic at Parvacheâs instructions.
Thanks to it, the blue-haired alien and Tobogai managed to save their lives, but the giant creature with a snail-shaped head shook its legs after that and eventually fell to the ground. Since then, it had stretched out to the ground, gasping for breath until that time, and next to it, the blue-haired alien was crying with his head down as if the world had died.
-Khiiiiiiiing!
As if responding to the ownerâs sorrow, Tobogai, which had been lying with its head on the ground, raised its head hard and made a long cry. The alien didnât know what to do. His face turned red, and he burst into tears seeing the scene.
[⦠Let me talk a little more.]
Parvache tried to talk with the alien for a while, using its will.
âRamuming⦠right? The blue-haired creature.â
[Yes.]
âAre you not aware of the ecology of Red Hiel? If you leave it like this, the female will smell the semen and go crazy. Donât you know that Tobogai needs to be burned quickly?â
[Yes, Iâm aware of it. Nevertheless, Iâm begging for its life. Seeing the magic that you created earlier, I think youâre incredibly great.]
Tobogai stretched out its long antennae, similar to a snailâs eyes. Ramuming stroked it and continued with a tearful voice.
â@@#$#@%!â
Parvache interpreted it.
[Oh, Great beings, please⦠Save Flower Bud with your strength.]
Hwang Soo-rim touched her forehead. Oh, it was a headache.
âIs there any way?â
Parvache hesitated and answered.
[⦠Who knows when he will come back? As it is now, itâs impossible.]
It was clear that the person it referred to was Eraser.
âYouâre saying itâs dangerous if we wait like that. The female will come after it, right?â
[Yes, Iâm afraid itâs too much for you two to deal with.]
Parvache looked at the Hwang Soo-rim and Garam in turn. She thought. âCome to think of it, that guy named Garam didnât help much even when just chasing the Hiel. There might be nothing he had.â
âWe have to persuade him. Please deliver my message. Ah⦠right. Could you ask his name first?â
The alien with the faces of boys was now holding onto the Hwang Soo-rimâs pants. Ramuming, who received Parvacheâs will, cried and answered, and Hwang Soo-rim, who encountered the mental wave interpreted by Parvache, was confused.
[My identification number is 15-23492â¦]