Chapter 256
Glenn could not understand why the final event of the scenario was happening now.
But as if it were answering that very question, a system message appeared.
《Information about a new Lunatic element will now be displayed.》
《Predetermined Fate Lunatic》
: Fate.
The result that the world must eventually face has already been decided.
However, because a certain existence has greatly twisted causality, the world has once again used the power of causality to restore what was twisted.
: The heavenly gods, possessing immense power, will descend upon the mortal world together with Symposion much earlier than the predetermined future.
The destruction of the world has entered its final countdown.
“Haa…”
All Glenn could do was sigh.
It seemed like the Lunatic trial, which had been quiet for a while, had simply been waiting for the right moment to appear.
No.
Now he was certain.
The Lunatic trials were phenomena created and given specifically for Glenn.
‘So… that certain existence that twisted causality is me, and these trials are being given to eliminate me.’
Glenn was gradually beginning to understand Lunatic.
Glenn Wordsworth was an existence who possessed the potential for Divine Demonic Power, a power that should not exist.
The more he moved, changed things, and grew stronger, the more the future the world was originally supposed to face changed little by little.
And Glenn suddenly wondered if the Lunatic trials had been created to forcibly return everything to its original state.
“…That doesn't make any sense.”
Could something really be this unreasonable?
A system created to restore the world's predetermined fate of destruction?
However, the phrase once again in the system message suggested that the Lunatic elements that had appeared until now had been created to interfere with Glenn.
But if that were true, there was a huge contradiction with everything he had experienced so far.
‘Then why was I given both divine power and demonic power in the first place?’
As a human, Glenn had been given the unique potential ability called Magic User.
But this too was a Lunatic element.
《Glenn Wordsworth Lunatic》
: Glenn is a member of the divine household of Wordsworth, but he has repeatedly engaged in actions completely unbecoming of his family.
Therefore, according to the karma of his actions so far, a new restriction has been placed upon him.
: Glenn, a human, is granted the unique potential ability, Magic User.
The possibility of awakening Divine Demonic Power was the first Lunatic element Glenn received after Seong Yo-hwan possessed the body of Glenn Wordsworth.
‘It is far too unnatural and troublesome a method if all it was meant to do was restore predetermined causality.’
And that wasn't all.
Overcoming a Lunatic element also granted an appropriate reward.
Why would the system need to make Glenn stronger if he was supposed to bring chaos to the world?
Yet no matter how much Glenn thought about it, he couldn't find an answer.
For now, he decided to put aside his theory that Lunatic was a system created to eliminate him.
‘I can think about it later.’
The identity of Lunatic and how the trials were created weren't important right now.
What mattered was that the final event of the original story had begun right now.
“Why are you like this, Glenn?
Do you know what that phenomenon is?”
“…The continent is going to be turned into a wasteland soon.”
“What?”
Glenn muttered seriously, causing Rowen to widen her eyes in confusion.
“W-What exactly do you mean…?”
“Rowen.
Let's return to Wordsworth first.
I'll explain everything once we get there.”
Rowen didn't ask anything else.
She simply followed behind Glenn.
Crackle-
Snap, snap-
The enormous light that had swallowed Heaven disappeared.
The remaining power scattered in every direction like electric currents.
“Ugh…”
Minis staggered to her feet while holding her dizzy forehead.
“What in the world…?
Huh?!”
Without even having time to hide her expression, Minis frowned and looked around.
Her pupils trembled in confusion at the unexpected and unfamiliar situation.
She had definitely gone to the deepest part of Symposion with Silperinne, the God of the Unknown and Variables.
There, she had met Uelos.
But the place where she was standing now was not the deepest part of Symposion.
Instead of the distant blue-black sky of Heaven, she saw a murky red sky.
And floating alone above it was a dark-red sun.
At its center was a huge core-like mark.
It felt as if the sun was staring down at them.
A chill ran through her.
“What… is this…?”
But that was only a secondary concern.
The biggest change was herself.
“My power… My power…”
The powerful light and the power of the sun that had always risen from her entire body whenever she walked through Heaven were still inside her.
But they had become incomparably weaker than before.
“Uelos…!
What did you do?”
“I merely guided the world toward the direction in which fate originally intended it to go.”
A response came from nearby.
Uelos slowly rose to his feet.
“Of course… this isn't what I wanted either.”
“What?”
“Look around you, Minis.
Where do you think we are?”
It was an unexpected question.
Minis furrowed her brows.
“Who cares about that…?
Half of my power has disappeared!
Why would it matter where we are?”
“Do not worry.
The same thing has happened to me as well… No, it seems that everyone here has received the same restriction.”
Uelos raised an eyebrow and glanced at the gods around him.
“What is this…?
My power…”
“This weak body… is this really me?”
“M-Minis!
What happened?
You never told us about this!
You said that if we followed you, we would win!”
The lower gods began getting to their feet one after another.
They had betrayed Uelos and Nox, and they were just as confused by the current situation.
It seemed that they too had lost more than half of their power, just like Minis.
“Kuh…!”
“I'll ask again.
Minis.
Where do you think we are?”
“Why is that so important?”
“Tsk.
I'll tell you.
We are on the mortal world.”
Silence descended.
Even the gods who had been screaming in despair after losing their power stared quietly at Uelos.
“The mortal world…?”
Minis asked again as if she couldn't believe her ears.
Why was she, who was supposed to look down upon the mortal world from the lofty heights of Heaven, standing on the mortal world?
But Uelos's answer was brutally cold.
“It seems that Symposion has fallen to the mortal world in its entirety.”
“Don't say something ridiculous!
There's no way something like that is possible!”
“Hehe.
You seem unusually irritated, Minis.
Is losing your power really that upsetting?”
Uelos smiled happily as he looked at Minis, who was openly expressing her anger.
Minis, the God of Light and the Sun.
Among the heavenly gods, she had always behaved more proudly than anyone else and had been called a role model for the other gods.
Seeing her broken state was quite entertaining.
“As you said, it should be impossible.
Heaven and the mortal world are separated.
However, if the power that makes the impossible possible has reached the Laws of Heaven, couldn't something like this happen?”
The power that made the impossible possible.
If it was Silperinne's power of the Unknown, which existed outside the world's rules, then even impossible things could happen.
The Laws of Heaven gave power to the heavenly gods while simultaneously placing restrictions upon them.
At the end, those Laws of Heaven had gone out of control after absorbing Silperinne's power of the Unknown and Uelos's power of Fate.
“Therefore, whatever happens to us now should not be surprising.”
The gods of Symposion could exist as gods only because the Laws of Heaven had established rules allowing them to do so.
Now that those Laws of Heaven had collapsed, they had lost most of their absolute divine authority.
“Don't make me laugh.
This isn't what I wanted…
I… someone who was closer to the One True God than anyone else, have fallen to the mortal world?”
“Do not be too bitter, Minis.
Nox, whom you hate so much, should be in the same situation.”
Minis hurriedly looked around at the gods, searching for Silperinne.
If Silperinne was still here, she could modify the Laws of Heaven again and return this nightmare to normal.
But.
“You seem to be looking for Silperinne, but she is no longer here.”
“What…?
No way…”
“She has not ceased to exist.
She simply left this place early.”
At those shocking words, Minis's blue pupils shook violently.
“What do you mean?
She caused this whole situation and… ran away?”
“More precisely, she seems to have gone to find her child… that existence on the mortal world.”
“Watch your words.
Why would that child belong to Silperinne?
That child is mine.”
“Why don't you argue over ownership with Silperinne?
Of course… since we need to eliminate that child, I'll help you find them.”
A strange light flashed through Uelos's brown eyes, which had a single golden band running across them.
At the same time, particles of brilliant blue light poured out around him.
“Of course, it would be better to help Silperinne than you, who wants to eliminate every other god.”
Uelos, the High God.
He drew out the power of Fate and stared directly at Minis.
“The Laws of Heaven are currently in a partially disabled state because of my power of Fate and Silperinne's power of the Unknown…
So I would like to find out something.
I wonder whether the function that protects us from extinction has also been disabled.”
A cruel smile appeared on his lips.
The gods surrounding Minis looked at him nervously.
“…Haha.
This is interesting.”
In the heavy atmosphere, Minis gave a hollow laugh and stepped forward in front of the gods.
“You aren't seriously planning to fight me, are you, Uelos?
Me, who receives faith from countless beings on the mortal world?”
“It would be difficult.
Although the situation has changed, the condition of having lost power is the same for both of us.
But that only applies to a one-on-one fight.”
Uelos spoke quietly.
At the same time, footsteps echoed.
“I don't really understand what's going on…
But judging from the situation, it seems I've finally gotten the chance to settle things with Minis.”
At the familiar, deep voice, the lower gods began murmuring among themselves.
Soon, a tall man approached and stood beside Uelos.
“Let's stop playing chess for now.
The situation has finally been created, so how about we settle this directly?
Minis.”
It was only natural for him, who had been somewhere within Symposion, to be here.
Until now, he had simply been busy communicating with the avatar he had contracted with.
“Of course, considering how you've cowardly stolen my friends little by little for thousands of years, I have no intention of fighting you fairly either.”
“Nox…”
Minis spat out the name of her old enemy as if chewing on it.
Killing intent filled her eyes.
Glenn immediately used the occupied territory function of the Lunatic Map Chart and teleported back to Wordsworth.
The sudden change in the sky and the appearance of the dark-red sun were enough to throw everyone into chaos.
Yet surprisingly, the territory was well organized.
It was probably thanks to Tris, the lord of the territory, who had quickly responded to the strange phenomenon and directed the people accordingly.
“How did you know to do all this?”
“I just thought it looked ominous, so I trained everyone in case a disaster happened.”
“That's impressive.”
Even without knowing what the ominous sign meant, the territory had already been prepared for a disaster to this extent.
It seemed his sister had been working hard while he was away.
“More importantly… what's happening over there?”
Tris frowned as she looked at the dark-red sun, the murky yellow sky, and the enormous island floating near the border between the demons and humans.
“Is that what you meant when you talked about the danger that was coming?”
“Yes.
That's right.
I'll explain everything in detail once we all return.”
“Okay… I understand.
It's going to be alright… right?”
“…I don't know.
It happened much faster than I expected…”
Just then, someone knocked on the office door.
The butler, Fred, entered the room.
“Miss.”
“Yes.
What is it?”
“A woman has appeared at the entrance of the mansion and wishes to meet Young Master.”
“…A woman?”
“Yes…
I was going to drive her away as usual, but her appearance is rather unusual…”
“Let her in.”
Fred's gaze shifted.
The one who had answered was Glenn.
“I'll meet her for now.”
