Chapter 48
Dohyuk grabbed his thigh .
[DOOOON'TTTTTALKKKKTOTHEEEEEM]
Something was vibrating violently in his pocket .
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All the messages immediately disappeared . And then came-
-UGH!
Basil's scream . Dohyuk couldn't see, but Basil was getting bombarded with messages and many different colored lights were shining around as they did earlier to Dohyuk .
-M-me? B-but… W-Wait! This is just too… too much… .
After one minute, Basil panted as the light that shined around him disappeared .
"Ugh… W-why do I have to go through this…
Basil sighed .
"You don't need to tell me everything . "
-I'm going to get punished if I don't do it, you bastard!
Basil shouted angrily .
-A lot of gods want you to…
"I know . "
-What?
"I know what those gods want from me . "
The angel was shocked . Dohyuk asked, "Isn't it because of this?"
Just ten minutes ago, Choi Jimin regretted going west of the river . In the previous life, Dohyuk wanted to move past the desert to the west . Therefore, Jimin came to the city of Azkatan, but she couldn't find Dohyuk . Instead, she met someone she did not hope to meet .
-That's all . The change will begin soon, so be ready .
The angel flew out of the room after giving her the message . Soon after, someone opened the door to the 'prison cell' she was locked in . A woman walked in alone with a backpack .
"How are you faring?"
She was very beautiful . The lady wore a ragged, oversized hoodie and short pants and pair of worn sneakers with her roughly tied hair and old ragged eyeglasses, but those things could not hide her beauty . It also did not hide her unknown illness from her pale face .
"No answer?"
"That's weird… I'm sure I didn't hurt your vocal chords . "
"What are you thinking?"
"Huh?"
The woman, Shin Nahee the Gibbous, looked at Jimin curiously .
"That's my question . I didn't pose any threat to you and tried to talk, but you just ran . "
Jimin closed her mouth . It was true . Just after a few days of the trial, Nahee was already in control of the city of Azkatan .
"I didn't intend on attacking you until I grabbed your arm . It was you who hit me first . "
That was also true . Nahee chased Jimin by herself, without having her servants do it for her . As Jimin was captured, she did her best to fight back . However, the result was unexpected . Nahee was struck and it did no damage .
"I mean, I thought we had the same goal . "
Nahee then rubbed a scratch on her lips . That was the only damage Jimin had inflicted . She was then beaten up and was locked up afterward . But what made her feel better was the fact that it wasn't Nahee's own power .
"…If you are talking about Dohyuk, then don't even start . "
"Why?"
"You… You have that filth in your body!"
Demon God Yoruba .
Yoruba was a strong god . In the previous life, humans faced Yoruba's trial at the end . Of course, Nahee was a strong woman who would have no problem in finding Yoruba's shrine to serve, but . . .
"You know Dohyuk suffered because of that bastard… and you still blindly follow him for your own power?!"
There was a reason why Jimin did not accept any religion . She knew how Dohyuk hated the gods in the previous life . Even if she decided to follow a religion, there were gods that she could follow and those she could not .
"That's weird . "
"What?"
"Lord Yoruba never 'fought' against Dohyuk . "
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Jimin became infuriated .
"Y . . you whore…!!"
Nahee's eye opened in rage . Her pale lips and sunken eyes shook . Even Jimin flinched for saying those words out loud .
"Oh well . "
But Nahee immediately smiled . She then placed down the backpack she was holding - Jimin's belongings were in there .
"What…?"
"I was going to hand it over to you when you woke up . "
It was items that Jimin had collected . These were treasures that were valuable, even for Nahee .
"If your injuries are all cured, I'll let you go . I told you I wasn't going to hurt you . "
"What… are you up to?"
"I want you to help me . Not anyone else . Not even Dohyuk . I need people who survived to the end, and the ones that I can trust . "
The person who had survived through the end . What Nahee was talking about was obvious . Jimin also heard from the angel that multiple gods were now coming in to conduct their own trials . It meant all stages were going to be opened immediately, along with all the treasures hidden within .
The world was now going to grow strong at a rapid pace . The information and who got to it first was crucial .
But . . .
"You think you can trust me? ME? For you?" Jimin scoffed . "I don't trust anyone other than Dohyuk…"
"First, I need to get stronger than Dohyuk . " Nahee ignored Jimin and continued, "If the time has come… I will find Dohyuk and… it's sad to say this, but I will immobilize him… even if I have to cut off his limbs… even if I need to cut his muscles… so that I can watch over him…"
"CRAZY B*TCH!"
"But it's okay . When he becomes a god, those injuries won't mean anything . "
"… . What?"
Nahee then turned to Jimin .
"You and I both know . "
She was smiling ever so sadly .
"Even if we've returned, Dohyuk will be Dohyuk… he will never change . He doesn't deserve all the damage, but he will give up everything and fight . He will fight the fight that no one really wishes for . "
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It was as Dohyuk did in his previous life .
"I thought to myself, when I was reborn, that I would never see that again . Never . "
Jimin was shocked . She now knew why Nahee had accepted the demon god .
"And when I'm done with Dohyuk, I will kill those stronger than Dohyuk, and those who are weaker than me . All of them . . in front of Dohyuk . So he can change . "
The final requirement to rule over the world was to have everyone, including Dohyuk, go crazy .
"It will take time… it's Dohyuk after all . And it will be painful . But I must do it… whatever it takes… and when it's done…"
Then came the final step . Nahee used her thin finger to move it horizontally across her neck horizontally .
"I will finish the last one . "
A life that was set to die . That's why she served the demon god .
"B-but why…"
"We have the same reason for that . "
Nahee spoke with understanding eyes .
"It's love . "
"I'm a god . "
Dohyuk said, "And… I'm not sure, but gods cannot directly interfere with each other . "
But even then-
"If I open the status window, this still shows up . "
-Religion: N/A
Maybe he was wrong, but Dohyuk always questioned himself as he was the one who knew the least in this world . This was the formation of a word that the angels called 'system' .
"In my experience, these gods do not send a message if they are hostile . "
Dohyuk guessed that they wanted something from him .
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"Is that right?"
-… . Yes .
Basil agreed . As he said, Dohyuk was a god . Even if he was a mortal, and without the privilege to rule over the world, he had the Divine Power . That was why he was special . It was because-
-Under Lord God, all other gods are equal .
The strength differed, but system-wise, all gods had equal authority . However, as with other people, Casita's system considered Dohyuk as a religionless mortal, or a god who could have a religion .
"What happens then? Let say if I become ruler of this world… does the one I serve become the owner of it?" Dohyuk asked, half-guessing himself . But Basil looked down at him with a complicated look .
'It's… probably more complicated . '
If a god is served by another god, what does the owner-god receive? The world that the follower-god rules over? Or maybe… it might even be a step closer to the almighty being on top .
-Hey, so you…
"I have no plans on having a religion . "
-Think wisely . This isn't just a matter of just rejecting .
Basil knew what these gods would do to gain the one they wanted . The message wasn't the end . If the being worthy, they then sent significant suffering so that the being could surrender himself or ask for the god's power to overcome it . Even in the current situation, those gods could grant power to Dohyuk's enemy and order them to strike . Dohyuk had two Divine Powers, but it was also meant that Dohyuk was the same as a person who served a god that only had two Divine Powers .
-Every god is looking at you now! You should at least just accept for now and…
Dohyuk then turned away .
"They're looking at me?"
He turned against the space, the place where the giant figures were looking down from . Dohyuk raised both his arms, as if he were worshipping them .
"Oh, great ones…"
And-
His hands turned into fists, leaving his middle fingers up .
"Can you hear me? I believe you can . "
Dohyuk spoke, partly shaking, "Thank for considering me but-"
Dohyuk only had one answer to give .
"You better quit thinking about toying me around, you sick bastards . "
It was his declaration against the world, the beginning of the great change in this world .
"If you don't like it," declared the young god, "strike me down . "Please download our sponsor's game to support us!