NOVEL NEXT Chapter 163
It feels like I’m experiencing a sense of omnipotence.
But I won’t get lost in it.
The self that would get lost in that feeling has already separated.
To me now, emotions are just tools to control the power of my abilities.
“……”
Pandora… half of her body is torn apart.
I never thought she’d only lose half after taking that hit.
But I understand.
Because “it” has already begun to intervene.
“Ha, haha… ahahaha…!!”
“What’s so funny?”
“Huh~… I never thought there’d be something above me, embedded there…♪ Well, our goals are the same anyway… so it doesn’t matter♬”
“Goals?”
“Yes, goals. And… I’m going to summon that goal here right now♪”
Summon the goal…?
Then, who is that goal?
“Originally, I planned to kill you before using your body as a vessel and prepare another blade… but, whatever♪ It doesn’t matter who leads, as long as it’s complete.”
“……”
“…What I’m about to summon is the being from the Otherworldly Realm… the one who has been eyeing this dimension, including the Fairy Realm, for a long time. And, I have one request for you.”
“…What is it?”
“If a physical prison is created for that will… kill it.”
…Now I understand.
Why Pandora was doing all those things.
What the witches were trying to say.
Why everyone was so obsessed with me.
And… why my senior did those things.
All of it.
“Master of the Void… descend here…! Take my body, and enter this dimension…!!”
Pandora began the summoning ritual.
The being from the Otherworldly Realm, the one who has been causing dimensional rifts since ancient times, starting with the Fairy Realm.
To summon that being into her own body.
There’s no reason for me to stop this summoning ritual.
Now that I know everything, my opponent isn’t Pandora but the Otherworldly Being.
If Pandora creates a body for it here, it’s better to tear it apart and destroy it.
[――――――This place doesn’t smell very good.]
“……”
Pandora’s body melted, and at the same time, an enormous amount of something burst out from within.
And a voice that seemed to echo throughout the entire Demon Realm.
Is this… the Otherworldly Invader who has been trying to invade by causing dimensional rifts everywhere?
Even so, this is way too big.
The overwhelming presence makes the giant demon I sliced on my way here seem like a speck of dust.
A grotesque form with no fixed shape, writhing and covered with vicious mouths and eyes everywhere.
Anyone who sees it would be paralyzed with fear.
…But, I still don’t feel “fear.”
I should have felt fear after the fusion, but strangely, I don’t feel it at all.
That means only one thing.
I don’t perceive this thing as a “threat.”
I have no basis for it, but that’s how I feel.
[Not only did you reject us, but you also broke free on your own… You’re a very peculiar being.]
“So it’s you? The one who was talking in my head.”
[Indeed. We are the ones who have conquered the entire Third Dimension and unified all wills. The Transcendent, formed by the unified wills of countless stars across the universe.]
“So, why did you Transcendent guys… start invading?”
[Simple desire. Our desire to conquer is insatiable, so we invade to satisfy it. Is there any other meaning?]
“…That can’t be the only reason.”
[Hmm… If I must give a reason, it’s to prepare for when our energy is eventually depleted, so we decided to invade other dimensions. That’s also true.]
What a strange guy.
Desire to conquer, and energy depletion…
How much energy would it take to deplete all the energy of a dimension?
And for such a reason, you want to make other dimensions your own?
…This guy is the epitome of arrogance.
[However, that ends now. Since we’ve arrived in this new dimension… starting with your world…]
“…You must have consumed a lot of energy to get here, huh?”
[…What did you say?]
“I don’t feel any ‘threat’ from you right now. My instincts aren’t screaming. That means… how much energy did you expend to cross over and descend here?”
[……Indeed, if it’s right after we arrived here after expending so much energy, you might think you can win. A mere minnow trapped in a biological body?]
“A body… you’re the same, aren’t you? Invader.”
[Provoking me is useless, representative of this dimension. I don’t know how you blocked the entrance of empty emotions, but you can’t defeat us with just that.]
“Emotions… just that? You failed to corrupt me with just that?”
[…That’s not it. It’s not trivial. But, someone like you can’t do anything about it.]
“No, I think it’s trivial. Because of your arrogance, you can’t see beyond your narrow vision. Thanks to that, I can defeat you.”
[Victory? Tell me the basis of your certainty.]
“…I’m not good at explaining. But I’ll tell you anyway. From the start, the fact that you created the ‘Child of Heo’ through that tiny rift was your own undoing. You created a being with the potential to surpass you, or at least reach your level… with your own hands.”
[That’s just a fragment of information you just realized, isn’t it? You knew nothing until a moment ago. The truly arrogant one is you, 「Rampage」.]
“It’s not just that. Pandora sacrificed herself to create a physical prison for you, turning you, who were the universe itself, into a mere part of this universe. Even if I’m still far below your original self, the current you… is beneath me, Invader.”
It seems this invader… doesn’t understand the situation he’s in.
Or maybe he does, but his overwhelming arrogance makes him ‘delude’ himself into thinking he’s still superior.
[How pathetic.]
“What?”
[We are ‘energy lifeforms.’ We are the fundamental medium of all transformations. So, this physical body can be released at any time.]
[So, it’s useless. And, everything has gone according to our expectations. Your peculiar appearance was a bit surprising, but it didn’t deviate much. Because the difference is simply ‘narrow.’ However, you saw ‘fictional possibilities’ in such narrow differences and clung to them. The fictional possibility of ‘imprisoning’ us in a body, the fictional possibility of having the power to oppose us… In the end, you’re just a being that broke away from us. You’re obsessed with such trivial things, which is why you’re meaningless now.]
[You… know nothing. Truly, absolutely nothing. Yet, you think you can defeat us. How laughable.]
[Do you know of other worlds?]
[Do you truly believe the willpower and strength to resist us are your own?]
[Do you know how far behind and insignificant you are?]
[How did you manage to grow this far?]
[How did you become an important being in the Fairy Realm?]
[How did you come to hate the Demon Realm so much that it’s hard to explain?]
[Why do you lack the emotion of ‘fear’?]
[How could you even think of fighting us, the entire dimension, alone?]
[We… know you better than you know yourself.]
“……”
[…Those stories are meaningless now. I’ve rambled on, but it’s all pointless. Because you’re just a potential ‘spare’ for our descent.]
[And, let me tell you something interesting. Although we’ve descended through Pandora and have this body, it’s only a ‘part’ of the body. In reality, this fragmented dimension called the Demon Realm… is our ‘temporary body.’]
…I don’t want to hear any more of this nonsense.
There’s no point in continuing this conversation.
This guy still doesn’t realize.
That everything he’s saying now… doesn’t resonate directly in my head.
And what that means.
“There’s no need for further conversation. I’ll kill you. That’s all that’s needed in this situation.”
[……Indeed, that’s what you are. Fine. I’ll make you feel despair and meaninglessness deeply.]
This guy doesn’t know what the source of magical power is.
It’s Ether… the primary source energy that contains the 「Concept」.
He, who is fundamentally different from that energy… can’t understand it.
That’s why he can’t comprehend the 「Rampage」 and 「Madness」 that form the 「Chaos」.
…No, he doesn’t even try to understand, so he truly can’t.
To him, this dimension is just something to devour.
Thanks to that, he knows nothing about ‘me,’ who has entered this transcendent state by exploiting his own flaws.
[Take this. No matter how strong you’ve become, you can’t withstand this high-energy laser.]
“……”
The invader opened multiple mouths, each gathering unimaginable energy.
And all of it was directed at me, firing a massive laser to erase me.
But it was useless.
[……What?]
The moment he fired the laser, I simply swung my light sword… from right to left, lightly.
Yet, the laser vanished before reaching me, and the ‘part’ of his body he mentioned was cleanly severed.
Really, like a trivial existence.
“…I wasn’t going to say anything, but I guess I have to. You pretend to know me to shake me, but in reality, you know nothing. Don’t think you can defeat me with just that. You’re arrogant and laughable.”
[…You.]
“No matter how temporary, you’re just a minnow trapped in a body. I’ll kill you before you can free yourself from this temporary body.”
[Ha… hahaha!! You’re really underestimating me. Go ahead, try it if you can.]
“Blame your narrow and biased vision. Hate yourself for clinging to fictional possibilities. Regret your arrogance and ignorance for not trying to understand the energy we use. And… feel despair and meaninglessness deeply.”
[You’re so full of yourself!!]
“Invader. I’ll show you… the ‘true’ 「Chaos」.”
…I am the Magical Girl of 「Chaos」.
From now on, I am the new Transcendent who will annihilate you.