NOVEL NEXT chapter 25
Chapter 25-Cataclysm (10)
Episode 25 – Cataclysm (10)
The world suddenly changed. Everyone was saying that.
“What is this all about? Why did the world turn into hunter water overnight?”
“If you tell me that, I don’t know.”
I laughed at my friend’s words. Even the world’s most powerful people say nonsense without knowing anything, so how could I, a mediocre student, know anything?
“Still, you acted like you were going to fail right away, but it doesn’t seem like that.”
“······right. Right now.”
The chaos reached its peak when the special monsters whose bodies were unable to be stopped by the military appeared for the first time and harmed people.
Apocalypseists started rampaging, and people were greatly disturbed by the appearance of a government that they knew nothing about.
It was they who prevented such chaos. Awakeners who say they are the chosen ones and have been given the power to fight monsters.
It wasn’t just appearing in Korea. Awakeners who appeared all over the world fought monsters that came out of cracks with powers that transcended humans and special abilities.
“What the hell is that system? Lee Soo-yeon definitely said that in an interview. They say they can clear the missions given by the system and strengthen their strength. What is it. It’s like some kind of game.”
“There is no way we will know.”
My friend’s reaction was that I couldn’t understand it at all.
Awakener Lee Soo-yeon. She is a young woman of the same age as us. She was an ordinary intern until just before that, but she said that she gained the power to fight by being chosen by the system.
The features of the system she mentioned are truly amazing. It raises the ability of the body, assigns a mission with a reward, and fights enemies in a place called a dungeon.
And in the end, the purpose is the growth of the awakened people, so as my friend said, there were some people who treated the system that awakened people as if they were waiting for the monsters to suddenly appear.
‘······It must have nothing to do with us.’
The hand that was holding the phone went into strength.
I believed that the cataclysm that had recently befallen the world had nothing to do with me or the presence on my phone.
“They said it should be next week for schools to return to normal, see you then.”
“yes.”
The call with a friend ended there. As he said, he was a seller who would stay at home for the time being. This is because the school, which faced an unprecedented situation where damage was everywhere and people were injured, was closed for a week.
“Did you hear that, Box D?”
[The speculation that the system with the appearance of awakened people seems to be trying to nurture them seems quite interesting.]
But my call didn’t end. As soon as the friend’s phone call ended, Box D, who had been listening to it, answered.
[In the information obtained by interrogating Roach, the current leader of the Goblin Knights, I found something similar to the ‘game system’ mentioned by Kim Chang-hyun]
“Uh… I can’t help it. Show me the screen.”
Disgusted by Box D’s report that followed, I had no choice but to ask Box D to show me the screen. What appeared on the screen that soon switched was none other than Box D interrogating the enemy goblin knight he had captured.
“Keuuu… aaagh!!”
At the same time, a terrible scream was heard. I frowned and hurriedly lowered the volume on my phone.
The ‘interrogation’ being conducted by Box D. That meant that he would steal information by any means necessary, and Box D tortured him without hesitation until he gave the goblin the answer he wanted.
“Is it YuRia who gave you that idea?”
[That’s right. Yuria taught me how to gather information from captured enemies.]
“…”
Stunned, I looked at YuRia in the corner. In response to the fact that he informed Park D of the torture, he too became fed up with the indiscriminate and merciless torture of Park D and avoided the seat.
“Everything, everything said. said all! It’s real. After the war, all connections with the saintess were severed!”
[Is that really all?]
“Really! aaa!!”
[Heartbeat, brainwaves, and nerve movements are all consistent with telling the truth. I will judge with the truth.]
Inside the hive, BoxD even read the goblin’s body wrapped around its tentacles and used the data accumulated during the torture to detect whether it was a lie or truth.
The goblin, whose eyes were covered by tentacles, convulsed all over and lost consciousness, but Box-D forcibly awakened his consciousness by injecting a drug that inflicted terrible pain on the nervous system, which he called a wake-up drug.
scary is scary The fact that the subject of torture is artificial intelligence is all the more so.
[According to the information we have found so far, Saint Evelia, who received the protection of the god of light, shared the power of the god to those around her and made them stronger. That power even seduced the traitors of the demon realm, and eventually betrayed the demon king.]
“And that power… the level.”
Upon hearing Box D’s report, I fell silent. The power of the saintess, who was said to be a miracle itself. It was somehow very familiar.
As you accumulate experience and level up, you become stronger. It wasn’t even just this, but anyway, this was the power that the saintess ‘sowed’ around.
[It can be overcome. Rather than becoming stronger by leveling up, we can become stronger faster and easier through learning and evolution.]
“I am not worried about that. I just had a little bit of a fundamental idea.”
My voice was a bit dark, so perhaps it was a misunderstanding. Box D came forward and appealed to me to believe in myself. I laughed bitterly at those words and shook my head.
I believe in Box D. Its growth rate and combat power were both.
“Think of the testimonies you have heard so far. What Saint Evelia, no, what the god of light has done. Clearing stages to develop characters and achieve goals… It’s like playing a game. And in the end, I killed the demon king and achieved my goal.”
[So, are you saying that we are now in a game?]
“It doesn’t make any sense, but I thought it might be. Honestly, no matter what happens, it’s not weird right now.”
The goblin said that although he did not know the details, infighting had occurred between humans as well. The saintess declared war on those who did not follow her. Perhaps that is also the will of God she claims.
“I do not know. Even if it is, nothing will change.”
I soon changed my mind.
If the other world where BoxD is really in someone’s game, BoxD and the Devil Army are fatal bugs themselves. Then it is impossible to avoid colliding with each other.
Since BoxD was born as a bug, he will thoroughly eat this world. There is no choice but to fight, no choice but to trample.
***
“Goddess. There are many who dare to go against our will, but don’t worry. I will surely kill those bugs and bring the right light to the world.”
Saint Evelia. Spreading her wings, she landed on the ground, threw down the ‘things’ she was holding in her hand at the altar of the Great Hall, and knelt reverently to pray.
All she threw were human heads. It is also a severed head with a very terrible expression. All of them were key figures in enemy countries who opposed the war she had declared.
“There are many intrusive obstacles…but you can definitely succeed.”
A smile filled her face as she looked up at the sky through the transparent glass dome ceiling.
[Divine Light]
“Ah… Goddess.”
Then, as if answering her prayers, in an instant, golden light poured from the sky entered her body and strengthened her strength.
[Great Saint Eveliaㆍ4th Awakeningㆍlv 130]
Having reached level 130 through this war, she once again receives the protection of the goddess and evolves one step further.
Her body, trembling with joy and joy, slowly rose into the sky with a brilliant golden light, and a pair of shining white wings protruded from her back.
A truly beautiful and mystical scene filled the front of the altar in the Great Temple, leaving all who watched in amazement and awed and awed by its piety and divinity.
“…”
And there was a being looking at all these scenes through the screen.
Marisa Garrett, who invested the goods she had collected so far and succeeded in the 4th awakening of Evelia. Marisa, who was at her house, smiled faintly as she looked at Evelia, the most powerful unit she had.
“You look good. Did the ‘work’ go well?”
“Ibelia doesn’t lose. Of course it ended well.”
“That’s good.”
Putting her phone in, Marisa met the man she was waiting for. He who was dispatched by the government, who was usually in charge of her care, seemed quite impatient now.
“What’s up? Things aren’t going well lately.”
“·······It’s not just like that. Even if there are problems, things are a little better for us. ‘You know’, don’t you?”
He shook his head at Marissa’s question. I was very proud of that answer.
Even in the first place, things weren’t bad for them. They already knew about the change through Marissa’s existence. Responding to cracks, monsters, and awakeners that suddenly appeared also quickly adapted and moved using her example.
“Do you really think so? Is this Earth the setting for a game like the continent of Christia, where Evelia lives?”
“Well, that’s a good enough possibility. Isn’t that impossible? The more the testimonies of the awakened people come out, the more likely it is.”
Even though it was quite shocking, he did not deny Marisa’s guess.
“If it really became a game, the unknown player’s units would of course…”
“It must be the Awoken. The enemies will be monsters emerging from the rifts. Then, of course, we can become that player’s allies.”
Going further than that, he was convinced that there was an unknown player controlling the ‘system’ and was even preparing to form an alliance with that existence.
Marisa flinched slightly when she heard it. It was because it was difficult to imagine how she would react if the people around Evelia had recognized her identity and approached her first in the beginning of the game.
“Uh… I wonder if it would be better to be a little more careful.”
So she tried to dry them off. Because I have already experienced all the butterfly effects that one trivial action of the player brings.
“I can’t help it. The upper management has already made a decision to execute the operation.”
But they’ve already made a decision and acted. Although she is an omnipotent being who is revered as the goddess of light only in the game, Marisa, who is only a woman in reality, could not bear to force them.