<2 roles for 1 person and the chaotic Demon World (4)>
The beginning of chaos.
“Human, why is that parchment vibrating?”
Cale shook his head at Raon’s question.
“Who knows? I’ll check it later in New World.”
He didn’t have a reason to mess with this item in the Demon World.
‘If I use it in the game, the system will turn it into a skill for me.’
New World.
That place was quite useful and good.
The corners of Cale’s lips twisted up.
‘Anyway.’
This parchment that finally had text pop up unlike the other four…
“It looks nice.’
His instincts were speaking to him.
This parchment was more important than the other four.
“The human is smiling weirdly!”
“I think something is about to happen, nya!”
“But those things are always good things for us, nya.”
On calmed the excited Raon and Hong while Cale put the parchment back into his pocket and started walking.
He was walking pretty quickly.
‘Choi Jung Gun.’
He should soon wake up.
The system didn’t tell him the results of skill usage like in the game, but Cale’s instincts let him know that all of the pollution inside Choi Jung Gun’s body had disappeared.
‘Mm.’
After confirming that Choi Jung Gun wakes up, Cale would hear anything he had to say, and then, immediately…
‘Go find team leader and Choi Jung Soo.’
Cale’s face stiffened up.
He did not notice that his steps had quickened.
* * *
“Pope-nim.”
The Church of the God of Chaos. A high-ranking priest who had sacrificed his entire life in this place was shaking.
Crack.
The hand clutching his head tightened, digging the nails into it and making his forehead bleed.
“Pope-nim. What should we do?”
The Pope, who was seated on a chair, looked down after hearing his greatest Holy Knight’s question.
The greatest Holy Knight and the high-ranking priest looking up at him…
The Pope observed the shaking and crying priest before standing up to speak.
“Return to the beginning where everything exists but everything does not exist.”
As soon as he said that…
“Pope-nim!”
The high-ranking priest shouted.
But the shout could not continue for very long.
Crack!
A large grey arrow pierced through his body.
The greatest Holy Knight released his grip.
Plop.
The priest fell over with the arrow still in his body.
His eyes lost the light and death arrived.
“He has returned to the beginning.”
The Holy Knight proclaimed before approaching the Pope.
Pss-
The priest’s body quickly became dyed grey before his veins became swollen. He eventually turned to dust and disappeared.
Chhhhh-
The Pope pulled the curtains back.
“I did not expect the Saint to go like that.”
The Pope’s eyes that could not hide his grief looked at an unfamiliar sight.
The Demon World.
He saw the sky of this place.
The red sunset was the same in the Demon World as his hometown.
“…….”
The Holy Knight just looked at the Pope’s back and knelt down on one knee instead of answering.
“Please give me your command.”
Those were the words that came out of his mouth.
The Pope didn’t even turn to look at the Holy Knight and answered.
“The Text of the Beginning has disappeared.”
To be more accurate, Pollution, Pleasure, Purification, and Fear also disappeared, but…
That was not important.
“We must find the Text of the Beginning.”
“Yes, your Holiness.”
The Pope turned around.
He then looked down at the Holy Knight and asked.
“I heard that person’s name is Cale Henituse?”
“Yes, your holiness. We could tell after looking at the video.”
The ‘White Star Project’ that the Hunters had conducted… The Church of the God of Chaos knew about that as well.
Furthermore, the videos by the ‘Crazed Attention Seeker’ that were spreading throughout Earth 3 and testimony from believers had all been procured.
“Mm.”
The Pope looked out the window again as he spoke.
“I hear that the Five Colors Bloods sent a message?”
“Yes, your Holiness.”
The Holy Knight’s face filled with rage.
“They dare to, without knowing their place-”
The Pope raised his hand.
“…….”
The Holy Knight stopped talking and the Pope calmly continued to speak.
“In their point of view, we were the ones to betray them, so they have no choice but to ask us to take responsibility. In fact, I was surprised that their demeanor was better than what I had expected.”
The Pope thought he knew why the Five Colors Bloods and the rest of the Hunters did not strongly protest against the Church of the God of Chaos for their betrayal.
“I suppose the birth of the omnipotent god truly is not far away.”
Furthermore, they should know as well.
“They should have felt that New World was turning into a real world now.”
That was the reason the Five Colors Bloods and the Transparent Bloods did not protest strongly.
“Do you think they will be quiet for a while?”
The Pope shook his head at the Holy Knight’s question.
“They are Hunters in the end.”
Would Hunters let go of their prey?
They would have determined that the Church of the God of Chaos were traitors and, despite not openly protesting too much, they would be plotting to get rid of them.
“I’m certain they will stealthily try to dig up dirt on us. I presume they will try to push out our forces remaining in New World.”
The Pope looked out the window.
“But we have the Demon World.”
The Holy Knight responded.
“Pope-nim, the grand vision will definitely become reality.”
A smile appeared on the Pope’s face.
‘It must. We must show our brethren who had left first for the world of the beginning a world dyed in chaos.”
The Pope closed his eyes for a moment before opening them back.
“The Hunters will find Cale Henituse.”
“Yes, your Holiness.”
The person who prevented the advent of the God of Chaos.
Cale Henituse, the man who had been getting in their way since the White Star project.
There was no reason for the Hunters to leave him alone.
They would resist him more fiercely than how they treated the Demon World or the Church of the God of Chaos since they were technically on the same side.
“We must find Cale Henituse first before they find him. We must.”
“Yes, your Holiness.”
The Holy Knight bowed deeply before continuing to speak.
“I will make sure to find the Text of the Beginning.”
“You must. And-”
The Pope stopped for a moment before continuing to speak.
“You must also capture Cale Henituse alive.”
“As you command, your Holiness.”
The greatest Holy Knight got up.
He bowed toward the Pope who was looking elsewhere and then left.
“…….”
The Pope, who was now alone, observed the Demon World before closing his eyes.
‘- Child.’
He thought of an eye.
A grey eye.
The God of Chaos.
The God of Chaos had not given the Pope a proper Divine Oracle since things happened in the World of the Gods.
Because of that, the Pope could only continue doing things as planned.
But the day those things happened to the Saint…he had received a Divine Oracle for the first time in a long while.
Their god had spoken to him.
‘- I want to use Cale Henituse as my plate.’
The God of Chaos had realized that adventing to this world had failed and was planning on adventing to this world through Cale Henituse.
“I must prepare.”
He turned around.
Tap.
He addressed the woman who landed down from the ceiling.
“Speed up our dealings in the Demon World.”
Once their greatest Holy Knight captures Cale Henituse and brings him back…
They would use the chaos they gathered from the Demon World to take away Cale Henituse’s conscience and create a plate solely for the God of Chaos.
The woman, whose entire body was covered in grey bandages and clothes, opened her mouth.
“The Demon King may know about it, your Holiness.”
“It doesn’t matter. He won’t be able to stop us even if he knows-”
He looked at the red sunset and calmly continued.
“The pollution has already worsened in the Demon World and all that remains is for that thing to bloom.”
The pollution of chaos would soon cover the Demon World.
Then, the God of Chaos would step into this world through this place where none of the gods could reach.
He would use Cale Henituse’s body when he does.
‘Then the Demon World and then New World… He will conquer everything.”
The Pope imagined the World of the Gods being dyed red like blood similar to this red sunset before waiting for the God of Chaos who would leave that place to create even more chaos.
A small smile formed on his face.
Then underneath the sky that held the sunset that the Pope was looking at…
In a forest among the plains…
A young boy revealed himself in the forest full of tall trees.
His eyes looked toward the dignified looking small castle.
“It’s over there.”
The young boy.
Team leader Sui Khan moved through the shadows in the forest.
Drip drip.
The blood that dripped down from his body left traces of where he had been.
Sui Khan scrunched his nose at the fishy smell of blood before binding his injury.
He confirmed that he was no longer bleeding before quietly and stealthily hiding himself.
Of course, he left marks that Cale Henituse, that Kim Rok Soo would recognize.
At that moment…
Rustle.
He felt someone’s movement.
Sui Khan’s eyes sank coldly.
He waited for night that would soon arrive before moving deeper into the darkness of the forest.
Avoiding the enemies chasing after him.
He suddenly had a thought.
‘It’s been a while.’
Feeling like this…
It truly had been a while.
Sui Khan felt like he had returned to being team leader Lee Soo Hyuk.
‘Hurry up, and get here. Kim Rok Soo.’
No matter what the answer was, it should pop up once that punk showed up.
The plan always came out of that punk’s mouth.
But the smile on his face soon disappeared.
‘…Choi Jung Soo.’
Why could he not contact that punk?
‘Let’s just wait for now.
Just do what I need to do.
That’s my role for now.’
Night arrived.
The night was even darker inside the forest.
Sui Khan hid his body in the darkness as he moved to find information while avoiding the people chasing him.
* * *
Flip, flip.
Cale stopped moving while reading the report.
Despite it being night, he had been using a magic lamp to read about the ‘grey illness’ slowly spreading throughout the Demon World.
“You’re awake?”
Choi Jung Gun had woken up.
“How is your body feeling?”
Choi Jung Gun did not answer Cale’s question and just quietly looked at Cale before looking around.
The building resembled a cold temple.
The magic circle was turned off and Choi Jung Gun was lying on the bed at the center of the magic circle while Cale sat at a chair next to the bed to read.
“Do you remember how you ended up like that?”
Cale’s voice was extremely calm.
“Would you like some water?”
Cale heard a voice when he grabbed the water on a table.
“I-”
It was Choi Jung Gun’s voice.
Cale looked back at him.
“I’m alive?”
Cale chuckled after seeing Choi Jung Gun’s flabbergasted eyes.
‘He’s definitely one of the Chois.’
His actions were similar to Choi Jung Soo’s.
Furthermore-
‘He’s also similar to Choi Han.’
Choi Jung Gun’s eyes that looked so confused as he talked…
His eyes were similar to sharp blades.
He was observing everything.
‘Yeah. Those eyes.’
He was suspicious of Cale.
He was suspicious of this whole place.
“What’s the problem?”
Cale felt as if he understood why Choi Jung Gun was thinking everything was suspicious.
“Is it suspicious that I’m in front of you right now, senior?”
Choi Jung Gun flinched at that moment.
“S, senior……?”
He had become flustered at that choice of word.
“You are Choi Jung Soo and Choi Han’s ancestor.”
“A, ancestor……?”
Cale didn’t care that Choi Jung Gun sounded anxious and continued.
“Or should I just call you sunbae?”
Cale had seen Choi Jung Gun in his past memories in the sealed god’s temple after the fight with the White Star.
This guy had been hiding in Kim Rok Soo’s school as a sunbae.
But recognizing Choi Jung Gun there and everything that happened to them had only been illusions.
But the memory of Choi Jung Gun being his sunbae in the library was true.
“Mm.”
Choi Jung Gun groaned before chuckling.
But Cale did not have the time to drag things out.
He had confirmed through the village doctor that Choi Jung Gun’s body was completely healthy.
“We lost contact with Choi Jung Soo while he was investigating the God of Chaos and the Demon World.”
“…….”
All emotions disappeared from Choi Jung Gun’s face.
Honestly speaking, Cale knew nothing about this Choi Jung Gun in front of him.
This would be the first proper meeting for both of them.
‘Choi Han.’
Choi Han, who was standing outside the door like a guard, probably wanted to come inside.
He may have felt Choi Jung Gun wake up and was listening to their conversation.
But Cale had something he needed to hear right now.
‘Why.’
Why had Choi Jung Gun been attacked by the pollution of chaos and almost died?
Choi Jung Gun had also been the one to tell Aurora that the patriarch of the Five Colors Bloods was the first wanderer.
“Is there anything you need to tell me?”
Cale asked and Choi Jung Gun answered.
“The first wanderer wishes to become the first transcender.”
‘Transcender?’
“Cale.”
An odd expression formed on Choi Jung Gun’s face.
“Do you think that the omnipotent god, do you think that child is evil?”
An odd light flashed on Cale’s face.
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Translator’s Comments
?? Children are not evil. Evil people make children evil…
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