Past Life 2nd Class 9 Warlock - Chapter 256



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Chapter 256

Episode 256: Proposal

My body froze.

If he were alone, he would have thought they just looked similar.

However, the fact that all the warriors from a thousand years ago were by his side says one thing.

‘What is this feeling of heterogeneity…? … .’

Numerous families were established.

The soul of the original owner of the body is oneself.

So it has to be something else.

That’s definitely true, but what on earth is this uncomfortable feeling?

Suk, Suk-

One, two, three… … .

While I was facing him, people passed by.

The accident stopped and denied the unbelievable current situation.

As I looked at him with trembling eyes, I recalled events from a thousand years ago as vividly as if they were yesterday.

That time when I struggled desperately to survive and become stronger.

And when I thought of that, anger rose up in an instant.

“dare… … .”

It’s a joke.

Make a fool of yourself.

It was a time when the corners of my eyes were fluttering and my fingers were twitching.

I felt a subtle pain in my left eye, where I signed a contract with Antaros.

This probably means that he is watching the current situation.

‘Wait a minute, that means… … .’

The ‘he’ that Antaros spoke of.

The ‘he’ that Belos was talking about.

The reason why Etelos is called ‘Incarnation’.

He spoke as if he was someone he knew very well.

Since he had already reincarnated, he did not even assume it.

But, what if the being hidden in the veil is you?

‘No, it’s impossible.’

erased the assumption

The basis of the body is the soul.

My soul is here, so how can something like that be possible?

That might be true, but I kept having doubts.

‘impossible… … . ‘Is it okay?’

What if the soul was split in two for some reason?

What if a fragment of the soul remained for some reason?

Didn’t things actually go as planned and they were brought back to life a thousand years later?

It was a time when my pupils were shaking violently and I was swallowing dry saliva.

Etelius, who saw Yukiel’s embarrassed appearance, smiled and walked slowly.

“Would you like to have a drink? “I feel good today.”

Etelius slowly passed by Yukiel.

Feeling threatened, Yukiel quickly made a one-handed hand sign.

But at that time, Etelius’ hand grabbed Yukiel’s hand.

“Do you think I can’t do what you can do?”

“you… … . “Who are you?”

“haha. “Of course, I am me and I am also ‘you’, right?”

“what? What bullshit… … .”

“It’s really nice to meet you. “It’s another me.”

Yukiel got goosebumps when he saw Etelius’ smile.

Is it really another self that exists before your eyes?

Yukiel turned his head, looked at Etelius, and continued speaking in a trembling voice.

“really… … . “Me?”

Etelius passed by without saying anything, leaving behind a faint smile.

As he was staring blankly at his back, a woman in the group of warriors burst into laughter.

“Tsk tsk, guys. “The ether is gone!”

“Isn’t it natural that we met after a thousand years?”

“is it?”

The woman tilted her head and smiled, suddenly running over and hugging Yukiel.

“I missed you, ether~”

Yukiel was as frozen as ice and could not bear to stop the woman.

11 warriors who were comrades and only close friends a thousand years ago.

They all had the same power as the Sword Emperor Carlos.

* * *

A bar with a sense of silence.

All the residents who were drinking and making noise were kicked out.

Yukiel, Etelius, and the warriors from a thousand years ago were sitting at the table in the spacious pub.

Click.

The ice melted and fell.

Dew was forming on the glass.

Etelius, who passed the cold glass and smelled the whiskey, quietly opened his mouth.

“A thousand years. “It was a long time.”

“… … .”

“I even suspected that he might have died before he even grew up.”

Etelius brought the whiskey to his lips with a gentle smile.

Yukiel looked at his face with a bewildered expression.

Etelius, feeling Yukiel’s gaze, lifted the corner of his mouth and nodded.

“Doesn’t that seem incredible?”

“At that time, I was definitely dead.”

“It was like that.”

“So, you can’t be me.”

At Yukiel’s firm words, Etelius nodded with a gentle smile.

“I thought that too a thousand years ago.”

“… … .”

“A hidden skill you and I created. “It is an unstable skill.”

Yukiel swallowed dry saliva.

I want to deny it, but I am saying that everything is real.

Whether a system exists or not and whether a skill exists.

And the existence of the Earth that Carlos mentioned earlier.

Unless you are yourself, you will never know.

“Necro Soul Never Die. “If you think about it in the framework of the soul, it is definitely a skill that can lead to eternal life.”

“But what is unstable?”

“Because only the soul lives forever.”

“… … ?”

“It would be the same even if you created that skill again. “Your soul will find a new body with all its memories.”

“… … .”

“However, where the soul escapes, a shell remains. Is this the price for greed? “Your soul will find a new body, but you will remain in a shell.”

what?

There’s no way something like that would be possible.

It was like… … .

“In other words, you will become an undead being and receive the punishment of eternal life.”

“B-but you must be!!”

“Yes, I am different from him. “Because of some being.”

“… … ?”

“Before I died, I ate the soul of the Demon King and the very meaning of existence. In other words, you and I have reached the source of the devil, and have been distorted from the very foundation.”

“… … .”

“As you know, the highest-ranking demons and demons do not die even if they die. “If there is a ‘concept’ and a ‘source’ that can exist, it will exist again in some form.”

“no way… … .”

“Yes, I am also bound. “Just before you died, before you had fully embraced the demon lord’s origin, a hidden skill was activated, and the origin that should have been one was clumsily divided into two.”

Yukiel’s whole body trembled.

Yukiel covered his face with both hands at his absurd words.

‘Yeah, I guess that’s why… … .’

Now I understand everything.

Did it say ‘This is the second time now’ in the character reincarnation?

If I were to be reincarnated again this time, it would be the third time.

However, it is another age that is reincarnated, not me.

My existence remains only as a shell, at the border between death and life.

Yukiel, who understood everything, glared at Etelius with venomous eyes.

“So, is it because of the demon king’s soul that you want me?”

Etelius, seeing Yukiel’s expression, laughed and shook his head repeatedly.

“Are you me and don’t you know me?”

Heavy voice.

Suddenly, the smile disappeared and he looked at Yukiel with a cold and bitter expression.

“I was just a soulless shell. “If it exists, it must be part of the devil’s soul.”

“… … .”

“I couldn’t accept it. My soul was completely mine, so I wanted to make it mine again. So I waited and waited. Until another me reincarnates and stands out.”

“… … .”

“A world in chaos that has come to an end. It was difficult to find another me on my own, not knowing where I would be born. So, he gathered these scum and raised an organization called ‘Etelos’. “I thought, if I were reincarnated again, how would I react?”

Etelius poured whiskey into a glass cup with a dark expression and swirled it around.

“What I wanted was my soul, not the power of a devil like that. “I just wanted to return to my whole self.”

“… … .”

“As time went by, I became more anxious. So he changed the world little by little and changed history and literature. “So that I can be stimulated when another me reincarnates.”

His speech was long.

However, one thing was clear.

That he has only wanted his soul for a thousand years.

Yukiel bit his lip and looked at Etelius and the 11 warriors.

‘Damn… … .’

There is no chance of winning.

Even Carlos, who I saw on the Ers Plain, didn’t see any monsters.

There are 10 more beings with power equal to Carlos.

Aside from him, there is another monster that is most important.

‘another me… … .’

You can never win.

Even if you were yourself a thousand years ago, you can’t win right now.

However, now he has become an absurd monster.

In everything, he is far superior by a thousand years.

You will have more diverse knowledge and magic, and you will be able to control the power of the Demon King more freely.

By any measure, it was an unwinnable fight.

“So, you’re saying you’re going to forcibly take my soul out?”

“I meant to. “Until a few hundred years ago.”

Yukiel’s head tilted.

What does that vague statement mean when you say you’ve been looking for it for a thousand years?

So does that mean things are different now?

When Yukiel had doubts, Etelius quietly stared into Yukiel’s eyes.

After a few seconds of silence passed and cold sweat formed on Yukiel’s forehead, he opened his mouth.

“I will ask. Will you become one with me? Will you become a complete being, return to the complete power of the Demon King and the complete source?”

“… … .”

“I am also you and you are also me. “It just goes back to what it was originally.”

Hearing Etelius’ serious words, Yukiel looked at him and the warriors and snorted.

“I’m not getting eaten?”

“… … .”

“Do I have the power to choose? “If you want, you can take it by force right now, right?”

Etelius smiled softly at Yukiel’s words.

That confidence that doesn’t give up even when cornered.

Etelius couldn’t help but laugh as he felt like he was looking into a mirror.

“I respect you. “Whatever choice you make, it is my choice.”

“Then you probably know the answer, right?”

Yeah, I thought so.

If it were you, it would be like that.

I expected Yukiel’s reaction.

But Etelius didn’t care much.

It is true that I have been visiting for a thousand years, but the meaning of my visit has changed a bit since a few hundred years ago.

“Well, of course it is. Because you are me.”

“Even though you knew that, didn’t the fact that you persistently sought it mean that you would ignore my will?”

“Of course I meant to. “It’s just going back to where it belongs.”

“But now why are you giving me a choice?”

At Yukiel’s words, Etelius smiled subtly and drank his whiskey in one go.

Etelius, savoring the subtle scent of whiskey, twirled the empty glass and raised the corner of his mouth.

“It was several hundred years ago. Suddenly this thought occurred to me. “I want to have a soul, but does it have to be my soul?”

“What is that… … .”

“It was my soul, but it was still a human soul. Its spiritual status is infinitely lower than that of the higher races that embrace its origins. So a thought suddenly occurred to me. If I’m already dead, if I’m chasing an illusion… … . Wouldn’t it be possible to create a new soul that transcends the existing framework based on my existence? “That’s the idea.”

It’s bullshit.

Creating a soul?

Let alone creating something from nothing, you create a soul based on your own existence?

There’s no way something like that would be possible.

“dog sound! “There’s no way something like that is possible!”

“If I were a thousand years ago, I would have thought that too.”

“… … ?”

“A thousand years is a long time. “Finding a way is not a task.”

“That’s ridiculous! Are you saying you want to become a god!?”

At Yukiel’s words, Etelius showed his pure white teeth and smiled maniacally.

“Accurate.”

“… … ?”

“I want to become God. “We’re already halfway there.”

Yukiel’s expression hardened at those words.

Etelius seemed to find Yukiel’s expression amusing and pointed to the 11 warriors sitting around him with even more frantic expressions.

“Say hello. “They are my apostles.”

Yukiel froze again.

At that time, Carlos clearly had divine power.

Could it be that the basis of that divinity is another country?

So, does this mean that another me has entered the realm of human beings?

It was at that time that Yukiel’s heart sank and he swallowed dry saliva.

Etelius stared into Yukiel’s eyes with crazy eyes and slowly stretched out his hand.

“Wouldn’t you like to become one with me and become God? My divinity and your soul. “We can become true gods.”