The Broken Possessors of the Infinite Regression Academy - Chapter 168



Chapter 168 – Heaven – 2

“What is this… … No, who is this… … ?”

I tried to say something, but the words would linger in my mouth and then fall away. I couldn’t move my lips at all. My head was so complicated that it was on the verge of bursting.

I didn’t know who this woman was, who looked exactly like a goddess, but whose divine powers seemed to be stronger, where this place was, or what the goddess out there was. I didn’t know anything.

Moreover, the reason why the woman in front of him was tightly bound in chains.

The woman was leaning against the wall with her arms outstretched, and chains snaked around her body, stretching out to the walls, floor, and ceiling of the temple, securing her in place.

Looking closely, her body was a mess. Her hair was disheveled and had lost its color, and her once pure white dress was covered in red and black stains.

“Are you feeling confused?”

A haggard smile appeared on his face. He seemed to have already given up on breaking free from the chains.

“I can fully understand your mind, but time is running out, so you must come to your senses now. Please listen to me. If you have found me… … it means that this was destined to happen. The me outside must have tried to stop you in some way.”

“Wait a minute. What do you mean, me outside?”

The woman looked at one place without saying a word.

Then, the goddess appeared in the spot where my eyes met. She still looked restless, and she looked back and forth at the chained woman and me standing in front of her with a half-sad expression.

“It is as you see.”

“This is… … ?”

“Isn’t this what I look like? So, in order to work outside, I had to create another me. To be exact, you can think of me as someone who has given up all my emotions so that I can do anything to maintain myself.”

The goddess approached the chained woman, no, the real goddess. But she only approached right next to her, and it seemed like she didn’t even dare to touch her body.

“The best judgment requires reason and composure, but on the contrary, I needed my nature and emotions for my own survival. That’s why I separated my emotions from myself. I can feel fear slowly building up in my body, so I guess even that is reaching its limit, but it’s not because of you, so don’t worry— Huh?!”

A shrill groan cut through the words. The goddess’s body twisted and twisted, her face contorted in pain. The iron chains wrapped around her body tightened as if they were trying to eat away at her body.

The goddess, who had been writhing in pain for a long time, finally let out a gasp and forced a smile after the iron chains had turned silver again.

“… … I showed you something you couldn’t bear to see.”

“Just now… … ?”

“It’s because of the restrictions I have. I guess that’s what he means when he tells me that the reason we can talk now is because of his tacit approval.”

Thin fingers wrapped around his wrist and grabbed the chain extending upward. A cold, clanking sound echoed through the air.

“I am hopeless now. The limitations that I have are increasingly eating away at my body and soul, and I am reaching my limit in suppressing it with my divine power and avoiding the truth as much as possible. So, for the last time, I will tell you only the truth that I can tell.”

The eyes, half broken but still retaining their light, looked at me.

“The identity of the magic that you mentioned, which is slightly different from that of the magic sword, is exactly what you are thinking of now.”

“That’s reallyㅡ”

I instinctively tried to ask if that was true, but I covered my mouth. If I said what I wanted to say in this situation, it would only end up wasting time that was already lacking.

“However, its source will be different from what you think. For a world has been absorbed by a human being, and now it no longer remains. The source of the magic has moved from the world to a human being.”

Perhaps he used such an expression to avoid the limitations that he felt were placed on him as much as possible, but it was a confusing explanation in many ways.

The world I had previously been possessed by was absorbed by a single human being. I wondered who could do such a thing. I also wondered if there was anything left to suck up in a place where nothing existed except me.

“It was also that human’s doing to bring you here.”

-Whack!

The goddess’ lips stopped, unable to finish her words. At the same time, another goddess’s figure shattered and disappeared. Her eyes opened wide, and red blood flowed out from between her half-open lips.

The goddess’s chest began to shake with the sound of something being ripped off.

“That… … woman… … will… never… … be… trusted… … .”

-Bam!

Even in that situation, the goddess looked at me and tried to say something, but her waist bent backwards sharply and something pierced her chest and she collapsed helplessly, leaning her back against the wall.

Her face, unable to even close her eyes, slowly fell downwards. The blood flowing out of the hole dyed her pure white dress red and formed a large puddle around her body.

And then, the thing that burst out, tearing open my chest, stood in front of the pool of blood, groaning.

It was a small slime-like creature. It stretched out a single tentacle and seemed to be poking the goddess’s corpse, then out of nowhere, its body grew in size. In an instant, its enlarged body took on a certain shape.

A head appeared, the hair that hung down behind her head turned golden, her blue skin turned peach, and a dress was put on her bare skin.

It was the image of a goddess.

Even the dress, which was reddened by blood, was recreated exactly as it was.

“… … .”

As the perfect goddess’s form took shape, the monster, which had been moving its body here and there as if the concept of arms and legs was completely awkward, turned around and looked at me. There was even a large hole in its chest.

The guy smiled. It was a strangely distorted smile, as if it were forced upon a being who had never smiled before.

The eccentricity didn’t end there. This time, he stared intently at my right hand as if trying to imitate me, and made an exact copy of the appearance of Eternity on his left hand.

The man who had been examining the sword in his left hand raised his head.

-Kwaaang!

Then he kicked the ground. Instead of his head, which was unable to keep up with the situation, his body reacted first and reflexively blocked the blade that was swinging. When he heard a sharp, sharp sound, he came back to his senses.

I don’t know what the hell happened, but I knew for sure that the monster in front of me was trying to kill me.

Mana was imbued into Eternity. His body accelerated. The world slowed down to its limit, and his movements stopped abruptly. Opposing forces swept through the Eternity Blade.

The moment the polar twist was aimed at the b*stard’s neck, its pupils moved to the side.

“… … !!!!!!”

The body began to move in real time again, almost as if the eyes were moving. The movements that had seemed like slow motion became fast enough to keep up with me.

And then, the eternity in his hand was imbued with mana, and opposing forces swirled around.

“What the… … !”

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A cloned eternity intervened in the orbit that was about to tear through its neck. A massive explosion occurred as the two polar warps collided. The ground split apart, and bodies were thrown out by the shockwave.

My back touched the wall of the temple, but instead of stopping my body, the ruined temple just pierced through it helplessly. I quickly corrected my posture before I rolled around on the dirt floor.

-Kururururung… … .

I saw part of the temple crumbling down. Dust rose in all directions. I thought of the corpse of the goddess that must still be inside, but there was something more important right now.

They probably wouldn’t have died anyway.

“… … !!!!!!”

It was as expected. The b*stard jumped out of the half-collapsed temple without taking any particular damage, smiled at me with that strange smile, and waved the hand he wasn’t holding.

I looked at the sight and raised my left hand. There was something I needed to check. This time, too, the b*stard focused his gaze on my left hand.

As soon as a simple flame spell appeared in my hand, the same flames appeared in his hand too. He looked around at the flames rising from his hand as if they were a wonder.

‘I don’t know what kind of guy he is, but… … .’

I turned off the magic. I also put in eternity. If I could even twist the polarity, there’s no reason why I couldn’t copy a more flashy technique. I don’t plan on doing that guy any favors.

Instead, he clenched his fists.

When I opened my eyes, I saw a familiar sight. It was Laura’s room. The room was empty and very quiet.

I looked around. It seemed like not much time had passed, and the sun seen through the window was not much different from when I ascended to heaven.

‘Phew.’

I sat down on the sofa, repeatedly clenching and unclenching my fists. I still felt the sensation of beating the guy down and burying the goddess’s corpse in the pit.

The heavens themselves collapsed, rendering them useless, as if they lacked the power to sustain the world.

I wasn’t feeling too good. Not only was the goddess dead, but the identity of that strange guy was never revealed, and there was no clear answer either.

The speed was still frustrating. I went to heaven thinking that I would be able to solve my doubts, but instead, I ended up having more doubts.

‘You said that the person who brought me here was the same woman who absorbed my old world.’

At the end, he told me not to trust that woman, but of course I thought so, even without saying anything. How could I trust a person like that?

-Bang bang bang!

My thoughts were cut off there. There were urgent footsteps outside the door, then there was a loud knock on the door, and then someone rushed in before I could even answer.

“Mira! Are you inside?!”

It was Leona.

Leona, who came rushing in out of breath, saw me sitting on the sofa and immediately ran over to me as if she had a heat-seeking device. She also had a half-panic expression on her face as well as an urgent voice.

“Oh, there it is! Thank goodness! This is a big problem! This is really a big problem!”

“What a big deal, how big is it?”

I was about to ask back, wondering what it was, but then I saw the holy sword in his hand and stopped talking.

“Suddenly the Holy Sword… … the Holy Sword… … .”

The holy sword, which had been held out before she could continue speaking, had completely lost its light and was in a state where not even a shred of divine power could be felt. Leona continued speaking in a tearful voice.

“It suddenly became like this a little while ago… … Mira, you went to meet the goddess… … Do you know what happened?”

I know. I don’t know the exact reason, but of course I had to guess. Because I buried the goddess’s body with my own hands a little while ago.

How can the Holy Sword maintain its power when the Goddess is gone?

‘Wait a minute… … Then maybe Rosaria too?’

Wasn’t the source of Rosaria’s divine power also a goddess? If Rosaria’s identity as a saint were to disappear in this situation, it was obvious what would happen next.

“Mira! We’re in trouble— Huh, huh? Warrior?”

And then, Rosaria’s voice, kicking open the door again and rushing in, told me that my thoughts were not wrong.