The Broken Possessors of the Infinite Regression Academy - Chapter 194



Chapter 194 – Collapse – 1

“Oh, I was so surprised.”

Leona sighed in relief, wiping away her startled chest. Latina stood next to her, her nun’s habit spotless and clean, her expression still intact.

-Are you okay now?

-Is it all resolved?

The voices of the demon and the goddess were heard together from the Holy Sword. Since he had noticed a strange atmosphere earlier and had left, he seemed quite curious about how things ended.

Well, I would be the same way. Aria, who I thought was already dead, appeared in a completely different form, and her appearance seemed to be related to me. You would wonder what happened.

“Yes, it’s okay now. Everything’s resolved. It’s a bit complicated to explain what happened, though.”

“You’re wrong, Savior. It’s going to be very complicated.”

“Either that or that. It makes no difference.”

-It’s definitely different.

-It’s definitely different.

The voice of the god and goddess confirmed that the idea was interesting. Leona was looking at Latina with slightly wary eyes, as if she had heard something about the inside story from them.

It was certain that there was a mixture of wariness and longing in the eyes.

“Mira. What happened to Aria, who was inside the nun? Is she dead?”

“No. He didn’t die. He said it wasn’t something he had to do.”

“Yes, I did a good job of persuading him.”

Latina made a V sign with both hands while saying, “Voila.” She was always saying things to me, and she wasn’t really that kind of person, but rather a more calm and composed person.

There were things that happened in the first world, and there were many things that happened after death, and things were complicated in many ways here too, so I think my emotions became a bit richer.

‘Or Aria and… … No, let’s not have such terrible thoughts.’

I had a thought that maybe Aria and her personality were mixed, but I quickly erased it. I don’t want to have such terrible thoughts.

“What were you trying to say earlier? It must have been something really important for you to rush in like that.”

“Huh? Oh, right.”

When I turned my gaze to the Holy Spear, Leona nodded in agreement. While the Goddess and the Demon God were looking at the Holy Spear and talking to Leona, I called over Latina, who was about to go back through the dimensional gate, and made a subtle remark.

“You can tell them everything.”

Gray gazes turned to the direction I pointed. From beyond the dimensional gate, Priscilla, Rosaria, Laura, Elisier, Nika, and even Director Erestica were looking in this direction with their heads sticking out.

The chairman and Nika had such a huge body part that it was not something to be taken lightly, but rather something to be seen openly. Somehow, their chests were making their heads look quite pitiful.

This was especially true since Elisier and Rosaria were by no means small.

“Does this mean I can tell you everything?”

“Who you are.”

“I understand.”

Latina nodded and tried to enter the dimensional gate, but then looked back and forth between the chairman and Nika before letting out a groan and taking a step back. Then she looked at me as if to say, “Is that right?”

Well, I understand. Even Nika, who is a little shorter than me, is much larger than I could have imagined, but the chairman is over two meters tall, so just looking at him makes me feel overwhelmed.

Especially when you stand normally, you have to look up slightly, so it feels bigger psychologically.

“See you later, Savior.”

Latina clenched her fists and stepped through the dimensional gate with determination. The blue mana that had expanded into a circle disappeared into a line again. Leona also opened her eyes, having just finished the conversation at a good time.

“Can we get straight to the point, Mira?”

“That’s right. I was just about to go back to the club room because I had something to ask.”

“As you can probably guess from the fact that time has been fixed by the Holy Spear, the world is currently in a very unstable state. Time is being distorted too much.”

“I tried to fix it, but it didn’t work. What about the goddess and Mashin? Do you know how to fix it?”

“You must know how to do it… … I don’t know how it will sound… … .”

Leona mumbled and trailed off. As I was staring at her wondering why she was acting like that, I heard a much more rigid and cold voice.

-Let me explain for you, special human.

It was a drink.

-The world has now entered a state of extreme instability. If things continue this way, time itself will soon collapse. If that happens, we will have to watch it collapse even with our own strength and power.

“I guessed that. Latina told me. Can’t you fix it before then?”

– It is possible before the collapse. It is impossible during or after the collapse. If the current world is like a piece of paper being torn into small pieces, if the collapse progresses further, it will be no different from being completely burned to ashes and blown away by the wind.

“Is the damage that serious?”

– The act of turning back time, or in human terms, the act of regression itself, is already an act that causes great strain to the world. But what if it has been repeated thousands of times? If it were just that, it would have held on somehow, but the aftereffects of the divinities clashing a little while ago had a decisive effect.

If it was the aftermath of the divinities clashing, it was when I fought Aria. I did say that I tried to block the effects, but I couldn’t completely block the shockwave. Latina said something similar.

‘by the way…….’

I don’t know how Latina figured out that regression was a time-consuming act, since she probably didn’t have the knowledge to do so.

Did Aria and Soul merge and look into each other’s memories?

“Then what should we do?”

– If possible, it would be best to destroy this world itself and create a new one. It would be very easy if we combined our power with yours, a special human being. However, don’t you know what that act means?

“That’s exactly what Aria was trying to do.”

Aria’s goal right now is to destroy this fake world and create a real one. We’ve been fighting to stop that, so to ask us to do the same thing is like putting the cart before the horse.

-So, there is another way… … .

-There will be something that will fix time itself.

A voice completely different from Masin’s hard and cold voice suddenly intervened. Masin grumbled as if he was displeased.

-Why are you interfering again?

– Even at this very moment, time is being destroyed, and I feel frustrated with all the useless talk, so I intervened. Special human, in order to prevent the collapse, time itself must be fixed.

-I was about to say this, you damn little brother! Why do you have so little patience when you’re a god!

The goddess continued speaking, ignoring the growling demon.

-With your power and our authority, creating a world is not that difficult, but repairing is also a less laborious method than re-creating. Since it is only a matter of repairing, we will have to manage it steadily until it finds stability.

-We will do that. If we leave management to human hands, we will lose our dignity as gods.

“Was there? You didn’t have any dignity or anything from the first time we met, and I thought you didn’t care anymore.”

-This is profit… … !

Masin was trembling, but he couldn’t even refute it. Because it was true.

The first meeting started with a dead body with its heart pierced through, and the next one was with only thoughts remaining, and even in the midst of all that, he was bickering with his sister, the goddess.

Even inside the Holy Sword, he was arguing with the goddess, saying that it was too narrow and that he should move, just by using his voice. My honest opinion was that it was too late to look after his dignity now.

ㅡ… … Anyway, this is something that can be solved by repairing time itself. The only obstacle is that the current time axis is extremely unstable beyond imagination, and there are two problems that arise from this.

“Thank goodness there are only two. What are they?”

-While fixing time, you never know what might pop out. That’s because the past and present are mixed up. That means that anyone who has set foot on this world even for a moment can show up. In order to prey on healthy lives.

“Did you say you were going to eat it?”

– They instinctively pursue perfection. They are imperfect beings that emerged in an inherently imperfect time. They instinctively pursue perfection.

“Okay, so that’s the first problem, what’s the second?”

The two gods were silent for a long time. Then, with great difficulty, they opened their mouths.

-… … Sacrifice is necessary.

“You’re the nun who gave Mira the light… … .”

“Yes, you can call me Latina.”

The nun who introduced herself as Latina greeted me blandly. It was a brief nod, but it was a dignified greeting. Even that was strange. She had seemed ordinary when she was with Mira.

Which of the two is acting? The dignified appearance now? Or the comfortable appearance when he is with Mira?

“What is it you want to tell us?”

“Aria. Do you remember that woman?”

At those words, the six of them, except for Latina, flinched as a group. I thought it was a teasing question. There was no way that everyone here would not remember Aria.

“… …Why all of a sudden? What are you trying to do?”

“I had the chance to permanently destroy that woman earlier. But I didn’t.”

Just as his gaze was about to sharpen, the words that were about to follow immediately disappeared like melting snow.

“Because that’s not something an outsider like me can decide. That’s why I came here.”

Latina closed her eyes. Her lips moved slightly and she muttered in a low voice.

“It is time for truth, Aria.”

The eyelids were lifted. The pupils that appeared were no longer gray, but glowing blue.

The expressions of the six who realized what that meant hardened. Elisier even let out a hint of murderous intent. In any case, none of them had good expressions.

“Oh, hello… … .”

Aria, who had taken over Latina’s body once again, greeted her timidly.

It was the first time we had seen each other face to face since his true colors were revealed.