The Hero Who Returned From Death Quits - Chapter 188



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After all that commotion, a few hours later and after everyone had cooled down, we started the meeting again.

“I think we should first find out what’s inside the Holy Sword. If you think about it, there were quite a few strange things about the Holy Sword. If we know that, we’ll be able to know whether or not we can use it.”

When I said that, Se-in tilted his head slightly and said.

“For example, what is strange?”

“Hmm… For example, why was the Holy Sword broken?”

“that…”

As soon as he said that, Se-in lowered his head.

“No, no. You don’t have to react like that. However… the important thing is why it broke. I was aiming my sword at Grandis, but if the Holy Sword was simply a sword sent down by the gods as we know, that wouldn’t have happened. So, I think there must be another reason why the Holy Sword suddenly broke. It’s hard to say that its durability ran out because the records inside were still intact.”

“Hmm… I see. But even so, I don’t know if we can get any meaningful records from the Holy Sword. Even when I found the records, there was only your record in the Holy Sword, and the records of the previous warriors were already gone.”

“But rather than examining the records using the divine power, magical power, and black magic power separately, the ego of the holy sword reacted when I examined the records using them together. Perhaps, the information that can be viewed is determined by the type of power.”

“Hmm… Then I’ll give you some magic first.”

In the middle of the conversation, Feria came in. Then, Feria skillfully began to organize the things that needed to be done.

“Beatrice can use the divine power, and Grandis can use the dark magic. Then the only thing left is who will look at the records…”

“I should do that.”

That was the word I brought up. Feria said with a puzzled look.

“Huh? No, I didn’t mean to tell you to do it. You probably don’t want to touch the Holy Sword in the first place, so there’s no need to force yourself…”

“So, that’s what I have to do.”

“what?”

“Yes, I fucking hate the Holy Sword. Because it has completely trampled my life. I don’t even want to touch it, let alone look at it. But because of that, I have the right to know the identity of the thing that has trampled my life.”

“…”

“There are so many things I don’t know, like why I was made into a warrior, and why I was destroyed. At least, I need to know them.”

Let’s say that, Peria sighed and shook her head, then said.

“…If that’s really you, then there’s nothing I can do. Okay. But if there’s a problem, just stop right away.”

“don’t worry.”

“How can you not worry? You’ve done something reckless more than once.”

“Now, I too have a reason to live.”

I said so and smiled. For a moment, I thought, Peria’s face turned red.

Power began to flow into the Holy Sword. Once again, the Holy Sword was emitting the same light it had shown me.

I put my hand on the holy sword.

And then, again, I started hearing voices in my head.

‘Oh, this time you’re trying to contact me using someone else’s power? Well… I guess it’s fine. I think this is better for showing more intimate stories.’

‘Now tell me. Tell me something about you that I don’t know.’

The girl’s voice gave off a laugh.

‘Ahaha! You’re really impatient. Well, good. Since the connection seems stable… let’s have a proper conversation about the things you want to know.’

With that voice, I began to feel my consciousness floating somewhere. It was a feeling similar to the feeling of death that I had felt many times in the past when I was dying.

I felt my body losing control, my soul being sucked into the Holy Sword.

…

“…here.”

When I opened my eyes, I looked around. There was nothing around me. No, maybe it didn’t matter if there was everything.

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I couldn’t tell if I was in the void or on the ground. Light and darkness were mixed together so haphazardly that I couldn’t even be sure if I was being illuminated by light. To be exact, I felt like I couldn’t even tell if it was right to say that I was ‘seeing’ something.

As I was confused by the sight, someone approached me.

“who is this!?”

It was a girl with black and white hair wearing a red coat. The girl came to me, smiled, and said.

“Who are you? It’s me, me. The thing you were carrying.”

“…Where am I? What on earth is this sight?”

“Where is it? It’s a reenactment of the universe from the beginning, created by the gods.”

“what?”

“The moment when the gods were born. The moment when time began. That moment, reenacted.”

“Is that what’s written on the Holy Sword?”

“You have to see it to know what the Holy Sword does.”

“…Why?”

I frowned and said. The girl smiled and patted my shoulder.

“Well, just take a look and then tell me.”

Although quite a bit of time had passed, or rather, since they say there was no such thing as time, it felt like quite a bit of time had passed, but the scenery still seemed unchanged.

And then, I felt a small ‘trigger’.

The moment that small trigger occurred, light and darkness separated. And then, the first light and darkness opened their eyes.

Light came first, then darkness. They took shape, and became a dazzlingly beautiful, pure white, and then a dark woman.

No, it wasn’t just light and darkness. There was something else.

Was it a firework? A wave? A wind? A piece of earth? A mixture of all sorts of things, I could immediately tell what it was called.

Chaos. If that wasn’t chaos, which was neither of those things, and yet all of those things, then I couldn’t think of a word to call it.

The chaos, with its confusing red glow, finally took shape. It was the appearance of a red goddess.

And at the same time, those figures disappeared as if they were scattering.

“This is the first of the gods.”

Not just the gods of heaven and earth, but a third god whose identity is unknown. I was confused when I saw that sight.

“Oh, it’s too early to be surprised. What you have to see is just starting now.”

Time passed. The goddesses regarded each other as sisters, and the first, Light, the second, Darkness, and the third, Chaos, were very close.

They played together and eventually came up with the most fun game ever.

They shaped the world. Light, darkness, and chaos took shape and decorated the entire universe with stars.

After several failed attempts, they finally created a universe they were satisfied with.

Next, they created their own creatures. Light created angels, darkness created demons, and chaos created spirits.

Not only that. They worked together to create other species as well. Among them, the creation that all three of them participated in was called human.

In the beginning, everyone was equal and there was no conflict. It was truly a paradise.

But that was soon broken. The children of darkness, the demons, only wanted to receive and did not want to give, and soon they were hated by others.

The emotional rift that arose gradually grew, and eventually a fight broke out between the angels and the demons, and the angels massacred the demons.

Darkness was furious at the situation. Eventually, the gods separated the angels, demons, and spirits into their own worlds, and the world that was left behind became known as Middle-earth, a place where all kinds of conflicts never ceased.

Among them, the dragons, the guardians of the world, were divided into those who followed light and chaos and those who followed darkness, and even fought a war.

The wrath of darkness was endless, and darkness created monsters and other things to harm the creations of light and chaos.

However, the gods placed a limit on the power that could be used. If they were to use more power than that, the world would surely disappear without a trace from that great power.

But the fight became more and more intense, and it was clear that if it continued like this, one side would disappear completely.

So, the gods forged a sword. A sword made from light, darkness, and chaos.

A ‘balancing device’ to prevent the god of the disappeared side from destroying the Middle-earth, which has lost its sanity, by completely disappearing from one side.

That was the true identity of the Holy Sword.

I shook my hands in disbelief.

“I chose the warriors to remove the ones who disturb the balance, since I am a balance maintenance device at its core. Even though the warriors created a situation favorable to their formation and returned me as is, it didn’t matter anyway. It’s true that they didn’t disturb the balance themselves, and that they killed the Demon King who destroys the balance by his very existence, so I could actually overlook such small things.”

“…”

“But… it’s greedy to want more. In an already favorable situation, using me to further tip the scales… makes no sense. That’s why it’s broken. Unlike the insignificant undead or humans you’ve killed, Grandis was definitely a being that ‘affected the balance.’”

The girl snapped her fingers. The final battlefield, where the holy sword had been shattered, appeared frozen in place.

“Do you know what I mean?”

The girl grabbed my hand and led me. She could see me swinging the holy sword at Grandis.

“For your mission as a warrior, this is not…”

The girl snapped her fingers. She began to lightly move the image of me in the past, frozen in place while holding the holy sword.

And, the place where the girl put down her past self who was aiming the holy sword was where Sein, Feria, Lena, and Beatrice were.

It felt like the sword that my past self was aiming at would swing at them at any moment.

“This is what should have been done.”