The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed - Chapter 279



280 – Meeting God

“That’s it.”

Jin Xian, who was walking down the hallway, stopped walking. Jin Xian, who was looking at the countless beautiful stars in the universe, spoke to another self inside him who was watching everything sinisterly.

“There is definitely an answer ahead that can end our journey.”

After saying that, Jin Xian twisted one corner of his mouth.

“It might be an opportunity to turn a blind eye and run away like you did to Bella. It all depends on your choice. “Because it was you, not me, who was chosen by the saint.”

As Jin Xian took a step forward, an intangible film surrounded his entire body. Jin Xian’s body fell endlessly towards the black space, feeling as if she was inside a huge water droplet and feeling an enormous force of gravity.

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Challang-

The sound of stepping on a puddle was heard. She unconsciously looked down and saw that her ankles were submerged in the water. As I looked up, I saw a world spreading endlessly in all directions.

Trees, grass, sun… There was nothing in sight. Maybe what you see in the distance may be the end of the world.

What kind of world is this? With that thought in mind, I looked back, and there I saw the universe taking the form of a person. It is not a metaphorical description. In fact, all kinds of stars and planets were moving and twinkling on that person’s body.

Living things clearly have presence. Everyone has different ways to hide it, but the being in front of me was using a dual method of longing and unfamiliarity. It would be correct to say that its presence is ambiguous. When I looked where the eyes might be, I soon realized.

I knew of this existence from the beginning. My heart was pounding like it was going to explode, but at the same time, I was curious. Can the ‘God’ I created exist with the setting of an ambiguous being that exists everywhere and is nowhere? It may just be one of the characters in the novel.

No matter what happens, the fact that God exists before me does not change. The opportunity to dare to question God does not come easily. I opened my mouth while trying to calm my trembling heart and remain as calm as possible.

“Are you God?”

There was no answer to the question.

“Did you possess me to blame a setup error?”

There was no answer to this question either.

“Did you drag me into the book so that there would be an ending in which the world would not be destroyed?”

There was still no answer. Maybe it’s because I don’t have a mouth. It could be that you don’t have eyes so you can’t see, or that you don’t have ears that you can’t hear. But paradoxically, he was a being who had everything within himself.

“Then why did you possess me, not Roel, who will save the world, but Ross, a consumable with an inferiority complex!”

The universe ripples with that question. A warm, cool, voice without pitch or intonation resonates in my head.

[Who are you?]

“I am Jin Xian, the author who wrote the novel that is the basis of this world.”

God is looking at me. Although it had no eyes, I could feel its sharp gaze penetrating into me.

[no. Who are you?]

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“I am Jinxian, the writer who possessed Ross.”

[That’s not it either. Who are you?]

I couldn’t understand God’s question. My name is Ross, and I am Jin Xian, a writer. What else is there to explain me other than this? But God asks me again as if the answer was wrong.

“What answer do you want from me!”

[You will realize your true nature before death.]

The form of God becomes endlessly gigantic. The God who filled the whole world with a huge universe is looking down on me. The world waves. The universe embraces me, and my consciousness is cut off.

Only one voice is imprinted in my head. The final question that can finally be answered at the end of life.

[Who are you?]

I don’t know the answer yet.

●●●

When I opened my eyes, all I saw was a black world. I didn’t go to hell after meeting God. It was literally a completely black world. It didn’t look like there was no light, but I was stepping on the ground.

When I look down at my wrist, I can clearly see the red runes that are evidence that this is a different world. It seems like I was thrown into another world by the power of God. The reason I thought this was a black world was because I could see a pure white dot in the distance. There was no signpost, and I couldn’t see anything I needed to do, so I just walked there.

After walking for several hours, I was able to arrive at a pure white dot. What I thought was a pure white dot from afar was a pure white tree. The tree may have died a long time ago, but its branches were bare and there were no fallen leaves nearby. Still, this sword was the only thing that lit up the world.

As I got closer to the tree, I felt something strange. Somehow I felt a very friendly presence in this unfamiliar tree. As I took a step closer to realizing the identity of the déjà vu, I mumbled in confusion.

“Roel… ?”

I don’t know why I said that. I think this tree just felt like Roel to me. As she was shrugging her shoulders and laughing at the thought of having done something stupid, she heard the sound of something cracking in the pure white tree.

Damn it!

The tree shook and its bark broke. The tree with its roots as if it were alive tilted its upper body as if looking at me. As the bark fell away, only the shape of the face remained and opened its mouth.

[Ross… ? Ross… ?]

I took a breath without realizing it. This is because I realized that a strange sound that could be defined as a voice was calling my name.

“… “Are you really my brother?”

The thoughts and emotions that come to my head are violently driven. There is no way this tree is Roel. It shouldn’t be like that. Even though I tried to deny it, the conviction that what was in front of me was Roel did not disappear. Even if the voice and appearance changed, it was definitely Roel.

“this… “What is this, bro?”

No matter how much I think about it, I have no idea what kind of world I have fallen into. I had no idea why Roel was left alone as a tree like this.

Roel seemed embarrassed by my question, moving the twig around and the part that was supposed to be his mouth slowly moved.

[Why are you there… ? It’s dangerous outside.]

“It’s dangerous… ?”

I looked around, but there was nothing that looked dangerous. It was just an empty black world with nothing in it. As I turned my head to Roel again, I instinctively threw myself to the side.

Quaaang-!

Roel hit the spot where I was standing with his roots and let out a scream. Roel, who failed to hold me down with his roots, extended his branches towards me like countless hands.

[Come here, let’s become one with me again.]

The roots closed the distance in an instant. I urgently created a spear of shadow to block the roots, but the power contained in the roots far exceeded my expectations.

The Spear of Shadow could not withstand the terrible impact and exploded in my hand. I felt a sharp pain in my palm, as if I had been burned, but I was busy avoiding the roots that were trying to grab me. Despite my desperate resistance using intangibility, the roots that rushed in front of me tried to grab me.

The moment I thought I was wrong – something unexpected happened.

Ting-!

The roots were blocked by a transparent wall and scattered in all directions, just as they bounced off a glass window. Roel let out a scream that was close to a scream and desperately tried to root against me, but it was no use.

Before I even realized what was happening, the red runes on my wrist suddenly started rotating at incredible speed and created a passageway at will. Unlike a normal passage, it was a passage that looked pale, like an afterimage.

Roel saw the passage and screamed, swinging his roots like crazy.

[no! Ross, join me. You can achieve the happiness you want for the rest of your life.]

In front, there is a crazy Roel that has become a tree, and in the back, there is an unstable passage created in an impossible situation. I had to choose anything even if I didn’t want to. Of course, I couldn’t die in Roel’s roots, so what I chose was a path that was created arbitrarily.

[Ross, Ross… !!!]

Ignoring the pleading sounds coming from behind me, I recklessly threw myself toward the passage.

●●●→※

The body thrown into the passage arrived at a somewhat familiar bed. I could tell by looking at the small room and the old laptop on the desk right next to the bed. This was the gosiwon where I lived.

Even when I thought back to my last memory, I couldn’t feel any difference. This is definitely my room. Could it be that they have returned to their original world? While looking around, I opened the door to check outside.

“ah… .”

Outside the door was not the dark hallway of the goshiwon I remembered, but a black universe full of stars. When I looked down, I saw a platform leading somewhere. As I walked along it, the living room of the house I lived with my uncle appeared. It was a place with a small sofa and a television, just like an old memory.

“We finally met. “It was difficult to observe because it kept going to another world.”

Someone got up from the sofa. When we made eye contact, I could only stare dumbly. Black hair, black eyes, even a somewhat dissatisfied look. Before I became possessed by Ross, this was the face the mirror always showed me.

“Nice to meet you. Last loss. “No, should I call you another country?”

Jin Xian smiled mischievously as he put popcorn in his mouth.