Chapter 164: Illusion, Memories of the Light Beast

The progress was really smooth, and everyone kept climbing up the vast castle.

However, the difference is that this time, instead of using stairs to pass through the upper floors, the corridor to the upper floor has been replaced by a circular teleportation array with an elevator effect.

The moment they stepped onto the teleportation array, a blinding white glare suddenly appeared.

"Huh!? What's going on?! It felt like something else was coming to mind. ”

Something else pops up in your mind and you dig yourself into it.

"It's a hallucination that can't be dissolved"

Lilithmon knew it was an illusion, but strangely enough, she couldn't do it with her strength. It seems that this is not a simple illusion.

Consciousness began to fall into a trance.

-- Illusion --

-- The world is chaotic.

-- The world is not fair.

What is good? What is evil?

Why do people who live in the same world hurt each other just because they are different?

Just because of the unknown, because of fear? Does the mutual refusal to communicate deepen the contradictions and disputes between each other?

The twelve-winged angel with a childlike posture silently looked at the cruel battlefield in the distance, with a lonely expression on his face.

"It's a hellish sight, and you hate war, don't you? Lightmon. ”

Hearing the voice, the Lightmon turned around, and it was the Ultimate Angelmon.

"If the 'Immortal King' is not defeated, more innocent Digimon will be tainted by the darkness and become its slaves."

The Lightmon's expression was very helpless.

"Ultimate Angelmon, after the war is over, will the 'Parade of Gods' have to execute the Digimon tainted by the darkness?"

"Digimon polluted by darkness have only the instinct to destroy, and will pose more threats to innocent Digimon. If they still can't be purified, they can only be completely annihilated. ”

"It's so pitiful"

The Lightbeast's eyes were filled with pity, and he didn't know if he was merciful for the innocent or for the victim.

"I guess it's wrong for those Digimon to be annihilated as evil beings just because they were polluted by darkness?"

"You're being sentimental again."

Knowing the Ultimate Angelmon of the Light Beast is not at all surprising to the Light Beast's feelings.

"Because every Digimon in the world is equal. I believe that not every Digimon tainted by darkness will be dominated by the desire to destroy, and that they also have a good side. ”

So said the supreme Son of God.

"Every life has its own value and should not be easily denied."

"However, the Beast of Light does not distinguish between good and evil on the battlefield. If you don't have 'malice' towards your enemies, mercy will only come in exchange for your own sacrifice. ”

Hopefully, the Lightmon would understand where he stands, and the Ultimate Angelmon reminded him. Too much kindness will only push you into a corner.

"Thank you for the reminder, Ultimate Angelmon, of course I understand where I stand."

Smiling calmly, the lightmon thanked its best friend for the kind reminder.

"On the battlefield, I won't be confused."

"It's just that I'm trying to figure out, where does the 'Immortal King' come from? And for what purpose is it polluting the Digital World with dark forces? But why don't you have any interest in ruling the digital world? It's so weird."

"Light Beast, you're confused right now."

For the Light Beast who cared about the 'Immortal King' and had a confused face, the Ultimate Angel Beast had a slight headache. The supreme angel in front of him actually has a childish side, and he has begun to drill the horns again.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'd better ask these questions in person after meeting the Immortal King."

The Brightmon smiled sheepishly.

"But it's an otherworldly invader that destroys the digital world. Don't worry, I won't show mercy. ”

"I believe that after defeating it, you, as the supreme angel of the 'Divine Parade', will definitely build a perfect world full of ideals."

Ultimate Angelmon believes in Lightmon.

"I won't live up to your expectations."

For the sake of the ideal world, the Lightmon will work harder.

"Alright, let's call the Keyangelmon and the friends of the 'God Parade' to fight against the 'Immortal King'! The world will be a better place tomorrow! ”

He believed that the world would be a better place when the war was over.

-- Reality --

When the bright light was gone, everyone moved smoothly to the next floor.

"Did you just see anything?"

Kaye asked everyone, trying to make sure what he was seeing was reality.

"Of course I did"

Yabei replied, confused.

"Is that innocent little Shota really a Light Beast? It's not at all like Lilithmon says it has ambitions to rule the world. ”

The Lord of Calamity is the consciousness of the Light Beast, but the Light Beast in the illusion does not feel evil at all, and it is very gentle.

"It's not surprising that both humans and Digimon can change depending on reality."

Biochemical Beelzebub doesn't care at all about the past and present changes of its enemies.

"But it's still not like a villain."

There is so much difference between the Lightbeast and the Lord of Calamity.

"To be exact, the Light Beasts of the past. In ancient times, the Lightmon was the ancestor of the Angelic Digimon and the supreme angel of the Divine Ranks. Later, because of an ambition to try to rebel against Igudo Lahir, he was punished by the gods and expelled from the ranks of the gods. ”

Alphamon added.

"The Light Beast that Lilithmon knows about is probably in ********, right?"

"Actually, I don't know what the past of the Light Beast is, but I've heard that he used to be one of the Ranks of the Gods, and for some reason he was expelled and finally fell. I didn't expect him to be the ancestor of hypocrites in the past, the difference is too big."

The fragmented Lilithmon didn't know about the Lightmon's past, and it always felt strange in something.

"It's strange, why does the Ultimate Angel Beast next to the Light Beast have the breath of the Ultimate Demon Beast? They can't be depraved together."

"I guess there must have been some kind of hardship to get here."

For the supreme angel in the illusion, Raphaelmon has a good feeling. That childlike angel is really a very good Digimon, and he really wants the world to be a better place.

"But as an enemy, the Lord of Calamity shouldn't let us see its past memories?"

Mina is also confused, as there is nothing to be gained in letting enemies see the illusion of memory. Having faced the Lord of Calamity head-on, she also knew very well that with her character, she would not have any interest in letting the 'small' human beings delve into its past.

"The sealed world is in tune with the Lord of Calamity, and the closer you get to the seal, the easier it is to go deeper into the spiritual world."

Showing no interest in the digital world of the past, Bram Vampire simply answered his partner's doubts.

"That's right."

"But we can't ignore the possibility of a trap set by the Lord of Calamity."

Ryder looked at everyone and admonished.

"Keep going, I don't know what else will happen. So, let's continue to be vigilant and move forward. ”

(The Lightmon of the past?) ）

Kaye lowered his head in thought.

(It's such a gentle and kind Digimon, but why did it become the Lord of Calamity?) ）

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The illusion has not stopped, every time you enter the teleportation array and reach the upper layer, you will see different illusion memories.

-- Illusion --

The Undead King has been sealed away in the Dark Zone, and the end of the war has finally ushered in peace in the digital world, but the pain left behind by the war will not easily disappear.

In order to build a perfect world full of ideals, Lightmon has been working hard, and the digital world has indeed ushered in a brief period of prosperity. I really hope that peace will last forever

But ideals are always so fragile in the face of reality. In a prosperous world, new strife is constantly emerging.

The Dark Digimon, the vanquished, were exiled, ostracized, and denied their existence; They hate an unfair world, and they vow to make the digital world that denies them pay!

Hate the Dark Digimon, fear the Dark Digimon, and don't want the peaceful life to be threatened and destroyed by those demons, and the non-Dark Digimon have been denying them, rejecting them, and erasing them.

The Digital World doesn't need dark Digimon that will only bring disaster and destruction, their existence is superfluous.

Wrong! That's not right!! The war is over, and the undead king who brought disaster to the world is gone! You don't need to hate each other! Everyone is just a victim of it!! Digimon are all equals!!

Even the Most High Angel is not omnipotent, and the will of the 'king' does not represent the will of the 'people'.

The Lightmon stopped one strife after another, but it was unable to solve the root cause of the strife. As long as the Dark Digimon disappears from the world completely, the Digital World will remain peaceful. That's what too many Digimon think, but that's wrong!

With a 'naïve' ideal of coexistence, the Light Beasts, who are too 'favored' for the dark Digimon, are slowly questioned and dissatisfied by the Digimon around them.

Gifted Child, you are the supreme angel who leads the world, why would you favor the evil Dark Digimon?

I'm not taking sides with any Digimon, I just want to change the unequal Digital world. Every Digimon is equal, they all have the right to live, that's all.

I want to change the world, I want to get the right answers.

The Lightmon, who mourns the unequal world, has visited the 'realm of the gods' many times as a supreme angel and asked the 'gods' personally.

[You just need to silently watch and watch the world, it's enough.] ]

Igudo Lahir replied in the same words.

Nothing can be changed at all, does 'God' really love the digital world? The lightmon questioned.

"Since Igudo Rahir can't give you a satisfactory answer, find it yourself. Silently guarding the words, will the future digital world become equal and beautiful? ”

Looking at the Luminous Beast that returned disappointed every time, the Ultimate Angelmon who wanted to help him made a proposal.

I want to know if God's answer is correct, and I want to know if the future of the digital world is equal. So the Luminmon and the Ultimate Angel went to visit the Ancient Sagemon, who claimed to be from another world and had a 'future vision'.

"Are you really sure you want to see the future? Once you're in the forbidden realm, there's no going back. ”

The Ancient Sagemon warned them.

"An unequal world will only bring more sorrow, and I want to confirm whether 'God' is right."

The Lightmon affirmed.

"Well, I won't stop you, and I won't be responsible for what will happen to you in the future."

Without stopping the Supreme Angel, the Ancient Sage Beast did as he asked to see the absolute future.

-- Illusion --

Hell! Hell! It's total hell!!

Countless red dragons emerge from the void and swallow innocent Digimon one after another. Screams, cries of pain, and angry shouts of death are heard all over the digital world.

Whether it's land, forests, deserts, mountains, or oceans, wherever the dragons fly, the Digimon's homes are reduced to nothingness. The bottomless abyss has taken the place of the original home.

This is the end of the world, a hell like the end of the world!!

It was 'God' who brought the end of the digital world. Abandon the 'old' world of 'failure' and build a 'new' world again.

Seeing the future of the digital world and understanding the purpose of the 'gods', the lightmon felt intense despair and anger in its heart for the first time.

Igudo Rahir, you actually wanted to abandon the digital world from the beginning, right?

The Most High Angel, who had re-entered the 'realm of the gods', angrily questioned the 'gods', wanting to know why.

[The data capacity of Digimon is rapidly increasing, and long-term prosperity will overload the world.] As a result, the balance of the digital world will soon collapse and lead to destruction. ]

[My role is simply to control the balance of the digital world, and not to interfere too much in the development of the world.] But once the balance of the digital world is broken, I am qualified to reset the digital world. ]

In other words, the future digital world will be reset by 'gods'.

[O Gifted Child, the 'Parade of Gods' has been chosen by me, and there is no need to worry about being erased.] In the new world, it is your duty as the Most High Angel to continue to bring prosperity to the digital world and to build an ideal world of equality. ]

Hahaha, what an irony! It turns out that 'God' was not concerned with living life from the beginning, but only with the balance of the world! Indeed, the balance of the world is also at stake for the lives of all Digimon. However, denying all life for the sake of the 'balance' of the world is the only one that the Lightmon will never allow!

Protecting the world? Or do you want to protect all the Digimon? Lightmon undoubtedly chose the latter, and even if the balance in the Digital World was upset, he would try to keep the Digimon alive in the world.

Concerned about the balance of the world, Igudo Rahir is enough to threaten the survival of Digimon in the world, and Igudo Lahir is not fit to be the 'god' of the Digital World! Then expel it!

In order to keep Digimon alive in the world, the Lightmon, who is extremely disappointed in the gods, together with the Ultimate Angelmon who supports them, leads the loyal angels to challenge Igudo Rahir, and the Supreme Angel wants to defeat the gods and replace Igudo Rasil as the new god.

However, the 'gods' could not be defeated, and the rebels naturally suffered a crushing defeat.

The Illuminumon and the Ultimate Angelmon who were punished by the Gods were expelled from the Divine Parade, and the Gods used the three sides of the Illuminumon to create three new angels to take charge of the Divine Parade in their place and become the new rulers.

Unwilling to accept its own fiasco, unable to forgive the actions of the 'gods', the lightmon wants to gain stronger strength to fight the 'gods' and prevent the end from coming. Fate did not give up on him, perhaps the powerful obsession of the gifted son, the ancient sage beast told him something that was not part of this world in order to fulfill his wish. As long as you take the 'forbidden' and fill it up, you can fulfill any wish.

In order to gain great power, the once gifted son is willing to fall. He needs the power of the 'Immortal King', and only the 'Immortal King' can do it! Time is running out

The wings were broken, the silver armor was scorched black by lightning, and the feathers had fallen. In this way, the Luminimon and the Ultimate Angelmon dragged their badly injured bodies to open the door to the dark region, just to see the sealed 'Immortal King'.

-- Illusion --

It was a dark penal colony, and it was also a dead zone.

In the dark abyss is a huge castle, and two outcast angels have come here in search of the power of the 'forbidden'.

"Most High Angel who has lost its glory, I know you will come."

A hoarse, magnetic, languid voice came from the hall, and an oversized Digimon appeared in the shadows, exuding a powerful aura of oppression. That Digimon is none other than the 'Immortal King'.

"It's so ugly to look down. If you simply agree with Igudo Rahir's decision, you can build a new world full of ideals with your talents and abilities. ”

"Destruction and rebirth are immutable laws."

"The 'forbidden weapon' that can grant any wish will always be guarded by you. Please entrust me with the 'Forbidden Instrument', I need a miracle. In exchange, I'll free you from the cage. ”

Ignoring the taunts of the Immortal King, the Lightmon makes a direct deal with it.

"Get the 'miracle', as long as I replace Igudo Arahir as the new 'god', I will give you the status second only to me, and you can also build your own dark empire."

The world will soon come to an end, even if it is polluted by darkness, and the lightmon wants to achieve a forbidden miracle.

"It seems that my servant is very keen to 'guide' the future."

The 'Immortal King' laughed contemptuously.

"I can't forgive the 'ignorant' 'God', do you plan to build an ideal world in the name of 'evil'?"

"The world doesn't need stupid 'gods'"

The Light Beast said with a gloomy face.

"It is true that the 'forbidden instrument' will satisfy any desire, but in order to activate the function, it must be filled with a large amount of 'negative'. Lightmon, will your 'goodness' really allow you to fill the world you love with calamity in order to satisfy your ambitions? Do you have the means to carry all the evil of the world? ”

The 'Immortal King' asked in a mocking tone.

"As long as I can build an ideal world, I am willing to bear all the 'evil' by abandoning my 'conscience'."

The Brightmon came to his senses, and he knew what a miserable end his future would be.

"Even if you are polluted and become the 'evil of the world'?"

The 'Immortal King' asked him in an accentuated tone.

"Huge desires will only lead to destruction."

"I don't regret it"

After hearing his answer, the 'Immortal King' was silent for a few seconds, and then suddenly burst out laughing.

"He is worthy of being a child of talent, very enlightened! The Gate of Mortal Sin, which connects to the Forbidden Instrument, is yours! ”

"It's not you who chose the 'door,' it's the 'door' that chooses you. Awaken to your original sin, do not fail this power! ”

A cruel smile appeared from the face of the 'Immortal King', and it was pleasant.

"A predestined fate cannot be changed. Lightmon, do your best to defy fate! That is your responsibility at the last days. ”

-- Illusion --

Under the guidance of the 'Immortal King', the Luminous Beast easily obtained the 'Gate of Great Sin' that connected to the 'Forbidden Instrument'.

The 'Gate of Mortal Sin' -- the 'taboo' gate that possesses the seven primordial sins of arrogance, jealousy, anger, laziness, greed, gluttony, and ****, is also the door of the seal that collects all evil. As the 'Immortal King' said, if you want to activate the 'forbidden instrument' to achieve a 'miracle', you must fill the 'instrument' with 'evil'.

In order to make itself stronger, in order to stop the end as soon as possible, the Brightmon accepted its own primordial sin - arrogance.

All the evils of the world, all the sins of the world, I will bear everything!

-- This stale world must be infused with fresh blood! Dear friend, I will become the 'evil of the world' with you! Those fools who despise your ideals will be consumed by the fire of my hell! ――

Angry and ignorant gods, angry at an unfair world, angry that no Digimon understands the Lightmon; As a close friend of the Most High Angel, the Ultimate Angelmon and the Light Beast accepted the 'Original Sin' together, fell together, and became the 'Demon King'.

But it's not enough to become a demon king.

To stop the end, it is necessary to reduce the capacity of the Digimon, and to activate the 'Forbidden Instrument', it must be full of 'evil', and 'evil' comes from the negative emotions of life.

As a result, the Lightmon and the Ultimate Warcraft began to form dark forces, waging wars of different scales around the world. Lightmon uses the characteristics of the Gate of Sins to find other Digimon that meet the requirements of the Original Sin, just to collect more Evil.

Everything is for the sake of achieving the ideal, everything is for the Digimon to continue to exist, and all sacrifices are necessary

Hate me! Hate me! Hate me!

They finally succeeded in avoiding the end of the world, but the "evil" of the "instrument" was far from enough

Not enough is not enough

The end will come, and more 'evil' must be obtained

Ideals are slowly distorted

However, the 'Demon King' eventually failed, and the Light Beast, which had turned into a dark dragon, died along with the brave ones. The ideal is not yet complete, so I am unwilling

His obsession did not dissipate, and the Light Beast, which was sealed in another dimension, assimilated with the Gate of Mortal Sin. Although the 'evil' is not yet full, there is still a lot more, so let's simply achieve the 'miracle' in a slow process.

As long as I collect the seven 'original sins', I will be able to fully assimilate with the digital world, by becoming the will of the world, I will be able to banish the hypocritical old 'gods', and by becoming the 'true gods', I will be able to establish a new ideal world with complete equality.

My obsession, my ideals, will never disappear

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The illusion is no longer there, but everyone's mood is very different.

"The Lightmon wanted to build an ideal and beautiful world from the beginning, but he went astray"

Rather than crusade against the Lord of Calamity, Kaye slowly developed more sympathy for it.

"If he hadn't fallen, the digital world would have been more prosperous and peaceful now."

Raphaelmon lamented the fall of the Lightmon.

That was nothing but his self-righteous arrogance, and their hypocrisy had driven him to the brink of extinction. It's really the original Ultimate Demon Beast is really the original Ultimate Angel Beast, and the two idiots are too bored because of boredom. ”

Lilithmon was just sighing, as a demon king, she should follow her own desires. But the two of them didn't experience anything at all, they just kept digging into the horns.

"It's all the fault of the 'Ark Project'! If it weren't for Igudo Rahir wanting to reset the digital world, the cute little Shota wouldn't have turned into a demon king! ”

"Although I am also a royal knight, I also believe that the 'Ark Project' is not the right thing to do with Igudo Rahir's decision."

Alphamon spoke his mind, and he was denying the 'God' who created himself.

"For Igudo Lahir, the balance of the digital world is indeed more important than the life of the world. But thanks to the Digimon, Igudo Rahir created me; She's not completely abandoning the digital world. ”

"But perhaps it would not be fair to entrust all of your important mission to you humans."

He smiled wryly.

"No, you're fighting alongside your Digimon partner. I'm really happy to be able to meet and live with Alphamon, and I don't regret taking on an important responsibility at all. ”

Kaye doesn't regret it at all, and he's very happy to be paired with Digimon.

"Yes, too."

"Speaking of which, the transformation of the Light Beast into the Demon King seems to be related to the Ancient Sage Beast and the 'Immortal King', and even the information of the other world has appeared, which makes it feel so confusing."

There is too much information, and Yabei feels very confused. Especially the ancient sage beast, why did it feel like he was the same beast as the sage beast?

"It's useless to speculate here any longer, so it's better to find the 'Lord of Calamity' quickly! No matter what its past is, it will never change that it is an enemy! ”

Biochemical Beelzebub emphasized.

"Haha, the 'Lord of Calamity' who distorts his ideals and is driven into a desperate situation by his own despair is the most 'pitiful'."

On the other hand, Ryder also began to lament the 'calamity' life of the Light Beast.

"The Luminmon is nothing more than a slave to the 'ideal'. As the embodiment of ideals, he has always comforted his people, but he has not been able to guide them. ”

"He's just too attached to his ideals, but he hasn't really looked to the future."

Mina said indifferently.

"The destruction of the world can be exchanged for the salvation of the world, distorting the body and mind, only to fulfill the absolute 'prayer'."

"But we are not in a position to judge everything in the past. All I can do now is to fight from my own standpoint and protect the things around me, that's all. ”

Very neutral answer.

"Alright, let's move on. Let our compassion for the 'Lord of Calamity' affect the important battles, and we must not fail to live up to this awareness. ”

She said in a stern tone. This is the final battle between the two world crises, and everyone is consciously crusading against the 'Lord of Calamity'. So, 'mercy' is nothing but 'hypocrisy'.