Volume 1 Chapter 38: The Faces of All Beings (Part 4B)
"Fate?" Blake's face was blank, "you mean you believe in such an ethereal thing...... Or something?"
"No, no, you understand what this is. The blonde man looked at him with a grin, "Darkness...... No, it should be said, the people who were once favored by the dark. ”
"......," he took two steps back, "not for a long time." And I'm ashamed of the madness of that time. ”
"yes. That's why you're the lucky one. Look at what we look like. The handsome man looked at Blake with an unhappy look on his face, "You all look like you feel tragic when you bring up this topic. Tsk, thank yourself for your fate, it might be better for you. ”
"It's a hard time for anyone to look back on. Blake still denied it: "Do you still think I have anything to envy?"
"You escaped. The other party had an indescribable look: "Do you understand what you are...... Escaped from the light of God!
...... Hell yes, why didn't Mr. Zero help me do that?"
“...... But you have great power, and you still have your sanity. "I was no longer myself when I sank into the darkness: not only did I not have the anomalous power to escape now, but I would continue to be tormented by that power...... Shouldn't I be envious of you?"
"You can solve all kinds of problems, but I can only ......"
“...... Ha. I was crushed, Mr. Zero was covered, and the other 'dependents' who didn't know if they existed didn't know how many seconds they would survive. What do you think?" scoffed the man who called himself "Destiny".
"What are you talking about?"
"You used to be one of us, too. So do you now, because the mystery is hidden within you: you should be able to see it. ”
Under the other party's sarcastic gaze, Blake hesitantly looked at the other party through his right palm:
In the vague "other vision", a huge puppet made of countless silk threads extending from the void stood there.
The puppet barely has the shape of a little "human", but in detail it is deformed and indescribable. It was oozing a blood-red viscous fluid from within, and there were fragments of limbs of unknown origin attached to its body.
The puppet squirmed, the threads that made up the body crumbling and falling and regenerating stitches. When the puppet seemed to notice his gaze, it lowered its head, and Blake saw its hollow, deep eye sockets: the severed threads crawling in the sockets looked twisted like worms.
Blake heard the sound of his subconscious "grunting" and swallowing. Because if you don't force yourself to move your throat like this, you may have to vomit.
However, in the field of reality, that man is still so handsome that he doesn't seem to be like the world.
"Lo and behold: that's it. I was crushed by the great power of fate, and I had no choice but to remake 'myself' with the thread of fate. However, among the puppets, I don't know how many fragments of my true self remain. ”
"So I call myself fate: for 'myself' is a negligible proportion of what I call myself. The other party was still grinning heartlessly.
"Man cannot bear God: so the slightest afterimage came upon me, and I was shattered like a little worm run over by a wagon. Mr. Zero is also just a mortal...... At least he was only a mortal at all, before he was accidentally touched by divine power. ”
"But...... When I looked at Mr. Zero, I didn't see anything?" Blake took a few steps away from the other again, not in fear, but in disgust. He convinced himself in his heart.
"yes, because his presence is 'covered'. Completely covered by something I don't know. It is not even known from which great being it came from. "Fate" turned his head to look in the other direction, "Because he has completely become the appearance of that 'being', that's why he is so powerful. However, maybe there is still the original self under the cover...... That's what makes him better than me. But maybe he's suffocated to death from that 'thing' that covers it, who knows?"
"Thou shalt not deceive God. Our thinking seems so ridiculous under God. ”
"Look at the one over there. "Fate" pointed to the "shining" man under the square, "He is probably the light." Selected by Light...... But alas, it seems, the afterimage of this light does not have the good temper of the Supreme God: the nobleman has long since completely melted into the light. The rest of us are just tools for assimilation by light. ”
"We are not even dolls in their eyes, because a mere glance can destroy this fragile world...... What remains here is only a tiny trace that cannot even be called a fragment, and by chance it falls on us and becomes great enough to destroy the world, even if we cannot really control it.
When you carry Him all the time, don't you feel the horror of being guillotined all the time, or are you the kind of person who has no sense of the sword of Damocles, even if you see everyone else with such blades hanging over their heads?
Mr. Zero helps you get out of ...... What are you dissatisfied with about the status quo?"
"We all know that it's just a gold label for ourselves...... Gods don't spend their energy on little mortals. We just happened to run into the poor people of calamity. ”
Maybe it's been too long since I've met someone with the same status who can talk about these things, and the other party has been talking to himself frantically for a long time rather than complaining.
But if Mr. Zero had been there, he would have said that this guy was just talkative.
“...... What are you looking at?" Blake tried to close the subject.
"I'm looking to see if the idiot who chased me all the way makes it to the city alive. Anyway, if you come in, you won't be able to make it back alive. He shook his head, "Seems to be a papal judge...... It's called Neil, probably. I'm here to investigate the slaughter of the priest of the church by the lord here - that is, the heresy trial, and kill the lord directly. However, those who attack the true gods with the help of the power of ordinary belief gods...... Ha, I can really think of it. I guess this assignment must have happened during the time when the church was out of touch with the gods. ”
“...... Why do you know so much?" Blake wondered if the other had done something more unexpected.
"Don't forget, I'm 'fate' - hehe, this supreme one has such a good temper, I always claim that fate has not been cleared by Him, but it is more likely that I don't pay any attention to such a small thing as me - although I can't control the power of God, the power itself will occasionally and randomly bring me a lot of feedback...... Hahaha, uncontrollability is the charm of fate, isn't it?"
The strange look on the other side made Blake completely convinced that the other party was a madman - and a madman with powers that might be on the same level as Mr. Zero. It doesn't get any worse than that.
As soon as he said how terrible that god was, he immediately said that he had been trying to test the other party's bottom line, as if he wanted to die quickly...... Sure enough, I can't understand the thoughts of a madman.
"Oh, here it is. The other party suddenly showed an exaggerated smile, and his expression actually looked a little like a circus clown, "Someone went to die." Although Mr. Zero said let me monitor the development here...... But it's also a surprise to meet you, at least you won't be suppressed one-sidedly against the 'light'...... I'm not a fighting type, but you're just in harmony with the light. ”
"Huh, I won't ......."
"Don't you want to unblock, when the light covers the earth, no one can survive. Including your sister?"
"You ......"
"And if you refuse me, you will be sent to death, why resist? Because you can't beat me if you don't unblock it. "Fate" is still smiling, and does not care about the lives of others at all.
“......”
"Ah, lo and behold, the first act of the play begins. Maybe we can see something from that. ”
A man in a black robe barged in the square as the atmosphere of Count Gavgario's speech reached its peak.
"Do you want to solve this problem in front of the public to make an example of the chickens and monkeys? Not a bad idea, but unfortunately I have found the wrong target. ”
The young nobleman in the center of human relations did not panic at all.
But then, before the situation could continue to develop, just like what happened to the others above, a sky of red and black flesh and blood covered the land.
The Inquisitor watched warily, but the missionary was even more excited.
He's going in a certain direction...... He knelt on the ground and prayed aloud again, in some unknown language that everyone could understand.
The sun rises from the ground.
I can't find a better way to describe it, because that's what it is.
A blinding light covered the city.
Blake could still see the inquisitor's horror in that moment.
"Oh...... Finished. "Fate" didn't hesitate to run away, "It's slippery, I can't continue to play, even the body of 'divine power'...... The carriers are all summoned, and if you don't run, you're really going to die. Mr. Zero: I'm sorry, but it's up to you to settle your request. ”
Blake felt the heat in his right hand burn, as if his bone marrow were burning.
Painful pain...... But he could still hold on.
Everyone in the Darkhaven was wailing and evaporating, but they had seen an even more terrible hell.
So in this overflowing light, darkness leaked out, neutralizing a small piece of pure land.
"I can really use you now......"
"Fate" picked up Blake and went somewhere.