Chapter 9: Visit

The Korean government chose to compromise with the appearance of an absurd monster that could lead the country to destruction.

If that monster was simply incompetent, unnegotiable, hostile to humans, and only moved to kill, they would have chosen to fight to the death instead.

However, this monster was different.

They didn’t know why it was after it, but it had a clear goal, and for that purpose, the demons showed that they would spare humans even if they killed them.

And the way it struck first at the government… They couldn’t refuse.

They had no choice but to choose a bigger one over a smaller one.

The weight of their lives was different.

However, that didn’t mean the government would just leave that small one alone.

“Did you hand over all the information?”

“Yes. I have completed the handover. Since receiving it, I have found that the monster has also been moving quite moderately instead of taking any particular hostile actions.”

“Whew, good… Then keep monitoring it, and contact Ryu Si-on. Hurry up and get out!”

Other people might not know, but Ryu Si-on was a mercenary with a considerable reputation, and he had also devoted himself to Korea.

They judged that it would not be a good idea to just hand over such a record to a monster, and since he was someone they couldn’t just throw away, they made that choice.

“But… are you okay? If you know that he’s gone…”

“Damn, what would you do if he ran off on his own? Then we have something to say too! But we have to prepare for any unforeseen circumstances. Contact them in advance. Put all the emergency measures on.”

Choi Jong-un, a skinny man with dark circles around his face, who was nervously lighting a cigarette while smoking, and a high-ranking government official who knew Ryu Si-on, chewed his cigarette as if he was stressed.

“And if we throw away someone who has devoted himself to the country and made achievements just because of a monster, who would trust us? At least this much is the minimum we should do.”

To be honest, I can’t risk the fate of the country and fight that crazy monster for one person, but I could at least help them to this extent.

That’s because they were that kind of people.

However, the contact did not reach the monster’s target, Ryu Sion.

From the moment they received the location, they were all in the monster’s grasp.

“Hmm… You’re really good at what you do.”

He tried to contact the person he was looking for through the fastest means possible: transmission through magic, receiving messages through magic power, radio waves, etc.

He tried to contact them.

He said that he was on his way.

However, as I said before, the contact did not reach Sion.

The saintess, Elasia Celestia, blocked it.

So that the contact would not reach Zion.

From the moment she received the location, she dug in and monitored everything they did, so there was no way that this contact would work.

She forcibly cut off the connection with his divine power and isolated Zion!

So that no one would interfere until he got there.

“It would have been nice if there had been someone doing what she had to do back then…”

The saintess smiled as she walked along the deserted mountain path without hesitation.

She had blocked contact, but she didn’t feel bad about them contacting her.

Well, it might be a bit unpleasant to call a woman who was in love a monster, but the saintess who hadn’t turned her eyes was someone who could understand other people’s circumstances.

If she had passed on the information to her and not taken any action against Sion, or if she had caught Sion and brought him to her, she would have erased them from the world.

It was very painful…

It was because she was the type of person who had a big difference between when she was mad and when she wasn’t.

That doesn’t mean that the saintess who hadn’t turned her eyes was normal or not crazy.

On the contrary, she just felt more scared now that she was enduring.

Because if she endured, it would have exploded even bigger.

One of the things that made up a human being in the first place was an unstable person with an empty heart.

She.

The fact that such a person seems sane… means that there is something that makes me endure the rising madness.

“La la la~♬”

I feel like dancing.

I want to sing.

The feeling of happiness won’t go away.

Has this world ever felt this beautiful?

Oh, yes.

It did.

It definitely did!

The everyday noises that we experience in life, the sounds we hear in the quiet nature, the mixed voices of people.

The smell of food wafting in, the stale smell of children, the scent of the stream flowing behind the building.

When those annoying sounds were simply beautiful and harmonious.

Yes, the memories of that time when her heart was pounding with love….!

She felt her heart beating again with that emotion.

The feeling of the fire that filled her empty heart and energized her body was moving her body again.

The gentle breeze brushing her skin, the feel of the earth under her feet, the singing of birds.

Everything felt beautiful.

It was all because of one thing.

Soon, she would be able to meet her beloved Zion!

“My love, what do you look like now?”

Why was she, who killed a god with her own hands, able to control the power called divine power?

Divine power is not a power that exists in the world like magic.

That is why it is impossible to accumulate divine power like the magical power that exists in this world.

Divine power is something that is innate.

It is a special power that is only given to those who have deep and profound faith.

However, why can a saint who killed a god control divine power?

There are two reasons, and one of them is that her god was not something she killed.

The one who breathes life into her empty heart with the flame of love.

The one who is the only light for her who has fallen into a gray world.

The man who stood up for her in a world that is annoying, and who gave her love and made the world beautiful.

From the day when the hand of salvation was first extended to her as she was rotting away on the street, her god was only one, so there was no room for another god to come in.

Her faith, her belief, her love were only directed towards the man named Zion.

Anyway, since there was nothing to worry about, she took it slow and leisurely…

And, whether she knew or not that the time bomb called the silent saint Elasia Celestia was approaching her, her target, Zion, was currently lying peacefully on the sofa watching TV.

***

Lately, I’ve been having an annoying feeling.

To be more specific, it’s like a ticklish feeling near my heart…

“Ugh, is it because my dreams are messy…”

Lately, I’ve been doing my best to quit work and just relax, but there’s just one thing that’s bothering me, this damned bad dream.

Why are my dreams messy?

Well… it’s because I’ve been having nightmares lately.

And they’re all a bunch of dreams I’ve had, all mixed up together.

Oh my, how many times have I died in those nightmares!

By the way, the dreams I had today were two different dreams mixed together.

One was a dream where I, a priest, fell… and the other one was?

It was a dream where I died doing something…

Hmm, let’s not think too much about it.

It was probably just a bad dream anyway.

Anyway, since my dreams were messy, I ordered some steak and cut it up this morning to recover my energy.

Hmm, as expected. There’s nothing like beef to recover your energy!

These days, even steakhouses do delivery as their standard, right?

Well, since they deliver through dimensional gates, it’s not cheap, but I’m not short on money.

By the way, if I only eat meat for one meal, I plan on eating meat for lunch and dinner.

I’ve already ordered chicken for lunch.

Hmm, so naturally I’ve decided to have pork belly for dinner…

While I was watching TV with such random thoughts, strange news came on.

“The Elder Drake of the Northern Reconstruction Zone… is dead??”

No, that damn strong salty dragon died…??

Could it be… the monster that recently appeared and wiped out the elf tribe?

If not, there’s no one in the North who can catch that guy…??

What the hell is going on over there?

At that moment, I was thinking about Cheol-soo who went to work in the North, when there was a knock on the door.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

Hmm, this gentle knock.

It seems that my friends wouldn’t knock so sensibly and gently, so the chicken I ordered had arrived.

Just then, as I was slowly walking out to get the chicken, I got a message on my phone.

“Cheol-soo? Are you okay?”

It was Cheol-soo who had gone to work up north.

Hmm, the message was… [Doma- ee-cheo] [Hurry up] [Your house’s a b*tch]

“???”

What did he say?

Why did he send it so urgently?

Anyway, the moment I opened the door wondering what it was, I saw.

The chicken delivery man.

“Delivery.”

“Yes, how much is it?”

“Forty-five thousand won~. You’re paying by card?”

“Yes, here.”

“Yes, your payment has been made! Enjoy your meal… Ugh?!”

“Huh?”

In that moment, the delivery man, who was about to return my card to me, say goodbye, and leave, flew away.

High and fast, as if he would become a star in the sky.

And in the place where the delivery man had disappeared, a person I had never seen before stood.

A beautiful woman wearing a nun’s habit, with blonde hair… soft and kind.

But why does she seem familiar?

And why… does she look so ominous…??

Why…

“It’s been a really, really long time… Zion…”

At that moment, I instinctively felt tension and pulled back a foot, and my expression hardened, when the nun who had been smiling brightly grabbed my hand as if covering it.

Shedding bloody tears…!!

“Ah… finally, finally…!!!”

I tried to pull my hand away, but my hand was held tightly without moving an inch.

And then, the moment the nun’s eyes flashed ominously…!!

Woof…!!

A strange sound, and right after that…

Crunch!

With an eerie cutting sound, the nun’s two arms were cut off so easily.

“Don’t you dare stretch out your ugly hand on my master.”

And then, through the dimension that had been cleanly cut open as if it had been cut off, a knight appeared with gleaming eyes, his entire body covered in large, heavy-looking armor.

“Ugly monster in human skin.”

The moment the knight’s sword was aimed at the nun, the nun’s beautiful face became distorted like that of a demon.