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A hero becomes an obsessed villain - Episode 348

EP.348 - Trap

Last catedal.

He promised to give to Celeste, the saint of the sun god, the relics of the sun god that she did not know..

A few days later from the day I was supposed to meet Celeste..

somewhere in the united states.

I was standing in a desert covered with sand.

...It was a little hot.

While I was thinking that, I heard a beautiful voice behind me..

"...It's here?"

And the endless orange sands of the desert under a wild blue sky with blazing sunlight..

Celeste, a silver-haired woman standing in a mysterious atmosphere wearing pure white saintly clothes, very different from the scene..

She was looking this way, narrowing her eyes at me..

"Yes, that's right. This is where the remains of the sun god are located.."

When I respond with a smile, she coldly opens her mouth while staring at me with golden eyes visible behind her thinly opened eyes..

"As the sun god's chosen saint, I don't feel anything... Why not give it a try?."

I just laughed off her words..

Of course you can't feel it. If she had felt it in the first place, she would have already found everything..

This is information that can only be known if you have knowledge of the original work..

With that thought in mind, I looked at Celeste standing with her arms crossed in the desert with a smile on her face..

Even on the outside, she looked delicate and mysterious, and had the appearance of a true saint..

I felt it as someone with the same ability..

The overwhelming strength she has.

'...It's creepy..'

A vast power that can be felt inside her, as if the power is boiling uncontrollably..

Many talented people and villains in the world.

Among them, Celeste is the overwhelming world ranked number one villain..

She is said to split the sea, move continents, and cut down the sky with a wave of her hand..

In fact, people don't know exactly what Celeste's abilities are. All I know is that it is ‘overwhelmingly strong.’ I can teleport alone, breathe fire, and there's nothing I can't do. So some people just argue that she doesn't have all her abilities..

But I know what she's capable of.

Although it was not clearly described in the original work, her ability was revealed by fans by inferring given elements..

To put it simply:.

'The ability to turn dreams into reality.'

That was the true nature of Celeste's ability..

The ability to use the power you dream of in reality.

It was her real strength that always closed her eyes..

Even at a simple listen, it seemed very strong, but the important thing was that I wasn't sure what the limits were..

As this ability was directly given to her by God, the creator of this world's paranormal abilities, Celeste was the final boss among the humans in the original work..

Anyway, thanks to that power, she became the strongest villain in the world... no. She may be the strongest person in the world.

It will be stronger than Stardust, which has almost completed its growth even now. Although Stardust becomes stronger against talented players,...

"Hmm. Still haven't found where the ruins are??"

"haha. Let's wait a moment.."

That's probably why I can stand alone and proudly like I do now..

Because I have absolute faith in my own strength..

...Of course, I don't know if that will remain the same today..

With that in mind, I muttered something to the place below where I was standing..

"O sol sancte Aperi alveum qui lucet ad perdendum malum..."

As I mutter that spell, the sand under my feet begins to sway..

So after a while.

"...ruler. How is it."

"....."

Just like that, in front of us, a staircase leading to the basement suddenly appeared in the middle of the sandy desert..

Looking at the scene, Celeste still had her eyes closed and her expression did not change, but she seemed a little surprised..

Because I couldn't have imagined that there was something she couldn't detect in the first place..

"...joy. Well, okay. Take the lead."

She speaks coldly to me, as if she doesn't really care.

...Of course it was, but there was an interest in her eyes that couldn't be hidden..

Because he is a fanatic of the sun god to begin with. Of course. I suspect there might be a miniature sun god in the house..

"All right. Please follow me."

So I led the way down the stairs, and she followed me from behind..

She walks into this basement wearing nothing but a saint's robe, completely unguarded..

It's so strong to begin with, you can't think that anything inside it can harm you..

...and.

I smiled and looked at the swinging door at the end of the stairs..

That's what I was aiming for.

Because these ruins are kind of special..

My goal is to get closer to Celeste..

...Of course, Celeste probably didn't notice right now..

"Now, let's go in.."

"is it so. Let's see what we can find.."

With Celeste saying that, we went through the swaying door..

And at that moment, my eyes changed.

"Hmm..."

Before we knew it, we were standing inside the ruins surrounded by pure white walls..

It's old, as if it was built a very long time ago in ancient times, but it somehow feels like a sacred power. This place engulfed in pure white brilliance.

I grinned at Celeste, who was looking around with her eyes open in front of me, and spread my arms and introduced her..

"welcome! This is the temple of the forgotten sun god.."

"....."

She is still looking around with her mouth closed..

Celeste looked around for a moment and said with a sigh:.

"...It was true. Was this temple hidden?."

Her eyes were still closed as she said that, but I felt a sparkling energy that was not typical of Celeste. Because she had been staring at her prescription from a while ago as if it were interesting..

As expected, he looked like a fan of the sun god..

"When was this built?..."

And it was time for her to say that and take a step forward..

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

suddenly.

Inside the ruins, something like a magic sound effect came out..

bang.

The swinging door we came through suddenly collapsed and became an ordinary wall..

"...I guess there was a security device.."

And looking at that scene, Celeste muttered that with a calm expression..

The reaction wasn't that surprising in the first place. Well, what's surprising about her having such great power?.

She said that and waved her hand towards the collapsed wall..

...

and nothing happened.

"....?"

Feeling something strange, she waved her hand again, but the rock did not budge, as if asking if it would move at the gesture of the slender woman's hand..

And only then.

"for a moment...!"

Jiing

"Ugh..."

Celeste stumbled, holding her head, as if she had lost some strength..

Then she looked down at her hands and muttered.

"ah..."

And that scene.

I was still smiling and looking.

okay.

The Temple of the Sun buried underground here in the United States.

The characteristic of this space is.

In this, all of the sun's abilities are neutralized..

Unlike the room where one cannot use one's abilities in the Haneun Group's basement, this is not a place where one's abilities are cut off, but rather a place where the sun god himself has sealed his abilities so that others cannot use them..

So, in this world, no matter how strong the person is, they are all just ordinary people..

of course.

Since my powers were not of solar origin, I didn't care..

"I'll clean it up."

With that thought in mind, I moved my hands with a smile still on my face..

Then the collapsed rocks floated and moved to another place..

...For your information, even this one was difficult and my hands were shaking, but I had a hard time keeping my facial expression calm..

Of course, Celeste didn't seem to have time to worry about such things..

"No... what is this?..."

She looks down at her hands in a trembling voice that I have never heard in her life..

Unlike always with her eyes closed, she opened her eyes for the first time after coming here..

I guess I can no longer see outside with my eyes closed..

I've always been at the top, but this must be the first time I've lost all my strength and become an ordinary person..

...In fact, there is no way to fall into this trap, and this trap does not exist..

why? First of all, her strength is the highest on the planet. Perhaps Celeste will be trapped in the room where Stardust and I were previously locked? He'll probably use his pure force to destroy her and escape..

But that's not the case here.

A place where the sun god, who gave the ability, takes the ability on his own..

Therefore, no matter how alert Celeste was, she would not have been able to know about this situation. You probably didn't expect it. Because those who have climbed high become arrogant and cannot look down..

Anyway, the result was like this.

She is trapped here with me, bare-body, without a meager escort, with all her abilities taken away..

"ah..."

And did you realize it yourself?.

When she raised her head with a trembling expression, our eyes met.

Looking at her quivering golden eyes.

I smiled and said.

"Shall we keep going??"

There was a gun in my arms.

***

After a while.

"Hey... aren't you going to follow me??"

"...no, I do not want. I know what you'll do?"

"No, really..."

In the middle of the depths of the ruins.

I sighed as I watched Celeste standing far behind me, hiding behind a pillar, sticking her head out and saying that..

...I guess I scared you too much.