A Hero Becomes an Obsessed Villain - Episode 423
EP.423 - Somewhere beyond
'hello. It's ego stick!'
'...Mr. Starders. you can.'
'With this... I owe you, cough. I paid it back.'
'Starders. Haven't I always said that? My hero is only you.'
'...All right. I will never leave you again. I will always be by your side. if that's what you want.'
'Cough... Cluck, Cluck. ha ha ha...'
'...haha. Mr. Starders.'
...please.
Be happy until the end.
"Inhale..."
on the bed.
There, Shinharu opened his eyes with his face buried in a pillow..
Watery eyes that you feel without realizing it.
Wiping away the tears that had flowed as he slept, Stadus sat down with his blonde hair hanging down..
...After Egostick's death, over the past three months.
She was always like this.
Well, I couldn't fall asleep..
When I lie down, I think of him.
When I dream, his image appears.
It has now become a habit to always start the day with red eyes without sleeping properly..
I wanted to see the ego stick..
I couldn't believe his death. I couldn't accept it..
Without him, I couldn't live my life.
so.
she is. Everyone, including her, decided to bring him back to life..
Even if I have to pour everything into it.
And finally, the moment has come for the fruition to come to fruition..
Finally, today is the day.
'...okay.'
can do.
I'm sure when I come back, I'll see him again.
With that determination in mind.
Stadus opened the door and went out..
The place she was currently staying was a room in Egostick's mansion. It was a room provided by Egostream members..
By the time she went out into the hallway.
...Stadus was able to see the person who opened the door just like him..
"...ah. sister."
It’s Han Seo-eun.
...She must have cried in her sleep too, as she greeted me with red eyes in her pajamas..
Seeing her like that, Stadus greeted her with a bitter smile..
...Han Seo-eun.
Until now, Stardus didn't know much about Han Seo-eun other than that she was a hacker under an ego stick..
We recently lived together and got to know her well..
A child who is ticklish on the outside, but on the inside is more affectionate than anyone else..
...And, she too. Like herself, she was someone who relied heavily on ego sticks. Did she say that she had known her since childhood.
Maybe that's why Han Seo-eun had the hardest time..
...I was sobbing every night in the next room, so much so that I once slept with her..
'“My brother always appears in my dreams...” Seeing her crying in the early morning, Starders also consoled Seo-eun by wiping away her tears..
In fact, others had similar situations..
...Therefore, she was able to know by living with everyone..
How much egoism does everyone follow?.
...And how broken I am without him..
so that.
That we must get him back, unconditionally..
And finally today came.
"Seo-eun, preparations are complete.?"
"...yes. After a while, everyone washed up and came to their senses. I'm going to start."
Seo-eun answered Stadus' question with a determined expression and then took a step forward with those words..
And after a while.
underground. An open conference room where everyone gathers.
There, Seo-eun firmly declared in front of the blackboard..
"Today, we are going to the afterlife."
The time has come.
***
Reviving the ego stick.
...It made no common sense to resurrect someone who was already dead, and of course, such a thing has never happened..
but.
Their persistence succeeded in coming up with a detailed plan for the revival of Ego Stick..
And it started with a trivial discovery.
"...That's strange."
After the disappearance of the sun god, everyone's superpowers are gradually weakening..
Celeste. Realizing that her abilities are not disappearing, but are actually getting stronger..
And it wasn't just him, it was Stardust too..
Even if Baek Eun-wol does not become weaker by using magic, which is a unique type of power that has nothing to do with the sun god, why is the power of Stardust getting stronger?.
To solve that question, they searched through information and ancient books left behind by Egostick..
So, one conclusion could be drawn.
"...I guess. It seems that with the death of a god, the divinity is being passed down to his successor.."
as soon as. The power of all gods was being directed towards the person who had the greatest stake in the godhead..
...They didn't know how this would turn out or what direction it would take..
Apart from that.
Through the remarks of Celeste, who inherited the godhood, one fact was revealed..
"...For some reason, I feel like there are people around me who have the power of the sun.."
as soon as. I can feel those who have the power of the sun god..
Perhaps it was the ability to feel one's own divided power, as he had the greatest share of godhood..
however.
...then.
Likewise, Stardus, who seems to have inherited the star's deity,.
Wouldn't it be possible to feel a soul with star power in the afterlife??
When that fact was revealed and an atmosphere of hope was created,.
"...Of course, Haru unnie. Still, it will be difficult."
Hayul, who was looking at the paper, said that with a depressed expression..
In the afterlife, all the souls who have ever lived in the world will be gathered together..
Among them, obviously. There must be people who are already dead, who died in ancient times with the power of stars..
Even in modern times, there were a few more people that Celeste knew, including Ex Machina..
Then, in that vastly vast underworld,.
Search through so many souls, how will you move and find each and every one with star power?.
To that question.
Stadus responded as if nothing had happened..
"I should try it."
I should try it. Then, I can't help but say I'm afraid..
If there was a chance of saving Ego Stick, I had to do whatever it took..
Still, it wasn't all bad points..
"I asked my father..."
Eunwol meets the moon god.
...After finding out how to go to the underworld, Baek Eunwol asked a few more questions while there was still time left..
That's how I found out.
'...okay. The afterlife is a space I created. There is no concept of time there. Perhaps, even if you return to reality after being there, time will not have passed..'
That is, the time of the afterlife does not share time with the time of reality..
That means that it does not matter how long the search time itself is..
Of course, it wasn't all this good news..
"...And the moon god spoke. The star god..."
'The star god... probably in the process of blocking the sun god, gave him more power and disappeared..'
The story is that the star god disappeared after exhausting all his power..
...However, this was something Starders had also expected, so it was less of a shock. If the Star God had not disappeared in the first place, her power would not have continued to grow stronger..
Anyway, to summarize their egotic revival plan, it was like this..
Go to the underworld, find the ego stick with Stardust's ability, and then.
Amplify his divinity with the power of Stardust and summon Egostick to this world in the form of Advent..
And finally, after finding out how to get to the underworld,.
Atlas, Katana, Association, etc... After secretly helping those who knew what they were doing, all preparations were completed..
The time has finally come.
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
huge magic circle.
Above, all Egostream members stood with determined faces..
"ruler. Everyone heard of the operation, right? After a while, everyone will enter the afterlife.."
In front of the magic circle.
Soobin Lee, standing in front of him, said that while reading the document..
A magic circle to the underworld created by Eunwol after receiving a design from the moon god..
...Everyone, except a few for orders, was standing on the magic circle, waiting for the next moment..
Because I don't know what's in the afterlife.
For now, let all those who have the ability go together to prepare for any possible danger..
"ruler. You all have the rocks I gave out to you, right? If you break it with your hands, it will return to reality.."
And just before leaving.
Seo-eun was also giving the final briefing..
The moonlight stone with a small magic circle engraved on it was placed in their hands..
Containing Eunwol's power, it was the key to return to this world..
and.
'...Keep in mind. The magic circle heading to the underworld uses the magic of this world to the limit, so there is only one chance to activate it..'
Because once you return to this world, you can never go back again..
Stadusman was something that should never be used until the very end, until you find the ego stick..
like that.
"...Let's go."
At the end of the words, Stadus nodded while wearing a suit..
"Inhale....!!"
Baek Eun-wol sat in front of the magic circle and poured magic power into it..
with him.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
The magic circle begins to activate on an unprecedented scale..
With a feeling of nausea.
Everyone's eyes changed.
and.
Hwiiiiiii-
"...Cough. Cough."
"Is everyone okay? ...ah. here..."
"ha. Moon magic isn't easy. ...Then, here it is..."
With a cold feeling.
Everyone, including Starthers, realized that they had arrived somewhere..
What appears to be an empty cave.
...As soon as they arrived, they checked their bodies and realized that there was no significant difference in their bodies. The clothes were the same as what I was wearing..
but.
...Somehow, I felt something light..
According to the Moon God... they all arrived as spirits..
"...Shall we go first?."
After everyone calmed down.
They decided to walk forward.
How long did it take to walk like that?.
They finally reached the end of the cave.
like that.
"...and."
They finally arrived at the top of the cliff.
And what unfolds beneath the cliff.
Shhhhhhh
overwhelming.
A truly overwhelming, open plain that extends all the way to the horizon..
Under the black sky, in such an open plain.
...A lot of people were standing there, filling the plain..
And those people were spread out in all directions, on a scale that made it impossible to tell how far they were extending..
"...They are all souls."
looking at that scenery.
When the sighing Lee Soobin muttered like that.
Choi Se-hee said, looking at the scenery with confused eyes..
"...First of all, it doesn't seem like there's much danger... Sigh. If I were to search through them all one by one, it would take thousands of years. Stardust, I can't feel anything.?"
Choi Se-hee’s words.
Starthers stood on the cliff with his eyes closed and said.
"...I feel it."
To Stardus’ calm words,.
Those who looked at her nervously quickly became excited and asked her.
"really?"
"Really?? I can feel you?"
"...Starders. Is it real? Where is it, where do you feel it?...!"
To their reaction.
Starthers slowly opened his eyes, shook his head and said.
"...It feels like it, but it's too much. I don't even know who exactly is egoistic. but."
with those words.
Starthers clenched his fists and.
...In a voice that trembles without realizing it.
Looking beyond the horizon, he said with shining eyes.
"I'm sure it's here somewhere."
"You'll find it. certainly."
Even if it takes hundreds or thousands of years.
Ego stick. I think we can find Dyne..
Starthers was sure of that..
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