Genius Warlock-Episode 490
490. conversation with the devil (3)
“What are you going to do after burning it all??”
Oliver asked. What do you want to do by burning the city down?.
For a moment, the silence spread thinly and a short silence came..
Oliver opened his mouth..
“I once met the son of an angel.”
Perhaps it wasn't a bad introduction, but the burned man and the scared Joanna reacted..
“Somehow I ended up fighting with him. A winged person who colors the night sky with light.”
Oliver remembered the man he had met at Weinham. Was his name Bonifa??
“He was strong with wings made of light. And it was a bit like that..”
[Why??]
“You are so confident. Also, I stabbed my loved one with a knife..”
[Important person?]
“Probably... He is the second person who helped me after Master..”
Oliver recalled the first time he met Marie at the Joseph Family. She had just joined the family and helped herself from being bullied by her supervisor..
Unconditional help for the first time. So Oliver asked Marie to teach him letters and numbers..
[So what did you do??]
“Honestly, I don't remember much. I just got hit so hard. I wanted to hit him. hit, hit.”
Oliver answered, remembering that time. That's true······.
“······It felt good. It's about hitting annoying beings as you please. It was an experience I never want to have again..”
[He said he felt good.?]
“Someone said. Anger, hatred, and revenge are addictive. I thought I knew after trying it.”
[It's fun and addictive..]
“He hopes I don't do that..”
[You don't do it because others don't want you to? It's pathetic.]
“you're right. Because I didn’t really know why I shouldn’t do it. But now I don't want to do it on my own. When I tried it... It was embarrassing..”
Oliver thought of the poor family he encountered while beating Bonifa, who had lost his will to fight..
Old mother, father and children.
They were huddled in a corner, very frightened..
Because now, like Joanna, she was afraid of herself..
It was natural. I hit and broke things senselessly just because I felt like it..
It was only natural for them to be afraid as they wore shabby, ill-fitting clothes. Nevertheless, they tried to protect their family until the end..
“······It was very embarrassing..”
Oliver spoke as if he had realized something. However, he only felt bitter inside..
I got angry several times after that, including when I was a human meat cook and as an enjoyment druid. He seemed to be truly self-indulgent..
[So revenge is vain, violence is bad, nothing is left. Are you expecting me to stop using such vain logic??]
Oliver confirmed silently. No matter how he used flowery language, what he said was exactly that..
Even Oliver couldn't understand this. But that was all Oliver could say now..
[Those are really cruel words. For those who suffered, forget it, it's just a thing of the past. Do you think they called me with a light heart??]
The demon pointed to the red warlocks who defeated the darkness and became a mountain of corpses..
Red man warlocks who turned themselves into pyre and died while reciting twisted prayers..
[Isn’t that why you say it so easily because they are alienated people who are far away from you??]
Oliver quietly looked at the red man warlocks who were sacrificed to summon demons..
“······you're right.”
Oliver answered. In clear sentences, not the usual interrogative sentences. It was not polite to answer with a question here..
“My first friend was an alley fixer. He is the person who brought pain and sorrow to countless people during the redevelopment boom. In the end, because of his work, he lost everything, his family, and one of his legs was injured, and he became a beggar..”
the devil was silent.
“Now my teacher has conducted numerous human experiments on red people in the past. So much so that even I am reluctant to say it..”
the devil was silent.
“My first friend later, with the help of an unnamed priest, reflected on his sins and now helps beggars and the poor. I also received help... The master also regrets what he did and has Hongin as his disciple and is providing him with various types of help. I also got help”
[Are you saying that sinners can repent of their sins and do good deeds, so we should just move on? How many people will suffer in the process, and if it weren't for them, they might not have been victims in the first place?.]
“I don't mean that.”
[If you don't mean that, what does it mean??]
“I don't know either!”
Oliver shouted. With my body in such a mess that it seemed as if it would collapse at any moment, I could barely rely on the quarter staff..
Joanna, seeing this, was very surprised. Has Oliver ever screamed??
“······sorry. I'm stupid and selfish, so I don't even know what it is..”
Oliver remembered. When he thought he knew him. Far from sympathizing with Nora's sadness, he actually felt sad for himself for not being able to sympathize..
He was foolish and selfish. Even at this very moment.
“······All I know is that what you're trying to do is burn everything and leave nothing behind. Ashes and dust. I'm kind of like that.”
[How shameless. She's blocking me without even knowing.]
“Yes, I think it's shameless. However, I don't think it's right to say nothing for fear of being wrong..”
[······.]
“So we will continue to explore. To know if I'm right or wrong.”
[You are making shameless remarks. It's fun though.]
“I learned this from the director of an orphanage. I think that's a good thing.”
Oliver answered and looked at Joanna without realizing it. Joanna and her eyes met.
[What if what you said is wrong??]
“well······. We need to try to make it right..”
[It's better not to say things you can't handle. I will remember those words.]
“That's good..”
Oliver answered without hesitation. The devil was silent, and Oliver felt a small sense of satisfaction..
I wasn't happy that I had silenced the devil. I was just glad I spoke my mind to the end..
Although I was still in an ambiguous state where nothing was clear, I was very glad that I spoke without backing down..
Leave the mine and learn black magic. What I learned from leaving my family and looking around the world was not in vain..
The devil looked with eyes as burning as lightning..
[It was a fun conversation. It's the same as ignoring the sin in front of you and just stopping me for the sake of the people close to me..]
Oliver looked at Joanna. Our eyes met for the second time..
“I won't deny that either. Joanna is also the one who helped me..”
Oliver answered, remembering the first time he spoke to Joanna..
She told me to learn how to live with people and was willing to help..
“Also, the sandwich was delicious..”
Oliver said, remembering the sandwich he received when he left Arc Orphanage. The devil responded as if he knew what I meant. It was amazing.
‘How do you know?’
With that thought in mind, Oliver created an artificial soul by squeezing out all the emotions, vitality, and magical energy stored in the test tube..
Unusual scale. As if to prove this, I felt a strong resistance in my hand..
Normally, it would have been impossible to even attempt, but Oliver controlled it and created a huge artificial soul..
Although the scale was large and the delicacy was somewhat lacking, the scale made up for it..
Without hesitation, Oliver used his artificial soul to create a black suit and covered his entire body..
And that wasn't the end. He wore a cape so loud that it could be seen from afar, and his legs were transformed into those of a horse. Above all, he created a spear by binding the quarter staff and blood-red dagger together with black magic..
With a spear with a bloody blade stained with Oliver's blood.
It looked much more plausible than I thought. very good.
[Do you think you can deal with me like that??]
“You have to try it to find out..”
Oliver answered like that. He had no choice. He left one with Phil Garrett, but he knew before that it was no use. Even though the probability was low, we had to find a new way..
The odds were high, but I couldn't go down a path that was sure to fail..
Oliver lowered himself, and the Burned One stood still..
Paang!
Just before Oliver rushed to the ground, the black suit he wore exploded, emitting intense light..
An explosion using an artificial soul engulfed the devil's light in an instant, albeit fleeting. Oliver didn't miss the timing and rushed forward, leaning his body to its limit..
When I took my first step, the surrounding scenery shook, with the second, it stretched horizontally, and with the third, everything became as thin as a thread, and when I accelerated further with my toes, everything disappeared..
All I can feel is the burned man in front of me.
Oliver lashed out at that place with all his might. at an overwhelming speed.
deeply━!
pierced.
The devil's long, long arms grabbed Oliver's chest..
The black, carbonized arm of the devil cracked and stretched, becoming longer than Oliver's spear, and stabbed him in the chest one beat faster..
Oliver is silent. Looking at Oliver like that, the Burned One said. It seemed like he was laughing.
[Did you aim for it from the beginning??]
With those words, Oliver's black suit, which was pierced by the Burned One's arm, disintegrated, and Oliver's shadow that filled it turned into hundreds of tentacles that wrapped around the Burned One's entire body, starting with the arm..
It was the eternal child fan's technique of fishing angler fish..
deeply.
Something penetrated from behind the burned man bound by the shadows..
Oliver, who jumped out from the shadows and grabbed the back, stabbed him in the back with his right hand..
Smoke rose from the right hand, which pierced my back, along with the terrible smell of burning flesh, and terrible pain washed over me like a wave..
“Off······!”
Feels like I've touched the fire of hell.
Amid indescribable pain, Oliver barely remained conscious and answered..
“That's not it······.”
Oliver extracted his life force and focused it on his burned right hand, and at the same time, the emotions of a person who was burned? vitality? I extracted an indescribable power.
I wondered if catching magma with bare hands would be like this. It was indescribably hot and turbulent..
The good news was that the burned person caught in the shadow was still, and Oliver wondered for a moment..
Is the Burned One unable to move due to the power of the Fishing Angler, which exerts greater power when deceiving the opponent, or is the Burned One being considerate of Oliver?.
But Oliver couldn't hold on to this question for long..
Because of the tremendous energy and burning pain in my hand, and because the burned person spoke to me..
He asked in person, not in a voice that echoed from all directions..
It was a very sweet and painful sound..
“Precious being. The effort is futile, but in the end, the reason you stop me is because you do not know the suffering of the red people. It's ignorance..”
“I know.”
Oliver answered, his mind gripped by a burning pain. Eyes, nose, mouth, ears. Blood came out again from the seven holes and the internal organs, including the brain, were shaking..
Meanwhile, Oliver continued to extract.
“no. You don't know. But you'll find out someday. Like it's engraved in your bones.”
“······Is it a prophecy??”
Oliver continued extracting..
“That's right. I wonder if you can handle it.”
“My teacher... You said it. Knowing and learning is scarier than you think..”
Oliver felt the sensation of his flesh burning away and even his bones. he wasn't good enough yet.
“You taught very well. Knowing is painful.”
“However, I will continue to find out... So please give me more time. Well, let's find a better answer.”
“Can you promise...?”
“I promise.”
The devil asked a question, and Oliver answered without hesitation. He seemed to be smiling..
“great. I'll wait. What choice will you make? I'll wait to see if it's something I'll recognize..”
Not a lie, but sincerity. At that time, the strength Oliver had in his hands reached its limit. It was only then that Oliver belatedly asked the question he should have..
“Why are you so interested in me??”
Bingle. The Burned One lightly shakes off the shadow holding his head and turns his head 180 degrees. As expected, it was something I saw..
“You will find out. Whether you want it or not. Great being.”
An unknown and ominous answer. Oliver responded..
“Burn up.”
When Oliver commanded, a huge explosion of flame erupted from the right hand inside the burned man's body..
A huge pillar of fire rose up that would bleach the world white..
A huge disaster that will destroy the city and evaporate anyone who looks at it into a pillar of salt..
***
White flames burst from within the burnt man and spewed out through cracks all over his body..
The pure white flame rekindled the burnt body of the person who had already been burned to the point of burnout, and with its powerful power, it caused cracks in the body and shattered the exterior..
The devil's body gradually crumbles.
Soon, a huge crack appeared in the firewood-like body, and pure white flames spewed out, shooting up a huge pillar of fire like a thunderbolt from the ground to the sky..
The flame burned the darkness and bleached the world with its own color..
A whitened world.
The flame, which did not even leave behind ashes, was as short as a moment and yet as long as eternity. However, like everything, there is an end..
The pure white flame gradually died out, and the world, which had been bleached white, gradually regained its original color..
The flames that seemed to leave nothing behind, and in reality did not, disappeared like a lie, and Oliver was barely able to stand in the midst of it..
Survived the disaster-like flames. Surprisingly, there was no damage other than the right side of the head being discolored and minor burns here and there on the body..
The right arm remained in the same burnt condition as before. Anyone who saw the power of the pillar of fire would say that it was a miracle. Same goes for Oliver..
But Oliver could neither recognize nor rejoice in the miracle..
As the burnt man stood there, emitting smoke from the wounds on his mouth and body..
He spoke with a mouth like a cleft in a rock..
“It hurt a little.”
“······oh my god.”
Oliver lost consciousness without saying a single word..
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