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Genius Warlock-Episode 664

664. dawn (7)

The moment the sound of the flute was heard, Oliver sent a signal to Pandora, who had moved her mind to the World Tree, and Eve, who had been at the World Tree from the beginning, and activated the Idea..

A miraculous magic that overlays the vast magical power and memories of the World Tree into reality..

However, this time, he asked that only one object be implemented rather than a wide range..

The Pied Piper before he lost his son hundreds of years ago..

I came to the conclusion that I was the only one who could resist the sound of the Pied Piper's pipe that was encroaching on my mind..

Eve and Pandora, as Oliver requested, searched for centuries-old memories buried in the World Tree and based on them, they created the Pied Piper with magic..

The art of surpassing creation possible only because of the spirit of the World Tree..

After confirming this, Oliver extracted the black emotions, yellow vitality, and green natural power from the test tube in his arms, and at the same time drew up the blue magic stored in his body, placed it in his hand, and merged the four energies into one..

Contaminated area in Zone F. I created an artificial soul that I learned from Puppet there..

Emotions, vitality, magic, natural forces.

When we tried to combine these four energies, each energy caused a strong reaction and emitted brilliant light, and after a while, they became one complete energy..

The creation of the soul, which is God's domain, was recreated in a similar way in Oliver's hands.

Oliver attributed this power, which is both sacred and profane, to the Pied Piper who embodied Idea..

Intense light flashes once again.

A change occurred with that light..

The eyes of the Pied Piper, reconstructed with the memory and magic of the World Tree, sparkle.,

The surrounding dirt, stones, and tree roots were drawn as if by a magnet and combined with magical power to create a new Pied Piper, taking on a spirit-like form..

Although fundamentally different, Oliver had created a being similar to the Pied Piper from hundreds of years ago..

-······!

The Pied Man thus created played the flute by moving his arms mixed with earth, wood, and magic, and surprisingly, the sound of the flute that had invaded people's minds began to cancel out..

The proof is that light has returned to the eyes of people who had lost consciousness..

Oliver confirmed this and turned his head for a split second to confirm..

The first thing I saw was Kevin, who was protecting Rosburn and Yareli while using spirits to sweep away the dead around him. When our eyes met, Kevin also spoke with his eyes..

Go with peace of mind. It was truly unbelievable..

Oliver turned his head and looked at the other person..

As a paladin, Joanna, she maintained the front line with other paladins under Roderick's command..

When she raised her shield, a huge wall of light was created and stopped the dead, and when she swung her mace, the dead were shattered and scattered in the air..

In the midst of that fierce battle, Oliver and Joanna made eye contact..

Oliver said with his eyes.

‘according to plan.’

Joanna answered with her eyes.

‘according to plan.’

After conversing only with his eyes, Oliver made a request through the communication device attached to the inside of his shirt collar..

“Eve, Pandora... Please keep it like this as much as possible.”

[yes father.]

[Yes, Dave.]

The answer came back. Oliver wrapped his black suit around his legs like that..

Tens of thousands of black threads wrapped Oliver's legs, and he ran toward the depths of the forest..

taang!

When Oliver took a step, the ground seemed to give way, and as soon as Oliver's figure disappeared, a small explosion occurred..

It wasn't a chemical explosion..

It's just that a phenomenon similar to an explosion occurred due to a strong physical force..

Oliver used such ferocious leg strength to move at a speed that belied his skinny body, passing the war wizard in the back, the soldier in the middle, and the paladin in the front, and ran towards the depths of the forest alone..

All Oliver recognized as he passed by was a small number of war wizards, paladins, and the dead who were neither dead nor alive..

“Sooooo······!”

“Kill me...let me rest······!”

“Well, I was wrong... I was wrong.······!”

The dead, who had been wandering this land for eons, neither dead nor alive, lost their senses and let out screams and repetitive words..

Ironically, some of those faces looked familiar..

As I was looking into the past of the Pied Piper, I saw this face. There were people who received help from the Pied Piper, there were also people who showed light kindness, and there were even people who tried to take advantage of him and get a share of his harm..

Now, they all came towards the intruders who invaded this land based on instinct and attacked indiscriminately, hoping for rest (death)..

In a way, it could be said to be equal.

[Hate Bullet)]

Oliver fires a bullet of hatred while running so fast that he cannot be seen. He blew off the heads of the dead in front of him..

As numerous heads exploded at the same time, the dead began to fall as if swept by a scythe. Still they couldn't die.

Oliver arrived inside the forest, ignoring the fallen dead..

Ahhhhh━━!!

Aaaaaaaaaaa━━!!!

Ahhhhh━━━!!!

Crrrrrrrrrrr!!

Purr purr!!

Upon entering the forest, Oliver was greeted by dead people who had assimilated with trees and beasts. They were assimilated into unnatural and grotesque forms, as if they had been forcibly made out of clay, and attacked Oliver from all directions..

It's a sight that would be worthy of being hell in this world..

They rushed to surround Oliver without any space.,

A complete physical siege with no meaning in whether it is fast or slow..

At that time, an abnormal phenomenon occurred.

The dead were clearly approaching Oliver quickly, but instead of getting closer, they were getting further and further away..

That wasn't all.

A gap suddenly appeared among the ghosts who had built a tight siege and guarded the Pied Piper's Forest..

There is a gap where one person can easily pass through.

Oliver had manipulated the space of the forest that had been polluted and processed by the Pied Piper..

Like when he controlled Sleeping Beauty and invaded the castle where the princess lived..

Oliver manipulates the space, recalling the sensations of that time. After narrowing the distance between himself and the gap created between the siege of his dead to the limit,.

percussion.

With just one step, I dug through the gap and escaped the siege of ghosts..

Sooooooo!!

No, you can't miss it...······!

purr······!

As Oliver escaped, the ghosts looked back and tried to chase after each other, screaming, but Oliver manipulated the space of the forest just as he did when he escaped, increasing the distance between himself and the creature..

A contradictory situation in which the distance widens despite being chased.

Oliver ran forward and looked at the surrounding scenery passing by quickly..

An unnamed village near a river, a cabin by a stream, a sacred tree much larger than other trees, etc..

As expected, it was contaminated and processed by the Pied Piper, but it retained its original appearance and maintained a similar location..

Well, it was a space created by the Pied Piper to not forget his sins..

Oliver continued to adjust his direction using the surrounding scenery as a sign..

If I continued like this, I would be able to find that place. The place where the Pied Piper's son died and the place where the kidnapped children are..

‘Of course, before that he-’

“In the end, did you make a foolish choice??”

An all-too-familiar voice rang out, and the space that had been under control until now was freed from Oliver's grasp, like a running fish..

Control taken away so easily.

Oliver looked ahead and saw the man who had taken control standing there..

“The man who plays the pipe.”

***

“The man who plays the pipe.”

Oliver called the Pied Piper.

With that, the cries of the dead that had been heard until now disappeared, and an eerie silence fell in the forest..

An uncomfortable silence, like when you come to a place you shouldn't have come..

Maybe it wasn't entirely wrong..

Because Oliver shouldn't be here..

So I apologized first..

“sorry. The Pied Piper Man. I broke my promise..”

When the Pied Piper came to Landa, Oliver made a promise to him..

He said he would leave Landa quietly and that Oliver should not worry about him either..

There was some mutual understanding, but considering the situation at the time, it was consideration. The Pied Piper was considerate of Oliver..

That too a lot.

However, Oliver unilaterally broke that consideration and that promise and came here..

“really······. sorry.”

Oliver got down on one knee and apologized again..

I didn't think it was good for people to kneel to other people, but I felt sorry for it..

After hearing the apology, the Pied Piper opened his mouth..

He was not surprised that Oliver had broken his promise, and instead of getting angry, he warned him..

“It's not too late now. go back.”

“······.”

“This choice will bring pain.”

“······I know.”

“no, you don't know.”

“No, I know. And Pied Piper - no, Nicholas went through that choice and pain..”

“······You saw my past..”

The Pied Piper was convinced.

Looking at the past. Even though it was nonsense to look into the past hundreds of years ago, the Pied Piper guessed it right away and was convinced..

Oliver decided that he could do that, but what the Pied Piper had doubts about was something else..

“her······. And yet you came here... It's a bit surprising.”

“I came because I saw it..”

“······what does that mean?”

The Pied Piper asked in a firmer voice..

Although it seemed like a small change on the surface, Oliver could tell that it was actually a very big change..

understood. Because you would have been like that too.

Oliver would have been like that too if he had been arbitrarily touching and judging sensitive parts that he didn't want to tell others about..

However, Oliver did not give up. for everyone.

“······As you said, I saw Nicholas’ past. Through the world tree.”

“······.”

“I saw who Nicholas traveled with, what he saw and heard, and what happened to him during his travels..”

sssss······.

The sound of blades of grass rustling could be heard everywhere. I could hear it because it was quiet enough to be artificial..

“I also saw why Nicholas was angry..”

“······What do you want to say??”

“Can't you forgive me now??”

sssssss······.

The sound of blades of grass rustling. No, the sound of the forest moving sounded louder and more threatening..

But Oliver's eyes were fixed on the Pied Piper. With sincere eyes.

“Forgive me... How can you say that?”

“Director Ameline once said that to me. Forgive me.”

“It's her. Arc Orphanage.”

“yes,”

“Did you see what I did??”

“I saw it.”

“Did you kill him??”

“······This is a matter I cannot judge..”

Oliver answered, thinking of Director Ameline, who was transformed into a tree and suffering as if she were having an eternal nightmare..

Oliver tried to communicate with her but failed and was unable to make judgments..

Should I kill her and free her from her pain, or should I believe that she will survive and seek other means?.

So he put it off, and the Pied Piper saw through it and said,.

“ha······. Still running away. You came to me in that state. That's stupid.”

“······I agree.”

Oliver lowered his head slightly and raised his head again and answered..

The Pied Piper looked at Oliver and resumed the conversation..

“······You said you saw my past?”

“yes.”

“Then tell me. How can you ask me to forgive you? You must have seen it?”

“I saw it. That is why I am telling you this. Because I think it would be good for everyone..”

“Everyone······.”

“Yes, especially Nicholas..”

Stop.

The Pied Piper paused at the unexpected remark. Please forgive me, even for the sake of the Pied Piper..

It was a ridiculous sophistry, but Oliver was more sincere than ever..

This was also the reason why Oliver broke his promise and came here..

“In the past, the director said something like this. Forgiveness is pain. Both the one who does and the one who refuses..”

“······.”

“The one who forgives does not ask for compensation for his or her pain, but must endure it on his own, which is why it is said to be pain. It's a pain that's hard to bear..”

“But why should I forgive?”

“Nicholas, the person you can't forgive more than anyone else is yourself..”

Oliver, who watched the journey of the Pied Piper and the Child through Idea, was able to confirm one thing..

It was the fact that the Pied Piper hated himself more than anyone else..

The incompetent and helpless self who could not protect his son. He was selfish for causing his son's death by his own choice..

“So aren’t you tormenting yourself by keeping this land where your son passed away in its original state? As a punishment to myself.”

“Is there anything wrong with facing my sins??”

“No, sin must be faced. However, what Nicholas is doing is not facing sin. It just causes pain. If you truly want to face your sins, you must face them and ask for forgiveness. What Nicholas is doing now is nothing more than ignoring his sins through suffering..”

A strong tone that is not typical of Oliver..

Those words made the Pied Piper keep his mouth shut for a moment..

“······You're pretty amazing..”

“I am-”

“-Even though I'm not feeling well, I know how to say such funny things.”

“······.”

“Are you hungry right now? My right arm will hurt so much that I can't even describe it, and I won't be able to sleep. 'Cause every night I have to check the shadow that's trying to get out of control.”

The Pied Piper listed Oliver's hidden physical condition..

Hunger gained from eating the flesh of a human meat cook,

A burning pain in the right arm given by a person who was burned..

This is exactly the state of Oliver, who is always sleep deprived because he has to keep in check the shadow of Pan and the shadow that awoke after eating Neverland..

Pain that is difficult to bear even with just one.

Oliver was enduring such pain in silence..

“But that doesn't mean you can't feel pain. I'm just offsetting that extreme pain by crushing it with other pain. Suppressing hunger with burning pain, suppressing lack of sleep with hunger, and dulling the burning pain with lack of sleep. No one will know. Like your pain. Because no one cares.”

“It's not that painful-”

“-but. It's nothing compared to the pain I felt. As if others don't know your pain. Because you don’t know my pain either. So you're telling me to forgive myself or something..”

“Son. No, Hameln will hope that Nicholas forgives himself..”

“That kid must be like that. Because he’s a good kid.”

“It's not too late now. Forgive yourself even now. I'll be watching from heaven.”

“There is no such thing as heaven. It's a lie I made up. If you die, that's it. In particular, beings like us.”

Oliver closed his eyes and pleaded again..

“Truly, can you please forgive me? Could you please release the children you took away??”

“I have no intention of forgiving anyone, nor do I have any intention of freeing the children. Because I have to do that so I can endure it..”

After hearing the Pied Piper's answer, Oliver stood up, frowning a little more than usual. Perhaps this was a feeling of sadness..

“The business is over..”

Oliver nodded silently. We confirmed each other's intentions.

Now there was only one of the two..

Should I fight or should I leave? The answer was obvious.

“Are you going to attack me??”

“yes······. I think so.”

When Oliver answered, the ground shook like waves, and people sprouted from the dense trees surrounding them and turned into one living thing..

Just as Oliver took control of the forest and manipulated space, the Pied Piper manipulated the forest..

Right now, Oliver could be said to be in the hands of the Pied Piper..

“I'm curious. How do you plan on fighting? He lost to me in Landa too..”

The Pied Piper asked, spreading his hand in the air with the hand that was not holding the flute..

tutuk.

At that time, a drop of rain fell on the palm of the Pied Piper..

Warm, red, sticky, putrid blood..

The bloody rain poured down from the red clouds like a shower..

Shoot aaaaaaa······!

A world dyed red.

Both the brown soil and the green leaves have turned a bright red..

As the entire forest surrounding Oliver became covered in rotten blood, it began to rapidly decay and collapse..

The world created by the Pied Piper is being eroded..

Anything touched by blood quickly decayed, lost its original form and function, and fell apart..

Among them, there were only two that maintained their original form..

The Pied Piper and Oliver.

Oliver said to the Pied Piper.

“I'll do my best.”