Chapter 476

476. Curtain Call (3)

Actually, I was curious about it before.

Even though I had become an awakened person before climbing the Tower of Trials, I could not become stronger at all due to the lack of basic aptitude in the system.

In the past, I didn’t think it was particularly strange, but as I climbed the Tower of Trials and realized belatedly that I had a natural talent, I began to have doubts.

“....”

Why couldn’t I become stronger at all before climbing the Tower of Trials?

It is an innate talent for divinity and mana that can be counted on one hand in the entire universe.

Even if I didn’t have any potential in the system, shouldn’t I be able to accumulate some level of power as a magic user?

‘...Actually, if you think about it, there are a few strange things about it.’

In that case, no matter how much I used the magical power I acquired as an awakened person before being chosen for the Tower of Trials, I could not become stronger at all.

‘Even elements that are close to absolute laws, such as the Tower of Trials or the system, do not restrict the way to become stronger on their own.’

Strangely enough.

‘Then I should have been able to accumulate magical power and become stronger even when there was no Tower of Trials...’

It was a strange feeling, as if someone was intentionally excluding me from becoming stronger by blocking it with an invisible wall.

‘I couldn’t do that.’

Is that why?

‘...Earlier, the God of Darkness said that I was born with a special soul talent that allowed me to blossom into a concept of divinity.’

At this point, I could no longer postpone the thought and pretend not to notice.

This was especially true because even the God of Darkness, one of the three ancient deities of the universe, highly valued their natural talent.

Even if there had been no Tower of Trials, she even asserted that I would have naturally acquired the concept of divinity over time and become an ancient god.

‘...If that’s true, then I—’

Before I knew it, countless thoughts were going through my head, and a vaguely ominous inference was forming.

Wow-.

“...Ask me again.”

In response, I tried to shake off the distracting thoughts, clenched both hands into fists, and asked the question again.

“...Is the plan you came up with to cultivate ‘transcendants’ at the Tower of Trials by forcibly bringing in and training people with talent and qualifications from all over the universe?”

This is a question that may perhaps touch on the essence of the almost transcendental structure known as the Tower of Trials.

[The God of Creation looks at you and smiles faintly as if he is interested.]

[....]

The God of Creation, who heard what this person said, touched the corner of his smiling mouth with one hand as if he was amazed, and slowly answered.

[ ...very sharp. ]

However, rather than answering the question plainly, the God of Creation seems to feel uncomfortable with the question posed and tries to ask the question in reverse.

[ ...is that a hypothesis you just came up with yourself? If that’s not the case─. ]

step.

“—I should have asked first?”

That too was only for a moment.

The moment when I open my eyes and reveal negative emotions such as anger, murderous intent, and suspicion to the other person without hiding them.

The God of Creation took a step back, startled, if only for a moment, and then stopped asking the question.

“Answer me.”

Because it is not even a divine voice, but merely an ordinary voice, strong emotions cannot harm the other person.

[ ...How on earth have you become such a monster? ]

However, despite this, after realizing that the God of Creation had unknowingly taken a step back, he responded, stroking the back of his neck as if he was sweating coldly.

[ ...I never thought he could show such spirit even though he is weakened as a result of freely abusing his divine abilities. amazing. really. ]

The God of Creation muttered this with a bitter smile and then calmly gave the correct answer.

Suddenly, the God of Creation stopped in front of where we were sitting and continued speaking.

[ Well, most of those places are worlds where beasts that should be called monsters, not even humans or sub-humans, live, but there are also places where that is not the case. ]

and.

[ Even if there are higher life forms that can build a highly civilized society, there are often dimensions where the existence of mana is not even known because the mana concentration of the planet itself is absurdly low. ]

After hearing those words, I narrowed my eyes and noticed that there was a world that matched the other person’s description.

‘No way is this...’

It’s none other than-.

‘Are you talking about a world like Earth?’

It was Earth.

Unlike other worlds, in the Earth dimension, even superhumans did not exist before abnormal phenomena such as dungeon gates and systems occurred.

If I were to choose a case that best fits what the God of Creation said, I thought that the Earth dimension would be the case that best fits that description.

[Can I tell you one more thing? Even in worlds where mana is not even known to exist, beings with the potential to become transcendents are born. Even though the soul itself has the potential to blossom into divinity, it lives and dies like an ordinary person due to lack of access to mana throughout its life. ]

And....

[The God of Creation smiles with anticipation.]

[That’s why I thought. ]

The God of Creation continued speaking with an expression that seemed to be filled with joy.

[If the problem is that the mana concentration in that world is ridiculously low, all you have to do is to forcibly raise the mana concentration itself and select those who have the potential to become transcendents. ]

An expression of pride, as if he had come up with a truly amazing idea.

[There are countless worlds in the universe. Among those worlds, on the other hand, there are several planets where the concentration of mana is high, but where high-level intelligence does not live. It combines a world that has achieved a highly civilized society but has a low mana concentration, and a world where there are only savage beasts but the planet itself has a high mana concentration. ]

“...what?”

[ They cause dimensional erosion in a world that has achieved a highly civilized society, unleashing monsters with mana and creating extreme environmental changes. When exposed to mana from other dimensions, it becomes very easy to select those with spiritual talent. ]

“....”

When I heard those words, I had no choice but to stop and listen to the other person, forgetting to even breathe.

[ Of course, that’s not all. Even if we raise the world’s mana concentration, it is useless if we do not know how to control the power of mana... We are trying to randomly awaken higher life forms such as humans or sub-races that exist in that world so that they can become stronger in a simple way. ]

obviously.

[ While monsters are pouring in due to the erosion between dimensions, they are forced to learn how to manipulate the energy of mana. As a result, those who have found a way to adapt to somewhat extreme environmental changes will inevitably go through evolution to a certain level of strength, making it easier to determine their soul’s talents. ]

That’s it....

[ Well, of course, in the process, it may be necessary to temporarily restrict the growth of beings born with the spiritual talent to become transcendents so that they cannot become stronger beyond a certain level, but it is not that difficult. ]

Isn’t that so?

[As time goes by, the Tower of Trials will appear in the world after going through a series of adaptation and evolution processes and forcibly bring in gemstones of talent that have even the slightest chance of becoming transcendents. ]

This means that by causing monsters to overflow through the phenomenon of erosion between dimensions, the concentration of mana in the world is increased, and as a method of adaptation to environmental changes, forced awakening is promoted to repeat adaptation and evolution.

“....”

Isn’t that a story from a world we know well?

The method of adjusting the world’s mana concentration by causing inter-dimensional erosion with the Tower of Trials could be explained by using ‘dungeons’ or ‘gates’.

It also seems to be assumed that the ‘awakener’ and the ‘system’ provide a way to awaken random characters and easily become stronger as a way to deal with the monsters from other dimensions pouring in from beyond the gate due to Dungeon Break.

Well, it’s a simple story.

[Perhaps in the future, I will find the most perfect transcendent gemstone that exists in this entire universe and one day, I will definitely obtain it. ]

Before the Tower of Trials appeared, the reason I could not get stronger no matter how hard I tried was because I was a being who had the potential to become a transcendent in the first place, so my growth was limited there until I was chosen as a challenger.

‘ah.’

The sudden death of my parents due to Dungeon Break was also the result of the Tower of Trials carrying out environmental changes to increase the ‘mana concentration of the world’ according to the plan of the God of Creation.

Crackling-.

That means only one thing.

[The God of Creation looks at you and smiles.]

[─Isn’t that wonderful?]

I have been playing around in the hands of the Tower of Trials my whole life, without knowing anything.