Chapter 679: Divine Will

Chapter 679: Divine Will

Minhyuk had planned to meet with Pope Kronad and build enough favor with him so that he could ask the man to awaken Obren, who had fallen into a long and deep sleep.

To his dismay, Obren had exerted control over Minhyuk’s body. Minhyuk’s hair grew longer until it reached his waist. His eyes went entirely black, and the whites of his eyes could not be seen. He then released his wrath and summoned around ten million Evil God’s Books and started to bombard Kronad with attacks.

Rumbleeee—

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

Just like the missiles being fired by drones, the lightning bolts and blazing flames shot fiercely from the ten million books! However, Kronad just stared at the bombardment with a blank and empty gaze. Then, he grabbed the brilliant and dazzling sword in his hands and swung it.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!

At that moment, millions of sword lights shot up to the sky and scattered the attacks from the Evil God’s Books. Then, a huge golden mirror appeared in front of Kronad.

[Kronad’s Mirror]

[Kronad’s Mirror has sealed the Evil God!]

[Evil God Obren, who had used your body to show his wrath, falls back into a deep slumber once again!]

Rumbleeee—

At the same time, Minhyuk’s appearance, his waist-length hair and jet-black eyes, returned back to before as he regained his control once again.

“Haaa... haa...” Minhyuk gasped, as he collapsed on the ground.

Even Pope Kronad looked like he was exhausted, as he turned to Minhyuk and asked, “You’re Kronad’s friend?”

“That’s right.”

Kronad nodded slowly at Minhyuk’s answer. He thought, ‘So, he made a friend again...’

Kronad was quite surprised. He thought that Obren would never trust anyone again. In fact, Kronad would feel that way if he were in Obren’s shoes.

‘Does this mean that you have given this man your trust and faith?’

Kronad slowly opened his mouth.

“Me too...” He said with his dry and coarse mouth, “I was once Obren’s friend.”

“...”

At that moment, Minhyuk recalled something. When he first met Obren, the god told him that someone had used him before abandoning him and sealing him in the Puzzling Seasoning Jar.

Then, Kronad continued, “I was also the one that killed Obren.”

“...!”

***

Kronad and Obren had been friends. Yet, Kronad was also the one that killed Obren. Those words were obviously very, very shocking.

Then, Kronad, with a bitter smile on his face, asked, “Will you listen to our story?”

[Obren is slumbering inside the Puzzling Seasoning Jar that you possess.]

[You can watch the Evil God’s story through a video.]

[If you do not wish to view the story, please say ‘I reject’.]

“I accept.”

Minhyuk wanted to know more about Obren. That was why he readily accepted it.

[You have chosen to accept. You can now watch the video.]

[Your character will be in an ‘invincible’ state during the duration of the video.]

As a result, these thoughts plagued their minds. It was because of those thoughts that Kronad began to win the support of many of the popes, saints, and paladins. They began to create ‘Evangel’, the temple that would go against the gods.

[Evangel. It is the most powerful and greatest temple in existence. A temple that existed in the legends that was said to have the power that could rival several gods and popes together. Surprisingly enough, Pope Kronad was able to recreate the Evangel and make it appear in reality. He almost finished the temple. However, he faced a road block during its creation. To complete Evangel, he needed the divine power of an ‘Absolute God’ level being.]

So, Kronad began his investigation regarding the world of the gods. That was when he found out about the being that would most likely become the Evil God, ‘Obren’.

“It seems like you dropped this.”

Kronad sneered in his mind, when he encountered Obren in their land. However, he showed a bright smile to Obren and said, “My name is Kronad.”

Their meeting had been part of Kronad’s plan from the very beginning.

***

[Obren was genuinely happy to have met a friend in Kronad.]

Kronad took Obren to the sea, who delighted as he enjoyed the cool breeze that blew from the sea. Sometimes, Obren would go to human festivals with Kronad to drink, dance and play. Obren was lonely no more.

[He was no longer alone.]

[He no longer laughed alone.]

[He no longer shed tears alone.]

The Obren that always laughed and smiled by himself, the Obren that cried by himself, Obren could now laugh and smile with his friend Kronad, as well as the popes, saints and paladins that the man introduced to him. Obren treated them as his friends, family, and most precious people.

One day, Kronad took Obren to a place where they could gaze at the stars. The two of them lay down on the ground and watched the stars. As he looked up to the skies, Obren said, “I’m happy. I’m very happy, Kronad.”

“I’m also happy when I’m with you.”

“Kronad.”

“Huh?”

“Thank you.”

“...”

Kronad remained silent at those words. Then, he looked at Obren, who asked him, “No matter what happens, I won’t leave your side. How about you? Is it the same for you?”

Kronad only answered the question after a while, “...Of course.”

The two continued to watch the starry sky like that.

Minhyuk continued to watch the video in front of him. There were times when Minhyuk would cry, and times when he would burst out in anger. Minhyuk’s eyes had grown bloodshot as he neared the end of the video.

Step, step, step, step—

Once the video ended, Minhyuk began to approach Kronad. Kronad watched as Minhyuk approached him and grabbed him by the collar.

Tighten—

The words that he saw in the video made a huge impact on him, as they appeared in his mind once again.

[That day was the eve of the war between the gods and the humans.]

[That day, Obren killed the gods and slaughtered hundreds of millions of human beings and truly became the ‘Evil God’.]

[That day, the one that stood at the center of the storm was none other than ‘Kronad’.]

Who was evil and who was good? Who were they to judge that?

Pope Kronad, who’s level was beyond Level 900, was the strongest NPC that Minhyuk had ever encountered.

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaang—

However, Minhyuk slapped the man in the face as hard as he could as he roared, “Mot**rf*cker! Is this the friendship that you were talking about?!”