Book: 2: 100

Book 2: Chapter 100

Kasajin was carving a statue.

He was holding a large piece of wood, but when it sat in Kasajin’s huge hand, it looked like a wooden chopstick.

Shuk shuk-

He didn’t use any special tools. The nail of his index finger was sharper than most famed swords, so they performed the task better than any carving knife.

Over time, the piece of wood held in the large hand gradually began to take shape, and before long, it turned into the figure of a man.

After he was done, Kasajin looked down at the finished sculpture.

Lukas Trowman.

[...]

He didn’t feel emotional. In fact, he didn’t feel anything.

What he sought now was practicality, efficiency, and balance.

“My King.”

Then, Azazel’s voice sounded. For a moment, his eyes locked onto the wooden statue Kasajin had sculpted.

There was a brief flash of emotion in Azazel’s black eyes, but it disappeared as suddenly as it appeared.

He spoke politely.

“Duke Rose has once again gone against your will.”

Deep anger was clear in Azazel’s voice. After all, Rose had ignored his advice and instead continued doing as she pleased.

On the other hand, Kasajin’s voice was as calm as ever.

[I see.]

“It is time for her to be punished for her insolence. You don’t need to act personally, my King. Just give me the order. I will ensure to properly imprint the authority of the Demon King into her foolish brain.”

[You don’t need to do that.]

Kasajin shook his head.

[There is something more important I’d like you to do.]

“A task...”

[Summon Ugkas and Sipakna.]

Azazel’s eyes flashed with surprise.

He could understand why he might have wanted Ugkas, but Sipakna as well?

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“What orders should I give them?”

Kasajin stopped fiddling with the statue and placed it down.

[Capture Kran of the Top Three.]

* * *

From the moment she was born, she felt like there was a large hole in her heart.

“...”

It just flowed.

All of the components that made up the concept of ‘I’ became thin liquids that blended and mixed before becoming part of a calm river. They began following a current that had a beginning but seemed to have no end.

In some cases, some parts became more prominent while others were lost entirely.

But Sedi Glaston’s thoughts were the same from the start.

‘I feel dirty.’

Her body had already disappeared, but she was still able to look around. Up until now, her body had been floating in the river like pieces of a broken star.

Each piece contained hundreds of years of memories. But most of them were just trivial things.

A cynical smile stretched across Sedi’s lips.

‘Is this what they meant by ‘your life flashing before your eyes’?’

It was a funny thought.

Sedi never would have thought that she’d die like this.

Was she trying to make her death seem more noble? Did she still think of herself as an Absolute?

No. That wasn’t it.

Sedi was just upset that everything she’d achieved until now had been in vain.

Of course, she had made several achievements as an Absolute. After all, she’d saved at least a few hundred universes from destruction.

But she didn’t feel any sense of accomplishment in that.

Sedi wasn’t satisfied.

‘I guess I’ll disappear into the post extinction world now...’

The post extinction world.

It was the underworld to which Absolutes, whose bodies and souls had separated, were sent. It was a place no Absolute had ever returned from.

‘...ha.’

It was only then when Sedi finally understood her true feelings.

-I don’t want to die yet.

Suddenly.

“Ah...”

The calm flow of the river suddenly sped up as it began to be sucked in a specific direction. Sedi, who was blankly drifting along the river, was caught up in the flow and sucked in as well.

Then, a pure white light enveloped her body.

“...Ah.”

And a voice sounded.

Sensing the sudden change, Sedi opened her eyes. And after blinking a few times, her blurry vision cleared up.

‘This is...’

It was an abandoned building.

No. It was a half-destroyed building that could barely be called abandoned. She could see the night sky from the completely broken ceiling.

It was a familiar sight.

It took Sedi a few moments to realise that this was the half-destroyed house she’d been staying in since she arrived.

She sat up.

“Ugh...”

Then, she collapsed again as a throbbing pain wracked her entire body.

It was at that moment when she heard a voice.

“It would be best not to move.”

A familiar voice.

When Sedi turned her head, she saw Lukas leaning against a wall, looking at her.

“...you...”

“I’m amazed you’re still alive.”

“I’m... alive...? I... Gurk!”

Sedi spat out a mouthful of blood.

Then she looked at the blood she’d just spat out with a startled expression.

This feeling.

A feeling that she hadn’t felt in a very long time.

That of a body of flesh and blood instead of the body of a transcendent.

She spoke up with a confused voice.

“M-, my... my body. What the hell happened to my body?”

“Do you really not know, Sedi Glaston? Or do you not want to know?”

Sedi looked at Lukas with a blank expression. The voice that she heard after carried a slight hint of bitterness.

“You have been demoted from your position as an Absolute.”

“Wh-, what are you talking about?”

“You are now...”

Lukas paused for a moment before finishing his statement.

“...mortal.”