Episode 257. Devil Lord Academia (2)
God of Destruction Endless.
The final boss of Devil Lord Academia and one of the strongest fighters in the world, not to be outdone by Lyman.
As expected from the final boss of the main story, it is a monster that is not easy to deal with even for a munchkin protagonist.
He is said to be one of the leaders among the ancient evil gods, and he does not exist in this world, but resides in another dimension.
300 years ago, Machia once brought Endless to the present world.
Not only did he gain the power of the Demon King, he also tried to obtain the power of the God of Destruction.
He temporarily descended using the corpse of an evil spirit previously recovered from the empire as a vessel. Based on that vessel, he granted minor privileges.
Although he did not have the power to rule the world, Machia was grateful that he could be reincarnated even after death.
‘That’s how the curse came about.’
But Dantia wasn’t the one to just sit back and watch.
She joined forces with her friend, the Millennium Tiger, to prevent the descent of the God of Destruction, while Machia fought against them to achieve the complete descent of the God of Destruction.
At the same time, the evil spirits gathered all over the continent began to interfere with Machia, and the situation became completely worse.
The Millennium Tiger and Dantia begin to push back. Dantia finally reveals his true form by squeezing out the last of his strength.
Dantia, who was previously considered human, transforms into a demon.
‘He was human at heart, though.’
He again joins forces with the Millennium Tiger to open a giant gate in the sky and trap all the evil spirits inside.
At the same time, Endless is sealed again beyond the dimension, and Machia also loses her life.
However, since she was a Machia who had obtained special privileges, she was reincarnated as long as her soul existed.
The Millennium Tiger, who noticed this, summoned a black coffin to seal Makia. He sealed Makia in the coffin along with the weapons spread by the evil gods.
Makia slept inside it until someone discovered the coffin later.
A monster that took the lives of the legendary Millennium Tiger and Dantia.
That being is now… before my eyes.
“Where is this?”
-Oh, now that I hear it, you didn’t explain it to me.
Even though it was a scaled-down version, it was very similar to what I saw in the flashback scene.
It looked like a stickman from Flash animation, but that made it feel more mysterious and bizarre.
-You could say this is a kind of imaginary world. Should I say it is the point where your mind and mine overlap?
“Imagination world?”
Are you talking about that mental world that always appears in the cliché, ‘Do you want power?’?
That place where you power up by making a contract with another self or a monster inside your body.
-But you shouldn’t let your guard down. If you get hurt here, it will cause mental damage to you in reality. If you die… .
Dying in reality too. It was never a good situation.
I wanted to try using my magic or main force, but it didn’t work.
The spirits didn’t respond either.
-It’s no use trying. You don’t have any strength left.
“….”
-But I can’t be at ease either. My body will be getting beaten up by that guy. It’s been about 300 years since I’ve had an experience like this.
“So, why did you call me here?”
-Didn’t I tell you earlier? You were called into this world as a tool.
A question mark spontaneously pops up in my head.
From my perspective, it was something I couldn’t believe without asking.
“Do you know who called me here?”
He is the final boss of this game.
He is the leader of the evil gods who were sealed beyond the dimension by the Great Sage, and possesses various powers.
It is said that the ‘Maan’ I possess is originally this guy’s power.
And other than the final boss pattern, there isn’t much information known about him.
-I can tell you that. I’ve been interested in you lately.
“….”
-300 years ago, I was trapped in another dimension due to the collaboration between the Great Sage and the Thousand-Year-Old Tiger. However, the Great Sage was of the same species as me. When I fatally wounded her, I infiltrated a small ideology into her body.
Thanks to that, I was able to see her current situation even though I was trapped in another dimension.
Dantia, who was left with a fatal wound that left her unable to live long.
She continued to see the future with the help of the Millennium Tiger.
The content was horrifying. It said that a demon king exactly like Machia would appear in the future.
And then there’s the future where the continent is going to be destroyed by someone.
Dantia was devastated when he realized who the destroyer was.
‘Because he was my son.’
This had to be stopped quickly.
In order to reduce the threat of the Demon King, Millennium Tiger and Dantia decided to create a being that would be the opposite of the Demon King.
Where there is yin, there is yang, and where there is darkness, there is light.
Dantia sucked up half of the darkness that had spread across the continent. Half was the limit for absorption.
She too is a demon, a member of the evil spirits.
Because she had a more distinct ego than other evil spirits, she was able to transform darkness into its opposite nature.
It is none other than light.
However, turning darkness into light was an act that broke the world’s taboo. Because she broke that rule, a curse was placed on her descendants.
‘The curse of immortality. That’s why Lyman hated his mother.’
In the aftermath, the exhausted Dantia borrowed the power of the Millennium Tiger and spread it across the continent.
The impact of the enormous flash of lightning causes the land to shift, creating a giant volcano.
It was the birth of a volcano that would later be called Purgatory.
Since then, not only demon lords of darkness but also beings of light have been born periodically in the world.
However, because it was an imperfect light, there were limitations on the gender that could receive the light.
The girls who accept this are the ones who are called ‘saints’ today.
-Looking at the world these days, I see that there exists a place called the Holy Cross Church. It is a group that praises the Lord who gave light. Hahahahahahaha! It is so funny!
Endless suddenly starts explaining and laughs heartily.
Honestly, it was a situation that would make me laugh, even if I were in that situation.
In fact, there is no such thing as a God in this world.
A saint is born simply by the light that someone has shed.
If you look at it honestly, it is ‘her’ who is the one who sheds that light.
-The evil gods spread light to counter the darkness they spread? This is truly amazing. If it were to be used as a narrative for the work, it would definitely be revived.
Endless spouting out some uncomfortable words.
I couldn’t tell because there wasn’t much dialogue in the main story, but was he always this cheerful?
Considering the majestic directing of the main story, it’s to the point where I wonder if it’s a character collapse.
-There was no such thing as light from God. In the end, light is nothing more than something given by evil spirits. Whenever I see people praising it, I can’t help but laugh.
“But the evil spirit that spread that light was quite human-like.”
-Hmm… . That’s true.
“So, what does this have to do with why I was brought here?”
You must never deviate from the main topic.
All I asked for was the reason I was dragged into this game. It wasn’t a story from the past or anything like that.
There is no need to go into the story since you already know it from the game.
-Hahaha… I’m talking about it because it’s related.
“what?”
-There’s probably a secret hidden there that even you don’t know about.
A secret that even I don’t know.
That was a continuation of the past story we were talking about earlier.
As far as I know, Dantia died shortly after due to fatal injuries sustained in the battle between Machia and the God of Destruction.
That was the main story, and in fact, his son Lyman also knows it.
But the hidden backstory was a bit shocking.
She has been dreaming for a long time. She says she has drawn up various blueprints based on those dreams.
Horsepowered locomotives, cooking utensils, communication devices, airships, surveillance planes, and salt spraying tools.
And the media.
Well, these were elements that I seemed to be familiar with.
-Right? You know these things very well.
“Then that dream….”
Long before she gave birth to Lyman, Dantia had been trying to realize the things in her dreams.
However, it was difficult to follow with the technology of the time and it was predicted that it would take hundreds of years to realize.
That’s why the archive was created.
‘Somehow… I felt like the sensation of touching something felt familiar.’
I thought of my Alighieri student ID.
I was able to access the archive through the back mirror, and it felt just like SNS.
“So you made it by imitating something that exists in our world?”
-That’s not all.
Dantia conducted research on other dimensions from time to time.
I believed that it was not a coincidence that I had that dream, and I never missed a thing about it.
After much effort, they discovered something called a dimensional rift.
It literally refers to a phenomenon in which space is torn apart and connected to somewhere else.
The warp gate was developed based on this.
-Actually, I was a victim of that dimensional gap. If you think about it, I was sealed in another dimension because of someone.
The main topic starts now.
After sealing the God of Destruction and spreading light across the continent, she disappeared without a trace.
Into the dimensional gate that he had created with all his might.
What happened after that… Endless was able to find out through his thoughts.
A world where everything is powered by electricity. A world without magic or monsters. A world where only ordinary humans form a society and achieve technological advancement.
-Isn’t that the world you lived in?
Right on Earth.
The moment I learned that fact, goosebumps ran down my spine.
It’s not just that the great sage Dantia came to Earth… it’s that a game character emerged into the real world of his own free will.
“Fuck….”
-It looks quite surprising.
“….”
-In that world, Dantia lost his physical body and was left with only a spirit. Since his body was already dead, he probably wouldn’t be needed.
And I searched.
A usable body, and a means to change the future of the continent’s destruction.
Since I had already experienced Earth society through my dreams, it was not difficult to adapt to it.
Soon, Dantia took possession of the body of a woman who had suddenly died.
-The woman ended up ordering herself around because of her excessive workload.
“What kind of work is it?”
There was a time when I thought that Hell Joseon was really great.
-game.
Those words immediately made me furrow my brows.
It was a really easy-to-understand sentence.
At the same time, my head was spinning so much that I could understand it even without an explanation.
-Is the job that makes that called a programmer? Anyway, Dantia said, ‘This is it!’ He said it would be good to put his experiences and the future from the prophecy into a game.
If we sell it all over the world and make a fortune, then surely someone knowledgeable about this world will appear.
Those were none other than the users who were veterans.
Of course, making a major game like that isn’t easy, but Dantia did it.
She had a brilliant mind, as she was able to create an archive in just one day.
Moreover, since the power of the evil god that transcended humans still remained, there was no problem working overtime.
Among the temples, he alone has unlimited stamina and energy. He is also in charge of the entire game scenario.
‘He’s using cheats on his own while teaching regular employees. Wait, isn’t this the perfect material to use?’
The game that was created after living a life that was like a disruptive species to the ecosystem is Devil Aka.
This was the birth of Devil Lord Academia.
He created a game featuring his son, Lyman, as the main character.
-Devil Lord… What an apt name. After all, Alighieri Academy was created by the ‘evil god’ Dantia.
As expected, Devil Aka became a huge hit.
The popularity of the game is on the rise, with veteran users popping up all over the region.
And among the many veterans, one person was designated.
A person who has a high level of understanding of the game as well as skill.
That kind of person is the one who can change the desperate future of the main story.
For Dantia, what was most painful was not the destruction of the continent, but the death of his son.
-No matter what future you predict, the only future you can see is the destruction of the continent or the death of your children. So it wouldn’t matter whether it was water or fire.
He needed someone to help his son.
Devil Aka Sege… An irregular who knows everything about his own world.
It is truly a weapon of decisive battle.
-You were chosen as the target. Radon Crowler.
“….”
-No. Should I call you Choi Soo-hyun?
For a moment, a cold air passed over me and I felt like all my strength was drained.
It was something I never expected.
Who would have thought that my old name would come out of the mouth of the final boss of the game.
Surviving as an Academy Fraudster
