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True Martial Home

I knew why Dr. Faust told me to go to the throne.

‘Well, there’s no way out now.’

This world has met its end, and the chance of me crossing through the multiverse again is as good as zero. I need the power of the sacred fruit and the Primordial Void, but it’s not like I can gather those elements now.

Yet, Mephistopheles fought the Old Ruler with all his might, leading to their mutual destruction. An incredibly advanced Strong AI wouldn’t just act on emotions; there had to be a concrete reason for her battle. It was crucial that I, a Reborn Person, could move freely without being captured by the Old Ruler. No one was allowed to obstruct my path to the throne.

The throne.

The sacred place where a being I could call the Absolute God, ‘Father,’ resides. Mortals typically cannot reach it, but Mephistopheles and Dr. Faust believed I could make it. As a Reborn Person, I might produce a miracle by crossing the limits of the Law of Cause and Effect.

There’s almost no chance of survival on my way to the throne. I have no clue what kind of place it is. None of the grimoires provide a detailed description of the throne, and even the Old Ruler is said to have never reached it. No one knows how I might meet an untimely death in such an unknown place. But clinging to even a straw, I had to go.

Because—the throne is where revelations occur. Discovering what happens there would surely clarify my goal from my past life. Moreover, it’s significant because it’s likely the last place to perish when the entire universe faces annihilation.

But.

Will my rebirth ability activate if I die at the throne…?

This is an entirely different multiverse itself!

If the premise that my rebirth ability activates turns out to be invalidated, it’s game over. I would literally meet a terrible end, and all my adventures would come to a halt. The thought of losing everything I’ve built up so far gripped me with fear, but I quickly gritted my teeth.

‘…Maybe that could be a blessing.’

If death meant closing my eyes and never waking again, that might just be a happy ending.

That was a thought I occasionally had. I often refrained from thinking it since I was scared of leaning on a comfortable death given my harsh life.

“Shall we go?”

I staggered through the ruins, holding the Golden Lamp. Now that Mephisto had vanished and the CCLF 2-level magic distortion pod was gone, I was free to use demon artifacts.

I would use the lamp to get close to the wavelength of light at once.

If I used my qi to propel my body, I could soon reach the wavelength.

But the moment I lifted the lamp, a strange feeling washed over me, as if the lamp was howling inside me with a powerful sound swirling.

Wooow—

Ooooh—

“……”

I instinctively felt that using the lamp right now would lead to disaster. So, I slightly twisted the cap to take a peek. Normally, opening the cap would only reveal a mundane interior, but the moment I did, I was taken aback.

Kugugugu

Wooow—

“……!!”

I saw the inside of ‘disguise’!!

If I succumbed to the temptation of the lamp, I would be thrown into the disguise of the god residing in Dark Heaven Village. I remembered getting caught in that trap while trying to go to Dark Heaven Village before, and I had escaped with the help of the Cheon Gong-pyo.

But now the interior landscape of the ‘disguise’ I had seen back then was spread out like a tiny model garden inside the lamp.

‘What is going on here?’

The wailing sounds from the swirling ‘disguise’ world seemed to come from the chaotic demon beasts that inhabited that realm.

Kroooh!

Wooowooo

The demon beasts were rising into the sky without hiding their grotesque forms, trying to escape the disguise, and soon the sky turned pitch black. Countless chaotic followers were taking flight all at once. Among them were even those monstrous beings as large as mountain ranges that I had seen before. In reality, it would be a breathtaking sight on a scale of hundreds of millions, but watching them move in the tiny model garden of the lamp felt like observing worms wriggling.

And shortly after, a colossal spirit voice erupted from the lamp.

[Oh, creatures! Embrace the Great Return.]

Hooowhaah

Moments later, waves of chaos erupted in the void, and all those demon beasts were simultaneously devoured by chaos and vanished. The waves of chaos rippled for a moment, their perspective gradually expanding outward. And from that expanded perspective, I could see the massive body of the god I had seen before.

A colossal centipede drifting through the universe.

——– .

A moment later, it began to sing. Whether it could be called a song, I wasn’t sure, but for some reason, I heard its melody. There was no sound, yet I felt it resonating throughout the entire universe. It felt like an ancient flute celebrating chaos. Beyond the silvery path the centipede drifted across, Dark Heaven Village began to bubble up slowly.

Sssssss

Soon enough, the lamp shattered into grains of sand. I came to understand why this phenomenon occurred.

“Dark Heaven Village is perishing.”

I muttered to myself, still not believing it.

What was disappearing wasn’t just the interior world of the centipede’s disguise. Dark Heaven Village in this realm was meeting its end, thus causing the magic contract and Law of Cause and Effect connected to the lamp to vanish as well.

Of course, the magic power of the demon sorcerer who created the lamp would be cut off too. Since the demon artifact is also a link in the Law of Cause and Effect, it couldn’t possibly remain intact if the world, which was the target of connection—Dark Heaven Village—was utterly destroyed. The magic power shattered into pieces, and the medium forming the demon artifact would revert to source matter.

“……”

With my knowledge of demon magic, I understood the lamp had turned to sand, but it brought no solace. Instead, fear surged within me, causing my hands to tremble.

This was the end.

Ultimate destruction was coming upon the world in real-time.

‘Damn it… If I had lived in this era, I simply wouldn’t have been able to keep my sanity.’

If Dark Heaven Village has perished, then going to the Old Ruler becomes meaningless. I thought I had one more justification to go to the throne, so I used magic to summon my familiar.

Kkiiiiii

The summoned familiar seemed to be incredibly scared and let out a mournful cry.

I patted its head comfortingly.

“It’s okay. Don’t be afraid.”

I could feel its fear through its armor-like skin. Since this little guy is also a chaotic being, it must have been sensing the world’s destruction in real time.

I gently stroked its head with pity for a moment before climbing onto its back.

Then I covered myself in protection energy and gritted my teeth as I said,

“Let’s go!”

Piying—

After a moment, we arrived in the cosmic space filled with the wavelength of light, and I infused my will into my familiar, charging toward the wavelength.

Woooiiiiing

A strange ringing echoed in my ears. The moment I entered the wavelength of light, I noticed that the concept of time and space disappeared all around me, with only a kaleidoscope of radiant colors flowing slowly like a river.

‘Thank goodness. I made it in alive.’

And I could feel the atmosphere changing to a remarkably comforting one, unlike the hell I had imagined, with no impact at all; I dismounted from my familiar’s back.

“Go back.”

After dismissing my familiar, I slowly began to walk down this dimension’s corridor. For some reason, the familiar could no longer travel at light speed, and since it looked terrified, I saw no need to ride it. Even just walking felt as if I was being sucked somewhere. This place was undoubtedly a realm where all physical laws had been distorted and collapsed.

…

I was walking down an endless path. I felt like I had walked silently for about half a moment, yet the limits were nowhere to be found. After a little more time passed, changes began to appear in the path, as shapes of galaxies briefly rose on both sides of the road.

Kuwung….

The sound of a collision. I glanced at the sight of galaxies crashing together, and soon they seemed to merge into something larger. Up close, it would be an astronomical disaster, but from a distance, it simply looked like a marvelous scene. The collisions of galaxies were numerous, and after thousands of galaxies collided, they began to twinkle.

Sssss

Was the world this small? The galaxies shrank to specks, while a stream of a scale that was inexpressible began to flow, just like a river. I felt something happening as even the galaxy clusters started to diminish into tiny blood vessels.

With each step I took in this corridor, the dimension of my vision transformed.

It felt like rising from a low place to a high place, moving from the lowlands to the highlands. As the dimensions increased, I could see a wider world. I had thought chaos would be overflowing all around me, but surprisingly, I couldn’t feel chaos at all. On the contrary, I realized it was a space devoid of power of any kind.

Kugugugu….

Eventually, when the supercluster had shrunk to the size of a grain of sand, it started to disguise itself like branches in the brain, and a thick fog began to obscure my vision. As this spectacle gradually expanded my field of view, it felt as if my mind was becoming muddled. I had already transcended the units of space and time one could comprehend, and I was being told to grow even larger?

Then, shortly after, I noticed strange creatures I had never seen before floating alongside the corridor. Each of those beings had a terrifying appearance, as if they had stepped out of a nightmare, drifting through a celestial sea. I reached out to one that looked like an octopus flapping its body beside me.

The moment my hand touched its body…

[You insolent creature!! How dare you extend your hand into my dimension…!!]

A colossal roar reverberated in my mind. I recoiled in surprise from its furious emotion, even as a brief moment’s contact sent a surge of powerful magic through my fingertips. I gazed at the octopus and suddenly realized its true identity.

“…[Old Ruler]…?”

No way.

I felt utterly astounded, but it seemed my intuition was spot on. It was clear that as I walked through this corridor, the dimensions were sublimating, making it easier to encounter higher-dimensional beings, and as I traversed the entire universe, the [Old Rulers] appeared miniature. In other words, it meant that the [Old Rulers] were indeed high-dimensional beings.

I thought maybe I could catch and kill an [Old Ruler] with my bare hands right now, but the thought didn’t sit well with me. It’s dangerous, and besides, there are more crucial matters at hand.

‘That’s meaningless. For now, reaching the end of this corridor is my top priority.’

The number of [Old Rulers] floating alongside the corridor gradually dwindled. Eventually, the ones drifting like fish almost entirely disappeared, leaving the surroundings pitch black, akin to the abyss. The dazzling light had completely vanished, enveloping the area in perfect darkness.

The strange thing was that even with such darkness, the path I needed to take glimmered faintly with silvery light, guiding my way. As I calmly walked down the corridor, I soon noticed that someone was blocking my path ahead.

A being wearing a golden robe of the Ancient High Priest.

Its face was obscured, yet it stood in the middle of the road, dressed in dragon fabric, blocking me.

The being raised a hand seemingly made of pure gold and pointed at me, saying,

[Human. Who are you? The revelation has already ended.]

The revelation has ended?

I tilted my head, but I certainly felt that this being was something extraordinary. This corridor has reached the height of its dimensional elevation to the point where even ordinary [Old Rulers] could be hard to find, yet this being maintained a human form. That signified an incredible level. It was undoubtedly one of the most significant [Old Rulers] in the universe, so I cautiously replied.

“I am Baek Woong. And who might you be?”

[You are an existence I did not account for.]

With that, the being ceased its words. After a prolonged silence, feeling increasingly anxious, I spoke up.

“I’m trying to go to the throne, so please step aside.”

[No way….]

The being in the dragon robe pondered my words before suddenly breaking into a cheerful laugh.

[Ah-ha-ha… So that’s it. Well done.]

“What?”

[Very well, pass on through.]

Swoosh

The monarch vanished in an instant. While I found it curious that this being didn’t probe further and simply stepped aside, I had no time to question it. After all, it was a blessing that it didn’t harm me.

I quickened my pace down the corridor, and as the darkness continued, there came a moment when my surroundings suddenly brightened.

Nothingness.

A place where nothing exists. There wasn’t even darkness, let alone light.

I struggled to find the words, but although there was no color, this place didn’t feel like darkness; rather, it felt like an actual manifestation of the concept of nothingness.

It felt as if I was going insane.

Absolute nothingness and the true infinite space!

Thought and all senses were devoured. Even the sixth sense felt meaningless. It was a space entirely different from the chaos of the mental world, and I felt as though I was facing the very manifestation of a dry, stark annihilation.

I stood frozen in awe when suddenly—

‘That’s….’

Thoughts jolted back to reality as I quickly regained consciousness. Because I noticed someone standing directly in front of me.

‘Two…people…?’

Two humans were standing there.

I leaned against the wall, staring at their backs through blurred vision. All I could see were their backs; their faces were hidden. They seemed to be looking at something ahead, as they didn’t glance in my direction, and I desperately tried to remember their attire and features.

One of them seemed completely unfamiliar. It was so bland I couldn’t capture any distinctive traits. All I could tell was that they wore gray clothes; beyond that, it was utterly flavorless. Without seeing their front, there was no way I could describe their appearance.

The other was dressed like a sorcerer, characteristic of magic users.

What on earth were two humans doing here? Just as I pondered this, I suddenly heard a voice from nearby.

“Oh! The curtain has fallen, but an audience has arrived.”

I turned to look beside me, and there stood the last being I expected.

“……?!”

Why on earth is this guy here?!

I couldn’t believe it and yelled with wide eyes.

“Primordial Void Ruler!!”