Chapter 235 – 235. Clues to Transcendence

‘This… Fuck, how much did I lose…’

I was distracted by the countless achievement notifications, and I suddenly wanted to be like this.

Obviously, even the evil gods and the good gods couldn’t directly harm players from other camps.

To be honest, I haven’t been able to acquire more than 10 achievements until now.

To be honest, I hate the mysterious god who blocked my achievements more than Paimon.

‘I don’t know how much I’ve lost because of that bastard…’

I just became the number one bastard to kill in me. For reference, the 2nd place is Paimon and the 3rd place is the resurrected Nick. Of course, if I could kill the three gods of the pantheon, I would want to tear them to death right away…

“By the way… Sataniel-nim… Isn’t this cheating?”

Feeling so unfair and angry, I asked Sataniel if the dog-like god really did such a great thing to interfere with the system and didn’t get any penalty.

Then, Sataniel responded to my question as if asking for something obvious.

[Okay. Obviously not a problem.]

“Then..”

[So… He also interfered with you like this in the form of imposing a penalty on himself.]

“To yourself… A penalty…?”

[Okay. He must now avoid you unconditionally.]

“Yes?”

[The moment you are discovered and captured, you will absorb the body of that god. Moreover, he can no longer attack you directly. In a word, if you find him in a state where there are no hindrances, you can become a god for free. In order for God to directly interfere with the participants in the game. It is considered reasonable. Because I risked my own existence…]

This… Just by finding and holding on to it, you can absorb a god. You may wonder if the penalty for trying to suppress me by interfering with the system is excessive, but…

‘If I hadn’t met Sataniel.. I would probably continue to lose money until the end of the world…’

Moreover, if I had been defeated and kicked out of the Hell against Michael and Nick… Or if I hadn’t entered the Hell in the first place, I would have continued to fall behind Nick and the others and become weaker and weaker. So, in a sense, this was a reasonable condition.

“But what exactly is the advantage of acquiring the body of a god? If it’s just a lot of obligations… It’s a bit like that.”

[There is a high possibility that a few duties and rules will be added. Of course, it would be impossible to fully accept the body of a god with a human soul… But Botamilli has already prepared a way…]

“Uh… The room?”

[Yes, I can see the fruit rooted in your soul. Since the evidence of the sanctuary has settled in the human soul… You will be able to rise to the ranks of a god.]

“Huh…”

An error that has taken root in me. It must be the red fruit she saw as a gift when she faced the sealed Bota Millie herself.

‘That thing that made my body warm after eating it…’

The first time I went to the black market, on the way home after purchasing Mer, the underground guards of the black market staged a mass lightening and inevitably entered the ground floor where they were not supposed to enter.

At that time, in the seal of Botamilli, where I arrived after passing through the other side world where errors (returners, returnees, reincarnations, etc.) Were gathered, Botamilli gave me some of his power over the skill (distorted scales) and gave me an unknown gave me the red fruit of

At that time, it was not an item or anything, so I tried not to eat it and left it alone, but the gods told me to eat it so much that I could not believe that the food I ate would turn into a snowball like this.

[That’s one of the sources he has. By feeding it to you.. Hmm.. How should I express it.. Yes, it is a nutritional supplement. That made your soul strong Thanks to that, even if you acquire the body of a god, you can survive without your soul disintegrating into pieces in a blender. In short, as long as you find Loki, you can succeed. I envy you… I envy you… Shit…]

For some reason, Sataniel looked at me disapprovingly. He became a god after enduring hardships, living and dying, but I wanted to die from hunger because I could become a god as long as I hold on to the god who fucked me.

“By the way, if it’s Loki, is that Loki? Loki of Asgard? From Norse mythology…”

[Yes.. It is one of the gods belonging to Manguijeon whose name has been engraved in the history of mankind. He also has the attributes of a snake, so if you absorb him, you and I will be compatible.]

“Uh.. What are the attributes of snakes?”

[Aren’t most of the elixirs you’ve taken so far related to snakes?]

“You’re right.”

[Yes, that’s it. From my point of view, even that seems like a kind of arrangement… Anyway, one of the few symbols of Manmajeon is a snake. Loki is also the one who put his body into ten thousand battles, albeit for a while. As the creator of Ouroboros, he also has some attributes of the snake god. Therefore, if you take away his body… And accept Sesha’s serum, you will be able to move as a god belonging to Manmajeon… And as a participant in the game at the same time…]

In the end, it was just a matter of finding it. Then the question now is how to find it, and what would be good if you obtained the body of a god and became a god…

[What’s good about being a god? They don’t treat minor illnesses… There’s nothing to die until they’re killed… They don’t eat, don’t sleep, don’t get tired even if they don’t rest… Well, these explanations don’t really mean much. To put it simply, you won’t die unless it’s a god-killing weapon or something with god-killing attributes. You can burn your faith and be resurrected. And from my point of view, among the humans currently remaining on this game board, there are very few humans who will reach the point of being killed.]

“Then, isn’t that what it means to be virtually immortal?”

[Okay. Would you be fine if bitten by a zombie? And immortality is not important. If you become a god, you will be able to increase the number of believers and supply and demand faith… Since this faith is actually the law of causation itself, you will be able to create power or get closer to omnipotence.]

Causal rate. A word that has always been heard and an essential resource for the gods to work miracles. It was said that I could obtain it by gathering faith.

[Simply put, you can create the skill you want. Only for the attributes you have. For those of us who are not direct participants in the game in the first place, gaining power from mortal beliefs is inefficient, but you are different. Find Loki, absorb him, become a god, and then… As long as you collect a lot of faith, you will win this game unconditionally. I can’t lose.]

Loki became a kind of joker card for me. If you just find it… You have one card that can win unconditionally.

Now I don’t have to fight the bastards of the pantheon, I just have to focus on finding Loki. Then you can win unconditionally. Because I have plenty of places to gather my faith. This is because I already had countless prospective believers with whom to supply and receive religious beliefs.

‘If I instill faith in me… To the parasitic humans… I think it would be damn easy to gather faith…?’

After sending Moon Geun-oh, a demagogue class, down to the abyss, a new pseudo-religion… No, it’s not a pseudo-religion because it believes in a real God. Anyway, if you create a new religion like Ajojunyo or something like that, it seems that the supply and demand of faith will be very easy. Even the perspectives of hell and reality flow differently…

‘I can gather faith… At an incredible speed…’

Done. If this is it, now I am invincible. Also, since he became a god, he could kill the same god. Wouldn’t it be possible to go into the pantheon and play a game as well as Paimon, a demon?

“Then where is that Loki guy? Once you find it, the game is over.”

I asked with high expectations. My hands were itching at the thought of eating Loki already.

[The way to find it is far away. I can’t even track it… How will you find it?]

“Yes..? There’s no way to find it…?”

[Okay. The moment you remove the line of causality that was twisted in your soul… He hid himself. He has completely disappeared… And all the gods of the past have erased his traces. Even I can’t track it. In fact, if you burn the world tree, pull out the dragon god’s heart, and cut off the giant king’s head… Wouldn’t it be possible to find it? But I think by the time you accomplish that feat, absorbing Loki will be pointless. Just give up.]

“Ah, no… Making people look forward to it like this…”

When I looked at Sataniel with a devastated expression, he smiled and said as if making fun of me.

[Still, it’s not like there’s no income. It’s because I made a famous nuisance guy hide without using his hands in Mangwijeon. That alone is a huge benefit. Isn’t it?]

Right. That’s right. But I couldn’t help it, so I asked Sataniel for advice, hoping that if I caught the trickster, I might be able to get some information about Loki.

“Ah.. Then, if you catch that bastard’s apostle, Trickster, you will get a clue…”

[I don’t think it’s meaningless to arrest and torture. I don’t care if an apostle is tortured or not. Giving up on catching Loki… Unless he comes out to die with the intention of getting caught, I won’t run into him.]

At the mouthing of this goddamn Satan the devil, my mood went up to the sky, and then I plummeted to hell. If he catches Loki, he can win the game, but to catch him, he must win the game. What a contradiction…

‘They say it’s Satan… They only give you a lot of false hope…’

At least, the answer given as a correct method is to destroy Mangwijeon.. If you can kill all the ancient gods of Mangwijeon and bring out Loki, there is no point in finding Loki.

In the end, I had to be content with kicking the god, who I found particularly annoying to deal with, off the game board halfway.

“Um… Last time you said you were going to return Merhere’s power…”

In a voice dripping with regret, I told Sataniel to give me something quickly. Then Sataniel started talking again.

[Of course I remember… But that’s secondary. First, take out the Apocalypse. Of course you have the Apocalypse I gave you, right?]

“Yes? Uh… Once I had it. I have nowhere to go…”

Apocalypse always had. It’s about the size of a holy relic from Tenmajeon, but you can’t just leave it alone. Moreover, leaving it to someone else was something, so I just carried it around.

“Here it is.”

[Okay… At that time, I didn’t even have the strength to sit down… But now I can express my power to some extent… Let’s see…]

I took the Apocalypse from my bosom. Then Sataniel, who took it over, took out a monocle from his bosom, put it on, and started writing something in the Apocalypse.

[I have already met Mr. Indicron, Mr. Kashinax, and Mr. Botamilli… And I, Sataniel, have also received me… A total of four names have been recorded in the Apocalypse.]

“Uh… What does that mean?”

[It means a lot. In this book, the names of all the gods belonging to Manmajeon will be recorded in the future. This is a list of sorts. The names of the gods who agreed to put an end to the universe are written. Possessing this is proof that you are our agent and apostle. It’s also a holy relic that’s equivalent to Savior’s holy sword.]

I don’t know what it is, but just possessing the Apocalypse seems to mean that I can use a kind of gamtu.

“Wow… That’s great, isn’t it?”

[Of course. This is the reason why I explained at length the advantages of becoming a Goddess of old age. Of course it’s great.]

“Yes…?”

What else are you talking about?

After waiting for me to explain the advantages of becoming a god and the correlation with the Apocalypse, Sataniel explained to me the power of the Apocalypse.

[Apocalypse look. A cultist’s exclusive armament equivalent to the Savior’s holy sword… By opening this, you will be able to transcend the system.]

“Transcending the system… Does that mean going beyond the framework of levels and stats?”

[Yes.. Skills given by the system.. It was a human-friendly approach.. To put it badly, it was a weakening and regulation of authority. Therefore, for transcendence in the true sense, you have to get out of the frame of skill.. Well, this is also a hidden rule like an easter egg.. You have to master even those hidden rules. Because he is the savior of our camp.]

The use of abilities that transcend the system. This is something that Son Ha-eun has already shown by learning the gisaeng tree.

This.. I was trying to free Mer from the rules of the system.. I was supposed to be freed first.