## Chapter 1235 – The Shurdick Great Desert

The days spent in the desert city were peaceful.

The ear-hunting commotion was just a brief interlude. The dark elf lords, whose warriors had been utterly devastated, had returned to their main business as if nothing had happened.

So what?

Peaceful, without any problems.

I was able to re-examine the power I possessed.

“…”

Leaning back on the plush sofa, I closed my eyes and felt my power surging from within. The color of this power was white, and its form was a blazing flame.

This was a new kind of power created by the fusion of divine power from the fragment of a god and my mana.

I defined it as the Power of Love.

Whatever its essence, if I defined it as the Power of Love, then it was the Power of Love. I didn’t care about anything else. Only my thoughts mattered.

And that was the truth.

In the process of fusing divine power and mana, I encountered the Wright brothers whispering of destruction, and I rejected them, shouting of love. Thus, the divine power and mana fused, and this was a triumph created by my will and faith in love.

That’s why it’s the Power of Love.

But what if this Power of Love… had something hidden within it? And what if that hidden something took the form of a demonic force and tried to shake my mind?

What should I call it?

I had to find the answer.
In order to eliminate it.

“Heavenly Demon Lovey-Dovey Power.”

—Whoosh.

As I muttered softly and unleashed the power, white flames erupted from my entire body.

Clearly, right after I killed the Colossus and escaped the manifested demonic state, my mind floated away to another place. And the place it reached… I couldn’t draw an exact conclusion, but it was a kind of celestial space.

—The celestial scenery that the World Tree showed me.

A place where the appearance of dimensions with holes pierced here and there could be seen. I thought of that place as heaven. Therefore, I thought that the place I saw immediately after escaping the demonic state was also heaven.

Why the hell did I see that?

That question struck my brain. Why the hell did I see it on my own? If I was curious, I had to find the answer. Just like Andromalius did.

I had to clarify this phenomenon.

So, for the past few days in the desert city, I had skipped all kinds of training and focused only on meditation and thought.

Let’s organize the thoughts I had, step by step.

1. Was seeing the celestial scenery just a hallucination?

The great Heavenly Demon Kim Kat doesn’t have such hallucinations. So, this isn’t it. There’s no way I could mistake what I saw with my own eyes.

Then why did I see heaven?

2. By absorbing the fragment of a god and filling my body and mind with that power, I also gained the characteristics of those gods.

This explanation makes sense.

Originally, things like heaven aren’t something that ordinary human weaklings can see at will. The same goes for that dimension. But it seems that gods can see it, so that explains it.

I absorbed the fragment of a god and gained its power, and in the process, I also gained its characteristics.

And so, I saw heaven.

I don’t know the feeling or know-how to execute it yet, but it seems that’s right.

“…”

I acquired the characteristics of a god.
That seems certain.

I’m transcending humanity more and more.

“Then what is the origin of this god?”

What the hell is it?

“Come forth, heaven! Yah!!!”

I unleash my power to the maximum. —Whoosh! Intense flames soared from my body, and even my eyes emitted light. I felt a halo appear behind my head, and even a circular ring was being created above my head.

“Heavenly Demon Divine Art! Heavenly Demon Clairvoyance!!!”

—Kroooooooo!!!

Recalling that feeling… I use my power to see heaven! It’s about separating the mind and body! No, to be exact, it’s about keeping the body here while allowing the mind to see another dimension… Ah, damn it.

—…

Failed.

It doesn’t work.

Well, I can’t even explain it well myself, so how could it work?

“Damn it.”

Anyway, seeing heaven on my own like that… isn’t possible yet. It seems like it might work if I use the process of escaping from that demonic state.

“Come forth! Wright brothers! Come forth! My demonic force!”

I deliberately agitate my mind to call them out.

“This Kim Kat is calling you bastards!!! Appear before my eyes right now!!!”

But damn it, these guys aren’t coming out either.

These guys always pop out all the time, so why don’t they come out when I call them!

“Demonic force, let’s play!!!”

—Kroaaaaaaa!!

While manipulating my power, I tried to summon those surreal beings, but since I didn’t know anything about the method, I couldn’t do it.

“Agh.”

Anyway, let’s draw a conclusion.

It seems that acquiring the characteristics of a god is correct. I can be sure if I see heaven again with my own power, but since that’s not working, let’s move on for now.

—Swish.

I got up from my seat and gulped down the water I had poured earlier… Huh?

“Huh?”

As I was drinking the water, a thought suddenly captured my mind.

“Come to think of it…”

I don’t seem to be particularly thirsty or hungry these days. —Gulp. I continued to think as I drank the water. Thirst and hunger. The most basic desires that make up a living being.

I feel like these have become a bit faint lately.

—Thud.

I put down the water bottle.

“…”

No lie, is my body really undergoing transcendence? Wait. From today, I shouldn’t eat food or drink water. I need to figure out exactly what state my body is in.

—Thump.

I slumped back onto the sofa.

“Transcendence, huh.”

Is becoming a true transcendent and becoming a god the end result of collecting the fragments of a god? Is that what’s happening now? There’s a possibility. But not feeling hungry. This might be a delusion. But… I was originally a person who ate a lot of food.

But I don’t feel particularly hungry, and I can maintain my current physical abilities even if I eat less?

—Tchup!

“N, no way!”

A thought occurred to me, and I hurriedly pulled down my shorts and had no choice but to grab my dick! If hunger and thirst disappear… Could it be that even my sexual desire is disappearing!!!

“D, don’t die, my dick! Hang in there! I can’t become a eunuch!!”

I immediately imagine the scenery of my women throwing off their tops and shaking their breasts…!

Then.

—Erect!

In an instant, blood rushes to my dick, and it becomes erect harder than anything else.

“Hoo.”

I was so shocked, damn it.
There’s nothing wrong with my dick.

“My sexual desire is definitely there.”

Rather, it’s overflowing like crazy.

For a moment, I thought that my sexual desire had disappeared as a result of transcending some human desire. Ah, but well. The fact that my appetite has disappeared hasn’t been proven yet.

But what other desires are there?

The desire for sleep?

In the first place, I haven’t slept much since I awakened my mana. I can recover all kinds of fatigue and recover my body even if I only sleep for about three or four hours. It’s really a waste to waste time on sleep when I don’t even have time to use every day.

So maybe that’s why.

I don’t really feel the desire to sleep very well either. I just sleep a little because I need to. I don’t feel sleepy, and I don’t desperately need sleep.

“…”

I need to check this too.

If it turns out to be true that my desires are disappearing.

Would that be a side effect?
Or a positive indicator that transcendence is in progress?

“…Right.”

My mind is so confused that the demonic force has no choice but to come. Fighting and winning. Killing my enemies. I can definitely do that.

Because my win rate is 100%.

But this contemplation is a bit difficult.

“Demonic force.”

Acquiring the characteristics of a god. Experiencing transcendence in my body. There’s a possibility that something inside me has been twisted by such factors.

“…”

I stroked my chin.

I think about my soul friend Mersin. I saw what the Wright brothers showed me and approached it, and I opened my mouth wide.

It’s hard to explain the feeling I felt at that time.

I don’t even know what it is.

Roughly.

I kept thinking about that and meditated.

* * *

“Hey, Blackie, aren’t you eating?”
“Yeah. I’m on a fasting practice right now.”
“What weird wind has gotten into you again. Why are you doing that when you can just eat? It’ll make you hungry.”

—Tap tap.

Winia tapped the seat next to her.

But I have no intention of eating. I decided to fast after thinking about being hungry earlier. Of course, I won’t drink water either. I’ll eat if I don’t think it’s right in the middle, but I need to test it first.

“Being hungry is also a practice. Fasting is also part of training.”
“Kat? Are you really okay? You usually eat a lot.”

Claudie tilted her head and spoke in a tone filled with worry. To be worried like this just because I skipped a meal. As expected, she’s full of maternal love.

“Why are you doing such a strange practice? Hey. You can’t even do what you were doing if you’re hungry.”

Karin also frowned and said that. Not only that, but since I didn’t sit down, everyone didn’t readily pick up their forks.

This is really.

“It’s okay. There’s something I want to test for a moment. A combat power test in a state of hunger, or something like that. What’s going to happen if I don’t eat for a while?”
“Hmm… But wouldn’t you be hungry?”
“I’ll just grab something to eat if I’m hungry. Everyone’s eating.”

After saying that, I went into the room.

From today, I won’t sleep or eat. There’s something I have a hunch about. If my body is really experiencing transcendence, and my desires disappear as a result.

Maybe I can live without eating or sleeping now.

That is.

It’s fucking transcendence.

I need to confirm that.

Divine power and mana are combined, and that new Power of Love is melting into my entire body. If it’s a change that it created, I must be aware of it. It’s about my body.

“…”

But I’m not really surprised.

I was a little surprised, but since I thought that I might transcend in this way from the first time I absorbed the fragment of a god, it’s just a bit amazing that it’s so visible to the eye.

“It’s a natural thing for Heavenly Demon Kim Kat.”

It’s a natural thing for me.

* * *

Three days have passed since then.

I didn’t put food or water in my mouth for three days. Of course, I didn’t sleep either. I just lay down among the sleeping women, unfolded the aura of love, and spent the dawn thinking.

Ah, I did put water in my mouth, but that was when I was washing and brushing my teeth, so it’s an exception.

But.

“Ooh.”

Damn it, there’s nothing wrong with my body.

I’m not thirsty, I’m not hungry, and I’m not particularly sleepy. I wondered if my desires were fading and damaging my body without me knowing, but there was nothing wrong with my body after all. It’s not a delusion. No lie, there’s nothing wrong with my body.

In the first place, my body easily recovers from injuries thanks to the Power of Love. It heals quickly regardless of internal or external injuries.

Therefore, there’s a possibility that it would have been fixed even if something went wrong.

But I felt it.

“The Power of Love… is resolving the fatigue of sleep, appetite, and thirst.”

It felt like they were being consumed. By consuming the Power of Love, appetite, thirst, and fatigue were resolved. I couldn’t help but be greatly surprised by that fact.

“I was fucking surprised.”

I can’t believe I’ve reached this level…!

In great shock, I grabbed my head and rejoiced. If you ask why I rejoiced, it’s because the speed at which my Power of Love recovers is much faster than the speed at which those things are consumed.

In other words, it’s like having a passive skill that eats about 60 MP per minute, but my basic MP recovery speed is about 120.

I was freed from hunger and fatigue.

I can eat something, but that’s not a big deal. It’s just about enjoying the taste.

“My body is really experiencing transcendence.”

Is this the ability of the Power of Love?

“It’s so amazing…”

Still, maybe it’s only possible for a maximum of a few days. So, I made this excuse and that excuse to avoid eating with them, and after another week passed, I realized it properly.

That I was freed from appetite and the desire to sleep.

“Now I’m God Heavenly Demon!”