735 – Multiple Stages of Death – 3

Fortunately, there was no need for an unexpected breakup with Jangsaeng.

“Here I am, master…”

“Thank you.”

Jangsaeng understood my silent warning and obediently returned the black sphere. I stroked Jangsaeng’s head and nodded in satisfaction.

‘Jangsaeng avoided the subjugation war.’

A black sphere that Rishi Anne took out from inside her body. From anyone’s perspective, it was the source of Lisianne’s power and a part of Jangsaeng, formerly known as Death. If Jangsaeng had been greedy for this sphere, I would have dealt with Jangsaeng with tears in my eyes.

Even though Jangsaeng is the unshakable number 2 priority in our children’s hearts, it only works when it is harmless. If you eat this sphere and go back to the time of death, there is no reason to embrace Jangsaeng. It was decided that it would be safe to use holy beasts on evil spirits that were originally intended to be killed or sealed.

Of course, since he is a Jangsaeng who has lost his godhood, the possibility of returning to his days as an evil god even if he absorbs the sphere is extremely close to zero. At best, Jangsaeng’s size will increase, his physical strength his will increase, or his recovery his will increase

‘But you never know.’

However, safety is achieved only when all preparations are made. There is no way to know what variables will arise if everything is allowed just because there is no godhead, so it is right to block Jangsaeng from absorbing unnecessary power.

This resolved became even stronger right after I felt Lisianne’s ferocity. Li Sianne, who has fragments of her Jangsaengi, has also awakened into such a monster, but what a monster the original Jangsaengi must be.

So she quietly stroked Jangsaeng, who was looking at the black sphere with moist eyes. She was able to make everyone happy thanks to Jangsaeng giving up her greed.

“Huh, why?”

Except for just one person.

“Death! This power is meant for you, so how can you hand it over to an apostle?”

“Apostle?”

At Li Sianne’s shout at her, Jangsaeng glanced at her face and muttered with a smile.

“I am not capable of holding even a priest, let alone an apostle.”

“Well, I know that. It is probably because of the wicked Enen that Death was reduced to such a miserable and insignificant state!”

Jangsaeng’s eyes fluttered at the brutally direct words.

‘Wretched and worthless…’

Without realizing it, I looked at Jangsaeng with pity in my eyes. No matter how small Jangsaeng has become, isn’t it too much to call him miserable or insignificant?

Even I, the owner, have never said anything like that to Jangsaeng. The priest who actually followed death spoke the harshest words.

“That’s why I offered the power I had to Death! So that he could regain some of his strength and regain the glory of Death once again!”

“That’s enough. What’s the point in clinging to past glory? I lost everything, and Enen won. That’s all.”

At Jangsaeng’s sour reaction, Li Xianne shed tears with her blank face.

I was a little surprised too. Apparently, when he was first released from the seal, he was a long-timer who talked about how he would challenge the world again, that he could not forgive Enen, and that he was death that reigned over all life. His overflowing ego and anger lasted for quite a long time, and he was also the most trouble-maker among the stars.

Jangsaeng acknowledged his downfall and Enen’s reign. Is it because she lost her motivation after returning the fragments of power she had acquired at the very beginning, or is it because Lisianne is ‘miserable and insignificant.’ I can’t tell if it’s because the sarcasm was offended after hearing that. Maybe it’s because she lost her temper while playing with her children.

But what does it matter either way? It’s the same thing that Jangsaeng is becoming more docile.

“Did you hear?”

Thanks to this, she was able to smile for the first time since she met Lisi Anne.

“The God you believe in no longer exists.”

“Ah, ah…”

“The power was well received. Now, that terrible recovery and the corpses that covered the earth have become a thing of the past.”

“Nooooo!”

Upon my confirmed kill, Lisianne hit the ground and began to sob.

“No, no, no! Death can’t have given up! As long as this world exists! As long as life exists! Death is something that will never disappear and is the truth!”

“Your personality was more obsessive than I thought.”

“Only death, only death, is the one who will take care of all souls! He will show fair mercy to all souls, and He will not throw them into hell fire for being heretical! He is truly fair!”

Before we knew it, Lisianne was lying on the floor, struggling with her arms and legs. She felt strange, as if she were a five-year-old child throwing a tantrum. Especially since Lisi Anne’s her size her her is about the size of her her finger her her her.

“Your Majesty the Cardinal.”

“Yes, Your Excellency.”

She looked at the scene and spoke to the cardinal. No matter what we say to Lisianne now, it won’t be of any use, so we’ll have to do what we have to do.

“Death King has uprooted himself from his roots. Now his strange resilience that even insulted the gods has disappeared.”

Then the cardinal’s gaze turned to Lisianne.

“The Death King is also a former cardinal of the church, so how about ending him at the hands of the church? Even though it’s only for a short time, it would be a pity for the church for me, who hid the Death King , to end it.”

“Thank you for your consideration.”

The cardinal nodded lightly at my suggestion and then approached Lisianne, who was still crying.

It was a meaningless ending for a being that shook the church and the continent 800 years ago, and almost put the continent in crisis again.

The second meeting was held.

“You’re not going to die.”

“That’s right.”

The reason for the meeting was Lisianne, who still did not die.

‘I’m going to be amazed.’

Lisi / Anne is cut in the waist by the cardinal, and Lisianne is whimpering even though her chest has been crushed.

Seeing Lisianne like that, I, Tanian, and the Cardinal could only sigh.

“Once the recovery is gone, you won’t die, but you won’t recover either.”

“As for fraud… I don’t know. It’s hard to be sure since they have a record of completely hiding it from us, but I haven’t felt any fraud since that sphere was pulled out.”

I nodded silently at the testimony of the two believers.

It is true that Lisianne’s abilities have decreased significantly. Even though her entire body was scattered like powder, her resilience, which had been restored, was no longer displayed, and her morale, which was a symbol of her Lisianne, was no longer felt. There is a high probability that her ability to create dungeons and her ability to raise corpses would have disappeared as well.

All that remains of her is the immortality worthy of the name of the Death King.

‘The most troublesome thing remains.’

I sighed again. It would be better to have other abilities, but why immortality? If you have immortality, you can’t kill it.

No, in fact, it is difficult to be sure whether other abilities have disappeared. There is a high probability that Lisianne is deceiving us. While we were caught off guard, she said, ‘You have been deceived, you dogs of Enen!’ You can create a dungeon by surprise.

“It is natural not to die. The body is already dead in the first place.”

“Huh?”

“Yes?”

Jangsaeng, who was in my arms, calmly opened his mouth.

“From the moment it embraced death, that being became something other than life. The body does not hold the soul, but the soul stays in the body. So what is the use of tearing the body to pieces? Anyway, to the soul, the body is It’s just clothes.”

The problem is that it is clothes that cannot be taken off.

As Jangsaeng added those words, the atmosphere became even more serious. In short, unless it hurts the soul, unless Lisianne throws away her soul, nothing will change.

“But didn’t he spit out death again?”

“That being’s race itself has changed. It has come too far to return to being human just because it spits out fragments. Can smelted steel be turned into iron ore again?”

‘I guess it’s roughly like a banshee.’

While listening to the conversation between Tanian and Jangsaeng, I turned my attention back to Lisianne.

A being that throws away its body and moves around as a soul. So, this means that it is not a being that can be struck with physical force, but a banshee that can unilaterally harass the opponent.

“Isn’t there a way to exorcise spirits among the holy laws?”

“There is a blessing for the soul to rest.”

It was a regretful answer, so I washed my face roughly.

First of all, Lisianne was not completely immortal. She was a conditional immortal who could be completely destroyed only if her soul, not her body, was killed. Since she only inflicted physical damage against such a target, Lisianne would have died.

But what is the law that kills the soul? I don’t think the church knows anything about this field. Should I at least sprinkle salt?

“Wouldn’t it be easier to seal it with the Holy Law?”

“It would be difficult if the body was stimulated with holy laws and the soul escaped. The best case scenario is that the soul is also sealed, but there is no precedent, so we cannot be sure.”

“Then physically burying it in the ground or throwing it into the sea—”

“What would you do if you dug on your own or swam to land?”

Even the next saint and cardinal, the leaders of the religious order, could not come up with a proper answer.

This is difficult for her because it is her first time experiencing this. I can’t make a decision because I don’t know what side effects will occur if I simply handle it.

“Jangsaeng-ah.”

“This is my first time experiencing something like this. If all my followers were like this, I would have won, not the Church of Dawn.”

I had nothing to say because it was true.

But. How many people have absorbed the fragments of God themselves, rather than simply borrowing God’s power? Also, fragments of the evil evil spirit called death.

‘…Is that the only way?’

Now that things have come to this, it is the only last resort.

***

Carl, who always came with the children, suddenly came alone.

I felt like I had something to do that would be difficult for the children to hear, so I slowly got up.

“What brings you here? Your complexion is a little dark.”

“Elder, I have something to ask you, so I came to you at the risk of being rude.”

“How rude is it to ask now? Please speak comfortably.”

Carl sighed softly at my words, and then carefully opened his mouth.

“Do you by any chance know how to kill a soul?”

“…Hmm?”

And because the words were unexpected, I narrowed my eyes and looked down at the knife.

“Soul?”

“Yes. That … Recently, an entity called Death King was resurrected, and in order to completely eliminate that entity, you need to use his soul his his —”

“I understand. You don’t have to say anything more.”

I was convinced by the word Death King.

Indeed. Have you already subdued the Death King and figured it out? There was no need for me to intervene.