Chapter 143 – 143. Punishment (1)

-Accommodation / Room where Solias is resting-

“…Tsk, why did you do something so unbecoming, you idiot?”

“What is it? I just saved you.”

“…Yes, yes, you are the best.”

Dick, he is now in Solias’ room with Aris.

To be exact, the room assigned to Solias. And in that room, the archangels, Michaela, Gabriella, and Adramelech’s ironclad sense…

No, there is no surveillance or anything in the first place.

If he puts his mind to it, he can kill them all and still get away with it.

And that too with Aris next to him.

Protecting Aris, who was entrusted to him.

That’s what Clark was asked to do.

When his own disciple was almost insulted by his own mother, and Nebula.

No, the anger Clark showed toward Niyog-Sotep was beyond imagination.

He suffered fatal injuries from the attack, and the requirements for the [Beast] Inside to come out were met.

Perhaps Demon Sultan was aiming for this.

When you push a person to the limit, they become awakened.

Okay.

That’s the same for everyone.

It looks like Niyog-Sotep was trying to get away with it, but he was too relaxed. And Machina’s involvement was really dangerous, and if Solias hadn’t created an opening here and now, Clark would have definitely been in trouble.

I won’t die.

…I don’t know, because the monster’s true power hasn’t been revealed yet.

“…First of all, let me say thank you, too. Clark is the child left behind by my friend, and there was no need for him to go through a shitty experience there. He has agreed to pay me for helping him, so take that. “Right now, I have nothing I can give you.”

“I don’t even want it?”

“Yes, good night, good behavior. If you don’t expect anything, you won’t be disappointed.”

“…How twisted are you?”

“More than you think. And I don’t wish or pray to anyone.”

Solias could tell that the Dick Johnson in front of him was not in a very good mood. Did she say she was Charles?

“Charle, you are a reincarnated person.”

Reincarnated.

Should I call that a past life?

To be honest, I don’t know.

Because I was dragged to Elcadia at some point.

“Should I call him a reincarnated person? One thing is certain: I have to kill him. I don’t know what powers he received, but the current Clark can’t deal with him-“

“Trust him Dick.”

“It’s still too early for him.”

She took advantage of the opportunity and struck him, but Charles was much different from before.

He himself has already survived for more than hundreds of centuries, and even though Charles is worse than him, at least he has more to show in terms of combat experience and strength. If he is the hound of Tyndalos, then what will Charles turn into and come to him?

We don’t even know its true power.

I’m still skeptical about whether Clark can overcome that.

“If you don’t want anything from anyone and don’t trust anyone, does that mean you can’t even trust your adopted children, who you raise as your own?”

“This is why I hate people like you the most.”

Is this the perfect answer? And if you deny that, in addition to caring for Clark, if you can’t trust Clark, who treats you like your own child, then who are you supposed to trust?

“Trust Clark. He can get through this. Even if it’s not his inner [Being], He’s a strong person. Who’s going to trust him to get through this if you don’t trust him?”

“…Let’s stop talking about it. It’s true that that guy and Clark started a fight. You can’t even deny objective facts.”

“He probably knows that better than you do.”

It will be like that.

I really hate losing on topics like that. Above all, my pride is very strong and I am not satisfied unless I have won completely and overwhelmingly, so I will prepare more thoroughly and try to overcome it.

Did they say that a wizard is a person who prepares?

It’s just as Marcus said.

Yeah, Clark was well prepared and the result was literally butchering his mother’s mother’s henchmen in his basement.

Even the [Guy] In the basement was feeling helpless against the current Clark.

I know about it.

As soon as Clark was born, it also appeared in the world, a control device for the [World] To control Clark.

Naturally, the world’s defense system is related to the [Beast] Within Clark. And Arch Enemy. In other words, he is like an enemy of the single-legged righteousness.

We are already watching everything that happens underground, and the same goes for Solias.

It was possessed by Luffy, and along with Luffy, its [Mother] Was also fighting against Clark, and Clark was leisurely stomping on [That guy].

Here, he used his power, [Stolen], To immediately take away the powers he had copied from others, and completely destroy them with what he had stolen.

Wow, I’m using it like this to get rid of it.

In particular, Clark’s judgment that allows him to steal the power stolen from other gods, or the power copied.

And above all, since it took away the concept of [Power], Which was the most powerful at the time, it was too bad even if it was not compatible with the magic that Clark frequently transformed.

It’s the powerful magic Clark used just a moment ago.

Okay, so what? As he does so, he immediately strengthens his own magic. Now, let’s fight one more time. Because I do it this way.

Especially because the blood of the star has already awakened, and with a transcendental turn of the head, he combines the knowledge and wisdom he has gained and destroys the situation with a split-second decision.

It’s always like that.

Those who acquire knowledge by steadily accumulating it themselves, and what they have built up through hard work, are not easily destroyed by copying.

How can a bastard who has been stealing from others without accumulating anything of his own defeat a guy who can steal that as well, and who has also built up a solid foundation of his own?

Marcus gave me a good education.

Okay.

Compared to himself, who only taught him about bullshit and how to live in the world, Marcus was a great teacher and father, and thanks to him, Clark was able to easily cope with difficult situations and beat them up.

And while observing the underground situation, Dick said:

Amazing.

Clark is also a real bastard, seeing as he is angry at having his solar spark taken away and leisurely uses his power of [Stealing] To beat up [That bastard]. It was stolen. Then just take it away again and that’s it. An image of lightning being surrounded by soul sparks and creating a thunder spear and throwing it.

And the fallen angel who blocks it.

He catches the thunderbolt and throws it again, but Lucy, who is guarding Clark’s side, sinks the sharp halberd into the ground and sends it back to the ground. If it were normal, Lucy would have been seriously injured for doing such a thing, but seeing her survive like that without getting hurt and absorb part of the brain energy, there was a very high possibility that another star would awaken next to Clark.

Kaaaaa~!!!

I hear sounds happening underground.

While observing with all his senses, he and Clark finally get close, raise the hammer and hit Clark on the head, but surprisingly, it doesn’t die.

In other words, it wouldn’t be a problem if the possessed body were easily broken, and if [That guy] Chooses it as a possessed body, it has a lot of potential.

“Let me ask you something. First of all, Luffy, that kid is a Nephilim, and there is one thing that I guess is the kid’s mother with that much power. Also, there happens to be a Archangel who was kicked out of heaven. Let me guess. That Archangel’s name. , [Rushepiel], Right?”

I look at Michaela.

Naturally, it was Michaela who kicked out Rushephiel from heaven in the past.

Dick seems to know her better than Sollias.

She suspected [Lilith] Of pretending to be Solias, and she would have rebelled. She must have finally realized that the woman who pretended to be their mother and was causing all kinds of evil on earth was not the Solias she knew, and she rebelled, but Lilith completely tore Rushefiel and all the angels who followed her to pieces. He threw it away and she fell to the ground.

As a result, the place where they settled after wandering around the earth became Spartal…

That kind of story.

It’s a cruel story.

She was the first to notice that her mother had changed, but she was driven to the ground by her sisters, who had been unsuspecting and loyal to the point of stupidity.

Is there a story as funny as this?

And the sight of Michaela bowing her head immediately upon seeing Solias and Dick looking at her.

It seems he has now realized how wrong it was.

Of course, that alone is not enough to blame.

Well, you probably didn’t know that.

What will change if you criticize idiots who don’t even know that their owners have changed in the first place?

“…I’m sorry, Solias.”

“It’s not her who should be sorry. Why should I be sorry for getting stabbed in the back when she couldn’t do anything?”

Michaela is silent. Not only because Dick was right, and because she couldn’t win even if she tried, but also because they had no idea that Solias had been replaced for thousands of years.

Dick’s harsh criticism continues.

“You doubted your sister, and you drove her to earth. You should feel sorry for your sister rather than Solias, right? And for the trouble you brought upon the world in the name of Solias, who were so foolishly loyal that you never even thought of doubting them. “It’s evil… It will never be taken lightly. I promise you this. If you ignore this and run away, Clark will be the first to kill you.”

He is no longer a child to be taken lightly; he is a strong man who can easily kill them if he is careful. Next to such a strong man is Shub Nigguras, a monster that Sollias can only defeat when he is in his prime.

“Just Adramelech, who is here right now, even led Clark into a trap.”

“…How long will we have to live with that kind of gaze?”

These words are filled with anger.

Of course, Dick is merciless.

Just because he didn’t think about it or even think about doubting it, in Dick’s eyes, these people were just like accomplices with the Elder Gods, and it was nothing more than a sin that should remain in one’s mind until one’s death.

Dick says, spreading his hands.

As if sentencing them to death.

“Until the death.”

“…”

“In the world I was in, there were things called [Nazis]. Nazi collaborators, the bastards who worked under them, all of them committed large-scale holocausts, spoiled the world with racism, fascism, and totalitarianism, and were all inhumane nonsense. These are the bastards who used to do things.

And I, who am standing in front of you right now, am a madman who is so angry that he even carried out large-scale bombings against civilians in the past… Until I die, and even after I die, the derogatory name ‘murderer’ will continue to follow me.”

The oppression of monsters, the division among humans, the constant interference in each country, and the evils they have committed, alluding to blasphemy, are at a level that is difficult to enumerate one by one.

They have committed such acts in the name of faith and loyalty.

Okay.

Do you know what happened to the loyal Nazi collaborators?

I simply obeyed the orders of my country. So I’m not guilty?

Yeah, fuck it.

Of course it is the same.

Obey God’s command?

Even if you know it’s wrong, you follow God’s orders.

Yeah, fuck it all.

Everyone is a sinner from the moment they are defeated and the truth is exposed.

그 씨발 좆같은 나치새끼들이나, 대가리가 바뀐 것도 모르고 그짓을 수천년동안이나 반복해온 개년들이나 다 똑같다.

“You guys have been doing it for thousands of years, and if the truth is known, you are just a bunch of bitches who should be the first ones to be suppressed and exterminated. Don’t forget that. Don’t give any justification for what you did. You guys are fucking shit. “Because they have been killing for thousands of years and sympathized with the bastards who ruined this planet.”

Solias was also listening to Dick.

The Archangels were also listening to Dick’s story, looking at Solias who was listening with calm eyes even though they were about to let out their anger.

“Does it exist because there will be salvation? Absolution? For you? No, absolutely not. What sinners need is hell, and you too must roll in hell. In the hell called reality.”

“So, are you in hell now?”

“…The person who should die is alive, and there is the person who I should not see, the person who died right in front of my eyes. If this is not hell, what is it?”

Punishment.

Okay.

That is why he is being punished.

The mistakes you made while alive are returned to you as karma.

From beginning to end.

I let go of the people I wanted to be with, and as I was left alone, I separated from acquaintances I met again, and even met former comrades as enemies.

All of this is hell.

Nevertheless, you must not fall yet.

Can’t fall down.

Because I need to see Clark become independent safely.

Because that was the last thing he wanted to do.

“I want to be saved. Is that what you are thinking?”

Solias asks Dick.

“It’s salvation. There is no such thing as indulgence, and it shouldn’t exist. If it exists for me, it also exists for people like you.”

I see

While doing so, Solias looked at the monster in front of him who was once a human, and felt sorry for his situation in his heart.

His life, his life after he was once a human from another dimension and was taken into the hands of the Demon Sultan. Everything is difficult.

I tried not to listen, but I ended up listening.

-Now…Now I can die.

He is a person who wishes for his own death, feels joy at being able to die, and hopes for this cursed life to end and for this pain to end.

At the same time, he is a person who thinks terribly of his family.

At the same time, he is like an ascetic who constantly whips himself with guilt for his past sins.

There is no one who can save his life.

No one can save him.

He stubbornly refuses to do it and just waits for it to crumble. He just hopes that after constantly rolling and rolling, it will crumble into powder and disappear.

And that he is a being who, at least with his life, is trying to open the way for his adoption.

There is no such thing as salvation.

I do not hope for salvation on my own in the rest of my life. Even with a battered body and mind, I still exist here and struggle.

“Even so, don’t be too careless. Clark relies on you a lot. The story inside you, the story you want to tell. Do it all without regrets. Clark will listen, and you can even talk about having a drink with him. “Before it falls apart, I have to say everything I have to say.”

“…Ha, why do you say all that?”

“Because she is a goddess.”

And Solias could see that he was still [Human].

Human screams, pain, and screams.

Hope, that was what he heard too.

-Now, I want to rest.

…

Because Dick was eagerly hoping for this.

The problem is that he doesn’t have the strength to listen to this.

That’s why he doesn’t say he listens to it.

He can’t break the Demon Sultan’s power, and the Demon Sultan won’t let him do that.

When everything is over and Clark grows up, everything will be decided.

“And Clark is waiting. You know he cares about you, right? There’s no way he doesn’t know that he’s just pretending not to notice.”

That too. He seemed strangely concerned, but he couldn’t have known that he was deliberately turning to topics that Dick himself would be sensitive to.

Well, that’s good.

“You guys, don’t have any animosity towards this until you clean up all the poop. Clark is stricter on these things than I am, so he might really rip off all of your wings by then.”

When Adra Melech hears Dick’s words, she frowns in displeasure and questions him. After all, who would enjoy being criticized like this over and over again? However, when asked if they have the authority to object to that, Dick denies it at all.

Because they are still cheap.

“We even saved his disciple, why? Strictly speaking, that’s your problem. It’s a problem that happened between you.”

“That’s why Clark softened his mind. Don’t be arrogant just because of that. Clark is sure to make and break things.”

Solias has some extenuating factors.

However, there is no mercy whatsoever for those who followed Solias’ orders without knowing that he had changed.

Clark doesn’t know what to think.

However, based on what they are doing, depending on how sincere they are about atonement, they may be looked upon, or if they say there is hypocrisy, they will try to kill them.

Like right now.

“…Why? You’ve been like this until now, right? Your master told you to criticize him, so why are you trying to get something in return, you idiots? It was Solias who decided that, so Clark asked your master to do three things. “You said you would give it to me, right?”

They did it because their master told them to, and they also obeyed the fake who pretended to be their master. Of course, why are they bragging like they did it?

It’s not like they promised to save me.

Solias was only concerned about Clark’s safety and resisted, even releasing his limited power. As a result, he was able to buy time for Clark to awaken, which ended well.

That’s why Dick didn’t speak so harshly to Solias.

Whatever the reason, he was the one who saved his adopted son, and he wasn’t an idiot who didn’t know how to express his gratitude for that.

“…You-“

“Don’t show off to things that don’t have the ability to think for themselves, before you kill them.”

Unfortunately, no one here had the strength to deal with the being in front of him. In any case, Dick had no reason to become friendly with them, and he blocked them in advance of any plans they might make against his adopted son, Clark.

It’s a good relationship.

That relationship ended a long time ago.

Now Dick was falling apart, and so were his lovers.

Upon his death, he will die accordingly.