294 – The Returner’s Fight (13)

“… “ Cheonma?”

“Yes.”

“…”

Angel 天使. Sky heaven. To serve. It means one whom the sky serves, and here, heaven refers to a self-proclaimed god.

Cheonma 天魔. The devil of the sky. Sky devil. Mara papyas. Pasun. Originally, he was the arch enemy of Buddha in Buddhist scriptures, a fearsome god who governs most desires. Likewise, it would not be wrong to think that heaven refers to god. It would not be wrong to call him ‘Masin.’

Therefore, from a religious perspective, Cheonma should be viewed as the opposing horse of the god who governs this tower, and the conflict between angels and Cheonma can be seen as symbolizing the conflict between good and evil… However, as a Korean, there was a Cheonma that was much more familiar to me.

“So… do you also use the Cheonma Gunlimbo?”

“Yes?”

Cheonma Shingong. The pearl of web novels. The moment Cheonma appears in a world of martial arts, he is either the final boss, the protagonist’s teacher, or the protagonist himself. In any case, the moment he wears the title of Cheonma, he is guaranteed to be in the top 3 in terms of strength. This has become a kind of rule.

From my perspective as someone who enjoys reading such web novels, the name ‘Cheonma’ resonated differently. Should I say it felt intimidating? Should I say it was already scary? Honestly, I thought Cheonma might come out of the tower. But I didn’t know it would come out here. Who would have thought Cheonma would not be satisfied with the sky and would go into space? He is truly a space Cheonma.

No, no. It’s too early. Isn’t this set in space? How many times have we committed a disservice by looking at other races with narrow-minded human perspectives? Cheonma may not be the same Cheonma. It’s more common than you think to use the same word with different meanings. It’s still too early to be scared.

“I need a detailed explanation.”

So I straightened my back and demanded further explanation in a dignified manner. I had a faint hope that my intuition might be wrong.

And that was always the case in these situations.

“Cheonma… is a vicious human who murdered all of the humans on a planet thousands of years ago… His crime was truly heinous, but the Archangel highly regarded his talent and collected and stored only his soul…”

“…”

“His talent was extremely rare, and he could make other people’s martial arts his own just by watching them… No, because he used his own self-created ‘Cheonma Shingong’ to control his magical power, his performance was even better…”

My intuition was right on target. That was the real Cheonma.

“I don’t know if I should say this. Why on earth did you bring in a kid like that? Do you think the players would be able to win against a madman who devoured an entire planet?”

“Well… there is a reason for that…”

Jake’s halo glowed unsteadily.

“For now… The man named Guntar himself is ‘a man who inherited the knowledge of the Heavenly Demon.’…”

“… ?”

“While wandering around in search of knowledge, he stumbled upon the ‘Cave of the Heavenly Demon’ and with the knowledge he gained there, he mastered 72 martial arts to an expert level. ”

“Then you came to the arena before?”

“Yes… I came to test out all 72 martial arts.”

So, the young and energetic young Guntar was actually the successor to the Heavenly Demon.

“He died from poisonous gas while exploring an unexplored planet.” He

lost his life in an unfortunate accident.

“But we also have the soul of the Heavenly Demon… And since the Heavenly Demon hates humans, it will also serve as a check on the players.”

The story is that the original Heavenly Demon took root in the body of the young man who almost became the successor to the Heavenly Demon. The crazy slaughter demon that killed an entire planet is currently waiting in the arena.

“Is that angel in charge in his right mind?”

“We’ve talked about this a lot on our side too… but we had our own safety measures.”

When the guy waved his right hand slightly, the white light unique to angels formed the shape of shackles. It seemed that since it was a black space with no surveillance, they could use their powers.

“First… I covered him with a normal personality.” “What do you mean

by a normal personality?”

“A bit rough, but still with common sense… a personality fit for the arena.”

The angels also knew that the ‘Cheonma’ guy was too strong for the arena. That’s why they put a new personality on top of him.

“We roughly injected the memories of the original Guntar… and since it would be a problem if it was too strong, we also blew away a significant portion of the Cheonma’s talent… Of course, we sealed the Cheonma’s memories and personality. That’s how a moderately strong Guntar was born.”

“…”

If you look at it aside from the feeling of rejection that they were manipulating a personality at will, the angels’ response itself was understandable. They were trying to create a suitable result with the materials they had.

“However, a problem… occurred…” ”

Of course, if it had been a perfect success, Guntar wouldn’t have been like that.

“We succeeded in establishing the personality, but… there was an error in the process of adjusting the memories…”

“Error?”

“First of all, Guntar’s memories, including that entity’s memories, were completely wiped out… It was probably due to the rejection reaction of the body and soul, but the biggest reason was that our skills were immature compared to the Archangel.”

First, the memories were gone. As a result, New Guntar even forgot who he was.

“Guntar’s martial arts were also less sophisticated than we had intended…” It

was said that the force itself was weaker than intended. This was because it was a lifeform created solely by the power of angels, without the help of the Archangel.

“However, even if it was only a half-success, it was still a success. We tried to deploy Guntar as soon as possible and gather data from actual combat, but…”

Usually, when a sentence ends with but-.

“Because of the Emperor… everything got messed up…”

was usually followed by negative content.

“We had no intention of letting Guntar and the Emperor fight right away… We repeatedly emphasized to both the Emperor and Guntar… that they shouldn’t fight…”

The inspection of Guntar’s condition was not over yet. The angels and the management did not want the two to fight, but there was no way the Emperor would listen to them.

“Guntar was being stubborn… he said he would definitely fight…”

“Didn’t you say you put in a sane personality?”

“That doesn’t make sense… I clearly put in a personality that values ​​self-preservation… That’s when I realized…”

The soul of Cheonma rejected the artificial personality. It tried to take off the ill-fitting clothes.

“Cheonma’s personality… kept trying to sneak out…” “

“Heh heh.”

“The original personality despaired at the situation where he had no memories. He panicked. He lost confidence in himself and wandered…”

Of course, that’s the personality of a normal person. If a normal person loses all their memories. If they can’t find any clues about themselves, it’s natural for them to collapse.

“The personality of the Heavenly Demon began to exploit that gap. The existing personality resisted, but since it was the personality of the original soul, it kept getting pushed back.”

“…”

“It reached its peak during the battle with the Emperor. The Emperor tried to kill Guntar, and the new personality handed the initiative over to the Heavenly Demon in order to survive.”

“The reason Guntar survived the fight with the Emperor could not be.”

“How did you know that?”

“Ah, that. Archangel Raphael told me.”

“Ah… That’s right. The Heavenly Demon and the Emperor, who had taken the initiative, fought fiercely, and the result was a draw. However, from then on, whenever there was a battle, the personality of the Heavenly Demon would surface.”

“…”

Normally, a relatively sane personality is in place, but when a fight breaks out

, the personality of the Heavenly Demon comes out. “The reason Guntar points out humans is all to suppress the desires of the Heavenly Demon as much as possible. In addition to his hatred for humans, the Heavenly Demon is also obsessed with hatred for us angels who have taken advantage of his personality.”

“No…”

“The soul of the Heavenly Demon knows that this is the tower… He also knows that the climbers are the companions of the angels…”

Although they may not agree that we are the companions of the angels, at least the fact that the angels and the Heavenly Demon think that way is important.

“For now, the original personality is holding up somehow… But in three months, the consciousness of the Heavenly Demon will fully awaken.”

“What will happen then?”

“The arena match and all… It seems like he will set out to kill every human in the universe.”

My thoughts were a little different. The Heavenly Demon knew that this was a tower, and that there were players. It was likely that it would stay in this arena… and kill all the players as soon as they appeared. Anyone with a good head on their shoulders would act that way.

“It was a huge mistake on our part. The soul processing process was immature, and we released the Heavenly Demon into the tower without fully understanding the results… Since it has already become a part of the tower, it is impossible for us, mere angels, to intervene deeply… However, that was absolutely, absolutely not our intention. Please believe us.”

In other words, to summarize the situation.

First. Right now, Guntar is not Guntar himself, but a psychopath who thinks he is Guntar, and that is even a good personality. Underneath him is the human murderer Cheonma. Cheonma’s personality will awaken in 3 months.

Second. Even Cheonma’s personality, which has just awakened, is on par with the number 1 emperor of mankind. As you can see in the tutorial, everyone needs an adjustment period. If Cheonma’s personality and talent were not intact and he had been in contact with the emperor, the moment it fully awakens, at least the player at the 28th floor point will have no way of dealing with it.

Third. Cheonma, who has completely regained his power, is likely to only seek out the player. Because he hates the angel who made him like this.

Finally, fourth. Right now, there is little the angels can do. At least, it is impossible to get rid of Guntar.

Now that I’ve summarized it, I get it.

Seriously. It’s really fucked up.

I alone can somehow clear this floor. No, it will be possible to clear it until Cheonma’s personality awakens.

But what about after that? What if the Heavenly Demon fully awakens? What about the players?

“…”

“…”

The conversation came to an end. Only cold silence roamed the black space. I glared at the angel as if to say, ‘So what do we do now?’ The angel looked up at me as if to say, ‘You said you would help me.’

“First… Is there no way to contact the Archangel?”

There is the simplest and easiest way. The Archangel in charge of this place just needs to return. In fact, he only needs to return before the Heavenly Demon fully awakens after three months. Then the Heavenly Demon will disappear, the difficulty of the 28th floor will return to normal, and humanity can climb the tower again as before.

But what if he doesn’t return? What if the Heavenly Demon fully awakens? This absolutely, absolutely must not happen.

The Archangel must return. Even if it is forced.

“That’s why I am here.”

Jake, his black hair and hip clothes fluttering as if it were a good question.

“There is only one way to contact the Archangel, even if it is indirectly.”

The reason why Angel Jake approaches the players.

“One of the players just needs to get his hands on the elixir.”

There was an elixir.