Childhood Friend of the Zenith – 453 (Part 1)



453 (Part 1)

**Chapter 454 – Thank goodness.**

The successful world remains while the other worlds are erased.

It means that only the successful world is left after extracting countless possibilities.

Up to this point it was okay.

In fact it’s not okay but let’s just say it is for now.

Even if somehow I succeed in making the disaster the master of the world I was in.

‘Welcoming a new master means that all living beings on the land have been erased once.’

Then ultimately no matter what the outcome is it means that only a dog-like situation arises from my current position.

‘Hah.’

This is no different from a fight with a predetermined end.

I recall.

The way Yeon Il-cheon referred to me as a disaster and the causal connections that bind me.

Along with the words of the divine sword that Heavenly Demon whom I thought of as a disaster actually regressed me.

Including the traces my mother left behind.

For some reason even the remaining powers of Heavenly Demon.

– Do you really think the regression you experienced was just a miracle?

The words of Yeon Il-cheon’s thoughts pierce through me.

I could see it from the current situation.

Including what the Blood Demon said that it felt like someone was covering my ears and that the past heroes tried to do something but ultimately failed.

When I look at these things.

‘What on earth do you want?’

I felt like the world wanted something from me.

The problem is what exactly is that?

Creak.

Could it be that just as Yeon Il-cheon said they want me to become a disaster?

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I don’t know.

Even the things I’m aware of now are complicated enough.

Moreover one more thing.

I had to ask the Blood Demon something.

“I understand everything you said but…”

No matter how the world is or what the world is like.

I understand the words.

“In the end what do you want?”

[…]

What is the purpose of the Blood Demon right in front of me? I was curious about that.

Even if the world is going crazy and talking about the end what is the actual purpose of the Blood Demon in front of me?

Does he also wish for the disaster to appear and reign according to the will of the world?

I don’t think so.

‘That guy has some kind of purpose.’

My instincts told me so.

The Blood Demon wouldn’t act according to such logic.

The fact that the Blood Demon of my world is trying to establish a group called the Meteor.

The fact that he is making subtle movements through Jang Seon-yeon’s body in the world I am currently in.

It seems like there is something he desires even though he is supposed to be torn apart and sealed.

What could that be?

It was a question about something I didn’t know in my previous life.

Furthermore.

‘Is the Blood Demon an ally? An enemy?’

Knowing that he was a being who had once caused a disaster I understood he wouldn’t be an ally.

Then is he an enemy?

I needed to know that.

[Hah.]

Hearing my question the Blood Demon lets out a short breath.

[… Truly a fascinating person.]

“What do you mean?”

[If you heard what I just said you should have been left in despair in the distant future. Yet you seem too calm for someone who has just begun to shed their mortal coil.]

Calm?

‘Calm can go freeze to death.’

The absurdity of the Blood Demon’s words was overwhelming.

Calm? I’m about to lose my mind and he talks about calm?

I’m on the verge of dying no matter what I do so how could I be calm? I was already filled with a desire to throw everything away at this point.

Just hearing it was irritating and dreadful.

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Whether it’s the world’s will to create a disaster or another world that is repeating the same story because of that will.

To me it was nothing but a difficult and nauseating tale.

Still.

‘Even so.’

No matter how it is I couldn’t give up so I just tried to move forward.

‘Shit.’

If I don’t do something humanity will die.

It’s not just a reason to curse.

I’m not someone who would step out just to hear such things.

I’m someone who would rather die than suffer a loss.

The only reason I’m trying to force myself to do something in this damn situation is for one reason only.

The faces that flash through my mind every time those who lived for me and died for me. The ones who are the reason I’m alive now.

If I think of it as a duty for them I couldn’t just sit down here.

I had to find a way instead of despairing and sitting down.

What I had to do was solely that.

[Seeing this I understand how you could enter the path of shedding your mortal coil.]

“Stop with the nonsense. Just answer my question.”

What is the purpose of the Blood Demon?

According to the will of the divine deity I would try to deal with the Blood Demon somehow.

‘I need to identify the priorities.’

There are mountains of things I need to block immediately.

I had to organize where to start blocking and what to do.

Of course.

There’s no guarantee that the Blood Demon would give a proper answer to this.

[My purpose? How did you come to the conclusion that I have a purpose?]

“Isn’t it obvious? For an old man buried in the ground you seem too passionate.”

[Heh heh….]

With a hint of sarcasm the Blood Demon chuckles.

[My purpose….]

“Are you perhaps thinking of causing another blood calamity from the past?”

The blood calamity that the Blood Demon caused as a disaster centuries ago.

Is the Blood Demon trying to cause the calamity again which was said to have been stopped by five martial artists including the divine deity?

Hearing my question the Blood Demon smiles and says.

[If that were the case what would you do?]

“I would stop it.”

To my nonchalant answer.

Woooooong-!

The ice bell begins to ring loudly.

Heh heh heh heh.

The sound of the Blood Demon’s laughter mixed with the resonance disoriented my ears.

[You a mere blood wretch who doesn’t even know this world properly how do you think you would stop me?]

“I have to do something.”

[How amusing. Do you really think it would be difficult for me to kill you right here?]

I could feel the energy.

The coldness creeping out from the ice bell felt like it was reaching the tip of my throat.

The Blood Demon’s words were not just threats; they were precise.

And they felt too vivid.

But.

“You don’t intend to kill me.”

I knew.

I knew the Blood Demon couldn’t kill me.

“You want something from me don’t you? Right?”

As I raised the corners of my mouth and spoke.

[…]

Suuuu.

The energy that was pouring out from the ice bell suddenly quiets down.

The reason I could so confidently provoke the seemingly dangerous Blood Demon was this.

He called me wanting to see me as a transcendent being.

And seeing him treat me relatively kindly as if he was trying to provide me with information I could predict that he wanted something from me.

It might not be the case but.

At least judging by his current reaction it was certain.

[Hah.]

The short words the Blood Demon let out were tinged with an unexpected emotion.

[You’re quicker on the uptake than I expected.]

As expected.

I frowned as I confirmed the Blood Demon’s reaction.

“What do you want from me?”

The disaster of the previous generation. A being from another world wanting something from me.

I needed to know what that was.

Hiding my complicated gaze I looked at the Blood Demon who still only let out a short laugh.

After a brief silence passed.

[You asked… what my purpose is.]

The Blood Demon slowly opened his mouth to me.

[I dream of creating a paradise.]

At those words my brow furrowed sharply.

“Paradise…?”

It sounds like a truly nice word but the fact that it was uttered by the Blood Demon made it a strangely alien word.

It was too hopeful a word for something that had caused a blood calamity and was sealed away.

As I tried to understand what it meant the Blood Demon called me.

[Transcendent being.]

[What I desire from you is one thing.]

I listened closely to his words.

[In the future when you successfully shed your mortal coil and come to understand the will of this world come find me once more. That is all I wish for.]

“I can’t just come here whenever I want can I?”

It was absurd.

Even in the same world it would be difficult to go back and forth let alone in another world.

I didn’t understand why the Blood Demon wanted that but asking for it was a very strange request.

Hearing my question the Blood Demon immediately provided an answer.

[If you successfully shed your mortal coil nothing will be impossible.]

“… What on earth is this shedding that you keep talking about?”

[You will come to know that on your own as well.]

When I undergo this shedding.

Will I learn how to traverse between worlds?

Or will I come to understand this incomprehensible phenomenon?