Somebody Stop the Pope – 296



Episode 296

5.

How long has Limen been planning this moment?

One day she told me that she could sometimes see my future.

Could this scene have been in that future?

“Siwoo you have to follow along well!”

“Following along well… right!”

“Siwoo can do that himself!”

Kwajijijik.

Limen stepped forward crushing the head of the angel rushing toward him with his right hand.

Only after seeing that sight could I realize why the children that Limen cherished were like this.

Me Leo Luna etc.

When we think about the prophets of our church there is one thing they have in common.

All of them have simple and ignorant fighting styles.

…I think I can figure out why.

Our goddess who moves in person. The ‘close-up mode’ of Limen which I have never experienced before was truly shocking.

“Siwoo why are you so surprised?”

“Wouldn’t it be stranger not to be surprised?”

“There’s no way I would have ascended to the throne without a reason!”

“If you fight this well you can deal with the demon lord yourself…”

“God is only the one who tells you your fate. You shouldn’t go against fate. Anyway there are complicated circumstances so let’s talk about it later!”

It was a kind of two-person triangle game.

Originally a two-person triangle would be one where each person ties one foot together and runs but this time they just keep holding hands.

It would be easier to let go and fight but there must be a reason why Limen is holding my hand tightly.

Did you notice my curiosity?

Limen said as he cleared the way.

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“Pluto is imperfect but he has ascended to the throne. This is the only way to protect Shi-woo from Pluto’s power. There is no more certain protection than holding hands and sharing the same level.”

“What’s the plan?”

“Destroy Pluto.”

“how?”

“well.”

Through the clasped hands Limen’s divine power and status flow into the body.

Unlike other divine powers Limen’s divine power blends smoothly with my gray divine power.

Is it because my class is based on Limen?

So right now while I’m holding hands with her

Kwaaaaaaaang-!

I can freely do whatever I want.

And at a level more powerful than that on Earth.

Just swing your fist roughly and the angel bastards will be swept away on their own.

But the most threatening thing isn’t those damn angels.

Paaaaang-!

The biggest threat was that Pluto guy who was shooting energy at us from his high throne as if he was bored.

A guy who treats us like toys.

I wanted to close the distance and cut his throat right away but it was impossible to use my usual space-saving techniques.

“The moment he was elected as the Lord of the Temple this place became his home ground. He cannot arbitrarily damage the sanctuary without the Lord of the Temple’s permission. The only good thing is that… Terra has not completely lost his power as the Lord of the Temple.”

That was when.

Terra who had been quietly observing the timing from behind us finally started to move.

She rushed towards Pluto with her grey wings spread.

The speed was so fast that it was like a flash of light.

She clashed with Pluto holding a blue hammer in her hand.

And Pluto as if he had been waiting pulled out a black spear from the ground and shouted.

“It is an honor to be able to personally take care of the traitor’s head. It seems that Terra is finally paying the price for his betrayal.”

Pluto’s spear and Terra’s hammer clash violently.

Kuuuuuuuuung-!

The entire Great Hall is shaken.

It’s not just the temple that shakes it’s the entire space that twists.

The divine power and energy that the two of them were emitting clashed incessantly and terrifying energies began to pour out.

Those energies even turned the angels who were blocking me and Limen into mush.

“Let’s go Siu.”

Even in the midst of the energy that twisted space I was fine.

It was solely the power of Limen.

Limen leads me forward by my hand even in the face of overwhelming force.

Climb the stairs.

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I slowly climb the steps of the temple which are decorated so splendidly that it is almost embarrassing holding her hand.

“Siwoo I asked you before what kind of contract you made with Terra?”

I nodded slowly to her question.

“Are you going to tell me now?”

“Because I think it’s time.”

“Tell me.”

Kwaaaaaaaang-!

Huge waves burst out ceaselessly from the throne.

At first it was an even fight but soon Pluto began to unilaterally push Terra aside.

Pluto’s spear leaves deep wounds all over Terra’s body.

Pluto Rimendo and Terra.

All the deities here are the main body.

It’s not like I borrowed someone’s body or temporarily manifested as I did on Earth.

Limen continued to move forward taking in all the fighting in his eyes.

And from her mouth began to flow the stories I had always wanted to hear.

“I agreed to lend you my power in exchange for taking you. It was a kind of usury. I was in a more urgent situation than Terra. At that time I was just a god of a world that was about to perish and she was the main character of this great world.”

“I don’t quite understand what it means to lend me your strength.”

I don’t even think that fighting together like this is the ‘price’.

If that was the condition from the beginning there would be no reason for Limen to have hidden it from me until now.

Limen nodded with a faint smile.

“It’s simple. It was a contract where Siwoo would save Eden and I would use all the power I gained as the Lord of Eden… to save the Earth.”

I was anxious.

Why is she saying this now?

I asked her trying hard to suppress the anxiety rising inside me.

“So in what way?”

“Do you know how to eliminate the gap?”

The first method that comes to mind is to absorb the opponent’s energy without leaving anything behind.

Because in the past the lower deities of the ancient gods were also destroyed in that way.

“absorption.”

“That’s right that’s the most efficient way. And that was Terra’s plan too. That’s one of the reasons why Yushinhyuk was Siwoo’s alternative.”

Insurance against my failure.

It felt strangely unpleasant to hear that someone who was the exact opposite of me was my alternative.

But something was strange.

Seeing as he says ‘Terra’s plan’ doesn’t it seem like Limen has other plans?

“For Terra Siu is a very wonderful vessel. She can absorb the energy of the Earth and at the same time fully receive my energy.”

What makes me end the whole situation?

…Was that Terra’s plan?

Only then did I recall the ‘me’ that had passed me by for a moment before.

The future me who had tremendous power.

I just now realized how my future self came to have such powers.

I also realized why that guy was willing to risk his life to talk to me.

“Limen.”

“Siu’s guess is right. Pluto has now ascended to the throne and absorbed all the other gods’ statuses. Siu will absorb Terra’s status and that guy’s status as well.”

The reason I became a monster no different from an ancient god.

I just now realized why.

The current Pluto is imperfect.

If you absorb Terra and Limen’s power you can easily subdue them.

In the end that means

“I want you to be absorbed…with my own hands.”

It’s a call for me to personally destroy Limen.

At my words Limen simply smiled and nodded.

“If Siwoo wants it then that’s fine. It’s the most likely way.”

That’s nonsense.

The things I have to protect include Limen too.

But I couldn’t refuse easily because even in my view it was the most likely plan.

I can give up one of her and keep everything else.

What could be so desperate and yet so difficult to refuse?

Kwaaaaaaaang-!

There are only twenty steps left to reach the battlefield of Pluto and Terra.

Limen stopped for a moment. Then he looked into my eyes and said.

“Siwoo saved Eden and returned to Earth. Siwoo can’t even see how Eden is changing now. I really want to show Siwoo how beautifully the world he protected is changing. If Terra’s plan goes as planned… Siwoo won’t be able to see how the world he protected is changing this time either.”

“…why?”

“Causality cannot just sit by and watch as one being is subjected to such terrible pressure.”

Limen whispering to me playfully.

“It doesn’t make sense that you the most important person in the world you protected don’t exist Siwoo. Are you going to live your whole life like a fool sacrificing yourself?”

“I am….”

“I’ll tell you in advance I can’t stand seeing that.”

Limen holds my hand tighter.

I realized why she was holding my hand so tightly.

She tries to hide the fact that her hands are shaking by holding mine tightly.

“Siwoo should live happily with the people he protected in the world he protected. That’s the happy ending I want. So Siwoo listen carefully to what I say from now on.”

Limen told me about his ‘plan’ and I listened intently to his plan.

I tried to hold back the words boiling inside me as I listened to her plan to give up everything for me.

Why aren’t you in the world I’m trying to protect?

But I couldn’t say that till the end.

6.

Enter the battlefield.

One who is being stripped of his power as a god.

The one who is taking away the power of the Lord.

The fierce fight between the two causes huge cracks throughout the main temple.

Woooooooooooo-.

You start to feel a lot of energy everywhere.

A force from another dimension seeps through the gaps left by the clash of forces like blood.

Limen holds my hand tightly and leads me into the middle of the battlefield.

She very slowly lowers her hand.

Then a huge wall of light appears between Pluto and Terra.

The battle quickly reaches a lull.

The two of them looked at the intruders who had suddenly barged in.

“I was wondering when you would intervene. So are you prepared to intervene in this meaningless battle Lord of Small Dimensions?”

“I don’t really have anything to say to you Terra.”

Limen looked at Terra lightly ignoring Pluto.

Terra looked back and forth between me and Limen smiling faintly.

Her body is covered with scars left by Pluto.

And from the wound gray powder was flying.

“In the end you’re leaving the easy path and going back to the difficult one. Isn’t that too crazy even if you’re crazy about love?”

“It was only this way from the beginning.”

“I’m the crazy one for being on the same boat. Oh well… Well since you made that choice I have to grant your partner’s wish.”

Terra quickly approached me and stood in front of me speaking.

“I know you don’t have any feelings for me so I won’t say much. Now this is the end of the story. Now the choice is yours. Your chance to protect the world you love so much with your own hands.”

She takes my remaining hand and places it against the wound on her abdomen.

Her immense divine power and status are transmitted through her hands.

I realized right away what she was doing.

He was handing me all the strength he had been holding onto all the strength he had.

“Honestly I feel a little relieved. I can finally let go of the heavy burden. Well whatever happens whether this world is destroyed or not is up to me.”

“You’re being selfish to the end.”

“No matter what route I took I would have met this end anyway. So don’t be so moved.”

Terra’s body slowly begins to blur.

The manager of causality.

The being that sent me to Eden.

A deity who although he was a being about whom I could not say anything good in some ways contributed the most to making me who I am today.

She said with that arrogant look she had on her face when she first saw me.

“Thank you so much for everything and I’m really sorry.”

All her power flows into my body.

The power settled softly within me as if it had always been mine.

At that moment Pluto rushed in holding his spear high but the flower petals scattered by Limen momentarily tied Pluto’s feet.

Terra looked at Limen like that and let out a small sigh. Then she winked her right eye lightly at me and said.

“So I prepared a separate gift for you so make sure to receive it later. I asked a trustworthy worker to do it for you.”

That’s the end of it.

“I’m going.”

With a final handful of grey dust her presence was erased from this space.

I carefully grabbed the trace of Terra that was lightly on my fingertips.

All the burden she had been carrying was transferred to me.

And now it was my time to take charge.

It wasn’t difficult.

Because I had Limen next to me.

So I pointed my left index finger at Pluto and said raising one corner of my mouth.

“So should we see the end now?”

It was time for me to do what I do best.

Our Pope please stop this