In the Name of God - Chapter 6.2
According to my knowledge, twenty years ago, immediately after the dimensional rift disappeared, this world regained its natural climate.
Here in Korea, where I am standing, the four seasons returned, though summer and winter became slightly longer.
However, as the dungeons that had disappeared with the dimensional rift began reappearing one by one from ten years ago, the climate gradually shifted again.
So now, in Korea, it is no longer spring, summer, autumn, and winter. It is spring, winter, winter, winter.
“…It is damn cold.”
I rubbed my shivering arms and called the system window into my mind.
<Your death will result in the destruction of this world.>
It was a message as if telling me never to forget this fact.
It was not funny.
This damned game had brought a dead person here, and now it was threatening that if he died again, the world would be destroyed.
Not only had it brought a person who had died without regret into the game, but it was also giving me this kind of threat.
Why are you doing this to me?
I glared at the system window. It did not seem like it would explain itself just because I stared.
All the messages the system had shown while I played the game were not lies. The warnings that using the ‘Divine Power’ during gameplay would consume my lifespan were, of course, true.
I did not know the exact causal relationship between myself and destruction, but it was safe to assume this message was not false.
‘Fine. Everything is fine. Everything is fine, but…’
I stared at the numbers blinking in seconds at the bottom of the system window.
<Remaining lifespan: 6 days 19:05:42>
A terminal prognosis in my previous life and now, after possession, I still had a terminal lifespan.
‘If that is the case, then just kill me, you bastards!’
I felt a surge of emotion, but perhaps because of the ‘adaptation’ skill, it did not last long.
Instead, other thoughts filled my mind.
‘What happened to that kid?’
My adorable disciple who once revered me as a god.
The hero who had led all awakened fighters to a happy ending in this world.
The child known as the ‘Black Saint’ had vanished without a trace immediately after the seven-year war called the ‘Holy War’ ended.
‘He cannot be dead.’
Unlike me, he had clung to life. He was a fierce kid who would do anything to survive.
The fact that he disappeared without a trace right after the Holy War ended meant there must be a significant reason.
Various negative thoughts surfaced, but I quickly shook my head to clear them.
‘Anyway, it is decided.’
I knew exactly what I had to do in this world.
‘Find my disciple, and… sever the link between my lifespan and destruction.’
The first task was important, but the second was equally critical.
I was a person who would die, a person who should have died.
So the peaceful world where my disciple lives should not be connected to me and march toward destruction.
‘…First, I need to increase my lifespan.’
What I needed immediately to achieve my goals was time.
In other words, lifespan.
According to Seong Do‑yoon’s memories, his body was extremely poor.
So I had to secure money first.
Regardless of a terminal lifespan, I needed to survive for the time being.
I headed straight to the Awakened Association to report the dungeon clearance.
The association was not far from the dungeon I had exited, and I reached it in thirty minutes by taxi.
“Wow…”
Stepping out in front of the association building, I looked up at the towering high-rise with genuine admiration.
The association building I had seen in the game seemed hastily constructed, occupying the tallest and sturdiest building available, with a quickly attached sign.
In contrast, the current building showed careful, deliberate craftsmanship. The lavish and stylishly designed lobby confirmed this attention to detail.
‘They must have spent a lot of money.’
I admired it quietly to myself and reported my visit to the front desk staff.
While leaving the core in the inspection room for dungeon clearance processing, the system window I had been waiting for appeared before my eyes.
<The update of your dedicated support module is complete.>
<Your dedicated support module ‘Echo’ awakens.>
In an instant, a brown furred bundle began to slowly emerge from the system window.
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