In the Name of God - Chapter 64.1
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How much do you know about the only god of this world?
The answer to that question is incredibly easy, requiring no deep thought.
Since that only god is me, I naturally know more than what the people of this world know.
However, is what Woo Hye-ran wants to ask really about the personal matters of the only god?
I don’t think that’s it at all.
When I started the game with this world as its setting, the omens of destruction had already begun. Dimensional rifts opened in the sky, dungeons appeared all over the world, and monsters increased and overflowed by the day, massacring humans.
In every corner of the “Server Earth-637,” where various religions were entangled, the cries calling for God were as incessant as the screams of those being torn to death by monsters.
But among the gods they cried out to, no one responded to the call.
Only one person.
I, who used my authority to save a small, dying child, consequently became the only god to descend upon this world and the guardian deity who helped humans prevent destruction.
That only god has remained endlessly silent since the Holy War began, without revealing their authority even once.
It had to be that way.
‘I had already died back then.’
Even if I wanted to help more, there was nothing I could do, and I couldn’t even properly know how the harsh Holy War ended. No matter how much I searched through the memories of Seong Do-yoon, which might be helpful, the information about the only god was nothing but textbook descriptions.
Perhaps Woo Hye-ran asking how much I know about the only god was about whether I knew the blank history that the younger generation, born around the time the Holy War began, had not properly heard.
‘She’s probably wondering… “Is it right for you to want information about the Holy Lands even knowing that?”‘
Many scholars in this world say this:
The reason the only god stopped manifesting as soon as the Holy War began was likely the aftermath of turning half of this world into Holy Lands with his authority.
‘They aren’t wrong.’
Because I reached the end of my lifespan after pouring out my authority to establish Holy Lands everywhere.
To be precise, the lifespan I had left wasn’t much to begin with. Even if I hadn’t created the Holy Lands, I wouldn’t have lasted long.
However, to the people of this world, all those Holy Lands seemed to be the devotion and precious legacy of the only god.
Since she received a request to vaguely collect information about such Holy Lands, there must have been considerable pressure on Woo Hye-ran as well.
Nevertheless, Woo Hye-ran sent me a file with a refreshing smile. Inside, the distribution and area of Holy Lands across the world, as well as superficial information about the internal dungeons of each Holy Land updated as of yesterday, were organized.
“For now, I’ve just organized the basic details. Detailed information will be re-organized and delivered to you later.”
Sitting across from Woo Hye-ran in the representative’s office, I replied while scanning the file sent to my phone.
“Even though it’s a compilation of basic information, you handed it over faster than I expected.”
“Think of it as a small token of apology. I was really startled by this Disaster Zone incident.”
Woo Hye-ran shrugged her shoulders significantly and made an exaggerated expression.
Whatever the reason, there was nothing bad about receiving basic information in advance. I intended to organize the dungeon information inside each Holy Land in my head whenever I had the chance.
‘Huh?’
While briefly scanning the list of Holy Lands, I discovered one strange point.
‘Why is “that place” missing?’
Unable to overcome my curiosity, I asked Woo Hye-ran.
“Why is the last Holy Land not on the list?”
“The last Holy Land?”
“There was also a Holy Land in Montreal, Canada.”
The final Holy Land I established by squeezing out my last strength with my dying body was Montreal, Canada. At the time, that place was a stronghold teeming with monsters, but I had unfolded a Holy Land in the middle of that hell to save my beloved apostle and his army.
But in the list of Holy Lands Woo Hye-ran gave me, the name of that place was missing.
Woo Hye-ran’s gaze became profound.
“How do you know that, Do-yoon? It’s a fact known only to a very few, even among those who participated in the Holy War.”
I didn’t answer and just looked at her quietly. Right now, the one who needs to answer regarding the Holy Land in this spot is not me, who is no different from a client, but Woo Hye-ran alone.
Woo Hye-ran nodded her head as if she understood and replied.
“If it’s that Holy Land, it vanished cleanly not long after the Holy War began. No one knows the reason. They just speculate that the only god had no choice but to withdraw it for some reason.”
That’s impossible.
I know how to “bestow” authority, but I don’t know how to “withdraw” what has already been given.
Even if I had known the method in the first place, I passed away immediately after establishing the Holy Lands and finally granting a blessing to my apostle, so there was no way I had the strength left to reverse the Holy Land in Montreal.
‘Is it a simple error? Or is there some other reason?’
Questions arose, but there was no way to resolve them immediately. It had been 27 years since that time, so there was nothing I could do.
Most importantly, the Montreal of today was a “Disaster Zone” where the Holy Land had been extinguished. For me, who was nothing more than a mere Rank 7 Awakener in Korea, to get a chance to directly investigate the most sensitive Disaster Zone of another country was practically close to impossible.
Deep in thought, I suddenly felt Woo Hye-ran’s persistent gaze.
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