novelraw Chapter 171: The Path of Light (4)
Chapter 171: The Path of Light (4)
Translator: Dreamscribe
Leon’s light is gathering in Arsilan!
Time travel using the Dimension Gate received an enormous amount of positive response. It healed the hearts of all the Heroes and Arsilan residents who had been shocked by the LA incident.
They could return to the past to see themselves, or say the words they had wanted to say to family members or close friends who had been sacrificed during the Great War. In particular, it held special meaning for the Arsilan residents who had been devoured by the Lord of Greed.
Before their resurrection, they had been enemies of Arsilan. Although it was a different timeline, being able to participate in the Great War and lead Arsilan to victory lightened their sense of guilt a little.
Luceren and Garsha knew that it was a production, but they went together with the Heroes to the past. As leaders who guided an entire race, the two had not expressed their emotions until now due to their sense of responsibility. However, upon seeing their kin smiling brightly in the past, they could not hold back their tears.
The Soul Gate shone more brightly than ever, and the Heroes of the Great War comforted the two of them.
Title: I went six times.
But every time I went, the time period was different.
It ranged from the early part of Episode 2 to after the Great War. Personally, it was great to experience the Grand Festival one more time. It still had that raw taste from back then.
The newbies must have had a ton of fun too.
Now I cannot even tease people for not having experienced the Great Warㅋㅋ
That was my only bragging right!
Anonymous1 (US): Guys, have you tried participating in the Great War and just crushing them? When I split the siege weapons in half, the Heroes were shocked. This is what a Hero is.
└Anonymous2 (KR): ㅋㅋㅋ Watching their reactions is pure fun. They also drop materials, so it is satisfying for farming too.
└Anonymous3 (KR): When I broke the Gate of Invasion, something called a True Magic Stone came out. What is this?
If one caused harm to past Heroes or Arsilan residents, negative influence increased and they could be expelled. By participating in the Great War or helping with preparations, many Heroes tried to create positive influence. Of course, while enjoying themselves to the fullest.
When entering the Dimension Gate and returning to the original world, they could indirectly experience the IF route mentioned by the Creator God. That too was a great source of enjoyment.
“Master, are you all right?”
“It is bearable.”
“You are even answering. That is surprising.”
Tiris nodded as she recorded Jinwoo’s condition. All kinds of mechanical devices were attached to Jinwoo’s body. All abilities were synchronized with the Magic Tower, and everything was being produced at full power.
Auxiliary Magic Towers were erected throughout Arsilan, and massive amounts of True Magic Stones were put into them. By even drawing on Helby’s computational power, they were able to implement Time Reversal.
The authority absorbed from the Lord of Greed was also an immense help. It could create infinite space and grant a sense of reality that went beyond Illusion Magic.
Tiris could not help but admire it.
“It has been perfectly reproduced. It even showed results that exceeded our estimates. It is incredible.”
“It exceeded them? It is already hanging by a thread as it is.”
Tiris brought up an information window and showed him a video.
The Heroes of the Great War appeared and comforted families and friends who had come to the past. They spent time together and made memories. Moreover, at the end, it even showed a production where they comforted them and then disappeared. That scene deviated greatly from the existing scenario and was difficult to properly implement with the current computational power.
Jinwoo stared intently at the information window and then let out a small laugh.
“Master?”
“There were developers other than us too.”
Tiris tilted her head as if she could not understand.
Jinwoo did not continue speaking and focused on the production.
When he closed his eyes, he could see the countless spaces he had created. They were connected to the Magic Towers like a spider web, and white beams of light descended into them. They were beams of light extending from the Soul Gate. It looked as if the will of Arsilan itself was flowing in.
Let me do my best too!
Jinwoo smiled quietly and poured out even more strength to maintain the space.
The burden was enormous because he had to grind down his body all day long.
It was not just a metaphor. He truly ground down his body. Several bodies created for this scenario were worn away, and some even melted after failing to withstand the overheating.
It was filled with pain, but even so, it was enjoyable.
As he watched everyone’s reactions, he felt a sense of fulfillment as a game developer.
Jinwoo originally planned to run it for about two weeks, but because the response was so good, he extended it by one more week. He also adjusted things so that Leon’s reversed invasion would be delayed. He even gave quests in the Seoul Field to secure reasonable narrative plausibility.
After three weeks had passed, Jinwoo sent everyone back and closed the space.
[The Temple of Miracle has exhausted its power! The authority of Time Reversal imbued in the Dimension Gate is extinguished.]
*You have saved countless worlds! You are the Light of Miracle!
*The Creator God of the saved timelines greatly admires Arsilan’s achievements and expresses gratitude!
[Gift of the Creator God]
*Episode 2 Gift Set (Limited Edition), Gift of the Saved, Arsilan Gold according to positive influence.
A surprise gift was also distributed.
Everyone who received the gifts was extremely happy. Thinking that they were gifts prepared by the worlds they had saved gave them a sense of accomplishment.
Jinwoo could feel that Arsilan had grown another step further. It had been a desperate situation, but they had gained the strength to hold onto hope without collapsing. Jinwoo disconnected from the Magic Tower and came outside.
Tiris brought him a cold beer.
Jinwoo had not even drunk water for three weeks. As soon as he received the beer, he gulped it down.
“Ahh! I feel like I can live again now!”
“Master, please rest a bit now. I have prepared the bedroom.”
Tiris opened a space and guided him to the prepared bedroom. Various spells had been placed so he could sleep deeply. Jinwoo shook his head.
“There is something I need to do before that.”
It was just as a look of question appeared on her face.
Behind Jinwoo, Helby and Ella appeared. Tiris then realized what Jinwoo was about to do.
“Do not tell me....”
“Yes, we need to make the real Holy Sword.”
The Holy Sword.
The Holy Sword used until now had not been the real one. It was merely something Jinwoo had manifested by gathering divine power. The golden light emitted when swinging the Holy Sword had been created through Magic and production.
The reason he had let Ella and Helby rest well for three weeks was also to make the Holy Sword.
“My condition is at its best.”
Ella, who had rested well in Seoul, was in such good condition that light flowed out of her even when she stayed still. Helby, who had slept her fill, also nodded. A faint starlight flowed from her horns.
The true Holy Sword that would share light with Arsilan.
The genuine Holy Sword that could deal a significant blow to the higher beings of Erosion. Now, it was possible to make it.
Jinwoo brought out the body with the highest Endurance. Helby frowned as if she did not like it, but considering where they would be going, it had to be at least this level.
“Tiris, proceed according to the scenario.”
“Yes, understood.”
Jinwoo entrusted everything to Tiris and went outside the Magic Tower. He did not forget to gather all the materials obtainable in Arsilan, as well as the materials brought from Earth.
The Holy Sword could not be made in Arsilan. The Magic and atmosphere flowing through Arsilan interfered with gathering pure energy, and Arsilan, which had finally achieved peace, might be turned into ruins. It was that dangerous of a task.
“Let us go.”
“Hm....”
When Jinwoo looked at Helby, she let out a sigh and returned to her dragon form. Then she grabbed Jinwoo and Ella with her hands. Riding on her back would have been comfortable and nice, but that was a matter of Helby’s pride.
Jinwoo aside, Ella made it very clear that she absolutely did not want to ride.
[Then we depart. Protect your bodies on your own.]
Helby flew up into the sky.
In an instant, they flew above the clouds and then accelerated even further. Helby’s body was wrapped in starlight as she continued to move upward.
“Hup!”
Ella took a deep breath, filling herself with Arsilan’s air, and Jinwoo’s body activated, increasing its Endurance. It was a specially made body designed to be able to move even in outer space.
Helby, having been born at the end of the Abyss to begin with, seemed to find outer space more comfortable than Arsilan.
[This brings back old memories. We used to come out this far sometimes.]
Ella’s will was conveyed into Jinwoo’s mind.
She smiled as she recalled her memories. Jinwoo also thought of the old days.
[There were many materials we could not obtain in Arsilan.]
[A space battleship? Did you not say you wanted to make something like that?]
[It is romantic, but well, will not the Heroes make one someday? Now we even have True Magic Stones.]
Jinwoo replied with a smile to Ella’s words.
The comets that periodically flew in carried rare materials within them. Jinwoo gathered a large amount of materials every time a comet came flying in.
Ella lowered her head and looked down at Arsilan.
Although much land had been reclaimed, it was still far from complete. Large parts of the planet looked blurry, as if covered in fog, or the space itself was severed, leaving nothing at all.
When Ella descended to the ground, Arsilan had been exceedingly beautiful. However, she liked the present more than the past she used to call the Golden Arsilan. That was because there had been no joy until the Archmage came to Arsilan.
She turned her head and looked at Jinwoo.
She still remembered their first meeting. Arsilan was filled with light, but to her eyes it looked like a black-and-white world. Only the golden light she brought clumsily illuminated Arsilan.
When Jinwoo appeared in Arsilan, the black-and-white world finally awakened as if from sleep and was dyed in a variety of colors.
It was a miracle that no god could accomplish.
[This is nice.]
Ella smiled brightly.
Helby turned her head to look at her, then raised her hand.
[We have arrived.]
Whoosh!
Helby forcefully threw Ella toward the moon. As if she had expected it, Ella lightly twisted her body and landed on the surface of the moon. When Ella gave a small smile and looked at Helby, Helby clicked her tongue and turned her head away.
Jinwoo also slipped free from Helby’s hand and landed beside Ella.
He had once dropped the moon, but this was his first time actually coming to the moon. Helby did not come down and instead waited above.
‘Shall we begin, then.’
Jinwoo looked at Arsilan, which had been eaten away by Erosion, then took various pieces of equipment out of his inventory.
They were the tools needed to manufacture the Holy Sword. There were also tools that looked suitable for use in a forge, all manufactured by Jinwoo using rare materials he had collected and lavishly using great magic.
Swoosh!
When Jinwoo extended his hand, the surface of the moon split apart and a gigantic structure rose up. Ella stood atop it and turned her back to the distant sun.
Jinwoo focused and drew up all his Magic Power as he carefully took out the materials for creating the Holy Sword. They were materials he had meticulously gathered one by one over a hundred years, earnestly hoping that the day he would use them would eventually come.
Crystals from comets that had flown for tens of billions of years from faraway places.
A Soul Stone that Jinwoo had created by shaving away a little of his own soul over a hundred years. When fragments of authority obtained from mythological beings came together, an enormous force raged and devastated the surroundings. If this had been done in Arsilan, mountain ranges and the land itself would have evaporated.
The combined materials became a sphere about the size of a fist.
Jinwoo poured powerful gravity magic into the sphere. It was the great magic that had bound the Lord of Greed. Originally, these materials were incompatible and could not be combined into one, but Jinwoo’s great magic allowed the spherical form to be maintained.
Destructive energy flickered as if it might explode at any moment. The energy contained within began to soar exponentially, like a nuclear bomb on the verge of detonation.
[Ella, start.]
Jinwoo held a gigantic hammer and looked at Ella.
Ella nodded and extended both hands. A massive light shimmered from the distant sun and then shot toward Ella.
A spectacle of such a cosmic scale could not be concealed with Illusion Magic. The Heroes who had been immersed in the lingering aftereffects of time travel on the ground turned their heads and looked up at the sky as Arsilan suddenly brightened.
The beam of light cutting across the sky was clearly visible.
[A miracle comet has come to Arsilan. Make a wish!]
“A comet?”
“Oh, is it an event?”
“Are they giving items?”
The Heroes closed their eyes and began to make wishes.
The Arsilan residents did the same.
From personal wishes, to wishes for others, and even wishes for Arsilan Saga to become an even more enjoyable game, they gathered through the Soul Gate.
When the sunlight reached Ella, her body ignited with brilliant light. Ella’s radiant golden light spread around her, forming a massive circle.
Flash! Kwarararar!
Because it was a vacuum, there was no sound, but their bodies were violently shaken. The sunlight that passed through the massive circle was dyed golden and poured down toward the sphere placed in front of Jinwoo.
The surface of the moon warped, and the entire moon shook violently.
Amid an overwhelming temperature that seemed capable of melting everything in the world, Jinwoo swung the hammer.
He poured all the Magic Power and will he had accumulated into the hammer and struck the sunlight.
‘This is exhilarating.’
The specially manufactured body could not endure it and was melting away. Even though he cooled his body while using great magic, it was still the case. However, a smile appeared at the corner of Jinwoo’s mouth.
Games were originally like that.
If you used hard to obtain materials and difficult methods, the strongest weapon would surely be born.
When Jinwoo looked at Ella, she released light with all her might. The light around Ella swelled as if a balloon were inflating, then
Kwaaaah!
It was amplified dozens of times and stretched straight toward Jinwoo.
Jinwoo continuously hammered without resting. No sophisticated machine could endure this light. Only Jinwoo could.
Each time he struck with the hammer, shockwaves burst out and the surface of the moon crumbled away. That process continued for quite a long time.
When light poured out as if a small sun had formed inside the sphere, Jinwoo raised the hammer toward Helby.
[I cannot make it halfheartedly. I will go all out. Endure it.]
Helby, after a long time, connected herself to the space of the Abyss and opened her mouth. A massive Abyss that seemed capable of splitting the moon and a breath of starlight stretched toward the hammer.
The hammer absorbed all of Helby’s breath as if it were a lightning rod.
Perseok!
In an instant, the great magic layered around them vanished, and the body split apart. The shock was transmitted not only to Jinwoo’s body but even to his soul.
‘Everyone will like this.’
The Heroes who were together with Arsilan Saga, and the Arsilan people, would like it. Jinwoo thought only of that as he contained all of Helby’s breath in the hammer and his body. Then he squeezed out all his strength and brought it down.
At that moment, light exploded as if another sun had risen. No, it was brighter than the sun. It was an overwhelming light, like a supernova exploding.
But at the same time, it was gentle, as if it were embracing everyone.
Everyone in Arsilan could feel warmth.
“Ugh?!”
“Did a comet crash into the moon?”
“What is this production?”
“Now instead of fireworks, they are doing a space show.”
“I have become someone who cannot be satisfied with ordinary sights anymore....”
The Heroes who had been making wishes stared blankly at the moon.
The moon was gouged out as if someone had taken a bite from it. And it was still filled with brilliant light.
Jinwoo looked at the small sun floating before him and engraved it directly into his soul. A new Holy Sword emblem was drawn deep within Jinwoo’s soul. At the same time, the Soul Gate shone brilliantly and scattered light across Arsilan.
A Holy Sword that would never break as long as Arsilan Saga existed. A warm light meant only for Arsilan was born.
‘So this is the Holy Sword....’
When Jinwoo extended his hand, the Holy Sword woven from light revealed itself.
It became a sword, and it also transformed into the shape of a staff. It could freely change into anything imaginable. Containing everything of Arsilan, it allowed great magic to be used freely.
It began as mere production, but after experiencing many things and with the power of Arsilan, he had finally created a true Holy Sword.
Ella and Helby, both looking exhausted, approached Jinwoo. They gazed at the radiant Holy Sword with faces full of admiration, then shifted their gaze to him.
Jinwoo was deep in thought with a serious expression.
What was he thinking about?
Was there a problem with the Holy Sword? Or had he been injured?
Ella looked at Jinwoo with a worried expression.
[What is wrong?]
In response to Ella’s question, Jinwoo still kept silent and did not answer. Even Helby began to worry about him.
Jinwoo nodded.
[Hmm, it would be a shame to leave the moon like this. What kind of content would suit it? Should I cover it entirely with cheese? Then the Heroes would probably like it quite a bit. Making a jade rabbit would not be bad either.]
A detention facility for vicious criminals?
Or should I design it as an entirely different world? Moving the Celestial Realm here might not be a bad idea either.
The moon’s weak gravity would not be a problem.
With great magic, it could be made similar to Arsilan’s environment.
[Or making it a stage to fight Erosion would be fine too. Ah! Using it for a Chuseok event would also be good.]
Ideas continued to pour out.
He looked extremely excited.
At Jinwoo’s appearance like that, Ella blinked her eyes, then let out a small laugh. Helby shook her head and sighed.
The Creator God of Arsilan Saga always thought like this.
[This is fun.]
[I partially agree with that opinion.]
For once, Ella and Helby’s opinions were aligned.