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Chapter 194: A lone world (3)

Chapter 194: A lone world (3)

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Multiple explosions came from outside the window. It was a fitting sight for a man with the nickname of the Pioneer of the Impossible. Awakeners of Rupture were torn apart by Jaehwan's world power. There was the sight of a giant wave sweeping through the city. The power was disastrous.

He was the same type of Awakener, but what made him different? Maybe it was because the goal was different.

Awakening was the beginning of another way, not the end. The ones who tried to stay faltered while the ones who tried to advance got stronger. Awakening was the power that allowed them to do this.

'It's not infinite.'

Myad remembered his old memories as he watched Jaehwan sweeping through everything from the outside. He had fought many things for a long time. There was a day when he was like that. He had fought for humans, and later fought for 'being'. He did not know what it was, but he proudly claimed he fought for them.

-Let's do it! We can do this!

A lot of things happened then. Myad remembered countless Vicegerents who shared the same thought with him. A fight to regain their right against the Gods. But they never succeeded.

-Right? What is that? Does that make you stronger?

To Gods, spirits were just consumables to increase their world power. They didn't care about 'beings'. Beings were worthless. As Myad realized he couldn't change anything with his power, someone came to him.

-Are you the one who can see the star in the sky?

Budda and Pierre were Awakeners who had lived much longer than Myad. Myad couldn't forget the day he created Rupture along with them. Budda spoke then.

-It's good for 3 thousand years. But we can't go beyond 5 thousand or even 10. There's no coming back even if they're Humans or Gods. No one will try to climb up.

The ones who were the closest were the Ancient Three Gods, the first Awakeners, and ones who taught him about the Nightmare of the Beginning. They were the ones who taught him the secrets of the System and gave him dreams about the sky.

Through the smog of the explosions, he saw the shadow of his friend. 1st Captain Budda was fighting against Jaehwan. Budda screaming and unleashing his world power was like the figure of a devil rather the benevolent God that his Setting depicted.

As he watched, Myad realized the amount of time that had passed.

There were no longer the friends he remembered. The time was as such. Pierre who felt despair toward the wall that they never could climb left the Rupture and Budda who fought on the frontlines for countless years had his personality destroyed from all those deaths.

-Myad. You can still do it. We are too old, but you still can. You are the one with the strongest and healthiest spirit among all the Awakeners. That's why you are the Master of Rupture.

It was thousands of years ago when he heard this. The determination and the dream had all faded away. The only thing left was the desire and stubbornness. Despair over despair. Anger toward the dream that could never be accomplished.

Myad looked up to the sky.

It was cruel. A sky no one was allowed to climb. When was it that he gave up on that sky?

'Well, it's not important anymore.'

Myad smiled bitterly.

'If I can't take that sky, I'll create a new one.'