The Gods’ Marriage: Riera’s Story 2
“It is Layas, the land of liars.”
“From its name, it seems like a place to be fooling around.”
“It fits the Earth’s standards, but yes, it’s just like what you said.”
The two landed on the ground.
The Earth was filled with poison and curse. It was so terrible that no one could even breathe there. Any creatures who live breathing the oxygen would not withstand more than 0.1 seconds on this land. Only Yoo Il-han and Riera could stay casually on that terrible land.
“If you are in the 5th class, you may not be able to withstand it.”
“Yes, even the Dragon Spirits will have a hard time here.”
No one could even guess how far the world had gone if not looked through the world’s records.
Il-han still looked at Riera. She was walking on the black ground step by step as if grasping her memory.
“I said it was the land of liars.”
“Yeah.”
“In this world, religious wars were very severe.”
“Huh?”
“They argued that the only God they believe in is the one and absolute. There were three big powers, but the group of more than 100,000 followers was over a hundred in total.”
“Hundreds…”
“And they all respected only the God they worshiped. The names of other gods were ignored, and those who believe and follow those gods as well.”
Yoo Il-han couldn’t imagine it so easily. Of course, in the history of mankind, religion was one of the reasons for the conflict. But they also had minimal common sense. Few religious leaders pushed all mankind to the depths of war.
“They all… fought?”
“Yeah, very fiercely,”
He stuttered, calling out world records.
In a translucent image like a hologram, countless humans were seen colliding with flags symbolizing different gods.
“Our world was developing in a somehow special way. We were able to grow only by believing in God, and as the number of believers increased, the power of the group leader also grew bigger. So even if God’s messenger showed up, it would still optimize space for war between the group.
“Yes, the record itself was twisted.”
It’s only natural that their presence was strengthened by receiving the faith of many believers. The Akashic Records and the four higher groups that dominated the world prove it.
But perhaps in this world, faith grew in a particular way. The power would have returned to the believers without going straight to that God.
It is because the mana’s flow caused by the record was stretched back and forth.
Although all errors were corrected as this world was incorporated into the Earth, it didn’t mean that it would fix worlds that already died and was waiting only for the day of destruction.
“But it wasn’t like this at first. As religions have developed in the history of mankind, some religions have risen. But everyone realized that believing in God makes one stronger. If you believe in God, you become stronger… And after that, it became terrible.”
“The number of new religions must have increased.”
“There were some who called themselves gods. The forces they led was one of the three strongest.”
There would have been no real one among the gods they were looking for anyway. Then, it would have been the most efficient to come up as a god and receive the faith of all of them in one body.
The scene changes. A man with strong energy was seen holding a giant spear and panting. He looked like someone Il-han knew.
“But, Riera.”
The pharaohs, the higher-ranked beings, are all God’s “son” and not God himself. That was why humans did not call them gods.
Yoo Il-han saw the man in the scene and immediately raised the question.
“As I see, he was like a lower-ranked being. Didn’t he die soon?”
“Amazingly, he had a skill that can convert the power of the gathering records into his lifespan. He had no potential to become a higher being, but he could survive long as a lower one.”
It was a terrible being.
The longer he survived, the more believers’ faith would increase, and he must have run wilder to erase other gods’ existence from the world.
“But what happened then?”
“Just because everyone realized that hitting and receiving in a normal way would not lead to any result, from then on, they started to curse.”
“The name of another God?”
“That’s right.”
It was indeed a terrible idea.
If the twisted causal structures he interpreted were being cursed, the curse would probably…
“They began to tarnish humans and the Earth instead of tarnishing God’s name. After that, you know what happened, right?”
“Yes. I see why this happened.”
Yoo Il-han was still holding Riera’s hand. He sensed that it would be a key to the story starting from now on.
The two walked and walked on the same rotting ground wherever they looked. The scene was still floating around them.
Suddenly, behind the man’s back, a little girl appeared. At that moment, Riera stopped walking.
“I was that man’s daughter.”
“The man who called himself God?””
“Yes.” Riera was a gifted child, even without knowing. In particular, her power of destruction created by vibrating magical power was enough to scare even her father.
She was not interested in God, nor in the power that she got by believing in God. She was a natural martial artist and was only interested in self-discipline.
“But it was a world that I couldn’t live in. I was taken as a hostage… and had to fight.”
“Hostage?”
“My younger brother… He didn’t have a lot of talent. So, I felt sorry for him when I was younger. I wondered if I was born with all the talents that were taken away from that child.”
No one could imagine being taken as a hostage by their brother.
Yoo Il-han clenched his fist a little harder in the hand that wasn’t holding Riera’s hand.
Even though he knew he couldn’t interfere in the past, Yoo Il-han was so angry that he wanted to help.
“So, Riera, the voice you’ve been saying while sleeping…”
“Yea, it’s the name of my younger brother. I can’t even remember it anymore.”
She must be lying. But he decided to pretend not to know.
Seeing Yoo ll-han made an effortlessly calm expression, Riera forced herself to make a joke.
“Hey, did you think it was another man’s name? Did it bother you? Then can you relax a bit now? Okay?”
“I don’t care who you date in the past. Now, you are mine, after all.”
“But I never dated anyone. You are my first and my last…”
“I said I don’t care.”
Riera felt a little happier with his solid love interest, which would be a good villain at the end of the century. It was worth throwing a joke, but Yoo Il-han hugged her a little tighter.
“But it bothers me and worries me that you were crying while sleeping.”
“Oh… I wasn’t crying.”
Riera pouted her lips and completely leaned her body to hug him. Il-han wondered if they would leave this place now, but she suddenly asked him.
“My brother… I want to go to the place where he died.”
“Okay.”
The moment he heard that, Il-han searched the world’s records to find the location. With Riera in his arms, he slowly flew over the ground.
The land was black and flat. Perhaps the civilization built on top of it had collapsed without leaving a single soul in countless years. It resulted from false beliefs born only to gain strength and divide sides and humans who followed them.
“Oh, the talk wasn’t over yet.”
“You don’t have to tell me more now.”
“No. I’ll tell you everything because it’s almost finished.”
Riera took a breath for a while. Wherever she looked, she saw the same world and continued to speak quietly.
“I was overwhelmingly strong. No matter how many Holy Knights who were strengthened by shouting the name of God rushed in, they couldn’t break the record I had accumulated for four days. I was at the forefront of all battles… I led all battles to victory.”
“You were invincible.”
“Yes, he called me the Angel of God. Even though I didn’t believe in him.”
However, thanks to Riera, his brother was brought to power, and all those who were crying out for other faiths knelt.
Because they can’t face her in the battle, people started to curse her and cursed God. The curse quickly eroded the continent.
“He realized that this world was going to be ruined when it was all over. The ground was completely covered with curses, and even different curses were mixed, so it was impossible to do it.”
“Your brother…”
“My brother searched for God.”
It was breathtaking.
“Not the false God that drove us away, but the God who will really save us. But before my younger brother found God, a curse took his breath away.”
Yoo Il-han stopped flapping his wings.
When they landed on a dead land that was completely indistinguishable from their surroundings, she touched the rotten Earth and talked quietly.
“I killed him.”
He was expecting it would happen. He gently touched Riera’s stiff back and helped her to carry on.
“I killed everyone. Then God came to me. The messenger of God… from Heaven.”
Riera questioned why it didn’t come early. God’s apostle said that only now when they have found this world. She appeared to be a talented person who has the conditions to become a higher-ranking existence.
“What did I do?”
“Draw the spear to the angel?”
“Oh no, I begged it to save my younger brother.”
Reira talked suspiciously.
“The angel said that he couldn’t grant my wish, but he made a promise instead. He said he’d make him reincarnate in a better place.”
“You believed it. You moved to Heaven.”
“And I know the existence of a true God and believe in God. After that, you know the rest…”
It ended like that, but she laughed as she flapped the dragon’s bloody wings.
“I’m so lucky. Am I supposed to meet a good man like you?”
“If you look at it, it means that I’ve succeeded because of you, so it’s a tie.”
“Yes, you met a nice woman, too.”
Riera said with a giggling smile, and Yoo Il-han held her back in his arms.
Then, she asked him more cautiously than before.
“Can you… check about it?”
“Your brother?”
“I don’t want to find out where and how he is living right now. I’m just hoping that this cursed land hasn’t spoiled the child’s next life.”
Yoo Il-han nodded and reached out his arms.
He read the record of this world more extensively and traced the source of Riera’s brother.
In the end, he learned something.
“…Haha.”
“Why are you laughing?”
“No, that’s amazing.”
There was no record. It was clear from the beginning.
He thought it was strange from the beginning. If there was a younger brother, he must be there with Riera in the scene he fetched.
But he wasn’t there, and that is…
“Riera, Don’t be emotional and listen carefully.”
“Why? What happened to my brother?”
He spoke slowly to stop Riera, who was running in a rage.
“Heaven cheated you. They didn’t do what you wanted.”
“So that kid!”
“The boy is out of the record.”
“Huh?”
Riera looked confused.
“He could be erased from the Archaic Record or became a god. Heaven or God probably approached not only you but also your brother. Your brother accepted it without realizing it and led him under the ranks of the noble.”
“Those jerks!”
“I’ve given them my revenge for you, so calm down. Your brother was also safe.”
Her brother would have already been liberated by Yoo Il-han’s hand and flown to an unobserved place. It has not been reborn as a new being, but it has not been extinguished. It definitely exists.
“Thank God…”
“It was a lie to say that he has no talent. Both of you were very talented.”
“It’s a good thing.”
It didn’t sound like a joke. Yoo Il-han laughed and spoke.
“I’m tracking where unrecorded beings are headed. You will be able to meet him someday.”
” It doesn’t have to be that way. I don’t want you to be in danger.”
Then, they could go to find him by non-dangerous means. But if il-han said it now, Riera would get angry; he would just tell her later.
“Are you satisfied?”
“Yeah, I think I won’t have a nightmare anymore.”
Riera laughed and added.
“I want to go back now.”
“Yes, it was a short trip.”
“No, it was a very long trip.”
She said with a long sigh, holding hands with him.
“Let’s make our kids when we go back.”
“Are we now back to normal?”
“That’s weird. Why do I want to swear right now?”
“It’s an illusion, an illusion.”
Yoo Il-han said with a giggle and gave strength to the hand that held her.
“Yes, let’s make a child.”