Episode 33

11. Monster Wave

One.

What is divine power?

It is literally the sacred power of God and the power to create miracles.

At first glance, it feels like a blessing from God (in fact, in my case, I received it directly from Limen), but according to Limen's explanation, divine power comes from believers, not from God.

- To be precise, you can think of it as the power that is the source of life. Life is so wonderful and precious that it has countless possibilities. If magic power is in contact with the possibility of the will to life, then sacred power is the power in contact with the possibility of the faith in life.

When I first heard that story from Limen, I didn't quite understand it, but as time passed, I was eventually able to understand what it meant.

I once saw a young man who arrived at the Vatican following the guidance of his attendant priests.

A 24-year-old young man from a northern barbarian tribe.

He was a young man who had never been baptized by a priest, and had never received religious education from a young age.

The young man knew nothing about what kind of god Limen was, what values ​​Limen pursued, and what the doctrines of the church were.

However, the young man possessed such pure divine power that even I let out an exclamation of admiration.

It is said that when the young man was a boy, he was able to survive thanks to the sacrifice of an attendant priest of the Limen Church.

And it is said that from the moment the young man saw a stranger who had no ties to the tribe praying to Limen and willingly sacrificing himself, he embraced Limen, a god whose name he only knew, in his heart.

Even while wandering the north with the surviving tribe members, the young man simply prayed to the god Limen for the tribe's well-being and happiness.

I didn't even know that it was a prayer.

While wandering the north with the tribesmen, the young man was discovered by another priest of the Limen Church and arrived at the Vatican.

It was also the story of ‘Leo Lumen’, who was called the saint of the North.

Of course, even Leo is now busy translating the Bible in his room.

“Leo, that child was a very special case. “ He was a child born with a very strong potential for divine power.”

“I’ll say it again, calling Leo ‘child’ is too much for me.”

“Siwoo. “ Are you jealous now?”

"No way."

I sighed as I looked at Limen, who was lightly sitting on the desk in front of me.

This was also Limen's temple, and thanks to the rapid increase in Limen's followers last night, she was able to appear once again.

The reason I urgently asked to speak to her was, of course, because of a huge incident that had occurred last night.

An incident in which divine power was unlocked for players on Earth.

The whole world was currently in an uproar because of it. From existing religions, including Christianity and Islam, to strange new religious groups that I have never heard of before.

There were players coming out all over the place saying that they had blossomed into divine powers. Of course, I don't know if they have truly developed divine power.

Rimen said as he gently placed his hand on my head.

“You knew that the shamans of the northern peoples used divine power, right?”

“That’s why it was difficult to understand.”

“It means that it is not the object of belief that is important, but the belief in the object that is important. “ I don’t know about Siwoo, but there were quite a few deities that disappeared because they could not be trusted?”

“What on earth is this deity?”

“Siwoo is already seeing it with his own eyes!”

“That’s not it… … .”

“I can’t tell you about the origin of godhood.”

For Limen to say something like that means he really can't give an answer.

I can't help it, but I think I should move on.

I sighed and nodded, then looked at Limen again and asked.

“Then why has there been no divine power on Earth until now?”

“It’s the same reason why magic power was not allowed to humans on Earth until now. Because the dimensional plane was limiting some of the possibilities of life.”

“If that’s the case, shouldn’t it have appeared five years ago when the magical power appeared?”

Limen answered my question with a sullen expression and a fine frown.

“If I had known that, I wouldn’t have told Si-woo a long time ago. “ I’m sorry for being an incompetent god on Earth.”

“… … “No, what would happen to me if I said that?”

“Still, we can make some predictions. It was originally meant to be like this, or... … .”

"or not?"

“It’s because of me and Siwoo.”

I sighed deeply again at Limen’s words and said,

“Casality again?”

“I want to give everything to Siwoo, but… … “The causality that governs the dimension has no choice but to dislike such things, right?”

I expected that word to come up again, but I couldn't help but feel annoyed when I heard about that possibility in person.

But Limen gave me a light hug and said,

“But now I can do this much.”

[Your goddess gives you a blessing.] [For 90 days, all attribute levels held by the church increase by 1 level.]

“Do I really have to hug and bless you like this?”

“I like this. “ You don’t like Siwoo?”

Instead of answering Limen's question, he just stayed quiet.

Limen, who hugged me for quite some time, soon got down from the desk and smiled.

Then he looked at me and asked playfully.

“What does our Pope plan to do now?”

“Whatever. We need to preach hard to the players as well. If we stay quiet, all the talented people will be taken away. “There is a manpower shortage right now.”

Originally, we were planning to attract talented people in various fields through things like divine power and baptism, but it would be too late to do that now.

According to news heard through the Talent Management Department or Minsu, large guilds are already looking for ways to dominate players with potential for divine power.

There is no way they would have information about divine power, but if they were to let their guard down, it might all be taken away.

"right."

There's already something I wanted to ask Remen, so I guess I'll have to resolve it now.

“Could it be possible to recruit additional personnel in Eden?”

“Um, not yet?”

“Then there is nothing we can do. “I just need to change Leo a little more, okay?”

“… … "Siwoo?"

"are you okay. “ People don’t die just because they sleep less.”

2.

In fact, the opportunity for effective sales, or rather missionary work, was not that far away.

The emergence of divine power was only part of what happened overnight.

Breaking News) Some of the Orc tribes occupying the vicinity of Pyongyang City began to move south. Level 2 monster wave warning issued in the area around the former ceasefire line.>

A very large gate was detected in the Saha-gu area of ​​Busan. Expected gate grade is A.>

Abnormal magical activity in Seo-gu, Gwangju... … >

The entire world was puzzled by the new energy called divine power, but for a moment, abnormal phenomena began to occur simultaneously in various places around the world.

And Korea was not free from such anomalies either.

There are 9 abnormalities reported nationwide.

Among them, there were three abnormalities that could cause serious damage to the country if left unattended.

Naturally, when the situation reached that point, the entire Republic of Korea was put on alert.

The fact that an order to convene the Awakened was issued once a year was enough to highlight the severity of the current situation.

Of course, I was also included in the government's summons.

“Isn’t it funny how all of a sudden those pigs came down, wondering if they had foot-and-mouth disease? Pope Kim. No matter how much I think about it, it's so simple that I don't understand it. “It is quite unfortunate that the people who have been stuck there for so long are coming down at a time like this.”

"Chairman Choi is also the head of a large guild, but isn't it a pretty picture to be attached to the other side instead of ours?"

"Haha. Sticking with the hurts your pride. Didn't I tell you then? Our guild is not a guild of the Whole Horn Alliance."

"I see."

I sighed as I looked at Choi Seo-jin, the leader of the Goblin Guild, who was talking excitedly next to me.

This is the meeting room on the top floor of the Ability Management Department, which I visited once before.

There were a total of 11 people sitting in the room, including me.

Choi of the Goblin Guild is one of the 11.

Choi was wearing a Hawaiian short-sleeved T-shirt despite the cold weather, and he told me as he wriggled his dynamic muscles.

"Would you like to have coffee with me after the meeting? I've got something to ask you, and I'm going to have to do it."

"Are you going to ask me?"

"I've got a lot of personal questions about divine power."

After a moment, he whispered quietly to my ear.

"Wasn't the power that overpowered me last time also divine? It seems that the power you showed at the Gurogu Gate is also a divine power, but it seems that the divine power is Pope Kim who is the first-hit instructor.......

"Mr. Choi."

"Yes."

"Please refrain from whispering in your ear from now on. If you do it one more time, I can take you one more look underground."

"Oh dear. Were you ashamed? Surprisingly tasteful...... Haha, let's relax your face, Pope Kim."

It's the first time I've met Choi since then, and it's weird.

At first glance, you might think that they are comrades-in-arms who have gone through many battlefields together.

"Representative Choi. Are you the only one in the room? Can you lower your voice?"

Perhaps the communication between the two of us was quite unsatisfactory, a middle-aged man with a mustache turned to us and said,

In response to the man's point, Choi replied by rubbing his little finger into his ear.

"I'm going to have a good chat with my new friend, but are you dissatisfied? If you don't like the temple, you leave."

"You have a problem with that. I don't have the slightest consideration for others. So I clash with other guilds in every case."

"Mr. Lee, are you getting any mustache treatments? You've got a strangely better mustache."

"Ugh."

I couldn't hold back my laughter at Choi's comment.

He's definitely a crazy guy.

In my case, I came as an irregular, and I was asked to convene by the Talent Management Department, and the other 10 members are all representatives of a large guild with ties to Seoul.

With the balance of power shifting considerably in favor of the guilds, how many people can openly argue with them?

I think it's true that he doesn't get along well with the guilds in the Pavilion.

Otherwise.

"By the way, I guess he was circumcised in his mouth? Why does everything you say sound like an X?"

You can't say that.

"You, you bastard!"

"Last time I heard that your guild members were in charge of the site and my bastards suffered, shouldn't I apologize for that? Take care of your cubs in time to scream."

"Oh."

I have something to say, Choi Ka-Cola, whatever?

Correct.

It seems that he is not a crazy person, but a properly insane person.

In response to Chairman Choi's verbal abuse, Chairman Lee was ready to go on a rampage, but he could do nothing.

Because just as he was about to get angry, the door to the conference room opened and someone entered.

"I think our representatives were having a good time. Did this old man disturb you?"

Minister Yoo Seon-ho, who is the head of the Ministry of Talent Management.

At the appearance of the old man with a benevolent smile, the representative just frowned, and sat down quietly.

Mr. Choi grinned at Mr. Lee, and then turned to Minister Yoo.

"You seem to have improved your energy while you haven't seen each other, sir."

"I think the aphrodisiac I've been taking lately is working. If Chairman Choi wishes, I will tell you where he built the medicine after the meeting. Haha."

"It's good."

Representative Choi also took a favorable stance toward Minister Yoo.

After quickly clearing up the atmosphere in the conference room, which had become catastrophic, Minister Yu sat down, still smiling benevolently.

Then he gestured lightly to his secretary.

"Time is money, so let's get down to business."

After a while, a map of South Korea appeared on a screen in one corner of the conference room.

The Korean Peninsula is familiar to the eye.

But there was a huge red dot near the waist of the peninsula, and Minister Yoo Seon Ho spoke in a low voice.

"According to the reconnaissance team's report, the number of orcs in the south is at least 100,000. As a result, we've upgraded the Monster Wave alert from Level 2 to Level 1."

…… What?

100,000?