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Chapter 193: Proclamation (2)
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The U.S. Climber Management Bureau's secret training facility.
After finishing her training, Taylor took a brief rest and checked the Communication Window.
Max handed Taylor a coffee as she sat with a somewhat tense expression.
“The world’s been pretty unsettling today.”
“...It really has.”
The strange sensation felt by all humanity, the earthquakes, and even the Tower’s time limit stopping.
It had been a day of one bizarre phenomenon after another.
It was now the third day since Person123 received the Tower’s proposal.
Like many others, Taylor was certain that all these events were connected to Person123.
Yet there were still no posts in the Nightmare Communication Window. She had even cautiously sent him a whisper out of concern, but there had been no reply to that either.
Had he not finished clearing the Hidden Route yet?
Taylor trusted Person123 almost as much as Ye Tianwei did, but with one unsettling event after another, she could not help growing anxious.
What if something had happened to him because of the Tower’s proposal...?
Then it happened.
“...!”
An intense sensation, as though her soul itself had trembled.
Crash!
The coffee cup slipped from Taylor’s hand and shattered.
She did not even have time to realize it.
Feeling a sense of holiness, she unconsciously let out a cry of emotion.
Max’s eyes went unfocused for a moment before their expression slowly turned to shock.
The two stared blankly at each other.
The Climber Affairs Office headquarters in South Korea.
“...Ah!”
Shin Su-jin, who had been in a meeting, abruptly pushed back her chair and stood.
The others looked at each other in alarm as well.
“J-Just now...”
“Did everyone feel that?”
That strange feeling of connection had returned.
The conference room, which had been buzzing with voices, quickly fell silent.
This time, a voice rang out in their minds.
【 The Tower will ultimately fall, and humanity will triumph 】
Everyone stood speechless and dazed.
Shin Su-jin was no different, but when she came to her senses, her expression slowly filled with emotion.
‘This is...!’
Her heart pounded, and she could not contain the swelling feeling inside her.
She knew.
Person123 had made a proclamation to humanity.
“...Holy.”
Billon, who had been working in his office, heard the voice as well.
Billon sank back in their chair and stared blankly into space before murmuring,
“Mr. Kim...”
Have you truly become a god?
The world was turned upside down.
News outlets around the globe poured out breaking reports.
- The voice of a god descending upon humanity... A new ability of Person123?
- Person123 declares that the Tower will fall and humanity will triumph...
- Has Person123 truly become a god, stopping the time limit and interfering with the Tower’s system...?
The second time, everyone felt it more clearly.
The indescribable holiness and thrill of being mentally connected to a great existence.
No one could fail to recognize the identity of that presence.
This time, they had even heard a voice.
The hero protecting humanity from the Tower.
The greatest savior in history, one who would never appear again.
Now, everyone understood for certain.
Person123 had truly become something divine.
Followers of the Person123 Church around the world poured into the streets, passionately crying out his name.
“Person123! Person123! Person123!”
“God, can You see us? Your servants answer Your call!”
“Ahhh! The Tower will fall, and humanity will triumph! His words have descended upon us!”
The atmosphere was nothing short of madness.
It could not have been otherwise.
For them, God’s words had descended directly for the first time, and it was the strongest proof possible that Person123 truly was a god.
It was not only the existing believers.
People who had never believed Person123 was a god, and those who had lived their whole lives without religion, began changing their minds as though entranced.
After experiencing something like this firsthand, it was difficult not to believe any longer.
[Fact: Person123-nim has spoken! Humanity will ultimately triumph!]
[Papyrus: So Person123 really was the one who stopped the time limit, right?]
[Fireworks: You bastard, show some respect. Where’s the “-nim”?]
[Chris: Could the earthquake have happened because Person123 and the Tower were fighting head-on? That’s terrifying.]
[Finite: Has he gained the power to confront the Tower directly? Person123, just what are you...]
[Weapon: Person123 is a god! Person123 is a god! Person123 is a god! Person123 is a god! Person123 is a god! Person123 is a god!]
[Black-and-White Logic: I just joined the Person123 Church. You guys should get outside and pray too.]
[Moss: He will completely free humanity from the Tower’s threat!]
[Shrew: I believe, I believe, I believe...]
[Ruebilly: God of humanity, please watch over us.]
Beijing, China.
“...”
Ye Tianwei had remained motionless with his head bowed to the floor for a long time. At last, he rose.
His expression was filled with emotion and ecstasy, but also resolve.
After reverently fixing his disheveled clothes and hair, Ye Tianwei summoned someone.
Xiao Lin, a Standing Committee member, hurried over after receiving the summons.
Ye Tianwei spoke to Xiao Lin.
“Pass this on to the Chairman and the Standing Committee. Tell them to begin preparations as quickly as possible.”
“Yes, for what...?”
“The Person123 Church Great Prosperity Project.”
Xiao Lin flinched.
China was a country with strict conditions and restrictions on religious activity.
Ye Tianwei had previously supported Person123 Church groups operating within China so that they could be guaranteed a certain degree of freedom. However, he had never actively sought to expand the church’s influence.
That was because, regardless of his devotion to Him, he understood something objectively.
That He did not particularly welcome being worshipped as a god.
So until now, Ye Tianwei had only provided moderate support to the Person123 Church...
But things had changed at this very moment.
This was His revelation.
Ye Tianwei was certain of His intention in proclaiming the Tower’s destruction and humanity’s victory to all mankind.
‘He needs the faith of more people.’
Someone of His nature would never have acted this way otherwise.
The reason did not matter, and Ye Tianwei did not need to know it.
He had no intention of committing such impiety as asking Him first through a whisper.
As one who served Him, he would simply do his utmost to ensure His will was fulfilled.
Now that His voice had descended upon all humanity, all he needed to do was help this sacred wildfire burn even more fiercely.
Objections within the Communist Party?
He only needed to remove them.
No party member dared object when Ye Tianwei said he would do something. His power within the party was currently absolute.
He would remove every obstacle to the Person123 Church operating within the country, then shower it with every form of national support and benefit to expand its influence.
The ultimate goal was to make the Person123 Church the state religion.
And to turn all 1.4 billion Chinese people into believers.
Ye Tianwei had always thought about doing this. Now that he could finally put it into action, he smiled excitedly.
* * *
After sending a broadcast to all humanity through my divinity.
“This is insane.”
The world was in uproar again.
The news showed Person123 Church rallies packing streets around the globe.
The effect was clear, just as I had intended.
Even now, I could feel people’s faith growing stronger in real time.
I was looking at the Communication Window when my sister knocked and came into my room.
“Oppa, come out and have some fruit.”
“Yeah. In a little while.”
She looked at me and grinned.
Then she suddenly put on a solemn expression and said,
“The Tower will ultimately fall, and humanity will triumph.”
“What are you doing?”
“Nothing. It was a good line. You really sounded like a god.”
My sister had been smiling playfully, but then she called to me again in a slightly subdued voice.
“Oppa.”
“Yeah?”
“Can the world really become peaceful again? Like before the Tower appeared...”
I had roughly explained the situation to my family.
That I had become capable of stopping the Tower’s time limit with my power, and that I had found a way to possibly save the world completely from the Tower.
I nodded.
“Yeah. It’s no longer completely impossible.”
“...I really hope it happens.”
My sister sighed before speaking.
“But don’t push yourself too hard, okay? You’ve been through a lot. Couldn’t you rest comfortably for a while? You don’t even need to enter the Tower every week now.”
Hmm...
I had not told them yet that I needed to obtain divinity inside the Tower, and that I would keep climbing quickly before the Tower could recover its strength.
I felt sorry for my family, but I planned to enter Floor 18 soon as well. I would tell them later when the time came.
After my sister left.
I looked at the Communication Window again.
I had been checking the whispers that had piled up.
Of course, one of them was from Billon.
[Chicken Sandwich: Mr. Kim, are you safe? I am concerned about what may be happening.]
I sent a reply.
[Person123: The Tower’s proposal ended safely. You don’t need to worry.]
[Chicken Sandwich: That is a relief. But was that voice truly your doing, Mr. Kim? Have you really become a god?]
A reply came back immediately.
Billon seemed extremely curious about what state I was in now.
There was no reason to hide anything from Billon, so I told him the truth about everything.
That I had become a god, that I was the one who stopped the Tower’s time limit, that my lifespan issue had been resolved, and that greater faith from people would help me oppose the Tower...
[Chicken Sandwich: My God, you are truly planning to fight the Tower itself now.]
Even through the text, I could clearly feel Billon’s shock after hearing the explanation.
I also roughly told him about my future plans.
[Person123: So I’ll keep climbing and gathering divinity. I’ll have to try to find out whether it’s possible.]
[Chicken Sandwich: I understand. Is there anything at all I can do to help?]
[Person123: It will be enough if you focus on your work as you have been.]
I remembered the promise I had made when I met Billon before.
[Person123: Do you remember? We agreed that we would both fight as hard as we could.]
[Chicken Sandwich: Of course. Though the Mars Plan ended up becoming meaningless effort...]
[Person123: No, it isn’t meaningless. It’s true that going into space won’t let us escape the Tower’s grasp, but the Tower’s power will still be even slightly weaker there than on Earth.]
That was because the Tower had sent down its divinity as though rooting itself in Earth.
So Billon’s attempt had not been entirely meaningless.
It could not solve the fundamental problem, but it would weaken the Tower’s power by even a speck.
If humanity could fully relocate to Mars or another planet, as Billon wished...
It would be at least a little easier to drive out the Tower’s divinity there than on Earth.
And if that bastard followed us there to settle in anew, that would consume its strength too.
Of course, I needed to settle things with the Tower as quickly as possible, before such a distant future came to pass.
[Chicken Sandwich: Those are encouraging words. I will continue to do my utmost.]
After a brief delay, another message arrived.
[Chicken Sandwich: I remember when I first met you, Mr. Kim. It was before the clear of Floor 2, when several dozen days remained until the world was destroyed. Yet somehow, we have reached this moment.
Hearing you speak not merely of extending the time limit, but of destroying the Tower’s system itself, fills my heart with emotion.
Thank you for showing humanity this much hope. You truly are a miraculous existence, Mr. Kim. Our god. As one of your believers, I have no doubt that you will ultimately defeat the Tower.]
I scratched the bridge of my nose.
[Person123: Thank you. I’ll do my best.]
We really had come a long way.
Compared to when we had struggled just to extend the time limit by a year at a time.
After ending my conversation with Billon, I sent replies assuring Taylor and several others that I was safe.
Time passed.
In the meantime, I did the things I had made a habit of doing.
“You’re no match for me now, Demon King.”
Training in the Mindscape.
Becoming a god had raised my standing so high that the Demon King was no longer a match for me.
And now, even if I handed control of my body to the Demon King, I could take it back at will.
The Demon King spoke in annoyance.
“Don’t get cocky. If only I had enough capacity, I would have long since... Tch.”
Honestly, I did feel like teasing him a little.
But it seemed too arrogant, so I did not.
The Demon King had helped me greatly in getting this far.
More importantly, I had diligently trained in swordsmanship here all this time... but that did not seem very meaningful anymore either.
Whoooosh.
With a wave of the Demon King’s hand, the surroundings became an ice kingdom.
The place the Demon King always created.
We stood side by side on the roof of a palace and looked down at the city.
“How are your memories?”
I asked what I always asked.
The Demon King stared endlessly at the citizens walking through the city before finally speaking.
“Floor 23.”
“...What?”
“That is one thing I remembered. After clearing Floor 22, my world met its destruction before a challenge to Floor 23 could be made.”
So he had remembered the exact floor number.
But he still did not seem to remember exactly how his world had been destroyed.
As though it annoyed him, the Demon King made the city disappear again.
“Enough. There is no meaning in remembering it anyway. If you truly destroy the Tower, I will have to be satisfied with that.”
The Demon King asked,
“When will you enter the Tower?”
“I need to. Tomorrow.”
Floor 18.
Starting tomorrow, I planned to resume climbing the Tower in earnest.
Though, honestly...
I wondered if clearing Nightmare would pose any real danger now.
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