Chapter 98 – The Original Sin of the Sun God (2)

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Translated by Heavenly Cat

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The Sun God once cherished the world more than anyone else.

To the extent that it couldn’t be thought he would abandon it now.

Surprisingly, everyone I’ve met so far testified exactly the same in unison.

‘Since all things originated from me.’

‘The Serving Moon could not discard her lingering attachments because she knew the decision the Sun God made.’

There were also people who couldn’t believe the truth that the Sun God had betrayed the world.

The people who follow me are a prime example.

Until they directly faced the Sun God’s hostility, they did not believe the fact that he had turned his back on the world.

They rather thought it was something that happened because the Sun God died.

I think I somewhat understand where this absolute belief came from.

The Sun God, viewed only through [Last Comet], was a mad Absolute from beginning to end.

He was just a villain trying to completely destroy the world by holding hands with demons one day.

There was no way a gamer could understand the fanatical belief sent by the survivors.

In the first place, he was an opponent I had to fight and defeat anyway.

Even if I understood, it would only make this side feel uncomfortable, so I wondered if I even had to care.

I felt it to my bones through this fight.

If I can’t figure out his true Divine Name, this side will definitely lose.

I couldn’t carelessly let my guard down.

It was a fight possible through some fluke, and there is no guarantee it will keep working.

Above all, if the Sun God forces attrition while switching his Divine Name, the people will be ground down even if I am fine.

Huuu…

I let out a sigh once, and unraveled the Dark Light again.

There was no time to leave the aftermath of the fight to the people.

The third constraint was already broken.

Soon, the Sun God’s massive counterattack will begin.

From now on, it’s a fight against time.

I had to achieve the best I could in a short period of time.

The unraveled Dark Light, the opaque liquid flowing down along the threads of light entangled in my hands.

I focused on the shapes and sounds contained within it.

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Did they say he was the darkest star?

Befitting one who called himself the frail youngest star.

The Sun God of the very distant past was pacing nervously, hopping around on the dead star.

He was worried that it might completely collapse the moment he put even a little bit of force.

If he was that worried, he could just float around, but it seemed he thought of that late.

– A fragile surface that crumbles just by stroking it. Festering flesh that collapses the moment I approach.

Eventually, the Sun God’s efforts of running around for a long time achieved only half the results.

He must have worried that if he kept running around, it wouldn’t be a dead star but a pockmarked star.

The Sun God suppressed his curiosity and held his ground instead of looking around the dead star.

Whipping his head around, not knowing what to do about the tragedy he had left behind.

– Even I could tell. My unborn brothers, the unfortunate stillborns, would never shine on their own.

He wanted to help out of pity, but no way to help came to mind.

The Sun God was only tapping his fingers with his arms crossed, perhaps worried that even stamping his feet would hurt it.

He is too different from his current appearance as an arrogant Absolute.

Unable to find a clear answer, the Sun God’s shoulders drooped further and further as time went on.

– If so, must I leave the stars that could have become my brothers in this longing?

It was a world from an impossibly distant past.

The only proper lights were the Sun God and his brother stars.

Except for the youngest star, the Sun God, who noticed the trivial pulsation and approached, no one paid attention to the dead stars.

The Sun God seemed to be quite bothered by that fact.

The following sentence and voice turned this speculation into certainty.

– Must they sink into oblivion while lamenting their destiny of not being able to shine, looking at my brothers far away?

At that moment, the color of the feather cloak the Sun God was wearing changed.

The cloak, which had been squishy and pitch-black as if pickled in waste oil, dried softly.

It was a brilliantly shining cloak as if it had been replaced with a new one.

It was from this time that the cloak’s color changed.

The Sun God slowly knelt down just like that.

It was also the moment the matte armor making up his body took on color for the first time and showed a golden luster.

– At least I will not leave them in the darkness.

And the Sun God began to mold.

It was literally molding.

He gathered and kneaded the dust that was shattered because he stroked or stepped on it.

Of course, there was no way he possessed the skills of a proper artisan from the start.

The first being the Sun God created was a truly crude lump of liquid.

It’s embarrassing to even attach the name ‘being’ to it.

A kind of magma melted by pressing down rocks and sand with pressure, nothing more and nothing less.

The Sun God stared blankly at the liquid flowing down between his fingers and let out a sigh.

– I am sorry. Even though I spoke like that, I have shown my inadequacy. Please understand. I am different from my brothers who are busy comparing each other’s greatness.

A bitter flavor was spreading in every corner of my mouth.

Unraveling the light to peek into the star’s memory apparently included the sense of smell and taste.

Even while blaming himself for his helplessness, the Sun God gathered the flowing liquid and dust.

– But thanks to that, I have plenty of time to ponder, so do not worry.

The Sun God himself dismissed it as nothing much.

However, having touched something similar, I quickly noticed.

That liquid the Sun God just created.

It’s exactly the same as the authority of Growing Life, the creation of new life.

Time began to flow like an arrow from this point.

A star twinkles far away.

But the Sun God, unconcerned, tilted his head while kneeling on the dead star.

– First of all, it needs to be able to move.

Numerous trials and errors followed.

The Sun God repeatedly made bizarre attempts while diligently kneading the squirming liquid.

Making it round, making it elongated, or even molding it into a semi-circle.

He created several protrusions on a long cylindrical body, only for them to all get swept away by the sharp sand.

Meanwhile, stars collided in the distance.

A silent explosion led the shock and shook everywhere in the sky, but the Sun God didn’t care.

Because a change occurred in the liquid that was nothing more than highly elastic pudding no matter how highly one evaluated it.

– Pondering was worth it. The dead star stood up. With the sole intention of seeing the light closer.

Of course, the change was just a squirming pudding with stubby legs attached.

However, that pudding toddled around, and as soon as it realized the Sun God’s existence, it walked toward him.

Setting aside the Sun God’s brother stars far away.

The Sun God felt many emotions and thoughts at this fact.

Joy, delight, apologetic feelings, and a very slight sense of superiority.

And responsibility.

– To approach me, the darkest star, not those great brothers.

I made a quick judgment as soon as I put this sight in my eyes.

That’s probably the first life.

The probability of the Sun God being the one who created life for the first time in this world is high.

At least it seems to be the turning point where the Sun God changed his mindset.

The golden color deepening on the armor making up the Sun God was the proof.

The amount of light emitted by the halo and feather cloak also noticeably increased.

Even after that, the Sun God’s affectionate interest toward ‘life’ never ceased.

Stars twinkle all at once in the distance.

Lights clashed, coloring the massive aurora and the pitch-black sky with various colors.

Even though the Sun God himself didn’t give it a single glance.

The Sun God was only absorbed in taking care of the life he had created.

He only fiddled with life with touches much more agile and meticulous than before.

– If I can contain it, I could remember it for a long time.

He rummaged everywhere to create a vessel to contain memories.

– With such a weak pulsation, it won’t be able to move for long.

Unable to bear the sluggish movements, he created the concept of ‘breathing’ and organs for it.

– You get easily swept away even by a tiny grain of sand. I will help you.

Starting from the skin, if he thought something was lacking, he attached it thickly.

Seeing the first life completed like that… I frowned first.

Honestly, based on human aesthetic standards, it’s an appearance so bizarre you’d want to shoot it dead right away.

Far from resembling a god, it was closer to a creature you’d see in some horror movie.

Its actions were like a pet dog meeting its owner, so it narrowly avoided being horror again.

However, unlike my impression, the Sun God cherished the squirming, crawling life supremely, looking pleased.

– I am sorry. It seems my power is insufficient to make you shine on your own.

The first life lacked the intelligence to understand the Sun God’s words.

It’s an existence made from a star that died without being born.

It’s natural since it was far away from things like completion or perfection from the start.

Being able to move itself is a miracle.

That’s how great the Sun God’s care was.

Unlike now when he tries to kill everyone, the past Sun God was highly devoted.

If you just arranged the events in reverse chronological order, it wouldn’t be strange for him to appear on some parenting educational program.

– But I will not leave you alone. While my great brothers compare their eminence, I will walk among you and listen to that faint pulsation.

It’s understandable, looking only at the scenes shown so far, it was a bright memory, not a dark one.

It’s a calm and warm sight fitting the title ‘Sun God’s Parenting Diary’.

However, I knew that this was a dark memory.

It’s not something that can be changed, but something that has already passed.

– Walk. If there is anything that looks uncomfortable, I will find a better way.

The Sun God roaming around on the dead star with the first life.

I couldn’t ignore the sky over his shoulder.

The stars twinkling in the distance were growing bigger and bigger, little by little.

Color was slowly being applied to the previously pitch-black sky.

The Sun God, who chose to shine instead of darkening, thought it was his own light and didn’t take any action.

While sunny spots and shaded spots appeared everywhere on the dead star, he just rejoiced endlessly.

He didn’t even realize the fact that the earth he was stepping on was drying up and cracking.

He was only stroking his chin while looking at the life that fell down caught in the wide cracks.

– Hmm. What is needed to make it fly.

The stars that had been far away were now swelling as if to devour the Sun God.

And a fatal consequence followed the overly pure passion and indifference.

The fallen life, unable to overcome the heat of the approaching stars, dried up completely and died.

Only after seeing that sight did the Sun God barely notice.

It was too late.

The dead star began to be hacked apart by the streams of light spewed out by the massive stars.

The dead star was twisting, tearing, bouncing off, and shattering.

The Sun God looked up at the sky with eyes full of fear while standing on the collapsing star.

– I only knew then that I had been bowing my head for too long.

And the thing the Sun God feared the most arrived.

The massive stars that had been running amok randomly for a while looked at one place all at once.

The place the burning streams of light looked at simultaneously had the fallen, squirming life.

– Although I knew long ago that my great brothers did not desire a new competitor.

Numerous figures appeared among those brilliant streams of light.

They clicked their tongues, poured out scornful curses, and criticized the Sun God.

Are you doing this because you have nothing to play with.

What are you doing with something like a dead star.

The Sun God silently accepted his brother stars’ criticism.

Then, the Sun God’s brothers poured all sorts of curses onto the existence called life instead of the silent Sun God.

Mortality.

Corruption.

Weakness.

Finally, eternal struggle.

The frail youngest star couldn’t even object to their decision.

And the dead stars, the stillborns who couldn’t be born, degraded into sacrifices for the brother stars.

Only the Sun God cared about the trivial pulsations and faint groans let out by the dead stars.

The youngest star, who only watched the fights because he was the weakest and frailest, stood at a crossroads of choice once again.

– Because I did not know they would force pain upon them.

The Sun God wandered looking for a place the eyes of his brother stars hadn’t reached yet.

He continued to shine while wandering aimlessly among the dead stars.

At that moment, the Sun God spoke while sweeping down his feather cloak.

– I was nothing but an observing death.