Chapter 662:

Chapter 662:

"……What exactly are you trying to say?"

In the past, when she babbled about her father and a younger sibling, he thought it was nonsense.

But now, hearing this kind of talk again, he couldn't just ignore it.

When Seong Jihan asked back like that,

"I realized that the method I painstakingly devised, in the end, went around and around… and turned out to be a way to resurrect Father."

Urd continued weakly.

"The method you devised was to absorb all the powers of the Ark Isolates, wasn't it?"

"That's right. The abilities of the Isolates that are essential to the Transcendent Being… I intended to obtain them all and become independent from it… but…"

Urd's eyes sank deeply.

"But from the very premise of 'the Isolates' abilities are essential to the Transcendent Being'… could that be correct?""…What are you talking about now?"

"For example, there's my authority."

"Time reversal?"

"Yes. Why would the Transcendent Being need time reversal?"

"Isn't it because it doesn't have that authority? Or even if it does, maybe it's not at your level."

At those words, Urd shook her head.

"No. Didn't you see earlier? Father using time reversal on me. Did it look weaker than mine?"

"Well, it didn't."

The clocks of light that appeared when assembling Urd's body.

Since Urd was the test subject, it must have been Mitra who used the authority.

His authority didn't seem weaker than Urd's, even at a glance.

"Mitra created the Photonic System and sacrificed his body for it. Therefore, the authorities he possessed should fundamentally exist within the Transcendent Being."

"Did he really sacrifice himself? Seeing how he treated his daughter—you—it doesn't seem like he was such a selfless person."

"…Separate from how he handled me. It's true that he offered his body to create the Photonic System."

"Hmm… So, what's your conclusion?"

At those words, Urd maintained a brief silence.

After organizing her thoughts, she slowly opened her mouth.

"……The enhanced authorities that the Ark Isolates possess. I think they are my father Mitra's abilities."

"The authorities were originally Mitra's? Not the abilities needed by the Transcendent Being?"

"Yes. Like time reversal."

At those words, Seong Jihan blinked.

So, the authorities possessed by the Isolates were actually Mitra's.

As they started to merge into one, he began to look like Mitra, she said.

'There's a reason she kept saying that my light reminded her of her father.'

Since he had fused about half of the light authorities that Mitra possessed.

From Urd's perspective, it wasn't unreasonable that the power he held reminded her of Mitra.

However.

"But what's the problem? Just because I have Mitra's abilities doesn't mean I'll become Mitra."

Even if his appearance resembled Mitra's light.

As long as the core inside was different from Mitra, that should be enough.

When Seong Jihan expressed that doubt, Urd looked at him with curious eyes.

"Haven't you noticed anything strange? Like your own perception changing… Your way of thinking or view of the world completely altering…"

"Well, I did experience a new world when entering the Ark… But I'm still the same."

"……That's curious. If you've obtained Father's abilities, your level of consciousness should naturally rise to that of an absolute being… Are you still at the level of a server entity?"

At that gaze, Seong Jihan frowned.

To the New Humanity, the beings of the server were perceived as almost lab monkeys.

No, even lower than that.

Was she saying that even after obtaining Mitra's abilities, he was still thinking at a monkey's level?

"Are you picking a fight now?"

"No. I'm just puzzled that you're maintaining 'yourself.' Did you have any special method?"

"A method?"

Seeing Urd's genuine curiosity, Seong Jihan checked his own state.

As she said, the fact that his level of consciousness wasn't forcibly elevated and was being maintained…

"Hmm. Is it because of the 'Authority of Protection'?"

"The Authority of Protection… you say?"

"Because of the Transcendent Being, I've been continuously activating mental protection."

"Mental protection… I see. That would have some effect."

At Seong Jihan's words, Urd nodded.

Then she quietly added one more thing.

"Never withdraw that authority."

"If I withdraw it, will I become like Mitra?"

"Yes. Standing in a different place changes the scenery you see… If you look at the world from the same eye level as Father, you will eventually become like him."

Even if the Isolates' authorities were Mitra's.

He wondered if a person would change that much just by obtaining similar abilities.

'It wouldn't hurt to be cautious.'

Since he was planning to keep mental protection active anyway.

He just needed to think of maintaining it continuously.

As Seong Jihan nodded, Urd pointed at herself with her finger.

"Then, please kill me as promised."

"You're going to die willingly."

"Yes. My main body is dead, and the plan I was considering ultimately seems to resurrect Father…"

Urd was convinced that obtaining all of Mitra's authorities would eventually turn one into Mitra.

She stared into space with hollow eyes.

"Living any longer is meaningless. Please end it here."

Compared to her main body that persistently struggled, her avatar seemed to have given up everything.

Keeping her confined in the Prison of Time any longer would be meaningless.

"Alright. Here and out there, I'll make sure to eliminate you completely."

Seong Jihan summoned the Blue Flame.

Then, in an instant, Urd disappeared, engulfed in flames.

[Challenger 'Urd' has been defeated.]

As she was extinguished and expelled from the Tower of the Martial God,

'Her avatar… was on Earth.'

After exiting the Tower, Seong Jihan used the Authority of Observation to immediately locate Urd.

She was in the skies above Seoul.

When he moved there directly,

"You're quick."

Urd greeted Seong Jihan in a calm tone.

"You didn't run away."

"Yes. Because I'm planning to die."

"Don't you plan to meet the Black Administrator?"

Now that it had been revealed that the Black Administrator was related to Mitra.

Seong Jihan asked, curious about what reaction would occur if they faced him together.

"……Not at all. Please, just kill me instead."

Urd immediately refused the suggestion with a pale expression.

"Alright. I understand."

No need to forcibly drag someone who didn't want to go.

Whoosh…!

Just like in the Tower of the Martial God, Seong Jihan summoned the Blue Flame and burned her.

Then, Urd burned up in an instant and vanished.

"Since she's not using time reversal herself, she dies in the blink of an eye…"

Seong Jihan silently watched the spot where she disappeared.

Ziiing…

When a golden shining clock floated up from there, he reached out his hand.

Ssssss…

As the clock was absorbed into his body, his time reversal became even stronger.

At this level, he could definitely implement the clock that Urd had shown earlier.

"With this, she's completely annihilated…"

"All that's left is the Black Administrator."

"…I should take a moment to organize my thoughts on how to deal with him."

Rather than immediately meeting the Black Administrator,

He decided to take a moment to catch his breath.

If he truly was someone related to Mitra, he shouldn't meet him without any countermeasures.

"Haven't been home in a while."

After once again confirming Urd's complete disappearance,

Flash…!

He returned home.

In the living room of Seong Jihan's house.

"Jihan, are you back?"

Seeing the flash of light, Seong Jiah thought that Seong Jihan had returned.

"Huh? Wh-Who are you…?"

As the pure white light continued to flicker, she partially covered her eyes with her hands and cautiously asked.

"Sis, it's me."

"…Is it really you, Jihan? Uh, but…"

Hearing the familiar term 'Sis,' she realized the glowing figure was Seong Jihan, but she was having trouble responding as usual.

"Uh, somehow… it's hard to treat you like I normally do."

"Huh? Why?"

"How should I put this… I feel like I'm being rude to a god."

Well, this was unexpected.

Did the white light give off such an overwhelming aura to ordinary people?

Seong Jihan spread his 'Blue Flame' to minimize the white light as much as possible.

Then, his silhouette became vaguely visible, unlike before.

"Um… Should I perhaps kneel right now?"

"What are you doing, seriously?"

Even seeing him like that, Seong Jiah was still being formal.

Hmm.

Just how did the white light affect people to cause such reactions?

'If it wasn't my sister but an ordinary person, they might have already panicked, thinking a god had descended.'

Maybe he needed to analyze how this white light was applied.

As soon as Seong Jihan just 'thought' that,

Ziiing…!

Light flashed from his eyes, and the world began to look different.

'…What is this?'

Just a moment ago, he was definitely standing in his living room.

Now, the world seemed semi-transparent, and from the floor where he stood to all around, numbers were floating everywhere.

Especially,

'Even… Sis?'

Not just inside the house, even Seong Jiah, who was finding it difficult to approach the glowing Seong Jihan, was appearing in a semi-transparent state, mixed with numbers and letters.

Seong Jihan wondered if he was hallucinating at first,

'…No, this can't be.'

Swoosh.

When he looked at the floor with those eyes, he could see all the people living below the penthouse.

The semi-transparent human figures, each of them composed of complex numbers and letters inside.

'This isn't a hallucination. The Authority of Light… has been activated.'

When he had absorbed the Isolates' authorities in the Ark indiscriminately, he remembered obtaining an authority related to 'Analysis.'

At the time he obtained it, he thought:

-The 'Analysis' authority doesn't seem to have much effect.

-Hmm… Could it be related to understanding the Ark's mechanisms and improved comprehension?

-Ah. It could be used that way.

He thought it didn't have much effect besides improving comprehension.

Perhaps it was because he was now inside the server.

The world seen through his eyes had clearly changed.

'Standing in a different place changes the scenery you see…'

Mitra's perspective that Urd talked about.

Was this perhaps how the absolute being sees the world?

Seong Jihan closed his eyes and dismissed the 'Analysis' authority.

"……Jihan? Are you okay?"

Then, Seong Jiah appeared as usual again.

"Yeah. Just now, some unnecessary authority activated…"

Ziiing…

As soon as he mentioned 'Analysis' again, half of Seong Jiah's face became semi-transparent, filled with numbers and letters.

'Once I become conscious of 'Analysis,' it activates automatically…'

If the world kept looking like this, it'd drive anyone crazy.

As Seong Jihan pondered how to completely turn off this authority,

"Oh, Uncle, you're back?"

Yoon Seah opened her room door and came out.

"……Hmm. What happened? Why did you suddenly become so divine?"

She asked with a curious look upon seeing Seong Jihan enveloped in light.

When he saw Yoon Seah, 'Analysis' automatically activated.

'But Seah… looks normal?'

Unlike everything else in the world, including living beings, being perceived in numbers and letters, Yoon Seah appeared normal even with the 'Analysis' eye activated.

'Why only Seah…?'

Filled with confusion, Seong Jihan's eyes saw,

Ssssss…

The 'Fusion' inside Yoon Seah's body revealing itself clearly.