Above Your Head

Vol 2. Chapter 122: The Salvation of God (59)

He held a cutter knife in his hand.

It was a rather comical sight, considering that the battlefield was filled with high-technology weapons. Even gigas were falling out of the sky like mere flies, yet he held a simple tool in his hand. The riders of the gigas were also taken aback by his appearance. They did not think even for a second that he was there to join the fight.

“Huh? Why is there a civilian here?”

“No, it’s a player!”

“Hmm? You’re right. He’s a level 19 to boot. Why is a level 19 here without their gigas?”

The communication link between the gigas could not be intercepted by outsiders. However, the boy, Kwan Yeong-min, nodded as if he had heard their conversation.

“I guess they’re like soldiers or something similar. What the hell happened on Earth…?”

Ping!

The area surrounding Yeong-min was suddenly devastated by a beam of light. The riders of the gigas shouted urgently after witnessing the sight.

“A civilian has been shot!”

“Stop making a fuss and take care of yourselves first! If you guys get hit by that, you’re goners.”

“Jae-seok! Follow your own advice and get out of here! Come back after you finish with the repairs!”

Yeong-min landed on the ground while listening to the various shouts.

“What happened to our planet…?”

Yeong-min had been very active in the fight against the Zhu family’s army that invaded Gyeongbokgung Palace. He had been forced to rip apart space the moment he was attacked by an evil spirit to protect the Lee Family. However, at the exact same moment, a summoning circle was activated on another Earth. It was truly a coincidence of astronomical probability. As such, instead of melting in an imaginary space, he was transported to another dimension.

Many things occurred since then.

He met a cosmic genius with one-in-one-quintillion talents, Yong-no. Under Yong-no’s guidance, he played a game. It was a product called D.I.O (Dynamic Island Online), a game created by the Noblesse and Jenica.

Yeong-min earned himself the nickname “Dimensional Transfer High School Student” and displayed his natural charm, superior intelligence, and talent for swordsmanship. He worked hard to coordinate all kinds of large organizations and fought against enemies as a swordsman.

In the end, he was thrown into a battlefield where transcendents were rampant. He overcame the crisis of death as he faced a transcendent of the Space Monster Grotesques, a transcendent of the Mechanical Civilization Legion, and a transcendent of the Space Pirates Basara. He even faced Apollo, a god of Olympus summoned by the Monster of Apocalypse, Leviathan and Satan: Yong-no and Tan.

“I returned after a tough journey. I thought I would be an OP (overpowered) character. I was going to run around breaking the balance of power between countries.”

But when he returned home,

Something was strange.

- Stage is in progress.

- Level 20. Intermediate.

- Defeat the Giant of Apocalypse.

“What do you mean, apocalypse? It hasn’t been that long since I fought against the Monster of Apocalypse…”

He did not know. Just like Tan, the giants in front of him were also a type of Apocalypse Monsters. The only difference between the two was that Tan was a completed version, while the End Project was scrapped because it was thought to be childish and cumbersome.

Ting!

He pressed the blade of the cutter knife against his body and broke off a dull blade before throwing it on the floor.

- Uwuuhhh--!

A loud roar.

The Giant of Apocalypse finally noticed Yeong-min and poured out its attacks. But at the same time, it failed to ignore the oncoming attacks and roared to protect itself and blow away the attacks.

Even though it was a transcendent, it was facing off against 10 million enemies. With such a humongous number of enemies ganging up on it, their attacks were not something it could simply shake off. It was even truer because all 10 million enemies were level 15 or higher. In fact, some of them were even level 17 or 18.

Booom!

Kukungg!

The atmosphere was torn apart, and the ground ripped open. Magma boiled from the depths as the beam of light penetrated the earth.

“…I’m going to be killed if I fight with this equipment. Ha. What the hell is this. A transcendent? Again, again, again, and again!”

He utilized shabby equipment to take care of all the enemies he faced in the stage up until level 19, but he could not be careless if the enemy was a transcendent.

“Equipment number 1.”

Yeong-min’s bracelet emitted a light at his whisper. His outfit transformed instantly. A black sword rested in his hand. His head was covered with a helmet. A steel armor protected his body. A necklace and a ring appeared as well.

+ 13 Striking Sword

+ 13 Property Resistance Armor

+ 13 Haste Ring

+ 13 Power Necklace

+ 13 Jump Shoes

Massive buffs strengthened him. Yong-no had provided him with the equipment before sending him away. Although they did not possess the same power as Transcendental Weapons, they weren’t just regular equipment either.

Bang!

Yeong-min traveled 3.5 kilometers in just one second by taking a step forward, dodged all of the incoming attacks and struck the giant in the neck.

A black line was drawn in the air.

“Huh?”

“What??”

Numerous combatants had been screaming and shouting at the sight of their colleagues falling one after another. But now, they stopped and watched with a dumbfounded expression.

A lone head spun in the air with momentum before falling to the ground.

Boom!

“Haa… Haak… Huaahh…”

Steam was being exuded from the black armor covering Yeong-min’s body. He took in deep breaths with one knee on the ground. The Giant of Apocalypse was by no means a pushover. It was a strong opponent. Perhaps Yeong-min would have been defeated if it had been a one-on-one battle.

Yeong-min was well aware of this fact. As such, he put everything on the line and placed all of his strength in a single attack – a dimensional slash using the Heavenly Killing Energy. He had been somewhat anxious because of the enemy’s transcendent status, that the giant would block or strike back with a hidden strength. Fortunately, the giant did not possess any hidden powers and the difficult battle was quickly concluded.

“Huh? Waaait. Hyung? Aren’t you Yeong-min?”

A gigas landed in front of Yeong-min with a shout.

“Hyung-nim? Is he an acquaintance of the captain?”

“What is this? I’ve never heard about a powerhouse who could attack like that without a gigas.”

“Did you see that just now? He cut through the dimension with a single sword!”

The scattered gigas began to gather around him or checked his appearance through the broadcast. The sudden appearance of a strong figure could represent many different things.

Wiiing! Click!

The back panel of Yi Sun-shin opened and a man jumped out. He smiled brightly and hugged Yeong-min.

“Hyung!!”

“E, excuse me ahjussi. What do you mean by hyung?”

“It’s me! Jae-seok!”

“…..?”

Confusion was evident on Yeong-min’s face. However, as soon as he caught a glimpse of Jae-seok’s face, his confusion was quickly transformed into shock.

“You’re Jae-seok…!?”

As he exclaimed in disbelief,

Boom!

Space was ripped apart in the distance and another Giant of Apocalypse descended. Yeong-min expressed his surprise.

“What? Why is that thing coming out again!? Has it resurrected?”

“No! There are five billion of them!”

“What? What did you say!?”

Yeong-min was unable to hide his shock at the ridiculous situation. Jae-seok spoke calmly with a smile.

“We’re lucky that they aren’t coming at us all at once! And now that you’re here…!”

The gigas pilots started murmuring after coming to understand the situation at Jae-seok’s words.

“He’s the brother of Iron Mask-nim. Kwa Dae-ha-nim’s older brother, Kwan Yeong-min!”

“Wow, are you serious? Iron Mask-nim’s brother helped us!?”

“But where has he been so far…?”

“I don’t know! Who cares? He’s Iron Mask-nim’s big brother!”

“Wowww!”

“We’re saved! This is it!”

Cheers erupted from all over the place.

“…What? What’s going on?”

Yeong-min was bewildered by the sudden shift in the atmosphere. But regardless of his thoughts, the stage continued.

***

‘This world is the story of the Creator.’

That was the truth of the world.

Of course, I wasn’t trying to say something stupid like ‘This world isn’t real! We’re nothing but the Creator’s figments of imagination!!!’. I existed, and so did this world.

To be clear, the one that the Administrator referred to as father, the Creation God, was a high-dimensional being that could create this vast universe with his thoughts alone. At the apex of a mechanical civilization, one could create a weapon of destruction that could destroy such thoughts of the Creator.

Setting Destruction Shot.

It was a culmination of a mechanical civilization.

‘To explain it better, it is a weapon that causes temporary insomnia in the Creator.’

It was a weapon that could harm the Creator, though very minimally. As such, one could not utilize it carelessly. It was fine to use the Setting Destruction Shot against beings with abandoned settings, such as the Unnamed, but it could incite the anger and annoyance of the Creator if one went around blowing up whatever they wanted.

There was a reason why it was known as a forbidden weapon. Once you were hit, it didn’t matter whether you were god or the devil.

Stage 5 Civilization. Forbidden Weapon.

Setting Destruction Shot.

Of course, even if it was insanely powerful,

- Dodge!

It didn’t matter if I didn’t get hit.

“You bastard!”

Dekarma shouted angrily, but it was useless. The territorial battle waging inside the Inner World had finally tipped in my favor to about 6 to 4. Although I wasn’t crushing Dekarma, I was leading the battle in a more relaxed environment

*Abilities of the Day!

Event Horizon

Time of Eternal Life

Absolute Avoidance

Elegant Goddess

The transcendence skills of famous Numbering gigas applied to my body. It wasn’t just that each of the skills were insanely powerful. Rather, all of the skills belonged to different God-rank gigas. As such, they could never be used together by an individual. But I could, which allowed me to perform some insane combos.

In all seriousness, I was sure that I possessed enough power to extinguish all emperor-class forces in the universe in just a few days. However… Dekarma did not die easily.

Woooong!

In the dark, a huge, literal cosmic weapon appeared and began firing.

Extinction Weapon.

It was a weapon of destruction that could tear entire galaxies apart by using stars as its bullets. Eventually, I was forced to stop my advance and backed off. Once again the distance between Dekarma and I was reset and I faced him in the dark.

“Give up. It’s just a waste of time.”

“Is it really?”

I could feel anger and madness from Dekarma’s gaze. He was constantly being pushed back.

“What?”

Dekarma laughed when I asked.

“What do you think will happen if the stage ends like this?”

“Are you showing sympathy for the stage?”

Dekarma held little interest for the stage. Rather, he treated the End Project as nothing more than a pebble in the road when it first came to assassinate me in reality. But apparently things were different now. He continued.

“If the stage ends like this, the End Project will be destroyed completely.”

“…Why? In the first place, it’s been wandering around the universe destroying all kinds of civilizations while continuing to restore itself.”

“The End Project was not designed to allow such a high number of clears. Even if the End Project is an Unnamed that ignores the logic and laws of this world, its power comes from resources.”

I could understand what he was saying. The End Project was meant to bring apocalypse. It wasn’t a provider of convenient power-ups. The levels, items, elixir, and other resources that the people were given using the vending machine… It was on a massive scale that no power in the great universe could support.

So how could the End Project spend such an enormous amount of resources? It was because the End Project aimed to recover everything.

“If the stage ends without the End Project recovering any resources, it will face destruction after losing so much power.”

“…Then,”

“Yes.”

Dekarma laughed coldly.

“It will use whatever means to reclaim all the resources.”

“But that goes against its settings.”

“Survival instincts triumphs everything else.”

I frowned at his words.

“…I can stop it.”

“Yes. You can stop it. If you can get out of here.”

“…..”

I was using my body in reality to prepare. It was only possible because I held the advantage in the territorial battle inside the Inner World. If I attempted to use my powers to fight in the real world, I would instantly lose control of my soul to Dekarma.

‘You’re the Machine God, yet you’re so petty…’

But it was a real threat. What if things continued like this for a year or two? All of humans might be dead.

But,

“Well.”

I prepared to attack again while receiving information through the gigas.

‘What excellent timing.’

Unexpected reinforcements were arriving.

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Author’s Notes:

Hello! It’s Gun Park!

As always, I failed to control how much I wrote… There are only 3 episodes left until the end, so I skipped Yeong-min’s battle scene, and yeah… I was a bit concerned that everything was being rushed (but I didn’t have enough left to write another book), but when I contacted the publisher, they told me that there was nothing wrong with writing a bit more than what was originally planned. (rather it would be problematic if I wrote less)! So thank goodness!! T.T

Ah, I see, so it doesn’t matter if I overdo it a little bit (realization). As such, I skipped Yeong-min’s battle scene and added in the Inner World scene. Now that I know I’m a bit freer with how much I write, I’d like to approach it with a lighter heart.

I was originally due to complete the novel next Wednesday, but I think it’ll last a little bit longer;;

This chapter is chapter 123, but it was supposed to be 122. They will be switched. Don’t worry too much about it, as the change will happen naturally! We will change it next Monday so that readers don’t get confused!

I’m a naughty writer who always fails to control how much I write. Thank you for always reading and I love you all!

** ignore the chapter switch. The mistake only happened in the raws, not with the translation.