I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 233

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After ‘Ortel Kiris’ died in Lute’s place.

Thanks to the single grain of Sun God’s divine power she had given him, Lute barely managed to suppress the power of ‘Evil’ and regain his sanity.

The people of the world rejoiced and held festivals, thinking that ‘Evil’ had disappeared along with Lute.

It was absurd.

The aura of ‘Evil’ still remained in his body.

The moment he realized things were going wrong, he saw it.

Idella being controlled.

The Imperial Capital collapsing.

People fleeing.

And Crown Prince Felix watching all this carnage with a smile.

Ah, only then did Lute learn the entire truth.

It was devastating.

It was hollow.

To think that Felix was the very person who had planted the poison of ‘Evil’ in him, making him suffer.

To think he had deceived everyone by pretending to be kind and good.

Even Idella, whom he had trusted without doubt to drive out ‘Evil’, was already in ‘Evil’s’ grasp.

Learning that all of this was a massive puppet show created by ‘Evil’ and Felix, Lute felt tremendous shock and betrayal.

Intense hatred toward ‘Evil’ and Felix surged up. Surprisingly, this anger and desire for revenge became a medium connecting him with others who harbored the same emotions.

[You also wish for revenge.]

The Sun God spoke to Lute through the single grain of divine power that ‘Ortel Kiris’ had given him.

[All three of us Sovereign Gods, including myself, dream of revenge. Will you also join our revenge?]

Revenge.

He had only hoped that the Sun God, who stood opposite to ‘Evil’, would end his life, never thinking he could take revenge on ‘Evil’ together with the Three Sovereign Gods.

His heart raced at the amazing miracle that ‘Ortel Kiris’ had created.

Lute gladly joined hands with the Three Sovereign Gods.

Following their words, he headed to the Southern Desert, and the moment he stood at ‘Evil’s’ true stronghold that he had never known about, he felt it.

The true power of ‘Evil’ that had coiled and lived in this place for hundreds of years.

Filthy, damp, and horrifyingly nauseating power.

Ah, if only he could use this power.

[This land is where ‘Evil’s’ power is most concentrated. Here, we can surely achieve our revenge.]

The Three Sovereign Gods said they would completely destroy this world and then turn it back to a time when they could kill ‘Evil’.

There was only one thing Lute had to do for them.

Use the aura of ‘Evil’ he possessed to eliminate that bastard and help the Three Sovereign Gods.

〖You’re doing something foolish. Do you think you can eliminate my power with that!〗

‘Evil’, who belatedly realized Lute was making a move, shouted in his head.

It was always the unpleasant voice that forcibly controlled him, but at this moment it was sweeter than anything.

In the desert filled with ‘Evil’s’ aura, Lute smiled joyfully.

“Of course I can’t eliminate it. If that were possible, I would have done it long ago.”

How could he eliminate the power of ‘Evil’, which was stronger than the Three Sovereign Gods?

From the beginning, there was only one thing the Three Sovereign Gods wanted from Lute.

“I’m going to erase your memories.”

‘Evil’ was also an absolute being like the Three Sovereign Gods.

Just as the Three Sovereign Gods would remember this entire timeline even if they turned back time, so would ‘Evil’.

So Lute decided to use ‘Evil’s’ power to erase that bastard’s memories.

The single grain of divine power he possessed began to slowly purify ‘Evil’s’ memories connected through Lute.

〖Do you think you can erase my memories with such meager power? You will fail, and in the end you will all become my prey.〗

It was true. The divine power he possessed was too little to properly erase the memories.

But.

“What if I offer myself as a sacrifice?”

Dense gray magic power erupted from Lute’s entire body.

Not the black magic power tainted by ‘Evil’, but the gray magic power unique to House of Sieri that he originally possessed.

He was the Empire’s strongest magic swordsman.

If he offered this body as a sacrifice to the Sun God to further increase the divine power.

Couldn’t he erase as many of that bastard’s memories as possible?

【’Lute Sieri’ has offered himself as a sacrifice to the ‘Gentle Lamp of Hope’.】

【The AI System acknowledges ‘Lute Sieri’s’ efforts. ‘Lute Sieri’ is granted the Seed of Divine Power.】

Then unknown letters appeared before his eyes.

AI System? ‘Gentle Lamp of Hope’?

Seed of Divine Power?

[This is the power used by gods. ‘Evil’, who is not a god, cannot use it. This will give you greater power.]

Along with the Sun God’s voice, Lute’s body slowly turned to powder starting from his fingertips.

It was the price for offering himself as a sacrifice to a god.

【’Lute Sieri’ and the ‘Gentle Lamp of Hope’ form a contract.】

【According to the contract conditions, a considerable number of ‘Evil’s’ memories are purified.】

【This contract will not disappear even after death and will bind each other. As long as the contract continues, each other’s power will be the greatest ally to one another.】

The messages continued, but Lute didn’t even look at them properly.

〖Aaaahhhhh! No!〗

To focus on the messages, there was too pleasant a scream to listen to.

He could feel it.

‘Evil’s’ memories being deleted bit by bit.

“Haha, hahahaha!”

Along with his body, the world also began to slowly crumble.

Everything below his knees had disappeared, causing Lute to collapse onto the sand, but there was no pain.

Only joy and ecstasy filled him.

“I have taken my revenge.”

I took revenge, Ortel Kiris.

The price of your life given in my place was fully paid.

This world that plunged us into despair will disappear, and a more hopeful new world will begin.

Since I’m not an absolute being like the Three Sovereign Gods, I won’t remember all of this.

But that’s okay.

The Three Sovereign Gods will remember, so they’ll create a better world than this.

A world where ‘Evil’ can truly be killed.

“If I could also become part of that world.”

That would be truly wonderful.

[Don’t worry. You are one who saved this world. Your new life will also be saved.]

The Sun God’s voice reached him as his arms and legs had all disappeared.

“Really? Well, that’s reassuring.”

‘Who knows? In the next life, a savior might appear to rescue us worms.’

‘Ortel Kiris’ had said that.

I truly hope that in the next life, someone will appear to save both you and me.

At least in the next life, may we all not live as worms.

“Ah.”

When not much of his upper body remained.

Lute saw it.

The crumbling sky and the land disappearing from far away.

The agonized screams of monsters and the angry voice of the failed ‘Evil’.

Literally, the world was ending.

But why? All this scenery, which should have looked terrible, appeared incredibly beautiful.

Was it because the world that had fallen into ‘Evil’s’ grasp was being destroyed?

It was truly a beautiful, mysterious, and joyful death.

Kwarrung.

Listening to the cries of the splitting earth and crumbling sky, Lute slowly closed his eyes.

【The axis of regression has been fixed according to the will of the Three Sovereign Gods.】

【Memory erasure of ‘Evil’ accumulated after this point complete.】

【An unbelievable Achievement has been accomplished. The seed of divine power granted to ‘Lute Sieri’ is sprouting.】

【Regression begins!】

【The attribute of ‘Gentle Lamp of Hope’ has changed. The AI System changes the modifier of ‘Gentle Lamp of Hope’ to ‘Sun Risen from Death’.】

This message was the last memory of this life.

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‘I have been saved.’

It was natural that his heartbeat wouldn’t calm down.

All the events of his past life that he thought he wouldn’t remember had come flooding back.

Ah, Ordel.

The savior of my life.

His one and only salvation.

Calm down the excitement and fight again?

Sorry, Ordel. That’s impossible right now.

How could he calm his excitement when he remembered everything?

Rather than that, this excitement made him even stronger.

Because the seed of divine power obtained in his past life had fully bloomed.

Hwaaak!

Lute threw himself without hesitation into Ordel’s flames that were burning the monsters.

“Lute!”

“It’s okay, Ordel.”

Lute smiled at the flustered Ordel.

These flames wouldn’t hurt him.

According to their contract, he and the Sun God were great sources of strength for each other.

Just as the Sun God’s divine power suppressed the ‘poison’ that tormented Lute, and Lute’s divine power restored the Sun God.

Hwareuk!

Lute wrapped the divine flames that Ordel had unleashed around his sword.

When his pure white divine power was added to the divine flames, a new purifying radiance was born.

Lute poured the radiance toward the monsters and Feliks pouring out from the cavern.

Kyaaaak! Kiaaaak!

When the two mighty powers combined, no matter how strong the monsters were, they had no way to endure.

Especially since both the Sun God and Lute were filled with hatred toward ‘Evil’.

“Lute Sieri! How, how can you! Even you can use divine power!”

Feliks, who barely deflected the flames with his black spear, shouted fiercely.

Even he seemed to find these flames difficult to handle, as his skin began to turn red and heat up.

“How? Thanks to you.”

Lute grinned as he readjusted his grip on his sword.

“If you’re really curious, try catching me and interrogating me.”

“I was planning to do that anyway!”

Feliks unleashed even stronger power.

Two horns sprouted above his hair that had turned jet black like his eyes, and two wings tore through his back and emerged.

At the perfect form of a monster, Lute burst into scornful laughter.

“Ugly, Feliks.”

“You’re the ugly one for not recognizing the power of a great god.”

“Great my ass. You’re someone who’s already been beaten by me once.”

Lute pointed his burning sword at him.

“This time I’ll definitely cut off your head.”

“Stop spouting nonsense!”

Flap!

Feliks flew right up to Lute’s nose in an instant and struck at the blade with his pitch-black claws.

Perhaps he had hardened his skin with poison, as it didn’t melt away instantly even when touched by the radiance.

Right, this still isn’t enough, is it?

It was the moment Lute gritted his teeth.

“Hey, I’m here too.”

With a calm voice, Ordel’s mace wrapped in radiance struck Feliks in the face.

“Kheuk!”

At the sight of his neck bending as if it would break, Lute let out an exclamation of admiration.

As expected of Ordel.

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