The Swords I Raised Are Too Strong - Chapter 73

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Chapter 73. Reunion (3)
【Space.】
Elon Musk—the man known to have been exiled from the world.
An SSS-rank Hunter and a transcendent who had gone mad, declaring that humanity’s mass migration to Mars would overcome the Gate crisis.
He drifted through the cosmos, lost in thought.
‘This world is a simulation.’
Yet awakening and supernatural abilities utterly disregarded all the laws of physics that humanity had observed and defined.
That negated the simulation theory.
Drift… drift…
He spiraled through endless contemplation in the void of space.
Surely it was a simulation, so why wasn’t it?
“Aha!”
A sudden epiphany struck him.
What if this too was merely an extension of an even grander simulation?
The scale had simply expanded.
‘The human—a computer executing the program called awakening.’
The world was the monitor.
The supernatural abilities manifested were actually determined by the performance specifications of the awakened individual.
Elon Musk’s thoughts accelerated.
‘If I treat humans as individual computers with varying performance levels—’
One person a 1080.
Another a 5090.
Yet another like Jesus with quantum-computer-grade performance…
‘The body as hardware, awakening as software.’
If that were the case?
A transcendent was an existence that simultaneously broke through both limitations.
‘What if I connected awakened individuals in series or parallel?’
In series, high performance would dominate low performance.
In parallel, equal-tier units would distribute computation among themselves.
‘What if I wove human masses into a single vast organism?’
The possibility of transcending Hunter ranks bloomed in Elon Musk’s mind.
Of course, actually connecting humans in series and parallel would be utterly horrific.
Elon’s contemplation deepened.
‘But there’s a problem.’
Naturally, his concern wasn’t ‘because it would be horrific.’
His concern was finding the concrete methodology to implement it.
‘For parallel connection to work, the architecture must be identical, and humans with different awakening types are essentially different chipsets.’
He was a transcendent who cared nothing for human rights.
Wasn’t that precisely why he’d been exiled?
Regardless, Elon’s thoughts continued their relentless march.
‘If I connect directly, I’ll create a bottleneck. Then do I need an interface layer?’
Elon tilted his head thoughtfully.
‘It already existed.’
The [Gate] that imprisons catastrophe.
The [Dimensional Wall] that divides the world.
‘Could that be serving as the layer that divides this world?’
Elon Musk discovered truth alone in the universe.
Thus, he adjusted his trajectory that had been heading toward Mars and returned to Earth once more.
Having drifted through space for years, finding his way was no difficult task.
‘Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.’
With intimate knowledge of the positions of stars and planets and unwavering resolve, Elon swiftly moved into Earth’s orbit.
Even on the return journey, Elon’s thoughts continued.
‘With my current abilities… proving simulation theory is nearly impossible.’
Despite having explored the truth of [Awakening], he could not claim this world was a ‘simulation’.
It was because of Jesus—the incarnate Savior.
‘The very fact that he sent me beyond that thick [Dimensional Wall] into space doesn’t make sense.’
Thinking of Jesus, who had hurled him into the universe, left him utterly speechless.
【I, Jesus Christ, command you. You shall fulfill your purpose in the universe.】
With a single word, Elon Musk was cast into space.
The mysterious ‘wall’ surrounding Earth.
Elon Musk is the only human beyond that wall, where even Jesus’s [Judgment] does not reach.
He had arrived at Earth at last.
‘My homeland….’
Earth, reunited with after years away, wore a most welcome appearance.
He gazed upon our homeland, Earth.
Blue—yet stained black in countless places, a sickened world.
‘All of humanity except myself is contained within my eyes.’
He immediately wanted to post this magnificent line on X.
* * *
“Brother, in the past there existed a corrupted scripture.”
Now classified as [International Forbidden Literature] in Jesus’s name, the old scripture—the Demonic Scripture—was a thing of the past.
Humanity of old, seeing the corrupted scripture, condemned one another, deeming even innocence as sin.
“That abominable Demonic Scripture that drew distinctions in human love and deemed it sinful, even condemning humans for loving themselves.”
Jesus narrowed his eyes.
Deeply displeased, yet it seemed he wished to extract something from the old scripture.
He slowly opened his eyes and spoke.
“In that ancient and terrible Demonic Scripture, it was foretold that a false servant of Jesus would commit betrayal.”
Having become a Transcendent and incarnated as EX-rank, Jesus established a new «Scripture».
The scripture being discussed now contained the story from before Jesus appeared—the corrupted scripture.
‘I know little of such matters.’
Truth be told, before the Gate incident, I was far too young, and with my parents being non-religious, I knew little of scripture.
I remain non-religious even now.
“Brother, the very fact that you know of Jesus Christ is evidence that faith dwells within you.”
He continued speaking as though my faith or lack thereof was of little consequence.
“You need not concern yourself with ancient scripture. Rather, I wished to speak of the betrayers mentioned in that seditious text.”
The disciples who followed the false Jesus.
Among those called the Twelve Apostles, there was a betrayer.
The false Jesus knew of the betrayer yet allowed it to happen.
“In other words, the false Jesus knew yet was still betrayed.”
The real Jesus appeared enraged by this.
He raged, saying they had layered all manner of interpretations upon it, constructing endless flowery rhetoric.
“According to traditional omniscience doctrine, God knew all things, and they spout that even that betrayal was part of salvation….”
The sight of Jesus, who always smiled, with his eyes wide open in fury was quite terrifying.
“Brother, knowingly allowing yourself to be betrayed is foolishness. No amount of dressing up such foolishness changes its nature.”
Jesus, who spreads the gospel through WorldTube Shorts, is a cutting-edge Jesus.
He organizes and expounds all faith from the perspective of modern people.
‘So he absolutely cannot tolerate betrayal, is what he’s saying?’
That was my summary of Jesus’s true intent.
Knowingly allowing betrayal doesn’t fit the sensibility of Shorts.
“Brother’s thoughts are somewhat extreme, but they are not without merit.”
Somehow, Jesus read my thoughts and continued the conversation naturally.
I accepted this and continued speaking to him.
“So why did you bring up the matter of betrayers?”
Surely he wasn’t trying to say, ‘I hate betrayal!’
There had to be some reason.
After a brief pause, Jesus broached the main topic.
“Brother, that ‘Demon tree’ you nurture, and that ‘Demon Elon’ seen in space.”
Jesus warned us of enemies who could strike at any moment.
“They share something in common.”
“What is it?”
“Either could betray us at any time.”
That was true.
Jesus and I had become Transcendents harboring Demons.
“We who harbor Demons, are we not? Brother Shin Si-woo and I, Jesus Christ—when our vision clouds!”
Since we each carried uncertainty at our backs—.
“I ask that you watch over me as I watch over you.”
He was proposing we manage this uncertainty together.
I was well aware of Elon Musk’s extreme doctrine of human salvation, and Jesus fully understood the World Tree’s ferocity.
So I naturally nodded and spoke.
“A―men.”
There’s absolutely no downside to us working together.
Besides, haven’t I already glimpsed Jesus’s true power, caught fragments of it?
The heavens.
The atmosphere.
And beyond—the universe itself.
That authority manifested to tear through everything and reveal a single man.
A power so formidable it pierced through the [Dimensional Barrier] that engulfed Earth and laid bare the cosmos.
‘Absolute….’
I recalled the moment my Swords united to annihilate the [Axis of Negation].
In that brief instant, Jesus displayed a realm transcending even Transcendence itself.
What the System had called ‘absolute.’
That single fragment revealing what lay beyond Transcendence.
Through this, I gained one certainty.
‘Yet my Swords still surpass it.’
The moment my Swords’ souls manifest upon Earth.
I will become supreme.
Even Jesus’s mighty authority pales in comparison to the ‘limited’ exercise of my Swords’ power.
And….
“Brother, the moment you break through your constraints, you will ascend to the highest place.”
As if reading my thoughts, Jesus spoke with a troubled expression.
“However… I, Jesus Christ, shall never become your enemy, so please cease such calculations.”
I turned my head away awkwardly.
Isn’t gauging new power an unavoidable instinct?
After a brief moment organizing our thoughts, Jesus and I forged a secret pact.
“Should the World Tree betray Brother, I, Jesus Christ, shall surely punish it.”
Jesus would jointly monitor my source of concern—the World Tree.
“Once Elon returns to Earth, I will attach numerous Demons to him and conduct round-the-clock surveillance.”
I would jointly manage Jesus’s source of concern.
“How readily you agreed. Why?”
Jesus asked me.
I had a reason far too obvious to him.
“I too found the contents of that seditious text deeply displeasing.”
Accept betrayal knowing it will come?
Such a thing could never exist in my lexicon.
My Swords felt the same.
My Swords and I would sever the neck at the first sign of treachery, nipping it in the bud.
That is as it should be.
Thus——.
‘All preparations are complete.’
The World Tree planted, conditions fulfilled.
Securing mystical efficiency for transformation.
Perfect control of instability through cooperation with Jesus.
Now all that remains is executing what we’ve prepared.
* * *
Japanese Prime Minister’s Official Residence Conference Room.
In just a single day, something tremendous had unfolded.
Because of it, the Japanese Prime Minister and all government officials were dying one after another.
“Two hundred million awakened ones in China…”
The horrific reality of North Korea and the truth of China, conveyed by the Transcendents Yuki and Yaksha.
Japan’s politicians could not recover from the shock.
“Damn!!!”
Sighs filled the room.
The true nature of the obvious enemy—China—had surfaced.
“Hundreds of thousands of Chinese military forces…”
Yet an undeniable problem now confronted them.
A problem even greater than two hundred million Chinese awakened ones.
It was none other than—.
“Did that Patriot truly annihilate three hundred thousand Chinese soldiers?”
An extreme Korean patriot.
The problem was concerning the Patriot.
A terrifying Transcendent who harbored deep resentment toward Japan.
He had merely accepted the Korea-Japan alliance through Shin Si-woo’s mediation, but he harbored absolutely no goodwill toward Japan.
“When Korea was establishing portals, you were dangling behind an aircraft carrier, weren’t you?”
The gruesome roots of the World Tree!
—saying this, the Patriot had tormented Yuki terribly.
Yet she endured it steadfastly.
‘That fragrance.’
It was because of the phytoncide scent of the World Tree, the mother earth goddess, that emanated from the Patriot.
Yuki had no intention of offering such explanations, so she nodded calmly and spoke.
“If the Patriot destroys the aircraft carrier, all of Tokyo will be obliterated.”
Japanese people are ordinary humans who cannot ‘regenerate’ like the Chinese Military.
That is why they were all the more desperate.
That Patriot…
“According to the South Korean President, he will return with King Sejong.”
“Damn!!! Shit!!!”
According to the Korea-US-Japan Transcendent Agreement.
The Republic of Korea Government had informed the Patriot’s entry into the Tower.
In response, Japan maintained its own Transcendent on standby, ready to provide support to Korea at any moment.
This was information they had heard back then.
“With just Yi Sun-sin alone, we’re already in this chaos…”
What happens when King Sejong awakens?
Are you saying that twelve flying aircraft carriers spewing unmanned bombing drones like madness still weren’t enough?
Not only Japan’s transcendents but even the politicians all heaved sighs of despair.
And so, a conclusion was reached.
“Let us surrender the Japanese Emperor first.”
The Japanese Prime Minister made his decision.
Of course, many elderly politicians harbored doubts about this….
“His Majesty has done nothing yet. So why are we discussing handing him over like some war criminal….”
“Still, we must surrender him. The very existence of the Emperor itself carries great potential to become a sin. Even possessing him as a card to hand over is an enormous political burden.”
“But, but… Japan’s history and tradition—.”
The objections of mere civilian politicians held no weight here.
As the resistance intensified, SSS-rank hunter Yaksha stepped forward and folded the conference table’s round surface in half.
Then he spoke.
“For now, we surrender the Emperor.”
Yaksha had witnessed the absolute power of Korea’s transcendents.
He had seen sacred lightning more terrifying than the Patriot’s self-destruction.
That lightning which transcended time and distance to manifest ‘phenomena’.
That dreadful power which had decapitated China’s Guan Yu in a single strike.
Yuki understood his intent as well and concurred with Yaksha’s opinion.
“There is a greater problem than the Patriot right now.”
Unanimous agreement was reached.
Yuki seized the moment to issue a warning about Shin Si-woo.
“More than the Patriot, Shin Si-woo—the mysterious power he possesses—.”
But before her words could finish, an unexpected development unfolded.
“An, an emergency announcement from the Korean government!!!”
Transcendent Shin Si-woo and President Lee Seok-hyun appeared at an official venue.
Shin Si-woo, dressed like an ‘imperialist’, stood beside the President, and the President, watching Shin Si-woo’s expression, began his announcement.
【From this day forward, I, Lee Seok-hyun, shall step down from the presidency to uphold the great will of my homeland.】
The transcendent Shin Si-woo, clad in robes befitting an emperor.
And President Lee Seok-hyun’s announcement of his withdrawal from office.
“Huh….”
The Japanese Emperor was no longer the problem.
The Korean Empire appeared to be about to be born.
In the moment when such concerns dominated everyone’s minds.
【As a conscientious public servant living on the people’s tax revenue, after stepping down, I wish to become a hunter of the Republic of Korea and face the calamities of my homeland as President Lee Seok-hyun.】
An even stranger statement was heard.
“A hunter? One doesn’t simply become an awakened one just by wishing….”
Of course, the Republic of Korea had the unusual case of the Void in Jeonju.
But wasn’t that a miracle born from a kind of ‘calamity’ that befell those dragged into the Gate?
‘Perhaps he will awaken and then step down….’
Over one hundred people had gathered at the Japanese Prime Minister’s Official Residence.
Yet a strange silence persisted.
The announcement was that extraordinary.
Within that silence, the WorldNet broadcast continued.
【The Republic of Korea has now become capable of selecting true ‘natural awakeners’ with sound minds through carefully vetted volunteers.】
President Lee Seok-hyun declared himself the first participant, pledging to become Korea’s official hunter.
“How exactly do they plan to increase the number of natural awakeners?”
Even Jesus himself couldn’t produce natural awakeners.
Creating wild natural awakeners, not guided ones, made no sense whatsoever.
But then….
【In Pyongyang, which Shin Si-woo manages, specific conditions and environments will be established for safe awakening to occur.】
True to the Republic of Korea’s nature, very specific and detailed information was shared under the Patriot Special Law.
And they came to understand the very reason such momentous information was being revealed.
【In Pyongyang, Shin Si-woo’s territory whose name will be changed in the future, the Fortress of Invulnerability has been constructed, and our government—.】
A special fortress built by a transcendent and recognized by the world.
Furthermore, that entire region designated as [territory], guaranteeing absolute rights.
“So they’re [transforming] the land of Pyongyang to consolidate all the Gates in one place and manage them….”
The Korean President’s explanation was remarkably clear and concise.
“People who enter the [coffin] will become natural awakeners by enduring the Gates?”
It was a shockingly disturbing statement.
The implication was….
“They’re putting citizens in coffins and turning them into awakeners?”
This was why.
Everyone fell silent in utter astonishment.
Even amidst this chaos, Japan’s transcendent half-elf Yuki maintained her composure.
In truth, her mind was entirely absorbed elsewhere.
Ssssshhhhh———.
The phytoncide fragrance of the World Tree emanating from Pyongyang.
That verdant herbal scent crossing the sea to reach Japan.
Yuki was completely entranced by it.
‘Sniff sniff, wh-why does it carry Mother’s scent?’
That aroma conveyed intention to her just as the World Tree itself once had.
—My child, if you can hear me, are you listening?
‘Wh-yes, Mother!!! Yuki is listening!’
The World Tree’s will.
That intention crossing the sea.
It spoke thus.
—I wish to live!

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