I Became a Raid Boss-Chapter 219: And the opening (2)

Although the world is enslaved and Edel, having accepted the corrupted mana, is now diminished from her original divine status, she has not lost all her powers and wisdom.

And because of this, as soon as Edel saw the base of the dimensional beasts, she immediately understood the situation.

She realized that those beings had devoured the gods who created and nurtured them.

No matter how much she wanted to deny this unbelievable phenomenon, the twisted and corrupted divinity clinging to their souls made it impossible for Edel to do anything but believe it.

She could not even imagine what they must have originally looked like.

Their souls, which had sought divinity out of their own league, had been shattered and broken to the point that it was impossible to recognize their original form.

'So that was it.'

Up until now, she hadn't known, having only encountered relatively intact ones, but now, seeing these figures in their raw, leaking energy, it was clear.

She understood why these beings were invading other dimensions and the reason they were able to do so.

'It makes sense that the walls created by divinity couldn't withstand the attack of beings who, even in small amounts, still had divinity within them.'

These beings, who had devoured their own god, wouldn't leave the gods of other dimensions alone.

The gods that had fallen before Edel at the hands of the dimensional beasts had likely become their prey, and the souls under them must have fallen into a similar state to the dimensional beasts themselves.

It didn't take long for Edel to deduce all of this.

But there were still many things she hadn't figured out yet.

For example, their weaknesses and their full strength.

That's why Edel # Nоvеlight # moved forward.

Into the filthy den teeming with those things.

"Hmm."

Having heard that much, I nodded.

Edel's story was quite intriguing.

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Perhaps it was because of her experience, but even though she explained things in detail, it wasn't boring at all.

While there was a brief pause in her story, I finished my glass of water and urged Edel to continue.

"So, what happened next?"

"Hmm? That's the end of it?"

"...?"

Was I hearing things correctly?

I looked at Edel's face, full of calm composure, with doubt.

"I got caught and barely managed to escape. Phew, I almost died," Edel said.

"..."

"Those guys chased me so relentlessly. Did you see them follow me here?"

"...I did."

"But why do you look so uninterested?"

"Why do you think?"

It’s like opening a beautifully wrapped gift box only to find a brick inside — how could I be happy about that?

By the way, the words I just said were based on something that had happened to me recently.

And as for who played that prank on me... I don’t really need to say, right?

"Nothing really changed, did it?"

So, they ate the gods that created them?

Fine, I get that.

...But?

What does knowing that change?

"It does change things."

Edel answered my question briskly.

"When we didn’t know the source, we were helpless against their attacks, but not anymore."

"...I still don’t get it."

"Well, that’s alright. It's for us to figure out, not you."

"Must be nice to be in charge."

I knew that Edel wasn’t trying to divide us, but for some reason, my words came out sarcastic.

"If it was so easy to figure out, why didn’t you do it earlier? Why wait until now?"

"Well, I didn’t have the means to find out before."

"And did those means suddenly appear?"

"Why are you asking such an obvious question? You brought them yourself."

"...Me?"

As soon as she said that, I tilted my head, but then something clicked in my mind.

"Wait, are you talking about the Cube?"

"Yes."

"But you said you didn’t find anything when you called last time. Did you lie?"

"Why would I lie to you? I didn’t know at the time. After we spoke, I used the divine energy left in the Cube to track their location. Just as I said, I’m quite skilled."

She returned my words with the same sarcastic tone, clearly intending to tease me.

It was so obvious that I almost didn’t respond. But, since it went against my temperament to let myself be made fun of—

"Right, so your impressive skills brought the dimensional beasts all the way here. What’s so proud about bringing in such weak ones you couldn’t even deal with?"

"Hey! I couldn’t bring anyone stronger through that narrow gap! You think I expected to bring someone weak enough to slip through that small opening between them?!"

"As a god, shouldn’t you have considered that...?"

"That wasn’t the time to be worrying about such things! Do you think I called you here for nothing?"

"Hmm..."

"Ugh, this is seriously frustrating."

In fact, despite the teasing, things weren’t looking great.

The dimensional beasts had invaded Earth for the second time.

In terms of danger, this invasion didn’t compare to the first.

The beast earlier was huge, but could be dealt with by a few sword strikes.

But during the first invasion, they had split the system without us even realizing it.

It would be easier to understand if I said we had temporarily lost the initiative.

However, the impact of this incident was far greater.

Even though the process of dealing with it was noisy back then, the location and weather made sure it didn’t draw attention.

But now?

‘It appeared right in the middle of Seoul, where people are gathered.’

It even happened at the busiest time of day, making it impossible not to attract attention.

"What are we going to do now? Are we going to erase their memories?"

I wasn’t sure if that was even possible, but erasing the witnesses' memories wouldn’t be hard for a god.

Even if there were a crowd, a god could easily manipulate the memories of so many people.

But unlike Celia, Earth was a world of advanced science.

I wasn’t sure if the powers of a god could reach across that vast, deep sea of the internet.

‘By now, it must have spread like wildfire.’

There were many people holding up phones in the sky.

"What are you going to do about it? Are you going to erase the memories?" I asked.

After a moment, Edel answered casually.

"Nothing."

She spoke so nonchalantly as though it didn’t matter.

"I probably won’t do anything."

It was as though she saw it as natural, just flowing with the wind or the water.

"Are you planning to reveal everything?"

"It’s not about revealing it. It’s about it being revealed. And this is just my guess, but..."

Despite the smug smile, there wasn’t even a hint of satisfaction in Edel’s eyes.

"Anyway, soon enough, there won’t be a need to hide anything."

Ironically, what Edel said was exactly the same as the thought I had as I left the gym.

"Yeah, that’s true."

I nodded quietly.

As Kana had thought, the event in Seoul in broad daylight had made quite a stir.

[Real-time Seoul Situation]

In the world of the internet, full of all kinds of sensational news:

‘Real-time Seoul Situation’ might have seemed like a weak title for attracting attention, but someone else thought differently. That post quickly became one of the most popular posts, surpassing others.

And it couldn’t be helped.

[?? What is this?] [Something... something’s happening...] [The security guard at my house woke up to the world’s strongest???] [My civil defense training didn’t end, this is bad...]

There were tons of posts with similar content.

But what made this post stand out was the attached video.

From the moment the sky suddenly darkened, a massive arm appeared and disappeared, and a human scattering light — the entire process, along with the vivid reactions of the people present, was captured in the video, which was enough to make it go viral.

If there had been only this video to prove the incident, people might have thought it was a CG, but with others who had experienced the same thing speaking up, the situation became undeniable.

But not everyone believed the post.

[Stop spreading this viral nonsense.] [For real, it’s obvious this is a viral post; level of intelligence, lol.] [Could it be another politician causing trouble?] [This post that’s trending? Here’s why it’s a scam.txt]

The post by anonymous user A went viral because something that couldn’t happen in reality happened.

On the other hand, this made it hard to believe.

People dream of something like magic but also want their reality to stay unbroken.

But over time, opposing opinions started to decrease.

[Breaking news. A strange phenomenon occurred in the sky over Seoul...] [Some internet users are raising the possibility that the video might have been manipulated, while experts say the possibility is very low...] [Civilians' anxiety has reached its peak, with basic goods such as ramen and toilet paper selling out...]

This news wasn’t only circulating on the internet but also in articles and news reports.

Though the prominence of OTT platforms had diminished TV’s position, the credibility of television still couldn’t be ignored.

People weren’t just arguing about the truth anymore but discussing whether it was even possible or what kind of phenomenon it could be.

Then, a new post appeared on one of the communities.

[But doesn’t this feel a bit familiar?]

At first, I thought it was a fake...

But... it feels like I’ve seen this before...

[Comment]

"You watch too many animes." ┗(Author): No, seriously; ┗(Author): Am I the only one who feels this way?

"What feels familiar?" ┗(Author): I don’t know either; ┗(Author): Just, it feels like I’ve seen it somewhere before...

"If you’re going to spout nonsense, at least put some effort into it." ┗(Author): Why is this nonsenseㅡㅡ ┗Woof woof! Grrr...

"This guy is talking to himself and looking for validation."

Without any clear reason or proper explanation, the post was met with criticism.

The majority opinion was: if you’re going to write a diary, write it in a diary.

But before long, the public opinion began to shift, not completely, but to some extent.

It was due to a post that replaced the deleted one after much criticism.

[Is this the familiar thing you were talking about?]

Anyone watching the community would immediately understand the reference.

The post contained an image of a pink-haired girl, one that players of Celia Online would surely recognize.

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