Chapter 36
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"Hmm... I see. It’s a distant lineage. They are capable of hearing and understanding, but cannot speak... So how do you communicate with each other?"
His fingers moving toward his forehead, Samantha, with trembling and paralyzed legs, had no reaction other than remaining motionless.
"I see, so these simple and inferior languages were created over time and... Lucifer...? Who told you that name? Betrayal? Fall? Demons...? What kind of species are you? Monsters appearing around the world and I, bearing the name of Lucifer, stopped that beast called Leviathan...?"
His words, tone, and pronunciation, with just a single touch, he spoke English so perfectly it was unsettling. However, his face full of confusion left both Hye and Samantha perplexed. The name Lucifer was not unfamiliar to him, so he had certainly used it at some point. But all the other information didn’t seem right? His betrayal and fall, possibly the most famous events of all time, and he doesn’t remember...? And his coming to Earth... was it so insignificant that he didn’t even retain it in his memories...? But if that’s the case... how could he not remember even the beast he took with him that day...?
"All of this... did all these things really happen? Betrayal...? Did I betray my father...? Ridiculous!"
With his teeth grinding, starting from the vicinity of his feet, the flowers turned blue, and the trees withered instantly. The animals ran into the lake, distancing themselves as much as possible from where they were. The flowers ignited, and blue flames rose even within and above the waters, making no distinction between the living beings present.
His eyebrows lifted, and with wide eyes, Hye and Samantha watched everything in the hall burn until nothing remained but the doors they had entered. Like in a dark and empty space, the surroundings became a strange connection between the dimension where the palace resided and the paper on the screen where it had been painted before.
"You... you’re looking for the exit now, aren’t you? But first, you need to get past me..."
His blue eyes shone, and the wings on his back carried a terrifying, yet miraculous air. Standing before Hye and Samantha, a terrifying pressure continued to exert itself as he continued;
"One of you, accept me into your body, and I will allow you to continue ascending to the end of this tower."
Hye and Samantha glanced at each other, and, swallowing hard, as she was about to say something, he was quicker.
"Does that... mean that if we do this, you will have full control of our bodies?"
"No, you needn’t worry about that. I have no interest in your bodies. All I want is to leave this place. But... it will take some time for me to create a body of my own again."
"How long...? Days? Weeks?"
"No... in human time, about... three months. However, if you don’t want to wait that long, there seems to be another version of me out there, right? Going to him would reduce the time to less than a few moments."
"...Alright..."
Hye felt Samantha gripping his arm, but placing his palm over her hands, he made Sam startle and look at him immediately. His fingers were so sweaty and his hand so trembling... the indifferent tone in his voice could never convey what he was truly feeling at that moment, as he didn’t even fully understand his feelings. But, despite not understanding, even if it’s something like this, it only reinforced in his mind that feeling is not necessarily a bad thing.
"...I accept you..."
"Great."
With a flap of his wings, Samael ascended, making an even stronger light appear around him.
"Don’t worry, you don’t need to be so nervous."
The light gathered around him and directed itself straight to Hye, enveloping his entire body. A warm and comforting sensation filled him, causing all fear and trembling to disappear immediately.
"As a token of gratitude, in the future, I, the Prince of the Heavens, will grant you one wish."
Slowly disappearing, the light continued entering Hye’s body little by little until, at some point, along with Samael’s voice, all the brilliance extinguished.
[Congratulations on successfully completing the Prince of Seraphim’s Rest Area]
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[The third floor has been completed]
[Calculating points earned throughout all levels]
[Congratulations on successfully completing the third floor of the Tower of Six]
[Choose one of the following rewards]
[Pyrokinesis] [Recovery of all injuries]
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[The fourth floor has been completed]
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[Congratulations on successfully completing the fourth floor of the Tower of Six]
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[The portal to the fifth floor will be opened]
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