Another World: My life is on the hook!

boom----!

When the raging flames burst forth in his pupils, it was as if his soul was torn apart in that instant, plunging into an endless abyss.

In an instant, he was transported back to that night, where the city of darkness crumbled before his eyes. One by one, the faces he knew, the faces he cherished and vowed to protect for a lifetime, turned to ashes along with the great destruction of the city of darkness.

Because he had secretly sworn an oath in his heart.

It was from that time that he realized how important this big family was to him.

Because of some things.

Only through loss can you learn to cherish.

"Lynn, do you still remember our mission? We are here to heal this wounded land. Even if we go to hell, we must do what angels should do! You may not be an angel, but your mistress is an angel, and you are her trainee night doctor! So you must shoulder this responsibility even more, understand?"

"My dear son-in-law! When are you going to marry my little one?"

"You're a big liar. You not only manipulate people's souls, but you also deceive their feelings. But since I've decided to be your right-hand man, please take me with you whenever you do anything dangerous."

"Hey!! I'm not slacking off! It's just that you're all getting stronger like madmen, you should at least give vampires who aren't so naturally gifted a little leeway!! Did you think I'd desert again?!! No way! I'll never, ever again!!"

Countless images flashed before his eyes—those past events, those cherished memories…

all……

"Ughhhhhh!!!"

At that moment, he finally roared to the sky, and the entire universe seemed to tremble with a rumbling sound. The black fire burning on his body also almost reached the extreme of nirvana in that instant.

The massive sanctuaries cracked one by one, and his entire body seemed to transform into the gaping maw of a gluttonous beast, surging and devouring the endless faith and souls of the dead.

His eyes were filled with tears.

That was hatred and pain.

The mottled tear stains streaked his cheeks like cracks, dripping onto the ground.

"I don't need this kind of future..."

"I cannot accept this result!!"

boom----

"Lynn!!"

When that punch was unleashed, the entire main universe trembled amidst rolling suffering.

It was like a dream shattering, bringing down an endless rain of illusions. Buddha heard the lament of that soul in every living being at the ends of the earth.

……

The rain poured down.

But the fire burning on his body could not be extinguished.

Just as he could not break through the final barrier between him and the City of Night, because that was his power, because that was his fire.

Thousands of chains bound him, and he was submerged in the mud. His eyes remained fixed on the distance ahead, and his hands stretched with all his might toward the burning city, as if it were so close yet so far away.

He saw the boundless faith converging upon him from the sky.

He saw the causal links between this world and him being severed one by one.

If……

This is destiny...

His vision gradually blurred.

Within his body, amidst the endless burning of firewood, the surging black flames were like a silent coronation.

They used these countless souls and bones as firewood.

Let him...be crowned king.

puff-

His body fell heavily to the ground, collapsing into the dark mud under the endless rain.

"Lynn!!"

……

……

Has this nightmare ended?

Maybe it was just a dream.

Just like when you open your eyes, you are still the same boy in the Alley of Wandering Souls. You live a life of constant fear and try your best to disguise yourself as a demon until you can no longer take off this thick mask.

Perhaps you shouldn't have left the pharmacy where you'd spent three years back then.

Perhaps if you hadn't stepped out that door, you would never have met those family members you couldn't bear to leave behind, and you wouldn't have given them such a cruel fate.

Because you were never a savior to begin with.

You just have that childish ambition.

You are not capable of bearing such a heavy burden, nor do you possess the ruthlessness and decisiveness expected of a king. You are merely a scoundrel climbing the lowest rungs of hell, and you never imagined that you would gradually reach this point.

In a daze, it was like a hazy dream.

He opened his hazy eyes heavily.

He only felt a lot of pain.

It hurts.

“Madam… Brother Aiwen…”

“Let’s go back…let’s go back to Night City…I want to…go home…”

"Zuo Zuo... take me home..."

In the darkness, it was as if someone had grabbed his hand.

But it also seems like an illusion.

It was as if there was a thread, little by little, across that insurmountable boundary, just like in that dream, pulling at his hand.

In that hazy darkness, there is someone separated from you by a thick wall, who can hear your whispers.

She hugged her knees, burying her face in them, as if separated by the vast expanse of time.

She listened to each and every name.

It's like a dream.

Each one caused her heartache, making her whole body tremble uncontrollably.

He called out to them one by one.

And he finally... said that name.

"I thought you had already forgotten."

He seemed to hear the girl's soft sobs.

He tried desperately to open his dry, broken eyes, wanting to see in the boundless darkness, but all he saw was darkness.

……

"I'm sorry."

"Haven't you always been like this? You've always been moving forward. You used to dare to stop, but later on, even if you wanted to stop, you couldn't stop anymore..."

"You know I don't want to do this, but I can't... I dare not..."

"So I've never blamed you. It's just that I don't have the ability. I can't be as strong as the AI ​​girls and stand by your side forever..."

"No... I don't want this anymore..."

"Please take me away, Miss Doll... I can't find them... I can't hear them anymore... I don't want to bear this responsibility anymore..."

"Let's go back... Even if it's just in that dream, it doesn't matter. I'll always be with you... I'll keep my promise... Don't worry about anything else... All I have left is... and all I can hear is you..."

The boundless silence was so profound that it felt as if even this last treasure was about to leave you.

But he finally heard that voice again amidst the deathly grayness.

Are you trying to run away?

"We've come this far, don't let me look down on you, don't let everyone look down on you! Now that you're king, don't have those childish thoughts anymore!"

He heard a low sound from the other side of the wall.

"You are the most amazing person..."

"You will eventually reach a level even higher than that Violet Lord, and you will become more powerful than everyone else! Even if you don't... in my heart you will always be the most powerful person."

"so……"

"Never...never say those discouraging things again!!"

boom--

boom--

He seemed to hear the booming sounds growing ever closer.

Like the footsteps of a giant.