Praise the Orc! Chapter 218:
Chapter 218 – A Road has No Gate (1)
Crockta rode through the night towards the north . By his side was Gordon .
“I didn’t know there would be someone like you . ”
“It is the same for me . ”
Gordon, who had told Crockta to go to the Temple of the Fallen God . Those words were the beginning of everything . Now, they met again just before the grey **** was about to destroy the world .
He garnered information through the dialogue with Gordon . There was one key . Kill the grey **** . Otherwise, they would die . However, the grey god’s intentions weren’t fully understood yet . It was the same for Gordon .
Her decision, only someone who faced the end of the universe would be able to sympathize with the grey **** .
“Is Yoo Jaehan doing well?”
“He is living like a **** . ”
Gordon was the one who created the game ‘Elder Lord’ with Yoo Jaehan . But Elder Lord wasn’t a game . It was a type of ‘avatar’ the connected the people of Earth to another world . The power of the grey **** made it possible .
In the past, a white girl came to Gordon and Yoo Jaehan, and she called herself a **** from another world . They thought she was a madman, but they were convinced after she used her power . They acknowledged that she was a **** . Then a new world opened .
She promised to answer the topic they wanted .
“Entropy reversal, it is difficult . ”
“Think of it as the lifespan of the universe . While it might take a long time, it will someday happen . The end of the universe . ”
“When will that be?”
“A very long time away . Eternity in the near future . ”
“You were struggling with that?”
“That’s right, along with Yoo Jaehan as well . Geniuses are a little different . It is funny that I am saying this myself . ” Gordon chuckled slightly and asked, “Do you think the end won’t come?”
“That isn’t it . After billions of years…”
“Look at the sky . ”
Crockta looked up .
It was a beautiful sight, something that he had never seen on Earth . The stars were embroidering a black curtain around the moon, and was so vivid that the universe was a brilliant river across the sky . But now he knew that this was a fake sky .
“The real sky of Elder Lord is dark, and is made up of just one lonely moon . It is different from the smog-filled sky on Earth . ”
“……”
“The end is near . That is this world . ”
While moving through the swamp in the great forest, Crockta met the unidentified demon called ‘Abaddon . ’ He told Crockta this story . This world’s sky was a lie, with only the sun remaining . Abaddon was then summoned by the grey **** and Crockta didn’t hear any more details, but the context was in line with Gordon’s words .
In other words,
“All the stars in this universe are cold . The sun here is the last source of heat, and this planet is the final civilization . ”
The last civilization to witness the end of the universe . It was this continent of Elder Lord .
“She is going to reverse entropy with the last of her strength . Turn the worlds back . She is trying to bring it back to its original state, even if she has to destroy this existing world . ”
It was hard to believe . It was a power close to ‘creation . ’
“The stars have cooled down and it was only realized when the star **** died . I don’t know the details . ”
“Then why is the grey **** in such a rush?”
“She can’t let this opportunity pass . She will lack the power to restart the universe . In the first place, the original plan was unlikely to succeed . ” Gordon stared straight at Crockta . “But it was you who made it possible . ”
“Me?”
“Yes . ”
Gordon looked back for a moment . Behind them were countless gods, orcs and other species who had hastily joined . They gathered to stop the grey **** .
“Are there any users here?”
“We are the only ones . ”
“If you look at it, I’m not a user . So it is only you . ”
“……”
“Reaching the target achievement points in time is close to impossible . The achievement points are actually the power of interference between dimensions . ”
“Interference power?”
“As users have a stronger influence on the world, the net between the two worlds gets smaller . It is like piercing the net with an awl and shaking it to make a hole . Small human souls are able to pass with her power, but the net was too dense for her to return . So she used the game to try and make a large enough hole for her . That is the justification for the achievement points . ”
He sighed .
“Then you showed up . It seemed impossible, but you managed to complete impossible achievements . Then you defeated the war **** . A hole that the grey **** could pass through was created . ”
“That…”
“Who would have imagined? A user from another dimension was able to defeat a **** . ”
Crockta bit his lip . He played the game to save people and ended up helping the grey **** . His chest became heavy . He might not have intended it, but as Gordon said, Crockta held the biggest responsibility for this .
“So that is what happened . The grey **** is afraid of the eternal death of this universe, so she will destroy this world to postpone the end . Even if the universe lives again for a long time, the end still can’t be avoided . ”
Crockta asked, “I know . But why did you come here?”
“Me?” Gordon shrugged . “I just wanted to see it . ”
“What?”
“A different world . And the rewinding of entropy . ”
Crockta looked at his face . The expression was somehow similar to the grey **** .
“I became so immersed in this concept that my life had become meaningless . Anyway, the future is fixed . So I volunteered when the grey **** said she would send someone here as a trial . I was also curious . But when I came here and saw this world…”
He pointed to his clothing . Inside the robe was worn out clothing .
“Unlike when I was stuck at a desk on Earth, I wandered around and looked at people… Somehow…”
“Somehow?”
“No matter what the future is, it doesn’t seem right to remove all the lives that are breathing now . ”
Crockta smiled . Gordon was like Crockta . At first, Crockta thought it was a game, but he became an orc warrior, living and fighting with the people of this world . Gordon knew from the beginning that this world wasn’t a game, so he would’ve thought more deeply about it .
Crockta said, “This is all because of me, not you and Yoo Jaehan . ”
“I have nothing to say . ”
“So that is why you are accompanying me now?”
He looked up at the white sphere floating in the sky . The grey **** was there . She was carrying out a spell to destroy the world at the Temple of the Fallen God . Crockta could feel the world’s magic power being sucked into there .
Gordon chuckled in a low voice . “Yes . ”
“Then the people who caused the problem should solve it . ”
“Of course . ”
Gordon stopped walking . Something stood in front of them .
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It was an unknown shape . It was like a human when he first saw it, but when he looked again, it was a bizarre monster, and then a winged animal . Its height increased and decreased . It became fat and then skinny .
The darkness continued to grow and mature in front of their eyes . A familiar energy was coming from it, the smell of the grey **** . However, it was darker and more evil, emitting a strange sensation that sent a chill down his spine .
Demon . The fallen species that followed the grey **** .
Crockta muttered, “So this is why people call them demons . ”
He had met with a few demons . However, he couldn’t figure why they were called demons, since in his experience, they were rather friendly . However, these were their true colors .
“You suffered coming here . ” The demon laughed, which spread to the gods behind Crockta . The sound was strange and shook their ears . “Before you go any further, I want to say something . ”
It was a strange sensation that tickled the brain through the eardrums .
It whispered, “Why are you trying to stop the grey god?”
It was a strange situation . An oddly shaped figure stood blocking the gods and mortals advancing towards the north .
Everyone listened to its voice like they were spellbound .
“If you don’t know her will, how could you put a sword through her? The world is falling . It is dying . The saints and evildoers will return to the sky, and both time and space would return to nothing . War God, have you weighed the pros and cons of this? In the end, it will be the same . Goddess of Mercy, do you love the warmth of the people who warm up this lonely world? The warmth of people will never match the original . Magic and divinity will be swallowed up by the darkness . In the end, only darkness will be left . The world is moving slowly but surely to that end . We have no hope . Just despair, a despair that is greater than all of you . But for the world, we have to carry it on our shoulders . ”
His voice was being projected to them as an idea, not a language . This was the grey god’s absolute power, ‘perception change . ’ The power to shake the hearts of the enemy .
“The world is perishing . It is still perishing now . All of us know it . ”
Some people flinched . It was especially true for the mortals of each species who didn’t know the true purpose of the grey **** .
“We believe that we return to the dirt when we die . Worms will be eaten by beasts, then the beast will be eaten by another beast . This is the world . We become ashes that return to the ground, and the rest of the world . However . ”
It giggled again .
“Destruction is coming . There will be nothing left . Absolute ruin . An eternal emptiness . A universe that will be cold forever . It is approaching . We want to prevent it . We want to continue the cycle of life in this world . Everyone . ”
The demon took one step, two steps . It stood in front of Crockta and Gordon . Now it took the appearance of a beautiful young man in a suit .
He asked the two of them, “Do you love this world?”
His eyes turned towards Crockta .
“Crockta, Crockta . Northern Conqueror . Empire’s Deficit . The hero Crockta, who always protects the weak . I’ll ask you one thing . Do you want to destroy the world? Do you come here to kill the mother and drop this world directly into hell?”
His words weren’t wrong . According to Gordon, the grey **** wanted to reverse this universe’s destruction by sacrificing this world . In the process, the lives here would disappear . However, her answer might be correct . That was the fate of the universe .
Crockta asked, “What is your name?”
“Huhu, you seem interested in me . I asked you questions but you didn’t answer . My name is Dantalian . Mother is someone who genuinely cares about the world . ”
“Dantalian… a nice name . ”
“Thank you . But my name is nothing compared to the great hero Crockta . Now Crockta, what do you think about my questions? I’m not here to fight . If you answer, I will withdraw . ” He spread open his arms . “Everybody can think about it slowly…”
“I will answer on behalf of everyone . ”
Crockta interrupted his words . Dantalian raised his eyebrows .
“Ah, why is Crockta…?”
“You’re too talkative . ”
“Huh?”
“Be careful . ”
A ray of light broke through the air . Dantalian’s neck was cut .
” A road has no gate . ”
The last fire burned his body . The silver tongue that mislead them was burned . His eyes were wide with confusion, like he couldn’t believe it . Crockta removed Dantalian and roared in the direction of the grey **** .
“Don’t use such tricksssss──────!”
It was towards the pillar surrounding the Temple of the Fallen God . Crockta placed God Slayer on the ground . Then he looked back . People were recovering from Dantalian’s power . Crockta gazed at them with blazing eyes .
“Don’t be mislead by nonsense . The road we are on is given to us . Kill . Or be killed . There is no other exit . Keep this in mind . ”
Crockta started to walk alone towards the Temple of the Fallen God . Gordon followed . Then the gods followed . The army moved . With Crockta at the forefront, everyone headed towards the final battle again .
This was a fight regarding the destiny of the world . There was no right way . The winner would be right .