Reader’S Regeneration Life [EN]: Chapter 420

420

I Am Different From You

“The filthy ones are finally defiling our land.

Everyone, let’s not give up this sanctuary so easily.

Let’s make it clear to them that if they want this place, they will have to cross our corpses and wade through a pool of blood!”

Waaaaah!―

Seeing the large force finally reaching the front of the sanctuary, the Celestials, Elves, and Humans roared as if they would never back down.

It was a rather impressive yet bitter scene, as those who used to bicker due to their different races when things were going well, immediately harmonized and united when faced with a crisis.

“Let’s show those bastards our dignified 모습 [appearance]!”

“Punishment to the sinners!

Judgment to the fallen!”

Even after suffering that great defeat not long ago, their spirit was still formidable.

Do they still think that they alone are the light, the good, and the justice?

Even though the whole world denies all of that, and everyone in the world says no.

Looking at them, Sha couldn’t shake off the bitter feeling.

‘In the end, Lugh couldn’t rise.’

Because Lugh couldn’t get up from his seat until the end, Sha ended up taking over all command.

The last top-tier Celestial left to fight in a situation where only the two of them remained, with Lugh fallen.

Those who think of themselves as the light probably thought of Sha as their last hope, but the last hope herself didn’t feel like fighting at all.

If they were truly the light, if they were good, if they were just, they should have listened to their words.

Putting everything else aside, in a situation where their defeat was certain, they should have admitted defeat, acknowledged their sins, and taken responsibility for everything with dignity.

Shouting that they would kill even one more enemy on the way seemed like something only the Demons they hated so much would do, but they were doing it themselves.

While the Allied Forces deliberately took their time, as if waiting for a decision from this side, or even Sha’s decision, those who were wrong couldn’t admit their sins, and Sha was still torn between abandoning her own kind and following her beliefs, or throwing herself away with her own kind.

While she couldn’t do either, they eventually pushed their way here.

And what they faced in front of the sanctuary were those who rushed to fight with a fierce spirit.

Those who secretly wanted to end everything without a major battle would also be quite annoyed and angry.

‘Since this is the path we have chosen, they will no longer try to avoid it.

In the end, it will only end when one of the two completely dies and disappears.’

Even if they opened the gates now, they wouldn’t accept it.

If they had suffered a major defeat, they should have admitted defeat right then and there, or at least said something before they set foot on the land of the Holy Prussen and came right in front of the sanctuary, but they didn’t.

Even if they decided to end it because they judged that they were dealing with an opponent who couldn’t communicate, Sha had nothing to say.

Clack, clack!―

The Allied Forces stopped at a place where they had created some distance from the walls.

Even though those trapped in the sanctuary would naturally be intimidated by looking at those who were standing in an orderly manner and pressuring the sanctuary, they instead raised their fighting spirit even higher and shouted for them to come.

They drew their swords and spears, raised them high, and shouted that if they came any closer, they should be prepared to die ten times as much as they did.

And at that moment, as if responding to that shout, someone stepped forward.

“···?”

“What.”

Even though the Allied Forces were not yet preparing to attack, a man slowly moved his steps.

While the others didn’t know the identity of the man well, Sha could immediately grasp who the man was and what kind of existence he was, even from a distance.

“K, Kim Yuhyeon!”

She had forgotten about his existence for a moment because the situation was so urgent.

That scary man who didn’t care how many top-tier Celestials came and crushed them.

He is slowly moving his steps towards the sanctuary.

Knowing well what this meant, Sha hurriedly got up.

“An indestructible wall.”

Not just a simple legend, the walls of the sanctuary really never collapse.

Even the top-tier Celestials and the highest-ranking Demons couldn’t do it, so the disciples of light believed and believed that it would be impossible unless even a god came down.

“Let’s see.”

That is, until the man who stepped forward to the sanctuary drew his sword and swung it.

Thwack, quack, quack!―

With a roar as if the world was splitting in half, the world was filled with light as it was.

As a result, everyone inside the sanctuary all collapsed on the spot.

An enormous force that made the inside of their heads turn white to the point of simply becoming empty.

When the people inside the sanctuary, who had been lying down as if dead in the roar and light, finally got up.

“Ah, ah···!”

They had to face a sight they absolutely didn’t want to believe, didn’t want to see, and despair.

The solid walls of the sanctuary that they thought would never collapse had collapsed.

No, let me correct that.

It’s not that it collapsed, but that it simply disappeared.

As if a being called God had come and completely cut out the walls from the world with an inexplicable power, it was cut very cleanly and completely turned into powder.

While everyone, even the Allied Forces, were staring at the scene with their mouths wide open, a clear sound that was heard in their ears grabbed their attention.

Click―.

Kim Yuhyeon, who had sheathed his sword back into its scabbard, turned his body without any regrets.

With a face that had no emotion, without even ridiculing that some wall like this was an indestructible sacred sanctuary, he turned around with an expression as if he had cut something meaningless, and returned to his seat as he had done a little while ago.

“···.”

“···.”

No one could say anything.

Suddenly, a man came out and swung his sword once, and the walls that they had believed in so much literally disappeared, so what could they say?

“Ah ah.”

“N, now we are···.”

If the walls, which are the most important thing in a siege, are breached, then the next thing is, of course, the enemy’s entry.

No, maybe there’s no need for that.

Because if that man comes forward again and sweeps everything away, that’s it.

The attack that the man had inflicted now, from his point of view, wouldn’t even be considered a threat, it would just be him checking whether the walls were strong or not.

‘Yes, this is how it ends.’

Sha closed her eyes and tried to calmly face the fate that was unfolding before her.

Until she captured the scene that suddenly unfolded before her eyes.

“···Huh?”

A white flag is suddenly raised from the Allied Forces side.

And some people slowly move their steps and approach the breached walls.

Sha confirmed that she saw a familiar face among them, and left her seat with a dazed look and walked towards the collapsed walls.

“Sha, Lady Sha!”

“You mustn’t go out.

Who knows what kind of evil 짓 [deed] they will do again···.”

Then the Celestials desperately grab Sha.

It seems that they think that those who are approaching with a white flag in a situation where everything is absolutely advantageous are deceiving them.

But Sha didn’t want to judge everything as black and white like them.

“Let go.

If they really had such thoughts, they would have erased us all from this world along with the walls.

If they are not such people, they must have something in mind.”

Sha, who had shaken off those who were stopping her, tried to fly up lightly as she used to, but shook her head, folded her wings, and walked on the ground with her feet towards that place.

As expected, Sion Claussan, who had told Sha various stories, was there.

“···.”

Sion, who confirmed Sha’s face, smiled slightly and bowed his head.

Still, no matter how you look at it, it’s a face and expression that you can’t see as a sinner or an evil person.

Sha, realizing that he wanted a real conversation, not a trick or anything else, by calling her all the way here even though he was dealing with a collapsing force and could push it away in an instant if he wanted to, let down her guard and slowly opened her mouth.

“Sion Claussan.”

“It’s been a while, Sha.”

“I see.

It’s been a while··· I guess.”

“I’ll cut to the chase.

Will you hand over the sanctuary to us?”

“Yes?

Hand over the sanctuary?”

“Of course.

We must liberate the sanctuary, which is said to be the beginning of light, from the hypocrites and the liars.

Of course, shouldn’t we take back the place you have occupied?”

What is this man talking about?

Sha couldn’t follow Sion’s words at all.

Weren’t they here to completely erase them from this land?

Suddenly, hand over the sanctuary, liberate it, take back the occupied place?

“We are those who want to follow the light.

We will take back that sanctuary, pray and sing for our light, and wait.

We have not committed sins as you say, and even if we have, we are those who strive to atone for them.”

“That means···.”

“You call us sinners and villains, but we are the same as you, those who want to follow the light.

Did we join hands with the Demons and turn this world into a sea of blood?

Did we collapse the country and plunge it into chaos?

It’s all no.

Why did we come all the way here?

To kill all our enemies?

It’s also not.

To get our sanctuary back.

That place is our sanctuary.

Not the ones who deceived others while pretending to be light.”

“···Impossible.”

Impossible?

Sha nodded at Sion’s question.

Of course, the sanctuary is precious to them too.

Above all, asking for the sanctuary to be handed over is urging them to surrender, and those who don’t know what will happen to their future if that happens can’t possibly accept it willingly.

“Then there’s no choice but to take it back by force.”

“···.”

“You’re all going to die without leaving a single one.

Your fellow Celestials, Elves, Humans, all of them.

Every single one of them will be killed by our army and lie around as corpses.

No one will survive.

Because if you say you’re going to fight more here, our army’s anger will completely explode.”

She already knew all the facts she had been expecting, so she felt a sense of powerlessness and anger rising up.

But what can she do, this is all a series of events that they have caused.

In the end, all the blame lies with them, and all the causes were also provided by them.

“I hope you know that it was you who hesitated even though I already gave you time.”

“That’s···.”

“Now the time to wait for an answer is over, and I will make a suggestion myself.”

“···I’ll listen.”

Die all, or endure humiliation.

What fell in front of Sha, who was conflicted between only those two, was an unexpected 광명 [light/hope].

“I’ll send everyone away.”

“···Yes?”

“There’s a story that there’s another land across the sea.

There’s also a legend that you came from there.

Above all, the Holy Prussen is quite good at sailing ships, so there’s nothing to worry about, right?”

“W, wait a minute.

Just a minute.

What does that mean···.”

“It means that we will show mercy as descendants of light to those who can never mix with us.

We will allow all Celestials, Elves, and Humans to retreat to the coast and leave this land by ship.

If there are not enough ships, we will help you build ships, and we will also support all the things you need.

In the meantime, we will not harm anyone.

I swear on the light, that will not happen.”

“···.”

Sha wondered if she was dreaming now.

They can never win, and they can never lose.

But why are they showing mercy?

Why are they saying they’ll send them away?

Who knows when they will come back and cause this chaos again, why are they not eliminating the threat and letting them go!

“Why···.”

“Because we want to go.

To the light, we want to go to the light.

So we show mercy, do good, show righteousness, and only want to understand.”

Suddenly, something surged up.

Why is this person in front of her showing a 모습 [appearance] that even the Celestials, who were said to be descendants of light, could not see.

How can a human being with nothing show such a 모습 [appearance]!

“···The Celestials committed massacres in Nudia.”

“···.”

“Because they didn’t accept the light.

They burned them all to death.”

Even they are like that, so Sha was asking in a roundabout way whether you could not do that.

It’s so difficult to do light, so can you believe in them.

“Sha.”

At that moment, Sion’s cold yet unwavering voice came into her ears.

“I am different from you.”

The moment she heard those words, Sha unknowingly let out a long sigh.

It was as if she had finally found the light at the end of a path that had been dark, blurry, and full of fog.

“···Okay.”

She didn’t say any more words asking if she could trust you, if you could really do that.

Everything about him had already proven and told her that it was true.

Asking more here was just a discourtesy and rudeness to them.

“I’ll go in and persuade them.

I’ll persuade them no matter what.

About handing over the sanctuary and everyone safely leaving this land and heading to a new place.”

Sion smiled, releasing his cold expression at Sha’s answer.

And with the Celestials’ greeting, May the light be with you, he turned his body.

“Sion Claussan!”

Sion turned his head at the voice calling him.

“What is light to you anyway?

What is darkness?

Tell me your thoughts.”

It seems like he has to come up with a very philosophical and 멋진 [wonderful/amazing] answer.

But since it didn’t come to his mind well, Sion decided to just use the famous line from the movie that gave him all this inspiration.

“It’s nothing.”

Sha makes a blank expression at those words.

Sion answered that way and turned around to go back, but turned around again.

And he gave another answer that Sha might have really wanted.

“It’s everything too.”

Yes, really just like that answer.

To Sion, light and darkness were nothing and everything.

Because it’s extremely meaningless, but it’s useful to use it anytime, anywhere.

Because it seems like just an empty word, but it can be anything as it!

‘Ah, I am generous.

This is what you use in situations like this, Keu 씨 [Mr. Keu].’

Why send them back?

If you make all sorts of noises about being light and show a cruel 모습 [appearance], you will naturally have to listen to 싫은 소리 [unpleasant sounds/complaints] and political remarks.

Those who haven’t done anything will try to splash 똥물 [shit water/mud] on you somehow, but there will be no stronger 태클 [tackle/opposition] than the words cruel, which doesn’t suit the light.

So do you just spare them because you don’t want to hear those words?

That’s not it either.

‘Demons alone are not enough.’

The world needs 적당한 [appropriate] tension and a sense of crisis.

That way, they won’t fight each other and will continue to hold hands and cheer each other on.

A group of evil constantly aiming for the light in a dark place.

And fanatics who ran away across the sea but shouted that they would come back and burn everything at any time.

At this point, it was certain that even crazy bastards who were so immersed in peace that they had to purge the war merits would not appear.

He leads the war to victory, and in the meantime, he shows the enemies a 자비 [mercy] that anyone who hears it will admire.

The enemies are still there, so he seizes everything, not just a 허울뿐인 [hollow/empty] hero treatment.

He and the people next to him hold everything.

‘What’s more, this is not the end.’

Now that the sanctuary has been liberated, it’s time for a new light to shine.

Sion was planning to put someone close to him in that place, of course.

And it would be icing on the cake if that close person was a Celestial who was atoning and reflecting, and was stimulated by a human man and trying to move forward towards the light even more.

―――――――Afterword―――――――

Kingdom of Heaven―Saladin/Nothing, Everything

This is Sion’s King God of Fraud···.