I frowned.
[You have hunted a Cultist {Celestial} (Lv. 15).]
[You have gained experience points.]
[₩132,001 has been deposited into the Absolute Dweller's wallet.]
When his head exploded, it had undoubtedly been Jeong Hyeon-su.
But by the time the calculations were complete, the corpse had transformed into the body of an unknown female cultist.
Ha Dong-geon turned to me and asked, “Shall we pursue?”
“No need.”
Killing him wasn’t the goal anyway.
The true objective was the core of this small world.
‘That must be it.’
A small, glowing blue orb lay before me.
As I approached it and placed my hand gently upon it, the wails of souls reverberated through me.
It carried the sorrow of people whose freedom had been stolen, their anger palpable.
“Lilith.”
“Yes!”
“Can you do it?”
“Not by myself! I need your power!”
I had a vague idea of what she meant by “my power.”
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I extended my hand toward her.
‘Enhance.’
I bestowed my power.
Black flames surged across Lilith’s entire body as her small frame began to rise into the air.
[Lilith, the Succubus, is requesting the release of her power.]
[Do you grant permission?]
[Yes / No]
‘Yes.’
In that moment—
[₩300,000,000 has been consumed.]
Fwoosh—
The dark energy engulfing Lilith intensified, and her petite form began to stretch and change.
Her slender limbs, voluptuous figure, and a seductive outfit barely clinging to her frame transformed her into a proper succubus.
This was her appearance before she had been stripped of her divinity and turned into a summon.
For a brief moment, I tensed, but my worries were unfounded.
“Master! I look amazing!”
The way she gleefully admired her transformed body, her eyes sparkling, made it clear that her essence hadn’t changed.
“Can you do it now?”
“Yes!”
Lilith approached the blue orb at the center, wrapping it in her arms without hesitation.
Immediately—
Hwaaa—
The blue orb began to turn black.
At the same time, the structure of Jeong Hyeon-su’s paradise began to flood into my mind.
This place was an incomplete world, much like the one Lilith had created.
No, it was even more pathetic—a frail world barely sustained by draining life force, a far cry from the cruel world that consumed everything.
It was a realm closer to illusion than reality, amplifying Jeong Hyeon-su’s abilities in this flawed space.
A mirage created using the minds of 144,000 people.
‘This... would’ve collapsed without me anyway.’
Without even a fragment of divinity, this world would have naturally crumbled over time.
‘After consuming the minds of the 144,000, it would’ve started devouring the minds of the people here.’
Even the lives of the cultists who worshipped their leader would have been used to sustain this fragile world.
It’s possible that even Jeong Hyeon-su himself would have had to sacrifice his life to keep the illusion alive.
Truly—
‘What an idiotic endeavor.’
Because it was such an imperfect world, it easily submitted to me, a being with divinity.
The world Jeong Hyeon-su had created surrendered everything to me, as if I had been its master all along.
At that moment—
‘I can see it.’
What had previously been obscured by noise in the Absolute Dweller’s Eye now appeared crystal clear.
Even the areas without my retainers became visible and tangible to me.
This entire space had become my domain.
Simultaneously—
‘There you are.’
I could now freely deploy the Absolute Dweller’s Eye anywhere within this domain.
I saw the cultists marveling at their wings and praising Jeong Hyeon-su.
“We’re different! Unlike those worms, we are the chosen servants of God!”
“Exactly! Look at these wings! We’ve truly become citizens of the heavens!”
“The wretches who became sacrifices should be grateful! They’ll experience eternity as part of this world!”
Listening to their conversations, I realized one thing.
Not a single one of them was innocent.
‘Your sin is worshipping a false god.’
At that moment—
[A suitable entity for citizenship has been detected.]
[Would you like to grant citizenship?]
A familiar notification appeared.
The targets were all the humans in this place.
But none of them were worthy of citizenship.
From Jeong Hyeon-su to ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) every single person who had contributed to creating this tragic world, they would all face divine punishment.
The level-one effect of the Dignity Maintenance skill allowed me to freely utilize electricity, gas, and water.
I had since learned I could reproduce and manipulate them at will.
This made such an application possible.
Rumble!
A bolt of lightning fell from the clear sky.
Ever since I gained control of all nuclear power plants in Korea, I had an abundance of surplus electricity every day.
The lightning I summoned was created entirely from that surplus energy.
“......!”
Even as their comrades were struck dead by the lightning, none of the cultists uttered a single scream.
The moment this place became entirely my domain, I gained complete control over the actions of those without citizenship.
They could do nothing but tremble in terror and await their deaths.
I had more than enough surplus energy.
But then—
[An entity hostile to the Absolute Dweller has been detected.]
[Eliminating target.]
An enemy of mine.
[An entity hostile to the Absolute Dweller has been detected.]
[Eliminating target.]
It was obvious who.
[An entity hostile to the Absolute Dweller has been detected.]
[Eliminating target.]
The culprit behind all this—Jeong Hyeon-su.
The bastard was continuously self-destructing, wasting more than a dozen lives in the process before he seemed to realize something.
‘Teleport.’
I moved to his location.
Using an invisible hand, I grabbed his throat and lifted him, meeting his eyes.
I spoke to him.
“This time, if you die, it will be for real.”
At the same time, I sent lightning crashing down onto the heads of the fanatics who had served as his spare lives.
Rumble!
[You have hunted a Cultist {Celestial} (Lv. 15).]
[You have hunted a Cultist {Celestial} (Lv. 15).]
[You have hunted a Cultist {Celestial} (Lv. 15).]
...
...
“Do you fully comprehend what you’ve done?”
The man trembled uncontrollably, unable to answer.
His crotch darkened, urine trickling down his legs.
Instead of granting him citizenship, I assigned him the lowest level of permission to remain in my domain—a status I would give to dogs or cats.
Only then was he able to open his mouth.
“I-I was wrong... P-please spare me...”
He was utterly pathetic, nothing like the man who had dared to create his own world by sacrificing 144,000 lives.
There wasn’t a shred of defiance in him now; all he could do was beg for his life.
‘This must be the true face of a cult leader.’
I almost pitied the fanatics who had worshipped such a man as their god.
“I-I will repent. Please, just give me a chance to atone...”
“There will be no opportunities for someone like you.”
I no longer wished to hear his excuses. I stripped him of the permissions I had granted.
Even in his immobilized state, he wasn’t immediately eliminated.
This man, who had once burned with hostility toward me while clinging to his spare lives, now no longer harbored even a shred of enmity—not even in his heart.
All to buy a few more seconds of life.
It was a sight too pitiful to put into words.
‘Summon retainer, Ha Dong-geon.’
I summoned Ha Dong-geon, who had been stationed near the central system. He silently and dutifully fulfilled his role.
Stab!
The black-flaming tip of Ha Dong-geon’s spear pierced through Jeong Hyeon-su’s heart.
And then—
Fwoosh—!
The black flames, guided by my will, inflicted the maximum amount of pain on him, engulfing his entire body.
Once that was done, I immediately used teleportation to move to the center of this domain.
[You have hunted the Cult Leader (Lv. 55).]
[You have gained a large amount of experience points.]
[₩457,045,006,293 has been deposited into the Absolute Dweller's wallet.]
I hadn’t stayed to watch his final moments for this exact reason.
[Your skill level has increased.]
As I leveled up—
Zap!
An intense pain surged through my body.
[The skill Clear Mirror, Still Water (明鏡止水) has activated.]
While my body writhed in pain, my mind remained calm and focused on the task at hand.
“Master! Master!”
I sent a telepathic message to Lilith, who was panicking at the sight of me collapsing.
[I’m fine. Just continue.]
“Master? Are you really okay?”
[I’m fine. Stay focused.]
“Understood!”
Time was critical for what I was about to do.
‘There’s still a chance.’
Since this world had been constructed recently, there was still something I could do.
Before the souls were completely fused into one, I needed to destroy this world as quickly as possible.
Buzz
The blackened core of this world, held in Lilith’s arms, began to tremble.
It instinctively resisted, aware of what I intended to do, but having already surrendered everything to me, it had no options left.
Crack—
A faint fissure appeared on the blackened orb.
Crack-crack!
The fissures spread outward like a spiderweb.
And with that—
Crack!
Cracks began forming at the edges of this world.
Rumble!
The cracks escalated into violent earthquakes.
Boom!
The earthquakes intensified, toppling the tall buildings around us, including the very Lotte Tower we were in.
Crash!
Cracks spread across the building, and thin fractures formed all over the floor.
Even the sky beyond the windows fractured, as if it were a massive pane of glass.
The world itself was collapsing.
Like giant shards of glass falling, the sky shattered, and the cracks widened further.
And then, at the peak of it all—
Smash!
The black orb in Lilith’s arms shattered, scattering shards in all directions.
And then—
Hooo—
The countless souls that had been trapped within it poured out in all directions.
Freed, the souls no longer screamed.
They seemed to know exactly what they needed to do.
Escaping the cage, they scattered freely in all directions, heading toward the edges of this hastily constructed world.
With all their might, they began pushing against the boundaries of this world.
At that moment—
Shatter!
The cracks split wide open, signaling the end of this incomplete world.
And then—
Swoosh—
The wave of 144,000 souls spread outward.
They were returning to where they belonged.
The false world created by Jeong Hyeon-su, the cult leader, was crumbling, and everything was returning to its original state.
However—
‘Huh?’
As the power sustaining the false world disappeared, the land they had called their sanctuary began to fall.
‘At this rate...’
A catastrophic disaster was imminent.