Karvan’s Perspective: The Savior’s Choice

Karvan Baharga. His world vanished in an instant.

‘Don’t worry. I’ll be back alive soon, you know?’

The world he had confidently promised did not return.
The shock of that realization tossed and tore through his entire body.

‘It’s the only one in the world. It’s my most prized possession. Don’t treat it carelessly.’

【Defector ‘Shinbi-jui’ has lent you <Leviathan (SL)>.】

The moment his world breathed its last while handing him a piece of itself.

He remembered everything.

‘Or, you could just take that and never look for me again!’
‘Here, take this and don’t follow me. Got it?’

Memories that had long sunk and been forgotten were stirred up like sediment in muddy water and rose to the surface.

‘Balance has found this world, and God Slayers are no longer needed.’
‘We leave the choice to the Awakeners. If the Awakeners do not need your strength as helpers, admit defeat and leave Dowongyeong.’

The gods left the fate of the Varg to the Awakeners.

【New Vampire Race <Empire> NPCs confirmed for release!】

However, the Awakeners chose the vampires as their helpers, not them.

【The wolf race <Varg>, which lost in the user vote, will be re-released later as ‘hostile monsters’.】

Furthermore, they began to steal their power and bring imbalance to the world, and eventually, the Varg were reduced to monsters.
The dismissal of the God Slayers, and the doom of the race known as the Varg.

‘Tsk. To think the one with the bloodline of the God Slayers is a mutant without ears or a tail. How dreadful.’
‘What good is vast elemental power? He’s unstable and can’t even control it.’

Banished from Dowongyeong, we became monsters and followed only our base instincts.

The authority of the God Slayer quickly diluted. He was the same. He felt his power weakening day by day.
Practically chased out of the pack, he wandered aimlessly.

…Then, he saw that woman.

• WhiteHair-nim! Hurry up, why are you so slow.

• Ugh, what do you expect from Sniper trash without mobility skills.

A female Awakener with light pink hair, like the peach blossoms that bloomed year-round in ‘Dowongyeong’, the last sight he saw when chased out of his hometown.

• Ugh. Hey, why do you keep following me? I’ll kill you if you keep following me?!

When he came to his senses, he was chasing after that woman.
Just endlessly and impulsively, like a young dog chasing a butterfly on a spring day.

• Ugh, seriously, is this evasion rate for real? He hasn’t been hit once; I think he’s bugged?

• I think WhiteHair-nim just missed that one….

• Ahem! A bug!!!

Hoping she might take him back to their lost paradise, he followed that hair resembling Dowongyeong as if possessed. Ignoring even the nuisance beside her.

【Awakener ‘Shinbi-jui’ has summoned <Leviathan>.】

Then, the massive spear that flew at him with a whoosh.

The pain of being dragged down to reality was more overwhelming than the bleeding right eye struck by flame fragments.

• Wow.

The silhouette holding the massive spear, faintly visible through his bloodstained vision, was not Dowongyeong but a scene from hell.

• Shinbi-nim, aren’t you going to kill it? It has a debuff.

• If he chases me later, I’ll kill him then.

…Right, maybe it would be easier if I just died. He had resigned himself.

• Here, take this and don’t follow me. Got it?

The woman who resembled Dowongyeong did not end his life.

• Whoa! You’re just giving that expensive thing to a monster? An SL weapon?!

• It’s not even upgraded anyway. And I’m not giving it, I’m lending it. It’ll come back when he dies.

Muttering incomprehensible words, she handed him a blade and left.

It wasn’t long before he realized it was a divine relic.

【God-Slaying Sword (SL): A sword made from the pure magic power of ‘▒bi▒ui’. It has the ‘Freeze’ attribute but holds a warmth resembling its creator’s magic power. (Creator: Shin▒ju▒)】

…Why did you give me a divine relic, Awakener?

After taking my eye, why did you show mercy?

Wanting to ask that, he approached any Awakener he saw from that day on, wondering if it was her, but each time he barely escaped death.

• What kind of mob is holding an SL-grade God-Slaying Sword?! Are you crazy!

If it weren’t for the sword the woman gave him, he would have died long ago.

【Notice】 The high-ranking wolf-type monster race <Varg> will no longer appear on the field after the version 2.45 patch. They will also be permanently deleted from the encyclopedia and quests.

And a few years later, the doom began.

After the Doom, the Varg were completely abandoned.

He also lost the glorious memories of being a God Slayer. He forgot her face, the color of her hair resembling Dowongyeong, and her voice entirely.

…In fact, he couldn’t even be sure if it had really happened.

As if having a fleeting spring dream, the memory itself became hazy.

【A rented Special Legendary grade weapon cannot be discarded. (※It will be automatically returned to the owner upon the owner’s retirement.)】

However, the divine relic given to him did not disappear. No matter how many times he discarded it, it returned to him.

Like a brand showing he had survived by the mercy of a Destroyer.

【Error: ‘Wolf that Swallows Gods’. Varg data. Unrecognizable. Cannot confirm disposal code. Cannot process response. Error 0100010.】

‘God-Slaying Sword’. Following that strange name engraved on the blade, he cut down the rushing Grim Reapers, and when he came to his senses, he had ascended to the position of Valta with the greatest elemental power in history.

‘To usurp Dowongyeong, what an absurd plan.’
‘When we should be living like dead mice, hoping not to catch the gods’ eyes.’

Perhaps subconsciously, he might have been chasing that woman again.

He endlessly searched for Dowongyeong, which had become invisible after the Doom, perhaps with the hope that he might see her again.

He wanted to ask what the reason was for choosing him.
Despite choosing the vampires, why did you leave me alive now?
Why did you throw me into a doomed world?

…Why, of all people, was it me?

His undirected anger soon turned into hatred towards all Destroyers.

‘You shouldn’t let that go alive. It has a skill debuff. If you leave it alone, it’ll chase you to the ends of the earth.’
‘I’ll only be in Midvalen, so.’

At the time, he couldn’t even know that Destroyer’s name.

The words she chattered with her companion were the language used by humans, and although he learned the human language later, he never knew what she had said to the very end.

‘…Here, take this and don’t follow me. Got it?’

【Awakener ‘Shinbi-jui’ has lent her <God-Slaying Sword (SL)> to the <Nameless Varg>.】

But, he finally realized.

【…Error: Cannot confirm data disposal code for <Nameless Varg>.】
【…Error: <Dichotomous Entity> failed to remove the <God Slayer> passive skill from ‘▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒’.】
【…Error: The <God Slayer> passive skill can be removed after retrieving the <God-Slaying Sword (SL)> currently possessed by <▒ar▒ ▒ha▒ga>.】
【…Skill Log: <▒arvan Baha▒ga>’s <God-Slaying Sword (SL)> inflicted a fatal wound on <Dichotomous Entity>.】
【…Error: ‘Wolf that Kills Gods – Karvan Baharga’ data inaccessible. Cannot process response. Memory wipe impossible.】

You were never, not for a single moment, my Destroyer.

‘It’s Shinbi. My name, Shin, Bi.’

You, were my Savior.

Radugan, who killed you, came looking for me shamelessly.

“Have you, still not found the Valtael.”

He came several times asking if you were alive or dead. Spouting bullshit that he wasn’t trying to kill you, but trying to save you.

“To kill her with your own hands and then come looking for her, what a terrible hobby.”

“…I told you. I had no malicious intent….”

He finished taking his anger out by tearing the bastard limb from limb three times.
In mercy for restoring his memories of you, he stopped there.

And he went around searching for you aimlessly.

【<Observer> is summoned to your current location.】

However. He didn’t know why the Grim Reapers were rushing at him.
Even when he quickly cut them down and tried to pass, they spouted incomprehensible words and interfered.

【- An ▒M▒ apol▒gy ▒etter has ▒rrived. Wo▒ld ▒ou li▒e to re▒d it?】
【- G▒’s ▒▒lett▒r has ▒rived. W▒ll y▒u re▒d i▒?】
【- A GM▒ apol▒gy let▒er has ar▒ived. Wou▒d yo▒ lik▒ to re▒d it?】

Every time he took a step, the Grim Reapers stuck to him persistently.

He couldn’t even sleep. If he closed his eyes even for a moment, the Grim Reapers appeared and attacked.

…How did you endure this.

Suddenly, he remembered you from a certain day.

‘Heuk, go away! I don’t want to die.’
‘Please, sob, don’t, kill me.’

Mistaking his claws for the shadow of a Grim Reaper and trembling, your figure terrified with a face he had never seen before.

‘Have you ever been caught by a Grim Reaper?’
‘I almost died.’

Then did you, endure this alone for a year, chased by these persistent bastards.

Is that why you smiled as if it were nothing even when the clan treated you poorly. Is that why you could quickly forget even when I treated you so harshly.

Just thinking about you enduring this fight alone made him dizzy.

【…Scanning. Weapon Name: <Leviathan>. Owner: Shinbi-jui)】
【…Attempting to extract location data based on the artifact….】

The bastards become noticeably agitated whenever he takes out the massive spear blade you entrusted to him.
It seemed they were reacting to the aura of your weapon.

【Extraction failed due to unknown interference. Database frozen. Error.】

He froze the bastards coveting your weapon and shattered them into pieces.
And yet, other bastards appeared. Endlessly.

【An urgent message from GM <Sirin> has arrived!】

…In the midst of that, at some point, he realized.

The Grim Reapers are not targeting him. They are chasing your traces engraved upon him.

【NEW! Regarding the Awakener ‘Shinbi-jui’ disposal error.】

The Grim Reapers are no longer looking for you to kill you. They are looking for you to send you back.

【Hello, Awakener ‘Shinbi-jui’-nim! We deeply apologize for belatedly discovering a critical error in your database. We will assist you with the ‘Log Out’ issue you requested in the past. We are sending an Observer to guide you, so please accept the summon. – GM Sirin】

To send you back to your world.

…To take you away from me.