The Outer God Needs Warmth

Chapter 82

Looking north, when you leave the main building of the Heavenly Demon Church, there is a steep cliff to the right.

And there is a long, gently sloping path going north.

The altitude here doesn’t seem too high, but from the way the forest far to the north can be seen clearly, the main building of the Heavenly Demon Church is actually situated quite high.

And halfway between that forest and the entrance of the main building, there is a house.

I walk along the path overgrown with weeds.

From the sound of stones being crushed underfoot, it seems this used to be a path that many people walked.

A little further north from the house I live in, there’s a village ruin that was once inhabited until a few years ago.

But it was destroyed when the Heavenly Demon and Guseongyong fought nearby.

The survivors moved to the village to the west, and the village was abandoned. Now, it is being reclaimed by nature.

There are so few people here that it feels a bit unsettling.

If it were just me, it would be fine, but it’s not good for a child to live here.

After all, to live like a human being, one needs to meet other people, right?

But not right now. For now, it’s better to stay here. The Heavenly Demon Church is likely to be shaken up considerably in the near future.

From Guseongyong’s memories, half of the Heavenly Demon Church betrayed the Heavenly Demon. Or perhaps, it wasn’t just half, but all of them.

From the conversation Guseongyong secretly had with the faction leader, there’s enough reason for it.

The Heavenly Demon had given Jeonyang the power of the Heavenly Demon Church, and Jeonyang wielded it freely. After all the accumulated dissatisfaction, it exploded.

Of course, as a result, Guseongyong died, and the Heavenly Demon completely changed.

The gender changed, and the skin color changed drastically. Who would believe that this person is the Heavenly Demon?@@@@

It’s hard to believe in a world where even the change of gender in a person is incomprehensible.

I wonder what the future holds for the Heavenly Demon, who is now crying in front of Jeonyang’s body.

I tried to imagine the future.

The first person who would probably know this fact is Jijecheon. He is like the caretaker of the main building of the Heavenly Demon Church.

He would be the first to hear the Heavenly Demon’s orders and the one who could quickly make decisions about the future.

Most importantly, Guseongyong doesn’t know that he created a Harvester. He never mentioned anything related to it.

He’s probably ambitious, right?

The person right next to him betrayed him.

I’m curious to see how the Heavenly Demon will react. If things go well, warmth might come pouring in.

Imagining such a happy future, I entered my house.

“How have you been?”

“Choseol!”

At my greeting, So-o ran to me with a big smile. She was incredibly happy when I caught her. On the outside, we seem like an adult and a child. In reality, there’s only about a five-year age gap, though!

“Didn’t you sleep?”

So-o nodded. Since I had gone out in the middle of the night and returned at night, it would soon be dawn.

Staying up all night is bad for the body.

“Let’s sleep first.”

It’s likely that Jijecheon will come by dawn, but it should be later than usual.

Because he’ll have to put out the fire at the main building of the Heavenly Demon Church and deal with the unknown woman pretending to be the Heavenly Demon.

Whether he believes it or not, he’ll be busy.

I took So-o to the wall near the kitchen.

It’s still warm here. But I really don’t know where the heat is coming from.

Anyway, I lay down there with So-o.

As soon as she was in my arms, So-o fell fast asleep.

Right.

I don’t really sympathize, but So-o must have been in a very uneasy situation. Her protector had gone to the burning building, leaving her alone at home.

It was definitely a bad environment.

By the way, the warmth here is replenished thanks to the creature that lived in this house. I just took warmth, but I’m massacring the small creatures around here.

Of course, there are also some people trying to escape.

It seems that the Heavenly Demon is quite a big figure in the Heavenly Demon Church. Come to think of it, Euncheon was the same. Even though he wanted to ascend, he went to his death as someone serving the Heavenly Demon.

I don’t know if it’s his unique emotion or the power of religion, but.

Heavenly Demon vs. Heavenly Demon Church.

It’s a very funny situation. Then the Heavenly Demon spoke.

“I am the true Heavenly Demon.”

Ah.

I can hear the Heavenly Demon’s voice up to here. It’s quite a quiet word, but it reached me?

So-o, who was helping me with the dishes, suddenly clung to me in surprise.

I calmed her down and went outside.

But as soon as I stepped outside, So-o screamed briefly and clung to me. To me, it just looked like the main building of the Heavenly Demon Church.

“What's wrong?”

“Choseol, can’t you see? There’s something scary over there.”

So-o pointed directly toward where the Heavenly Demon was.

It seems that there is something I can’t see. It’s not that So-o can’t see it, but it’s something I can’t perceive. A sensation of ki or magic power.

Come to think of it, I never felt that from the first world.

“Submit.”

Boom!

A shockwave-like explosion erupted.

What? How is a person releasing pressure? But it’s not just a simple shock. So-o clung to me, making me fall down.

How far away is the Heavenly Demon? Yet, this is the effect?

“Submit.”

Boom!

This time, a purple flash illuminated. The main building of the Heavenly Demon Church was left with five giant scars, as if torn apart by a beast’s claws.

Boom, crash.

The sound of falling debris from the walls and roof echoed.

“Worship.”

And then a sharp cutting sound.

From the main building of the Heavenly Demon Church to the forest, it literally split apart.

“I am the true Heavenly Demon.”

As soon as the Heavenly Demon finished speaking, people bowed their heads and began to kneel in front of the Heavenly Demon.

“Heavenly Demon! Heavenly Demon! Long live the Heavenly Demon!”

From in front of the Heavenly Demon, a low scream-like chant was heard. It was a voice strained as if squeezing out from their stomach.

“Heavenly Demon Manifestation! Blessings of the Heavenly Demon!”

After that, the voices became much easier, and almost no one remained who didn’t shout.

“Invincible Religion! The Martial Way will rule!”

At the end, everyone whose head was within the Heavenly Demon’s line of sight bowed their heads and shouted loudly. Their voices were so loud they reached me.

It ended quite simply.

“Alright, let’s go inside, clean up, and do some exercises, So-o.”

So-o, trembling, looked up at me.

“Choseol, aren’t you scared?”

I looked at the Heavenly Demon, who was watching the people repeatedly chant praises. I wanted a more catastrophic outcome, but...

How boring.

I turned my head back and looked at So-o.

“I guess I don’t feel anything, so I’m not scared.”

Since it’s a fact, I returned to the kitchen and resumed the dishes I had stopped earlier.

I want the civilization of water flowing freely.