2nd Round Villain

86 – – 200, the unchanging one.

“What can I do from now on?”

Meta, a goblin who became as*xual, asks a question. Thanks to the goblin’s phenomenal resilience, the severed lower leg seemed to heal completely within a few hours. I smiled and pointed to the forest.

“run.”

“yes?”

“First, run around and come. When I meet a big beast, I come back here.”

“Oh, that… Can I just run… ?”

“Meta is fine with her upper body right now, but her lower body is too weak. Besides, male hormones won’t come out properly in the future, so you need to strengthen your body training.”

Meta tilted her head as if she didn’t understand, but soon followed my order and ran into the forest. As befits a species that was originally a forest fairy, the new type of meta disappeared in an instant.

Why not make the meta a god right away? Can not help it. It was like that in his previous life, but if he made Meta into a god, the gods would come in droves. And then you’ll get in my way again.

Of course, after Meta became a complete god, there was nothing they could do about it, no matter how much they called themselves gods. What and how do you judge those who stand on the same level as you? The goblin I raised in my previous life stopped being a half-god, half-beast, and was annihilated by the gods.

However, apart from my plan being ruined, that kind of thing shouldn’t happen. Not yet.

Although it is said that it will not happen in the human world, there is nothing better to change history than the arrival of gods.

It is now the 514th year of the Imperial calendar. The saintess was born in the year 683 of the Imperial calendar. When I met the saintess at the Tower of Babel, it was the 712th year of the imperial calendar.

After the saintess was born, it was okay to change history to some extent. Even if the environment around the saintess changed slightly, the fact that she was Maria would not change.

However, it is absolutely not possible to twist the history before that. It takes about three years for me to transform a meta into a god with my faith. Ever since the saintess was born… In other words, after the year 683 of the Imperial Era, it will raise Meta to the position of a god.

Until then, I was diligently washing the dishes. There are so many unstable places in the current meta, so I’m going to train them.

Being a goblin doesn’t mean you can’t handle magic. I just don’t understand the concept of Magi. Unlike the demons, they did not have natural demonic energy.

But now, in Meta’s body, demonic energy exists. It’s just that Meta didn’t realize it. It was because by signing a contract with me, Meta could borrow my magic energy like Beatrice.

Train that magic. Because God is not absolute. At best, he was raised to the position of a god, but it would be very difficult if he was mistakenly caught by a god-slayer like Theseus and died in vain.

Also, if we do not want to change history, there is another thing we need to do. It was to hunt all the monsters in the southern part of the forest. To make sure that the warrior party that will come a hundred years later walks a path that does not deviate from the original history.

Be careful. The growing party of warriors has also died, but there is no guarantee that we are safe. However, we have a lot of time and there is no need to overdo it, so we plan to proceed slowly and step by step.

“Leader, can you give me a moment?”

“Mr. Uriel? why?”

“There is something I would like to discuss. That little goblin… About the name.”

Uriel put his hand on my shoulder. She had an expression that seemed to be somewhat confused.

“Uri-L seems to have had something on her mind from a while ago. what… If you want to move, you have to move quietly. Sir Beatrice, Mr. John, can you come with me? This is a conversation between Uriel and me. Aru, you stay calm too.”

“I understand, Demon.”

“Kyung-Kyung!”

“Yes, God will be clearing the bodies in the meantime. Aru, John, let’s clean it up together.”

Together with Uriel, I went to the back of a tree about 30 paces away from where I was originally standing. Leaning against the tree, Uriel struggled to open his mouth.

“What were you thinking about giving a mere goblin such a name?”

“yes? Any problem with the name?”

“I don’t think a guy like you doesn’t know the ‘value of a name’.”

“What is the name worth? Of course I know. I don’t know why.”

“Then why… !”

closely-.

A powerful fist dangles from the end of the angel’s drooping arm. Are you planning on swinging your fist? If you have any complaints, speak up. I am a pacifist who hates violence.

“why… ! Did you mean to give the name ‘Metatron’ to someone else…? !”

“… .”

It is disrespectful for mere humans to use the name of God.

Zeus, Hades, Odin, Thor, La… Of course, no human with such a name exists. Just using the name itself is blasphemy.

Even so, those who wish to use that name must walk the same path as that god. That is the only way to be excluded from Buddhist scriptures.

Although Metatron is an angel, not a god, he is in fact a transcendent being who stands above Michael and Gabriel. It is safe to say that he is a god Even if you call in the so-called gods, you won’t be able to surpass Metatron’s power.

“You guys… ! What are you trying to do… ? It doesn’t seem like simple evolution means that you’ll transcend that goblin’s species!”

“… .”

“Metatron is the one who became a god from a human. no way, no? Wouldn’t it be possible to come up with an absurd plan to turn that goblin into a god?”

“… hahahaha, are you going to forgive me too? Uriel, you are an angel who serves the main god, so you can’t understand it, right?”

I have no objection to disrespect. In the first place, my existence itself should already be disrespectful. Whether the gods or Metatron are outraged by this is none of my business.

But not Uriel. No matter how much Uriel is right now by Michael’s command, she is by my side, she is an unequivocal apostle of the Lord. I can’t allow my actions.

If so, how should I respond? I struggled for a while.

The decision was quick. You can hide it. Because there is a distinct difference between a goblin ‘transcending species’ and ‘becoming a god’. Just twisting the words a little bit like a pun is a simple solution.

“But, there is one thing you are misunderstanding.”

“what?”

“The mutant goblin’s name is ‘Meta’ now. Not Metatron. Do you know what I mean? Just because the name ‘Zeus’ is not acceptable doesn’t mean that the name ‘Jess’ is also banned. It’s a completely different name from Metatron.”

“… .”

Words are very interesting. It is said by arranging only about 20 letters here and there, but changing the context or twisting the wording gives a subtly different meaning.

“At first, I just threw it out. Benjamin and Harold just came up with ideas and suggested them. It was Meta that child who accepted the name Metatron.”

“really… Is that all? Doesn’t that mean something else?”

“Do you have any doubts? Why do you keep thinking of me that way? If there really was such a meaning, would you have changed the name to meta? I pushed through with Metatron until the end.”

Uriel rests his chin on his thumb and forefinger. I sighed proudly.

To gradually change the subject. If you talk deeply about such an excuse decorated with shallow lies, you’ll be caught in no time.

“By the way, it seems that Uriel’s wings have grown more? When did you grow up?”

“hmm? Oh, you mean this? Earlier in the day, when the priest of the warrior party took his own life. I grew up then.”

“What do you mean? Why do you grow wings when you see people committing themselves?”

“friendship. I saw a friendship worth more than life in them. Then, a sensation similar to when I saw the love that could not be separated even by the death of the Nioh the other day dominated my body, and my body broke. When it came down to the ground again, it had wings like this.”

He quietly reached out and touched the pair of wings on Uriel’s back. There was a strange addiction to the white and soft feathers.

“is it so? That’s a good thing. If you develop step by step like that, you might become an archangel again someday, right? No, Uriel-sama’s purpose was to stand shoulder to shoulder with the three great archangels, right?”

“I don’t know, it’s just a wild dream right now.”

“Why do you have such low self-esteem? Whatever you do, aim big. But you have already gone beyond the level of baby angels and girl angels and reached the level of middle-aged angels.”

Uriel did not reject my touch. Instead, it just stared at me with a face that seemed to be locked in some trouble.

“… Is this why Michael gave me to you?”

“yes?”

“I have already spent 200 years by your side. In the meantime, I have passed two stages, but I do not think that they are things that can only be seen when I am next to ‘you’. There are countless love and friendships in the world, and even if I had traveled the world separately, I think I would have seen nobility and nobility comparable to them. If you’re lucky, you might have grown faster than you do now.”

“So?”

“Why did Michael keep me by your side? I still don’t know why. My heart is anxious and frustrated. I don’t know if I’m on the right track right now.”

Are you not sure

I understand Michael’s position. It was because Uriel set his goal not to return as an archangel, but to pursue more ‘truth’. If not by my side, there would be little way for Uriel to realize the truth.

But Uriel doesn’t know why. That’s why I feel frustrated.

I raised my hand and placed it on Uriel’s head. As if being stroked hurts my pride, Uriel removed my hand with the blade of his hand. Embarrassed, I scratched the back of my neck.

“That, Mr. Uriel. I think you have something to remind me of.”

“What is it?”

“What did you say at first? Didn’t you say you’d follow it without asking or questioning, since it’s Michael’s name and not anyone else’s?”

“Is it so?”

“It was. I remember it clearly. Right now, Mr. Uriel has lost his original intention. As time passed by 200 years, the loyalty and blind faith that I initially had for Michael’s command became dull. It’s nothing strange. Originally, time is that kind of guy.”

However, you have to overcome that and stand up to move on to the next one.

People are wandering on the roads where they can’t see their front. It’s because you’re not sure if the path you’re walking is the right one. And the same goes for angels.

Still, if it was Uriel in his Archangel days, he wouldn’t have dulled his mind so easily, but it seems that his personality has collapsed and his mental age has also grown younger. Well, that’s why he’s always being swayed here and there by me.

“You call me leader. What does leader mean? Aren’t you the one who leads? If you’re going to call me leader at will, you should at least trust me. If I don’t believe in spirits, do you even believe in Michael?”

Thinking of that, I was just advising Uriel.

“-actually.”

Uriel let go of his luck with a serious face.

I only heard the first words, but in a voice that sounded like he was about to mention something trivial.

“Every time I see you, I think of Chaos.”

“… yes? Chaos? Why?”

“I do not know. I don’t even know what chaos is. This is because it is locked as a super secret of the heavens, which even the Archangel cannot read. But why does the name Chaos come to mind every time I see you, the leader?”

Chaos, why are you tying me up with such a terrible thing out of nowhere? I am Oscar, not Chaos.

“Hey, Mr. Uriel. I’m Oscar, Oscar. The third son, Oscar, a northern duke in the Demon Realm. Why do you confuse a little guy like me with Chaos or something?”

“Wouldn’t the name Oscar be chaos if arranged differently? Could this really be a coincidence?”

“Of course it’s a coincidence! Oh my gosh, the clothes will explode. How many names are homonyms in the world!”

Lucifer also said that to me. Seriously, do I really have to change my name? If this happens, everyone in the world might associate me with Chaos. I’m just a demon, why are you doing that? repeatedly.

“Looking at you, my head is confused. Listening to your sophistry, it feels like the common sense I used to know is twisted. Do you intend to deny that this is chaos?”

“Oh, cringe. What is the chaos after seeing the demons? Are you a sophomore in a secondary academy? Would you rather sing it as one of the 7 great works!”

Now I am an apostle of love and tolerance. It’s like chaos, it’s been a long time since I gave up. Why are you mentioning things that are out of season, I’m trying to change myself, but hearing things like that makes me feel bad.

“Didn’t you say that you were the third son of the Northern Demon Realm? Leader, how old are you now?”

“Me? Are you 309 years old now?”

“I heard from King Lang that you came to Masurim exactly 300 years ago. Then it means that you have only been in the Northern Duchy for 9 years, but you, the leader, know an unusually large amount of knowledge. Is this also a coincidence? Isn’t it because you have something to do with Chaos?”

That’s because I’m a regressor, you annoying angel. Whatever you do, say Chaos. It’s just knowledgeable.

I can’t talk any more How long should we continue this ineffective conversation? It’s important to answer the question, but it’s a question that will do me a disservice to solve it. I shook my head and came out from behind the tree. Leaving a comment as if it’s annoying.

“I just read a lot of books. There is a saying that knowledge is the most effective weapon. It has neither volume nor weight, but it is the most powerful weapon.”

“Now, wait… ! I’m not done with my words yet… !”

“Sir Beatrice! You haven’t come back to the meta yet? Where did he get caught? Aruya! Follow the meta! If it’s running, let it run!”

Ignoring Uriel, who hastily tried to grab me, I ran to Beatrice and Nioh, who were burying the body.

I wanted to become like a saint, so I trained for 300 years, but I still couldn’t get off the dust of those days.

Also, being good is really difficult. So enjoyable. I will continue to work diligently in the future.