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D.I.O - Chapter 271

Published at 18th of March 2023 06:45:06 AM


Chapter 271

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The act of moving a mass amount of a planet’s souls was a strange phenomenon, unprecedented in human history; however, based on Tan’s motive, this phenomenon was an eventuality.

The Noblesse, no, to be more specific, Tan, didn’t necessarily want the physical death of earthlings; he wanted their [souls]. Since earthlings were born and grew up on a planet where there were no spiritual pathways, this absence of spiritual pathways gave rise to abnormal spiritual qualities in earthling’s souls.

If Tan’s plan had worked…

DIO, which was installed on the moon’s surface, would have been moved to one of the planets managed by the Noblesse, and with it, the souls of billions of earthlings.

Of course, these users’ physical bodies on Earth would perish, but this didn’t matter to Tan, as he only desired their unique souls.

“But that goes against providence.”

As a Grim Reaper, Myung stated the existence of souls in the material world, even though their physical bodies no longer existed in the material world, was a sensitive issue for the Reaper Organization, the largest and greatest force in the Nether world.

The Nether world did not intervene in most aspects of humans’ lives, but it had strict rules in place, to the point of paranoia, when it came to those humans’ deaths.

“So, what decision has the Nether world made? Are you planning on taking all the souls in DIO whose physical bodies have died on Earth?”

“In principle, that’s what we should do, however… phew.”

Myung sighed deeply.

Just as Yongno said, Myung would have liked to resolve the problem neatly by guiding all the souls to the afterlife the moment their physical bodies perished after Tan’s intervention.

Of course, that would result in countless casualties, but that wasn’t Myung’s fault. However, if the Nether world, to be exact, the Reaper Organization, was able to operate so freely, Tan wouldn’t have dared to make the choice to kidnap human souls to begin with.

The Nether world was powerful, but because it was so powerful, it was bound by various restrictive rules, so it couldn’t move freely in the material world. If the Nether world was less restricted, Necromancer-type abilities and schools of thought would no longer exist in the material world.

“In general, a planet’s deity tends to reject extraterrestrial interference until the planet’s inhabitants develop abilities, their civilization blooms, and advances into space. This is even more so the case for Earth, which was blessed by Syndroia. Even the slightest violation of the rules will cause the Earth’s deity to become hysterical, like an old maid who’s lived alone for 300 million years.”

“A planet deity and Syndroia…”

A planet’s deity referred to Earth’s main God, and Syndroia referred to the being that coordinated the Great Dimension.

These were titles that Yongno was already aware of. Information regarding [Genesis], or the creation of the world, and basic information about gods were readily available in DIO’s library.

From the start, the Noblesse didn’t hide any information about the Great Dimension and [external forces] from the users. Case in point, the introductory video, the one every user watched when they first logged onto DIO, showed Level 50 gods.

‘Well, since they tried to use users as guerrilla warfare soldiers, special agents, and even spies against the Union’s enemy forces spread throughout the universe, I guess it’s natural that they wouldn’t hide anything regarding the wider Great Dimension. If users are too ignorant about the wider universe, it would be difficult for users to become effective workers.’

The ultimate purpose of DIO was to mass-produce powerful users, and in addition, the Noblesse would use these mass-produced users in [Missions] for their own purposes.

Therefore, it was dangerous in many ways to falsely explain the structure of the universe to users.

With their main bodies on Earth, users could be sent out to dozens of galaxies within the Noblesse warp systems’ [range of control] that the Noblesse had installed in DIO. The Noblesse would suffer considerable losses if users were deceived, from a lack of understanding about the universe, by the Union’s enemies while performing their missions.

“By the way, is a planet’s deity really that powerful? If it’s the Nether world, you must have a lot of god-level beings, no?”

“On a planet with a developed civilization, like Earth, the planet’s deity is at least a higher-ranking god. In addition, from birth, a planet’s deity is protected by the Godly World, so no one would be foolish enough to contend against a planet’s deity.”

Myung calmly explained the situation to Yongno. From Yongno’s perspective, Myung seemed to be overtly kind and understanding.

‘Unless this guy’s personality is innately pure and good, it seems the situation in the Nether world is more dire than I originally thought.’

Igniz, who broke into DIO, was killed by Merlin, and as a result, all of Tan’s plans were fundamentally thwarted.

In addition, it was not an exaggeration to say that, since Merlin acquired the right to control DIO’s system, Merlin became DIO’s main operator and administrator.

Actually, to be precise, Merlin was the sole operator of DIO.

Merlin defeated Igniz and memorialized the day as Independence Day.

One may think that such a grandiose term was being misused, but this was not the case.

Due to the enormous losses that were recently suffered, many earthlings didn’t yet realize that they’d become completely freed from the interference of extraterrestrial beings; hence, they had truly gained independence.

“What’s going to happen to Tan?”

“Public opinion is against him… it’s to the point that Tan might be dropped from the Noblesse Senate. Since the Nether world has also filed a complaint to the Union regarding Tan, it’ll be difficult for the Noblesse to turn a blind eye and try to bury the issue.”

Tan’s liberation of Igniz, who had previously violated Union Law and who was officially seen as a serious criminal, placed a great political burden on Tan.

Even though Tan had the stature as an elder of the Noblesse, Tan couldn’t completely hide his despicable actions, which took advantage of the shady loopholes within Union Law.

If he had succeeded, Tan might have gotten away with his shady acts, but since he failed, Tan’s options were greatly limited. In other words, Tan could no longer act or move carelessly.

“Well, anyway, that’s not important right now. Let’s go back to the main issue,” Myung stated.

“You mean the people in DIO?”

“Yes.”

Many people died in the mass forced log in incident. The problem was that only their physical [bodies] were dead.

Those who died in the large-scale forced login incident were still alive in DIO, even though their real bodies had perished on Earth, were buried, and given funerals.

This lack of a physical body was a [natural] result for most beings who had their souls stored in DIO. DIO NPCs were a prime example.

However, the current situation shocked and confused many earthlings, who didn’t even know the existence of souls, let alone information about soul transferring and storage.

“So, what will happen to those people?”

“I’m sure you already know the answer to that.”

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Myung’s voice was calm, but the underlying meaning contained in his words was by no means light.

In short, Myung was telling Yongno that he wanted Yongno to use DIO’s management system to log out the souls from DIO.

“You’re asking me to kill hundreds of millions of people?”

Of course, as DIO’s main operator, it was a simple task for Yongno to log out the users. It was even possible to shut down the server itself and kick out all users from DIO, so logging out a few hundred million or so users wasn’t too big a task.

However, if the souls of these specific users, whose physical bodies had already died in the real world, were sent back to Earth, their souls would all be transferred to the Nether world.

It was extremely rare for a bodiless soul to remain on Earth.

“Why should I commit such a massacre?”

“Because it is in line with providence and the status quo.”

“Are you kidding me?”

Yongno laughed heartily. Of course, Yongno knew that the Grim Reaper in front of him was strong enough to kill him a hundred times over, but at the same time, Yongno knew that Myung would never be able to do that.

If beings from the Nether world were able to act freely in that way, there would be no reason for Myung to show up and explain the situation so kindly and in detail to Yongno.

If one had overwhelming power and moral superiority, why would one have to explain oneself to another?

It would be enough to just enforce the rule.

“Are you saying that you’ll go against providence and rules of the Nether world?”

Myung had been smiling kindly, but soon, Myung’s expression hardened, and his voice became cold; along with his chilling voice, the surrounding space seemed to freeze. Even Yongno, who had been preparing for Myung’s change in mood, felt short of breath.

‘Wow, amazing. His level is beyond the early 20’s… perhaps it’s the latter half of the 20’s? No, maybe Myung’s already a mid-rank god (Level 30)?’

As Myung revealed his momentum and aura, Yongno felt a power that even the Grand Masters residing in DIO wouldn’t be able to contend against.

If Yongno had to define the power level based on his experiences…

‘Perhaps… the Emperor Rank?’

Myung didn’t launch a direct attack or mental suppression move, but a sense of fear washed over Yongno. If Myung really had the intent to kill and released his true power, Yongno might die from just Myung’s stare.

Considering that high-ranking beings rarely exerted their powers in the material world, Myung’s show of force didn’t seem to reveal his dominance over a single planet but over the greater universe.

“Are you threatening me?”

But even so, Yongno wasn’t intimidated.

There was no reason for Yongno to feel intimidated just because the opponent was strong.

In the end, weren’t beings like Myung restricted from freely operating in the material world?

“… Ugh, you’re driving me nuts.”

Myung let out a deep sigh after seeing Yongno’s stiff attitude and listening to his response.

Violating the laws of the Nether world was an unforgivable act, but strictly speaking, those who violated the laws were the Noblesse, not Yongno. Moreover, since Yongno was a natural citizen of Earth, as he was a human being born on Earth, the Nether world couldn’t really enforce any punishments upon Yongno.




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