The Artificial God

The Figure That Came Back

The people who saw it still cheered me on. With scathing remarks, and disgusting gazes, they were truly very annoying people. But, deep down in my heart, I felt a little sorry for myself, for some reason I felt that way. It was as if someone was living in my soul who was feeling sad.

"Why don't you guys just go ahead and face me!" my words were silencing the mouths of those who kept shouting at me nonstop. At once some people fell silent because they were afraid of me after I showed a small part of the power I had. Then some of them still berate me, and take me lightly, and arrogantly.

Then finally someone came forward to challenge me. Everyone cheered on him, and encouraged the person who dared to come forward to fight with me, in full force. I could feel the energy he had was extremely weak, it seemed like this would be a very easy fight. I don't know what he thinks of me, but he's a fool for coming face to face with me.

Then when I, and the opponent who challenged me was about to fight. Suddenly the host came, and stopped my fight with him. Until finally we came to fight each other because it was stopped by him.

"Why are you blocking me from being silly!" said the man who challenged me to the host.

"Do you want to be disqualified, for breaking through the fight, and fighting with someone who is not your opponent" the host explained.

"Damn it, you're lucky you didn't end up in my hands right now asshole! and you won't be lucky to be disqualified" said the man, who then stepped off the stage after saying those words. Maybe it is true what he said, I will definitely be disqualified for doing excessive things.

But at least I've saved someone, maybe that's enough for me. After all I can entrust the victory of this event to the others. I got off the stage, and walked out while bowing my head. The people around me still cheered me hard, and chided me.

"Hey where are you going?" said the host to me who was walking out of the room.

"Huh?"

"Who said you would be disqualified" said the host, who smiled at me, and from his smile I could understand what he meant.

"Huh.. thank goodness.." said I who went back into the room with a feeling of calm, if in the end I did not become disqualified. I thought I would be disqualified. Even so people still didn't like me, and they cheered for me to be disqualified. But for nothing, they're not in charge of this fight, if I'm not disqualified, they're not disqualified.

"Damn it! if you're not disqualified, I'll kill you!" said the man whose hand I cut to save Sheran who is one of the members of Toro's group. That person expended his strength energy, and made that energy his new hand break off. Even though it was only a force energy, still he would not be able to get his severed hand back. Because he doesn't have the power of regeneration, like someone I know.

That person advanced towards me quickly, when the two were actually already in front of me. I immediately raised the sword that was on my back, and slashed its body in half. As soon as I slashed the person, instantly the entire room became quiet, and those who belittled me became trembling, and lowered their gaze from me.

"What the fuck is that guy!? he slashed at the man in an instant!?"

"He's a monster!?"

"I'll give up right away before fighting him if I'm his opponent"

"Just calm down, he will definitely be disqualified for killing one of the participants"

In my mind, I thought like this, "What I just did". I don't know why I feel like I'm not the usual me right now. A cold, haughty feeling enveloped my heart, even I felt nothing after seeing an innocent person kill me.

Innocent? of course he is guilty, because he is trying to make the woman suffer. That is why I must remove such a person from this world so that no one will suffer in this world. That way all humans can live quietly, and happily wherever they are.

But in my deepest heart, I feel that what I am doing is wrong. What did I just do? now my sword is full of blood, not only my sword, the blood of the man I killed was also splashed onto my clothes, and hit a little part of my body.

"Gernath!? you.." muttered Tygruth from inside a different room, who saw the incident I just did.

"Gernath... Are you okay!?" elysna said to me who approached me with slow steps.

Hah.. huh.. hah. suddenly I feel my breath becomes tight. My body became trembling, cold sweat pouring from my body. My eyes bulged, and tried to stay calm from this situation. My eyes were blurry, and when my eyes were blurry, I saw someone approaching me.

A person shrouded in black fog all over his body, which made me unable to see what the face behind the black fog was like. I don't know why it feels like the black figure is no stranger to me. Until I remembered the black figure filled with suffering, sadness, and despair.

It feels like it's been a long time since I've seen him again, it seems like it's been ten years since I last saw him. But why at a time like this did he show up? what about things out there? what will happen to me?. Will I be disqualified for killing an innocent person, or the worst chance is to be killed.

But even so I'm sure my friends won't let that happen. For sure they will save me from the current difficult situation, and again I believe in them. They are not people that you can underestimate, because they have experienced severe suffering that makes them stronger.

"You don't have to think about what's going on out there. Because the time out there is stopping" said the black figure.

"Stopped? can you stop time!?" I said so surprised.

"No, it's not that. ah shit we're just as stupid. Huh, how do I explain it?. Huh! so the point is this, anyway you are currently receiving memories from outside without any time lag in your home world. So let's just say you're getting a memory in an instant. Therefore this does not affect the time out there" said the black figure.

"Umm I don't understand what you mean, but what's important right now is that I'm remembering something in an instant in my home world right?" my spoken.

"That's right, that's how it is, maybe" said the black figure.

"Eh!? maybe!?"

"Have followed me." said the figure, whom I followed. He took me somewhere, and again the same place happened again. Somewhere like this room, again he brought me to this place. I can feel it. If this place is a place that has tremendous energy of suffering, and on the other hand also.