Saved a Heroine From the Brink of Death

176. One way to prevent the end

#176. One way to prevent the apocalypse

Becoming an outsider wasn’t easy.

The scourge of calamity grew larger than he had expected, attacking his mind and body, eating away at his soul.

‘However, I cannot stop here. I, Berget, will not give up even if I disappear into a handful of dust.’

His desire for higher realms has caused him to give up his desire to survive. If he stops resisting the dark energy now, it will be a disaster, and he will either become a plaything of the Watcher or face permanent extinction, one of two endings.

It felt like I was thrown into the hell of Dosan. It was a pain I had never felt before in my life.

Perbung- Perbung- The explosion of the weapon had the strange effect of causing the body to be torn apart rather than exploded. The reason for this was unknown.

The road to becoming a foreign journalist was long and arduous.

The dark energy that had been stabilizing continued to run wild. The causality of the end allowed the dark energy to run wild infinitely.

It was somewhat expected, but the important part was the part where the dark energy gradually tried to swallow up the moon.

Moon is the divine power that forms the basis of Berget.

For it to be completely eroded by the secret was tantamount to his divine origin being damaged.

If the Moon disappears from Berget, he will no longer be able to fight against the disaster and will be immediately swallowed up by the dark energy. That is why he stopped trying to stop the explosion of the dark energy that was trying to damage his body and soul, and instead focused his energy on protecting the Moon.

‘This is the final test. I have fused enough dark energy to last for the whole month. Now… if I can subdue the rampaging dark energy… half of my body and soul will become an external god!’

After much hardship, he reached the end. If he could subdue the secret and make it his own, he would become a foreign god. Although he would not become a complete foreign god, the important thing was that he would join the ranks of foreign gods.

After that, it wouldn’t be that difficult to become a complete foreigner. You just have to absorb the dark energy spread all over the world and the disasters that will appear in the future.

【 Long for 】

At that moment, a voice came into Berget’s head. It was a voice that sounded like a strange rumor from a foreign news agency that he had heard before.

【 Long for 】

What should I long for?

Berget frowned and pondered as he poured his heart and soul into the moon, hearing a voice echoing in his head. It would not be an ordinary phenomenon to hear such strange words at this moment.

【 Long for 】

Berget wanted infinite martial arts.

Martial arts must have no end.

Only then will he be able to live a meaningful life even after becoming a foreigner. In that sense, Mu had to be infinite.

‘I am—‘

That moment when you want to long for something.

Berget felt someone intruding into the depths of the void.

***

The center of the empty space, emptiness.

Among them, three transcendent beings appeared in the depths of the void where everything was in black and white.

It was Cynthia, Han Seong-jin, and Heron.

As soon as the three arrived at the depths of the void, they discovered the only colorful being in the colorless world.

It was Berget.

Han Seong-jin took a step toward him.

And then, his feet lifted into the air.

[ Have you come to interfere with the process of unification? Do you think you can handle it now, before I am complete? ]

“Interference is possible. I don’t know what the situation is now, but it’s possible to sprinkle ashes.”

[ … … How arrogant. How arrogant of you to have ascended to the position of transcendence through fraudulent means. ]

“But the opposite is also possible.”

[ … … What does it mean? ]

Since Han Seong-jin could not use divine language, he simply spoke to Berget in normal human language.

“We came here because we wanted to help you, even if it was only a small part of your journey to becoming a foreign correspondent.”

[ … Is this how we sign a contract? ]

“Yes.”

Han Seong-jin nodded and answered Berget. As a transcendent being who had existed for a long time, he had a high level of understanding of the ‘law of cause and effect’.

[ You three will become my messengers, and I will make a contract and make your wishes come true. That is the plan. ]

Berget was currently concentrating on preventing Muwol from being swallowed by the dark energy, and was taking advantage of his spare time to continue the conversation with Han Seongjin.

I don’t know if this will be a bad move or a good move, but at least one thing is certain.

If you ignore them, you will have trouble becoming a foreigner, beyond just memorizing them.

As he was on the verge of being eroded by the current secret, he had no choice.

[Recite the terms of the contract.]

Han Sung-jin recited the conditions he had previously told Cynthia and Heron in front of Berget. However, the content was not exactly the same.

“In addition to that, after gaining the status of a foreign news agency, I want the additional right to use 10% of the causality. I also want the right to exercise it permanently.”

[ … … Do you think I would accept such an absurd condition? ]

“yes.”

Han Sung-jin answered calmly with a smile on his face. Having just heard about Berget’s current situation from Cynthia, he slightly modified the terms of the contract to make it more advantageous to him than the ‘previous conditions’ and delivered it.

‘What if I don’t do it? If they tell me to rip it off, I can just rip it off. That wouldn’t be so bad. If I can get rid of one disaster for sure, I’ll have some time to spare.’

Han Sung-jin was really willing to rip Berget’s stomach open if he came out to ask him to do so. Berget knew that too, so he couldn’t open his mouth carelessly.

[ I don’t think anyone who has gained fame through fraud and ascended to the top of the world would be as vicious as you. ]

“Hahaha. No way.”

[ … Good. I don’t know about you and Heron, but Cynthia would be helpful enough. With the Guardian’s causality added in, it would be enough to push away the hidden energy. ]

Berget accepted the offer. Cynthia stepped forward and recorded what she had said in a book she had summoned with the power of the Guardian, and Berget shaped the prophecy into a physical form and signed it with his name.

“It’s a contract signing.”

[ Then, help me become a foreigner first . ]

Cynthia approached Berzet, unleashing the Guardian’s powers 【Illusion】 and 【Speed】. The pitch-black dark machine fought against the Guardian’s alien divine power, but as Berzet’s moon gradually swallowed it up, the dark machine’s struggles gradually lost their meaning.

[ … … Be careful, you might get swallowed up by the secret. ]

Cynthia nodded at Berget’s warning.

Becoming a foreign correspondent is not an easy task even with someone’s help. Cynthia also agreed with Han Sung-jin’s words.

If it were easy to become a foreigner simply by getting help, then this universe would be overflowing with foreigners.

[ I will concentrate. From now on, I will combine fantasy, speed… and my power, the Holy Identity, to create a new power. I hope you will follow along. ]

Cynthia fused her powers as Han Sungjin had said and reached out to Berget’s shoulder.

***

Heron thought Han Seong-jin was crazy.

If you subtract from the conditions I mentioned before, you’ve already subtracted, but you’re thinking of adding more to it… You’re not in your right mind. ‘I’m losing my mind. Even though Cynthia is right next to me… Berget is currently in a state of disaster. What if I lose my mind and rush in?’

Accepting the power of disaster meant becoming a bomb that could explode at any moment. In that sense, Han Seong-jin’s actions could be seen as very dangerous. Why? If he were to poke the time bomb called Berget and remain unharmed, wouldn’t that be strange?

But Han Seong-jin was fine.

Not only did he accept the existing conditions, he also acquired the right to use ‘a portion of the causality of foreign news’ permanently. Since Cynthia is the party making the contract, the right will go to Cynthia.

‘… I got the right to use 10% of the causality of foreign news. Even Berget, who gave it to me, is out of his mind.’

It was a thought that could be made without knowing the situation that Berget was in. Heron looked at Cynthia and felt sick. The causality of an alien is 10%. If Berget becomes an alien in the future, we don’t know how much causality he will have… but at least it won’t be a small amount. That’s what an alien is. A monster that goes beyond imagination and beyond the standards that even transcendent beings can’t imagine.

It was just as Heron was about to continue his thoughts.

Paaa-

A blaze of colorful light emanated from Berget.

Although Cynthia had only recently joined, changes came quickly.