Chapter 184
Suhyeok flinched at the word reboot.
No matter how much he thought about it...
He couldn't understand.
What exactly did it mean to reboot an entire world?
He specifically said “reboot” in terms from my world.
So it should mean returning something to its original state....
But why?
Why would he want to do that?
After all...
The Primordial God's original goal had been to destroy the Tower's twisted, unbalanced system and its laws.
Suhyeok, as his Apostle, wanted the same thing.
Destroying the Tower was the reason he'd regressed.
It was his ultimate destination.
From that perspective...
Suhyeok couldn't understand what restoring the Tower to its original state would accomplish.
If they wanted to break this vicious cycle...
Wouldn't destroying it completely be the best answer?
And now suddenly he's talking about rebooting it....
I don't understand.
Then...
[Hahaha.]
[I can already imagine the expression you're making.]
[You're probably wondering why I would deliberately choose such a method.]
[And you're frustrated because your questions remain unanswered.]
The Primordial God spoke as though he could see Suhyeok's reaction.
Then continued.
[Don't worry.]
[Unlike before, this is merely the contents of a written letter.]
Suhyeok remained silent.
As the Primordial God said...
This was only a one-sided message.
Which meant...
The answers to Suhyeok's questions had probably already been included.
As though he'd been waiting for that realization...
The Primordial God's tone turned serious.
[First, to answer what you're wondering...]
[Yes.]
[I did intend to destroy this Tower.]
[That was why every Constellation turned against me and sealed me away.]
[And thousands of years later...]
[It was also why I chose you as my Apostle.]
A holographic screen appeared above the letter.
A video began playing.
[If I had truly intended only to erase the Tower...]
[I could have.]
[I would've found some method to annihilate everything along with myself.]
The screen showed massive cracks forming across the skies of countless floors.
They were enormous...
Large enough to cover the entire heavens.
Everything inside the Tower began getting sucked into them.
Vanishing.
Suhyeok's expression hardened.
The cracks swallowed anything in their path.
Residents of the Tower.
Players.
Even the lands where they had lived.
Only then...
Suhyeok understood.
The Primordial God was showing him what his original choice would have caused.
Total destruction.
[If you've seen the footage...]
[You probably understand what I'm trying to say.]
[That is what would've happened if I had chosen extinction the way you and I once imagined it.]
[So in the end...]
[What I truly intend to eliminate is something more fundamental.]
...Something more fundamental?
[So that this horrific future never occurs...]
[So that everyone can escape this vicious cycle and live freely...]
[You must enter the deepest part of the Tower...]
[And open the door hidden there.]
The Primordial God's voice softened.
[So that you can bring out the child who has been left alone beyond it.]
Suhyeok frowned.
Who was the child beyond the door?
For now...
There was no way to know.
Even the Primordial God himself didn't seem to understand everything beyond that door.
That made sense.
If he had known exactly what lay beyond it...
There would've been no reason to make Suhyeok his Apostle.
He could've done it himself.
Still...
There has to be a reason he called whatever is beyond that door a child.
In the end, I'll have to see it myself.
Whether that door really exists...
And whether there's truly a child beyond it.
There were a few more parts to the letter after that.
But most of them were little more than the Primordial God's complaints and rambling.
[The letter has finished playing.]
[The Primordial God's final Authority ‘???’ changes into ‘Final Key’.]
Suhyeok looked around.
Time was still frozen.
The world remained black and white.
The letter's over...
But time still isn't moving.
Does that mean there's something else left?
However...
Even after ten minutes...
Nothing changed.
He couldn't simply stand there waiting forever.
There isn't much time left before the duel begins.
It'll probably start the moment time resumes.
I should finish preparing before that.
[The Olympus Treasure Vault opens.]
A magnificent marble door appeared before him.
Perhaps because it was made of Rank...
It was the only thing in the monochrome world that still possessed color.
Suhyeok brought the key Hades had given him toward it.
BOOM.
The door slowly opened.
[The Treasure Vault has opened.]
[You may take only 2 items from within.]
[Please choose carefully.]
[Tip: You may use the Treasure Vault's search function.]
[Think of the purpose you desire, and the vault will automatically search for suitable items.]
As expected of Olympus.
This wasn't like an ordinary treasure vault.
He hadn't expected it to possess an actual search function.
Either way...
Suhyeok had no complaints.
If anything...
It saved him the trouble of searching manually.
What would be best?
For now...
He had almost no information about the island where the duel would take place.
This was an area where the advantage of regression couldn't help him.
Worse...
His opponents weren't Players.
They were Constellations.
And not ordinary ones.
They were the chief gods and highest-ranking figures of each faction.
Every one of them had entered the battle prepared for extinction.
None of them would take it lightly.
Even for Suhyeok as he was now...
They wouldn't be easy opponents.
In that kind of situation...
Rather than simply widening the gap in raw strength...
Information superiority mattered more.
For example...
