Chapter 328 - Stealing The Light

# Angel.

She, officially known as the "Attendant of the Sun God," was in reality no different from what one might call the "Weapon of the Sun God."

This angel, selected as the first in the Sun God's chaotic Earth destruction project.

The role assigned to her by the deity was to naturally blend into human society as an angel, make them believe she was on their side, and then betray them at the final moment.

And the one tasked with controlling the angel to act this way was none other than Celeste.

More accurately, the angel followed Celeste who had rushed to her upon witnessing her descent. That moment was also when Celeste once again clearly realized she had been acknowledged by the Sun God.

Thus, the angel was meant to serve as Celeste's faithful subordinate and living weapon, working toward world destruction.

But well, that's all meaningless talk now.

Because I am here.

"....."

Whiiiiiiing-

A vast field.

Light cutting through the sky, and people crowded all around it.

And in that quiet place surrounded by five-colored mist where not a sound could be heard, with a transparent barrier blocking them all.

I quietly looked up at the angel before me.

"....."

The angel floating in the air with large feathered wings, eyes and mouth closed, wearing only a thin white robe.

Though she had no halo above her head, her brilliantly shining golden hair and mysterious aura clearly identified her as an angel.

'She really does look incredibly divine.'

That's what I thought as I looked at her.

It was almost like feeling reverence when viewing a beautiful sculpture.

Especially with her shimmering golden hair, she somewhat strangely resembled Stardust.

'Well, I guess that's natural.'

That's what I thought as I looked at the angel.

After all, this angel herself was created in imitation of Stardust.

...More precisely, she was modeled after the devotees of the Star God. The blonde hair was intentional too. The result was to disguise this angel as if she had been sent by the Star God. Truly a malicious method.

Anyway, since she was created after the Star God's child, wouldn't it be natural for me, essentially a son of the Star God, to take her? Hmm, the more I think about it, the more convincing this argument becomes.

Well then, I'll help myself.

"Ahem."

And so.

I reached out my hand toward the angel.

Then, placing my hand where her heart would be, I quietly began to mutter.

"Potius quam ut nuntiam dei Solis iubeas, ego vim eius repetam et eam- que potestatem."

I quietly recited these prepared words.

And at that moment.

Whaaaaaaaa

From where my hand touched her, an intense white light began to pour out.

And suddenly, a fierce wind began to blow.

Of course, I didn't falter and continued to speak.

The Attendant of the Sun God, an angel. In other words, she could be seen as a biological extermination program disguised as a human.

And the characteristic of such programs is that they have a master code created by the developer for contingencies.

And naturally, being essentially on my second playthrough, I know what this code is. I don't really understand what it means, but I've memorized it, so it doesn't matter, right?

"Sol omnipotens Deus. Obsecro hercle vocationem. Reducet eam in viam rectam."

As I recited these mysterious incantations, the light and wind grew stronger. And accordingly, the speed at which I recited the spell continued to increase.

Then, at the final moment.

"Dominium accipiam!"

I shouted the very last word of the spell.

And then.

Ping.

KWAAAAAAAAAAAAANG.

The wind stopped for a moment, followed by a tremendous roar and a blinding explosion of light.

In that world turned completely white, when I finally opened my eyes.

Srrrrrrrrrr-

The transparent barrier that had been blocking the surroundings shattered like glass.

As the rainbow-colored clouds all rose up into the sky.

I.

Finally, could see the angel who was once again floating high in the sky with her wings spread wide, slowly opening her eyes.

The mysterious golden eyes, the same color as her hair, hidden behind long eyelashes, finally opened.

And so the angel, who had been floating in the sky all along, finally descended to the ground after opening her eyes.

Thud-

She touched the earth with her bare feet.

And thus, having regained consciousness for the first time, this mysterious being.

Looking at me standing before her for the first time, the first words she spoke in front of countless people while looking up at me were:

"Master..?"

That's what she said.

And as I watched the angel speaking with those sharp yet innocent golden eyes, tilting her head.

I quietly nodded.

Good, everything went perfectly according to plan.

This angel is now mine.

"....."

"....."

"....."

By the way, the people who heard our entire exchange because the barrier had broken all had stiff, bewildered expressions on their faces. Yeah. Of course they'd be confused when an angel who descended from heaven with all sorts of divine effects suddenly calls a villain "Master."

Anyway, that angel who had touched the ground.

"Ugh..."

Suddenly, perhaps due to the aftereffects of the abrupt ownership transfer, she grabbed her head and staggered.

Then, closing her eyes again, she lost consciousness.

And as she was about to collapse, I quickly moved to catch her.

"Phew..."

Supporting her from behind, I sighed and raised my head.

Around me, people had all fallen to the ground, perhaps because of the explosion of light earlier.

Those people surrounding me, finding it hard to believe that the angel was in my arms, all had their eyes wide open.

"The... the messenger of God!"

Someone even pointed at me with a trembling voice.

After casually waving to them, I cleared my throat, smiled, and began to speak.

"Ahem. Everyone, are you surprised? It seems God has sent me a companion. It's nothing special, so please don't worry and return to your daily lives."

After speaking nonchalantly, I looked around with a grin for the perfect show until the end.

And then.

Over there, my eyes met with Stardust, who was standing in place looking at me with confused eyes.

"..."

"....."

A breathtaking three seconds of silence.

Before anything else could happen.

I quickly threw out my final line while wrapping my cloak around myself and the angel.

"Uh..."

"Well then, farewell!"

With those final words.

I quickly teleported away from that place.

I had used too much mental energy to steal the angel to deal with Stardust as well...

And so. That day's angel descent event ended with me waking the angel and taking her away.

As you might expect.

The Republic of Korea was in an uproar again.

...And the world too.

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[Egostic becomes the angel's master? What is his true identity?]

[Breaking news) S-class villain Egostic... causes a stir by taking in a woman with an angelic form as a companion. Netizens debate: 'Is she a real angel?']

[[Global News] Republic of Korea's angel descent incident rises to #1 global trend. Foreign experts: 'Possibility of fabrication extremely low.']

[What is the identity of the angel who descended upon the Republic of Korea? Religious communities worldwide 'stirring.' Vatican flooded with inquiries... Some churches begin to claim Egostic is the son of God]

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[Egostic, is he a god?]

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Like if you think he's just Korea's greatest output lolol

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After Egostic took away the angel who had descended upon the Republic of Korea.

The world was in absolute chaos.

One might think, what's the problem with an angel appearing, but this is a different story.

Videos recording the angel's descent spread throughout the world.

The problem was that the scene looked extremely divine.

A sacred sight that made the hair on the back of your neck stand up just by watching the video on your phone.

While many experts were saying this didn't seem to be a fabrication, people debated whether it was a show or if an angel had truly descended from heaven.

In fact, even in the original story, after the angel's descent, people who didn't believe in God began to believe... and countless religions around the world all experienced major upheavals, so this was a natural scene.

However, the difference between the original story and this incident was:

Instead of Celeste, the world's #1 villain who clearly seemed to have some connection to God, taking the angel,

It was a villain from the small eastern country of the Republic of Korea, a man named Egostic, who took her away.

And so, the man who became the center of world news, Egostic:

"Hehe... everything's going according to plan."

Was casually lying on the sofa eating a banana.

And by the window of that living room, the angel standing quietly.

"...Um, hello?"

"Yes. Hello."

"No... are you really an angel?"

"Yes."

"Oh..."

As the Ego-stream members approached her curiously and awkwardly.

Seo-eun looked at me lying comfortably on the sofa with a puzzled expression.

"Oppa. It's good that you brought that angel unnie, but don't we need to do something else? Is it okay for you to just lie there?"

"Yeah."

And I nodded in response to her.

After all...

"They'll contact us first."

I looked at the smartphone on my desk and grinned.

Celeste.

I could bet my right hand that she would contact me within three days.

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And at that same time.

"Egostic... ignored me again..."

Stardust was slumped over her desk, muttering those words.

For her, more than the angel or whatever,

It hurt her heart more that Egostic had ignored her again...