"Bastard!!!"
He literally prevented me from understanding the true nature of the world itself.
He interrupted the second stage of an awakened one's awakening!!
It's cruel...
[Butcher of Monarchs: weird, you don't seem to be angry about being stuck in the tower for 30 years but about something else...]
[Butcher of Monarchs: ... I see, you've almost completely reached the second stage of an awakened ]
"What?"
'He hadn't planned to make me an awakened one?'
Awakener.
They are people or entities who have experienced the process of denying the system itself.
For this, they take an unconventional path; it means that the person must abandon the system and the skills and abilities that come with it.
It is claimed that this method can disrupt the system and destroy it.
'If what Jaehwan says is true then'
Sanguinius has guessed the identity of the skill that the chat group system doesn't appreciate.
[Name: Suspicion]
[Name: Suspicion (Rank ???)]
[Category: ???]
[Description: This ability allows an 'Awakened' to perceive the truth of the world. It can appear in the form of particles, or sometimes lines.]
[Effect: allows the user to see the links and particles that make up the world.
Another ability is to read thoughts, to deny and dismantle things of the world]
[Warning: this skill is incomplete, you cannot yet "deny and dismantle" things of the world because you have not yet understood the nature of the world and have not renounced the system]
"The name and description have been updated?" he said, after noticing the changes.
This happened after he summarized a bit about the abilities of creatures called awakened.
[chat group: you must choose between the system and this ability to use it completely]
"Choose? Why should I do that?"
Sanguinius's question caused a strange silence in the chat group thread, but also from the individual or thing that was communicating with him.
"The first three stages of an awakened don't endanger the system itself and can coexist together," he said in a nonchalant tone before adopting a suspicious expression while looking at the holographic panel.
An awakened one goes through several stages, but the first three are literally a process that dissociates them from the world.
The first stage, or simply Suspicion, consists of perceiving the truth of the world. It can appear in the form of particles, or sometimes lines.
This was the first step of the Awakening process.
The second stage, or simply "Understanding," is very important for an awakened, as it allows the awakened to understand the information provided by the Suspicion stage.
It's simply an understanding of the world around the awakened, after having perceived the truth.
The last stage before a complete awakening of the awakened is called "Void."
It forces the awakened to plunge into a state of oblivion, allowing them to escape the identity imposed by the world.
It seems that by reaching the Void stage, the awakened has become unreadable by the system.
Why?
Because the awakened entity has refused or renounced the worlds and its commodities, to become independent.
Of course, it can still use all its subsequent capabilities.
However, it no longer has the assistance of the world or the system to help it filter the information received or use its abilities.
As for the fourth stage... it's not necessary to talk about it in detail, but you simply have to prove that your vision of reality is true.
Transform this opinion or potential lie into truth.
In short, become a pseudo-god independent of reality or the faith of disciples in every sense of the term.
"So, I don't understand why you're preventing me from accessing the first stage"
[chat group: ... you know a lot]
Sanguinius didn't respond, but he glanced at the discussion thread to ask for help from his original
[The False Light of Baal: I never thought I'd run into the true master of the system so early.]
[chat group: I'm not ###%#*^#, but just the chat group]
[The False Light of Baal: ok, but tell me why you're so determined to prevent me from taking the path of an awakened? You're even lying to try to force me to choose at this stage]
Sanguinius's question elicited a long silence.
During this moment, Aqua started complaining about the cold but no one paid attention to her.
Megumin and Darkness were too busy observing the environmental fallout of Sanguinius's attack.
"An explosion can be made like that?"
"...t...that attack, ...I...I'd like him to stab me just as violently ~"
Fortunately for Megumin, she didn't hear Darkness.
As for Kazuma, he was muttering about the reward of 1000 existence points lost while energetically scratching his head.
[chat group: I have finished analyzing the situation...]
[chat group: I demonstrated an involuntary and unconsidered "fear" in the face of the very nature of "awakened"]
[The False Light of Baal has received 500 existence points from the chat group]
[chat group: this is compensation for my "selective" statements, which could have led the member "The False Light of Baal" to make a bad decision from his point of view]
[You can use the skill: Suspicion and even reach the other two stages of an awakened's path, but....]
[You will have to choose at that time between me and your "opinion" of the real world]
'So, I should choose between the fourth stage of an awakened and the chat group'
After these statements, the system no longer responded to statements or questions directed at it.
[Butcher of Monarchs: that's why I don't like the world and the system, it shows you only the things strictly necessary or adapted to your view while the truth....]
Sanguinius agrees with Jaehwan.
The chat group seems to have plans for them, but they don't know exactly what.
His situation with the members of the discussion group is a bit similar to when Jaehwan was climbing that tower.
They followed the system, they increased their strength and obtained various advantages but why?
There's always a why...
'Me, who thought I had freedom and no other master after my father'
He had lost the right to salvation, but he gained freedom instead.
After all, the world will continue to turn even without a god, right?
However, the passive skill Suspicion comes to question his entire vision of things.
"Hahaha, I simply left one master for another?"
Despite laughing out loud, there was something infinitely sad about it.
".... Are you okay?"
Kazuma's hand brought him back to earth.
'A..am I crying??'
[Butcher of Monarchs: you'd better empty yourself, you won't have many other opportunities]
[Butcher of Monarchs: your name is Sanguinius, right? If you want to see if all this has a real purpose or meaning, then join me in "The Tree of Imagery"]
[Butcher of Monarchs has left the stream]
.....
"This food is delicious"
Sanguinius (original) is currently on a date disguised as a walk with the receptionist Luna.
They've already been together for a good ten minutes and are wandering around the city of Axel.
They are currently in a restaurant run by a friend of Luna's and the food was very pleasant, at least... until recently.
Drops
Despite his nonchalant discussion and occasional flirting with Luna, he hasn't stopped paying attention to events related to his clone.
It must be said that things have become... messy.
He would never have thought he would have to face such a "bitter truth," but also discuss today with the chat group itself.
"Are you crying??" Luna, who was jovially enjoying the meal, eventually noticed the anomaly in her date partner.
"Oh, sorry... I just remembered my deceased mother, you look so much like her haha"
Thanks to the Act skill, he was able to react quickly.
This is definitely his favorite skill.
'For now, I have to put aside that crazy Jaehwan and his messy universe... no I just have to forget about it for now'
Sanguinius is not a coward, but he's just not qualified for this place.
'Oh, he... also... has... this fra..gile and cute side'
As he thinks about how to handle his new reality now,
He saw Luna's thoughts floating above her head in fragmented form.
'Suspicion and a bit of understanding huh... it's not so unpleasant, after facing the cruel truth'