Only God
Chapter 233 - 199: Making a Covenant with God

Chapter 233: Chapter 199: Making a Covenant with God

Noen emerged from the darkness.

He opened his eyes and clasped the Priest’s Staff in his hands.

The enlightenment on the brink of collapse let light into the darkness.

The Priest’s Staff shone brightly, and the invisible darkness was driven out of the soul, disintegrating the instant it touched the light.

Noen’s gaze fell upon the distant figure of War God Saima.

The latter was plunged into immense madness.

His last lifeline was snapped.

War God Saima raised his great sword, charging at Noen in a frenzy, desiring to kill this Prophet entirely, even if it meant a divine being like himself had to be buried with him.

Solamus would not give him that chance.

In that moment of frenzied weakness, he revealed a fatal flaw.

Solamus spread his six wings, and light converged upon his blade. The divine power filled the entire sword as he grasped it with both hands, raised it high, and brought it down with a tremendous sweep. The darkness covering half the sky scattered, and the lacking light shone anew across the heavens.

War God Saima’s back was split in two by the strike.

He spewed Divine Blood, his godly vitality allowing him to cling to life for the moment. Saima’s eyes were filled with hatred and fury, longing to tear the mortal to shreds.

Divine King Shan En’s thunder streaked across the sky, magnificent thunderstorms instantly covering the heavens. He, like a meteor wrapped in thunder, held the Thunder Spear, falling from the high skies. Saima looked up, his eyesfilled with the vast light of thunder.

Amidst the thunderous crash, the mighty sword, swirling with pale might, shattered completely.

The embodiment of Primordial Will, War God Saima, met his absolute end.

Several divine projections shattered in an instant.

The distant War Star, once pale, slowly reverted to its original crimson hue.

From this day forth,

that star, once rampant with the winds of war,

will no longer birth a soul named Saima.

Divine King Shan En faced the Primordial Will.

It was close to complete awakening.

Solamus slowly approached the Primordial Will, his sword and the Holy Shield surrounding him turning into two streaks of light.

The divine radiance extended continuously until it formed two fine yet unbreakable chains, securely binding the Primordial Will.

The still slumbering Primordial Will, relying on instinct, struggled, but the chains forged of divine light prevented any escape, and the darkness within it receded, step by step.

Eventually, the chains became incredibly heavy, and the Primordial Will that emerged from the Historical Star began to slowly sink into it.

The Primordial Will slowly vanished from the horizon, completely sealed within this most ancient of stars.

Noen watched all of this unfold.

Everything was coming to an end.

He didn’t relax, his heart still clenched tightly.

For Noen knew that something still awaited him.

Suddenly, Solamus leaped before Noen, looked at him, and said softly,

"Noen... your soul is too weak."

Noen nodded slightly.

He had summoned Great Angel Leader Solamus with Angel Grace, far surpassing the capacity of a mere mortal.

But Solamus had still descended to this world.

For Noen had used his own soul as a bridge between the dream of God and the Celestial Kingdom.

"I know I am about to bid farewell to everything in the world,"

Noen murmured, his voice not one of sighs, but of acceptance,

"I believe, at the end of time, the Lord has already prepared everything for me."

Solamus looked at Noen and asked,

"Are you... ready?"

"Great Angel, War God Saima has perished, his earthly avatar has collapsed, and there’s nothing left for me to cling to,"

Noen raised his face, smiling softly,

"I am a child of God,

I have long been prepared for everything."

Saying so, tears flowed from the corners of his eyes.

Yes, Lord,

I am ready.

Many years ago, back when the New Rule Garden was still an abandoned Temple,

when I decided to believe,

Oh Lord,

I was ready then.

Solamus did not speak further, he reached out, touching the light on the Priest’s Staff, and after chanting something softly, a blazing white light came from the distant kingdom, enveloping both the Great Angel and Noen within it.

Shan En gazed at that light.

In his eyes, there was only an endless longing.

The extension of God, Great Angel Solamus looked back at Shan En, wrapped in thunder, before departing.

Shan En seemed to understand something from that look.

He said nothing, watching the Angel and the Prophet depart.

After a moment, he turned and faced the frozen expanse of the Country of Divines.

It was all over.

"Oh, my Father... how great You are, to make all divines pale in comparison,"

Divine King Shan En murmured softly,

He gathered the thunder, starting to melt the glaciers far and wide.

...............

...............

The blazing white light gradually faded.

Noen opened his eyes, seeing the vast and broad Cloud Sea, the most sacred beams of light, standing far aloft upon the throne.

Almost in the blink of an eye, below Noen’s feet, a snow-white peak rose from within the Cloud Sea.

They stood at the summit of the mountain,

and that ancient tree, planted by the hand of God, had grown into a towering entity.

The Prophet realized he had come to a place where reality and the dream of God intersected.

Endless radiance cascaded upon God’s high mountain, holy and dreamlike.

"This place..."

Noen speculated with overwhelming excitement.

Solamus explained softly:

"The dream of God has gradually become the dream of the entire world."

Noen stood still, realizing that the kingdom of God would, before long, descend upon this world.

The Prophet slowly approached, facing the ancient tree’s glow, his inner tumult gradually calmed.

Atop this mountain was where God watched over.

In the age-old myths, faced with Al’s climbing inquiries, God appeared before him, choosing him as the first among men.

In Noen’s eyes seemed to emerge countless ancient scenes, chronicled through the ages.

The ancient tree’s glow grew ever more brilliant.

Solamus knelt on one knee, and Noen followed suit.

Within the golden radiance, before the divine and resplendent millennium-old tree, God arrived on this mountain, standing before Noen.

God’s arrival caused Noen’s emotions to slowly become tumultuous, he had countless things to speak of, yet, after a moment of thought, he quietly let go.

"Lord, my God,

I have fulfilled my mission."

The God before the Prophet, immense, inconceivable.

Though He existed beyond human reasoning, He possessed infinite warmth.

"Noen, my child,"

He extended His hand in the brilliance,

"Everything you have done has pleased me."

In an instant, tears welled up in Noen’s eyes.

It was the highest recognition in the human world, as comforting as a father’s warmest consolation.

Noen gazed at the radiant God,

He had overcome countless hardships, accomplished the mission of his lifetime, and now received the best of all from God.

"Lord...

You are great, you are merciful, you are eternal,

Even when we do not understand, you still love us."

Noen couldn’t contain his sobs, his tears fell in silent streams upon the ground.

He bowed his head, crying ceaselessly, and after a long while, slowly lifted his face.

"Lord, please make a covenant with me."

With undried tear streaks lining his cheeks, Noen softly spoke,

"Lord, please love us forever.

At the end of time, let goodness no longer be deceived, let evil be removed from us."

Within the boundless radiance, God watched Noen, a relieved smile emerging, gently caressing Noen’s face.

It was not a lofty look from above, but a deep, heartfelt gaze.

"Noen,

I make a covenant with you."

"My kingdom shall come,

Before this and after, all goodness in the world,

Shall obtain the highest and most beautiful life after death."

"Noen,

I make a covenant with you."

"Atop my high mountain, my kingdom shall have the supreme law,

At some point in time, people will look back at their own lives,

The judgment after death will come,

Just as wheat is separated from the chaff.

Those souls desiring salvation, not one will be lost."

Noen heard God’s words.

With human love, he made a covenant with God,

This was the first covenant of God on this earth, standing through tens of thousands of years.

Noen’s eyes grew weak, his soul had been so depleted that he could no longer sustain himself.

He smiled as the time God had spoken of was fulfilled, the moment had come, and he was going to rest.

Facing this soul about to depart from the world, God reached out His hand.

Noen looked at God, gently, like a child, touched God’s hand.

"Lord,

Lead me to your salvation."

Noen, with tears in his eyes, made his final plea,

"Lord,

Let me rest for now,

Upon waking,

Accept my soul, lead me to witness the beauty of Heaven."

That trembling voice,

Came from a soul that, deep in despair, still climbed toward the light.

God spoke softly,

"Noen, I will be with you."

Noen gently closed his eyes, knowing that He is the light of the world, shining into the darkness.

Before falling into slumber, he quietly asked:

"Lord, by what will you love us?"

God said,

"By the whole world."

And so,

The world’s second Prophet, Noen, left this world. His soul entered the ancient tree, to enjoy a most excellent and beautiful life in Heaven after a long slumber.

There, goodness is not deceived, sin is not revered, the vile is cast aside, God’s true form sits upon the supreme throne, His radiance to stand through countless millennia, unto forever and ever.