The World Bomb Core
In the Otherworld War, a perfectly formed Coa in the shape of a house-sized black orb revealed its overwhelming presence above the face staring up at the sky. Wooooooong—! The black orb-shaped Coa carried a profound resonance completely unlike the simplified versions he usually created. It couldn’t compare to the Grey Absolute’s Coa, which had been compressed to the limit into something like black sand and chanted in overlapping layers to drive the Black Flame Absolute into a storm of darkness. Yet as a single entity, this was unmistakably Coa.
‘It’s done—! This is the real Coa.’
The signature of the Grey Absolute written on the ‘Signature of the 10 Mainstays’ shone even more brilliantly, perfecting the incomplete Coa. Anticipating what results this reinforced Coa—now making its first appearance in the Otherworld—might bring, he shouted the final activation phrase.
Simply completing it wasn’t enough. The World Bomb Coa possessed the authority to absorb all matter and authority within its range by itself. However, its true power revealed itself at the moment of detonation. When the incomparably hard Coa crystal was forcibly split apart, it unleashed its genuine might—collapsing the world itself and converting it into vitality for absorption.
That was why he poured every ounce of his divine power and mana into the formed Coa and triggered the detonation.
Kwaaaaaaaaaaa—!
At the same time, an enormous explosion erupted as if a bomb had been ignited. A hemispherical wave of darkness swept across the entire sky of Wind Star. Since he couldn’t withstand the explosive force of his own Coa, he had limited the blast direction forward to reduce its power. Even so, the scale and intensity were beyond what even a Creator General of a Main Universe could handle.
‘I’ve won. A perfect World Bomb Coa can even destroy the bodies of the 10 Mainstays. There’s no way the gods of the Otherworld—whose elite forces are barely at the Main God level—could endure it.’
Coa swallowed the shattered sealing barrier that had been torn apart by the planetary explosions, along with the gods of the Otherworld who had been flung in every direction. The feeble gods of the Otherworld had no means of blocking it, let alone surviving erasure. The only outcome was their complete conversion into vitality and absorption into himself.
“Kuhahahahaha—! This is total victory—!”
The Dimension Genesis God Core, expecting an ideal triumph, trembled with ecstasy as he laughed.
But the Origin of the Mage God, unable to watch any longer, struck the back of his head with the Sword of Ruin and Soul using just enough force.
Thwack—! Thud—!
To the Origin of the Mage God, it wasn’t just the other Origins and ancestors of the Wind Family watching—now even their descendants were present. He could no longer tolerate the clownish behavior his subordinate Dimensional Mage God was displaying.
“Guh—!”
The Dimension Genesis God Core, face planted in the ground after the surprise blow to the back of his head, was about to explode in anger when the familiar divine power and situation instantly restored his sanity. Only then did he realize where he was.
‘Ah—! I must have lost my mind to act like this in the Wind Family. And I was in the middle of reporting to Jinri.’
The main house of the Wind Family, where Eternal Beings of power equal to the 10 Mainstays gathered, was a place where even a mere Spiritual Being like himself shouldn’t dare breathe too loudly—regardless of being ranked first among the Creator Generals. Moreover, he had been reporting to Jinri. He now remembered being struck for answering too slowly, losing consciousness, and then going on a rampage.
The surrounding situation was also far from normal.
‘Wh… what is this? These pitying gazes…?’
The gazes of what were presumably the Eternal Beings of the Wind Family Origins, along with their terrifying divine power, made it impossible for him to even consider lifting his face from the ground. Still, he could sense the familiar presence of the Origin of the Mage God right in front of him. Slowly raising his dirt-covered face, he saw a horribly distorted expression—clearly furious.
‘Why is he like that? Still… it feels like meeting a savior in Hell. I’m saved—!’
Even though he had been so terrifying during training, he had never felt so glad to see him. It was because the Origin of the Mage God was, at least, someone he could trust as an ally.
But the tone of his voice was anything but reassuring.
“You’re just wasting power for nothing. And to be swayed by a tool even a Dimensional Mage God can’t handle—what a fine display.”
“Ah… ahahaha. Have you been well? A-and what do you mean by wasting power?”
“Look up again.”
“I handled it exactly as ordered. Just what….”
The task Jinri had given him—to deal with the barrier and those things—had been executed perfectly. He had swallowed both the barrier and the gods of the Otherworld whole with Coa, converting everything into vitality. Thanks to his improved computational power, the transmission hadn’t arrived yet, but such a clean resolution was rare.
The Dimension Genesis God Core, feeling slightly relieved and even letting out a small chuckle, looked up at the sky as the Origin of the Mage God had instructed.
The sky of Wind Star, which he had swept away with Dimension Gigantic Meteor and World Bomb Coa, was clearer and more pristine than ever.
‘No useless stars from the Otherworld, no pathetic barrier, and all those insignificant gods completely erased…’
Whoosh—!
The Dimension Genesis God Core shot upright and shouted.
“What the hell? Why aren’t they dead?”
The barrier had been completely shattered by the planets he had selectively dragged in from afar, reduced to dust and vanished. Yet even after the barrier’s destruction, the aftermath of the stellar explosions remained—a swirling cosmic space of ferocious shockwaves and a blazing inferno of extreme heat. An ultra-high-temperature hell that would inflict fatal wounds even on Main Gods had spread across the entire star system, yet not a single god of the Otherworld had died.
He hurriedly checked the gods of the Otherworld using his Dimensional Authority. Their divine artifacts and armor were all smashed to pieces and they were in critical condition, but every single one of them was still clinging to life. Of course, they had suffered near-fatal injuries, lost consciousness, and were tumbling through space from the explosive shockwaves—but the important thing was that they were alive.
Even the vitality conversion with Coa had failed.
‘Did the World Bomb Coa malfunction after coming to the Otherworld? Or was the mana and divine power used for detonation too insufficient? That can’t be. If that were the case, it wouldn’t have activated at all.’
The World Bomb Coa pulverized and erased every being and object within the blast radius, converted them into vitality, and granted it to the caster. That was why his future self, the Grey Absolute, would casually turn all lower beings who spoke disrespectfully into Coa and crush them.
‘For an ordinary Spiritual Being, the absorbed vitality would allow for any amount of recreation.’
That was why Coa surpassed even the authority of the Mage God—who could freely manipulate divine power and mana and even treat his own life as a tool—and stood at the absolute peak of Sage-class authority. Such a vicious function was standard. Any deity below the caster’s rank caught in the explosion of Coa would be unconditionally erased or annihilated and forcibly converted into vitality. This outcome was impossible.
Moreover, the mass accumulation of the stars and the chain explosions had wiped out that sturdy barrier and the entire army of the Otherworld in one go. For there to be zero casualties among beings who were merely below the Main God level was nothing short of a miracle. No—it was hard to comprehend how they could still be alive after an explosion that would threaten even a Creator God.
In a case like this, an entity possessing at least two circles of authority above Coa must have intervened.
‘That’s impossible—! The World Bomb Coa is the highest authority in the Sage category, governing destruction and creation. Even a peer among the 10 Mainstays couldn’t reverse the result to this degree.’
The World Bomb Coa was a 14-circle authority created by his future self, the Grey Absolute—the lowest seat among the 10 Mainstays but the highest position in the Sage lineage. The only authority two circles above it was Jinri’s eternal authority, the Absolute Solution Eight Founders.
‘N-no way…?’
He didn’t dare turn his head to look, only sneaking glances, but there was no sign that Jinri had intervened. Instead, Jinri was sharing drinks with the descendants beside him, simply enjoying the spectacular light show painted by the explosions of the stars that had yet to fully disappear.
Eventually, his suspicious gaze turned toward the ‘Signature of the 10 Mainstays’ that he was gripping tightly. Since this absolute artifact—based on the signatures of the 10 Mainstays—allowed him to wield their authorities, and he couldn’t analyze it himself, it was the most suspicious thing of all.
No, when he thought about how the Origin of Dimension had handed over this priceless item with a bright smile and told him to try all sorts of things, everything became clear.
‘Is this another one of the Dimension Origin’s authority experiments? If it can nullify even the complete pulverization and recreation of a perfect World Bomb Coa, then this is clearly the manifestation of the non-killing authority contained in Jinri’s Sword of Ruin and Soul. Does that mean the non-killing effect is embedded in every authority and magic activated through the Signature of the 10 Mainstays? Even across all the domains I occupy? I didn’t know about this! I have nothing to say.’
He had reached a conclusion of sorts, but he couldn’t be certain. However, seeing the Origin of the Mage God’s gaze alternating between his face and the ‘Signature of the 10 Mainstays’ with such pity, it was undeniable.
The Dimension Genesis God Core, now realizing what shameful thing he—as a Dimensional Mage God—had done, was momentarily speechless.
‘A weapon that cannot kill the enemy is of no use to a God of War.’
Moreover, to have abused it so recklessly without even knowing that fact and only realizing it now—there was no greater humiliation for a Mage God.
‘The level of this absolute artifact is too high for me to understand. It’s a dangerous absolute artifact that might produce any number of absurd functions.’
Normally he would have thrown it away immediately or returned it, but he carefully stored the ‘Signature of the 10 Mainstays’ back into his subspace. Whether it was only the non-killing authority or something else entirely, he had no choice but to accept the risk. He could not give up the limitless ability amplification granted by the Signature of the 10 Mainstays and his Dimensional Authority.
Thud—! Tap—!
The moment he confirmed that the dimension had been severed and the connection to the ‘Signature of the 10 Mainstays’ had been cut, he shot upward, radiating murderous intent.
“If I can’t kill them with authority, I’ll kill them with my own hands—! Main God-Slaying Spear! You bastards who tricked me! Just wait a moment.”
Rather than lamenting his own foolishness, venting his rage against the weaklings who had tried to deceive and kill him came first.
‘I’m sick of enduring humiliation in the Main Universe because I lacked power. I refuse to suffer the same fate again at the hands of weaklings from the Otherworld.’
Woooooooong—! Papapapapa—!
As the Dimension Genesis God Core rose into the air and attempted spatial movement, tens of thousands of Main God-Slaying Spears—specialized for killing Main Gods—appeared in a brilliant formation in the sky around him.
In the Main Universe, the opponents’ levels had grown so high that the spears only felt like needle pricks and had been shelved, but against the gods of the Otherworld, they would cause instant death.
‘My control has also improved, so the number of controllable Main God-Slaying Spears has jumped to the 100,000-unit range. Therefore, even without Dimensional Authority, I can handle any number of the Otherworld’s gods with just magic and brute force.’
Moreover, the Sword of Ruin and Soul absolutely guaranteed the opponent’s life while still inflicting every blow and injury. Stabbing the Main God-Slaying Spears into the hearts of the unconscious, defenseless gods of the Otherworld—who were barely clinging to life—would be as easy as a farmer harvesting ripe rice. Afterward, as long as he absorbed their vitality properly, the result would be the same.
Thwack—!
However, just as the Dimension Genesis God Core tried to teleport into space, the Origin of the Mage God grabbed his ankle.
“Stop it—! Why would you kill weaklings who can’t even resist? Is a Dimensional Mage God a god of light or a blood-crazed god of destruction? And do you even know where you are, acting so wildly? Besides, how did the body I trained for you end up in such a messy state? Don’t you know that abusing authority beyond your station could lead to your own destruction at any moment? And even after realizing how dangerous that ‘Signature of the 10 Mainstays’ is, you still kept it instead of discarding it? Now that you’ve grown a little stronger and your position has risen, is power more important to you than your own life? You idiot—!”
Because the Mage God gave good things without thinking about the consequences, he had greedily accepted everything, resulting in this situation where he might explode at any moment. Just imagining how hard Cha-ho must have laughed while handing it over made his blood boil.
The more he thought about it, the more pathetic it seemed, so he slammed him straight into the ground.
Thuuuud—!
“Ke….”
The Origin of the Mage God also had his own urgent reasons and showed no mercy as he drove him into the earth.
‘Grandfather Jinri is finally enjoying the planetary fireworks. How dare you try to scatter ashes on that? How are you going to take responsibility for the aftermath?’