Chapter 89
Messiah gently withdrew his hand.
He landed on the ground and made eye contact with the Ghost King Nightwing, who reached out to catch the sunlight with a complicated expression.
"Ghost King Nightwing" looked deeply at Messiah, and then suddenly retracted his hand holding the sunlight as if burned by the sun, took a step back and hid in the shadows, and also shifted his gaze away from Messiah.
Messiah sighed silently.
Perhaps it was because the Ghost King had turned back into a human, or perhaps it was because he saw the shadow of an old friend in the face of "Ghost King Nightwing". Even though "Ghost King Nightwing" still retained the twisted thinking of a vampire, Messiah's attitude was much gentler than before.
A handkerchief appeared in Messiah's palm and was handed to "Ghost King Nightwing" by Messiah.
"Ghost King Nightwing" looked down at Messiah in surprise. Messiah lowered his eyes slightly, and his snow-white eyelashes blocked most of the expression in his eyes. Only the calm and gentle look on his face could be seen.
"Don't cry anymore," Messiah whispered. "It will be over soon."
Ghost King Nightwing frowned and said coldly: "I don't have it."
It wasn't him who was crying, it was this frail body of a lower creature that was crying.
Messiah did not give the response that "Ghost King Nightwing" had imagined. He thought Messiah would say something else. After all, Messiah was suspected to be his friend before he lost his memory.
But the Messiah simply thrust the handkerchief into his arms with irresistible force, and then turned and walked into the sunlight.
Messiah looked up at the blue sky of Gotham. After the dark clouds were dispersed, Gotham, which had been shrouded in dark clouds all year round, also ushered in a sunny day.
Time until Messiah enters the third round world: 1 day.
Time until Messiah enters the vampire kingdom: 1 night.
In just one night, Messiah liberated the vampire kingdom, which was the worst place for humans on Earth. However, there was still melancholy in his eyes as he looked up at the sky.
Not enough, far from enough.
Messiah thought that he must accomplish his goal of saving the Earth as quickly as possible, using all his strength.
The people here are all living in war and pain. If all this can end one second sooner, humans can escape from pain one second sooner, and the number of deaths will be reduced accordingly.
...If only he had the ability to resurrect others. Messiah couldn't help but think of this idea, like Jason who had come back from the dead, to bring back all those who died in the war.
If everyone could be resurrected, even if the superheroes who once hurt humans regained their will, their pain would be reduced a little.
Messiah raised his right hand and stared at his palm for a while, but remembering the experience in the first world where he wanted to resurrect a dead kitten but ended up blowing the kitten's bones into powder, his right hand slowly fell back to its original position.
I can't do it.
The Messiah calmly admitted his cowardice and incompetence.
He took a deep breath and turned his attention back to the liberated vampire kingdom.
In the streets and alleys of the vampire kingdom, the survivors poured out, standing in the bright and grand sunshine, laughing and crying, while the vampires who were transformed back into humans knelt down in the sunshine, screaming and howling.
Some people looked hesitantly at the vampire lying on the ground and crying, while others' hatred remained unabated.
Messiah quickly accepted everything that happened in the Vampire Kingdom and thought calmly that he must isolate the vampires from the surviving humans, otherwise humans would definitely seek revenge on the former vampires.
This is something the Messiah does not want to see. They are actually all victims, but some of them are forced to become perpetrators. The tragedy should not be allowed to continue.
Messiah's gaze swept across the Vampire Kingdom and finally stopped at Bludhaven.
Vampires once deliberately cleared out the city of Blüdhaven and established human ranches in Blüdhaven. Now that the human ranches have been liberated, Blüdhaven, which is about to become an empty city, is just right for settling the vampires who have turned back into humans.
Also, after separating the vampires, the post-disaster reconstruction of the vampire kingdom must also be brought up. These cities...
Messiah's thoughts were suddenly cut off.
"No……?"
"No."
Messiah's expression quickly turned firm, and he dispelled the ideas in his mind about how to preside over post-disaster reconstruction.
"Humanity belongs to itself. You do not have the power to make decisions on its behalf," Messiah whispered. "Only humans themselves have the right to rebuild their city."
We must return power to humanity and not repeat the mistakes of the last world.
Messiah exhaled softly.
A gentle voice sounded in the sky of the Vampire Kingdom.
"I hereby declare the liberation of the Vampire Kingdom. The Vampire Kingdom will disappear, and this land will be returned to humanity."
In the vampire kingdom... no, in half of the earth, people raised their heads.
"It's the Messiah! I remember his voice!"
"He liberated the vampire kingdom. He saved us!"
"His name is Messiah! He is the Savior, the Son of God sent to save us!"
"Merciful Holy Son, thank Heavenly Father for giving you to mankind. Thank you for your generosity and selflessness in saving mankind..."
"Maybe we should build a church for the Son of God, the Messiah."
"I thank you! Messiah, you saved us all!"
"Messiah, I offer you my endless faith and reverence. You are our savior."
“Messiah…Messiah!”
"The Messiah has heard our sufferings, and we are grateful to the Father and the Son."
The humans saved by the Messiah fanatically believed that the Messiah was their savior. With the blessing of the name "Messiah", some even felt that the Messiah was sent by God to save them.
Messiah's voice paused. He felt a fanatical faith rising in these cities, and a hint of hesitation appeared in his eyes.
He was somewhat resistant to the title "Son of God".
But in the end, the Messiah chose to compromise.
If faith can free those who have experienced suffering from pain, then it doesn't matter if they believe in the "Son of God".
After a brief pause, Messiah continued.
"As you rebuild your city and order, I will always protect you. You can call on my name and ask for my help."
"I will unconditionally help you rebuild your home."
Prayers and voices calling out "Messiah" reached Messiah's ears, but did not cause the slightest fluctuation on Messiah's calm and gentle face.
"Besides this, Blüdhaven will be temporarily isolated from human cities. I will temporarily place the vampires who have transformed back into humans in Blüdhaven."
There was commotion and doubt among the cheering crowd. Even after witnessing the former vampires kneeling and confessing their sorrow and crying, many people could not accept that they could live safely after doing all this.
"Perhaps you won't understand, but I must tell you that these former vampires were also victims."
"How is that possible?"
"They killed so many people and raised us like animals, and now they're saying they're victims too? What about those dead people?"
"You're crazy."
The Messiah was not affected by any of these doubts, just as the prayers and thanksgivings did not affect Him.
Love has no effect on the present Messiah, and neither does hate.
"Some kind of energy has taken control of their brains, completely distorting their thoughts and emotions, manipulating them to do things that harm humanity."
"Among them, some were manipulated into killing their loved ones, some were forced to fight and die on the battlefield, and some did things against their will.
If you look at the vampires who have regained their normal minds after being transformed back into humans, you will see their pain and despair."
All those noisy voices suddenly disappeared by half.
One gaze after another stopped at the vampires who were kneeling on the ground and crying, and then the owners of those gazes shut their mouths one after another.
As if infected by the vampires' painful emotions, someone thought of his lost family and choked up and shed tears.
The tears gradually increased, and the sobbing sounds from the crowd rang out one after another.
Although the sun was shining brightly, these cities seemed to be under a continuous rain.
"I'm not asking you to forgive them, I just want you to know the truth. You have the right to know the truth."
"After settling them in Bludhaven, I will work hard to undo the damage they have done to you and the Earth, and atone for their sins."
"I will save everyone."
The Messiah finished.
That was all he wanted to say to the survivors.
"No, no!" A former vampire who was kneeling and crying suddenly looked up and stared at the void in panic. "This is my sin. I can commit suicide to atone for it. You don't need to atone for us!"
"Merciful, selfless Messiah, you have done nothing wrong. We are the ones who should atone for our sins!"
"Messiah! Messiah!"
The surviving humans also cried out in surprise.
"No, you are the only innocent person in the world. You don't need to atone for the vampires. Vampires are not your fault, and we are not your responsibility!"
"Is this the Son of God... merciful to the world, impartial and selfless, even taking on the sins of vampires... Oh my God."
"Savior."
Messiah only heard from these noises that some former vampires wanted to commit suicide.
He suddenly disappeared in Gotham and appeared in front of a former vampire who wanted to commit suicide.
The humans around them suddenly stopped talking. The former vampire who had been stabbing the broken glass into his neck looked up blankly at the white-haired boy who suddenly appeared. The broken glass in his hand fell to the ground at some point.
It is the Messiah.
Everyone recognized the white-blonde boy's identity the first time they saw him.
No one except the Messiah could possibly look at a former vampire in such a way.
The white-blond boy had a calm expression, and there was a tender compassion in his eyes as he looked down at the former vampire kneeling on the ground.
“Don’t commit suicide.”
The Messiah held out his hand to the embarrassed former vampire: "If you feel that you are guilty, the only way to atone for your sins is to live."
The former vampire looked in a trance at the Messiah who held out his hand to him, and the Messiah looked at him with tenderness and compassion.
At this moment, he seemed to see the holy light behind the Messiah.
"I thank you, Messiah!"
The former vampire didn't dare touch the Messiah's outstretched hand. He carefully kissed the back of Messiah's hand, then remained kneeling and clasped his hands together before Messiah, saying devoutly, "I will always believe in you, Holy Son."
Messiah lowered his eyes to look at the fanatical former vampire and silently withdrew his hand.
【Author’s words】
Climbing up with dying breath...
I...hate...
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