Dreams To Return: The God Of The Tower
40. Hopeless

𝐾𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑘𝑢 𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑎 𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑡...

It was as if there were a lot of needles poking at my head and trying to keep me from seeing what I just saw.

In the hallucination, I saw myself looking very different. I don't remember my first round, but I only caught a glimpse of it. And in that vision I stood upon the victims of war, that place was so foreign. There was not a single corpse of a single person I knew but it felt like I knew them back then.

One thing I can certainly conclude, this incident happened before I played the role of Novan Akasa. In other words my first round was not in Abyudara.

So it means that in the first round I was like following a war and dying, and in the second round I was born as Novan Akasa. Next time I die I will continue to return to being Novan Akasa, not back to my first round.

But what war did I follow until the gods laughed at the defeat of my army?

But in the hallucinations it is not explained how I obtained this power and curse.

Why should I go back to the second round?

Did something happen in the first round?

My body felt soaring and then slowly numb and in the dark night sky sprinkled with stars I saw a door.

Dozens of questions came to my mind but when I opened my eyes again I was no longer in Astral. At the end of my eyes I could see the luxurious wooden window tightly closed so that no wind would enter the room, behind which the leaves of trees illuminated by the sunlight seemed to sway with the chirping of birds.

My throat was dry and my body was all sore, when my eyes glanced to the side I only found a red snake curled up on my blanket. His body was filled with red scales and above his head an unfamiliar symbol was engraved.

𝑇𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑔𝑢 𝑘𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑝𝑎 𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑎 𝐷𝑒𝑗𝑎𝑣𝑢?

The snake opened its eyes and quickly squirming towards me made me almost scream in shock.

"Haha if you're suddenly like that Novan can faint again, you know" a blonde-haired young man in a green-boned hat snapped at the snake's head, making the snake instantly inevitably changes its form into a human.

Fobetor looked at Nanaru with an annoyed expression and then looked back at me for a moment before then leaving after saying "I'll call out Valas, wait a minute" I sensed something was strange but then I immediately turned my attention towards the window and then Nanaru just kept quiet with a smile.

I tried to sit down and the pain spread back all over my body, Nanaru then helped me and put some extra lots behind my back and neck.

"How are you doing?"

𝐴𝑝𝑎 𝑖𝑡𝑢 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑎𝑎𝑛?

"How about you drink first?" Nanaru thrust out a white cup and I received it without looking at the contents, but when I drank it the taste of vegetables like carrots flowed into my throat.

"Carrot juice?!"

"That's good, right?"

"Are you a rabbit?" When I asked so he just smiled and tilted his head like a plain kid who was given a stupid question.

"I prefer lemon tea" I said I wanted to hand the cup back to Nanaru but then he laughed instead.

"You're bad, if you spend it I'll give you a chance to ask what happens when you pass out" I stopped my hand and then looked down at her.

"If that I can ask Fobetor-"

"Who do you think has the most connections and information between him and me?" He interrupted and then put on an arrogant expression.

With an annoyed and forced face I finished the carrot juice and then tried to endure the nausea in my empty stomach and rumbling.

"Damn how long I've been fainting anyway.."

"7 days! You've been lying unconscious for 7 days at the Akasa residence, congratulations!" Nanaru replied with a plain smile.

"Loki, Hera, Ratna, and the gods who could potentially relate to them and the chaos of last Sunday were dragged into the highest congregation, the congregation of the gods. Ares has so far been designated as an innocent party for defending his abused son while the rest is still undecided" Nanaru said.

"What about Loki? He's another mythological god"

"Loki? Ah don't worry, other than him there is still one more really" I raised my eyebrows, who else is another god from Greek outer mythology besides Loki? What the gods do and why I don't know. Various questions popped into my head but when Nanaru returned to explain the figure I immediately froze.

"Hopeless was also involved in the battle this time around"

I looked at Nanaru with widened eyes, he continued his sentence as he shook his head "the bottom of the man, who would have thought he would make a black cloud cover the moon on the grounds that he did not like to see the moon.."

"W-what?"

"Look, man, on the night you fought suddenly Hopeless lowered his flying boat into the ocean on the grounds he wanted to lure the mump Phoseidon was fighting but because the weather was so bad and the water began to rise eventually Hopeless called out to the clouds black and covered the moonlight in annoyance. Because of the action that the whole of Abyudara was covered with dark clouds and lightning for 2 days"

Wait, doesn't that mean he helped us? If there were no black clouds at the time of the battle I'm sure, the conditions wouldn't be like this. But the cloud that covered Abyudara for 2 days? Actually as powerful as what this Hopeless figure was..

"Hopeless is.. What god?" I asked doubtfully and Nanaru looked surprised.

"Hm... I don't know either, it's very mysterious. Even sometimes I'm amazed at his actions that seem to know what the future will be.." Nanaru put on a serious face and then gazed towards the window "you could say he was like an abstract figure who was so ingenious.he was not a god from any mythology, in this world gods were classified based on mythology, categories and abstract..

Abstract gods prefer to call themselves 'guides' or 'legends'. They are not a governing figure, they are a figure who leads people to a destination they want to see. They were more numerous than the gods of mythology and most of their powers varied depending on their hearts"

I nodded in understanding, it now became clear why I did not remember a god like him. It turns out that there are gods who don't have stories that I know from my world. At first I wondered why I could fail the actual spins when I had a lot of information about the gods. It is because there are gods I do not know..

Amidst the silence that struck suddenly the sound of an open door rang out and from the doorway several people I knew stood there, looking at me with eyes filled with anger.

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Normal pov:

Amidst the expanse of stars and darkness, Hopeless looked at Novan from the reflection of a mirror and he smiled.

"I've got a good feeling on this lap"

"Is kidnapping other people your hobby?" Now the black-haired man with purple eyes looked at Hopeless with a sharp gaze.

"Hoho, you honestly also want to come here right? Aren't you curious about the child's condition? You were the one who cared for him here for 7 years and willingly lent your powers to him, right, god Hades?" hopeless laughed behind his paper mask.

"Well, by the way, you want lemonade? Want some cold or tea?" Hopeless kindly offered two glasses of lemon-blended drink but then Hades frowned and shook his head.

"Your favorite is similar to her"

"Hoho you know me best"

Hades received the tea containing the lemon and then looked at it for a moment before then sighing and then smiling.

"Well, at least it reminds me of her.."

"Not bad.."

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