Chapter 29: Project Redemption

Chapter 29: Project Redemption

October 28th, 2088

Eual awoke with a start and soon realized his situation. Demon had him restrained, with its mouth/eye right behind Euals head and its tentacles wrapped tightly around all his limbs. Eual looked towards me Truly, a clever person. I wouldnt expect that the one clue I could find would in fact be a trap. So, are you going to take me to your employer now? he inquired calmly. I shook my head and replied No. There is no employer after all. Eual frowned at me Then why are you after me? I want to know the details of Project Redemption. New novel chapters are published on

At my words, Eual went pale. Sweat flowed down his face as he spoke in a whisper Where did you hear that name? I chuckled in response Does it matter? Im here and I have you. Do you think you can resist my magic? I sketched out a symbol in the air with my finger. As the symbol was drawn, the air around it became distorted. This distortion floated slowly to Eual and pressed against his forehead, leaving a sickly green mark with the same shape as the symbol. This magic removes ones ability to lie and at the same time removes your ability to keep silent. What is the goal of Project Redemption?

Eual struggled against his restraints, but Demon was unmoving. Soon he couldnt help but respond. Its goal is what its name implies. The goal of Project Redemption is to save this world from itself. Keep talking. Someone like you has seen it right? The inherent rottenness and cruelty present in this world. The Darkmoon Queendom dominates most of the continent, yet still wars pointlessly with its neighbors. The common folk are oppressed, the nobles are drunk on power, and the Cult of Chains is a fraud that deals in lies.

I was surprised to hear this take from a Bound one. If you believe that the Cult is a fraud, why did you join it? At my question, Eual snorted. I thought that the best way to change it was to do so from the inside. The Dutiful Erilom is a hedonist who is only interested in drugs and orgies with teenage slave boys. I was planning on staging a coup and tearing down the Cult from within. Those hypocritical bastards were the ones who opened my eyes to the sorrow in this world and I wanted to personally destroy them before the end.

Eual couldnt help but laugh a rather eerie laugh that echoed throughout the cave. When we came across that world we thought how great it could be if our world had turned out like that. We initially just wanted to live there in peace after giving up on our own world. But then we noticed signs of its collapse. Overpopulation, pollution, religious and racial strife along are prevalent in that world. Wars started occurring with greater frequency and ferocity. If left on its current path, it would surely consume itself. That world had different issues from ours yet both were doomed. So we came up with a plan to save both worlds. The magic circle is the key to the whole plan. With its power we will make a new world, one where there is no sorrow, no misery and no regret.

How exactly? And what would happen to these worlds? I asked. The first step of creation is destruction. In order to create a new world, we will destroy the old ones and fuse them together. We will ascend to godhood in the process and watch over this paradise. The magic circle gives us the means to do so. This is a project nearly a century in the making, its something you cant stop. My friends will not lose to the likes of you. Eual gloated as I was in shock.

I finally snapped back to my senses Well see about that. I stuck my palm onto his forehead and wrenched out his memories, killing him in the process. Some info may be lost in the transfer, but I already have most of what I need from our conversation. Demon, you may feed. My demonic familiar eagerly devoured Euals corpse as I left the cave to take in what I had heard.

The Redemption group wishes to destroy both this world and my own. The reason behind it doesnt matter at the moment. The remaining members are all powerful wizards who have likely infiltrated my world at the upper levels. There is no one I can tell who can handle this. Ill have to solve this problem on my own. AHHHHH!!!! I am not a hero, so why am I fucking stuck with having to save the world?!?!? Not only that, but I have to save two worlds!?!? Dont fuck with me!!!

Demon came out at this moment after feeding and latched onto my right bicep, becoming an amorphous black blob that then sank into the skin. It spread out forming a tribal pattern tattoo of thorns and spikes that went down to my forearm and onto my right pectoral. An open eye was tattooed onto the bicep. I managed to calm myself down at this point. I can do this; all I have to do is kill these remaining four. They dont know who I am and they wont be able to find out. For the people precious to me, I cant afford to fail.