I Can See the Comments on the Doomed Novel - Chapter 156



A Human’s Request and the Goddess’s Plan

For a moment, we couldn’t grasp the meaning of Hella’s statement.

The Möbius Order is here too?

How is that even possible?

“Could it be that the names are just coincidentally the same?”

“Perhaps that could be the case. But no matter how vast the world is, I doubt there would be two knight orders with the same name and the same swordsmanship.”

Yuri’s shoulders began to tremble slowly.

The person who would be most excited by those words was Yuri.

The family she thought was dead—well, if they are here, they probably are dead, but still.

There might be a chance to meet them again.

“Then… where is that knight order now?”

At Yuri’s trembling question, Hella responded with a sigh.

It was a brief moment, but it was enough to dry Yuri’s lips.

“They are not here.”

The one who answered instead was Hild.

“Aren’t all the warriors inside the castle?”

“Most of the warriors here are from Valhalla. To be precise, they are those who couldn’t leave just before Ragnarok due to a lack of ships. And the warriors who escaped after Ragnarok have gathered to form our current army.”

“Escape?”

“Currently, Valhalla is isolated much deeper than this place. And the knight order that bought time for the other warriors to escape is—”

“Our… Möbius Order… is that it?”

At Yuri’s words, Hild nodded.

“Perhaps that knight saw them before parting ways and imitated their swordsmanship.”

Yuri had always said that the swordsmanship seemed somewhat clumsy.

Maybe that was because it hadn’t been formally learned.

“Then what happened to the Möbius Order afterward? From what Hella said, it doesn’t seem like they were completely annihilated.”

“They remain in Valhalla as they are. They are likely fighting against the fire giants just like here. The situation there is probably much worse than it is here.”

Yuri let out a low groan.

Even now, the world outside this castle was isolated by destruction.

The last order of knights, further away from that place.

It was clear what their situation must be.

“But I don’t understand. Why are the knights who died in another world here?”

“Do you really ask such a thing? All worlds are not severed from one another; naturally, movement between them is possible. Especially when there are deities of high rank, the connections become much stronger. It wouldn’t be strange if those knights happened to drift into Valhalla.”

Did they, like us, also traverse dimensions?

But was it by chance that this world became entangled in their destruction?

‘After all, Yuli has been reincarnated. It wouldn’t be strange under any circumstances.’

In truth, the Möbius Knights did not die in a typical manner.

They too were those who fought against annihilation.

Perhaps they fell into Valhalla for reasons similar to ours, like quests.

It’s a mere hypothesis, but that quest might have been linked to Norse mythology from the start.

Of course, what matters now is not the cause.

Yuli has parted ways, and the knights she longed for are here.

Even if they are already dead, mere souls remaining, for Yuli now, that alone was salvation.

“Is it… impossible to save them?”

Soon, a voice like a squeezed whisper escaped from Yuli’s lips.

Yuli was doing her utmost to restrain her emotions.

Hela looked at her face for a moment with pity.

And then she shook her head.

“It’s not possible.”

“But—”

Yuli was about to say more but instead bit her lip tightly.

A bit of blood seeped out in the process.

In her stead, I made a suggestion.

“Yuli is as strong a knight as Hild, the last Valkyrie. If it’s the Möbius Knights, gathered from her predecessors, they would surely be a significant force.”

“It’s not that we don’t want to save them. The warriors here also owe them a debt.”

Hela continued with a sigh.

“But as you’ve seen, the strength of this place and that of the Fire Giant are nearly on par. We don’t have the capacity to save them as well.”

If we exhaust our soldiers to rescue them, the burden on this place will only increase.

From Hela’s perspective, which must consider the overall strength, it was an inevitable choice.

If it weren’t for Yuri’s circumstances, I might have thought it was the right thing to do.

“How… is it not possible?”

But seeing Yuri ask so desperately, I couldn’t bring myself to say it wasn’t.

Yuri had been living with the guilt of the knight order even after being reborn.

The memories from that time still lingered as trauma.

The situation where she had no choice but to see those who were still alive was enough to evoke the painful memories of that time.

They even sacrificed themselves to send other warriors.

As if they had thrown their lives away to protect the village in their past life.

Was it really right to leave them like this?

“I also ask this of you.”

“Lee Ji-hoon?”

I bowed my head beside Yuri.

“If there’s anything we can do, we will do it. So please reconsider.”

“This guy. Claiming it’s for his woman and being unreasonable…”

I wasn’t the only one making such a request.

“We also ask for your help.”

Hye-na, Eun-byul, and Eve, who had been watching the scene, had come over and knelt beside us.

“If you can just save them, you can use us however you want. If you tell us to keep fighting, we will fight. If necessary, we will follow any orders. So please, help us.”

Seeing our attitude, Hela pressed her forehead as if it was a headache.

“Don’t do that kind of thing in front of me. Chivalry, honor… I absolutely detest that kind of stuff.”

“But…”

“Ha! Of course, I didn’t say I wouldn’t lend you my strength.”

Hela interrupted, as if there was no need to say more.

“From the beginning, saving them was part of our plan. I thought it was premature, but given the circumstances, prioritizing that isn’t a bad idea.”

“A plan… you say?”

“This world ultimately operates under a system of destruction. And you know that defeating the Fire Giant brings in coins.”

“Yes, well.”

Until now, it seemed the author had decided not to mention it to avoid taking up space, but every time we defeated the Fire Giant, we received quite a lot of coins.

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“We weren’t just blocking things thoughtlessly because we’re us. We’ve been steadily collecting coins through this.”

“But… how can a few coins change the situation?”

The battles happening here are, quite literally, a war between two colossal factions.

Of course, with the large scale comes significant costs, but that alone wouldn’t be enough to turn the tide.

“It all depends on how you use those coins.”

Hella looked at me with a hint of mischief in her eyes and asked, “Do you remember what I said when you smashed ‘Misteltein’ last time? I mentioned that most of the weapons from our mythology have either disappeared or been taken outside.”

“Oh, then could it be…?”

“There will soon be an auction that only deities can participate in. We plan to retrieve most of those weapons.”

Having said that, Hella added, “Originally, I was going to reassess our strength for a while after that, but since you’re here, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to reclaim Valhalla a bit sooner.”

After expressing our gratitude, we left the room.

And without anyone saying it first, we gathered together.

…I don’t know why that place had to be my room, though.

As soon as the door closed, Eve let out a deep sigh of relief.

“Phew! I was so tense!”

“Why are you so nervous when it’s not like you’re the one being punished?”

“But Yuli said she fought with another warrior! I was even planning to run away if I got sentenced to death!”

Why does this kid have such extreme thoughts for someone so young?

Still, it’s touching to hear her say she would stand by us until the end.

“Um…”

At that moment, Yuli blushed and spoke up.

“I’m sorry for causing such a commotion, everyone. And thank you. For bowing your heads together for me.”

“Don’t worry about it between us~.”

Hyena hugged Yuli from behind.

The scene looked a bit like an older sister comforting her younger sibling.

“We’re still one team as long as we survive together. This much is only natural.”

Yuli seemed a bit embarrassed by this reaction.

Well, I think I would be at a loss too.

No one is angry, but that makes it an even more awkward situation, I suppose.

Perhaps Hye-na and the others’ attitudes only make Yu-ri feel more embarrassed.

Sometimes, it’s easier to be openly criticized.

“I was actually surprised. I thought you’d argue more when the topic of the Knights came up. You held back and spoke normally, didn’t you?”

“To be honest, I wanted to. But right after being scolded, I didn’t have the courage.”

As she said this, Yu-ri looked at me.

Eun-byeol, who didn’t quite understand the situation, blinked in confusion.

“You got scolded? By Ji-hoon?”

“Yes, quite a lot.”

All the women turned to look at me.

Their expressions were filled with surprise, and there was a subtle hint of expectation that made me feel quite pressured.

“Wow~ that’s interesting. How did you get scolded? I’m so curious! Did he yell at you?”

“I wish he had. He just sat there, looking at me coldly, without saying a word.”

“Ahhh! Just hearing about it is scary! …But maybe I’d want to experience it at least once?”

“I never want to go through that again. Honestly, it was scarier than being scolded by the captain in my past life.”

Everyone nodded in understanding at Yu-ri’s words.

Feeling awkward, I cleared my throat and changed the subject.

“Ahem! Ahem! Let’s wrap up the situation.”

I recalled what Hella had said earlier and began to speak.

“In the end, to save the isolated Möbius Knights, we need to strengthen our power. The only way to do that is to retrieve divine weapons from the auction of the deities that Hella mentioned.”

“And when we go to that auction, we’ll take one of us as a servant.”

Hella called it an auction, but it seems more like a social gathering of the deities.

It’s similar to the noble parties often found in fantasy novels.

In other words, it’s a place to meet various deities, build connections, and keep each other in check.

But now that Norse mythology has perished.

For Hella, that place is almost like a prison.

She can’t just go there alone.

Yet, we can’t send just anyone, so we need someone with skills on par with Hild.

Hela demanded one of us.

Hena pondered for a moment before speaking.

“I guess this is why they involved us in the war from the start and made us close to the warriors. They wanted us to fill Hild’s void.”

“Ah, so that’s why Hena and Hild were paired together.”

With two key figures like Hela and Hild missing, a gap was inevitable.

They intended to fill that gap through us.

‘Looking at it this way, the goddess is surprisingly sharp.’

After all, she didn’t survive until the end of Ragnarok just for show.

Perhaps she had been planning this since she first laid eyes on us.

“Then the question is, who will go?”

“Well, Hena is already taking Hild’s place on the battlefield, so it can’t be her.”

I nodded at Yuri’s words and added, “Eve can’t go either, since she’s a goddess like Hela. It would look strange for two goddesses to serve together.”

“Ah… then please exclude me as well. I think it would be awkward if I meet the angel I made a contract with there.”

Eunbyeol scratched her cheek awkwardly.

In the end, it was just Yuri and me left.

Yuri stared at me intently before speaking.

“Then you should go.”

“Huh? Is that really okay?”

Even if they are formidable warriors, the absence of Hela and Hild, who are at the top, would surely have an impact.

There would likely be battles tougher than today.

“I made a huge mess this time. Besides, it’s because of my greed that this happened, so I should be the one to fix it.”

“Well, I’m not so sure. I wonder if that goddess would find it comfortable to have you as her attendant.”

At my words, Hena chuckled before organizing the situation.

“Then the rest of us will participate in the war like today, and Jihoon will follow Hela to participate in the auction. Does that sound good?”

We all nodded at her clear statement.

It was for the sake of saving Yuri’s old comrades.

I was ready to do whatever I could.

‘…By the way, an auction for the deities.’

Suddenly, Eunbyeol’s earlier words lingered in my mind.

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Having a few goddesses I know… is the same for me.