episode_0383

Please be sure to read the author’s remarks in this episode.

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“Hello?”

An uninvited guest came. Since they are unwanted guests, it would be correct to call them uninvited guests.

Kang In-ho thought.

In fact, it was a bit of an awkward situation to say that I had come to visit.

This was because he suddenly appeared in the middle of this vast universe where the only person he could talk to was himself.

The lonely space with regular mechanical sounds and vibrations of the aircraft was transformed into an uncomfortable space with an unidentified being.

Mi-hyeong’s presence smiled brightly as she looked at Kang In-ho, who was staring at her, and Kang In-ho pondered whether he was crazy.

“It can’t be a human… If it’s an android, it might be related to Isis, but there’s no sign of that…”

Kang In-ho, who acknowledged its existence only after looking back at the CCTV screen showing the cockpit, slowly began to put his thoughts together.

While Kang In-ho was quietly thinking, a thought suddenly crossed his mind.

Kang In-ho raised his head and took in the being in front of him.

“No way… God?”

“Could you please stop shortening it? The dimension management god and the god are different.”

The dimensional manager, Loki, took out his wings and smiled.

When the handsome-looking man smiled at himself, Kang In-ho frowned without realizing it.

“You must be the dimension manager here.”

Kang In-ho sat down in his seat, wiggling his body, which had become stiff from tension, as he looked at him strangely.

Chairs made of iron made my butt uncomfortable.

“Isn’t this your first time seeing a dimension management scene?”

Loki tilted his head for a moment at Kang In-ho’s attitude that he had a boner, and then burst into laughter.

It was similar to the face of a child who discovered a very interesting toy.

As Loki clapped, a plastic chair appeared in front of Kang In-ho.

It looked similar to the less durable one in front of the convenience store.

Loki sat facing him, and as the dimensional manager sat quite close by, Kang In-ho’s eyes fluttered.

“I thought all mortal souls had been harvested, but why does this exist? Looking closely, I see that it is not a soul that originated in my dimension. The soul level seems to be quite high… Huh? Is it even noble? Hey, what on earth are you? I’m really curious, can you tell me? huh? Huh?”

Loki’s excited words became faster and faster. Although he did not know the reason for his restlessness, Kang In-ho had a hunch that it was not a normal reason.

“Before you tell me, can I ask you first?”

Kang In-ho glanced at Loki’s face. So far, there seemed to be a smile on his face and an opportunity to make a deal.

“I was the one who asked first… Are you a mortal who doesn’t understand the basics of trading? …But, I liked it. I will especially answer you first.”

Loki rubbed his palms together.

“What level of dimensional management god are you? no. I have to ask you straight, is it higher than level 3?”

“…Do you know about grades?”

Instead of the frivolous tone from before, a low voice returned.

“Well, you are an interesting mortal.”

Loki’s eyes brightened as he smiled. Bright yellow eyes stared at Kang In-ho without even blinking.

“…….”

Just looking at him made my mouth go dry.

Kang In-ho hid his nervousness by fixing his trembling jaw.

“Since I asked you, I should give you an answer, right? I am Loki, a level 1 dimensional manager.”

Loki said, crossing his legs.

“First-level dimensional management god Loki.”

Kang In-ho muttered, “Is it right to call it this way?”

“Just call me Loki.”

Loki was a non-authoritative dimensional management god. He waved his hand and corrected Kang In-ho’s title.

“Anyway, I answered. You have to answer too, right? About your identity and the reason you moved between dimensions.”

“There is no stagnation. Just human. They say you have a noble soul.”

“Hmm… Has there ever been a mortal who knows the secrets of the world so well?”

Loki muttered without even caring about what the person across from him heard.

“Dimension shifting… is not my ability. The goddamn dimension management god cast some kind of magic trick on me.”

“Dimension management god? Why?”

Loki opened his eyes wide.

In response to Loki’s question, Kang In-ho crossed his arms and closed his eyes. Why? He searched for memories.

ah!

“I cursed at the dimension management god a bit.”

“Meeting a dimensional management god would be a story about a time when a noble soul was sacrificed to stabilize causality. What did the dimension management god say that made you swear?”

“I just asked them to return it to the original world.”

“Oh, that’s a bit difficult. It’s complicated to explain, but I’m saying it doesn’t work.”

Loki nodded. Kang In-ho’s heart became heavy.

I thought the arrogant pigeon bitch was lying because she was annoyed, but seeing as the level 1 dimensional management god also couldn’t do the same, it seems that what can’t be done can’t be done.

“Anyway, in the process, I swore a little at the dimension management god, and the dimension management god got angry and cast a spell on me, which led to this situation.”

“What is the content of the ritual?”

“Every time you die, you are possessed by a being from another dimension.”

As soon as Kang In-ho finished speaking, Loki burst into laughter.

Kang In-ho’s brow furrowed due to his frivolous laughter.

Loki’s laughter did not stop for a while. He laughed so hard that I wondered if he was going to die like this.

“Oh, sorry, sorry.”

After several minutes of laughter, Loki, who regained his breathing, wiped away the tears from his eyes and asked for understanding.

“Big deal, that’s why you were able to move through dimensions. Moreover, as I passed through various dimensions, the level of my soul also increased.”

Loki cleared his throat and breathing.

“You mean like a soul?”

“Well, you don’t need to know that. Because this is the term.”

Frowning, Loki closed one eye and spoke sweetly, and Kang In-ho’s face crumpled.

“Anyway, you too would be in trouble if I walked around like this, right? If you’re a level 1 dimensional manager, you can easily solve the magic spells cast by a level 3 dimensional manager, right?”

“Hmm, well. The drinking style also depends on the drinking style. It’s only a cursory glance, but… it’s a spell on you. It’s very messy and nested. The level of perfection of the technique is low, and the instability is high… This guy who doesn’t even know the basics is a dimensional management god? …hmm? There is also a blessing, but it seems like it was given by a god from another dimension?”

“Ah, that was given by a level 4 dimensional management god.”

” Wow – when this situation came up, how was it that there wasn’t even a single report? ”

Loki was truly impressed by his juniors’ concealment abilities.

“So this technique. Are you saying you can solve it? Are you saying there isn’t one?”

As Kang In-ho cheered, Loki raised his lips to one side.

“You can do it, but it takes a lot of effort and there is no reason to let it go.”

“There is no reason to release it? If I move around, problems will arise, right?”

Kang In-ho’s face was filled with embarrassment at the reaction that was different from what he expected.

“Well, it’s not really necessary to explain all this to mortals. It seems to me that you need to travel more.”

“아니, 그게 무슨 말이냐고… 이 개새끼야!”

As Kang In-ho stood up, hitting the armrest, Loki grinned.

“Wow~ Your personality is so fiery. Oh, you know what? Mortals commit a variety of sins, and although there may seem to be many types, if you go back to the root, they can be classified into seven types.”

“Shut up and solve this trick!!”

Whether he screamed or not, Loki scratched his ears with his little fingers and yawned.

“From my perspective, it seems that the sin your soul is committing is ‘anger’.”

As Loki clapped his palms together, the dimensional shuttle began to vibrate.

“What, what!”

Kang In-ho screamed as he watched the ceiling getting lower and lower with a crackling sound.

“Now, the next dimension is waiting for you. Mortal Kang In-ho.”

“Hey! hey! What on earth is the reason for doing this?!!!”

Kang In-ho screamed from the pressure pressing down on his whole body.

“Well… because it’s fun?”

Loki waved his hand from inside the increasingly distorted dimensional shuttle.

***

“Shibaaal!!!”

Kang In-ho, who was screaming from the pain of his body being compressed, suddenly realized that the scenery in front of him had changed.

Breaking out of a cold sweat, he looked around.

“Gasp!”

“You survived?”

“Kang In-ho, of course! You are the strongest!”

The crowd surrounding him chants his name.

Leaving the boiling noise behind, he took a close look at his body.

It was a normal outfit, but I was concerned about the strange machine on my left hand.

‘I feel like I’ve seen it somewhere…’

“How….”

A woman’s voice is heard. Kang In-ho raised his eyes and looked ahead.

A blue-haired woman was looking at herself with an expression of disbelief.

“Boo, your life must have become 0… Why!”

“Life?”

The woman’s face became saddened by Kang In-ho’s dumbfounded question.

“You didn’t want to be mine that much? Kang In-ho? But it’s no use. Now there are no cards left to protect you! So accept it, and through this duel of death, your existence becomes mine! I will finish my turn!”

“Du… Huh?”

Before I could figure out what was going on, a card came out of the machine on my left hand.

Kang In-ho shouted as he picked up the card as if he were possessed.

“Draw.”