episode_0079

Just because they are legends doesn’t mean they are all the same.

No, rather, because it is a legend, the gap is larger and more finely classified than all the realms below combined.

Hooo—

And now, each and every one of them swimming in that space was a living, breathing being within a grand legend.

Do Yu-jin was momentarily captivated by the majestic and weighty presence they gave off, like a flower facing the sun, before coming to her senses and moving on.

How much time has passed like that?

Before he knew it, Do Yu-jin had lost all senses and was just moving downwards without even knowing where he was going.

I was going downhill using the increasingly intense feeling of resistance as a milestone, but after a little more time passed, even that feeling began to disappear.

And soon after, I started feeling suffocated.

What was here was only his spirit, Do Yu-jin’s body was fine up there, but that didn’t matter right now.

Just as if you were to try to break through steel with your bare body, your mind would get tired before your body, a huge sense of resistance weighed down Do Yu-jin’s mind.

At the same time, a skeptical thought appeared in my head.

‘What are you doing?’

Why did I risk my life doing something I never did before?

I think my head was spinning strangely for a moment.

But now, there is no way to undo what has already been done.

‘Then I’d rather… …become a complete lunatic.’

Like a child who doesn’t know how to see reality.

Do Yu-jin continued to move forward, relying solely on the guidance of her instincts.

No, I couldn’t tell if it was moving forward or if it was at a standstill.

Any sense of space had long since disappeared.

That’s why only a few simple thoughts remained in Do Yu-jin’s head.

‘I must make a contract with the being beyond this.’

Because that’s the only way out of this space.

‘You must not give up.’

Because I had to survive somehow in this crazy world.

-thank god……

Because his life was his own, but it was not his own.

He had to protect this life he had received more than anything else.

And they had to live as happily as possible, the way they wanted.

The absolute values that were deepest in Do Yu-jin’s heart before she fell into this world.

What could be called a kind of mental illness was now an obsession that was moving Do Yu-jin’s body.

A will that can only be described as madness.

Jeokjeok-

And in response, something inside Do Yu-jin reacted.

I’ve said it before, but talent and [talent] are different.

If talent is the pure ability that a person possesses, then [talent] can be said to be a correction value added by the system.

Then, of course, questions arise.

Just by raising [Talent], Do Yu-jin has acquired a level of talent that could easily put her at the top of the world.

But… … Then where did the original Do Yu-jin’s pure and violent talent, which was so powerful that it appeared as a trait even though she came from a world where magic didn’t exist, go?

A talent that had been dormant until now because there was no particular stimulation.

At this very moment, Do Yu-jin’s will and the surrounding environment responded, and as if the time had come, her body slowly began to rise.

And at the same time.

Jejejeok-

The ceiling at the end of the Maginot Line that the world had permitted began to forcibly break.

Do Yu-jin continued to push her body into the small gap that had formed.

Repeatedly, as if that’s all he knows how to do.

Then at one moment.

Turuk-

He finally managed to break through the wall and climb up onto the ceiling, as if breaking out of a hard egg.

Hwaaaa-!

Then, a scenery that no one in this world had ever seen welcomed Do Yu-jin.

Do Yu-jin realized that she had reached the deepest realm she had ever wanted, beyond her instincts, by overcoming the steel-like wall.

A miraculous phenomenon that could not have occurred originally, created by the singularity called the Ice Age.

However, no matter how grandly it was expressed, this was nothing more than the work of a single, weak human being.

From the world’s perspective, it’s nothing more than a tiny speck of dust.

It was truly worthless.

Tooong-

But that was enough.

Just as a single drop of water creates ripples in a mirror-like lake.

Because this space was so infinitely quiet, even a single grain of dust could create ripples that shook the space.

Swish-

The abyss, the boundless, enormous being that filled it from end to end, slowly opened its eyes as it sensed the slightest change in space.

The unknown, unrecognizable and unacceptable.

A bottomless pit beneath a deep, deep abyss.

The gigantic being that could not be fully described with words stared at Do Yu-jin with pitch-black eyes boasting an enormous size.

Gyaut-?

The being that opened its eyes was puzzled and amazed at the traces of another person it had encountered for the first time since being born.

At that moment.

Took-

A small thread that was on the verge of breaking in the rough waves touched the body of the being.

A stimulus too weak to be called a shock, like dust falling on your body.

However, to a being that had been here alone since the beginning, these small stimuli felt incredibly new and interesting.

The being that had been savoring the sensation for a moment silently observed the thread and Do Yu-jin’s consciousness contained within it.

Just by that alone, the being could easily see through the existence of Do Yu-jin and understand why he had come here.

It’s a contract…

The being that had been mulling over those words for a moment looked up at Do Yu-jin who was there.

Those eyes, so large that they seemed to surpass the limits of vision and barely comparable to the sun, were brimming with interest and curiosity like the ocean.

I knew that there was such a thing as a contract in this world, and that the little children above me lived by making such contracts.

But who would have thought that there would be a guy who would come all the way here and ask for a contract?

It was the first time in my life that I saw a guy like this.

What should I do?

Existence rarely hesitated for a moment.

Since there wasn’t really anything to do, I could have just accepted the contract.

Just as this human came here out of interest, existence also became interested in this human.

But there was one problem.

The fact that humans beyond the realm are so weak.

Even though a contract is something that is made immediately once both parties agree, it also has to be at a certain level.

And the gap that now existed between the two was far beyond what a contract could bridge.

If this were to happen, even if a contract were to be made by force, it would either not be properly executed or the contract would fall apart immediately because this human would not be able to accept his power.

In the worst case scenario, the human side could have died.

The being that had been pondering for a moment soon came up with an answer.

A being that is oneself but is not oneself.

You just have to create a small version of yourself.

It was my first time doing this, but I thought it would be enough if I made myself into a mere speck of dust like the human in front of me, rather than a gigantic version of myself, and then slightly twisted the contract on top of that.

It would have been unimaginable to arbitrarily twist the primordial law and the contracts that fall under it, but Existence was a being of a dimension that could do so as easily as breathing.

Took-

Existence, at the same time that it made up its mind, let a tiny speck of dust, torn from its source, touch the end of the thread.

That was the moment when the two were connected.

Chorrr–!!!

The contract was concluded with a sound like the rattling of chains that seemed ready to snap at any moment.

Do Yu-jin, who was half-stunned from the shock of achieving her goal, fell into a deep sleep without even realizing that she had succeeded in signing the contract.

New messages appeared one after another in front of Do Yu-jin, who had lost consciousness.

[Your level will increase as you gain enough experience.]

[A contract has been made with a fragment of ???, one of the primordial sources.]

[You earn 5,089,860 EXP.]

[You have achieved a mythical feat.]

[Acquire a new trait (10★).]

[… … ]

[… … achieved.]

[… … is obtained.]

[… … achieved.]

[… … is obtained.]

[Technical talent, Summoning skill level increases by one level.]

[… … ]

[Technical talent, Summoning skill level increases by one level.]

[Technical talent, Summoning skill level increases by one level.]

[Technical talent, summoning skills level has reached its limit.]

[Your talent will evolve one level based on your records.]

[You have acquired a new skill.]

at the same time

Ta-da-da-da

A small and fragile looking but infinitely deep black water droplet slowly seeped into Do Yu-jin’s chest.