A World with Radishes and Cooperation – 1

The dull sensation that had struck my body disappeared. What I saw was a black world.

“What… where is this?”

It was so dark that I couldn’t see anything, as if I had gone blind.

-Tting

An familiar sound rang out, and a familiar window popped up.

[Guidance on Dimensional Shift – 3]

[The target of possession will be overwritten by the existence known as Kang In-ho.]

[Number of Dimensional Shifts: 4]

[Reason for Death in Previous Dimension: Derailment]

“I died…”

I died again. I didn’t try to die, and I didn’t provoke Mina.

So, it’s not just when someone obsessed with me kills me.

‘Did I die the moment I decided to settle down in a dimension?’

Now I’m even hypothesizing that I’m being unfairly targeted in every way possible.

No, that Divine Doctor may be a bitch, but she wouldn’t do something so petty.

So, the fact that can be derived from my fourth death is…

“The number of ways to die has increased.”

The conclusion is that you can’t avoid death just by being careful of one target.

“……..”

More than the fact that I died, or that I have to start over in another dimension, there’s one thing that bothers me.

“I wonder if Lee Mina is doing well?”

She was the first person I really tried to get along with, who knew we’d be separated so absurdly.

“Ha. If I had known this would happen, I would have at least kissed her.”

It’s already passed. It’s irreversible.

Trying to hold onto what’s regrettable is like trying to grab spreading cigarette smoke; you can’t catch it, and you’ll just cough from the poison.

“So where the hell am I?”

It seems like enough time has passed for dark adaptation. I can’t see anything at all.

And why am I lying down?

-Thud

And it’s cramped.

It’s like I’m trapped in a box? Or a trunk?

Am I being imprisoned from the start? That’s too difficult.

Aside from the stuffiness, I’m filled with anxiety from being trapped in a confined space.

I can’t take it, I have to get out.

When I pushed with my knees and hands, it lifted slightly, so it doesn’t seem like I’m trapped in a trunk.

-Clunk

I pushed the lid with all my might, and fresh air rushed into my face.

What is this refreshing air?

As I got up, faint lights dimly illuminated the space.

A bedroom? A mortuary? A space with a bizarre mix of concepts.

“What is this grotesque place?”

When I put strength into my knees to get up, my whole body screamed.

As if I had been lying down for a long time.

“It looks like a coffin.”

When I looked at the place I was lying, there was a neat rectangular coffin.

It seems a little bigger than a normal coffin, but it’s still a coffin.

I carefully put my feet down and got out of the coffin.

When I stepped on the smooth stone floor, the coldness ran up my feet.

“And why are the clothes so flowing?”

The soft fabric brushed against my skin. Putting aside the design, you can tell at a glance that the clothes are luxurious.

I rubbed my sore knees and tried to get a feel for the space.

“What the hell is this place?”

I can’t get a sense of it.

All I can tell is that it’s very old-fashioned.

“Who goes there!”

I heard a sound from the entrance, and when I looked, two menacing men with torches were staring at me.

Judging by the way they were wary of me, they don’t seem to know I’m here.

“Uh… uh…”

What should I say?

I woke up and I was in there?

“If you don’t tell the truth…!”

The man on the left took something out of his waist.

-Sreung

With the sound of metal scraping, a sword was drawn.

The blade of the sword, reflecting the light, looked so sharp that it brought back previous memories.

“No, another stabbing ending is not going to happen…”

They were slowly approaching me.

They are very wary of me, and I am the same of them.

If things go wrong, they will cut me with that sword.

Even if I die again, I won’t die by a sword.

I think about that.

Soon, they and I confront each other, leaving about two or three steps.

“How dare you in this safe zone…!”

“Chief, look at that. The coffin…!”

The gaze of the one called Chief turned over my shoulder, and his face turned blue.

“M-My god…! Everything in the Disciple’s Palace belongs to the Order Leader…”

“You!! Do you even know what you’ve done!”

As the Chief lost his words, the person next to him interrogated me this time.

Their attire in my eyes was truly bizarre. They were wearing clothes that looked like they came out of a historical drama, holding torches and swords.

Besides, Order Leader? Is it some kind of religious group?

They frowned even more on their menacing faces and approached me.

This… I’m going to have a rough time.

Then…

“Oh! There behind you!!”

“What??”

When both of their gazes turned back at the same time, I pushed them away and ran with all my might.

“Intruder!! It’s an intruder!!!!”

The sound behind me. And a huge group of torches running from afar.

Shit, I’m screwed.

How many minutes have I been running?

I ran frantically to get away from the torch group.

I didn’t have time to think about whether the path I was going was right or wrong.

I just ran along with my instincts, running through corridors and over walls.

“It’ll take those bastards a while to get over the wall.”

I glanced at the wall I had jumped over with all my strength and muttered, and an unbelievable sight unfolded before my eyes.

“There he is. Catch him.”

People soared into the air and jumped over the wall with ease.

No, that’s not a jump…

Not only did they jump over the wall, but they also stepped on the air and ran towards me.

“Aaaagh!!! Flying cultists!!!!!”

I hurriedly started running again.

“Damn it.”

I thought I was running away well, but it seems I ran to a place they were luring me to.

“A cliff…”

Before my eyes was a steep cliff. If I fall from here, I won’t even be able to recover my bones.

“That’s as far as you go!”

And behind me are many people.

The ones with torches and swords were breathing heavily and approaching me step by step.

“The price for disturbing the Disciple’s Palace must be paid with death.”

In the end, if I get caught, I’ll die.

Then… there’s no choice.

Whether I die this way or that way.

It’s better to die in one go.

Farewell, this dimension. I don’t know what it is, but.

I threw my body with all my might.

“Uh!”

A voice of unexpectedness.

I am falling endlessly downwards. The sound of the wind brushing past my ears, the air resistance hitting my face.

Surely, if I fall to the ground like this, I’ll be crushed to a pulp.

I thrash my body in the hope that I can grab a branch.

Then I felt something different.

“The falling speed…?”

The falling speed is subtly slowing down.

I thrash my body again.

The speed is gradually slowing down, and I am gliding down the cliff stably as if gliding.

“Hahahahaha!! I’m flying. I’m flying!!”

I shout in joy at the unbelievable situation.

Okay. I don’t know what happened, but I’m alive for now. Now, if I can just find a proper landing spot…

-Thud

“Huh?”

At the same time as my posture collapsed, the stable gliding was distorted.

My body is falling again.

“Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiibal”

Like a third-rate villain’s exit scene, I fall down like that.

Yunnan.

The rain that started to fall did not stop and poured day and night.

Tents were placed around a cave on a hillside, which resembled the appearance of a military camp.

“……”

A man was climbing a tall tree, using the branches as footholds.

He could have been swayed by the pouring rain, but his posture did not collapse.

His gaze was fixed on one place, watching something flying from afar.

And when the object came close, he reached out his hand.

-Flutter

With the sound of flapping wings, a crow landed on his hand.

He opened the note tied to the crow’s leg and remained silent for a while, then jumped down.

Despite falling from a high place, he landed gently on the ground.

“Is he inside?”

“Yes. He’s still inside.”

When he asked the guards standing at the entrance of the cave, they bowed and answered.

He took a deep breath and entered the cave.

There were traces of artificially widening the cave here and there, resembling a well-decorated villa.

Who would have thought that it was a space to stay for only two days?

The man knelt on one knee and bowed.

“I greet the Heavenly Demon.”

The man said to the darkness in the distance.

And a moment of silence followed.

“What is it that you seek to break my rest? Sword Demon.”

At the voice with a hint of annoyance, the man flinched, but soon calmed himself and opened his mouth.

“There’s a message from the Order.”

“What message? If it’s a trivial story, I will cut off your head and the head of the one who sent it at the same time.”

“At the Disciple’s Palace…”

“…At the Disciple’s Palace?”

“At the Disciple’s Palace… there was an intruder.”

“…What?”

“And there was also a story that the intruder destroyed the bedchamber.”

-Thud

The atmosphere began to vibrate.

The vibration spread from the darkness, echoing through the mountains.

Trees with weak roots fell, and as a result, soil and sand began to be swept down.

Everyone would think it was a natural phenomenon, but the man was clearly feeling that it was the presence of the person beyond the darkness.

Blood was already dripping from his nose.

The vibration continued, and his blood did not stop.

-Thump Thump

Footsteps are heard from beyond the darkness.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer to him, and the man closed his eyes as if he was prepared to die.

A huge presence. An unbearable pressure that he couldn’t even breathe.

“Open your eyes, Sword Demon.”

“I obey the Heavenly Demon’s words.”

The man struggled to open his eyes and raised his head.

-Thud!

Soon, the man’s face was slammed into the floor.

“Who. Told you to raise your head?”

“I’m sorry.”

“Is Youngma there?”

At the Heavenly Demon’s call. The man’s shadow wriggled.

Soon, a woman with a human form knelt on one knee and responded to the Heavenly Demon’s call.

“We’re going back to the Order.”

“Yes, I understand.”

“Sword Demon.”

“…Yes.”

“I’ll leave the front line to you. Open the way to Anhui before I return.”

“I will obey your command.”

“Now raise your head.”

A woman in black martial attire and a white outer garment is looking down at the man.

Jet-black hair tied back, blood-red eyes.

And a gold earring on her left ear.

“What did you do to the head of security?”

“I have put them in jail for now.”

“Yes, you must not punish them carelessly.”

The Heavenly Demon said with a deep smile.

“They are the ones who failed to protect my disciple’s bedchamber. I will personally tear them apart and burn their eyes.”

Black flames erupted fiercely behind the Heavenly Demon, heating the surrounding air.

At the indescribable strength, the man bowed his head again and obeyed.

“Everything is as the Heavenly Demon wills.”