episode_0097

I went back to the room where the human heart was.

In a room filled with hallucinogenic painkillers, I touched some device and a staircase leading down appeared.

I know how to get down there since I’ve got the memories of the Insimwon, but I have no intention of telling you.

So, I pretended not to know anything and followed the people down to the basement.

There is a cave below. If you listen carefully, you can hear the constant sound of machinery. If the machinery stops, the drainage system will break, and this place will fill with water.

This device was created just in case.

If you do that in the middle of the passage, there’s a high chance you’ll drown.

Unless you are a species that can breathe under water.

With that thought in mind, I walked through the damp, humid cave.

If you walk along the road for a while, you will come across a place built in a completely different architectural style than anything you have ever seen before.

If a building is made of stone, it should have the shape of stones stacked upright at angles, but this building has a flowing shape, as if waves were made of stone.

And as soon as I went inside, several monsters that were half seafood and half human appeared.

Judging by the peeling skin and exposed muscles here and there, this is not normal. Just like the girl who was turned into a monster earlier, you can tell that they have lost their original form and turned into monsters.

They look at us with their white, bloodshot eyes and rush at us with their sharp, needle-like teeth.

Nice try.

But when Cheonma opened his palm and stretched it forward, a dark purple wave spread out and disappeared without leaving anything behind.

It’s a new thing, but I think he’s the strongest person I’ve ever seen in terms of force.

Of course, there were those who could produce greater firepower, but this is the first time I’ve seen one that takes out enemies so cleanly without damaging the surrounding environment.

Insimwon looks at him with a bewildered expression.

But instead of saying anything, he put strength into his arms, holding the girl on his back, and walked forward.

Although the inside is complicated and winding, Insimwon has memorized its internal structure.

If you picture that structure in your head, you can guess why it is structured this way with faded memories.

This structure was not built simply to make the path more complicated, but to prevent the water flow from becoming too strong when it was later filled with water.

If you say Tesla valve, those who know it will know the structure.

The center of that valve is a path, and if you follow it inside, you will soon arrive at a large underground temple.

It is designed in a stepped manner to draw the gaze to the center like an amphitheater. However, half of the floors are flooded with water.

No, strictly speaking, it would be more correct to say that this entire place was originally designed to sink.

In places where people can stand, people of the blood-stagnant esoteric religion gather, and in the water below, those called demonic immortals gather.

And from the podium in the middle, the leader of the Tongcheon sect gives a sermon.

“This is the area that only followers of the Blood Stagnation Sect can go to. Anywhere beyond this is a place of severance. People should not dare approach.”

The boundary between land and water where the Insimwon stands.

A lot happened there. It’s a place where humans who have mutated into complete monsters pass through, and it’s also a place where sacrifices are made.

By the way, the sermon of the Tongcheon sect leader is not so strange as you might think. It is a story that explains well how to become a strong Yokai sage through good training.

And it is also a place that tempts people to become good people.

“I guess I can go.”

“Okay.”

I was debating whether I should go into the water and swim, but then a dark purple curtain spread out from the sky horse.

“Oh, ohhh.”

Insimwon looks at Cheonma with an expression of utter awe. He is also trembling, as if he is resisting the enormous pressure directed from Cheonma to Insimwon.

There is physical force present.

I find it strange that I don’t feel anything at all.

Is it a physical force that acts selectively?

While I was watching with curiosity about the strange law, Cheonma just walked towards the surface of the water.

Giggle.

Geeky, geeky, geeky.

The water literally disappears with a vibrating sound as the solid wall hits the wall.

It doesn’t turn to steam and fly away, nor does it get pushed in the opposite direction of the Heavenly Horse. It just disappears.

The water disappeared as if there was a hole in the place where the Heavenly Horse was. At the same time, the fish inside and the strange creatures that looked like human limbs disappeared as well.

And when the water completely disappeared, the horse turned around, looked at us, and opened its mouth.

“Let’s go.”

“Yes.”

I jumped down and suddenly I thought of Insimwon and looked back. He was carrying the girl and had a puzzled expression on his face, considering whether to follow me. Judging from the way his eyes turned to me and Cheonma and then back to the ground, I guess he was waiting for someone to say something.

“People’s Heart.”

“Yes, yes!”

It’s funny how you can’t even answer properly because you’re so out of your mind. If you’re the head of a place called Woljedang, shouldn’t you at least come to your senses and show off?

Or maybe the situation is so chaotic that I can’t even brag. I just said one thing to him.

“Choose what to do next.”

And I immediately followed Cheonma.

Is that what you meant when you said that?

It’s nothing.

Since I have decided on the value of freedom, I plan to push it to the end. Since I have decided not to lie, I must act so that what I have said so far does not turn out to be a lie.

And I got all the information I could from it. I don’t expect that much. So, whatever Insimwon does now is fine.

betrayal?

Yes, that is allowed too.

So if you give me more warmth.

With that thought in mind, I moved forward to the place that had originally been sunken under the damp water.

Plus, there are glowing stones embedded in the floor that make it easy to fall.

Isn’t this emitting radiation?

But I understand that it is a place where it is difficult to bring light.

So I walked far away, getting the warmth of the dying creatures in the tent of the heavenly horse.

Before long, a giant door appears and the water crashes into the Heavenly Curtain at incredible speed, disappearing.

But at some point, the water hitting the curtain disappeared. You can see bubbles further away than the curtain. It’s preventing the water from disappearing any further.

And across the bubbles, a dark shadow appears. A huge human-shaped sea creature, as if dozens of people standing in a row would be smaller than it, is behind the water curtain. And a bright, shining light is visible in its chest.

The monster burst out of the water, shrinking in size until it took the form of a man wearing a scaled leather cloak.

“Those who still inherit the name Cheonma use incredible power.”

The man who said that waved his hand in the air, and a crack appeared behind him.

One of the lines flies forward and touches the barrier created by the Heavenly Horse, causing the barrier to collapse without a sound.

And then the man walked towards us with a slow gait.

“Are you the leader of Tongcheon?”

The man with wide eyebrows and a completely hairless body looked down at me with his eyes as white as snow.

“Yeah, you invaded my territory and touched my stuff, so you’re prepared to die, right?”

“Your stuff?”

If you listen to him, he talks as if this body was originally his.

“Originally, that body was meant to be a vessel to hold our bodies. But you came without permission, stole the vessel, and used it as you pleased… … . It was a vessel that was carefully made using slaves, so now that you have entered, shouldn’t it be made again?”

Slave refers to a group called the Bloodthirsty Sect.

But there is one strange thing.

“Why do you need a human body? Your body looks bigger and stronger now.”

Then he bursts out laughing.

“Ah. This body is also a body that was carefully created. However, the vessel that can contain the god is limited, and even that does not last long. It needs to be reborn.”

He reached out. But his hand wasn’t pointing to his head or his body. It was pointing to his lower abdomen. I can see what he wants.

Rather than being contained in a physical body like me, you want to use this body to create the next body.

“Can’t you just come?”

If you need a body, ask me if I’m the same.

“If a lowly thing in the world looks at me, it will go crazy. In order not to go crazy, it is necessary to take on a body of this world. And isn’t that the same for you, pagan god?”

It must be a more powerful being than you can imagine. Just looking at it makes you go crazy.

Yes, God actually says so.

It was the same with places where people with faded colors were present. It is described as impossible to look the one and only God in the eye, and it is said that if you look into the eyes of a polytheistic god, you will burn up.

“No. I am not a god. I am just a monster that sank to the bottom. When I came down, people looked at me normally.”

As soon as I finished speaking, the leader of Tongcheon smiled with a very pleasant expression.

“Ah, you understand the difference in rank? Where, yes. Your ability is quite interesting. You can make a person tattered like that and then regenerate him. It’s quite a useful ability. I can treat you well.”

He speaks as if it were natural for me to submit to him.

see.

“Most of the positions in the 10,000-gun are empty, so what is your position? If you work hard under me, I can raise your rank.”

You’re already talking as if you’re a subordinate?

“Keheehee.”

I burst out laughing without realizing it.

For some reason, Cheonma retreated at an incredibly fast speed with a frozen expression.

“Oh my. What if I run away?”

Then, the leader of Tongcheon swung his arm. Water came down like a snake, breaking through the bubbles, and headed towards Cheonma.

Well, I guess I can handle that much. When I actually took out my sword from my bosom and swung it, water burst out. I didn’t care and just walked towards the leader of Tongcheon.

The closer you get, the stronger the fishy smell becomes.

After becoming this body, I smelled this smell and didn’t feel anything, but from now on, I’m going to remember it as dirty and disgusting.

I walked up to him and grabbed his neck, but my arm strength was only that of a strong girl.

“Yeah, you’re going to rebel?”

The leader of Tongcheon looked at me with a face that said it was funny and opened his mouth. I have no intention of strangling you.

I was concerned the moment I saw it, but now that I see it up close, I understand.

As you drop below the surface, you see a huge ball of light in front of you, similar in size to what you saw near the surface.

In other words.

“It’s very warm?”