episode_0107

It’s that time of year again when it gets really cold at night and chilly during the day.

All the trees that were changing color have changed, and there are even more bare trees without any leaves.

Winter is fast approaching.

As the dreary season arrived, an incident occurred in a faraway place.

Byung-il and Jo Jung-woo.

They were captured by an organization called Murimmaeng.

Yes. The two people who left the Cheonmasingyo sect and ran far away three months ago.

They were caught by the Murim people because of their purple hair, and were taken to the Murim Alliance for interrogation.

It was discovered there that he was from the Cheonmasin Church.

In short, it means that they were drugged and tortured.

Even so, it wasn’t just the simple, easy-to-understand torture that was there.

The identity has been thoroughly uncovered by unknown technology.

Based on my faded memories, there was a technique that was difficult to believe existed in the world of martial arts.

It is such a strange technique that it is thought to be related to the leader of the Tongcheon sect, Daegon.

Of course, it’s not the technology that Daegon had. His technology is centered on bioengineering, so the direction of his technology is a bit different.

But Daegon is not the only god in this world.

There are many other gods besides them.

Originally, Daegon was banished from another world and came to invade this world, but was defeated and fled deep into the water.

That means there are gods who have defeated Daegon. Stronger gods. They live in Kunlun Mountain.

It shows technology that is believed to be your trace.

The technology to extract the soul from a living person and look into their memories is on a completely different level, isn’t it?

Moreover, the technology of projecting a screen into the air was something that was only possible in science fiction in my faded memories.

Of course, there are several worlds where my harvester exists that have that technology.

That harvester is too far away to enjoy the technology, so I’ve only seen it from afar.

They used a piece of wood floating in the air to bring light out of the harvester’s body.

Then a purple-black light burst out from the body.

In the room where the harvester harvests souls, one person gathers the people and explains to them towards the light that these are fallen souls.

It is said that this happened because the soul was eaten by the reverse heavenly demon.

This color is said to be the chaos that turns the world upside down, and it is an evil force that should not be mixed with anything.

You’re being too harsh on me.

And after all, light was the soul.

I finally figured it out.

That’s not all we found out.

One of the people sitting opposite the expert asked if it was possible to return the soul back to its original state.

Then the supposed expert flatly stated that there was no way to cleanse a soul that had already been tainted.

At least, that means there is no technology like that in this world.

If I could strip away what I have blessed, my warmth would disappear.

If I were classified as having a disease, I could be treated.

Ugh. This is horrible.

Or, they don’t know, but there’s a faint possibility that somewhere in this world there is such technology, and there are only people there.

The place where the technology is believed to have come from. Kunlun.

The people who live there might have such skills.

Fresh.

Although they are collectively called fresh, they are in general a special form of life form that is close to one species per person.

No, there are some people who are difficult to regard as living beings in the first place.

They must be warm… … .

No. Ahem.

You have to watch out for them.

First of all, it seems that there are no immortals among those interpreting the harvest season within the Murim Alliance. They don’t see any great light.

But there are people who deal with special skills.

They found a woman who turns people into harvesters in the memories of Byung-il and Joo-woo.

And she was designated as an evil sorceress who corrupts people.

Yes, it’s me.

When they realized that I was in the Cheonmasin Church, they lamented that many people had already fallen into my clutches. And they announced that they had to strike the Cheonmasin Church before the number of Cheonmas increased any further.

And the last part of the presentation. He put light into a strange device, saying that this is how you should purify evil energy.

The light that entered slowly melted and disappeared.

At the same time, my gaze was cut off.

You can break the light.

Yes, the bowl can be broken.

It was irrational to think that the original vessel would be indestructible.

I destroyed my soul. I incinerated it so that no trace of me would remain.

There is such a technique.

But I’m not that worried.

Because I remember what Eunjae did.

After the harvest season, Eunjae killed people to her heart’s content in a place called Murim.

He killed people until he felt better, saying it was for revenge, then returned to the Cheonmasingyo, created a family, and died of old age.

Although he acted a little strangely in his later years, as if he had dementia, I think he accomplished everything he wanted to do.

So if the current state of martial arts is like that, then if there are two people like Cheonma and Oh Myeongseong, it won’t be a big problem.

So, in other words.

This means that when this winter passes and spring comes, a mass warmth absorption event will occur!

It’s still a tough time to fight in the winter.

Even if I consider it with my limited knowledge, it will be as early as this spring.

If it’s late, it might be pushed back a few years, but I don’t think they’ll just leave it that way. After all, according to what I heard through Jo Jung-woo and Byeong-il, who were tortured to death, they’re definitely going to invade.

They were terrified that more monsters like Cheonma might appear.

In fact, I saw with my own eyes how a simple and strong guardian ended up using the Heavenly Demon Singong. Should we just wait and see if they mass-produce the Heavenly Demons that once devastated the martial arts world?

Fear is a powerful driving force.

Hehehe.

Now all we have to do is wait.

As I was watching what was happening so far away in the north, Soo-oh came into the room.

“First snow, what are you doing?”

“Stay still.”

“That’s why you got so fat?”

Soo slowly came closer and put his hand on my chest.

She’s quite big. She’s physically large, so if you look at her circumference, she’s bigger than Rebecca. If you look at her proportions, she’s just a tall woman.

However, in this world, being tall is a negative factor. Even if you have a pretty face, if you are too tall, you are considered ugly.

Or is it because they are ugly that people don’t come to harvest them?

It’s possible.

But you can’t choose the bowl. No, strictly speaking, you can choose it.

When an opportunity comes, I don’t have the luxury of turning it down because I’m not human or because I look terrible.

But despite all that, both bodies were beautiful.

It can’t be helped that the standards of beauty change with the times. From that perspective, So-oh was really too skinny.

“You’ve been too thin all this time. Soo-oh is still too thin.”

“Tell that to Musabu. I’ve been having a really hard time lately. Instead of gaining weight, I’ve been losing weight.”

Soo just lay down on my legs and started complaining.

When the weather started to get quite cold, Cheonma and Soo-oh both started sparring with swords.

Based on my memory, it seems like it was a bit early.

If you think about why Soo-oh left late… … .

Hmm. Since Cheonma, who teaches, will know better than I, who only has memories, he will teach me well.

“I don’t know how to fight, so do as Cheonma taught you.”

“Huh!”

But he doesn’t say no.

It seems like he doesn’t mind becoming stronger.

But Soo-oh is staring at me.

I can tell how their eyes and bodies are moving, but I can’t tell what they’re thinking.

If you don’t know, you should ask.

“Why?”

“No, I just thought that Chosul was strangely insistent on using formal language. You use formal language to anyone, right?”

Yes, I am speaking politely.

Respect and courtesy are sometimes powerful weapons. I find it more beneficial to crawl under others than to stand above them.

It’s not too late to rise above others and dominate them, even after they know everything about me.

“Is it weird?”

“A younger person than you. I think it’s weird to do that to a servant.”

That’s a word referring to yourself.

I thought I accepted it without much question, but I guess I was a bit puzzled.

Originally, So-oh was sent here as my servant, and I took ownership of him from Cheonma.

But I gave Soo freedom. Freedom to do whatever he wants.

“I can’t help it. I decided to do it that way from the beginning.”

At my words, Soo-oh stares at me intently. His expression is a mixture of doubt, regret, and other emotions.

“I feel like I’m hitting a wall too hard.”

Yeah, I can see how that would feel. You got it exactly.

I’m hitting a wall.

It’s a very, very, very solid wall.

I’m building a wall to make sure that you never see what’s behind it.

I don’t intend to show anyone what’s behind the wall.

Behind them there is nothing but screams of those driven mad by the cold.

It seems like Cheonma saw at least a trace of it, but judging by the way he feels sorry for me, he didn’t see it properly. The reality would be even more horrible and disgusting.

If the door against the wall opens even once, it’s over.

It’s like being on a drug that completely destroys your brain cells, you’ll never go back.

If you open it, it will do something cruel and then get blocked somewhere, never to get warmth again.

“This is something I can’t show you even if I want to.”

“Aren’t you willing to open your heart?”

That’s a pretty telling remark.

This topic is difficult.

At least while I’m in Cheonmasingyo, I plan to act like a harmless person to everyone.

Let’s take a different approach to the conversation.

“Oh, now you’re full. Do you think this much isn’t enough? I gave you as much as I could, and it’s not enough… … . Okay. Take what you can!”

I held Soo-oh and tickled his sides.

Soo-oh runs away screaming.

I followed Soo, and Soo went out of the house crying.

“Uh… … . Should I have come some other time?”

A beautiful woman dressed in pure white stands at the entrance with a pale expression.

I didn’t know this person was coming because it wasn’t the harvest season. Since people weren’t coming anyway, I thought maybe a lost stray cat had come looking for him.

“Oh, you’re a guest.”

“Welcome!”

As if nothing had happened, Soo walks to Gumilmil and leads her inside the house. I go to the kitchen and prepare the tea that Insimwon brought me as a gift a while ago.

“Disciple of Cheonma, Jiyo.”

Gumilmil awkwardly addresses Soo-oh with formal speech.

“You don’t need to be so polite to me since I’m not your enemy’s disciple!”

Soo bursts out laughing as he talks to Gumilmil. A disciple is someone who inherits everything from their master.

What I mean is that So-oh only looks at martial arts, so it’s not to that extent.

“Isn’t the one in the higher position Mr. Gumilmil?”

I wonder what kind of relationship there will be between them.

With that in mind, I brewed tea over an undying fire.