episode_0142

The beginning of man.

There were humans who were closer to the primitive than the humans of today.

A prey that has no fur to regulate body temperature, no super strength like a gorilla, and no sharp claws or teeth.

Nevertheless, they lived proudly in the harsh wilderness.

Because they knew how to use tools that other animals couldn’t handle and how to use fire, which all living things fear.

However, even though they had that much power, they were still located at the bottom of the food chain.

“Woooo!”

Since this was a time when the concept of language was not yet understood, humans in the beginning made sounds like monkeys.

Through the pitch of their voices and their actions, they communicated and moved together.

They went hunting in groups or pioneered new lands to spend the cold winter.

When it comes to important processes in community life, reproduction and childbirth cannot be left out.

Women were generally responsible for childbirth and childcare, and they did their best.

In the beginning, men and women excelled in different fields, so they did not invade each other’s territory as much as possible.

However, there was no intervention at all.

When the children grew up, the men in the tribe classified them.

Since girls were expected to contribute to childbirth, they could remain in the tribe as long as they did not get sick.

On the other hand, the situation for boys was different. In primitive times, where only strength was valued, men valued strong bodies.

If your body is weak, the results of your hunting will be poor and you will not be able to leave behind excellent genes.

For that reason, in primitive times, if a boy did not meet the standard even after reaching a certain age, he would be mercilessly abandoned.

Because they couldn’t waste the food that was so important to them.

‘I know it’s a barbaric era, but it’s really heartless.’

Lian became a primitive boy living in the most distant past of his past lives.

The boy was given the name Urwu by his mother, but ended up being abandoned in the sea because he did not meet the standards.

To be precise, it was forcibly thrown as a living sacrifice.

For primitive humans who were afraid of even the animals living on land, the sea was an unknown territory.

It was an offering to the monsters living in the sea to ask them not to threaten them.

‘Do you think you can live comfortably like this? ‘You will be punished one day, you bastards!’

For the first time in his life, Urwu learned the salty taste of sea water and at the same time became aware of the underwater environment in which his body was not free.

Nevertheless, in a desperate attempt to survive, he struggled with all his might, flailing his arms and legs.

The poor boy could not resist the rapid current and gradually drifted away from the shore.

Eventually, Urwu’s body, which had exhausted its energy, sank into the water, and even its consciousness gradually sank.

“Ugh… ?”

Shoot! slam-!

Urwu had been unconscious for a long time.

He came to his senses as the salty sea water entered his mouth along with the waves crashing onto the sandy beach.

Urwu returned to consciousness and looked around with a half-asleep mind.

Primitive tribesmen who did not even know the concept of the afterlife viewed death as infinite cold darkness.

Uru thought the same thing. Before losing consciousness, the boy personally experienced the coldness and deep darkness of the sea.

But the warm sunlight enveloped him warmly, and the faint scent of grass made him feel alive.

Urwu shed tears as he finally realized that he was alive.

Although he mentally understood the tribe’s rules, death was something the young boy was extremely afraid of.

“Uuuh… ! Ugh… !”

In the end, Urwu started crying on the spot.

Although I felt fear and despair in the face of death, I was happy that I miraculously survived.

The coming days of having to live alone may be more terrible than death.

Still, Uru wanted to enjoy the joy at this moment.

‘Anyway, the future looks bleak… … .’

The island where Urwu flowed into was uninhabited.

It is unknown when it was created, and the only thing visible is the ocean in all directions.

Fortunately, it was quite large and there was nothing there.

From the seeds blown by the wind, trees and grass grew quite luxuriantly, and surprisingly, small animals were also living there.

There was a lake in the innermost part of the island where you could quench your thirst.

It was an uninhabited island with the optimal elements for human survival.

‘It’s all good, but the problem is that Urwu is young and the times are primitive.’

He didn’t have the necessary knowledge to live alone, and even though there were no animals that were threatening to Urwu, even hunting wasn’t possible for him right now.

In a situation where we don’t even know if we can properly light a fire, the temperature will drop sharply at night.

It was not strange at all for the boy, who had been weak due to starvation for a long time, to die of hypothermia.

It’s a situation that requires countermeasures, but this is a memory from a past life.

Urwu’s emotions and five senses were vividly conveyed, but Lian could not intervene.

‘It’s going to turn.’

As Lian watched Urwu looking around the island aimlessly, he felt as if he had eaten a sweet potato.

While I was out sightseeing, I would have cut down the trees first and wanted to create the minimum environment to spend the night safely.

However, Urwu was not Lian, and he was still an immature boy, so he was not very thoughtful.

In the end, without any preparations, the sun disappeared beyond the horizon.

Urwu had to crouch on the bare ground and fall into the cold sea breeze.

While it was thought that he would definitely die from hypothermia.

‘what?’

Suddenly, a warm energy flowed into Urwu.

It covered the body comfortably like a blanket, allowing one to escape the cold.

Urwu spent his first night safely, embracing the warmth.

‘what? how?’

After the first night, miracles continued to happen to Urwu.

While trying to catch a fish, he fell into the sea, but the current changed and he drifted towards an island.

Just before he died from starvation, fruit from the tree fell in front of Urwu and he was able to survive.

The warmth that blocks the sea breeze came to the boy every night.

It felt as if something was desperately trying to save Urwu.

‘Maybe it’s because Urwu didn’t sink in the sea but ended up on an uninhabited island… … .’

It’s still too early to be sure.

It was difficult to say for sure because the miracle that was happening to Urwu was something that Lian had also experienced for the first time.

It might be a miracle from God.

There was also the possibility that it could be a mysterious phenomenon of nature, or the work of a timeless archmage.

Since it would be natural to know what the correct answer was once the story ended, Lian decided to watch.

‘I would say it is more likely that Grishuras did it than anything else. Because the memories of this past life are related to Grishuras.’

The only thing that bothered me was that I couldn’t see any beings related to Grishlas.

His father’s beloved sword, his dragon childhood friend, his twin wolf siblings, his beloved wife, etc.

Since she had experienced fateful encounters in all her past life memories, Lian thought this time would be no different.

‘… … After all, he had a special specialty.’

As a long time passed, Urwu, who miraculously survived, finally began to show his true value.

Although his body was as weak as ever, Urwu’s true strength lay in his creativity.

In the beginning, humans mainly used stone tools.

He used rough-looking stones as weapons and handled them ruthlessly.

However, Urwu began inventing using various materials.

At first, we only created tools that had no use, but as time went by, we developed quite a variety.

They made axes with wooden handles and daggers that were good for dismembering small animals.

I learned how and how to make a fire, and I also tried cooking by combining tree nuts with meat.

A boy who steadily lives on a deserted island and develops to become closer to civilization.

Eventually, Urwu grew up to the point where Lian didn’t have to worry.

‘I’m proud of myself from my previous life.’

Urwu was steadily developing and raising its level of civilization.

I don’t know if I’ll ever return to the mainland, but I’m sure everyone will be surprised if Urwu returns to his tribe.

The weapons made by Urwu were much more useful and had superior killing power than stone axes made simply by carving them out of stone.

There was no doubt that Urwu would become a prophet if he mass-produced weapons and gave them to primitive tribes.

‘Of course, it looks like he has no intention of going back… … .’

Even though it was a remote island without a single compatriot, Urwu did not even look beyond the sea.

He seemed to think that this island was the only place he should be, and that it was his only home.

Unlike the tribes who lived in caves, they even showed how they built structures close to houses made entirely of wood.

It was impressive to see them driving stakes without any hesitation even though there were no females for breeding.

It seems that a decent young man wants to remain single for the rest of his life.

If that was Urwu’s choice, Lian had no choice but to respect it.

‘No matter how you live, you just have to be happy.’

I had no intention of arguing about Urwu’s life.

Because the world is large and people are diverse.

However, even if one received God’s blessing, a miracle could not happen to just one person.

Inevitable trials appear, and they were caused by a sea monster that attacked the island one day.

“Keee!”

A sea monster the size of an island.

As the prey disappeared due to the sudden change in ocean currents, the hungry monster was attracted to the sweet smell coming from the uninhabited island.

The ocean currents reversed to save Urwu only to return to disaster.

As he watched the monster starting to devour the island little by little from the sandy beach, Urwu felt anger rather than fear.

Unlike his compatriots who abandoned him because they were afraid of sea monsters, the remote island embraced him warmly.

Urwu decided to enrich the island, live on this land for the rest of his life, and be with him even when he dies.

I was not afraid and attacked the monster, which showed an overwhelming size difference.

‘It’s reckless… !’

It was a fight where the odds of victory were unknown even with one of the great powers he possessed.

Moreover, Urwu was a young man at a level where it was doubtful whether he could take down a wild dog living in the wild.

To him, jumping into a monster was no different from suicide.

‘Why? ‘You know better than anyone else that this is an opponent you can never beat, right?’

Urwu clung to the monster that resembled a sea dragon.

He struck down the weapon he had made, but it was no use.

There was no way a mere rock could pierce the scales of a sea monster.

Rather, the monster thought it was tickling and shook its body, causing Urwu to move away.

“Ugh!”

He collided with the ground and suffered injuries that would not be surprising if his bones were broken or cracked.

Nevertheless, Urwu stood up and charged at the sea monster again.

Even though his body is broken and his weapons are broken, Urwu does not give up and keeps trying.

Meanwhile, the monster was devouring most of the island without paying any attention to Urwu.

A fight between humans who desperately try to protect the island and monsters who indifferently prey on the island.

As Urwu’s emotions flowed into Lian, I was able to understand how he was fighting.

It was truly sad. I desperately wanted to help him who was fighting.

However, the current situation of not being able to intervene in any way and having to just watch was painful for Ryan.

If things continue like this, Urwu will definitely be eaten by monsters along with his beloved island.

No, due to the monster’s struggle, he was about to die before he could protect the island.

Urwu falls into the sea, falls to the ground, and stands up even though his whole body is crushed.

I thought that if there was an indomitable warrior, it would be him.

“Oooooh!”

Hiss, hiss.

Even as he let out a dangerous breath, Uru rushed towards the monster.

He fought while clinging to an enemy that was hundreds of times bigger than himself, and the fire of life was almost extinguished.

The miracle raised his hand once again.

“Keee!”

Unlike scales, it is soft and can be easily pierced with pebbles.

Urwu’s blow miraculously hit that area directly.

It wasn’t even a miracle. Urwu’s persistence in continuing to pound the monster’s body and hit it with his weapon was the victory.

The monster, which was motionless, started screaming and twisting its whole body when its weak point was hit.

Even though only one part of the body was attacked, he was writhing in excruciating pain.

At the monster’s reaction, Uru sensed that it was a weak point and pounded on it.

The monster’s tail struck Urwu and the struggle broke his body as he crashed to the floor.

Nevertheless, the indomitable warrior did not give up and exploited the monster’s weaknesses.

‘… … amazing.’

Rian, who learned the sword through decades of training, gained countless powers that could not have been obtained without skill.

However, he seemed even more amazing as a brave young man who was fighting against an enemy much stronger than himself.

Urwu is an ideal warrior who does not stop fighting even when his body is reduced to ashes.

Although he had a small physique, his back seemed wider than that of the first warrior.

“Cough… ! Cough… !”

An island that was so large was difficult to call an island, but it could have been a resting place for a great warrior.

An island that defeats a sea monster and pulls Urwu who fell into the sea.

They warmly embraced the dying young man in pain and made him feel comfortable.

Eventually, Urwu stopped breathing and Lian’s consciousness gradually began to sink into darkness.

But Ryan didn’t have any complaints.

Because I finally realized it.

‘It was the island itself… … .’

Along with Urwu, Lian also left himself in the darkness with a peaceful smile.

***

“Hahaha! My soul separation spell was successful!”

The man started laughing maniacally as he saw Rian standing tall in the last remaining magic circle.

The essence of magic he had been researching had been used.

The fact that the hero’s eyes were lifeless and he was standing still like a doll was proof of that.

“It looks good! Hero!”

He destroyed all the magic circles he had prepared with great care and finally defeated the warrior who was running like a bull.

It was a situation where I couldn’t help but laugh.

“Demon King, I did it! That Clevius defeated the hero and protected the Demon King!”

“… … .”

Clevius proudly reported his achievements to the devil.

However, the Demon King did not say anything and just quietly observed the current situation.

I thought that my efforts would be appreciated even a little, but for a moment I felt disappointed when the reality was that this was not the case.

Clevius realized his mistake.

“Sorry! I haven’t completely finished it yet, but I was foolishly liking it like a child… ! I will make up for this mistake with the death of a hero!”

Clevios, who embodies ice magic and creates a blade in his hand.

He approached Lian, showing off his sharp ice knife.

“This is the end, hero!”

Clevius raised the ice sword high and tried to slash it down at once.

If only an unexpected voice hadn’t reached his ear.

“Who ends it?”

The man who had been standing still raised his head.

At the sight of the warrior whose soul had returned, Clevius’ body flinched and temporarily froze.

At that moment, Lian cut off his head and escaped the magic circle.

“The warrior is not sleeping yet.”

Leaving a calm remark, Ryan passed by Clevius.

And behind him, a member of the Demon King’s Army met his death with blood gushing out like a fountain.

Lian has annihilated or subdued all of the elite Demon King forces.

His gaze turned to the Demon King.

‘I was nervous when I first saw it… … .’

Lian quietly placed her hand on her chest.

A heart that doesn’t move at all.

It meant that I wasn’t nervous, excited, or scared.

Lian, who realized that a big change had come to her in that short period of time, smiled.

‘Can I become a great warrior like I was in my past life?’

It was a stupid question.

Rather than worrying about whether you can become like Urwu, you must become him.

Lian took out Grishlas.

“Come on, let’s fight until we have no regrets!”

The time for decisive battle has arrived.