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“Is this presumed to be the landing of the Great Devil…?”

Coo coo coo coo.

Alma, the materialization device in the basement of the White Magic Tower, has stopped working.

Temulen, the White Magic Tower owner who came out of the control room, received the report and his eyes trembled.

The Great Devil, Belphegor.

A being that once plunged this world into fear.

The owner of a power so powerful that he could unleash a huge barrier in Basel had once again appeared.

“There is a high probability that the one who neutralized the undead army was the Archdemon…?”

It was a series of shocking news.

It was the undead army that gave the alliance trouble for a while.

The great evil that suddenly reappeared annihilated the undead army?

It was a flow of events that I could not understand at all.

Why on earth?

For what reason is the Great Devil destroying all of our troops?

“no way?!”

Temulen’s eyes widened as he thought about it.

I heard that the undead army was originally intended to be used as a sacrifice for the transcendental body of Necromancer Luna.

By destroying that plan and neutralizing the Transcendental Body, we have prevented at least the worst of the situation and have reached the present.

In that case, there is only one reason for the Great Devil to annihilate the undead army with his own hands.

Its original purpose was to be used as a sacrifice.

Then what is the sacrifice for?

Temulen finally arrived at that question.

I felt goosebumps all over my body.

“It’s not even remotely close to what I expected…”

I have no idea.

I don’t even know what the Great Devil has been planning for three years without making a single appearance.

I don’t even know why I came back after 3 years.

There was no guessing as to what they had prepared for such a long time to stage such a spectacular comeback.

That’s why I became even more afraid.

From the beginning, the Great Devil was an incomprehensible being that defied prediction.

Now it is showing even more incomprehensible movements.

Neither the principles of action nor the final destination of the movement are fully known.

At this point, it was so random that I felt like I was being dragged around like a human slave.

“Did that go too far…?”

Temulen scratched his bare head and flipped through the report.

The next chapter is a document from the union.

Temulen tilted his head in puzzlement.

The White Magic Tower has repeatedly requested cooperation from the alliance, but has consistently refused them all.

I haven’t had any contact since then. I wonder what happened.

“What?!”

The content is none other than a ‘warning’.

It was a warning message indicating the movement trajectory of the magical energy anomaly and indicating that the direction was heading toward the White Magic Tower.

Meanwhile, the speed of movement was noticeable.

Isn’t it like moving north at a rate of 100 kilometers a day?

It is said that the coalition dispatched the military to respond, but they could not keep up with the speed, so they are giving an advance warning like this…

“Evacuation advisory…”

“Evacuate. Shall we?”

“Why should we be so scared and evacuate when we are all at the age of death?”

“That’s also true. Then shall I sortie?”

At that time, Alma’s mechanism opened.

From inside, a figure took off his helmet and began to walk out of the darkness.

Temulen looked at him distrustfully and clicked his tongue.

“Hmmm….”

“Why are you pretending to worry? You know my skills.”

“I know. I’m even more worried because I know. I’m afraid I’ll destroy the strict building…”

“······.”

I wasn’t worried.

There’s no way this guy could lose in a head-to-head fight.

No matter how much of a devil he was, I couldn’t even imagine what the future would hold for this guy.

Rather, the Great Devil’s goal would be to cause additional damage to those around him by inducing him to attack during the battle.

Perhaps, I would suffer greater damage than if I were to be attacked by the Great Devil quietly.

Temulen suddenly felt worried.

“I understand! Just deal with them moderately and keep the attacks to a minimum!”

“This is a magic tower that will soon belong to you. Please treat it with respect.”

“Why is this mine? You’re saying something strange again. Did you take your medicine and food on time?”

“Yekki! Are you treating me like an old man with dementia again!”

“You keep saying nonsense. There are people who have worked hard and learned under the Magic Tower Lord for decades, so why am I, a stone that was rolled around, inheriting the Magic Tower?”

“Didn’t sincerity and effort pay off? If you have good skills, whether it’s a stone or something else, it’s a good idea. If you don’t want to run it, do whatever you want, whether it’s selling it or destroying it. No matter what anyone says, I’ll pass it on to you.”

“······.”

Temulen turned his back and looked towards Alma.

The decision had been made and there would be no reversal.

It was a rolling stone and all, but there was no one as qualified as this guy.

‘This guy is the first person to treat Alma this well since that shady guy.’

The machine that was originally designed to materialize memory was ‘Alma’.

Since that unlucky man’s visit, Temulen has been forced to open his eyes to a new use for ‘Alma’.

Since then, improvements have been made repeatedly.

However, it was a moment of despair as it was impossible to manipulate people to get close to their souls like back then.

This guy appeared.

This guy looks like he fell from the sky.

‘No, it wasn’t the man who manipulated Alma at that time, but ‘something’ hidden inside the man’s clothes.’

Is there a separate talent for contemplating and manipulating the human soul?

Temulen also considered itself a pioneer in that area.

After meeting that man, and after this guy showed up, I realized that I was at a complete beginner’s level.

Temulen is now at the stage where he has finally realized the existence of the ‘world within’ and is getting a glimpse of it.

Reaching beyond seemed impossible.

no. Perhaps if I contacted the man again and investigated more closely, I might be able to move forward.

And the clue to regression is also…

‘It’s already in the past.’

That won’t happen.

Because the man is dead.

There is nothing more foolish than regretting not having caught a dead person.

Just as Temulen was thinking about this and shaking his head, he heard the sound of footsteps walking out of Alma from behind.

“Well! I’ll try my best!”

“······.”

Leaving behind an entirely untrustworthy answer.

The thing blinked at lightning speed, as if it had disappeared.

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.

.

‘It seems like my physical strength has increased significantly.’

It’s ironic.

Because of my contact with the Underworld God, my body suffered a great deal of damage.

Even the Guardian Knight’s activation was turned off and my stats dropped significantly, but strangely enough, my body did not get tired.

It looks like the basic stats have increased a lot.

If this is the case, how strong will the guardian knight become when he turns on?

Of course, this is still a story about the future that is nothing more than an empty delusion.

“······not there yet?”

“Why are you whining like this? Are you hungry?”

“······Yeah. I might be hungry. How did you know?”

How did you know?

When you’re hungry, you get very irritable, right?

I cut my neck for Mi-jeong, who was riding on my back, and then walked faster.

So where are you headed without stopping?

The White Magic Tower.

Temulen, the magic tower where the sinister old man lives.

‘He was one of those who awakened the vision of the soul.’

I didn’t know it when we met.

‘The world within me’ is also closely related to the soul.

Seeing a soul does not mean that everyone can enter the ‘world inside me’.

At least, it is certain that if you practice the practice, you will have a higher chance of entering the ‘world within me’ or awakening the ability to handle it.

This is what I felt while practicing myself.

If Temulen, who has trained to become an old man whose hair goes from gray to gray, wouldn’t he have reached a higher level than me?

I came to that thought and immediately started on a journey to meet him.

If you are a White Magic Tower lord, you might know how to create a ‘world inside me’.

no. Actually, it doesn’t matter if you don’t know.

If you can give me a clue, that’s enough.

Since the number of people in this world who have opened their eyes to the ‘world inside me’ is so rare in the first place, just sharing a small opinion would be of great help.

“······!”

at that time.

Suddenly, a strange sensation stopped me in my tracks.

“······why?”

“Because something is strange.”

“······I’m sorry. I bit you a little hard.”

“No, not that one.”

It doesn’t really matter whether Mijeong bites hard or weakly.

Should I say that it feels good as I count it?

Anyway, that’s not the problem, the atmosphere around here suddenly changed drastically.

Is it because his ability to control demonic energy improved a lot after visiting the Demon World?

By erasing my existence, the ability itself suffered a blow that was close to extinction.

That experience still remains within me, giving me a sensitive feeling.

“Someone was playing a prank.”

I felt confident after looking at the ground.

There is something around here that I don’t know whether it’s a spell or a barrier.

Although its intensity is still weak, it is difficult to recognize its true identity.

For some reason, the intensity grew exponentially as you went inward, and it was impossible to determine the total amount of magical power that had gone into this gigantic formation.

‘what? Could it be an explosion magic circle that completely destroys this area?’

Could this be a magic circle that was in this area from the beginning?

I just didn’t notice it until now because my level was so low?

There is a possibility, but I judged it to be slim.

It was created relatively recently.

With that intuition, I prepared myself for battle.

The moment you open the scabbard and hold the tang in your hand.

Before Belphegor, who was inside, could make a fuss or something, all of a sudden.

The whole place became dark.

“The Great Devil… I don’t think so. Who is it? Seeing as it’s scattering so much demonic energy, it can’t be a human.”

“Who are you?”

A voice coming from an empty space engulfed in darkness.

But I can’t guess the direction the voice is coming from.

I responded to this loud voice and did my best to understand this awkward situation.

‘It’s not like the darkness or emptiness of the Underworld God.’

This is not fundamental darkness.

Illusion magic that just blinds the eyes.

Only the field of vision is blocked, but the flow of demonic energy and magic power, as well as the sense of touch and hearing, are alive and well.

An ordinary human would have already been unable to fight at this point.

For someone like me who relies more on information from the sixth sense rather than sight, this is not a big limitation.

“······excuse me.”

“I noticed it too.”

“Uh, what?!”

At that time, Mijeong raised her hand and pointed in a certain direction.

Almost at the same time, I also recognized the location of the voice.

The center of this huge magic circle.

She was standing there.

If you figured it out, there’s no need to hesitate.

Immediately, Mijeong and I took our steps and started rushing in a straight line.

“Look, you’re calmer than you look!”

“I’m used to this kind of illusion magic.”

“But what about this? This isn’t genjutsu magic!”

“······?”

That moment.

The dark scenery unfolding around changes.

This place was clearly a green meadow, but in an instant, it turned into a distant cliff right in front of us.

“Huh?”

And the very next moment.

What seemed like a cliff suddenly turned into a sea with rippling waves.

When I open my eyes again, the sea water disappears everywhere and becomes a high sky.

Is it a simple illusion?

no.

My five and sixth senses are telling me otherwise.

I have a similar experience.

When I entered ‘Alma’, it assimilated all my senses and showed me memories of the past.

But this is completely different from then.

This is reality.

Reality, not a hallucination or anything like that.

All my senses are crying out for it.

So how is this possible?

The answer is simple.

A world separate from the real world.

It is clearly the world inside that guy.

“Ahaha! You won’t be able to come to your senses, right? You can’t just fall off a cliff and fall off a cliff for no reason, right? It’s not a hallucination, you’ll really die!”

“How did you do it?”

“Huh? Are you curious? Are you dying of curiosity? But no! I won’t let you out until you tell me who you are and what you came here for. There will be a lot of time anyway. Should we talk again after getting over the 100th death crisis?”

“Here. It’s the world inside you. I’m asking how you can change the world inside you so freely.”

“uh······?!”

The voice laughs leisurely and moves away, then gets closer again.

A look of confusion is evident.

But this side was equally embarrassed.

I have learned how to deal with the ‘world inside me’, but I am still at an immature level.

Although it is possible to destroy something by infinitely expanding it or condensing it, it is impossible to change its interior freely.

But how is this guy changing the world’s scenery so arbitrarily?

“It wasn’t just me and Temulen! That couldn’t have been possible! I thought it was strange that in this wide world, there were only two people who had set foot in this realm! You were one of us!”

“Uh, huh? Hmm, I’m not sure what you’re talking about…”

“Tell me! How are you manipulating this world? I will reward you handsomely! I am practically penniless right now, but even if I am like this, if I regain my existence, I will be the envy of any person with wealth and power!”

“I really don’t know what he’s talking about! This guy is weird! I don’t know!”

“Where are you running away!”

A voice that suddenly becomes disgusted and wants to leave.

I stepped into the blue sky and tried to follow the voice.

And that moment.

“······?”

The empty space where I put my feet was touched.

I looked down and before I knew it, there was cold, icy ground beneath my feet.

When I looked up again, the blue sky in the sky instantly turned into a snowy field with a blizzard.

The world inside me…

no. It is a world that is infinitely similar to that.

Only then did I realize how this guy had freely transformed the world inside.

“I understand now. This is not the world inside you.”

“W-what?”

This is not his inner world.

He wasn’t even at a level far beyond me.

It is simply the embodiment of something that is infinitely similar to the world inside.

Before I knew it, control of the world was in my hands.

The identity of this place begins to be revealed.

Is it inside a magic circle embodied by magic?

There is nothing to be afraid of when it comes to magic.

I immediately took the magic sword, or rather Belphegor’s tang, in my hand and lifted it up.

“There is no need for fakes.”

“······!”

Kagagak!

I feel resistance as Belphegor’s sword cuts through the air.

The empty space split as if a crack appeared in the dimension, leaving a sword mark.

The crack gradually spreads, coloring the surrounding area.

It has already become an uncontrollable wave of destruction, spreading endlessly throughout this world.

The shallow world made of magic was shattered in an instant and fell to pieces.

“Whoa…”

The magic circle stopped working.

A peaceful field spreads out around me, as if everything that had just happened was a lie.

And the girl raised in front of me.

I faced the girl who was sitting down, probably because her legs had lost strength.

“who are you?”

“Huh…”

A large hat.

And a thick chain and lock on top of the hat.

In addition, a blue flame like a will-o’-the-wisp light floating next to it…

What is this guy really?