episode_0329

It was truly a strange dream.

What should I say? Rather than a dream, it felt like watching some video medium. It feels like my consciousness is still alive and the screen is being played from a first-person perspective.

Could this be a lucid dream?

The content of the lucid dream I experienced for the first time in my life was really simple.

Just stumbling along the forest path.

That was it.

Then, suddenly, my vision went black and my eyes opened.

“Write…”

Anyone who has ever dreamed will know. No matter what kind of dream you had, the memory was clear at that moment, but even a few minutes after waking up, the memory began to volatilize, and even the memory of having dreamed would fade after just an hour or two.

However, the memory of that dream was very clearly embedded in my mind.

Even after completing physical training and training with Gyeongunmusimgong, which involved concentrating all my mind, I could still remember it vividly.

Could it be that the memories in my body were awakened upon arriving at Yeonghwi Mountain?

It was something worth thinking about.

“Then we will continue the search today.”

“Let’s do that.”

But I moved like yesterday.

Certainly, the phenomenon itself was unusual… but the content seen within the phenomenon itself was very dull. Because I couldn’t change my schedule just because I had a lucid dream.

Then, did this lucid dreamer have a fever?

That night, he showed me even more provocative content.

Unlike the night before, the memories were just fragments. A scene passed where two masters collided, showing off their mind-boggling power, and then a scene where a woman was covering me. I also rode around the mountain path on the back of a man who seemed to be the guardian of my memories.

Scenes, sometimes urgent and sometimes peaceful, continued to pass by. Throughout the whole process, all the characters appeared only as shadows.

daily. crash. daily. conflict. daily. getaway.

It was literally a moment. In terms of time, fragments of memory that lasted only a few seconds at most were constantly replayed.

and.

“Senior! Senior!”

I opened my eyes.

When I opened my eyes, my vision was filled with the face of a black cat looking at me with concern. I was momentarily distracted by the extra-standard beauty, then stood up.

“Senior, are you okay?”

“Ahh….”

As I habitually wiped my face, my hands became filled with unpleasant moisture. He must have had cold sweat on his face.

“Phew…”

“You seemed to be sleeping later than usual, so I came in to wake you up…”

“It’s okay. thanks. It’s a black cat.”

Actually, it wasn’t okay at all, but I tried to smile. I wiped the cold sweat off my sleeve and went outside. My companions looked at me as if wondering what was going on, but when I smiled and nodded to indicate that it was okay, they reluctantly resumed training.

I also prepared my training supplies and slowly trained my body.

After sweating hot sweat, which was different from cold sweat, my mind became a little clearer.

As I moved my body, I recalled the fragments of memories that remained clearly in my mind, just like yesterday.

I’m not sure what these people want to tell me, but one thing has become clear.

This was a memory of Hocheonan from my childhood.

The evidence was in the fragments of my memory.

Memories of falling. And broken fingers. A pair of man and woman running in surprise. The woman who was squeezing my hand gave me a splint.

The image of the bent fingers was so vivid that it would not have been strange even if the tendon in the left hand was cut.

And this body had a trait called [Severed Tendon].

Even the injured area was completely identical to the left hand, so there was no room for doubt.

“Fuuu….”

After finishing my physical training, I took a deep breath and sighed heavily.

Why on earth do the memories of Hocheonan come back to me now? Arriving at Yeonghwi Mountain? Are buried memories coming to the surface because they were stimulated while walking around Yeonghwi Mountain?

My mind was naturally complicated, but there was only one action I had to take.

I had to find the place where young Ho Cheon-an lived.

It was only a fragmentary memory, but unlike yesterday, there were quite a few elements that made it possible to specify the location.

“I think I remembered a little bit.”

I explained the parts of the dream in as much detail as possible, and my companions listened to the explanation and then started searching.

Isn’t “ nearby?”

“The conditions seem to meet here too.”

While searching for a suspicious area in Mt. Yeonghwi with my group.

I finally found the location of the problem.

It was just a place that could be found anywhere on any mountain. A place where the rock wall is lightly covered with soil that has flowed down due to rain and wind, and various weeds are blooming on the little bit of soil.

Today, while riding Yeonghwisan Mountain, I have seen countless places like this, but somehow I felt this place.

I felt like this was the place I was looking for.

As if I was possessed, I approached the rock wall and placed my finger on it. And then I pressed it hard.

I don’t know why I do this, but somehow I feel like I have to. My companions watched me in silence, and I groped the rock wall, pressing here and there.

“Can I just remove the rock wall?”

I, who was groping the wall as if possessed, came to my senses when I heard Dang So-yeol’s question.

“Hmm….”

“It’s okay. Because there are countless things in the world that cannot be explained in words. After all, aren’t you looking for something on this rock wall? In that case, the correct search method would be to pull out the grass and remove the dirt.”

Before I could say anything, the party members moved. Tang So-yeol, who usually complained about all sorts of things just by climbing the mountain, took an active role and everyone in the group started to move.

The grass was pulled and the dirt was removed.

I also watched it and joined in the work without saying a word.

It was around this time that half of the rock wall was peeled off.

“Look here.”

Hyeok Kirin discovered something.

Half an inch. No, is it half of half? What looked like a very short, sharp cut needle was stuck in the rock wall.

“It’s metal. That is also quite precious.”

Hyeok Kirin questioned the diagnosis of blacksmith Tang So-yeol.

“Can something like this… be naturally embedded?”

“In nature, such metal fragments can exist in rocks. The rock wall may become dented and exposed. But this spit-like thing was definitely created artificially by someone.”

Tang So-yeon naturally looked around and said.

“It seems like there is something there. Let’s take a closer look.”

The group nodded and dispersed. A situation where even a small clue was found. It was time for everyone to become more motivated to search the walls.

“…Senior?”

I approach the wall.

Kuuk.

I placed my palm on the spit.

I felt a stinging pain and bleeding. I stayed like that and waited for a response. I felt my companions stop moving and take notice of my actions.

In fact, my actions just now were not rational at all.

I just instinctively placed my palm as if I had traced the bedrock when I discovered this place earlier.

How long had he been touching his palm like that? Someone let out a quiet exclamation.

“Ah….”

Before I knew it, there was a stone gate in front of me instead of a rock wall.

Everyone held their breath at the severity of this formation.

Even though there are many transcendental masters, Hyeok Kirin, who should be considered a fire fighter, is so extreme that he does not feel any sense of incongruity even though he is searching right in front of the Jinbeop.

“….I should open it, right?”

Everyone exchanged glances at Hyukkirin’s question, then drew their weapons and took their seats. The stone gate is large enough for an adult to barely pass through.

I too slowly pushed the stone door to the side, ready to respond to any unexpected situation at any time.

Grrrgh!

As soon as I opened the stone gate, despite the border, the view inside came into view.

And the first thing that caught my eye was a skeleton with only bones left.

“Um.”

“Umm…”

A skeleton lying in the same position as if someone inside was preventing it from going out. The skeleton was holding a sword, so it must have been a martial artist.

I took my eyes off the skeleton that had caught my attention for a moment and looked at the foreground.

I saw a house that seemed to be the right size for a family to live in, and a vegetable garden with weeds and various vegetables growing in a tangled mess, probably because it had been neglected for a long time.

On one side, two burial mounds that appeared to be tombs were also visible.

The next thing that caught my eye was a place that looked like an altar.

Although it was damaged as if a fight had taken place, there were traces of several engraved inscriptions on the floor centered around a platform that could only be described as having been some kind of ceremony.

No matter how you look at it, there was no trace of anyone for a long time, but the group did not relax their tension.

It must be because of the memories from the lottery system.

In the end, while searching with peace of mind, I was caught by Jeong-cheol, and an unknown elderly man was hiding inside where I thought no one was.

It was natural that it was not easy to relax in this similar environment of a house in Jinbeop.

The group continued their exploration cautiously. As I waded through waist-high weeds, I narrowed my focus to the house, assessing each danger.

“Ho Rongin, do you remember anything?”

“…I think this is the place I saw in my dream.”

It matched the places I had seen in various places. My group and I opened the few doors one by one to check one last time.

“Sir, there is a strange place here!”

Everyone moved to surround the black cat’s room at the slightly surprised remark. Everyone was fully prepared, and the black cat swallowed dryly, grabbed the doorknob, and opened the door wide.

“What is that light coming out of…?”

“The light in the picture…?”

Everyone muttered in bewilderment. This was because the scenery in the room was so foreign.

however.

Even if we combine all the embarrassing emotions of the group, will they be able to match the intense emotions felt at this moment?

LED ceiling lights that emit artificial bright light.

A keyboard and mouse that emits light in a variety of colors according to the entered pattern.

and.

The monitor that was transmitting the window screen of the game Murim World and the PC Talk screen displayed next to it caught my eye.

A room in a house.

The scene of my studio was unfolding there.