Chapter 459 – Change.
What is that?
This is the thought that came to mind as soon as I saw it.
What the heck is it?
Whoosh whoosh!
My whole body is engulfed in flames and burning.
There is something subtle about the sight of it burning madly with blue flames.
What the heck is that?
Woof-!
“!”
Inyoung’s arm moves.
Seeing that, Cheonjon grabbed his sword.
‘this….’
The moment he realized this, his face crumpled with extreme vigilance.
The reason is none other than this.
He himself was on guard.
To that unknown something. To myself.
Kwak-!
Energy surged from the sword he held and from his body.
The pupils move. The position of the gaze is where the bastard was just lying.
‘does not exist.’
I clearly remember the sharp sensation of being stabbed in the heart.
A fatal blow that would have definitely killed him instantly. It’s a wound that no human could ever survive.
‘…What happened?’
The blood that was shed, and the traces that were left when he fell.
Nothing remained.
How can it be so clean?
Hwaruk-!
The Heavenly Lord turns his head towards the rising flames.
The more I look at it, the more I wonder. How on earth is that thing alive?
No, from the beginning.
‘Is that the kid?’
I had to start by questioning whether the young man I had killed was really ‘that’.
The feeling is different.
It means that the feeling you get is completely different.
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I was able to learn a lot from the aura that the Heavenly King possessed, which was maximized beyond his level.
From the bets he makes to his unique movements and heartbeat.
Now that I understand everything, I can tell the difference.
That’s it.
‘…What is it?’
Even the Heavenly King could not know.
I can’t hear a heartbeat and I can’t smell any scent.
Not being able to hear a sound means you’ve reached death.
It is questionable how a human being can stand and move so brazenly.
‘From the beginning… .’
Are humans right?
If it’s not human, what should we call it?
A word suddenly flashed through Cheonjon’s mind.
‘A monster?’
Yeah, a monster.
In the eyes of the Heavenly Lord, that thing looked more like a monster than a human. A cold sweat ran down the Heavenly Lord’s wrinkled cheek.
Feeling that, he swung his sword.
Shhhhh!
Crunch-!
A sharp blade flew in and cut off Inyoung’s arm.
Then, with a thud, my arm falls to the floor.
Inyoung just glanced at her fallen arm without doing anything.
Inyoung, who had been quietly looking at her arm, slowly turns her head and looks at Cheonjon again.
What the heck, is that all?
It would be better if you didn’t rebel.
Thinking like that, Cheonjon tried to shoot his sword energy at his neck this time.
Brrrrrr… .
“…?”
Sensing something strange, Cheonjon looked at the hand holding the sword.
“…What?”
Only then could I see it.
Of course, it’s black, but his own body is shaking little by little.
My arms are shaking.
Not only my arms, but my whole body was shaking.
Why? Why am I shaking all of a sudden?
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Cheonjon tried to calm him down by turning the bet around, but it wasn’t easy.
What is going on?
The Heavenly Lord, who had been wondering, soon bit his lips.
Because I realized why my body reacts this way.
His own body was feeling fear.
The moment he thought of that, the face of the Heavenly Lord distorted like an evil spirit. He was feeling fear?
It’s ridiculous.
How can you feel fear from a being that you don’t know, not even the Heavenly Horse, the Sword Lord, or the Paejon or the Sword Saint?
That’s impossible.
It is so humiliating to feel.
Gurrrrung-!
The energy that emanates from the body of the Heavenly Lord soars into the sky, creating dark clouds.
He couldn’t stand it. Since he had been given ‘permission’, there was no need to hesitate, so the Heavenly Lord swung his sword again with energy.
The tremors were still there, but it was no problem to overcome them.
A book containing the enlightenment of a warrior who has transcended the level.
A sword filled with overwhelming power flies through the air towards Inyoung. Its target is her neck.
No matter how unidentified it is, if its neck is cut off, it will die.
With that thought in mind, the Heavenly Lord launched an attack. A huge sword energy shattered the ground and shot straight ahead.
Paaaaaaaah-!
A loud noise erupts and the forest shakes.
The moment when Inyoung was expected to grow up as she was swept away by that distant sound.
Tsk tsk.
A sudden change appears in Inyoung’s appearance.
Cracks slowly began to appear at the corners of Inyoung’s mouth.
Kyaaaaaaaaaaah-!
Let out a tremendous roar.
Kwaaaaaaaaaa-!!
That wasn’t all.
As he shouted, the wind pressure burst out and the surroundings began to collapse. The Heavenly Lord’s sword energy was scattered along with the sound, and even the dark clouds created by the Heavenly Lord were pushed away and disappeared due to the influence of the wind pressure.
“…!”
Cheonjon tries to deal with the sudden reaction.
Phew-!
Inyoung rushed towards Cheonjon, surrounded by blue flames.
It’s a tremendous speed.
Whether Inyoung jumped in with just her strength or not, the ground she kicked away was shattered into pieces.
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The Heavenly Lord holds the sword diagonally.
The speed was fast, but not so fast that it was unresponsive.
Just as I was about to lower my sword.
The Heavenly Lord’s eyes widened and filled with shock as he saw the one rushing towards him.
This is because the arm that he had cut off just before had grown back healthy.
Was that why?
The Heavenly King was unable to properly deal with the attack.
Inyoung’s attack hits Cheonjon’s shoulder directly.
Immediately after that.
Kuuuuuuuuung-!
A loud noise erupted and blue flames spread in all directions.
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Tsk tsk tsk-!
I hear something breaking next to my ear.
What’s broken? I tried hard to see, but I couldn’t.
Because I couldn’t see anything in front of my eyes.
Is it because my eyes are closed? I don’t think so.
It just felt like the entire space I was in was dark.
It’s so dark all around that you can’t see anything even if you try.
In that unknown space.
Tsk tsk tsk-!
I had to keep hearing the sound of something breaking.
‘what.’
Swish-! Swish!
It sounded like something was breaking. Or like something was being forcibly ripped off.
I don’t know what it was, but it wasn’t something I wanted to keep hearing.
Knock knock-!
Try covering your ears with your hands.
Fortunately, my hand moved. I tried to block it out with this, but the sound was not blocked.
Damn.
‘ah.’
Rather, it sounds even clearer.
I could tell when I heard that.
This means that the sound is not coming from outside.
This wasn’t outside. It was a sound coming from inside me.
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So, the more you cover your ears and close your eyes, the clearer you will hear.
Swish-swish-!
I’m getting annoyed by the incessant noise.
What the hell is this noise? There’s no noise like this.
I didn’t mean to, but I kept frowning.
‘…Shut up. Be quiet.’
Even though I screamed inside, the sound did not stop.
Instead, he just makes an even louder noise as if he was stimulated.
‘Fuck.’
Finally, he spat out a curse.
How come I hear something like this?
No, from the beginning.
Why am I here?
I don’t know. I don’t remember anything.
To be honest, it was noisy, but I just wanted to float around like that.
I didn’t want to do anything. I didn’t want to think about anything.
What were you thinking originally?
I don’t remember, but judging by the way my stomach feels queasy, it’s probably not something I really want to think about.
‘…Just like this…’
If you hate it this much, why don’t you just stay still? I felt comfortable.
I try to let my body go with the flow while thinking like that.
Jeez-!
“Huh!?”
I crouched down as I heard the sounds one after another.
This time, I felt not only the sound but also an incredible amount of pain inside my body.
“Ugh… Huh… .”
It was so painful that I let out a dry scream without realizing it.
Tsk tsk tsk tsk-!
The impact becomes more intense as the sound grows louder.
It wasn’t at a level where I could just hold out and say no.
I would faint right now if I could.
Why does it hurt so much? Why am I in pain?
“Ugh… Ugh… .”
My stomach is turning.
It was only after enduring the pain again and again that I began to understand a little bit.
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Why is this crazy pain coming from inside me?
‘bowl….’
This is the feeling of a bowl breaking. A thought crossed my mind without me realizing it.
Memories are gradually coming back to me.
The point where the god said that his vessel was at its limit. The point in the past where he said that he wouldn’t be able to last many years without medicine.
I wondered why these came to mind together, but when I saw this, I thought that my current feeling was related to my bowl.
That makes me even more curious.
‘why?’
Why did this situation suddenly unfold?
Why did the dishes start breaking all of a sudden?
Why was I in a place like this?
I tried to force myself to remember, but I couldn’t.
All that comes to mind is an unknown fear and a feeling of suffocation, along with an eerie pain.
thud-!
“Ugh.”
I curled up again at the vibrations that burst out from inside my body.
At the same time.
Hwaruk-!
Suddenly, fireworks lit up everywhere, illuminating the pitch-black darkness.
My vision suddenly brightens where I couldn’t see anything, and it hurts my eyes.
But, even so, it could not be avoided.
“What is this?”
Because something so absurd was unfolding before my eyes that I couldn’t take my eyes off it.
Woohoo.
In the brightened field of vision, a huge sphere was visible floating.
In terms of size, it’s about the size of a house.
Is it blue?
Or maybe purple?
Or maybe a deep red.
I don’t know.
Even though the colors had a strong presence, I had a hard time recognizing them.
What should I say about this?
Even if I look, I still don’t know.
To be exact, that sphere looked like a breaking ‘egg’ to my eyes.
An egg with cracks here and there, gradually breaking into pieces and falling to the floor.
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It seemed that way at first glance.
What is this? I was just staring blankly, wondering what that egg was.
Jeez-!
Suddenly a sound is heard from the egg.
It was the sound that kept ringing in my ears.
It definitely felt like it was coming from inside my body, but this time it started coming from the egg.
I was wondering why it was like that.
“Ugh…!”
As the egg cracks open, the shock surges inside the body again.
I thought, my eyes reddening with a familiar pain.
‘This… No way.’
I hold onto my throbbing danjeon and stare at the giant egg in front of me.
An egg that is cracking and breaking.
The pain that rushes in and out of that place. What you can tell when you see this is.
“… Is this my bowl?”
Does that mean that the egg is the shape of the vessel in my body? I’m not sure, but I have a feeling that it might be so.
Thud thud thud.
Pieces gradually falling from the egg.
A crack appears in the floor, and a strange liquid is seen flowing through it.
At first glance, it looked like ordinary water, but the rich texture felt very foreign.
Just looking at it makes me feel rough, uncomfortable, and stuffy.
The sight of it slowly breaking apart was so unsettling.
‘What should I do?’
I look at the egg, leaving my danjeon where I feel pain.
Didn’t you say that if that breaks I’ll die?
If that’s the case, then it should have been stopped.
I shouldn’t have let that break.
There was still a lot of work to be done… .
“…what should I do?”
I pause for a moment as I think about it.
What am I supposed to do? Why am I here?
or not.
What were you doing just now?
I feel dizzy.
Nothing came to mind. I just moved forward mechanically.
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Is it instinct or an unknown foolishness?
It seemed like my body was trying to somehow prevent that egg from breaking.
I reached out.
To try to close any gap that may be opening up.
Will this stop it?
It didn’t matter if it wasn’t true.
I felt like I had to do something about this now.
Just before the fingertips, which were trembling slowly, touched the egg.
“… That damn brat, he really does need a lot of work. Tsk tsk.”
I had to stop myself when I heard a voice from behind me.
The moment when my body froze stiffly.
Sararararak-!
Along with the fragrant scent of flowers, numerous flower petals poured out from below.
The petals that appeared began to fly through the air and circle around the egg, then began to embrace the sphere.
The crimson leaves gave off a sense of sacredness even at first glance.
It has a subtle fragrance and a warm feeling.
I caught a falling petal and checked it.
Plum leaves.
This was a plum leaf.
It feels familiar. Where have I felt this before… .
Paaaak-!
“Ugh!”
My head bows down due to the sudden shock to the back of my head.
He grabbed the back of his head and turned around with a distorted face.
There stood the figure who had hit the back of my head.
An old man with white hair, dressed in a pure white uniform, was stroking my palm and glaring at me.
He is an old man with sharp eyes and a rather ill-tempered appearance.
He didn’t look to be more than seven feet tall, and he had a thin body compared to his height.
What? I look at the old man fiercely, and the old man sighs deeply and speaks to me.
“Tsk tsk… That rotten guy. He always causes trouble no matter what he does, so in the end, this old man ends up having to do something.”
An old man grumbling as if he doesn’t like it.
Hearing that voice and tone, I found myself calling him out.
“… Noya…?”
Oh my god.
The old man was Shin Noya.
