Episode 1129
When I think back, I think I’ve had questions about the word death since I was very young.
Of course, that doesn’t mean he was particularly precocious.
I was just curious.
Why is the amusement park I was planning to go to if I got 100 points on this dictation test burning brightly on the TV screen?
Why is there such a bouquet of white flowers on the desk of the friend sitting next to me who I played with until just yesterday?
And it didn’t take long to find out the truth.
Death, destruction, sadness and anger.
Hunters and monsters, gates remaining all over the world and a war that is not over yet.
It was just that kind of era.
An era of chaos, where truths so huge and terrible that nothing can stop them are constantly overflowing.
I quickly understood.
The image of my parents changing TV channels with stern faces and the meaning contained in the pure white bouquet of flowers placed on my friend’s desk.
However, the words of my kindergarten teacher, who described the absence of a friend as a ‘long journey’, left me with an even bigger question.
Regardless of the fact that it was an adult’s own consideration, the thoughts in my head continued one after another.
Why do people die?
Where do you go when you die?
If you really went on a trip, does the world beyond death really exist?
Even after a long time had passed, there was no one who could answer questions like these.
It was natural.
Those who leave have nothing to say.
That’s why I wanted to find the answer to this question from someone who is dead but not dead.
‘Hey, Golgol.’
‘For such an insignificant human being to call this body by such a vulgar name. ‘Can’t you see this brilliant crown?’
‘Should I make it so I can’t see anything?’
‘… … Why did you call me? ‘Just tell me your business.’
I believed it deep down.
I thought Golgol, or rather the Skeleton King, would be able to solve my long-standing question.
But trust was often betrayed.
‘It’s the afterlife, I don’t know why you’re asking me that.’
‘That’s true.’
‘Yeah, I don’t know anything. I don’t even remember my life before death, so is it any different after death? I just woke up in the dark and it looked like this.’
It was ironic.
Even the undead who have already overcome death and are resurrected do not know the world beyond death.
Eventually I gave up looking for an answer.
To be exact, it was postponed.
Because someday you will find out.
Even if I don’t want it, death will hide in the shadows, patiently waiting for its right moment, and devour everything.
as soon as.
Like this moment.
Saaaaa.
It becomes blurred and becomes distant.
The sky was finally slowly clearing, and the faces looking down at me.
The cries they let out and the unquenched battle cries.
The past that was difficult to overcome, the fleeting moments that passed by.
All those things.
‘ah.’
With my voice no longer flowing, I sank helplessly.
Into the pitch black darkness.
To the swamp of death that pulls my soul with force.
At the same time, in a gap of time that felt like eternity, I heard someone’s voice echoing like an auditory hallucination.
– Open your eyes.
That moment.
Wow.
A beam of light, unknown where or how it appeared, tore through the darkness and illuminated the world.
Suddenly, everything has changed, a new world.
* * *
I blinked blankly.
And I thought as I looked at the scene unfolding before my eyes.
‘Where am I?’
It was truly a vast, endless gray-white space so vast that even the expression vast was meaningless.
The horizon drawn in the distance was blurry, and when I looked up, there was a ceiling in the sky that was higher than the sky and felt distant.
It feels like I’m trapped in one huge box.
But strangely enough, I wasn’t afraid.
Just looking at this infinite, empty space was enough to evoke an inexplicable sense of awe.
okay.
The answer to my long-standing question was right here.
Although it was a completely different scene than I had imagined.
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“hmm. This can be happen.”
“… … !”
At the sound of a voice coming from behind without any sign of recognition, I instinctively twisted my body and took a step back, keeping my eyes on the uninvited guest standing a few steps away.
“… … you are.”
There was no time to be surprised by the new fact that voices were flowing.
The unexpected appearance of an uninvited guest, or rather an old man, was so shocking that it could not even be compared to him.
However, unlike me, the old man opened his mouth in a calm tone.
“Do you know who I am?”
I nodded and answered calmly.
“Reaper?”
“… … .”
“Oh, isn’t it?”
The old man, who was silent for a moment, shook his head.
“Think what you like. “It’s not that important.”
“Well, it’s very important to me.”
“Why are you worried that you might be dragged to hell?”
“Honestly, yes.”
“You must have committed a lot of sins.”
“… … well.”
I smiled bitterly at the old man, whom I had no idea who he was.
I’ve often thought about it.
I wonder if all the enemies I’ve defeated so far were really people who deserved to die like that.
I wonder if the mountains of corpses and rivers of blood that I have piled up with my own two hands can be replaced by the lives of those who survived because of me.
‘Maybe I am the one who deserves to go to hell more than anyone else.’
It was a time when I thought about it in my mind.
“You’re worried for no reason. “Hell is not an easy place to get to.”
The old man’s deeply sunken eyes stared at me.
As if you could see through my inner thoughts.
“Of course, the people you miss won’t be there either.”
“… … !”
“Actually, isn’t that what you’re most worried about? “Even when I die, I won’t be able to meet them.”
I was momentarily speechless, looked at the old man as stiff as a stone statue, and barely managed to squeeze out a voice.
“Wait. “Maybe this?”
“Oh, I’m sorry. “Stop without even realizing it.”
In fact, the answer is no different from acknowledging my guess.
The old man shrugged his shoulders at me, who couldn’t find anything to say for a moment.
“Well, that’s how it happened.”
“It was strange from the beginning, but it was real.”
“It’s a fairly common occurrence. It could not be true. “It’s easy to think of it as just such a case.”
It was something that could never be made simple or comfortable, but now, strangely enough, I was able to acknowledge and accept it.
I don’t even know who the owner of that hallucinatory voice that woke me up just before I opened my eyes in this unknown space.
“It’s nice that you have a clear ear for words.”
I looked again at the old man, who now reads thoughts as naturally as breathing.
Long ginseng without a single speck of dust on it and a beard that has grown long enough to touch the floor.
And for some reason, it felt familiar.
“if… … Have we met before?”
The old man who was thinking deeply about something answered the carefully asked question.
“Maybe so, maybe not.”
“yes?”
“This is the best answer I can give. This side has its own circumstances. “I already went overboard and helped them.”
“What do you mean, I helped you?”
“Find the answer to that question yourself. There isn’t as much time as I thought… … “Let’s get started first.”
I wanted to ask the old man.
What on earth are you talking about now, and what should we start with?
But at that very moment, the blurred vision of the old man was enough to erase all the tangled thoughts in my head at once.
Pot.
I couldn’t see it or even feel it.
A speed that leaves no afterimage.
When I turned the watch, the sight of the old man, who had jumped over the distance of only a few steps in one go and occupied the back, was dyeing my vision black.
puck!
The sight before my eyes becomes dizzying, and at the same time, my legs feel weak.
It was my first time.
Such a quick and accurate attack.
But even though there was no longer any reason to fight, I followed my instinct and stretched out my hand, forcibly blocking my bent leg.
Hwareuk, puheoeuung!
The gray-white space was covered with ultramarine blue flames.
And before I could even think about why I had the power of air, a unique, calm voice rang out through the blazing heat.
“It’s called Fire God, it’s an excellent martial art.”
“… … “How do you do that?”
“Didn’t I tell you? “Just think simply and accept it.”
Wow.
The flame splits as soon as the answer is given.
The old man, who had blown away the heat from his flames as if extinguishing a candle, winked at me with a hand gesture that did not even make a gesture.
“Now, try as hard as you can. “The annihilation divine power is good, and the burning fire divine power is even better.”
“… … !”
“Ah, just exclude Ilseom (一殲). “Not for me, but for you.”
Is this what it feels like to be possessed by a ghost?
I was at a loss for words and could only stare blankly at the ghost, or rather the old man.
Of course, the old man did not allow even that fleeting moment.
Suddenly!
When and how did it move?
The new form of the old man, who was standing tall in the fading flames, suddenly penetrated my square, and the intangible energy carried by the gently lowered blade of the hand crossed my chest.
The skin cut off like tofu, sharp enough to let out a scream one beat later.
Puhwaak!
A fountain of blood gushed out. At the same time, a distant pain that I thought I could no longer feel came flooding back to me.
Along with the fear that I had forgotten for a while.
‘If it continues like this… … Die.’
It was truly a strange thing.
Even though I’ve already died once, I’m thinking about death again.
But for me now, such questions were a luxury.
Because I had to struggle with all my might in front of that overwhelming power that seemed to destroy not only my body but also my soul.
“Yes, that’s right. “It looks like you’re finally understanding the situation.”
When I saw the old man nodding his head, clearly looking into his inner thoughts, a curse word came out without me realizing it.
“You crazy old bastard.”
“Thank you for the compliment.”
“you… … “What on earth?”
“Well, maybe it’s your grandfather.”
The old man, who smiled faintly for the first time, extended his hand towards me, who was momentarily speechless with an unexpected expression.
No, more accurately, I stuck it out.
A spear suddenly appeared out of thin air.
“Take it. “Even if I die, shouldn’t I try to make a proper struggle at least once?”
Wow.
I gritted my teeth.
Then, he slowly grabbed the spear that flew across the space and opened his mouth as if chewing it and spitting it out.
“You are dead.”
The old man answered.
“Please return to paradise.”
That moment.
Sigh!
A dazzling flash of light crossed the vast gray-white space.
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