032. Channeling (2)
“Lowering!”
“Are you okay, sir?”
The young prince, who was showing off the stunt of stabbing his sword and supporting his body on top of a rampaging monster as if it were a rodeo, let out a deep breath.
“It’s okay… “It’s okay.”
Kurt stuck his tongue out. From the time he walked around the training ground, he thought he wasn’t an ordinary human, but where did that guy who sticks his sword into the back of an opponent’s neck until they die come from?
Besides, look. Those calm eyes, as if there was nothing.
Anyone who sees him will think that he is a veteran who is well-versed in subjugating seawater.
Rather, Sir Martha, the leader of the knights, was tearing off the unpleasant tentacle-like things that were wrapped around the prince’s body with his hands, with a pale, exhausted face.
Where has all the momentum that he used to beat the Sangju Knight gone and is he now in such a mess like a dog that lost its owner? Could that be solved by hand?
Kurt raised his sword and cut off several tough tentacles that were pulling the prince’s body.
I don’t know what happened, but it ended anyway. She thought so.
So when the prince’s body suddenly fell forward, Kurt did not immediately realize what had happened.
“… Lowering?”
Sir Martha, who had taken Prince Mores, who suddenly collapsed into his arms, called out to him in despair. After examining the prince’s condition for a moment, his voice became desperate.
“Lowering!”
Kurt, who sensed an unusual energy, quickly cut off the remaining tentacles and knelt towards him.
“What happened, Sir Martha?”
“Lord Kurt… … .”
Sir Martha’s face, looking up at him, was empty, as if his soul had been drained from him.
“… “He is not breathing.”
* * *
[Lee Seong-jin… … .]
It was a call he could never ignore.
[Lee Seong-jin… … .]
Before Seongjin could even recognize it, he responded to the sound.
No, it wasn’t a response, it was just that his soul automatically responded to it. It’s like you reflexively listen to a voice calling you without being conscious of it.
Boom.
He felt a strange sense of floating, and his consciousness quickly became disconnected from reality. A dull sensation as if you were submerged in water and looking up at the sky beyond a huge water curtain.
-Lowering?
It felt like I heard Masain’s voice ringing in my ears, but it quickly became distant.
His vision suddenly became distorted, and for a moment his soul began to be helplessly sucked somewhere else.
uh… I think I’m a bit screwed up, huh?
Seongjin realized that his soul had left Mores’ body. Compared to the fear of being exorcised by a high-ranking priest or a holy emperor in the past, it was a meaningless ending that would make one sigh.
This easy?
No matter how possessed it is, is it possible for the soul to escape the body so easily?
Passing through thick clouds and warm fog at incredible speeds, his soul was already flying in the dark night sky.
The sound of music is heard from somewhere. The small notes, which looked like a music box or a xylophone, suddenly became five different lines and began to stretch out. Seongjin couldn’t tell whether he was listening or watching.
[Lee Seong-jin… … .]
The faint sound calling him continues.
I don’t know how to get back to Mores anyway, so let’s focus on what’s at hand for now. When Seongjin made that decision and listened to the voice, the soul that responded to his will now started running at an incredibly fast speed.
He flew like a star through a cluster of stars. The stars twinkling in the distance suddenly begin to lengthen like the teeth of a comb.
Even though he was flying directly, Seongjin felt dumbfounded. It must be a lot further away than it looks, so it might stretch like this. He doesn’t have much expertise in physics or astronomy, but if this were space, he would already be flying at a speed far exceeding the speed of light.
After all, I don’t need to study or anything. When you die, everything becomes clear.
How much time has passed?
The last star that had been sparsely connected disappeared, and now his soul was floating in an infinitely deep, black space. Seongjin’s soul trembled with an instinctive fear that his very existence would disappear.
It wasn’t that there was darkness there, it was just black because there was nothing there. Was complete absence this heartbreakingly cold?
If it weren’t for the faint light surrounding his soul, if it weren’t for that call that seemed to be cut off but continued, Seongjin’s soul might have lost its strength, frozen, and shattered at any moment.
And there it was.
A small light that looks dangerous, like a candle that will go out at any moment.
[Lee Seong-jin… … .]
The small soul, which now looked like a handful of dust, was blinking red and occasionally sighing Lee Seong-jin’s name.
okay. There is no one else worthy of a name other than this one.
Seongjin, who felt a little sorry for the unsightly appearance that looked as if it would fly away at any moment, carefully cupped the demon king’s soul with both hands.
Well, I don’t know if it would be okay to call this a hand since it doesn’t have a body.
[this… Seongjin?]
Suddenly enveloped in unexpected warmth, its soul quickly blinked a faint red light. A strange feeling was conveyed.
[uh.]
[Lee Seong-jin?]
[okay.]
[Really Lee Seong-jin?]
You bastard, if you call me one more time, I will throw you away.
The demon king’s soul trembled for a moment, as if his vicious will had been conveyed. And then the next thing he said was this.
[Why are you here?]
What man? Is that what the person who called me here would say?
However, a feeling as if he was about to cry came from the Demon King’s soul.
[You should call me there! What are you going to do if you get summoned here?]
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[ruined. Now we are finished.]
So why are you calling me so non-stop? I was just fine and then suddenly flew away.
The Demon King whimpered at Seongjin’s grumbling.
[I couldn’t help it. This is a space of nothingness where everything disappears in an instant. If there was no Seonghwang Barrier, I would have disappeared the moment I flew here.]
It means that the spirit was maintained thanks to the success. Seongjin nodded his head, looking at the group of white lights surrounding him. This is the barrier.
Of course, blowing this guy here was a success, but it seems like he’s just grateful now, so there’s no need to remind him.
[Now you are the only one holding my soul. So I had to constantly remind myself by repeating your name. Otherwise, my soul would have scattered long ago.]
[…] … .]
[I don’t know how long I’ve been here. The concept of time also becomes strange here.]
So I kept crying. The Demon King did not speak, but Seongjin could feel what he had swallowed. He remembered the sad cries he sometimes heard in his sleep, and he felt a little sad.
And surprisingly, the words the Demon King spoke one after another were an apology to Seongjin.
[sorry. I didn’t mean to drag you in on purpose.]
[uh… … .]
For a moment, Seongjin didn’t know what to answer. I thought this guy would say ‘I won’t go alone, kehehehe’ and just set fire and stick around.
However, the only emotion conveyed by the devil bastard is pure guilt.
In the end, Seongjin gave a cursory response like, “Oh, well,” and immediately closed his mouth. The two wandered around in the dark space in silence for a while.
Surprisingly, the immense fear of being overwhelmed by the emptiness that I felt when I first came here felt somewhat diluted just by having someone to talk to. Seongjin, who was blankly watching the demon king’s soul occasionally blinking with red light, suddenly muttered to himself.
[What will happen to Mores if I fly here like this?]
[Since the soul is gone, wouldn’t it have been like death?]
Ah, yes. He’s really dead. I feel a bit sorry for Sir Martha and Sir Kurt who followed me as escorts.
As I was thinking that, my mind strangely became calm.
The demon lord seemed to have felt the same way.
[It was originally planned to be like this from the beginning. Our souls would have flown here, wrapped in karma. They must have scattered like that and met complete death.]
[uh. I see.]
It was said that Gehenna’s fire suddenly evolved and was brought to the original world. At first, I vaguely remember talking about the Demon King flying into the Void and something like that.
[We have not yet completely left the original world where Mores was. This place is similar to the border between the dimension and the void.]
Although no one was listening, the Demon King suddenly lowered his voice and whispered.
[I didn’t know this when I came here, but in fact, I think the main dimension where Delcross belongs will soon be in great danger.]
What does that mean all of a sudden?
Could it be that the Gate to the Demon World opens like Sigurd’s District 34?
However, the Demon King’s explanation that followed was a bit serious.
[High-ranking demon kings and monarchs of alien dimensions are paying attention to this place. Sometimes I feel scary eyes staring intently at Delcross.]
The Demon King’s soul trembles with fear.
According to his explanation, the spirits of the protagonists of the gaze are so high that just by drawing attention to them, their souls will be crushed flat with just a glance. That was why he broke down and lowered his voice.
If it weren’t for the Seonghwang’s barrier, the Demon King’s soul would have disappeared long ago just by indirectly feeling his gaze.
[I don’t know their names, and even if I knew them, I couldn’t say them out loud. But I know a little bit about some high-ranking demon lords.]
According to the Demon King’s explanation, it was like this.
Unlike the monarchs of extraterrestrial dimensions who open gates like Gehenna and look for opportunities to invade directly, the high-ranking demon kings are said to enjoy secretly infiltrating that world by unfolding their attributes.
Before the invasion begins in earnest, the entire world will be devastated and devastated.
And their nature was truly the problem.
[They are the lords of ‘famine’ and ‘plague’, and ‘war’ and ‘death’, respectively.]
uh. These guys seem like a huge pain in the ass just listening to them.
So doesn’t that mean that famine, plague, war, and death are scheduled to unfold on a large scale in this dimension?
And once a disaster sweeps through like that, high-ranking demon kings and alien monarchs will directly open the gate and attack. What kind of total mess is this?
The Demon King’s soul shone brightly. If I had a body, it would feel like I was tilting my head.
[Actually, this is the first time I’ve seen so much attention focused on one dimension.]
As there is so much interest, I know very well that it is destined for a cruel destruction.
[When does the invasion begin?]
[well? Because they have a very different concept of time from the human world.]
Seongjin became a little more serious. Although it was only for a short time, it was a world that he had grown attached to while serving as the prince of Delcross, but he did not want to let it perish like the old world of Seongjin.
The faces of Sir Martha, Empress Lizabeth, Edith, Amelia, the twins, Sir Kurt, and other resident knights of the Pearl Palace pass by.
And my father, His Majesty Seonghwang.
Does he know this?
[Now that I think about it, I think… … .]
Seongjin suddenly became curious.
[Isn’t there definitely a god in this dimension? Why is God watching such an invasion?]
Seongjin was close to an atheist in the original world, but rather than saying he did not believe in God, it was closer to not being interested in existence itself. That’s because he was so busy fighting monsters that he didn’t have the spirit to cling to something for which there was no clear evidence.
Well, among my colleagues, there were some devout believers who devoted themselves more to prayer the more difficult it was.
But this world was different.
There is clear evidence of God called divine power, and there is a Holy Emperor who is said to be God’s representative.
In addition, Seongjin is now aware of the existence of souls, and has also learned about the Demon Lords, beings who seem to have an antagonistic relationship with God.
At this point, it becomes rather difficult to remain a pseudo-atheist any longer.
[But why does the god who looks after this dimension just watch these guys waiting for an opportunity?]
Seongjin asked the devil a question, but the answer came from an unexpected place.
[That’s because the main god who looks after Delcross is not a personal god, son.]
yes?
When Seongjin turned around, he saw a new figure shrouded in bright light looking at him with his arms crossed. The light surrounding him spreads so widely that the souls of Seongjin and the Demon King are buried in the light.
Suddenly, Seongjin realized that the cold that touched his soul had subsided.
[Did you just say you wanted to study theology and philosophy? You don’t know anything at all.]
uh… … .
Why is this guy here?
fantasy,
