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Endless plain-
Suddenly.
The lush plains made up of only green and brown, rocks, trees and grass come to an end.
We arrived at a plain where countless bright red ‘cacti’ grew. Arcia’s naming skills were very honest. The starry river was literally a sparkling river, and the ‘bright red plain’, as its name suggests, was a blood-red plain.
A plain filled with cacti.
A barren land with nothing but red cacti.
I ran over the cactus, following the traces of a reluctant devil.
I ran for half a day. The distance I ran was hundreds of kilometers.
The place we finally arrived at was a ‘pit’ where intense demonic power emanated.
I sighed and looked down the hole.
“The scale is different, the scale… … .”
The heat is hot.
This was a blacksmith shop where Kachiki made weapons and a mine where iron was mined.
Tens of thousands of Kachiki were mining ore veins and melting iron to make weapons like machines.
“Hehe, let’s cheer up.”
I raised my strength.
“Eumamgwiyeonggong-”
It’s time to do what I did best in my past life.
* * *
Harukonen Marasia ‘The Ver’.
His name contains everything special. Arsias do not have names longer than six letters. Parents, parents’ parents – along with the letters of ancestors passed down through time, four letters are enough to represent oneself. However, Harukonen Marasia the Ver already had eight meanings by combining the letters of his ancestors and the four letters representing himself, and when he became great, the ‘messengers’ of Arsia themselves named him ‘the Ber’, meaning leader. Granted, he became Arsia, the longest name in the vast plains and plateaus.
Harukkonnen is called Harukkonnen, Marasia, or sometimes the Ver, but most Arsias call him Harukonen Marasia the Ver. However, even though he had such a long name, he actually liked being called by two letters.
day.
He was a day old.
From rivers that drink moonlight to red plains.
Haru, who was respected by countless lives on the vast land, led Arsia as a great leader. He stopped Kachiki’s forces nine times and saved countless Arsias. The voice of the day is a prophecy and the deeds are a record, and in a plain where there is no king, he was the greatest.
He was not born a leader. A fishman with webbed feet and gills. Arcia was born with the blessing of being able to breathe underwater. He was an eel fishman with smooth skin, sharp teeth, and flexible muscles. As a fisherman at Starlight Terminus, he continued his family’s business by catching and drying pointy fish and providing food to the village. It was an unremarkable job. At dawn, he gets into a small boat and spreads his net to catch fish. Other than that, there is nothing special. He also didn’t hate fishing. Haru was a person who had to live as a fisherman for the rest of his life.
But he suddenly-
Where starlight begins.
The starting point of a flowing river.
A place where fairies fear.
I became curious about the cradle of life and the source of the river.
Arsia obeys life. They follow the laws of heaven. A shepherd becomes a shepherd, a fisherman becomes a fisherman – the fishermen who catch fish are curious about the identity of the river that gives them life. However, despite his family’s opposition, he sailed up the river in an old boat. Curiosity became an uncontrollable desire, and I felt like I would drown if I didn’t find the starting point of the river.
One day after overcoming nine deaths.
I finally found the place where the river begins.
That is a deep cave.
A distant basement.
A wide cavity-
A waterfall with water pouring down.
It was a huge hole with a diameter of 60 meters.
One day, he received a terrible wound and was on the verge of losing his life.
I forgot the pain and just looked at it with eager eyes.
A strong realization seemed to weigh on my body.
That hole was not created by nature.
iced coffee-
great being.
yet.
A black shadow appeared from a huge hole. The shadow hid in the water and swayed gently. Then, from the hole where so much water was pouring that it shook the ground, the water stopped for an instant.
The source of the river, the sparkling water of the river, was cut off.
One day, I felt terrible pain. She was not in physical pain. Maybe she is the one causing her sparkling river to dry up? She may be heaven’s scourge. When the river dries up, both the fairy village and the hometown village lose their home. You will be wandering the dangerous plains again. One day she realized the mistake she had made and she was shaken. Did she awaken the devil?
He, who was unable to raise his head due to fear, suddenly felt comfortable in his body.
“iced coffee.”
I gathered courage and raised my head. And he encountered a great being. One day, he blamed himself for thinking it might be the devil, and he thought he was being very blasphemous. How can he be the devil? Although Haru was not wise at this time, he had the wisdom to discern the situation. The huge white snake that appeared from the hole is the divine beast that takes care of Arsia.
The day I realized, I prayed continuously.
I felt an indescribable grace.
A person who has been fishing for decades.
And father.
Father’s father –
In the distant past, our ancestors first fished after the rivers began to flow.
The divine beast drilled a hole and opened the river. Without him, the sparkling river would not flow. Because of this, millions of Arsias have received the blessings of the river since ancient times. How many thousand years of grace do you mean? One day, he expressed his gratitude to Shinsu with the biggest gesture he could make.
The sacred beast of the deep cave is a huge white snake with silver scales.
Shinsoo, filled with miraculous powers, looked down at Haru with merciful and warm eyes.
“Mother of the river… … .”
One day I didn’t know what to call him.
Suddenly, I spit out the words that came to mind.
[The river’s mother, yes. You gave me a name.]
That became Shinsoo’s ‘second’ name.
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after.
One day, I learned from him the insight to read the future.
After a few days, he returned to his hometown and became the guide of the divine beast and leader of Arsia, benefiting the plains for decades.
When he used his insight to anticipate Kachiki’s uprising and tried to unite Arsia.
After being attacked by an assassin sent by Kachiki, he lost his followers and family and was imprisoned in a dark prison without a single light. The only reason the Kachikis kept themselves alive was to find out the location of the Shinsu. The leader who knew that fact did not give in to all kinds of torture and did not reveal the information about Kang’s mother.
As of now-
He was chained to the altar of madness and swallowed up by the scorching heat of the blazing sun and the endless heat of the blacksmith shop that melted iron. The fishman’s once vibrant skin became rough and cracked like dried fish meat. Drops of blood are flowing from the torn forehead. With difficulty, he stuck out his tongue and drank his own blood. A drop of fishy blood was as sweet as rain. I haven’t been able to drink a sip of water for months. He did not die due to the protection of Youngshin, but he was in enough pain to die. Nevertheless, he held on with an indomitable will and did not give in to Kachiki.
‘The devil’s puppet… … .’
The scenes I saw day after day over the past few months.
It was exactly the same as the first day he was chained to the altar.
Tens of thousands of Kachiki always repeated the same actions.
Mining iron, melting it, making weapons –
From time to time, he goes on a campaign and kills innocent Arsia –
It is different from a trained soldier.
They were puppets controlled by the devil.
A flesh doll with no emotions or soul.
Sigh!
There were some of the most painful moments that even he with an indomitable spirit could not endure.
After the Kachiki hunted Arsia, it was time to peel off their faces and decorate the Altar of Madness. An armored soldier climbs the altar of madness, holding the still damp and blood-soaked leather.
A tall pillar installed in the center of the altar.
Idol carved from a giant tree in the western forest –
At first it was just a smooth wooden statue.
Now, the face skins of hundreds of demi-humans have been hung to create a terrible and miserable demon idol.
The leader tied to the pillar felt wetness running down his back.
It was Arsia’s blood.
“They will chew you to death! Do you think I would betray the great Youngshin just because of that? Yes, you guy! “Knock-knock.”
He yells in a hoarse voice, but the Kachikis don’t care.
The leader’s screams of anger ended in sobs.
He was unable to withstand his fading mind and fainted.
* * *
Tuk-
I came to my senses.
However, the eyes did not open.
Tuk-tuk-
Something touches my cheek.
It must be a vampire fly that came after smelling blood.
He thought it didn’t matter anymore if flies laid eggs on his cheek.
The will ceases. Indomitability goes out. I wanted to give up life and taste the comfort of death.
“Hey, old man.”
suddenly-
In my ear.
Until I heard a ‘voice’.
Harukonen Marasia ‘The Ver’ opened his eyes wide as he remembered all his names for the first time in a long time.
“Oh shit, I’m surprised.”
I heard a ‘voice’. The Kachikis were speechless. Since they had no soul or will, they could not speak. Hearing a voice means that he has a soul. One day, I hurriedly looked around. Who owns the voice? I was sure I heard it from nearby, but I couldn’t see it with my eyes. He shook his head violently and concentrated with dark ears and bleary eyes, trying to find the voice.
“Are you awake?”
I heard it.
Right in front of you.
One day, I finally recognized the owner of the voice.
‘Something’ standing proudly among the Kachiki.
It definitely exists, but its shape is unrecognizable.
It may seem like it is covered in shadows, or it may seem like it is covered in sand and dirt.
What was strange was that it seemed assimilated into its surroundings. Like a chameleon in the western forest-
The leader, who felt afraid of the strange being, screamed to keep from being scared.
“Who are you? “Are you a ghost?”
“It’s me.”
“Who are you?”
“Oh my gosh, please stop yelling at the dying man. Then you will return!”
“You scream too, you devil!”
“This is called electromagnetic sound… That’s it. Anyway, think of all the ‘irrational phenomena’ you think of as magic. That will be convenient.”
“what… … .”
“Let me begin. While we get out of the pit, lie still and limp like a corpse. “It’s annoying when you move.”
“What? Get out? Running away? How can you escape from here? Rather, who are you? … .”
“I will speak for the last time. “Don’t worry, I see a ‘route’ in my eyes. If you scream one more time, I’ll just knock you out and take you away, so you can handle it yourself.”
Ttuk-
It was an instant.
The unknown monster cut off the strong chain in an instant and hugged the leader. And he moved faster than the wind, passing between Kachiki. Harukonen Marasia the Ver, who has lived as a wandering leader in Arcia for decades, has witnessed countless mysteries and strange deaths, but he has never seen anything as strange as this. The Kachikis did not see themselves or the strange figure passing by them. No matter how fast it is, you may feel suspicious, but you may not even be aware of it. Even if the leader was suffocated, he could not breathe carelessly. He was afraid that he would be caught breathing. But the monster didn’t care and ran without hesitation.
Finally-
Going over the mine.
Climb the cliff.
After escaping the pit.
One day, I realized that the monster had never been caught in the sight of tens of thousands of Kachiki.
“Ugh-!”
Because I ran faster than the wind.
The leader, who was weakened, could not bear the nausea and motion sickness. Since he had not eaten anything, he was sick and in pain. Then, he rushed to the bottle of water the monster gave him. It was water. Source of life! As it passed over his tongue, moistened his throat, and filled his shrunken intestines – he felt the joy of being born anew.
“You can eat potatoes too.”
He then took the potatoes and ate them in one go.
Even as the leader was eating the potatoes, he glared at the monster with suspicion.
“Are you evil or good? No, it probably doesn’t exist on this earth. “Why did you save me?”
“Tell me the location of the divine beast.”
“Huh-!”
After all, that is the purpose!
He tried to run away, but soon realized how he escaped the pit and stopped moving.
“… “What is your purpose?”
“Because it is my responsibility.”
“Duties? “What kind of responsibility is it that makes you want to face the Divine Beast?”
“To put it simply… “Because he’s a savior?”
“What?”
“The fairy told me that. “I am the savior of this land-”
Only then was the leader able to see face to face the identity of the monster that had only seemed blurry.
Brown hair, brown eyes –
Even from the perspective of a demi-human, he is a very handsome human young man.
Appearance doesn’t matter.
The power you feel from him.
and.
standing next to him.
“iced coffee… … .”
great being.
“You… … .”
Since the divine beast recited it, how can it be said to be a lie?
The guide of the star god.
He will be the savior of this land.
“I was waiting.”
* * *
“I was waiting.”
I shrugged my shoulders at Old Man Ain’s sudden change of attitude.
Dalbi is a god and invincible. If I had Dalbi in this land, I would be treated like a king wherever I went.
“My colleague will be here soon, and he will take good care of you. Will you tell me now? Where is Shinsoo?”
“Mother of the rivers, her nest… … .”
The old man said, pointing somewhere.
“The source of the sparkling river, the place where the river begins. “That deep cave.”
“shit.”
I scratched my head and looked at the vast plain and the horizon beyond.
Do I have to go back to where I came from?
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