#232
“… we… Baek Do-hyun, do you have a colleague? “Is it right to believe it?”
Baek Do-hyun just lowered his eyes and let out a rough breath. The sight of him bracing himself for his bitter words weakened his heart.
Se-hyeon lowered himself, biting his lips as he smelled the bloody smell along with the stench. Then he took out a potion from his inventory, poured it over Baek Do-hyeon’s hand.
Chi-Ik-
“He went alone like that… “What does this look like?”
“… sorry. I… .”
“It’s done. It doesn’t suit you, so stop being obedient. Just by coming back… “Because it’s enough.”
Se-hyeon poured the newly taken potion into Baek Do-hyeon’s broken legs and eyes. The sound of blood splattering through the water was terrible. Although it must have been painful, Baek Do-hyeon did not even moan.
“… If you do that one more time, next time I’ll take it with a lethal weapon and shoot you. “Please judge for yourself.”
“okay… Keep in mind… summer solstice.”
A struggling voice came out in a gasp. Sehyun smiled bitterly and held out her hand in front of Baek Dohyun.
“… “Welcome back, Baek Do-hyun.”
Originally, that was what I should have said first. Baek Do-hyun’s clear gaze slowly emerged. First he raised his hand, then he lifted his hand to meet Sehyun’s gaze.
Even though it was only a month, it felt like years had passed for Baek Do-hyun. I don’t know why. Even though everything was the same, the perspectives and emotions that struck me were different. For some reason, those eyes reminded me of chaos.
For a moment, Baek Do-hyun held Se-hyeon’s hand tightly. The warmth spreading in his hand made me realize his return.
Over Baek Do-hyun’s shoulder was Lee Jae-young, who kept his mouth shut. Unlike the day when I was angry, my squinting eyes were wet. Lee Jae-young, who was wondering what to say, closed his mouth again. I don’t know if what Jaeyoung Lee swallowed was a greeting or an insult.
However, it was keenly felt that Lee Jae-young was also happy for Baek Do-hyun’s return.
Baek Do-hyun is back. Everyone was silent as if they were reminded of that fact. It felt like something heavy was going down. For now, everyone accepted Baek Do-hyun’s survival with great enthusiasm.
That was certainly the case until I heard a loud noise as if something had crashed.
Quaaaaang-!
The sound came without warning. An earthquake and the sound of the ground shaking surrounded the tower, as if a huge meteorite had crashed down. The roar was coming from somewhere close by.
Baek Do-hyun, who was getting up, as well as Se-hyeon, stumbled and fell to their knees on the floor. It felt as if the roots of the tower were shaking.
“Everyone get out of here! hurry!!”
Everyone started running out of the Tower of Test as if they were being chased by someone’s shout. Se-hyeon also supported Baek Do-hyeon with Isis and walked quickly.
“My vassals are still over there, heo… . “We have to help them first.”
Baek Do-hyeon looked back with difficulty, as if he was struggling to breathe. There were Baek Do-hyeon’s vassals who were injured and trembling. Sehyun barely managed to hold on on the violently shaking ground and shouted at Jaeyoung Lee.
“Jaeyoung, can you move those people?!”
“Leave it to me!”
Lee Jae-young’s enlarged body became so large that it reached the distant ceiling of the common space. Lee Jae-young, who opened his mouth viciously, grabbed Baek Do-hyeon’s retainers in one bite and jumped out of the spot.
“I wonder how long I have to go through this horrible thing! “What on earth are those damn guides doing?!”
As soon as he came out, Theo showed his anger as if he was scolding him. The place where everyone evacuated was to the nearest Imperial Gate of Fan. And only after coming out of the tower did everyone realize what the cause of this situation was.
The culprit was the decayed remains from the tower that were falling down. The shattered shells of the tower fell like meteorites, turning the area around the tower into a wasteland.
“Get out of the portal first!”
This is no longer a safe zone. The group quickly ran to the portal leading to the Empire of Fan, wading through the dust that covered every direction.
I heard the sound of something hitting behind me and the ground sank. After barely stepping on the falling ground and running for dear life, we were all able to avoid the falling objects and cross the portal.
In an instant, the air changed and cold rain came into view. What was visible through the humid air was the panoramic view of an empire covered in machines. It was like the ‘Engineering Empire of Zeman’.
It was like watching a scene from the distant future. Dozens of large and small aircraft fleets were floating past the base-like buildings carrying cargo. It was a city steeped in ambition.
It was a place that Sehyeon had only been to once, but the scale itself had changed since then. Towers of machinery towering high above the clouds, huge airways and dozens of hangars incomparable to those of other empires.
It was an empire so great that it was fascinating to look at. However, the admiration was short-lived as all road players’ eyes began to fixate on one spot.
Faint letters appeared like fog, floating in my field of vision like particles. Just like it once did, it made me forget even to breathe, as if announcing the end. Only the cold pouring rain filled the empty space.
[The guides request an emergency meeting. All road players in the top 10 of the empire rankings are requested to visit the guide. Remaining time: 6 hours and 56 seconds.]
Notifications sent by guides. The letters announcing the emergency meeting were ominously bright red.
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News of the request for an emergency meeting.
It was on a moonlit night with just two hours left that the top 10 road players gathered again. This was also after Baek Do-hyun took a short break and completed minimal recovery.
Ttogak-
Perhaps because there was a gap between the extremely quiet space and the situation outside, it aroused a sense of heterogeneity. The tense footsteps stopped only when they reached the huge mirror.
The guides were already crowded around and waiting for everyone. The air was tense enough to make me suffocate, stinging my skin. The sight of the guides with dark faces conveyed a sense of pressure.
[It’s been a while, road players.]
The words that poured out like a long sigh were full of exhaustion. Billwill’s quiet eyes sank like an abyss.
“Now that we’ve said hello, why don’t you explain this damn situation?”
Fen opened his eyes wide and asked the guides. Just as he said that he was sick of it, Sehyun also felt the same way as Fan. He was sick of it. This crisis will come no matter what you do.
[I guess… This is going to be a long story. Before speaking, I would like to apologize to you on behalf of all guides. We have caused great inconvenience to you due to our insufficient capabilities.]
Billwill bowed deeply and apologized, looking like he was going to die. However, the eyes of the players watching this were cold.
“Hey, you must have had a serious accident to the point where you even lowered your stiff head like that. “Anyway, this will be even greater than when we touched the barrier.”
Li Jeong’s sarcastic words flew at Bill Will like a thorn. Billwill opened his mouth with an expression that accepted her criticism.
[If you help us overcome the current situation, our guides will do their best to help you. If you want to determine fault, we will do so. But before that, I think the first thing to do is to resolve the situation we are facing.]
Just-
The story started off heavy. Bilwill flicked her fingertips, and a dark image appeared in the mirror. It was the appearance of a goddess whose shell had been broken off and fell off like a branch. Every time the by-product fell, there was a loud noise and an earthquake.
[This is the tower that is currently collapsing.]
The debris falling from the rainwater tree was like dry leaves falling from a withered old tree. Every time the floating objects fell, the tower shook its whole body and sobbed as if trembling in pain.
Why was I crying out in such pain? My throat felt dry.
“… Did you fail to enter the goddess’ cognitive world?”
Sehyun unconsciously moved her mouth and asked. Billwill’s eyes also closed heavily.
[Entering into Luzebuia’s cognitive world was successful. But unfortunately, I couldn’t meet him. For our voices to reach… Lady Luzebuia had already sunk deep into pollution. The current phenomenon occurring outside is largely the fault of our guides. This is because I delved into Luzebuia’s mental world to find her.]
“To find… Does that mean you couldn’t find it in the end?”
[I guess so… . When we entered the cognitive world of Rue Gevuis, he was unable to control his own powers due to contamination. The two selves, good and evil, are opposing each other and are collapsing, and the self that has been consumed by ‘evil’ is dying. The lady we met, Luzebua, was a person tainted by ‘evil.’ I searched several times, but I was never able to find Luzebuia’s identity.]
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“Are you sure your ego remains?”
[The proof is that the barrier is not broken. The barrier is Lusevia-sama’s final ideology. But it seems like there isn’t much time for this either. Since the collapse began, the power of the barrier has been noticeably weakened.]
Billwill’s eyes turned to the distant sky, seemingly without any sense of distance. Her cloudy eyes were dry, as if she had guessed the end of the world.
“Anymore… “Is there no way?”
