Monster, Lord (2)
I gaped at the harsh truth.
‘Is Gwanghancheon-gun…alive?’
That means… .
“This light limit, is it alive now?”
“Isn’t this a fairly easy truth to guess? Why did the [higher beings] have to forcibly change the name of the Gwanghan (廣寒) realm to the Gwanghan (光寒) realm 500,000 years ago? Why is it that the Gwanghan realm has the most spiritual energy and abundance among the middle realms, and that the fate of those who come here is filled with more fortune than that of the people of the other middle realms? Why was it that the Gwanghan realm was always said to be the best and strongest of the six middle realms? When the venerables of the other middle realms submit nicknames, the Seongsa will give them those, but why does the Seongsa restrict the nicknames of the venerables of the Gwanghan realm by saying that they must contain ‘heaven (天)’ or ‘light (光)’? There are many more, but that’s the gist of it.”
“… Baekun Seongsa said that the reason there are Seongsa in the middle realms is because if the middle realm is left unattended, a powerful corpse will be born. And… as far as I know, poetry only comes from corpses. But if I do as you say, won’t there be a contradiction?”
When I looked at Seo-hyul with suspicious eyes, he smiled and put his hand on his chest.
“I swear in the name of Player Hyeon-go that everything I, Seo-hyul, have just said is true.”
Woohoo!
The scales seemed to shake with him, and pure white steam swept away Seo-hyul’s body.
“You must not lie here. If you lie, you will be immediately ‘punished.’”
“… … .”
“If what I say is true, then the other side must be lying.”
“… That means… .”
Seo-hyul smiled brightly.
“Since ancient times, Baekun Seongsa has been famous for spitting out nothing but lies, aside from his hatred for his fellow countrymen’s s*xual practices. No, to be exact… he was famous for his words that were ‘not lies’ but meant to lure others. It’s not wrong to say that he prevented the birth of poetry. After all, Gwanghancheon-gun’s corpse will also die someday. Whether that time is a hundred billion years or a hundred billion years is unknown.”
“… .”
It seemed that Baekun was a more sinister being than I thought.
“Anyway… Since you seem to have accepted the truth, let me tell you a story from long ago.”
He started talking.
“The remnants of the famous Majin-gun Yoo Ho-deok could not accept that he was dead. And believing that he was really Yoo Ho-deok, they forgot his good character and noble nature and only remembered the power he had wielded, hoping to regain their position. However, in the eyes of his colleagues in the afterlife, the ‘evil Yoo Ho-deok’ who barely managed to control a portion of Yoo Ho-deok’s power in his prime was not even noticeable, and even his character and nature were lacking.”
The hidden backstory of the Gwanghan Realm that you’ve always been curious about.
“If only his temperament had been normal, he could have easily returned to his old duty station, but he foolishly fell into the delusion that his power was the problem. That’s why… the evil Yoo Ho-deok made one decision.
‘The body of my old comrade Gwanghan is still alive, so let’s make that body mine. Gwanghan’s soul has gone on a long journey, and there is no telling whether it will return or not. If I take control of Gwanghan’s body, I will be able to completely take control of the throne again, and my old comrades who ignored me will welcome me again.’
Ahh… This is truly such an ugly and dirty resolution. To covet another’s body for the sake of a position that is not even yours… Even though you remember that Gwanghan was your friend. Hehe… .”
I shuddered with rising disgust.
“But that ugly plan was not carried out. Because of the successor of Goryeo Jingun, ‘Jeungryong’. And, because of ‘Saeeum’ that Yoo Hodeok had shown. The two, unable to stand to see their old superior’s corruption, joined hands. Before the evil Yoo Hodeok could take over his body, Jeungryong quickly entered the realm of Gwanghan and endured the decline in his realm, becoming a saint and stopping the evil Yoo Hodeok. Saeeum captured the spirit of the evil Yoo Hodeok within his body. However, the corrupted evil Yoo Hodeok could not hold back his desires and eventually invaded the realm of Gwanghan.”
From his mouth, the truth about the great war between the True Demon Realm and the Gwanghan Realm 500,000 years ago flowed out.
“It was a terrifying war. Those below the combined stage had to be protected in Zenglong’s zoo… Even though the evil Yoo Ho-deok’s body was dead, even that dead body belonged to Chief Judge Yoo Ho-deok. The Mingma Realm itself invaded the Gwanghan Realm. In the end, Sae-eum came out of the Mingma Realm and temporarily assumed the position of the Gwanghan Realm’s holy priest, and Zenglong recovered his Gae-yeol-gi realm and confronted the evil Yoo Ho-deok. As a result of several years of war… Zenglong eventually used the Bongmyeongchu to decapitate part of the evil Yoo Ho-deok’s head. And Sae-eum burned his life and transferred the evil Yoo Ho-deok’s soul to part of his head.”
The mural I saw on Angryongdo Island came to mind.
“Zenglong and Saeum burned their lives. Zenglong squeezed out all his blood, and Saeum tore off his essence. Zenglong’s blood and Saeum’s essence mixed together, creating a ‘new name’ for the ‘evil Yuhodeok’ who had completely separated from his original body.”
I finally learned the creation myth of the Blood Sound Realm.
“The blood of the dragon. The essence of the new sound. The power of the two divine beings became shackles, binding the evil and evil virtues. In this way, he became Blood Yin. The Ming Demon Realm became the True Demon Realm, and all the turbid energy and evil spirits that were originally in the True Demon Realm were taken by Blood Yin, and an even more filthy and ugly middle realm opened up within Blood Yin’s body. That is the Blood Yin Realm.”
“… I see.”
The truths about the world that I had been curious about until now were engraved in my mind.
“The Blood Yin has been coveting the living flesh of the Gwanghan. Is that… the truth that the Blood Yin Heavenly Demons have been targeting only the Gwanghan Realm up until now?”
“Yes, but that’s not all.”
A sneer appeared on Seo-hyul’s lips.
“Hyul-eum, who had his original name taken away and was forcibly given a new name, [Hyeol-eum], despaired. Since he had to take on a new name, he could never become one with the True Demon Realm and return to his original form, and in that state, his restoration would be even further away. That is why he changed his goal a little. From ‘desiring Gwanghan’s body’… to ‘devouring Gwanghan’s body and the throne he ruled’… that is. With the power of the Chageo Gwanghancheonwang that shook the three thousand great thousand worlds, he could unite with the throne of evil that he controlled and receive a ‘new throne.’”
“A new left? Is that something we need?”
“It is necessary. The original Yoo Ho-deok’s seat was forcibly renamed and became unusable, and I know that I cannot handle Gwang-han’s seat either.”
Through Seo-hyul’s mouth, I was able to learn the true purpose of the blood yin.
“To usurp the body and power of Gwanghan, unite with the seat he has taken control of, perform a ritual, and obtain a new seat called the seat of descendants, and use that power to restore the underworld. That is the ultimate goal of the blood yin.”
I shed a sigh of relief.
It was a funny story, but if it was ‘Seohyul who doesn’t lie’, then I could trust him.
And I couldn’t help but be bewildered by the wave of information that Seo-hyul had given me.
It’s surprising that Gwanghan-gye is alive, even if he’s in a coma. The truth from 500,000 years ago and the true face of Baekun.
And when I found out the ultimate purpose of the blood yin, I felt shocked and calmed down.
‘The name Blood Sound was created because of the blood of the Dragon and the essence of the first holy man of the True Demon Realm, Sae-eum…’
I immediately understood why the Blood Yin created the Black Dragon Tribe and the Sea Dragon Tribe.
The more descendants a player has, the greater the amount of power that passes to his descendants.
Of course, the power given to the mortal descendants of a true player was only a drop in the bucket, so the players probably didn’t care much about that power.
Anyway, as long as they are alive, that level of power will be endlessly filled.
But what if the player dies?
‘If the player dies… the power of the dead player will not be filled, so even if the power is taken away by the descendants, it will not be filled, and eventually the player’s power will run out and the clan will lose its power.’
This meant that Hyeol-eum created countless black dragons and sea dragons in order to escape from his name, which was no different from his shackles.
‘It’s also suspicious that the names of the Black Dragon and Sea Dragon leaders are all Hyeon-eum and Ja-eum. Is this also an attempt to disperse the power of the name ‘eum’ in the blood sound? That could be possible… .’
Binggeut
Seo-hyul smiled brightly again and continued speaking.
“The current situation is quite serious. If we leave it like this, the worst true spirit with a body of madness. Blood yin will be born. Even if it doesn’t work out, a being that transcends the Greater Line will appear. If that happens, the Ilwolcheonyeok will be over at that moment. That’s why I seriously want to join hands with Seo Do-woo.”
Seo-hyul reached out to me from the other side of the scale.
I looked at Seo-hyul for a moment.
Certainly, it was a terrifying situation at the time.
I still remember the power of the master of Mt. Taishan.
An image of an entire world being compressed and destroyed with a single word.
It was a terrifying and majestic memory.
‘That wasn’t even the main body, it was a projection.’
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In that case, assuming that Hyeol-eum obtained Gwang-han’s body, Hyeol-eum who obtained Gwang-han’s body might not be far behind the power of the master of Taishan that he had seen at that time.
The name Gwanghan had that much weight.
This is definitely a serious situation.
But I looked at Seo-hyul and asked.
“Then what is your purpose, Seo-hyul?”
The purpose of the blood yin is resurrection through Gwanghan’s flesh.
But I still couldn’t figure out what Seo-hyul was truly aiming for.
Seo-hyul smiled and said in response to my question.
“It’s a family reunion. How is Seoran?”
“… I’m fine. I feel much more at ease without you by my side.”
I looked at him and asked.
“Reuniting with your family? Is that really your goal? What will you do to Seoran when you meet her?”
“I should pat her on the shoulder and tell her that she’s had a hard time. After all, Ran-i and I… share the same blood.”
“… .”
I tried reading Seohyul’s thoughts or attacking with Asimgeom, but it seemed like none of that would work in this space.
‘What are you planning to do to Seoran…?’
I looked at him and said.
“I’m sorry, but if you intend to use this to harm Seran’s well-being, I cannot join your plan.”
“Okay. Anyway, the situation is serious right now, so I have no intention of arguing with Seo Do-woo. As for this plan, I will not cause any harm to Seo Do-woo or my colleagues, and I will only care about my own future.”
“The ‘path ahead’ you speak of should not include my colleagues who have been through a lot.”
“Okay. Based on my own body, I will only care about myself, and I will unconditionally cooperate with Seo Do-woo ‘only for this one time’ and not betray him. Let’s not use the wordplay like last time, ‘It’s not a betrayal because we weren’t on the same side.’”
I nodded.
“Okay. Well then, honestly, I don’t like it, but… let’s hold hands.”
“Haha… That’s a good idea. Seo Do-woo.”
We signed a temporary alliance agreement in front of the current government.
Kuung!
I felt the power of a transcendent being linking us together.
Literally, this was an action in the hierarchy of destiny.
Since fate itself guarantees our contract, the forces of heaven move so that breaking it is impossible even if we want to.
Phaaaat!
Seohyul’s scale weight and my scale weight became closer.
I looked at Seo-hyul and then held his hand.
Seo-hyul and I formed a ‘real’ alliance, even if it was temporary.
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Author’s Note: The West Alliance
