“Are you going to Mt. Maryeong?”
“yes.”
Before leaving for the next sacred tree, I spoke to a turtle in front of the entrance to the sacred tree.
Just like last time, the turtle sent his stick and had a conversation with me.
“… … Is that what the master said? To go to Maryeongsan?”
“you’re right.”
“Hmm… … .”
“Why are you like that? Don’t you have to visit all the sacred trees anyway?”
Since we had to find all the sacred trees anyway, I thought it would be right to go to the next sacred tree.
“It’s a matter of distance.”
“What distance?”
“Yes, in terms of distance, rather than Mt. Maryeong… … Rather, Heukhwanggung (黑凰宮) is closer, so how can it be Mt. Maryeong… … .”
‘Black Palace?’
Black Phoenix Castle.
The name was quite unusual.
“Is there a big difference in distance?”
“It would be at least twice as long. If you want to go to Yawol, it would take half a day, and if you want to go to Heukhwanggung, it would take two months, and if you want to go to Maryeongsan, it would take twice as long.”
“Hey… … .”
When I heard that, the distance difference was significant.
That’s about the normal speed.
‘Based on my speed… … ‘
You can roughly estimate that it will take about seven days and nights.
‘Even the outside is barely able to reduce the bet due to the cracks. It could be even faster than that.’
This was a decrease due to speed, but when you look at the distance as the turtle said, it was quite strange.
‘… … Is there a reason why you chose Maryeongsan Mountain first?’
This also seemed to be the mother’s intention, but I didn’t know what it meant.
‘If only I hadn’t talked to my mother’s vision.’
After hearing the distance, I would have headed to the Black Palace first.
‘If that had happened, would something have been different?’
I wonder if there are changes depending on the order.
‘So what?’
Thinking about it now, nothing will change. The immediate destination was Maryeongsan Mountain.
I had to think that it was a waste of time to even worry about such things.
“Anyway… … I think we should leave for Maryeongsan and Heukhwanggung. I was wondering if I could get some information.”
I had to get information about the Magic Palace. And if there was a Black Emperor Palace on the way.
‘You don’t have to go all the way here, you can just stop by.’
It would have been a gain if it had shortened the route a bit.
“Information… … .”
The turtle seemed lost in thought for a moment and then continued speaking.
“First of all, there is very little information about the Black Palace.”
“Huh? You don’t have any?”
“Yes. The only thing that is certain is that the owner of the Black Palace is not a member of the Moonlight Tribe like Yusa, and that he has never revealed himself before.”
“… … .”
He’s a general and has territories under his control, but he has no identity or information? He must be a strange man.
‘It’s a bit disappointing this way.’
The difference between knowing information about your opponent in advance and not knowing it is like heaven and earth.
It was strange that there was some information about Yarang, who was said to have become a general the latest, but there was no information about the owner of the Black Palace.
This is a really subtle point, but I’ll put it aside for now and ask something else.
“… … Then, what about Mt. Maryeong?”
“That place is somewhat famous. That’s because that guy who was really wild was in charge of it.”
“The guy who was running wild?”
“Yeah, I heard you’ve met him too?”
“Huh? Ah.”
At the turtle’s words, the first day I arrived in Man-gye immediately flashed through my mind.
The guy I met back then. He was also called a general.
The name is clearly… … .
“boss.”
“That’s right. Maryeongsan is the leader’s territory.”
A black bastard who was spewing out a boom from his nose.
It was a being with a large body and tremendous strength.
At that time, he came to kill me under the order of the Lord of the World.
‘I got beaten up by Shin Noya.’
I remember being kicked out without even being able to use my phone.
‘Mt. Maryeong is that guy’s territory… … ‘
Since it was said to be in the mountains, it seemed to fit somehow.
“Hmm… … .”
I asked the turtle, remembering the leader who had been spitting fire and antagonizing me.
“Is there anything I should be careful about?”
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“If you have to fight the leader, don’t fight at night.”
“Why?”
“He never dies while the moon is up.”
“absoluteness?”
“Yes, absolutely.”
I frowned at the words he spoke with such conviction. I will never die, ra… … .
‘surely.’
It was the same back then. No matter how much Noya cut like crazy, the leader didn’t die.
Was it immortal? That’s the power the leader possesses.
‘under.’
I laughed when I heard that.
“Then it doesn’t matter.”
“what?”
The turtle made a puzzled sound at my reaction.
If you don’t die from the aftereffects of the power, then it really doesn’t matter.
‘To me.’
As long as you have greed.
Because that bastard’s power didn’t work.
* * *
He left the volcano and stood in front.
There was nothing to pack, just a few sets of clothes to wear and some water to drink.
Actually, I don’t really need water, but I brought some just in case.
I also thought that I had packed considerably less than the schedule.
“… … Is that all for you?”
“huh.”
The horse that walked out in the middle of the night was worse than me.
He didn’t even pack clothes.
It meant that he had nothing in his hands.
“Just going like this?”
“no?”
“No, it’s not that it’s not possible… … .”
But what if it didn’t matter? If Cheonma didn’t care, then it wouldn’t really matter.
“… … Okay.”
So I’m going to set off just like that.
Come to think of it, there was one subtle thing.
“hey.”
“huh.”
“You… … how fast are you?”
“huh?”
It was good to go, but the speed of the Cheonma was important. And come to think of it, I didn’t know how fast the Cheonma could go.
I asked to know the speed because I wanted to go as fast as possible.
“I don’t know.”
Cheonma answered as if he didn’t know.
“hmm…….”
So, after thinking about it, I pointed to a tree far away with my hand.
“… … Do you see the tree over there?”
“huh.”
“Go as fast as you can-.”
Phew—!!
Before he could finish speaking, a gust of wind blew in. The ground where Cheonma was standing caved in and an explosion erupted.
Debris flies and destroys the ground.
Leaving the messy floor behind, my gaze was fixed on the tree.
Cheonma had already approached the tree and was placing his hand on it.
“… … Is that the maximum?”
I asked with somewhat frowning eyes.
“huh.”
Cheonma answered calmly as before.
“hmm…….”
It was fast. It was definitely not slow.
‘… … slower than me.’
Compared to me, it was quite slow.
‘furthermore.’
Why is he running like that? He didn’t even use lightness. It just means he ran using all his physical abilities.
‘Considering that, it’s a crazy speed.’
Compared to me before I reached transcendence, I was just a little slow.
Compared to me now, it was noticeably slow.
‘If it becomes like this.’
If I try to take him, it’ll take too much time, right?
‘What should I do?’
Then should I just throw it away?
I thought about it for a moment. It was better to abandon her than to go on like this and waste time.
“Use it.”
After a moment of deep thought, I reached out.
Phew-!
“huh?”
The body of the Heavenly Horse floats up to my spirit. She is caught without any sign of resistance and flies towards me.
Bam-!
Still, he grabbed Cheonma by the scruff of his neck and turned him around.
The horse, who had returned naturally, wraps his hand around my neck and hugs me.
It didn’t feel like I was carrying someone, but rather like I was hanging there.
“Don’t let go. If you let go, I won’t come looking for you.”
“huh.”
As I answer, Cheonma’s hand around my neck tightens.
I felt that and let out an uneasy breath.
‘… … This is annoying.’
It’s irritating. It’s even worse because the texture is familiar. The unique scent is different, but the feeling is similar.
Is it because the face looks exactly like Wi Seol-ah? The feeling was also very similar.
What should I say about this?
In this life, I often carried Weiseol-ah on my back. I remembered the time in my previous life when I carried Weiseol-ah, who was bleeding.
I’m carrying on my back the being that chased me back then.
What should I really call this?
It was a feeling I couldn’t explain.
If you feel bad, it might be like that.
If it’s complicated, that’s it.
It was a feeling that couldn’t be explained in a word or two.
So I didn’t say much. I just forced the thoughts that came to my mind into my mouth and put all my strength into my toes.
Cheeeeeeek… … .
The heat builds up and a burning smell comes from the ground.
My body slowly descended. The floor was melting.
When you feel like you have gathered some heat, put all your strength into your feet and jump.
Okay then.
Kwaaaa …
My body flew through the air in a huge burst of flame.
After that, when the burning flame went out, seven days and nights had passed as calculated.
When we arrived at Taishan, which was mostly made of rocks.
* * *
The time when the moon is up. The weather is calm and windy.
I was walking on a ground made of stone.
After walking around for a while, I found a rock and sat down on it.
“Phew… … .”
Only then did I let out a weary breath.
“It was so f*cking hard… … .”
Not only was I out of breath, but my bet was also quite low. I thought I wouldn’t get tired because I had so much energy in the air. But contrary to my expectations, my body was quite tired.
It seemed like the problem was that I kept flying without resting.
“Hoooo… … .”
I took a deep breath and checked my physical condition. It seemed like my lost energy and stamina would recover before the sun rose.
After catching my breath for a while… … .
I moved my body, remembering what I had forgotten. I grabbed the thing around my neck and threw it.
“Ugh!”
The body of the Cheonma, which had been quiet, flew through the air. The guy spun around and landed on the ground.
“How long are you going to run? Come down when you get there.”
“… … .”
The devil smacks his lips as if he regrets it. Why is he smacking his lips?
I want to say something more, but I’m too tired to have the strength to do so.
“Phew.”
I took a deep breath and looked around.
There are rocks everywhere. There seem to be some trees, but there are almost none.
‘… … Is this the right place?’
Judging by the location, it’s exactly where the turtle told me to go.
‘what?’
It was quite strange.
‘Why.’
Of course, there is no sign of life.
‘You don’t feel any sign of life?’
There was absolutely no sign of life around.
So much so that it feels out of place.
