1. Insect-level fortune
The term ‘four pillars of destiny’ is a really shitty thing.
Four Pillars of Destiny. Innate fortune.
It literally means that your fate is determined from the moment you are born.
Some people are born with a horoscope that makes them destined to become president, while others are born with a horoscope that makes them destined to become president.
Some people don’t believe in fortune telling.
It’s nonsense to say that your fate is determined by your date and time of birth.
But now, no one will say such things out loud.
After the Day of Awakening, everyone’s abilities were determined based on their four pillars of destiny.
“Please make sure to check your supplies, your team affiliation, and your position!”
Hundreds of people were gathered and talking in front of a huge cave-shaped magical realm.
A while ago, I heard that the Union had discovered a special magic mirror.
I thought a lot of people would be drafted, but the scale of the Demonic Realm seemed to be larger than I expected.
I could hear people from different sects talking.
“Wow, isn’t this the first time we’ve come together as a coalition?”
“That’s right. They come from Bihomun too… … .”
“I hope I can get scouted by Bihomun this time.”
While listening to the trivial conversation, I was maintaining my weapon.
The place I was assigned to was the rear guard.
Then a man I had never seen before spoke to me.
“Hello, we’re in the same group. Are you Bihomun?”
I glanced at him and lowered my head again, but the man seemed to be trying to ease the tension and started talking nonsense on his own.
“It’s my first time following a battle of annihilation, so I’m really nervous. But I’m also really happy to be fighting alongside that secret guardian… … .”
Judging from the way he spoke to me, he seemed to be a newbie.
Perhaps unable to bear to see the man like that, one of the other crew members approached him and called him out.
I could hear them whispering something from a distance.
“Hey. Be careful. That guy is Seo Kang-rim.”
“yes?”
The new guy looked very surprised.
Then, when our eyes met, he quickly averted his gaze.
That kind of reaction wasn’t particularly unusual.
Other sect members in the same group as me were openly expressing their displeasure.
It wasn’t that I was strong, so they avoided me.
Who in the world would be afraid of such a ruined fortune?
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[Name] Seo Kang-rim
[Grade] Insect Third Grade
[Five Elements] Fire
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They say that if you look at your fortune, there are fortunes that will make you a president, a king, a beggar, or a murderer.
The same goes for awakening abilities.
Humans realized their abilities according to their respective fortunes and were given grades.
My fortune is in the third rank of insects.
The ranks are in order of strength: God, Dragon, Ghost, Human, and Insect.
Next, it goes down in order of first, second, and third grades.
The lowest level of fortune telling, the insect level.
It was what is commonly called a bug-level life.
My fate was nothing short of misfortune, befitting my rank.
There is one reason why people avoid me, a bug-like person.
It was contempt.
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[Skill] Seeing fate
[Grade] Yongsam-pum (Dragon Third Grade)
[Description] You can check the fortune-telling window and notification window for yourself and others.
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[Ability] Stealing fortune telling
[Grade] Yongilpum (龍一品)
[Description] You can extract a portion of the deceased person’s fortune and take it as your own. However, karma will accumulate.
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When I was a child, I heard a story about a miracle.
Was it because of that miracle or was it because of the fortune telling I learned from over his shoulder?
I had the ability to see into other people’s fates and the ability to bring about them.
The problem is that after my talent was discovered in the beginning, people started to ostracize me.
[Many people who act like Seo Kang-rim come back injured or seriously injured.]
[Seo Kang-rim killed his companions and stole their abilities.]
[Seo Kang-rim’s fortune contains all sorts of evil spirits, so if they hang out together, misfortune will come.]
As soon as such rumors started to spread, I was instantly isolated.
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It was true that many of the people who accompanied me were injured.
Maybe they got caught up in my unlucky horoscope too.
But I have never killed anyone.
If you killed someone or took the fortune from a corpse, there wouldn’t be only those two.
If other people knew this fact, they would wonder why I don’t use my fraudulent ability to ‘steal fortunes’.
It wasn’t that I wasn’t using it, it was closer to not being able to use it.
This ability consumes more magical power the older the corpse gets.
And the magical power I possessed as an insect was not even a handful.
I visited the grave and the undertaker several times, but all in vain.
It failed because the magical power was insufficient for a corpse that had been dead for a day or a few hours.
With my current magical power, I needed a corpse that had been dead for less than a few minutes.
Literally a fresh corpse.
The problem is that it is not easy to find such a body.
Unless someone dies in front of you.
The most certain way would be to kill it directly, but there was no way a human being would die for a bug like me.
I once tried to follow people around diligently, hoping that someone would die right in front of me, but I failed.
It’s not all a loss though, since I ended up in a shelter during the process.
And people seemed to find it very strange that a bug like me had entered the Biho sect, which was so powerful.
“Why is someone like that in a sect like Bihomun?”
“I think it’s because he was an early member of the sect.”
“Even if they are early members, what would they do during a battle of annihilation… .”
“What about during the annihilation battle?”
A man appeared among the people talking.
He was a tall man with a somewhat rough appearance.
People flinched in surprise when they saw that face.
“So, is this Jang Tae-heon?”
“Hello, Mr. Jang Tae-heon… … !”
Jang Tae-heon, a high-ranking official of Bihomun.
He was a famous person even in other sects, and his fate was on a different level from that of an insect-level person like me.
He lightly hit the back of the person who was gossiping about me.
“There is no need to worry, since only people chosen by the Lord of the Gate gather at Bihomun!”
“Oh, yes… … .”
“And our Lord Shin Su-ah said.”
Jang Tae-heon said with a big smile.
“If you treat our sect members as enemies, it is the same as treating the entire Biho sect as enemies.”
“… … !”
“Remember that, unless you want to fight the entire Secret Gate.”
Other people nodded their heads in an awkward manner.
Jang Tae-heon chuckled again and slapped him on the shoulder.
“Okay, then let’s finish preparing for battle!”
As soon as he gave the order, everyone began to disperse in unison.
Jang Tae-heon looked at the scene and then approached me.
“Hyung Kang-rim, don’t worry too much. Damn, where else can you find someone as good as you… …”
“I never cared in the first place.”
“Then that’s good. Are you coming to the company dinner after the annihilation battle today?”
He said with a big smile.
Even though he knew that my abilities were suspicious and that I was accompanied by bad luck, he showed no sign of hesitation.
“I have no intention of going.”
“What? Why?”
If you go, you’ll probably be treated coldly by other sect members.
While Jang Tae-heon continued to persuade me, someone approached from far away.
“What are you two doing? Oh. Seo Kang-rim is here too.”
The person who approached us was another executive of Bihomun, Yu Ha-rang.
She was a girl in her early 20s with a childish look on her face, but in terms of strength, she was ranked among the top five within the sect.
At that time, Jang Tae-heon looked at Yoo Ha-rang and said with a face like he saw a cheerleader.
“Oh, Harang. Well, I heard that Kangrim hyung isn’t going to the company dinner this time either.”
“What is it, Seo Kang-rim? Are you missing again? Are there any guys harassing you? Tell me! I’ll take them all down!”
Yuharang spoke with a fierce attitude as if she was really going to fight someone.
Jang Tae-heon, on the side, was agreeing with her, although he could not stop her.
Why are they so anxious that they can’t take me with them?
The connection that started when I first became an Awakened Person continued for several years.
I think you’ve been deluding yourself into thinking I’m a good person. When will you ever get over this delusion?
Then someone approached us.
“I understand that you want to play with Yoo Ha-rang, Jang Tae-heon, and Seo Kang-rim, but the war of annihilation has begun. Go back to your places.”
Before we knew it, Kang Do-hyeon was approaching us.
He was another powerful figure in Bihomun.
When Kang Do-hyeon arrived, the two nodded as if they had no choice.
“Okay, I’ll go. Seo Kang-rim, I’ll see you later.”
“Brother! I have to come to the company dinner later!”
“Seo Kang-rim, take care. Okay?”
The three men in the vanguard soon left.
Meanwhile, Jang Tae-heon continued to yell at her to come to the dinner.
“The special magic annihilation battle begins! Each group is requested to move as ordered!”
As Kang Do-hyeon said, the start of the war of annihilation was soon announced.
Since my fighting ability is not that great, I was assigned to the rear guard that dealt with the small group of demons.
At my level, I wouldn’t even be able to enter the higher level magic realm, but since it was a special magic realm, I was barely able to participate.
“Mr. Kangrim, please take good care of me!”
“Let’s do our best! Don’t worry about other sects.”
The Bihomun sect members who were assigned to the same group as me said with a smile.
I nodded and slowly entered the magic room with the people.
If I’m lucky, one or two of them will die in front of me.
I just hope that isn’t a secret.
Even though the entrance looked large from the outside, it was even harder to guess its scale once you went inside.
It was a cave so large that you would believe you had escaped from it.
A strong ghostly aura surged out from within.
-Goooooo!
From the front, I could see demons running towards me, screaming.
While the vanguard fought against high-ranking demons, the rearguard dealt with lower-ranking demons.
As people continued to attack without stopping, I also swung my sword at the ghosts pouring out from both sides.
-What a benefit!
The ears were cut off with a rustling sound.
These little ogres that looked like they had crawled out of hell were quite persistent.
This number of people would be scary, but they charged at me without a care.
There are more than you think.
As I kicked the corpse of the little ghost away, I heard someone screaming.
“Eww, eww!”
As soon as one person fell, the ghosts quickly spotted their prey and pounced on it.
At that moment, thorns were seen growing from the ground at the speed of light.
-Quaquaquaqua!
In an instant, the oxen were impaled on thorn bushes.
As the sect member who barely managed to escape with his life was gasping for breath and getting up, people looked up and shouted.
“Your Majesty, this is the power of the Lord of the Biho Gate!”
The law of wooden leaves.
This ability to grow trees belonged to Moonju and Shinsua.
I glanced up and saw Shin Soo Ah standing on a huge tree branch, looking down at us.
Having risen to the position of Munju at a young age of 20, she was both beautiful and strong.
Brown hair that reaches down to her waist and eyes that seem to contain green leaves.
Although one eye was covered with a blindfold, his gaze was sharp.
She didn’t even touch the ground.
Just grow a tree and walk along the path it creates in the air.
Shin Soo-ah looked at us for a moment, then started walking forward again.
“They say there are no casualties in battles with the Bihomun… … .”
Another sect member spoke with a rather moved expression.
As he said, there were no deaths in the annihilation battles that Shin Soo-ah participated in.
It was a record that continued for four years after the establishment of the sect.
It was a regrettable record for me, but it was better than the members of Bihomun dying.
“Everyone, get back in formation!”
The morale of the sect members rose because they saw Shin Soo-ah’s supernatural ability.
Everyone took their respective positions and began to kill the demons as they entered the deepest part of the demon realm.
Everyone’s equipment was soaked in blood, and my sword was also a mess of blood and fat.
I felt like I needed to clean the sword, but I didn’t have a suitable cloth.
There was a dead cow in the corner, so I moved over to it and took off the rags it was wearing.
A member of the sect said, grumbling.
“The magic is slowly getting stronger… … .”
“I think we’re halfway there.”
The entrance to the Demon Realm was bearable, but once you get a little further inside, it becomes quite difficult to breathe.
Since our role was to deal with the rascals from the beginning, it seemed like we should slowly get out of here.
-Goooooo!
At that moment, everyone’s mouths fell silent at the sound of the demon’s cries echoing through the cave.
The cave was shaking so much that small bits of rock were falling from above.
“What? Is it the boss?”
“Isn’t the boss still here?”
It was definitely early for the boss to show up.
Besides that, there was something else strange.
The crying just now felt more like a death knell than a threat.
“Okay, okay! Let’s retreat for now… … .”
Before the leader could finish speaking, a giant demonic beast leaped out from inside the magic realm.
Everyone seemed to freeze at the sight of the beast.
A giant demon whose head almost touches the ceiling of the cave.
A beast with the head of a lion, the trunk of an elephant, and the tail of a cow is clearly unkillable.
As its name suggests, it was one of the most powerful demons that could not be killed.
But now that demon’s whole body was covered in blood.
The savage crawled out, groaning in pain, and collapsed after taking only a few steps.
-Koosh!
A loud vibration and confusion washed over us.
Thick clouds of dust spread everywhere.
“Why on earth did the invincible one show up like that?”
“Did someone from another sect interfere?”
As the crowd chattered, the dust began to settle little by little.
The blood flowing from the body of the immortal was soaking the floor of the magic room.
Just then, someone walked forward, stepping through a pool of blood.
The woman with white hair was an icy beauty, but my eyes were drawn to other places rather than her face.
Blood was dripping from the tip of the sword.
Amidst the silence, a woman’s voice rang out softly.
“Where is Seo Kang-rim?”
