There was no sign of life around, and Seo Kang-rim was nowhere to be seen.
She activated the wireless communication with an anxious mind.
I thought that the other side would be out of service because the magic power was blocked, but fortunately it was working normally.
As soon as the wireless communication was connected, Seo Kang-rim’s voice was heard.
“[Ms. Shin Soo-ah! Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?]”
You’re alive.
When I heard Seo Kang-rim’s urgent voice, I was surprised by a sense of relief, but soon my heart sank.
Seo Kang-rim was covered in wounds and blood everywhere, no matter what happened.
The face behind the mask must have been the same.
“[Are you okay, Shin Soo-ah? Do you know where you are now?]”
I wanted to ask him what happened, but first I had to share the current situation.
Shin Soo-ah said, suppressing her anxiety.
“[Yes, yes. I’m fine. My body is fine, but I’m tied up somewhere… … . I don’t know where I am.]”
She said so and looked around.
Since the wireless communication was connected, Seo Kang-rim would also be able to see this scenery.
Even if I looked, I couldn’t confirm where this place was.
“[After looking around, it doesn’t seem like we’re inside the barrier. Let’s get there as quickly as possible. Keep your wireless communication turned on.]”
“[Yes, I’m fine… … .]”
-Squeak… … .
Just as Shin Soo-ah was about to answer, the sound of the door opening was heard.
She quickly closed her eyes and pretended to faint.
I felt someone approaching without making a sound.
It whispered in a low voice.
“I know you are awake. Open your eyes, child.”
Shin Soo-ah felt a shadow cast over her.
This powerful energy can be felt even with one’s eyes closed.
I felt a suffocating pressure, but fortunately, I did not feel any hostility from it.
Shin Soo-ah carefully opened her eyes and looked at the being standing next to her.
“… … Yes, you opened your eyes.”
Standing next to him was a man with long, flowing black hair.
He looked like a young man, and at other times he felt like a very old man.
Shin Soo-ah opened her mouth carefully so as not to provoke him.
“Are you… … the first owner?”
“Yeah. This is my first time seeing your face in person.”
His voice was calm, but there was a hint of pain.
As Shin Soo-ah lowered her gaze, blood-soaked clothes came into view.
Feeling the gaze, Moo-myeong twisted his body to cover his wound and opened his mouth.
“Originally, we should have talked calmly, but given the circumstances, I hope you understand that I am keeping you tied down.”
Surprisingly, the anonymous person spoke to me quite politely.
Even so, the fact that Shin Soo-ah was kidnapped and imprisoned remains unchanged.
He spoke in a low tone.
“I didn’t intend to force you in. I just had to keep you away from Seo Kang-rim.”
Still, I didn’t feel any hostility from him.
Rather, he looked strangely indifferent.
Shin Soo-ah looked at that nameless person and carefully bit her lips.
‘Everything I share will be relayed to Kangrim. Even if I die, I have to get as much information as I can from here.’
While Shin Soo-ah was looking around cautiously, Moo-myeong was gathering ink and a brush from the desk.
It would have felt more natural if I had picked up a sword.
Shin Soo-ah asked a question to the nameless man with a suspicious look on her face.
“Are you planning to kill Mr. Kangrim? Are you trying to possess me to do that?”
“… …Similar.”
He answered without looking back.
It was a voice that seemed somehow liberated.
Anonymous brought a brush and ink and placed them on the table next to Shinsooah.
“Why are you trying to kill Mr. Kangrim? He did nothing wrong.”
“Yes, it’s not his fault. If there is any fault, it’s only mine.”
The answer that came out this time was enough to surprise Shin Soo-ah.
The nameless one spoke with a blank face.
“Still, he must die. For the sake of humanity.”
“What on earth does that mean?”
“Do you know about the unchanging eternity?”
Shin Soo-ah nodded cautiously.
In response, the nameless one showed a reaction that was hard to tell whether it was a smile or a sigh.
“Yeah, I figured that out. There’s a lot of really weird stuff going on this time.”
This time?
The nuance was that it was as if this wasn’t the first time.
The anonymous person said, picking up the brush.
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“The unchanging Eternity has long sought to control the world. I have tried to stop it, but all attempts have ended in failure.”
His voice was so devoid of emotion that it sounded like he was telling someone else’s story.
Even though it was clearly something he had experienced himself.
It was a gaze that seemed to be telling an old tale.
“Since God cannot directly intervene in the present world, he sought a vessel that could contain all his power.”
“… … .”
“But fortunately or unfortunately, all humans who accepted eternity either died young or went mad, so he was unable to intervene in the world beyond a certain point.”
Shin Soo-ah recalled the story Seo Kang-rim had told her.
A research institute operated by the Protectorate.
The test subjects who were given eternity there and then went mad and died.
“Even in the weakened state of the unchanging Eternal, I could not defeat him. And in the meantime, Eternal was finding or creating a vessel that suited me.”
“… … .”
“When Eternity finds a perfect vessel, it exerts its power beyond its reach.”
The nameless black eyes looked so deep that one could not see the end.
He was silent for a moment and then slowly opened his mouth.
“So I decided to take the second best option.”
“… … What if it’s the second best option?”
“It’s destroying a vessel. Seo Kang-rim was one of those vessels.”
You cannot defeat the unchanging Eternity itself, but you can destroy the vessel that prevents it from exerting its power.
That was why Seo Kang-rim had to die.
Shin Soo-ah looked at Moo-myeong and asked.
“Is that why you sent Baekyoung to kill Kangrim?”
“… … Yes. I ordered all the candidates for the bowl to be killed. Seo Kang-rim failed, though.”
After Myeong-un quietly lifted his brush, he began to write something on Shin Soo-ah’s arm.
Suddenly, Shin Soo-ah realized that there was something written on her other arm as well.
But since it was the first time I saw the text, I couldn’t figure out what it meant.
“I found out too late that Seo Kang-rim is a vessel that Yeong-won especially cherishes. If he dies, I can buy a few decades of time.”
“If you want to stop the unchanging eternity, wouldn’t it be better to keep Kang-rim alive? Wouldn’t it be better to fight the Protectorate together?”
In reality, Seo Kang-rim was driving the Protectorate into a corner.
We uncovered their true identity, destroyed their research lab, and eliminated key figures.
The anonymous man silently wrote down the words.
“Yes. Seo Kang-rim has handled things well so far. I’ve thought about cooperating with him several times.”
“then…….”
“But if his body is taken away by Eternity, everything will go down the drain. Also, the chances of him taking down the Protectorate are close to impossible.”
It was a tone bordering on confidence.
Shin Soo-ah asked the nameless, mask-like face.
“Why do you believe it is impossible?”
“Because I’ve experienced it.”
The anonymous spoke with a voice like a knife.
At first glance, Shin Soo-ah thought he looked like an inorganic being.
A rock or stone statue that has been standing in one place for a very long time.
The anonymous spoke in a cold voice.
“You don’t know how many hundreds or thousands of times this world has been repeated.”
A world that repeats itself hundreds, thousands of times.
Shin Soo-ah looked at him in surprise and opened her mouth with difficulty.
“… … How many times has Baek Young repeated his regression?”
“I can’t remember it well after a thousand times.”
As he said that, the anonymous put a period at the end of the sentence and let go of her arm.
I still couldn’t understand the meaning of that sentence and my head felt heavy.
It was a short conversation of just a few minutes, but I heard so much.
But not all questions have been answered yet.
What kind of god are you that you repeat thousands of regressions to prevent the unchanging eternity?
Why did a test subject created in a research lab of the Protectorate become your body?
She had to get as much information as possible.
‘How is Kangrim doing now?’
As we shared our view, we could see that the place where Seo Kang-rim was standing had changed.
Seo Kang-rim returned to the library after finding and destroying the medium within the barrier.
He was advancing, taking down the gods in front of him.
‘The conversation we share will continue to be heard. I have information… … .’
At that moment, the nameless man got up.
Shin Soo-ah’s gaze turned to Mu-myeong, feeling a strange sense of pressure.
He spoke to Shin Soo Ah in an emotionless voice.
“I still have high hopes for Seo Kang-rim, but it seems like it will be difficult for him to even get this far. In that case, I have no choice but to choose another method.”
When Shin Soo Ah heard that voice, the hair on the back of her neck suddenly tingled for some reason.
Strangely enough, the air changed.
Every word he said felt heavier and sharper than before.
“I can’t step forward directly because the Protectorate has a weapon. After you take that weapon, you will kill the messengers and Seo Kang-rim, and then you will deal with the Protectorate.”
“Do you think I would follow that?”
“No. So, I’ve already finished preparing everything.”
At that moment, Shin Soo-ah’s pupils contracted like the tip of a needle and her body began to convulse violently.
After exhaling with a gasp, I couldn’t even breathe properly.
The pain that started in her head spread throughout her body and her body began to tremble.
[The ‘First Master’ attempts to possess you!]
“Ugh, ugh… … .”
I knew something was wrong, but the pain kept me from thinking.
Up until now, many gods have attempted to descend upon the world, but the final decision-making power lies with Shin Soo-ah herself.
But what was happening now was noticeably different from any other divine presence I had ever experienced.
This was violence itself.
The feeling of God forcibly entering his head was beyond the word pain.
If I could end this pain at the cost of having my whole body crushed, I would throw myself into it without hesitation.
Pain consumed her senses.
The pain and fear that seemed to cut through my flesh was visible, audible, palpable, and piercing through every single cell in my body.
Anonymous looked down at her and spoke quietly.
“Originally, you had a choice even if I tried to possess you. That’s why I called you here.”
“Huh, kekekeke… … .”
“This is my sanctuary. It is where my power exerts its absolute power. Also, one of my powers is that my words will be fulfilled.”
He looked down at Shin Soo Ah’s arm.
It was a sentence written in a very old gore, so only an anonymous person could understand its meaning.
“You wrote that you will obey me.”
