Both of them were silent at the last sentence.
Neither of them could question or deny that sentence.
Kang Do-hyeon spoke to Jang Tae-heon.
“Where was the last time you saw Ms. Shin Soo Ah?”
“Sister Suah, I think I saw you near the big tree in the east yesterday. I think Yuha saw you too.”
“Then we won’t meet right away. Let’s hurry. Mok-woo, guide Yu-ha-rang.”
“Moot!”
As if telling him to leave it to him, the shepherd bravely beat his chest and climbed onto Kang Do-hyeon’s hand.
Jang Tae-heon and Kang Do-hyeon quickly started running in the direction the shepherd pointed to.
While he was excited at the thought of meeting Seo Kang-rim after a long time, his face darkened when he thought of Shin Soo-ah.
There was no way to get the two of them to meet.
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One of the fragments was staggering along.
How much time has passed since I came to this world?
It couldn’t have been more than three years at most, but he felt like he had been here for decades.
It was only natural that time would pass slowly in such a terrible place.
During that time, all the fragments could do was to curse and resent.
The woman who suddenly appeared and killed herself.
As I watched her, her white hair fluttering, killing herself and others as if they were insects, the emotion I felt toward the woman was fear.
Hatred is left for others.
Seo Kang-rim, if only it weren’t for that kid.
I was more resentful of Shin Soo-ah and Bihomoon, who were protecting Seo Kang-rim, than of the woman who ran wild, saying she would kill him.
If they had dragged Seo Kang-rim out, he wouldn’t have died.
I would never have come to a world like this.
Since I came here, there were some people who said I had to protect the sword from the protectorate, but do you know?
I wanted to kill Seo Kang-rim right now.
At that time, I vowed that if I could just get out of here, I would go find Seo Kang-rim and stab him in the face with a knife.
“… … !”
He couldn’t believe his eyes.
It was far away, but I could see it clearly.
There was Seo Kang-rim.
Is this an illusion? Or has he finally fallen into this hell?
I desperately hoped it was the latter.
Seo Kang-rim also had to remain in this hell and die by his own hands hundreds, thousands of times.
I couldn’t forgive myself for dying because of that little bug.
“Seo Kang-rim-!”
He swung his sword at Seo Kang-rim, screaming at the top of his lungs.
Anyway, he’s a third-grade, worthless guy.
The moment I was about to blow the bastard’s head off, Seo Kang-rim’s figure disappeared from my sight.
“uh?”
Was it really a welcome? As I was thinking that, I felt a presence behind me.
-Crack!
He lost consciousness as soon as the strong impact was applied.
Seo Kang-rim looked down at the debris that had fallen at his feet.
It was a face that seemed familiar.
“This person is also the one who died to Baek Young at that time.”
As they headed inside under Yuharang’s guidance, countless people rushed towards Seo Kangrim.
Some were sentries who tried to eliminate intruders under anonymous orders, while others were mad and reflexively attacked.
There were also fragments that recognized Seo Kang-rim and rushed to kill him.
At that time, they were the ones who were killed by Baek Young in that large magic mirror.
Although the Bihomun sect members were very happy to see Seo Kang-rim, there were many who were not so happy.
Yu Harang looked surprised at Seo Kang-rim and said.
“You really… … have become stronger.”
It felt like they were completely different people, even though their faces were the same.
Seo Kang-rim looked away, feeling awkward as he saw Yu Ha-rang’s admiration.
Then suddenly I saw a mountain of corpses piled up nearby.
These were the things I had seen from the moment I entered here.
I didn’t feel anything particularly strange at the time, but it was different now.
Apparently, everyone becomes immortal here.
They say that even if you die, you will be reborn after a few days, so what are these corpses piled up like a mountain here?
“Yuha-rang, what are all these corpses piled up here?”
When Seo Kang-rim asked, pointing to the pile of black corpses, Yu Ha-rang looked in that direction.
She looked puzzled.
“A corpse?”
“There are black corpses piled up here.”
“… … That’s just a pile of dirt?”
As soon as he finished speaking, the corpses opened their eyes and looked at Seo Kang-rim.
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Those things smiling at Seo Kang-rim, showing their white teeth.
It was a laugh as if a ghost was teasing a living person.
The cackling sound echoed in my ears.
“Seo Kang-rim?”
“… … No, it’s nothing.”
Those were illusions, I couldn’t tell the difference.
What he feared most was happening.
It’s gotten to the point where I can’t tell what’s fantasy and what’s reality.
‘It was easy to mistake this place for the real world.’
Since it was originally a strange space, wouldn’t it be easy to misunderstand its appearance like this?
He turned his back, comforting himself like that.
“… … Let’s go, Yuha-rang.”
Yu Ha-rang noticed that something was strange, but Seo Kang-rim started running first without giving her a chance to say anything.
As we headed inward, the number of fragments began to increase.
Seo Kang-rim cut them down and set the blade of the five senses.
The bloody smell overflowing here must be real. Yuha-rang also said she could smell blood.
The fragments rushing towards him were also real.
But even if there had been a welcome in between, would he have been able to tell the difference?
“Seo Kang-rim!”
After all the debris had fallen, Yu Harang hurriedly stopped Seo Kang-rim.
Seo Kang-rim looked at Yu Ha-rang with worn-out eyes.
Yoo Harang said while holding Seo Kang Rim’s arm.
“Be careful. The devil will come out from here.”
-Crunch, crunch… … .
As Yuharang said, the sound of demons crying could be heard nearby.
After waiting for a moment, the demon appeared, stepping on the floor soaked with blood and bodily fluids.
At first glance, it reminded me of a dog or a wolf, but it looked exactly like it had died and come back to life.
Their bodies were rotting away, and many of them were missing a leg.
Seo Kang-rim instinctively grabbed the hilt of his sword, but something felt strange.
I felt no hostility from the demons.
Originally, they were the ones who would have rushed at us as soon as they saw us.
‘You didn’t find us?’
No, the demons were clearly watching them.
Until the demons, sensing the presence of people, revealed themselves, they still had a murderous aura about them.
But the moment they saw Yoo Ha-rang and Seo Kang-rim, they let their guard down.
‘Seeing Yuharang? No, no. Those are… … .’
The demons were looking at Seo Kang-rim.
It was hard to believe that he was that vicious beast, but his gaze was so gentle that it seemed as if he was facing a fellow creature.
At that moment, a familiar man caught my eye among the demons.
That man, with his skinny body and smirking with his ribs showing, looks like a savage.
It was the man I encountered in the demon realm where the flow of time was distorted.
A man who spent decades alone, devouring the corpses of his colleagues, accumulating karma and crossing the boundary.
The demons did not attack the man.
They didn’t recognize him as an enemy.
These demons did not see Seo Kang-rim as a human being like the man back then.
Now they were bowing their heads to Seo Kang-rim.
As if they were their leader.
‘… … I knew that the closer I got to the border, the further away I would get from humans.’
But I still thought I had some time to spare.
These days, both visions and nightmares have become less frequent.
However, it was only temporarily alleviated thanks to Shin Soo-ah’s company, and the fundamental problem was not resolved.
It seemed that he had less time left than he thought.
“Yuha-rang, don’t leave me.”
I couldn’t waste time catching things like that.
Seo Kang-rim quickly left the area with Yu Ha-rang, leaving behind the demons who were watching him.
Yuharang said in an urgent voice.
“Seo Kang-rim, are you hiding something? Tell me.”
“There is no such thing.”
“Don’t lie! There’s something strange about you!”
Yu Harang, who was being dragged, stopped by putting strength into her legs.
Her eyes were filled with doubt, fear, and concern.
As Seo Kang-rim was pondering for a moment what to do, he heard a familiar voice.
“No, no-!”
It was the shepherd’s voice.
I turned in the direction of the sound and saw something on top of a small ridge.
A silhouette that grows, that familiar shadow.
“Hyung Kangrim!”
“Seo Kang-rim!”
The people running towards him were Kang Do-hyeon and Jang Tae-heon.
The appearance is no different from the day he died.
As soon as they saw Seo Kang-rim, they hugged him tightly just like Yu Ha-rang had done.
“Are you really Seo Kang-rim? You’re not dead, are you?”
“Ugh, uh-uh, Kang-rim hyung… … !”
Jang Tae-heon was so overcome with tears that he couldn’t even speak properly.
I could feel through their skin how much they cared about me.
The one who actually died was me, and I died fighting to protect Seo Kang-rim.
At that moment, Kang Do-hyun touched Seo Kang-rim’s body here and there, and the joy disappeared and a look of shock passed over him.
“But what the heck… … have you been doing? Why are you so energetic?”
Kang Do-hyeon couldn’t help but be terrified by the murky atmosphere surrounding Seo Kang-rim.
This poisonous air, as if it were buried in smoke.
Jang Tae-heon, who had been shedding tears, looked back at Kang Do-hyeon with a bewildered expression.
“Why? What’s Kangrim like?”
“… … Seo Kang-rim, you explain.”
Even though he tried to make excuses, Kang Do-hyun’s eyes were filled with conviction.
After a brief hesitation, when Seo Kang-rim explained his condition, the three people looked shocked.
“You’re saying that you accumulated karma by stealing our abilities back then? No, I could have just taken them?”
Jang Tae-heon shouted in an indignant tone.
Yu Ha-rang, who had also listened to the story, sighed and placed her hand on her forehead.
“My head is starting to hurt. By the way, my abilities disappeared when I regressed, but only my karma remains. Isn’t that unfair?”
When Yoo Harang said that, Kang Do-hyeon became lost in thought.
He thought about something for a moment and then opened his mouth.
“It might have something to do with us being left in fragments. In the first place, karma doesn’t simply mean sin… … .”
-Kwaaang!
At that moment, a loud crashing sound was heard along with the demon’s scream.
Amidst the screams of the devil tearing apart, a strong vibration was felt as if a meteor was falling.
The attack was so powerful that even from a considerable distance, a cloud of dust could be seen rising loudly.
Yu Harang’s face hardened when she saw that.
“Seo Kang-rim, let’s go quickly! We have to get away!”
There was a look of urgency on Yuharang’s face.
Has a higher-level demon appeared?
At that moment, I felt someone approaching from the direction where the sound came from.
Everyone’s expressions changed at the sound of quick, sharp footsteps.
They tried to drag Seo Kang-rim away and escape, but the sound of footsteps was already nearby.
-Quazik!
As the owner of the footsteps fell from the air, the heads of the surrounding corpses all exploded.
Sticky blood was falling like rain.
But what tickled Seo Kang-rim’s nose was not the scent of blood, but the familiar scent of trees.
The dark world was becoming brighter with the scent.
The auditory hallucinations that had been giggling in Seo Kang-rim’s ears also began to disappear as they avoided the light.
Seo Kang-rim was unable to say anything when he saw the person who appeared in front of him.
How could I forget that sight?
That day, when I gave up my life to save people, and was brutally murdered.
Her brown hair was soaked with blood.
One eye covered by a blindfold and a green pupil that had lost its light.
Shin Soo-ah, who was murdered by Baek Young on the day of her death, was looking at Seo Kang-rim.
