“Yeah. That’s right.”
I wasn’t particularly surprised by Dokgo Jun’s answer.
If someone else was asking for help, they would have left a message other than a photo.
Seo Kang-rim spoke in a voice without any highs or lows.
“Why did you send me a message?”
“Because you didn’t come.”
The answer came back before Seo Kang-rim finished asking his question.
Dokgo Jun said with a big smile.
“I waited for four days and I didn’t see you. It doesn’t make sense that the main character isn’t here.”
“… … .”
“Are you angry?”
“No. I don’t like the motive, but thanks to you, I now know that Shin Soo Ah is in danger.”
I was annoyed, but decided not to blame him.
Instead of criticizing him, Seo Kang-rim asked him a question.
“How did you get the space-time breaker? It was quite expensive.”
“Oh, sorry. That’s a secret.”
I could have lied, but I was secretly worried about having to say it was a secret.
It seemed as if he wanted to ask again, but Seo Kang-rim did not ask.
I can only guess that he may have received help from God.
I was keeping quiet because I had nothing more to ask, but this time, it was Dokgo Jun who spoke to me.
“Seo Kang-rim, do you know where the motif for Geohae’s room came from?”
“Isn’t this hell?”
“Oh, I see. That’s right. Each of the magic realms seems to be inspired by a name from Hell.”
The seven magic circles in the educational facility are inspired by the seven hells.
It wasn’t exactly the same as the form of hell, but there was a certain degree of uniformity.
The sea is made up of saws and bones.
That is, it meant cutting the bone with a saw.
“In Hell, sinners are cut alive with saws. And most of those who come here have saws attached to their bodies.”
Seo Kang-rim couldn’t understand why Dokgo Jun was talking in such detail.
While I was listening silently, Dokgo Jun continued speaking fluently.
“At first I thought the location where the device was attached was random. But then someone told me an interesting story.”
Dokgo Jun said as if he was very happy.
His eyes stared at Seo Kang-rim’s neck.
“Seo Kang-rim, you have saws all over your body. How much karma have you accumulated?”
There was silence for a moment.
The only thing that lingered in the silence was the stench of prison iron.
Seo Kang-rim looked at him without saying anything and then opened her mouth.
“What on earth are you talking about?”
“The location of the Great Sea’s belt changes depending on your karma. The more karma you have accumulated, the more fatal the location it will be attached to.”
As he said this, he raised both his hands.
A giant belt of water appeared, wrapped like handcuffs.
“I have some karma too.”
Seo Kang-rim was surprised because there were fewer people than he had expected.
That was because I thought that Dokgo Jun would at least have saws mounted on his limbs.
“And the more karma a person has, the stronger their shadow becomes.”
I wish it were a lie, but it was the truth.
That’s why Seo Kang-rim wanted to be the last one to enter here.
Last time, I stole the fate of about 400 people and accumulated a lot of karma.
If the shadow becomes stronger according to the karma value, there is no way to estimate how strong one’s own shadow will become.
“So what are you trying to say? Are you trying to accuse me?”
“Huh? No. Because it’s fun.”
It was common to feel contempt or fear when one learned that the other person had accumulated a lot of bad karma.
However, Dokgo Jun’s eyes were shining like someone about to turn the next page.
“I was wondering what kind of story it was that you, who pretended to be a good person, had the karma to get your head cut off.”
He said, staring intently at Seo Kang-rim.
“I wonder. What kind of person you are.”
“He is a criminal.”
“That can’t be true.”
He laughed as if he had heard a joke, but Seo Kang-rim’s expression was stiff.
Dokgo Jun said with shining eyes.
Like a child waiting for a fun picnic day.
“I want to meet your shadow soon.”
* * *
Dozens of monitors were lined up on the walls of the large observation room.
What the monitor is showing is a giant room.
Video was being transmitted through cameras installed in each room of the Demon Realm.
There were as many different people and reactions as there were different rooms.
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There were people who fought against the shadows, and there were also people who tried to kill the main body instead of the shadows.
“I’m glad we were allowed to observe the last magic mirror.”
As numerous people came and went in the observation room, Joo Sung-tae, who was standing at the back, spoke.
The princess standing next to him didn’t respond and just looked at the monitor with sharp eyes.
His gaze was fixed on one place.
The room of the giant, the prison area.
Seo Kang-rim was sitting at the prison entrance, standing guard.
Joo Sung-tae spoke in a disgruntled tone.
“The more I look at Seo Kang-rim, the more I feel like he’s an unknowable guy.”
It was unusual to be the last to enter Zone 2 and to reach where everyone else was in just one day, but something else stood out even more.
A giant’s belt hanging from his neck and limbs.
Looking around at other monitors, none of them had as many saws hanging on them.
Annabi, who was standing next to me, spoke while holding up a document.
“According to the investigation, there was no criminal record.”
The princess did not respond to Annabi’s report.
Still watching Seo Kang-rim.
He muttered quietly.
“What on earth did I do to deserve that much karma?”
“Isn’t that murder?”
“Just killing one or two people doesn’t mean that much karma will accumulate.”
I couldn’t figure out what I had done to deserve such karma.
Whatever Seo Kang-rim did, it couldn’t have been a good thing.
Joo Sung-tae became slightly thoughtful at the words that there was no way he could have killed one or two people.
“… … Are you going to bring that kind of guy to your team? He might be a criminal?”
At that question, the princess looked at Ju Seong-tae.
His upturned eyes looked even more fierce.
“Joo Sung-tae, why did the director tell us to include an article about karma in the last chapter?”
“Huh? That’s, that’s… … .”
Joo Sung-tae, who was taken aback by the sudden question, quickly cleared his throat and spoke.
“No matter how skilled an Awakened person is, if they have a personality problem, it is dangerous, so I think you wanted to put in a karmic penalty to eliminate that?”
As Joo Sung-tae said, no matter how excellent one’s skills are, if one uses them for crime, there is no point in training a trainee.
The Fate Protectorate is an organization established to protect the Awoken and the un-Awoken.
The princess spoke in an indifferent voice in response to Joo Sung-tae’s answer.
“You were half right.”
“Huh? Half?”
Joo Sung-tae looked at the princess with a bewildered face.
As if there were any other reason.
“If you wanted to filter out those with bad karma, it would have been reasonable to do it in the first step.”
Why bother raising them for months and then excluding those who have karma at the very end?
There was no such thing as a waste of time.
In the final stage, a penalty due to karma was imposed, but at the same time, a week’s allowance was given.
The princess continued speaking silently.
“If the shadow becomes stronger as it accumulates karma, people will naturally try to kill the main body.”
“Yes. I guess so.”
“But even if you have accumulated karma, it’s a different story if you are stronger than that.”
The princess glanced at the other monitor.
The images of Yoon Bom, Yoon Gyul-woo, Father Yohan, and Jang Tae-heon frantically searching the magic room were shown.
“If there is an Awakened One who has the ability to pass through the Demon Realm even if it means accepting the penalty, we have no reason to reject them.”
“But, but what if Seo Kang-rim causes trouble… … .”
“Do you think the Fate Protectorate can’t control just one Awakened One?”
At those words, Joo Sung-tae closed his mouth.
No matter how strong they are, they are still trainees.
There was no comparison with the masters who had trained behind him for years.
“If Seo Kang-rim were to leave this place, he would be nothing more than a sinner who has accumulated karma. However, if he were to leave this place… … .”
The corners of the princess’s mouth twisted greedily.
“It means that he is a sinner worthy of being used.”
* * *
I could hear the saw blade squeaking.
At the same time, Yoon Bom let out a short groan.
“Ugh… … !”
She held my ear as if it hurt.
Red blood was flowing down the back of his neck.
Despite the painful sound, the blade slowly and steadily dug into the flesh.
Like a hungry beast.
“Damn. This hurts so bad… …!”
Jang Tae-heon, who was searching inside the magic room, also held his hand in pain.
The finger, which had been half-pierced by the saw blade, would not have been strangely cut off in an instant.
“Is everyone okay?”
Seo Kang-rim noticed the change and approached them.
Yoon Bom tried to smile with a distorted face.
“Yes, I’m okay. It hurts a little, but… … .”
【He’s lying. How could he possibly be in a little pain?】
【It is brave to endure being stabbed alive.】
【It looks like your ears are almost cut off.】
As they said, Yoon Bom’s wounds were quite deep.
The blood that ran down his hand soaked his sleeve.
The belt of the giant sea, which had been operating little by little for several days, now had blades protruding noticeably.
Jang Tae-heon’s fingers were so thin that the bones were visible.
Seo Kang-rim hurriedly handed the cloth to the two people.
When I took the cloth and pressed it around the wound, it soon turned red.
‘The bleeding is severe.’
Seo Kang-rim looked around and then moved his feet.
The place currently being searched appears to be a herbal medicine room.
It was nice to have useful herbs, but there were so many drawers that it took time to take them out one by one.
Seo Kang-rim brought a medicinal herb that had a hemostatic effect and sprinkled it on the wound, saying:
“It might be painful, but just use a hemostatic agent and don’t use any restorative medicine.”
If the saw blade is completely restored while digging into the flesh, the belt of the giant sea and the flesh will become entangled.
Both of them nodded, knowing that fact well.
“But I feel much better after applying the medicine. Thank you, Master.”
Yoon Bom said with a faint smile.
The bleeding had stopped to some extent thanks to the hemostatic agent, but the condition of the two people did not look good.
Who would be conscious and still be fine if a part of their body was cut off?
“… … It’ll really get cut off in a day.”
“Well, that’s true. But don’t worry too much, even if you get cut, you won’t die.”
Jang Tae-heon spoke calmly, but he couldn’t hide all of his pain.
Although ears and fingers were not life-threatening parts of the body, it was painful to see them cut off.
‘In the case of Shin Soo-ah and Dokgo Jun, they won’t die, but… … .’
Shin Soo-ah had a band around one arm, and Dokgo Jun had a band around both wrists.
Dokgo Jun, it doesn’t matter if both his hands or both his feet are cut off, but if her arms are cut off…
He gripped his sword tightly.
‘I have to send them all out today.’
