#Episode 63
It was interesting.
I think her name was Helena Myers.
The moment I first saw this woman, I was struck by a considerable sense of alienation.
There were two reasons.
The first is that she was a woman I had never seen before. The second is that this woman’s level was higher than I had expected.
According to my older sister, he was a second awakened person.
Although he was not as strong as the Gandharva he had defeated on Kauai Island before entering the gate, he was strong enough to deal with several of the apostles who had been creating the barrier, and he was definitely stronger than our older sister.
Should we say that it is one step closer to the realm of ecstasy?
It was amazing.
Among those who fell to Titan, there was no one named Helena Myers, nor was there a woman who looked like her. I recognized her existence for the first time.
And just as I understood Helena, Helena understood me.
I feel like it’s constantly exploring me.
I sensed an excessive sense of caution. She opened her mouth, staring at the huge pillar in front of her without showing it.
“Listen, sir. This is Atlantis, and it seems there were enemies. The Manun, a type of sea dragon, and Atlantis has been at war with these sea dragons for a long time.”
“war?”
“Uh. The period is… 400 years?”
“It’s been a long time.”
“They say that in a fight that lasted for generations, the Atlanteans were eventually defeated. That’s the interesting part.”
Helena pointed to the corner of the pillar with her finger.
“The Atlanteans eventually bowed their heads to the sea dragon, worshipped the sea dragon god, and lived in a cowardly peace… … but this angered the god of Atlantis, who disliked it, and they were destroyed.”
I looked blankly at Helena.
“The wrath of God?”
“Yes, the wrath of God. The god of Atlantis killed all the humans of Atlantis and ascended to heaven.”
That must have been all that was written on the pillar. Helena turned her head away with an expression that there was nothing more to read. Our eyes met. Helena tilted her head.
“Sir, what’s wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Did I interpret that correctly?”
“That’s right, but why?”
“You ascended?”
“You said you did it?”
He pointed with his finger to the largest building in Atlantis.
“Then what is he?”
There was a man where I pointed.
The hair was long, the body was blue, the eyes were piercing, and the mouth was tightly shut, seeming to symbolize great stubbornness.
And looking at the beard and the wrinkles on the man’s face underneath, he didn’t look young.
Helena frowns.
“… … Yeah, what’s he like?”
If the written record is correct, there is only one.
The boss monster of this gate and the god of Atlantis who destroyed Atlantis.
[Those who are waiting for God’s judgment have arrived in the quiet city.]
It was a voice that echoed throughout the world.
At the same time, Kugu Palace.
The gate started vibrating like crazy.
It was simple.
Gate anomaly.
This phenomenon occurs when the grade of the gate changes due to a dramatic change inside.
I didn’t care.
[One boy and one girl, two… … . It’s not a lot, but it’s not a little. Considering the capabilities they have, they’re better than those who just wander around.]
The old man rose from the ceiling of the building. I was watching indifferently, but it wasn’t Helena.
Helena flinches.
“… … I dropped a cup full of coffee this morning.”
“so?”
“Listen. I dropped my coffee and then I tripped while getting dressed.”
“At that level, isn’t that just a small amount?”
“No, sir, just keep listening. The party in Hawaii wasn’t just any party. It was a secret party where only the biggest names in the fashion industry were invited. I dropped that precious wine, the ’92 Cabernet, while I was receiving it. That rarely happens. I won’t even mention the bald guy who gave it to me looking at me with a sinister look. That happened three times in one day. Oh, I shouldn’t have come here. Strange things don’t just happen.”
I stared blankly at Helena, who was even sighing.
This woman is more interesting than I thought.
There was no reason to make this story this long, but I made it this long. To be honest, it’s clearly a pointless story. But.
The time that this long story took was enough time to prepare something. Helena’s eyes continued to watch the old man as she spoke.
so.
“Do you see any solution?”
“I don’t know. Maybe it’s because he’s old, but did you see when he got up earlier? His muscle movements are agile, but compared to the momentum he exudes, they’re dull. Since his aged body can’t engage in a close combat, it’s probably magic or some kind of supernatural ability. Above all, there’s never been a monster at the gate that behaved with intelligence like that before… … No, sir, how can I ask this like this? There’s no point in exploring it like this.”
Helena, who was answering unconsciously, furrowed her brow. She just smiled. And the old man smiled too.
[What an interesting girl. She’s not human, but she’s a gold mirror… … She must have had a hard time.]
Helena and I reacted to those words simultaneously.
“Hey, Grandpa. Why are you judging me… ?”
“The Golden Sutra?”
I wasn’t interested in this gate at first. I just followed the invitation. I didn’t know what would be there, but I thought it would be good if it piqued my interest, and it worked.
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I became interested.
He reached out and grabbed Helena’s shoulder as she tried to jump out at any moment.
Of course, Helena tried to avoid it, but it was pointless. As I said before, if I catch someone, I’ll catch them.
“… … .”
He walked towards Helena, who was flustered. One of the old man’s lines caught his attention.
The Golden Sutra.
I didn’t expect to hear that word here. Just a little more, I needed confirmation.
“Do you know about Yeon-gi-gyeong and Chuk-gi-gyeong?”
[I know. Yeongi-gyeong means the state where you start to generate and control the flow of qi through breathing in qigong, and Chuk-gi-gyeong literally means the state where you lay the foundation of chuk-gi and build it up. This time, I will ask. Do you know about Geumdan-gyeong and Gu-ryeong-gyeong?]
“The Golden Sutra is the state where the human body is turned into a short circuit and internal energy is formed within the body, and it is the state where one realizes the energy of Mother Nature. The Guryong Sutra is the state where one vaguely realizes the power of the soul and becomes qualified to reveal one’s own soul to the world. Are you from ‘Titan’?”
The question of whether he was from the last Titan was answered in the language of the Eastern Continent of Titan.
The old man was greatly surprised by my last question.
His beard trembles.
[… … Amazing. How do you know the ‘language of the nine heavens’?]
Rather, I was suspicious.
“Language of the Nine Heavens?”
[The language that you and I are using now is the language of the Nine Heavens. To be exact, I am using the language of Tancheon among the Nine Heavens, and you are using the language of Hancheon among the Nine Heavens. Could it be that you have been using them without knowing?]
“I only knew that this language was the language of the eastern continent of Titan.”
[… … Interesting. The criteria for dividing the realms are the same, and the language is the same, but it’s not the Nine Heavens, it’s Titan… … . Sorry, but I don’t know a country called Titan. In all my years of living, I’ve never heard of such a country.]
“… … .”
[Are you perhaps a ghost like me?]
“No way.”
[It means living beings. But how can a living being speak the language of the nine heavens and participate in the game of ###?]
It was certain.
The system was giving me ‘information’.
If not, there would be no reason for the old man in front of me to appear. Helena, who was next to me, whispers in my ear.
“… … Now I understand that you don’t know much about the Gate. I get it. That’s why I’m saying this, in the ten years of the Gate’s history, there has never been an opportunity to talk to the monsters that appear inside the Gate. Sir, this is the first time. Sir, this is the first time you’re talking to a being of ‘sane mind’ inside the Gate.”
He roughly raised his hand and pushed Helena away.
It’s too close.
I lightly kicked my seat, leaving Helena behind. I landed naturally in front of the old man. The old man watched me silently.
It didn’t even lift my spirits.
He spoke slowly.
“I’d like to hear the story.”
[story?]
“Why do you speak the language of the Eastern Continent of Titan? What kind of world is the Nine Heavens? What is your relationship with the system? I have a lot to hear.”
[Hmm… … . First of all, I pay my respects to the ‘power’ you possess. It may not be much of a price to pay, but I will give you the answer I can.]
Surprisingly, the old man was kind.
[This is Atlantis now, but it was destroyed so long ago. There probably isn’t even a trace left. What ‘reconstructed’ it was, to borrow your words, a ‘system’. And.]
The old man raised his hand. The years were evident from his wrinkled hands.
[I am already dead. All the beings you are fighting are already dead. Of course, there are some who are still alive, but the majority are dead.]
“Reconstruction.”
[That’s right, Reconstruction. I was an awakened person from a lower star belonging to ‘Tancheon’ among the nine heavens. I successfully completed three of the four trials given by the system over the course of 30 years, but I failed the fourth trial. The result is as you can see.]
The old man pointed toward the cold, ancient maritime city.
[It looks like this.]
A sad smile appears on the lips. It is not my smile. It is the smile of an old man.
The old man continued speaking, looking down at me.
[You don’t seem to be subject to the system, but since you are, you should think more deeply. You have to overcome all the trials of the system to have a future. If you can’t overcome them, there is no future. Of course, running away in the middle is a way, but I don’t know if that can be called a future.]
“escape?”
[It is also possible to turn away from all of that, regardless of what happens to the land you belong to, or whether your loved ones die or not. A world free from the system, or a world where the trials of the system have not come down. Or a land that has been completely destroyed by the trials of the system, a ruined land. If you escape there, you can at least save your life. But can you call that the future?]
“Well, isn’t it a bit too exaggerated to call it the future?”
The old man laughs.
[That’s right, it’s packaged. There’s no way a paradise can exist where you escape and arrive. If I just tell you the conclusion, if you can’t overcome all the trials of the system, you’ll just become a meaningless puppet like me, subordinate to the system and oblivious to the passage of time.]
“… … .”
[That’s all I can say. Are you satisfied?]
I was lost in thought for a moment.
One thing.
There’s just one thing that bothers me. Oh, and the old man was very cooperative with me. I need to change my tone a bit.
“Language. You said that the language I am using now is the language of the Nine Heavens. However, I know this language as the language of the Eastern Continent of Titan. It is not a simple matter of similarity. The language you use and the language I use are the same. Tancheon (歎天), Hancheon (閑天), what is the standard for dividing them?”
[Well, I haven’t really thought much about the origins of language, but I’ll tell you the stories I heard when I first started learning languages. I don’t know about the land called Titan, but I heard that the language of this Nine Heavens that I use is a language that originated from the existing ‘Ascended Heavens’. Those ascended heavens were wanderers, and the worlds they originally belonged to were Tancheon (歎天), Hancheon (閑天), Jangcheon (障天), Pacheon (破天), Juncheon (準天), Sacheon (四天), Yuncheon (允天), Hwacheon (火天), and Ucheon (雨天), and they were called the Nine Heavens.]
