Sabacheon (1)
Sabah Dimension.
It was a world dominated by mystics, Chakra practitioners who brought about specific concepts and phenomena through the inner microcosm.
The training of the microcosm that forms the basis of the chakra begins with properly constructing the mental image.
Naturally, their mental power was given priority over other abilities, and as such, they had a particularly strong tolerance for mental abilities.
“Gyaaaah—! That’s it!”
“Ugh···! What the···! Uwaaa!”
“Ah… no. Ah, Father… I was wrong….”
But that is the way the world works.
There is a degree to everything.
A woman was thrown out of the shadows and rolled around on the floor, clutching her hair.
The giant man, who seemed to be one with the great sword in his hand and seemed to be able to cut everything apart, dropped his weapon and retched.
A young man with strange patterns appearing in his eyes sat on the floor and waved his hands in the air as if he was hallucinating.
In the first place, immunity only provided considerable resistance and did not mean absolute defense.
No, rather, mental attacks that went far beyond that critical point were even more fatal to them.
For a chakra practitioner who considered mental construction to be the basis of his mysticism, any contamination of the mental image was tantamount to a death sentence.
“···They’re pretty good. As expected, they’re not ordinary guys.”
Those who were incapacitated in an instant were crawling on the floor.
Hoon, who was standing in the middle of them and slowly looking around, caught someone’s eye.
Although it is said that the output was reduced due to the spread of the mental waves more widely than usual, the density of the thoughts contained within it was by no means low.
And yet, in the midst of this terrible mental turmoil, he still maintains his sense of self without becoming an idiot.
‘It may not have reached the extreme, but… it’s probably at the level just below that. All these guys gathered in one place?’
From what I heard earlier, it seems like they didn’t come together openly, but rather hid away to avoid other people’s attention.
Hoon glanced at them, who had lost consciousness, and walked towards where Ramyu was, looking around.
‘Underground.’
A hideout with an overall gloomy feeling.
Although there were traces of efforts to make it more convenient, it was not a very nice place to live.
If Transcendence is the strongest being above the clouds in that worldview, then Geuk-ui can be seen as the position generally treated as the best among humans.
Just below that level, it would never be possible to receive such treatment.
‘Well, whatever their circumstances are, it’s fine. Let’s join up with Ramyu first. We’ll think about the rest later.’
Fortunately, retrieving her wasn’t too difficult.
Because she was still a young girl in appearance and had been unconscious when she was transferred, she was laid down quietly in the underground prison on the lower floor.
However, if there is one concern that arose during the process…
“Hey, you guys! Do you know who I am? Aren’t you afraid of your family’s revenge?”
The fact was that Ramyu wasn’t the only one locked up in prison.
Hoon made a strange expression as he looked at the blond boy in his early teens who was screaming loudly in the cell opposite where Ramyu was being held.
Even though he had a frightened expression on his face, his attitude seemed to be trying hard not to show it, and his luxurious clothes made him look like he was not from an ordinary class.
‘No, if you look at it from the beginning, it would be correct to say that that child was their target from the beginning.’
Kidnapping of a noble family’s son.
It was a plan that wouldn’t be strange at all even if it was planned by those who were dirty behind the scenes.
As I opened the prison door and went in to collect Ramyu with those thoughts in mind, a boy on the other side spoke to me in a slightly hoarse voice as if he was surprised.
“···What about you? You don’t seem to be in league with those guys···.”
An unidentified man who appeared right after the guard, who had not listened to him no matter how much he shouted and threatened him, collapsed foaming at the mouth.
It was natural to be surprised when he leisurely entered the prison and lifted up the girl who had just entered.
‘Hmm, what should I do?’
For a moment, such worries crossed my mind, but the conclusion had already been made.
Everyone who was already in this hideout has been neutralized.
Although it is not a complete idiot, it is impossible to guarantee that one can think normally when one’s mind is polluted.
‘I might starve to death, you know.’
In this situation, I can’t just leave the child behind and say I’ve done my job, right?
In any case, no matter what choice I made in the current situation, I would already be involved in a major incident.
Crunch—
As I opened the prison door to the blonde boy’s cell while carrying Ramyu like that, his eyes widened for a moment, but he quickly came out and put his hands together.
“Thank you. I am Yun So-hoe of the Seongcheon Yun family. I will definitely repay this favor when I return to my family.”
“I’m Hoon. My original goal was to save this child, so there’s no need to be too thankful.”
“No matter what the motive, grace is grace. As a descendant of the Yun family, I cannot ignore the favor.”
“···Yeah, well. I wouldn’t necessarily refuse anything if you gave it to me.”
Hoon shrugged his shoulders at the polite speech that was unusual for a child in his early teens.
He seemed to belong to a truly prestigious family, as his every word exuded pride in his family.
Behind Hoon, who was carrying Ramyu, a blond boy named Yoon So-hoe followed.
A path leading from underground to above ground.
The moment they arrived at the place where the dozen or so people they had first defeated were lying unconscious, the boy who had been quietly following them looked around and stuck out his tongue.
“···Amazing. These are the upper-class masters that even the family’s warriors couldn’t do anything about. And you’re going to subdue them all by yourself?”
It wasn’t just subduing.
Yun So-Hwi, who had been practicing chakras since childhood, could feel that the flow in their bodies was greatly distorted.
If this is what is revealed on the outside, then even if you come to your senses later, there will be a significant blow to the realm you have built up.
I still had no idea what method was used.
‘Could it be that he is a practitioner who opened the door to the depths? It doesn’t seem like that… No, I don’t know. It would be foolish to estimate the realm of someone stronger than me.’
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Yun So-hoe swallowed hard and glanced at the man walking ahead.
After seeing this tragedy with my own eyes, I couldn’t help but feel that he was even more amazing.
“Ahem, if it’s not too much trouble, may I ask what path of truth you are walking? Oh, as you might have guessed, I am pursuing the ultimate path of brainwashing. Although I am still at the lower level···.”
After hesitating for a while, he finally opened his mouth carefully with a cough.
For a practitioner who seeks to perfect the microcosm through knowledge, the path he pursues is a very important factor.
Of course, it was just a difficult question for Hoon, who had never learned chakras before.
‘I don’t think it’s necessary to answer, but.’
Then, he suddenly felt a question in Yoon So-hoe’s words, looked back slightly, and tilted his head.
“Wait, what do you mean I would have guessed?”
“Huh? Didn’t I introduce you? I’m a descendant of the Seongcheon Yun family.”
“ah.”
“hmm?”
“No, no. Look at my mind. That’s what happened, right. Haha!”
Hoon, who felt something from the other person’s words, smiled vaguely and turned his head away again.
And he walked briskly, licking his lips.
‘I guess I need to learn something about this place, Sabacheon.’
The number of other worlds that have been discovered so far is in the hundreds, so it would be impossible to remember them all in detail.
Anyway, since I could search it on the Internet whenever I wanted, there was no need to go that far.
The World Association of Returnees’ database alone would be of great help, as it provides both general information and a source for major events.
‘That time is now. Information is essential to blend in naturally without feeling awkward.’
Since I was going to return to Earth as soon as Ramyu woke up anyway, it didn’t matter if it was revealed that I was from another world, but it wasn’t something I could easily tell someone I was meeting for the first time.
“Ahem, so… I haven’t heard an answer yet.”
“Oh, that?”
Hoon shrugged his shoulders at the sight of Yoon So-hoe carefully opening her mouth again as if she still had regrets.
The door leading to the ground that we arrived at before we knew it.
He opened it wide and answered nonchalantly.
“If you’re curious, go check it out yourself.”
The door opens.
Instead of a dark, dark underground hallway, a bright interior was revealed.
With a group of people guarding the entrance.
“You’re already out? Do you need anything… Huh?”
“Who are you! How on earth are you in there!”
“Wait a minute! That’s Yoon So-Hwi! What’s going on?!”
Paper doors and floors, etc.
Men with Western appearances that did not match the oriental interior quickly stood up from their seats.
Because of that, the cards and bottles of alcohol on the table were scattered around and became a mess, but no one paid any attention to it.
If we had let that boy go here, everyone here would have literally died.
Either get revenge on Yun Ga or get silenced by his superiors.
“Catch me quickly… Whew!”
“Ah, aaaah—!
“Keeek, kekekekekekeke.”
Of course, there was no way those who were inferior could do anything about the training that even the elites who had been underground could do.
“Hmm, these guys are just average.”
After a wave of mental confusion had passed.
Hoon muttered softly as he passed by the men squirming on the floor like bugs.
‘Ah, there was a barrier. From here, it looks like it’s completely blocked off from the underground. Aren’t they more thorough than I thought?’
He nodded, looking around slowly.
That’s probably why the high-level people stayed underground and the low-level people guarded the surface.
If there is tracking, isn’t it obvious that they will target those who carried out the kidnapping operation?
“What, what the heck is this···.”
At that moment, a groan full of confusion escaped Yoon So-Hwi, who was watching the situation end in an instant right behind her.
It had to be that way.
Although most of the men here were of the lower class, they were in name only capable of training their chakras.
It’s surprising that all these people were crawling on the floor in the blink of an eye.
“Ma… A practitioner of the magic way?”
“huh?”
But looking at the reaction, the surprising point seemed to be a little different from what Hoon had expected.
He tilted his head and took a step closer to Yoon So-hoe.
“Hee, eek!”
“Huh?”
The boy hurriedly stepped back, looking terrified to anyone who saw him.
At this point, Hoon was able to quickly grasp the situation.
‘This is a very familiar reaction?’
It seems that he felt something from the mental wave that was spread across the front.
For example… a power that could be used by the Mines of Sabacheon.
‘Well, that’s difficult. I didn’t expect this.’
Hoon let out a small sigh as he lightly stroked his chin with one hand while carrying Ramyu.
Anything in the world that could be ‘understood’ could be opened through the chakra.
There were no exceptions, from elemental concepts like fire and lightning, to objects like swords and leather, and even abstract concepts like fate and time.
Of course, the more difficult it is to understand, the slower the advancement in realm will be, so it is common to train chakras that are easy to understand.
But saying that there are no exceptions means that anything can be a target for the chakra to open.
Among chakra practitioners, there were some lunatics who delved into negative concepts beyond such common cases.
Yes, for example.
Things like ‘death’ or ‘madness’.
And those who mastered the chakras called such heretics ‘magic practitioners.’
“Oh, why on earth is there a magic practitioner….”
Knowing the object was essential to building a proper mental image.
If it’s fire, you can try putting yourself into a fire pit. If it’s a sword, you can try creating it yourself by hitting it with a hammer or getting stabbed by it.
But what if that is ‘death’?
How can one possibly understand that?
And after understanding that, can the mindset of someone who has filled their heart with death be considered normal?
The answer was the reaction that Yoon So-hoe was showing right now.
“Huh, huh… What was that earlier… A practitioner of the deepest levels of magic? You-you didn’t reach the heavens, did you? No, that can’t be. But….”
A terrified blond boy was rambling with a sad face.
As the practitioner cultivated mental imagery, he was extremely sensitive to mental waves.
Even though he had clearly avoided him and was emitting psychic waves, he panicked just by feeling the remnants of it.
“Um, there seems to be a slight misunderstanding.”
As things turned out that way, Hoon couldn’t keep his mouth shut any longer.
Looking at that reaction, it was obvious that if we just let it go like this, there would be problems in the future, but I couldn’t just kill a child to silence him because of something like this.
He let out a small sigh and opened his mouth to explain.
At that moment.
Kwarrrrung—
Kwakwakwang!
A tremendous thunderstorm occurred with a loud noise.
Kukukung—!
It blew the entire ceiling of the building they were in.
“This is my opinion!!”
Beyond the crackling lightning.
A sharp female voice was heard from beyond the clear sky.
“Sister!”
“It’s my opinion!”
A woman flew in like a hawk and hugged the boy.
···I wish it had ended there.
Soon her sharp eyes turned to Hoon.
It contains a clear murderous intent that can be seen at a glance.
Seeing her react like that even though she hadn’t heard anything from Yoon So-hoe, it seemed like she had sensed the aftereffects of the mental disturbance that had been there.
‘That’s extreme. And it’s of a fairly high level. … Should I call him a deep practitioner by the standards of this place?’
In order to launch an attack using “psychic communication” against a strong opponent of that level, considerable preparation time is still needed.
No, it might be harder than expected, considering the mental barrier of a chakra user.
“This is true.”
Hoon let out a deep sigh.
I checked Ramyu’s condition briefly, but there was still no sign of her waking up.
At this rate, I can’t even move around like I usually do.
“You’re done.”
Somehow I felt like things were going well.
