<[Episode 22] World Tree (3) >
The main body of the World Tree, which exists in the dimensional gap, looked like one giant tree, but at the same time, it also looked like a vast forest of tens of thousands of trees.
The overflowing vitality was writhing and forming one huge flow.
‘This is the true form of the World Tree.’
It was a spectacular sight that drew exclamations of admiration.
‘beautiful.’
After staring blankly at the sight for a while, I came to my senses and turned my gaze to the hospital room where my family was lying.
The hospital room that I looked at with my black eyes was filled with the energy of the World Tree.
and.
‘Is this why it is called a parasite?’
The life force of the World Tree continued to be sucked away by the transparent energy that was eating away at the spirits of the family.
It looked no different from a parasite that attached itself to the roots and sucked out nutrients.
However, just because it was a parasite, the level of that transparent energy was not that low.
‘That power is also fundamentally the same power as my black aura or the life force of the World Tree.’
To borrow Baekryong’s expression, it could be said that he possessed ‘divine status’.
“I can kind of understand why you can exist within my territory without my permission.”
It was a power that possessed divinity and had a foothold in the gap between the dimensions where the main body of the World Tree existed.
That’s why it was able to exist within my realm without any direct collision.
‘But where did all the power of the World Tree that they devoured go?’
It would be normal for the size of the World Tree to grow larger or for it to gain more concentrated power as it sucked in the life force, but there was no change in its transparent energy.
It seemed as if it was evaporating and disappearing at the same time it was being sucked in.
‘It’s strange.’
At first I thought it was just a matter of poor efficiency in absorbing life force, but it was a little different.
After looking closely, I was able to figure out its structure to some extent.
‘I see.’
The life force that had been greedily devoured was moving somewhere through transparent energy.
These transparent energies that were parasitic on the main body of the World Tree were performing the role of sending the life force of the World Tree that they had absorbed somewhere.
‘then.’
What would happen if you threw black energy as food?
I immediately used the teleporter to go to the sickroom.
“Jaehyun, are you here?”
Director Lee Seong-min, who had been guarding the sickroom with his eyes wide open, immediately bowed his head toward me.
“Was there anything unusual?”
“There wasn’t any.”
Fortunately, nothing seemed to have happened while I was focusing all my attention on the World Tree.
I asked, pointing to the black eyes floating in the air of the hospital room.
“Doctor. Do you see that?”
Lee Seong-min looked at the empty space I was pointing at and then spoke.
“Are you talking about the refrigerator?”
“It’s nothing.”
It seemed that Lee Seong-min couldn’t see the existence of the black eyes.
‘That’s fortunate.’
It would have been a bit burdensome if I had to draw attention every time I used the black eye.
I stood in front of my grandmother who was lying in bed.
Looking through the black eyes, the grandmother’s head was completely absorbed by the transparent energy.
I carefully stretched out my hand and created a black aura.
‘What if something goes wrong?’
There was concern that the black energy might not be accepted at all, and that the transparent energy might run wild.
however.
‘I can’t just do nothing like this.’
There was a risk, but something had to be done to overcome this situation.
‘Grandma, I will definitely save you.’
Woof-
The black energy rising from my hand slowly moved towards my grandmother’s head.
The transparent energy that had been stuck in the dimensional gap and eating away at the life force of the World Tree naturally swallowed up my black energy as well.
Woohoo!
I could feel the black energy being sucked into the center of the transparent energy and transmitted.
‘It’s not enough.’
But the amount was so small that it was difficult to determine what kind of place it was.
‘A little more.’
So I started pouring out the black energy a little more boldly.
Woohoo-
‘A little more.’
Thanks to increasing the amount little by little, now more than 80% of the energy consumed by the transparent energy has become my black energy.
By that time.
‘think.’
I could clearly perceive the movement of energy.
The moment when the black energies that had moved somewhere gather together.
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‘Dongdaemun open.’
Dongdaemun.
It was a door that allowed movement ‘anywhere’ within the area.
My realm, where the corners of my house are declared, also basically comes from the power of black energy.
As a result of pouring a sufficient amount of energy into an unknown location transmitted by transparent energy, a temporary area was created and the conditions were met.
Jiiing-
Beyond Dongdaemun, a dense forest appeared.
I threw myself into it without hesitation.
Lee Seong-min confirmed that Kim Jae-hyun had disappeared again and started working silently.
His role was to wait in the hospital room and respond immediately in case of an emergency.
Because it was an important matter that involved the safety of Kim Jae-hyun’s family, a team was formed with only the most capable people to provide nursing care.
‘It didn’t really mean anything, though.’
The best medical staff did their best to examine and care for them, but there were no notable results.
Neither MRI nor CT scan showed any abnormalities.
This is because this phenomenon was related to brute strength and not a disease problem.
‘Is nursing all we can do?’
But even this didn’t feel particularly useful.
If they were a normal human, they would have had to turn over to prevent bedsores from developing after sleeping for a long time, but everyone lying here now, except for the grandmother, was a superhuman.
You could tell at a glance that his body’s endurance was on a different level from that of ordinary people.
‘Actually, even without us…..’
There won’t be any problem.
That was when.
Flash-!
The light pouring out from Kim Jae-hyun’s grandmother spread out in all directions.
dump-
Lee Seong-min lost consciousness without even realizing that he was falling.
“Hmm??
When I came to my senses.
‘What, what is it?’
My body wouldn’t move as I wanted.
‘Where am I?’
I couldn’t open my eyes, but my whole body felt vivid.
‘Liquid? Is it water?’
Thanks to that, I was able to figure out what kind of liquid I was currently in.
‘It’s not just water. It’s sticky.’
I tried to assess the situation as calmly as possible like a doctor, but that only lasted for a moment.
Woof
‘Hey, are you feeling weak?’
Lee Seong-min panicked as he felt an unidentifiable sticky liquid eating away at his energy.
‘Please, save me. Jaehyun!’
All he could do was pray.
Director Lee Seong-min is not the only one experiencing this right now.
The debt that had just spread from the hospital room had spread over a wide area, and thousands of people nearby were in the same situation as Lee Seong-min.
Lee Seong-min could be said to be better off than others.
This is because he was granted the ability through a contract of subordination from Lee Ji-sook, Kim Jae-hyun’s mother.
Because my level went up so much with awakening, I had the strength to endure this situation.
But for other ordinary citizens, it was different.
Those who did not reach Level 10, especially young children, were at extreme risk.
Young children with little energy reserves may struggle to last two days.
In the silence, the prelude to despair flowed.
The moment I successfully crossed over to there through Dongdaemun, the black energy that had been scattered around me gathered towards me.
and.
Jiiing-
A familiar barrier appeared around me.
‘It’s a little different from the corner area of the house.’
The biggest difference was the location of the barrier.
Currently, my area was formed with a radius of about 10 meters centered around me, and the barrier protecting me was formed by sticking tightly to my body.
‘It’s a similar feeling to when I used Gangrim.’
Even then, the barrier was built to protect my surroundings and the area was spread out in all directions.
and.
‘As I move, the area moves accordingly.’
I could feel it intuitively.
‘This state cannot last long.’
We had to achieve our goal as quickly as possible.
I started exploring right away.
‘The Eyes of the Absolute.’
There was no need to breathe black energy into it to activate the black eyes.
Woohoo
The entire surrounding area was filled with transparent energy.
‘This has become a completely opposite position.’
He wasn’t someone to be looked down on just because he was a parasite.
It was clear that the guy had divine qualities.
This vast forest was entirely his territory, and I had volunteered to enter the middle of the enemy lines.
All I had was a narrow area with a radius of about 10 meters.
‘I should have put in more effort before coming in.’
It’s unfortunate, but there’s nothing we can do about what’s already happened.
‘Don’t think too hastily. This time, just explore and when Dongdaemun’s cooldown time comes back, you can go out again.’
And the next time I came in, I planned to extract as much black energy as I could and send it here before coming in.
‘It’s a forest.’
I was aware of the environment here from the moment I first entered, but this place felt like something was foreign.
I soon found out why.
‘I can’t hear anything.’
The sounds that should have been heard in the forest were not heard at all.
There was no sound of insects fluttering, birds chirping, or even leaves rustling in the wind.
An ominous silence permeated the entire forest.
‘It’s as if the whole forest is dead.’
The bushes and trees that filled the forest also had an ominous appearance.
‘What is that?’
The trees here each had something strange hanging from them that looked like warts.
Anyway, once I entered the area, I was able to look inside using the Absolute’s Eye, so I used the Absolute’s Eye to examine the contents.
Most of them were empty or had nothing in them, but on the fifth exploration, I was able to find a pouch with something in it for the first time.
‘…This is.’
What was there was a dried, twisted corpse lying in a sticky liquid.
‘Not human.’
The corpse, twisted like a mummy, resembled a human, but its distinctive pointy ears indicated that it was a different species from humans.
That was when.
Throb-
What I thought was a twisted corpse trembled.
He was still breathing.
As soon as I confirmed it, I tried to use my invisible hand to rip the wart off,
Srrrrrrrr-
Soon, the body of the alien race melted away like a mirage and disappeared.
Splash!
Inside the cystic cyst that was removed late, only sticky digestive juice remained.
‘…no way.’
When I raised my head, I saw large and small lumps of warts stuck here and there on the trees.
‘Teleport.’
I used teleportation to get to the top of the tree.
‘The invisible hand.’
I grabbed the tree trunk with my invisible hand to keep my balance and looked around.
The endless sea of trees seemed eerie to me.
“her.”
It was so absurd that I burst out laughing.
Somewhere in this absurdly vast forest, the spirits of my family must be there.
Perhaps trapped in that strange worm, like the alien race that just disappeared.
‘It is impossible to search this vast area.’
There is only one way left.
I looked at where the huge tree was.
‘A hit to the head.’
Since it had come to this, there was no choice but to see it through to the end.
‘Summon the dead’
Jiiing-
Summoned all combat troops.
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