Kim Saje of the Great Labyrinth -1-
Kim Saje of the Great Labyrinth
“fizzle!”
Father Kim brought his finger to his lips.
He looked around quickly and whispered to me.
“Brother. Is there a quiet place you can go? I’m being chased right now.”
Being chased······
That makes sense.
Because Kim Sa-je’s sect is a cult in name and reality that is not included in the Treaty of Destruction.
“Okay. I’ll help you out.”
Father Kim understood what I said perfectly.
He immediately starts acting drunk.
As I approached the hotel entrance, supported by one shoulder, a staff member smiled and opened the door for me.
“Welcome back, heroes!”
“You must be having a hard time because you can’t even enjoy the festival.”
“I will definitely take a vacation next year and enjoy it.”
“ha ha ha······”
You really don’t hold regular festivals every year, do you?
I’m a little afraid that I’ll be given an embarrassing name.
I smiled awkwardly and walked through the door.
The hotel staff who made eye contact greeted us with bright smiles.
A few days ago, he had been smiling politely but business-like, but now he was smiling with a very genuine smile.
“Brother. Are you popular?”
As we passed through the lobby and got into the elevator, Father Kim whispered.
“That’s what happened.”
“How to cure stigmata? How to overcome them? Where did you learn that?”
“I’ve heard a lot. It’s because the depth is shallow.”
“It’s not that shallow, is it? Just think of the way you corrected our church’s burnt offering method.”
“Because that was an area I was familiar with.”
“It feels like the whole city loves you, hyung.”
My room is on the top floor of the hotel.
Originally, I had booked a regular deluxe room, but as soon as I revealed the method to overcome it, the Guardians’ League upgraded my room.
To the presidential suite.
I’ve only seen it in movies, but this is the first time I’ve been there.
I knew it wasn’t a hotel room, but a top-of-the-line apartment. It had three large bedrooms, a large conference room, a living room, and a very large bathroom.
“wow!”
Priest Kim quietly let out a sigh of admiration.
“Brother, you succeeded! Well, you reached level 4, so you must have made a lot of money.”
“I didn’t make the reservation. The Guardians’ League gave it to me. This hotel itself belongs to the Guardians’ League.”
“As expected! You are worthy of being the Guardian of the Stigmata.”
“What is that?”
“It’s your nickname, hyung. It’s been all the rage on the internet. Even the German news. The TV is completely covered with your face.”
“Ha······ What is this? Oh, by the way, congratulations on reaching level 5.”
“Hehehe, thank you.”
Have you found a treasure trove?
When we met again, Kim Sa-je had changed again.
It’s like I became level 4 and became level 5.
However, since she looked a bit shabby, I emptied the minibar and brought her some soda and snacks.
This was all free, right?
While I was at it, I also drank a can of coffee.
“Whew, I guess I can live.”
“But what happened in Aachen? I thought you were still in the Levant.”
“For now, I found the treasure vault.”
“Really? Congratulations!”
“I found the treasure vault, and I held a ritual with the golden artifacts inside and reached level 5. That was good, but when I almost finished moving the treasure, I was discovered by my old father’s sect.”
Is this the old father’s sect again?
The real old father’s sect is nowhere to be found.
“Is the old Father’s sect still present in the Levant?”
“Because that’s where it originates.”
“I thought I was kicked out after the War of Destruction.”
“Ah. It’s just that they’ve become weaker, but they can’t be completely expelled. There are still quite a few people in the Levant who believe in the old Father’s sect.”
So it looks like you had quite a hard time.
The treasure trove is said to have been hidden in a corner of the Sinai Peninsula.
They say they started a chase from there.
He barely managed to escape to Cairo, Egypt, but was pursued and went on a grand journey to Alexandria, Cyprus, Athens, Palermo in Sicily, Rome, Geneva, Switzerland, and Aachen, Germany.
“Thank you for your hard work.”
“Don’t be ridiculous. I thought I was going to die. Fortunately, the Gaia Cult was strong in Southern Europe. I escaped to the Gaia Temple several times.”
“Wasn’t your church on bad terms with the Gaia Church?”
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“Maybe because God has been resurrected, the priests of the Gaia Church are being considerate.”
I repeat, all deities other than the 100 listed in the Treaty of Destruction are false.
But realistically, if God is alive and well and exerts his power, it would be difficult to simply treat him as a devil.
It seems that the Gaia Church is tolerant, considering their relationship with the old Father Church.
“Is your god completely resurrected?”
“Half of it. If we build a great temple and make a golden statue, he will be resurrected.”
“Are we almost there?”
“Yes······ Ah. I need to be at least level 7. Then I can perform the resurrection ritual.”
“That would be really easy. The resurrection rituals of other gods are no joke.”
“I’m sorry to God, but in truth, our God is not a strong God. I would like to hold a grander resurrection ceremony, but God wants to be resurrected even as a minor god.”
The old father’s resurrection ceremony was no joke.
Human sacrifices in the tens of millions were required.
Even high-level superhumans have to offer up mountains of corpses.
So in episode 3, the old father’s sect attacks all of Seoul.
Episodes 1 and 2 are also the work of the old Father’s Church.
“Can I help you with anything?”
“Um······ Actually, there is.”
“What is it?”
“Actually······”
Just as Priest Kim was about to open his mouth.
Ding dong.
The guest room bell rang.
Who is it?
It’s late at night and there’s no one here······
Zing.
The moment I tried to open the door remotely without thinking, the ring vibrated.
Also, the feeling of stiffness in the body.
It was a warning from the crisis detection ring.
As soon as I equip [Sixth Sense][Insight], inspiration suddenly surges.
‘I almost got into trouble.’
As he got up, he gave a warning to Priest Kim.
[behind.]
A warning delivered with only the mouth wide open, making no sound.
Kim Sa-je’s eyes widened.
He puts down the snack he was just putting in his mouth and slowly melts into the corner of the room.
A few seconds later the bell rang again.
Ding dong.
“Yes! I’m going!”
I flushed the toilet as if I was in it.
“who are you?”
As I went to the door and asked, I heard a thick voice.
“I apologize for the inconvenience, Guardian. The old bishop of the Father’s Church has come to see you.”
“The old bishop of the Father Church?”
“yes.”
“I have nothing to say to the old father’s sect… What’s going on?”
There was a rapid conversation outside.
It was difficult to understand because it was in German.
The employee spoke in an embarrassed voice.
“That’s right, Guardian. You came with a search warrant and someone with search privileges came in person, so according to city law, I can’t not open the door.”
Search privilege on search warrant.
There was a reason why the crisis detection ring was activated.
He is the Inquisitor.
As if by my instinct, the heretic inquisitor who had been chasing after Father Kim had come all the way here.
Should I hold on?
I am an honorary knight and a full-fledged guardian.
Moreover, although it is embarrassing to say it myself, I am also the guardian of the stigmata.
If you ask the two sects and the Guardians’ League for help, you can do it.
‘No. I was pushed out by the justification.’
The Inquisitor’s privilege of search is recognized by international convention.
If I try to block it with my connections, I will end up getting cursed at.
It’s also a legal problem.
Let’s trust Pastor Kim instead.
It’s a secret cult that survived for over 3,000 years after the death of God.
There must be a way to hide in this situation.
“Well······ Okay, I understand.”
He opened the door, giving off a look of reluctance.
A woman as skinny as bamboo comes in.
He wears a steel breastplate over his bishop’s cassock.
He had a war hammer on his waist and a large-caliber shotgun on his back.
A bishop who dresses like a knight, but is not a knight.
The Inquisitor.
When our eyes meet, he greets me politely.
“I see the Savior.”
Why is this woman like this again?
As my face distorted, the Inquisitor smiled brightly.
“After this incident, the saint gave the Holy Land. Whenever the Savior enters the Church, he will receive the same status as the saint, the apostolic prognosis, and will go through the process of ascension of the apostles in the temple designed only for the Savior.”
crazy.
These guys are now openly declaring that they’re going to eat me.
Did he feel a sense of crisis because the Thor Cult and Gaia Cult were intertwined?
Maybe at first I was hesitant because I thought I was so insignificant, but then I became convinced after seeing what I had accomplished.
I have to be careful.
Even the Inquisitor who is smiling so brightly right now would never hesitate if given the chance to convert me.
“Who cares?”
“It is the work of the old father. Human free will is noble and vain, great and weak. The Savior will ultimately offer both body and soul to the old father. In this way, he will ascend from this hellish earth, the sea of suffering, life, and this is truly an eternal merit and eternal happiness.”
There’s a crazy kid sitting there talking crazy.
Are you schizophrenic?
As expected from a fanatic, his words are completely incoherent.
I crossed my arms and glared at the Inquisitor.
“Is that what you came here to say?”
“Oh, I think I lost my mind for a moment after seeing the Savior.”
It seems like you’re always out of your mind?
The Inquisitor looked around the spacious living room behind me and said:
“Actually, there was a tip-off. It was said that an extremely evil and wicked, sinister and sinister follower of an ancient demon was hiding there.”
“Follower?”
“Yes. It is a living proof of the plague and an idol of corruption. It is a demon that must be eradicated and burned to death. Please cooperate. We also do not want to have friction with the Savior.”
That savior, that savior.
I quietly made way for him.
The Inquisitor entered the room without hesitation.
I let out a loud noise as the two level 5 paladins escorting me, as well as the holy warriors, tried to step into the dirt.
“You’re a savior in name only, but I guess your sect has no manners toward saviors? I understand the knights, but do the templars also join? I guess none of your members have the stigmata?”
At first he started out politely, but then he changed his tone and started speaking informally.
The Paladins pause, looking at each other and the Inquisitor who has gone ahead of them.
The Inquisitor spoke in a soft voice.
“This is our job. We have also obtained a search warrant. It is natural for the Templars to handle the practical work.”
“I opened the door because I had a search warrant and privileges, right? That’s enough. How many more are coming in? One, two, three… Oh my, fifteen people coming in? Is this why the Guardians’ Alliance gave you this nice room? Are you really an Inquisitor? Who would think this is the 17th century, not the 21st?”
The Inquisitor paused at my words.
17th century.
It was a time when witch hunts and human sacrifice were at their peak, and when the old Fathers’ Church turned all of Europe against them.
As a result, the War of Extinction broke out and the Old Fathers were driven out of Europe and crossed over to the New World.
Therefore, it was recorded as a dark history for the old father’s sect.
“No matter what you say, the search will proceed as planned. Come in.”
“Wow, the old father’s sect! I’m really impressed! Oh my, that’s right. How could a powerless person like me interfere with the old father’s sect? I’ll give it all to you. My body, my mind, my soul! Check it all out. Don’t just look around like that. Lift up the sofa, open the closet, and check under the bed. Of course!”
The Inquisitor won’t even touch your teeth.
He followed the knights and shouted as if he was singing.
I don’t have any screams or roars after death, but I’m a level 4 superhuman.
I was yelling so loud that my voice could be heard throughout the hotel.
The sleeping guests came out of their rooms one by one.
“What’s going on?”
“Oh, it’s our guardian.”
“Ah, the Guardian of the Stigmata······”
“But what are those?”
“The Inquisitor! The Inquisitor!”
“What? The Inquisitor is here?”
“The Inquisitor is trying to capture our Guardian!”
“You crazy bastard! Bring me my sword right now!”
Most of the people staying at this hotel are superhumans.
Moreover, it is the top floor.
There were only the Presidential Suite and the rooms below that level.
When a level 6 superhuman who surpassed a level 5 Inquisitor appeared, the Inquisitor also looked defeated.
“Oh my······ Savior. Isn’t this too much? Interfering with the search for heresy!”
“You’re saying I’m bothering you? I opened the door for you and stepped aside for you. I did complain a little, but you’re saying I’m bothering you? Are you being harsh?”
Are you the only one who uses tricks?
I cheat too.
Even now, the commotion could be felt throughout the hotel.
Meanwhile, outside, large vans are rushing by.
The station’s logo was clearly visible on the side of the van.
The reporters have already smelled it.
They were probably reporters covering a city festival nearby.
“Bishop, would you like to stop here?”
The hotel that was watching stepped in to mediate.
The general manager, whose face I had seen, stopped the heretic inquisitor.
“Haven’t you already checked the room? And you said you received a tip, but you didn’t identify the tipper or provide any evidence.”
“It is true that there was a tip-off.”
“Then tell me who the informant is. As you know, Bishop, there is a big difference between having a witness and not having one.”
“Whistleblowers are protected by international conventions. Therefore, we cannot respond to that request.”
“Do you think we will cause you any harm? I swear to Thor that we will not cause you any harm.”
Even though he said that, the Inquisitor kept his mouth shut and did not reveal the informant.
The general manager also gave me a knowing look.
Surely there is no informant?
Perhaps he was chasing after Kim Sa-je with his tracking ability.
As he came in, Priest Kim slowly sprinkled divine power to erase the traces, but there is always someone who flies above the one who runs.
“The reporters will soon come rushing in, and if that happens, won’t it be difficult for you and us? How about we stop here? I’m saying this out of fear of what might happen to the great old father and the noble saint.”
“Ugh!”
Even the Inquisitor seems a little burdened when even gods and saints are mentioned.
Because it’s an old father’s sect that gets a lot of hate anyway.
My stock price has been hitting the upper limit repeatedly because of the method of overcoming stigmata, so if I say that the room has been searched, there will be chaos.
Maybe the search for heresy was just an excuse and they might misunderstand that they were trying to arrest me.
“Huh, I understand. For the sake of the saint’s honor, and since the Savior is so displeased, I will stop here.”
“You are indeed wise! Then why bother to make a fuss? Come down with me. I will treat you to a glass of good wine in the lounge. It is the best wine, soaked in spirit water and aged in spirit tree barrels. I am sure your bishop will like it.”
“joy.”
The Inquisitor laughed openly.
He looked around the room and left a cold voice.
“Follower of the devil. We will definitely meet again. It is obvious where that stupid head will go. A rat will always return to the sewer.”
Then he shook my hand and walked away.
Even the general manager, who was rubbing his hands, was completely ignored.
“Excuse me.”
“Rest in peace.”
The inquisitors and the paladins say nothing.
Only the priests bowed to me and left.
It seems like he felt sorry inside.
“Good night, Guardian.”
Kuung.
The general manager closed the door.
The door holding the magic circle closed and silence finally arrived.
Kim Sa-je finally reveals himself.
He sat down on the spot and barely managed to utter a single word.
“I survived······”
