Episode 234
One.
I put my hand on Agui’s shoulder.
Sigh!
It was wrapped around a black vortex. The whirlpool was strong, but then gradually decreased. From the size of the anglerfish’s body to the size of the anglerfish’s head… … Back to eye size.
At some point, the small whirlpool collapsed like a bead.
this. This small bead was the [Phalange Dragon’s Box].
There are memories of the ghost here.
In this small box… … A nameless doppelganger swallows a village girl and becomes her saint, and her saint falls into her witch, cultivating her paradise and then disappearing without a trace… … Everything. Everything goes into this little box.
“…….”
soul.
Perhaps, if we were to find the closest word, we could express it that way.
I looked down at the spirit of the hungry ghost that had climbed into my palm.
“crotch. Can you hear me?”
Very slightly, the bead moved in my palm.
“From now on, I will eat your memories. I don’t know the principle, but… Rather than being stored in my body as a box, it seems to turn into black water and submerge in my heart.”
The sound of rain could be heard from afar. Next door. Or even next door. The dark clouds that passed through the poor alleys will soon reach this old hanok.
“Agwi.”
The jet black beads looked brilliant.
“A little while ago, Amethyst said something important.”
The beads didn’t even move.
“If I give someone a body with my skill, it has to be their decision.”
In the black oral language, there was still a constant whirlpool.
“No one in this world can be born because they want to. No one gets to choose their parents. It’s not just people who are generally considered unhappy. Even a world-renowned genius, a rare beauty, or a great saint has no will at the time of birth. “All seven billion people are disadvantaged in that they were born even though they did not want to and could not want to.”
As for the beads.
“That’s why I think this moment [where you can decide who you want to receive life from] is very, very special.”
The swirling dictation was just raised towards my face.
“Agwi.”
“…….”
“Will you be my daughter?”
silence.
Before we knew it, the summer rain that had passed through the neighboring neighborhood had reached Hanok Street. Hanok Street had a drainage system that was no different from the one built during the Japanese colonial period, and when it rained, you could only hope that it would not be flooded.
Rain poured down on the old, worn-out streets.
“…….”
It rained even in the palm of my hand. Tuk! Tuk, tuk… … Dudu. Raindrops splashed on my palm, then into the wider air, and pooled between the wood grain of the old wooden floor. There was a deserter like this, but a little bit of rainwater collected on my palm, and before long, half of the jet black ball was submerged.
“Agwi.”
To this small, submerged being.
I said with a requesting face.
“Will you be my daughter?”
I put my head down like a marble swimming forward. Communication beyond that was impossible. However, I could tell that the bead nodded.
“okay.”
I lifted my left hand and slowly grasped the marble that was submerged in my right hand. And then slowly—I put the ghost’s soul into my mouth.
I closed my mouth.
I swallowed hard.
“…….”
The beads turned into a black liquid and flowed down my tongue. As it flowed, the black liquid spread out into dozens and hundreds of branches and penetrated into the internal organs of my body.
It was a shadow. The next moment, the shadow that had been lingering and eroding the internal organs seemed to have finally found its target, in the human torso, and only one place.
It rushed towards the heart.
Dozens and hundreds of shadows tightened my heart. As I did so, a feeling of quenching struck my heart. There was no problem with the heart’s function, but there was a shadow, and each of those shadows depicted someone’s memory.
“Skull of a phalanx dinosaur.”
[Activates the skill.]
Sigh!
The shadows that had been binding my heart until now were released in an instant. And then hundreds and thousands of black remnants poured into the esophagus, into the mouth, and onto the tongue, finally escaping from the body.
“……!”
When it came out, it was just a bead at best.
Beads flowed bucket after bucket onto the rainy floor of the main hall. And every time it bounced, barrel, barrel, barrel, the marble became exponentially bigger.
Eventually, the marble became so large that it took up the entire floor—
“…….”
At that very moment, the huge orb broke.
-Meow!
Meow cried. Nyaa! Nyaaaaa! Meow! It rained as a cat with the body of a dog cried for a long time, and in the rain, the outline of the bead melted and became a shadow.
And she stood in the shadow.
“…….”
Esther.
A comfortable outfit that a country girl might wear. A small basket for those vegetables that you would have picked while looking around the farm that day and thought there were useful vegetables.
A girl who should have been in the middle of a rice field was born from the egg of the shadow.
“ah…….”
As I watched the anglerfish looking around in confusion, I remembered a scene I once saw.
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iced coffee.
I see
Those who enter the tower have nothing. money. ID card. Even clothes and socks. They enter the pagoda completely naked, as if they had just been born. They pass through a long tunnel and reach a square called Babylon.
And I receive a new name, a tinnitus.
All of this was a metaphor and device for [You were born anew].
All of this means [You are Soin’s new children].
Those were the words of the top owner.
“Agwi.”
like.
“What name do you want to have?”
Just like I am doing now.
“…….”
The Demon King of Autumn Rain did not respond for a while. However, it is not that he was silent because he had nothing to answer, but that the answer was already prepared, but he did not dare to say it out loud… … It was the kind of thing that kept one’s mouth shut for fear that such a luxury, such a miracle, could be granted to oneself or others.
“S… … Del… … .”
she cried.
“Esther… My name is, … … Esther… … Estello, please… … .”
I nodded.
I guessed why he chose the name of the first human he killed as the name of his newly born self. I will live a life representing someone else. She had decided.
“okay.”
Because I guessed her feelings, I gave her a name.
“Esther.”
“yes. yes… “My lord.”
“Now I am not only your master, but also your father.”
In front of the avatar of a goddess who seeks to exist as the mother of all, I spoke to the life I had created.
“There will be many difficult times ahead. Always treat the people in front of you with respect first. You will have the strength from your [Constellation] days back, so there will be almost nothing you cannot achieve with a sword. But you still need so much.”
“Yes, yes… Black. yes… … .”
“Work part-time at the planetarium cafe for the time being. Meeting people, serving customers, calculating money, working hard, talking to co-workers, fighting while talking, and taking responsibility while fighting. “I want to learn there what a person is.”
“yes… … .”
I called out her name as she held her breath and cried.
“Esther.”
I said.
“Learn a lot.”
2.
On a rainy day, it opened its eyes.
It had no name. There was no shape. It should rather be called a shadow. On a rainy day, a shadow opened its eyes, and as soon as it opened its eyes, it saw the first creature that had ever seen its reflection.
-Grog.
It did not know what this creature was. There were a lot of things I didn’t know. Just a sound… sounds of rain. A loud croaking sound could be heard from all directions. The rainwater had a sweet scent.
like now.
When it became Esther from a nameless monster, it was allowed to live a normal human life. When Esther was called her saint, it seemed to her that her honorable and divine future was revealed to her. When the saint fell as a witch, she became the devil and destroyed a world.
But at no time did I feel that [I was born].
Life was simply given to me, and I lived as given. She became a saint not because she was saintly, but because she was able to replace a dead child. Seeing that, she started to think of herself as an angel or a saint… … no. She just lived.
I just wanted to live.
– Esther.
Only now, at this moment.
– Learn a lot.
Esther was born.
“…….”
Esther held a huge jet black sword. It was a sword that rolled down from her bead where she was born. Her red sword that made her undefeated and the strongest when she was once called the Demon King.
Esther held up a red sword. Compared to his small body, the sword was too large. However, to Esther, this sword was no different from her soul.
It was so easy to pull the soul, that Esther simply raised her sword high.
“You poor life.”
Esther’s face sank.
As if he was reciting his own prayer.
“I’m doing my best to prove myself here.”
The red sword moved slowly.
“Today, I look up to the sky and let out a sigh of relief.”
and.
The swung sword let out a howl.
The red rays emitted from the great sword split the world.
The falling raindrops parted all at once, the dark clouds dispersed, and the sunset hidden behind them was shattered.
“…….”
As the brilliant colors of the sunset were reflected, raindrops and raindrops fell steadily. As each bell held gold, the old Hanok was suddenly covered in gold.
[The Demon King of Autumn Rain appears.]
Amethyst looked blankly at the golden shower in the middle of the yard.
Raviel and Uburka, who were sitting on the main floor, quietly looked up at this mysterious raindrop.
“It’s beautiful… … .”
Amethyst looked back at Gongja Kim and smiled.
“Mr. Confucius, you have many beautiful things.”
“…….”
Gongja Kim nodded.
“yes.”
Gongja Kim said.
“This is the day Esther was born.”
3.
And this day was not only the day that Esther was born.
In the old yard of the hanok, numerous church members prostrated themselves. Due to lack of space, many people bowed down on the shoulders of fellow church members.
499 people.
Except for one person, the Demonic Cult still did not lose its heart even after losing its former master.
“Blood Demon.”
I called the name of the strongest man among them.
“Yes, Lord Xiao!”
“You obeyed Heavenly Demon and took care of all kinds of chores. If there were wicked people that needed to be dealt with, they were dealt with, and if houses needed to be built for church members, they were built. “You not only punished evil, but also served the people. You can be called a secretary among secretaries and a worker among workers.”
“thank you! “Sujiaoju!”
I nodded.
“Ghost Flame Demon (鬼魂炎魔).”
“Yeah.”
“When Heavenly Demon made his will, you served him with strategy and resourcefulness to achieve it. Even if your world was buried in a snowy field and all your strategies and strategies were frozen under the snowy field, it was your dedication that made it possible for Heavenly Demon to establish his final will.”
“…….”
I nodded.
“Wolyeong Demon Lord.”
“First rank of Sima Army, City Yongdae under his command, Wolyeong Demon Army. “I answer the call of Master Sogyo.”
“You planted ganja all over the world and knew that the snow field had arrived in the world earlier than anyone else. “You worked hard to guide the last elite of the Murim Alliance and summoned the last warriors of Macheon. Without you, it would have been impossible to determine the strength of the last remaining warrior.”
“…….”
I nodded.
“Sword Demon.”
“Speak up! “Sujiaoju!”
“You are strong. In the final battle, we won against the Murim Alliance. If I wasn’t strong, no matter how beautiful the incident was, no matter how much it was a story worthy of being told forever, what good would it be? “I have to win and see.”
“Hahaha! “It’s true, so I want to hug my Sojyoju’s heart!”
“you.”
I turned my back and looked at the 499 church members.
“Because of you, we were able to win. No, it was because of us that Master was able to win.”
A quiet fire burned in the eyes of the church members.
“Master, did you just achieve victory over the Murim Alliance?”
“no!”
The church members answered in unison.
“Master, did you just achieve victory over the Murim Lord Namgung Un?”
“no!”
The church members shouted as if they were coughing up blood.
“Then what did our Supreme Being win against?”
Above the evening sky split by Esther, the people of Snow, who had once perished, cried out.
“world!”
Yes.
“The Heavenly Demon has conquered the world!”
I nodded.
“Even if eternal snow falls and covers the earth. Even if all people are buried in the snow and freeze to death. Despite this, Master never once gave up on anything and never once doubted his sword. So, Master cut down the snow field.”
“Under the magic world!”
“Self-reliance on the people!”
“But there are still many, many worlds that challenge us.”
I raised my finger and pointed to the sky.
There was only a broken sunset, but my hand was pointing to the tower beyond, and everyone here knew it.
“The world that Master couldn’t cut is still overflowing to the point where blood flows from the mouth!”
The life of the church members has reached its peak.
“Will we carry on Macheon’s instructions?”
“Baraya!”
“If there are many, many worlds to cut down, is there a set task for us to do?”
“Baraya!”
“Then live!”
“Agabaraya!”
“Our hearts are like candles.”
“I will burn the world!”
So I melted the boxes of 499 people into my heart.
The church members who were revived were still immersed in life.
However, what they spewed out was not only life.
“The world of magic.”
At my muttering, the 499 church members unsheathed their swords at once.
“Solitary over the people!”
Their swords had dark, hollow details.
“We will conquer the tower!”
The white ghosts tied up in [Reincarnation of White Ghosts] were released.
They were reborn from my heart and returned with the strength of their prime.
The strongest army was born here.
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