◈ Episode 267: Deep in the forest where people can’t see (1)
“So what did you decide to do?”
After taking Yen Lang and Choi A-rin to the lounge, Kim Joo-hyuk answered the guide’s question.
“First of all, I was confused, so I said I would organize my thoughts and open the wooden box… … “More than that, you can really trust that guy, right?”
When Kim Joo-hyuk looked at Zhong Li-quan and asked, he spoke.
“By that guy, do you mean Arang?”
“Yeah, that guy.”
“He has been a follower of your disciple for a long time.”
“… … okay?”
“Hmm, is there something that’s bothering you?”
Zhong Liquan asks as if he is a little curious.
Kim Joo-hyuk thought about it with a serious expression before answering.
“There are some things that take a bit of time.”
“… … “What is that?”
“You feel like a traitor.”
“… … betrayer?”
“The face.”
“?”
“Your face looks like a traitor.”
Jong Li-kwon immediately closes his mouth at Kim Joo-hyuk’s words and looks at him with a subtle expression.
Kim Joo-hyuk shrugged his shoulders and spoke.
“Or else.”
“First of all, it looks like your disciples have decided what to do, so now all you have to do is make a move. “My friend is here to take you there.”
“… … “Me?”
“Yes you.”
In response to the guide’s words, Zhong Liquan said, ‘Why am I suddenly…’ … She looked at the guide with a ‘.’ expression, but then sighed lightly as if there was nothing she could do. After looking at him like that, she looked at Kim Joo-hyuk and spoke.
“If Shinseon takes me, the time will definitely be shortened.”
“Yes, but… … .”
She tilts her head as Kim Joo-hyuk slowly slows down and looks at the guide.
“why?”
“I was wondering what would happen if something like last time happened.”
Kim Joo-hyuk muttered that and recalled the memory from last time.
When Sanje entered the labyrinth.
Of course, Kim Joo-hyuk did not suffer much damage in the end because he left Kalpa according to the situation, but there was no guarantee that such a situation would not occur again, so he looked to the guide.
The guide nodded and spoke as if he had a sense of what Kim Joo-hyuk was worried about.
“I think I know what you’re worried about, but if that’s the case, there’s no need to worry.”
“No need to worry?”
The guide nodded, then looked at Zhong Liquan and said:
“There’s a bodyguard here, right?”
“… … “Me?”
“Then who else is here besides you?”
Zhong Liquan looks a little perplexed at the guide’s words.
“that… … “I really don’t want to get involved in this fight.”
Zhong Liquan muttered that, but the guide smiled as if he had expected such a reaction from Zhong Liquan.
“Don’t worry, I won’t ask you to help me for free either.”
“It’s not free…” … ?”
“First of all, please send Moo-myeong, or rather Joo-hyuk, there. “Let’s talk about compensation later.”
A guide’s story.
At this, Zhong Liquan gave a shocked expression, saying “Um,” but then nodded as if he understood.
“… … “I’ll just listen to the story.”
“Good idea.”
After the guide’s conversation, Zhong Li-quan immediately took out the amulet in front of him and started drawing the pattern just like the last time he showed it to Kim Joo-hyuk.
Some time passed like that.
Ugh-!
Soon, with the sound of magical power, a paper door appeared in front of Kim Joo-hyuk.
“It’s the same as last time. If you go here, you’ll be right in front of the deep forest where no one can see.”
Zhong Liquan’s words.
Kim Joo-hyuk seemed to understand and approached the paper door that was slowly starting to open.
“Welcome back~!”
The moment Kim Joo-hyuk entered the paper gate.
widely-!
The paper door was closed.
The silence that arose with him.
“Hmm… … .”
And it was Zhong Liquan who broke the silence.
He looked at the guide with a slightly perplexed expression, but as if he had made up his mind, he made a humming sound and opened his mouth.
“Of course, I have received some help from you in the past. In some ways, you could say that it was a favor.”
“No, in a way, it can definitely be said to be a grace. But I have already returned the favor twice in the past.”
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“Of course, in some ways it may not be that big but──────”
Zhong Liquan began to talk intently to the guide who was quietly listening.
The main story, to put it simply, is ‘I have been favored in the past, but I have repaid the favor twice now, and this is the third time.’
In addition to that.
“And, as I said before, the current situation is not so good. “The heavenly army is ignoring the earth for fear of the incarnations that will soon be unsealed, and the remaining sentinels are just watching the situation unfold.”
“In addition, the races on the ground are not properly united even though their seal is about to be broken. Although there aren’t that many to begin with… … Anyway, let me tell you, the current situation is very unfavorable for this side.”
“Furthermore, listening to what you said, it seems that the seal is not far away from being released. Even if all races are united in this situation, do you think it will be possible to deal with those incarnations at the same time? “I haven’t even found all the names there yet.”
Zhong Liquan logically shared his thoughts with the guide, building up to ultimately saying no.
Truly a logical analysis.
The guide continued to nod his head as if Zhong Liquan’s analysis was not entirely wrong.
The guide, who was listening to Zhong Liquan’s speech that lasted for over 15 minutes, quickly nodded his head loudly and-
“Yes, you are right.”
“… … Yes, it is truly heartbreaking.”
-He took out a ‘star’ from his arms.
“Well, why did you… … ?”
As soon as Zhong Liquan saw the blue shining star, his eyes immediately popped out in surprise. When he asked that question, she spoke with a smile.
“I’m really saddened too~ This thing needs to go to its owner… … .”
She looked at Zhong Liquan again and spoke.
“Sorry, I interrupted the conversation. “It’s heartbreaking, but what?”
The following question from the guide.
On that.
“It’s a shame! “I’ll try to make it so I don’t have to be sad!”
“That’s good.”
Zhong Liquan had no choice but to say that as he looked at the Seven Stars held in the guide’s hand.
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widely!
With the sound of the paper door closing, Kim Joo-hyuk looked around.
What you see is a really dense forest.
and.
‘It’s the same here too.’
Immediately after seeing the small size of the seal, which was slightly different from the other places visible in front of Kim Joo-hyuk, he immediately took out his ice sword without hesitation, cut the seal, and was able to go inside.
“Hmm.”
What was visible inside was a truly deep forest, as befitted its proper noun.
However, Kim Joo-hyuk was able to instinctively realize that this was no ordinary place.
‘I can’t hear anything.’
No matter how far you were in the forest, you were bound to hear sounds.
For example, the sound of insects crying.
For example, the sound of leaves moving as the wind blows.
There were certainly many other sounds that could be made in the forest.
But this forest was so quiet.
As if it had stopped.
“… … .”
Kim Joo-hyuk looked at the place where there was no sound, then walked inside and remembered what the guide had said.
‘To be honest, the chances of you defeating Parashurama right now are definitely low. ‘If you count the odds, it’s probably about 10%.’
‘But the important thing here is that Parashurama is sealed, and you will enter that sealed place and fight.’
‘In other words, you can challenge Parashurama indefinitely. As long as you want it.’
‘Of course, even if you do that, your chances of defeating Parashurama may not be high. So, at that time-‘
“!”
Kim Joo-hyuk, who was walking while thinking about the story the guide had told him, suddenly found an open space in the forest.
I found a small house built in that vacant lot.
It has the feel of a traditional house and looks too ordinary to be considered an altar dedicated to an incarnation.
However, Kim Joo-hyuk soon took steps and moved towards the house.
Sigh… … .
Kim Joo-hyuk soon opened the slightly worn paper door and went inside, finding himself in the middle of a room decorated like an ordinary room.
‘… … ax?’
It was confirmed that there was one axe.
A very unique-looking axe.
Kim Joo-hyuk, who noticed that the blade attached to the handle of the ax was very small, unlike a standard axe, soon realized that this was the ax with Parashurama sealed in it.
“after… … .”
I sighed lightly.
‘It’s easy to get into that guy’s seal. All you have to do is touch that axe.’
At the same time, Kim Joo-hyuk remembered what the guide had told him and without hesitation put his hand on the handle of the axe.
That moment.
“!”
At the same time, the world that Kim Joo-hyuk was seeing changed.
“Hehe, you came to visit me.”
I turned my gaze to the voice I heard and frowned without realizing it.
Because what Kim Joo-hyuk saw there was a human corpse.
Even if you look here, there is a corpse.
If you look over there, there’s a corpse.
Human corpses were spread everywhere in the vast grassland.
“… … .”
In a scene that made him frown just by looking at it, Kim Joo-hyuk was able to see a man walking towards him through the corpse.
‘The face is the same.’
Kim Joo-hyuk confirmed that the man’s face was very similar to Parashurama’s face that he had seen in Kalpa.
However, the overall atmosphere and attire were very different from Parashurama’s attire seen in Kalpa.
The white of one eye had changed to black.
Parashurama walked out from the corpse, wearing nothing on his upper body and leather pants on his lower body that looked like what bandits would wear.
Drop-tap-!
Parashurama is approaching Kim Joo-hyuk with blood dripping from the ax he is holding.
He looked at Kim Joo-hyuk with a crazy smile on his face that didn’t match his face.
“Yeah, I knew you were out. But I never thought he would come find me, and that’s without even knowing who he is.”
Parashurama talks as if he is having fun.
“What is your intention? “What on earth did you have for coming to me without any preparation?”
In response to his next question, Kim Joo-hyuk pulled out his sword as if there was nothing to think about.
It was not a good choice to give the current Parashurama any space to think about why he came here.
“Why, why?”
That’s why Kim Joo-hyuk instead of answering Parashurama’s words.
“I came to test to see if I could pick your hair.”
I answered his question with a provocation and rushed at him.
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