◈ Episode 55: Guide (2)
Ten minutes later.
“Okay then, this concludes my explanation.”
Kim Joo-hyuk, who was quietly listening to her explanation, organized what she said in his head and then opened his mouth.
“Okay, then let’s sort it out.”
“okay.”
“First, the place I was in was not actually Earth, but a labyrinth. that’s right?”
“To be exact, it’s a labyrinth named Earth. “Anyway, it’s true that where you live is inside a labyrinth.”
“… … Second, the reason I live in the labyrinth is to receive the ‘name’ form. that’s right?”
“To be exact, not only you, but everyone living in the labyrinth now lives to be fed by that bastard.”
“… … Are you trying to steal my name?”
“okay.”
“… … So, to put it neatly in one word, we are living in a place where some kind of cub is being farmed to steal our name?”
“yes?”
“You don’t even know that you live in a fish farm?”
“yes.”
“… … really?”
“Don’t you think there’s any reason for you to come all this way and lie to me?”
“What the f*ck.”
The profanity that comes out of Kim Joo-hyuk’s mouth.
But the guide opened his mouth as if he understood.
“Honestly, you may not believe it, but this is the unchanging truth.”
“… … “No, what on earth is your name?”
“I explained it to you earlier, right? “Literally, the name is power.”
“strength?”
“Yes, power. people… … No, every living thing accumulates everything in its life to the name it has, whether it be an incredibly great achievement or a very ugly and disgusting karma.”
“… … .”
“There are many other things. There will be achievements that you have accumulated, efforts that you have made, and other than that, there are various symbolic honors and medals that remain in your name as achievements.”
“And since a name with such accomplishments gives power, you are cultivating that power?”
“yes. Then, after some time has passed and you feel like you have established yourself in the world, you send down the ‘top’ and get a name for having accumulated quality work.”
“… … Tower of Destruction?”
“okay.”
“Wait a minute, if you’re saying that, he’s trying to get a name, right?”
“that’s right.”
“But is there any reason to send the Tower of Destruction? According to what you said, since we are in the position of being farmed anyway, shouldn’t we just take their names right before they are raided?”
In response to Kim Joo-hyuk’s question, the guide shrugged his shoulders and said.
“Well, that’s also true.”
“But why on earth?”
“Why? It’s to get a better name.”
“what… … ?”
“A better name. Will a quality name really emerge in this peaceful era? “In a comfortable era where everyone is complacent?”
“So your words deliberately caused the destruction of the world… … ?”
“That’s right, they’re intentionally using the Tower of Destruction to cause chaos and ruin peaceful lives, and if not a lot, then some, if not all, will definitely make a good name.”
“This is complete bullshit… … ?”
“From their perspective, even if the world is destroyed, they can rebuild it, so they have nothing to lose. Well, in the case of your world, it didn’t perish thanks to you, right?”
“… … .”
Her words reminded Kim Joo-hyuk of that day 300 years ago.
The time when we stopped the Tower of Destruction and prevented the destruction of the world.
Kim Joo-hyuk thought about that time for a moment and then asked.
“Besides, thanks to that, opportunities came to me.”
“opportunity… … ?”
“huh.”
“… … What, did I prevent the destruction of the world 300 years ago and the food failed?”
She shook her head in response to Kim Joo-hyuk’s question.
“no? Even though you prevented the destruction of the world, you did not prevent the harvest. As proof of that, there are a lot of kids in your world who have had their names stolen, right?”
“… … “Children whose names were taken away?”
When Kim Joo-hyuk tilted his head slightly and asked her, she tilted her head slightly and seemed to have remembered it.
“Yes, in your world’s words-”
That’s what he said.
“-Did you say it was a constellation?”
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A small room in the confidential area of the White Lotus Society.
Yan Lang, who woke up after fainting and was staring blankly at the now completely dark window, recalled that moment again.
The image of himself ruthlessly bringing up all the power he had and throwing it at Kim Joo-hyuk.
Yan Lang’s attack was already right in front of Kim Joo-hyuk’s eyes, to the extent that anyone could have predicted what would happen in the next moment.
But what happened the next moment?
‘I couldn’t even react at all.’
She couldn’t even react.
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Like an idiot, Yan Lang was just swinging his fist with a smile on his face, thinking that his attack would soon bring victory.
Kim Joo-hyuk knocked her down with just one blow.
A single, brief blow that she couldn’t even react to.
‘Can I keep up?’
Yan Lang instinctively had such a question in his mind.
She had never once thought that there was anything she couldn’t overcome.
In fact, she had never looked at someone before and thought that she couldn’t overcome them.
Even when she looked at her parents, she thought she could definitely surpass them.
Even when Yan Lang saw Xu Lian, the head of the White Lotus Society, he thought he could surpass her.
But Kim Joo-hyuk.
‘… … ‘I’m sure I saw where he was.’
I didn’t think I could jump over it.
I definitely saw it up to his heels.
If she were an ordinary person, she wouldn’t have been able to see even that, but her talent allowed her to see where Kim Joo-hyuk was.
‘monster.’
So she thought that way without even realizing it.
He thought about the name his family called him, and the name he hated the most.
“You’re awake.”
How long was it like that?
Before he knew it, Yanrang could see Seolryun entering his room.
“what?”
Even though Seolryun was clearly her aunt, she did not use the honorific.
He just spoke informally like that with a bored expression.
However, Seolryun didn’t care about that.
Because I know what she went through in her family.
“How was it?”
“… … what?”
“I mean student Kim Joo-hyuk.”
“Kim Joo-hyuk… … “Is that the name of the guy who knocked me down?”
“Didn’t you even make a full statement?”
She answered Seol-ryeon’s question by nodding her head, then stood up and asked.
“Where is that guy now?”
“Are you Kim Joo-hyuk, a student?”
“huh.”
“Are you going to fight again?”
Yan Lang did not answer.
However, just by looking at Yan Lang’s eyes, Xue Lian realized her true intentions and answered.
“I’m sorry, but student Kim Joo-hyuk is not here right now.”
“… … what?”
“I went back. To Valhalla.”
“… … “If it’s Valhalla, Valhalla Academy?”
“yes. “He is a student of Valhalla.”
“Then I guess I’ll have to go this time.”
She wanted to hang out with Kim Joo-hyuk once again.
why? If you ask, there is only one answer.
‘Because I have a goal.’
Since she was fourteen, she had no goals of any kind, but due to some kind of incident, she was confined to the White Lotus Palace and spent her time training, but now she has one goal.
‘The goal is to defeat Kim Joo-hyuk.’
Of course she knew herself well.
To be more precise, she judged very calmly that she could never beat Kim Joo-hyuk in her current state.
But still, the reason why she wants to be with Kim Joo-hyuk.
‘The fight must have only lasted about 10 minutes… … .’
This was because the person I was before meeting Kim Joo-hyuk and the person I am now have changed dramatically.
She never once learned anything when fighting an opponent.
But what about when fighting Kim Joo-hyuk?
Obviously he didn’t do any offense.
Nevertheless, Yan Lang, who fought Kim Joo-hyuk, was clearly stronger than before fighting him.
so that.
‘You can reach your goal even a little faster.’
She wanted to fight with Kim Joo-hyuk a lot.
many.
Just a little bit more.
So eventually, later on.
‘Defeating Kim Joo-hyuk… … !’
Yan Lang thought about that and unconsciously smiled at the corner of his mouth.
A very happy smile.
It was a very warming sensation that I had never felt before.
That’s right, she had many goals so far.
Starting from defeating the warrior of the family he founded when he was the youngest, and later defeating the head of the Snow family.
She set a lot of goals and achieved them with great ease.
With just a little effort and a little more time, she easily achieved the goals she had set.
But what about the goals you have set now?
The opponent was far above him.
It was even going higher.
It seemed like her talent was sending a signal right now that no matter how genius she was, it would probably be impossible to defeat Kim Joo-hyuk.
A talent who always defended himself.
For the first time.
She actually felt pleasure there.
I felt joy at the goal, which I thought would be difficult to surpass even with my talent, and which re-instilled the will to live that had been destroyed by the bastards of my family.
so that.
“Kim Joo-hyuk, Kim Joo-hyuk… … Kim Joo-hyuk… … !!”
She was muttering Kim Joo-hyuk’s name with a bright smile.
“… … .”
Seol-ryeon was watching that scene all along.
“Umm… … .”
Looking at Yan Lang, who had a very serious expression on his face and was laughing like a crazy bitch, calling out Kim Joo-hyuk’s name.
‘… … I’m sure I heard that he was hit in the stomach, but could it be that he was hit in the head?’
With a serious expression on his face, he was wondering whether he should bring in the best acupuncturist from the White Lotus Society.
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Late evening, dormitory at Valhalla Academy.
“… … Hmm.”
In Kim Joo-hyuk’s room, he was once again summarizing his conversation with his former guide.
‘The place where I live now is a ‘labyrinth’… … .’
In addition, Kim Joo-hyuk met his guide and realized many truths.
I also learned that the fall of the Tower of Destruction 300 years ago was the work of the Labyrinth Lord to make his name known by destroying the world.
In addition, I also learned that a being called ‘constellation’ that did not exist 300 years ago but exists now is a being whose name was taken from him.
But among them all, the thing that is currently bothering Kim Joo-hyuk the most is this.
‘It wasn’t him who reincarnated me… … la.’
At first, Kim Joo-hyuk thought that the guide had planned everything.
The addition of barche to Kim Joo-hyuk’s military weapon, Chongeom, also included.
Everyone thought that she was the one who ordered Kim Joo-hyuk to do various strange and useless quests.
However, in response to Kim Joo-hyuk’s question, the guide shook his head rather firmly and said that he also met Kim Joo-hyuk through the notification window.
In short, it was a completely different person who reincarnated Kim Joo-hyuk and put Barce in the village sword.
It was said that there was a third party who made the guide meet him.
So who is that third party?
“Tsk.”
Kim Joo-hyuk thought about the content for a while, then clicked his tongue and decided to stop thinking about it.
Anyway, if you think about it, all you can do in a situation where you don’t know anything is inference, and in the end, you can’t come up with a result.
‘Besides, the goal has already been decided, whether you know it or not.’
The Labyrinth Lord who destroys the world by sending down the Tower of Destruction to steal its name.
‘I’m harassing that bastard.’
Kim Joo-hyuk does not have a great hero mentality.
However, on the other hand, he also had no interest in watching the world perish and seeing the world in which he was supposed to live comfortably destroyed.
That’s why Kim Joo-hyuk set a goal.
‘Exactly two days later, on time.’
He decided to wait calmly, remembering the guide’s words that he would call him back in two days and tell him about an ‘opportunity’ to threaten the Labyrinth Lord, citing the fact that there was no more time.
And the next day.
“hi.”
“???”
“Uh, over there… … .”
“… … ?”
“Do you want to play a game with me?”
Kim Joo-hyuk looked at Yan Lang who appeared in front of the dormitory door early in the morning.
‘… … ‘What is this again?’
He gave me an absurd expression.
