“ha… … ha… … .”

Tia exhaled heavily and looked at Kang Chul who was lying down.

tenacity.

Only that tenacity drove Tia to this point. No matter how many times he was killed, he never died.

I’m not talking about Kang Chul’s characteristics. Such was his indomitable will.

Tia, who was considered the king of dragons, was pushed so hard by Kang Chul, who couldn’t even become a dragon.

It’s almost creepy to think that strength and life were half of what they were.

‘Was it such a strong opponent?’

Tia consistently overpowered Kang Chul. But it was she who felt nervous. I’ve come to understand

What emotions are contained in Kang Chul’s screams of evil?

A crushing loneliness and dedication to pouring out everything for just one person.

“… … I’m not going to be like you, steel.”

Tia muttered something close to such an excuse even though no one was listening.

There was something about that feeling.

It was a hint that she too could become like Kang Chul.

That’s why she had to speak out of her mouth to overcome the fear that seemed to be her future.

“Lastly, is there anything you want to say to Grandpa Jinsun? Depending on the story, I might be able to tell you.”

Tia returned to her usual Yongin appearance and looked down at Kang Chul.

Originally, it was a request that I would not have listened to. However, considering the intense emotions Kang Chul had, he couldn’t bear it.

That piercing loneliness was something she knew too.

Even steel, having spent far longer in isolation than other dragons, would have been even more lonely.

“will do… … Words?”

“Yes, what I want to say. Because you probably won’t get a second chance. This is your last chance.”

“Clap… … .”

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Kang Chul laughed.

It was the same creepy voice as scratching iron.

“There are many things I want to say… … . But Tiamat. I’ll tell you what I want to say, so I don’t need your help.”

“Impossible. You can’t even move anymore.”

“Who?”

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Kang Chul turned his head. Her fallen neck rolled around.

She can’t play anymore. Isn’t that why the torn off neck is also in a state where it can’t be reattached?

“Who says you can’t move?”

But Tia felt a sense of deja vu.

“Tiamat, for you, the victory condition must have been my attrition… … . But what do you think my victory conditions were?”

Dragging.

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Kang Chul didn’t stop laughing even as he rolled on the ground with only his neck left.

Tia felt as if her backbone was being pulled.

It seemed like he knew what Kang Chul had done.

“I am from beginning to end.”

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Kang Chul’s head, which had been rolling on the floor, gradually turned to dust and scattered.

The head was smiling.

“I moved to meet Jinseon. I must be a hater. dragging.”

Tia trampled on Kang Chul’s head, which had turned to dust and was disappearing.

Steel is dead. However, only one of the many steel teeth died.

Her purpose wasn’t combat from the beginning. just to meet

“Crazy. I never thought I would have gotten out… … . Seeing that I tricked my senses, did I even make a helpless body?

To do so, she was willing to put up with the inconvenience. Through Yogi, he created a body that does not contain any energy.

It is an infinitely fragile and fragile body. But that’s probably why he was able to get out of Tia’s senses.

I have no idea how many iterations it took to do that.

In the place that became a sea of fire, he climbed the mountain with the body of a normal human without mana or energy. It would be hard to count how many times that body was destroyed in the process.

“Tsk… … .”

Tia’s purpose is to stop Kang Chul, who is considered a threat to Mt. Bongrae.

On the other hand, Kang Chul’s purpose, which was revealed belatedly, was just to meet Jin Seon.

“I guessed… … .”

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Kang Chul climbed the rough mountain with an ordinary human body.

no longer a threat

He was probably exhausted from climbing the mountain, so he was hit by a pickaxe wielded by a woman who was cultivating a nearby field.

But she was reachable.

He didn’t know what the end would be, but Kang Chul reached the top of Mount Bongrae.

“It was a battle that could not be won.”

It was a monster united by arrogance and a sense of choice. Who would have known that such a monster’s tenacity would reach this level?

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Kang Chul-yi thought he was lowly and, according to her habit, struggled ugly, even taking on the appearance of a ‘small thing’.

It was the most desperate struggle Tia had ever seen in her life.

“Oh, I’m tired.”

Tia sat down on a nearby rock and sighed.

She, too, was feeling too much. He probably wouldn’t be able to move from this spot for a while.

“I did that… … .”

Tia took a candy from her bosom, put it in her mouth, and muttered with a puzzled expression.

“I don’t know if Kang Chul will be able to reach it.”

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Kang Chul’s tenacity is worthy of recognition.

Tia, who is even called the “Lord of the Dragons,” even raised both hands and feet.

However, it was doubtful whether she would be able to reach the front of Jinseon.

The road itself is rough and it is hard to think that she will be able to break through the barrier she made with the help of Ungjeong.

“I think it will fail… … .”

If there is an existence that can pierce the barrier, it is probably only those who can use the shaman technique to adjust the flow.

No steel. The body she created is ordinary, but too ordinary.

Does that mean it’s Jinseon?

Jinseon has already repeated the group. In such a state, if you use the sage spell again to cancel the barrier… … .

‘Nine out of ten I’ll die before I can lift all the barriers.’

both.

They do not have the ability to break through the walls that hold each other apart. If this is the case, it is a tragedy.

“So it’s up to you.”

Tia can’t help it. And I have no intention of helping.

She was still negative about the meeting between Kang Chul and Jin Sun.

However, Kang Chul’s tenacity was worth acknowledging. so don’t chase

That’s the compromise she made.

Moreover, it’s too late to realize it anyway, so I don’t even have the strength to move right away.

So it’s not up to her to decide.

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Kang Chul and Jin Seon are unreasonable. Tia is also unreasonable. So right now, only one person can do that.

“Oz.”

An existence with the only possibility of being able to use shamanism.

His potential will decide everything.

* * *

the world is red

It was not yet time for the evening sun to set, but the world was dyed red.

“I knew, but… … .”

Tia’s potential is hard to fathom. And the king of the end of the ‘existence outside’ who drove Tia to death like that would be like that too.

There is a long way to go.

It was the time when I was looking up at the thunder and lightning sky, controlling my troubled mind.

“Oz, can I stay here?”

Marie approached with a timid expression.

Rarely alone without other companions.

“… … Why aren’t you with the kids? Even if you stay here, you will only see natural disasters happen.”

“It’s a natural disaster over there too… … .”

“… … That would be it too.”

Jinseon called everyone on the spot, including me, using a stance.

Of course, the [Moon Shaman] So-yeon and the goblins are also the same.

And among those goblins, there is a white sheep. When I think about Baekyang’s relationship with the other two, that alone makes me feel suffocated.

Even if we talk as usual, even if it’s different from usual, even if we don’t talk to each other.

The atmosphere must have changed.

“Yeah, Oz. The one that the saintess and I kicked out.”

“You say you look like me?”

“yes… … .”

Well, my visuals are a little too great to be unrecognizable just because I was wearing a mask.

Even if you just [contemplate] right away, but if there is a being that resembles your body shape and voice, you can’t help but doubt it.

As Arrieta must have noticed, she has a good eye for this side.

Probably, he didn’t say much on purpose because he was guessing what kind of relationship they had based on the conversation I had with Janus in the three kingdoms.

“Well, I grew up in a monastery, so there might be family members I don’t know about. Even so, he’s a guy who’s messing around here and there right now. You don’t have to worry about that.”

“Is that so? thank god. I accidentally cut off an arm… … . I was afraid that Oz would be angry.”

“You cut off your arm?”

“Uh, yes… … .”

This is another shocking news.

Has Janus driven all the way there?

I think that son of a bitch is more fitting than I thought for a candidate for the final boss?

“Aren’t you going to be angry?”

“There is no reason to be angry. Rather refreshing? Nice work, Marie.”

I was thinking of giving it a shot, but Marie seems to have fed it quite large.

Of course, just because Janus lost an arm doesn’t make him weak.

In the first place, he’s also a wizard, and it doesn’t seem like he’ll be able to recover his arm just because it fell off.

“And you know… … . I’m getting more and more faint these days… … .”

Tung.

The moment Marie was about to say something, something hit the barrier.

Until now, in the aftermath of the battle, huge rocks, trees, and magic flew in and collided.

However, the sound I heard this time was small and shabby compared to the ones I heard before. It was a clear sound nonetheless.

“Jinsun.”

And I was able to notice the short and desperate voice.

“Steel… … ? What the hell do you think… … .”

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Kang Chul Lee was tapping the barrier with his hand and calling for Jin Seon.

When she appeared, who was supposed to be fighting Tia, the audience fell silent.

Compared to the reputation of [Yowang], it was a very shabby figure.

I can’t feel any power, and I’m just a bare human. I came up through the road in such a state.

“Answer me. Jinseon… … . i came Your understanding has come.”

Tung. Tung.

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Kang Chul hit the barrier with his fist and called out Jinseon’s name.

It’s miserable. So miserable.

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Kang Chul, who poses no threat, looked so miserable.

No matter how much she tried to climb Mt. Bongrae with her naked body, her body was not intact.

Right now, I couldn’t even stand up straight, probably because I sprained my leg. She lay on her face as if she were crawling on the floor, and only passively tapped the barrier.

“Jin-seon.”

“… … .”

Jinsun shook his head.

I was honestly surprised.

I don’t think Jinsun and Kang Chul’s meeting is very good.

But I thought Jinseon was just holding back. I thought that my thoughts would change when I got closer.

But he continued to persevere even in this situation.

And I soon realized why.

“This, you f*cking monster!”

“My family died because of you! But what the hell are you shamelessly sticking your face in here?!”

Steel is evil.

It is an existence that brings disaster to someone simply by existing.

Mt.

The one who created the monster is none other than Kang Chul, and the three swords can be said to be Kang Chul itself.

Like it or not, she is guilty of indirectly offending them.

“Ah must. Originally, I should have punished Kang Chul.”

Jinsun said.

When he first saw Kang Chul, he said he had to make a choice between the two.

kill or

avoid or

But Jin-seon couldn’t do that. Because I had expectations, I made the choice to reap Kang Chul.

As a result of that choice, Kang Chul became a disaster that swallowed the entire federation.

At that point, Jinsun had to make another choice.

However, there were no longer two options for Jinsun to choose.

“Kang Cheol was harmed because of me, so it was the right thing for me to put an end to it.”

He had to kill Kang Chul.

“But I couldn’t.”

It should have been. However, Jinsun still avoided Kang Chul. He couldn’t bear to kill Kang Chul, who was like a family member, with his own hands.

“I failed to punish when I should have punished. So this… … .”

Jinseon said in a trembling voice.

“Me and Kang Chul. It is a punishment for both of them.”

Wouldn’t you like to meet him?

No matter how much he was stained with evil and caused harm, he was the one who lived only looking at him. And it is a family that has been together for centuries before that.

“So it would be better not to meet. Kang Chul changed because of me, so not seeing each other again is for both of us, and it is also punishment.”

I would have liked to meet you would have liked to talk

Nevertheless, Jin-seon punished him. Both himself and steel.

That was the biggest punishment given to Jinsun, who couldn’t choose that day.

“I will apologize. I apologize for everything. If you want, I’ll even give you my life, so please… … Please let me meet Jinsun. even once… … No, even an hour is fine. Please… … .”

Even in the meantime, Kang Chul tapped on the stretch barrier and found Jin Seon.

She knelt down and banged her head on the ground, uttering words of apology.

“Please let me hear your voice… … . just let me know that you’re okay please… … .”

She won’t be able to see this way. So, there is no choice but to plead in vague anxiety.

Maybe it’s not just heartfelt repentance.

It might just be the words he spits out to meet Jin-seon.

But the mere fact that she begged in that way showed how desperate she was.

“… … .”

I can’t convince Jinseon. That’s natural. Here is a victim who was attacked by Kang Chul.

There are not only indirect victims of the three demons or monsters, but also victims who have been deprived of everything by Kang Chul.

“Jin-seon.”

[Baegun Geosa] Nokjeong.

He is a descendant of a family whose place of living was taken away by Kang Chul-i and who at the same time became a monster from a spirit being.

He is a monster who climbed Mount Bongrae to return to the spirit world. Kang Chul could be said to be the enemy of the clan.

“Please meet me.”

But he said so.

Do you think it has nothing to do with him because it’s a family affair?

no, that won’t be

“Kangcheol is the enemy of our clan, the Ungjeongui clan. Knowing how unfair and painful our ancestors must have been, we cannot easily forgive him.”

Nokjeong said calmly.

He did not forgive Kang Chul. As someone who carried the will of the clan, it was not so easy to forgive.

“I heard that Kang-cheol was born as a result of Jin-seon-nim’s mistake. I can understand why you made that decision. but… … .”

Nokjeong said with a bitter smile.

“Didn’t Jinseon-sama take me away and show me the way to become a spirit creature again?”

Punishment is not the only way to atone.

“Besides that. Everyone here has received great and small graces from Jinseon.”

There was a good deed he had accumulated.

Maybe that and this are separate stories. Jin-seon’s usual good deeds may not have anything to do with Kang-cheol’s sins.

It may just be a natural thing that has nothing to do with the atonement that his disposition showed.

But there is this word.

“I can’t forgive Kang Cheol, but I feel grace for Jin Seon. So Jinseon-nim, please forgive yourself at least once this time. Everyone who is watching is anxious.”

favor.

They decided to close their eyes based on the grace they received from Jinsun.

Everyone did.

Everyone present here nodded. Seeing Jinsun’s sad expression, he seemed to have made up his mind.

Among them, there were those who had been swearing at Kang Chul just a few minutes ago.

“Of course, there will be people who are not here. There will be dead people too. But Jin-seon. Jinseon-nim is too small to care about them all.”

small.

It must be a somewhat unfamiliar word for Jinseon, who has been a support for countless people until now.

“Isn’t Jinseon-nim a god? So don’t try to shoulder it all. Isn’t it Jinseon-nim who taught me to value the things in front of me?”

“yes… … It did. Cherish the things in front of you… … I said so.”

Jin-sun shed tears. Clear tears streamed down his cheeks, reflecting the countless people watching him.

All of them had a grudge against Kang Chul.

All of them felt the grace of Jinsun.

Right now this moment.

“Thank you… … .”

The good deeds accumulated by one being overcame the resentment that encompassed the entire country.