Jinseon moved.

However, unlike his appearance of urgency, he did not seem to be able to move in a hurry.

he was dying

With every step he took, blood poured out of his mouth. His time is running out.

“It’s fine.”

It looked like it would collapse at any moment, but Jinseon prevented the people around him from trying to support him.

He moved with his back straight while swaying.

It was a dignified look.

Perhaps that is the image of Jinseon that Kang Chul remembers. It seemed that he wanted to greet him with that figure.

Just like that, Jinseon, who was in front of the barrier, cautiously hurried on.

“… … If you bump your body like that, won’t your body hurt?”

“Ahh! Jinseon… … ! That voice is Jinseon. Finally, finally, you talk to me… … !”

As if he was happy with just that, Kang Chul called out Jinseon’s name.

But unfortunately, Kang Chul couldn’t see Jin Seon.

It seemed that the inside of the barrier was not visible from the outside. Or you got blinded on the way through.

Either way, Jin-seon couldn’t help but look at Kang-cheol’s appearance with pity.

So he stretched out his hand.

Then, he began to adjust the flow by using a stance toward the barrier that was firmly blocking the two.

I wanted to meet him because he was the same. Just as Kang Chul came through the rough road, he too tried to embark on the rough road.

He was burning his life.

“Do you remember?”

Tung.

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Kang Chul didn’t know that and clung to the barrier as if he wanted to hear Jin Seon’s voice a little more.

“The day you first called me. You called me ‘Jinsun-sama’.”

“How can you forget me? These are my precious memories. At that time, everyone called you ‘Jin-sun’, so I thought that was your name.”

“It was.”

Small talk or recollections were exchanged. As if that was enough, Kang Chul had a smile on his face. And looking at Kang Chul, Jin Sun also smiled.

However, deep remorse remained in her eyes, and her fingertips trembled while adjusting the barrier.

“Did you remember when you turned on the water with seonju?”

“I remember. I was scolded by you a lot back then. I mean, thanks to that, you can’t even eat the apples you used to enjoy.”

The two of them are full-on.

One side was barely speaking while leaning against the barrier, while the other was pouring out blood to break the barrier.

The only difference was that Kang Chul couldn’t see such a Jin-seon.

It was good though. It was just nice to have a conversation.

Thousands of years have passed since we parted. Just having a conversation like this was like a miracle.

“then… … Cool.”

“Jinsun? Jinseon… … ? Jinseon! Are you okay? What happened?”

But that trick didn’t last very long. Jinseon continued to break down the barrier while chatting about memories.

The burden was bound to pile up.

“I’m fine, so don’t worry about it. yes… … . How long have you been talking?”

“Don’t do that. Jinseon, I know. don’t lie to me Am I not your only understanding? Don’t lie to me either.”

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Kang Chul knows. No wonder.

Originally, I should have asked Kang Chul’s guilt first before having a chat like this. I had to say something to scold and punish her.

But it didn’t. Kang Chul seemed to vaguely understand why.

“You don’t have to take care of me. As they say, am I not a sinner who has committed an irreparable mistake?”

Jinseon was breaking the barrier.

There are things that even today’s steel can know. These barriers were created not by one person, but by the combined efforts of many complex characters.

In this way, each character’s characteristics are mixed and entangled to become a natural fortress.

Tia would have done that.

The residents of Mt. Bongnae would have done that.

“I… … I’m satisfied just being able to have a conversation like this. So you don’t have to do that for me.”

Steel became urgent.

When I first heard that Jinsun was dying, I thought it was a lie.

When he acknowledged the slightest possibility, he thought that he would be able to revive Jinseon in the same way he did.

But not now.

Now she has no power.

There’s nothing you can do, it’s as if you’re just helpless and is hastening the death of your opponent.

“I thought I should keep my distance from you. My existence made you that way, so I thought it was the right thing to do.”

“Jin-sun, you are right. you were always right So there is no need for you to make such sacrifices for me.”

invisible

She had no idea what Jinsun was doing inside.

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Kang Chul just wanted Jin Seon to quit.

It was all done to be with him, but not as much as she hastened his death.

“Then I had to stop you. had to kill But I couldn’t. Wouldn’t that be my original sin? But since we have been given this last chance, shouldn’t we at least talk to you face to face?”

Jinsun rebuked Kang Chul in a soft voice.

It was the kind of tone I heard when we were expecting each other in the past, before sadness separated us.

But right after that, Jinseon spilled blood from the inside of the barrier.

Hearing that clear signal of death that could be heard even beyond the barrier, Kang Chul-yi was startled and shouted.

“It’s not all my fault! How can my wrongdoing be your original sin! all i did wrong You did nothing wrong.”

Steely screamed.

For thousands of years, I had never thought about Jinseon dying.

I will come to see you someday

someday you’ll understand

someday i’ll forgive you

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Kang Chul has endured those years, promising that ‘someday’.

I had endured the loneliness I felt in the wasteland of Samdocheon, where there were no dragons, let alone people, with such expectations.

Something more fearful than death was consuming her.

“Aren’t we a family?”

“… … .”

“Isn’t it family to share each other’s happiness, make amends for mistakes, and make atonement together?”

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Kang Chul nodded his head in tears at those words.

It’s something I’ve heard thousands of times in my life. But even if you hear it thousands of times, you won’t get tired of it.

Samuchi was a word that always made me feel at ease even in loneliness. That’s why Kang Chul said firmly.

“Then don’t even do that. What child in the world would want to see their parents die for them.”

“It is steel. Parents always die for their children. How broken are the hearts of parents who cannot even wipe away the flowing tears.”

Jinseon wanted to do that. He wanted to hold the hand of his child whom he had turned away from and wipe away his tears.

And above all… … .

“I also wanted to meet you, so I want to hold your hand at least this last moment.”

“… … .”

I just wanted to meet you innocently.

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Kang Chul bowed his head at that emotional reply. can’t dry

If Jin-seon wanted to meet her so much, there was no way he could stop him.

It must have been the same for her.

If he had to die for Jinseon, he would have committed suicide without hesitation.

“Then I will wait with great pleasure. So Jinseon.”

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Kang Chul said while forcibly raising the corners of his mouth even as tears flowed.

“Take my hand.”

“yes… … . don’t swear I will never turn away from you this time, so please wait there.”

* * *

Can not be done. It shouldn’t be like this.

Judging from Jinsun’s condition, it seems that she will not be able to hold on until the barrier is broken.

It is a barrier that was completed to ensure safety in the first place.

It was created in a way that even the pro-party could not release in a short period of time.

“Master, if it were me… … .”

“Stay still. Eleanor. If you don’t want to explode, don’t even touch it.”

He dissuades Eleanor from approaching the barrier without permission.

She thinks that with her [Understander’s Key], she will be able to dye the barrier itself in her own color.

However, it will be the same result as when he cut down Kang Chul’s alter ego.

It was the same even with Kang Chul’s strength, not his strength, but there was no way he could taint the barriers built up by Tia, Ungjeong, Nokjeong, and other guru.

“I never thought things would turn out like this.”

The barriers prepared to protect everyone were holding back their ankles.

It was unavoidable. It was a situation where two beings called dragons in the world faced each other head-on.

That’s why he created a barrier that even the caster cannot easily dispel.

“ha… … .”

Jinseon wasn’t the only one trying to break the barrier.

Everyone is trying to break through the barrier somehow in their own way.

“… … Please give me a warm light… … .”

Arrieta is praying. Since Jinseon has already reached the limit of his lifespan, there is no way he can recover, but he prayed incessantly nonetheless.

“Ugh… … Don’t even budge… … .”

With her hand raised on the barrier, Marie continued to let go of her fraud.

It seems that she intends to erode the barrier, but even with her power, it will be difficult.

“Hey, that’s, um… … .”

“white poplar. You won’t be able to do that, so don’t even think about trying.”

“yes… … .”

Due to the fruit of the world tree, Baekyang’s bodily fluids became in a state similar to that of a potion.

However, even so, it was nothing compared to Arietta’s magical arts.

It is better to prevent it in advance than to see it unnoticed.

“Ah! damn it!”

The one who looked the most distressed was [Cheong-o Geosa] Ung-jeong.

Along with Tia, she was the one with the most stake in the barrier.

That’s why I can’t stand that barrier blocking Jinseon’s path.

She was frantically disabling the construction of the barrier. But no matter how fast it will take more than half a day.

“Uracha!”

Some goblins and others are attacking with all their might to break the barrier.

“I don’t even budge… … .”

Everyone is working hard in their own area. However, all of those efforts are not as good as one person’s efforts.

It’s amazing again. In the first place, it must have been a barrier that was prepared for Kang Chul-i’s seon-sul.

Even so, Jinsun is doing the job the fastest.

It seemed that he couldn’t create a mist and attract Kang Chul, as he had brought us, but he was breaking down the barrier itself.

“… … No matter how hard you think about it.”

i see You can see how the barrier was completed.

That’s why I’m skeptical

It is like unraveling a tangled ball of thread equal to the size of the building.

There’s no other way to solve that right now, other than using a seonjutsu.

It’s impossible even if Tia comes. It is something only Jin Seon can do.

Of course, I didn’t just sit back and watch.

Isn’t it a situation to stay still?

Even at this moment, I am constantly canceling the barrier spell.

[Contemplation] is already fully activated.

So it makes you feel it. This doesn’t work.

“ah… … .”

While I was there, someone put a hand on my forehead.

It is Baekyang, Baekdokkaebi who handles snow and ice with cool hands.

“You look a little feverish… … . Were you disturbed?”

“No, it’s nice because it’s cool.”

“Is it okay to cuddle and sleep in the summer?”

“Let’s do that later.”

The cold air transmitted through Baekyang’s hands cools the heat on his head.

It’s not something to do with impatience.

In times like this, you need to handle things calmly.

“Wait a minute, stay like this. Because I want to cool down a little more.”

I think while borrowing Baekyang’s hand.

I already know how However, since I couldn’t put it into practice, I was doing this as a temporary measure.

I know this won’t work though. It has to be done now.

You have to write a preamble.

but… … .

“How on earth… … .”

Did you mean deploying magic without drawing a spell?

The gist of the narrative is simple.

It is to adjust the flow using mana itself without processing it.

But don’t know.

I don’t know how.

I could use ‘Divine Magic’ and ‘Fairy Magic’, but all of those actions were accompanied by the act of drawing a constitutive spell.

The same goes for [Prometheus].

It’s just that I didn’t draw it myself, but there was a spell that Prudence Loa burned her life to inscribe.

All spells have spells. It was natural.

And from now on, I have to twist that obvious thing.

It is difficult.

How many people could put their hand in it if I said the fire wasn’t hot?

-yes… … . don’t swear I will never turn away from you this time, so please wait there.

At that time, Jin-seon’s words, as if trying to reassure Kang-cheol outside, lingered in my ears.

“vow… … .”

you can’t do what you don’t know

You can’t understand it without seeing it yourself. It’s best to experience anything for yourself.

Just in time, I know it works in the same way as the gist of a talisman.

“under… … .”

Mana’s oath.

It was a ritual that allowed mana to be used without a spell.

Now I understand why Alexios was looking at me like a madman.

I’ve been taking it too lightly until now.

When I said that, most of them believed me, so they were just treating it as a convenient tool.

But no.

Of course, an oath had to be accompanied by a sense of weight appropriate to it.

“I swear.”

It’s not easy. It’s not even something to be embarrassed about.

『I will break down this barrier.』

Above all, it had to be heavy.

『Jin Sun and Kang Chul. I will allow them to hold each other’s hand.”

I feel the mana flowing naturally in my body.

Without special techniques, she experiences the phenomenon that is performed through words with her body and captures it with her eyes.

『This is Oz, Quo Vadis. Are you swearing by my name and the deeds I have walked my whole life?”

I put my will into that natural flow. understand the way

『The mana that dwells in everything in the world and contemplates us must respond to it.』

A lock is placed on my heart. this moment. No, perhaps it is the weight of an oath that must be carried with you for the rest of your life.

Reach out with awareness of its weight. It pours out the mana inside me and captures my will.

『Open.』

Dig out!

The mana that stayed inside the body resonates with the mana that spreads outside.

With a sense of being connected to the world itself, the field of vision is completely dyed blue.

“Wow… … !”

The burden is greater than expected.

I get lost in the feeling of being connected to the world itself.

Have you been enduring this? Did you move so naturally while feeling this sensation every moment?

I wanted to be gentle, but a dragon is a dragon. there are no monsters

『Open!』

shout with will

The more I do, the more I feel that the inside is shaking.

It is a natural result since they are trying to put the world into one human body.

But it didn’t stop.

『Open!!』

The world moves. flows

As if knocking on the mana forming the barrier, I let my mana flow.

Doong—

Waves spread with a small echo. are responding

The mana of the barrier is responding to my appeal to open the door.

The answer was like a raging wave, like an irresistible current.

“Whoa… … .”

He wiped the blood that flowed from his mouth with his sleeve.

I swore that I would break down the barrier and allow Kang Chul and Jin Seon to hold each other’s hands.

Never forget the weight of that oath.

『Open… … .』

The moment they were constantly talking to each other, the change was not dramatic, but infinitely natural.

SSS–

As if answering a knock, the door began to open and the barrier began to disintegrate.

It was a really natural movement, as if it were alive.

I stared blankly at the scene and muttered a step later.

“hahahaha… … . That’s it… … .”

And as soon as I confirmed that the two, who had been feeling lonely for thousands of years, were finally meeting, I lost consciousness.

* * *

It was the moment when the barriers were broken.

Jinseon didn’t even have time to care about who did it.

He quickly accepted Kang Chul, who had collapsed as he leaned against the barrier.

“Jinsun… … It is felt. Your arms are still warm.”

“Then you are really light… … . Have you skipped meals while I was gone?”

“No matter what kind of delicacy I eat, it’s not as good as the fruit you picked.”

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Kang Chul said that and grabbed Jin Seon’s hand.

It was the hand I had always wanted to hold. It was a warmth that he had never forgotten in thousands of years.

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Kang Chul lifted his head and finally confirmed Jin Seon’s appearance.

“You haven’t changed, but I have changed so much. Isn’t it strange?”

“He has aged very well. Jinsun You haven’t changed since then or now. The only thing that has changed is that my beard has grown nicely.”

The two looked at each other.

They captured each other’s appearances that had changed over thousands of years.

And we saw each other’s past.

There was someone who was saddened by loneliness.

There was a person who went mad in the time that only flowed wildly.

There was someone who was constantly accumulating virtue.

There was an existence that could not be understood and became a harm.

As they looked at each other, they also looked back at themselves reflected in their eyes.

The light of intense longing reflected in the eyes turns around and shines on itself.

An intense light seen at the end of life. Reflection of light.

They were looking back on themselves and each other’s lives through that light.

“Even though I was able to meet you at the end of my life, I have no regrets anymore. thanks. I tried to get away from you, but you missed me so much and found me… … .”

The moment Jin-seon’s life goes out like that. he said with a smile.

“Thank you very much.”

Jinseon passed away while zazen with a happy smile.

“ah… … .”

It was short. It was too short.

It’s been thousands of years since we’ve been apart, but we’ve only been able to spend a few minutes together.

“Ahh… … !”

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Kang Chul said as if Jinseon’s last appearance was savage.

“My usual sins are so great that I only get such a short amount of time!”

She understood the grief of loss.

I finally understood the meaning of the many harms she had done.

The tearing pain in her chest she was feeling now was like a sin she had committed so many times.

“I’m sorry. I am really late. Even though you have been doing such painful things all along, you found out about it too late.”

she didn’t know In her world, there was only Jinsun.

Jinseon lives forever. I thought so, so I thought it was different.

But it was the same with Jinseon and also with Kang Chul.

Losing someone is accompanied by indescribable sadness.

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Kang Chul could only realize that now.

The weight of the sin he had committed was so heavy that he could not even lift his head. That’s why Kang Chul banged his head on the ground and begged for forgiveness.

“stop it.”

“… … .”

It was [Moon Shaman], Soyeon, who stopped Kang Chul, who had been crying and banging his head for a long time.

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Kang Chul couldn’t bear to look up at her face.

“I apologized, so now… … .”

So-yeon raised Kang-cheol up and pointed to Jin-seon.

“Don’t waste the last chance everyone gave you.”

“… … .”

It was only then that Kang Chul could see Jin Seon’s smiling expression as he tried to raise his head.

savage it’s really savage

How could they laugh so much when they could only be together for such a fleeting moment? I could have been a little more greedy, a few words. No, a few words would have been fine, so I could have said more.

However, Kang Chul couldn’t help but understand Jin Seon’s expression.

“Seeing you smiling as if you were so satisfied, I can’t even be angry with you… … .”

that there is no choice but to accept it.

The existences in front of her that were no different from her parents were the ones who shared the harm she had done.

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Kang Chul took a few steps back and bowed toward Jin Seon.

“Thank you. Jinseon. For accepting me, who was just an insignificant thing, into my family.”

She sobbed just like that. But at the end, she too had the same expression as Jinsun.

“Thank you very much.”

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Kang Chul knelt and looked up at Jin Seon, who was sitting in meditation.

Just as a disciple faces his master.

Just as children face their parents.

Like a woman facing a man.

With a smile that couldn’t be better.

died like that