Side story. Director (Jin) Kim Woo-jin (2)

It doesn’t really matter what the gods intended for the month-long vacation.

Kim Woo-jin suffered for a long time of 20 years, and there was no reason to refuse to take some time before entering the unknown space of purgatory.

“Can I go to any dimension I want to go to?”

“…”

“You ask.”

“···yes.”

Bern replied nervously. He continued to stroke his red-hot neck.

‘Where should I go?’

The first place that comes to mind is Earth.

His hometown, the place he wished to return to from the moment he became a hero. Earth’s peaceful daily life has always been an object of longing.

But I shook my head. One month is short. I don’t know how long I’ll have to be tied down as a warden, but judging by the attitude of the gods, it won’t be short.

A drop of water only intensifies thirst. You shouldn’t be going from scratch at all.

Then there is only one place left.

One of the two dimensions Kim Woo-jin knew and experienced.

I wanted to see how the dimension he protected was doing, and whether it was really out of the apocalypse.

“Glac. I want to go to Glacc.”

“It is impossible.”

“Your words have changed from exactly 10 seconds ago?”

“···Can not help it. Because Glakk is bound by a contract. The Lord sealed the dimension itself. You can’t go out or go in.”

“But the gods will not be able to enter.”

“Only the Lords can do it. It is out of my control.”

“under···!”

When Kim Woo-jin growled, Bern flinched and turned his head. Judging by his attitude, it didn’t seem like he was lying.

So it got hotter. It was because even if he wanted to go back and see Glarch, the people who gave it to him didn’t seem to listen.

Maybe it’s a contract excuse. Damn you guys.

Kim Woo-jin scratched the back of his head.

After excluding Earth and Glacc, there was nowhere to go.

‘Sure it is. There’s no way these bastards will be kind to me.’

They were the ones who tried to destroy a dimension just because they were wrong. Kim Woo-jin once again had an awareness of the gods.

“Then why are you just here?”

If there was no place to go anyway, it wasn’t bad to remain before the vaccine and absorb the overflowing power of the universe. Since it is impossible to predict what the relationship with the gods will be like in the future, it was right to prepare as much as possible.

It’s terrifying to even imagine joining hands with these guys in the first place.

“Don’t talk nonsense. Do you dare to set foot in the sanctuary of the gods? You’ve already shown enough mercy for me to come this far.”

“Do the damn thing.”

“···what?”

“No, nothing. Not here, not there either. Then I have nowhere to go, nowhere to go!”

“I only talked about one place!”

“There are two things that can’t be here either, or one?”

“You’re not leaving here, are you?”

“Don’t make excuses. Why does a bastard named Shin have such a long tongue?”

“no···!”

Kim Woo-jin was worried.

If you can’t return to your hometown or go to the dimension that prevented the apocalypse.

“Save the end and guide me to the dimension where the hero disappeared. However, at the level of about 20 years after the end of the end.”

It wouldn’t be bad to take a leisurely break at a similar level.

That would be the situation in Glacca soon.

* * *

“This is a dimension called Verapus.”

“A madman sacrificed millions of people in his kingdom to become an apostle of the end.”

“All the people who were sacrificed became undead, and monsters attracted by their blood and vitality flocked to them.”

The Legion of Death, which engulfed the surrounding kingdoms and called out numbers, was barely able to escape until a warrior chosen by God stepped forward.

“Is it like that?”

“What do you mean?”

“It is the end. If you listen, it doesn’t have to be for a great reason, but it just needs a vengeful guy to appear, doesn’t it?”

The dragon of Glacc was like that, and the king of Verapus was like that.

“wrong. The end is the law of the world. Just as there is a dimension of being born anew, there is a dimension of facing death. The darkness appoints an appropriate person as an apostle of the end at the right time.”

“Even if it wasn’t for the evil dragon or the mad king, someone else would have done it in the end?”

“Because that is the balance.”

“Then is there any point in blocking it? It’s a natural balance. Shouldn’t we let the end come?”

“The act of ending itself has meaning.”

Perishing as it is is also part of the balance. However, it is also a balance to prevent the apocalypse and have a grace period after resisting and resisting again.

“The end cannot be prevented without damage. Death, blood, and life force become the power of the decrepit dimension. Due to the dead, the lifespan of the dimension is extended.”

“Not only do humans need dimensions, but dimensions also need humans.”

But there is absolutely no other way.

Kim Woo-jin found that blind spot in Bern’s words. If only the life force and blood of a creature can become the power of a dimension, so can the power of the universe.

If humans are regular oil, gods are premium oil. Even so, you can guess why it doesn’t do that without thinking too deeply.

“Then how long has it been since the end here?”

“Fifteen years.”

“Suitable.”

Kim Woo-jin’s gaze was directed down there. Almost half of the vast land was black and dead.

“What will happen to the land contaminated by Magi?”

“It will be purified naturally. Although it will take a little longer. If the believers who serve God are full of faith, it will be shorter.”

“If you don’t believe me, you’re saying I won’t purify you.”

“…I also have a limit to my patience.”

“What if I don’t?”

Kim Woo-jin showed this and smiled. A vicious murder swept over Bern and the Enforcers.

“What if I can’t stand it?”

Since he is a god, he is not weak. But if you ask if Kim Woo-jin is stronger than the two gods he killed, well. I was not confident. quality yourself.

“You ask.”

“…”

Bern bit his lip and glared at him, but did nothing. Since God does not move, neither did the executioners.

“…If you want to move the dimension, call me through the Executor.”

“What, weren’t you the guide?”

“I am a God. Did you think I was just a guide for an insignificant human?”

“God made it.”

“That’s why I’m attaching an enforcer. If you stick around any longer, I think I’ll disobey the Lord’s order and kill you.”

“Isn’t it because you feel like dying?”

“He’s just unpleasant to deal with.”

Before he could say anything, Bern disappeared leaving only one enforcer behind.

“…”

“…”

“Hey.”

“Yes, yes!”

“Can you contact Bern?”

“No, of course. Every executor is connected to the deity they serve.”

“If he doesn’t come right away when called, tell him to judge well by knowing how to talk to that proud main god.”

“Yes, I will!”

“How can I call you?”

“Yes? What is that all of a sudden…”

“I can’t carry you all the time.”

“This, this. If you inject mana into this ring at any time, I will wait for you within the dimension and run to you at any time.”

Accepting the ring, Kim Woo-jin waved his hand. Executioner is gone.

“Let’s see. What should I do now?”

There was nothing specific, nothing decided to do.

“Let’s get some sleep.”

In the woods where the sparrows are chirping, basking in the warm sunlight. I haven’t had a good night’s sleep in 20 years.

Kim Woo-jin went into the nearby woods and perched on a branch of a tree.

A pleasant silence passed.

“…”

But that silence didn’t last long.

* * *

The four mercenaries sped through the forest breathing heavily.

“Heo-eok, heo-eok…!”

“Faster! Run faster!”

“Damn it, I told you that you don’t accept requests like this!”

“Who knew there would be real monsters! The reward was good, so you agreed!”

“Isn’t it because the captain says you have to do it!”

“Wow…!”

“What are you again! Wake up soon! No time to throw up! Everyone dies!”

Cox, the captain of a small mercenary corps, patted his subordinate on the back as he poured out his breakfast. Anxiously, he constantly looked beyond the forest.

After all, he wasn’t accepting such a dubious request.

“Somehow, I was lucky…!”

The apocalypse ended only after wiping out half of the continent, and humanity suffered enormous damage.

Of course, the public order was messed up and the number of monsters increased.

So Cox became a mercenary. It was because he believed that the demand for mercenaries would soar, and his prediction was correct.

As it became difficult to move from city to city, the importance of escort troops came to the fore. Nobles would use knights and soldiers, but ordinary people and merchants had no choice but to find a mercenary guild.

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Jobs were plentiful, and Cox and his mercenary army made quite a fortune.

“That woman, from the very beginning, something was wrong…!”

It was the same with this case. As the reputation of the mercenaries increased, many people submitted requests to the mercenaries.

Cox picks and chooses among them to carry out the request. Yesterday morning, he found an appealing request.

It was a common escort request.

However, the rewards were too much for an ordinary escort mission, and there was one condition.

Go through the Elaim Forest.

“Elam Forest? Are you telling us to look after everything?”

The client I met in person was a middle-aged noble lady. The gold pieces adorned all over the body give off the feeling of a rich rich man.

“Because time is life. I need to get it to my friend in Doris City as soon as possible, but it would take another week if I went around Elyme Forest, wouldn’t it?”

“Even so, Elam Forest is a dangerous place.”

The monsters that exist in Elim Forest are at most goblins, but the notoriety of Elim Forest goes beyond that.

Simple. It was because many of those who went into Elam Forest did not return, and some went mad.

There was a lot of talk about witches living there, unknown monsters, and seeing people just like him.

“Didn’t that turn out to be all nonsense?”

Not too long ago, a large mercenary group of 100 units moved to subdue an unknown monster in Elim Forest. I searched the forest thoroughly for days and days, but returned without finding the slightest trace of the monster.

And as it turned out, the monster was not the cause.

An insectivorous plant called evening primrose grows in the Elim Forest, and its pollen has hallucinogenic properties. It was concluded that those who were blown by the wind and came into contact with the pollen experienced hallucinations.

“There are quite a few mercenaries who have been victimized for it to be a simple rumor. Knowing that, didn’t you also prepare a generous reward?”

“I’ll give you double the money. Half as payment, half upon arrival. Are you going to miss your chance because of that?”

“Why do you do that?”

“Time is money. Because it’s so important to get to my friend as quickly as possible. If you still don’t want to do it, I have no choice but to find another mercenary.”

“I will accept it.”

what is that guy’s money My colleagues were also anxious, but I was convinced after seeing the commissioned money.

And the result is this Of the twenty mercenaries, only three remained by his side. The rest must be dead or wandering in the woods.

damn it After all, I shouldn’t have dismissed nonsense as just nonsense.

“Very, Captain!”

“Live!”

At that time, two wounded mercenaries appeared through the bushes.

“Murray? Allen?”

“My God, Murray! Allen! You guys are alive!”

“Wait a minute!”

Cox raised his sword.

“Wait there.”

“Why, why, boss?”

“Did you see it too? What is the identity of that monster that lives in this forest…!”

“No, that’s right!”

“Show me proof that you guys are Murray and Allen.”

“Because I’m Murray, I’m Murray, where is the evidence!”

“I also!”

“Where is your hometown!”

The two mercenaries opened their mouths after noticing Cox’s insistence.

“Vendenburg.”

“Doria.”

“How old were you when you became a mercenary?”

“21 years old.”

“26 years old.”

“How did you meet me?”

“I was active in the Black Flower Mercenary Corps, but after the Mercenary Corps collapsed, I met the captain for the first time in the Luden area.”

“We met for the first time because we got into a fight when the captain was drinking and going wild at the ‘Windblown Arrow’ bar in Luden.”

“···Am I right?”

“That’s right!”

“How can you doubt us? We’ve been together for 10 years!”

“Wait a minute, one last thing.”

Cox pondered. The mercenaries and their own stories that others can’t know.

“you guys···.”

“He does funny things.”

It was then that the voice suddenly intervened.

Cox and the mercenaries found the voice’s whereabouts. It was on a tree. For some reason, a black-haired man was sitting on a branch.

‘Which break?’

No matter how much you run away, you don’t notice at all?

A chill went down Cox’s spine.

‘Is this the monster from earlier?’

Maybe. Cox tried to turn the sword.

“I wouldn’t do that.”

It would have been if it hadn’t been for the low warning.

“If you want to live long.”

“…”

The power of US and China oil in his voice was too great for him to resist. My whole body was trembling.

“Who, who are you?”

I knew it instinctively. This guy wasn’t like that monster. class was different.

“The one who just woke up because it was noisy?”

Tak, the man landed lightly. He slowly scanned his companions, and the corners of his mouth twisted.

“He has an interesting guy.”

“Yes?”

Before he could say anything, the man’s hand grabbed someone’s head. I shot it straight down to the floor.

───!

The mercenary, who had been throwing up, was hit with his head on the ground without knowing why. He couldn’t even scream and wriggled intermittently.

“What is this…!”

Cox shut up.

It was because the guy who should have been his subordinate mercenary, the guy he had been patting on the back just now, had turned into a black liquid and was crawling like a serpent.

“···uh?”

“Hee, hee…!”

“Yandel has become a monster!”

“You fool! That bastard just turned into Yandel!”

Cox blankly checked his hand. The mercenaries were frightened and widened the distance.

And.

“that’s interesting.”

Kwadeuk, the man’s hand snatched the black snake. No, that was closer to a slime than a serpent.

─!

──!

He struggled with a grotesque eardrum-splitting cry.

“Are you the doppelganger you’ve only heard of?”

The man’s eyes were wide-eyed.

Like a child discovering a new toy.