068. Inspection

Blue sky, rich mana.

The air in Purgatory is very refreshing and clear.

A familiar building can be seen not far away. A prison located at the center of the dimension ‘Purgatory’, ‘Purgatory’.

“time is?”

“It’s 8:55.”

“Suitable.”

According to the contract, one day’s notice must be given to send a prisoner or inspector down from the Vaccinator to Purgatory.

But you don’t have to be on time.

The fact that I always set all the times to 11:00 is just because it’s convenient, but it doesn’t have to be.

“… Oh, loyalty!”

When I arrived at the front gate, I saw prison guards with bewildered expressions. The words were prison guards, they were just Kim Woo-jin’s puppets.

“Get out of the way.”

“Yes!”

The door is open.

The garden leading from the main gate to the entrance of the building was quite large, but Varian and his enforcers did not have a big problem.

At Varian’s wink, the executioner opened the door again.

···Also.

A neat interior, well-reviewed prison guards, and even Kim Woo-jin waiting at the end.

Even though it came much earlier than the scheduled time, there was nothing lacking. However, Varian laughed. I would have been rather disappointed if I hadn’t been able to respond to such a light maneuver.

If the god slayer who killed the god is so pathetic, the god’s prestige itself will fall.

“Kim Woo-jin. Is it a long time since we only communicated and then saw each other in person?”

“Varian. I hope you will come in person.”

As if this had been unexpected, Kim Woo-jin’s pupils slightly widened.

“But what happened all of a sudden? It hasn’t been long since Bern inspected it.”

“Inspections can always be made. You have to have a reason, but you can’t come… it’s not. There are faces I haven’t seen before.”

Not too far away, I felt the power of the gods. Yeah, it wasn’t too far off. Because it was right next to me.

Ten of the guards inspected. There were familiar faces.

“But my eyes are familiar.”

“Meet the Lord.”

The executioners who received the gaze of the gods knelt down in unison.

The place where they were, their attitude, and the clothes they were wearing offended Varian.

“I think I need to explain how this really happened, Kim Woo-jin.”

“This is a member of my family who voluntarily accepted to become my family member.”

“voluntarily? Why did you, the enforcers of Bern, become Kim Woo-jin’s prison guards?”

“…”

“Answer me, Diane Dietrin.”

“I had no choice but to live.”

“Funny.”

mate. Varian clapped a couple of claps.

“I don’t know where Bern is, but all its executioners are in your arms.”

“It’s a dog angry at its master who abandoned him and ran away.”

“I will take you.”

“Is there any reason for me to quietly nod my head?”

“These are God’s enforcers. You have no right to make the executioner your limb.”

“You are not obligated to be otherwise.”

“Don’t cross the line. I already see a lot of things.”

“I can go through all day.”

Varian’s face hardened. Kim Woo-jin whispered.

“Just look and go. Don’t pay attention to other people’s things.”

“Enforcers are pre-vaccine.”

“Exactly, it belongs to Bern. But where is Bern? I’m willing to give it back if he comes to me in person and asserts his rights. But you are not Bern.”

“So you handed over the power of God too?”

The power of God felt by the enforcers far surpassed those of them following Bern.

I checked to see if there was a new god at a level almost equal to that of the top level enforcers, but fortunately it wasn’t.

“I have to do well with you as a member of my family.”

“You’re going very far.”

“That’s my gimmick.”

“Okay, let’s start inspecting now.”

“What is the purpose?”

“Shall we talk about the rights and duties you love so much? We are under no obligation to inform you of the purpose of the inspection.”

Varian began walking slowly through the prison. Kim Woo-jin, the prison guards, and the enforcers led by Varian followed.

“It’s pretty neat. As if it had been restored some time ago.”

“It is a time-honored tradition to sweep and polish the entire unit when the posta comes down.”

“Why is the third floor closed?”

“When a natural disaster occurred, there was a little problem, so it is being restored.”

“I will check.”

“Isn’t there anything to see?”

Varian entered the third floor without speaking twice.

“The system is partially broken. There was no such report.”

“I was a bit busy catching a prisoner who had run away due to a natural disaster. A lot of things happened back then.”

“I’ll send someone down to restore the system later. In the future, don’t skip the report, even if it’s trivial. This is a warning.”

“Let’s try.”

There was no one on the third floor. Passed the 3rd floor and went to the 4th floor.

Feeling the energy of the prisoners, Varian quietly spread his energy. I opened the food distribution port and checked the prisoners inside.

There was no one who was judged to have divine status.

“Why are there prisoners wearing two handcuffs?”

“Because they are particularly dangerous.”

Indeed, all those who wore two restraints deserved it.

High Elf Yulia Karsen, Siena Olm who surpassed the limits of the Elves, Tarkan Tolis the Moon Wolf and Derkain Albert, the master of the dimension.

I heard that Bern tried to make them Enforcers, but they were all rejected.

“That high elf, you look pretty haggard. Did you do anything cruel?”

“Whatever I do, it is my freedom. Let’s just say it’s one of the many tasks to make you want to leave the prison.”

“Right.”

I checked again just in case, but I didn’t feel the high elf’s trust. Only the spirit of the forest is full.

After that, I finished my inspection by looking around the rest of Purgatory.

“What is at the end of the garden?”

“There is just a forest. Nothing special.”

“It doesn’t look normal.”

“No, it is. Prison conditions are generally good. The prisoners are in a mess, but I’ve entrusted everything to you, so as long as they don’t die, I won’t make a big deal of it.”

Oh, and I have to ask you one thing.

“Have you been out of Purgatory lately?”

“Don’t you guys know better about that?”

“The barriers of purgatory have never been opened, except in the case of natural disasters. But, have you really never been out?”

“does not exist.”

“You know that.”

inspection is over.

* * *

Varian walked through the desert of purgatory.

“When you go back to the vaccine war, summon the gods right away.”

“Are you looking for someone who has gained prestige?”

“No, there was no one who gained the status.”

The person named Julia Karsen was a little suspicious, but it wasn’t.

The energy she felt was clearly the energy of a god, but what was thicker than that was the density of the world tree.

It is certain that he received the fruit of the World Tree and his divine protection.

“Kim Woo-jin, did you think I wouldn’t know?”

Did he really think that he, the Goddess of Purgatory, would not really feel the power of the World Tree, which seemed to be hidden in haste, but was felt by the high elves, and the energy of the World Tree that subtly spread throughout Purgatory?

“There is a world tree in purgatory.”

“…Are you talking about the world tree?”

Yes, Varian nodded.

“I will praise you for bringing in the World Tree.”

I don’t know how the world tree was obtained and planted. Not really, I’m not curious. If it was Kim Woo-jin, he would have done anything.

“It is 20 years after planting the seed, no matter how long it is. Even so, the fact that the World Tree has germinated must be due to the characteristics of Purgatory.”

A cross-dimensional characteristic with extremely high concentration of mana. Therefore, it is understandable that the world tree germinated faster than usual.

What was incomprehensible was Bern’s stupidity and inability to figure out this level of rigor.

Having entrusted such a guy to deal with Kim Woo-jin, I wondered if the current result was in some way a predetermined future.

“If it’s not…”

“If you didn’t know, you wouldn’t know, but I thought you could leave it alone.”

The World Tree is a being that becomes more complete as time passes. Those who take root in a dimension and when the core touches them, they exert almost god-like power in that dimension.

If the World Tree planted in Purgatory is Kim Woo-jin’s ally, and if more time passes, it will interfere with the dimensional barrier.

Then, no one will know where Kim Woo-jin goes. that was never pleasant.

Therefore, the world tree must be uprooted.

“You can do it…!”

Knock, Varian grabbed the executioner’s head.

“Do not doubt your God.”

“I’m sorry.”

Having freed the executioner, he lightly shook his hands.

There is no official authority to draw a world tree. No matter how he takes care of Purgatory, it is Woo-jin’s autonomy and authority. If we insist that the world capital is just a tree, there is no room for interference in the vaccine war.

However, the method is multi-pronged.

“A natural disaster must happen again.”

Bigger than ever before.

To the extent that the giant tree was broken by a strong typhoon.

“And tell me.”

Kim Woo-jin says he never officially left Purgatory, but if the growth of the World Tree is beyond what he thought.

“The possibility that Kim Woo-jin was involved in Kalkar’s death has increased.”

Varian’s eyes sank coldly.

* * *

“I was tricked.”

Kim Woo-jin savored the coffee while watching Varian’s back as he walked away.

Among the gods, at least through communication, Varian was the one who bumped into them the most.

Kim Woo-jin was convinced that he had been tricked.

If he had known that Yulia had gained divine status, he would never have gone so smoothly.

– beep.

“Yes, Lily. it was easy thanks thanks.”

Pajik, a blue bird that spits out lightning perched on Kim Woo-jin’s shoulder.

“How about one more?”

– Beep.

“Easier than the first one? that’s not natural Because he is an enforcer, and he is a god first.”

When he went to catch Kang Min-sik, he couldn’t leave Aldo in prison, so he left it with Lily.

“···That’s fortunate.”

Yulia, with a haggard complexion, sighed with relief. With trembling hands, I drank tea made from the leaves of the World Tree.

“Are you okay?”

“I think I will die.”

It was also difficult.

In order to pretend not to be a god, first of all, all the god’s powers had to be removed. And in Purgatory, there were ten enforcers who were not strange even with the power of a god.

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Julia handed over all her divine powers to them.

It was possible because it wasn’t long after she gained her status, and the amount was not too much.

In addition, Lily’s power was intentionally painted over, and two restraints were also worn to suppress the power.

Shinwi, who left only very weak roots, was hidden without a trace. The two restraints created by God succeeded in suppressing even the divine power, and Yulia now did not have even a handful of God’s power left.

Thanks to you, I passed the crisis safely.

“…Is it right that I handed it over safely? Did Lily get caught?”

“Since he came out, it was something to be found out anyway.”

already tried it Sky Cloud could not fool even Kim Woo-jin. If Kim Woo-jin notices it, Joo-soo notices it too.

“I wouldn’t know if it was before I put Bern in, but now it’s wrong.”

The growth of Lily, who is sucking God straight up, was so fast that it can’t be expressed in words. It has already exceeded the level of being able to hide.

He had no choice but to be found out anyway, so he used Lily to hide Yulia.

The Executioner and the World Tree, giving up two and hiding one, is not a complete loss.

“But now they’re going to pull Lily out.”

“Why so far?”

“Because the World Tree gives me strength.”

“Then is there no way to stop it?”

“Not at all.”

As long as it’s bound by a contract in the first place, it won’t be stirred up in a normal way.

Maybe I will use the monsters again.

“There is a high possibility that the Enforcers will sneak in during the confusion.”

The world tree is such an issue.

“Then isn’t it time to be like this?”

“It’s late anyway. The train has started to run away and can’t stop any longer.”

I tried to delay the revealing of the world tree as much as possible. However, since that went wrong, there was no choice but to make the most of the existence of the World Tree.

“I’ll think that if I’m going to destroy the World Tree from where I am, I’ll have to send at least someone as strong as that.”

And they will become gods with a high probability. I can’t send it officially, so I’ll bet the numbers are small.

“So I catch them all and seal them to Lily.”

Tempting the gods with the world tree as bait.

That’s how you reduce the power of the vaccine war.

“Not bad.”

“Then what if the vaccine war gets angry and sends it all away?”

“At least not now.”

With Kalkar dead, power will be cut short to find the cause.

“Should I contact Durishma…”

Maybe a double operation would be better.