Arena, Alien hunting

“I'm so sorry. ”

Dana calls us and apologizes.

I could hear the situation roughly.

Dana leaves the Abyssal Orb before escaping the dungeon. And so far, I've been monitoring for the resurrection of Aman, Kazard Pun.

“I should have stopped there. We should have stopped communicating with the Abyssal Bead after just confirming that we were resurrected. ”

It must have been a curiosity.

Dana Ritrin was curious about Kazad Pun Aman, the final purpose of the test.

He was brave enough to infiltrate the militia and become a high priest for five years.

But even Kazad Pun Aman saw Dana through the orb.

“It was a ridiculous monster. When I saw the Abyssal Orb, I quickly reversed the ritual and found my position. Can you imagine how absurd that would be? ”

“I don't know, is it like solving a huge mathematical problem with acid? ”

“Something like that. After the word brown mountain range was mentioned, Kazad's mind went elven. If you notice that they were desperate for the Tree of Life, they'll be coming for this place soon. ”

“Sounds like Nietzsche's motto. ”

When you look into a monster's abyss, the abyss sees you, too. Isn't the name of magic an Abyssal Orb?

In my light jokes, Dana sighed. It was the first depressing face I saw of him who was always smiling brightly.

“On the other side of Nietzsche's ‘Good and Evil.' I really saw the monster's abyss. Anyway, I apologize for the inconvenience. ”

I shrugged.

I'm not really a fatalist, but after taking the test, I now think that even this situation is a rule of law.

That's why I didn't blame Dana Ritrin. It was going to be like this anyway.

“Don't worry too much. If Kazad was after the Tree of Life, he would have had no choice but to target this one. ”

The brown mountains were the most prolific Elves in the world of this arena.

Well, thanks to me. Because I made the tree of life thrive.

Then, Cha Ji-hye, who was silent, opened her mouth.

“It doesn't matter who it is. Rather, we need to understand why Cazad Pun Aman covets the tree of life. ”

“Because he wants to get fragments of the soul, he wants to get the tree of life that has the most abundance of life.... ”

Instead of saying it, I blurred the end.

“The resurrection of Kazard Pun Aman, the purpose of collecting soul fragments, has already been accomplished. But I don't know why he covets soul fragments. ”

“That's what I heard. Does Mr. Litrine have any idea what's going on? ”

I asked.

Dana thought about it and said.

“I can't tell you for sure, but Kazard Pun Aman, who faced me through the Abyssal Bead, did not seem mentally fit. ”

It reminded me of the hazing I had been resurrected with a fake soul.

“Like the undead resurrected as false souls? ”

“No, reason and judgment were solid. But he was not a complete ruler who had been preached to him in the original battalion. ”

“A complete ruler? ”

“Neither old nor dead, but free from all human desires, only as a sovereign ruler of the world. According to retention, Kazad was about to rise and become that monarch. ”

This is creepy. The thinking scale is enormous.

“But through the Abyssal Orb, he was engulfed in desire above all else. He was speaking, he was looking, and he wasn't the man the original death squad thought he was. ”

“Is something wrong? ”

“Of course. Only two people came out of the hexagon room, Sultan Sarok and Kazad. The High Priests seemed to have done something wrong. Kazad's hands were bloody. We have a big problem with that. ”

Killed the high priests right after the resurrection. As if the Devil had awakened from the Seal.

“I have a hunch. The resurrection ritual wouldn't have gone the way Kazad left it. It is speculated that if the wind strikes with a smaller amount of soul power, it will be able to covet life with the side effects. ”

“If you want life.... ”

I had an ominous feeling.

Dana said.

“They will covet all living things. just as a hungry animal eats other animals. ”

The atmosphere sank cold.

“It's literally the devil. ”

“Maybe that's why this test came up. Anyway, shouldn't we inform all the investigators as soon as possible? ”

“I have to. I'll call Mr. Odin first. ”

I removed the transmitter from the processing time.

Dana became surprised when she first saw the transmission.

“What's that? ”

“The transponder.”

“Isn't that an electronic device? ”

“That's right. It's another function of my inter-processing skills. You can put radio transmitters all over the continent so you can contact each other anywhere. ”

The exam is almost over.

Kazad Pun Aman, the outrageous man, no longer had to hide in the resurrected yard.

“You've been hiding those skills. Did you bring any other electronics? ”

“I brought a laptop or a smartphone. Oh, I brought MSM2. That's the car McLean Labs invented, right? ”

“Haha, what a surprise. in the United States, we've tried a lot, and we've failed. ”

I turn Dana's surprised face back and call Odin.

I tried to contact you if I didn't.

Odin said that as soon as he received it. He seemed to have some information.

But I hit him first.

“Kazad Pun Aman has been resurrected. ”

What?! Is that true?

“Huh? You didn't know? ”

What I was going to say was the trend of the Armed Forces. The Aman Empire, which has occupied the kingdom of Serra, has marched westward in unison, making everyone nervous.

“It's heading west, isn't it? ”

Yes. There's a war on the horizon. What do you mean, Kazam Pun Aman has been resurrected?

I briefed Dana on her story.

Work is serious.So the end of the exam is near.

“I see.”

That explains why the Armed Forces are acting so strangely. Looks like Kazad is going to wage another war to get the Tree of Life.

“Maybe the next test will be the last. if Kazad comes in here himself. ”

I guessed that if I defeated the final boss, Kazad Pun Aman, all the trials would be over.

It could be. Anyway, let's think about that later. This exam will be over soon.

“Yes.”

Anyway, thank you for the good information. I must inform all of the Nordic Trials.

That's how communications ended.

I also contacted the Elves in the Brown Mountains to alert them to the danger.

What happened when the time limit of the exam was 20 days away.

* * *

It has been reported that maintenance and Cha Jin-hyuk have also completed the test.

According to Odin, the central regime of the Kingdom of Arende said the Earl of the White Cendels, who guarded the Northern Border, was not at all disturbed by the discovery of an affair with the Aman Empire.

Following a massive investigation, Earl Cendels was evidently purged of treason, as well as of his half-brother, Duke Cornwall, of King Alserfon III.

It was a result of the maintenance team completing the test.

Such incidents have raised the alert for the invasion of the Arman Empire.

The remaining two years were up, and we passed the test.

“Welcome! ”

The baby angel welcomed us.

“I wish I could just say hello to a cute little guy. ”

I grumbled so much that the baby angel chuckled.

“Oh, don't say that. We don't have much time before we meet like this. ”

“What?"

Again, the baby angel was suggesting that the test was almost to the end.

‘There are only two or three remaining exams. ’

“It's not two or three times. ”

The baby angel read my thoughts and said suddenly.

“What do you mean? ”

“Do you think there's that much left? ”

A little angel with a twirl and a smile.

Two or three times is "so much." Then……!

“Hyunho, check the slate. ”

“Yes, Summon Lithograph! ”

A slate appeared before my eyes.

Name: Hyunho Kim

Class: 46

Karma: +15,750

Mission: Take your final break.

Time limit: 90 days

Short and intense text.

I doubted my eyes.

But it clearly said, "The Last Rest."

“No, the last one? ”

“Yes, one last time. ”

“Everything will end in the next exam? ”

“Yes.”

“What if I don't make it back? ”

“I told you that before. I'll do whatever you want. ”

Then I remembered what the baby angel said before.

‘People who are chosen as the examiners will not be willing to complete the test to the end. They want you to be able to keep going, and they'll decide that you don't want to be cut off from Arena. ’

“You can keep me in line, keep me in line with Arena?" ”

“Yes."

“You don't know what that means! ”

I was furious.

It is very urgent for me, and my attitude is frustrated that I don't explain it properly.

“Literally. ”

The baby angel shrugs.

“Haven't you been living in the Arena and been wondering a lot? ”

“What?”

“Why is the world you live in and the celestial bodies you live in the same? Why is gravity the same as Earth? ”

“ ……. ”

“Wouldn't your world and your arena fit together like decalcomanni? ”

“What, what?! ”

My heart sank.

Two worlds in one?

“Of course, there are minor differences. For example, a race that is not on Earth, a monster that is violent, a person with a completely different social system and civilization, magic and black magic……. ”

My heart thumped and shook.

“This is going to be a bit of a mess. But it's gonna be okay. That's what you want, isn't it? I chose it, and it only works by choice. ”

“The selection criteria is……. ”

“Yes, investigator Kim Hyun-ho, it's you. ”

I was so numb that I didn't think of anything.

It was frustrating to think that the monsters living in the arena appeared on the Earth where my family lived.

Even a man like Kazad Punaman appears in the real world.

“This story will be informed to all investigators. ”

Then came the door of the test.