Learn Martial Arts

I first came to Abyss and finished my tutorial. Baek Hyun's goal was to go to the sanctuary with Pure St. After that, I didn't think honestly. He asked me to come and I thought something would happen if I went.

‘Were you watching? ’

Baek Hyun looks at the white door and is locked in his thoughts. The entrance to the sanctuary is found near the residential area Herad. Neither is there a distinct place. Just because I desperately want it doesn't mean I can get in. It is the monarch, Pure St., who is the master of the sanctuary wherever he chooses. Many hunters gathered in Herad hope to enter the sanctuary, but not so many in the world have actually entered the sanctuary.

“That's a bit of a timing. ”

Baek Hyun murmured as he approached the door. Until just now, Park Joon-hwan, the reserve apostle of the armed forces, fought with the downed armed forces. Until then, the door to the sanctuary did not exist here. The door to the sanctuary did not appear, even when Baek Hyun was heading to the nest of the deaf with Sung-Sua.

But when the fight was over, I felt audacious as if I had been here from the beginning.

Is Pure St. also hostile to me? ’

I thought it might be. Maybe it's something you want to regret. If that's the case, why don't you send Drave, the apostle, instead of calling him directly into the sanctuary? Baek Hyun reached out to the doorknob as he pondered.

[Pure St is watching you.]

[Pure Saint...]

The moment I put my hand on the doorknob. I heard that voice in Baek Hyun's head. He lays a flattering doorknob. Then the voice that followed was cut off, and the next one was not heard. It was the first time I've heard this sound since the tutorial.

“Surprise.”

Baek Hyun grumbles and grabs the doorknob again.

[Purest would like to invite you to the sanctuary.]

[Pure Saint reveals no intention of hostile action against you.]

“That's what could change. ”

I muttered, and immediately the answer came back.

[Purest shakes his head.]

[He says he just wants to have a conversation.]

Is it true? Baek Hyun raises his mouth and tail. I didn't want to believe it, but I was curious. It was even more because I had just experienced the power of the spirit before. And Baek Hyun recalled the disturbance at the subway entrance he saw a few days ago. People who shouted to believe in Pure St., talking about the afterlife. Hunters who signed a contract with Pure St. who were walking around with a calm smile in the residential area Herad. The Apostle Drave who said that Pure Saint is the god who came to Sin.

I wanted to meet God himself, who is so praised.

Baek Hyun turned the doorknob without hesitation and opened the door.

There was nothing beyond that. There was a white, white world that was really nothing. Baek Hyun didn't go in right away, so he stood there for a while and looked inside. I stretched out my senses and looked inside, but I couldn't feel anything. The door was already open, but I felt like I was just trying to force myself to look beyond the closed door.

“I am one. ”

Baek Hyun reached forward with a small muttering. When I looked here, I realized that I didn't know anything. That way, when Baek Hyun completely passes the door.

The world changed. One day, Baek Hyun stood in the middle of a beautiful and splendid flower field. Baek Hyun slowly raises his head and looks at the sky. The sky was clear and blue, with a nice white cloud floating slowly. The sun was bright, but it didn't blink strangely. Baek Hyun is like a floating cloud, a freshly blowing wind, a sun that is neither puffy nor warm.

Full of flowers all around. A fragrance of flowers blooming without distinction of seasons. There are so many different kinds of flowers, but the scent of flowers is perfect for smelling.

Beyond the flower field. Under it. This whole garden floated in the air, and the beautiful world underneath it. Forests with vegetation. Animals like rabbits and squirrels, they're not whiny, they're just cute. A white city that doesn't hurt the landscape. Angels who live in that city, greet each other and laugh. Angels flying in the sky with pure white wings spread out. Hunters without wings, barely visible.

It was a landscape that made me feel at ease just by watching. There seemed to be no anxiety, worry, or pain here. Everyone was laughing and everything was beautiful. However, Baek Hyun couldn't accept the landscape as being true. The scent of the flowers blends with the scent of the unspoilt, sunny, cloudy shape, and fresh breeze. I felt disguised in all of that.

“You're not unique. ”

Baek Hyun turns his head where his voice can be heard. A girl was sitting in the middle of a flower field. She sits in front of the white tea table, smiling slowly toward Baek Hyun.

It was beautiful.

She looked tens of years old, but she was very beautiful. I possessed such a magical power that I could not hit my eyes once I saw it. It wasn't a dirty sex drive. Seeing a well-crafted piece of art, the same girl's eyes are pure... sacred... and Baek Hyun looks at the same girl with blue jewels.

“Do you like that look? ”

“I don't really like it. ”

The girl replied.

“But isn't it more virtuous to be in this position? ”

“I don't know what a girl and her virginity have to do. ”

“Pure, pure, sacred. It's not very different from what it means, but it feels like the word is conveying. It's natural that a girl looks purer than a woman with a tattoo all over her body. ”

“Judging people by their appearance is bad. ”

“I'm not a person. Those who serve me do not regard me as a person. They want me to be an idol like God, and I have to do that for those who believe in me. ”

The girl replied with her eyes bent.

“Thank you for accepting the invitation. ”

One of Abyss' 13 monarchs, Pure St. She was different in many ways than Baek Hyun had imagined. That doesn't mean that I imagined Jesus or Buddha. I didn't even imagine a girl in a blonde wall with a tea time in the middle of a flower field in a purple dress.

“Where is your apostle? ”

“Drave is exploring Abyss at my request. Do you have anything to say to Drave? ”

“I wanted to fight if I could. ”

Baek Hyun answered honestly. In response, Pure Saint opened his eyes and saw Baek Hyun. Soon, she shook her foot and burst into laughter.

“You're a funny guy. ”

“Why?”

“Until just now, you fought with the armed reserve, you fought with the armed forces. And yet you want to fight again? ”

“It wasn't even a proper fight. ”

“That was lucky for you. Of course it will never happen, but if there was an armed presence there, you'd be dead. ”

Pure St said in a bold tone. There was no room for words. However, Baek Hyun did not feel particularly offended by the words.

“I'm sure he did.”

“Don't you think you're lucky? ”

“It's vague. I don't want to die... but I also want to fight the spirit properly. The best thing is I don't die and I just lose, well. It can't be because the spirit wants to kill me. ”

“Are you afraid of death? ”

“I'm afraid... well... are you afraid? ”

On Pure St. 's question, Baek Hyun raises his head.

“I don't know. I've never really died. ”

“I don't want to die. Didn't you just say that before? ”

“That's not because I'm afraid. You just... if you die, you can't do what you want to do anymore. Is that some kind of fear, too? ”

“Depending on how you accept it. ”

“Is this your paradise? ”

Pure Saint smiled as he lifted the teacup, and Baek Hyun looked around again and asked. Pure Saint laughed in a low voice at the words.

“Heaven..." Yes, this is my paradise. ”

“It's a little small for that. ”

“It's just a place to go through. because it can't accommodate all souls. ”

“Angels are dead hunters? ”

“Not everyone is human. You don't know, but we're not born in Abyss. It's just the divine presence of another world. I lead the soul here when the people I signed with are dead and only souls remain. And after a while, that soul will return to the world that I control. It's a real paradise. ”

Pure Saint spoke boldly, but that meant acknowledging himself as a god. But Baek Hyun wasn't surprised. Being in a different world was no surprise to Baek Hyun. Because he was a person who lived in a world called Murim, even though he was an atheist right now.

“I have a lot of questions. Can I ask you something? ”

“If you understand that I have no obligation to answer that question. ”

In response, Baek Hyun shed a laugh. The many questions that humans who have been in contact with the monarch have asked so far.

Where are you from?

Why are you empowering humans?

Why was Abyss made?

Why do monsters come out of Abyss?

What do you want?

These questions. Baek Hyun also wanted to ask it. But before Baek Hyun asked, he said he would not answer the question unconditionally.

‘But I told you where I came from. ’

A world other than Abyss.

“As your apostle Drave said. The monarchs aren't sending monsters from Abyss. Is it true?”

“That's true. If we are a black camp sending monsters, why would we contract with humans to give them power and level to fight monsters? ”

“Then why do monsters come out? ”

“Abyss is the ‘original’ world. It is a coincidence that Abyss appeared in your world, and if we hadn't intervened, your world would have been destroyed by monsters crawling out of Abyss four years ago. ”

Baek Hyun laughed without answering. It's the way it used to be. It was a word that had no faith at all.

“That said, your 13 monarchs intervened to help us. ”

“Yes.”

“Then why don't you help me? Why are you trying to cover people up, make promises, give away power? So is the level.”

“It's true that we're divine, but in the end, we're just extraterrestrial. It's not because I want to turn away those who want help. ”

Purest slowly closed his eyes.

“However, the power I can provide is limited, and I have no choice but to choose those who can better use that limited power. And it's not just me, it's all the monarchs. ”

“Why did you call me here? ”

Baek Hyun came forward from Pure St. Despite Baek Hyun's approaching, Pure Saint was not even a little wary. Rather, she smiles and creates a white chair where Baek Hyun is approaching. Baek Hyun smiled and sat in the chair looking at it.

“You want something from me, too? ”

“Like a ghost? ”

“Yes. I heard you can contract with the monarch again when you enter the realm. ”

“If you want to make a deal with me, I'll be happy to make a deal with you. If you wish, I will send you down to the top of the Apostle. ”

Pure Saint said so first.

“But if you don't want to, I don't intend to impose. I wanted to meet you... because I wanted to meet you in person, rather than for a specific purpose. ”

“Just because of that? ”

“It was important in its own way. ”

“So, what do you say we meet? ”

“You're human. ”

Pure Saint smiles as he takes the teacup to the mouth. At that moment, Baek Hyun smiled without saying a word and looked at Pure St.

That was weird.

At the end of the tutorial, Highroad sent a message and asked Baek Hyun a question.

Are you really human?

And now, Pure St. is saying the same thing. I want to see for myself if Baek Hyun really is human.

I don't think that means anything.

‘It means it could be a non-human being. ’

Not a monster, not a human, not a monarch. What was Pure St. or High Road thinking?

Baek Hyun did not ask Pure St. about his question. I didn't want to scratch it.

“So, you don't have anything else to say? ”

“What are you going to do? ”

“Well, I guess I'll just keep going around Abyss. It's spacious, it's amazing. And besides you, the Queen of Black Roses asked me to come and see her once. Oh, by the way. Do you know where Black Rose Castle is? ”

“I don't really want to recommend meeting her. ”

Pure Saint put down the teacup and said,

“She is a very adulterous and dangerous being, because the essence of her being belongs to Mt. Probably not as favorable to you as I am. ”

“So you won't let me know? ”

“For you. ”

Pure Saint laughed in response. It's indecent. Isn't it just a bad thing to get along? Baek Hyun thought so.

“And the clothes you're wearing... belong to the serpent of regeneration. It would be better not to get too intimate with the serpent of regeneration. ”

“I don't think it's very intimate. ”

“Of course you won't be able to meet the serpent of regeneration, but the man who contracted the serpent of regeneration. You'd better stay away from him. Perhaps, sooner or later, he will suffer the apostleship of the serpent of regeneration. ”

“But why are you saying you're unfamiliar? ”

“The snake of regeneration is a natural predator. It swallows everything but itself and melts it in its belly. ”

“So what kind of monarch do you want me to be close to? ”

“You didn't contract with any monarch, so the ideal thing is not to make a connection with anyone. But maybe you won't take my advice. ”

“Exactly.”

“Then it's your choice after all. ”

“Is it okay to be close to you? ”

Baek Hyun smiled and asked. Pure Saint Foot laughed at the question.

“Do you trust me? ”

“I don't really believe it. ”

Pure Saint laughed at Baek Hyun's answer.

“What the monarchs want is different. I don't know exactly what they want, the same monarch. But... I can give you some advice. The spirit that has been insulted by you will continue to seek opportunities. Maybe the armed and intimate monarchs will give him strength. ”

“Maybe that's you. Drabra or something.”

“That's not going to happen. ”

Pure Saint immediately went into denial.

“I don't like armor very much. I'm favorable to you, because the spirit has insulted you. ”

After saying that, Pure Saint opened his eyes and gazed at Baek Hyun.

“Another one. You seem to be very worried about your friend, but nothing you're worried about will happen. ”

“... what does that mean? ”

“I'm referring to the silly blackmail that the Preliminary Apostle of the Apostle of the Apostles said to you earlier. ”

Pure Saint spoke in a loud voice and followed the tea in a new cup.

“Tempest is a disparate monarch. ”

A light brown tea filled the teacup.

“Tempest had no apostles, no preliminary apostles. And yet, he loves a human being so much. You don't have to tell me who it is. Treatment of apostles differs from monarchy to monarchy... but, as I said, Tempest is very heterogeneous. As long as you don't want Tempest to go crazy, you won't touch Tempest's beloved human. ”

“Then why did Park Joon-hwan say that? ”

“It must have been a simple provocation. ”

In Pure St. 's words, Baek Hyun laughed in vain.

Baek Hyun recalls the grumbling Seo Min-sik saying that Tempest does nothing.

‘What is it? You were being beautiful. ’

As far as Pure Saint was concerned, it was incredibly pleasant.

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