Possessing Nothing

I can't see.

I can't feel my arms.

The tinnitus that I don't want to hear keeps hovering in my ears, and my body is heavy as if I were holding a lump of celestial steel.

I can't remember how long it's been since I washed and changed.

For a long time, I did not speak, nor did I speak.

I was afraid to go to sleep.

Nightmares continue in different forms every day. Everything that comes into your mouth tastes horrible enough to be creative.

It smelled the same.

More there.

The Baek Sogo added several more taboos.

Pain.

White Sogo was in pain even if he did nothing.

It feels like my legs are crushed and torn every time I walk, like my lungs are bursting with every breath I breathe.

There was also a financial incentive for unconscious breathing.

I can't breathe unless I'm conscious. If you are not conscious of breathing, it becomes more difficult for you to sleep because your breathing stops.

In addition, there are a number of other small gold coins.

It made life impossible for itself, but the Saxogo continued to move.

I feel like I'm wearing it.

Broken, insane. Maybe it's both.

But he's still alive.

It was clear that he was alive. The continuous pain was agonizing enough to die, but it still proved that Saxony was still alive.

[You're crazy.]

I hear voices other than tinnitus in my head.

Mesh.

I couldn't see both eyes, but the Saxogo was looking at something else.

What she saw was a terrible vision. It was because of the addition of the forbidden vision to the golden hallucination.

Rather, Saxogo liked the golden pill of hallucinations. It was because Sackán, who had nothing, might have gone completely mad if he had endured the Darkness against the same person.

[No, you're crazy.]

Mesh says.

Mesh has been the only companion since Baek Sogo came back into the mountain.

Whether it's because of boredom or simply because of interest. White Sogo didn't ask about him.

She moves her body, conscious of trying to continue breathing. Heavy body tramples on the soulless step.

[I don't know why I'm doing this. That kid... was a straight guy. He was crazy, too, but you're worse than him. You are the first human being to endure as much and as terrible a gold offering as you have since this Mountain.]

Should I take that as a compliment? I don't know.I 've been thinking about it a lot lately. Maybe fatigue has reached its limit.

[I'd rather die. What are you pursuing after after all this?]

At one time, the Saxogo sought righteousness and agreement. She did not doubt that she believed herself to be a good person, and that belief was the most fundamental self that underpinned her in the Baek Sogo.

But now I don't know that either.

Negotiation and righteousness.

Baeksogo was devastated by the sectarian blindness that should be most faithful to it, and devastated by the openness that made righteousness and compromise his identity.

So I went blind.

‘Power.’

Baek Sogo did not answer as a matter of righteousness and agreement. What she desperately wanted was power.

Now I know even a little bit about it.

To talk about righteousness and negotiation, you have to be strong enough to silence those who half of him.

It wasn't just that. I hate myself for being weak. I don't like myself being pushed away by priests.

Reminds me of the old days.

When I first met a priest on this mountain. The young priests who were unable to survive helped out.

Because he was a good man.

It was a fate that began, and I had a priest's kite.

I've lived like that for years.

Such a relationship in this horrible mountain was so precious, and it seemed good to see the priest trying.

I came down the mountain...... When I met the priest again, I didn't feel well, but it was nice and happy.

And when I met you back at the dungeon,

I was so heartbroken when I saw a priest grow up.

When I ran away with the help of such a priest, how ashamed and sorry I was.

So I wanted to be strong.

When I met the priest again, if he was in danger,

I want to throw myself to help just like the priest did.

Baek Sogo couldn't think of any other way.

I didn't think of it.

She was an unmanned woman. Other ways than an unmanned woman are unmanned.

[So desperate.]

The mesh mutters.

[Desperate.]

They belong to most of the acolytes who come into this mountain.

However, I have never experienced such desperate and desperate poisoning and determination as a mesh.

Even though Lee Sung-min was like that, the Baek Sogo the Mesh was looking at was more than Lee.

It is the same to seek strength.

However, in the case of the White Sogo, the fundamental reason for pursuing strength is not for yourself, but for others.

[I like you.]

The mesh mutters.

Changed.

The Mesh has been watching the Saxony ever since it entered this mountain.

When He said that He would come back into this mountain and carry it out again, He did not think much of it.

It was not because such an acolyte had not been there until now. Such acolytes give up their practice quickly and leave the mountain again.

However, Baek Sogo has been practicing on this mountain for many years.

[Whenever you decide to leave this mountain. Goddess, I will personally bless you.]

Although Mesh said so, Baek Sogo did not listen.

I missed the priest.

* * *

Aladur walks ahead.

He tracked the tribe's position through the miner's bracelet, as he confidently said, and it was not as far away as Aladur said.

When you move for three days, Aladur raises his hand.

“For now, it's that forest. ”

Aladur opens his mouth.

I have seen a lot of forests on the way, and even the forests I see are no different from the forests I've seen so far.

“I pursued the spirit in the bracelet, but there's no guarantee you'll find what you're looking for in that forest. ”

Already heard of him from Aladoor.

There is the owner of the bracelet, but there is no guarantee that there will be an entire tribe.

Even so, this is all the information right now.

“There is no guarantee of survival. ”

Aladur grunts.

I was just chasing an idea. We don't know if the owner of the bracelet is alive or dead.

Maybe he's already dead and buried in the ground. When I heard that, the face of the miner heaven turned gloomy.

Even if it was fate 10 years ago, Guangcheon Ma did not forget what happened at that time.

“Well, even a corpse... isn't the only way." If it weren't for the mandate, the spirit would have already gone into the reins of the carpenter, but the rotting corpse would have remained. If you pick up a piece of bone and cast a spell, you'll find more useful things than bracelets. ”

“What bracelet? Do you want to die? ”

The miners couldn't wait to spit it out.

He turns on the light in his eyes and shoots Aladur.

“And why are you making such a shitty noise over a dead body? And then I can turn it into a corpse! ”

“Oh my... Why are you so stubborn about this? If you want to kill me like that, try me! Who's gonna show you the way when I'm dead? Huh?!"

Aladur dares to push his chest forward in light of the mineral threat.

The miner shatters his anger with a clenched fist.

It's because he knew that he could not kill Aladur, even though he had said so.

Rubia kicks her tongue as she sees the two quarrelling, and Lee Sung-min opens his mouth while staring at the forest.

“Stop it. Let's go inside.”

“Look. He yelled at me for no reason! ”

“Son of a bitch...! ”

Aladur shudders, and the zebra trembles in fury.

Lee Seong-min stepped forward, ignoring the two distractions.

Then Aladur quickly approached Lee Sung-min's side.

I entered the forest. After many forests on my way here, the forest is now familiar.

Sharp senses attract other creatures. A monster or a monster.

It's doubtful that they have reason, but they don't approach the group easily. Thanks to this, the speed across the forest is speeding up.

“It's about time. ”

Aladur's voice echoes.

Just as he said. You see a small village not far from here.

When he saw the village, the miner looked excited.

It was the same for Lee Sung-min who was excited.

He came all the way to the south because he wanted to meet a tribe that knew how to handle force.

“Eh……. ”

However, little popularity was gained in the town that had just arrived.

The berserker glances around with a blank eye. I didn't feel good.

The atmosphere of the town was very popular.

“Who are you?”

You hear voices nearby.

Aladur looks at the direction of the sound in shock. An old man stood there, overwhelmed by grief.

The old man gazes at the group with a wary eye.

Before Aladoor could say anything, Seong-min stepped forward and opened her mouth.

“Who are you?”

“I'm a resident of this town. ”

The old man frowned and replied with a face full of faded tattoos.

The miner, who was looking at the old man's face, walks forward with a hiss.

“Pervas? Pervas? ”

“…… Huh? ”

An old man called Pervas opens his eyes in the cry of the berserker.

Pervas, who was looking at the berserker for a moment, nods in surprise.

“You... yeah, I remember. You're a master. It's been 10 years...? ”

“You remember the script. Fervas, you're so old.... ”

The miner, who recognized the years of the thirty years, nodded his head.

“I never thought I'd see you again. What brings you here? ”

“I've come for you. I wanted to ask you something. ”

Lee Sung-min heard about the conversation between him and Pervas.

Pervas laughs low in the words of the miner.

“I don't know what you want to ask, but I don't know if I can answer that. ”

“The breathing technique you gave us. ”

Mine Mountain lost its luck. As soon as I heard that, Fergus' face stiffened.

The miner looked at his face and said,

“…… and the elixir you gave to the throne. And…… that……. ”

Guangcheon Ma hesitated a little and asked a question.

“…… Where is Dercia? ”

“Dead.”

Pervas replies with a agonizing face.

The words made the miner's face numb. At that moment, he almost sat down, but he supported his legs as he tried to loosen them.

Even though he said that, Aladoor, who didn't think he was really dead, kept his mouth shut.

“…… why on earth……? ”

“Most of the tribe died. ”

Pervas mutters in a small voice. He looked around the shabby village and said,

“I'm the only one left in this town. ”

“Who the hell...? Why else? ”

“Because of that breathing technique you mentioned. ”

Pervas' face distorts.

“This tribe was wrong from the beginning. A monster...... I used to think of a monster that died a long time ago as a god and a tribal faith. I've always hated it. Monsters are just monsters that eat people. ”

[Hmmm.]

I didn't think I'd be faced with this situation and reaction, so I coughed as if I was embarrassed.

In fact, even when I came to this forest, Heju had expectations.

He wondered what they would be because there were tribes who thought of themselves as gods 400 years ago.

“And I paid for it. It's natural to believe in the wrong monster... ”

“What do you mean? ”

Lee Sung-min asked. Then Pervas looked at him.

“Three years ago. This town was attacked by a monster. It was a horrible... monster. ”

Fervas shrugs, as if he were afraid to imagine.

“What kind of monster? ”

“That's... I don't know. But I've never seen anything like it. With a huge basket, fire burst out of his mouth...... The warriors of the tribe tried to resist, but it didn't work. Rather, the warriors of the tribe who were close were burned to death. ”

Pervas shakes his head and replies.

“I don't even know the monster's name. Yoga...... Most of those damn tribal warriors and villagers were killed. ”

“…… Why aren't you dead? ”

Seong-min asked.

It may sound a bit rude, but Ferbas sighs and sighs, if he's not eager to get angry.

“When that monster tries to kill us all. There's another monster. ”

“Another monster? ”

“It was Gumiho.”

When he said that, he didn't know what to look like.

It is true that he hated the monster, but he is still alive because of the monster.

“... was a beautiful gumiho. When the gumiho showed up, the monster who massacred the villagers fled immediately. Gumiho told us who survived. There will be no more monsters in these woods. And... I left the forest with those who survived. ”

Gumiho. Lee Sung-min naturally remembers Yana, who is dominating the senior group.

I've never met him, but Jana is a gumiho.

“I'm the only one left in these woods after all. All the other survivors followed the gumiho out of the woods. ”

“... Why are you... staying in this forest?" ”

“I'm scared.”

Pervas shudders.

“There hasn't been a single monster left in this forest since that day. Maybe it was that gumiho. I can hunt too, so there's no problem in living...... I don't know if that scary monster will come and kill me...! ”

A stuttering word with a terrified face.

Lee Sung-min notices that Pervas' mind is not intact.

Fearful memories come to mind, Ferbas wraps his hands around his head and mutters a list of disconnected words.

“Dercia's dead.... ”

As you sit back and watch Pervas mutter, the miner chokes with a dull voice.