Record of a Thousand Lives

Where is the Almighty God?

- Mahjong

Kang Yoon-soo opened her eyes.

He wakes up alone, leaving the group asleep.

I walked away and fell on my knees.

“Cough.”

Kang Yoon-soo vomited blood.

My body was not in normal condition.

Winter shards of the frost daemon.

The body, which had been demonized in the struggle against the giant, returns to its original state.

But in return, the time of the curse began every night.

A piece of winter deep inside your body pierces your lungs.

‘I just can't get used to it. ’

Kang Yoon-soo barely got up with his hands on the rock.

It was hard to get a good body.

“Huff……. ”

Kang Yoon-soo spit blood again.

I can taste the blood rushing from my throat.

My lungs and heart ached like a tear.

Why did you abandon me? ’

I heard it from behind.

His low voice had a creepy corner.

Kang Yoon-soo closed her eyelids with cold sweat.

‘That's a fiction, never mind. ’

‘Why did you abandon me? ’

His words brutally dug Kang Yoon-soo's heart.

He can't help but open his eyes.

The child who was bitten in blood could not even tell the black face.

He said coldly.

“I've forgotten you. ”

‘You gave birth to me. I am your child. ’

A life married to Shanette.

My child that I can't see anymore.

Kang Yoon-soo bit her bloody lips.

“Get lost.”

If you're going to forget me, why did you give birth to me? You couldn't protect me anyway. ’

“Get lost.”

Kang Yoon-soo gripped the hilt.

Then the black figure of the child disappeared.

He clutches his chest and breathes.

‘Hang in there. It gets harder when you're sober. ’

As time passed, the dawn brightened the darkness.

The pain disappeared as soon as dawn broke.

‘That's it for today. ’

Kang Yoon-soo wiped her sweat.

I was soaking wet.

This pain continued every night.

‘You have to endure. ’

Kang Yoon-soo pointed to temples.

It was not just physical pain.

I came up with a fantasy that I hated so much that I harassed him.

‘Hang in there. ’

Kang Yoon-soo was constantly repeating.

Hold on. Hold on.

This is my last life.

“Do you need another drink? ”

Kang Yoon-soo turned his head.

Henryk looks down at himself in a crooked posture.

“I came here to take care of business, and I almost peed on you, man. Why are you so sick all by yourself? ”

“Give me a drink. ”

Henryk takes out a huge bottle of spirits from his arms.

His pockets have never been broken, even with a few bottles of alcohol in them.

“A drunkard's trick. ”

Kang Yoon-soo didn't have a drink, so I just drank the bottle.

Henryk opened the lid on the little bottle.

“Khh, tastes like booze, getting chewed out of the desert. ”

It was the third day out of the Desert of Doom.

When I went back after drinking, the two women stood up.

Shanette narrows her eyes like a kitten.

“Have you been drinking at this hour? ”

Henryk shrugs.

“Drinking at dawn with two men means a lot. ”

Iris blinks.

"Do you love each other, Henrik and Kang Yoon-soo? ”

“…… Don't mean that, man. ”

Shanette turns her head away from the two men.

“I can't. They're both free by tomorrow. Put all your booze in here. ”

Shanette forcefully filled her spare backpack with bottles.

“I'll keep the backpack with the bottle in the future. ”

“What are you, my mother? They don't let me drink all I want. ”

“You guys are terrible. What are you gonna do if you fall off your horse? ”

Henryk groans and Kang Yoon-soo packs a bucket of clear liquor.

The group passes through Laviesk, the first town they've heard of, and heads to a new area.

I recovered the wagon, but I rode the horse because it was a rough road.

Iris hugged the white horse by the neck.

“I'm so happy to see Snow again. ”

“Really? I had forgotten the existence of that word. ”

Iris looks at Henryk and strokes the white horse's mane.

White Horse was blushing, not feeling well.

Kang Yoon-soo pulls the prowling amulet out of her backpack.

Ignus Dragon's Amulet

Rating-??

Powerful power is locked. Only a dragon can unleash its power.

An amulet given to me by Ignus Dragon.

The dragon claw pattern was engraved on the center of the bright jewel.

It was a very helpful item in the future.

In fact, it fits Shanette best, but her abilities are still locked.

‘I'll have to wear it first. ’

Kang Yoon-soo put a glowing amulet around her neck.

His current level was 217.

Raised by about level 40 in the Desert of Doom.

You can level up faster if you go around the monster colony or hunt all night.

But I should never have been obsessed with the level.

‘It is most important to obtain the Hidden Piece that no one else can. ’

What matters is the overall growth, not the level.

Even if the level is high, it is meaningless if you didn't have valuable items and vice versa.

‘Sometimes higher-rated items go above the level difference. ’

Kang Yoon-soo bit her lip unknowingly.

‘Even if you're prepared for 20 years, you'll see the Emperor early? ’

For 20 years, I was prepared to deal with the emperor.

However, even earlier, such as tomorrow, the world is doomed to destruction.

‘The cartel said there was someone in the tower who could fix the defect. ’

Kang Yoon-soo was a roughly predictable figure.

There was only one person in that dangerous tower.

‘Syrian king of corrupt things. ’

Will he be the answer to himself?

You will know when you reach the Horse Tower.

‘Whatever it is, I will do my best. Don't let your last life be a regret. ’

The crisis became stronger.

However, further objectives were established.

‘I must kill Mahishmati. ’

It was then.

“Hiiiing!”

The group pauses.

There were a line of people dressed in uniforms blocking the way.

A big man approaches and throws out the falcon curtain.

“Sorry for the rush on your way. I'm Detective Halven from the Sharp Wheel Investigation Bureau. We'll be checking in shortly. ”

“Inspection? What happened? ”

“Travelers have been disappearing around here a lot lately. It's a lightweight procedure, so don't worry. ”

The Terminal Investigators ask questions or search the group lightly.

Shanette tilts her head.

“A traveler, not a traveler, but someone from another world? ”

“That's right.”

Halven rubs her black eyes to see if she's tired.

“This is a trail that connects the forest and the valley, so there aren't a lot of travelers. But only the tourists keep getting reported missing around here. ”

“That's definitely weird. Travelers are the only ones missing.”

“I doubt it's the work of travelers, continental separatists, and discriminatory people. Well, I don't think it's one or two of these things, but I think it's a bust. ”

Having said that he was quite bored, Hallben was still quite chatty after that.

There were no suspicious findings at the inspection.

Halven looked at Kang Yoon-soo, who had a terminal, and said,

“I hope you're careful, too. Apparently, the Travelers have a very different mindset than us. ”

Kang Yoon-soo faced Hallben.

“In the past, I will tell you the culprit of three major unsolved cases in the maze and where the evidence is hidden. ”

“Yes?”

“Just go and report it. Achievements can be yours. Instead.”

Kang Yoon-soo said.

“In a week's time, I want you to send a first-rate investigation crew to this forest. There's a black wizard spreading the plague. ”

“What are you talking about? ”

Halven smiles.

Kang Yoon-soo took a finger to his chest.

Halven flinches, but he just naturally pulls the paper and pen out of his front pocket.

“Each unsub is alive, and one of them is a high-ranking member of the Bureau of Investigation. ”

Kang Yoon-soo quickly handed over a note.

Having a long look on his face, Halven looks at the handwriting on the paper and suddenly changes his eyes.

“…… How do you know this? Highly classified information that even a senior investigator would not have access to. ”

“Let me give you a piece of advice. There are a lot of secret agencies in the investigative headquarters. Most of them hide their identities and continue their investigation. ”

“Then it can't be...! ”

Halven swallows a dry saliva.

Kang Yoon-soo nodded.

“I'm one of them, too. ”

“But I didn't hear that one of the investigators was from a traveler……. ”

“There are more investigations that can only be done by travelers. In fact, there are two other investigators from the traveler community. ”

Halven was impressed.

He scratches his back head to see if there's a stabbing angle.

“But may I make this valuable triumph my own? You must be a bloody investigator.... ”

“I don't want to be noticed. ”

I admired the look in Halven's eyes and his men's eyes.

A public investigator for a perfect infiltration!

It's like a rookie detective who didn't want to be admired.

“What is your name? ”

“It's Kang Yoon-soo, but I want you to keep the fact that you met me a secret. ”

“Uh, well. But here's the thing. ”

Halven scratches his chin.

“Even an intruder, don't you usually carry an ID? like a fourth-grade falcon curtain that I carry around. Excuse me, can I see some ID, please? ”

Kang Yoon-soo hears the amulet he left under his collar.

Not only Halben, but also his underlings, who watched him die.

“Class 0 Dragon Claw Amulet! ”

“Is that it? ”

“Yes, yes, just like the real dragon, the claw pattern is clear. ”

Halven was amazed again.

The investigators' ranks were up to Class 9, with the animal symbols engraved on each rank.

A Class 0 Dragon Claw Amulet could only have a good investigator to match one of its headquarters.

Halven was deeply saddened.

“What a brilliant man to be buried at such a time. I'm so sorry."

“Rather, it's easy to investigate solo. ”

The group climbs back on the horse.

Halven and the investigators saluted.

Kang Yoon-soo greeted me and rode the horse.

As the investigators get further away, Shanette asks.

“Of course not... Are you really an undercover officer? ”

“No.”

“You filthy bastard. Aren't you afraid of being scammed like that? ”

“Huh."

“Kang Yoon-soo really knows a lot. Do you even know which apple pie or meat pie tastes better? ”

“I don't know.”

Iris is dead.

Shanette giggles.

“I'll bake them both later, sis. ”

“Really?"

Iris turned pale.

It was then that there was a whisper in Kang Yoon-soo's ear.

‘Stop talking. ’

He looks around.

The whisper of a familiar woman.

He was the only one who heard his voice again.

‘Finally. Stop talking, come to me. This way.'

Kang Yoon-soo stopped talking.

When the three of them looked back, he said.

“I'll be back in a minute. ”

“What's the matter? ”

“I have someone I need to see. It's gonna take a long time. ”

Kang Yoon-soo hurriedly turned the horse to the left.

Shanette screams in embarrassment.

"Kang Yoon-soo! Where will we meet later? ”

“Wherever you are, I'll find you. ”

Kang Yoon-soo swung his horse and ran into the forest.

Henryk nods.

“I admire him. ”

“Why?”

He points to the burden on Shanette's horse with the tip of his chin.

Only the backpack with alcohol disappeared.

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