The Live

I repeated that my consciousness became clearer and clearer.

I didn't think of anything. Just the thought of wanting to ease the pain a little bit filled my head.

No, at some point, I didn't even think about it.

‘I'd rather... kill me.' ’

I felt the stench of blood in my mouth. But even for a short while, I was forgotten by the pain of tearing my whole body.

I screamed a few times into my heart.

I'd rather you kill me.

- You can't do that.

I heard someone's voice.

Who is it?

Yoon Jae asked subconsciously.

At almost the same time that I heard his voice, the pain that was likely to tear my whole body apart gradually subsided.

- Think about it. Why you have to live.

"Why live? ’

After hearing his voice, my mind became clearer and clearer.

At the same time, two faces came to mind.

No, I've been thinking about it for a long time.

I just didn't realize it.

‘Eungyeong... Mina... ’

Acknowledge -

You must live.

So we can see them again.

Like them, we can live again.

‘Who are you...?' ’

Yoon Jae asked for a voice.

He seemed to know well about himself. Why you have to live with yourself.

Who is it?

I tried calling out to myself, but the answer never came back.

“Who……. ”

“Are you awake? ”

Yoon Jae raised his head with difficulty.

Aryan sits with his diadem twisted in front of him.

“You look tired. ”

“I……. ”

“Alive. I'm not dead.”

Arian said that, and stared into Yoon Jae's eyes.

“You look sane. ”

Alive.

It was the first time I had heard that word so distinctly.

I thought I was dying, and I wish I was. It was that painful.

As a result, Yoon Jae survived. From the terrible pain.

And just as the pain was a lie, Yoon Jae's body became fine quickly.

Sok-

Yoon Jae's hands were on the ground and he got up.

Until just now, I did not think of moving because my whole body was torn apart.

However, my body was light as if it were when.

That's a lot.

“Will change adapt? ”

Yun Jae grips her hand and raises her head.

“…… change? ”

“You don't know that yet. ”

“No matter what happened.... ”

Yoon Jae froze without finishing his words.

The burning sensation inside your body.

I never felt bad, so I went through my whole body in an instant.

“Do you understand?”

“…… What's this? ”

“The power you wanted. ”

Arian adds words to prevent misunderstanding.

“At the same time, it's the karma you carry. ”

“It's like……. ”

Yoon Jae felt something running inside his body and muttered without even knowing it.

“Heart, I think. ”

“Yes."

But the muttering gives Arian a nod.

“What is planted in your body is the heart of the monarch. ”

“Are you sure……? ”

“Well, it's a little different from what you might think. Don't worry, it didn't rip your heart out or anything. ”

At the same time, Yoon Jae became a little uncomfortable.

Even if it is different from a normal heart, it is because someone's heart is in his body.

Does a monarch have ten hearts?

Yoon Jae didn't know why he gave himself this.

Is this a reward for the tutorial? No, can you really think that simple? ’

This was the place where I arrived after finishing all the tutorials.

It was her turn to complete the tutorial now and receive rewards for her achievements.

Then, the heart of Zahar the monarch, the new ‘power’, could be considered a reward.

“What is a monarch? ”

“Well, I don't know exactly. ”

Seeing the Arian shaking his head, Yoon Jae became frustrated.

Even though I told him to serve the monarch himself, he doesn't know what he is.

Perhaps he was lying to avoid answering his own question.

“Is he... becoming a god? ”

“Didn't you say you didn't know? ”

“You really don't know, or is it a secret you shouldn't tell? ”

After obtaining Zahar's heart.

Yoon Jae had one question.

“Is he……. ”

Have they brought themselves into this world?

“Enough.”

Aryan shakes his head, interrupting Yun Jae's words.

“That's as far as I go. It's not good to dig too deep. Not yet.”

“Still……? ”

“Yes, not yet. We'll find out. You have them. ”

At Arian's words, Yoon Jae spills the ‘chains’ that are on his arms.

"Them" meant Zahar's magical power source, the magic circuit, which together with the shackles occupied half of his body.

And the heart of a new monarch.

Arian was pointing right at it.

“But not now. If the Lord wanted it, he would have told you everything. ”

Arian's belief in Zahar was almost blinded.

In a way, his faith was closer to religion.

It was something Yoon Jae, who didn't know much about Zahar, wouldn't understand.

‘No, you have to understand. ’

Yoon Jae felt the energy in his body.

It was similar to its magic, but it was circulating its entire body with it.

Zahar's heart was in the middle of Yoon Jae's ship, beating vigorously and constantly producing its energy.

Yun Jae has become indispensable to the monarch Zahar.

Even though most of Yoon Jae's current strength and abilities originated from him, it was no exaggeration.

“A word of advice. ”

Arian gets up from his seat and says,

“Don't abuse your power too much. The moment I rely on that power, all I have left.... ”

“Yes, I know. ”

Yoon Jae muttered after halfway through Arian's words.

“This... is poison. ”

It's as sweet as drugs.

Strong power comes at a price.

The shackles, the magic circuits, and the heart.

The burden on Yoon Jae's body was literally like poison.

“…… Do you really know? ”

Arian looks at Yun Jae's eyes and frowns.

After gaining Zahar's heart, Arian was no longer able to read Yoon Jae's insides.

Of course, I didn't know exactly what he was thinking.

“Yes, I understand. ”

He was able to perceive that the power planted in his body was poison.

However, I didn't think it would make any promises.

“I appreciate your concern...... but I'm sorry. ”

“What?"

The unexpected answer made Arian look not as embarrassed as he did.

On the other hand, Yoon Jae's expression was so bold that he said what he was doing.

“It's been a long time since I've thrown my life away. ”

* * *

The temple is empty.

As always.

It was the Arian who had never made a face because nothing had happened.

In the long run, he opened his mouth with a look on his face.

“He was fun. ”

The Arian mutters in an empty temple.

There was only one place it could reach.

Lord Zahar.

Something that sustains and enables this enormous temple to exist.

However, Arian could not confirm that he was listening to his voice.

As always, he only spoke.

But this time it was a little different.

I was sure.

I'm sure he's listening.

“Why did you choose him? ”

There was no answer.

I didn't expect it.

For a long time, he didn't answer any questions.

Even Arian's question didn't ask for an answer.

I just asked myself a question.

“He was definitely different from other humans. ”

Yoon Jae showed me.

It was clearly beyond the common sense of the Arian.

I've never seen a human so desperately want something.

“But Lord...... Is that all? ”

Arian recalled the gift of Zahar, the monarch that Yun Jae took with him.

Three gifts.

No, can we call it a gift?

Yoon Jae's karma that he took with him was too great for a gift.

“It's not an achievement you can bear with just one desire. You know that.”

The karma Yoon Jae carried on his back was not the only weight he could bear.

One individual.

It's also weaker than any intelligent species.

His strength and karma were too heavy to leave him.

I've said so far, but I still can't hear Lord Zahar's voice.

He was still.

Even though I always kept the temple all by myself and asked and told, I never told him the answer.

It's been a long time since I heard his voice.

First since he started guarding the temple and became his assistant.

It was a voice I could barely hear, waiting for a hard time.

“Lord, I don't know what you mean. ”

One of the seven temples that seats Lord Zahar.

The first of its kind, the first of its kind, the Arian, who protects Amarham.

Even at that moment, he opened his mouth quietly without hearing the voice of his monarch.

“… I'll follow one. ”

Arian got up on his knees with the horse and looked at the small well where Yoon Jae disappeared.

“I'll trust him, too. ”