The Live

Over time, I slowly regained consciousness. Yoon Jae did not know how insane he was.

He knew that he had regained consciousness, but Yoon Jae did not wake up immediately. It was because the stabbing pain felt all over my body was still there.

“Are you up?”

Elvin, who was sitting with his eyes open, asked.

I thought it was quiet everywhere, but everyone was tired and sitting or sleeping.

“Where am I? ”

Yoon Jae laid down and asked. As I rolled my eyes around, it was a relatively small room, unlike other rooms as large as a giant cavity.

“Somewhere inside the temple. I just came in looking for a room to rest. Looks like this place was a rest stop. ”

The place where the demons fought and where the devil's tree was planted was a place of worship. Of course, it was that big.

But this huge temple did not consist entirely of chapels. There was also a facility where you could take a break or get some sleep.

“Well, it's been too long, and there's a lot of dust in it. ”

A wooden cot, a little dusty.

Yoon Jae was lying on it.

The same was true of Lois and Chun Pyeongtaek.

The rest of the party falls asleep, feeling pretty tired.

Yun Jae looks at Lois lying on Elvin's leg as a pillow and asks.

“Everyone must be tired. ”

“It's worth it. ”

“What about Mr. Elvin? ”

“I'm not so sure. ”

Elvin nods, leaning against the wall. He pretended not to, but he was also quite tired.

“How long have I been out? ”

“Half a day? Good night.”

“What about the other grizzlies? ”

“When I slaughtered all the devil's trees, I retreated. Good, 'cause we don't know what would have happened if it wasn't for that. ”

The grizzly bears outside the temple were mostly varieties with seeds cultivated.

If those bastards had come into the temple, they wouldn't have been able to cope with the exhausted party.

“This guy's been through a lot. We've been stopping predators for over half an hour. If it weren't for that, the bears wouldn't have retreated. ”

“30 minutes?”

Yoon Jae was surprised with her eyes wide open.

I knew Lois was stopping the bears, but I didn't think she'd been stopping them for that long.

‘That must have been hard. ’

Even though Lois has immense magical power that does not wither, it was never easy to keep the bears alone during that time.

The strength of the Mutant Breeding Bears outranks those who rank them.

If there were dozens of such grizzly bears, it would not have been the only impact Lois would have had on the walls.

There was no choice but to have more magical power needed to maintain that barrier.

And yet, Royce used enormous magical power to stop the grizzly bears for 30 minutes.

“By the way, did you know from the beginning? ”

“What's that? ”

“Killing all the shepherds will make the grizzly bears retreat. ”

In Elvin's question, Yoon Jae grunts and barely raises his torso to answer.

“I was hoping you would. At least the seeds in their bodies will lose their power at the same time the devil's head dies. ”

Yoon Jae said that, then shrugged.

“Well, that's when the seeds in their bodies didn't hatch completely. ”

“I see.”

Elvin's voice relaxes.

Looking at Elvin's eyes, Yoon Jae said.

“You can sleep a little when you're tired. If you've all been awake, I'll be awake from now on. ”

The grizzly bears have retreated, but this is still inside the midtown area.

Now that everyone is injured and discharged, it was dangerous for everyone to fall asleep. That's why Elvin put the others to sleep and decided to get up.

Even though he was very tired.

“... Will you do that? ”

“Yes, good night. ”

In Yun Jae's reply, Elvin closes his eyes, smiling in drowsiness.

Immediately, Elvin leans against the wall and falls asleep handing Lois his legs.

‘Looks good. ’

Sometimes he teased about the routine, but Yoon Jae really seemed to like the two of you.

I don't know if they are pure friends or if they have feelings that will develop into lovers. But sometimes I remember the old days when I was looking at them.

‘I miss you so much. ’

Yoon Jae looked at Elvin and Royce and imagined sleeping like that with his wife.

I was happy with a smile just by drawing it in my head. How happy would it be if the dream came true again?

Perhaps you won't regret even if time stops at that moment. For that moment, my bones were broken and my flesh was not hurting.

“Well done.”

Yoon Jae got up from his seat and bowed down deeply.

toward the two people who have willingly followed here for themselves, Cheonpyeong Taek, and the norm that has followed them so far.

* * *

Luckily, it was safe inside the temple.

No, the rest of the group, including Yun Jae, is safe. The huge chapel with the devil's tree still has bears in and out.

But the grizzly bears could only enter and exit. It doesn't matter, though it eats the shells of the serpent's neck, which is only the base.

Even if they ate the dead devil's seed, there was no power in it.

“Ahhh-”

“Are you awake?”

Yoon Jae asked, looking at Royce rubbing his eyes with yawns.

She looks around without raising her head. Then, I was startled by the first face I saw and woke up my torso.

“Oh, my gosh! ”

“I'm telling you, you're the one who slept leaning on it first. ”

Elvin told Lois that he was always sleeping with his legs cut off.

Royse glances at Elvin with a look of nonsense.

“Do you mind if I borrow your leg? ”

“It's not a color. I was a little uncomfortable.”

“Yes, I'm sorry. ”

“That's good to know. ”

From the moment he woke up, Royce and Elvin, who were unharmed by Royce's anger, smiled small.

Chon Pyeong-taek, who was just waking up and dozing off, opened his base for a long time because of the commotion between the two of you.

“You're even more upset because of the noise. ”

“But I slept for a long time. It's like everyone's been asleep for a day or so. ”

When no one woke up, Yoon Jae saw the year coming in from a far away window.

You find the temple here, the sun rises, the fight is over, and you rest. That's how much time went by.

You rest for a long time because of the group's accumulated injuries and fatigue.

Especially in the case of Royce who had consumed too much magical power or who had suffered the greatest injuries, a break of more than a day was necessary.

“It was that hard. I still use it here. ”

Normally, he pointed to the scar on the flank, which was almost painful by hand.

It was a wound from Turner at the end. Regular people who used photobombing fought without taking care of their wounds, and they were forced to do so with great injuries.

Moreover, even though the wound did not heal, I also contributed to the wound because it was heavily moved while cutting the devil's head.

“I don't even remember the color of the fight. Can you move? ”

“Of course.”

“What about the others? ”

“Well, I'm not hurt that badly. ”

“So am I. ”

“I'm fine, too. ”

They were all the same answer. Most of the body seemed to have recovered, except for the regular scar on the side.

Plus, if Royce has regained his magical strength, he should be able to see his normal wounds again. I was able to recover in a few hours with a half-healed wound.

“Better get moving. ”

Yoon Jae asked what Elvin said.

“Are you going straight back? ”

“No.”

Elvin looks around the room where they are staying and answers.

“I need to check this place out. ”

I postponed it because I was tired and exhausted, but the temple here was strange.

Middle of Midtown.

This place is crawling with predatory bears and monsters. It's such a huge building.

Besides, I didn't even know it was a temple for anyone. There were hardly any traces of humans left.

“Who lived there and whose temple it was... Maybe we can find out if we search here." ”

“Maybe we can figure out why the Clan leader hid this place. ”

Lois takes after Elvin.

In their opinion, Yoon Jae nodded his head and stood up. Like them, Yoon Jae was also interested in this temple.

‘Maybe we can find out why it resembles that temple. ’

The break is over.

Royse moves slowly, restoring normal wounds. Two people followed, and three people, including Yoon Jae, led the way.

The great temple was made up of hundreds of large and small rooms. However, I looked around every nook and cranny of that room, but there were no traces of humans.

“Is it because it's been too long? This doesn't look like where people used to live. ”

“At least it looks like someone burned their hand. ”

Elvin says so, pointing to the door to the next room.

Unlike other rooms, the door there is not strangely dusty. It was a stranger's touch when I entered the temple.

“Do you have a conservation skill? ”

“I don't think there's any other way to explain it. Unlike other places, it's too clean here, right? ”

Lois replies to Elvin's muttering.

As she said, the skills in the conservation family to prevent any objects from getting damaged or rusted were quite common.

Grades were divided by their duration, but most were skills belonging to Class C.

“There are conservation skills all over this room... …. ”

Elvin mutters, looking at a clean door without dust, unlike anywhere else.

“Do you have this level of conservation skills? ”

Even the skills in the conservation family were not that high in grade.

It was mostly because it had nothing to use but convenience to hang certain items for a long time, and it had no effect other than the nature of preservation.

However, unlike other conservation skills that lasted for about five years, it was a bit special to have conservation skills in one room as a whole.

Moreover, if the effect of the skill still remains in this old temple, the grade will never be lower.

“Must be a Grade A skill if you can't. ”

“Grade A preservation skill... I've never heard of such a thing. ”

“I'm looking forward to what's inside. ”

Choo-choo-choo

Elvin lowers the lever to open the visit straight away.

Queek -

As you lower the lever, Elvin pushes the door inward. Yoon Jae followed closely into the room.

"So narrow."

Unlike the chapel and other rooms, the rooms inside the door were quite narrow.

“There's something on the wall. ”

Royce, who just stepped into the room, looks around and says,

No one knew what she was talking about without her eyes.

“This room is full of paintings. ”

“You don't understand these paintings. ”

In Elvin's answer, he said, looking at the paintings and characters that were painted all over the wall.

The drawings, however, were languages that even the letters could not understand.

After all, all I could see was the painting. But the paintings that were drawn between the letters were nothing to see.

“Wait, is that.... ”

At that time, a familiar picture appeared in the normal eyes.

“I think I've seen it somewhere.... ”

Regular gaze turned to one side.

Together, Elvin and Royse's gaze was in the same direction.

It was Yoon Jae.

Elvin could see what the painting was drawn in the direction the regular person pointed.

‘It looks like the bracelet he was wearing. ’

The bracelet that Yoon Jae wore.

Now he's gone, but even when he first came to Meln, Yoon Jae was wearing a bracelet that looked unusual on his right wrist.

The painting on one side of the wall definitely resembled that.

It could be a coincidence, of course.

There may be other bracelets that look similar as they used to look.

But…….

“You think so? ”

“ ……. ”

Yoon Jae didn't answer Elvin's question.

No, I couldn't answer.

My mind was full of other ideas.

‘Why……. ’

Yoon Jae was puzzled by the words in the room.

‘Why...... can I read it? ’

Others were unreadable characters.

But he could read it.

I don't know what happened.

It was read naturally, as if it were just a language I had known from the beginning.

Muscles, Muscles...

Center of the front of the chest.

Yoon Jae's heart beat became louder and louder. It was clear as if you were listening to someone's heart.

It was not a heart that was born with it.

Tutorials.

It was the heart of Zahar.

‘What the...... what happened?' ’

My mind got complicated and I didn't even think I'd have to read all of it just because I could read the words right in front of my eyes.

Why you can read the writings here.

And why the heart started responding right after we got here.

I couldn't figure out why, so my head was all confused and complicated.

“Brother, brother! ”

At that moment, the regular person who approached him shook his shoulders strongly.

Yoon Jae, who regained his senses quickly, looked around in surprise. Regular faces were worrying.

“What's wrong with you? ”

“Is there a problem? ”

Others looked at Yoon Jae with strange eyes.

Instead of answering, Yoon Jae looks at the chains on his wrists.

The painting the other party was just looking at and Zahar's chains on his wrists are exactly the same.

The evidence was that the chains, like the heart, began to tremble.

‘There's something here. ’

When I first discovered the temple here, I felt similar to the one I saw at the end of the tutorial.

It was not a mistake. I was convinced from the moment I entered this room that I was not mistaken.

Yun Jae told the group looking at her.

“May I stay in this room for a while? ”

“Is there a reason? ”

Elvin asked again.

Yoon Jae nodded and put his hands on the wall.

“These words…… I can read them. ”

“Do you know how to write? ”

“I don't know, but I can just read it. I think it has something to do with this. ”

Yoon Jae raised her right wrist as she said so.

Elvin and Royse nod, knowing the existence of the shackles. Again, the bracelet on the wall was worn by Yoon Jae.

Chon Pyeong-taek, who doesn't know the bracelet dug into his wrist, asked what it was.

Yoon Jae told me that the bracelet he was wearing began to change and dug into his wrist, and that it was the same bracelet as the one on the wall.

“Strange. Items from the tutorial have something to do with the intermediate region..." ”

Cheonpyeongtaek was also curious.

The tutorial was merely a gateway through which to enter the underworld.

There were not many cases where items obtained there were directly related to the interior of the world.

I don't know if it's a coincidence or what it's a necessity. You will only know the details if you read all the letters.

Yoon Jae said, looking for the beginning of the letter.

“I think...... I think I know what this place is. ”