The Live

There was so much going on.

Yoon Jae made the power that surrounded the sculpture his own. It was a force completely different from magic.

Since then, Yun Jae has learned many things from Zahar.

“Have you ever fought a dragon? ”

“Nothing.”

I have fought many opponents so far, but never fought dragons. All I had to do was confront them and not have to fight or do anything.

“Do you have the skills you use? ”

“Yes.”

“They built it. They say it's not a skill, it's a command. ”

“Decree?”

“A structure that expresses power through words. Most of the skills you know and use come from them. Of course, it's up to each of you to further develop that skill, but a lot of it comes from dragons. ”

The existence that created the inner world itself was easy. Of course, the power came from the Holy Grail, but the existence of the system behind the world was clearly easy.

A skill that harnesses the power of magic. The structure stems from the dragon's ability to use it.

Of course, there were skills that they developed and developed themselves, but most underlying skills were derived from dragons.

‘It's most similar to the power we use... …. ’

In Zahar's explanation, Yoon Jae thought for a moment and asked.

“So the dragon is most like our people? ”

“Yes. The only difference is they're stronger. ”

“I'm stronger than you. ”

“Except you. And, like you, there must be an exception to the dragons. ”

“Is there anyone I should watch out for? ”

“Temperature, there is the leader of the dragons. He's crazy. He's an old monster who's lived for tens of thousands of years. ”

Zahar shakes his head and looks bored.

In Zahar's reaction, I wondered how great the dragon of alternative warming would be. It was hard to imagine the reaction of a monarch like that.

“Anyway, from now on, I'm going to teach you how to handle the pieces and how to fight the dragons. ”

“I already know how to handle sculpture. ”

“You got two more. There's a limit to getting the Holy Grail, but you still have to know how to handle it. ”

It deals with the pieces of Yoon Jae's time.

The range of power was varied. Yoon Jae still wasn't handling the power properly.

“One piece you have is power. And the other is life. ”

“Power and life? ”

“The three fundamental laws that make up this world. The rest of the fragments that fell from the Holy Grail. That's the sculpture. ”

Zahar sat down and began to talk calmly.

“I'm telling you, there are limits to the power of the sculpture you can handle. Even if you have time, you can't go back on your own, you can't use your powers indefinitely, and you can't bring the dead back to life. ”

The sculpture was an imperfect force.

It is a force that enables the impossible, but there are clear limits. Zahar was clear about that.

“But that's enough for you. ”

“You need to know two more things? ”

“Yes. Power is the most important of all." ”

Piece of Power.

It was not difficult to know what it was.

"Pieces from the Angel Land. ’

It was the most dangerous piece.

The power to support the great heavenly city of Latel. It came from the sculpture.

With the power to surround the outside, a city like a small country disappeared in an instant. Nevertheless, the sculpture is still surrounded by enormous power on the outside.

It was the same now.

The sculpture is gradually enclosing its power on the outside. It had similar properties to the power that Yoon Jae absorbed until recently.

But the speed was too slow. If this power could be used as a free material, then the dimension would be different from the previous one.

“First, get used to the Fragment of Power. Pieces of life will be useless right now, so get used to it. ”

As long as there are restrictions on not being able to save the dead, the fragments of life are useless right now. Yoon Jae also thought the same as Zahar.

In fact, what Zahar had taught Yun Jae in the last few months was not much different from the way he handled the fragments of power.

‘A force close to infinity. ’

The most important thing is to understand the nature of the sculpture.

What kind of power is this? What kind of power is this?

How to lend me your power.

“…… I really don't know. ”

I've been sitting there all day thinking about it, but I still don't know.

It was like sitting without a hitch. Yoon Jae sighed as she sat back and relaxed.

My body was rested, but my mind was frustrated. It's never uncomfortable killing time like this. ”

“Don't you see? ”

Yun Jae nods at Zahar's question.

“Yes, I feel like I'm making another hand and foot. I told you to use force, not mine. How do I do this...? ”

“Well, do you? ”

Zahar thinks a little and mutters.

“Is the best practice...? ”

“Yes?”

“If you're going to die, aren't you going to do something? ”

It was a nonsense.

Do you think we should fight? Zahar reaches out as he tilts his head.

Chick-

There's a line in the air.

The space has been cut. This is as different from the skills Elvin showed you.

But…….

“Would you like to come in? ”

Oops.

As Zahar gestured, space opened up and a completely different world appeared beyond.

An ominous energy spills through the black space. When the energy touched the skin, Yoon Jae was creeped out.

“Well, well……. ”

What the hell is this place?

I've never seen anything so dark. There seemed to be nothing in it, but the energy I felt in it was more ominous than anything I had ever felt.

It was neither magical nor Magi nor divine.

But I'm used to it somewhere.

Yoon Jae looked at Zahar with his face.

“There……. ”

“Don't worry. It's not hell or the afterlife or anything like that. ”

“Then what is it? ”

“Is it supposed to be a wandering ghost of the dead? ”

“The dead? ”

“Many humans, angels, and demons have died in this world. Those who were deprived of their bodies and lives by the Holy Grail and became ghosts. That's where those poor people drift. ”

In Zahar's description, Yoon Jae was creeped out.

A floating place where those who were taken from the Holy Grail carry off their bodies and lives? This meant that even the dead here could not escape their souls.

“A world that faces each other like two sides of a coin, but looks completely different. What do you think? It looks dangerous to me, doesn't it? ”

Yun Jae nods at Zahar's question.

The world that looked beyond the open space seemed to be sucked in and out at the moment it lifted its foot.

“A lot of dangerous people. Ghosts who die and can't return to the world only have an appetite to eat each other. It's the only way to satisfy their sense of being alive. ”

Zahar looks at the ghosts as if they were beginning to gather in front of the space.

“They eat each other and get bigger and bigger. That's how you become a monster. I once ate my colleagues, friends, brothers, sisters, or family members and slowly forgot who I was. ”

“… a tragedy. ”

There was a time when we often thought about what awaits us after death.

Is there an afterlife, or is oblivion allowed?

I had never thought of such a horrible appearance in any way. I thought it was better to fall into the fiery pit of hell.

“You won't feel dangerous in a chaotic place... I'll leave it to you whether you go there or not. But you'll get what you've worked so hard for. Well, that's the end of it when you die. ”

Eventually, I told him to sit still and beat him with his body if nothing else worked.

Yoon Jae conflicted for a while.

I don't know what that place is yet. I just knew it was a floating place for the dead.

But…….

“I'll be going. ”

“You're deciding faster than I thought. ”

“Let me come back before I die. Are you sending him somewhere to die? ”

Even though he said that, Yoon Jae knew.

That you have to take care of your own life in there.

On the other hand, there was also self.

Never die, never come back.

“What should I do when I get back? ”

“I open the door here once a month. If you want to come back, stay alive until then. Or if you know how to handle all the pieces you have, you can make your own way back to the door. ”

“Is that so?”

Shh-

Yoon Jae moved the bridge and began to enter into the open space of Zahar.

Beyond that, there were quite a lot of ghosts waiting for Yoon Jae to come. Yoon Jae turns his head back and greets Zahar.

“I'll be back then. ”

“Welcome back safely. If you think you're gonna die, give me a sign. ”

“How?”

“How are you? ”

“…… Here we go. ”

uuurrrgh

Yoon Jae's appearance disappeared beyond the space.

Soon after, the space that had happened closed, Zahar sat back down.

And I started counting the time inside.

One minute, two minutes.

So Zahar began to wait for a month in his place.

* * *

The colors are gone.

The world where Yoon Jae is standing is like a forest in the middle area he used to know, but covered in black and colorless colors.

Glug, glug, glug.

You feel an ominous movement in between. It had no sound, no intelligence. However, that ominous feeling did not erase and remained thick.

‘It smells funny. ’

It was neither rotten nor smelly.

The kind of smell I've never smelled in my life.

Yoon Jae turns her head and looks at the Black Ingots who are starting to rush towards her.

“... I thought you said it was a ghost leaving here because you couldn't die? ”

I've seen things called ghosts a few times.

I've seen it in tutorials, and I've seen it when I went to get sculptures on the land of the demons.

They definitely felt the same way. If anything else, the atmosphere felt darker and more ominous to them.

Sok-

Yoon Jae wielded the sword that he had already drawn.

Aah! Aah!

The ghosts' bodies are cut in half. Ghosts vanish as black fog scatters.

Ooh, ooh-

You slash the enchanted Black Ghosts with certainty. But the ghosts don't just die, they merge again.

Ooh, ooh-

Terrible crying.

It was a cry of pain.

It was different from screaming.

It's not easy to die.

The opponent is annoying. Yoon Jae recalls why he came here to wield his magical sword again.

‘Pieces.’

Time, power, and life.

Handling pieces of power among them.

That's what Yun Jae came here for. Yun Jae clearly understood why Zahar sent himself here.

"Use the power of the Fragment"? ’

But how?

Ooh, oohhh.

huurrgghhh

Meanwhile, more and more ghosts are gathering.

Ghosts living in the Black Forest.

They were ghosts that lived in a lost ghost system that looked exactly like a coin.

Ghosts that have survived eating each other for so long were as dangerous as the monsters in the Middle Zone.

“This……. ”

Yoon Jae gripped the sword in his hand because he felt tension for a long time.

“I think you've come to the wrong place.... ”