Chapter 1515 – 1515. Map of Ascension
I stared blankly at Mi-ryung. Mi-ryung had a serious expression on her face. To be honest, she didn’t understand.
“Is this serious?”
“It is serious. You know that this world is basically connected to the other worlds, right?”
“Know. Representatively, there are celestial world, underworld, phantom world, and middle world.”
These are the four representative worlds. It seems that there are other small worlds, but the largest are four. This place where I am right now is middle-earth. When a living thing dies, it falls to the underworld, and when it rises to the top, it goes up to the world of spirits.
And getting on top is a very difficult thing.
“The world has its own laws. Those laws are intertwined and the world is maintained. But magic from the underworld is wandering in the middle? It might seem that the Underworld is trying to influence Middle Earth. Starting with this, in the worst case, the balance may be shaken and the laws may change.”
“Then what will happen?”
“Middle-earth chaos will come. A very huge mess.”
“Is it the will of the underworld that Muk Ji-ryun spreads the reverse demon magic power to the middle world?”
“Maybe, maybe not. There’s no way I know the meaning of the underworld, can I?”
“…… Well. So, what you mean is that we have to stop the Wandering Devil Magic Ball?”
“No.”
She shook her head as if she had heard something incomprehensible. I looked at her with her strange expression.
“Then what shall we do?”
“That depends on the will of the West. Even if the world is chaotic, it doesn’t matter because you have the power to protect yourself. But not for others. What do you want the West to do?”
“I won’t do anything. Doesn’t it make sense for the world to be filled with chaos with just one magic trick?”
“Well. It is. There’s no way the Underworld’s plan would be this sloppy… Seonggye won’t stand still. There is a high possibility that it will end in some kind of happening.”
I don’t know if it will really end in a happening. Because of what happened at the Tower of Manmu the other day, I felt like the underworld was doing something. And this world is a worldview in which various creations are jumbled together. Something could happen somewhere I don’t know. Or it has already exploded.
“We can do what we have to do. Let’s get organized That, what are you going to do with the Reverse Demon Goddess?”
“Can you give it to me? I want to study the magic of the underworld. Opportunities like this don’t come along very often.”
“I do not care.”
“Ah, speaking of words… Can you lend me the sword of light ascension too?”
“Gwangmyeong Ascension Island? Why?”
“I heard that the sword of light ascending can also strengthen the technique? I would like to know how it is strengthened. I think there will be results if we study the enhanced technique.”
Come to think of it, there was also a way to use Gwangmyeong Ascension in that way. From Mi-ryung’s point of view, the painting of the Ascension of Gwangmyeong can be used as a source of inspiration.
A sword of light ascension that can enhance anything. It’s also a great thing.
“Okay. I will lend you.”
He said it without thinking too deeply. Right now, the Sword of Gwangmyeong Ascension was mainly used to enhance the elixir. The enhanced elixir was already piled up, so it didn’t matter if you lent it to Mi-ryung.
“Oh yea!”
Mi-ryeong liked it. She put her reverse horse magic into her own space created by her spatial technique.
After waiting for a while, Ji-geom Gu came through the trees. There was a strong smell of blood.
“Great bargain. Looking at the traces of the battle, it seems that he has already had a fight with the Black Tiger.”
“I killed the black tiger. I took the body.”
“Can you go back to Baewol and show me the body? You have to convince the client.”
“Well, that much doesn’t matter. Instead, ownership of the body is mine. You will definitely get paid.”
“Of course. Invincible Yujin Daehyeop deserves that.”
Invincible Eugene. At first, I giggled because it was funny, but the more I listened to it, the more it sounded like they were making fun of me.
“My name is actually Eugene. Call me Eugene from now on.”
“Okay. Daehyeop Yu.”
I was about to say something but kept my mouth shut. I didn’t have to give out my real name. It’s annoying too.
“What happened to the tremors?”
“Langin? Black tiger? Who do you mean?”
I was able to figure out the question. Jeongcheok, this guy is acting like a political faction grand bargainer, but in reality, he doesn’t care much about human lives. I wouldn’t even bat an eye even if all of Ana’s were dead. Well, it wasn’t strange. Me too
“Both.”
“Thanks to Daehyeop Yu taking over the leader Black Tiger, our damage was minimal. The few survivors of the Black Tiger fled. Since the boss died here, he won’t appear around here, so we won’t pursue him. And return the blood count. It’s a treasured item.”
“It was quite useful.”
I gave him the sword and returned to Baewol City first. There was no reason for me to help the rongins clean up.
•••
A week has passed.
I met Hwang Hwa-dong, the captain.
“What are you doing? My answer is as before. I have no intention of leaving this city.”
“Okay? That’s too bad. Today, I came to ask for work.”
“… What about work?”
I took out the sword and Black Tiger’s corpse from the space box. Hwang So-dong’s gaze first turned to the knife.
“Can I touch the knife?”
“Does not matter.”
Bull Dong raised the knife and examined it slowly. His expression is full of surprise.
“It is not something made using special techniques. But it is also a name. The person who made this sword is above me in terms of blacksmith skills. May I ask who made this knife?”
“I do not know either.”
“Sorry. I can see why you held out your sword to me. The sword is cursed.”
“It was two days ago. I killed a guy I didn’t like in Giru. He’s a sorcerer. Cursed me before dying. I was just trying to pull it off… All of a sudden, the curse clung to the sword.”
“Ugh. In this case, it is better to reforge. But… My skills are low, so I will end up with a sword that is inferior to the original.”
“Okay? Then I’ll have to throw something away in moderation.”
“…… Throw it away? This good knife?”
“Do you think I only have that one sword? I have many other good knives.”
It was one of the dwarf-made knives. A dwarf rarely shouted that it was a masterpiece, but he wasn’t interested in it and he wore it because it looked good.
“Excuse me. If you don’t mind, I’m buying this knife.”
“A cursed sword?”
“There is also a way to purify the curse by asking the sorcerer. You can also seal and use curses. Above all, it is such a good knife that I want to study it.”
I thought that if I had taken it to Mi-ryung first, she would have lifted the curse on her own, but then I gave up.
Mi-ryung was busy researching reverse magic tricks. She didn’t want to disturb her, just because of her solitary sword.
“How much will you give me?”
“I want to replace the purchase with something else. Bringing the Black Tiger’s corpse must be asking me to make a magic weapon.”
“You’re going to make magic tools for free instead of money?”
“Yes. Do you like it?”
“Well, not bad.”
“However, there are limited magic tools that can be made with this black tiger’s corpse. Meat or organs are useless, the best are hides and claws.”
“What I want is a long gun. Durability aside, I wish it had a function to keep it clean.”
“You mean cleanliness? Surprisingly. I usually don’t want that kind of effect….”
“It’s embarrassing when there’s blood on it. It’s too cumbersome to change into.”
“All right.”
“How many days will it take?”
“Fortnight is enough.”
•••
After 15 days, I met Hwang So-dong again.
In his hand was a nice black long gun. It was so black that it reminded me of a starless night sky.
“It’s a black tiger. The name was kept simple.”
“Contrary to its name, it doesn’t feel like tiger skin at all.”
“Geejangjutsu is different from simply cutting leather and making it into clothes. It is common for additional materials to be mixed during the processing process to change the original texture or shape. Still, the fabric has the characteristics of black tiger hide. It is not even cut by most swords.”
“No, I am not blaming you. Rather good. What about cleanliness?”
“The black tiger cloth absorbs blood and shakes off other filth. Even if the black tiger is torn apart, it will regenerate if fed with blood.”
“I like it very much.”
I smiled contentedly.
Wear a black hoodie I also liked the feel of the clothes as soft as silk. Here, I summoned Hwaryeonbido and hung it around my waist to catch my form. The atmosphere of Gangho Jijon came alive.
Bull’s eyes widened. He swallowed dry spit and cautiously approached me.
“I feel extraordinary power from that sword, from that sword! Only once! Just show me once! I beg you!”
“Hwaryeonbido? The Hwaryeonbido is my favorite knife. Do you think I will show it to you, who is making a perverted expression? Get out of here!”
“Huh… !”
Feeling alive, Bull Dong stepped back and lowered his head. In my heart, I want to bear and kill him, but this guy was something I had to embrace. And when I saw the black tiger, my irritation quickly disappeared.
I looked at the red sword of Hwaryeonbido. The cracked part comes into view.
‘I need to fix the Hwaryeonbido soon….’
I put the Hwaryeonbido in my inventory. For the time being, I do not use Hwaryeonbido. This is because the cracked Hwaryeonbido may be completely broken in the battle.
‘I don’t know if it’s another world, but this is the world of Light Ascension. It’s a world where you can’t be careless.’
So I save Hwaryeonbido as much as possible.
There are many knives that can be used even if they are not Hwaryeonbido. They were made by squeezing dwarves, and were among the finest knives. Of course, the swords were worse than Hwaryeonbi.
I roamed the city wearing a suitably stylish sword.
Originally, wearing new clothes made me want to go for a walk.
‘Look, you bastards. This is the character of a strong master!’
Flutter flutter!
He walks the streets waving his long gun. Everyone who saw me got out of the way. Everyone was frightened by the appearance of Go Soo.
It would have been better if the ignorant gang-ho dicks had a fight… Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. Because my reputation has already spread throughout Baewol City.
‘Yes?’
A strange sight caught my eye. Some of the women on the street were wearing hanbok. I rubbed my eyes with my hand, wondering if I had seen it wrong, and looked again.
Looking back, it was a hanbok.
‘Why Hanbok?’
There was only one guess.
‘Since Mi-ryung kept wearing hanbok, it became fashionable.’
Women wearing hanbok had something in common. All are young and fair-skinned. In this world, having white skin means having enough money to not have to do simple labor.
I was a little surprised, but it didn’t matter.
Just because hanbok is popular doesn’t mean I’m losing money.
Anyway, I roamed the streets showing off my long guns.
