Chapter 464 – 458 Yeongdo Eshnuur
The impression of seeing part of the ascending road to enter Yeongdo from a distance was that it was a rough road, the equivalent of sticking a chain into a cliff with an inclination of 70 degrees and climbing up it, like some deep mountain valley in China.
Some of the courses at first glance have slopes exceeding 90 degrees and reaching 110 degrees.
The name is Oreum-gil, but it is not mountain climbing, but climbing.
= Puch. Dew, look at this Hellumen’s Lair, Siha = Saiji = Wirt The abstract flower of Isilite, the red swordswoman who has been recognized by the baron lord of the 8th class. It’s uglier than the real thing!=
=You look like you’re wearing a feather helmet. Besides, the physique is the same as before…… Who made this?=
When Issilite gets a little angry, saying, “If you’re going to draw, you have to draw according to the exact historical evidence, why are you drawing so carelessly?”, Anne hugs her waist and giggles as if she’s happy.
“…….”
Hwanin, who looked at the scene from the roof of the carriage for a while, raised his head again. It catches the eye that a person who looks as small as a grain is riding the course.
I can’t even see my aura, and no matter how I look at it, I look like an ordinary person, so why risk my life like that?
Is there a desperate situation in which you must enter Yeongdo?
Shortly thereafter, a luxurious sign appeared that read ▶{Yeongdo Uphill Trail}◀.
After passing the sign and going uphill a little further, we found the entrance of the uphill road between the forests lined up to the left and right. A passage between the cliffs begins to come into view.
The people who look small in the middle of the sheer cliffs of strange rocks hundreds of meters high spread out majestically like a castle wall or a folding screen.
At the entrance of the uphill road, which looks like a narrow valley, four people dressed as warriors similar to those of a patrol were checking people waiting to enter the mountain.
The people who wanted to climb the mountain were both men and women, and they had strong physiques and were dressed as if they were prepared for a tough climb.
It was only then that Isilite, who had discovered the people, let out a small, quiet voice.
= We have to climb that mountain from now on, right? The road looks pretty rough. If you fall, you will be seriously injured. =
=Nana master, Yuri unnie won’t get hurt, so you just have to be careful.=
= Chit. I’m almost done with the Eucharist theory now, right? If you complete this, your fighting power will more than double. Then, the odds of winning matches, which are biased to 7:3, will be equalized, and you will also tighten your sphincter and get nervous…… Ouch!=
Anne’s whisper continued, followed by her thump, and the exciting sound of blows erupted, and then her clap, Issilite’s dainty fist struck her shoulder, her side, and her arm.
= Outside! Say that! Summer solstice! Say no! Did!=
= Oh, it hurts so much! Wow! Bone, bone hit!=
Girlfriends whispering and squealing like children. Two people who could be called beauties of the celestial realm, so it felt like they were enjoying themselves quite a bit.
Hwanin, who watched the scene for a while, calmly looked at the people who were nervous before entering the mountain.
3 out of 12 have jobs. 2 level 2 and 1 level 3. Professionals don’t look like a group, and ordinary people…… Are you acting as a team?
There is a strong feeling that it is a different world that does not stop climbing the mountain even though night will come sooner or later. I’m also concerned about the lack of belongings…….
I look up again and give it to the clouds hanging over the mountain peaks that lead to the far cliffs and cliffs.
Is it possible to break through a place like that with the amount of belongings on the level of a clutch bag?
‘If climbing is limited to belongings, it could be a kind of test space rather than an ordinary oreum.’
First of all, when I thought that it would be unreasonable for the children to ride that mountain, it would be better to leave them in a reliable place, the conversation of the girlfriends came into my ears.
=Anyway, I need to pack my things and prepare to climb. Then what about the children?=
= Since I can’t take her with me, shouldn’t I leave it in a safe place? The master said he would be your guardian, so you can’t guide him to just anyone.=
Ub, who was traveling with her in the wagon, smiled at her girlfriends.
=That uphill road is for people who want to appeal to Daeseongnyeo. Spirit priests, spirit knights, and residents of Yeongdo use the elevator, so don’t worry.=
= Oh really? I was wondering what the uphill road was like, but it’s a bit disappointing.
Haha. The ascending road is also called the path of hardship or the path of ascetic practice. The uphill road is divided into eight routes, from level 1 to level 7 for ordinary people and professionals, and each route is dangerous enough to cause loss of life. In particular, the 7th grade route is a course that passes through half of Yeongsan Alnor, so it may take more than a month.=
=Are you subdivided into a path suitable for the class of the job?=
Ub smiled and nodded at Isilite’s question.
=Starting from level 4, it is more dangerous than others because you have to carry only the belongings prepared by Yeongdo.=
= Um……. At least that much is enough to qualify you to see the Great Saint, right?=
Yeongsan Alnor, seen from afar, had ice caps on more than half of the peaks.
Not only that, but clouds were trapped in the peaks and valleys, forming clouds and mist, and oddly shaped rocks and dense primeval forests filled the rest, making it possible to tell that it was a secret place where neither humans nor monsters were allowed to enter.
During the story, the carriage bends to the right.
After passing a short path like a forest trail, a rather plain metal door appears in front of the group.
Two 3rd-class professional warriors were standing guard in front of the door, and when they saw Uv and Sernen, they saluted.
=Sir Sernen, Mr. Uv. Are you on your way to death?=
=Yes. We are serving Ajiera Spirit Inquisitor and the green saint of Bijalux, Hwanin.=
At the word that there is a saint, the gatekeeper’s eyes shone strongly once, but his attitude is as usual.
=Then we will proceed with identity verification.=
They exchange greetings with each other in a friendly manner, but the identification and number of people are thoroughly checked.
After confirming the identity of Hwanin who came down from the roof, the guard looked at him with sparkling eyes and opened the 5m high metal door.
=Identification verification is over. You can pass by.=
The straight passage inside the open door was a place where no place was untouched by human care.
There are no lights, as if the lighting technique has been applied, but it is as bright as daytime.
The ceiling with a height of 5m has a feeling of stained glass with colorful stone pieces inserted into the arch shape, and the murals engraved on the walls 4m wide on the left and right are embossed murals that seem to express the history of Yeongdo.
On the contrary, the floor is marble as clean as glass, so it is a pious atmosphere that makes you wonder if you can use the carriage and the vehicle.
Whispering conversations of girlfriends can be heard in Hwanin’s ears as he walks down the aisle in an emergency and looks at the murals.
=This is the famous passage of history.=
=Passage of History?=
= It is a place where the big and small things from the beginning of Yeongdo to the present are inscribed. It is said that he continues to write even now. Look, is the mural finished?=
= It’s true…….=
The left and right murals end at the 3/5th point of the aisle, followed by a smooth milky white wall.
After passing through such a passage of 500m, we arrived at a small dome-shaped platform with a straight ceiling.
There is a platform lift of about 20 pyeong, but there is no rope in sight.
‘Is it a type of lift that pushes you up from the floor?’
However, if you look up at the vertically pierced ceiling, the height is far away.
It is a height that is difficult to see that a lift type elevator is installed at all.
As soon as the wagon and Agiera’s spirit knights climbed onto the platform, Sernen manipulated the panel installed on the railing.
After a while, with a slight vibration sound, blue-white light spread beautifully from the center of the platform, taking on a petal-like shape, followed by a soft glow around the elevator, and it began to rise smoothly.
=Oh, it’s an elevator that works with phase force.=
=What is that light floating around?=
=It’s a safety device to prevent falling. Something like a wall.=
= Ah…….=
‘It’s fast.’
Elevators rise at different heights, but usually rise between 1 and 1.7 meters per second. However, this elevator is only 10 meters per second.
Of course, it was slow during the acceleration right after the rise, but when it started to rise in earnest, gravity felt a little load.
However, since the walls of the vertical aisle were smooth and milky white, the sense of speed was not greatly felt. After about 1.5 minutes of ascending, the elevator slowly slowed down and reached the upper floor, where it stopped with a thud and a small vibration.
‘It’s almost 700m high.’
= I have arrived. Go first.=
A wagon led by Ub to an exit resembling an entrance passage.
As Hwanin got closer to the light at the end of the passage, he felt the temperature around him drop.
The temperature changes as if it had been in the middle of summer and then suddenly turned into late autumn.
After passing through the passage, Hwanin shed a small admiration at the sight unfolding in front of him, along with the cool wind blowing.
‘I heard that you can’t see Yeongdo from Adji.’
Yeongdo Eshnuur was a kind of tabletop land.
A religious city built on top of the flat ground of a gigantic rocky cliff and in a huge hole in a high mountain.
Half of the city is exposed to the outside, but thanks to the unique topography of the tabletop, it is impossible to see this side unless from a distance, and the other half of the city is built inside the mountain, making it difficult to see from the outside.
Its area is about half that of a small town.
After coming out of the aisle, the carriage stopped in response to Ub’s hand signal, and with a bit of bustle, Aziera got off the carriage in the neat attire of a spirit interrogator.
= Wow…….=
= Oh…….=
While Sernen, Ub, and Aziera were talking quietly, Anne and Isilite exclaimed as they scrutinized the unique atmosphere of Yeongdo that they had never seen before.
In the north, many buildings are built in a huge hole to form a small city, and in the south, there is a magnificent view looking down on the land from the top of a mountain far away.
=That big tree over there must be Elsnerfell. You can really see everything. =
Like Anne’s self-talk, the high horn trees of Elsnerfell can be seen not far away, and the slowly setting sunset and the earth turning red, combined with the slightly curved horizon, create a scenery that cannot be seen even if one pays money.
=Wow, what is the scenery?=
“It’s a wonderful view.”
Hwanin was examining the structure and atmosphere of Yeongdo rather than the scenery while Yurpa and Baeknyeogang, who got off with the fox siblings who had lost their parents in the carriage, were unable to keep their mouths shut at the scenery.
The first impression of Yeongdo was that of a certain religious city in the capital of Italy.
It was called Yeongdo, so it had a strong image of Eastern religion, but in reality, it has a strong Western religion.
All of the buildings had the feel of a Western cathedral or a Western church, but the huge round building surrounded by dozens of such large and small buildings looked like a Colosseum in a way.
Unlike Adji, where the streets were full of people and lively, the atmosphere was quiet and solemn with few people walking on the streets.
In such an atmosphere, the city is filled with a holy and quiet feeling in line with the time of sunset.
Hwanin, who only looked at the city, looked back at the boys and girls hanging from Yurpa’s legs.
=…….=
= Ooh….=
Hwanin’s gaze hides the fox’s tail between the crotch, and the brother and sister cringe.
Sensing the children wiggling and touching her thighs, Yurupa looked down at her and asked her phantom.
= Self. What are the children going to do?=
“I’ll have to take it with me while I’m here. In the meantime, I think we should ask the children what they want to do and let them listen to what they want.”
If you want to stay in the city…….
The pilgrimage route to Yeongdo is never safe and smooth. There will be people who come this far and run out of travel expenses, and what the fox siblings went through is rare, but it will happen.
Nevertheless, if the city is clean and has a good atmosphere, there must be a bailout policy in case of such an event.
If you look for it, there will be an orphanage or nursery school, so leaving it there and donating it in the name of the saint would not be a bad choice when you think about your future work.
Aziera, who was having a conversation with Uv and Sernen, approached Hwanin and said,
= Saint Hwanin. You worked hard to get here. Just rest for today. Follow Aisha and she will guide you to her place to rest. =
“Is Agiera-sama going to see the Great Saint?”
= Yes. I have a mountain of reports to report to the great saint.=
At Aji Erae, who smiled lightly, Hwanin touched her chin as her beard began to grow little by little, then nodded her head.
“Okay. When can I see him?”
= Meeting at such a late hour as now would be tiring for both the saint and the great saint. The saint must have accumulated travel poisons from his travels so far, so if you are recovering from travel poisons, he will send someone tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to let you know. =
After saying that, Agiera handed over a purple metal ticket from her arms.
=If you use this, you can come and go comfortably with Ardji through the west small platform.=
This is the eastern side. Was the elevator you just used used for a large group of people?
Hwanin bowed slightly to greet her and looked at Ajiera and her four spirit knights leaving, then walked over to Aisha who was waiting for him.
The place where Hwanin and the others were guided was a typical medieval western mansion.
It’s not like a large mansion with 2nd and 3rd floors and even the roof, but a detached house with a tiled roof that looks like it was built by slightly transforming a cathedral.
Anne parked her carriage next to the mansion, dusted it off with a duster, then pulled out a large tent and covered the carriage to keep it from dust.
Then, it gathers the Ques who suffered from pulling the wagon without a break for a long time and the Queus who stretched out and cried, and performed a spell to reduce fatigue.
Que~
Queuet.
Anne, who stroked the heads of the Quues who were rubbing their cheeks in gratitude, drove her to the back of the mansion and said,
= You did a good job pulling the wagon. If you go to the back of the house, there is a lawn, and you can rest there.
Que!
Kuhheung~
= It’s not my house, so don’t dig up the lawn. Don’t go too far!=
Coo~
Anne, who had sent Kurti, Coupin, and Kurra away, brushed off the dust from her body and inspected the one-story mansion with large windows that were high enough to see inside of her.
Now that it was getting dark in earnest, I could see my friends and (in my heart) my husband moving inside as the white light from inside the house came out brightly.
=Hmm.=
A wall and several fruit trees were planted around the house, so it would not be visible from the outside, but I entered the house thinking that it would be difficult to openly show affection.
Then, the smell of spicy and salty food wafted up.
Anne glanced toward her kitchen, hearing thunder rumble in her stomach, then walked over to Hwanin with her siblings.
“Is it. That her grandparents died too…….”
=…… Sniff.=
It seems that we are talking about what we talked about earlier, about what to do with the children.
Approaching Yu Lepa and Baek Ryogang who were standing near her, Anne tilted her head when she saw Hwanin pulling out a bundle of silver hair the thickness of her index finger from her bosom.
What is that? I’ve never seen a doryeong take care of something like that.
“Ruler. Take it.”
=…… Uh… This…….=
= I smell like mom…… Black…….=
“I got your mother’s hair cut as a keepsake. If we make a graveyard by burying you in the place where you promised to settle down and live, your mother in heaven will be relieved.”
= Go, thank you…….=
“Okay. You will be tired and confused right now, so please rest in peace.”
Hwanin stroked the boy and girl’s hair and then walked to her kitchen.
Watching him disappear toward the kitchen from behind, Yurpa approached the weeping boy and girl and opened her mouth with her children in her arms.
=Ar, because you are smart and have a good brain. Think carefully until the Holy Son speaks. =
= What, what… ?=
=Whether you will live in this city from now on, or go back to the village where you were born and raised. If you are the Holy Son, you can fully listen to what you want.
=…….=
Seeing her boy lost in her thoughts, Anne sat down on the soft sofa and shared her thoughts.
=Is there any reason to go back to the village where the children were born? It seems to me that it’s much better to just settle down here and adapt.=
“I am of the same opinion. Children who do not have a fence called parents are subject to bullying…… It would be much safer to live in the lower city where Hwanin-nim’s influence is strong. You can easily find a job.”
=But the hometown you were born in is something you cannot easily abandon…….=
= Um…….=
“Ah…….”
=Anyway, you have to think carefully so that you can answer questions whenever they come. Ah, your future is at stake, as well as your sister’s future. Okay?=
=Yes. I’ll think about it, sister.=
= Yes. Nice =
Yu Lepa, who patted Ar and Ara on the head, looked back at Anne and Baek Ryeo-gang and exhaled a long breath.
=How did you get to Yeongdo? I wondered if the day would come when I would arrive in Yeongdo. Right?=
= That’s right She gets a letter from Visa Lux…… How much time has passed? Has it been 9 months?=
= If you add up to Krabin’s 4 months, it will be over a year, or that much. =
= It took a long time. Ah, I should have contacted Leah…… I don’t know if crystal ball communication can be used here.=
= When you are worried about whether you should do it or not, it is better not to do it. =
= Uh…….=
Baek Ryogang, who was listening to the conversation between Yurpa and Anne, turned to the kitchen and said with a slightly worried expression.
“By the way. Will Hwanin be okay? You seemed to have a lot of thoughts on the way…….”
= I’m a little worried too. According to Agiera-sama’s story, it’s almost certain that Doryeong is the light of dawn…… If that happens, you may not be able to let go of it.=
= I’m sure Agiera is on her side, but I don’t know what her great saintess thinks of her…… Her head will be cluttered because of her self too. =
=…….=
“…….”
The women thought for a moment and at the same time let out a small sigh.
No matter how much they think about it, there is nothing they can do for him.
I know that the current situation is intertwined with high-level political issues due to the extinction of Alsop, but they were a mess on the political side.
In addition, problems had erupted in every city I had visited so far. To the extent that I wonder if it has become a rule.
That’s why the women were feeling a little nervous that something like that might happen here too.
Yurpa fiddled with her white hair for a while, then got up from her seat and said,
= It’s not like we get an answer just because we’re so impatient. I’d rather not show off so that she can at least feel at ease in our arms. Other than that, move as usual.=
=…… Yes.=
Even if she thinks about it herself, that is the correct answer.
If a battle breaks out, I will do everything in my power to protect him. And if he is, he’ll mention it in advance before it happens.
Anne took out her hammer of punishment and the shield of the castle wall from her pocket and began to carefully groom her.
And in the head of Baek Ryeo-gang, who watches it quietly…….
“…….”
On Hwanin’s left arm, the soul marbles of eight sleeping demons were floating.
