Closed dimension (1)
A shabby fishing village near Dongdong Lake.
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It was a time when it was too early to give up work, but no one in the village was following the usual routine.
The fishermen who went out on boats exhausted to fill their quotas hurriedly returned, and the ferry was crowded with people as their families and villagers all headed to the water’s edge.
However, even in such a chaotic situation, the reaction of the villagers who were in contact with each other was the same as if they had promised.
It is that all of them are looking at the other side of the lake with a bewildered face and humming.
“What in the world is that?”
“Hey, what kind of harmony is this…”
“What! That···!”
Even at a glance, an unusual phenomenon was occurring in the direction where the water color of Eoryongchae, the ruler of this area, was located.
Unlike this sunny side, swirling clouds that seem to have sucked in all the clouds in the area were thick in the sky.
A strong storm, which could be felt even in this place, which was quite far away, was raging fiercely as if enclosing the boundary.
Flash—
Kururureung—!
In addition, the thunder and lightning that erupted from the center was so overwhelming that it stimulated the natural fear of humans.
The villagers who watched the phenomenon with fearful eyes swallowed dry saliva in awe rising from the depths of their hearts.
“It’s a punishment, it’s a punishment. The Dragon King of Dongdongho was angry because of those people to kill.”
In the midst of such confusion, an old man with wrinkles and a hunched back spoke coldly.
Now that the territorial disputes between the powers that started with the collapse of the country, and the exploitation and tyranny of the enemies that resulted from it, have reached their peak.
The resentment I had to endure for the rest of my family even after losing my son, wife and grandson to them, burst out without my knowledge when I saw that overwhelming sight.
“Oh, what are you talking about, old man!”
“Uhh— old man, have you already been to sleep when the sun hasn’t even set? Hurry up and get some sleep!”
The villagers around him were frightened and stopped him.
I understand the old man’s heart, but this village is actually ruled by the Iolongchae.
It was only natural that I would never be safe if I said something useless and the fact got into their ears.
The old man, who had uttered a single voice as if he knew the feelings of such people, did not open his mouth any more and just stared in the direction of the sink with his sunken eyes.
In a situation where the once single empire was in fact split into dozens of city-states, in the land they live in, those brutes were the kings.
‘I hope, I hope. Dragon King, please lower the bloody mace to those demons who wear a kalpa!’
I just wished in my heart.
Heaven’s judgment be upon those wrathful bastards.
***
‘There are no really great guys.’
Harris nodded her head, looking lightly at her messy sink, with storm and lightning all around her.
He didn’t even have to take out his bow, let alone other spirits.
The two spirits connected to him were enough to beat the enemy like this.
And it was the same when dealing with Chaeju of this ichthyosaur.
Certainly, he had overwhelming skills compared to the others, but he was just a small pup who couldn’t even step on the threshold of the extreme.
“Keuheuuu, no, that’s nonsense. This kind of thing is impossible even with the magic method…! Could it be that he really became a legendary monster…?”
After being devastated by Watt’s lightning, he couldn’t stand it for long and crawled on the floor like a bug, muttering to himself as if he had lost his mind.
In order to extract information, he did not deliberately kill, but only subdued, but he seemed to be in a bad condition, perhaps because he was in shock.
‘Couldn’t it be like this? He’ll need to get him into a condition where he can have a conversation.’
Grown-ups say that old electronics and humans are bound to be fixed if beaten.
It doesn’t sound like a modern product, but isn’t that guy an old man at first glance?
‘If I don’t want to die, I’ll come to my senses… Hmm? For a moment.’
Suddenly, Harris felt something strange and frowned.
Then he quietly looked down at his palm and reflected on his actions and thoughts.
‘…As expected, no matter how much I think about it, I think I’ve become a bit… Too violent?’
No matter how far away from the World Tree’s sphere it was, even taking that into consideration, it was a more violent move than I thought.
I couldn’t even imagine the relaxed and carefree Harris in Auterica.
‘Hmm, I think I need to take a closer look at this. Before that, now…’
Although he was worried about his own change, the priority was to interrogate the captive leader.
You’ll be able to get much better quality information from him who occupied an area than from the bandits who were just sitting on one mountain.
“Then, shall we have a little talk? Peacefully?”
Harris, who approached the ichthyosaur chaeju with such a heart, looked down at him who was still wriggling on the floor and spoke to him gently.
He smiles as softly as he can.
“Ugh, uhhhhh, save me…”
I didn’t know why the face of the opponent who faced it became even paler.
***
I realized something while operating avatars in three dimensions at the same time.
The point is that the time flow in the Ganghwan world is slightly faster than in Autelica.
After a rough comparison, 10 days in Auterica seemed like 10 days and 8 hours in the strong world.
‘If you’re not going to be around for a long time, it’s not that big of a difference. Still, it doesn’t hurt to have a little extra time.’
And one more thing.
There was one important fact that I learned while interrogating the fish dragon chaeju.
Drooling— drooling—
I moved the wheel of my mouse and looked at the information about Kang Hwan-gye that appeared on the monitor again.
However, no matter how much I looked, I couldn’t find anything about what I learned this time.
I checked other ‘closed dimensions’ just in case, but it’s the same as expected.
Soon after giving up on seeking additional information, I sat there with my arms crossed and silently contemplated.
‘The reason why the Ganghwan world has become a closed dimension.’
And the cause of the war that has been going on for over 10 years.
Also, a secret incident in which the mighty empire had no choice but to collapse before that.
Even a certain secret that penetrates all of them.
‘… No, it’s still too early to draw conclusions. I need more definitive information. As expected, the higher up you are, the more you know.’
If you are the head of Dongdongsip8chae, one of the three rivers in Hunan Province, and a master of hwagyeong, you will be able to give yourself greater confidence.
I got up and looked out the window to organize my thoughts.
‘Whoa, I guessed there would be something.’
A sigh leaked out of my frustrated heart.
This was such an important issue.
In the Ganghwan World, a different world of the Murim type where force is valued.
The fact that the energy that can be said to be the basis is drying up.
***
Immediately after arranging the ichthyonschae.
Harris robbed the warehouse at their base and took goods and military supplies with 「Avatar Cloud」 and immediately flew back into the sky.
Of course, in the process, he did not forget to distribute supplies such as food to nearby villages as a small service.
Anyway, all the enemies died or became unable to use martial arts again, so there was no one left to say anything about it.
Of course, if the other camps found out about what had happened here, they might do some harm, but he was confident that he would finish everything before that happened.
‘The only means of conveying information here is to go and deliver it in person or use a copybook.’
And conveying such information was meaningless in front of the high elves, who could easily become friends with animals they had never seen before.
Even the birds that were flying busily due to his overwhelming affinity beyond his trained instincts often turned around and approached him.
‘Rather than that… I finally feel it. The reality of this land.’
As it is near a lake with many people living together, I was able to clearly feel what kind of situation the world is in right now by looking at the ground as it flies by.
Why was the risk level of the Ganghwan system so high?
‘Never-ending war and years of great famine. In addition, exchanges between regions have been cut off, plagues are rampant everywhere, and even thieves run rampant…’
It might not be such a problem for the strong, but for those who had just entered this world, it was truly an atrocious difficulty.
Rather than training to become stronger, he was swept away by this world and had to worry about survival right away.
Seeing such a terrestrial appearance, Harris confidently crossed the sky and shook his head.
And.
Just one day after that.
It took Harris, who moved diligently, to smash all the enemy houses on the path, and it took Gyo-ryong-pae, the head of the Dong-dong 18-chae, to face Jin Deok-man.
“What the hell! What an outrageous monster!”
“Cho, the head of the household! Because of that wind, arrows can’t go through!”
“I can’t even get close to you, hostess! If we go on like this… Go away!”
Whoo-
Paji Jiji—!
Roar-!
The fight with him that followed was not too difficult.
It is only in this area that he is said to be the best that can not be matched, but it is impossible to compete with Harris with the ability to raise a name of at least a thousand and a hundred masters.
Still, he had Kali, the spirit of fire, brought in to clean up the surroundings more smoothly, so it can be said that he and the 18 elite virgins, including him, were at the level of saving face.
“… Keuug, who the hell is the deceased? For what reason did he come so suddenly and cause a commotion!”
“Ah, my name is Harry. There is something I want to ask you for a second.”
“Her! If that’s the case, just…!”
“And I also do the cleaning. Well, what do you do? Think of it as karma accumulated over the years.”
“…!”
The peaceful interrogation time continued after the statement was completed.
Perhaps because of his pride, only Jin Deok, the head of the household, came out a little uncooperatively at first.
Harris, who recalled the words of the adults, worked hard to ‘fix’ him using Watt, the spirit of lightning, and in the end, he also changed his mind and enthusiastically responded.
This is why the old saying is that there is nothing to lose by listening to the adults.
‘Haa, that’s a headache.’
And Harris, who confirmed Kang Hwan-gye’s condition through him, sighed deeply.
After all, the current situation was no different from the trend of the times, where nothing could be done with mere force.
“Our survival is at stake in this fight! If we do not secure the dragon vein, it is obvious that we will eventually be weeded out and eaten, so how can we back down!”
The energy of the world, which had always been abundant, was slowly drying up.
The major powers of this world had already figured out what was going on and immediately figured out a way to survive.
That was to secure the dragon vein, the center of energy that flows in the world and the outlet from which ‘chi’ steadily spews out.
Even if it means going to war with other forces in the process.
“Ki is indispensable for all things, such as raising existing warriors to the realm of advancement, training new warriors, making elixirs, and taking care of internal wounds. We don’t go to war because we like it too!”
Since that energy was not infinite, neither concession nor compromise was possible.
To put it simply, it was as if each tribe was competing for survival over the few oases in the desert.
That’s why wars don’t stop in this world.
It was a series of more desperate tragedies because everyone was desperate.
“···Ah! Is it. Were you from another world? I thought everyone had disappeared after the Thousand Demon Festival.”
Jin Deok-man, who had been venting his anger for a while, nodded as if he had suddenly realized something.
Considering the ichthyosaur chaeju, who had no idea about his identity, it doesn’t seem to be a general spread of information, but he seemed to know quite well about the people of the other world, whether it was a location.
‘Well, until the dimension was closed, the Kangwan world was a dimension where the Awakened had been active for quite a long time.’
However, the reason why I couldn’t immediately associate it with Harris’s power was that it was so heterogeneous even by the standards of people from another world.
Ordinary Awakeners would have stood out by quickly learning martial arts based on their growth power with only one not-so-strong ability, so it would have been unheard of to use only the power of the other world to this extent…
“Um, come to think of it, I think I’ve heard of something similar. I thought it was absurd nonsense, but was it true?”
.
Then, a heightened sense of intuition sounded the alarm.
You should never let this story pass easily.
And when Jin Deok-man, who was slowly starting to stretch out as if his medicinal feet had fallen off, was more carefully fixed, he hurriedly resumed his paused words in a shudder.
“Kuh! I don’t even know the details! I just happened to hear about it…!”
Unfortunately, he didn’t know much about it.
It’s been more than 20 years since I came across that information, and I’m not interested in it, so I just passed it on.
However, somehow I don’t know.
“The content was that it was all his fault that this country collapsed and split… Kuh-hum, come to think of it, the period when the world’s energy began to decline is roughly the same.”
Somehow I thought I knew who he was.
