Episode 206
Sanggwe (上櫃).
Knowing well what that meant, I stared at Empress Dowager Seo with amazement.
‘… Well, even if you know it, it’s not strange.’
Empress Dowager Seo is also a yokai that has passed through the ages, and since she has that level of ability, it would have been possible to understand the situation.
Seo Do-yoon, who heard that meaningful remark, immediately asked a question.
“Awesome? What is the upper box?”
“What do you think the white ghost night came from?”
Of course you don’t know Seeing such a reaction, Empress Dowager Seo continued speaking again.
“There is an object called an orb bones. And even now, youkai are flowing out of it.”
Seo Ji-an and Seo Do-yoon seriously changed their expressions at the words they had never heard before.
And Empress Dowager Seo soon revealed a grave secret in a dignified manner.
“So far, the entrance to the box has been opened twice. These are the lower gauge and the middle gauge. And now, only the upper chamber remains.”
What that meant was simple. It refers to the 1st Baekgwi Nights and the 2nd Baekgwi Nights.
Seo Ji-an noticed this and asked, confused.
“… So now, the White Ghost Night is happening only because of that box?”
“It’s not just a box. it is a deity. It is not something that can be judged by anything like a microscopic thing.”
And that’s not what Empress Dowager Seo was trying to say now.
“Sanggwe (上櫃) is different. It is full of despair. There’s nothing I can do about it when I’m just stumped at my level.”
“Is the Baekgwi Nights going to happen again? And on a bigger scale?”
“It won’t be just that. If we don’t stop it, all humans will die.”
Indeed, that was correct.
Because the upper chest of the oracle bone chest was filled with only monsters of a level capable of destroying a country alone.
The 1st Baekgwi Nights and the 2nd Baekgwi Nights are actually nothing more than the aftermath.
If we can’t stop the 3rd Baekgwi Night Trip, everything will inevitably go awry anyway.
“… Why do you know that?”
“I, too, have been imprisoned in the oracle bones for a long time. And there you met me and your mother.”
Having said that, even Seo Ji-an could not deny that Empress Seo’s words were false.
With that utterly confused expression on her face, Empress Dowager Seo spoke again.
“As much as I am in a position like this, I have seen many humans. Some of them were definitely stronger than me. But, to say the least, that is not enough.”
That was the conclusion that Empress Dowager Seo had drawn.
“Come on, finish it. And take the power. That way you’ll be able to struggle.”
“… What are you talking about?”
“When my clan reaches a certain age, they kill their senile kin, take their strength, and return him to the dust. If you, too, have inherited my blood, you will be able to display the same qualities.”
In other words, Empress Dowager was to kill herself and use her power to prepare for the coming crisis.
Upon hearing this, Seo Ji-an’s expression distorted.
“… Do not be ridiculous. Now, are you acting like a big person? You don’t deserve it.”
“You don’t know me until the very end. I have no interest in you.”
After being silent for a moment, Empress Dowager Seo turned around and looked up at the sky through the huge window to finish her speech.
“It’s just… … Now I am just exhausted.”
He had shown an indifferent attitude until now, but strangely, he felt more human than anyone else in his current form.
Seeing this, Seo Jian created several water spears and slowly moved towards his back.
“… If death is my wish, there is nothing I can’t do.”
Although the words were full of chills, there was no change in Empress Dowager Seo’s attitude.
“good night. If you can’t do that, you’ll just be swept away by the times anyway.”
The sight was a bit disappointing, but it was not a problem that I, an outsider, could intervene.
In the end, Seo Ji-an raised her hand and closed her eyes tightly and shot the water spear she had created at Empress Dowager Seo.
sway.
Nettle juice!
Whoops!
Whoops!
Chang was locked in his body, and Empress Dowager Seo coughed loudly and vomited blood.
And finally, he turned and looked at Seo Ji-an again.
“… I feel no regrets or regrets than I thought.”
His attitude is too bold to be attributed to someone who is about to die. But soon after, there was some emotion in the eyes of Empress Dowager Seo.
“Protect the human. That is her wish.”
Eventually, Empress Dowager Seo’s body turned to dust, and vast power began to be released into the air.
Part of it was directed at Seo Do-yoon, but most of the rest permeated the body of Seo Ji-an, who was right next to him.
As I watched it from one side of the conference room, I slowly scanned Seo Ji-an’s information.
【Seo Ji-an】
▶Level 57
▶ Ability
[Health: B]
【Spirit power: S-】
【Method: A】
【Spirit: B】
▶Characteristics (7/10)
【Water God (S)】
【Feng Shui (S-)】
【Mutation (B+)】
【Growth Acceleration (B)】
【Daughter of the Wind (B-)】
【Asset Value (B-)】
【Eye of the Hawk (C+)】
In Seo Ji-an’s eyes, which seemed to be half mixed with sadness and remorse, a gust of wind fluttered.
***
Daejin Industrial’s succession race ended just like that.
As promised at the beginning, everything passed to Seo Ji-an, and her older brother Seo Do-yoon received a reasonable price and called the company he had built on his own.
However, the aftermath of each word Empress Dowager Seo uttered still remained.
“… First of all, I gave the words to the exorcists at the headquarters I had a connection with. However, it looks like you don’t fully believe it.”
“So will he.”
If it hadn’t been for the recent 2nd White Ghost Night Trip, perhaps even that would have been treated as nonsense and ignored.
‘Originally, the information about him should have been released through the mouth of Ambassador Jin Myung… … .’
At that time, Jin-myung, who was caught behind me, left without a chance to do anything, so there was no such situation.
It was something I was still struggling with, so the role of Empress Dowager Seo was like scratching an itchy spot for me.
“Honestly, I don’t even know. Is everything the man said true?”
It didn’t look like he was lying, but there may have been something he was wrong about. As the matter was the matter, Seo Ji-an seemed concerned about that.
At that, I nodded my head and answered Seo Ji-an.
“Probably true. I heard a similar story a while ago.”
“… where?”
“From the exorcist who was active during the 1st Baekgwi Night Trip. At the time, the information was not perfect, but it makes sense when I put it together like this.”
Seo Ji-an, too, seemed to shake off some hesitation at my words.
“Then I can’t stay still like this. You have to prepare everything you can.”
Seo Ji-an, who had been contemplating something for a long time, gave me a word with hesitation.
“… I guess I have to get out of here now.”
It was a bit of a sudden declaration, but it was also understandable enough.
As a cadet, there were restrictions on his actions, and there was also not enough time.
I smiled and nodded my head with a bit of bitterness.
So, this time Seo Ji-an left the academy.
***
“Ugh. That’s right, Gian is gone too… … .”
Sophia, overgrown with grass, grunted as she ran her hair in front of me.
As much as she was affectionate from the beginning, the current reality of leaving the academy one by one seemed to be bittersweet.
“Just because we break up doesn’t mean we won’t be able to see each other again.”
“Ugh. Yes it is, but… … .”
In response to Sophia’s whining, Hansol, who suddenly appeared, also joined in.
“What am I? As everyone is leaving early after graduating, why is there still nothing I want to do? Does everyone become white like this?”
It was a funny thought of that age, but Hansol’s attitude was very serious.
He seemed to feel a sense of alertness that he might become a real beast.
“Ugh. Hansol, don’t you have any interest in you?”
“I’m interested in what comes. Like you, no matter where you go, proposals pile up like a mountain, aren’t they?”
“Yes? It wouldn’t be possible… … ?”
Sophia tilted her head and expressed her doubts.
It certainly was.
No matter how much Sophia or Jihak Hwang is, Hansol Han is an outstanding talent who has always been in the top five of her grades. It makes no sense that there was no offer to him.
“… Is there nothing wrong with saying that? Now, look at this.”
Jeonghansol took out the cadet terminal and immediately opened the mailbox there and checked the contents.
Sophia, who looked down at it, sighed as if tired of it.
“Hansol, you… … Have you not lifted the external mail restrictions?”
“what is that?”
“no. The professor told me from the first class. You should have emphasized it last week, right?”
“Ah, what did you say to check? I thought I did it earlier.”
In the end, when Sophia quickly touched the settings and lifted the restrictions, Hansol gave a confused expression.
“Then it wasn’t that I didn’t have any offers, but that I blocked them all?”
“yes. It is something that can be known just by asking the professor or personally checking the e-mail, but it is self-sufficient.”
It certainly is, but it’s not easy to go through verification like that in the yard with convenient devices.
Of course, nonetheless, the fact that Hansol was indifferent does not change.
“Then am I not crazy? Everyone on that side would have thought I was chewing on my words without replying… … ?”
“… Perhaps it is?”
“Heh heh.”
To Jeonghansol, who was sitting on the floor, I threw a soft word.
“It could have been better. If it’s still a place that sends emails over and over again, it means that I really need you.”
“Oh, is that so?”
Like a simple moody person, Jeonghan-sol quickly regained his energy and started chattering.
Such a sight somehow only felt peaceful, and I had a really comfortable time after a long time.
However, from the moment I returned to my dormitory room after finishing all my work, those feelings all disappeared.
In my head, I was just full of worries about things to come.
‘What should I do from here?’
Actually, there is no clear way. It was because it was a section where I developed a character through repeated labor that couldn’t be done in a game, quietly raised my specs, and then confronted the enemy.
However, as I have said many times, reality is not a game. Simply repeating an action did not unconditionally become stronger, and there was no way the enemy would wait for that amount of time.
In the end, I had to search for a fast and effective means of growth.
‘It’s okay to have content that didn’t exist at the time of the first part.’
Now you can be sure. This wasn’t the time to be looking for something like that.
If there is a way, even if you take the risk, you must implement it.
Thousands of possibilities ran through my head, and I began to pick out the ones I thought were useful.
By the time I had been thinking about it over and over again, a new sun had already risen.