Episode 163
‘Cha Ji-yoon’ silently began to look at the ramen being cooked in the kitchen.
Her mouth began to water.
“Seup-“
She swallowed her saliva.
‘Nam Do-yoon’ glanced at her.
It looks fine at first glance, but in reality it is not.
Her mouth was full of saliva.
“Let’s eat.”
‘Namdo Yoon’ said as he handed her his chopsticks to her.
“…Yes.”
She took the chopsticks as if she had no choice.
Then, he carefully placed the chopsticks on her ramen.
She immediately lifted her noodles and placed them in her own paper cup.
“…”
But, she just put her ramen in that paper cup.
She wasn’t eating.
“..Ah.”
‘Nam Do-yoon’ said.
“Me. “Something came up, so I’ll be back.”
I was so oblivious.
After saying that, ‘Nam Do-yoon’ went out of the kitchen.
Then he stood still in front of the kitchen door.
Then a sound began to come from inside the door.
It sounded like Cha Ji-yoon was starvingly eating her ramen.
“Let’s open the door now and go in.”
She did think seriously.
The look on her face when other people suddenly came in while she was eating would be quite funny.
“No.”
However, she quickly gave up her thoughts.
***
Everyone in the group gathered in the vacant lot except for Jeong Ha-yeon.
“Why did you suddenly ask me to gather?”
‘Beccaria’ said.
In front of them was ‘Nam Do-yoon’.
“You know because you experienced it today. “You can’t use magical power here.”
“Uh. “I was already curious about that, so I was going to ask.”
“To be precise, it’s not that you can’t use mana. It’s not that she can’t use mana, it’s that the nature of her mana has changed.”
“…Your temperament has changed?”
“Uh. “If you look at this, it will explain.”
‘Nam Do-yoon’ created a blue sphere in his hand.
But, for some reason, something seemed different.
It looked dangerous, as if it might explode at any moment.
“…What? “It seems like something is different.”
“There’s something different, but I’m not sure what it is. What happened?”
“…”
‘Cha Ji-yoon’ was looking at the sphere keenly.
Then he tilted his head.
“…..Could it be ‘Gray Mana’?”
‘Nam Do-yoon’ looked blankly at ‘Cha Ji-yoon’.
Then he nodded his head and said.
“Yes. “That is exactly correct.”
‘Gray Mana’ refers to the mana that was floating in the air in the past when human magic was golden.
That mana has quite different characteristics from modern mana.
The mana of that era had quite high destructive power, but the problem was that it was too difficult to handle.
Even if you tried to collect a little mana, it was quickly scattered.
“…However, the current era is far from the days when ‘grey mana’ existed. “The time when that mana existed must have been a long time ago.”
“This is not showing the past as it is, but is just showing the gate reconstructing it in its own way.”
“…That’s true, though.”
“Gray Mana?”
‘Kim Na-yoon’ tilted her head.
“Well, I don’t know about such complicated things, but what’s really important is how to handle that mana, right?”
‘Beccaria’ said.
“That’s right. “Only if you can handle that mana will you be able to catch ‘Choi Won-ik’ and get out of here.”
‘Kim Na-yoon’ said.
“…But I know that’s impossible.”
‘Cha Ji-yoon’ said.
“Impossible?”
“…Yes.”
“Why on earth?”
“…It’s not accurate, but I’ll tell you the story based on the book I read. If there are any mistakes, Mr. Doyun, please tell me.”
“Yes, I understand.”
‘Cha Ji-yoon’ looked at ‘Nam Do-yoon’ and nodded.
“…Humans who lived in ancient times are classified as ‘early humans,’ and humans living in modern times are classified as ‘modern humans.'”
“…”
“The problem is that they are not only distinguished by name, but the magic is also completely different.”
“..The magic structure is different?”
“Yes. Modern humans learn something called circle magic. That’s something you learn from books. “It is magic developed independently by humans.”
“…”
“However, the magic used by ‘ancient humans’ is different. “It’s about borrowing magic from God and using it.”
“…Borrowing from God?”
“…Yes. Ancient humans did not use magic developed by humans like modern humans do. “We borrow the magic used by the gods and use it.”
“Then…”
“…Yes. In order to use ‘gray mana’, you must make a contract with the gods and borrow their magic.”
“…”
“…Only then can we use magic using this ‘gray mana’.”
“…”
“…However, for some reason, the gods no longer made contracts with humanity, and as a result, humanity had no choice but to use the magic they had developed.”
“…”
“…But of course, there is no way that the magic created by mankind can be compared to the magic borrowed from the gods. So, there were so many outstanding magics that the past was called the golden age of magic.”
“…”
“…The problem is, I don’t know why, but the gods did not make a contract with modern humans.”
“Why on earth?”
“…I still can’t guess the reason. But,”
“…”
“…One person seems to be an exception.”
As she said those words, ‘Cha Ji-yoon’ looked at me.
“…What on earth did you do?”
‘Cha Ji-yoon’ said.
“What? “Did you make a contract with God?”
‘Beccaria’ said with a surprised expression.
“Well, I guess I could have used the ‘gray mana’ here.”
‘Kim Na-yoon’ nodded and said.
“If not, I wouldn’t be able to use gray mana.”
‘Nam Do-yoon’ grinned.
In fact, that is the main reason why Cha Ji-yoon, Radeon, Beccaria, Kim Na-yoon, and Jeong Ha-yeon had to come here.
Here, they achieve rapid progress through a contract with God.
“First of all, there is something you need to know before that.”
‘Nam Do-yoon’ said.
“…I need to know?”
“Uh. “There is something important in the process of signing a contract with God.”
“No, you can make a contract with God in the first place?”
“So, I brought this.”
‘Nam Do-yoon’ took something out of his arms.
There was a blue stone in it.
“What is that?”
“…What is it?”
Everyone looked puzzled.
“Jiyun explained most things correctly, but there were some parts that were lacking.”
“…What is that?”
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“The reason modern humans cannot make a contract with God is because the dimension in which they live and humanity was divided through the ‘Big Bang.'”
“…Dimension has changed?”
“Uh. “You guys also know what ‘Big Bang’ is, right?”
“Of course. “How could you not know that?”
The ‘Big Bang’ refers to the complete separation of the human and demonic dimensions.
From that point on, ‘humans’ and the ‘demon world’ became a dimension where they could not come and go.
“The problem is that when the ‘Big Bang’ occurred, the demon world and the human world were not simply separated.”
“…Then what?”
“Uh. That’s right. The human world and the divine world were also separated.”
“…”
“That is why, no matter how hard mankind tried to make a contract with God, they could not make a contract with God.”
“…”
“Then, isn’t there still no way? “Even now, the human world and the demon world are separated.”
“…That would be the case, but there is a way here.”
“What is that?”
“Look at the stone I brought.”
“…”
The group looked at the stone in Nam Do-yoon’s hand.
“What is that?”
“With this, you can communicate with the gods in the divine world.”
“What…?” So, that means you can sign a contract with just that?”
‘Beccaria’ said with an excited expression.
“Uh. You can do it with just this stone. However, there is one problem.”
“..There’s a problem?”
“Uh. Using this stone, you can communicate with the gods in the heavenly world, but it consumes 10 years of vitality per minute.”
“…What?”
“It is said that while using this stone to communicate with the gods in the heavenly world, 10 years of life force is consumed per minute.”
“…Then wouldn’t it be better not to do it?”
“No matter what, 10 years per minute… “
“…No, it’s okay.”
“There’s no way it’s going to be okay. “Even so, I can’t even tell how many decades of life force I will use.”
“…Don’t worry about that.”
“How do you not worry?”
“This is not reality. In other words, it is a virtual space. “What does that mean?”
“That means…”
“That’s right. “The vitality that is diminished here is not reflected at all when you go out into reality.”
“..Really?”
“Uh. But, there is something even more surprising.”
“What is it?”
“You will find out later.”
‘Nam Do-yoon’ grinned.
The contract with God is made beyond time and space.
In other words, even if you leave this dungeon, your contract with God is still valid.
That is why you must have entered this dungeon.
Only by entering here can key characters power up at the right time.
Only then can we survive in the future.