Chapter 205. Conversation (4)
“Don’t be too surprised.”
“Eugene?!”
Rex, who was gaping at me in surprise, his mouth wide open.
It was as if he was seeing a ghost that had come back to life.
By the way, Rex can now see me······.
“You’ve come properly.”
This is Rex’s inner world.
It means a space where you can temporarily escape the laws of the world and perform illusions.
When I turned around, I saw a thick and huge tree trunk that I couldn’t take in at a glance.
Above it, the leaves spread out wide and densely, as if protecting the ground below.
The World Tree.
The World Tree, which had frozen to death and now only had a gaunt skeleton left, remained in its former state here.
Perhaps he misses those days.
The living World Tree is probably common to all elves’ inner worlds.
“Where is this······?”
“Don’t worry. This is your inner world. If you get too agitated, you’ll be in danger of collapsing, so calm your breathing first.”
“Huff!”
“I didn’t mean to hold your breath······.”
Rex, who was bewildered and didn’t know what was going on.
However, this place is not like Belpegor’s inner world, where trauma is embodied, so it doesn’t seem like there will be such a big disturbance.
It seems like I can stay here for quite a while.
‘But the awakening condition······. It’s really vicious.’
In the meantime, I couldn’t help but laugh out loud in disbelief.
The condition for awakening the inner world is too vicious, even if it is vicious.
First of all, the minimum requirement is that you must have a certain degree of vision to see the soul.
And the second condition is to clash wills with each other.
Will here refers to pure will.
Will infused with magic is not allowed, nor is will infused with a sword.
It must be pure will, like my sword energy.
Therefore, the opponent must also clash with the same Ougi in order to awaken the inner world.
In this world, there are only a handful of people who can handle Ougi.
A realm where such people have to clash with Ougi with the intention of killing each other in order to awaken?
Because of this condition, it is bound to be an unknown territory that is not passed down through literature or oral tradition.
‘Is this what the Underworld God was talking about?’
The Underworld God said that I had already met all the conditions, but I was not able to awaken.
I guess he was talking about the battle with Transylvania.
Both sides had a vision to see the soul, and they clashed with Ougi, but······.
Transylvania was already a dead vampire, a body that had lost its soul and inner world.
That’s why it’s clear that he couldn’t take the last step and awaken.
Sure enough, as the Underworld God said, I was unlucky, but I was really unlucky······.
“Am I dreaming now? Or am I under a spell and seeing an illusion?”
“Do you hate me coming back to life that much? It’s reality, so stop pulling your eyes. No. This is not reality, but······. It’s another reality.”
Can a world that is not bound by the existing laws be called reality?
In fact, it wouldn’t be wrong to call it virtual reality.
Let’s put aside the question of what is fake and what is real for another time.
“The opponent I was fighting until just now······. Was that you? Isn’t that right?”
“That’s right.”
“And when I go out of here, I’ll lose my memory of this place. By someone who wants to erase your record······.”
He’s pretty quick on the uptake.
It seems that the disaster of spending all my time explaining and persuading him to convince him will not happen.
But has Rex always been this quick-witted and cool?
“Who is it? Who did you lose to? Draken?”
“Actually, I didn’t lose to anyone, I erased my own existence.””What?! Why······. No. That’s not important right now. You called me here, so you must have something for me to do. Tell me. Give me your orders.”
“······.”
He seemed surprised at first, but quickly hardened his expression and knelt on one knee in front of me, revealing Rex.
This kid······.
What on earth has happened to him in the past three years to change him so much?
He’s so unfamiliar that it’s embarrassing.
“Orders?”
“It wouldn’t be strange for you to take over as the Union’s commander-in-chief as soon as you return. The Union was created based on the information and efforts you provided······. The fact that you contacted me despite the situation that hinders your perception means that you have found a way to break through this situation and defeat Draken, right? If so, I will gladly follow your orders. Isn’t every second precious! Hurry up!”
“Yes. Then I will give you an order. Keep this in your possession, Rex.”
“What is this······?”
I put a magic stone in Rex’s hand.
I’ve been using it so much that it’s worn out.
Now, it’s more efficient to use a magic sword as a jewel to operate magic power instead of a magic stone, so it’s useless.
“Let’s check it out. If it hinders perception, how much can it hinder? Can it hinder me even if I cover the whole world with it?”
“······!”
Anyone who can recognize me forgets me.
Even the smallest hint that might remind them of my existence is erased.
So what if I make it so that they can’t help but realize my existence no matter where they go or what they do?
‘Let’s look for a loophole.’
For now, it’s a long way off to find a way to rebuild the world within me.
So for now, I’m going to try to find a loophole.
Maybe there’s a way to be recognized by the heroines without creating a world within me.
That’s enough for me.
Even if everyone in the world forgets me, it’s enough if I can only be seen in their eyes.
That’s the only reason I gave up everything and came all this way.
“Is that all? Do you have any more orders-“
“Even if I give you specific orders, you won’t remember them, will you? And more importantly······. It’s almost time.”
“······?”
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh.
A slight vibration felt through the ground.
It’s not enough to call it an earthquake······.
Rex’s agitation is clearly shaking the world.
Crack!
At that moment, the grass and soil erupted.
A pale hand emerged from below.
“Rex······ Rex······!”
“Ah!”
An elf with a terrible appearance like a mummy crawls out of the ground.
His lower body is gone.
His upper body is covered in old armor that proves he is a high-ranking warrior.
It was crawling around, calling Rex’s name in a strange voice.
“My revenge! What about my revenge, brother!!!”
“Hy, hyung! No. No······.”
“Get out of here.”
Is Rex still not over his trauma?
The moment I tried to forcibly drag Rex out.
Rex’s shaking pupils hardened.
He took a step towards his brother’s body.
Come to think of it, this world is still only experiencing slight vibrations.
There is no shaking big enough to cause a collapse.
Rex’s agitation was never great.
“It was hyung’s fault! Why did you lead the army to kill innocent people and cause trouble! Explain that first!”
“Wh, wh······?”
“Explain! If you’re not a hallucination caused by my nightmare, but my real brother, you can answer! Tell me!”
“······.”
The elf’s body, held by the neck by Rex, struggles in the air.
The body, whose mouth was wide open, making a strange noise, suddenly closed its mouth and became quiet.
And then, pass.The corpse silently turned to ash and flew into the air.
“Excellent.”
This is not reality, but a world under my control.
Rex realized this fact in an instant.
This guy is definitely a talent.
Perhaps he might catch up to my level in one breath.
If he leaves this place now, Rex will forget the memory of meeting me, but if I meet him again next time and tell him again, that’s it.
At least I’m not alone now.
Although it is limited, I have a partner who can recognize me.
I have found a comrade who will help me with my troubles.
That alone can be said to be a great achievement.
“Then let’s see you again next time.”
“I’ll be looking forward to it. I’ll only learn from you······.”
“No. Thanks to you, I also understood the mystery of the Merida style to some extent.”
“What?! In that short moment?”
I also received something from Rex.
The mystery of the Merida style.
Rex managed to create the mystery that had been lost and is no longer passed down.
“Was it Landgrid? It was impressive.”
The best defense is offense.
Performing offense and defense at the same time is often called offense and defense.
However, strictly speaking, offense and defense cannot be done at the same time.
It’s just that offense and defense are closely intertwined and quickly linked.
It’s not ‘at the same time’.
So it is often thought.
Offense and defense cannot be done at the same time.
But what is mystery?
It represents the will to bring the realm of fantasy, which is considered impossible, into reality.
Therefore, the impossible becomes possible.
The contradiction between offense and defense is realized.
The shield that wants to pierce the opponent is revealed in the form of will.
That was the mystery that Rex created.
It was Landgrid.
Originally, the mystery of the Merida style is something that only those who have trained in the Merida style throughout their lives can barely realize······.
But I, who have already learned another mystery, could see it.
The path to the mystery of the Merida style.
It was never an easy or solid path.
But it was important to see it.
Those who only look for shortcuts have seen a path that they can never see, even if they just see it.
Knowing a long and difficult path is a world of difference from not knowing where to go.
‘It’s not perfect as a mystery.’
I realized that from the moment I put down the magic sword and held a sword made of only my ‘will’ in my hand.
The mystery of the Dakia style alone is not perfect.
The will to hit the target without fail, which goes beyond the limits of the fierce sword.
And the will of offense and defense to protect the one behind and step forward.
As these two come together, I can see the transparent sword of will in my hand gradually taking shape.
Just one more in the future.
If I can get the mystery, I might be able to complete this sword.
“This······.”
Around that time.
A large earthquake shook the entire world.
Now it was really time to get out.
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.
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“Hmm?!”
Again.
I lost my memory again.
I hurriedly came to my senses and tried to grasp the current situation.
I remember that the enemy’s attack came to me.
But the enemy’s attack······ attack······.
What form was it?
Damn it. I can’t remember.
Anyway, I countered it······.
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Correction. I would have countered it······.
Now it’s about 1 second after that.
“······!”
Looking around, everything around me except where I am is turned upside down and in chaos.
There is definitely no trace of magic being used.
What the hell did I do to create such a mess with my sword?I stared at the front, tightly gripping the slightly worn-out sword.
Where the enemy is… no.
Where the enemy is thought to be.
“Huh?”
The sense of incongruity I felt then.
It felt like something was in my hand.
I could see that I was tightly gripping a black magic stone as if it were precious.
What is this?
Why is this suddenly in my hand?
For a moment, I had a grim thought that it was a suicide weapon, but no matter how much I examined it, I couldn’t see any such sign.
No, rather than that…
I feel like I had a conversation with ‘someone’.
It wasn’t a short conversation, but a fairly long and meaningful one.
In just 1 second?
I knew it was impossible, but this strange feeling wouldn’t go away.
At that moment, when I was in such confusion.
“Who kidnapped our cutie?”
“······!”
A creepy voice echoed across the field.
It was definitely not a loud voice.
The sound stretched out and hit my ears directly.
One side of the barrier collapsed.
And what appeared beyond the barrier was a blue-haired wolf beastman.
It was the Frost Lord, who was carrying a huge sword and had a very angry face, gnashing her teeth.
“Why bother locking it up with a barrier? It’ll all freeze anyway!”
Swish!
The moment the Frost Lord stomped her foot.
Everything from the tip of her toes began to freeze and turn into a snowy field.