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Of course, Milited couldn’t take it well.
In order to use the pendant, the core of the Seven Evils, that is, a part of life in terms of human beings, had to be pledged as collateral. The guy jumped up, saying he couldn’t do it as expected.
“That’s ridiculous, 150 years from now!”
The guy inside the glass jar swayed wildly.
“For two people including you and me… Considering the round trip, you have to pay at least 4 people’s share in return, but do you know what it’s about?”
“Where did you get all the stories I’ve been telling you?”
I said as if I didn’t know, holding the potion bottle close to my face.
“I don’t care what your opinion is. We go back 150 years. Not only you and I go there, Sooyoung goes together.”
“… … !”
Then, as if not to let go of herself, Laune, who suddenly came out of Han Soo-young’s arms, clung to my shoulders and neck, showing off her presence. I glanced at him sideways and nodded.
“Of course, Laune as well.”
“So that’s absurd… !”
“So it doesn’t matter whether you say no or not.”
The Milited that Han Soo-young has put in is only a small part of his body.
As he confidently assured, Milited could be divided any number of times, and the divisions were all Milited itself, no matter how big or small it was. For this reason, he could use the pendant over and over again by removing himself to be sacrificed, unlike other Seven Evils.
The Milited we are talking about now was also a Milited, even though it was small enough to fit into a potion bottle.
In other words, if you use this guy, you can use the pendant to go back and forth between the past and the future.
Whether he wants it or not.
“I, I can’t cooperate.”
Milited answered with a firm voice.
“It is a much bigger loss than originally anticipated. If you suffer enough losses, you will no longer be able to maintain your current sphere of influence! Besides Minerva, the skinny guy is also unusual these days, and above all, Yuno is also moving! If you waste your energy in that way in such a situation… !”
“Yeah, then that’s it.”
I shrugged and plucked a branch of the world tree from my right arm.
Somehow, there was no opportunity to use the ‘Milited in the original world’, but the branch of the original World Tree was one of the most effective means of attack against a guy with a liquid body like the guy.
And Milited was well aware of that.
No, in fact, it would not have mattered if the branches of the World Tree had not been plucked out.
Anyway, he pushed me to the point where I died 300 years later. And it was because he was well aware that he had returned alive even after being targeted by Minerva.
“I’m just going to kill you here and use that corpse.”
“Wait, what… .”
“Is that a lie?”
I asked, staring at the Milited in the potion bottle.
“Or does it just sound like bluff? If you don’t believe me, shall I try it?”
“… … .”
Milited didn’t say anything.
No, it was the right word to say that I couldn’t.
“Determine.”
I slowly shook the potion bottle.
“Right now, go back 150 years peacefully with us and come back, or even fight with me at the risk of your life in a situation where he or Minerva is being targeted.”
After a while, he struggled to open his mouth.
“… At the very least, let me restore some of my strength.”
He muttered in a more hoarse voice.
“At this level of appearance now, sacrifices like you and I… Because it is only possible to go to the future. At least give me a little more strength to recover. If you go to see the body… .”
[Dear, don’t be fooled. It’s a blatant lie.]
Minerva whispered quietly, but with a firm voice.
[Nor shape or size is important when it comes to creating an clone. If some are alive, then the whole will survive. That’s Milited. That’s why she couldn’t kill him for so many years. A very small part of the body, no matter how much you let it shatter… If even a single drop remains intact somewhere, it soon becomes the body and survives intact. Even if it’s only an amount that can fit into one glass bottle, if he puts his mind to it, he’ll have the power to make a sacrifice.]
It was as she said.
I was also well aware of that fact, so I prepared a space to contain Milited, who was released from the seal.
[…] Umm, did the real woman go out for nothing? ?]
Then Minerva asked, coughing a little, as if embarrassed.
Maybe it was because of her past relationship with Minerva, whom I had just met.
‘No, I thought about it for a long time, but thanks to you, it became clear.’
As I thanked her, I smiled a little as if sneering at the potion bottle.
“It doesn’t matter, just go.”
“What?”
“If things go wrong, you will live there and die of old age, so shut up and go now.”
There were no more excuses for Milited to spit out.
He also seemed to have noticed to some extent the fact that I was noticing his lie. In the end, Milited answered meekly, even though he said he didn’t want to do it.
“… Scoop a part of me with your fingers and bury it in the pendant. After 300 years, how I used the pendant is understood to some extent by synchronizing the memory… If you do a little research, you will be able to do it quickly.”
I carefully opened the potion bottle.
He was cooperative to the extent that he was wary that he might do something strange.
As he said, when I applied a part of Milited to the pendant, I could see the strange light I had seen at that time flashing faintly.
“Sooyoung, Laune.”
“yes.”
“… … !”
Han Soo-young, who was attached to my back at my call, hugged her waist tightly.
Laune, as always, slipped into her reserved seat pocket and poked her head out.
“… Are you ready?”
After a while, Milited, who had been clinging to the pendant while muttering to himself, asked as if he had just figured it out. As I nodded, he sighed loudly to be heard.
It was a sigh filled with tension and excitement.
Milited uttered a single word in a low voice.
“Let’s start.”
… And nothing happened.
It was when he opened his mouth to say something, wondering if he was even playing a joke.
[I feel a strange wave of power!]
[The ‘Traveler’s Guide Stone’, which has regained its original shape, suggests the direction of the road you want to take.]
[I can feel the attraction by a strange force… .]
light.
The light of that time began to leak out from the pendant again, albeit faintly.
The light grew so strong that it was difficult to open my eyes.
It was such an intense light that it was back then.
And again, the same pressure and shock engulfed us without warning.
* * *
“Ugh… .”
Yoo Ji-hyuk shook his head while half-kneeling to escape the shock as if he had been beaten with all his might. At first, I couldn’t bear the shock and lost my mind, but fortunately, I managed to endure it somehow this time.
“what… ?”
Then he realized that he was all alone.
Clearly, Han Soo-young had been clinging to him in order to avoid falling, and Laune had also gone into his pocket and grabbed his collar tightly. The potion bottle containing Milited was also tightly closed and then gripped tightly with the shadow and world tree.
But he was alone.
He looked around quickly.
“Raune!”
Soon he could find Laune lying dead, not far away.
He was moved for a moment at the sight of him lying face down, as if dead, but he immediately realized that he was just losing his mind and sighed in relief. He carefully shoved her into his pocket.
But there was no one but Laune.
There were only Yoo Ji-hyuk and Laune.
Where are Han Soo-young and Milited?
He looked around with the intent to explore the surroundings.
“More than that… .”
Looking around, it must have been a temple or an old ruin.
No, the surrounding buildings and decorations are clean and in good condition, so it’s probably not an old historic site.
Meanwhile, he could smell the stinky earthy smell.
There was also a mixture of humus and mold in it.
It was said to be underground, or at least half-buried in the ground.
Yeah, like a grave… .
“Nice to meet you.”
Suddenly, a rustling sound was heard from behind.
It was as if he was not trying to hide his popularity, as if to reveal that he had no hostility.
Yoo Ji-hyuk, who knew from the beginning that someone unknown was approaching, turned his head and looked back. There was something crouched over there.
The large man, who was covered in a jet-black ragged robe, was already kneeling on the floor and bowing so politely that there could be no more.
“The child’s name is Leto.”
The figure of the man who revealed his name as Leto was not an ordinary human figure.
Above all, his appearance was strangely familiar, and Yoo Ji-hyuk was squinting his eyes without realizing it.
“Undeservedly, he is a lowly man who has taken on the task of protecting his master’s position.”
“ah!”
With those words, Yoo Ji-hyuk could remember who he was.
A graveyard guard guarding the tomb of the Shadow Walker.
In addition, he is the person responsible for protecting the ‘flowing snake’, one of the legacy, and he was a man who would die by Jin Ye-seul in the future.
It was a completely different appearance from what I remembered, so I couldn’t recall it right away.
As a half ogre, he showed off his enormous physique in the original, and was wild and even arrogant.
However, in front of Yoo Ji-hyuk, he was just lying on the ground, crouching.
“Welcome here, Second Shadow Walker.”
The cemetery who would guard the grave for hundreds of years at the master’s command said to him.
“And your precious blood and flesh.”
The half ogre carefully raised his head and looked at Yoo Ji-hyuk.
Then, without realizing it, with a surprised expression on his face, he quickly straightened his complexion and said:
“Lord, you have been waiting for you a long time.”
But the half ogre muttered as if he could not stand the rush of emotions in the end.
“For a very long time even after you have passed away.”
* * *
“eww… … .”
By the time Yoo Ji-hyuk was talking to Leto, Han Soo-young was also conscious and exploring the surroundings.
In her hand was a glass bottle of Milited.
“If possible, it would have been better to be with Ji-hyuk and at least that child.”
“Why are you with a guy like this even if you’re together?” she grumbled a little.
She tilted her head as she fumbled the surface of the wall with her fingertips.
“It’s the first time I’ve ever seen a type of drinking and finishing… What do you mean? Where else are you?”
Even though she was not a sensory type, she thought that the current situation was strange and ominous, as she could not feel the energy of Yoo Ji-hyuk at all.
This was because Yoo Ji-hyuk was wearing a necklace with his own energy, and the rings he received from him also resonated with each other and had the ability to know each other’s location or general condition.
But nothing was felt.
As if the existence of Yoo Ji-hyuk in the world was erased with an eraser.
I didn’t feel anything.
“I need to meet Ji-hyuk soon.”
Han Soo-young, who clenched and opened his fists in nervousness, immediately lifted the potion bottle at the vibration he felt in the palm of his hand. Milited was beating the surface of the bottle as if knocking.
“Hey.”
Milited whispered quietly.
“I help too. Let me open this.”
“What do I believe in you?”
Han Soo-young responded with a cold voice.
Memories of vomiting blood along with the pain of melting intestines because of Milited were still vivid.
Above all, there was no need to listen to Yoo Ji-hyuk and his continued attempts to deceive her.
Milited was also aware of that fact, so he continued to speak with one voice until he became submissive.
“If it’s my ability, I can quickly look around here. To be honest, what am I going to do to deceive you now that I have come all the way here?”
“… … .”
“It’s better for me to help and get back to you sooner rather than later. Isn’t it? If something happens to you, will he leave me alone?”
“that… right.”
Han Soo-young nodded slightly.
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Obviously, if something happened to him, Yoo Ji-hyuk wouldn’t be able to sit still.
Milited encouraged Han Soo-young by saying that what you said was true.
“Yeah, aren’t we on the same boat for the first time?”
However, contrary to his expectations, Han Soo-young had no intention of releasing him.
Even if they were released, at least not right now.
For now, let’s take a closer look, and that’s when she decided.
“… uh?”
“… what? Wait, please!”
For a moment, I felt like my heart was being squeezed.
For some reason, I felt a sense of déjà vu, and Milited in the potion bottle uttered a sound that seemed to be unbelievable.
“Such crazy… !”
Suddenly, the potion bottle cracked and exploded with a popping sound.
As the water vapor gathered around Milited, who immediately ran out, he began to grow in size.
Whether it was because of his desperate appearance, or because of his intense sense of lethargy, Han Soo-young was so distracted that he did not even notice that his hands were covered with scars.
And if Han Soo-young could see the status window like Yoo Ji-hyuk, this would have popped up in front of her eyes.
[The quest ‘Seventh, Last Evil’ begins.]
[The Seven Devils ‘Ariman’ finally begins to move after breaking the long wait and silence.]
Ariman.
Even the same Seven Seven Bells, unknown to them, suddenly appeared in front of Han Soo-Young and Milited.
Absolutely no clue whatsoever.