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“Ugh… uh huh… !”
The groan of a woman in pain, panting, echoed in a horrifying silence.
Her eyes, lying on the ground, quickly scanned the surroundings, capturing the terrifying reality without filtration.
The corpse of a man in two pieces.
The headless corpse could not let go of the sword it was holding until death, and the head of the man who was the owner of the headless corpse was rolling down the street like garbage.
“… … !”
There was a lot of blood in her eyes, and she couldn’t figure out why it was because of anger or because of his sleepy neck.
Actually, I wasn’t even curious.
The only thing that mattered was that she was now the last, and there was no one left to disturb him.
“You are mentally strong.”
No matter how much, I thought my mental state would collapse when I saw a torn body or a severed head.
The man who was sitting on top of her and clutching her neck murmured.
When fighting a wizard, it is most effective to destroy the opponent’s reason and mentality by touching it.
It was the method that was chosen for that reason, but unfortunately, she did not collapse as flawlessly as his expectations.
“… … .”
It would have been more convenient for me to let go of my mind.
With that in mind, he slowly tightened the hand that grabbed her neck.
She struggled, but she couldn’t shake him off, with one leg cut off and her whole body covered in scars.
“Kill me, I’ll throw you away… !!!”
The man, who looked down at her with a dry gaze, gave strength to both hands without saying a word.
While carefully controlling the force so as not to tear her throat, he calmly observed her reaction.
“… … !!!!”
Now she couldn’t even scream, let alone curses or swear words.
Her body trembled as she sat on her bed, and her hands were desperate to get his fingers off him.
Thinking that this would be appropriate, he just stared at him without saying a word.
The reason he chose this way was simple.
Because, unlike the others, her body needed to be intact.
Then there was the sound of something breaking with a popping sound in my hand.
Her body was cold and droopy, and after a while he got up from his seat, letting go of her neck he had been holding on to.
Her red hair was scattered like a stream of blood.
tyring.
A notification pops up in front of him.
[The death of the playable character ‘Han Soo-young’ has been confirmed.]
Then, as if criticizing him, numerous notification windows flashed in succession.
[You killed the playable character ‘Sooyoung Han’.]
[The death of the most important playable character has been confirmed.]
[All playable characters have been confirmed dead.]
[You can feel the great balance of this world crumbling… .]
[Karma value increases by 300.]
[Karma is not accumulated due to the hidden attribute ‘One who goes against the flow of this world’.]
“finally… .”
He muttered in a trembling voice.
[Currently counting. Please wait a moment… .]
[All playable characters have been confirmed dead.]
[The extinction of Margot, Svengalli, Milited, Juno, Venus, and Minerva has been confirmed.]
[The Seven Devils, Ariman, are considered extinct.]
[The extinction of all Seven Evil species has been confirmed.]
[The destruction of the World Tree has been confirmed. As a result of the judgment, it is judged that normal activities are impossible, and it is considered extinct.]
[The extinction of Belluna Hunt has been confirmed.]
[The disappearance of the blacksmith of Yado has been confirmed.]
[The extinction of the majority of the four spirits has been confirmed.]
[All conditions have been met.]
[Congratulations!]
[You have completely destroyed a world.]
[Because of you, all beings in this world will inevitably perish.]
The man who had seen it up to that point groaned and shed tears.
It was none other than a sense of relief.
He was just muttering that he can go back, now he can go back.
At his feet, as he whispered quietly, the corpse of a man who had been mutilated and the corpse of a woman who had died with a broken neck were lying haphazardly at his feet.
“It’s over now.”
As he muttered, the last notification popped up.
[You are entitled to become the administrator of the new world.]
“… What?”
For a moment, he couldn’t help but doubt his own eyes.
[The title ‘Manager of the Seven Evil Orders’ is given.]
[As of this time, your identification name will be changed to ‘Ariman’]
“What’s this… What kind of bullshit is this… ?”
The man, who was bewildered by the unexpected situation, suddenly realized instinctively.
When one disappeared, another had to be filled in to replace it.
And the one who made that ‘one’ disappear was none other than himself, and now he was the only one who could pay the price.
In the end, it was said that he had taken the wrong step from the beginning.
It was only at the end of the last minute that he realized that fact.
He couldn’t say anything.
He just stood there blankly.
“… … … ”
He didn’t get angry, he didn’t despair, he didn’t cry or swear.
He just quietly opened his mouth and muttered something.
But no matter how many times he repeated it, he couldn’t figure out what he was saying until the end.
… Because it was always around this time that she woke up from her dream.
“ah.”
Han Soo-young, who opened her eyes, quietly reached out and caressed her neck.
No wounds on the neck are palpable.
“Again… .”
Wiping a cold sweat, she muttered quietly.
She knew well that this was not just a nightmare.
At first, I only knew that I was having these nightmares because of the longing for Yoo Ji-hyeok, the regret of missing him, and the guilt that could not be washed away.
However, from the moment she saw the circular sphere that appeared in front of her eyes, she realized that what she had seen was not just a nightmare, but someone else’s memory.
“… … .”
The only ones present that day were Yoo Ji-hyuk, and Ariman.
Also, as Yoo Ji-hyuk and Ari-man disappeared from this world, she was well aware that she was semi-forced to inherit their power.
The circular sphere that appeared in front of her now actually belonged to Yoo Ji-hyeok, and she was also well aware that he was handed over to him as he disappeared from this world.
He was also well aware that the dream he had just had was Ariman’s memory.
… Since that day, Su-young Han has been periodically peeking into Ariman’s memories in the form of dreams.
She wasn’t too surprised, because it was surprisingly common to share memories after receiving someone’s power.
There was only one thought in her mind.
She knew that Ariman was Yoo Ji-hyeok from a different world and made a different choice.
The more I looked at his memories, the more I thought about whether he wanted to go back to that point rather than anger and hatred for him.
“… Yoo Ji-hyuk.”
She whispered the name of a man quietly.
The man who said all the time we spent together was real.
However… .
“ha.”
The dream she had just had just kept flashing in her mind.
Ariman.
In a different world, Yoo Ji-hyuk made a different choice.
It could be said that they were completely different from the Yoo Ji-hyuk that she knew, but in the end they could be said to be fundamentally the same person.
Maybe he wanted to go back.
Maybe that day he was caught up in a whirlpool and disappeared because he actually wanted it to happen.
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Only those thoughts kept running through her mind.
“… … .”
It has been a month since he disappeared.
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Only one month.
It had only been a month, and his voice was muffled.
Su-young Han suddenly wanted to ask how she, who had lived a different life, was able to endure the years alone.
Also, I wanted to meet Yoo Ji-hyuk again and ask if what he said that day was sincere.
So I wanted to meet him.
It’s good for just once, because it doesn’t have to be just for a moment.
She just wanted to meet him.
Maybe it was something he hated to imagine, but he sincerely wanted to get out of this world, and his time here may be like a dream for him.
But even if that was the case, it didn’t matter.
“… What does that have to do with it?”
Now I just wanted to meet him.
It was just that.
“I’m going to do that.”
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One month.
It was not enough time to break her will.
* * *
A month has led to big and small changes for everyone who has been associated with Yoo Ji-hyuk, including her.
There were those who were desperate, those who were discouraged, those who accepted, those who gave up, others who did not give up and tried to find him.
Everyone had a different way of accepting it, but all of them were the same in that they took it seriously.
Also, less than a fortnight after Yoo Ji-hyuk disappeared, the party dispersed as if they had been there from the beginning.
Jin Ye-seul often did not show up, perhaps to take care of Yoo Ji-hyuk’s younger sister, who is still in a coma.
Ye-eun Lee said that she had to solve the family’s affairs as if she were running away from reality, but she heard that it was a long day and that she was going to the World Tree to perform some ritual.
Because Lee Yu-na was nominally Yoo Ji-hyeok’s secretary, she would occasionally meet and talk with Lee Ye-eun, but except in such cases, she just ran around dungeons and gates frantically as if possessed by something, collecting random money.
When asked why, she simply muttered, ‘I have a debt that I must pay back.’
There was no trace of Minerva.
Han Soo-young just wanted her to be safe.
It wasn’t just them.
Hyunwoo Choi, Ivan Hunt, Cass Lyle, and others.
As if everyone was like that, they waited for Yoo Ji-hyeok in their own way and searched for his traces.
And it was the same with Han Soo-young.
“… therefore.”
Han Soo-young looked at the woman sitting in front of her without saying a word.
It was a long time ago that I first met him, but he was someone I had never met or met alone in this way.
No, is it really right to say that I am a person?
After all, she was a spirit, not a human.
“What do you want me to do?”
Belluna Hunt.
Ivan Hunt’s mother and the wind spirit.
And a person who occupied a place in Ariman’s memory as one of the beings he had to kill.
A person who may have even a little bit of the clue to the case.
It was when Han Soo-young, who took a deep breath and carefully opened her mouth.
“Um, where should I guess? Han Soo-young?”
“yes?”
For a moment, Han Soo-young blinked without realizing it.
It was none other than that she remembered her name correctly.
“Is it because of the energy you feel?”
Belluna Hunt said with a smile.
“It’s faint, it’s grainy, it’s definitely different… I can’t figure it out. That is the energy of the Seven Evils.”
She sighed quietly and looked at Han Soo-young.
Han Soo-young could read the faint hesitation in her eyes.
It was the hesitation he showed when he was trying to tell whether the opponent in front of him was his foe or ally.
“It must be the energy of Ariman… .”
The wind spirit murmured in a pleasant voice.
“Did you come here because you have a question for me? If so, I’m really happy.”
Belluna looked at her with a bright smile.
“I just have a question for you.”
Han Soo-young couldn’t laugh.