39 – Dual Dimensional Door (6)
Although he vaguely thought that he wanted to teach someone someday, he had never thought of anything specific about it.
Especially as a teacher who had to teach a large number of students, unlike the priestly relationship with only a few individuals.
He had never thought about it.
Let’s imagine for a moment.
Imagine himself teaching children.
Hmm.
It didn’t seem easy.
He, in a way, was a person who reached the extreme of “mystery.”
Talent in swordsmanship?
Enlightenment in the sword?
It was impossible to explain the realm he had achieved with such vague concepts.
He himself could not even guess how he came to possess this level of power.
Even if he taught everything he had realized to others, would it be possible for them to reach a similar level?
He could confidently say that it would be close to impossible.
However, if it was just about swordsmanship.
If it was about the mindset or the depth when facing a sword.
Moreover, this was a school where his younger sister, Yeowun, was also attending.
Since he rarely saw Yeowun these days, he felt a sense of emptiness in a corner of his heart for some reason.
If he were to work as a teacher, he might have more encounters with her.
He might even prevent a disaster like the one before from happening again.
And he was even an unemployed person with nothing else to do.
The conditions seemed quite good.
However, such an important decision should not be made easily.
It was a situation where he didn’t even know if he could escape right now.
“If I were to leave this place, I will seriously consider it.”
“Well, it is possible that you could leave in this situation.”
Jiwoo responded with a dry smile.
“Still, thank you for saying that you will seriously consider it. I’m also sincere, so if I do leave…yes, please think about it.”
“Understood.”
After the conversation ended,
Jiwoo’s body, burdened by considerable exhaustion, slowly began to show signs of fatigue.
Her eyes kept closing and her head would nod on its own.
Nod, nod.
She fell asleep while sitting, waking up and repeating the process.
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Witnessing this, Yeo-ul gently laid her down.
Comfortably lying on the mat, Jiwoo effortlessly slipped into sleep.
Seeing that she had fallen asleep, Yeo-ul also lay down on the other side to rest.
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After that,
It was impossible to grasp how much time had passed.
Sense of time?
Such a thing did not exist.
When they looked up, the same dark blue sky that never revealed any handful of starlight greeted them.
The same time, the same scenery, the same routine.
There was no stimulus to be found, only a monotonous and arduous journey.
However, there was one thing they could discern.
Unfortunately, it was that they could no longer endure.
They did not know how much time had passed, but they were too weak to even move due to unbearable hunger.
If they had just stayed lying down, it would have been fine, but they had repeatedly walked until they were completely exhausted for investigation.
It was strange that their stamina did not decrease.
In the end, even Jiwoo, who always tried to maintain a bright expression, had the smile wiped clean from her face.
However, even with that, there was no clue to escape.
All they knew was that this space was isolated in the form of a dome.
Aside from discovering that, what had been accomplished?
It might just be the countless demons they had overcome and the countless sand dunes they had crossed.
Even though Jiwoo had faced the limits of his stamina, he had managed to surpass them through sheer willpower multiple times.
The thought that there was no hope anymore tried to dominate his mind.
She lay sprawled on the sand, engulfed in despair.
Meanwhile, Yeoul said,
“Jisoo, if you stay like this, you will die for sure.”
“Yes, I suppose so….”
There were still many things they had yet to achieve.
As she thought this, Yeoul’s voice reached her.
“Well then, we have no choice but to try something.”
“N-No…?”
Yeoul, who was believed to be directly responsible for the current situation, which had brought forth a newly formed dimensional portal, stated that he would try to sever it.
She had spent quite some time with Yeoul by now, and had become somewhat accustomed to his escapades, but understanding the concept of cutting through a dimensional portal would take some time.
The phenomenon known as a dimensional portal was something that was impervious to any physical or mystical impact.
Cut through it?
If someone else had said that, she would have laughed and dismissed it as nonsense…..
But the person who said it was Yeoul, who had proven countless things up until now.
Furthermore, there was no suitable option for her to consider for escape.
“Well then…. What should I do?”
She replied to Yeoul with a determination to catch at least a straw.
“You just have to hold on tightly to my body.”
She wasn’t sure what would happen, but it seemed certain that the space would twist and turn. In order to prevent herself from falling off, she needed to hold onto him tightly.
Jiwoo struggled to lift his body from the ground and approached Yeoul’s back.
Then, from behind, she hugged him with all her strength.
Although their bodies were completely pressed against each other, there was no time to worry about that.
After the preparations were complete,
As always, Yeoul tightly grasped his sword.
If asked whether it was possible to cut through a dimensional portal,
He would probably answer that it was possible.
He was someone who had already created a dimensional gate that connected the other world and Earth.
He had effortlessly surpassed countless spaces, taking advantage of the convenience of being able to traverse them in an instant.
He was undoubtedly superior in terms of his understanding of space and dimensional gates.
However.
When it came to the issue of where those dimensional gates were connected and how they opened, he was at a loss.
That’s why the word ‘probably’ was attached.
Even so.
It was irrational to passively accept death like this.
Even if it was uncertain, it was worth a try.
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As the sword swung.
The dimensional gate that had been floating high above the sky.
As if it had suffered a wound in the empty space, on top of the rift that endlessly spewed out demons.
A very thin, straight line appeared.
Jiwoo looked at that sight without any sense of reality.
And then.
In the instant when nothing happened, when there was a slight loosening of the arm that had been holding his body.
The cracked and torn rift revealed its darkness, and its edges began to ripple chaotically.
Like waves on the surface of the sea, it shook irregularly, and within a short period of time, it completely lost its original shape.
It all converged into a single point–
And exploded.
With a deafening sound.
Starting from that point.
The sky that was a deep blue, the pure white desert, and all the scenery of this place that had become tiresome–
They were all covered in pitch-black darkness that originated from that point.
At the same time, the space began to vibrate like mad.
But there wasn’t even a speck of light, and in this pitch-black darkness, not even an inch ahead could be seen clearly.
Jiwoo, who had no idea what was happening, desperately tried not to let go of Yeoul’s body, whom he was firmly holding onto.
Just a simple earthquake alone could cause a human’s senses to go into chaos.
Let alone the fact that the space itself is vibrating.
It felt like the sense of reality towards the erasing body was gradually fading away, as if the soul was escaping from the body.
In the midst of such unreality, there was only one thing that was certain.
Only the body of Yeoul, who was touching him, was the pillar that kept her from losing her mind in this extreme situation.
However.
Even the sense of time was gradually becoming faint.
Now, it seems that the time spent in this shaking darkness is longer than the time spent in the desert─
The tightly closed eyelids, between which a dazzling light flowed in.
The senses that were in confusion gradually regained their functions.
The sensation of the firm ground under the feet is felt.
The refreshing scent of grass coming through the nostrils is felt.
The sound of people’s voices coming through the ears can be heard.
With both hands holding each other, embracing with both arms, and the whole body including the chest, I could feel Yeoul’s body.
I lift my eyelids, which feel the heaviest I have ever felt in my life, with great effort.
It feels like it’s getting farther away in an instant in the bright beam of light, but soon my vision is restored.
The blue sky, the sun hanging in the middle of the sky.
And in the distance, the towering human structure, the tower.
I thought you were dead, but you’re back.
– Found…
– This is it, here…
– The two missing people presumed to be…
Turning the noisy crowd’s words into a lullaby that I couldn’t hear.
While embracing Yeoul, Jiwoo faints and falls down in the same spot.
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