transcendence
“Blood pressure, pulse, brain waves. All is fine. I think I passed out because I was tired, but first, the intravenous… … .”
“How do I get the IV when the needle doesn’t go in? Call someone with recovery skills.”
“hang on!”
The sensation of sticking something all over the body.
Then, I felt a warm feeling spreading through my whole body.
My body was itching from the sudden surge of power, but Yoosung didn’t lift a finger.
Because now he was in a state of fainting.
Originally, I planned to talk to people and collect information step by step about what had happened in the meantime.
However, when he instinctively sensed that he would be annoyed by the hot and even violent reactions of the people, he immediately fell down pretending to lose consciousness, and of course a great uproar broke out.
I couldn’t see it because my eyes were closed, but I guessed from the sound and atmosphere, it seemed like I was being transported by helicopter and being intensively managed in a hospital.
“I did everything I could. All that remains is a blood test.”
“How do you get blood when you can’t even use a needle or scalpel made exclusively for body enhancement contractors?”
“If we bring in a contractor who can use Aura, wouldn’t we be able to damage it somehow?”
While I was contemplating whether I should wake up in an increasingly serious atmosphere, I felt a huge presence in the distance.
And after a while, people’s pretending to be far away and a familiar voice was heard.
“Stop acting and get up.”
“Okay, it’s not acting. Mental fatigue is no joke.”
When I opened my eyes with a weak sound, the figures of Bruce, Olga, and Kang Chang-seok entered.
Yuseong, who was lightly waving at Olga with a happy expression, subtly avoided looking away from Kang Chang-seok’s gaze, which seemed to rush at him at any moment.
Kang Chang-seok drew in his breath as if to shout, but Olga was one step faster.
“I’m glad you’re safe. There had been no news for a long time, so I was worried because I thought I was involved in a conflict.”
“sorry. I escaped safely, but I couldn’t return right away because I didn’t know how much the time multiplier was. how much time has passed? When did you and Kasim come back?”
“About half a month has passed. Kassim came back on the second day and I on the fifth day.”
“What happened to Harnack?”
“It disappeared, and the frequency of undead appearances has decreased to less than one-fifth of what it used to be. We have built a new defense system centered on large cities and major cities, and we are carrying out a large-scale operation to secure small and medium-sized cities, so it feels like we are almost finished. In terms of numbers, there are still a lot of undead left, but not to the extent that users are needed.”
Yoosung let out a sigh of relief.
I was worried about summoning Dragonia from a place that wasn’t too high to increase the accuracy rate, but fortunately it seemed to have enough power.
“… … Sorry to interrupt, but how about getting to the point?”
Kang Chang-seok’s low voice suppressed his anger.
The atmosphere that Olga had released so far was tightened again in an instant.
“Han Yuseong, many things happened while you were gone.”
“Even if you don’t tell me, I’m guessing to some extent.”
While fleeing to another world, Yuseong did not stop thinking about the situation on Earth.
Harnack and the undead spreading all over Europe are the basics of the basics.
The aftermath of the quasi-meteorite he dropped and the recovery, the ability awakening potion and the aftermath caused by it, a floating city with a size of several kilometers that was called but not returned.
None of them were enough issues to shake the world.
The reason Yuseong pretended to faint was because he didn’t know what other users were saying or what happened to the world while he was on the quest, and he didn’t know what to say when people asked questions like these.
“I knew… … .”
A voice that sounds like it’s about to explode.
Kang Chang-seok, whose eyebrows were twitching, spoke word by word.
“There are so many things I want to ask you right now. Let’s ask this first. aerial fortress? island? Anyway, it’s a name, what the hell is that?”
“An aerial fortress?”
“Don’t pretend. I heard the rough story from Sofia. The form has changed considerably, but it looks like a Lizardman city that appeared in Gangwon-do in the past. What happened? You said you obviously got rid of the Lizardmen and sent them to the dimensional rift. Could it be that you lied?”
Of course, I knew this question would come up, so I gave the answer I had prepared right away.
“I didn’t lie. Only a little less of the truth was told.”
“It’s not a situation where you can move on with words like that!”
“I don’t understand right now, but what the hell are you angry about right now?”
“What?”
“I didn’t sign a contract to tell you what I’ve been through, everything I have, and there’s no rule that says users have to share all information. But why are you so angry?”
Kang Chang-seok lost his words for a moment at the rapid-fire words.
Contrary to the expectation that he would make various excuses, Yooseong’s argument was the theory itself.
Kang Chang-seok, who hesitated because he couldn’t immediately think of anything to refute, soon came up with another reason.
“You lied to the whole world. Do you know how much we struggled to control information by explaining that it was different from the cities that appeared in Korea?”
“I apologize for that. However, it seems that not only me but also all other users are lying. You’re hiding the secrets and abilities of users.”
“Th-that floating city is too dangerous a power for an individual to have.”
“What is the criterion for dangerous power for an individual to have? For example, Cassim. That guy has magical powers that he can cast great magic for ten days and nights, but is this a power that can be possessed by an individual? What about Bruce? Isn’t the power to fool Lucifer dangerous? Same goes for other users. Kang Chang-seok, you single-handedly create and maintain millions of contractors all over the world. Isn’t this a dangerous force? Same goes for Sophia. With time and budget, she too could create a weapon capable of destroying humanity. But why am I the only one taking issue? Are you ignoring me as a newbie who has been a user for less than a year?”
Long-winded rebuttal.
Seeing Kang Chang-seok stuttering in embarrassment, Yoo-seong let out a sigh of relief.
‘Looks like something went wrong.’
I took other users as examples and slipped away, but as Kang Chang-seok pointed out, Dragonia was too dangerous a power for an individual to have.
There is no need for functions such as dimensional submersion, terraforming, or floating.
If you put on the barrier of eternity that boasts a powerful defensive power that stopped Kassim’s bombardment that lasted for ten days and crash Dragonia toward the earth from outside the atmosphere, you can destroy the world.
Of course, there was no reason to do such a thing unless you were crazy, but doing it because you can and not doing it because you can’t was a completely different story.
The moment Kang Chang-seok, who had organized his thoughts, was about to say something again, Yoo-seong hit the head.
“I’m sorry, but there are far more important things than those little things right now.”
The atmosphere subsided in an instant.
Yooseong didn’t even look at Kang Chang-seok and looked at Bruce as he spoke.
“I heard something troubling about 15 days ago from Harnack, the monster that caused this undead incident.”
Yooseong secretly turned his gaze to Olga, saw her nod, and then continued.
“The world swept away by the dimensional war will surely perish. Did you know?”
“Do you believe the words of an unknown monster?”
“I wouldn’t have believed it if I had only said one.”
Dragons, who had enjoyed a brilliant civilization for thousands of years, could not overcome the invasion and managed to escape by building a fortress that could move dimensionally.
Lucifer, the first fallen angel who rebelled against the Creator, the fallen morning star, and the king of hell, lost his divinity and acted as a pseudo-religion leader, only to suffer the disgrace of having his horn and halo broken by a mere human.
I don’t know exactly what kind of existence Harnak was, but judging from the fact that he conquered five dimensions and the power that overwhelmed three users, it was certain that he was not inferior to Dragon and Lucifer.
Whether or not Harnack’s words are true is unclear.
However, it was certain that the Earth was weaker than the individuals and forces listed so far, and that was the same as saying that the Earth could not withstand aggression either.
Yoosung’s confident gaze made Bruce fall silent for a moment before opening his mouth.
“I knew.”
“Are you Kang Chang-seok?”
“… … Hmmmm.”
Kang Chang-seok, who had been staring at him like he was going to eat him throughout the conversation, coughed and avoided his gaze.
I was stunned and laughed out loud.
Although he had guessed, he felt discouraged when he realized that he was the only one who didn’t know what everyone else knew.
However, Yoosung did not show such an expression and calmly asked back.
“Why did you hide such an important fact?”
“We didn’t sign a contract to tell you everything we know, and there’s no such thing as a rule that says users must share all information, so why should we tell you?”
“under!”
I never thought that what I said would be returned in this way.
Getting angry here is like spitting in your own face.
“What is the countermeasure?”
Even though they knew that the world would end, users were desperate to protect the earth.
It was not a mindset that would plant an apple tree even if the earth perished tomorrow, or a noble will to survive even a little longer.
Had that been the purpose, he would have established a new system to conquer the world and prevent aggression.
However, users acted as if there was a future, such as maintaining the existing system, order, and economy without recklessly using powerful power that could destroy the country.
A way to ward off an invasion, or a way for humanity to survive.
One of them was certain to be ready.
“To give birth to the transcendent.”
It was a sound that would have been laughed at a while ago, but it was different now that I witnessed the cosmic existence of a goddess.
If you have a goddess or a power equivalent to that, protecting the earth won’t be a difficult task.
However, it only made my doubts grow.
“Can you stop monsters with the power of a transcendent? I’ve met transcendentalists a few times so far. They are strong, but not strong enough to defend the Earth.”
Although there are only a handful of Transcendentalists I have seen so far, I instinctively knew that the power of the goddess was of a different rank among the Transcendentalists.
Ordinary transcendentalists are probably limited to gaining the strength of the Haecheongyeong that succeeded in reaching the top line in the past.
“The power of a transcendental person differs in a thousand different ways according to various factors such as the depth of enlightenment, the type of enlightenment, and the race. And that element includes the state before becoming a transcendental being. If the user’s body and ability surpasses that of a few transcendentalists, it can become a high-level transcendentalist. Then you will be able to protect the earth enough.”
It was just an estimate, but Yooseong didn’t bother to point out that fact.
Instead, I asked another question.
“So, what does being a transcendental person mean?”
“The most common way is to achieve enlightenment, but enlightenment is not what you want to achieve. So another way is needed. It is a fragment of divinity.”
“If it is a fragment of divinity, it used to be… … .”
“okay. I would pay for it at any price, so if I could find it, it was something that he asked me to sell. A fragment of divinity is materialized enlightenment. If you have enough qualifications, you can become a transcendental person through the medium of a fragment of divinity without attaining enlightenment.”
The reward for this quest suddenly passed through Yoosung’s mind.
Nothing matched at all except for the two words divine, but for some reason I couldn’t help but open my mouth because of the tickling feeling.
“Does it have to be a fragment of divinity? Shouldn’t there be another name for divinity?”
“There are things called Divine Essence and Divine Seed, but it is close to impossible to obtain. Since the essence of divinity is created only when the transcendentalist completely renounces the divinity of their own will, it cannot be obtained even by searching the entire universe. it’s tough.”
“… … .”
this is not a game