“Why are you so late, you stink!”
As soon as I arrived ho, Sooga grabbed her nose.
Ah, does it sll that bad?
“I t with so sea creatures, that’s why.”
Daegon lives in the sea, so he’s a sea creature. His origin isn’t from the seas of this world, but from another sea. He was born in another world, beca the greatest monster in that world, and invaded other worlds before his own world was burned down.
So, he ca to this world, where his kind could thrive the best among the worlds he invaded. But after attempting to rise again, he failed.
So, he hid in the sea and, while waiting for a second chance, t .
There are so many different kinds of techniques. I don’t even know where to start or what to cut, but there’s also a technique to summon .
The problem is that it’s fragnted, and I don’t know where to start or where to put it into a person. It would be great if soone could interpret and organize it for .
It feels like this.
There’s a lithium mine right in front of , but we’re in the Bronze Age. If I put mories into soone, they would just grow old and die while doing so.
I need a summarized version that people can use. The original is sothing people can’t use, and no one can use it all.
Daegon thought of sothing.
He had his subordinates morize parts of the summoning technique, then focused on those specific parts.
It’s easier to understand with the example of a piano. Assigning one person to each key, and either playing or not playing. I only made them focus on two.
Even if they don’t know how to read the music or have quick fingers, they only need to play their part.
That’s because there are parts where you need impossible techniques, like pressing 25 keys at once, which no person could do alone.
He also went through a lot of trial and error.
The problem is, Daegon only knows the original version.
Daegon tasked his subordinates with solving the problem, and they gave him the answer. So, only the subordinates know the separated parts.
The unfortunate thing is that neither Daegon nor the residents of the city he killed had those separated parts. They had already died of old age long ago. The docunts he organized exist, but they evaporated with the city.
If they had been alive, I’m sure they could have extracted the mories.
But, I’ve still gained a lot, so I guess it’s okay. If it doesn’t work out, I could just force it into a few people, accepting the consequences.
More importantly, Sooga keeps pulling away after coming closer. Is the sll really that bad? It doesn’t sll to .
Maybe my nose has just gotten used to it, and it’s fine? What should I do?
“Does it sll that bad?”
“The sll of the bathroom and fish is mixed, it’s terrible!”
I guess I need to wash.
If it slls that bad, there’s probably a lot of bacteria stuck to .
However, to wash, I’ll need to go down north to the lake.
“I’ll go wash.”
“Go quickly!”
Sooga points toward the back of the house, so it must really be unbearable.
I can’t climb down the cliff behind the house like Sooga. I’ll have to walk.
The house is located quite high up. To get water, I’ll need to head down north. That’s where I can et the lake at the bottom of the cliff.
I arrived at the lake.
Since it was already dark, it was hard to see clearly, but a problem arose.
Hmm.
No. What should I do?
The lakeshore is full of wild animals. It’s because there are many dead aquatic creatures floating by the shore.
The shockwaves spread better underwater than in the air. They must have died and been pushed to the shore.
So, a feeding party is happening here. It seems that the larger carnivores are letting the dium-sized ones eat with them without chasing them away.
There are even large carnivores sleeping with their bloated bellies exposed.
So, it’s not dangerous, but the problem is that the water is filthy, covered with corpses. Also, the boundary between the water and land is very far away.
The water has receded a lot.
There’s nothing to be done. I’ll have to go back up.
Of course, I could just reverse reality, but honestly, I’m wary of using such power right now.
The area where I fought Daegon is already filled with gold, and if I’m not careful, the second world might break again.
If it’s not absolutely necessary, I’ll be cautious.
I started walking back ho. No, I tried to walk back.
Sothing in the forest was watching from the side. I turned to look, and at the edge of the forest, I saw sothing like a rotten piece of at moving.
It’s the large beast that bit my neck last ti.
Its eye-like organs are attached all over, making the world look like a mosaic, and there’s no properly functioning organ.
Also, a weapon from a person is stuck in its body, so every ti it moves a little, its nerves go wild.
A monster that regularly sends warmth after raiding small villages or rushing into beasts’ dens has appeared.
This is the first ti I’ve seen a creature that has lived so long after having its warmth stolen.
It’s different from what I felt when I was watching it. Now that I see it directly, it feels different.
Its entire body is white.
Not just plain white, but like it’s aged too much, its fur is a dull white with no shine.
Its body is like an old tree, emaciated. And bizarrely protruding bones and muscles are decaying. Maybe that’s why insects are swarming around it.
It’s a combination of decay and aging.
It’s moving toward with its seventeen legs.
It was probably originally a four-legged feline beast, but now it has a shape resembling a crab. It looks down at with the eyes stuck on its body.
And then, it opened its mouth.
“Kheh. Heh.”
But it’s not to eat. It laughed, as though mocking .
Then, it began acting strangely.
It used its legs to tear itself apart in front of . Blood and at splattered, and decayed entrails along with the body inside shot out.
The thing that tore itself apart died. Blackened light scattered, turning to dust and disappearing.
Ah, I see.
It ca to mock .
A cruel mockery. It seems to have realized that I can’t die. Right.
When I beco a Harvester, my intelligence increases. So, it’s not strange for a monster to gain intelligence.
It understood that I would be cold forever and mocked that before taking its own life.
I didn’t need to say it. I just knew.
I don’t know the emotions of such a monster, but I knew it ca to mock before dying.
You were the one who attacked first, but I kept that to myself.
After all, it wouldn’t hear anyway.
I’ve learned sothing else.
What happens to a creature that has its warmth stolen from it.
If possible, I won’t make one again in the future.
It’s disgusting.
I dragged my sticky body, covered in blood and at, back ho.
“Kyaaah!”
Sooga scread, but I was so upset today that I tried to let out my frustration…
But I failed.
No. What I need to express isn’t frustration.
“I was attacked on the way back. Let’s sleep separately tonight. Don’t forget to cover yourself with the blanket when you sleep on the porch.”
It’s been a long ti since we decided to sleep separately. By the way, the room is too hot to sleep in during the sumr. So, I went to the kitchen and sat by the fire.
A lot happened today. I gained a lot. All I’ve gained is things.
But why do I feel so bad?
I sat curled up in the middle of the kitchen, waiting for ti to pass.
The fire crackled in front of .
I sat there staring blankly at the fire. Is this called fire-gazing?
Now that I think about it, there’s sothing strange here.
There are no insects. When I ca up to the house earlier, there were insects everywhere, but there’s nothing here. It’s strange that there are no insects in a place with no walls.
The likely cause is this fire.
A fire that keeps burning without any fuel.
Just yesterday, I thought things were fine as they were, but now, after everything that happened, this is also strange.
Originally, I was trying to force what I wanted onto the world.
What I want is important.
In other words, what I haven’t thought about shouldn’t appear.
So, what about this stove’s fire? There’s nothing inside. Physically, there’s heat, but there’s no light or warmth, just fire.
Would I rather play priest with this and call it Baehwa-gyo instead of a god?
The Heavenly Demon is on my side. It would be fun to gradually create followers and form Baehwa-gyo instead of the Heavenly Demon Church.
Hmm…
As expected, a faded mory popped up, but strangely, it was quiet. As if it had a personality.
But there’s no personality. mories are just mories.
I looked at the fire still burning on the sand.
Until the moon sets, and the sky gradually brightens.
It’s midsumr, so the sun rises early.
I rested enough and got up from my place. Then I brushed off the marks stuck all over my body.
I imdiately left the kitchen and looked toward the distant forest.
Just now, Goomilmil suggested to Omyoungseong that they head to the Heavenly Demon Church, and Omyoungseong agreed.
I sifted through my mories to find the map and calculated the approximate distance from where they are to the Heavenly Demon Church.
By tonight, they should arrive at the Heavenly Demon Church.
Of course, if I walk, it would take three days and nights without rest, but both Omyoungseong and Goomilmil are capable martial artists.
Using their martial arts, they can really cover a great distance in an instant. If they’re just being chased, it would be a different story, but if they’re moving with a purpose, it’ll be quick.
They plan to co to the Heavenly Demon Church and learn about the Heavenly Demon Technique.
They want to ask if they can return to their original form now that they’ve changed.
But that’s not possible.
Suddenly, they were designated as Madura, and according to people’s opinions, they’ve fallen into that category.
Realizing they can’t go back, Omyoungseong and Goomilmil co here.
If the two of them co, there will be a big change at the Heavenly Demon Church.
As usual, I continue to think about completing the automatic warmth harvesting system.
Coldness is more unbearable than contemplation, and to escape it, I must keep striving.
“Choseol?”
Sooga opens her eyes lazily and calls my na when she sees at the entrance.
“You woke up? Then, let’s wash up and prepare breakfast. Sooga. And rember, there might be sothing scheduled for tonight.”
“Hmm? Uh-huh, got it.”
Leaving behind the stretching Sooga, I entered the kitchen and, as usual, started preparing breakfast while making myself presentable.
Whether this is the last normal day or if I’ll return to normal life, I’ll find out when the two arrive.
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