Chapter 246: Ouroboros (2)
When the New World first appeared, the most popular na was of course, ‘Jaehwan’.
He was the one who destroyed the Tree of Imagery and the System.
People were curious about who he was. What kind of man was he, and why did he destroy the world to bring about a new world? Everyone looked around for him, but no one seed to know where Jaehwan had disappeared off to.
There were so who claid that they were ‘Jaehwan’.
“I am the God of the New World!”
Most of them said such things, but their corpses were soon found a few months later. The reason for the deaths varied. They were sotis killed by stabs and slashes, and sotis they were burned to death. The worst one of all was when they were killed by a golden club.
-Anyone who imposters Jaehwan will die.
As the imposters all died out, Jaehwan beca a more mysterious being. So even considered Jaehwan to be a true God of the New World, but a lot of people condemned him.
-No skill, no status! How can we live in this world!
-Bring back our world! Bring it back!
People were shocked. There was no interface, no guide, and no status. They had to endure the world by themselves. And that wasn’t the only thing.
-I... I don’t want to die...
The ‘immortal’ life was taken away as the System had fallen. Every being in the world now faced ‘death’. The ‘aging’ that was removed had returned. Now, every being could not escape ti. That’s how they beca ‘beings’.
There was the coming of certain death even when nothing was done.
So were afraid and felt that it was painful, but not everyone felt the sa way. There were so who accepted ‘death’ gladly.
-It’s okay. Don’t be so sad.
-...
-Hey, stop crying girl.
-I-I’m not crying!
Chunghuh’s weakened old voice brought tears to so people. Sirwen was one of them. Tears? Did she still have such emotions left in her? Sirwen smiled bitterly but she couldn’t stop herself from crying.
-I’ve lived long enough... this isn’t the first ti but it still makes nervous. Hehe...
So smiled at Chunghuh still making jokes on the last day. They all grabbed Chunghuh’s hand. It was the hand of an old warrior, the hand of an old man who fought for what was right throughout his entire life. Sirwen held his hand.
-Just once... I wanted to see Jaehwan for the last ti... I hope he’s well.
The old man who lived his entire life looking up at the sky, died while looking up at the sky.
And with Chunghuh to start, people began to die.
Cayman, Euren, and the clan Leaders of ...
Those who had outlived the normal human lifespan were the first to go. Yoo Surha was one of them.
-I feel jealous of you for the first ti. I am what you see, but you still look the sa as the day I t you.
-Nightmares live for a long ti.
-Yeah...
Surha smiled bitterly.
-You’re going to wait for him, aren’t you?
-Yeah.
-Please, tell him when he cos back. That he’s not wrong. Even if everything was pointless, that he wasn’t wrong...
Surha did not lose her strong will even when she beca old.
The people who rembered the Tree of Imagery, people who rembered Jaehwan, disappeared one by one, just like that. And then ca the people after Jaehwan’s ti.
40 years. 50 years.
Ti passed quickly.
Now, there weren’t many left who rembered the Tree of Imagery or the System. They did not know that there were tis when people could use the status window, inventory, and show their strength through the level, status, and stages of Adaptation. Moreover, they also did not know that there was a man who fought against the world.
Karlton once said this:
-It’s strange, isn’t it? Kids these days don’t know about the Master.
-We rember him. That’s all that matters.
-Yes. It’s okay, yet.
-You... your wings look weaker.
-...
Sirwen’s raised her eyebrow.
-Aren’t you half Angel? You shouldn’t be weak already.
-I am half, yes. I’m old if you consider the fact that I’m half-human.
The two beca silent for a while.
-Aren’t you lonely?
-Shut up. Why would I?
-But you will be.
-...
-I really hope you will not beco lonely.
Karlton looked up to the sky as he spoke.
-I am afraid this isn’t the last.
And it was a month later that Sirwen heard about Karlton’s death.
70 years passed.
Sirwen was still waiting for soone. There was no need to explain who she was waiting for. She looked everywhere for any trace of Jaehwan.
‘There is no way he would disappear like this. He has to be out there sowhere.’
‘Even if he’s not in this world, he has to be alive.’
And the number of people on her ‘expedition’ team kept on decreasing. Mino, Claire... people who volunteered to search for Jaehwan disappeared from the mber list one by one, from accidents or of old age.
‘I wish they were here at least.’
Sirwen thought about the people who disappeared during the ‘Silvery 7 days’ that ca after the destruction of the Tree of Imagery.
Yoonhwan and Seoyul.
They were the only people who disappeared after the Fall of the old world. It was strange to consider it a coincidence and Sirwen thought maybe there was a connection to their disappearance and Jaehwan.
“Captain! There’s sothing here!”
When they were searching through the northern lands where the Tree of Imagery’s trunk was rumored to be, they found dark and long objects there.
“T-this...”
Sirwen, who was a Nightmare, realized what they were the mont she laid her eyes upon them.
“These are the Roots.”
“...Roots? You an the Roots of the Tree of Imagery?”
“Yeah.”
“But how... don’t the Roots grow in the direction of the [Remote Region]?”
Sirwen narrowed her eyes at the man.
“Hey, where do you think the [Remote Region] is located?”
“Isn’t it under us? I an, that’s where Roots grow right?”
“Under? No. The universe isn’t that simple.”
“Huh? What do you an? What is...”
But he couldn’t hear Sirwen’s answer. Sirwen froze in place as the man looked back.
“Captain?”
Sirwen’s hands were shaking. Step by step, she walked over to the corner of the giant root and found sothing stuck in there.
‘I searched for so long.’
She held back the tears and caressed the object that was stuck there. It was a sword that had been destroyed. It was the sword that the loneliest man in the world, the most stubborn man in the world, once used.
It was Jaehwan’s broken sword.
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