Everything is over.
…Of course, thanks to Arthur and Loria causing chaos, there was so damage in the territory that had to be addressed, but from a larger perspective, it could be said that there was no longer anything that Kim Hyunwoo needed to do.
After all, he had successfully stopped the demons, angels, and even the otherworldly beings who were trying to destroy this world.
The day after Kim Hyunwoo completed his tasks in his own way.
“Hello.”
Kim Hyunwoo made a strange expression as he saw the Mysterious rchant enter the office before receiving a proper report from Elena.
“Why are you looking at like that?”
The Mysterious rchant asked, frowning, as if Kim Hyunwoo’s strange expression bothered her.
“No, you acted like you’d tell everything yesterday, then told to rest today and disappeared.”
“Oh, that? I told you, right? Yesterday, what ca was just a projection of my magic, so it couldn’t last long. The reason I forced myself to make a projection and send it was because of Loria.”
“…That may be, but I still think it was slow in many ways.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. Normally, in situations like this, everything is explained before the fight.”
At Kim Hyunwoo’s words, the Mysterious rchant shook her head and spoke.
“That’s sothing that happens in novels or gas, but in reality, how could everything align so perfectly? Sotis this happens, sotis that happens.”
“…I see.”
“That’s right. There are even kids who finish everything and still don’t know what happened to them. Compared to that, I’m quite the decent one for coming to explain everything.”
“Actually, before hearing that, there’s sothing I want to ask.”
“What is it?”
“First of all, everything is truly over, right?”
At Kim Hyunwoo’s words, the Mysterious rchant humd and then spoke.
“Well, everything is over, right? The demons can no longer co here because they’ve lost their power, and the angels have lost most of their power as well, and Arthur has been erased. Essentially, your tasks are finished, and this Continent will no longer face any problems.”
“That’s true.”
“Right?”
“Then it’s fine. I was just asking because if there was sothing left, I’d be drained.”
At Kim Hyunwoo’s words, the Mysterious rchant shrugged and replied.
“That won’t happen, so you don’t need to worry. Now, the only thing left for you is the right to hear the secrets of this world directly from the Administrator.”
The Mysterious rchant said that, then placed one leg on her thigh and continued speaking.
“Now, go ahead and ask whatever you’re curious about.”
“…Even if you tell to ask, there’s so much I’m curious about, it’s hard to know where to begin.”
“Then, I guess I’ll just start from the beginning.”
The Mysterious rchant thought for a mont before speaking.
“Kim Hyunwoo, you might have an idea, but the Arteil you played was not an ordinary ga.”
“Well, I know that.”
“Oh? You knew?”
“The developers were crazy bastards.”
“……”
At Kim Hyunwoo’s response, the Mysterious rchant sighed,
“Ah…”
and then continued.
“I didn’t an it that way. What I an is that Arteil was really not an ordinary ga.”
“…Honestly, it’s not that I’ve never thought about that.”
In fact, Kim Hyunwoo himself had questioned Arteil before.
Not just Kim Hyunwoo, but countless players had questioned Arteil at so point while playing it.
That’s understandable because, at least, the hero AI of Arteil was so sophisticated that it couldn’t have been replicated with the technology of that ti.
Because of that, so even speculated that Arteil was a ga made from a real-world reality like those in web novels.
…Of course, such rumors were quickly shattered when the developnt team accelerated the BM system.
As Kim Hyunwoo thought about this, he looked at the Mysterious rchant, who responded.
“In conclusion, the Arteil you played was indeed a ga created based on the real world. To add more to it, it was intentionally made like a ga in order to receive help from humans of your dinsion.”
The Mysterious rchant thought for a mont before speaking.
“I believe you’ve heard about it, but have you heard of higher dinsions?”
“You an that this is the lowest dinsion, and that the dinsions above it are higher, right?”
“That’s right. I guess you’ve heard of it.”
The Mysterious rchant continued.
“To put it simply, the ga called Arteil was developed to create the power to fight against demons, angels, and otherworldly beings.”
“So, to summarize, you created a connection through a ga to borrow power. Is that about right?”
“You have a sharp mind.”
Kim Hyunwoo responded to the Mysterious rchant’s words.
“…But, are we really of help? Even if we play the ga, it’s just strategically beneficial, and I don’t think it’s going to be that helpful.”
“I get what you’re thinking, but that’s not the help we’re looking for. To be more precise, it’s the connection with you.”
“…A connection?”
“Yes. Beings from lower dinsions can gain a stronger power just by forming a connection with beings from higher dinsions. You know about the correction value, right?”
“…Ah.”
“Originally, what you needed was that correction value. The heroes were made by ‘us’, but those heroes alone could never drive out the demons or angels.”
The Mysterious rchant paused for a mont after saying that, taking a breath before continuing.
“Anyway, this is the starting point.”
“What does that an?”
“It ans you need to have this information to fully understand what I’m going to say next.”
The Mysterious rchant said this and then began explaining to Kim Hyunwoo.
“The beginning is the Demon War of the Two Thousand Years.”
About 30 minutes after hearing the Mysterious rchant’s story.
“…That’s the gist of it. Did you understand?”
“It’s a bit long, but I managed to understand.”
Kim Hyunwoo nodded affirmatively, though he thought to himself.
‘…Not like there was much to understand, though.’
The Mysterious rchant’s story could have been told in great detail, but it was enough to summarize it briefly.
To summarize, a few hundred years ago, there was the Heavenly Demon War, which sounds like sothing from a martial arts novel, but in reality, it was a war fought between the Celestial Realm and the Demon Realm over the lowest level resource called Ether, resulting in the destruction of all three.
“So, in short, they destroyed each other.”
“Exactly, the ones who returned to their own worlds gathered their power again with the goal of invading this world. They intended to revive their leaders through Ether, the power that grants wishes, which exists in this world.”
“Surprisingly, there are no otherworldly beings?”
“No, there weren’t. The Otherworld was sothing I created myself.”
“You created the Otherworld?”
“Yes, to be more accurate, it’s closer to sothing that was created accidentally rather than intentionally.”
The Mysterious rchant paused, then spoke.
“Well, to continue the story, as the Administrator of this world, I had to protect it. Unfortunately, once either the Celestial Realm or the Demon Realm crossed over, the balance would be broken.”
“What would happen then?”
“What happens is destruction. Not just this dinsion, but everything from the bottom to the top would be affected…including your dinsion.”
“……”
“Anyway, from the Administrator’s perspective, I had to stop that from happening, so I thought about preparing by borrowing the power of higher dinsions.”
“So that’s what you an by Arteil.”
“That’s right.”
“…But in the end, wasn’t the ga supposed to be sustained for a long ti to hold up? Why did you manage it so…poorly?”
At Kim Hyunwoo’s sincerely curious question, the Mysterious rchant made a heavy expression before speaking.
“…Well, it’s a bit of a long explanation, but even though I’m an ascended being, connecting higher and lower dinsions to diate like a ga takes a trendous amount of energy. In other words, I needed a way to replenish that energy.”
“…You an that’s what the paynts were for?”
“Exactly, specifically, the emotions you emit from your paynts are brought down and turned into excellent Ether resources… Well, sothing like that.”
At the Mysterious rchant’s words, Kim Hyunwoo realized why Arteil’s BM system had been such a ss, and said:
“…Just so you know, it wasn’t because I liked it. It was sothing I had to do, out of necessity.”
“I see.”
“…Actually, I did push a bit harder to feel a little more comfortable, but I didn’t expect everything to go downhill so quickly.”
“……”
The Mysterious rchant sighed heavily before speaking.
“Anyway, the situation got worse after the players quit the ga. As more players left, it beca harder to keep the ga running.”
“…So, that’s why the service ended.”
“That’s right. There was no more energy to keep the ga going. So, in a situation where we were left waiting for an invasion from the Celestial Realm and the Demon Realm, she appeared. Loria, the one who summoned you here.”
Kim Hyunwoo was focused on her words.
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