Chapter 101 – Chapter 11

Moving in the direction the voice’s owner had warned, Kaicent entered a small church in a corner.

In a world where there is a god, if the church is small and in a corner, it is likely to be an unpopular god.

Kaicent entered the center of a large space with chairs removed in advance, ignoring unknown signs and decorations.

Believers and priests who should be here are nowhere to be seen.
I don’t know how, but it seems to have been cleaned up beforehand.

“Come out.”

He didn’t feel the value of saying honorifics to the enemy who took the Wolf mercenaries hostage.

“You came alone as promised.”
“You are?”

He closed the door through which he came in, and it was Noriyoshi who had been invited by the royal family with them.

“The name was definitely Yamamoto Noriyoshi…”

When Kaicent’s father heard a man’s name, he immediately forgot it if it was not worth remembering, but he was polite and remembered the man’s name.

“Why did you call me? Even threatening me with lies.”
“You’re quick-witted.”
“It’s a fact that I only found out after meeting you.”

Because we were invited together, we have confirmed various information that Yamamoto Noriyoshi is a heterogeneous person from Earth, and he is one of the most talented people in the mercenary group he was a part of.

Even though he has his own position and speaking power as a powerful member of a mercenary group, he does not have enough control to attack another mercenary group within the capital.

In other words, Noriyoshi’s words that if he does not come alone, he will order his men to attack is a lie.

‘Shall we run away? No, I’ll keep bothering you if you run away. At least let’s hear the reason for calling me.’

Kaicent thought it would complicate things if he ran away without even knowing his purpose.

And in case of an emergency, I put all the protection spells I knew, so even if I was attacked unexpectedly, I would be able to get out of danger at least once.

“Tell me why you called me.”
“Heh. From what I remember, I thought he was a kid who pretended to be nice, but he knows how to push in like a man.”
“Tell me.”

Kaicent pushed hard once again, ready to attack with magic at any time.

“Whoah, I’m not here to fight you.”
“I didn’t come here to fight while threatening my comrades’ lives? Are you kidding me?”
“I admit that the means were poor. But I did not come to fight you with all my heart.”

This part sounds like the truth.
However, in his voice, I can feel the displeasure that I have only felt once so far, the same level of displeasure as the malevolent voice of the Asian who attacked Dang Seol-young and himself.

‘It’s not a fight, but it has the same level, no, more bad intentions.’

“This is my purpose.”
“!!”

As Noriyoshi drew his sword, Kaicent reflexively widened his distance, ready to attack at any moment.

But he held the handle with only his two fingers, not holding it in a way to swing, as if he had no intention of attacking.

“This sword is still unsealed. We need help from a wizard.”
“Seal?”
“Yes. The problem is that there are no skilled wizards around me.”
“And the royal family won’t trust you, so you need my help?”
“That’s it.”
“Why should I believe that? It could be a lie.”

At that time, Noriyoshi, or Galaig, opened the subspace pouch in his body and took out a brilliant silver bow.

“That…That’s…”

Kaicent, who had the ability to handle bows for the rest of his life, knew the bow as soon as he saw it.

That’s a bow that couldn’t be obtained even if you gave all the 1,000 gold coins you received from successfully completing this quest.

“I will give you this bow if you will help me.”
“…Are you just breaking the seal on the sword?”
“Barely? If you know the true ability of this sword, the value of this bow will be called ‘barely’.”

Kaicent, who inherited the nature of a greedy dragon from his mother, fought fiercely with greed and coldness taking over the left and right brains with the treasure in front of his eyes.

‘Uh?’

At the moment when coolness had a slight advantage, as soon as I understood a fact, I felt the coldness of pouring ice water directly into my brain.

‘Why don’t you want to have that sword?’

Yes.
Just looking at that sword, it is a treasure among treasures.
However, even after seeing the treasure, I don’t feel the desire to have it.

Something ominous
It is impossible to explain in words, but all five senses are screaming for ominous.

“It’s not unreasonable to be so wary. You can bind it any way you like.”

‘Even if I ask you to bind me… Ah, could this be possible?’

Kai Sent thought about something for a moment, then instructed his legs to stay still.

Subsequently, the power of the glove was finely adjusted so that he could not move his legs, and he could not move unless he was broken with strong force.

“It’s amazing. I don’t think it’s mana.”
“Not yet. Turn your arms behind your back.”
“Me and you have to hold the sword together, so let’s turn our backs with only one hand.”
“…If that’s enough.”

Kaisent tied up Galaig’s limbs and made it impossible for him to launch a surprise attack.

‘I can only use it if the opponent stays still.’

No matter how much you can freely control the energy barrier, the speed at which the barrier is created requires the opponent to remain still in order to restrain the body.

In other words, it is an ability that can only be used against a stunned or captured opponent.

“You’ve been restrained as you wish. To be honest, I’m afraid that you’ll run away with a bow.”
“I’ll unlock the sword after I’ve unlocked it. How do I unlock it?”
“It’s simple. If the two of you hold the sword together, you will enter the inner world of the sword. After that, depending on the situation in the inner world, unlock the seal together and that’s it.”
“…”
“It’s not dangerous. If you die in the inner world, you’ll get a shock, but your life isn’t in danger.”

Galaig whispered as if tempting Kaisent.

‘I’m anxious. Madly anxious Why? Why are you so anxious when you’ve been restrained like that?’

The anxiety that would disappear if the opponent was restrained was rather growing in size.

‘But with that bow… !’

“When fighting on the second floor, this is the bow used by the archer who shot the arrow. It is made of 100% pure mithril with high mana conductivity. I don’t know the material of the bow string, but it also has high mana conductivity. If I had it, I wouldn’t have exhausted myself due to lack of mana. No, I would have overpowered my opponent.”
“!!”

That’s right.
It’s a shame that Kaicent had an ignorant level of internal power, otherwise the bow he used had a poor mana conductivity so that he would have fallen off immediately.

If you had this bow, shooting magic arrows instead of anti-personnel magic would be many times stronger.
The low mana consumption rate is a bonus.

‘You’ve decided to become stronger to find Seol-yeong noona! In order to become stronger, even if it’s a trap, you have to enter it yourself!’

If he was a wicked man, he would kill his opponent and take the treasure and run away leisurely, but he has not yet corrupted himself enough to become such an ugly villain.

In the end, Kaisent, who had reached for the sword Noriyoshi was holding, extended his hand towards the space he had conceded, as if asking him to hold the handle.

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“Is this the sword’s inner world?”

As soon as he grabbed the sword, Kaicent, who was placed in a blank white space, looked around.

At first, I thought it was the inner world of the sword, but for some reason, this space was so familiar.

‘No. This is not the inner world of the sword.’

I feel the familiarity as if I had come once before, and the familiarity that everything in this world is on my side.

In the inner world of other beings, there is no way to feel this kind of familiarity and familiarity.

Haha! Haha!-

At that time, a terribly ominous red flesh wave of unknown height approached from far away in the pure white space, bursting with light.

-At las! I can finally take over your body!-
“…As expected, you tricked me from the beginning.”
-You can be proud of it! You have a kingdom through hundreds of humans! Empire! I, who made history, was the first person to have an uncontrollable greed!

The flesh waves are getting closer and closer.

-This body will use your talent! Rejoice! The name Kaicent is immortal! Because it will be engraved in this world called Jelsdadra!-

This is not sarcasm, but pure respect and admiration.

He uses the name Kaicent as it is, paying homage in his own way to a genius that cannot be explained by the word genius.

If he is swallowed by that flesh, he will be absorbed there, leaving behind only the shell called Kaicent.

However, Kaicent did not show any fear or fear.
There was no hostility, fighting spirit, or fighting spirit.

‘… I see I just remembered.’

This place is your own image world.
And he killed the black magician who invaded his image world.
By revealing the ‘gyeok’ of his soul.

In the past, he was a helpless boy who didn’t even know how to fight and was busy running away from the opponent’s hostility.

Because of the difference, Kai Sent, who returned to the image world, remembered everything about how he got through his crisis while he was unconscious.

‘I’m still immature in reality.’

There are still many unknowns, and the road to becoming strong to the level you want is long and difficult.

‘But this place is different. I can be anything in this place.’

There is a clue as much as the strength of the soul attached to the geoga.
Of course, it is common sense judgment that the strength of the soul is that of Galai.

This is a tender boy who can’t even keep up with the height of the girls with him, but the other side is a predator that has grown in size by preying on hundreds of talented souls.

‘What I want to be. The strongest being I know.’

Even in the midst of his flesh waves getting closer, he recalled the being he wanted to become, and Kai Sent’s body began to gradually grow.

The slim and androgynous boy has grown into a man full of muscles that are not forcibly inflated and that even men will fall in love with.

-You know how to use the world of images! But! There is an overwhelming difference between you and me!
“Sue- Suck!”

Right! Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa—–!!

– Big uh uh uh!?-

The moment Kai Sent punched his fists into the air, a huge hole was created in the seemingly endless waves of flesh.

Every shock here leads to a shock to the soul.

That’s why, when a hole was formed in the huge mass of flesh that had an unknown end, and the scenery behind it was formed, a scream erupted from Galaig’s mouth.

-Hey, you fucking bastard!-
“Haha!”

Tuquaak! Perong! Kwajik! Cranky!

Galaig, who had suffered a blow to his soul, showed his true colors and increased his speed to attack Kaicent, as if to show that the respect he had just before was hypocrisy.

‘With this power, I can handle it.’

Galai struggles and runs, but he can handle it with 100% utilization of his father’s power, who used to pulverize a planetary system.

‘But… Is this my everything? Is it my limit to have exactly the same strength as my father?’

– Kaicent. You can be anything if you put your mind to it.-
-It would be impossible for you now, who have become timid, but I want to see you at least once.-
-Your figure stronger than me.-
-You are the only one who can threaten me.-

In Kai Sent’s head, he remembered what his father had said to himself after the father of the parallel world had fought.

‘No. I can be stronger! You must be strong! If it’s to keep my girls from being taken away!’

The trauma of having to part with someone dear to him due to his weakness changed Kaicent.

Even if he had overcome fear in the original world, the limit Kaicent could reach would have been on the same level as his father’s.

However, after being forcibly separated from someone important to him, Kai Cent now aims to become stronger than his father.

-Kaaaaa

At that time, Galaig, having received a blow to the soul, spread his body thin and wide.

-I will annihilate your soul!!-

Galai spread his body thin and wide to minimize damage, and when he came within range, he threw his body and jumped towards the place where Kai Sent was and attacked him.

Haha! Done! That’s it! Damn kid! How dare you tease me… Uh… Doesn’t exist… ?-

He cheered for absorbing Kaicent’s soul, but when he realized that it was an illusion, he felt a strange gaze and looked upward.

Oh oh oh oh —-

-… Uh… ?-

There, she could see Kai Sent, who had grown so large that it filled the upper part of the image world, pressing her index finger toward her.

Galaig was huge enough to be described as a flesh wave, but he became smaller than Kai Sent’s index finger, who used the power of his soul to transcend his father’s strength.

-Ahhh. Aaaaa!-
– It can’t be! It only became so strong after absorbing hundreds of souls!-
-A baby just born!-

Galai gibberish and somehow tried to get away, but a huge index finger descending towards him simply caught up with his mortal flight with only minor trajectory corrections.

Scold!

And the moment his index finger pressed down on Galaig’s body, he struggled in pain as his soul was crushed and destroyed.

Simply put, when a life dies, the soul is reborn as a different being, but when the soul is destroyed, everything is literally the end, so it is natural to struggle with the fear of extinction.

“But you must have eaten those beings. Just like today.”
– Aaaaagh! Come on, save me! Help me! If you save me, I will become your servant! Please! I don’t want to perish like this… !-

Galaig begs for his life just like the warlocks of old.

If Kaisent’s protective instincts destroyed him during the time of the Warlock, Galaig was clearly destroying it by his will.

This is because he does not want to be helped by fallen beings.
Besides, such an existence might betray you if the opportunity arises.

Pooh!

With the sound of something exploding, the index finger fell off the floor, leaving only what was thought to be Galaig’s remains.

‘This is the power of my soul.’

The strength of the soul is the size of talent.

In other words, he has the talent to surpass his father and become stronger.

‘The road to get there will be long and difficult. Perhaps the lifespan of my body can’t keep up with the limits of my talent.’

It doesn’t matter though.
The important thing is not to lose your treasures again.
Keeping the treasure from being stolen is the only motive for Kaicent to become stronger.

However, the more Kaisent’s ‘treasures’, the more power will be needed to protect them.

The important thing is that Kaicent himself felt and understood the infinite possibility and potential that he could become anything.

I learned why my father, whom I was so afraid of, told me that he was the only one who could threaten me.

‘I could have been anything.’

Good and evil, destroyers and protectors, villains and heroes.
Everyone can be anything according to their own mind.

With that confidence inscribed into his soul, Kai Sent’s consciousness began to emerge as reality as the intruders of the world of images disappeared.