Chapter 163 – Apocrypha – Conclusion

“You… You… What the fuck is this?!”

It’s a reunion after a long time.

I was expecting a touching reunion between a student and a teacher, but it seems our teacher wasn’t the type to do that.

I can see her eyes wide open and pointing at me.

“I’m back.”

I smiled and looked at the teacher.

Unlike three years ago, there wasn’t much change in his appearance, but judging by the deep dark circles in his eyes, it seemed that the guild work was quite difficult.

I went up to the teacher who was still surprised and put my hands on her shoulders, and the teacher said ‘wow!’ They screamed and treated me like I was seeing a ghost.

“Are you alive?”

“Sure, of course he’s alive.”

The teacher blinks his eyes.

Those eyes that used to capture my image stared at me for a long time, then closed them tightly as if they were suddenly tired.

“Damn, I’m sure it’s because of the sudden headache.”

Still, the teacher continued.

“It’s nice to see you after a long time. You’re back well.”

I felt my heart was refreshed when I saw the teacher who was irritated and nervous, but was still the same.

“Me too.”

Returning to this world, the fingertips that had been trembling little by little because they couldn’t hold the sword gradually became dull.

When I realized that fact, I suddenly burst into laughter, probably because I liked this sweet and comfortable feeling.

The teacher was looking at me like I was crazy, but I didn’t care and enjoyed this feeling.

* *

“Crazy bastard.”

This is what the teacher who listened roughly to the 3-year explanation spat out to me.

The teacher asked me back with an expression that she couldn’t believe.

“So, what kind of god are you… You awakened as a demigod while slicing monsters for three years?”

“To put it mildly, yes.”

“What nonsense…”

Perhaps something came to mind, the teacher suddenly fell into thought.

After a while, the teacher put her head in one of her hands and let her sigh out.

“I never made sense of you in the first place. It’s comfortable to think of you as an agent of God, yes.”

What the hell did he think of me until now? The teacher surprisingly seemed to accept the facts I told him.

When I asked back, the way she accepted it was amazing, the teacher said to me as she trimmed her tousled hair.

“When I think of what you said and what you did in the first place, I believe it because it’s comfortable to just accept it.”

What did the teacher think of me until now?

She was smiling wryly, so the teacher added her words.

“For three years, portals to other worlds have been created, and technology has developed exponentially.

Well, the technology of this world that I saw while walking around the city has made tremendous progress unlike three years ago.

If you look at it, it makes sense.

Because I dragged Fafnir into that world, it’s a resource-rich world with no demons.

The existence of the portal to the other world is because they had no choice but to develop their technology as they continued their research.

Even now, in this rapidly changing world, I thought that perhaps the existence of ‘God’ might be felt as something that could be reached by them.

“… Well, it’s good that you understand quickly.”

“So, anyway, the reason you came back to the guild was to investigate the gate that recently occurred?”

The teacher took out a ballpoint pen from her pocket on her chest and carefully put it in her mouth.

Looking at that habit that has been passed on since ancient times to quit smoking, I answered.

“Yes, do you have all the data of the gate that recently appeared?”

“Sure. It’s a large guild, but at least one of those things is crisp.”

The teacher sits at her desk, knocking on her computer.

Then, the gate information densely lined up on the monitor was revealed.

“Hmm…”

I began to read the neatly tabulated times and sizes of the gates.

Among them, we are reading with attention to a specific gate.

The sensible vice president sat at the desk next to me and in an instant picked out only the gates I saw and organized them.

“Thanks.”

As I was carefully reading the gate information, the teacher said to me with a puzzled expression.

“By the way, why are you looking for information about this gate?”

“Why? I have to catch the demon king and get rid of all the demons in this world, just like the other world.”

“… To?”

The teacher asks me back with a puzzled expression.

I waved the palak paper as if nothing was wrong.

“It’s a demigod. I can do that much.”

“No, you… What.”

I wrap my head tightly to see if my head hurts again.

Seeing such a teacher, I added a playful remark.

“Oh, and since we’re having a wedding soon, I’ll invite you.”

“…? You?”

As if the teacher was asking who I was with, I looked at the women behind me.

I spread my hands wide open saying everything.

The teacher laughed when he saw it.

“Yes, it’s a half-god… Because it’s a half-god. Is it going to work?”

The appearance of the teacher, who seemed to be somewhat half-conscious, was quite worth seeing.

* *

Looking at the table where the gates were arranged, I came to a certain point and left the guild with the women.

It was quite amusing to see the teacher see us off with a half-bewildered expression.

“Can we go this way?”

The vice president behind the wheel of the green car, the specialty of the Wood Guild, asks me.

I nodded and pointed to the location of the most recent gate.

“Yes, please go this way.”

Then, to double check, I slowly skimmed through the information on the gates listed in the table.

The number and magnitude of specific gates that occurred during my absence for three years.

Compared to before, it was too short and small in scale, so I was sure.

That the demon king of this world is very concerned.

In the first place, it was a natural result since I had killed all the officers of the Devil Castle in the last battle before I passed.

If you think differently, you could have thought that you exchanged me with an executive in the Demon Realm.

This world was absolutely unfavorable to the demon king because ‘Choi Seol-yeon’, who was still a player, remained.

However, the Demon World had to keep opening the gate.

It is also a necessity, not an option.

It was because the demon world had to earn causality.

They had to keep opening the gates in order to release the demons, the by-products of the demon king Fafnir, and release them on the ground.

And that was also true of the gate of the Mawang Castle, which opened the passage in the last fierce battle.

“By the way, Jo Jun. Why did you only look for a specific gate?”

The vice president who turns the steering wheel sexyly and asks me questions.

I replied to the vice president as if it was nothing.

“That’s probably the gate that leads to the Devil Castle.”

“…”

The vice president frowned slightly as if he didn’t understand.

I looked at it and added a little more explanation.

“Three years ago, the gate connected to the demon castle opened. So these guys have no choice but to keep opening the gate connected to the demon castle unconditionally. But there is Seol-yeon in this world.”

Choi Seol-yeon, who was called by my name, reacts in a cute way from behind.

She was holding on to part of her gun, as if she had just been grooming her own sniper rifle.

“It’s probably going to be a burden. To open the gate openly… But you can’t not open it, so you’re using a trick.”

The vice president blinked as if he realized something.

“No way, so you only looked for mid-to-higher sized gates?”

“That’s right. No matter how low a rank they try to disguise, it won’t work because there is a rank.

I put down the print I was holding.

The gates of the middle and upper ranks tightly lined up.

Looking at the location of the gate written at the top of the information, I tapped my waist.

“Now that is over.”

The feel of an old handle on your fingertips.

The most familiar touch made my eyes cool without knowing it.

* *

“Im here.”

With the Vice President’s tidy parking, we finally arrived at the place where the gates for the middle and upper levels were opened.

The place where the gate had been opened was painted with red marker, a sign that it was closed.

As I approached and tapped her knife, Choi Seol-yeon came closer to me.

“Jun-ah.”

Her sniper rifle slung over her shoulder, her questioning eyes looked like she wanted to ask me something.

When I gestured that I was listening, Choi Seol-yeon spoke to me.

“But why did you come to a gate that’s already closed? Is there anything else you can find out?”

Choi Seol-yeon teaches empty space with her sniper rifle.

She scanned my surroundings like a puppy for any other clues.

And I answered her calmly by patting her waist.

“I came because I can get over it.”

“…? You can cross a closed gate?”

“Yes.”

Stupid Choi Seol-yeon.

I stopped her hand from tapping her waist without a word and grabbed the handle of her sword.

“You can cut it.”

One day.

It was yesterday, the only time he never held a sword.

Intoxicated with warmth and kindness, her hand trembled, a touch I had barely forgotten.

Surprisingly, the moment she grabbed the handle of her sword, her hand stopped shaking, and the sharp scent of blood passed through her nose.

A mass of red flesh that constantly multiplied, doubling its strength every 9 days.

I who kept cutting it.

In the end, the swordsman surpassed everything.

I grabbed the handle of the sword I was so familiar with and spoke to Choi Seol-yeon again.

“Just cut it.”

I opened my eyes and looked ahead.

It is said that there is nothing in the air, but my eyes saw a slightly torn space.

After the gate opened, there was a very small space created by hastily closing the gap.

I lowered my hand towards the gap.

The sword strike gently flowed from my fingertips.

The monstrous blade, which had swallowed flesh for three years, tore the torn space apart.

“Look, it works like this.”

As if nothing had happened, I brushed off the blade and inserted it into my waist.

Before I knew it, a gate had been created in front of me.

When the women saw me like that, they couldn’t help but be astonished.