Reunion (1)

The High Priestess looked at her body for a moment.

-The control is set to kill you.

The control setting meant the order planted in the undead.

"I guess so."

Seo Mun-yeop is also ready to fight.

It was not a living creature, so the analysis did not work.

However, the undead will not be as strong as when they were alive.

If that was possible with the undead, mankind would have been destroyed long ago.

The leader of the underground civilization, the high priest, who had to fight 7 of the strongest superhumans among mankind!

It was unknown how long he would have preserved his power as an undead.

'Well, no matter what, I'll have to win.'

If necessary, you can amplify immortality.

If he transforms into a spiritual body and delivers a blow, he will somehow win even by himself.

But then, the high priest opened his mouth.

-Don't be too hasty.

"huh?"

-I have to kill you, but there's no need to rush.

"What, what?"

-The control setting only says to kill you, not kill on sight. So, there is enough time to talk.

"Could it be?"

-Although I'm undead, it's really hard to control me, who was the high priest. Control settings must have been limited to this extent.

"Wow, the subject of the undead has a lot of self-esteem."

Among the undead, his self-esteem ranking was second only to Emperor Maninleung.

-It must have been the work of one of the priests under my command. I told you not to be greedy because you can't control the high-ranking spirit. greed knows no bounds

It seems that the surviving one of the high priest's subordinates preserved his body and turned it into an undead containing the spirit.

In other words, it is not the undead that only utilizes the corpse, but also contains the soul of the dead like the Emperor Maninleung.

Then, you can use the abilities you had before you were alive to become a more powerful undead monster, but the difficulty was just as high.

"Do you and I have something to talk about?"

-I guess you fell into a trap and came here?

"that's right."

-Aren't you curious about whose work it is?

"huh? do you know?"

-I don't know, but I can help you guess.

"Do you have any reason to do that to me?"

-Seo Moon-yeop, as I said, I do not resent you. Now I'm rather fond of it.

Seo Moon-yeop's expression that he doesn't understand.

said the high priest.

-You ended my fall, and now you're trying to end my punishment.

"Well, I don't think I'll break the bones."

- Above all, the one who made me like this...

The High Priest continued with a remorseful voice.

-Perhaps you are making the same mistake as me. You must no longer distort the words of the light from the beginning and lead your people to disaster.

Misjudgment.

That would mean starting a war with mankind on the ground.

"Okay, let me ask you something. Why did you start the war? If you want his land, wouldn't it be okay to live together? How many lands are unused in the world?"

For example, deserts or rugged mountains.

Or isn't the sea or the seabed okay?

Would it be difficult for the people who made civilization even in the ground to be in the sea?

Simbo, who drilled a dungeon on the ground without talking and poured out monsters, was nasty.

Although it was wrong to expect such a healthy personality from those who created hideous monsters in the first place.

- To explain that, we have to start with the fundamental story of our underground people.

It was as if the prologue of an epic epic was about to begin.

Seo Moon-yeop waved his hand coldly.

"Because I'm busy, explain it briefly, idiot. There are people who will come back and take care of you."

The high priest stared at Seo Moon-yeop.

-It's been 4 hours 43 minutes and 32 seconds since you came here.

"Can you tell me that?"

-Because we can look for traces of space movement. A being of the highest rank like me can know more details.

Seo Mun-yeop is also proud of himself, but the arrogance of the high priest's tone made me feel sick.

-If you defeat me, I will send you to the ground in the same time as when you came here.

"Is that possible?"

Seo Moon-yeop was surprised.

-It is possible if there are traces of movement when you came. It's close to impossible, but I can do it. Do you have the Hearthstone you used when you came here?

"uh."

-Then it is possible.

It seemed that he could send them to the past by using the space-time distortion that often occurs when returning from a dungeon. If it was really possible, it was a marvelous feat.

'Why did such a proud guy lose?'

I felt very fortunate to have won the last dungeon.

"You promised?"

- promised.

Seo Mun-yeop sat down on the ground.

"Come on, let go."

-The traces of movement are not easily erased, so take your time.

"What is the undead saying about this bastard who was ordered to kill me?"

On the contrary, when he was alive, he panicked and burst into madness.

How can you afford to be controlled by someone after you die?

-How much do you know about our society?

"society? Isn't it a society ruled by a religious leader who serves the god of the primordial light?"

- Both are wrong.

Crying.

Seo Mun-yeop endured the boiling tantrum.

-In the beginning, the light was not God, and we were originally a society in which politics and religion were separated.

"Isn't the light from the beginning not God?"

That was not true the first time.

I thought it was a word that the people of the underground always live in their mouths, so I thought it was a god they believed in.

-We become heroic spirits when we die. And we talk to spirits.

"That's why I found my ancestors like that with the light of the beginning."

-Yes. Heroic spirits also have a lifespan. Those who do not fulfill their calling correctly will be scattered as soon as they become Heroic Spirits, while those who are greater will retain their Heroic Spirits for a longer period of time. In other words, the older the Heroic Spirit, the greater the ancestor.

Seo Mun-yeop listened to the explanation in silence.

It was information that was not easily heard, so I memorized it in my head.

- Not everyone can have a conversation with a heroic spirit. Only priests can do it. And the better the priest, the more able to talk with the old heroic spirit. The spirits of my old ancestors are unable to communicate smoothly, but from time to time they will say valuable words. And the light of the beginning is...

"The oldest ancestor among them?"

- That's right. It is the spirit of our ancestors in the beginning, who became our foundation. His spirit does not disappear even after eons of time, and continues to teach us. There is only one priest who can communicate with the light of the beginning, the high priest.

Was it an illusion that the eyes of the High Priest had a sad light?

-In other words, only one person who can communicate with the light of the beginning becomes the high priest. I heard the words of the primordial light when I was very young, and immediately inherited everything from the old high priest that day.

'Amazing. To think that position is determined by absolute rules without any political attributes.'

The Jijeo people Seo Mun-yeop knew were an endlessly greedy race.

Of course, I thought there would be a huge power struggle, but it seems that there is a social rule that has its own absolute.

-Originally, the king governs the society, and the priests present the way for the society to move forward. It was a society where politics and religion were separated, but at some point, the power of our priests surpassed that of the king and began to dominate society. In a way, it may have been a precursor to disaster.

Seo Mun-yeop did not even know that the king existed.

In the distant past, there was someone like the Emperor Maninleung, but after that, I thought that the Great Emperor had changed to a system that ruled everything.

It was a war that depended on the fate of the tribe, but only the high priest ran amok and the king didn't even know it existed, so it was not unreasonable to be mistaken.

-In the meantime, the light of the beginning spoke after a very long time.

"A prophet who has achieved spiritual awakening has appeared. A prophet will lead you to the land of light."

Seo Moon-yeop said.

He remembered the words of the Jijeo man he had killed earlier.

- You know?

The high priest was surprised.

"I heard you killed a guy a while ago."

-is it.

The high priest didn't care.

- Anyway, after hearing the prophecy, I thought.

"..."

- That prophet is me. that I must be a prophet

The end of the war finally revealed.

It was a disaster caused by the high priest's desire to become a prophet of prophecy.

-If I gave up my greed and thought about it a little, I would have known that I hadn't completely heard the words of the light from the beginning.

"You didn't hear it completely?"

- A prophet is someone who knows ahead of time. It means knowing the appearance of someone who will lead you there, not someone who guides you to the land where the light falls.

"hmm? I heard and saw it."

- Even if I listen with a clear heart, my dirty heart missed his words.

In the end, it was all because of this guy in front of me.

However, Seo Mun-yeop did not resent it much.

He had no family, and the war made him a success. Would he not have lived a miserable life without the war?

Seo Moon-yeop, who had little love for humanity, took it lightly.

"Well, since you were killed by me, let's stop doing that. But who do you think lured me here?"

-It must be the surviving priest. Judging from the handling of my command, it must be one of the 8 high-ranking priests. 5 people were killed by you and maybe 3 survived, but it could be one of the 3, or the 3 could be allied.

"Oh, they were picky too."

Seo Moon-yeop recalled a high-ranking priest who spread an absolute protective shield in his old memories.

In order to attack from an angle that bypassed the absolute shield, I managed to defeat Shuran by bouncing off Shuran's extinction beam like a billiard.

"I thought he was a small fish, but he is bigger than I thought."

- Who else can serve as the leader of the group unless they become a high-ranking priest?

"Oh, one more question. Why did you attack in the first place? I didn't even ask to share some land."

-Seo Moon-yeop, you must have never seen us directly on the ground during the war, right?

"Uh, what about it?"

-Why did we have to invade by making a dungeon and drilling it into the ground?

"I don't know. Are there any restrictions?"

-If we were in the light, we couldn't use our strength.

"Sunshine?"

-The same was true of the moonlight and starlight that reflected the sunlight. We couldn't use auras on the ground.

"..."

It was a surprisingly simple weakness.

The reason why only the monsters were sent out and the people of the underground did not come out of the dungeon was thus revealed.

-It was a bewildering sense of helplessness for those of us who only had an aura. So, a monster was put in to wipe out all terrestrial life that could be threatened.

There was no intention of coexistence from the beginning.

When you come out on the ground, you become helpless, but living with other races on such a ground meant you had to take too big a risk.

When his curiosity was resolved, Seo Moon-yeop nodded and stood up.

"okay. Is there anything more to say?"

-Yes. I'm slowly reaching the limits of my control settings. let's fight.

Wow!

The high priest's body was enveloped in white light.

I felt intimidated by the sight of him generating the highest level 5 white aura all at once.

Looking at the high priest like that, Seo Mun-yeop asked.

"Maybe."

-What.

"I'm planning to finish early with my super special move, but if I want to die, do I have to tell you in advance? You have an appointment with me, but can't you just go completely to the goal?"

-I get it. But do you remember that even though I am powerless because of this situation, you did not have a strong enough means to use the expression that you are completely going to the goal?

"It was then."

-As long as the control setting is set, I have to do my best even if I don't like it, so don't be reckless and deal with it calmly.

Wow!

As the high priest stretched out his hands, dozens of magic circles spread out in the sky.

It was.

It was a shape embroidered with strange shapes on a round circle made of aura, which can only be explained by the word magic circle.

"It's been a while."

-It's a spirit strike. I apply the spirits of my ancestors to my aura and use it as a means of attack. Now, because they are disappointed in my fallen soul, the high-ranking ancestors do not respond, and only low-ranking spirits are mobilized.

It was a kind explanation.

Seo Moon-yeop nodded.

"The number has also decreased a lot."

spirit strike.

In the last dungeon, dozens of magic circles came to mind, and I was frightened.

Compared to then, both numbers and power have declined. Even so, it was still a much stronger level than the advanced priest.

"It won't take long. I will go right away."

Seo Moon-yeop amplified his immortality.

He immediately took out the deadly weapon he had been saving.

oh oh oh!!

Seo Moon-yeop's body was enveloped in white light equal to that of the high priest.

Seo Moon-yeop, who was engulfed in the white aura like a fire spreading, eventually became a spiritual body made of aura.

- Spiritual body? a human?

Surprised, the high priest eventually muttered in a calm tone.

-I'm really going to go to the goal...