Encounter of souls (1)

That's how the fight really ended.

Seo Moon-yeop, Pietro, and Aura were depleted, so they didn't have the energy to fight any longer.

After escaping through space movement and returning to the ground, the two sat down looking up at the clear sky.

"Oh, I'm running out of gin."

Seo Moon-yeop lay down completely.

It felt like my heart was being healed as I breathed in the clear air of the sun, wind, and mountains after only staying in the gloomy basement.

Pietro was tired as well.

It was to the point that his complexion became pale due to the unreasonable consumption of aura.

"Shall we go there again after resting and recuperating?"

At Seo Moon-yeop's suggestion, Pietro shook his head.

"no use. They're not fools, and this time they've completely erased their traces. If you go through the midpoint and collapse the midpoint, you will no longer be able to find it."

Seo Moon-yeop also agreed with that statement.

There was no way that those who were cautious enough to make a midway point and move in the first place couldn't even come up with that kind of idea.

"By the way, doesn't that mean that we no longer have a link to track them down?"

"yes."

"Ehh."

"Instead, the fifth, who was also good at making monsters, died. From now on, even if you make a monster out of the Undead, it will be impossible to create something as powerful as that."

The purpose of defeating the corrupted high priest failed, but strictly speaking, this fight was a great victory.

They killed the unfinished monster they had been preparing for a long time, and also killed many of the priests who followed the corrupted high priest.

On top of that, the biggest achievement was defeating the 5th senior priest, who was his main aide. At the last minute, the decision to go back and pursue and attack by surprise was shining.

"Anyway, I learned something important. The fact that I was making that monster until now…"

"You mean you still don't know how to open the door?"

Seo Moon-yeop took over.

Pietro nodded.

"Precisely, the monster of the prophecy doesn't seem to have any understanding of time and space yet."

The explanation continued.

"The Abandoned World is an area sealed by our ancestors so that no one can enter it even by accident. Did you see that Auror generated a force field at the halfway point? It is a concept similar to that."

"That's why even the first high-ranking priest can't use space travel to go there."

"I don't know where it is, but I can't go there, and I can't even find it because it's tightly sealed."

"Then how do I open the door?"

"The tunnel that connects the abandoned world while temporarily releasing the seal is expressed in the prophecy as a door. To do so, we'll eventually need to locate the Abandoned World. Either through the remaining records, or the monster of the prophecy reveals its location."

"Wouldn't there be something like a record left now?"

It would be a big deal if the fallen High Priest obtained the remaining records.

"The abandoned world is a history that was tried to be hidden from the beginning, and even the remaining records must have been erased by the Emperor Maninleung after the battle. Don't open the door again."

In the end, the only way to open the door was for the monster of the prophecy to give its location and open the door.

However, the monster of the prophecy has no understanding of time and space, so it does not know where it is and has no way to express it.

Seo Moon-yeop, who had heard the story up to that point, thought deeply before opening his mouth.

"Then is the first one teaching you the knowledge of space and time?"

"That's the fun part."

Pietro gave a rare smile.

Of course, it was cold cynicism.

"It is masquerading as the primordial light. But since I don't know, can I ask you to teach me?"

"I can't. Because your identity is revealed."

Considering the depraved High Priest's attitude, which seemed firm in his beliefs without a single doubt, he hadn't revealed his true colors yet.

Then, Seo Moon-yeop recalled the singularity of the fallen high priest in the analysis.

-Oath: Pledge of allegiance to an existence beyond time and space by mortgaging your soul, and in return you get an aura that transcends the limit.

"By the way, it seems that the first one has already become an inseparable relationship with him?"

"I must have pledged my soul. Originally, it was a ritual performed by priests to the light of the beginning. Only the High Priest can directly swear an oath to the primal light, but ordinary priests who have not yet reached him swear by themselves and receive the support of the spirits who follow the primordial light. That way, your faith will become stronger.

Even if you come often, you become stronger."

It was a case in which both Pietro, who was the high priest in the past, and the queen obtained a strong aura by gaining power from the primordial light.

However, the monster of the prophecy imitated it.

"But even if his soul is at stake, if it's the first one, he won't obey once he learns that he wasn't the original light."

"Even if your soul is at stake?"

"He is such a strong believer. That's why it's more dangerous."

"But when those types are dubious, they tend to keep pushing."

"That is the problem. And in the end, even when you realize you're wrong, you deceive yourself."

It was also the story of Pietro's own experience.

"They look so alike."

Sighing, Pietro sighed.

"For now, let's go to the queen and report today's work."

Pietro nodded at the suggestion and moved to the queen's residence by moving through space using the hearthstone.

"You are safe!"

The queen's expression as she greeted the two was very bright. She must have felt anxious that she might lose them both.

"Your missing man is dead."

At Pietro's direct words, the queen turned into a sad face.

"I guessed."

"And I found out their purpose."

They recounted today's fight in detail.

Upon hearing the story, the queen's complexion darkened.

"I'm sure you know what your purpose is."

Seo Moon-yeop tilted his head.

"well? Maybe because they can't open the door, maybe they're just trying to get their souls over here by creating an undead monster?"

"no."

"no."

Pietro and the Queen answered simultaneously. Seo Moon-yeop almost sulked for a moment.

"The prophecies are not wrong."

"No matter how well you make a monster, you can't reproduce its original power. In addition, the monster has a strong obsession with survival above all else. He has no choice but to die and become undead."

"But isn't that the only thing they do now?"

Pietro said to this.

"Since there is no other way, they must be looking for knowledge about space and time by remotely controlling the spirit. Although it is very far in terms of physical distance, it is possible to send a soul."

This part was the preamble that I did not understand well even after listening to the explanation. Since I'm not a Jijeo person, things like how to deal with the soul didn't make sense to me as a human being.

However, Seo Moon-yeop suddenly had an idea.

"ah! Have you ever met that kid?"

"Who are you talking about?"

"The monster of prophecy."

At those words, Pietro was silent.

It was inevitable that Pietro would never enter the spirit realm again because of the aftereffects of the fear he felt at the time.

Personally, I would have hated to mention it.

However, Seo Moon-yeop spoke again.

"Meet him again. Let's meet and talk. It's like an exploration battle."

"Ummm..."

Pietro groaned quietly. He had a reluctant attitude.

But now all clues are cut off.

Now, the only way to pursue the corrupted high priest was to explore the vast underground world.

It was a feeling of grabbing at least a straw, but it was a good idea to meet the person in person.

No matter how much I speculate, it's not as good as seeing it in person.

The queen couldn't bear to force it, and there was no other way, so she just looked at Pietro eagerly.

However, Seo Moon-yeop, who had no consideration for anything, continued to push.

"Honey, are you scared? Hey, if I could go, I would have gone and met you!"

"It's easy to say it's someone else's business."

"Hey, do you know why you guys lost to me during the war?"

Pietro put on a bad expression.

Either that or not, Seo Moon-yeop continued to say.

"You keep relying on it mentally, saying things like the light of the beginning. But I don't have anything like that. It's all my strength, my responsibility, and my judgment."

"..."

"Didn't you say you were afraid when we met then? But then you tried to find the light of the beginning. Of course, it must have been a pious mindset with all vigilance lifted. It was also a time when I was being pursued mentally. But is it different now? This time, put your heart into it and go."

Pietro pondered more, and then nodded.

"Let's try it."

"Are you serious?"

the queen asked anxiously.

She seemed to sympathize with her fear because she had also been able to connect deep into the spirit realm in search of the primordial light.

"I thought I had nothing more to throw away."

Pietro smiled forlornly.

"It seems that after coming to the land where the light falls, you have a new fondness for life."

Pietro looked out the window at the beautiful mountain range.

"The bright light of nature, the sky where the infinite universe spread out so that I couldn't even see the depth, all of this nature was a blessing and happiness to me just looking at it."

"But why are you laying down a double line as if you're going to die soon?"

Seo Moon-yeop grumbled.

Pietro laughed and said.

"Do it tonight. I have something to prepare."

That day, Pietro started drawing a magic circle on the ground.

He began to carve round circles and geometric patterns inside them by hand.

Seeing this, Seo Mun-yeop tilted his head.

"Why draw directly on the ground? Originally, I thought it was just one shot, and I made it into an aura."

The Queen answered from the side.

"I think it's because you can't use auras while connected to the spirit realm. I have no idea what the structure is like."

The queen was admiring the magic circle drawn by Pietro.

It seemed to be because the internal structure of the magic circle that represents the flow of aura was too complicated and high-level even for a queen-like underground person to see.

Pietro, who devoted himself to it all day, completed the magic circle that night.

"That's it."

Pietro sat down on the magic circle drawn deep in the ground.

Then, out of the blue, he gestured to Seo Moon-yeop.

"Seo Moon-yeop, come here."

"huh? Why me?"

"Come and take my hand."

"why!"

Seo Moon-yeop showed a very reluctant reaction.

Aside from not wanting to hold a man's hand, I had a worrisome feeling that I would be taken to the spirit realm together. Shouldn't they be in contact with each other even when moving in space together?

Pietro looked at Seo Moon-yeop pathetically.

"Are you scared?"

"Kuhm! It's not that I'm scared, it's just that I don't like it."

"It is absolutely necessary, so do as you are told."

"Ay Mr. Isn't that strange?"

"It has no effect on you. You just have to hold on."

"I can't."

Seo Moon-yeop sat next to him and held Pietro's hand.

"Then go."

"Go, why don't you talk like you're going together?"

"You idiot, I'm going alone."

Pietro closed his eyes.

-Meditation: Connect to the spirit realm and respond to the spirits of your ancestors.

Any priest can do it, but I've rarely seen cases where it's listed in the analysis as a psychic ability.

This meant that Pietro had an extraordinary skill in meditation.

Anyone can make a monster, but like the 5th high priest who was listed in the analysis with psychic powers.

Before long, Pietro's head dropped.

It was connected to the spirit realm as it was.