Ultimate State (2)

-You really interested me a lot. so i got greedy

At the king's words, Pietro said.

- And the more I heard the interesting story, the more my curiosity grew.

- You know?

The king's astonished emotion came over him.

-That's why I called you foolish, King.

-Am I stupid?

- No matter how much you fill up your curiosity, you become more curious, so it's like you're constantly suffering from thirst. That's what you've been doing so far.

- Ummm...

The king pondered over the words. But he still had a feeling that he didn't know.

-I could guess one thing about you.

At Pietro's words, the king showed his curiosity again.

- What is it?

-In dealing with souls, even though he has advanced techniques to that extent, he seems to be confined to only this place in the spirit realm.

-·······.

-Can't you go around? I feel like I'm going to lose myself if I get out of this place even a little bit.

Pietro pointed out.

It was a sharp point.

The king meekly agreed.

-Yes. If it wasn't for that, I would have met various heroic spirits while walking around happily. I couldn't.

-Because the identity of oneself is very weak.

-Identity...

The king seemed to be seriously troubled by the new topic.

However, the king, who had easily understood everything he had said, did not understand easily this time.

-I don't know what a great joint identity is.

-means the unchanging essence of existence. It also means knowing your own essence. Because it is weak, it cannot move even one step in the spirit realm.

- I know myself. i am the king It is a being with great wisdom that reigns over everyone. It's absurd that I don't know my true nature.

-King means to rule over someone. Then, if no one honors you as a king, is your existence meaningless?

- Ummm...

The king did not answer.

-Since you depend on others for your identity, you have no choice but to travel around the spirit realm.

- Was it? that was my problem I've been living a long time, but it's a problem I've never thought about.

-You're distorting the meaning of wisdom. Wisdom is defined as the power to maintain one's power, and the submission of someone to oneself. It's a phenomenon that happened because you mistook it for your essence.

-·······.

-It is in the same context to dare to invade and dominate another world. But I assure you, even if your will is fulfilled, you will not be satisfied with anything in the end.

-well.

Unexpectedly, the king did not worry much about it.

Pietro, who had been directing the conversation toward the futility of the invasion to prevent the prophecy from coming true, was surprised inside.

'A guy who listened to me seriously without prejudice and was worried, showed such a resolute attitude.'

Pietro's head spun rapidly.

I tried to find out what the king was thinking.

What is the alternate purpose?

Why are you trying to invade another world?

Was the king just a monster, driven by an instinct to stand above other creatures?

'Power is a common desire among species that form groups.'

However, the monsters Pietro knew did not have the instinct to form groups.

Because injecting something like group sociality would be too risky.

'However, in the era of living in the abandoned world, the ancestors were divided and fighting each other, so they must have made the monster more powerful and used it as a military weapon.'

Did he make the mistake of injecting sociality into his greed in order to make the monster more powerful as a means of war?

On that point, Pietro was skeptical.

'It can't be. No matter how much I turned my eyes to the war, I wouldn't have violated the taboo.'

If so, it meant that the king was forcibly ruling over monsters who had no such thing as sociality.

It's surprising, but it must have been possible because a monster with a lust for power and intelligence was born.

But to maintain a group meant that its members suppressed their own desires and obeyed order. That's what sociality is all about.

A king who lusts for power.

And monsters who are only suppressed by succumbing to the king's power, but still faithful to their desires...

"Your position is being threatened."

I remembered what Seo Mun-yeop said.

"lets think. The abandoned world is already a world of monsters and a world of kings. With no threat to survival, will the group survive?"

Yes.

Forming a group was ultimately for survival.

They band together to survive from the enemy.

The phenomenon also happens to the monsters they create.

Didn't the abandoned monsters in the dungeon 'landfill' show an amazing phenomenon where they form a group?

Even in the abandoned world, it had to be seen that a phenomenon like a 'landfill' had occurred in the end.

The appearance of a monster with a lust for power and intelligence is the catalyst that fueled it.

A group appeared in an abandoned world where monsters fought each other for their own lives, and began to settle down.

either accepted into the group, or killed.

All the monsters went through that alternative, and the abandoned world became the king's world.

However, since there are no enemies that threaten their survival anymore, the reason for maintaining the group is gone.

The king, of course, tries to maintain the group in order to continue to reign as king, and the monsters refuse to be bound to the group in order to be faithful to their desires.

-What are you thinking so deeply?

the king asked.

Pietro said while organizing his thoughts.

- I have a question.

-Oh, what are you curious about? I'm also curious about what you're curious about.

The king showed great curiosity.

-Monsters under your control.

-In my world, all beings are under my control. But why?

-In the meantime, you must have been able to rule the world after fighting numerous enemies after forming a group as your subordinates, right?

-Of course.

The king was very proud, but expressed his longing for the vague memories.

-It was really intense. At that time, I was still weak and lacking in intelligence. But I got through it by thinking really hard and figuring out a way to win.

- That must have been great. It was the process of conquering monsters so powerful that even my ancestors had to give up and abandon the world.

- It was amazing! When I think of that time, I think of the numerous crises in which my life was at stake, and I still feel fear.

-is it.

- I am great. After all, he won and became king.

- But now you don't have enemies?

- Of course.

-Then isn't you the only enemy left to the monsters?

Pietro asked a question.

-what?

The king was surprised and asked back.

Pietro was sure he had stabbed it right.

-Monsters want to live as they please, but you are the only one who gets in the way.

-·······.

- It must have been a long time since you became king. In the meantime, other monsters must have evolved as well. There may be species that have evolved to obey you, but you, who were born as weapons of war, are not so obediently obedient. The fighting spirit is much stronger.

The king was speechless.

-Did a threatening competitor appear?

Pietro asked the key question.

- I am alone here. lonely I wanted to teach others my intellect, but it's not easy to suppress my instincts to be true to my desires. Let alone intelligence, he is only getting bigger and bigger!

There was also a hint from what the king had said the other day.

in other words.

-You are trying to open the door to another world in order to deal with the monster that threatens your place. isn't it?

-·······.

- You must have made numerous attempts to keep the king's seat. He also gave birth to thousands of children, but all of them would have coveted four positions after they all grew up. If he didn't inherit your intellect, did he inherit your lust for power?

-·······.

- When the door opens, you plan to send your competitor, right? Let us deal with your rivals. Or if you ambush and kill a competitor wounded while fighting us.

The king was silent.

He no longer expressed his feelings openly as before. She kept her emotions tightly hidden.

Pietro was very confident in his guess.

-How did you get to handle the soul so well? It's also worth thinking about.

- What do you mean?

-Children, and souls.

-·······.

-You are a monster who has lived through the ages. Was there another long-lived monster like you in the abandoned world?

-does not exist.

- I guess so. Because nothing is forever Because everyone declines and disappears with time. just like you right now

The king could not hide his emotions.

Although it was covered tightly, the embarrassment and anger that erupted violently spilled out slightly.

- King. you are senile

-······!

- They must have given birth to a child to succeed them, and they must have studied their souls to live forever. Then, as now, the ways to deal with the soul increased, but the way to live forever would not have been figured out in the end. because there is no such way

-There will be!

The king roared.

-Somewhere there will be knowledge to live forever! i will figure it out!

The king showed his true colors.

He could not control his passion and was shouting.

-You will reign as king forever! smart friend that's why i need you Because I thought you might know how to do it.

- Nothing lasts forever.

-Look at you now. Even though he has already died and become a ghost, he dwells in another body and lives again. i want something like that

Having the first high-ranking priest make an unfinished monster was, after all, a rehearsal for this.

***

personal training grounds.

A much stronger gravity than before was applied to a small space of several pyeong surrounded by a barrier that looked like a black hole.

Seo Moon-yeop found it hard to even sit still.

However, while sitting with her back straight in the right posture, she drew a circle with her fingers.

Wow!

The aura came out and formed a round circle, but it only scattered quickly.

"No, it's not easy."

Seo Moon-yeop grumbled.

I was annoyed because I couldn't even feel it no matter what I did.

However, he eventually managed to transform the weapon into a spiritual body, but there was no way he couldn't do this.

Thanks to Soul Transmutation, he has no limits. He believed he could do anything in the end.

I picked up the spear and injected the aura.

Dig!

A white aura filled the window.

'It's easy to maintain if you have a catalyst. It's impossible to keep an aura in the air with nothing.'

Even keeping it in shape was trickier.

It wouldn't matter if it was simply ejecting an aura, but the circle represents the form of a cycle that returns to the starting line, but making this with an aura was too difficult.

'wait.'

Seo Mun-yeop suddenly had a thought.

'Aurora can circulate inside the body, right? Should I do something similar to this?'

Tried it right away.

After scanning every nook and cranny of his body with an aura, he raised his index finger after turning it around.

Wow!

The index finger draws a circle while pouring an aura.

But they scatter like a mirage.

"Ay shit! You can't!"

It was Seo Moon-yeop who jumped up and cursed.

But there was no giving up.

Seo Mun-yeop's training continued.