Light (1)

I felt a very disapproving feeling from the ancient high priest. Since it is the spirit realm, such emotions are conveyed openly.

[You mean this bastard is the human who received the legacy I kept for a long time and never passed on to anyone?]

[Yes, I am that child. After learning what he inherited, the old man was a really great person.]

Seo Moon-yeop's attitude became more polite.

I had already experienced the greatness of 'Soul Transformation' to my heart's content. I had no idea how great of a person he must have been to invent such a secret recipe.

[I'm not a junior of the same race, but I should know that I'm happiest if I get my legacy as a human subject, what? Isn't it a trap?]

[Sorry, I'm sorry. But put yourself in my position. Do you know what it is and readily accept it? As the old man said, am I not human? That's also a human who went to war with the underground people.]

[okay. Since you seem to have felt my greatness even now, please forgive me in particular. I think it's just...]

Fortunately, the ancient high priest didn't seem too angry.

It's a pity that he inherited his legacy as a human rather than a later high priest, but he was an ancient high priest who considered that to be his destiny.

The ancient high priest looked at Seomunyeop as if he was curious.

[He's a strange guy.]

[Yes, I hear that a lot.]

[It's strange that a human came here, but his spirit is very strong.]

[I've heard a lot about it since I came here, but isn't it because of the soul transformation that the old man inherited?]

Seo Moon-yeop asked.

The ancient high priest tilted his head.

[The vision I gave you to raise the soul is correct, but how long has it been since you learned it that your soul has already become so strong? That's not right.]

[then?]

[It's innate. He's the kind of guy who would have died while doing crazy things, but he was born with a vessel for the soul. In terms of our species, there is only one case like this, but it is very rare.]

Then Pietro expressed his surprise.

[That word can't be...]

[Come on, junior. Did you feel the same?]

[That is······.]

Pietro showed a hesitation that was not usually seen.

[I didn't bring you this deep because you guessed it too.]

This is a place located at a considerable depth even in the spirit realm, and the number of underground people who could reach this place was always few and far between.

Bringing Seo Mun-yeop, who first set foot in the spirit realm, to this place was actually an adventure.

If there was no certainty, there was no need to bring him here from the first day.

[···yes. you're right.]

Pietro finally admitted it.

What followed was surprising.

[For us, it was similar to the case of being born with the vessel of the High Priest.]

[huh?]

Seo Mun-yeop was also surprised by those words.

I heard all the stars, such as the hero who saved mankind and the savior of the prophecy, but I didn't know that I would even hear the name of the vessel of the high priest.

Seo Moon-yeop's bewildered feelings were conveyed to the two of them.

The ancient high priest said.

[Human bastard, I don't think it's a coincidence that you came here.]

[No, then, are you going to appoint me as high priest?]

[Are you crazy? Aside from the race, what a high priest you are!]

The ancient high priest was furious.

Seo Moon-yeop tried to joke a few more words, but stopped. This is because underground people become quite sensitive when they are related to the light of the beginning.

[Anyway, you probably don't know what high priest means, right?]

[Yes, you know.]

Seo Moon-yeop affirmed.

Isn't it the high priest who can communicate with the light of the beginning, where the underground people can't live without dying?

Like all heroic spirits, the primordial light was worn out and faded over time, so it was impossible to communicate with many people.

Because of this, there is only one great agent that can communicate. Even such a high priest would never hear a word or two in his lifetime.

[I don't know how you, a human being, will regard him. But I can assure you that even though he may not be omnipotent, he is someone who has an inexhaustible insight.]

[So?]

[What's the matter, you disrespectful bastard! Go see him!]

The ancient high priest pointed to a deeper place and said.

Seo Mun-yeop was surprised and asked Pietro for his opinion.

Pietro was also affirming.

[Looking at your strong spirit and how you got here, I think this may not be a coincidence, but fate.]

[omg.]

Seo Moon-yeop was taken aback when Pietro solemnly discussed his fate as if he had suddenly returned to his former job.

Two former High Priests were now encouraging him to meet the light of the beginning.

I was sending Seo Moon-yeop a feeling full of conviction that I must meet. It was almost a compulsion, not an invitation.

[Umm, since I came all the way here, it's not like I'm not curious either...]

Seo Moon-yeop was also slowly gaining interest. He wasn't the type to shy away from such an adventure.

[Would you be able to get there safely?]

[You can do it. Do you think I've seen successive high priests pass by once or twice?]

the ancient high priest replied.

Pietro also helped.

[There is no particular danger if you remember the precautions I will tell you. However, if you take the wrong road and go to the place where the king dwells, it will be difficult, but don't worry, I will accompany you until there.]

[Ah, come to think of it, where is that monster?]

Seo Moon-yeop became more curious about the king, the monster of prophecy, rather than the light of the beginning.

In reality, he wanted to see for himself what he looked like.

Pietro shook his head, as if he had read Seo Moon-yeop's thoughts.

[If you intend to meet the king, throw it away. Even here in the spirit realm, he's a guy who controls his soul so well that he hides himself and creates a false appearance. The king will deceive you with a false appearance, and rather dig a lot of information about you.]

Seo Mun-yeop also agreed and gave up his interest in the king.

Come to think of it, wasn't that clever, corrupt high priest also fooled by the king and subordinated his soul?

Seo Moon-yeop made a decision.

[Okay, let's go! Let's meet the light of the beginning or something.]

[Insolent bastard. I don't see any reverence for him.]

When the ancient high priest grumbled, Seo Mun-yeop was annoyed.

[Did you like it? I'm not a nobleman who caused a war by conveying the prophecy in an ambiguous way!]

[drivel. He is not the one who will provide a clue to the war.]

[No. Just open the door and watch out for a monster coming out, guys, saying weird things with what you need to do. So, isn't a kid like him running wild?]

Seo Moon-yeop pointed at Pietro and shouted.

Pietro, the man who caused the war, had nothing to say.

But unexpectedly, the ancient high priest did not show much anger at Seo Mun-yeop's words. On the contrary, I felt a kind feeling as if I was looking at a child.

[Yes, his words are not very clear and difficult?]

[of course.]

[I don't know what it means, and I'm not sure how to interpret it.]

[Yes.]

[But conversely, think about him as well.]

[yes?]

[It's a heroic spirit that has existed since an unimaginably long time ago. Memories have been lost, egos have worn out and faded again. How much more can he speak so clearly, as you have said, from a position infinitely far from the material world?]

[·······.]

[That doesn't mean he made a mistake either. All worn and worn out, all he keeps is the great truth. He reads the flow of the world, speaks to you, and orchestrates the flow so that it flows right. Well, look. If it wasn't for his word

Could we have prepared to fight that wicked monster?]

[No, that was in the first place...]

[His prophecy caused a war and the monster's followers?]

[···yes.]

[What if there was no prophecy?]

[There would have been no war.]

[But in the end, someone went to see the light of the beginning and then fell into the wrong path and became a follower of the monster, right?]

[ah······.]

Seo Moon-yeop was at a loss for words.

Because it made sense.

Before the war, they knew neither of the existence of monsters nor of the abandoned world.

In such a state, when the door opened and the king appeared with the monsters, the outcome was obvious.

[The sanctuary would have been trampled on by a monster that appeared without warning, and then you guys would have been humans, so I don't have to say anymore, right?]

[Yes, humans couldn't have done anything special.]

Because of the underground war, supermen were born, and Seo Moon-yeop was born.

If you met the monster without Seo Moon-yeop or superman, it would be the end of the world.

[That's it. His will is never wrong. So let him go on without doubt or resentment. If this is also the fate He has arranged, you will be able to see Him without difficulty.]

[All right.]

After answering, Seo Moon-yeop started to move along with Pietro.

The ancient high priest was also a figure from a long time ago.

Going deeper than that, the heroic spirits were no longer visible.

[Looks like there are no more heroic spirits now?]

[If you look carefully, you will find it.]

[okay?]

[However, he loses his self and his sense of existence is blurred.]

[Then it's as if it's gone, right?]

[It is not. Even though such ancestors have lost their ego, they still maintain what they have honed and polished.]

[What are you cleaning?]

[It is different according to each person's calling. Those who have the vocation of a priest like me pursue the truth of all things by following the light of the beginning, and others continue to pursue their vocation even after becoming a Heroic Spirit. It is said that no matter what you polish, you reach the truth in the end.]

[Isn't it the same with the light of the beginning?]

[It's like that.]

As we continued on, we found a byway.

Pietro pointed to the side road and said.

[If you go here, the king will come out. So you shouldn't go there.]

[I wanted to see it, but I can't help it.]

[be careful. Because the king could talk to you from there and seduce you.]

[You just have to keep it here.]

[I think so.]

[Anyway, we can just keep going there, right?]

[Yes. But be careful. It's a much longer road than the one from the beginning to here. If you feel burdened in the middle, you must come back immediately.]

[okay.]

Seo Moon-yeop left Pietro behind and went alone.

'It's such a strange feeling. It's neither bright nor dark, but somehow lonely and uneasy.'

I couldn't help but feel uneasy because I was going alone on a long road with no one around.

The feeling of being isolated from the world.

Am I going the right way?

Maybe something went wrong in the middle.

I had many doubts.

However, Seo Moon-yeop continued to advance anyway.

I couldn't even imagine how far back in time it was.

It was almost to the point where I wondered if we had come to a time when humans were barely using broken stone tools.

It was a possible story because the underground civilization boasted an incredibly long history, including the abandoned world.

how far did you go

Seo Moon-yeop, who had come alone endlessly, could finally feel that there was something far away.