Epilogue (2)

Seo Moon-yeop started to go in the direction the monster window was trying to move.

It was a spear of a monster that had tasted the king's blood, so I thought it was pointing to the place where the king was.

The abandoned world was a fairly large world, and there was no choice but to walk around.

After walking non-stop all day, I ran into monsters in the middle.

Most of them fled in fright at the smell of the king's blood emanating from Seo Mun-yeop. The ignorant monsters that accidentally attacked lost their lives in one blow.

mentally exhausted

It was Seo Mun-yeop who could not take a break while starting a desperate struggle with the king.

My body was getting tired, I was hungry and my throat was burning.

The landscape unfolding before your eyes is a lonely horizon filled with desolate wastelands where monsters have greedily devoured everything.

The monsters no longer appeared, and Seo Moon-yeop walked alone on the empty road.

An endless walk where nothing trivial happens.

Seo Moon-yeop smiled, wondering if this was the kind of penance that religious founders go through once in a while.

In the absence of external stimuli, thoughts gradually penetrate into the mind.

I filled my empty heart by taking out memories of the past one by one, even the smallest things.

Seo Moon-yeop felt that his entire life was stained with a struggle.

And most of the time I realized I had to hate something constantly.

It was because he was abandoned by his parents from birth, and the solitude that no one loved him grew into a big hole throughout his growing up. The emotions as strong as his love were anger and hatred, and Seo Moon-yeop fought all his life to fill the empty emotions.

The barren land spread out in front of his eyes was Seo Moon-yeop's life itself.

"Life is so damn good."

Seo Moon-yeop smiled.

are you okay.

Painful but bearable.

So, it doesn't matter if there is nothing.

Seo Mun-yeop steadfastly continued to walk. His mental powers were too strong to be destroyed to this extent.

But was there really nothing?

Many people's faces came to mind.

The six team members who fought against the king together.

Players who were recruited by YSM and played together.

Baek Je-ho and his family live a perfect life that he cannot have.

The primordial light that chose himself, and the ancient high priest who sacrificed his soul for himself.

Even the people who say a word when they run into each other on the street.

"Thank you for saving the world."

"You are a hero."

"I am a fan."

Seo Moon-yeop laughed.

It was a gentle smile that he had never had before.

yeah, that's fine

It was a good life after all.

'cause I wasn't alone

So it's fine as it is.

Even if it's a life that will end after walking on this endless road...

Even if I can never go back...

'I'll be satisfied. If I do this, I will compromise, saying that it was a satisfying enough life.'

Days passed, weeks passed.

I have walked a very long way without hesitation. Even so, Seo Mun-yeop did not change at all. His eyes were still clear and his mind was not tired.

And finally, we reached the beginning of a deep valley.

The monster spear pointed into it.

Looking around the surrounding terrain, there were certainly many traces of certain monsters.

It was a trail left by a snake-like monster with no limbs.

It seemed right here.

Seo Mun-yeop stepped into the valley.

I couldn't see an inch ahead because of the fog.

However, he continued to walk without fear.

and······.

-Are you Seo Moon-yeop?

A familiar voice came from inside.

was the king

"Are you the king?"

-I don't know.

The king said something incomprehensible in a weary tone.

-I used to refer to myself as the king, but now I don't know.

"Has your mind changed after being beaten?"

Seo Moon-yeop smirked.

The king smiled sadly.

- Maybe something like that.

As we got deeper inside, we finally saw the scenery inside.

The first thing that caught my eye was the Wen ruins.

It was a huge structure carved out of rock, and the swirling patterns engraved on the walls were impressive.

Watching it made me feel like I was being sucked into a vortex, so it was hard to take my eyes off it.

However, Seo Mun-yeop possessed transcendent spiritual power. He quickly let go of his obsession with the whirlpool and took his gaze away.

In front of the ruins believed to have been left by the underground man, the bones of a monster that seemed to have died a long time ago were visible. It seemed to be a fairly large monster, considering that it had been weathered for a long time and was still in shape.

Beside him, the king was still, coiled up.

A king who is much bigger than the bones of the monster next to him.

However, the whole body is covered in blood.

It looked like he wouldn't live long.

Seo Mun-yeop was surprised by that appearance.

"Who have you been beaten up like that? It's not my wound, is it?"

-I was going to eat to recover, but the guys who had been my food so far opposed it. Even though I was exhausted, I wasn't going to be beaten by them. But after the fight, other guys came and attacked me.

wounded king.

It was the best food for other monsters.

Because there was no creature in this world with such a great aura as the king.

Didn't Seo Moon-yeop cause a transfer because he wanted to feed the king of the monster creation car?

-Fight and fight again, and the guys I was controlling all attacked me. It was the thing I feared the most. When I am old and weak, I will no longer be able to rule the world...

"..."

- Looking back, I wasn't a king. He just called himself king from some point on. But why did I think I was the king? Before I was a king, what was I?

"The question of who I am is a very difficult question. I bet very few people know the answer."

-is it? The same goes for you. I thought I was stupid, but it's a problem that you guys don't know either.

The king expressed deep regret.

- I wish I had thought about it earlier. I firmly believed that I was the one who would rule the whole world. But now that I'm in this situation, I finally know. My world, which I believed so, collapsed in vain. I was utterly abandoned from the world I dominated.

"The world never belonged to you and never abandoned you. You are just part of the world."

- Yes, it is.

"Tsk tsk, I was so shocked because I knew the world was lost. Are you stupid?"

-Yes, I am stupid. Why did I only think of the world as seeing it through my own eyes? I wasn't the center of the world.

"Are you finally able to see the world in the third person instead of the first?"

-Third person. I think you know what the concept is.

The king replied as if he was lonely but happy. The enjoyment of learning new concepts has remained constant.

-I should have known that sooner.

The king turned his head to stare at the monster's bones beside him.

-This is the mother who conceived my baby. The monster born here is the one who challenged me not too long ago.

Seo Moon-yeop was also surprised.

The bones of such an old monster had a deep connection with the king.

I came to know how long King Sesam had lived.

- I found this place while running away in search of a safe place. When I came here, I remembered everything. This was the very place where I got my intellect.

"You mean those ruins? Even if you look at it, it seems that something is not serious."

Seo Moon-yeop pointed at the ruins with the monster spear.

The king nodded his head.

-Yes. This is where it all started. There is an unknown power flowing through those ruins. It had the function of artificially changing living things. Thanks to that, I gained intelligence, and even before that, various monsters here must have gained strength after changing and drove out the underground people who originally ruled this world. Abandoned by the underground

This was the beginning of the expression of the world.

Seo Moon-yeop saw the huge structure again.

That was the beginning of it all.

'Is it of great historical value? I want to show it to Pietro.'

The other thoughts were here.

Seo Moon-yeop fixed the monster spear and approached the king.

"It's like dying in the place where everything started, so there's no time left, right?"

- I don't attach any special meaning to that. Like so many monsters I've killed, I'll just die.

The king had neither the strength nor the heart to resist.

- But please, break my soul too. I don't want to wander aimlessly until my soul is destroyed. destroy me completely

"I will do the best I can."

Seo Moon-yeop transformed into a spiritual body.

Aaaaaaaaaa!!

Seo Moon-yeop, who became a spiritual body, was radiating dazzling brilliance. It was a force made up of numerous soul fragments gathered together.

The king closed his eyes.

Seo Mun-yeop pierced the king's head with a spear and poured all his strength into it.

Aaaaaaaaaa!!!

The moment the blow unfolded and the light exploded toward the king's head, Seo Moon-yeop spread the language of the table.

'You too come to me.'

'Become a part of me too.'

'I will give you rest.'

'Because you were a strong enemy who gave me great pleasure.'

The powerful blow killed the king instantly.

Since it was a blow from the spirit body, the blow was enough to shatter not only the body, but also the soul.

and······.

The king's soul was broken into small pieces.

Most of them were extinguished, but some went to Seo Moon-yeop.

It seemed that the language of the table was clear.

The light emitted by Seo Moon-yeop grew even larger.

and after a while

Seo Moon-yeop, who had unlocked the spiritual body transformation, looked at the king's body.

With this, the fight is over.

Only the monster spear stuck in the king's head was sucking up nutrients.

'What a bad feeling bastard.'

Seo Mun-yeop dropped the spear and sat down in place.

A bloody laugh came out.

"What do I do now?"

***

The war ended after all the monsters that remained on the ground were eliminated.

Then, a press conference was held, which was probably the largest after the war.

The Queen and Pietro were present side by side at the press conference.

It is because they were the two who played the most important role in this fight now without Seo Mun-yeop.

"The issue of restoring destroyed cities will be implemented starting with the most densely populated city among the 14 areas that suffered the most damage. Consultations have already been made with the governments of each country…"

The queen was now proudly recognized as the leader of the underground people.

Human governments have officially acknowledged the existence of the subterranean people, and have declared that they will forget the grudges of the ancient subterranean war and coexist.

In addition, governments, most urgently needing to restore the post-war damages, asked for help in exchange for the sale of uninhabited remote areas to subterranean dwellings.

Thanks to this, the queen was able to create light dungeons in remote places around the world and let the underground people live.

Of course, there were conditions.

I will never make a monster again.

This invasion was also fundamentally caused by ancient subterranean people who lived in an abandoned world, so the Queen, feeling a sense of responsibility, accepted it. She also gave the government a Hearthstone that allowed her to enter and exit the dwelling of the Underworld so that she could come and inspect it at any time, so that she could quench humanity's distrust.

Instead, the underground people also got an ID card, and they were able to roam the outside world at any time. However, outside, under the influence of sunlight, the aura could not be used, so I had to endure that anxiety.

"Then Seo Moon-yeop can never come back?"

A reporter asked a question.

It was a question everyone wondered about.

The Queen looked at Pietro.

Pietro picked up the microphone.

"Since Munyeop Seo has the ability to immortality, it is presumed that there is no concern about his survival. However, it will take a considerable amount of time to bring him back. Of course he could be brought in someday."