Chapter 101

Chapter 101: On a Different Level (6)

TL: Yoni

Editor: Lesurous

“Oom……?”

However, Swell didn’t scold Tacan but spoke of Muyoung’s identity .

As if there was something that was bugging him .

“What’s wrong?”

“Are you Asura’s champion?”

At the same time, Swell looked at Muyoung with piercing eyes .

He still had a serious face .

Muyoung could only be more serious .

Oom and Asura’s champion were completely different positions . But, he connected the two and was almost certain .

‘Someone had informed him . ’

It was appropriate to think this .

If it wasn’t true, how could he connect Oom and Asura’s champion?

Even if he was to deny it, Swell was already half certain . Muyoung was able to know it .

“You’re right . ”

So, he coolly acknowledged .

If he was to deny it, it might lead to more suspicion .

Of course, it might be different if Swell was a champion of another Deva Guardian, but Asura said ‘he would know if he sees him’ .

Muyoung wasn’t able to feel any hint of the Eight Deva Guardians of Buddhism .

“Long ago, a bitch known as the Garura’s champion visited . She said that when the Oom appeared, he would be the Asura’s champion . ”

“That… when was it?”

Muyoung’s voice got heavier .

Garura’s champion?!

Garura made a name for himself as a bird that consumed a dragon .

Like Asura, he was one of the Eight Deva Guardians of Buddhism and if she’s his champion, of course, Muyoung was like an arch rival .

Up until now, he hadn’t found one person, but in an unexpected place, he found a clue .

Even more, she was also aware that Oom was going to visit him, like a foresight of the future . It was an extraordinary event .

“To be exact, 15 years and 38 days ago . ”

As if it was nothing, Swell spoke of her as he looked through his stuff .

“And that bitch told me to give this to Asura’s champion if he appeared . Because I lost the bet, I was waiting for you for 15 years . Since she was also the same bitch who give me my first defeat . ”

And he gave Muyoung a small talisman .

‘Seek life, instant death . ’

Those who seek life shall die .

On the talisman, that was written .

Muyoung knitted his brows .

Seek death, instant life . Seek life, instant death .

Muyoung also remembered the words left by Yi Sunshin[1], “those who seek death shall live and those who seek life shall die” .

However, the first part was missing and it was written that he was just going to die .

As if she was predicting what was going to happen in the future .

“Do you know exactly who she was?”

Bitch . It felt like it was implied that the champion of Garura was a woman .

And it didn’t seem like Swell was fond of her much .

However, he couldn’t help but ask and Swell spoke as he ground his teeth .

“A very white bitch . Whiter than snow . Even I wasn’t sure what kind of species she was . Just, she had wings of both, an angel and a devil . ”

At the same time, Muyoung’s whole body was filled with faint quivers .

‘Snow…!’

It was impossible for some woman to have the wings of an angel and a devil besides her .

In the future, she was active as a saint, and as a woman who destroyed a Demon King’s Army, every human knew of her achievement .

However, there wasn’t much known about Snow .

Where she came from, what type of species she was, and what she was thinking .

Just, she suddenly appeared one day and helped humans .

Even when humans gave her the title of saint, she acted the same .

In the end, she died because of another Demon King but Snow was one of the few people who might have been able to change the battle .

‘Snow is Garura’s champion . ’

Muyoung couldn’t help but grin .

Muyoung was able to face one of those truths about Snow that were hidden .

Seek life, instant death .

It was even written in Chinese characters that could only be recognized by humans .

He gained greater curiosity .

“After the bet, where did the Garura’s champion go?”

“She said she was going to the ‘altar’ . She said that the Asura’s champion would understand . Whew!”

Swell let out a sigh .

He had a face that showed he was finally able to finish the 15 years of waiting .

The altar .

There was an image that instantly popped in Muyoung’s head .

‘Diablos’ altar . ’

You were able to earn the Diablos once you collected all three rings and conducted a ceremony .

And to do this, there was an altar that clearly existed .

“I never that you would come visit me . You did seem to have some insight but even that bitch didn’t have the expression of complete certainty . At most, it was a fifty-fifty chance . ”

“Were you able to read her expression?”

Muyoung was quite surprised .

In the past, it wasn’t like Muyoung had never seen Snow .

When she died, Muyoung was nearby .

But, he wasn’t able to read any emotion in Snow’s expression .

Even the mighty Muyoung had no clue what she was thinking .

It was hard to say she wasn’t a truly colourless and odorless woman but Swell said he could read her emotions .

“She had the expression as though she was about to cry . So that was why I was more angry with her . She won the bet but acted so naïve!”

For a moment, he thought it might not be Snow but in the end shook his head .

There was no way another being would have the wings of an angel and a devil .

“Either way, I don’t want to mention any more about her . Since you have also won the bet, take the item as I have promised . However . ”

“However?”

“Oris’s Enlightenment isn’t here . It is written on the world tree . ”

“Then I need to find the world tree . ”

Even though Muyoung knew already, he still asked .

If Swell was to know that he came after knowing everything, there was a possibility that he might feel antipathy .

“There is no need to find it . I’m the gatekeeper for the world tree . ”

“Amazing . ”

“Are you surprised? Huehuehue! It seems like you haven’t heard this from other elves . ”

Swell was happy as if he had finally landed a blow .

It was the effect of moderately pleasing Swell .

Swell continued to talk .

“Everything that says the world tree is a tree, is wrong . The world tree is no greater than a pathway to cross . Everything is inside it and also not . Finding the enlightenment that Oris left behind is purely your role . ”

Tap!

Beads of blood fell down .

Swell slashed his own forefinger and the blood fell and wetted the floor .

Then, at the same time, the surroundings shook and a ‘line’ was created .

The line was made up of light and like an aurora, it moved like a curtain and expressed unrecognizable magical powers .

“In reality, it will only be for a moment of time, but you will be stuck there for a long time . Still, if you are okay with it, cross the line . ”

Muyoung stood there as he looked at the line .

And moved without delay .

‘This is…’

He looked around .

Once he crossed the line, the world changed .

The place was a path with numerous information .

Everything around it fell into pieces and only the line was enlarged and made an endless path .

However, as there was an extensive amount of information, Muyoung’s sense was pressed down as it is .

‘Information, on the other hand, the storage of memory . ’

And Muyoung was able to realize .

The true appearance of the being called the world tree .

The world tree wasn’t a tree but a storage where the world’s information and memories were stored .

That it was formed by using great existences as its soil .

He was also able to understand why these things were needed .

‘The Underworld is a world like a sand castle . ’

It seemed like these systems were built in order to sustain the sand castle-like Underworld .

So even if they said ‘it supports the world’, the meaning wasn’t greatly different .

There were six like this .

Just one among them, Muyoung only had a small taste of it but already he felt confused .

However, he also realized a way to find what he wanted .

‘Oris . I will find his enlightenment . ’

It was like the ‘Eye of the Sky’ skill . He thought of the thing he wanted and followed the exact path .

This place was a huge information gathering place that was a few hundred times bigger than the Sky Library .

However, Muyoung didn’t wander around and went straight forward .

Shortly, a wall appeared and he found the sword trace written on it .

The sword trace . The trace of a sword .

The thing that was truly written by Oris was written very shortly on the wall .

The trace looked like it was just scribbled with a sword but that one short sword trace left Oris’s enlightenment just as it was .

However, just as a high-level artwork could be seen as a scribble to an observer, depending on who looked at Oris’s sword trace, they might receive it completely differently .

Huu! Huuuu!

Muyoung breathed heavily .

From the trace, he was able to feel something overpowering .

It felt like the weight would press down on him .

He approached with difficulty and stretched his hands out and touched the sword trace .

He felt like he could feel Oris’s joys and sorrows .

‘It’s not about thinking with his head . ’

This sword, this trace, Oris had compressed his life and placed it here .

How could he think with his head and engrave such a thing?

Muyoung took a step back .

Swoosh!

He took out Anguish .

Afterwards, he closed his eyes and followed the sword trace by swinging Anguish .

However, he wasn’t able to leave a trace like him .

Just… he followed the way the sword moved .

He had never done this before .

Swords were tools . Tools that were supposed to move depending on the user’s consciousness .

He thought the same when he earned the Immortal King’s Breastplate .

However, even those tools stored their user’s memory .

They stored their user’s movements .

They stored everything about the user .

Muyoung didn’t know this .

He just looked at them as tools that were merely swung and broke .

He had never thought of the things that were stored inside .

Now, he thought he could understand a bit .

Even why this was called Anguish .

Ziiing .

The sword fell . To him, the sound seemed like a mournful woman’s cry .

‘Gremory . ’

This sword contained Gremory’s memory . It was called Anguish since it contained her anguish .

Do Demon God’s also cry?

Did Demon God’s also have sad emotions?

He felt he would burst . Anguish shook Muyoung .

If Gremory was in front of him, he wanted to rub her back and tell her to stop crying .

That she was doing well, and he wanted to compliment her .

These emotions were new to him, something he had never felt before .

If it was the usual Muyoung, he wouldn’t even have those thoughts .

‘Did you hear the sound of the sword?’

‘That’s not all of his traces . ’

‘Now, listen to the sound of the world . ’

He was able to hear a different voice .

He knew who it was right away .

The black shadow .

The existence in his dreams whispered to him .

He was even able to realize what his identity was .

A Master of Darkness!

One among the eleven beings, he was King Slayer .

King Slayer was scolding him that he shouldn’t be just listening to the sound of the sword through Oris’s trace .

He was mocking him as if Muyoung shouldn’t be satisfied with just that much .

Muyoung stopped the sword . He looked at the trace once more .

‘Ah…!’

If the black shadow didn’t speak to him, he would have just passed by it .

He wouldn’t have realized that a more important meaning was in the sword trace .

However, when he looked at it again, Muyoung’s whole body couldn’t be help but quiver .

It was because he realized that the identity of the huge oppressive feeling was the world .

The world tree .

The place where a world’s memories are stored .

And those traces of the world were left by Oris .

Everything merged and forced Muyoung into shock .

It was completely different from the time he heard the sound of Anguish .

‘Do not forget the memories of this place . Think once more about the sound of the world . If you do, I will… . ’

Like a voice in his dreams, it tickled his ears faintly .

Nothing could enter his head anymore .

His mind became weaker and all his rationality had died .

The sound of the world was that massive .

Muyoung hardened like a statue and just looked at the sword trace .

However, the volume was too big and it was impossible to store everything .

The struggle to store even one more!

You could truly call it a struggle .

[1] Yi Sunshin – Admiral Yi Sunshin is very famous in Korea for his victories during the Imjin war against Japanese navy . His quotes such as the one in the novel are well-known in Korea .