Chapter 720
Whoa
A cool breeze is felt. Taking a small deep breath, I looked around.
Holy Land.
Is there any other place where the two letters match so well?
However, the seat I am standing on is just my torso.
‘Even in a holy place like this, the heart is separate.’
A place full of energy of life and purification.
The very place that revived my body, which had already died once before, I slowly moved towards the pond in the distance.
Even though there is no sun, the light pouring down on your head is warm, and the flowers and grasses in full bloom everywhere are fresh.
Jeokcheongang and Beast Tomb King looked at this bizarre space with dazed expressions, but they opened their mouths as if to say something, but soon followed me with their mouths firmly shut.
But their patience didn’t last too long.
snap.
I took a step towards the pond without hesitation, and the cold river water quickly filled up to my waist. Seeing me like that, Jeokcheongang spewed out a gyeonghoseong.
“I-that guy… … !”
It seemed like he thought he was committing suicide.
Jeokcheongang was ready to grab me by the collar and drag me out, but instead of explaining, I bit my little finger.
Awesome.
Flesh splits and blood flows with faint pain.
However, after smiling at the wide-eyed Jeokcheon River, I dipped my hand into the clear river without hesitation.
‘Day. this. three… …
After slowly counting the numbers in my mind, I removed my hand, and in about thirty seconds or so, my pinky finger, completely healed, appeared.
Jeokcheongang, who seemed to jump into the river at any moment, and the beast Myowang, who tried to dissuade him, muttered like moans at this unbelievable sight.
“What is this?”
“… … What Yohee said was true. It was all true.”
I wonder if people in the old days made up the old proverb, “One hundred thousand, two thousand, one sight” out of boredom.
As expected, even if it hurts to talk, it’s quicker to show it directly.
‘It’s a kind of performance.’
Fortunately, the effect of this performance was clear, and I was also able to reconfirm one fact.
‘The effect is still there.’
To be honest, I was a little worried.
Just as a golem with its core destroyed collapsed, the holy ground might have disappeared due to the god stone that was engulfed by the demons.
However, my concerns disappeared like a scar on my pinky finger, and what filled the void was a guess close to certainty.
‘This was it, the correct answer.’
The system has never lied.
I always deliver the truth as it is, and it was my job to find a new way in the monotonous text.
Just like this time.
‘In some way, in the quest information section, it was written. clearly.’
right. The quest mission given to me from the beginning was the ‘disposal’ of the [corrupted god], not destruction.
I realized its meaning relatively late, and I was able to recall a mysterious place in my memory entangled with the guardian spirit.
Memories of a pond that healed my body, which was in critical condition, and cleansed the wastes in my body.
‘Healing and purification.’
I don’t know where that mysterious effect of unknown origin came from, but there is no other option than this.
I took a step toward the center of the pond.
Seruk.
A calm wave spreads around me. The depth of the pond was not very deep, and a person’s face, stiffened with tension, was bobbing on the clear water.
gulp.
Swallowing a dry saliva, I looked at the tightly clenched fist.
Along with the hard touch of the [Corrupted Sacred Relic], you can feel the mighty demonic energy surging through your fingers.
‘… … But, if I do it wrong and it backfires, it’s the start of a really great party.’ It’s not a joke, if it’s this level of magic, it’s enough to drain the pond and even the holy land.
At that time, it will become a true true poisonous place, and the Guardian Spirit, who has just completed the report of moving to the underworld, will appear in your dreams every night and yell at you.
huh] but what… … .
，Look at me and ask me what to do. I don’t have any other options other than this.’ Shiva, I don’t know.
I closed my eyes tightly and threw the [Corrupted God Stone] in my hand straight into the water.
with a splash! Chow ah!
The calm surface of the water is scattered and the spray that rises soaks my whole body.
and… … The whole place became silent.
what is this. why are you so quiet
In a short time that seemed like an eternity, I hesitated for a moment and opened my closed eyes.
a little. very slightly
And that moment when I carefully opened my eyes.
bugle.
With water bubbles rising to the surface.
Al OOOO
mn II r ?
From the center of the pond, a swirling current mingled with turbid darkness.
So that means… … .
‘Sibal, is this the right place?’
At the same time as a ray of realization, a huge column of water rose from under my feet.
Quaaaaaa!
There was no time to react. It was just water everywhere and darkness.
With no time to prepare, I struggled with all my might in the chaos that came upon me. No, I was trying to struggle.
next moment. finally realize the reality
otherwise it would have been
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I saw and felt,
The water swirling around me, the darkness, and the fresh air and wind that you can’t feel in the water.
‘air? wind?’
I blinked and looked around.
There is no feeling of floating in the water. The water that had risen up to her chest was gone.
There was solid ground beneath my feet, and water and darkness swirled endlessly in all directions.
‘me… … Wrapped up?’
Undoubtedly. This gigantic pillar of water wrapped around my whole body instead of washing it, and beyond the darkness and waves blocking all sides, an unbelievable sight that could not exist passed by.
Chaaaaaaaaaaaagh!
‘This.’
I was able to understand at once.
What I’m seeing right now is excruciating
Hallucinations caused by confusion, nothing like that. It is just the history of a place contained in this pond.
No, it might be the memory of a sacred object that has shared its birth and fate with this land.
“… … God Stone.”
Muttering like a groan, I looked at the pillar of water blocking all sides with dazed eyes.
Amidst the ceaselessly flowing waters, distant time also flowed along.
A new sprout sprouting from a desolate land with nothing grows into a giant tree, and as grass and flowers grow, animals appear one by one.
‘fast,’
In a short time that cannot be called an instant, the scenery reflected in the waves constantly changed.
Day and night change dozens of times in the blink of an eye. One day thunder and lightning filled the whole world, and another day mountains collapsed and erased rivers.
hundreds. or thousands of years.
However, even in this long and ever-changing flow of time, Shinseok only kept its place, and there were also beings who stood by Shinseok’s side.
word. monkey. leopard. bear… … .
species. Animals with different appearances. However, beings who dare not be called beasts, they shone countless times like the stars in the night sky and then faded away, and soon a white tiger, as white as snow, began guarding the Shinseok.
‘Guardian Spirit’
And then darkness came. A terrible darkness that shook the body, and a sticky and evil energy flowed through the waves.
After a long time, the memory of that day finally arrived.
However, the last Guardian Spirit ran away with her white mane flying. It roared and bit and clawed at the darkness.
Until the demonic energy permeated through the scars all over the body. Until the moment when the blue-white eyes turned black.
And all the memories contained in the Shinseok ended together.
No, maybe it was a new beginning.
Seruk.
Sleep shakes once again. The darkness disappears and a person’s face rises in the water column that surrounds it.
The image of a young man dipping something in his hand deep into the pond with his eyes tightly closed was so familiar that he couldn’t recognize it.
Shinseok’s new memories. It started with me, and that only meant one thing.
belt ring.
With the clear sound of a bell piercing my ears, the darkness struggling in the water column disappeared without a trace.
My eyes that blankly watched the scene
A translucent hologram window appeared in front of me.
– [Pond of Life] purifies all evil and impure energy.
– The [Mage] permeated in the [Corrupted God Stone] completely disappears!
– Mission: Dispose of the Fallen Sacred Object (Complete)
– You have successfully completed the quest, [Corrupted God Stone]!
– Acquired enormous experience and reputation as a reward for completing the quest!
– Level up!
– Level up!
– You have accomplished an incredible feat!
belt ring. belt ring. belt ring.
System notifications blaring non-stop and hologram windows filling the void.
However, the reason why everything surrounding me seemed far away was because of one thing shining alone among the slowly dispersing columns of water.
s
The water flows along the outstretched hand as if possessed
fades out
The moment my fingertips touched it, which was smaller and lighter than a child’s fist, yet incredibly warm.
Whoa!
A dazzling radiance swelled up.
The water column that was blocking all sides soared into the sky and exploded at the same time.
Chaaaaaaaaaaaagh!
Beyond the hidden sanctuary, the power of life that spreads endlessly somewhere far away.
With a new stone in my hand, I suddenly
He tilted his head and looked up at the sky.
Through the dripping drops of water, the clear bell rang once again.
belt ring.
– The energy contained in the [Pond of Life] becomes rain and permeates all over the land.
– The land will become more fertile, the vegetation will always be green, and the wounded will be healed.
– The [Pond of Life] has lost all energy and has dried up. But don’t worry. Time has the power to change many things.
– [Shinseok] will exist on this earth as it has until now. A new guardian spirit with a new guardian spirit?
Before I could understand the meaning of the words, the sound of someone’s footsteps reached my ears.
jerebuck
Big forepaws standing on dry ground that can no longer be called a pond.
Birds like snow in the wind that blows from somewhere
White hair fluttered, and the blue-white eyes that became clearer and clearer resembled someone in my memory.
“… … Yes, it is you.”
Kreureung.
Muyaho. No, the new Guardian Spirit comes and rubs his head.
I silently stroked the nape of that guy’s neck, and Jeokcheongang, who was looking at the whole scene with a bewildered face, barely parted his lips.
“… … that guy Can’t the old lady take it?”
The Beast Mo King, who was immediately serious, asked.
“Will you?”
they didn’t know In the raindrops dripping down on their heads, a green leaf had just come out of nowhere.
And that this rain, over three days, would wet the entire southern land.
