Episode 514 The Last Story (2)
Saaaa───!
[….]
[Congratulations you have surpassed the 48th floor of the Tower of Trials.]
[As a reward for breakthrough a ‘Vessel of Revival (SSS+)’ will be sent to your inventory.]
[You have obtained ‘8 000 000 points’ as a breakthrough reward.]
[You have obtained ‘100 000 SP’ as a breakthrough reward.]
[As an additional breakthrough reward ‘Noble Questioner’s Pendant (SSS+)’ will be sent to your inventory.]
[Go to the waiting room.]
System messages appeared in front of me congratulating me on clearing the ordeal but they were not very important.
“….”
Damcheonwoo.
A state in which his body disappears upon death and the concept of divinity which became the basis of his divinity is inherited as maintenance.
Now rather than the rewards for clearing the trials given by the Tower of Trials there is more to be gained from Dam Cheon-woo’s memories and emotions flowing in from his sacred <Blood>.
Excited….
I feel it.
The memories and emotions of Dam Cheon-woo engraved in the sacred <Blood> are still conveyed vividly without losing their warmth.
As a person and as an intellectual body I reflect on the life of a man who pursued the end drawn by life intelligence and power as a strong man.
The life of a person who has longed for answers in a thirst that can never be satisfied continuing his endless wandering in search of strength hoping only for freedom and proof of existence.
In it I was able to discover what I wanted.
━No one will stand above me in this universe anymore.
━I can no longer even think about how people like those ancient gods could crush me.
━I will probably not stop and become stronger until no one in this universe even dares to think of opposing me.
Ironically.
━I will do it even if that is the result I can achieve after devouring all the gods in this universe.
Even though I had the opportunity to face the three ancient deities of the pantheon and regain peace I did not stop.
Choice and decision.
Dam Cheon-woo viewed it as achieving self-acquisition the opposite of self-loss by giving up on escaping the shackles of addiction made up of pleasure pain and deficiency.
I decided that I could find the answer to the question he had been longing for his whole life.
‘I see.’
Then I slowly closed my eyes and remembered Dam Cheon-woo’s story.
━I wanted to abandon ‘me’ and accept the world as it is and reach a destination that is reached not by emptying everything and emptying it again but by filling it again and again.
━In this way we wanted to prove that we came this far of our own will to prove freedom and existence as a result and that what is given to the strong is a blessing not a crime and punishment.
━When I thought about it I realized that it doesn’t have to be me who can achieve it. However I realized that if there was someone there who could answer my questions that would be enough.
‘… From the moment he heard my answer at Damcheon Weeping Manshin Hall he had been implicitly thinking about making a sacrifice.’
Understood.
Why did Dam Cheon-woo decrease the number of times he talked to me and increase the time he spent lost in his thoughts?
As a former challenger who obtained the pioneer ‘Resurrected One’ I thought he might have given up on resuscitating himself after death and handed over his power to me.
To prepare for death.
Tsutsutsu.
Dam Cheon-woo’s body collapses and the scattered ashes mix with the sand and wind and disappear somewhere.
Before I knew it I opened my eyes again and quietly looked at the sand and ashes scattered in the wind.
The question he had devoted his life to had still not found an answer and his life and death also had no value or meaning.
However regardless of that it did not mean that Dam Cheon-woo’s life and death could never have any value or meaning.
Because I still remain.
Wow.
In response I clenched both hands into fists and watched Dam Cheon-woo’s body turn to ashes and scatter then smiled confidently.
“Hot.”
Because I suddenly remembered what he said to me.
‘What is the destination of life intelligence and power?’
‘If it is a sin to pursue power as an intelligent being who has acquired life is the resulting punishment a cycle of desire from which one can never escape?’
‘So does this mean that we are wandering in the labyrinth of eternity believing that we are finite without even being guaranteed freedom or existence in the cycle of desire?’
The story of my longing for his teachings still lingers in my mind.
━Teach me.
━The end drawn by life intelligence and power.
━Look at what is at the destination and answer me. Our freedom and its existence.
and.
━….
━Hello….
━My friend…
The answer to that is also the same.
“I will teach you.”
Of course.
“therefore….”
As I stood next to the spot where Dam Cheon-woo’s body was scattered I looked across the sky and quietly said goodbye.
“…Please rest comfortably.”
Eat.
“…Friend.”
Dam Cheon-woo my former challenger who volunteered to be my friend said goodbye in the hope that he would find peace for a moment in his short rest.
***
Some time has passed.
Is that why?
Before I knew it the Lord of Iron Blood and the White Crane Swordsman that I had left behind on the outskirts of the desert also realized that a conclusion had been reached and gathered in the center of the bloody desert.
The two managers climbed onto the huge black pavilion glanced at the ashes lying next to them and spoke.
[The Lord of Iron Blood Canary Rugfeld looks at you sees the ash next to him and gently closes his eyes.]
[ …indeed. It seems that the old challenger who was with you for quite some time has finally died. It’s truly a shame. ]
The Lord of Iron Blood expressed some regret over Dam Cheon-woo’s death and the White Crane Sword Master next to him expressed his bitterness along with his respect.
[Baek Seol-hwa the white crane swordsman smiles bitterly as she looks at the ashes placed next to you.]
[…I see. I have a vague idea of what happened. I don’t like it but it seems like he had a high spirit and pride that was unusual for a warrior from Sapa. ]
Thanks to the fact that I had told the two managers the full story of the incident before coming here they seemed to have figured out what was going on even if only by guessing.
“….”
step.
That too was only for a moment.
I stood silently for a moment next to the ashes where Dam Cheon-woo’s body collapsed and then walked away.
“The ordeal has been cleared. Now let’s go to the next floor. Please get ready.”
[….]
However the two managers who saw it seemed a bit worried and cautiously recommended taking a break.
[The Lord of Iron Blood Canary Rugfeld is concerned about your mental state and suggests you rest.]
[ Well… I guess it would be okay to go to the next floor. I think you too could use a little rest. Isn’t managing your condition also important? ]
[Baek Hak-seon ‘Baek Seol-hwa’ nods and tells you that you need to get some rest.]
[I think so too. Seongyun. If you move forward while embracing your tired heart you might face an unexpected crisis right? I think it’s okay to take a break for just a little while. ]
“….”
I think this group probably believes that Dam Cheon-woo’s death has caused a somewhat negative change in their state of mind…
“no.”
[….]
It wasn’t.
“it’s okay.”
At that I put a light smile on my face and pursed my lips as I looked across the sky.
“I wasn’t particularly tired. no. In fact the feeling itself is better than before. “I mean it.”
It was worth it.
The moment when you inherit the sacred <blood> from Dam Cheon-woo see his life and share the emotions beyond those memories.
Because I realized it.
We found out what this side was longing for and what we wanted to achieve at the end.
For sure.
‘Being strong. In this way one is reborn as a being who stands at the edge of strength. I knew why I kept pursuing it.’
desire.
The bondage of addiction formed by pleasure and pain. Beyond that there is an inherent lack of power.
You cannot achieve your purpose because you have no strength and you cannot keep your purpose because you have no strength. I realized that lack when I lost my parents in Dungeon Break.
However as I repeatedly climbed the Tower of Trials and fought against the Heavenly Demon I realized that I had been prioritizing desires rather than goals.
The sadness of losing my parents in Dungeon Break. Rather the feeling of loss that one had to have one’s choice taken away because one had no power. I realized that the oppression of that unfreedom brought even greater pain.
That’s why I couldn’t stop.
‘Because I had no power I didn’t even have the chance to make my own choices and I had to lose everything so I had no choice but to keep pursuing becoming stronger.’
In the end rather than realizing any purpose I hoped to satisfy the desire for power and be liberated from the lack of loss.
A bond given to beings who pursue life intelligence and power.
Dam Cheon-woo expressed this as a wandering without a promise and a journey without a destination in search of an outlet for power and seeking eternity and judged that free will does not exist because it is a choice made by desire not one’s own.
If we were to be honest should we say that it is similar to the punishment of Sisyphus?
The same goes for Hye-seung the head of Shaolin Temple and Gyo-yeom Jeon Jeon-gyo’s long essay seen in his memories.
They preached that free will can be achieved only when one is liberated from the desire that arises from lack as a loss of self.
Loss of self.
This means that we must escape from the fiction of the mind abandon the narrow cognitive subject called the ego and reach the essence of the universe itself.
As a result Dam Cheon-woo believed that by giving up the will to acquire free will the decision maker can ultimately overcome the bondage of desire and obtain free will as self-acquisition rather than self-loss.
It was judged that the acquisition of free will due to self-loss would not gain meaning regardless of whether it was so and that it would be impossible to prove its existence.
Self-acquisition.
It is argued that although it is possible to escape the bondage of addiction consisting of pleasure pain and deprivation persevering to reach the end leads to freedom and proof of existence.
In the end the difference that self-loss cannot lead to freedom and proof of existence but that self-gain can lead to freedom and proof of existence separated everything.
Self-loss and self-gain.
Ironically.
It could equally be applied to the method of ascending to heaven and becoming a transcendent.
Giving up oneself to embrace the universe itself. Isn’t this the essence of self-loss?
The same goes for self-acquisition. To maintain myself and see the end of everything without accepting the universe itself. It’s my way.
Knowing that Dam Cheon-woo also left everything to me and let me take over the mantle.
‘In order to become a transcendent and prove the existence of free will which direction should one move between self-loss and self-acquisition?’
The answer to that will be known soon.
‘In order to know that I too have continued to climb the Tower of Trials and fight to the death to build up my strength.’
and.
‘As an answerer.’
That means only one thing.
‘Then there won’t be much difference in what I have to do from now on.’
Jump and jump -.
“Tower of Trials. Until you reach the final floor a floor that no one has ever reached. “I won’t stop.”
It’s no different….
[The god of transcendence and death strengthens his sense of purpose and reminds himself of the meaning of his own existence.]
[That is my choice my decision and the answer I gave to become a transcendent beyond ascension. ]
Tower of Trials.
It was time to reach the final floor.
***
Time passes.
[Congratulations you have surpassed the 49th floor of the Tower of Trials.]
[As a reward for breakthrough… this… to…]
[As a reward for breakthrough…]
[….]
[Congratulations you have surpassed the 50th floor of the Tower of Trials.]
[As a reward for breakthrough… this… to…]
[As a reward for breakthrough…]
[….]
[Congratulations you have reached the 51st floor of the Tower of Trials.]
[As a reward for breakthrough… this… to…]
[As a reward for breakthrough…]
[….]
I climbed the tower of trials and climbed and climbed and climbed again and again hoping to reach the other side over and over again.
Each time we reached the next floor the two managers quickly became stronger and I also increased my total power albeit slightly.
As time passed the Tower of Trials was rapidly conquered and now nothing unusual has occurred.
The result is also the same.
[Congratulations you have surpassed the 59th floor of the Tower of Trials.]
[As a reward for breakthrough… this… to…]
[As a reward for breakthrough…]
[….]
Coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo co!
[The Tower of Trials looks upon the great challenger who has reached the highest point for the first time.]
It’s no different….
[….]
[Challenger Han Seong-yoon.]
[Entry to the final floor of the Tower of Trials has been granted.]
It was simple.
[The achievement ‘First Reacher’ has been achieved.]
[Exclusive permission #D-0007[Increased Compensation] is automatically activated when the conditions are met.]
[The level of rewards obtained from achievements increases.]
[All abilities increase by 1 000.]
Tower of Trials.
Reached the final floor.
514. The Last Story (2)
Saaaa───!
[….]
[Congratulations you have surpassed the 48th floor of the Tower of Trials.]
[As a reward for breakthrough a ‘Vessel of Revival (SSS+)’ will be sent to your inventory.]
[You have obtained ‘8 000 000 points’ as a breakthrough reward.]
[You have obtained ‘100 000 SP’ as a breakthrough reward.]
[As an additional breakthrough reward ‘Noble Questioner’s Pendant (SSS+)’ will be sent to your inventory.]
[Go to the waiting room.]
System messages appeared in front of me congratulating me on clearing the ordeal but they were not very important.
“….”
Damcheonwoo.
A state in which his body disappears upon death and the concept of divinity which became the basis of his divinity is inherited as maintenance.
Now rather than the rewards for clearing the trials given by the Tower of Trials there is more to be gained from Dam Cheon-woo’s memories and emotions flowing in from his sacred <Blood>.
Excited….
I feel it.
The memories and emotions of Dam Cheon-woo engraved in the sacred <Blood> are still conveyed vividly without losing their warmth.
As a person and as an intellectual body I reflect on the life of a man who pursued the end drawn by life intelligence and power as a strong man.
The life of a person who has longed for answers in a thirst that can never be satisfied continuing his endless wandering in search of strength hoping only for freedom and proof of existence.
In it I was able to discover what I wanted.
━No one will stand above me in this universe anymore.
━I can no longer even think about how people like those ancient gods could crush me.
━I will probably not stop and become stronger until no one in this universe even dares to think of opposing me.
Ironically.
━I will do it even if that is the result I can achieve after devouring all the gods in this universe.
Even though I had the opportunity to face the three ancient deities of the pantheon and regain peace I did not stop.
Choice and decision.
Dam Cheon-woo viewed it as achieving self-acquisition the opposite of self-loss by giving up on escaping the shackles of addiction made up of pleasure pain and deficiency.
I decided that I could find the answer to the question he had been longing for his whole life.
‘I see.’
Then I slowly closed my eyes and remembered Dam Cheon-woo’s story.
━I wanted to abandon ‘me’ and accept the world as it is and reach a destination that is reached not by emptying everything and emptying it again but by filling it again and again.
━In this way we wanted to prove that we came this far of our own will to prove freedom and existence as a result and that what is given to the strong is a blessing not a crime and punishment.
━When I thought about it I realized that it doesn’t have to be me who can achieve it. However I realized that if there was someone there who could answer my questions that would be enough.
‘… From the moment he heard my answer at the Damcheon Weeping Manshin Hall he had been implicitly thinking about making a sacrifice.’
Understood.
Why did Dam Cheon-woo decrease the number of times he talked to me and increase the time he spent lost in his thoughts?
As a former challenger who obtained the pioneer ‘Resurrected One’ I thought he might have given up on resuscitating himself after death and handed over his power to me.
To prepare for death.
Tsutsutsu.
Dam Cheon-woo’s body collapses and the scattered ashes mix with the sand and wind and disappear somewhere.
Before I knew it I opened my eyes again and quietly looked at the sand and ashes mixing with the wind.
The question he had devoted his life to had still not found an answer and his life and death also had no value or meaning.
However regardless of that it does not mean that Dam Cheon-woo’s life and death cannot have any value or meaning forever.
Because I still remain.
Wow.
In response I clenched both hands into fists and watched Dam Cheon-woo’s body turn to ashes and scatter then smiled confidently.
“Hot.”
Because I suddenly remembered what he said to me.
‘What is the destination of life intelligence and power?’
‘If it is a sin to pursue power as an intelligent being who has acquired life is the resulting punishment a cycle of desire from which one can never escape?’
‘So does this mean that we are wandering in the labyrinth of eternity believing that we are finite without even being guaranteed freedom or existence in the cycle of desire?’
The story of my longing for his teachings still lingers in my mind.
━Teach me.
━The end drawn by life intelligence and power.
━Look at what is at the destination and answer me. Our freedom and its existence.
and.
━….
━Hello….
━My friend…
The answer to that is also the same.
“I will teach you.”
Of course.
“therefore….”
As I stood next to the spot where Dam Cheon-woo’s body was scattered I looked across the sky and quietly said goodbye.
“…Please rest comfortably.”
Eat.
“…Friend.”
Dam Cheon-woo my former challenger who volunteered to be my friend said goodbye in the hope that he would find peace for a moment in his short rest.
***
Some time has passed.
Is that why?
Before I knew it the Lord of Iron Blood and the White Crane Swordsman that I had left behind on the outskirts of the desert also realized that a conclusion had been reached and gathered in the center of the bloody desert.
The two managers climbed onto the huge black pavilion glanced at the ashes lying next to them and spoke.
[The Lord of Iron Blood Canary Rugfeld looks at you sees the ashes next to him and gently closes his eyes.]
[ …indeed. It seems that the old challenger who was with you for quite some time has finally died. It’s truly a shame. ]
The Lord of Iron Blood expressed some regret over Dam Cheon-woo’s death and the White Crane Sword Master next to him expressed his bitterness along with his respect.
[Baek Seol-hwa the white crane swordsman smiles bitterly as she looks at the ashes placed next to you.]
[…I see. I have a vague idea of what happened. I don’t like it but it seems like he had a high spirit and pride that was unusual for a warrior from Sapa. ]
Thanks to the fact that I had told the two managers the full story of the incident before coming here they seemed to have figured out what was going on even if only by guessing.
“….”
step.
That too was only for a moment.
I stood silently for a moment next to the ashes where Dam Cheon-woo’s body collapsed and then walked away.
“The ordeal has been cleared. Now let’s go to the next floor. Please get ready.”
[….]
However the two managers who saw it seemed a bit worried and cautiously recommended taking a break.
[The Lord of Iron Blood Canary Rugfeld is concerned about your mental state and suggests you rest.]
[Well… I guess it would be okay to go to the next floor. I think you too could use a little rest. Isn’t managing your condition also important? ]
[Baek Hak-seon ‘Baek Seol-hwa’ nods and tells you that you need to get some rest.]
[I think so too. Seongyoon. If you move forward while embracing your tired heart you may face an unexpected crisis right? I think it’s okay to take a break for just a little while. ]
“….”
I think they probably think that Dam Cheon-woo’s death has caused a somewhat negative change in their state of mind…
“no.”
[….]
It wasn’t.
“it’s okay.”
At that I put a light smile on my face and pursed my lips as I looked across the sky.
“I wasn’t particularly tired. no. In fact the feeling itself is better than before. “I mean it.”
It was worth it.
The moment when you inherit the sacred <blood> from Dam Cheon-woo see his life and share the emotions beyond those memories.
Because I realized it.
We found out what this side was longing for and what we wanted to achieve at the end.
For sure.
‘Being strong. In this way one is reborn as a being who stands at the edge of strength. I knew why I kept pursuing it.’
desire.
The bondage of addiction formed by pleasure and pain. Beyond that there is an inherent lack of power.
Because you have no strength you cannot achieve your goal and because you have no strength you cannot keep your goal. I realized that lack when I lost my parents in Dungeon Break.
However as I repeatedly climbed the Tower of Trials and fought against the Heavenly Demon I realized that I had been prioritizing desires rather than goals.
The sadness of losing my parents in Dungeon Break. Rather the feeling of loss that one had to have one’s choice taken away because one had no power. I realized that the oppression of that unfreedom brought even greater pain.
That’s why I couldn’t stop.
‘Because I had no power I didn’t even have the chance to make my own choices and I had to lose everything so I had no choice but to keep pursuing becoming stronger.’
In the end rather than realizing any purpose I hoped to satisfy the desire for power and be liberated from the lack of loss.
A bond given to beings who pursue life intelligence and power.
Dam Cheon-woo expressed this as a wandering without a promise and a journey without a destination in search of an outlet for power and seeking eternity and judged that free will does not exist because it is a choice made by desire not one’s own.
If we were to be honest should we say that it is similar to the punishment of Sisyphus?
The same goes for Hye-seung the head of Shaolin Temple and Gyo-yeom Jeon Jeon-gyo’s long essay seen in his memories.
They preached that free will can be achieved only when one is liberated from the desire that arises from lack as a loss of self.
Loss of self.
This means that we must escape from the fiction of the mind abandon the narrow cognitive subject called the ego and reach the essence of the universe itself.
As a result Dam Cheon-woo believed that by giving up the will to acquire free will the decision maker can ultimately overcome the bondage of desire and obtain free will as self-acquisition rather than self-loss.
It was judged that the acquisition of free will due to self-loss would not gain meaning regardless of whether it was so and that it would be impossible to prove its existence.
Self-acquisition.
It is argued that even though it is possible to escape the bondage of addiction consisting of pleasure pain and deficiency persevering to reach the end leads to freedom and proof of existence.
In the end the difference that self-loss cannot lead to freedom and proof of existence and that self-acquisition can lead to freedom and proof of existence separated everything.
Self-loss and self-gain.
Ironically.
It could equally be applied to the method of ascending to heaven and becoming a transcendent.
Giving up oneself to embrace the universe itself. Isn’t this the essence of self-loss?
The same goes for self-acquisition. To maintain myself and see the end of everything without accepting the universe itself. It’s my way.
Knowing that Dam Cheon-woo also left everything to me and let me take over the mantle.
‘In order to become a transcendent and prove the existence of free will which direction should one move between self-loss and self-acquisition?’
The answer to that will be known soon.
‘In order to know that I too have continued to climb the Tower of Trials and fight to the death to build up my strength.’
and.
‘As an answerer.’
That means only one thing.
‘Then there won’t be much difference in what I have to do from now on.’
Jump and jump -.
“Tower of Trials. Until you reach the final floor a floor that no one has ever reached. “I won’t stop.”
It’s no different….
[The god of transcendence and death strengthens his sense of purpose and reminds himself of the meaning of his own existence.]
[That is my choice my decision and the answer I gave to become a transcendent beyond ascension. ]
Tower of Trials.
It was time to reach the final floor.
***
Time passes.
[Congratulations you have surpassed the 49th floor of the Tower of Trials.]
[As a reward for breakthrough… this… to…]
[As a reward for breakthrough…]
[….]
[Congratulations you have surpassed the 50th floor of the Tower of Trials.]
[As a reward for breakthrough… this… to…]
[As a reward for breakthrough…]
[….]
[Congratulations you have reached the 51st floor of the Tower of Trials.]
[As a reward for breakthrough… this… to…]
[As a reward for breakthrough…]
[….]
I climbed the tower of trials and climbed and climbed and climbed again and again hoping to reach the other side over and over again.
Each time we reached the next floor the two managers quickly became stronger and I also increased my total power albeit slightly.
As time passed the Tower of Trials was quickly conquered and now nothing unusual has appeared.
The result is also the same.
[Congratulations you have surpassed the 59th floor of the Tower of Trials.]
[As a reward for breakthrough… this… to…]
[As a reward for breakthrough…]
[….]
Coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo co!
[The Tower of Trials looks upon the great challenger who has reached the highest point for the first time.]
It’s no different….
[….]
[Challenger Han Seong-yoon.]
[Entry to the final floor of the Tower of Trials has been granted.]
It was simple.
[The achievement ‘First Reacher’ has been achieved.]
[Exclusive permission #D-0007[Increased Compensation] is automatically activated when the conditions are met.]
[The level of rewards obtained from achievements increases.]
[All abilities increase by 1 000.]
Tower of Trials.
Reached the final floor.
.
