287. In return for saving me,
I must have collapsed in Daeshinjeon, but the place where I woke up was an unfamiliar space.
‘Am I dreaming again?’
I immediately activated the status window, but since nothing appears, it doesn’t seem like reality.
‘And that door must be…’
Kang Seung-hyun recalled the information he heard from the manager last time.
[The name of that door is ‘the other side of the unconscious’]
[If you pass through ‘the other side of the unconscious’]
[You will be able to escape your dream.]
A mysterious door that allows you to escape your dream.
However, the probability of an ordinary human encountering that door is only 1/5922.
‘A door appears in front of you through that low probability?’
Of course, it’s not impossible in theory.
It’s because the odds are so very low.
‘Did the manager create it?’
I don’t know what it is, but I think I’ll feel better when I kick the cube.
Kang Seung-hyun was about to approach the door.
jerk jerk.
Then I heard footsteps behind me.
{You were here.}
Looking back, a woman wearing a lion head mask was approaching Kang Seung-hyeon.
Seeing the smell of blood emanating from his body, he knew his identity without even asking for his name.
“You are the ‘god of blood and slaughter’ Sehmet.”
{Yes.}
Sehmet, an unexpected person, came to Kang Seung-hyeon.
Kang Seung-hyeon looked at her and replied in a stern way.
“What are you doing here? I haven’t been to the Sehmet Church to pick a fight yet.”
{Don’t be on your guard. I didn’t come to fight.}
Actually, Sehmet didn’t feel any hostility. It doesn’t seem like a lie.
“then?”
{I have come to repay you for saving my follower.} As
Sehmet snapped his fingers, a sphere of black light appeared in the air.
It distorted and turned into a jewel form.
{Take it.}
“What is this?”
{This is a jewel I made with my holy power.}
{I’ll put it by my bedside, so check it out when you wake up.}
Saying this, Sehmet removed the created jewel.
“Why are you giving me this?”
{Looks like something you need.}
{You guys seem to call it contaminated divine power, but it doesn’t matter, right?}
Kang Seung-hyun stared at Sehmet and opened his mouth.
“There is nothing strange about a divine being…”
{….}
“It’s not unusual for a person to repay someone who has saved their church or followers, but it’s rare that they come directly in this way.”
It usually gives orders to apostles and followers, but rarely directly visits the dreams of those people.
They’re not that lazy guys.
{Isn’t there anything strange?}
But Sehmet sneered and replied.
{He’s a man who has defeated a god}
{It’s only natural that he’s interested.}
Kang Seung-hyun furrowed his eyebrows.
Getting God’s attention isn’t such a good thing.
{Even though it was a god, it was imperfect.}
“…an imperfect thing?”
{Ah, didn’t you know?}
Sehmet smiled.
He seems to know something, but he doesn’t seem to be willing to give an answer.
‘okay. It felt a bit strange…’
After all, Seymua Rize was not an ordinary god.
In the eyes of a normal god like Sehmet, it seemed that he was lacking something.
‘Well, a normal god wouldn’t have acted like that in the first place.’
He was a guy who harmed his followers and couldn’t communicate properly.
{Apart from that, of course}
{He sprinkles blood everywhere he goes}
{It’s only natural that the god
of blood and carnage is interested.}
When Kang Seung-hyun was working as a bounty hunter for a long time, he received scout offers from several churches.
‘Don’t you want to come to our church?’
‘Trust Berua. Trust Berua.’
‘Don’t you want to become even stronger than now?’
then one of them.
‘The appearance of calling for blood fits well with our church.’
‘I fell in love with the way it caused bloodshed.’
‘A talent that makes a sea of blood wherever it goes! I really want to invite you!’
‘Please come to the world of blood and gore!’
I beat him out because he said something like this, but he must have been a member of the Sehmet Church.
{If you come under me even now, I will welcome you with open arms.}
“I will refuse. I’ll think about it if you come under me.”
Kang Seung-hyun sarcastically refused, but
{That’s a pity.}
{Well, it’s fun that way.}
Surprisingly, Sehmet passed it over without getting angry.
At first glance, he seems to have a good personality, but in reality, it would be true that he doesn’t even feel worth getting angry with.
{Thank you for separately saving him.}
{That’s true.}
“He?”
{Four companions with pure white hair.}
I think he’s referring to Alec.
“Mr. Alec is neither your apostle nor an ardent fanatic, so what is the reason for your favoritism?”
{Though he doesn’t serve me}
{He splatters blood everywhere he goes.}
{It would be a pity to lose such a talented man.} {
If he survived, he would cause more bloodshed.}
He seemed to like beings who made him bloody.
Maybe it’s getting strength in a bloody situation.
{And I owe him something.}
“Debt?”
A divine being owes a debt to a human being.
Seunghyun Kang asked with a puzzled face.
{$!%##% %#[email protected]}
But Sehmet said something he couldn’t understand. It seems that there is a keyword restriction on that side.
{Then I’ll be gone.}
{Looking forward to your performance in the future.}
Hwaaaak!
Sehmet dispersed like smoke and disappeared.
“Is that guy not seeing this door?”
Seunghyun Kang looked at the white door next to him.
During the conversation, Sehmet did not even glance at the door.
‘Let’s go to the manager while we’re here.’
If you use delirium, you can wake up right away, but before that, there is one thing to check.
Seunghyun Kang opened the other side of his unconsciousness and went inside.
[Welcome.]
“It’s been a while.”
[Long time no see? Ah, by your standards, that’s right.]
As I opened the door and entered, I saw a distorted cube wrapped in a black chain along with a familiar message.
[Today, you came through ‘the other side of the unconscious’.]
“I guess you made it.”
[If you have delirium and fall into an unconscious state, you have a higher chance of entering the unconscious world.]
“Is that so?”
Kang Seung-hyeon responded moderately and continued.
Because I didn’t want to have a private conversation with the manager.
“I came because I wanted to ask you something more.”
[Tell me anything.]
[I’ll answer what I can.]
“Because this happened earlier.”
Kang Seung-hyun explained about Simua Rize.
Everything from defeating him to absorbing his power.
“I want to know about that power.”
I vaguely know that it is the power of God.
You know that you make it your own.
But a more specific explanation was needed.
[I see.]
[It hasn’t been long since I gained distrust.]
[Did you swallow the essence?]
“The essence?”
[Simply let’s say it’s the power of God.]
In reality, it’s a more complex concept that mixes soul, will, and so on.
[So, when a normal human touches the essence of God, they are stained with it.]
“Are they colored?”
[Stained by the essence and fascinated by the faith.]
[To put it in an easy-to-understand way, it would be like becoming a fanatic.]
Humans are the ones who go crazy when they receive even a little bit of the power of a god, but since they come in contact with the essence of the pure power of a god, they can’t remain sane.
[That’s why no human has ever accepted the essence of God.]
“Then the reason I’m fine is…”
[Because I had a strong distrust.]
If Kang’s disbelief was weak or someone else could If he touched it, instead of absorbing the power, he would have turned into a zealot of Simua Rise.
[You are not stained by your essence]
[Conversely, you absorbed that power and made it your own.]
[All I can say is that it’s really amazing.]
“At most, I only got 0001%.”
[What does it matter if it’s 1% or 01%?]
[It’s important to be the first to do something that no one else has done before.]
No matter how strong a person is, when he meets someone stronger than himself, his heart breaks and he gives in.
“Well, how can you not get angry in a situation like that?”
However, Kang Seung-hyun chose anger rather than surrender.
“All of my colleagues stretched out, but one self-destructed with the momentum to die. It’s the most upsetting moment from a healer’s point of view.”
Even if you know that your opponent is stronger than you.
[That’s the strongest weapon you have.]
[Disbelief that grows as you get angry.]
[A burning heart that doesn’t break under any circumstances.]
As long as that mindset doesn’t change, Kang Seung-hyun will be able to achieve his dream.
“Because I’ve lived with it my whole life.”
[Of course, excessive anger is poison to the body.]
“I know. Stress is the root of all diseases.”
[Relax for a while.]
[Because rest is important for both physical and mental strength.]
“90% of my stress is you.”
The manager made no reply.
And he quietly turned around.
[I forcibly used the power of disbelief this time.]
[There must have been a big blow to my mental power.]
[It’s probably hard for me to exert my power for a while.]
“I guessed that much.”
Isn’t that what the original limiter release is all about?
Become incredibly strong, but take enormous risks with the recoil.
‘I used so much strength, but there’s no way I’ll be fine.’
If you use your body too much, you will get muscle pain, but if you use your mind too much, it is natural that problems arise.
[So you probably need an item to help distrust.]
“An item?”
[Please check the achievement window when you return to reality.]
