Karma Chain (3)
Galli Antsum.
When the Ultima System extraction team arrived at Mount Toa, Chief Kergo Mahatu came out to meet them.
“Welcome, Sirone.”
“yes. How have you been? “I feel bad saying this right away, but I’ll take care of you for a while.”
“Thank you. “It is Kergo’s glory.”
Mahatu went down underground and guided them to a temple with a mysterious atmosphere.
It was a familiar scene to Miro and Gaold.
“The Kergo tribe. “It’s a fortress, but… is it really safe?”
Mahatu spoke in response to Sein’s concerns.
“There is a separate shelter in the basement. “My direct subordinates will take turns guarding it 24 hours a day.”
Because they have to go through Drimo, the team members have no choice but to fall into a sleepless state.
This was the reason Sirone set up a base on the island.
‘Activity is impossible while sleeping. ‘I want to avoid simultaneous events overlapping.’
Mahatu emphasized again.
“Please leave it to me. “I will risk Kergo’s honor and my life to protect you.”
Arius said as he crawled on the ground.
“The dreamer can penetrate dreams. Through Drimo, you will be able to directly enter the deep 6th level of Ymir’s REM realm. But getting out is a different matter. “I can’t install the door.”
Divers inject keywords into targets and use them to install doors.
“This is definitely magic. Keywords cannot be injected into Ymir outside the galaxy. “Even if I go, I will die instantly.”
Miro asked.
“So how do we get out?”
“If you really plan on coming back alive, I’d like to tell you to quit now.”
“Just answer me.”
When Miro kicked his butt, Arius fell forward and hit his chin on the floor.
“It comes from the deep sea. In Ymir’s dream, you fall into Drimo again. But the reason it’s so difficult is that once you get to the depths, the upper layers become complete chaos. Because the core of the self has been attacked.”
Kang Nan rested his chin.
“Battle is inevitable. In other words, you are saying that we have to break through the egoists?”
“Fuhahaha!”
Arius burst into laughter and quickly coughed.
“sorry. It’s so absurd. Anyway, think about it carefully. Even in real life, Ymir is the strongest. But the place we are entering now is a world where Ymir is the master.” The atmosphere became heavy. “I have no intention of causing despair. Our team also has Mr. Geukseon and fraternity. What I want to say is that the choice to fight and win should be made only before death. Once you enter Ymir’s mind, you will gain a lot of information. “I will somehow find a way out.”
The moment Arius’ explanation ended, the group entered the bunker deep inside Toa Mountain.
There was a bed prepared in advance and a few days’ worth of food and water piled up in a corner.
Mahatu said.
“Once you close the door, no one can open it until you give the signal. Even 100 years later, this gate will be guarded by Kergo’s descendants.”
It was a rather grandiose statement, but no one knew what would happen.
“thank you. “I’ll be back.”
As Mahatu closed the door after Sirone’s greeting, complete darkness came.
Sirone cast a lighting spell and pointed to the bed.
“Let’s begin. “It would be best to come up with a specific strategy first by entering Ymir’s mind.”
As the six people took up the bed one by one and lay down, Arius cast a sleep spell.
Sirone slowly opened his eyes.
It was inside a cabin that seemed to have been abandoned a long time ago, and moonlight was seeping through the walls.
As I focused my senses through a lucid dream, I felt like I was sitting on a chair in the center of the cabin.
The cold wind and the smell of old dust.
A thin girl in white rags was walking around the hut with her hair covering her face.
‘It’s a nightmare.’
You’ll probably have to stay locked in a cabin with an unknown girl until the end of this section.
An ordinary person would have been crushed by the scissors, but Shirone calmly opened his mouth.
“Monga.”
Louver’s satellite and dream designer.
“I don’t have time for jokes.”
The cabin door creaked open, and a boy with a pale face and black eyes came in.
“sorry. But it’s not a joke. “Because the fastest way is to use nightmares
.”
Sirone and Monga turned their gazes to follow the girl passing between them.
“what does it mean?”
“It’s meaningless. That’s the hallmark of nightmares. In short, it just has to be terrible.”
Mong-ah grabbed the girl’s wrist and lifted the black hair that was covering her face.
A distorted face appeared as if it had melted from the heat.
“Nightmares deal with negative energy. Events unfold in a way that you never want to experience. In reality, everyone would want a girl’s face to be pretty, and that would be the case, but…
“Behind that, there is a fear of the worst happening.”
“That’s right. The reason this is important is because Mongin plans to instill nightmares into Ymir. Even if you are the master of dreams, if you are engulfed in negative energy, all situations will attack Ymir. Then we can revive our team’s mobility.”
Sirone blinked his eyes and was lost in thought.
“I know it’s effective, but… is there really a situation where Mir feels fear?”
“You never know. However, since it uses internal energy, the possibility is not completely gone. In fact, what worries me more is when the nightmare actually unfolds.”
It would be on a different level from the nightmares that ordinary people have.
“Let’s go out first. “Others must have followed Nightmare by now.”
Shirone got up from the chair and looked back at the girl before heading out the door.
Sirone, who was staring at her standing barefoot, slowly lifted her hair.
A pretty face was revealed.
As the girl smiled, showing her white teeth, Shirone also smiled and patted her head.
“everything will be alright.”
At the end of the wasteland that sucked up the moonlight, the maze and the others were waiting.
10 archipelago kingdoms.
Corps Commander Gamagin’s earthquake caused a tsunami and most of the island was submerged.
Sirone, who was on a sailboat carrying refugees, looked out at the sea from the deck.
‘Dionas Kingdom.’
Although it was the country with the least damage, it would have taken several months to cross the wind-free zone.
“Messiah.”
The poisonous dragon Poine approached Sirone.
“According to Caios, the tectonic plates are constantly shaking. “If a tsunami occurs, the people on the boat will not be safe.”
“It’s not a one-time thing. “It’s serious.” The Demon Realm was another system planted in reality,
so it was impossible to stop it.
‘Unless the purification of hell ends…
While Sirone was in trouble, the sailors brought blankets and food to the deck.
“Now take your turn! Since supplies are limited, only a limited amount will be distributed. “If we break it, we don’t know how things will change!”
The reason for the threat is probably because they know how cruel it is to survive in an isolated ocean.
“…I’m going to eat it.” One by one, people
began to gather
toward the supplies, with their devastated eyes briefly sparkling with life .
“Stay back!”
At that time, a sturdy knight drew his sword.
“Why would a commoner try to touch something! According to the kingdom’s laws, Minister Desica will cook first.”
People’s eyes turned to one place.
Desica, the interior minister of the Kingdom of Rosarion, was resting with a cold expression.
“Move! “It’s Vicky!”
The knight who defeated the people packed a thick blanket and plenty of food and offered them to the minister.
The expressions on the sailors’ faces turned grim as they watched the scene, but they could not bear the Home Minister’s article.
“There will be problems. “That person, as skinny as an anchovy, took one-fifth of the bread.”
Because there was not enough time to load supplies, the food provided per person was far short of one meal.
“At least you should eat your fill. After all, it’s a living thing, so it’s only natural.”
In Poine’s eye smile, an indescribable venom was condensed.
“What are you going to do? If you just give an order, this old man will give you a sharp admonition…
“Let’s go.”
Poine tilted his head.
“yes?”
“We should also get bread and water.”
Sirone, who waited at the end of the line, was able to get supplies when it was his turn.
As expected, there was not enough bread, and all we got was half a container of water and a shabby blanket.
Those who couldn’t eat were angry, but the knight’s sword was still more scary than hunger.
Poine sat next to Sirone.
“Messiah must have a lot of worries, too. In my opinion, ‘extraction’ is okay.”
Removing factors that impede integration could be one way.
Sirone said.
“Desica is not just. But in order to make an extraction, a more fundamental standard is needed. If everyone in this room becomes desica, would they be able to act differently? “Because humans cannot be unified through principles or principles alone.”
“What is important is the heart…
Poine remained silent, but the light in his narrow eyes became even more eerie.
“Drink slowly.”
When Shirone looked away, the girl was drinking all of the day’s worth of water.
“Well. It looks like you drank sea water. “It is an unbearable pain for children.”
As expected, the child cried out loud after licking the last drop, as if it had not cleared up.
“Mom, I’m thirsty! “I’m dying of thirst!”
Although the mother could not even speak of water, her child’s pain made her feel even more bitter.
“Water, water…
As people’s eyes turned to the minister, Desica quietly turned his head.
‘No water. Knights can get food, but water is life in the sea.’
At that time, Sirone made a gesture and called.
“Baby, come here.”
When the child who saw the water came running as if possessed, Sirone handed him a water container with the lid off.
“Drink this.”
The child raised his head and emptied the water in an instant.
“Are you okay now?”
“??????yes.”
When the child lowered his head out of shame, Poine handed him his water bottle and said,
“Take this to mom. Instead, from now on, you should drink sparingly. got it?”
The child hesitated, but eventually accepted the reality, unable to ignore his family’s pain.
“thank you.”
A heavy silence fell on the deck.
The man across from him stood up as if he had made up his mind, approached Sirone and offered him water.
“ruler. “Take a sip.”
The man who caught Sirone’s gaze scratched the bridge of his nose with a puzzled expression.
“I can’t give everything, but we have to help each other. drink. “There is no need to feel burdened.”
As if the wall had been torn down, people were finally able to see who was around them.
“Hey… let’s eat this together.”
The small bread was broken in half and held in the hands of those who had not received food.
“grandma.”
A young man handed Poine a bucket of water.
“Take this. “You’re old, but you can’t stand it in broad daylight without even taking a sip.”
The gaze of the venomous dragon, known as the most cruel of the 12 apostles, pierced the bucket.
To a dragon, it’s just a drop of water.
But her smile contained a warmth that was different from anything I had seen before.
“Thank you, young man.”
Taking a sip of lukewarm water, Poine turned her gaze to Deshika.
‘Criteria for extraction.’
The Messiah’s words finally made sense.
