Episode 36
The sword doesn’t work on people with low grades.
Knowing that, the moment I tried to swing my fist in the form of a fantastic species, the body of Hwa Cho-seon, who immediately turned into a god of death, swelled up.
In an instant, her body swelled to the size of a mountain, covering not only me but also the Nine Heavenly Jade Girl who had followed me and all the phantom species that lived in the sanctuary.
‘what.’
I was in a situation where I couldn’t even breathe properly, feeling like I was drowning in water. I immediately wrapped an aura around my body.
Then, I tried swinging my arm, which had become a fantastic species, but it only felt like I was swinging my arm underwater, and I couldn’t do any damage to the Hwachoseon, which had become a weak body.
Pow!
At that moment, an explosion sounded.
The massive body of Hwachoseon, which had turned into a ghost, soared into the sky and spread out in all directions, and thanks to this, I was finally freed from her body and fell down on the floor.
“… … “It’s over.”
Then, as I was looking up at the sky without understanding the current situation, I heard the voice of the Nine Heavenly Oknyeo.
She stumbled towards me and let out a long sigh.
“Gucheonoknyeo.”
“Tsk, I thought I was just following you to find Hwachoseon, but I never thought I’d be turned away right away. “I need to get ready to go out.”
“Can you explain? “You came this far thanks to me, so I guess you could at least share some information?”
When he told her to keep it to herself and not to talk about it, Gucheonoknyeo sighed and looked up at the sky.
“Just now, Hwa Cho-seon became a reluctant person.”
“okay.”
“We know this because we have already experienced it once in a previous challenge. “If she becomes a god, this world will be destroyed.”
“To perish.”
“She is the strongest phantom species in this world. I saw it earlier. There is no way to stop Hwachoseon’s refusal no matter what he does. And she, who became a fortuneteller, caused an unprecedented epidemic. To all living things in the world, including phantom species. It was like that in the previous episode as well. While we were gathering information, she refused and the world was destroyed, and we had to quickly give up on her challenge. However, in this episode, we know the location of Hwachoseon, so there must be a way to solve anything before she dies.”
As she said that, it seemed like she was about to give up.
At that moment, I grabbed Gucheonoknyeo’s arm, and she, who had quite bony arms, frowned and looked back at me.
“Why again?”
“Nine Heavenly Jade Girl, don’t you have the Mind’s Eye class that allows you to record the past history of the person you saw with your own eyes?”
I know because I have been on the front lines with you.
Nine Heavenly Oknyeo acquired a class to conquer the floor more quickly.
It was a class that allowed you to look back on the past history of the opponent you saw with your own eyes, and that class was always a great help in clearing the floor.
That is why the emperor also treated her with utmost respect as part of his personal guard.
The fact that she had such a class was a well-known story among those on the front lines, and her help was always of great help whenever a floor was conquered.
After hearing that question, she pulled her arm away from me and glared at me.
“there is. Because it was the first class I visited after entering this session. Since I just saw Hwachoseon with my own eyes, the past history must have been recorded for sure. So why is that?”
“Teach me.”
After hearing my words, Gucheonoknyeo laughed as if she was dumbfounded.
“Do I have a reason to do that to you?”
“Because I figured out a way to clear this floor.”
Nine Heavenly Oknyeo’s shoulders twitched.
Then he opened his eyes and began to make direct eye contact with me.
“You found a way to clear it?”
“As you said, this challenge is a failure. But I definitely found a way to clear the next challenge.”
“I don’t want to believe you.”
“I’m not telling you to believe it. But if you tell me, I won’t have to spend any more time on this floor. “I won’t say anything even if you come in together during the next challenge.”
“… … “If you’re going to ask me this much, wouldn’t it be better for you to just cooperate with us and clear the Crown Road?”
I snorted as I looked at Gucheonoknyeo, who had an expression of not understanding.
“If I’m with you, I’ll be late in clearing the floor.”
And when she saw my attitude, Gucheonoknyeo looked as if she was appalled.
“In a way, I respect you for still showing pride in a subject that wants my help.”
Then, with a sigh, she took out a book that had about 1,000 pages out of the air, glanced at me and said,
“Well, okay. “I don’t like you that much, but it would be nice if the floor could be cleared somehow.”
She opened the pages as if she knew the number of pages, stopped at one page, looked at that page, and started telling the story of Hwa Cho-seon.
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When war, famine, poverty, and other disasters strike the world, the first to suffer are always children.
They always bring a new future, but they are always sacrificed by the present.
Children shed tears.
They cannot live and progress without their parents.
It was the same whether it was a human or a fantasy species.
A child was just a child.
The reason why Hwa Cho-seon had such thoughts was simple.
She once had a child in her womb.
However, for some reason, the child was lost.
The child’s father became a fortune-teller after that incident, and Hwacho-seon had to end her husband’s life with her own hands.
Hwa Cho-seon, who lost her child and killed her husband with her own hands without ever being called a mother, disappeared for about 100 years.
In a deep cave, Hwachoseon lived alone, shedding tears for the child and husband she could not protect.
When she came out 100 years later, the deep sorrow for her child remained in her heart.
She was devastated.
After just walking through the wilderness for a few days, a village came into Hwa Cho-seon’s eyes.
The village was in shambles, as if there had been an attack, and there were no people in sight.
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As Hwachoseon passed through the village and began to walk, hearing the sound of her footsteps, the surviving children from the village secretly came out to see her.
The children observed her with a mixture of fear and curiosity, and strangely enough, Hwa Cho-seon couldn’t leave when she saw that.
All the children survived on their own without their parents.
Although she lost the child in her womb, those children lost the parents who lived with them.
Even though Hwa Cho-seon had given up everything, she couldn’t bear to see children starving to death after losing their parents.
She couldn’t bear the sight of children being sacrificed as they came out of their mothers’ wombs, struggling and desperate.
As if atonement for the child she could not bring into the world, Hwa Cho-seon began taking care of the children.
That’s why Hwachoseon created a home for children who had nowhere to go.
It was an old house, but it was big and big enough to raise children who had lost their parents.
And before we knew it, everyone, both phantom species and humans, began to live together in harmony.
“mom! “I caught a frog!”
There was a naughty child.
“Mom, the powder keeps bothering me.”
There was also a child who was often bullied by his friends.
“Mom, this is a gift.”
There was also a child who gave a crown made of flowers.
“Mom, can you buy me this?”
There was also a child who had a tantrum sometimes.
Although each child was different, they all had something in common.
Before we knew it, the children were all calling Hwa Cho-seon “Mom.”
To those who lost their parents, Hwachoseon was their mother and parent.
As Hwacho-seon was unable to give birth to children, the word ‘mother’ was awkward at first, but little by little, I got used to it.
No, now the two words ‘mother’ were becoming everything to Hwa Cho-seon to those children.
Even though he had never heard it from his own child.
But now, those are the words you hear from the children who have become your own.
A phantom child, a human child.
Hwachoseon raised both without discrimination.
One day, when these children grow up and go out into the world, it seemed like they would definitely make the world a better place than it is now.
It seemed like it could bring about a future different from the present.
A world where there is no need for phantom species to be angry at the world.
A world where children do not have to lose their parents.
Hwachoseon was thinking that such a world might come.
Occasionally, humans passing by the house were shocked and disgusted to see a phantom species and a human child together, but the children did not care.
To the children, whether they were phantom species or humans, they were all family and friends.
And as time passed, a human came to visit.
Shabby clothes, shaved hair, and the strong smell of battle coming from his body.
As soon as Hwa Cho-seon saw him, she realized that he was a illusion catcher.
A group called Phantom Hunters, a group that was created just a few years ago, was a group that specialized in killing low-ranking gods, and recently there was news that they were even hunting fantastic species.
Hwachoseon was wary.
I coldly kicked him out, but surprisingly, the fantasy catcher left without any reaction.
But after that he started behaving strangely.
Whenever he had time, he left food in front of their house.
At first, Hwa Cho-seon was wary and threw away all the food, but she soon realized that he had not done anything with the food.
That was because one day, he saw the children bringing food and eating it before Hwachoseon.
There were no problems with the children and they were happy because they said it was delicious.
Seeing that, Hwa Cho-seon began to relax her guard towards him little by little.
“Mom, when is Santa coming?”
“Santa? “Why is that guy Santa?”
“You leave presents every day.”
Hwa Cho-seon thought that she had taken care of the children and fed them in her own way.
However, the children who were in their prime seemed to be waiting for the food that Hwa Cho-seon brought them, as if the food he brought them was not enough.
For five years like that, Hwa Cho-seon let him do as he pleased.
I thought she would get tired of it and quit, but he didn’t and she eventually came forward to him in the fifth year.
When I spoke to him directly, he was a person who lacked social skills.
However, his eyes contained the emotions of a child who lost a parent, something that Hwacho-seon saw in children.
Hwa Cho-seon noticed that he was a man who had not been saved like the children.
His name was Hobaeksan, and he seemed a bit foolish, but Hwa Chosun changed his mind a little when he saw the smile he made when he saw the children.
As Hobaeksan left, Hwachoseon watched him leave, leaving the regretful children behind.
I will definitely come again next time.
At that time, Hwa Cho-seon entered the house, thinking that since he had gained quite a bit so far, he should at least provide himself with a meal.
Then one day it happened.
A spirit of extinction appeared in a nearby village, and as a result, an epidemic began to spread around the area.
At that time, a human child who had gone out to play in the village became infected, and Hwachosun quickly separated the child from the other human children.
The child’s symptoms were getting worse day by day, so Hwa Cho-seon had no choice but to take the child outside.
“You must not go outside for the time being. Because I cooked the meal. You guys are just staying with each other for a week. Understand? Yechan, you must take good care of the children.”
“Yes, Mom.”
Hwa Cho-seon, who stroked the head of Ye-chan, the oldest among her peers, left home carrying her child, Ji-an, who had an infectious disease.
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