Episode 217
Something broke.
From Ibrahim’s expression.
Sihyeon felt it clearly.
That expression, which always had a relaxed and smiling face, suddenly became cold, as if cold water had been poured on it.
It was an obvious crack.
And through that crack, Sihyeon was able to penetrate into the great sage’s inner self for the first time.
I could almost feel his agitation.
“what!”
Ibrahim’s eyes flickered with a shadow of ripples.
‘Drinking wine is broken? ‘Is that what the Iron Blood Guard was like?’
“You shouldn’t try to control and sway people’s hearts.”
Sihyeon smiled coldly.
Then he slowly stretched out his hand and picked up the wine glass in front of Ibrahim.
I took a leisurely sip of it and opened my mouth again.
“Hmm, it’s quite delicious. It seems to be quite an expensive item.”
“….”
The Great Sage’s smooth mouth fell silent for the first time.
It was clear that the mood had turned.
Sihyeon took another sip of wine with a cheerful expression, as if enjoying the atmosphere.
“You look like you don’t know how this situation came to be. It’s an expression I really like. And with that, I know one thing for sure. Even if you are a great sage, you don’t know everything. You are not a god.”
“Whew.”
Ibrahim sighed briefly and stroked his hair.
The smile had disappeared from his face.
“I guess I underestimated you.”
“I agree.”
Sihyeon sneered as he pushed the nearly empty wine glass back towards the Great Sage.
“And you really did something foolish. Originally, I didn’t have any feelings of hostility towards the Great Sage, but this seems to have made me return to him with hostility.”
The moment I called the great sage, ‘the wisest man in the world’, foolish, I felt a very refreshing feeling.
Sihyeon did not miss the slight tremor on Ibrahim’s cheek at that moment.
Tuk-tuk.
He tapped his fingers on the table twice as if trying to calm his emotions.
It was also my first time seeing this behavior.
He blinked slowly with a thoughtful expression for a moment, then frowned as if he suddenly realized something.
‘Calm won’t come back?’
Ilpyeonbingsim (一片氷心).
It was a passive skill unique to the Great Sage of Both Eyes.
That’s why he was able to maintain his composure almost always, at any moment.
When faced with an unexpected situation, your composure may be momentarily broken.
However, if you put your mind to it, you should be able to recover quickly.
But my composure has not returned, and my mind is shaking.
‘You didn’t just break the spell.’
Ibrahim bit his lip bitterly.
It was clear that he had broken the spell in some way and at the same time had done something to put constant pressure on himself.
It was absurd.
Ilpyeonbingsim was a very powerful skill, so it was close to impossible for any mental skill to break through that wall and have an impact.
That invincible barrier has been breached.
To the iron-blooded jailer who, although strong, was considered lower than the Ten Great Powers of the Continent.
“Why aren’t you saying anything?”
Sihyeon smiled sarcastically and blurted out.
Since I was branded a prisoner, I was able to control the atmosphere for 10 minutes, at least 10 minutes.
And I planned to get what I could in those 10 minutes.
“Whew, okay. I admit it. I made a mistake.”
Ibrahim admitted with a short sigh.
“Just acknowledging it isn’t the end. Wouldn’t an apology be enough to get the conversation going again?”
Forced apology.
Where had the great sage of both sides, who was revered by everyone, ever suffered such humiliation in his life?
It was so absurd that I almost burst out laughing.
However, I had to admit that the situation was crowded.
The one holding the sword hilt now is over there.
“…Fine. I apologize.”
Ibrahim eventually apologized.
A smile appeared on Sihyeon’s face.
“Of course. That way we can keep the conversation going.”
“….”
“Then let me ask you. Is the foresight you showed me earlier really true?”
Sihyeon asked as if he was interrogating a criminal.
“Ah, for your information, please think carefully before answering. The current Great Sage is. I can see everything. I can see everything. It is very easy to know whether what is being said is a lie or the truth.”
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Of course, it is impossible for even a great sage in this state to completely understand his true intentions, but Sihyeon deliberately played psychological warfare.
Sihyeon knew that the smarter you are, the more ideas you have.
In addition, he will think that something has been done to him, so his mind will inevitably become more complicated.
And as Sihyeon expected, the psychological warfare worked.
Sihyeon, who noticed that Ibrahim’s face was slightly moving as if he was uncomfortable, twisted the corner of his mouth into a smile.
“You’ve probably heard that my other nickname is ‘Fanatical Executioner.’ As the saying goes, there is an inevitable madness within me. Even though you apologized, I’m in a really bad mood right now and that madness is about to rear its head. Why am I telling you this? It’s because I feel like if the great sage tells a lie, I will literally go crazy. If he goes crazy, I don’t know what I will do. For example… I could join hands with the emperor. ”
The sage, who was crazy about the fact that the great sage was not on good terms with the emperor, made threatening remarks, mentioning the emperor’s name.
And the effect was dramatic.
I noticed that Ibrahim’s face was clearly distorted.
If he were a normal person, he would have easily been able to determine that what Sihyeon said just now was nothing more than an absurd threat.
There are also many weapons that can counter that threat.
However, when his absolute composure was broken and his mind was shaking due to the stigma of a prisoner, and even words that made the emperor uncomfortable were added, a huge stir arose that could not be calmed.
“Now, please answer.”
Sihyeon urged Ibrahim as if to push him further.
In the end, he opened his mouth with a stiff face, as if he had no choice.
“…You’re really pushing me mercilessly.”
“I want answers.”
“Phew, I understand. I will fulfill your wishes. That prediction is not true.”
Ibrahim quietly spewed out the facts.
“also.”
After hearing his words, Sihyeon nodded as if she had already guessed.
Sihyeon’s cold gaze fell on Ibrahim’s face.
“You were playing around. I guess you don’t know what happens if you play around carelessly?”
Sigh.
In an instant, Sihyeon’s hand moved like a snake and grabbed the Great Sage’s wrist that was lying on the table.
“If you get caught playing around, you’ll lose your hair. Do you understand?”
I could feel Ibrahim flinching.
They are agitated even by low-quality threats like bullies.
Sihyeon chuckled.
Clearly, the current great sage was not normal and was properly involved.
In the humiliating situation, Ibrahim bit his lip to control his mind a little.
“…I’m sorry. I admit that I had a selfish desire to get your help. That’s why I acted like that. However, it is true that the annihilation of demons is the ultimate cause.”
“lie.”
Vision stared into Ibrahim’s eyes and struck him like that.
This is because I felt a slight but definitely awkward shaking.
His expression now was no longer a mask of iron wall.
In fact, it was easier to understand than a small scammer.
And the great sage’s face became violently agitated, as if his guess had been correct.
I felt like I was completely caught off guard.
Moreover, although I was very accustomed to reading other people’s minds, the feeling of having my own thoughts understood in detail must have been extremely unfamiliar.
That’s probably why I can’t hide my feelings of agitation so clearly.
“I guess you didn’t believe me? Seeing you so embarrassed by the fact that it was a lie. Why does a person called the Great Sage continue to act foolishly?”
The moment he heard the word foolish again, Ibrahim’s face instinctively trembled with humiliation.
“Why are you making that face? I’m saying this is the one who’s angry right now. To be honest, I’m on the verge of going crazy. So it would be better to tell the truth quickly. Wow, your fingertips are really thin. You’ll fly like a chicken head, right?”
Sihyeon touched Ibrahim’s wrist and spoke threateningly.
The great sage’s condition was not good enough for such a cheap threat to work.
After being exposed as a lie, I was in a state of complete psychological turmoil.
“…I’m sorry.”
Another word of apology came from the great sage’s mouth.
It was probably the first time in his life that he had apologized so much in one day.
A satisfied smile appeared on Sihyeon’s lips as she made that apology.
“Don’t just say you’re sorry, tell the truth quickly.”
“Uhm….”
Ibrahim groaned with a dark face.
“hurry.”
Sihyeon urged him so as not to give him a chance to catch his breath.
“…It is true that revenge is the biggest reason.”
The truth that he had not wanted to reveal until the end finally came out of Ibrahim’s mouth.
“Let’s continue.”
Sihyeon let go of the great sage’s hand, sat down again, and tilted her head crookedly.
“The demons wiped out the Ibrahim family, which had been around since ancient times. The last head of the family became the demons’ livestock. It was a shame that should never have happened, could never be tolerated, and was so unspeakable. How dare a petty demon like a great They destroyed the Ibrahim family and turned the family head into livestock… As the previous head of the family, it is my absolute mission to avenge this terrible humiliation.”
As he spoke, Ibrahim twisted his face and clenched his fists as if resentment was welling up in him.
Although he understood how Sihyeon felt, he couldn’t hide his bewildered expression.
It was absurd that the enormous plan of conquering the demon world was born out of personal feelings.
“but.”
Ibrahim’s mouth opened again.
“It can be said that there is a good cause for the annihilation of the demons. The foresight I showed you was clearly a self-interested illusion. However, everything I said about ruin within a few years is not a lie. It will not be long before a major conflict between humans and demons. “This will happen. It’s a fight that won’t end until one side falls. In the end, only by exterminating the demons will humanity survive.”
“hmm.”
Sihyeon sat down on the sofa and crossed her arms.
What he said this time didn’t seem to be a lie.
A person of the caliber of a great sage would not do such a big thing just based on personal feelings.
The United States, a superpower, would have moved because it showed the huge profits that would come if it succeeded for a good reason.
“Besides, it is something that must be done to eliminate gates that occur in this world anyway.”
Remove the gate?
Sihyeon looked at Ibrahim with an expression as if he had heard something unexpected.
“Does that mean you know the cause of the gate?”
“I don’t know exactly. It’s just that the demons completely ravaged the Leiter continent, the first land of Iria God, and Iria God was greatly heartbroken by this and used his enormous divine power to protect Earth, the second land, from their hands, becoming the strongest man of the fiercest era. “It awakened people. And the gate phenomenon is also related to that. We just understand the extent of it.”
Si-hyeon opened his eyes wide after hearing those surprising words.
“This Earth is the land of God Iria? And God awakened it to protect it?”
“That’s right.”
“No, there are other gods on this Earth.”
“They are the same god, just with a different name. God Iria created the two lands.”
“her.”
Sihyeon clicked his tongue.
These were words that would cause an uproar if religious people heard them.
“Wait a minute, so the god can’t stop the demons himself?”
“Divine power is not infinite. It depletes little by little as time passes. And since both the Leiter Continent and the Earth are land where many years have passed, the divine power of God Iria has been greatly depleted. It is probably only the awakening of a large number of souls who have already died. “It would have been a very difficult transfer.”
“…okay.”
Sihyeon nodded with a thinking face.
“Anyway, that’s why I said that if the demons are annihilated, the gate phenomenon will end. And… this….”
Ibrahim, who was speaking, suddenly looked confused.
Then he bit his lip bitterly.
“This is truly amazing. You are the second person who has embarrassed me like this.”
10 minutes have passed.
Sihyeon made eye contact and smiled.
“That’s a very flattering compliment.”
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