## Chapter 405 - The Night and the Light (1~)
The sanctuary of the God of Chaos, the Primordial Night.
Cale was heading there at that moment.
-I will soon obtain everything I need.
At the words of the terrifying Super Rock, Cale nodded slightly.
Whisper.
Cale, moving through the jungle, propelled by the wind that surrounded his ankles.
Subquest 1. [Steal the power of chaos]
[Skill: Fear of Chaos (inactive)]
[*To activate it, you must find the sanctuary of the God of Chaos. -More information-]
First, upon reaching the sanctuary, he will soon be able to use Fear of Chaos, the power of the saint.
Once he does, he will naturally be able to solve another thing.
'Choi Jung Gun.'
Second, he will be able to save Choi Jung Gun, who was corrupted by chaos.
The corruption of chaos, known as one of the three calamities of the demonic world.
The method to purify it.
The destructive fire and the sky-devouring water said it.
The fire was familiar with purification, and the water now knew chaos.
Both asked for it.
One!
Just once!
They want to face someone with the power of the God of Chaos.
They only need a chance to purify the corruption of chaos.
The reason was simple.
'Because that's how they will know the power of the God of Chaos.'
But Cale no longer needed to face the saint to understand the power of the God of Chaos, nor did he need to learn more about the power of chaos.
'Skill.'
The power of the saint of the God of Chaos, the 'Fear of Chaos'.
Cale could obtain it as a skill through the game.
'If that happens...'
He could perform the purification ritual of the 'Corruption of Chaos' using the information that leader Sui Khan obtained through the stone slab.
Of course, the exact purification ritual should also be learned through the saint.
"Cale. Are you going to the sanctuary archives first?"
Whisper~
While gently dodging the leaves of the trees, the Ancient Dragon Eruhaben asked.
"Yes."
"Is there anything about the purification ritual there?"
"Yes. I saw it."
Tac.
Cale, jumping on the ground, unlike Eruhaben, Alberu, who moved lightly among the trees, descended next to Cale and posed a question.
"You saw it? Didn't you only get information related to the mission?"
"That's right."
Cale had seen some memories when facing the followers of the God of Chaos, and based on that, he had come this far.
"There are two things you must do in the sanctuary to obtain the skill."
"Yes, I heard that."
Cale, while running, looked at the subquest window.
[Go to the hidden place in the archives and obtain the 'Record of the Power of Chaos'.]
[Go to the Inverted Night and break the obtained record.]
"While I was watching Duke Hinpa's memories, I confirmed that there are also records about the purification ritual there."
"Ah."
Rosalyn, who had been listening silently, let out a short sigh as if she had solved her doubt.
'Somehow, I knew it by chance.'
Duke Hinpa showed him the hidden place in the archives.
And Cale remembered in his mind the scene where there was a book about the purification ritual.
"I left a trail."
At that moment, Gashan, the leader of the Beast People tribe, reported.
"With this trail, the Wanderers will see it and follow us."
Cale replied.
"The Wanderers know the approximate location of the sanctuary, don't they? Is it necessary to leave such an obvious trail?"
"Yes. The Wanderers won't even be able to enter the sanctuary, let alone find the entrance."
Wanderer Cho and Ryeon. Especially because of Cho's temperament, it was likely that, unable to contain their anger, they would start destroying everything around the sanctuary even if they didn't know the entrance. No, they would surely do it.
Even so, Cale was firm.
"You can only enter through the entrance."
That's why Cale had Gashan leave a trail from the place where they attacked Cho and Ryeon.
'A trail that seems like an inevitable mistake when trying to erase it.'
He asked Gashan to leave a trail that gave that feeling to the enemy, and the experienced tiger did it well.
Although Ryeon is cautious, in the end, not finding the entrance, she will follow the trail with suspicions.
"Cale is right."
Alberu looked ahead.
They had been running through the jungle for a while.
"If the sanctuary is where Cale said, it will be difficult to find, even if they know it."
Eruhaben spoke.
"You said it was a canyon?"
"Yes. But you have to see it to believe it."
Alberu wrapped his body with wind magic again.
"Let's go."
The Demon Kingdom was a huge field.
It was as big as two or three normal kingdoms combined.
Tac.
Alberu hit the ground lightly.
He climbed onto the branches of the trees again.
His appearance was quite similar to that of the dark elves who climbed trees.
"Just ten more minutes."
Among them, the jungle occupied a quarter, an incredible size.
Swoosh.
Cale followed Alberu, and the others stopped talking and followed them.
Swoosh.
The wind became stronger.
Cale saw that the end of the jungle was slowly approaching.
Giant trees and grass that grew very high. Vines that blocked the view.
Among all that, the wind was felt.
Following that wind, upon reaching the end.
Swoosh.
They left the jungle.
"Wow."
Eruhaben let out a sigh.
"I thought of a place like the Death Canyon, but this is on another level."
Swoosh.
A strong wind blew.
At the end of the jungle was a cliff.
Cale walked and stood at the edge of the cliff.
He looked down.
The bottom couldn't be seen.
He raised his head.
He looked to the other side.
"There."
The land on the other side seemed to be several kilometers away.
But to get there, they would have to cross a cliff several kilometers long.
Cale looked to the right.
"Impressive."
He heard Eruhaben's admiration.
'Cross shape.'
The canyon, the cliff, divided the Demon Kingdom into four parts in the shape of a cross.
"The Death Precipice. That's the name of this place."
Rosalyn explained in detail to her companions.
"It has a similar name to Death Canyon, but this place is more terrifying."
The bottom couldn't be seen.
"No living being that has fallen here has returned alive. Neither those who went to look for them."
The stories that circulated about this place.
"This endless precipice. There, the world after death unfolds."
That's why the people of the New World, as well as the inhabitants of the Demon Kingdom, avoid this place.
"The fact that teleportation magic doesn't work within the Demon Kingdom is particularly inconvenient, and there are four entrances because the land is divided into four by this canyon."
Rosalyn's gaze turned to the center of the cross-shaped canyon.
The point where the two cliffs, vertical and horizontal, crossed.
It wasn't far.
Cale's group had deliberately come that way.
"Fortunately, there is a bridge there, which makes moving a little less inconvenient."
It was a peculiar bridge.
Four giant trees were planted on each land, and the roots that grew from those trees formed a bridge that connected over the cliff several kilometers long.
"There are users who come just to see this."
New World.
This place had many fantastic sites difficult to see in reality, and that bridge was also a mysterious and fascinating landscape in that sense.
"They call that bridge 'Primordial Roots'."
Rosalyn said that and looked at Cale.
The others did the same.
She continued to look at Cale as she spoke.
"That bridge is special because, twice a month, on the full moon and the new moon, the four trees retract their roots. So the bridge disappears."
The Heavenly Demon spoke.
"Primordial Roots. The sanctuary of the God of Chaos is called Primordial Night, isn't it?"
His gaze turned to Cale.
"I don't know for sure, but I think that bridge was created by the cult of the God of Chaos."
Cale shrugged and pointed to the cliff.
"Because below this is the sanctuary of the God of Chaos, the Primordial Night."
The canyon below the cliff.
If you added up all its area, it would easily surpass a large city.
Alberu stood next to Cale and looked down.
"Some common users have fallen off this cliff."
There were users who did exactly what they were told not to do.
"When that happens, a message appears that says 'Inaccessible Area' and they die."
Users could revive and reconnect, so they could try.
"But what they saw while falling was a gray mist that covered everything."
"They must be camouflaging with the power of the God of Chaos."
Eruhaben stood next to him and spoke.
"Cale."
Then he asked.
"So, how do we get in?"
Cale knew how Duke Hinpa approached.
"Here."
He pointed to an exact spot.
It was the cliff.
"Do you see that little plant there?"
Trees also grew on the cliff.
Among them, a small plant with a red flower.
"If you follow that point a little further down, there is a cave hidden by the mist and vines."
Follow me.
After saying that, Cale descended with the wind around him.
Eruhaben, Rosalyn, and Alberu used magic.
The Heavenly Demon used his martial skills.
And Gashan, with his excellent physical ability.
They walked with long, light steps, as if strolling along the cliff, and soon stopped with Cale.
"Here it is."
After pushing aside the long vines, there was a cave large enough for two adults to walk side by side.
"Let's go down."
There were stairs in the cave.
"Gashan, did you leave the mark?"
"Yes."
Cale confirmed that Gashan had left a trail up to here and began to walk.
Tac. Tac.
The sound of the group's footsteps was the only thing that could be heard as they went down.
There were no guards here.
It was a path that only guides could use.
'The followers must have another path.'
But that path would be heavily guarded.
This path was better for Cale.
"But, what happens in the Primordial Night?"
The Heavenly Demon asked.
Cale just looked down as he walked.
"Originally, if you were Kim Haeil, wouldn't you be the type to secretly infiltrate, steal what you need, and run away? Of course, it's also okay to destroy things in the process. But it seems you're provoking a big fight."
Wanderer Sohyi.
Just with that, you could make the Wanderers and the cult of the God of Chaos confront each other.
But by attacking Wanderer Cho, you provoked a fight inside the sanctuary.
"If it were you, you wouldn't want many people to get hurt."
Even if they were followers of the God of Chaos.
The Heavenly Demon thought Cale would be like that.
"The Primordial Night is a kind of tomb."
When Cale spoke, the Heavenly Demon listened intently.
Tac. Tac.
The sound of the six's footsteps as they went down mixed with Cale's voice.
"Guides like Duke Hinpa bring people from outside."
"They kidnap, deceive, seduce. They don't discriminate the means to bring people to this sanctuary."
"And they gather all those people in one place, then the saint uses the power of chaos to make them fight."
The Primordial Night.
That place is a tomb without mourning, a place of execution, or a battlefield.
"Enveloped in chaos, they kill each other."
"When everyone dies and the last one falls from the wounds received."
Tac tac.
"They offer all those corpses as a sacrifice to the God of Chaos."
"And the whole process of fighting and dying is the primordial chaos itself. A primitive spectacle where only the strong survive, without laws or rules."
"The followers of the God of Chaos who observe all this offer a prayer of gratitude."
"Gratitude?"
"For allowing them to feel chaos."
"And they call the night when this ritual is performed 'Night of Pleasure'."
"Once the sacrifice ritual is over, until the morning sun rises, all the followers who live there dance and eat delicious food, seeking primitive pleasures."
Ah.
Rosalyn let out a deep sigh.
"But, the people the guides bring don't seem to be New World NPCs."
"The outside. They seemed to be beings from different dimensions. They all had different appearances and attire."
Hmm.
Eruhaben closed his eyes tightly as he sighed.
Tac.
Meanwhile, Cale, who was still going down, stopped for a moment.
"If we go down a little further, we'll reach a forest. The bottom of the canyon."
They soon left the cave.
A forest appeared.
A forest under a sky covered in gray mist, with a strange and gloomy atmosphere.
"……."
"……."
Without moving, the group held their breath.
They remembered what Cale had said before leaving the cave.
'Outside the forest there are walls and gates.'
The Primordial Night has four main gates.
'We will avoid the sight of the patrols and guards to climb the wall. With our abilities, it's possible.'
The wall wasn't high.
There didn't seem to be any magical effects.
They probably relied on the power of the God of Chaos that covered the canyon, and they didn't pay much attention to the wall.
If they turned invisible and climbed it, they wouldn't leave a trace.
'And normally there aren't many patrols or guards.'
Cale had recorded in his mind all the words, scenes, and moments he saw in Duke Hinpa's memories when he visited the sanctuary.
'By Duke Hinpa's memories, before the Night of Pleasure. When the guides don't bring sacrifices, it's quite quiet.'
And now.
"……."
"……."
No one spoke easily.
In front of the gate.
There were quite a few people there now.
Cale.
Eruhaben spoke to him in his mind.
They seem to be guides and sacrifices.
A few people in good shape and others who had clearly been captured, with their hands tied and shackles on their feet.
"……."
Cale closed his eyes tightly.
The records of Duke Hinpa's memories unfolded.
The Night of Pleasure.
Duke Hinpa, enjoying that horrible night, walked to the hidden place in the archives.
'Right.'
I forgot.
Cale opened his eyes.
Gray sky.
The Night of Pleasure had a different sky.
'New moon.'
That day was a new moon.
He remembered what Rosalyn had said.
'That bridge is special because, twice a month, on the full moon and the new moon, the four trees retract their roots. So the bridge disappears.'
And today.
'It's a new moon.'
oh, are isolated!
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