C430
Beginning of Chaos.
“Human, why is that scroll vibrating?”
At Raon's question, Cale shook his head.
“Well. I’ll have to check it when I go to the New World.”
There was no need to touch that object in the Demon World.
‘If I use it in the game, the system will turn it into a skill.’
New World. It’s really useful and good there. The corners of Cale’s lips curled upwards.
‘Either way.’
This scroll, whose letters have now appeared, unlike contamination, fear, pleasure, and purification.
‘It seems good.’
My intuition tells me so. This scroll is more important than the previous four.
“The human is smiling strangely!”
“It seems like something’s going to happen!”
“But those things have always been good for us.”
While On calmed down the excited Raon and Hong, Cale put away the scroll and set off. His steps were quite hurried.
‘Choi Jung Gun.’
He will soon wake up. Although the system didn't say anything about the results of using the skill, as in the game, Cale intuited that all the contamination in his body had disappeared.
‘Hmm.’
After confirming that Choi Jung Gun wakes up, if there’s something I should listen to, I’ll do it immediately afterward.
‘I must go find the team leader and Choi Jung Soo.’
Cale’s expression hardened. He didn’t realize his steps had quickened.
* * *
“Pope.”
The body of the High Priest of the Chaos God sect, who had dedicated his life to that place, trembled.
Creak!
Force entered the hand gripping his head, his nails digging into his forehead, creating a bleeding wound.
“Pope. What do we do?”
At the Supreme Knight’s question, the Pope, sitting in a chair, looked down. The Supreme Knight and the High Priest looked at him. The Pope, looking at the trembling and weeping High Priest, stood up and spoke.
“Return to the beginning, where everything exists and everything doesn’t exist.”
The moment he finished his words.
“Pope!”
The High Priest screamed. But his weeping couldn’t last long.
Creak!
A huge gray arrow pierced his body. The Supreme Knight loosened his grip.
Plop!
The priest fell sideways with the arrow embedded in his body. His pupils lost their shine, and death enveloped him.
“He has returned to the beginning.”
The Supreme Knight said that and approached the Pope.
Psssh-
The High Priest’s body quickly turned gray, his veins swelled, and finally disintegrated into dust and disappeared.
Shhh- The Pope opened the curtain.
“I didn’t know the Saint would leave like this.”
In the Pope’s eyes, which couldn’t hide his sadness, a strange landscape was reflected. The Demon World. The sky of that place was reflected in his eyes. The red twilight sky was the same in his homeland and the Demon World.
“…….”
Instead of answering, the Supreme Knight knelt on one knee while looking at his back.
“Command.”
And these were the words that came out of his mouth. The Pope, without looking at the knight, spoke.
“The Book of Beginnings has disappeared.”
To be exact, the four books of contamination, pleasure, purification, and fear had also disappeared. But that wasn’t important.
“We must find the Book of Beginnings.”
“Yes.”
The Pope turned around. He looked at the knight and said:
“That man’s name is Cale Henituse, right?”
“Yes. We were able to identify him from the video.”
The ‘White Star Project’ carried out by the Hunter family. The Chaos God sect also knew this. They had also obtained all the testimonies of the Chaos God sect’s followers, including the videos of ‘CrazyExhibitionist’ that were spreading throughout the Third Earth.
“Hmm.”
The Pope, who looked out the window again, spoke.
“The Five-Colored Family sent a letter, right?”
“Yes.”
Anger was reflected on the knight’s face.
“How dare they, not knowing their place-”
The Pope raised his hand at his words.
“…….”
The knight fell silent, and the Pope continued calmly.
“From their point of view, we have betrayed them, so they have no choice but to hold us accountable. In fact, their attitude is less severe than I expected.”
The Pope seemed to understand why the Hunters, including the Five-Colored family, weren’t protesting strongly against the Chaos God sect’s betrayal.
“It seems the birth of the Absolute God is very near.”
Moreover, they would also know this.
“They must have felt by now that the New World is becoming a real world.”
Therefore, the Hunters, including Five-Colored and Transparent Blood, wouldn’t protest strongly.
“Do you think they will remain silent for a while?”
At the knight’s question, the Pope shook his head.
“In the end, they are Hunters.”
Would a Hunter let their prey escape? They would have considered the ‘Chaos God sect’ as traitors, and while acting appropriately on the surface, they would be secretly planning how to eliminate them.
“They will definitely try to secretly investigate our past. They will probably try to expel our remaining forces from the New World.”
The Pope’s gaze turned towards the window.
“But we are in the Demon World.”
The knight’s mouth opened.
“Pope, the great plan will surely be carried out.”
A smile appeared on the Pope’s lips.
“So it must. First, we must show those who went to the world of the beginning the world stained by Chaos.”
The Pope closed his eyes and opened them.
“The Hunters will look for Cale Henituse.”
“Yes.”
The one who prevented the arrival of the Chaos God. Cale Henituse, who had been interfering since the White Star Project. The Hunters have no reason to leave him alone. Either way, they will watch him more closely than the Demon World, which is somehow connected to them, and the Chaos God sect.
“We must find Cale Henituse before they do. Definitely.”
“Yes.”
The Supreme Knight bowed deeply and continued:
“I will definitely find the Book of Beginnings.”
“So it must. And-”
The Pope paused for a moment and then continued:
“We must also capture Cale Henituse.”
“I will fulfill it without fail.”
The Supreme Knight stood up. He bowed to the Pope, who was turned away, and then left.
“…….”
The Pope, who was left alone, closed his eyes while contemplating the landscape of the Demon World.
‘-Child.’
His pupils appeared. Gray pupils. The Chaos God.
After the incident in the Divine World, the Chaos God had never given the Pope a proper prophecy. Therefore, the Pope simply continued with his plan. But on the day the Saint died, a prophecy arrived after a long time. He said:
‘-I want to use Cale Henituse as my vessel.’
Realizing that his direct arrival had failed, he said he would arrive in this world through Cale Henituse.
“I must prepare.”
He turned around.
Toc.
Looking at the woman who had descended from the ceiling, he said:
“Speed up the work being done in the Demon World.”
When the Supreme Knight captures Cale Henituse. Using the Chaos gathered in the Demon World, they will steal Cale Henituse’s self and turn his inside into a vessel only for the Chaos God.
The woman, whose body was covered in gray bandages and clothes, spoke.
“The Demon King might not know.”
“It doesn’t matter. Anyway, even if he knew, he couldn’t stop it-”
He said calmly while looking at the red twilight sky.
“Chaos has already been sown in the Demon World, and only the moment it blossoms remains.”
Soon, Chaos contamination will cover the Demon World. And the Chaos God will descend to this world where not even God has arrived. At that moment, he will use Cale Henituse’s body.
‘Beyond the Demon World, even to the New World. He will control everything.’
The Pope imagined the Divine World stained with blood like the red twilight sky, and waited for the Chaos God, who would leave that place to create even greater chaos. A slight smile appeared on his lips.
And not in the sky where the red twilight was where the Pope had fixed his gaze, but below it. A forest stretching across the plain. In a place where lush trees grew, a young man appeared. His pupils were directed at the small castle that stood in the distance with a majestic posture.
“There it is.”
The young man. The team leader, Sui Khan, moved towards the shadows of the forest.
Tuc tuc.
In the place where he had been, the drops of blood that had come out of his body hadn’t yet disappeared. Frowning at the smell of blood, Sui Khan tied his wound. After confirming that the blood was no longer flowing, he silently and stealthily hid himself.
Of course, he left a mark that Cale Henituse, Kim Rok Soo, could recognize.
At that moment…
Creak.
He felt someone’s movement. Team leader Sui Khan’s pupils cooled. Waiting for the night that would soon arrive, he quickly delved into the darkness of the forest. Dodging the enemy pursuing him. Suddenly, he had this thought.
‘It’s been a long time.’
This feeling. It had really been a long time. Sui Khan felt like he had become team leader Lee Soo Hyuk again after a long time.
‘Come soon, Kim Rok Soo.’
When that guy comes, everything will be resolved. As always, the plan came from that guy. But his smile quickly disappeared.
‘…Choi Jung Soo.’
Why is that guy out of contact again?
‘Let’s wait for now.’
While I do my job. That’s my role now.
Night arrived. The night of the forest was particularly dark. Sui Khan hid in that darkness, dodging those pursuing him, searching for information.
* * *
Shhh shhh. Cale, who was reviewing a report, stopped his movement. Night had arrived, and while leaning on a small magic lamp, he was reviewing information about the ‘gray disease’ that was slowly spreading in the Demon World, when he shifted his gaze.
“You’re awake?”
Choi Jung Gun woke up.
“How do you feel?”
At Cale’s question, Choi Jung Gun didn’t answer, but looked at Cale and examined his surroundings. A gloomy building that looked like a temple. The magic circle had gone out, and Choi Jung Gun was lying on the bed that was in the center, and Cale was sitting next to him in a chair reading a report.
“Do you remember how you got like this?”
Cale’s voice was extremely calm.
“Shall I get you some water?”
When he picked up the water jug from the table, he heard a voice.
“I-”
It was Choi Jung Gun’s voice. Cale looked at him again.
“Am I alive?”
Cale smiled slightly at his eyes full of disbelief. He was definitely someone from the Choi family. His actions resembled those of Choi Jung Soo. Furthermore,
‘He’s similar to Choi Han.’
Choi Jung Gun’s eyes, which were speaking with a dazed expression. Those eyes were like a sharp sword.
He was observing everything.
‘Yes, those eyes.’
Suspicion of Cale. Suspicion of this place itself.
“Why?”
Cale seemed to know what he was suspecting.
“Do you doubt that you’re in front of me, Elder?”
At that moment, Choi Jung Gun stopped.
“Elder…?”
He was surprised by that title.
“Aren’t you the ancestors of Choi Jung Soo and Choi Han?”
“Anc… ancestors…?”
Whether Choi Jung Gun was surprised or not, Cale bluntly said:
“Or, should I call you senior?”
After fighting White Star, Cale had seen ‘Choi Jung Gun’ from the past in the sealed god's temple. He had hidden himself as a senior at the school Kim Rok Soo attended. The events that occurred after he recognized Choi Jung Gun were all false, an illusion. But the memory of Choi Jung Gun’s past as a school senior, in the library, was definitely real.
“Hmm.”
Choi Jung Gun murmured and smiled slightly. But Cale didn’t have time to give him respite. He had confirmed through the village doctor that Choi Jung Gun’s body was completely healthy.
“Choi Jung Soo lost contact while investigating the Chaos God and the Demon World.”
“…….”
The expression disappeared from Choi Jung Gun’s face. In fact, Cale doesn’t really know the Choi Jung Gun in front of him now. For both of them, this must be their first real meeting.
‘Choi Han.’
Choi Han, who was standing as a guard in front of the door, will want to enter. Perhaps he’s listening to this conversation inside, realizing that Choi Jung Gun has woken up. But Cale had something he needed to hear.
‘Why?’
Why did Choi Jung Gun have to die because of the Chaos contamination? And Choi Jung Gun told Aurora that the Five-Colored family Head was the first Wanderer.
“Do you have something to tell me?”
Cale asked, and Choi Jung Gun answered:
“The first Wanderer wants to become the ‘first Transcendent’.”
Transcendent?
“Cale.”
A strange emotion appeared on Choi Jung Gun’s expression.
“Do you think the Absolute God, that child, is ‘evil’?”
A strange light appeared on Cale’s face.
