Chapter 23 – Chapter 01: Elf Heavenly Horse
Instead, based on the information he knew about Yeonhwa, Eugene decided to do whatever he wanted as long as it didn’t cross the line. He looked at Yeonhwa with calm eyes and started a conversation.
“Let’s get to the point. Let me ask the first question first. There will be no complaints. “Are you a master from another world?”
“… Yes.”
In response to the question asked by the Cheonma in a meaningful voice, Eugene answered in a quiet voice, suppressing the stress that unconsciously put into the teacup he was holding.
However, at the same time, he is constantly thinking about the remark that Cheonma made when he first encountered him and now, at high speed in his mind.
‘Just like before and with the statement I made just now, it seems like this woman knows about my identity…’
Then, it was no wonder that the Heavenly Demon treated him in a completely different manner from the game.
However, the prerequisites for making such a conclusion were strange. How on earth does the Heavenly Demon detect the identity of Eugene, who is possessed in Stral’s body?
While Eugene was confused by the unknown fact, Cheonma, who had the right to ask questions first, asked him.
“Are you from the martial arts world?”
‘Fuck… !’
And Cheonma’s question that ends Eugene’s confusion. Eugene had no choice but to be convinced by the question asked, clearly defining Eugene as a being from another dimension like himself.
‘This woman, you know about me, right?!’
First of all, he couldn’t say he knew everything in the sense that he didn’t know that Eugene was from Earth, but he was certain that he at least knew things he shouldn’t know.
Eugene, forcibly holding back the fact that he almost showed signs of agitation without realizing it, carefully returned the answer.
“… No.”
“Hmm, I see. Well, it doesn’t seem like the soul has learned martial arts. Rather magic… , No, they are closer to those who have learned the power.”
Yeonhwa did not question whether Eugene’s answer was true or not. Perhaps because the human path is open, it is possible to judge whether it is true or not.
“… Then let me ask you. “How do you know that I am from another world?”
Eugene, who returned the answer to Cheonma’s first question, had no choice but to ask, even though he knew that information would flow back to Cheonma because of this question.
… Because we had to find out how on earth Yeonhwa knew that she, or to be exact, Eugene, who was possessed by Stral, was a being from another world.
“Humans too. A world that can be reached by opening the 7th door among the Nine Gates of Guyugu Gate contained in the Gyuuma Gong, the Dokmun Shingong created by me. Opening the 7th door and reaching this human path means imprinting the thought of heartache in your energy senses.”
It was Cheonma who answered Eugene’s question casually, as if it was nothing to hide, and Eugene also knew the content.
So, even though Eugene remembers that he cannot understand why the content answers his question, he first listens to Cheonma’s words.
If you interrupt, the Heavenly Demon will be in a bad mood and will not die, so you can take a few hits, so it was a natural decision.
“And imprinting the heart pain into the energy sense means, in short, being able to see the ‘soul’ of others through the energy sense. In other words, I am looking into your soul.”
“… Under.”
Eugene, who was waiting for Cheonma to finish his explanation, finally realized why Yeonhwa was able to see through him.
‘Is that what heartache means? … !’
In short, the ability to read the other person’s thoughts, which Eugene was wary of, possessed by Gu Yumagong’s human sword, is an additional element.
The true ability is the ability to look directly into another person’s soul through energy.
Reading other people’s thoughts was only a secondary ability since it became possible to feel other people’s souls through energy.
To put it more simply, by opening your human path and seeing the souls of others, you can read those souls and read other people’s thoughts.
‘Soul means imagery.’
And reading the soul, in other words, means reading images, and it was not strange to read other people’s thoughts and intentions through it. Only…
‘Conversely, being able to read thoughts means being able to read other people’s souls…’
In the eyes of Cheonma, who could do that, Eugene could not help but be literally a strange being.
The body is clearly barely above the level of an ordinary person, but the soul (image) residing there is clearly that of a superhuman among superhumans who has reached the level of an absolute being, the same level as himself.
‘There was no mention of that in the game!’
The only thing that was mentioned was one of the Guyugu Sentences of Guyumagong, which you learn as a disciple of the Heavenly Demon, that explains how to exorcise the intention of heartache to the human sword.
However, contrary to the explanation, even if you open the human sword, there is only a buff to the evasion rate and hit rate, and there is no special feeling of seeing another person’s soul!
‘No, now that I think about it, it seems like soul-type monsters were more clearly visible when the human path was opened…’
Who would have guessed that it was a foreshadowing that if you use the human sword, you can see the soul through energy?!
When Eugene felt like holding his head as he thought about such thoughts, Yeonhwa continued speaking.
“Of course, that is not the only reason. “From the beginning, I thought it was strange from the moment you showed up with my military official certificate.”
But Cheonma’s explanation did not end there.
“Look at that. Right now, your body has been overworked to the point where it wouldn’t be surprising if it collapsed at any time. But surprisingly, you maintain that body by pushing the natural body in.”
No, it was a situation that went beyond maintaining and was healing little by little. And if those who have learned martial arts see that, they will inevitably be scared.
“Is it true that someone who has not even fully opened up to martial arts or any of the powers called martial arts in this world can wield the guardian of nature with his will to this degree? “Anyone who sees it will think it’s strange.”
No matter how talented you are… , It was something that even the so-called Cheonmujiche in martial arts could never accomplish.
That’s because the control ability of a nature keeper that Eugene is showing right now, Eugene’s raw natural energy called essence is an energy that does not move even if it is not a serious intention.
“But a being who is no more than a criminal handles such energy as freely as if he was kneading rice cake? That’s impossible with genius. But the impossible was happening right in front of my eyes.”
To be exact, it was happening within the Heavenly Demon’s spirit, not in front of our eyes, but it was happening anyway.
And at that point, Cheonma couldn’t help but become interested. No matter how you look at it, he was nothing more than a criminal who didn’t even master his special abilities properly.
However, the ability to control the natural guardian (essence) is beyond that of a criminal or even a superhuman, so you can’t help but go if you don’t want to be interested.
And in that situation, the being came to see itself and revealed itself.
“That is why I opened the Human Path the moment you arrived and stood in front of me.”
A Heavenly Demon who was interested in an impossible existence and opened the human path to uncover it. And at that moment, the Heavenly Demon understood.
“I mean, you are the same being as me. “Like this person, he is a reincarnated being who visited from a completely different dimension than the world he lives in now.”
A soul with the status of an absolute being contained in a body that is only the status of a criminal. Cheonma knew of cases like this.
That was none other than what I experienced myself! Elf Cheonma and Yeonhwa also had the body of a criminal at the moment they were reincarnated as elves.
However, the soul contained in that body is clearly the soul of a former Heavenly Demon who has reached the status of absolute being.
Yeonhwa, who had experienced that time, was able to be sure the moment she confirmed Eugene’s soul through Inhumando.
The fact that the being in front of you is also a being that came from another world like you, gained a new body, and reached the status of an absolute being in the past!
“To be honest, I was expecting him to be an expert from the martial arts world like me.”
When Yeonhwa said that she was a little disappointed because that part was different from her expectations, Eugene understood roughly how the situation was going and then cautiously opened his mouth.
“… “Isn’t it possible that this Orbital World is just a reincarnation?”
“Ha, you don’t know. “The souls of this world called Orbital World and the souls of other dimensions are different in essential ways.”
Although she couldn’t explain it clearly, Yeonhwa said that anyone who can see souls would be able to tell the difference if they compared Eugene’s soul with the native souls of the Orbital World.
“So, the moment I saw you, I was able to see that your soul was not from this dimension. Well, it’s a shame it wasn’t the spirit of Moorim.”
Anyway, for that reason, the moment Yeonhwa saw Yujin, she realized that he was in a similar situation to her, and so she couldn’t help but feel a sense of kinship.
And that sense of kinship was also the reason why he suppressed the cruel and arrogant nature of Cheonma and showed a relatively soft attitude toward Eugene, unlike the main character in the game.
“It’s questionable that even at that age, he hasn’t even escaped the status of a criminal.”
“… “My case is a little different from yours.”
At that time, when Yeonhwa said something that revealed a bit of doubt, Yujin somehow sorted out his complicated mind and said, narrowing his eyes at the answer he gave without realizing it.
“Hoo, the case is different? That’s an interesting story. Okay, so that’s the next question. “Tell me how this case is different from ours.”
“…”
A question from the Heavenly Demon that I had never thought of.
These were questions that were bound to be embarrassing to Eugene, who had been certain that they would ask about his knowledge of Yeonhwa when they first asked each other questions.
However, Eugene soon gathered his thoughts and remembered that it was better.
‘In the first place, Yeonhwa is someone who should be made as a companion as much as possible.’
In that sense, he might have been able to hide it, but since his existence was revealed from the beginning, it might have been better to just make himself public.
And if she can make her believe that this Orbital World will be destroyed in the future, she might receive full support.
Eugene, who came up with that thought, quickly made the decision to tell her as much about himself as she wanted.
“Did the Heavenly Demon reincarnate, that is, die and be reborn?”
“That’s right, I am the reincarnation of the Heavenly Demon of the Murim who died. “I died after overexerting myself against the wall of the city, but when I came to my senses, I found out that this elf had been reborn in an unknown race and an unknown world.”
In response to Eugene’s question, Cheonma looks at you as if you were like that too. She returns her answer at the same time, but also raises another question.
She was curious about how Eugene, who was none other than a martial artist, knew about her and about the martial arts and demonic religions, but Yeonhwa put that question aside for later.
“… I am different. Unlike you, I didn’t die. “It was simply a way of having the soul pulled out alive, pushing out the soul of the being that originally owned this body and taking its place.”
To put it simply, Cheonma raised an eyebrow at Eugene’s statement that it was not reincarnation but possession, showing quite a surprise.
Nevertheless, she did not show any other agitation and continued the conversation with an air of curiosity.
“Hehe, there are some really strange cases. I thought my reincarnation was quite bizarre, but it was a possession of someone else’s body…”
