Labyrinth story 856

Chapter 856 – 847 the Road to the Beginning and the End

After pondering for about 10 seconds, Hwanin spoke to Noe Myeong-jo, who was no longer electric but glowing dimly like an incandescent light.

『Why can’t a promise only be made in words?』

It is said that a being of the level of a divine beast must be careful with every word they say, but the story of Lei Myeong-jo just now did not include any of the six elements of the six principles.

Who, when, where, what, how, why.

They say they will not forget the favor and repay you if you let them go, but the subject of the story is vague and does not mention when, where, how, or what they will help.

‘Even so, the characteristics of the divine beast do not go anywhere.’

If Noe Myeong-jo was an evil beast, he would have been killed and dismantled without any hesitation, but for now, he is a divine beast.

A divine beast is an entity whose basic tendency is biased from moderate to good.

Considering this Noe Myeong-jo’s stupidity, there is a 99.9% chance that he said that because he just lacked intelligence and lack of speaking skills or ability to speak, rather than to mock or joke.

Nevertheless, Hwanin said as if he did not believe what you said.

『To ask you to blindly trust me without knowing the basics of what should be included in a promise is an absurd request.』

The women were excited by his story, and Isilite also grabbed the sword as if she would decapitate him at any moment if Hwanin ordered her to do so.

Hehe… ! It’s real! I’m not just saying it, I’m making a promise… !! Please save me!》

If it had a body, it would be so frightened that it would urinate, shaking its legs and begging for its life. Hwanin smiled eerily at that reaction.

『Prove that it’s not just words.』

《Uh, how… ?》

『Spit out half of your true energy here.』

Hwanin spoke as he thrust a lump of deep core power that was almost the size of a fist towards Noe Myeong-jo. When Noe Myeong-jo saw the amount of deep core power placed in the palm of his hand, he made a displeased expression, but soon broke into tears.

To give away half of the lightning essence that I have accumulated over hundreds of years of living like a rat… !

I have so many regrets. Seeing him handle this much deep core power without any warning, he seems like a terrifying person, and I’m crazy. Dark.

I’m scared of the women who stare at me as if they’ll cut my head off if I say no, and I’m also scared of the person in front of me.

Noe Myeong-jo cries and decides to eat mustard, tearing off half of the energy stored in his heart and spitting it out on Hwan-in’s palm.

《Black and white.》

My heart is empty. The epicenter disappeared by half, and the power dropped significantly.

At this level, let alone upper-middle rank, it barely avoids lower-grade rank and barely maintains middle-low rank.

Rather than going out carelessly, if a bad spirit living in the northwest across the lake comes flying at you with a grudge, you will have to fight at the risk of death.

When Noe Myeong-jo was crying, regretting his actions, the beads of Noe Qi, which were slightly smaller than the core force, connected an electric current thinner than a hair to the lump of core force that had been placed first, and eventually they began to mix and come together as one. I did it.

The sight of a brilliant book and a small thunderbolt coming together as one.

After a while, the two energies were completely mixed into one and transformed into an extremely pure thunder essence.

Noe Myeong-jo, who watched the entire scene unfolding in front of him while crying, stared at Noe-jeong so blankly that he forgot to cry.

I noticed that the mass of deep core force was a very massive energy, but… It merges with the wall power I spit out as if they were one body from the beginning… ?

How pure is that deep core force?

I found out about Noe Myeong-jo naturally. If you eat that thunderbolt, you can aim for the upper level rather than the middle level.

As Noe Myeong-jo saw the spirit flowing from Hwan-in’s hand into the glass bottle, it was like a person who had wandered through the desert for three days looking at water.

‘Ah.’

And Noe Myeong-jo, who met Hwan-in’s indifferent eyes, became extremely glum and lost all strength in his body.

Now I see that these small creatures were not gods of disaster, but a sign of heaven.

If you look closely, you will see that the small wind spirit beast is following that human. Moreover, that thing that is being placed on the back of the small beast like a piece of luggage is the owner of Aleugel, who is said to have fallen from the highest level divine beast to a spirit beast.

If we had met properly instead of like this, wouldn’t we have been able to eat that brain tablet?

《…》

If I take away the knife pointed at my neck, wouldn’t I start crying while hitting the ground with my wings?

In such a gloomy state, Hwanin motioned to the lovers and made them fall behind. And then he sang a dejected Noe Myeong-jo, as if he had accidentally lost his lottery winning ticket.

『I saw your promise well. The first meeting was a bit rough, but anyone can make mistakes… I will believe in your promise and release you.』

《…》

The knife was removed from his neck, but Noe Myeong-jo was still lying face down, his motivation having completely dropped.

My strength was cut in half, and I was a hero… ? I was defeated after being attacked by three unfamiliar humans and a guy who had just become a god.

My self-esteem has been cut in half, and I can’t believe I can only look at the feathers even after seeing an elixir that is unique in the world.

I can’t seem to get motivated.

Hwanin looked meaningfully at Noe Myeong-jo and continued speaking.

『There will be people looking for you in the future. When children with dark hair like me ask for your help to save the world from danger, please help them.』

《… All right…》

I can’t feel any strength in the muttering voice.

=It would be stronger if Hob found his prey and shouted…=

Hwanin laughed at the sound of Anne muttering behind him and muttered as if he could hear her.

『But I wonder if I can properly help those children if I become this weak…』

《…》

『Let’s do it this way. If you say that you will change the debaucherous behavior and rude arguing that you have been doing up until now, I will fill your strength.』

“Really?! Oh, really?!》

At the same time as he said that, Hwanin held out his finger to Noe Myeong-jo, who raised his head and asked again.

『Promise. From now on, I will not harass innocent and good people and creatures, and I will maintain my dignity and posture as a divine beast.』

《I promise!》

Seeing Noe Myeong-jo shouting without hesitation and staring intently at the noejeong contained in a glass bottle, Hwanin smiled and drew the core power into his empty hand instead of the noejeong.

Then, Noe Myeong-jo looked at the deep core force and Noe Jeong alternately and began to whine like a puppy having to choose between dog gum and pork ribs.

『My name is Hwanin. What is your name?』

“Uh… I don’t have a name…》

“Hmm… If you don’t mind, I’ll give you a name. How about it?』

“You are the owner of those, right? If it’s that strong, I’m fine!》

Even though he is not the owner and his tone of voice has returned to being informal… Hwanin chuckled and put the name he had thought of in his mouth.

『Cheondohwa. Since ancient times, the fire ignited by lightning that fell from the sky was called Cheonhwa or Dohwa. The sky is your home, and you are a god who controls lightning, so I think it suits you quite well.』

When Hwanin pointed to the jungle where Noe Myeong-jo’s lightning struck and was about to spread into a conflagration, Noe Myeong-jo and Cheon Do-hwa smiled brightly and nodded their heads up and down.

“Good! My name is now Cheondohwa!》

『Please take this. It is a deep core power so pure that it is difficult to find in this world. If you swallow it, it will combine with the brain energy and more than make up for the lost power.』

When Hwanin held out the chunk of deep core power in his palm, Cheon Do-hwa looked at Hwanin’s eyes, carefully picked up the deep core power with the tip of his beak, and swallowed it.

Is it because of my mood? As soon as it was swallowed, half of the force that was spit out was recovered in an instant…

… —It’s not your mood, right?!

Cheon Do-hwa felt that the deep core power she had swallowed burst like liquid and spread throughout her body, and some of it not only filled the wall with strength that had been cut in half, but also strengthened her even more.

Plus, there’s something about my whole body overflowing with energy… !

The names of gods and goddesses are different from ordinary names.

A name is proof and evidence of existence. Since such a thing was bestowed by a deified being, it is only natural that the rank of Thunder Myeongjo rises slightly.

Like a fluorescent light that has reached the end of its life, the light of Cheon Do-hwa’s body, which was fading out, is once again surrounded by brain energy.

Previously, the body was unable to control its strength and generated rough lightning discharges, but now it has become much more refined and smooth, and all unnecessary discharges of brain energy have disappeared.

‘Uh, I have to go back and digest my strength… !’

Cheondohwa instinctively realized that now was the most important moment, so she spread her wings of pure white light wide and flew into the sky.

And the grateful human being who looks this way… Are you human? Anyway, I shouted sincerely towards humans.

《I, Cheondohwa, will never forget Hwanin’s promise! When the promised time comes, I will do my best to help! Because I will definitely keep that promise!!》

Cheon Do-hwa, who swore in a voice without any resentment or anger toward this side, flies quickly to the hill of Noemyeong.

Hwanin looked at Cheondohwa’s back, burst into laughter, and called Yua.

“Infant. Did you see it well?”

=Yes…=

Yua was surprised for a moment, and her eyes sparkled as she looked up to Hwanin.

As for her own knowledge and standards, Brain Myeong… Shin Su-ha, now named Cheon Do-hwa, was originally supposed to be Marshal Cheol-cheon.

However, my father broke Cheon Do-hwa by force and broke his will, and the anger and hatred that should have arisen were replaced with goodwill and a good relationship was established.

It’s truly magical.

Like the piglet that seduced her mother, it wasn’t a good idea to kill a would-be enemy without a trace!

That fact greatly shattered the child’s previously hardened outlook, and that awakening transformed into her respect for her father.

Hwanin smiled slightly at his son’s envious eyes and roughly stroked his bushy hair.

In numerical terms, the core power given to Cheon Do-hwa was about 0.01 yul power, but it was not a waste at all. Because Cheondohwa became an educational material that was more than the yul calendar that was consumed.

Moreover, if it goes as promised, it will be a great help when fighting the evil faction called Bolgul in the future.

“Hwanyeon, could you please put out the fire in the jungle?”

“Okay.”

Hwanin, who asked Hwanyeon to extinguish the fire in the jungle, thought of his son who still looked at him with respect.

‘Suitable for infants… ‘I don’t think it’s possible to get a divine beast, so I’ll have to get a spiritual beast or a holy beast.’

It would be better if he was strong in loyalty and could ride, but Hwanin’s thoughts deepened as he wondered if there was anything suitable.

The Cheondohwa incident was an incident that had nothing but benefits, except that the women’s feelings were slightly hurt.

Isilite and Anne gained confidence that their power could be used even by medium-strength divine beasts, and their proficiency and adaptability to the newly changed relic weapon greatly increased.

Yurpa was able to confirm that his prototype secret technique was more effective than expected, and at the same time, he was able to find areas for improvement and also secured a rare spiritual skill called Thunder Spirit…

=Geueuuggeukgeuk… ! Oh, it’s you too! I have finally realized the essence of deep core power… !=

Adnevilla, who was receiving the camel clutch after snapping the shrimp from Norn, gritted her teeth in pain and pinched Norn’s white calf.

“Huh. Cheon Dao-hwa stole and learned how to use his power.”

=Geuggeuunggiit… ! Ugh… !=

Lightning flashes in my head as I feel the pain of my jaw, neck, and spine being bent. However, that level of physical pain cannot prevent the accident of Adneville, who maintained the spirituality of the Divine Beast for over a thousand years.

‘It was ruined.’

If I do this wrong, Norn will reach the intermediate level faster than I expected?

Does have Asin by your side accelerate your spiritual mastery so quickly? Or is it that by mixing your body with Ashin, your inner spirituality is stimulated, and you grow faster?

In any case, if he continues like this, there is no guarantee that he will be able to keep up with Norn’s growth even if he regains his spirituality and regains the status of a divine beast.

Didn’t he spend thousands of years at the bottom of the Aleuguel Sea and acquire topological power, linear power, and deep core power in that order? But that Norn thing, not only did it meet its owner well and become a divine beast, but it also skipped the level of spiritual power and awakened deep core power first?

Even if you have experience controlling core power, the time it takes to collect core power will be similar for Norn and yourself.

In that case, it is obvious that the Norn with Hwanin by his side will grow faster than himself.

Such a damn golden spoon!

Norn, who couldn’t read Adné Villa’s thoughts, tilted her head for a moment at her bored reaction, then put a little more pressure on her hands holding Adné Villa’s slim chin and pulled it closer. 〉

At that moment, the sound of bones being misaligned resounds.

=Keueheuheuk.=

“Ah.”

At the feeling of her cervical vertebrae being misaligned, Adene Villa let out a short scream and fell to the floor of the living room of the sanctuary.

=Adneville?! Ah-young, Ah-young… !=

Norn scratches her head with an expression of ‘I did it’, and Baek Ryeo-gang, who was fidgeting next to her, is startled and runs around, opening each door, looking for Ah-yeong.

“…”

Hwan-in, who was watching the noisy scene in one corner of the living room, felt Anne’s gaze staring at him from next to her and let out a small sigh.

And she reviewed the conditions of her request again…

“Even though light and electricity have many similar properties, I think wanting to become stronger by absorbing lightning is close to gambling.”

=Uhm. What Do-ryeong said is correct, but while fighting with Cheondo-hwa, there was something about the lightning… Friendliness? Belonging? I felt that quite strongly. =

When Hwanin didn’t answer, Anne scratched her head until her silver hair became shiny and asked him a favor.

=Please show me that thunderbolt for a moment.=

At her request, when the vial containing her brain essence was taken out from her coffin, Anne slightly squinted her eyes and shrugged and straightened her shoulders.

It’s like a reaction as if static electricity has risen in the body.

Anne laughed as if embarrassed, and looked closely at the brain essence in her glass bottle, then stretched out her slender finger and placed it on the glass bottle.

Then, surprisingly, the brain energy that covered her brain like a sun’s corona was slightly pulled towards the glass bottle where Anne’s finger was attached and then returned.

It looks like there is some kind of connection between Anne and Noejeong.

“…”

Hwanin sighed inwardly again.

The quality that can be seen with the divine eye is the combination between the soul and the body, as well as reading the body’s chemical reactions and the soul’s response when handling a specific weapon.

It cannot be said that all qualities of a person can be read through this.

There are plenty of ways to increase qualifications other than those given, and there may also be changes such as mutations that occurred due to some kind of accident.

Furthermore, the same goes for technology.

Hwanin does not say anything or stop his lovers even if they practice martial arts and create techniques that do not suit their qualifications.

This is because we cannot rule out the possibility that the technology created in this way will go through some kind of synergistic effect with existing technology and become an outstanding technology.

However, Anne’s lightning attribute affinity is not very high. In terms of probability, the probability of Anne absorbing her brain essence and gaining her lightning attribute is around 23%.

“This thunder tablet is the very essence of lightning that Shinsu has been training for hundreds of years.”

=I know. She could die if she fails to absorb it or refluxes it. But…=

She trailed off, but her expression said she didn’t think she would fail to absorb.

Such remarks without solid evidence are in themselves irresponsible and arrogant. Anne, who could not say such a thing in front of her companion, could not finish her sentence and only tangled her fingers here and there.

“…”

=…=

The scale is shaking in Hwanin’s mind.

Her desire to listen to what she wants vs. Her desire to stop her from crossing that dangerous bridge.

In reality, it would be dismissed as nonsense, but in Nionebres, the growth of ability is largely dependent on the individual’s sense of success. Therefore, if she wants to accept her advice, I want to listen to her.

However, if she fails to absorb the brain essence, the downside is too great.

As Hwanin’s worries deepened, she took a step back, thinking that Anne could not do anything.

=Ahaha, the correct answer is to train consistently and grow rather than aiming for a jackpot with a low probability…=

“Good.”

=… Oh, really?!=

Hwanin burst into laughter as his awkward complexion suddenly brightened. She seemed to have an expression that Cheon Do-hwa liked on her face.

“It’s impossible to stop your lover from doing what he wants to do.”

=Doryeong, I love you!=

Hwanin comforted her buttocks, which were showing joy as they were hugged, and did some calculations.

Even if the probability is as low as 23%, this is only when all the conditions are met.

Right now, it wouldn’t even be 7%.

The next morning.

Hwanin, who had worked with Yurpa all night to calculate and derive the absorption formula and auxiliary steps of the brain essence, left the Wanderer’s Rest and enjoyed a cup of coffee and the scenery of Olzot’s lake covered in morning fog.

‘If we go back to modern times, it will be harder to afford such luxuries.’

It is said that all you have to do is wander around a place where the natural scenery has been preserved cleanly through space-time, but no matter how cleanly preserved it is, is it as good as Nionebres?

In addition, to Hwanin, who regards the hardships and inconveniences of the process as a taste, and then coming back in a hurry, it goes beyond an instant and is an affair of Sama.

Whoosh— whoosh— whoosh—

“Infants, the pitch sound is not consistent. Concentrate on maintaining your posture.”

=Four!=

Hwan-in, who woke up early in the morning, sweating profusely and watching Yua during morning training and the fantastic view of the foggy Alljot, stood up when he heard the lovers coming out.

Anne comes out in a sporty outfit without wearing any metal. And the lovers who come out to see Anne.

= If Anne absorbs Thunder Spirit, will her attack power increase as much as Isil Litte? =

=If you embrace the lightning spirit, you might be able to summon the lightning spirit. I think it would be scary if you give light and lightning to the division hammer and throw it at it~.=

= If Anne’s lightning and my water arrows combine, her power will increase even more…=

“No, but if we go to modern times, there will be no more fighting, so why do you keep trying to become stronger?”

=There is a road, so just walk. The master continues to get stronger.=

“Hmm… But… Should I do some training too? … ?”

Clap—

Interrupting the lovers’ chatter with a clap of his hands, Hwanin approached Anne and began to inform her of what to do and what she should be careful about before absorbing her brain essence.

“The only thing I can help you with when taking cerebral tablets is the external part of your body. If brain energy is running rampant inside due to failure in absorbing brain essence, all we can do is relieve it. So what you need to do to avoid failure is…”

She first possesses Lu Mo, a middle-level light spirit who looks ahead to her higher-level spirit. And she focuses the effect on attribute affinity rather than physical strengthening.

Next, take Yurpa’s special lightning attribute affinity elixir, which protects the internal organs from brain energy and aids absorption, and spreads the phase power evenly throughout the body to prepare the brain spirit to match the elemental power and phase power.

=… Huh. What I need to pay most attention to is making sure that the oil and brain energy of Rumo possession do not gather too much in one place on the body, right?=

“Okay.”

Last night, I skipped sleeping with the patient to improve my condition, and I also skipped eating since lunch to make sure there were no foreign substances in my body.

Anne, who had increased the flexibility of her body by stretching, let out a small, tense breath and accepted Rumo, the dainty, light girl form, into her body.

=Lady Anne, stay here.=

Yurpa hands over a flask of dark yellow liquid to Anne, whose entire body emits a pale light, evidence of spirit possession…

=Yes, thank you.=

After drinking about 500ml of liquid in one go, Anne took a deep breath and began to spread her phase power throughout her body.

With that as a signal, the women move away and Yua stops training and stands next to her mother.

As Hwanin took out the glass bottle containing her brain essence, he joked with Anne, whose shoulders were a little stiff due to her nervousness.

“Don’t worry. Even if you fail to absorb brain essence and your body turns to ashes and dies, I will bring you back to life.”

=Huh? How? Have you learned the resurrection ability?=

“I just need to capture you as a soul and regenerate your body. Then put your soul into the body and that’s it. Of course… A body like that would not have all the strength it had when it was alive, so it would be quite difficult to build up strength from the beginning.”

The unbalance between what she says, and her calm expression makes her laugh.

=Giggle. If that happens, Lee Seul will make fun of me a lot. =

“If anything, I could allow you to be born as Isilite’s daughter.”

=Ugh… ! I don’t like that. If she is born as a daughter, she will not be able to become the master’s wife!

“Wouldn’t it be nice to experience forbidden love? Although they are physically father and daughter, their spirit is that of a couple, and it seems like there is some romance between them.”

Something… Anne, who thought that she could really do something like that and giggled at the level of jokes that were different from her usual solemn demeanor, felt all her tension go away and smiled.

=Yes. I’m ready now.=

“Okay.”

After patting Anne’s back as she calmed down, Hwanin handed her the glass bottle in her hand. Anne took it, opened the cap without hesitation, and swallowed her brain essence, about the size of a morning bread, in one go.