Chapter 686 – The Ark
“The Goddess wishes to bring all of humanity under the oppression of aliens to this place, ‘Eden’.”
“!!!!”
Lee Ah-hyun’s mouth widens at the answer of Arrill, who is full of ambition to move all mankind to a new dimension.
“Why. Do you think it will be difficult?”
“…Are there any resources here? To be honest, it looks desolate.”
Lee Ah-hyun pointed out the problem of the inner plane quite sharply and asked back to Aruril.
“Really? Wasn’t it like that around the temple too?”
“That’s… Um…”
When Aruril spoke on the basis of the majestic temple surroundings, Ahyeon Lee immediately recalled the lake and the earth pulsating with vitality.
“…The site there was unusual, but it wouldn’t be possible to support so many people with just that amount of land as a cradle.”
“Is it really so?”
“…?”
When Lee Ah-hyun, who did not understand the cryptic Aru Lil’s words, wondered at her, Aru Lil took her to the edge of her beautiful greenery.
“Look carefully. Is this place the same?”
“What are you talking about…?”
Ahyeon Lee slightly frowned at the sudden words of Arrill.
“!!!”
In the meantime, Lee Ah-hyun’s sharp senses were surprisingly able to grasp that the greenery was covering the surrounding white land little by little.
“Is the land growing!?”
“Well, half of it.”
Aruril explains how green fields and springs spread.
“This is a desolate land itself. At the same time, it is also a land of miracles where the intangible power of faith is replaced with resources.
“…”
Perhaps it is difficult to believe the shocking words of Auril, which do not make sense in common sense, Lee Ah-hyun just stares at him, blinking her eyes for a long time.
“…I heard that the Goddess has just descended, so there aren’t many followers. How do you get the power of faith?”
“The Goddess’ followers are not few. It’s just that there are still few in this ‘dimension’.”
Lee Ah-hyun is shocked by Arrill’s words, which seem to imply that there are many worlds like Earth.
“This dimension…? No way…?”
“I can’t tell you much. You’re not even a true follower of the Goddess yet.”
“…”
Ahyeon Lee is speechless and unable to say anything at Aruril’s answer, which coolly draws the line.
“There is only one thing I can tell you. Humans who will migrate here will not have to suffer for supplies.”
After answering firmly, Aruril took the two of them and showed them around the empty city as they had prepared in advance.
“What is that machine?”
“Angel of steel. An existence that will do all kinds of dirty work on behalf of the people who will settle here.”
“…I guess they’re monitoring too?”
“Isn’t that right? It’s actually in a state of war right now. If Eden is invaded by aliens as an act of treachery, the community could be destroyed, so that’s natural.”
Instead, Aruril affirms that the so-called ‘angels of steel’ will not attack or control people unless the law is broken.
“You’re lucky. You’re the first person to be relocated, so you can preoccupy the real exhaust building faster than others. Isn’t it good?”
Aruril patronizes them by showing them well-located buildings near the academy and temple.
“Come to think of it…”
Lee Ah-hyun, who was so shocked that he couldn’t look at the surroundings calmly because he was not in a hurry. But when she regains some coolness, she realizes that there is not a single resident in this beautiful city.
“Why are there no residents?”
“That’s because this city has just been built. You and Seongil-gun will be the first residents.”
“…!!”
Lee Ah-hyun chews Arrill’s words and tries his best to infer something from her.
‘Didn’t I say that this place exists in a different dimension from Earth? Really in another dimension…? That doesn’t make sense…’
‘Then, does that mean that the power of faith is supplied from the followers secretly active on Earth? Then why don’t they live here yet?’
‘Could it be… Is he someone who can withstand the oppression of aliens? Then… Hunter? Haven’t they been active in the meantime to expand the church and make a base in the dimension…?’
Lee Ah-hyun looks around here and there while making plausible inferences alone.
“Now, how about this mansion? Is it okay?”
“And…”
A small spring with impressively beautiful gardens and clean water. And a luxurious two-story mansion where all kinds of vegetables are grown in a small garden nearby.
When he said that if it were real, he would give a rich man or a high-ranking person a murderous house to himself, Lee Ah-hyun was surprised and asked Arrill back.
“…Wait. You’re giving us such a nice house for free just because you came early? Why?”
“So you’re Han Seong-il’s lover?”
“…”
When she openly uses the expression “Her lover”, Lee Ah-hyun’s face starts to turn red unlike her.
As if to endure shame, Lee Ah-hyun hurriedly tries to change the topic by asking Arrill a question.
“…Why does he receive such preferential treatment?”
“You don’t know, but Han Seong-il has made quite a few contributions to the Goddess Church.”
Aruril explains that Seong-il helped her when she was in crisis for some reason, and that from that point on, she accepted him as a follower.
“I can’t come to reality for a long time. The pressure on the interface is getting worse.”
“Border pressure?”
“You don’t have to know. It has nothing to do with you. But if I have to explain, is there a side effect of disintegrating the bodies of the aliens? Just think of it like that.”
Arril, who recited light lies about her personal life, takes the two of them and moves to the academy founded by Seong-il.
“And…”
Landscaping and sculptures that bring the beautiful nature to life. And luxurious buildings and spacious grounds. When a building that is several times taller than her alma mater, Hankuk University, appears, Lee Ah-hyun exclaims in exclamation.
“This is a university. This is where I trained until recently.”
“…Recently? You’ve been with me every day. But what recently?”
I don’t know if it’s the time when Seong-il awakened his physical abilities, but if it’s recent, it wouldn’t make sense in terms of time.
“No. He has been training here for almost a year. Until ‘recently’.”
“What kind of nonsense are you talking about…?”
As the two spit out nonsensical nonsense one after another, Ahyeon Lee says with a puzzled expression.
“That doesn’t make sense? That’s the limit of your knowledge, kid.”
“…”
When Aru Lil openly laughs at his own words, Lee Ah-hyun’s expression hardens rapidly.
“Why? Don’t you like it? Would you like to challenge me?”
Although he was always a warm-hearted being to his owner, Seong-il, Aruril’s true identity was originally a mighty apostle who was created by the God of Knowledge by cutting out his own essence in the world of the cursed throne.
Even now that he has become an apostle of the goddess, he has become stronger if he is stronger than in the past, not weakened, so Aruril does not consider Lee Ah-hyun’s attitude the same.
Swoop.
When Ah-hyun doesn’t let go of her expression despite her own threats, Arurill lightly gestures to the surroundings.
Koo Goo Goo…!!
Then, intense vibrations echoed from all sides. Not only that, despite not having been chanted once, all around Aruril were lightning, fire, cold, darkness, deadly poison, etc. All kinds of spheres containing countless powers are created and threaten Ahyeon.
‘Ow… He’s gotten really strong…?’
According to the system of the cursed throne world, a wizard has to cast a long time to use a spell, but Aruril, who is loved by the goddess, transcends that restriction and uses magic.
“…”
When she acted as if she was about to launch a ruthless attack just because she had a displeased expression, Ahyeon Lee realized that Aruril was really a monster-like strongman and flinched away from her gaze.
“…You’d better be careful with what you say. Only on Earth, you can’t use all your strength because of the pressure of the dimensional interface. In this place where there are no restrictions, Apostle-sama is a powerful person who can play with administrators and tear them to death.”
“Uh… Uh…”
As Seong-il sneakily approached and boasted to himself, Lee Ah-hyun nodded his head with a dejected expression for the first time in a long time.
As soon as she seems to have finished suppressing her steamboat, Arurill moves her hand once again to lightly destroy all the summoned elements, then answers Ahyeon with a slightly relaxed expression.
“Seeing the face of Han Seong-il, who devoted himself to the Goddess Church, I personally escort you. Be polite as much as I show you favor.”
After Auril lightly scolds Ahyeon, she explains another secret of the Inner Plane without listening to her answer.
“Why do you think Han Seong-il has become stronger at such an absurd rate?”
“…”
“Because he has a natural talent? Well, of course that’s true, but… The truth is this.
Although there are restrictions here, it is possible to ‘stop’ the time outside to some extent.
Since Han Seong-il used his authority to train steadily here, you only mistakenly thought that he had become stronger in an instant.”
“!!!!”
Surprisingly, Ahyeon’s eyes widen at Aruril’s words that he stopped her time and made her Seongil grow.
“I…Really?”
“Uh. There are all kinds of outstanding talents here. I used to stop time and secretly train to solve real problems and help the Goddess Church grow. Otherwise, how on earth could I have become strong so quickly?”
“Uh…”
Lee Ah-hyun was speechless at Seong-il’s answer, which was quite plausible, and could not answer anything.
Lee Ah-hyun, who has lost her mind due to the destruction of common sense, is led by Seong-il’s hand with a dazed expression and arrives at a separate professor’s research building located outside the academy.
“This is a research building with supernatural and magic-related professors.”
“Eh… Magic?”
She was used to using supernatural powers herself, but when the word ‘magic’ appeared out of nowhere, Lee Ah-hyun felt that her already dizzy head became even more dizzy.
“Follow me. I’ll show you the secret to becoming stronger.”
“Hmm…”
When Seong-il, who was confused but showed monstrous growth, told him to explain the secret to becoming stronger, Lee Ah-hyun obediently followed him.
“Ah, Seongil-kun, are you here?”
‘Is there someone…?’
Leaving the empty temple and the ghost town and seeing people for the first time, Lee Ah-hyun’s expression shows a light welcome.
An impressive old woman with fine gray hair, despite looking healthy enough, was unusually holding a staff made of wood.
“Nice to meet you, Professor Wirain.”
‘…Professor?’
At a ghost school with no students, when Seong-il mentions a professor, Ah-hyun bursts out laughing.
“Ah! Is this beautiful lady Lee Ah-hyun? Nice to meet you. I’m Wehrin in charge of magic training.”
“…Magic?”
Despite hearing the explanation that this is a magic building where magic is trained and researched, Ahyeon, who actually hears the term magician, looks dumbfounded.
“Ah! Miss Ahyeon’s world is a world without magic, right?”
As much as Seong-Il has already explained it in detail, Wi-Rain is not at all offended by Ah-Hyun’s attitude.
Instead, she explains her explanation by holding a staff and chanting incantations.
Surprisingly, after a while, she was able to create a sphere of fire originating from her staff. However, Lee Ah-hyun still doesn’t believe it, so she asks Professor Wee Line with a look full of disbelief whether she is a psychic related to flame manipulation.
“Whoa… Really? Then how about this?”
Despite Ahyeon’s reaction, Wie Rain doesn’t get offended in the slightest and picks up her staff again and starts to mutter something about her.
Then, an ice sphere appeared. In order not to mistake Ah-hyun for an elemental manipulator, Professor Wee-line even casts teleportation with a longer cast after summoning her lightning and wind.
“No… Nonsense…”
“Is this really ridiculous? Come out.”
Professor Wi-Rain is very fond of Ah-Hyun’s reaction and calls someone. Then, a strange being made of water appears in the air.
“Now! This is a water spirit. You still think I’m not a ‘wizard’?”
『Porrr!!』
As if the words in the above line were correct, the water drop surprisingly made an expression on her face and then glared at Lee Ah-hyun as if scolding her.
