Light of Arad: The First to Walk - Chapter 133



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133

It was something that even Jinseong could not have expected.

It is clear that Guwisi died and his body was reborn as an undead and became Gul Guwisi, but shouldn’t we consider them as completely different entities?

‘But are they treated as the same entity? If they’re the same, then they’re the same… … but- No, so!? What’s going to happen?!’

Jinseong looked back at the information he knew about pollution.

And he thought about the death of the Ranger User, the ‘true adventurer and candidate for the blade’, who had experienced it before Jinseong himself and whom Jinseong had unintentionally sabotaged.

The transcendent Nemer gave it to Jinseong.

How many sources of contamination have the adventurer Ranger found and eliminated?

Rather than correcting the pollution, he acted to find the . In the first place, he didn’t have the skill or level to move beyond that, so he caught the same monster over and over again with the mindset of scratching a lottery ticket.

‘I saw the list of contaminated cards that person had collected because Nemer gave it to me, and I could tell. I assumed that even once contaminated entities could not be the cause of the contamination… ‘

To the point where one object can be contaminated more than once.

There were clearly several monsters with the same names on the list that he had hunted repeatedly with a tearful heart and killed repeatedly in the hopes that they would be the .

That is, I didn’t think there would be any special effect no matter how many times a card with the same name appeared.

Even though Guwisi and Gul Guwisi are both ‘Guwisi’, they can also be considered different entities.

‘But that wasn’t the problem. To be more specific… … It wasn’t because they were the same being, but because of the contamination… … The card of the Gul Guwisi was not already contaminated. That was because it was a card that had been [purified] by Nemer. That ranger had never experienced such a case. That’s why there was no such case in the list of contaminated cards that he checked.’

So, it may be possible to see this phenomenon occurring.

Anyway, the cards are already attached to each other.

And the light created by the guardian fairies, including Seria, was gradually weakening.

If you were a user, you would soon see it on your monitor.

Users will be able to see Shusia from the Moonlight Tavern, who noticed something had happened at Gran Floris, come here, and discover Seria, the only one who had retained her form while all the other guardian fairies had been transformed into ‘barrier-shaped magic stones to protect the magic circle’.

And from this very moment, the user will be informed that Seria will lose her memories, and the first dungeon area of ​​the Time Gate, ‘Great Fire’, will end.

‘So I should go back… … I should be in that mood… … .’

Jinseong realized this while retracing the flow of the main scenario quest.

The light is fading.

But the scenery he saw before his eyes was not Gran Floris.

He couldn’t see Shusia approaching, nor the Dragon Knight user watching from somewhere.

What entered Jinseong’s eyes was a purple, hazy space.

At that moment, Jinseong also realized.

It’s not just the [Contamination] card and [Purification] card of the same entity that are absorbed into each other that are unusual.

Where is all this happening?

‘!’

At least it wasn’t a lie.

Although he said it was irregular and indefinite, he did not say that he would ‘never show up again’.

So what about now, when a few unusual variables come together?

───────────… … !!

That means she can show up.

A golden glow began to envelop this purple space.

It wasn’t a level up effect.

When the small golden light that sparkled from afar began to grow and take shape, enveloping the entire space, Jinseong knew.

“Nemer……”

The transcendent Nemer once again revealed himself before the true self.

* * *

There was, of course, only one thing I wanted to say first.

Is it possible for Jinseong himself to return to a situation where he can do so?

“Is it over!? Has the been found?”

Jinseong shouted.

But it didn’t take a second for the excited, genuine cries to turn to disappointment.

“no.”

Jinseong bit his lower lip at her declaration, which cut off the point without even needing further explanation.

It was a natural reaction as a human being with emotions.

Even if you yell at them to ask why they showed up, that would be a normal attitude.

“Then why-…… did you show up? No, how long can you stay this time? Time to talk! What’s the deadline?”

But the truth was different.

He first suppressed the anger and emotions that were welling up in his throat.

What good does it do to be angry at Nemer?

What matters now is what Jinseong himself can gain from this encounter with Nemer, which is rare and may be his last.

Including the parts you were curious about, and even the practical benefits.

Jinseong was the first to touch on whether he could talk about all of that.

『It won’t be long. The is the Time Lords’ sphere of activity. Even if their sight is scattered, they will soon sense my appearance.』

As expected, Jinseong confirmed that the conversation time was limited and asked right away.

“Well, first of all! I want to ask you something first! The person you called in after me, Ah-hang! What happened to that human? And with that abnormally large number of Epic Souls! No matter how I look at it, he seems to have some strange privileges. Shouldn’t he have given them to me, the one who’s the scapegoat?”

Oh my.

The fact that Jinseong himself came to Plain: Arad after being possessed was the biggest question for Jinseong.

Even if you just listen to what Nemerga said just now, it’s the same.

Still, she is not free from the distortions and cracks of dimensions. She is restricted from direct intervention, to the point where she cannot even stay in the special space called for long.

It was the same when Jinseong himself was possessed.

She has spoken strongly about what and how much caution one must take in Plain: Arad.

Jinseong considered it a basic rule that applied to all the beggars.

Before meeting Berserker, the possessed man ‘Ah-hang’, who showed circumstances that were virtually contrary to all of that.

So, I was able to ask these questions without hesitation.

I had to bite my lower lip while listening to Nemer’s answer.

“I have never called anyone to become a sharpened blade since I called you.”

“also…….”

The sense of discomfort I felt when I met Ah-haeng.

His words and actions were illogical and unreasonable.

“You said that Nemer-nim has been continuously bringing users, character adventurers… that is, those who are qualified to become skilled blades and true adventurers… to Arad, right? Not just me, but also before that?”

“That’s right.”

Jinseong asked again to confirm.

“And after that, no one called you, especially not someone named Ah-hang?”

Nemer answered.

“That’s right.”

Jinseong opened his mouth.

He tried to scold her, saying that she, as a transcendent being, should personally correct the things that were happening that even Nemer might not know about.

“Then, what the heck… no, do you even understand it? That there is a being called Ahang, who came here, to Arad, after me, and tried to become the blade-.”

“He is not the blade, but only the end, the abyss, and chaos. He is not the blade, but the fire that melts the blade.”

But Nemer knew.

She was aware of it, just that she didn’t call it out herself or intervene directly to stop it.

Putting all this together, and also recognizing the words contained in Nemer’s just spoken statement.

“The end… the abyss, the chaos.”

Jinseong realized.

In Jinseong’s head, having experienced both the games Dungeon & Fighter and Plain: Arad, a link of knowledge was immediately established.

The Transcendent Nemer called for ‘character adventurers’ who were worthy candidates for the Forged Blade and who were qualified to become true adventurers.

The Ranger users and Vivi that Jinseong himself met were such people.

They must become true adventurers, sharpened blades.

But there are those who stand in the way of their mission.

The one who was called in to correct that was Jinseong himself.

That is, they all have something in common.

Transcendent Nemer.

That she was called by the Lady of Light, the first wise one and the final guide.

But Ah-haeng is different.

From the very beginning, his approach was different from that of Jinseong himself or Vivi.

“The source of the Abyss. Because the source of the Abyss, another transcendent being, called Ah-hang.”

Transcendence, the source of the Abyss.

Transcendent of the End.

One of the four transcendent beings created from the primordial Caloso, each transcendent being possesses a different nature and characteristic of power, but the scale of that power is equal.

In other words, a being of the same level as Nemer, who is right in front of Jinseong himself.

If the being that summoned Ah-hang was the source of the Abyss, then he made remarks that even Jin-seong himself could not understand and displayed the kind of behavior that Jin-seong himself could never accept.

‘… … But the question still remains. The ability to cross world lines is a unique ability that only Nemer possesses, the Transcendent Nemer. The source of the Abyss, even if its power itself is great, doesn’t seem to have such an ability… … .’

Jinseong quickly gathered his thoughts.

And as if he had already read such genuine thoughts, Nemer spoke.

『Plain: I expect that the small spark that was able to be called into the world of Arad was a small miracle brought about by the desire of the one who sought dew, but I know that it was not just his power alone.』

Those words were the last puzzle piece that Jinseong needed.

The Transcendent One, whose name has not even been properly revealed in the game Dungeon & Fighter, is the source of the Abyss, but we can roughly understand its power.

How could such a person be able to use a kind of teleportation ability that only Nemer could do?!

‘The source of the Abyss clearly uses power. By literally scattering the power it possesses, the ‘Abyss’, into the Demon World, it made all sorts of people move. That’s why… … I can see. The source of the Abyss is not the . If that’s the case, then the conclusion is one.’

As Nemer said, we can see from the expression, ‘it is not only his power alone’.

The source of the Abyss is an indirect expression of one’s will and desires.

To another being who can help it directly.

“ helped the source of the Abyss. Right?”

Ultimately, through , we can conclude that another ‘transcendent being’, the source of the Abyss, was the one who brought in Ah-hang.

『There is no reasonable inference or certainty. I know that the true master of all universes and the longing for the primordial light are different between me and all beings other than me.』

Nemer said.

Jinseong seemed to know something. It wasn’t just that she showed up.

The voice of the Transcendent, which had changed since they first met, made Jinseong feel the seriousness of the situation.

So Jinseong had to catch his breath.

『I tell you, before you find the , you must find the fire that can melt the blade and hear from him the unwavering truth. This is another mission given to you to fulfill the while minimizing the distortion and cracks of the dimensions and suppressing direct intervention by the Time Lords.』

“Before that… … shouldn’t we do our calculations again?”

From now on, it’s time to start talking with a sales smile on your face.

Even Nemer didn’t seem to think that Jinseong would stop talking. He just stood there with his mouth open awkwardly.

But the current Jinseong couldn’t possibly care about that.

“If it’s gotten this serious, I think I… … need to move in a different way than before.”

Wouldn’t it be natural to assume that as tasks are added, rewards should also be added?

“I don’t know if you know this, but Ah, that guy is no joke. He must be way ahead of me already, with someone pushing him from behind. Even if you tell him to hurry and chase after him, it’s not an easy problem, right?”

Moreover, aren’t there competitors that can be clearly compared and pushed forward?

“Well, if there were no restrictions, I could get there in no time… … Do you get the feeling of what I’m trying to say? The source of the Abyss, well, if you were able to do it quickly, there’s no way Lord Nemer wouldn’t be able to do it… … Right?”

The welfare and salary of the other company are clearly revealed, so it is only natural that Jinseong Han, who is still a company employee, would negotiate with a mixture of regret and concern.

『… … .』

Nemer still didn’t say anything.

It was a silence that seemed like eternity.

All Jinseong can hear is his own breathing.

[K, kkkkkkk… … khahahahaha! You’re a real troublemaker! Amazing, this time, kkkkkkk, I’ll admit it too, Jinseong!]

And it was the voice of the black goblin that rang in my head.