Omniscient First-Person’s Viewpoint - Chapter 610



Forest fires start from a small spark – Ending

The tragedy that should not have happened in the present age split the tree of origin diagonally. It is not certain whether it was intentional, but the flames engulfed in the new star burned all the branches from which the beast grew.

The World Tree suffered a second fire. Fortunately, the star’s flames did not leave even a pile of ashes. Unlike the previous fire, the sparks rose upward and disappeared, and instead of spreading the seeds of fire in the forest, they turned into stars and decorated the sky.

Thanks to the gracious flame that reached the sky, the people living on top of the giant were able to survive.

Those who had tied themselves to the rampant World Tree and held on rejoiced at the World Tree’s silence. It seemed that their current safety was more important than the fact that the dead tree was the blessed tree that had fed them.

It’s natural. Eating something is also for the purpose of continuing today’s life.

The World Tree burning and collapsing. That such a tragedy is repeated, and that countless people have already fallen and are on the verge of falling to their deaths.

Everyone was immediately swept away by the great relief of having survived.

And, inside the large lotus flower at the top of the world tree… .

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The worst way to wake up is to fall. Falling in the most defenseless state is extremely unpleasant. Even if you are sleeping so well that you don’t notice someone carrying you, if you drop them while they are being carried, they will wake up with their arms and legs flailing around in an unnatural manner.

So, the best way to wake up is to fall. If you’re not dead, you’ll wake up. If you can’t wake up, you’ll die.

And when I came to my senses, I was falling.

What the hell is this?

There were no leaves that were so lush. There were no dense branches to be seen. Before my eyes, only a clear sky spread out in the distance, as if even the clouds had all blown away.

Even as I was falling, I used my mind to read the situation. Fragmented information was pieced together in my head.

A spark ignited. A huge spark blew away the top of the World Tree. Despite the immense power, the direction of the power was slightly deflected, so the layer of the spirits burned relatively unscathed.

I don’t know if it’s appropriate to say that I was alive and well, but at least I’m alive.

If you have regenerative powers, you can survive, right? Then, during this short fall, let’s think about it. Who on earth did what to do to burn down the Tree of Origin? If it was someone’s doing, what should I do?

… Hmm. I don’t really get it. Who would have to do what to blow up the Origin Tree? If it had that kind of firepower, it should have shown up a long time ago.

I don’t know. Let’s just crash for now. If it ends up like this, Navida won’t have the energy to chase me…

“Hughes!”

As I was thinking that, a familiar voice approached me. When I turned my head, unexpectedly, Shay was flying near me.

What is it? What’s going on? I read your thoughts and it seems like Shay did something. Maybe because we’re both out of our minds, I can’t read it clearly.

I greeted Shay warmly.

“Oh, Mr. Shay? It’s nice to see you again. How have you been?”

“Is now the time to say hello?! Fly quickly!”

“People can’t fly. Don’t ask for the impossible.”

“You usually act like you know everything. Tch. Just catch him!”

I grabbed the hand Shay extended. Shay grabbed me and pulled me, holding onto the hem of my clothes tightly and straightening my posture. So that I could land safely right away.

Suddenly, I was held in Shay’s arms and asked her.

“No, Mr. Shay. What’s going on? I woke up and the Origin Tree was gone.”

Shay answered briefly, blowing air through his fangs.

“I burned it.”

“You burned it? The Tree of Origin? How?”

“It’s nothing. It happened once. I told you I regressed last time, right?”

“Yes. I said it in passing.”

I’ve read it countless times with the help of a poison bottle, but I pretended not to know and asked back. Shay, who didn’t know, nodded and answered.

“Hughes. This isn’t the first time I’ve been in this situation.”

“What kind of situation is it? Falling from the sky?”

“No. Not that. This situation where we go out to attack the Tree of Origin. I’ve been through this before. You weren’t there then, and I came with a lot more troops.”

When again? If you remember that, you should have told me in advance.

Well, if he had been caught with his arm cut off, I wouldn’t have remembered it.

“The Origin Tree is shaped like a tree, and needs a lot of water to hydrate the tree. That’s why the Origin Tree has passages called vascular tubes all over the place to transport the water it absorbs from its roots.”

“We rode it up there at first.”

“Yeah. And I sent a bullet there.”

“A pension bullet?”

Alchemy itself has magical value, and alchemic value is something that changes in the intended direction. That is, if you apply certain processing to alchemy, it can become gunpowder or a bomb. It requires considerable technical skill, though.

“I converted all my alchemy into alchemy bullets and sent them toward the water pipe.”

“No. What the hell are you doing? What if a fire breaks out?”

That’s extreme. The entire Tree of Origin almost burned down.

“Don’t worry. The alumina is lighter than water right before it burns. If you pour it into a water pipe, it will naturally go to the highest point. Even if I use up all my alumina, it’s impossible to burn the entire tree of origin, but I can blow it up if it’s just at the top.”

“So you blew it up?”

“There’s nothing we can do. Mayel was there to help. The air is dry and the rivers are dried up. It’s the perfect time for a fire to start.”

Shay said with full confidence. Certainly, the moisture that was lacking in the strangely dry sky. And with the blessing of the saintess of heaven, and the immense treasure that Shay had, it was possible. In fact, Shay had done it once.

… But, something. It’s not clear whether what came to Shay’s mind was a memory from the previous episode or a memory from this episode. Is it because he’s a regressor?

And, can you burn it like this in that way?

I don’t know. Anyway, it didn’t really matter right now.

“Is there anything more to see here? Nothing?”

“Yes. I finished it roughly.”

“The Druids will also take advantage of this chaos to escape. They have trained owls. This is their chance, with Nevida’s attention focused on them. Let’s escape now!”

Neither I nor Shay can handle Nevida. It’s not just that we can’t handle it, the moment we get caught, it’s over.

“That’s right. First of all, you have to jump. But where is Navida?”

“I’m sure he’s where the King of Humans you love so much is! Oh, Hughes. What happened to the King of Humans?”

“Oh, don’t worry about that. Everyone got their wish.”

“what?”

“‘Sister’ will wake up. Nevida will get her sister back.”

“Huh, huh? Why?”

“What should I do? Then tell my sister to commit suicide? That’s incest. Even if it’s me who’s going to die. It would be best if I come out of there in good health.”

“Sister…?”

Coming out of there in good health is what I want. I also have to protect my life.

And my older sister also has to protect her own life.

Sister, you don’t need to judge humans. Humans will try to judge you. If you respond to them, you will naturally come to have your own standards.

The yardstick is made that way. It is not given.

It may not be a very appealing thing to a human king who was born with that status from the beginning.

“I’m using too much force, so it’s hard to fly for long! I’ll just land!”

Shay picked me up like a princess and prepared to land by blowing wind. Somehow, Cheon-Ang managed to get back up, and with great effort, he blew out wind and pushed me and Shay up.

But I was relieved that Shay was holding me so I wouldn’t fall and get crushed… but then suddenly I felt uneasy.

“Excuse me, Mr. Shay. Your arms are shaking.”

“don’t mind.”

“How can you not be nervous?! My body is shaking as if caught in turbulence!”

“It’s because my arm has been attached for a short while. It’s okay. You can move with your own energy.”

I glanced at it and saw that it was simply shaking due to a lack of strength in its arms. The shaking was starting from the shoulder blades hidden by its clothes. Exactly from the section of its arm that had been torn off by Nevida.

“Hey! Let go! It makes me feel more anxious!”

“You’re making me nervous! Stay still!”

“What are you holding still for? If you land like this, your arm and I will fall off!”

I mean, I don’t believe it. I changed my position in the air while arguing with Shay. Instead of hugging Shay, I held onto Shay and waited for the floor to gradually get closer.

“Ugh!”

Even though my body was regenerated, the pain remained. I braced myself for the impending shock by strengthening my legs and waist.

Kwaaang. My legs dug deep into the ground. Maybe because my speed was a bit slow, I was able to land without any problems. No, it wasn’t just that my speed was slow. Even though I was holding Shay, my body felt lighter than I thought.

“Okay. Come down now!”

“…uh.”

Even though I tilted him slightly, Shay didn’t show any sign of coming down, holding his hands together. He just stood there, squealing like an animal with its neck caught. I couldn’t throw Shay, whose body was stiff, so I looked down and asked.

“No, why are you still here? Get down. Your leg is cut off too?”

Shay met my eyes, opened his eyes wide, and then flailed his arms and legs and pushed me away.

“Oh, it’s nothing! Put it down!”

“What kind of nonsense are you talking about when you tell me to come down? If someone heard you, they’d think you weren’t coming down!”

Shay, who had jumped down, covered her mouth with a confused expression. Was she getting motion sickness or something? Why was she acting like that all of a sudden?

‘What is it? What’s going on? Something is strange about the reaction…?’

“You said let’s run away quickly. Aren’t you going to run away?”

“…Okay. Let’s go.”

“What about the Druids?”

“We decided to survive on our own. It’s too much for us to take care of each other’s lives.”

“That’s good. You have to take care of your own life.”

It’s better than getting all of them together and getting beat up.

… and Nevida wouldn’t have the capacity to catch them either. No, no one here would even care about such a trivial matter.

Because my sister will wake up soon.

“Let’s run!”

“huh….”

After answering that, Shay, who was about to run, soon stumbled and fell to the ground. Just before he hit his head on the ground, I grabbed the back of Shay’s neck with amazing reflexes.

“Look, I told you it felt weird. You’re already exhausted, so what? Where did you put all that effort?”

“… Ugh. Right before setting fire, I pulled out Cheon-Aeng and Ji-Jan from Nevida’s abyss.”

Mind reading is only for reading people. Shay thought she was still able to move, but in fact, she was almost exhausted, having used up all her strength. Perhaps because she was a regressor, there was a great discrepancy between her will and her physical condition.

“You’re overdoing it when you’re not even in good health. You’re going to die.”

“It’s okay. I’m a regressor. Even if I die… I’ll go back.”

“I don’t quite understand what you’re saying, but you’re not going back with me, are you?”

Shay paused for a moment, then gave a small nod of agreement.

“…okay.”

“Then what? It’s like death to me. Seriously. I sent you here to live, and now you’re coming back to die.”

“Huh. I came to save you. I can’t thank you enough.”

“Hey. You came here to deal with the King of Sin.”

“… There’s that too!”

“Okay. Just like before, put your arms together and stay still. It’s hard to lift.”

“What? How do you want me to be?”

He was a bit quiet earlier, but now he’s getting angry when I tell him to. I said, pointing to the hem of Shay’s shirt, which was slightly dirty from the battle.

“Please button up your clothes.”

“…! This is!”

“Okay. Okay.”

I picked Shay up while she was crouching with her arms crossed. I thought it would be better for me to carry her and run with her than for someone who couldn’t move. Unlike Shay, she was in good shape after resting for a few days.

“Muumumu…!”

“… It’s light. What is it? It’s not this light?”

“I was originally light!”

Shay, who had been screaming, shut her mouth tightly with her face red. It was better for the person being heard to stay still like this. I hurriedly ran outside the jungle while holding Shay.

“But would it be possible to escape by jumping like this? Even if Navida finds some time to come, he’ll still be caught.”

“… .”

“What? This guy isn’t answering.”

‘Is Cheon Ban-gyeong the problem…? Why, why. Cheon Ban-gyeong doesn’t react even when Hughes grabs me? Is it okay now…?’

Okay. It seems like your attitude has changed a little. Has there been a change of heart?

Ah, I don’t know. Let’s think about it while running. We should prioritize getting out of the jungle. If the fire is this big, even the other members of the Supreme Beings, including Nevida, will be out of their minds.

It was at that moment, as they were running for a long time, Shay stared upwards with his seven-colored eyes, then opened them wide as he recalled his yellow pupils.

Shay, who witnessed the sky between the leaves with his golden eyes, which are called the three colors of the seven colors, the golden eyes that see the invisible, and the golden eyes called the fire-eyes, shouted loudly.

“Hughes! Up!”

“stomach?”

I looked up, following Shay’s gaze. There was nothing to be seen in the blue sky between the leaves. The empty sky was filled with blue as always.

But Shay’s golden eyes clearly saw something. A trace that was invisible but clearly existing, occupying a corner of the world. Hwaan Geumjeong showed Shay even what should not be seen.

So I could see it too.

In Shay’s field of vision, a few leaves appear here and there. Beautiful curves sparkling with a torrent of golden power.

And along that curve, someone is ‘falling’.

“The trajectory of the millennium…!”

Shay muttered.

There is a golden trajectory in the floating castle of the Magic Federation. An unknown power that floats a huge structure reminiscent of a castle in the air. A celestial trajectory that can settle somewhere in this world, indicated by the solemn power that holds the world together.

An instantaneous, fast, and unstoppable means of transportation that can only be used by the magicians of the Magic Federation.

“Hughes. Be careful! I don’t know what that is or why it’s coming, but…! The opponent is a magician from the Magic Federation! He has mastered combat magic and unique magic!”

Shay quickly warned, but it was already too late. The rules he had created arrived before the wizard.

Suddenly, my steps faltered. No, I was walking normally. The direction I was moving changed. No one pushed or pulled me, but I was walking back the way I had been running. It was like I was a fish trapped in a fishbowl.

It’s not that I’m weird. It’s that the world has become weird and I feel like I’m a tourist lost in that weird country.

I’ve experienced it a few times. When was it?

When I stopped walking in a daze and put my hand on the tree.

“Woomin. I’ll explain it to you kindly so even an idiot can understand, so don’t panic and listen.”

Above my head, I heard a voice that was both nostalgic and tiresome. I raised my head and watched the wizard descending, creating a storm around me.

“I am a federal investigator for the Federation of Magical Confederation. I have discovered a massive attack here, and I am gathering information by finding traces of magic. I will pay you if you reveal all the information I know. Answer as quickly as possible. The time I keep you alive is also a price… .”

It was an unexpected encounter, but it wasn’t all that strange.

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The Magic Federation is an organization formed by numerous magicians who explore magic itself.

And the demon that has penetrated the world’s logic is an object of desire for magicians… and at the same time, a power that must be explored.

For the Magic Federation, which built the temple of the Demon God and explored it, the Tree of Origin was also an object of exploration and observation. Since the Tree of Origin was burned down, it was only natural that they would come looking for it.

However, it was somewhat unexpected that the federal investigator was an acquaintance of mine.

“Lancart?”

“Do you know my name, Woomin?… No, wait.”

A character who shares the same past, but does not want to live the same future. A magician who graduated second in his class from the Military Academy and is recorded as a disgrace to the military.

Rankart Spendrei. A magician who was once my friend, but is now a burden to the military.

He frowned deeply, examined my face from every angle, and then asked back.

“Are you really Huey?”