I left that place with Soo-oh.
Because here, the more I speak, the more the mystery disappears.
Add scarcity to that, and body regeneration instantly transforms into an expensive commodity.
It’s easy to understand thinking of people who buy health foods or join pseudo-religions just with hope of being cured.
When people fall to rock bottom, their judgment weakens to survive.
The saying “clutching at straws” expresses this.
Seeing such staging, desperate people will come running immediately.
And perceptive people will notice the suddenly strengthened person and recovered man having purple hair and white skin.
If they have rich imagination, they might deduce why Heavenly Demon changed to a woman too.
Moreover, isn’t it bad to ruin Jeonyang’s funeral?
Though only Heavenly Demon is mourning, it’s an appropriate place to recall words about visiting at the end of dead people, like in the first world.
Of course, I don’t know if people will think as I expect, but I scatter what I can do, and proceed collecting elements that can be collected step by step.
When a crisis of someone with important knowledge like Heavenly Demon possibly disappearing comes, you have to think after going first!
It was urgent then.
I had to throw myself in even if the world cracked to regenerate.
Actually, tiny cracks did form. But as time passes, the cracked parts heal properly as if alive.
Whether this healed perfectly, or like human scars it just covered around the damaged parts while leaving them as is, I don’t know.
While returning home with Soo-oh, I looked at the world from harvesters’ perspectives.
First, Gapjae.
This person diligently does his protector work again.
He was trying to attach himself to the Earth Management Hall Master, but after seeing the sword technique that changed terrain when Heavenly Demon and the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult fought, he hasn’t contacted the Earth Management Hall Master.
Of course, the Earth Management Hall Master hasn’t contacted him separately either.
But that doesn’t mean he’s given up. He trains hard every night in the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult’s private training ground. Based on Eunjae’s memories I sent, he’s practicing martial arts while following the techniques.
I like that his desire doesn’t seem to have died out.
Next is Byeongil.
This one became like someone whose string suddenly snapped. The items coming to him daily from other hall masters were all cut off, and his subordinates don’t acknowledge him.
Rather, they whisper about when he’ll die.
Byeongil’s personality is becoming twisted enough to applaud. Incidents of deliberately oppressing and tormenting subordinates with his power have increased, and he killed a servant passing by just because he was in a bad mood.
For now, killing people is wrong even in this kind of world.
Not from a human rights perspective, but from a labor force perspective.
When you enter a company and get a computer, you don’t smash the CPU just because you don’t like it, right?
You get arrested for property damage.
The first time might end with just a salary deduction and disciplinary action if you explain well, but next time you could go to the police station.
In short, it’s an action deserving criticism.
So when criticized, Byeongil gets angrier.
Looking at what he mumbles when mentally cornered, he says he’s angry because those who used to flatter him suddenly changed their attitude.
Step by step. Is he deteriorating?
I hope he becomes more twisted.
Seems like he’ll give more warmth that way, right?
Meanwhile, the Heaven Palace Hall Master’s protectors and ordinary believers belonging there.
They’re training hard in martial arts.
For ordinary believers, rather than training in martial arts, it would be more accurate to say they’re being forcefully injected with martial arts, being made to study reluctantly.
But surprisingly, they themselves are quite satisfied.
It’s strange.
Seems they get more motivated because they can see themselves getting stronger.
And through conversations between the Heaven Palace Hall Master and protectors, I could hear what happened to the elixir made from harvesters.
They say it was useless trash with no effect.
They say nothing happened to those who took it.
It would have been good if at least the contract was transferred or something, but there was nothing like that.
That’s unfortunate.
But there was something gained.
I heard a new perspective on harvesters from them.
They speculate that when people become harvesters, they get stronger by drawing out all the possibilities they could originally have.
So even if they make elixirs, there’s no effect because all those possibilities are already used up.
But that’s likely not the answer.
There’s an example.
The countless people who became harvesters in the first world.
They grew even after becoming harvesters.
Though it can be disproven so it’s not the answer, would it be correct to say it’s the maximum possibility they could have at that moment?
Then what about Heavenly Demon who changed into a woman?
Hmm…
When eating elixirs made with special materials, new light accumulates on top of light and grows. That’s the light contained in the elixir.
Because when it attached to harvesters, it was pure white light not dyed dark purple.
Instead of rushing to conclusions, I should research carefully step by step.
Light and warmth are homework I must solve someday.
Still, since I learned a lot, if I keep gathering information like this, someday I should be able to understand clearly.
And Heavenly Demon.
This person is busy.
She’s occupied with Jeonyang’s funeral. Since the funeral continues for 3 days, there won’t be anything to see until then. The funeral is large and grand, but it’s tragicomic that probably only Heavenly Demon truly mourns.
Anyway, Heavenly Demon will guard the funeral site.
In other words, Heavenly Demon is hard to move. Then, someone might move during that time. Especially people who hate Heavenly Demon.
Moreover, since an opportunity appeared, I advertised spontaneously.
I widely announced that I have such abilities, so come find me if interested.
Many people want their bodies healed.
Surely urgent people will come flying.
Moreover, the person who just became a harvester advertised enthusiastically saying they were healed like this.
This was successful.
* * *
Jeonyang’s funeral ended.
Sadly, not a single person came.
No, why didn’t anyone come!
The Heavenly Demon Divine Cult has many people with fatal wounds for various reasons!
Since one person was healed instantly, shouldn’t at least one person come?
Heavenly Demon was at the funeral site the whole time so she hasn’t received any reports about me.
Then it means they didn’t come voluntarily, but why?
The last person who became a harvester brags every day about his body being healed!
So why isn’t anyone coming!
Ugh. What should I do.
I was planning to attach to the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult like I did with the Future Hope Religion. Of course I wouldn’t do it exactly the same. If you do the same thing, failing the same way is natural.
So this time I planned to move while taking some initiative so I could control things.
But with no response like this, it’s hard to take initiative.
Either they think they can’t do anything even if their bodies are healed, or it means the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult is controlled enough not to send believers to strange people.
Though Heavenly Demon became a harvester, I don’t have authority to command harvesters.
I’m just at the same position, or rather lower.
Moreover, even sending memories doesn’t reach at all if their consciousness is strong.
Meaning it’s impossible to control them by sending large amounts of memories to drive them crazy.
Why are there so many things I can’t do…
What can I do with only such abilities?
I just have to live hard with the power I have.
I looked north.
I can see a vast green forest whose end isn’t visible.
And crossing that forest, there’s a city.
It’s a world similar to martial arts novels in the faded man’s memories. A place where countless ordinary people live.
It’s where I can seep in most deeply.
What should I do?
I’m wondering whether to go outside like this or wait for the future in the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.
If I were alone I would’ve gone outside without hesitation, but I have Soo-oh in my hands.
It’s concerning to wander without a home.
Or finding the man who seems like he’ll soon become a harvester could also be a way forward.
The man called Oh Myeongseong who absorbed Eunchun’s qi with a technique called Qi Absorption Technique.
He’s not a harvester yet.
But he’s clearly connected to me, and the connection is gradually strengthening.
After not too much time passes, enough to make him a harvester.
Even if I’m divided into tiny pieces, I’m fundamentally connected to all of them. Like drawing multiple people on paper, attaching strings to each person and tying the other ends together.
Why can’t I control them when I have such power?
If I just had brainwashing techniques I could live well while sucking out warmth!
“Choseol, what are you doing?”
While grumbling inside, suddenly. Soo-oh poked her head out from behind.
Still a child so her speech is short. I’m wondering whether to start teaching honorifics now, or leave it a bit longer.
I question whether she should learn sociability through talking with humans rather than a monster like me. But I also think she might only receive twisted ideological education living here.
Should I seriously consider leaving the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult?
With Heavenly Demon now reigning as a powerful cornerstone, it seems unlikely the events I want will occur much in the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.
I would be willing to keep lending my hand if they dreamed of unifying the martial world like the demon cults in the faded man’s memories, and like Heavenly Demon before learning the Sunflower Scripture but.
After learning the Sunflower Scripture, words about conquering the martial world completely disappeared from Heavenly Demon’s mouth.
There’s a high chance she’s not very interested even now.
Maybe slightly possible she might invade the martial world saying she’ll kill the remnants who killed Jeonyang?
But I shouldn’t say this with my own mouth.
If they’re not stupid, they’ll notice I spoke with evil intentions. Moreover, it’s about someone she loves. Someone already dead.
There’s a high chance it would become a sore spot. So I shouldn’t mention it.
Above all, Heavenly Demon is someone who vaguely knows my identity. If things go wrong, they could become a group trying to eradicate me from this world.
As much as they have techniques to summon me, there’s a possibility they could develop techniques to block me. It’s best to avoid dangerous places.
Above all, it’s best not to make enemies as much as possible.
If I have to make enemies, I should only make them when it’s really necessary. Of course, that’s the world where enemies appear saying they hate you for being ugly just for breathing but.
First, let me answer Soo-oh who’s holding onto me and rolling around like a cat on top of me.
“I’m wondering how to teach Soo-oh.”
“Don’t like that.”
Pat pat
Though she hits with small hands, the impact is quite strong. The exercise paid off.
While thinking about cutting ties with the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult if Heavenly Demon enjoys boring peace, I grabbed Soo-oh and pushed her to the yard.