I upgrade alone

Under Cheng Xiaoyu's resolute expression, the expression on the face of Chairman Gao Jianli, who originally wanted to blame the young people for being ignorant, changed.

"Are you serious?"

Cheng Jin-Woo nodded.

"This is something only I can do, please leave it to me."

***

Cheng Jin-Woo silently looked at the corpses of ants and monsters scattered from the end of the land over there to the end of the land here

Then look at your feet now.

Bell... No, it is still the corpse of the ant king lying under his feet.

Not long after seeing him, he already missed Bell's voice of looking for the king very much.

To the ants, Cheng Jin-Woo shouted.

"stand up!"

As soon as he finished speaking, shadow soldiers appeared one by one from the shadows of all the ants in Cheng Jin-Woo's field of vision.

Bell was among them.

"My king..."

Looking around at the thousands of ant soldiers kneeling around him, Cheng Jin-Woo nodded slowly.

Brand new army.

The new shadow army, which was fully prepared from the beginning, sincerely expressed its loyalty to Seong Jin-Woo.

but.

After talking with them, Cheng Jin-Woo was convinced.

"......enough."

Even though he had reorganized the Shadow Legion, he couldn't fill the emptiness in his heart.

Although Bell still looked at his master with a worried expression, he understood deeply.

The expressions and emotions in front of you are fake.

So, facing them now, Cheng Jin-Woo's heart aches even more.

Grief and anger made a vein pop out in his neck, and he couldn't stop roaring angrily.

"I know it's all fake, stop here, reveal your true identity!"

Too realistic a fantasy.

Hope this is the real reality.

During this short period of time, he had this idea countless times.

But, like the time spent here.

No matter what he could do, he couldn't hide the feeling of emptiness proportional to time.

Cheng Jin-Woo roared hoarsely towards the man-made atmosphere surrounding him.

"Come out for me!"

At that moment, the roaring Cheng Jin-Woo realized the change one step later.

Time has stopped.

All the ant soldiers turned their attention to themselves.

In those mechanical eyes, Cheng Jin-Woo suddenly got goosebumps.

At this moment, starting from Cheng Jin-Woo's feet, the black shadow of "King's Realm" spread rapidly.

Everything covered by the shadow disappeared without a trace.

Bell, the soldiers, the corpses, the land, the sea, and finally the sky.

Soon, the entire world was shrouded in shadow.

Turned into endless pitch black.

Somewhere in the invisible darkness, a heavy voice came.

"As long as you want, you can live in this world forever. It's like dreaming that there is only happiness forever, and you will never wake up again."

Cheng Jin-Woo tried his best to find the voice that came from nowhere, but there was only endless darkness in front of him.

He couldn't help yelling.

"Do you want me to stay trapped in the fantasy you created?"

"No. I didn't make this. You made this world."

"You say I made it?"

Nonsense!

Cheng Jin-Woo turned around quickly.

as predicted.

From the dark depths behind him, someone came out.

The comer has exquisite black armor that cannot be compared with other shadow soldiers, and a powerful sense of deterrence that cannot be compared with any existence in this world.

Even Cheng Jin-Woo had a hard time opening his mouth to answer when facing him.

He said.

"Your desire to redeem the mistakes you made before, coupled with this world created by my power."

"This is death—my domain."

Only then did Cheng Jin-Woo realize the truth.

The darkness that I am in now wraps my truth more warmly than any other place in the world.

'This is eternal rest...'

death.

Then, this man who calls the world in his consciousness his own domain...

Get the answer straight from his mouth.

"Who are you......?"

The man in the black armor slowly approached Cheng Jin-Woo.

"I've been watching you for a longer time than you can imagine. I've been watching you who are closer to death than anyone else, but you who resist desperately than anyone else."

Been...following me?

Finally, he stood in front of Cheng Jin-Woo.

He looked down at Cheng Jin-Woo with black pupils that seemed to suck him in.

"I am the history of your struggle; the trace of your struggle; the compensation for your countless pains. I am both death...and rest...and even your fear itself."

His every word echoed heavily in Seong Jin-Woo's heart.

Although he was weak, the memory of him struggling to survive flashed through his mind instantly like a revolving lantern.

He stretched out his hand and tightly grasped Cheng Jin-Woo's wrist, and then he put Cheng Jin-Woo's hand on his chest.

Cheng Jin-Woo's eyes suddenly widened.

Through the thick armor, you can clearly feel it.

How could he not understand?

As long as you concentrate a little, you can hear the familiar heartbeat.

The sound of a second heart beating somewhere.

black heart.

A black heart was beating violently in his chest.

"I......"

The air around him was so warm.

"That's you."

Chapter 210 IX The Memory of the Shadow King

The phrase 'I am you'.

Seong Jin-Woo who was in contact with the black heart could understand the meaning of this sentence.

Cheng Jin-Woo looked to the right.

Immediately following his line of sight, what appeared in front of his eyes was a giant tree like dozens of high-rise buildings integrated and stacked to form a building. The giant tree soared to the sky.

Then he turned to the other side.

After turning my head to the left, the magnetic levitation train coming from the other side in the darkness passed by in a blink of an eye.

Cheng Jin-Woo just thought of a shape, and they appeared right in front of his eyes.

Out of nothing was created.

"Yes."

The Shadow King said.

"In my field, you can do anything you want."

"Because I have the same power as you?"

The Shadow King nodded.

He set his sights on the huge tree made by Seong Jin-Woo.