The Live

Jubbuck, Jubbuck...

Michael steps slowly toward Yun Jae.

Raguel and Anael sat down to heal their wounds. Thousands of angels were plucked up with the direction of the archangels.

Yoon Jae and the rest of the group, too.

Each of them healed his wound and took a breath. I fought too long, I was exhausted. Victory and defeat were fixed, but the wounded were all the same.

Soon, three archangels and Yoon Jae faced each other.

“I want you to start talking now. ”

The relatively sane angel was Michael.

He stands tall in front of Yun Jae, raising his eyes and peering through the group of five. Michael's eyes sparkled.

Yoon Jae, who looks at Michael with his eyes, could see what his anger was like.

‘Different. ’

He was not angry at Metatron's death.

Of course, I wasn't buried in it. The imperial king's death must have been a shock to Michael as well.

But the shock and anger were fewer than the other angels. What he was really angry about was the death of the other angels.

From Michael's point of view, Yoon Jae and the rest of the group are just enemies killing their own.

Nevertheless, there was only one reason why he wanted to have this conversation with himself.

“Tell me. What is this... way to live? ”

It was from Yoon Jae's mouth.

How we can all live together.

In fact, it contained one meaning.

Metatron, the key of the angels, had already died, and Yoon Jae and the humans had won the courtyard. & '93; Everyone can live together &' 94; means that angels can live too.

If the key died, it would be the angels and demons who would eventually receive the Holy Grail and die. But now, Yoon Jae was trying to suggest a way to reject it.

“Make your choice. Are you going to wait to die like this or.... ”

Yoon Jae was a horse who looked around Michael and the three archangels and all the other angels.

“Will you try to stand up to the world? ”

“Acts...? ”

Michael frowns and looks at Yun Jae's eyes, as if that were a sound.

You want to take a stand against the world? I couldn't understand what he meant.

“Let me get this straight. ”

“I guess Metatron didn't say anything. Or didn't know. ”

It seemed like a long story.

“As a result, the faction that lost the key and lost the war is gone. You know that, right? ”

“Yes, I know. ”

For that, Michael has never been able to resist Metatron.

If Metatron dies, it's practically like all the angels die. In this world, the key was like that.

“Do you know why? ”

“Why...? ”

Michael was unable to answer Yun Jae's question.

It was a problem I had never thought about. No, even if I thought about it, I didn't know the answer.

That's why I had to give it up. It was a matter of disappearing if you fought and won.

However, it seemed that Yoon Jae was not like that.

“Do you know why? ”

“I'm not sure yet. ”

“What irresponsible……. ”

“I'm going to check it out now. But there's plenty of possibilities. Just hear me out. It won't be a loss. ”

“ ……. ”

Michael stares at Yoon Jae for a moment.

I couldn't figure out what he was thinking. Raguel and Anael were also unaware of Yun Jae's intentions.

“Keep talking. ”

“How do you think this world was made? ”

“Made? What do you mean? ”

“Literally. Created. This is my idea. ”

Angels who can't speak because they're surprised.

Yoon Jae continues to tell bomb-like stories as he looks around the other party.

“The Gateway to Sculpture, Holy Grail, and Tutorial. The dragons that guard and coordinate the Middle Zone and its wars. Is all of this, in a natural world? ”

Everyone thought about Yoon Jae's question.

A world made up. A story I'd never thought of before.

Just because they have a world to live in, there are not many cases where they think about how it was made.

I can go through it briefly, but I don't really think about it.

‘Obviously, it's not a natural world. ’

That's what I've known for a long time.

A world that deserves to come in. What's even weirder is that the world was built for war.

The world was made?

Michael ponders for a moment and asks.

“…… Is that why you think this world was created? ”

“It's not without a reason. Not all of them.”

“Okay, fine. Suppose this side of the world was made. But?”

“War for the Holy Grail. Capture pieces and exterminate two factions. Who set it up? ”

“Do you know? ”

“I'm guessing. If we can be sure of that, we'll find a way. ”

“It takes time, after all. ”

“There's nothing wrong with you, right? We're all going to die anyway. ”

In Yun Jae's words, Michael was momentarily distraught.

But I wasn't wrong. According to the laws of the other world, the moment Yoon Jae gets his hands on the holy grail, they all disappear.

‘There is no victory in the fight now anyway. ’

Michael looks back at the angels, including Raguel and Anael.

Following them, you turn your gaze to the group with Yun Jae. I thought I could win if I fought again.

Impossible. Kim Jin-seok and the rest of the group are in trouble as well.

Even with Yun Jae and Kim Jin-seok, who fought the three archangels at the same time, it was difficult to deal with them, but the other three were better than the archangel.

‘If we do this, we'll all die...' ’

His gaze shifts, and he heads towards the angels who are smoothly piled.

Angels who lived in Lachia. In other cities, there were hundreds and tens of millions of angels who were still living as usual without knowing this.

At this rate, they all disappear without a trace. There was nothing to think about.

“I'll take your word for it. ”

“Michael.”

Anael calls out Michael's name.

There was a lot of meaning in it. She was ashamed to join hands with the humans who killed the Emperor. For her, Yoon Jae was the enemy who took the King's life.

But…….

“I can't let all the angels die. ”

Raguel had the same intentions as Michael.

“I don't know if there's a way, but if there's even the slightest chance, we have to act. Isn't that what we do? ”

“Even Raguel... ”

“What do you think the role of an archangel is? ”

A sudden question began to calm down Anael's answer to the question.

“I look after the King.... ”

“Again?"

“… to protect and protect weak and powerless angels. Willing to lay down their lives and lives for the weak. ”

“Yeah, that's it. That's why I care about the Emperor. ”

The King's Guardian.

From some point on, it was recognized as a major role among the archangels.

But since King Jeonbae's reign, Raguel, who has held the place of the archangel for the longest time, knows the meaning of the place of the archangel better than anyone.

The Emperor's essence is only to rule the thousands of angels below. The archangel originally existed for the powerless angels below.

“If there is a way to save them, it is right to choose. I will join Michael in his will. ”

“ ……. ”

Anael clams his mouth shut.

She was still confused. Yoon Jae glances at her for a moment and turns to Raguel and Michael.

“Is it decided? ”

“Now I just want to make sure that's the way you said it would be. ”

That was the answer.

Yoon Jae opened his mouth with a vague bitter smile on his mouth.

“That's ……. ”

* * *

Yun Jae and the rest of the group heal and walk through the city in a field.

A massive explosion left no trace of the city. The collapsed building becomes dirt, and a huge pit forms and piles of rocks are piled into the ground.

You can see what those rocks are. A huge fortress that fell from the sky. It was the latte where the archangels and the king lived.

“Is this it?”

Yoon Jae looks down at the giant pit that looks down there.

The center of the explosion. That's where the latte fell.

“Are you sure you want to be alone? ”

Yoon Jae looked back at his normal voice.

The regular folded arms and followed with a worried face. You pretend to be uneasy, but you can't hide your anxiety.

“It's that hard. ”

“You said that. It's dangerous.”

“Dangerous, but not difficult. ”

“What's different? That's what he said. ”

I didn't like something.

Still, I thought it was great that you followed me here. Yoon Jae suddenly remembered when she first met normal in the tutorial.

- I... I don't want to die. I... want to live. I want to go back alive.

I still felt good when I was shaken by fear. At that time, it seemed fragile as if it were going to collapse soon, but now it is different.

The look on the outside was no different. No matter how much time passes in this world, it looks young on the outside, even if it's Arhan, 100,000 and Kim Jin-seok who have lived in the backyard for over 20 years.

Five years.

The time grew a normal inner surface. There were no weak and scared regular anymore.

More changed than anyone else, and the person who grew up was regular.

“Not really. You were an adult. ”

“Yes?”

“No, thank you. And you don't have to follow me. It doesn't help to have someone with you. ”

“Yes, but.... ”

“Stay away. If it's dangerous, I can protect my own body, so don't worry. Rather, I care more when someone's with me. ”

At Yun Jae's words, the regular was forced to retreat. Even though I was worried, there was nothing else I could do to help Yoon Jae, just because I was confident.

Whee!

Percussion -

Yoon Jae literally blew himself up and jumped down a giant hole.

There was a ruined fortress, a pile of rubble. Throughout the time, Yoon Jae reached out his hand.

Tsk, tsk.

Kung, Kung...

Yoon Jae, who took out the rock with one hand, threw it away.

A pile of rocks is dug up in an instant. Then I started to see a little light underneath.

‘Found it.'

Find out -!

Yoon Jae's hand clears the rocks faster.

Win-win. Win-win.

Boom, boom-

Soon after, Yoon Jae found a shiny jewel down there. A jewel with a dimmer light than before has been broken in half.

Yoon Jae, who dragged the jewels out, looks at it and confirms.

‘This is it.’

A massive energy source that used to maintain the heavenly fortress latte.

That was this jewel.

The gem still shines, emitting enough power to blow up a giant city. It meant that he did not use all his strength.

Even as time went by, the light was getting brighter.

Ooh, ooh, ooh-

The shackles in Yun Jae's hands begin to tremble.

This reaction was now familiar.

Just moments ago, after I killed Metatron, I felt like this.

It was clear.

“Pieces……. ”

I was expecting something.

A sculpture that exists in the great city of Lachia. It's not a city, it's a floating fortress.

The angels didn't realize it was a sculpture. It is because the hard gem frame around the outside hides the existence of the piece.

If the jewels hadn't broken in half, he wouldn't even know it was a piece.

The jewelry was untouchable. The moment it goes wrong, the fortress will fall down like it is now. It was a fact that the city flew away.

Unlike the sculpture on human soil or the sculpture on Devil's soil, the sculpture on Angel soil is quite evident.

“Phew -”

Yoon Jae sighed.

It's been a long time since I've been this nervous. Even when I fought against millions of angels, I was not this nervous.

In order to retrieve the piece, you must break the frame that is hiding it. You cannot retrieve the pieces from this state.

But there was a problem.

‘If you make a mistake, it may explode like before. ’

That's why I told the others and the angels to stay away.

If the same explosion happens again while handling the jewelry to retrieve the pieces of the wreckage, it may only be in vain.

This was a job I had to do alone.

I couldn't be helped.

‘I've already risked my life anyway. ’

You draw your sword and point it at the end of the piece.

You bring the tip of the sword to the cracked gem around you. You feel the energy of the gem wrapped around the shard through the sword.

Like I'll never let anyone take it.

‘Dangerous.’

Sok-

Yoon Jae put the sword back in.

If not, the jewel that caused the explosion once might explode again.

Yoon Jae looked down at his hand for a moment. I held out my hand a few times and then took it away.

Jiaying-

Ooh, ooh, ooh-

As soon as the jewels touch my hands, the chains in Yoon Jae's hands begin to ring again.

At the same time, Yoon Jae's eyes sparkled.

Will it work? ’

I was trying to recall absorbing a piece from Metatron's body, and there was a reaction.

A jewel on the outside surrounding the piece. I thought I might be able to absorb the pieces hidden inside.

‘Fortunately, as expected……. ’

Jiaying-

More and more light radiates from the gem surrounding the piece.

At the same time, Yoon Jae is furious and drops her hand on the jewel.

“Khh……. ”

The burning sensation that is felt through the palm of your hand.

At the same time, I felt sore pain all over my arm.

‘Not just the fragments, but the power that surrounds them...? ’

It wasn't just the pieces that responded to the shackles.

The massive force surrounding the piece reacts together. Yoon Jae pondered for a moment.

Do we have to find another way? ’

Breaking things is dangerous.

The same was true of taking a hand and using the shackles to absorb the pieces.

They both have to take risks together.

But…….

‘There's no sharp way. ’

Destroy or absorb.

If I had to choose between the two, the answer was obvious.

Tuk-

Yoon Jae took his hand back to the surface of the jewel.

The process of absorbing force is much less dangerous than the risk of an explosion. If I could absorb the power properly, it could be an unexpected harvest.

Tsk, tss...

The energy surrounding the surface is drawn in together with the piece in your hand.

It was nothing compared to what Magi had. After the power drained to the point of blowing up a city, there was still a tremendous amount of energy left.

“Khh... ugh... ”

Win-win. Wood-win.

I felt like my arms were going to twist and burst. Yoon Jae endured.

‘Until we somehow... absorb the fragments……. ’

Muscles, Muscles...

Energy gathers in the middle of the heart where magic resides. Yoon Jae focused on enduring the pain and gathering the energy into one place.

‘Unrefined, unrefined energy is dangerous. You have to make the absorbed energy mine first. ’

His life was at stake before he even took the pieces. First, I had to control the rushing energy.

Tschun, Tsutz -

Energy becomes a loop in the heart.

The unrefined energy rejected Yoon Jae's guidance and jumped to the curb.

Yoon Jae suppressed it with his magical power. Soon the two energies clash and begin to fight.

Whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo-

Jiaying, Jiaying-

Immediately, a familiar feeling appeared among the crowd of lights.

The energy surrounding the surface is revealed, and a piece appears. Yoon Jae closed his eyes, sweating on his forehead, and focused on absorbing it.

‘Little by little, don't rush.... ’

Whoo-hoo!

Less, less...

Yoon Jae, who was fluttering his right arm like a burst, opened his eyes wide.

‘Now.'

Kwaak -

He opens wide, drops his hand and grabs it tightly. Yoon Jae breathed out loud, falling back.

“Ha, ha -”

I'm strangely tired. My heart was beating as fast as it was beating, and my arms were freezing and I couldn't move any more.

A huge jewel that had just been touched was lost in light. I no longer felt the strength that was left.

Is it over? ’

Muscles, Muscles...

I feel a new energy entering my body more vividly than the pieces immediately absorbed.

It was hard to see that it was still his strength. Even now, I was running around like I didn't want to acknowledge myself as the owner.

I thought I would suffer for a long time. It's going to take some time to make this energy your own.

‘But... ’

It was only an unexpected check.

‘That's not so bad. ’