Chapter 201

The ‍​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‍muzzle was aimed at Baek Dojun without a single inch of error.

Even ‍​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍if it were not fired directly at Baek Dojun, it was still aiming for his life just the same.

This ‍​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍was because the trigger was likely linked to Seoul's mana power source.

The ‍​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍moment Bureau Chief Baek Dojin pulled the trigger, the power source would ignite, and Seoul would collapse.

Therefore, ‍​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍he had to suppress Baek Dojin's hasty action, but there was nothing Baek Dojun, who possessed nothing but ability nullification, could do.

The ‍​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍only thing he could do was try his best to dissuade him.

“Honor disappears the moment you die. Whether you are a hero or a criminal, you must be alive to enjoy anything.”

“Are you trying to persuade me?”

“I am simply presenting the best direction.”

“So what is that best direction? How can I hide the mistake of joining hands with Demonic Beings to open the Great Rift?”

Baek Dojun was at a loss for words.

As he said, it was clear that Baek Dojin would remain a figure more hated than even the Witch.

“What is the reason for wanting to become a hero?”

“Because it is the most certain way to prove my value.”

“Is the position of Bureau Chief not enough? You would be evaluated with achievements greater than at least those of the nameless heroes.”

Baek Dojin slowly shook his head.

“You have been questioning me since we were young. But you did not ask because you really did not know. You always asked because you could not understand my actions. No matter how much I tell you, you will not understand me. Not at this moment, nor in the future.”

“There should be no one who can understand you as well as I, who came from the same womb.”

“Heh, is that so? Then I shall answer. What I want is...... immortality.”

“…….”

“To become a historical existence that remains for a long time in the era of awakened beings. For my name to be mentioned as long as this era continues, just as people praise the Sword Saint. ......That is the only gray ideal I wanted to reach. Therefore, mistakes in that process cannot be tolerated in the slightest.”

Baek Dojun tilted his head forward in discouragement.

The fact that he could not persuade his opponent gnawed away at his will.

“Neither the citizens of Seoul nor billions of people had any value to you. Everything was just a tool, everything was just fertilizer to realize your desire…….”

“Do not be so discouraged. After all, I was waiting for you.”

“For me?”

“Yes, because I wanted to let you go knowing at least why you were dying.”

Baek Dojin finished speaking and pulled the trigger.

“……!”

CLICK.

It was a dry fire, too dull to be a sound that sentenced a massive explosion.

“…….”

“…….”

However, no change occurred.

An explosion did not start nearby, nor did an earthquake occur due to an unusual precursor…….

“T-this should not be happening!”

Baek Dojin hurriedly pulled the trigger again.

CLICK.

It was a light sound of the firing pin again.

However, the result was the same.

Outside the window, there were only the screams of refugees, the groans of monsters, and the bleak wind caused by the traces of the Great Rift.

CLICK.

CLICK CLICK.

CLICK!

“Damn it! What on earth is this!”

Baek Dojun took the opportunity while Baek Dojin was flustered to approach and take his handgun.

At that moment, the telephone on the Bureau Chief's desk suddenly rang.

“……?”

With the martial law in effect, most landlines were cut off.

If a contact came, it would be a call made from within the Bureau, but ironically, upon the opening of the Great Rift, all personnel except for Baek Dojin had left the Bureau grounds.

RING RING.

“…….”

Silence.

Baek Dojin pressed the receive button.

Then, a familiar voice was heard.

─Ahem, to think you would commit the act I was worried about. I am greatly disappointed in you. If the late Chairman had known about this side of you, he would have nipped it in the bud long ago. Tsk.

A person who openly spoke down to Bureau Chief Baek Dojin.

It was Cha Myeonghan, the Chairman of Hyeonseong Group.

“C-Cha Myeonghan……”

─Seoul's mana power source has already been placed under the management of Hyeonseong. It means that there is no way for you to manipulate it, at least.

“How! How did you know that!”

─A very brilliant young friend told me. Thanks to him, our Hyeonseong has saved Seoul once again. Hahahaha!

Cha Myeonghan's hearty laughter echoed.

The silence that had swallowed the office vanished with his laughter.

─Soon, the hunters hired by Hyeonseong will go to arrest you. You may run away, but wouldn't it be better to humbly receive the judgment of the citizens than to be torn to death by monsters?

Baek Dojin shouted in a voice that sounded like he had lost his mind.

“Hunters? Do not make me laugh! Every single hunter has run away, so what hunters are you talking about!”

─Ah, run away? It seems you are mistaken about something. They did not run away from the Great Rift and the monsters; they ran away from you. The reason it reached this situation is all because of the Bureau Chief's lack of virtue.

“What?”

─There are three ways to make people follow you: have virtue, be famous, or have a lot of money. It is the same for politicians or businessmen. If any one of them is lacking, they will surely collapse someday. Ah, of course, I am not saying I am a businessman with virtue and faith. However, the difference between me and you is…….

“……?”

─It is simply that I have enough vast wealth to fill the missing parts.

Baek Dojin slumped on the floor as if he were dazed.

Baek Dojun took that opportunity to suppress him.

Due to ability nullification, Baek Dojin's struggle was no longer possible.

However, he could not stop him from raising his voice.

“Then how on earth are you going to stop the Great Rift! Those Demonic Beings! What are you going to do about the monsters!”

The Great Rift was one of the reasons he tried to explode Seoul's mana power source.

As he said, there was no way to restrain the pouring monsters other than that method.

Even if there were, it was only to start a miserable war like 80 years ago.

Of course, Cha Myeonghan must have been aware of that, but contrary to expectations, his answer was easy.

─That won't be a problem. Even if thousands, tens of thousands, or hundreds of millions of monsters pour out, we will fight to the end to protect it. Was that not the founding principle of the Bureau?

“……!”

─Watch and see if my words are true. Perhaps a cheeky hero has already popped up.

***

Seoul's District 2, where Do Minyeong's life force was being drained by a magic tool.

This place was already surrounded by numerous monsters.

Most of the refugees had already entered the outskirts, and those who remained in the inner districts were a few hunters, the rebel forces, and a Demonic Being aiming for Do Minyeong.

“At this rate......! I do not know how long we can hold out!”

It was Monica's Knight Golems that were facing the monsters on the front line.

However, even that was a situation in which the defensive line was gradually being pushed back due to the limits of mana.

Several hunters, including Maxi, were supporting her, but it was impossible to block monsters that poured out without limit.

In the end, it was a state of struggling somehow while facing death.

One member of the Special Affairs Division shouted.

“How about even we leave the inner districts for now?”

“The Chief has not returned yet!”

“There is no way the monsters' attacks will work on a person on whom even magic bullets do not work! He will surely leave the inner districts on his own! Moreover!”

The man signaled toward Do Minyeong.

Then, the colleagues around him shifted their gazes following him.

His words did not continue, but everyone immediately understood what he was trying to say.

The fundamental question was how there could be a way to bring her back by protecting Do Minyeong like this.

At that time, Cha Yeri fired a magic bullet with her MA6 and said.

“So, are you saying you are going to run away? Monsters have landed right in the middle of Seoul, the center of the era of awakened beings, and the Special Affairs Division is running away?”

“I-it is only from a realistic point of view……!”

“Then go ahead and try running away! I will survive tenaciously and testify that the Special Affairs Division ran away from monsters!”

“…….”

The statement of Cha Yeri, the youngest person at this place, was quite heavy.

It was not simply because she was the heir of Hyeonseong.

It was because while everyone tried to compromise with a pessimistic situation, she alone was facing the problem directly.

Eventually, Cha Yeri leaped toward the monsters beyond the Knight Golems.

But at that moment.

“W-wait a minute! Suddenly the state of the monsters……!”

“Huh? Why are they doing this!”

The monsters, who were trying to devour the humans before their eyes at will, stopped moving as if they had been hit by a bug.

It was a strange situation to be called magic.

In the first place, would an awakened being who could use a status abnormality magic on thousands of monsters all at once even exist?

While everyone was flustered, the monsters all turned their heads to find the nearby Demonic Beings.

They then began to attack the Demonic Beings with their teeth and claws.

“What on earth is this……”

A bizarre phenomenon that was hard to believe even after seeing it with one's own eyes.

Cha Yeri calmly used her ability.

It was the ability to perceive the mana released in the surroundings.

Soon, her gaze was fixed on one place.

A person who was scattering mana that was somehow familiar.

“Ji…… Seokhyeon……”

It was investigation cadet Ji Seokhyeon, wearing a mystical cone hat.

To be precise, he was walking leisurely along the artificial path made by the monsters.

Ji Seokhyeon was approaching the place where Do Minyeong was.

Pitch-black golems rose in the place where he passed and attacked the Demonic Beings, and news flooded from the Special Affairs Division's radios that the movement of monsters had stopped throughout Seoul.

'Is Ji Seokhyeon controlling all the monsters by any chance?'

If so, how on earth?

This question permeated the minds of not only Cha Yeri but everyone witnessing the scene.

A situation that could not be accepted with general notions at all.

However, no one could ask Ji Seokhyeon, who was approaching, a question.

It was because a sense of alienation, which prevented people from approaching him recklessly, flowed from him and permeated the surroundings.

'Too far, what kind of person are you, on earth…….'

Soon, Ji Seokhyeon stopped in front of Do Minyeong.

Unlike the seriousness of the situation, his eyes were quite calm.

He opened his mouth softly.

“What do you want from me?”

***

No one answered my question.

In the first place, I was not asking a human.

I was asking the Avid Reader, who started this bullshit episode.

There was no way to bring back Do Minyeong, who had already begun to be used for the reopening of the Great Rift.

At least not physically.

“So you are going to be persistent until the end…….”

What was the reason the Avid Reader granted this situation?

Looking back at the episodes he had granted so far, all were about tormenting me.

Then what was he trying to do with the Great Rift this time?

To make me feel guilty while watching the citizens in pain?

Or to make me despair while watching the base, where I had finally begun to settle my heart, collapse?

“…….”

That couldn't be it.

If I was right, this was an invitation.

Also, a cruel choice that could not be taken back.

Whether to sacrifice Do Minyeong as she was and reenact the situation of 80 years ago.

Or to sacrifice me and protect everyone's happiness.

In fact, the answer to the question was decided from the start.

Because the foolish original author loved the characters more than necessary.

I picked up the floating Do Minyeong.

Then, I began to limit her mana just as she was.

The magic tool opening the Great Rift, the Vessel of Jealousy.

That ability was a mindless power that amplified magic several times over.

Perhaps the most massive amount of mana in this worldview…….

But now that the Demonic Being Gen, who used the magic, had vanished, the reopening of the Great Rift could be stopped if I could stop her power even for a moment.

Of course, the price would be…….

“……This is bullshit.”

It would be my life.

Before I knew it, my senses became dull.

I could not even feel the weight of Do Minyeong, whom I had picked up.

The sense of space on the battlefield as well.

The smell of the blood of humans and monsters as well.

Only an abyss, where I could not even distinguish anything, covered my eyes.

Am I dead…….

I wondered how long I wandered in the abyss like that.

Around the time I thought about the passage of time, a voice echoed in the abyss.

─Finally, we meet, you damn writer.

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