Chapter 336:
“So, you had a lot of trouble there?”
“It was nothing.”
Yu-hyun, who was having a private conversation with Satan, explained what had happened in his exile.
Satan listened to Yu-hyun’s words silently, occasionally nodding or uttering an exclamation of ‘wow’ to show his interest.
That’s how Yu-hyun’s epic story came to an end with the words about Georen’s demise, Lean’s ascension to a new Divine Spirit, and the big change in the internal factions of the Celestial Corporation.
“Listening to you, it sounds like you went through some extraordinary things.”
“Well, I almost faced death a few times. I had to move around there almost bare-handed, leaving behind the gift you gave me.”
Especially, the inconvenience he felt when he didn’t have Laplace was indescribable.
He knew that, but he still decided to go there.
It was his own choice.
Yu-hyun gambled several times, and succeeded in all of them.
He didn’t earn any points from that, but he didn’t regret it.
He recovered the fragment that Georen had, and realized what the will that he couldn’t even grasp until now was.
Not only that, he also gained a strong ally in Lean.
“Lean, you said?”
“Has the rumor spread already?”
“They say he inherited Georen’s power as a second-generation Divine Spirit, but his rank and power are much more than that. He smashed dozens of Divine Spirits who picked a fight with him.”
“I didn’t know it was that bad.”
“He’s not just a second-generation who inherited Georen’s power. He accumulated a lot of karma and merit while he was in the Murim World, and then rose to the star position. He’s practically a fourth-generation. You can call him an another without any loss.”
Most Divine Spirits ignored the fourth-generation, but Satan, a first-generation Divine Spirit, knew very well what the true fear of the fourth-generation was.
Unlike those who were born lucky and gained power innately, anothers were those who reached the star position after enduring bone-grinding pain and effort.
They had a clear difference in their attitude towards life from other Divine Spirits.
“So, Kang Yu-hyun, deputy director, or… Now that you’ve resigned, is it awkward to call you that?”
“Just call me by my name comfortably.”
“I was surprised to hear that. You turned down the offer of becoming a director of Celestial Corporation and instead switched to freelancing. Even Lotfiout, the president, gave you his business card.”
Yu-hyun just smiled and nodded.
As expected of a first-generation Divine Spirit, especially Satan, he was quick with information.
“By the way, how many puzzle pieces have you collected?”
“Yes. While I was gone, my precious contractors worked hard to collect them.”
“Oh. Then you should be able to see the outline of the picture that the puzzle draws by now.”
“Not yet.”
He was conscious of the system and spoke vaguely, but it wasn’t enough to make them feel uncomfortable in their conversation.
While Yu-hyun was gone, Kang Hye-rim, Kwon Jia, Seo Sumin, and Yoo Young-min did a great job of recovering other fragments through the bracelet of fragments that Yu-hyun had left behind.
With this, they could safely say that they had recovered all the fragments in Korea.
The only problem left was the overseas fragments.
“When I checked what happened during the last period, I found out that there are more people collecting pieces than me.”
“Wow.”
Yu-hyun wasn’t the only one who knew about the existence of the fragments. Jin Cheongun also knew about them and recognized his singularity and noticed other owners.
As a result, the fragments marked on the map were not scattered randomly, but clustered in several places.
“It must have been annoying in many ways.”
“It’s okay. Rather, they collected them for me in advance, so I can negotiate with them and get them all at once.”
“Negotiate.”
Satan chuckled in a low voice and shrugged his shoulders.
“Just listening to you makes me feel like it’s far from peaceful.”
“If that’s how you feel, then there’s nothing I can do about it.”
“But I’m glad you came back safely. Congratulations.”
“Haha. I’m honored to hear that from you, Satan. The people at our management scolded me a lot.”
Yu-hyun couldn’t forget the day he returned.
He wanted to tease them so he didn’t contact them and went to the office without notice. The sight of them bulging their eyes when they saw him was so funny.
Even Kwon Jia who usually managed her expression well turned into a pigeon shot by a bullet. Yu-hyun couldn’t help but laugh without knowing it.
Of course, the price for that was a very harsh scolding.
Why didn’t he contact them, why did he do such a dangerous thing without consulting them in advance, how many close calls did he have, did he know that?
Everyone said that together, so even Yu-hyun couldn’t laugh it off.
“I was almost imprisoned for a week.”
“Haha. You came back after a hard time and had a new trouble.”
“But I didn’t feel bad. No, I felt good.”
“Peace. Happiness. Finding joy in those small things is good.”
Satan said that and got up from his seat.
“Are you leaving?”
“I’ve said hello, I’ve heard you’re fine, isn’t that enough for a meeting? I’m busy too, so I’m going to end our conversation here.”
“Take care.”
“Oh, by the way. The Seer said he wanted to see you again and asked me to tell you.”
“The Seer? Why?”
“I don’t know. The only ones who can know his mind are the other three who have earned the title of saint. Geez. What does he think of the lord of Pandemonium?”
Satan grumbled but agreed to the Seer’s request.
“Anyway, take care.”
[The conversation with Satan ends.]
Yu-hyun left the conversation room and returned to the management office. He sighed for a moment.
He was tired every day because all kinds of Divine Spirits came to him to congratulate him on his return and asked him for a conversation or a love call to meet him at least once.
‘Is it all because of Lord Oelo and Lord Lotfiut?’
There were four kings of stories known to the world.
Yu-hyun was the first freelancer teller who had the backing of two of them.
As a result, many people contacted him for business-related matters, or wanted to become his reliable patrons at this opportunity.
They had a mindset of trying to taste the cake that Oelo was firmly holding, even if they couldn’t eat it.
‘This is a hopeless mess.’
But he had finished sorting out most of it, and now the only thing left to do was to recover the fragments.
Fortunately, his excellent contractors had succeeded in recovering all the fragments in the country while he was away.
‘So the only thing left is those who have huge fragments overseas.’
Yu-hyun spread out a map. Bright and large golden dots were marked all over the earth.
He couldn’t tell from this alone whether the fragment holders had gathered together, or whether one person had robbed others and owned them all.
The only thing that was certain was that they would not give up those fragments easily.
No, rather, if they had collected them to that extent, there would surely be a violent clash.
‘Then I have no choice.’
Yu-hyun took back the stories he had given to his members after returning to Earth.
Yu-hyun, who had awakened his will and could freely use the stages of Seven Demons Black Sky Divine Skill, had become so strong that it was hard to find his match on Earth.
And as Yu-hyun grew stronger, the situation on Earth also changed rapidly.
While Yu-hyun was away, Earth had once again faced a change, widening the gap between the mixed world and the material world that had maintained half of the ratio.
The influence of the mixed world on Earth was about 70%.
Earth was soon to be incorporated into a complete mixed world.
‘Looking at the situation now, I guess there’s almost no chance of the apocalypse that happened in my previous life.’
Earth had entered a stable zone. So, he had ended his role of moving to prevent the destruction of this world.
He was happy that he had already achieved what he had aimed for since he came back, but he wasn’t so excited that he would jump around in his seat.
Rather, he felt indifferent, as if he had vaguely expected it to be like this from the beginning.
‘The important thing is what comes next.’
The fragments of Codex. As Earth changed greatly, the fragments were drawn to Earth, and new problems might arise because of them.
‘If I think of Georon’s situation, in the worst case scenario, Earth could face a more terrible end than an apocalypse. So I have to hurry up and recover the fragments to prevent that.’
And what he couldn’t overlook was Praytion.
To Yu-hyun, who had seen how great Oelo and Lotfiut were, Praytion’s existence, which might be equal or even superior to them, was a great pressure.
“Brother.”
“Oh, Youngmin.”
Yoo Young-min approached Yu-hyun as soon as he came out of the isolation room.
They had promised to plan how to move for recovering the fragments later, but Yoo Young-min’s expression was much more serious than Yu-hyun had thought.
“What happened?”
“Yes.”
Yoo Young-min nodded with a heavy expression.
“The owners of the fragments overseas have started moving at the same time.”
***
As they headed to the briefing room, three people who were already waiting there greeted Yu-hyun.
“You’re here.”
“Miss Jia. The golden owners are moving, is that true?”
“As you can see, they just started moving a while ago.”
Kwon Jia said that and showed them a map through her bracelet. It had been almost a month since Yu-hyun handed over his ownership rights, and his companions were able to handle their bracelets much more freely.
The real owner of the bracelet was still Yu-hyun, but they had no trouble using its power.
They all watched the movement of the golden dots on the map.
The glittering gold was moving fast across the map.
“How many are moving?”
“All of them. The five forces we’ve been watching are moving at once. And they’re heading in the same direction as if they had made a promise.”
“…Here.”
The people who had scattered fragments overseas were divided into five groups.
Europe, Russia, North America, Australia, Africa.
The individuals or groups who owned the fragments in these five places started moving at the same time.
‘The fragment holders are coming this way as if they had made a promise.’
This was a movement that was hard to see unless someone deliberately gathered them.
Not one but five moved at once. Yu-hyun analyzed what had happened as he watched their movement.
‘Let’s classify them as organizations for convenience. It’s better to exclude the idea that five organizations are moving through cooperation. If they wanted to cooperate, it would be much more efficient to move after gathering together, rather than moving separately.’
Then one of the answers that came out of here was that they were moving by the command of someone else.
There was one question that came to mind.
The other party was the owner of the fragment. Big or small, their power was enough to surpass any ordinary collector.
Could such fragment holders obey someone else’s command?
‘There are two possible situations. One is that the fragment itself resonates with something and leads the owner somewhere.’
It was quite likely. Yu-hyun also had a lot of fragments, but he still didn’t know what the true power of this Codex fragment was.
The power itself was very versatile. It could see the future, realize the possibilities, and divide the fantasy and reality.
Even if he looked at his abilities alone, they were all unrealistic.
The fragment was an inexplicable mystery that could not be defined clearly. It was not impossible that such a fragment would lead the owner to one place.
‘But I can’t ignore the second possibility either.’
That is, a great being who could intervene in this fragment was forcing a command.
There was a hierarchy among the same fragment owners. And as far as Yu-hyun knew, there was one person who acquired the fragments faster than anyone else and knew some of the truth.
‘Jin Cheongun.’
He, who had been hiding quietly until now, started to move again.
***
“They’re all working hard.”
Jin Cheongun sat still and felt the fragment owners moving.
He could tell, no matter how far away they were. He, too, had not been idle while Yu-hyun was gone.
He, too, had collected many fragments and prepared a lot for the upcoming change.
[Jin Cheongun.]
Someone’s voice came into his head.
“Why?”
[You haven’t forgotten, have you? What we have to do next.]
“I know. Don’t worry.”
Jin Cheongun answered the voice he was now familiar with.
“Praytion.”
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