"I'm not sure if it's a savior or what, but anyway, you saw me there then?"
"Did you just see it?"
the queen asked playfully.
Seo Moon-yeop felt puzzled.
"Then you said you treated me, what is it?"
"There was no time for treatment and there seemed to be no need for it. Because I saw the awakening of immortality through fate."
"then?"
"How do you think you were able to come back to earth?"
"That's in the aftermath of the collapse of the last dungeon... Ah."
After speaking, Seo Mun-yeop recognized the truth.
The waves of aura that occurred in the aftermath of the collapse of the last dungeon acted like a hearth stone and sent him back to the ground.
He realized that it made much more sense to say that the queen had a hand in it than to say….
"Then which one?"
"I didn't know who you were the savior for. If you look at it coldly, it was the enemy who ruined us. However, I thought that I should live at least for the sake of the odds. He would have survived if left alone, but if the final dungeon was completely destroyed, he would have had to wander in space and time forever."
"That is something to be thankful for."
When it was revealed that he was a lifesaver, Seo Moon-yeop's doubts subsided.
"Then why did you make the time shift by 17 years?"
"Because the last dungeon was collapsing, the movement of the Aura was unstable. I didn't even have time to worry about that."
After explaining that far, the queen asked Seo Mun-yeop again.
"Now can you tell me about Pietro Anella?"
"Oh, actually, I'm not dead yet, should I say I only killed half of them?"
"Where are you?"
"I sat it behind a tree before using the special hearthstone."
"I will bring you."
"Oh, bring the person sitting next to you too. It must be a familiar face."
"all right."
Dig!
The queen disappeared due to space shift.
After a while.
Dig! Dig!
Pietro Anella and the High Priest appeared in succession through spatial movement.
Finally, the queen also returned.
Her face was quite astonished.
"What happened? Why is the high priest here?"
-That I will explain, Queen.
The high priest opened his mouth.
Seo Moon-yeop's eyes widened.
"Can you speak now?"
-This is a land where light falls, but it is isolated from the influence of light by setting up a barrier. It would be better to describe it as a light dungeon.
Only then did Seo Mun-yeop know why, despite the high mountain peak, only this place had no snow and plants were growing well.
Why did he have to use a special hearthstone to get in and out?
"I've practiced a lot, so I can speak without an aura, but I still can't use an aura when I go outside. That's why I brought these two to the Hearthstone as well."
- It's a smart way. In this way, light falls, but it blocks the influence, making it a good environment for us underground people to live. However, a lot of time and resources must have been consumed to create this small space.
"that's right."
- Originally, the you I knew didn't have this kind of power. In the meantime, it doesn't make sense that the aura suddenly grew to this extent, and perhaps you, the queen...
The Queen nodded.
"I heard the words of the light in the beginning."
- Since when?
"It was two years before the sanctuary collapsed."
-Then why did you hide the fact... you couldn't reveal it?
"Yes, I was afraid of being killed by you."
The underground person who reacted to the light of the beginning becomes the new high priest.
It was an absolute iron rule of subterranean civilization.
However, there were many variables that made it impossible to guarantee that the rule would be implemented.
First of all, the High Priestess had a mad conviction that she was a prophet, so once the queen carried the primordial light on her back, she wouldn't let go.
And it was also a problem that she was a queen.
It would be an event where politics and religion are integrated in a true sense.
All of the high priests and subordinate priests who had gained power so far would fall.
-If I had stepped forward sooner, my lies would have been revealed, and I have a grudge that today's downfall would not have come. But who do I blame? Certainly, at that time, I might have killed you.
"sorry. I was so afraid. From the time she was crowned queen until now, she had never enjoyed my rightful reign. I thought no one would believe me."
The queen was an unhappy ruler.
Although he ascended the throne at a young age, he was unable to do anything due to the usurpation of the power of the high priest, and he had to helplessly watch the collapse of the underground civilization.
- I'm sorry.
The high priest also spoke weakly to the queen.
- I was a sinner. I was not a rightful high priest, let alone a prophet. Because it was corrupted and the light of the beginning turned its back. It's all my fault.
Seo Moon-yeop nodded in a solemn atmosphere.
'Yeah, it's all your fault.'
After that, Seo Mun-yeop and the Grand Priest told the queen everything.
Seo Moon-yeop tells the story of falling into Pietro Anella's trap, defeating monsters in the dungeon, and meeting the high priest.
The High Priestess recounted the conversation she had before killing the third high-ranking priest who turned her into a specter undead.
-The culprit is the first. He was the priest who resembled me the most. Sure enough, they claim to be the High Priest.
"But I mean."
Seo Moon-yeop opened his mouth.
"Can't we just leave them alone? There won't be a few remnants, so what can you do with a conspiracy?"
Seo Moon-yeop, who led the underground war to victory, was not afraid of anything the underground people did. Even more so now that he has become immortal.
I don't know if it was at the level of the high priest before he was alive, but the high-ranking priest was a small child no matter how hard he struggled.
'How many remnants can there be in a world where even the underground civilization is ruined? If you catch my eye with your mean words, I can harpoon myself.'
-It's not a big deal with those guys.
The high priest agreed.
However, the High Priestess noticed that there was something else that bothered her.
"Not necessarily."
said the queen.
"High Priestess, do you remember the prophecy?"
-You mean the prophecy that started it all? how can i forget
"I heard the words that followed the prophecy."
-What is it?
"The door is opened, and trouble comes."
At those words, Seo Mun-yeop frowned.
"That bastard's prophecy is so boring. is that right? Isn't it just superstition?"
-Superstition is only in you humans. His words have never been wrong.
As we grumbled like that, the queen continued.
"So, Prophet. Arrange a savior."
"..."
-·······.
Seo Moon-yeop and the high priest kept their mouths shut.
The queen smiled forlornly.
"Yes, I am a prophet."
- Huh, that's right. After me, you are connected to the light of the beginning, so the only prophet is you, the queen.
The word Seo Moon-yeop was a savior bothered me.
It was because the savior the queen was talking about seemed to be referring to herself.
The Queen looked at Seo Moon-yeop and said.
"I thought the door opened and the tribulation came to mean the day we lost our sanctuary and fell."
It was plausible.
The 7 heroes, including Seo Mun-yeop, entered the final dungeon through the dungeon entrance.
Civilization collapsed like that, so it was quite a tribulation.
-But it violates the prophecy that leads to the land of light.
"Yes, above all, the savior I saw in my destiny was Mr. Seo Mun-yeop."
"Wouldn't it be me if I wanted to save humanity?"
"That's why I said I didn't know. But what if the true tribulation has yet to come?"
"Because you guys were hard enough for us too? The door to the dungeon opened and tribulation struck, but since I defeated it, isn't the prophecy over?"
-That's the human position. The subject of the Word of Light in the beginning is always us.
"Ah, it's annoying that you keep talking about floating clouds. In the first place, I don't even believe in his prophecy. What I'm curious about is what kind of scheme they are up to, whether it's the first one."
Seo Moon-yeop kicked the fallen Pietro Anella.
"Why don't we wake him up first and interrogate him?"
-Do it once.
The high priest flicked his finger upward.
An aura bloomed from his fingers and permeated Pietro Anella.
OK,
"Heuk!"
Pietro Anella came to his senses with a scream.
- Wake up.
"omg!"
Pietro Anella's body floated up on its own.
- Look at me.
Upon meeting the high priest's eyes, Pietro Anella trembled like an aspen.
-What did you work for?
"I, I, in order to realize the salvation bestowed by the light of the beginning..."
-How did you say it would come true?
"He said that you just have to do what he tells you to do…"
The High Priest flicked his fingers again, and Pietro Anella lost consciousness again and fell to the ground.
The Queen looked down at him with sad eyes.
"You've been brainwashed."
"Precisely, I learned the sacred language. As far as I know there is no way to get it back to normal. High priest, how are you?"
- You have learned a language that humans cannot handle. I researched ways to brainwash them, but I didn't think of a cure to restore them.
"In the end, the conclusion remains only with another bizarre prophecy. It's frustrating, so let's talk later."
Seo Mun-yeop waved his hands and stepped out of the cabin.
Interpreting and discussing the meaning of the word prophecy did not fit my spirituality. I didn't even believe it was a prophecy in the first place.
Even during the Underground War, all sorts of pseudo-religious groups and rumors of destruction circulated, hurting public sentiment. The story of catching floating clouds was disgusting.
After coming out of the cabin, Seo Moon-yeop took a walk looking around at the scenery at the top of the mountain.
The inside of the barrier was well decorated with grass, flowers, and trees, but the snow-covered snowy mountains outside were spectacular.
As the sun went down, the sky dyed in red sunset was also wonderful.
I was looking at the sunset for a long time, and suddenly the high priest came out and approached me.
- It's beautiful.
"Is this your first time seeing it?"
-Yes. We can't make that sun, or that wide sky or that endless earth.
"Even we can't make it, man."
The underground people who blossomed their civilization in the ground are amazing.
-Aren't you allowed to live under the light though? You can cast auras even under the light. that's proof
"It's enough for you to come up and live."
-I was afraid of being helpless.
"Tsk tsk, anyway, they seem to be weak against UV rays."
Then, the two of them silently admire the scenery.
Seo Moon-yeop thought about why the queen made Battlefield.
'Really, the tribulation could come later, so he must have tried to prepare accordingly.'
Superhumans who have been trained in combat once again due to the sport of Battlefield.
Even if the dungeon opens again and monsters pour in, humanity will not be trampled helplessly like the beginning of the war underground.
There are Battlefield clubs in each region that have various training sessions and teamwork.
'But the players raised like that will protect humanity, but that has nothing to do with the people of the basement.'
I can't even see where all the underground people have gone. Perhaps each of them is scattered and wandering the underground world.
When tribulation strikes, the players will step up and save mankind, but there is no one to protect the underground people wandering in the underground world.
'At least, did you consider it so that only humans could be safe?'
In the last dungeon, they saved Seo Moon-yeop, the main culprit that led to their downfall.
When they came to earth, they created a battle field for mankind, who were also their enemies.
If so, isn't she a very kind woman?
I feel sorry for the situation of losing people and being alone on the ground.
He felt as if he had somehow become a sinner for ruining the underground civilization.
'I don't know if it's a prophecy or not, but I'm in debt, so I'll have to cooperate as much as possible.'