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Chapter 617
Whoosh!
With one punch, the opponent flew far away.
Thud!
Seong Jihan blinked as he saw the opponent crash into the wall after flying dozens of meters.
'What? Why is he so weak?'
Of course, the opponent looked like a skinny, sickly person, but still, wasn't he supposed to be the main body of the White Administrator 'Id'?
The light curtain Id used was a powerful defensive measure.
He thought this guy would naturally use something like that too.
'At least he's not dead.'
That was somewhat fortunate.
Seong Jihan approached Id, who was squirming on the floor.
As he checked his body condition,
'My abilities seem to be preserved as they were...'
He could use his power 'Blue' just like before.
Since it seemed like he was sent to a completely different world,
He was worried his abilities might disappear or be restricted, but that was fortunately not the case.
'Is it because of the server management device injected into my body?'
Thinking this, Seong Jihan stood in front of Id.
"Ugh...! Newcomer. Listen to my words!"
He was shouting at Seong Jihan with his whole body flashing with light.
"The light dwelling in your body... It's clearly mine...!"
He even recognized the White Light that had seeped into Seong Jihan's body.
It seemed this guy was indeed Id's main body.
"Ah. That. It's useless on me."
Swish...
As blue light rippled from Seong Jihan's body,
Id's light was immediately repelled outwards.
"Wh-What is that power...?"
Id's eyes widened in disbelief seeing this.
Seong Jihan smiled and asked him a question.
"Where is this place? I think you called it Ark earlier."
"Why should I tell a mere newcomer..."
Boom!
Before he could finish speaking, Seong Jihan's foot pierced the wall next to his head.
"Ah, the wall of Ark..."
Id was startled seeing this, then,
"Answer me."
Hearing Seong Jihan's words, he struggled to his feet and shouted.
"Y-You...! Don't threaten me! Do you think I'm helpless against your violence just because I'm weak?"
"Right. Your avatar used a light curtain, but why are you so weak? Are you really the main body?"
"Hu. Weak? Me? If I withdraw my power, we'll both die. Hu. Huhu..."
Id's eyes glinted as he said,
"Why would we die?"
"C-Come here and see!"
He walked into the darkness, navigating it familiarly.
'Still, this guy's wounds healed pretty quickly.'
Seong Jihan looked at the back of Id's head as he walked ahead.
Flying dozens of meters and hitting a wall would crack a normal person's skull,
But Id seemed to have faster recovery than an ordinary human.
Not only was his bald head unblemished, it was even shining with pure white light.
'It's hurting my eyes.'
Self-illuminating without any sunlight.
Seong Jihan smiled at his lightbulb-like appearance and followed behind.
The current opponent was a weakling he could subdue anytime.
He decided to listen to why he said they would all die.
After walking for a while,
"Look."
Swoosh.
Where Id pointed, a light curtain completely covered a huge white metal door.
"Oh... This looks more like Id's main body."
A light curtain blocking just the door.
However, its density was so immense that even Seong Jihan didn't dare try to break through with his current power.
"Kuh. Of course...! More importantly, look beyond the door."
"Beyond the door? I only see light."
"Here."
Snap!
As Id snapped his fingers,
The center of the light curtain parted, revealing the outside.
And there,
"...Clocks?"
Dozens of light clocks floated in the air,
Each moving differently.
* * *
"Those, could they be Urd's?"
"Ho. For a newcomer, you know about her...?"
Id's eyebrows twitched in surprise when Seong Jihan mentioned Urd.
He pointed to one of the clocks.
"If I remove the curtain, that clock will come in and trap us all in a time prison."
"Time prison?"
"You know about Urd but not about that?"
"I've seen a lot of going back in time to the past, but I've never heard of a time prison."
"...Well, if you had entered a time prison, you wouldn't have made it to Ark in one piece."
Id looked at the light clocks outside the curtain with fearful eyes, then slowly opened his mouth.
"In your life, you must have at least one painful past... right?"
"Well. Doesn't everyone have something like that?"
Seong Jihan recalled his previous life and replied nonchalantly.
"Hmph. You don't look like you've suffered much..."
Id glanced at him and continued speaking with a haggard face.
"If you touch those light clocks, the most painful past in your life will be repeatedly recreated."
"Recreate a painful past?"
"Yes. It will keep showing this... until our sanity completely disappears and we become Urd's slaves."
"Infinitely... Is there no way to escape?"
"Once you're caught, it's over. I barely escaped with my power of protection... but that's a special case."
The light curtain, he called it the power of protection.
Unlike when he was helplessly knocked down earlier, he had some skill after all.
Thinking this, Seong Jihan looked at the clocks beyond the curtain.
Some were similar in size to regular clocks, while others were large enough to cover half the door.
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If you fail to avoid those and touch them, your painful memories will be infinitely replayed.
Unable to endure this, you become Urd's slave?
'Even in this neighborhood, Urd is still a troublesome existence.'
He thought there might be a way to deal with her after becoming part of the light clan.
But it seems she was still a monster even in this 'Ark'.
Seong Jihan sighed lightly, then,
'Hmm... But why doesn't it look that strong?'
He thought this after closely examining the light clocks beyond the curtain.
Didn't they look much weaker than Urd's light clocks shown in Server 4212?
It seems like they could be easily burned with Blue Flame...
"Hey. Can't you attack the outside from inside the curtain?"
"Huh? What are you thinking, newcomer? Surely you're not deluding yourself into thinking you can destroy Urd's clocks with your power?"
Id clicked his tongue and mocked Seong Jihan.
"I don't know how strong you were in the server to come up here... but the level here is different. I barely escaped from there, how could you possibly manage with your power?"
"Well, why not try? We're not going to be trapped here forever, right?"
"Kuh... I can stay here forever. I can survive without eating or drinking."
Saying this with such a skinny appearance wasn't very convincing, but there certainly wasn't anything around that could serve as food.
Could he not die even with his flesh wasted away like that?
"But your situation is different, right? As a living being, you'll starve to death without food. If you want to return to your world, you must listen to me..."
"It seems you know how to return?"
"Ku. Kuhu... If you listen to me well, I'll tell you. First, let's hear about your usefulness."
Unlike Seong Jihan who knew nothing about this place called 'Ark', Id, who held information, was actively trying to use it.
"My usefulness... I guess the server's avatar doesn't send information?"
"Right. Information only updates when the server shuts down."
"Then the Urd here hasn't received information from the Urd in 4212?"
"...That's right, but?"
Id, who had been answering Seong Jihan's questions readily, frowned.
"Oh my... I was naturally giving away information. If you want to hear about this place, spit out your own information. I won't answer anything before that."
"My information, huh."
"Yes. To come up here through emergency inspection rather than upload... You must have some use for that to happen."
Id said, pointing to the server management device.
Seong Jihan smiled wryly.
"Why? Once you know my usefulness, are you planning to sell me to Urd?"
"Wh-What? Ahem... What are you saying? Urd is the enemy who made me like this...! I have no such intention!"
Id strongly denied this, but it wasn't at all convincing to Seong Jihan, who had already seen his intentions to sell him in the Divine Eye vision.
"Let's not play this tug of war."
He pointed his finger beyond the curtain.
"How about we bet on those clocks?"
"Bet?"
"Just open a small hole in your curtain. I'll use my power through that."
"Don't tell me... You're going to act on what you said earlier?"
"Yes. If I fail, I'll tell you my information. But if I succeed, you tell me about Ark and the light clan."
"Hmm..."
Id thought for a moment, then nodded.
"Alright. But I'll only open the curtain for 30 seconds."
"Fine."
As Id agreed, Seong Jihan immediately summoned Blue and Red.
Whoosh...!
As blue flames immediately rose from the sword,
Id looked at it curiously.
"This... Could it be a sword? You've brought such an ancient weapon."
"Just open the curtain."
"Hmph...! Make sure you keep your promise."
Swish...
As the center of the curtain disappeared,
The middle of the white door was revealed.
"Ah, you'll have to break through the door yourself. Though I'm not sure if that ancient weapon can pierce it..."
Id sneered as he said this, butm
"This much is easy."
Thud!
Blue and Red lightly penetrated the door and raised intense blue flames beyond it.
Then,
Whoosh...!
The light clocks immediately burned and disappeared in the blue flames.
"No...! They're disappearing?"
Id watched this scene with wide eyes.
Swoosh...
As the clocks outside the curtain completely vanished,
"Huh..."
He couldn't believe what he had just seen, his mouth agape.
Meanwhile, Seong Jihan,
'This is burning even easier than I expected.'
Seeing all the clocks outside the curtain disappear, his eyes gleamed.
Stat Blue had developed further through intensive training with Dongbang Sak, but even considering that, the light clocks were too weak.
"Is Urd's power weaker than I thought?"
"She's weak? Huh... It's surprising you burned the clocks, but that's just a tiny fraction of her power. Urd herself probably doesn't even know those clocks were destroyed. She's spread so many throughout Ark."
"Is that so?"
Well, it would be premature to judge Urd's power based on this alone.
Seong Jihan nodded and looked towards Id.
"Anyway, I won the bet, so keep your promise."
"...Alright. Your questions were about Ark and the light clan, correct?"
"Yes."
"But I don't understand why you're asking about the light clan..."
Id crossed his arms and looked up at Seong Jihan.
"Aren't you already an excellent member of the light clan?"
"...? Me?"
He came here to become that, what was he talking about?
As Seong Jihan looked at Id with incomprehension, he tapped the floor with his finger.
"Yes. The very fact that you're standing here in Ark without any problems is proof that you're part of the light clan. Only members of the light clan can stay in Ark."
What?
When did he become part of the light clan without even knowing?
'Judging by his expression, it doesn't seem like he's lying...'
Seong Jihan furrowed his brow and opened his mouth.
"Explain in detail."
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