Childhood Friend of the Zenith – 333 (Part 2)



333 (Part 2)

It was like the shape of a snake.

As the leaves slowly fell.

An anomaly also occurred in the ancient tree.

The roots once full of vitality began to dry up gradually.

The surrounding area started to distort and break down.

The world had noticed.

What the ancient tree was trying to do.

Feeling this the ancient tree spoke.

[I will bear this as well….]

To turn back someone’s time.

Is to accumulate that much karma.

Even if it’s just turning back a small human’s time.

To go against the principle.

Was a great sin.

The ancient tree felt bitterness about the punishment it would face in the future.

[•••Child.]

[My master…. This is.]

[May there be a small blessing amidst the hardships and adversities that await you….]

The man looked at the ancient tree as if questioning what it meant.

At that moment the white leaves piled high on the ground.

Quickly swirled around the man as if bringing a whirlwind.

It was like a pure white vortex.

Crackle… Snap.

As the man was being engulfed by the vortex.

The ancient tree calmly endured the anomaly happening to itself.

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It was different from simple death.

The punishment pouring down was because the master had acted against the principle.

Feeling that anomaly.

The ancient tree slowly held its breath.

At that moment.

Whoosh!

！..

..

The vortex soared into the sky and flew up.

Not long after on the land of Sichuan.

A man returned to the body of a boy.

The boy looked around in a flustered manner.

But the massive ancient tree that should have been there no longer existed.

Moreover.

It was as if the world had forgotten the very existence of the ancient tree.

Or perhaps it seemed as if it had never existed at all.

The world had become one where the existence of the ancient tree had vanished.

Upon hearing this story I swallowed hard.

It was a story worth that reaction.

“You are the master of the world I was in?”

The World Tree before my eyes.

It was saying it was the master that should have been in our world.

[Yes. I was the master there.]

“Past tense huh?”

[•••Now I have lost that qualification.]

Lost the qualification.

‘Was it said that one would be punished for turning someone back?’

The name that flashed through my mind was of course Yeon Il-cheon.

The heroes I had met until now had spoken of him.

Even Yeon Il-cheon’s thoughts had mentioned that he had experienced regression.

Then.

It meant that the one who regressed Yeon Il-cheon was that tree.

And that I was here as a punishment for regressing him.

‘It was said to be a false world.’

This world was said to have nothing true.

The demonic beasts pouring out everywhere were close to illusions.

Yet the pain they inflicted was as real as it gets.

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The corpses of those killed by the demonic beasts did not vanish like illusions.

When asked why this place was a false world.

The World Tree itself had said so.

After everything was over.

When I escaped from here and returned to the original world.

I had seen that none of those who had been transported with me had perished.

I was inclined to believe that this world was a false one.

If not how could that be?

One fact remained.

‘Is this a space of confinement?’

Was this place where the World Tree fell due to its sins?

I knew that there were various demonic realms in the world.

Even the Murim Alliance recorded four demonic realms.

They were also managing the doors through which one could travel.

However this place did not belong to any of those four.

I knew of a few such unknown demonic realms.

“•••Then does that mean that because you are not gone and are here the life of our world can continue…?”

I didn’t know if that statement was true or not.

But without realizing it my tone slightly changed.

Regardless of whether it was master or not my mouth could still move.

Yet the vague emotions felt from the World Tree interfered.

It felt similar to that of a mother.

It was hard to spit out harsh words.

‘How many years have I lived without feeling such things?’

Now to suddenly feel maternal love.

How ridiculous considering my age.

In the midst of that.

The World Tree spoke to me.

[That is not the case.]

Because you are not gone and are here.

It was a question of whether life could continue according to the principle I mentioned earlier.

But the World Tree denied it.

[I who have lost my qualification have also lost my value as a master.]

“I cannot understand…. Then.”

How is the world being maintained?

Is the demonic realm gate really the problem?

The Blood Demon is…. the representative sent to erase living beings as mentioned by the World Tree?

‘Then what about the orb on the front line?’

The orb in the territory of the Gu family on one side of the front line.

That orb had marked the beast within me as a seed.

Tree and seed.

That subtly connected feeling was truly unpleasant.

‘Hey.’

Recalling that I called out to it.

But it had not reacted since that moment when Shin Noya had a brief incident.

The same went for Shin Noya.

I raised my hand and swept my hair back from my forehead.

My head hurt.

I wanted to know the truth.

But I never expected that such hidden stories would be so deeply piled up.

When wanting to solve or resolve a problem.

One must find out where the problem started.

To find the beginning.

One could untangle the tightly knotted thread.

However.

‘Then in the end was it the mess left by the ancestors that was the problem?’

If the crack was the issue.

Then it meant that the one who opened the demonic realm gate was the problem.

In the distant past.

The ancestors of the Gu family opened the demonic realm gate.

As a result a crack appeared in what is called the principle of the world.

And to fix something that had gone awry the existence known as the Blood Demon appeared.

The master of the world when the Blood Demon appeared.

Was the World Tree.

And for some reason the World Tree regressed Yeon Il-cheon.

Here lies the question.

“•••Why was it Yeon Il-cheon of all people?”

Gwon Cheol-geum was the best in the world at that time.

The master of the first generation had prayed.

Just by listening to Shin Noya I knew he was strong.

Yet I couldn’t help but wonder.

Why was it Yeon Il-cheon?

The reason for this question was none other than.

The heroes of the past I had met until now.

Yeon Il-cheon too.

Hwang Abulyeong as well.

Even Namgung Myung.

All sought Shin Noya.

If it was a question it was ultimately because it seemed as if their hope was Shin Noya.

I didn’t know the reason but if Shin Noya was hope.

Wouldn’t it have been better to regress Shin Noya instead?

In response to my question laden with such meaning.

The World Tree moved its branches to point.

As if to say to sit down again.

[Sa Do-ya. I know what you are curious about but I’m sorry I do not know much.]

“I’m just curious about the reason for regressing Yeon Il-cheon.”

[Yeon Il-cheon…. Yes that was the name.]

The World Tree’s words confirmed it.

The reason Yeon Il-cheon could regress was because of the World Tree before my eyes.

It meant that I was stuck here as a punishment for that.

[The reason…. The reason.]

Was there some special reason?

[It’s difficult.]

“Difficult?”

[Yes how could it not be difficult? It is necessary to find the reason.]

Hearing the World Tree’s words I tilted my head.

What on earth does that mean?

Is it difficult to find the reason?