Drug-Eating Genius Mage – 370



Jindun(2)

Every time the white and black stones come and go they change positions and expand each other’s territory.

Although it was his first time playing a board game in this world Lennok adapted easily.

A game that is a mix of Baduk and Othello. They have about hundreds of eggs and eat each other between the plates and turn them over to solidify the situation.

A simple yet complex game in which you can only win by not neglecting the small aspects and not losing sight of the big picture.

‘It’s not that difficult.’

Lennok thought so and naturally moved the stone.

“You’re worse at games than you think huh?”

“….”

As if it was natural everyone lost.

No matter how smart and intuitive Lennok was it was impossible for him to win in his first game against a magician of the Ascendant level.

When Jindun saw Lennok like that he clicked his tongue and completely changed the game.

“Let’s play a few more rounds.”

“All right.”

After that Lennok remained silent and focused on playing the game with Jindun.

A feeling that feels distant and vague like a dream.

I focus on exchanging numbers with Jin-dun in a trance with a gaze so vague that I can’t really feel the sense of time.

At the last moment he remembered what was going on outside but Lennok ignored it.

The fact that Jindun was now facing him like this was proof that this whole situation was his intention.

The end of the leader’s cradle of Pandemonium. Awakening Jindun from his sleep.

If Jindun had fully recognized this whole series of events and made a decision Lennok was willing to go along with that decision until the end.

After that the two didn’t say a word and just focused on playing the game in silence.

Make a move and lose.

Make a different move and lose.

However in the meantime Lennok’s skills were rapidly growing by observing and taking advantage of Jindun’s tricks.

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In the midst of playing more than a dozen games a moment came when the battle between the two became tense.

The moment Lennok was about to pick up the black stone Jindun who had been silently concentrating on placing the stone opened his mouth.

“I feel sorry for the other two people.”

“What do you mean?”

“The three who passed the gate last. “Originally I would have met them all one by one.”

Jindun said that and turned his head.

“I don’t have much time anymore. So I had no choice but to make a choice.”

When Lennok turned his head to follow his gaze he was finally able to recognize that they were at the bottom of the cradle stairs.

At the top of the stairs you can see the leader who has just ripped the pipe from Jin-dun’s body.

Even Lennok and Ermont looked up at the scene with astonished faces behind them.

Lennok looked at himself and the others closely and realized that time had not completely stopped.

Everyone is moving slowly although it’s really getting to a crawl.

Jindun and Lennok were engaged in an endless battle in the infinite space of time.

“It is dividing consciousness infinitely and filling it with thoughts again.”

Jindun spoke as if he could see through Lennok’s thoughts.

“It’s a much more efficient and safer method than setting up the world’s timeline yourself. “If you do it wrong it has the side effect of not being able to get out of the gap in your consciousness… but there is no better trick than this when you have to worry about something.”

Does this mean that you artificially extend your perceived time to an infinitely long time and use it to worry about something?

The fact that he treats his own consciousness like a toy to that extent is surprising in itself but what is even more strange is the contradiction in Jin Dun’s words themselves.

Lennok asked in bewilderment.

“You split your consciousness so why did I also get dragged into that realm?”

“This labyrinth is a realm of thought carved directly from my mind. “If you have come all the way into the cradle wouldn’t it be okay to say that you are now practically a part of me?”

“….”

Jin-Dun’s words are quite calm.

Lennok didn’t show it but he felt goosebumps running down his spine.

This was essentially proof that Jindun held the power over the life and death of all beings that entered this cradle.

Not only Lennoc and Ermont Maillard but also the leader of the Pandemonium who just destroyed Jindun’s life support system will not be able to escape its influence.

However even though Jindun knew everything he allowed his body to die at the hands of the leader.

Lennok understood the intention but he could not understand the reason.

“Why me?”

“Because I chose it.”

“What do you know about me?”

“nothing.”

Jindun answered.

“I can’t see anything. “That’s why I chose you.”

“….”

“Usually around this age you see strange things every time you meet someone even if you don’t like it. “How did that friend live what thoughts did he have and what did he hope for when he came to me?”

Jindun clicked his tongue and laughed.

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“To be honest I like seeing that kind of blatant desire. “The pieces of emotion that are no longer left in me… It’s quite a treat just to watch from the side.”

He pointed to Ermont and Maiya who had stopped above and below.

“In that sense those two have special meaning. The most greedy friend and the most greedless friend in this labyrinth. “Originally I would have chosen one of the two to meet him instead of you.”

“….”

Jindun’s words were very vague but Lennok could roughly understand their meaning.

Ermont: To be precise Jaune the body’s original owner is so powerful that his greed is incomparable to that of others.

He was also saying that Maiya who came here because of the Pandemonium incident had the slightest desire.

Lennok who had been silent for a while placed the stone again and opened his mouth.

“I met Cheongyeon.”

“The lighthouse keeper in the village?”

“….”

Jindun answered as he continued playing the game without any hesitation.

He laughed while Lennok was speechless at that strange title.

“He was a friend who loved humans more than anyone else among us even though he never denied it. So I thought she would go first.”

“…I heard from her the secrets about the ending of the world and ascension. “I came to see you to ask about the story.”

Lennok and Jindun’s eyes met.

“What exactly is Ascension? “In a closed world what do transcendentalists hope for and challenge themselves to defy fate?”

“That’s a trite question. “Do we need any other wrapping paper for the grand cause of defying fate?”

Jindun answered harshly.

“Ask something more interesting.”

“What on earth is Alkaid?”

“….”

Jindun closed his mouth.

Did he not think that Lennok would immediately ask a question after saying that?

But Lennok knew that the noun had as much meaning as knowing the secret of ascension.

Otherwise his name would not have appeared in Cheon Gyeon’s last message and warning.

I just forced it and buried it in the back of my memory. Lennok never once forgot its name or existence.

Jindun who was staring at Lennok resumed the game and spoke.

“You probably know that the ending of the world is predetermined.”

“….”

“When the time comes the heavens will open the sea of ​​darkness will descend to the earth and the end will come. “The end of the open sea is a monster that has escaped the bondage of cause and effect and has been wandering the sea for thousands of years and it is not something mortals can handle.”

“I know that.”

“okay?”

Jindun laughed.

“Then did you know that this has already happened a third time?”

“….”

Lennok was silent.

That’s because it dared to touch a taboo that Lennok had carefully guessed but could never say out loud.

Perhaps the destruction of this world may not be the first thing to happen.

The term ‘old world’ spoken of in Pandemonium and religious circles may not simply mean a very long time ago but may really mean the ‘old’ world.

It may be that this world has already gone through two destructions and is the third to be completed.

“Achieving equality with the world escaping destruction and moving on to the next world. We call it Ascension and have constantly revered it.”

Jindun who casually spilled the secret of ascension said:

“But the fact that not a single Ascendant has succeeded since the advent of the Third World has never seemed more significant than it does now.”

“….”

“Maybe Cheongyeon already knew. That’s why he accepted his end so obediently.”

Jindun slowly tilted his head.

As if he was worried that it would leak out onto the game board for anyone to hear he whispered very softly.

Lennok As if only one person wanted to listen.

“There is no fourth. This world has been completed through three cycles and is now rushing toward the end. From the beginning ascension to heaven was a miracle that was not allowed for the inhabitants of this world.”

* * *

Lennok and Jindun continued to play.

“That’s right. “I’m leaving it to you now.”

Jindun chuckled and stroked his chin as he moved the stone.

“The speed of learning is much faster than I thought. “At this rate we can talk more.”

“….”

Lennok frowned at the information flowing into his head as he ate the stone Jindun had placed.

Every time the game tilted in Lennok’s favor every time Lennok’s stone ate up the board unknown knowledge began to flow into my head.

From the basic principles of building a barrier to materializing thoughts and images within it to the qualifications necessary to interfere with space and time and bend the laws of the world.

It is the totality of the barrier techniques that Jindun has accumulated over hundreds of years of his life.

I couldn’t figure it out at first when I just started playing the game but I realized it after endlessly exchanging moves learning the tricks and understanding Jin Dun’s thoughts.

Efforts to improve your skills in the principles of moving stones and the rules of the game.

Among all those elements the techniques and secrets of the barrier art created by Jindun were dissolved.

Jindun repeated this game hundreds and thousands of times with Lennok teaching him in his own way.

The power of complex barrier techniques which are impossible for the human mind and heart to properly accept are melted into the form of a game.

Every time he learns a trick and understands an advanced theory the corresponding knowledge of barrier arts is thrust into Lennok’s mind.

Jindun laughed as he looked at Lennok’s face dripping with sweat.

“It is the process of understanding theories and principles and assimilating the corresponding knowledge into memory. “Resist and accept it in moderation.”

“….”

“Fortunately your talent seems to be much more outstanding than I expected so I think you can connect more than you think. “I guess I should think that he received another disciple in his later years.”

“Why me?”

“Can you speak ho?”

Lennok asked as he struggled to look up at Jindun smiling playfully.

“You don’t know anything about me so why…”

Same question as before. But the meaning was completely different from the beginning.

Lennok’s talent and penalty. There is no way Jin Dun would have recognized that.

The secret is a source so dense that even Heaven’s Eye an ascendant specialized in seeing can barely perceive the other side.

So what does Jindun see in Lennok that makes him pour his knowledge and experience into Lennok like this?

Since this was Lennok’s first experience he had no idea that the first Ascendant he met would suddenly try to act as his teacher.

Because Lennok himself didn’t really hate this time.

I had no choice but to ask Jin Dun.

Jindun who had been silent slowly turned his head and looked at the scenery at the top of the stairs.

“Do you see it?”

“…?”

“In the meantime he is turning his head to look at us.”

Lennok followed those words and turned his gaze towards the leader of the Pandemonium Battle and felt goosebumps rising all over his body.

This is because I realized that the leader was turning his gaze in this direction in this distant gap where time seemed to have virtually stopped.

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