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Side Story 34
'This time he's shown himself.'
Seong Jihan thought as he looked at Dongbang Sak in the sky.
In other Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams, only the Taiji appeared and destroyed the world.
Here, like with Sophia, he had directly revealed himself.
And.
Zzzzt...
As his temple started to throb painfully.
'This is...'
A memory flashed in his mind.
[Gayeong... Ugh. Quickly take Hyunwoo and go!]
[...Understood.]
A half-destroyed building and Lee Hayeon, unable to move her body, trapped under the debris.
She told Lim Gayeong to evacuate the child, but.
Whooosh...!
As the huge Taiji started moving in reverse.
Before the two trying to escape could react, they were sucked into it.
[Ah... No...]
Seeing that, Lee Hayeon closed her eyes in despair.
Seong Jihan tried to somehow jump in there.
But.
[What a pity.]
As Dongbang Sak blocked his way.
Stab!
His sword soon pierced through Seong Jihan.
[Why... are you doing this... to me...]
[Everything is the will of the Martial God.]
Like that, Seong Jihan's body, having lost his family before his eyes and been defeated was sucked into the Taiji.
Rrrrrip...!
His entire body was soon torn apart.
The scene ended there.
'...Is this the memory of the lost soul from this Taiji?'
Similar to Sophia's case.
Seong Jihan, who couldn't do anything and was swept away by the natural disaster called Dongbang Sak.
As Seong Jihan felt bitter after seeing that memory.
[The power of the fragment is fusing.]
Flash...!
Light flashed on Seong Jihan's body and he felt his Blue stat increase.
'...This time too, it's about 2 points in numerical terms.'
This much should be quite helpful.
As Seong Jihan was thinking this.
"Ahh...!"
Yoon Seah, who was holding the child, suddenly grabbed her head.
"Noona. What's wrong? Does it hurt somewhere?"
"Ah... uh... Just. Just a moment, Hyunwoo."
Yoon Seah put the child down and massaged her temple.
Somehow, the area she was touching was exactly where Seong Jihan had just felt pain.
And.
"Martial God, I..."
Yoon Seah asked Seong Jihan with an uncertain expression.
"I saw a strange scene..."
"Are you talking about the destroyed building?"
"Ah. Yes... Did you see it too, Martial God?"
When Seong Jihan nodded, Yoon Seah's face darkened.
"Then what do we do now...?"
"First."
Seong Jihan looked towards Lee Hayeon.
"Is there a shelter in this building?"
"Yes. There should be one in the basement."
"Then I'll go out for a bit, so take shelter there. There might be a dangerous situation. Yoon Seah, you go too."
"Yes. Understood."
Seong Jihan said that and walked towards the window.
Whoosh...
His body became half-transparent and passed right through the window.
"Wow. Dad is flying too?"
"Hyunwoo. Let's go. We need to go down quickly."
As he walked in the air, the child looked up in wonder, but Yoon Seah quickly took him to evacuate.
-Ah, what mess is that old man trying to make this time ㅡㅡ;
-Still, he's waiting in the sky...
-Are we going to see that damn Taiji again?
-The image of Taiji has become so bad. lol lol
-Is this going to be another destruction scene? ㅠㅠ
While the chat window showed reactions of horror at seeing Dongbang Sak, Seong Jihan steeled himself.
'With this much Blue stat... I've grown considerably.'
Swoosh.
He looked up at Dongbang Sak.
The opponent was quietly waiting for him while stroking his beard.
Though he was emitting an intense light like the sun from above, Seong Jihan thought he could handle it this time.
'If Dongbang Sak's level is the same as last time... I'll win this time.'
His Blue stat had increased much more than when he entered Sophia's Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams.
And it just went up by 2 more.
With this power, he should be able to fight sufficiently.
Whoosh!
As Seong Jihan flew up to the sky.
"You've come."
Dongbang Sak slowly opened his mouth.
Unlike in other Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams, he didn't start with the Taiji but quietly waited for him.
Seong Jihan opened his mouth.
"Unlike in other places, you're showing yourself here."
"Well, your child is in this world, isn't he?"
He revealed himself because there was a child?
"...What do you mean by that?"
As Seong Jihan's eyes sank deeply.
Dongbang Sak slowly stroked his beard.
"To reach Infinite, one must be heartless. But a child interferes with that."
"So..."
"Your resolve might waver. That's why I'm personally stepping in."
Unlike other Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams.
In a world where Seong Jihan had formed a family and even had a 'child'.
Did it mean Dongbang Sak was personally stepping in to end this place?
Seong Jihan recalled the boy who had been clinging to Yoon Seah earlier and gritted his teeth.
"I don't desire Infinite. Dongbang Sak."
"That's not true. You do desire it."
"The final enemy has been eliminated, and everything has been wrapped up well. Yet you say I desire to reach Infinite?"
"That's right."
Swoosh...
As dozens of Taiji rose behind Dongbang Sak's back.
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Taiji swords made of light started to appear one by one from there.
"Do you think I enjoy this? Destroying your family, your world."
"Then don't do it."
"No. I must."
It seemed like he might understand, but he didn't.
Sssss...
Just as Taiji started to rise behind Seong Jihan's back.
The two forms divided into yin and yang combined into one, forming Nothingness.
Seeing this, Dongbang Sak nodded as if satisfied.
"You've become stronger than last time."
"Yes. It will be different this time."
As soon as those words ended.
Whoosh...!
Dozens of Taiji swords flew at once.
But when the Nothingness flashed, the light of the Taiji swords quickly faded.
"It is indeed different."
Seeing this, Dongbang Sak smiled as if satisfied.
"Well then... show me the power of the Nothingness."
* * *
About 10 minutes later.
Flash...!
As the Nothingness flashed.
Dongbang Sak's Taiji swords all cracked at once.
They all lost their light and disappeared.
'I can win.'
Unlike last time, Seong Jihan's Nothingness was clearly overwhelming the Taiji swords.
Dozens of Taiji were all moving in reverse at once, but.
Even the suction power that usually absorbed the whole world was unable to exert force this time.
Of course.
'This way, it's actually weaker than in other Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams...'
There was something strange.
In other Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams, no matter how he tried to block it, the reversal of the Taiji caused the end of the world.
But here, he could block it.
'For now, let's focus on the Dongbang Sak in front of me.'
Pssssh...
As the Nothingness flashed, the Taiji swords instantly faded away.
Seong Jihan advanced while eliminating the swords blocking his way like that.
"..."
Dongbang Sak didn't respond beyond sending swords at Seong Jihan.
He just watched him from the sky.
At this rate, as the distance closed, he would come within range of the Nothingness.
But he didn't leave the sky.
Nor did he attack directly, he just stayed in place.
Swoosh.
Until Seong Jihan stood in front of him.
And pointed the tip of the Nothingness sword at him.
Dongbang Sak just quietly watched this.
"You're not fighting?"
"How can I fight when the Nothingness is complete and the Taiji swords no longer work?"
As he said this, he stroked his beard.
"This 'Dongbang Sak' has lost."
"This Dongbang Sak...?"
"That's right. I, who cannot use anything beyond the Taiji swords, cannot defeat the Nothingness."
He was admitting defeat this easily?
Seong Jihan looked at the Taiji positioned behind him.
Perhaps because he admitted defeat.
The Taiji that had been spinning furiously earlier had now all stopped at once.
-Did this old man surrender?
-Still, the resistance wasn't as strong as expected, just throwing swords.
-Last time Seong Jihan was pushed back by those swords, right? Maybe he subdued them easily because his power has recovered a lot?
-I mean... the American First building collapsed back then.
-But why doesn't Korea have a player like Barren to cover for Seong Jihan?
-Barren... I miss you...
-Let's finish this quickly and get revenge for Ellie!
As Seong Jihan's victory became apparent, comments flooded in all at once.
The general assessment was that Dongbang Sak seemed to have been subdued more easily than expected.
Seong Jihan glanced at such comments for a moment, then.
"Dongbang Sak. Please tell me the full story of this matter."
He asked that to the one who didn't seem to have any intention of fighting.
However.
"The full story... I've told you many times. All of this is a process to reach Infinite."
"Haven't I told you many times that I didn't want it?"
"'The current you' might think that for a moment."
"The current me... you say?"
"That's right. But."
Swoosh.
Suddenly the Taiji started spinning again.
Stab!
A Taiji sword shot out and pierced Dongbang Sak's body.
-???
-What's this suddenly?
-Why is he harming himself?
As people were bewildered by the sudden situation.
Flash...!
Dongbang Sak's body slowly started to disappear.
"The you from before was not like that."
"Are you saying I wanted it...? Infinite?"
"Yes. The blue administrator who became the sole manager of this world... has a duty to understand Infinite."
With those final words.
Dongbang Sak's body completely disappeared.
At first glance, it looked like he was devoured by the Taiji sword and vanished.
'...No. This is...'
As Seong Jihan looked at the place where he disappeared.
He felt an intense power that made his whole body shiver.
'It's similar to... Infinite.'
The presence of Infinite he had keenly felt while being with Jiang Shang for a long time.
In the place where Dongbang Sak vanished, a power similar to Infinite was felt.
And, as he realized this.
Flash...!
In an instant, the world was completely sucked into the place where Infinite was.
The light that had filled the sky despite it being evening.
The tall buildings below his feet.
And everything else in the world.
It was all sucked into the 'space' that had become transparent when Dongbang Sak stabbed himself with the sword.
-W-What is this
-Everything suddenly disappeared...?
-It seems much more intense than the Taiji absorbing things...
Viewers were bewildered by the suddenly changed situation.
Then.
"Ahh...!?"
Yoon Seah appeared beside Seong Jihan.
"W-What is this...? I was holding Hyunwoo just a moment ago...! Everyone has disappeared!"
Yoon Seah rambled in confusion at the suddenly changed world.
Except for her, everything in this world inside the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams had disappeared into Infinite.
And.
[She.]
Dongbang Sak's voice was heard from the void.
[You must cut her down.]
"What...?"
As Seong Jihan frowned upon hearing the words to cut down Yoon Seah.
[Even if not now, you must do it eventually.]
Dongbang Sak's voice echoed like a reverberation.
[That's how... Infinite will be completed.]
Flash...!
With those final words, light flashed.
Thud. Thud...
Seong Jihan and Yoon Seah returned to the underground of the Abyss.
And right after.
"Ahh..."
Lim Gayeong also appeared from the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams with a half-dazed face.
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